tile run - group 3

[soulping]

( circumstances have conspired to separate those who went into the maze, splitting them into three groups, with each group taking one fork in the road.

a wisp of light guides them forward, gleefully bobbing up and down, slowing down just enough so it doesn't lose those following it, then speeding off around the next corner as soon as they start to catch up. )

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[ladychapels]

[ you know what. it's as good a guess as any. ]

We'll see, won't we?

[ pushes off from the desk, squats down in front of the safe, and turns the dials to match. ]

[soulping]

( you input the three digit code 8 - 1 - 3. the digital display briefly displays the message ERROR before returning to its previous numerical value. )

[cottoncandyface]

Well that was a bust

[hunting]

We need three different codes. We have three different clues. We have to put them in separately. Start with the one we know for sure.

[ladychapels]

[ 235, then, this is why Gunsmoke just blows the door off ]

[soulping]

( you input the three digit code 2 - 3 - 5. a cheerful tinkle of music comes from the digital display, and the number on the display changes to 2.

one down! two more to go! )

[feytality]

[Peering around her]

What were the other ones again...?

[ladychapels]

Some bastard counting his fingers.

[ she mimics it for her: just her fingers, not her thumbs ]

[feytality]

..... Huh?

[ladychapels]

There's some guy counting his fingers, and a bunch of shit about something unlucky, and a book marked on page 235, [ jerks her thumb towards the safe ] which at least that did somethin'.

[farkle]

It should also be considered there's more than 13 considered being unlucky.

[unguilded]

Maybe we can try 138 as well, going with that idea.

[Trying that one?]

[hunting]

Aren't 13 and 8 two separate clues?

[unguilded]

They were both on the computer.

It could be four instead of eight, too.

[Which would ... also make sense as 4 is the number of teams gone, going by Caracal's theory.]

[hunting]

You might want to try 008 or 004.

[ladychapels]

[ or four four eight... which she tries, wordlessly, while they converse ]

[soulping]

( you input the three digit code 1 - 3 - 8. the digital display briefly displays the message ERROR before returning to its previous numerical value. )

[hunting]

[Going to attempt 013 just to see what happens]

[soulping]

( you input the three digit code 0 - 1 - 3. a cheerful tinkle of music comes from the digital display, and the number on the display changes to 1.

two down! one more to go! )

[cihuatlatoani]

[Entering 888!]

[soulping]

( you input the three digit code 8 - 8 - 8. the digital display briefly displays the message ERROR before returning to its previous numerical value.

you feel that you are really close. )

[cihuatlatoani]

[She thinks a moment, then tries 444.]

[cottoncandyface]

So the last one should be about the hands. He's counting eight fingers on a loop? 888?

WOLFWOOD INNER MIND THEATRE

[ladychapels]

[ SHOOTS THE SAFE ]

Re: WOLFWOOD INNER MIND THEATRE

[ladychapels]

[ in reality, a hissed curse, and, ] Any other bright ideas?