soulping | RATATOSKR & OMETOTCHTLI

[You exit the parlor through a doorway in your team's color and find yourself in some kind of entry hall. Aside from the one behind you, there are four doors - one on each of the side walls, and two opposite the entrance - each with an image carved into it. They're a bit hard to make out, however, since only one torch on the far wall is lit, lending the place a gloomy atmosphere. What you can see is that the room, once richly decorated, is now a mess; the walls are covered in peeling, royal purple wallpaper, and great swaths of the ceiling are coated with sticky cobwebs. The floor is covered with large marble tiles, inlaid with some kind of swirling design in glittering gold - but sadly, it too is out of shape. The tiles seem to shift a bit under your weight, and some of them are even missing altogether.

If you try the doors you'll find that all of them are locked, and no amount of manhandling can get them to budge.]

[OOC: This game is a treasure hunt/dungeon crawl! Your characters will be exploring the rooms they pass through and facing different challenges in each one. Some rooms will be exploratory, others will have specific rules! The goal is just to reach the end. Teams will be scored on things like teamwork, cleverness, creativity, etc.

Skills are ON, but there will be penalties if you mess up Knut's castle. He lives here, you know!]

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Four paths before you lay,
One of each brawn and brain
Between those two you will find

If it's a challenge is more vexing than you desire. . ?
Take the shortcut's end can right
With . . . within? more of its test time.

Two path sing design
The left row can be quite far
But once aren't hard?"

[not quite! nothing happens, and you get the sense that the puzzle isn't complete]

Hm, so we have to solve it completely.

[~~Oh my god, that was a bitch on mobile. And if I'm reading the text right....~~]

Four, path before you lay
One of each brawn and brain
Between those two you will find

Two path of more vexing design
The left route's end can be quite far
But once within its test aren't hard

If it's a challenge you desire
Take the shortcut right
With wish more dire

[You are my hero determined warrior]

So they increase in difficulty from left to right while decreasing in length. Do we think we can match this runt in wits or should we just suffer ages of boredom?

I'm surprised he has wits to begin with. He never showed much of them to me.

Taking the right might prove beneficial if we wish to win.

I'm all for winning. Are we really saying this Echo is dim enough that the mental challenge won't be that challenging? That's mean, but if it works I'm game.

We have spoken a few times. I have never noticed any particular sinister depths.

Well then it's probably not a trap either, so I think we can go ahead.

Right then?

Yes, since we're saying that's the 'brains' door.

...This is not a haunted house so far.

A haunted house?

Re: ROOM 1 - FOUR DOORS

horsefacing - 2014-03-08 01:26 (UTC) - Expand

heron - 2014-03-08 01:33 (UTC) - Expand

[Sliders will kneel before Roxy Lalonde.]

Well, we got a smart team and I'm pretty sure Zelos and I can take the brawn stuff.

I can help with either. I mean, I'm not stupid and I'm good at fighting enemies bigger than me, there's a good chance I can help.

Excellent! Then we are totes prepared.

We're not going to get more prepared so let's do it!

But which one do we want? We haven't figured out how to get the doors open either unless they're all magically unlocked now.

Yeah, understanding the riddle probably isn't enough, huh? So... what next?

thevoidsdarkhorse - 2014-03-08 01:31 (UTC) - Expand

It'll also be more obnoxious. Aaah...maybe we should just go for it. Far right or middle right?

Far right, I suppose.

That's what we all seem to be agreeing on, I'm still ready.

Very well then.

Okay so it's promising something involving physical or mental strength with each of the far doors. And then... A long easy path, or a short difficult path, that's our other set of choices. Am I getting that right?

[As the final tile slides into place, all the unlit torches lining the walls burst into life, flooding the room with light. You can now clearly see everything, from the pictures on the doors to the poem written on the tiles in flowing gold script:

"Four paths before you lay
One of each brawn and brain
Between those two you will find
Two paths more of vexing design
The left route's end can be quite far
But once within, its tests aren't hard
If it's a challenge you desire
Take the shortcut right, with risks more dire"

With a loud click, the doors all unlock!]

Well that's lucky. Since we're in agreement... [trying to open the far right door?]

Edited 2014-03-08 01:36 (UTC)