WEEK 5 MINGLE

[foundationmods]

WEEK 5

They said it was a break week, but two of your number were lost anyway last week. While you're all tired and still recovering, the speakers crackle to life with the voice of The Lady.

"Attention, Guests. The game is back on. Break week is now over. Happy Holidays."

The Staff are still like they were last week - only this time, the orders almost always go wrong, if they even manage to go through - the Staff are vanishing constantly. Meals are also getting affected - they're still perfectly edible, but they're not as delicious as they once were, with seasoning and other things occasionally being off. The Sign warning people to not take knives is still on the kitchen door, but The Chef seems incredibly tired, often resting on a chair in the corner.

The Resort is still furnished with Holiday items - but after Medic's christmas protest, there are more items related to other holidays up, and it's much more balanced - objects and colors of multiple holidays side by side in harmony, with the mistletoe still up for any needed smooching. There are, however, more wriggling...things, and there's even an entire 'tree' made of eldritch tentacles with glowing balls of light on them that wink in an oddly hypnotic fashion.

The weather is still nothing, but the courtyard seems to have switched to a much warmer clime, which while still a little cool is pleasant enough to sit outside in. Finally, the music this week seems... almost ominous...?

On Monday morning, another memory is returned to everyone, one more traumatic this time instead of gentle like the others have been. Yet, you feel as if you know a little more about your time in this world, now. Not everything, but...enough.

Enough to see this game through to the end, at least.


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Comments

[latebluemer]

[At least she hasn't tried whipping or biting it? Look, she's used to gaming that's a lot more physically taxing, can you blame her for trying to solve this with physics?*

Back to more sedate tactics. She'll try rolling the dice some more and listen to see if the clattering changes any. But also: does anything else physical change about the dice block while moving it?? It seems pretty solid.

*Physics may refer to just abusing the poor puzzle, but it is also legit attempts!!!]

[foundationmods]

[Fyre please do you just want us to solve this for you

Anyway, as she rolls, she might notices that the ball clicks in a specific way depending on what pip is on top. It even does a nice click and slide when she turns it from 1 to 2, as long as she keeps those on top.]

[latebluemer]

[Eyyyy something else is finally happening! We are all stubborn gamers here who are trying to solve this puzzle through wild mass guessing, I'm basically method RPing here. She pauses and turns it between 1 and 2 on top several times. Is anything happening.

If nothing else happens, she's going to start rotating it laterally while keeping one of those two on top...??]

[foundationmods]

[That doesn't seem to do anything...Though the ball does clank when she seems to get on the side that would make the side with 3 pips be on top.]

[latebluemer]

[Okay, so it really does depend on what's on top.

Rotating the dice now so that the pips go on top in order from 1 through 6.]

[foundationmods]

[oh my god finally

The moment she gets to 6, the lid there is suddenly loose. Sliding it to the side will reveal the small compartment inside, with a button at the bottom.

Congrats! You've figured out the Karakuri Dice Block puzzle!]

[latebluemer]

Gotcha!

[She brightens a little and hits the button just for the satisfaction of hitting it even though waiting would work better. You know, like hitting those sidewalk crossing buttons five times for no reason.

She'll also do a little victory dance before settling down to wait. ☆]