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[Jozie]

I am so excited!!!! I know @Sweeney made this a good one!

[Bendida]

If there's still time to join, I'd like to try participating this time

[Muirex]

I'm excited! I'm not good at puzzles but they're always fun

[Sweeney]

Apologies for the delay, got held up out of town for a little longer than expected!

 

@Hikimaru, @Froggo, @Swar, @cara, @Nymh, @Kat, @Coops, @Muirex, @Fawktastix, @UnicornSoul, @Trapezeo, @Bones, @Silentqueen, @Amarillo, @Bendida

 

This first day will "end" at Midnight (CST) on Saturday the 26th of August.

 

 

 

The Game is Afoot!

 

All the guests attending this weekend gathering of friends have been called to the Drawing Room. Sweeney, the host, informs all that have gathered that a murder has taken place. UnicornSoul has been discovered brutally beaten to death in the Lewisham Study. No murder weapon was found, no one knows of any reason why she would be targeted, and most importantly no one knows who perpetrated this horrific act of violence.

 

The stormy weather has rendered all outside communication impossible, and the staff of the mansion were given leave for the weekend to ensure privacy for the distinguished visitors. Clearly, the murderer has some way of moving around in rooms that are closed off, so it is up to you to locate the head butler's keys and set about solving this conundrum!

 

 

 

Open rooms:

Drawing Room | Butler's Office | Armory | Scullery | Solarium | Wine Cellar

 

Review Questions:

Spoiler

To be submitted and answered (if able) once every 24 hours.

 

Where is the butler's key?

What is the murder weapon?

Where is the victim's dossier?

Who is the killer?

How do you access the secret passage?

Where did the murder take place?

Where is the safe, and how is it opened?

What was the motive for the murder?

[Nymh]

Omg this butler is so weird I love it haha

[Swar]

The way you did this reminds me of those flash escape games. I'm loving it.

[Sweeney]

The way you did this reminds me of those flash escape games. I'm loving it.

 

That was intentional I used to play this really old one where you had to escape a series of rooms on a space station, I think. There were wheels you had to find, and a pool table puzzle. I think the first step was sliding a poster under a door and knocking the key onto it. I wish I could remember the name of it! It was an acronym for something dumb

[Jozie]

Geeez, you killed me off. You must really hate me lol... Didn't see that coming. Thought there would be a fake person lol... Admittedly, I did not read any of the first murder mystery haha

[Sweeney]

Geeez, you killed me off. You must really hate me lol... Didn't see that coming. Thought there would be a fake person lol... Admittedly, I did not read any of the first murder mystery haha

 

According to the rules, I was meant to randomly select a participant to die And one to be the murderer, too! You're just unlucky - can you solve your own murder?!

[Nymh]

Geeez, you killed me off. You must really hate me lol... Didn't see that coming. Thought there would be a fake person lol... Admittedly, I did not read any of the first murder mystery haha

I killed @Trapezeo in the last one, don't take it personally

[Jozie]

lmao I think I know who killed me already and I am following a hunch from the books...

[Sweeney]

lmao I think I know who killed me already and I am following a hunch from the books...

[Jozie]

I killed @Trapezeo in the last one, don't take it personally

nah nah I'm not taking it personally lol. I'm the star of the show with no lines to memorize LMFAO

 I guess we'll find out once I submit my guess lol

[Coops]

@Sweeney are the clues in each room only related to the other clues in that room? Or do rooms mix?

[Sweeney]

@Sweeney are the clues in each room only related to the other clues in that room? Or do rooms mix?

Please be assured that they most definitely mix

[Coops]

@Sweeney are the scraps of paper phonetic sounds or do they spell something? Also, is the other half of the last hexadecimal currently available (specifically the other half of B6E)?

[Sweeney]

@Sweeney are the scraps of paper phonetic sounds or do they spell something? Also, is the other half of the last hexadecimal currently available (specifically the other half of B6E)?

They spell something, and yes

[Coops]

@Swar how far have you gotten Mister Murder Mystery Champ? 

[Swar]

@Swar how far have you gotten Mister Murder Mystery Champ? 

Not far at all I have a shit ton of things to study for an exam this Thursday OTL

[Coops]

Not far at all I have a shit ton of things to study for an exam this Thursday OTL

Fuck. lol. 

I don't mind sharing my own progress to stir up some activity in the thread and to get people's minds warmed up. Also, I firmly believe in working together anyways. 

 

Here's what I've got so far (and I may be wrong):

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• The misplaced books aren't real books? The titles are wrong or they are references to other things e.g. Dresden-Thomas maybe references Thomas Raith from the Dresden Files books? Stanley E. Yelnats references the book Holes. I haven't figured out the other references yet.
• Jimmy Wales is the creator of Wikipedia so maybe wikipedia is going to be used when working through clues.
• The array is some sort of hexadecimal code thingy. The knife is probably related to this in some way. I'm not sure if converting them to colors or numbers is necessary. 
• The safe lock isn't a lock?? It's a kitchen timer. Maybe we use the sundial? 
• The last hexadecimal number from the notepad in the work desk in the scullery is 4C4B6E

[Sweeney]

[Coops]

You're not helpful at all

[Sweeney]

You're not helpful at all

Well fine, hang on a jiffy.
 

Spoiler

• The misplaced books aren't real books? The titles are wrong or they are references to other things e.g. Dresden-Thomas maybe references Thomas Raith from the Dresden Files books? Stanley E. Yelnats references the book Holes. I haven't figured out the other references yet. IRRELEVANT!
• Jimmy Wales is the creator of Wikipedia so maybe wikipedia is going to be used when working through clues. RELEVANT!
• The array is some sort of hexadecimal code thingy. The knife is probably related to this in some way. I'm not sure if converting them to colors or numbers is necessary. PARTIALLY RELEVANT!
• The safe lock isn't a lock?? It's a kitchen timer. Maybe we use the sundial? FLAT WRONG!
• The last hexadecimal number from the notepad in the work desk in the scullery is 4C4B6E FLATTER WRONG BUT RELEVANT!

 

HAPPY!?

[Coops]

Well fine, hang on a jiffy.
 

HAPPY!?

How can something be flatter than flat? 

 

thank you. 

[Sweeney]

How can something be flatter than flat?