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[Bendida]

So, the only things I (this is to be read "my hubby, who I tried to lure to help solving the clues and who got bored after a while") have discovered so far are:

- the names of the books make Carlstadt, NJ. When you look up the town in Wikipedia, under "Economy" ("The Economy of Following" title is not included in the acronym), you see "Pantone". This has to be related to the cards in the Scullery.

- the symbols above the windows in the Drawing Rooms are from the alchemy - sulfur, gold, mercury, silver, tin (if I remember correctly).

 

And I have no clue about any of the questions or anything else.  

[Sweeney]

@Bendida, all true Excellent work!

[Froggo]

Here's what I got so far:

The symbols on the windows in the drawing room are alchemy symbols; they are sulphur, gold, mercury, silver, and tin

 

For the butler's room, the year of the cars in the picture frame might have something to do with what you should look up:

 

Great Britain Rifle Team USA = GBRTUSA (Year car came out might be something important)

TYP-DSN (insert number here): Some sort of ID number (Year of Car ?)

 

edit - DANG someone got to the alchemy thing before me...

edit 2 - There seems to be an Ouroboros on the lock of the safe that appears to be edited in... More links to alchemy?

edit 3 - Could the letters on the piece of paper in the armory be anagrams? They all form words...

Edited by Froggo, 26 August 2017 - 04:15 PM.

[Muirex]

Gosh I wish I had more time to work with this :'D I already have exams coming up rip. Good luck, everyone!

[Kat]

 

feeling like this rn

Edited by Kat, 26 August 2017 - 04:43 PM.

[Sweeney]

*more wild cackling*

You guys are doing great so far Not soooo much with the first question, but hey, maybe it'll all come in useful later

[Bendida]

Maybe the figurines in the Butler's room are letters, they are 26? But I have no idea what to do with them

Then, the line written over the poster is the first line from Shakespear's 18th sonnet. The movie is from 1998. Still, no idea if those numbers mean something.

[Sweeney]

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

 

A mysterious voice echoes through the mansion, as if from a chorus of ghostly spirits:

Spoiler

The key to finding the key you seek is in the second line of number eighteen. Use the pyramids, Luke!

 

Once y'all find this damn key, we can open up the next set of rooms

[Nymh]

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

 

A mysterious voice echoes through the mansion, as if from a chorus of ghostly spirits:

Spoiler

The key to finding the key you seek is in the second line of number eighteen. Use the pyramids, Luke!

 

Once y'all find this damn key, we can open up the next set of rooms

 

I knowww what this means

 

Part of Sonnet 18 is scrawled at the bottom of the poster

 

The pyramids code is modeled after a game called Zendo

 

I can't unlock rooms because I have an unfair advantage.  I also can't win.  But this is my independent knowledge

[Coops]

I knowww what this means

 

Part of Sonnet 18 is scrawled at the bottom of the poster

 

The pyramids code is modeled after a game called Zendo

 

I can't unlock rooms because I have an unfair advantage.  I also can't win.  But this is my independent knowledge

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

[Nymh]

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

 

mhm, the second line of that sonnet is "thou art more lovely and more temperate:"

[Coops]

mhm, the second line of that sonnet is "thou art more lovely and more temperate:"

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May.

 

Ehm. Sorry, I'm a total poetry geek lol.

[Sweeney]

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May.

 

Ehm. Sorry, I'm a total poetry geek lol.

 

This is not the only poetry puzzle, either

[Swar]

[Rauul]

i dont understand nothing  

just saw a penis at the windows.

[Sweeney]

i dont understand nothing
just saw a penis at the windows.

#MysteryDick2017

[Nymh]

Has anyone solved the pyramids/sonnet 18 clue yet? I know how to do the next part

Spoiler

The message is is referring to is encoded using a rail fence cipher

[Jozie]

i dont understand nothing

just saw a penis at the windows.

I seen the penis too!

[Sweeney]

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

 

 

 

@Bendida located the Head Butler's Key somewhere in the house. He is remaining curiously quiet about exactly where, but who cares? There are more rooms open now, with more clues to be discovered within!

 

 

 

Open rooms:

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

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Kitchen | Nursery | North Guest Bedroom | Boiler Room

 

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?

[Bendida]

The silver pill box in the northern guest room seems to have the Yggdrasil on its lid. I have no idea whether this is of any significance.

[Jozie]

school stole my time and soul... Not complaining but I have failed to stay with this.... Lol. Grrrrr. Sorry y'all but I mean, I am dead afterall.

solve my death and then avenge me please.

[Cannabis]

Sad I missed this been a little MIA, good luck to everyone!

[Sweeney]

Sad I missed this been a little MIA, good luck to everyone!

 

Feel free to join in, no one has gotten past question two as yet

[Bendida]

Are the questions in order? Since question #3 isn't answered yet and no more rooms are open, is it possible to answer some of the other questions with the currently available clues?

[Sweeney]

Are the questions in order? Since question #3 isn't answered yet and no more rooms are open, is it possible to answer some of the other questions with the currently available clues?

 

Yes, they are. Answering #1 unlocked the rooms that enabled the answers to #2 and #3 to be uncovered.

Answering #3 will "unlock" #4 and #5, and so on