>We spirits may indeed be perverse, but our primary concern is getting you laid
phix'd

Wait. We don't know why someone wanted to dig that hole. Look through the dirt clod. It might have an answer.

Third Button. It's likely to bring up another number, perhaps the third of the three fives we need for the combination. Most combination locks use 0 as the very top, so it could work.

We already opened the safe. The combination was 55555.

And what if there's a second combination lock? Don't question my flawed logic and not-pay-attention disorder.

Anyway, the numbers have to be important for something, or they wouldn't have been there. I'm guessing button 3 makes the next number appear, by a logical point of view, albeit my logic is flawed, and it could be a trap that crushes you with the ceiling.

>>162196
Nothing was in the dirt pile or hole when we ran through it by hand, either. >>158699

>>162235
I'm actually wondering if the third button clears the yellow numbers, requiring us to enter 1100100000 to open the door. We won't really know until we tried the third button.

Of course, just because a solution has been used once doesn't mean it won't be used again. We keep finding the same symbols repeatedly, after all.

I guess we're digging the hole, unless we can queue actions. In that case, "dig hole, push third button" seems to be recommended.

>>162272
i second pushing 3rd button then digging. we can dig hole after my curiosity stops hammering my head.

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I... I'll be pressing the third button now since it's closer anyway. Tell me if it's safe, okay?

its not what we thought it would be.

dig the hole on the ground please.

>>162387
101? That doesn't quite seem to make sense. I'm not quite sure I'm getting the logic.

Well, it's fine to look. I will second digging the hole, if only to stop people from continuing to ask for it to be done.

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I head over to finish digging the hole then. I hope the shovel will keep itself together until I'm done. While I do that, which takes a couple of minutes, the yellow numbers flash out and a screen opens up on the wall. It says INVALID INPUT. Inside of the hole, once it's finally dug completely, I find something metallic and long, and sharp too... but it's too long, I can't take it. I'd need to dig where its second part is, but the shovel returned to pieces, as did the string. R.I.P, you will be missed.

Good to know there is something in the hole, although we will need to get the shovel in useable condition to fully dig whatever it is out.

Any ideas on the buttons, or should we start entering combinations at random until we start seeing a pattern?

Since bra or panties would be embarrassing for you, why not try securing the shovel using your shoelaces, if you have them?

>>162768
Put in the binary code we've been seeing. 1&3 are 1, 2 is 0.

It's possible, but... a cycling binary number line? Why bother with two buttons that do exactly the same thing?

Well, the "5" from earlier might indicate that we should add up to the number 5. 5 in binary is 101 though, which we've already done, so I'm not sure what's different. Perhaps top-middle-top? Or do we have anything else that might be interpretted as a three digit number?

I guess we could return to the remove-skirt-reinforce-shovel idea.

>>162802
the buttons are cyclical? press the same button 8 times, check what happens.

The Fool 2010/04/12(Mon)20:15 No. 163530 ID: 0576eb
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>>162770
Sadly, I wear high heels.

>>162802
I'm going to keep the suggestion about using my clothes to fix the shovel as a last resort solution.

>>163118
Mint presses the first button eight times in the hopes that something different happens. Eight "1" align themselves over the green screen.

>>162775

This is easy then. Press the third button to reset the puzzle.

Then, starting with the top button as 1 press:

1,1,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,3

That should input the right sequence I think, assuming the third button is "enter".

The room flipped somehow, inspect evil mirror.

We suddenly switched to Mint in a mirror-reversed version of the room. Can you still hear us, Sarah?

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>>163534
The puzzle seems to have already reset itself when I stopped pressing buttons for ten long minutes... Having no real input from the spirits for that time, I thought about things a bit.

>>162775
I put the code as upper 1, upper 1, zero, zero, lower 1, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero and it seems to have worked, though something wrote itself next to the number list, but in red.

>>163537
>>163538
Mirror? Inversed? Well, yeah, I can still hear you, though you kinda went silent for a while there.

use stick to open the bottom drawer.

well its gone. it doesnt look like a art glitch. peek at the mirror, we may be running out of time.

It looks like the chute below you unlocked. Try opening it and see if anything is inside.

Listen to it first. Then stand to the side and prod it open with your wooden stick.

Does anyone else think the Sigma-symbol looks a bit like the word "run"?

That's... huh. I don't quite understand if the top button is indeed different than the bottom, but at least we opened the hatch. I recommend knocking on it to see if anyone is on the other side before opening.

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>>163552
A quick peek at the mirror probably won't hurt me. Well here we go!...

Sometimes I wonder why you suggest me meaningless things, spirits!

The Fool 2010/04/13(Tue)15:10 No. 163767 ID: 0576eb
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So I do all those careful things about the hatch before opening it. Seems like there's nothing in there except a little screen and four buttons.

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And here's the close-up.

>>163768
How about C-O-W.

>>163766
are the spots on the right place?

>>163771
if this is the answer i will be a bit disapointed.

i am however entirely void of ideas or alternatives.

It says CROW. Do you know any crows?

C-o-w is the only thing that makes sense in this instance -BUT- don't push that! Why? Because the obvious answer may not be the correct one.

If we first review the clues given to us before we make a stupid choice, we might notice that note we were given earlier has more than 1 clue on it.

Rem
Wit
Ope
Clo

We all thought it was an incomplete message before, but -- oh would you look at that?~ The first letters are RWOC!

Want to bet that's the code?

>>163821
brilliant.jpg

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>>163789
I've had a few crow students... I don't remember their names though, that was long ago.

>>163823
R-W-O-C sounds like a valid and logical answer... but are you really sure I should push that? I don't think this 'computer' will give me a second chance if I mess up... I don't know why, I just feel it. Maybe I'm in the wrong... maybe not...

i dont see what else we could do.

if anyone has anything against this password speak now ordiscover this is a bomb

Well, it's sensible for you to be afraid, but what is the alternative? We've exhausted every option available in this room.

The way I see it you have three choices:

A) Fix that shovel and keep digging (You know what that means).

B) Put in the code.

C) Wait for who/whatever put you here to come back.

Which would you rather do? I'm pretty sure C is going to happen by itself if you don't act. From what we've seen so far, that's not a pretty sight to behold.

You don't want to know.

>>163854
well ok, how about we re-check some things?

in the hole you found a pipe. however you could not dig deep enought to remove it.

on the walls, have you analyzed the balcony and the symbol? it may have indentations or something of the likes.

does the 3 buttons stopped responding?

is there a loose brick on the "window"?

can you estimate where the second part of the digged out pipe is?

I guess we could use the shovel head manually to dig with.

>>163830
Can we swap back to Mint?

I might have a better idea:

Try using the shovel head to bang on the bricks.

I don't know if that's considered meta-gaming but it seems like we were shown mint being on the other side for a reason.

Maybe there will be a response.

Then again, the rooms may not be connected in the way we think.

I'm just concerned that hesitation will lead to...David^2

>>163865

Actually, that first. Must have posted it while I was typing.

>>163830
i told you that a "are you sure" goes a long way with the players...

>>163866
if we cant switch do this.

The note seems to say
"remember"
"with"
"open"
"close"

... What does it mean, you may ask? How the hell should I know? I am merely a talking pie chart. I am merely an illusion.

*wavy screen*

The pie symbol is reversed. Perhaps the code is as well.

COWR. (An additional message? Cower? As in fear?)

>>164669
Reversed?
>>157985
>>159456
>>/questarch/153700
I don't see any difference in the pi symbols we's seen thus far.

>>164680

Sorry, I meant upside-down as opposed to the normal pi symbol. It posed a possible reversal of the letter code that Sarah hesitated on entering.

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>>163861
>on the walls, have you analyzed the balcony and the symbol? it may have indentations or something of the likes.
There's nothing else on the shelf, neither behind (I can't check there) or under. It's solidly attached to the wall so I can't take it away either. For the symbol on the wall, the middle part separates it into two indentations; it looks like plates of some sort could fit there.

>does the 3 buttons stopped responding?
Completely.

>is there a loose brick on the "window"?
It's as flat as a board. It doesn't quite feel like a brick wall either. I get the feeling this room is just one big joke, with the drawn knobs and all that.

>can you estimate where the second part of the digged out pipe is?
It couldn't possibly go from one side to the other of the room, could it? Though it looks long...

>>163865
What's with Mint all of a sudden? Did you learn things you could share with me?

>>163866
I can hold the side of the shovel and try to bang it against the "brick wall" but as I said earlier it looks flat as a board and when I touch it, it's awfully cold, kind of like metal. I doubt the shovel will do much against it.

>>168623
type RWOC in the machine. its the initials in the note and the only clue we got anyway.

>>168623
>What's with Mint all of a sudden? Did you learn things you could share with me?

We interacted with a girl named Mint earlier. As far as we can tell, she's trapped in a similar situation you are. We just had a flash image of her in an identical room as yours, hence checking if we could view that room again.

As for the code, the only ones that make any sense are RWOC and the individual buttons being various commands. However, the "Enter code for access" does not imply individual commands.

You could always pull off your skirt and secure the shovel, too.