♕ Game 59: Citrine

[dramatispersonae]

[When the ring of the grandfather clock fades, you find yourselves in a relatively small, rectangular room. Wherever you stand in the room, you can hear a pervasive ticking noise. The floor, walls and ceiling are all covered with chequered tiling. There is just enough space in the room for a table, surrounded by several chairs. There is a piece of paper on the table, and five ornately engraved chess pieces on the table, perhaps three times the size of a standard chess piece:

- a white knight
- a black queen
- a white king
- a black bishop
- a white pawn

At the end of the room, there is a large machine. The closer you get to it, the louder the ominous ticking sound gets. It is made entirely of metal, full of twisting gears and plated wires, but everything is covered and coated and completely unassailable. The only parts of the machine that is easily interacted with are the four round slots on the console, which are conveniently the exact size of the chess pieces on the table. Beside the slots are four circular lights, placed in a square. None of them are currently lit. There is a plaque nailed to the machine which reads: "DEFUSE ME ♥!" Uh oh.

There is a clock above the machine which reads twelve, midnight. At the centre of the clock, "1" is written.]

Comments

round 1

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discuss

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order

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round 2

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[Your code was incorrect. After inputting it, you would have heard a brief roar in your ears, a bright light, the moment before the explosion -- then it's gone, and you've all returned to exactly where you were standing when you entered the room in the first place. Furthermore, the clock has returned to exactly twelve midnight. The only thing that has changed is the number on the clock, which now reads "2", and the lights on the console. There are now one red lights, and two white lights lit on the console.]

discuss

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assist?

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[There is now a large "HELP" button lit on the console.]

order

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round 3

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[Your code was incorrect. After inputting it, you would have heard a brief roar in your ears, a bright light, the moment before the explosion -- then it's gone, and you've all returned to exactly where you were standing when you entered the room in the first place. Furthermore, the clock has returned to exactly twelve midnight. The only thing that has changed is the number on the clock, which now reads "3", and the lights on the console. There are now no red lights, and three white lights lit on the console.]

discuss

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assist?

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order

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round 4

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[Your code was incorrect. After inputting it, you would have heard a brief roar in your ears, a bright light, the moment before the explosion -- then it's gone, and you've all returned to exactly where you were standing when you entered the room in the first place. Furthermore, the clock has returned to exactly twelve midnight. The only thing that has changed is the number on the clock, which now reads "4", and the lights on the console. There are now no red lights, and three white lights lit on the console.]

discuss

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assist?

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order

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round 4 repeated because Sian is a douchebag

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[Your code was incorrect. After inputting it, you would have heard a brief roar in your ears, a bright light, the moment before the explosion -- then it's gone, and you've all returned to exactly where you were standing when you entered the room in the first place. Furthermore, the clock has returned to exactly twelve midnight. The only thing that has changed is the number on the clock, which now reads "4", and the lights on the console. There are now one red lights, and two white lights lit on the console.]

[there is a scratch on the paper behind you: Sorry . . . technical hitch. As you were.]

discuss

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assist?

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order

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round 5

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[Your code was incorrect. After inputting it, you would have heard a brief roar in your ears, a bright light, the moment before the explosion -- then it's gone, and you've all returned to exactly where you were standing when you entered the room in the first place. Furthermore, the clock has returned to exactly twelve midnight. The only thing that has changed is the number on the clock, which now reads "5", and the lights on the console. There are now no red lights, and four white lights lit on the console.]

discuss

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round 6

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[Your code was incorrect. After inputting it, you would have heard a brief roar in your ears, a bright light, the moment before the explosion -- then it's gone, and you've all returned to exactly where you were standing when you entered the room in the first place. Furthermore, the clock has returned to exactly twelve midnight. The only thing that has changed is the number on the clock, which now reads "6", and the lights on the console. There are now two red lights, and two white lights lit on the console.]

discuss

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round 6 -- choice (citrine gets another extra round for my earlier cockups)

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[Your code was correct! The ticking stops. The machine sounds a pleasant mechanical hum.

There is a scratching noise behind you. A pencil is scrawling over the paper. Once it's done writing, it drops to the table.

Congratulations. Now you have a choice to make. Do you have faith in your ability to crack another code with the chances you have left? Circle YES or NO. ]

Re: round 6 -- choice (citrine gets another extra round for my earlier cockups)

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Sure, why not?

round 7

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[Time loops. The ticking begins anew. The lights on the console have blinked off, and the pieces are back in place on the table. The clock reads "7".]

discuss

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round 8

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[Your code was incorrect. After inputting it, you would have heard a brief roar in your ears, a bright light, the moment before the explosion -- then it's gone, and you've all returned to exactly where you were standing when you entered the room in the first place. Furthermore, the clock has returned to exactly twelve midnight. The only thing that has changed is the number on the clock, which now reads "8", and the lights on the console. There are now one red light, and two white lights lit on the console.]

discuss

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round 8 -- incomplete

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[BOOM! the bomb goes up -- but once it does, it's a surprisingly small explosion. Pretty harmless, won't even singe anybody.

Also the bomb is full of glitter. It is a glitter bomb. So you won't get singed, but I'm afraid you will get covered in glitter.

After that, the remains of the bomb fade, and a door opens.]