Game 31: Tiger's Eye

[dramatispersonae]

[ You step into a simple white circular room with doors lining the walls. Each door is numbered, from 1 to 20, and between every two doors sits a simple box on a pedestal (ie, between 1 and 2 is a box, then 3 and 4, etc). ]

[ In the center of the room sits an open chest with the following items:
A hen made of clay
A loaf of bread
A shoe with a buckle
A bag of dirt
Three poseable maid dolls.
A shovel
Four sticks
A plate ]

[ A piece of paper also sits in the chest, though the words appear to be only a mess of scribbles except to one person... ]

Comments

Re: DISCUSSION

[highasakite]

[COUGHS, then start reading]

Okay guys, this is what it says!

Guide your team from item to door,
To release the tools with which to build
A special treat for you my dears
To keep all things orderly concealed.

Re: DISCUSSION

[ferrissaves]

Let's start opening doors.

Re: DISCUSSION

[worthtempting]

Well, does the paper say anything else? We may have to do something first. Nothing in the box seems very useful for building.

Re: DISCUSSION

[highasakite]

[reads some more of it]

Re: DISCUSSION

[reachforthesky]

Okay, how?

Re: DISCUSSION

[highasakite]

[nods at Sophie]

Yeah, there seems to be an order! Like there are numbers on one side and instructions on the other, so I think we should follow them too. The first line on the left is "one, two," with "lay them straight" on the right.

Re: DISCUSSION

[reachforthesky]

*paws at the things in the chest*

The sticks...?

Re: DISCUSSION

[worthtempting]

I think those are the only things that can be laid straight.

[lays four sticks between doors 1 and two, neatly parallel]

Re: DISCUSSION

[highasakite]

Yeah! I hope they're in order, though. Do you guys want me to read the whole thing?

Re: DISCUSSION

[worthtempting]

[red X :/]

Ah, so they aren't in order. Yes, perhaps you should read the whole thing.

Re: DISCUSSION

[ferrissaves]

Yes, please.

Re: DISCUSSION

[highasakite]

[oops :/]

Okay, here I go.

"One, Two. Lay them straight.
Three, Four. Maids in the kitchen.
Five, Six. A good, fat hen.
Seven, Eight. Knock at the door.
Nine, Ten. Maids a courting.
Eleven, Twelve. Pick up sticks.
Thirteen, Fourteen. Dig and delve.
Fifteen, Sixteen. My plate’s empty.
Seventeen, Eighteen. Buckle my shoe.
Nineteen, Twenty. Maids a waiting."

Maybe it has something to do with rhymes again?

Re: DISCUSSION

[ferrissaves]

I didn't play her first game, but rhymes would make sense.

Re: DISCUSSION

[worthtempting]

There are rhymes. Two, shoe, four, door, twelve, delve..

Re: DISCUSSION

[ferrissaves]

So if we follow the rhyme scheme, we should be able to unlock the doors.

Re: DISCUSSION

[worthtempting]

I think so. Let's try.

[putting the shoe between the first and second doors]

Re: DISCUSSION

[highasakite]

And knock at the door for three and four! Maybe we're meant to put things in the boxes, so maybe we should knock at it?

Re: DISCUSSION

[worthtempting]

On both of them, perhaps, since the shoe opened two doors.

Re: DISCUSSION

[highasakite]

I'll do both!

Re: DISCUSSION

[reachforthesky]

*bzuuuuh*

Re: DISCUSSION

[ferrissaves]

Confused?

Re: DISCUSSION

[reachforthesky]

Oh...oh, no, I think I understand.

Re: DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

[ A red X appears on doors 1 and 2, the sticks disappearing from the box and returning to the chest. ]