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[Glecius]

[PUZZLE] Puzzle - panicht [SOLVED]

[Vandino]

yeah, i'm not quite sure how to go about this yet either. and once we solve this, have we even figured out what to do with the answer once we find it? an answer is pretty pointless if we have nothing to use it for ...

okay, just gonna toss out a totally random idea that just popped into my brain -

what if, by "the cube of four", he doesn't mean 64, but instead it has something to do with those four squares we found on the despairidox page. not quite sure how three and three would relate to those four images in any way, but just tossin' out ideas here

my other idea was, since this game is kinda centered around cubes, maybe we should try something like using (3+1) ³ to make the cube of 4, and get an answer from that somehow

haven't really been thinkin' about this too much, since i've been pretty occupied with my snowboarding trip, but when i get back sunday night i'll come and look at this stuff with a (hopefully) fresh mindset

[Ekplixi]

Another thing to keep in mind: "qu13e" can be read as "cube".

[Glecius]

OK, we've discussed wordplay before when finding Oboenai's e-mail. I think we might have been given a clue here, maybe. It's just a matter of how it gets interpreted and how it fits. There are no wrong thoughts, so please dont hesitate to post yours with reasonings behind it.

[labfly]

this is from my email from oboenai's [Q9t]

[Glecius]

The only thing I can think of for "between the echoes" is Three and Three, which would mean Three is echoed and between them is "and". As for the words "Three" being capitalized, maybe it was just to try and make it more apparent since we have been given NO direction whatsoever on this puzzle.

Just my thoughts on it so far.


PS- Even IF the word "and" is what we are looking for, we still dont know what to do with it, so yay us.

[Axon_Axoff]

Could we say that the tick and tock images are sort of echoes of one another as well? They are, for the most part, the same picture, just with different text. Are they stegged?

[Randomeis]

hmm...

random thought

lost and found denotes a place where lost things are kept

however

out of order is more of an informative statement

they may seem like obvious statements but then again you never know what line of thinking will give you results.

[Caterpillar]

WordPlay?

The cube of 4.....

The Q before?

The Qu before?

The Queue (line) before?

3 and 3.......3's have been used in titles with "qu".....

Random Thoughts

[Glecius]

[Randomeis]

hmm i just noticed

ThrEE can be written using lines for all the letters maybe putting the letters in an certian order where there are four cubes?

[Glecius]

[Randomeis]

its probably nothing but just think of each letter as if it were made using toothpicks.

[Vandino]

okay, just got back, and i kinda liked glecius' idea of "and" being between the echos of the word three, but like he said, still don't know what to do with the answer, so maybe we should think a little about that too ...

i noticed this - "lost and found" and "out of order" - both three words long ... three and three?

and i did check both images with xsteg, and it said neither was stegged ... although i haven't gotten around to fiddlin' with the ones that supposedly are ... so maybe we'll find some clues there

[Obes]

Accidentally choose this thread, but the puzzle intrigued me.

LOST AND FOUND = 12 letters

OUT OF ORDER = 10 letters

12 x 10 = 120, no good.

But, take out the repeats in each line...

LOSTANDFU = 9 letters

OUTFRDE = 7 letters

9 x 7 = 63.

The cube of 4 is 64

So to make Three and Three the cube of four you need to add a letter. Or.. to make Three and Three the cube of four you need to add one.

Perhaps that helps?

Obes.
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