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[PFF] [SPOILER] Connection Puzzle Spoiler Thread!

**Posted:** Sun Aug 06, 2006 8:18 pm

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LatentMoths · Unfettered Joined: 01 May 2005 Posts: 523 Location: Texas

OK...for the sake of completeness, here comes all the spoily goodness. Note that I supplied links to the images rather than take up a bunch of space with the actual puzzle image. So without further ado...

First off here is the puzzle that was shared by the spirits:

If you start with the S in the middle and follow the trail to the right, it will spell out seetheirtrueselves.

Samuel Buckwell
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/samuel_buckwell/0feca720e2.jpg
The answer to the riddle is nothing.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/samuel_buckwell/615270ba39.jpg
This puzzle uses the system of international maritime signal flags. They translate to fallen.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/samuel_buckwell/d68049bb85.gif
If you do a "select all" on this page, you can see the hidden word in the puzzle. The word is failure.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/samuel_buckwell/e2e63b387c.jpg
That's right folks...it's those wacky flags again. This one spells out hunger.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/samuel_buckwell/8c2fd8442f.gif
This is written in braille. It reads promise.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/samuel_buckwell/a1ea5461c7.jpg
Rotate each layer until you can read the word. The word is destruction.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/samuel_buckwell/4f4f417465.gif
Braille again...this one spells out healing.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/samuel_buckwell/fe86558143.jpg
Put the pieces back together to spell out secrets.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/samuel_buckwell/c074fbf078.jpg
This passage from the Bible has been beaten heavily with the thesaurus stick. It is referring to psalm5110 (Psalm 51:10).
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/samuel_buckwell/31782e0301.jpg
This is HTML code for "Jesus wept" which refers to the shortest verse in the Bible, john1135 (John 11:35).
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/samuel_buckwell/3c2675338c.jpg
This is a copy of "Gloria in Excelsis Deo". The letters that are blacked out starting with the far right dot and following the trail are "mcmxxxv". In Roman numerals this is 1935.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/samuel_buckwell/f1e835a09c.jpg
Find the patron saint that presides over each category on the list. The first letters of their names spell out pastor.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/samuel_buckwell/050d859cf6.jpg
The sticks represent the flags in the semaphore system. They spell out justice.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/samuel_buckwell/f0e72fe7b2.jpg
The greek translates to "pleovexia" which means greed.

**Posted:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:13 pm

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I wasn't sure if there was a limit on how many characters you can include in a post. So I've decided to split the posts up...one for each spirit.

Jasmine Marshal

http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/jasmine_marshal/2fc7f14523.jpg
The cross is centered on the "a". If you extend the arms of the cross so that they intersect the other words, you also get the letters "crsh". Mix the letters up and they spell crash.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/jasmine_marshal/0ed4df495c.jpg
This is a Queen Mary Cipher which can be found in the Studio Cypher tutorial. It reads demise.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/jasmine_marshal/001517ee5d.jpg
Put the pieces back together...also the pennies are a clue. The word is currency.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/jasmine_marshal/791ef7ad03.gif
The notes in the corner spell out CAGE. John Cage composed a piece of music where no notes are played, hence the completely black box in the puzzle. That piece was called 4'33".
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/jasmine_marshal/cdd97e00d3.jpg
Another Queen Mary...this one gives us crown.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/jasmine_marshal/316be803af.gif
Fill in the rest of the alphabet and follow the trail starting with H and you get husband.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/jasmine_marshal/5fdccf09b3.jpg
Look up the 3-letter code for each airport on the list. They will spell out "the word is singer".
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/jasmine_marshal/1b36f40b7c.jpg
It's a satchel and a mouth. Together that's "satchmo" or louisarmstrong.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/jasmine_marshal/8c3639f990.jpg
This known as a tic-tac-toe cipher (very similar to the pigpen cipher). Make a 3 by 3 grid (think tic-tac-toe) and put three letters in each region going from left to right starting at the top. The last region will only have Y and Z. The dots tell you which letter in the region to take. This puzzle translates to privileged.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/jasmine_marshal/84beb18831.jpg
More airport codes...this one spells out "the solution is party".
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/jasmine_marshal/66450d9519.jpg
This is the Dancing Men Cipher from the Sherlock Holmes novels. It translates to regret.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/jasmine_marshal/fbfa863db5.jpg
Put the pieces back together to get the word romance.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/jasmine_marshal/99176a9cf3.gif
More dancing men...this spells out actress.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/jasmine_marshal/4e3e01b9af.jpg
Put the pieces back together to get star.

**Posted:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:57 pm

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Nickolas Marshal

http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/nickolas_marshal/822131fc54.gif
This shape is made up of triangles. Each corner of a triangle lines up underneath a letter of the alphabet. Starting with the highest corner and working your way down, trace up to the alphabet to find the correct letter. The solution is chemistry.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/nickolas_marshal/fbfa863db5.jpg
Take the incorrect letters shown (r n m o) and the letters that aren't there (e a c). Anagram to get romance.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/nickolas_marshal/306631de5c.jpg
Look up the stock market code for each company. They spell out entrepreneur.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/nickolas_marshal/48eda733f8.jpg
Visualize the hands of the clock and they will spell out wife.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/nickolas_marshal/c33f059b0c.jpg
Clock hands again...this time they spell out family.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com//images/nickolas_marshal/7187dadeaa.gif
Put these layers together and they spell out spark.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com//images/nickolas_marshal/ddca0a8d88.gif
Follow the rules very carefully. The first word of the document is "company" not "law". That's what was holding me back in this one. The answer is companion.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/nickolas_marshal/d4ee301a36.jpg
It's a calendar...one of the Thursdays has been blackened...Black Thursday occurred on 10/24/1929.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/nickolas_marshal/17f9555357.gif
Place the letter above each column in the appropriate spot to spell out a phrase. The phrase is "Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it." Who said it? John D. Rockefeller.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/nickolas_marshal/2fc7f14523.jpg
Connect the dots with a straight line. The line will cross through letters that spell out crash.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/nickolas_marshal/80dbac4b45.jpg
More stock market codes...these spell out mariecurie.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/nickolas_marshal/aeca59c016.gif
I'm not sure if there's a better way of doing this one. I just kept following lines until I could find a word. I found philanthropy.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/nickolas_marshal/ed40ce8509.gif
More triangles...these will spell out ragstoriches.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/nickolas_marshal/7cb7be248e.gif
The arrow is pointed to the answer. That's not the lower crust...it's the uppercrust.

**Posted:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:23 pm

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**Posted:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:42 pm

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Mr. Emerson

http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/mr_emerson/f6f3de9402.jpg
There is a letter missing from between the last letter and first letter of each column. The letters spell out "The answer is shortfall".
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/mr_emerson/3dcad53b7b.jpg
Only look at the letters that are right-side-up. They spell out genius.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/mr_emerson/37f400445d.jpg
This is a Vigenere with key of "no". The solution is bankholiday.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/mr_emerson/e2b2bf1b33.jpg
Since Ruth is missing from each clue, I guess we would call it ruthless.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/mr_emerson/0e8e6560b1.jpg
Plot each pair of numbers on a graph like you did when you were in math class. The graph will spell out hubris.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/mr_emerson/953d95d70e.jpg
The same word works for each clue. The word is trivia.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/mr_emerson/92005ecf37.gif
The pattern of the zeros spell out help.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/mr_emerson/e73a70ed95.jpg
Another graph...this one spells out gazump.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/mr_emerson/26752f2002.jpg
Decode "THIS IS A VIGENERE CYPHER" with the key "aaesvaerrymyndlywwzqe" which you get from substituting the numbers at the bottom for their letter equivalent. You get "the answer is protection".
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/mr_emerson/bde4486be3.jpg
This puzzle is referring to the Hansen Writing Ball which was first produced in 1870.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/mr_emerson/cfeb7c03de.jpg
Read down each column from left to right to get "the answer is suddenstop".
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/mr_emerson/d67cca5aae.jpg
Each word is referring to the first of something. Take the first letter of each word and anagram to get brother.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/mr_emerson/d33107d0f6.jpg
Decode "THIS IS A VIGENER CIPHER" with key "knfmwoncivwvlkacvxaaa" to get "judgemental is the ansher [sic]".
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/mr_emerson/d97a41ce37.jpg
Take the first letter of each word and anagram into pariah.

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**Posted:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:09 pm

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LatentMoths · Unfettered Joined: 01 May 2005 Posts: 523 Location: Texas

All of the ones for Stanley Sheckles can be found in the other lists since he admitted to stealing theirs. The only one that he didn't steal was given to him by ndemeter.

http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/stanley_sheckles/wylie.jpg
Using the templar's cipher from Anton's notes we get josswelldelecourt.

And finally...

Madame Z
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/madame_z/1.jpg
Anagram the darker letters to get psychic.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/madame_z/2.jpg
Morse code translates to spirits.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/madame_z/gypsy.gif
Take the first letter of each color (or look at the filename for the image) to get gypsy.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/madame_z/4.jpg
ROT-13 "zlfgvpny" to get mystical.
http://www.perfectfriendsforever.com/images/madame_z/3.jpg
Translate the binary to ASCII to get internet.

**Posted:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:21 pm

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**Posted:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:21 pm

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**Posted:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:23 pm

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