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[Russell]

Aye well the forum on TSR is rather incomplete and also IG so good to keep an eye out here too.

[Chronus_Valtiel]

I suggest that everyone look at both forums. Somebody posted something in TSR about the distortion puzzle that may help. It's nothing huge, just a way to look at it.

[carmenmiranda]

Hi all. This work thing can really interfere with my detective work.

Okay, so coming to the party late and all, here is what I see as the important things in the distortion puzzle. Tell me if I'm missing anything in this recap:

1. The blue puzzle squares match the blue squares at the bottom, indicating that this is where the answer lies. So we need to figure out how to fill in the puzzle to get this.

2. There are the same number of letters in the mostly-5-letter words as there are in the puzzle, indicating that we probably want to use them to fill in the puzzle.

3. The name of the puzzle is "distortion," which is some kind of hint.

4. There are numbers above three of the letters in the word "distortion", telling us that we probably need some numbers associated with the letters in order to solve it.

5. There are 10 letters in the word "distortion," and one of the numbers above the letters is a 10, indicating that each letter gets a number.

6. There are only 9 groups of mostly-5-letter words, so this doesn't match.

7. There are 9 blue boxes.

8. There are 10 "columns" if you follow the arrow, and each "column" starts above a letter in the word "distortion".

Seems like the numbers above the letters are some kind of offset.

EDIT: I am an idiot who cannot count. I was thinking that if you skip the blue boxes, there are mostly five boxes left in each "column". There are exactly 5 letters in each of the thingummies.

[Pied Piper]

I think you've summed it up quite nicely, carmenmiranda. Two of your statements might be significant--meaning, I hadn't thought of the connection before:

[Chronus_Valtiel]

That grimlet page creeps me out...
Hmm... The Sky does have something to do with it...
Also, there are six letters in "the sky"....

[carmenmiranda]

You know what this distortion business reminds me of? Have you seen those pictures done with perspective? The ones where, when viewed at a certain angle, they look like, oh, a person climbing out of a manhole, but when you see them from any other angle/direction, it all looks a bit off.

I've tried viewing this page at various angles, but I'm on a laptop, and the screen just goes black.

I don't think that's what this puzzle is about, because there are all of these numbers and things, but if someone could look at this puzzle from sharp angles, and just verify that there's nothing to see, I'd appreciate it.

[Pied Piper]

Playfair cipher?

[carmenmiranda]

Okay, so Pied Piper mentioned to me that when she highlights the page, she sees "distorted text", which I can't see on my browser.

However, what's been bugging me is that when you look at the code, there are very slight color changes for various letters in the error stuff at the top of the page.

So I've gone through and made the color changes more dramatic, and here are the results. There's definitely a message, as you can see the first line reads "Wendy we must talk."

Who's the squinting expert here? Looks like the second line is "I have been trying to contact you."

[carmenmiranda]

Here's a better version, where I have given the background color the same color as the text. You can clearly read "I have been trying to contact you for a very long time."

NOTE: There are some leftover letters.

EDIT: Note to self: Dramatic color differences, fine, but next time try to choose a combination that doesn't make you scream, "Oh, my eyes, my eyes!"

[MrToasty]

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=24468&start=253

Good pic though. Not sure if the extra letters mean anything.

[carmenmiranda]

Sorry about that, but it doesn't show up in my browser at all, regardless of how I highlight it. I've tried everything, and resorted to manually changing the style sheets!

[Chronus_Valtiel]

[Pied Piper]

[Chronus_Valtiel]

I don't see a problem with either, really....