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[STORIES] [TRAILHEAD] We Tell Stories
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Cabbage
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 		Dr Doom? As in the Dr Doom? Or does he just happen to share his name and appearance with one of the world's great supervillains?


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From the mouth of the black horse he pulled a card. As he did, he showed his hand for a moment. I remembered it: Devil, World, Moon, Sun and a worthless card, the Five of Cups.


How come Dr Doom has the Five of Cups, when the RULES OF PLAY state that:

Dr. John Dee's Tarot is played with all of the Major Arcana but only the Face cards of the Minor Arcana

Is this possibly another Perplex City in-joke (remember the Five of Cups bar?)

Trying to make sense of the card values (using the original, rather than contrariwise values):
Devil 15, world 21, sun 19, moon 18 (=73)

Does this hand include the card that Doom pulled from the horse's mouth? Is there another card? The Star is worth 17, Do we have to get the Wheel of Fortune (10) to Thomas to stop it falling into Doom's hands rather than letting Thomas complete a path?

Thomas would only have 33 with the Wheel of Fortune which would not give him a very high score -

(Love) Ahav - The Path of Love - 8 points
(Respect) Kavod - The Path of Honour - 26 points
(Force) Koakh - The Path of Power - 34 points

Still looking at this...
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pharmtx00
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 		Dr. Doom's Cards
Dr. Doom's Cards
Devil-15
World-21
Moon-18
Sun-19
5 of cups-0 (?)

Total of 73 points. But shouldn't he have 6 cards? I thought MA was the one with too few cards. If Dr. Doom has 6 cards, could the 6th one be Chariot-7 since Alice basically describes that card in her description of Dr. Doom? If so, then his point total right now is 80 and he would only need Wheel of Fortune-10 to get the Path of Kingship or Judgement-20 to get the Path of Passage.

MA's possible cards
Fool-0
Mage-1
Hierophant-5
Strength-8
Hermit-9

That gives us 23 points. If we get the Wheel of Fortune-10 our total is 33 points. But if the Fool equals 22, then our total is 55 and we have achieved the Path of Motion.

Not sure if we even need to know our path anymore, since we know that we need the Wheel of Fortune card. Confused

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ambien
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 		The cards that wukka mentions above also add up to 23 points:

Death (week 1) - 13 points
Mage (week 2) - 1 point
Hermit (week 3) - 9 points
Fool (week 4) - 0 points

The clues all seem to point to these 4 cards, although I too was expecting MA to have 5, not 4 cards. Still, it doesn't really matter now we know which card he needs next!

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LordIllidan
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 		So, the next step is to write a story about fortune on Contrariwise, yes?

Because I have nothing interesting to do in class right now, so... You guys mind if I do it? Very Happy

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gazmataz
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 		two brothers
Just an observation

tweedle doom and tweedle dee.

It seems we were right about who they were. Now do we need to get them to fight each other? That's what they do in "through the looking glass."

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 		I'm sure I remember reading something about Dr Doom being based on Dr Dee, or there's some link between them in comicland anyways...
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veebee
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 		I think anyone can write stories stories Lord, though I'm also thinking we may have to make them a bit cryptic, so the other person collecting cards doesn't catch on. Especially as the names of the cards aren't supposed to be spoken in the other place.

Thoughts anyone?

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LordIllidan
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veebee wrote:
I think anyone can write stories stories Lord, though I'm also thinking we may have to make them a bit cryptic, so the other person collecting cards doesn't catch on. Especially as the names of the cards aren't supposed to be spoken in the other place.

Thoughts anyone?


Well, I just posted my story up there. Hopefully it's cryptic enough Wink

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Cabbage
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ALISDAIRPARK wrote:
I'm sure I remember reading something about Dr Doom being based on Dr Dee, or there's some link between them in comicland anyways...


I couldn't find a link between them, you may be recalling this other superbadguy:

http://jl.toonzone.net/destiny/destiny.htm

which could still be relevant. Or not.

Added my story (or the story so far, anyway) after your fine effort, L. With more wheel of fortune references than you can shake a stick at.
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wukka
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 		Riddle
Is this riddle obvious enough (contextually) not to need an answer in the story I have sent to Thomas? I haven't included the answer at the moment, but I'm happy to edit it in. I do think it's better without, though...

What rattles in the morning, fights in the afternoon, and runs at night?
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batgirl
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 		Not too obvious to me.... Sad But I am rubbish at riddles!

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wukka
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 		Hmmm - I'll get a consensus and post the answer if no-one gets it.
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Hippyfrog
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 		I'm terrible at riddles too, no idea...

I've posted a wonderland-themed story with a more obvious hint in case Thomas is like Batgirl and me...

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doublecross
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 		Just posted a story, and discovered that my story replaced all the others - I think the editing doesn't qute work on my firewalled work PC! Eek! I think I have now restored the status quo.

Incidentally, the Five of Cups is another nod to Perplex City, as it was the name of a bar there that featured on one of the more difficult puzzle cards called 'Shuffled'.

My guess at an answer to Wukka's riddle:
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Tweedledum and Tweedledee in a sphinx-like presentation?

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wukka
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 		YAY!
That's what I was going for...
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