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[Trailhead] A CHALLENGE FOR YOUR COURT
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Zachariah Pajarito
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Isaiah backwards worked, but it just gave me three blank word docs, jestersdiary1, 2 and 3. Also, got this picture in the original file, forgot to show you guys:


EDIT: Nevermind, it's blank because that's the wrong pass. It has to be Isaiah though, right?
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:12 pm
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Tharol
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

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Check the phrase range visual.

PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:55 pm
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Zachariah Pajarito
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The password was Mandala, from the picture, it was scrambled. Here are the Jesters diary entries:

1.
locked away? lost the key?

the bitch is tilting at windmills. i feel like sancho fuckin' panza when i have to keep an eye on her. she's off her meds, she thinks she's being poisoned. shes been inconsolable since the fire

when kings house burned down i told her all about chandlers law; assuming incompetence before malice, im sure you know all about it, Scholar. a common electrical fire. he lived in a house older than him, it was bound to happen.

but electrical fires don't kill by strangulation.

2.
king was found in his charred house clutching a record
the record melted in the heat, but the cover was saved
it was a signed copy of In The Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson
it was his prized possession next to the queen

the cornoners report had a pair of blackend handprints burned into his neck, they said he grabbed at his throat due to smoke inhalation, very uncommon, very tragic, our deepest apologies ad nausuem. i would've been convinced if kings hands weren't clutched over the record

3.
a house a mile away burned down today, electrical issues they said it was. the whole neighborhood smells like smoke, i can't escape it. it's a warning. i have to stop.

my cigarette lighter burst in my hands today; a quick snap and the top is melted plastic and hot metal

its aim is getting better

EDIT: Not really sure where to go from here. There's no other instructions. I'll contact the queen again, I suppose. What should I say?

PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:45 am
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Tharol
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

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Personal go responding for clues.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 8:30 pm
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Zachariah Pajarito
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Good idea but what should I say? haha

PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 12:15 am
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Tharol
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

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Point me in the way for holiday gift check.

PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 3:17 am
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Zachariah Pajarito
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Update! Got this in the mail this morning:

nextpieceofthepuzzle

from BLACKQUEENROYALCOURT
sent 7 hours ago

http://www.mediafire.com/?o16h22scv30eh2o

hopeyoubrusheduponTHEBARD


In that file was a word doc titled "THENEWFEUBALISM":
ittookyoufuckinglongenoughpeons
imeanaSIMPLEscrambledgroupofLETTERS?
AREYOUJUSTSOMESORTOFFOOLANDNOTASCHOLAR
therestofmycourtisquietBUTTHEFOOLISUNCEASING
thewitchTHEWITCHsaidnomanofwomanbornshallharmmyKINGmyking
andnowshesoffstartingfires
startafireandPROVEIT
mynextchallengeshallbeinthenewyear
untilthenbebidedwithSIMPLERESEARCHyouSWINE
nomanofwomanbornuntimelyrippedfromhismotherswomb
WHOWASHEANDWHODIDHESLAYPEON
letyourlovefortheBARDunlocktheJESTERyetagain

And of course, a locked file:
lockedawayhiddenjustfine.7zip

Let's get to work. Very Happy

PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:22 am
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booba
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It was of course:

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macduffandmacbeth

No. 4

i feel like i've left you all out in the cold

the entire court is nuts

my therapist recommended them as a peer group, i guess she was tired of biweekly house visits, scared of the towers of boxes full of magazines and piled up old speakers. she called it a fire hazard and i shrugged

her and some of her peers had grouped them together for compaionship i guess

agoraphobia just plain kills your social life

No. 5

i've looked into King's death somemore since the last time the queen peeked into my diary (i can see you there))

house fire, smoke inhalation blahblahblah

personal effects on him:

koss portapros
record sleeve
circular necklace

i sent him that necklace, it had a mandala design, very intricate

why did he grab it on the way out? and why was it unsinged?

No. 6

i had a dream tonight, diary
i was feverish so i crawled into bed early, and i was dreaming of a lake of fire surrounded by blackend trees

there was a gril, dressed in rags with a crown, she was blacked with soot and ash and when i spoke to her, her mouth moved but i didn't hear anything over the sound of the lake crackling

she turns and points at the lake, and a tall thing made of ash and coal stands from the lake, extends his arms and catches fire again

i woke up soaked in sweat with tears and snot trailing down my face and my covers tossed off

so i hopped online again and tried to talk to the Queen, but i only raised the Handmaid. she tried to connect a voice call, but all i heard was crying on her end

i hoped to god she was just messing with me again


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Tharol
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

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Does the clue go there.

PostPosted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:43 pm
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Atemys
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necklace- a mandala?

Previous clue referred to "thekeyyouseekisintheInescapableWheelofFate"

Wheel of fate? Buddhist wheel of fate? Tarot wheel of fortune.fate?

There is an RPG called wheel of fate

or just some scenery?

PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 10:24 pm
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Tharol
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

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Think game still continue people.

PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:55 pm
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Zachariah Pajarito
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Yeah this is getting interesting...
I think the wheel of fate was the key to the puzzle, which is mandala, which is a circle design.
We need to find out what's causing the fires, definitely, but whose side are we on here?

PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 1:24 am
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Tharol
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

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Personal think like more clues to check.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 3:58 am
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Zachariah Pajarito
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Got a message in the mail this morning:

be quick, before the queen catches me meddling again

from BLACKQUEENROYALCOURT
sent 12 hours ago

http://www.mediafire.com/?1innf388hf8tiji last guy who meddled got broken on the wheel, good luck catching me, queen

Not sure who this one's from, but he has access the queens account.
Need help with the pass as always, a riddle this time. I am a complete idiot, obviously.

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 3:38 pm
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booba
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Try
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marwood


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