Author Topic: Black Stories ~ Touhou Edition - Case 20: Down to the bottom of Misty Lake!  (Read 70461 times)

Spidere

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 2: Dead in the Desert
« Reply #180 on: January 23, 2010, 03:23:52 PM »
I knew it. I was sure of the answer. I've never heard this one before, but it seemed pretty obvious. Congratulations guys.

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 2: Dead in the Desert
« Reply #181 on: January 23, 2010, 03:38:29 PM »
I knew it. I was sure of the answer. I've never heard this one before, but it seemed pretty obvious. Congratulations guys.

Oh dear, how did I forget that.
Of course you, Sir Thundr, also receive a special congratulation, for it was you who asked about the balloon first and seemingly you had discovered the truth already back then.
That was a vital part in the solving of this riddle and deserves praise.
I have corrected my post-solution message acordingly, for I do not wish to belittle anyones achievements.
« Last Edit: January 23, 2010, 03:41:42 PM by Sakana »

Spidere

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 2: Dead in the Desert
« Reply #182 on: January 23, 2010, 04:22:31 PM »
Meh, I don't really care if I get credit.

Hououin Kyouma

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 2: Dead in the Desert
« Reply #183 on: January 23, 2010, 09:54:27 PM »
I was gone for a day and this happens? >:
"DUMBASS!" "I'd hit it" "Bear-sona~!" "Critical hits to the nads!" "What you're really asking is... "Will you please beat the **** out of me, Kanji?" "...I Gotta pee." ''Everydays great at your Junes~'' "You calling me a loser?"

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 2: Dead in the Desert
« Reply #184 on: January 23, 2010, 10:51:27 PM »
Meh, I don't really care if I get credit.
Pah, that's for me to decide  ;D. Anyway, 10 more minutes to the promised time, so I should start preparing the next post.

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 2: Dead in the Desert
« Reply #185 on: January 23, 2010, 11:00:01 PM »
The bell strikes twelve.
Isn't midnight a mysterious time?
Is it the end of the old day?
The beginning of the new one?
Or is it, in fact, something entirely different, a world between the days,
a moment that breaks free from the limitations of time we have pushed onto everything?

Be it as it may, there could be no better moment to reveal a new riddle than this magical moment of midnight.
So let us not waste time, let the curtain rise on this new case.



Third Case: The Radio
A man drove through the city in his car.
He turned on the radio and killed himself.

Pesco

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 2: Dead in the Desert
« Reply #186 on: January 23, 2010, 11:04:46 PM »
This is the answer.

Did the man have a destination in mind?

Hououin Kyouma

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 2: Dead in the Desert
« Reply #187 on: January 23, 2010, 11:05:51 PM »
did he kill himself intentionally?

did the radio mention someone he knew?
"DUMBASS!" "I'd hit it" "Bear-sona~!" "Critical hits to the nads!" "What you're really asking is... "Will you please beat the **** out of me, Kanji?" "...I Gotta pee." ''Everydays great at your Junes~'' "You calling me a loser?"

OkashiiKisei

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 2: Dead in the Desert
« Reply #188 on: January 23, 2010, 11:17:06 PM »
Did the radio play Jeepers Creepers? :V (Sorry, couldn't resist)

Did the man have a car crash?

Pesco

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 2: Dead in the Desert
« Reply #189 on: January 23, 2010, 11:27:10 PM »
No wait, I do know the answer to this one I think.

Was the man returning from somewhere?

Was the man supposed to be working at that time of the day?

If it's a yes to both of these, I've got it.

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 2: Dead in the Desert
« Reply #190 on: January 23, 2010, 11:30:27 PM »
did he kill himself because of the radio?
"DUMBASS!" "I'd hit it" "Bear-sona~!" "Critical hits to the nads!" "What you're really asking is... "Will you please beat the **** out of me, Kanji?" "...I Gotta pee." ''Everydays great at your Junes~'' "You calling me a loser?"

Dead Princess Sakana

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 2: Dead in the Desert
« Reply #191 on: January 23, 2010, 11:40:21 PM »
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This is the answer.
And just as I was thinking that I could have made the case name a play on this song.  :V

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Did the man have a destination in mind?
YES

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Did the radio play Jeepers Creepers?
I do not know that that is, dear Sir, but NO

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Did the man have a car crash?
NO

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Was the man returning from somewhere?
YES

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Was the man supposed to be working at that time of the day?
YES

Unbelievable. I'm beginning to doubt myself here. I just decided I would reduce the number of hints besides YES or NO from this riddle on, but it seems it is going to be solved in a flash again.


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did he kill himself because of the radio?
I would understand 'radio' as the machine itself, so NO

Pesco

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 3: The Radio
« Reply #192 on: January 23, 2010, 11:41:31 PM »
Can I give the answer?

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 3: The Radio
« Reply #193 on: January 24, 2010, 12:03:11 AM »
Can I give the answer?
Do it. If you really have it figured out after just that, then you deserve this moment of glory.

Pesco

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 3: The Radio
« Reply #194 on: January 24, 2010, 12:04:34 AM »
Just as I sent you the PM with the answer :/

The man was a presenter on the radio and went out to commit a crime. On the way back, he turned on the radio to hear the pre-recorded show he would use as his alibi. On hearing the recorded show run out, he was caught. Therefore suicide.

Dead Princess Sakana

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 3: The Radio
« Reply #195 on: January 24, 2010, 12:10:08 AM »
CASE SOLVED!
Enough details have been uncovered and brought into connection to declare this case as solved. Please wait a bit for
post-game summary.


Goodness, that certainly went far beyond my expectations. Solving the case within a mere hour, incredible.
One detail is slightly different from my case-card, but this solution works all the same.


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The man was a presenter on the radio and went out to commit a crime. On the way back, he turned on the radio to hear the pre-recorded show he would use as his alibi. On hearing the recorded show run out, he was caught. Therefore suicide.
YES

The man was a radio moderator that had decided on killing his wife.
To produce an indestructible alibi, he recorded all of his announcements beforehand.
He then let the record play while he went to commit the murder.
Everyone would think he could not be the murderer because if they heard him on radio, he had to be at the radio station.
Upon having done as he had planned, he drove back to his work.
On the way he turned on the radio to see if it was working as he had planned it.
However, the record had been damaged, which led to the sound jumping and making it clear that it was no live broadcast.
Seeing that his alibi had been destroyed, the man killed himself.

Well, I think noone can argue that all credit for solving thise case goes to that man with the pet rabbit in our middle, Sir Pesco.
You have shown wonderful combination skills just now.
I would really like to say more, but I am honestly at a loss for words.

However, I can imagine many will be slightly disappointed by those fast events.
I shall therefore present the next case without delay, in hopes that it will last longer this time.





Fourth Case: Exotic Meal
A girl ordered an iguana steak at an exotic restaurant.
After the first bite, she stood up and threw herself in front of a passing car.
« Last Edit: January 24, 2010, 12:28:31 AM by Sakana »

Hououin Kyouma

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 4: Exotic Meal
« Reply #196 on: January 24, 2010, 12:49:51 AM »
was the iguana her pet?

was it really iguana steak?

is this suicide?

was the iguana alive?

was it because of the iguana that she wanted to die?

was this set in somewhere non-western?

was the passing car a random car?

« Last Edit: January 24, 2010, 04:08:47 AM by DJ BATTLE BATTLER »
"DUMBASS!" "I'd hit it" "Bear-sona~!" "Critical hits to the nads!" "What you're really asking is... "Will you please beat the **** out of me, Kanji?" "...I Gotta pee." ''Everydays great at your Junes~'' "You calling me a loser?"

UncertainJakutten

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 4: Exotic Meal
« Reply #197 on: January 24, 2010, 12:54:52 AM »
Did she intend to die?


theshirn

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 4: Exotic Meal
« Reply #198 on: January 24, 2010, 12:59:47 AM »
Was the car a full-size vehicle?

[09:46] <theshim|work> there is nothing like working for a real estate company to make one contemplate arson

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 4: Exotic Meal
« Reply #199 on: January 24, 2010, 03:37:04 AM »
Was the steak poisoned?

Did she have enough to pay for it?

If she didn't get hit by the car, would she have survived? (I mean if she just continued eating the steak.)

Was she a vegetarian?

If the steak she ate was that of another animal's, would she have done the same thing?

theshirn

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 4: Exotic Meal
« Reply #200 on: January 24, 2010, 04:03:47 AM »
Did she intentionally order the iguana steak?

Did she know what it was?

[09:46] <theshim|work> there is nothing like working for a real estate company to make one contemplate arson

Dead Princess Sakana

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 4: Exotic Meal
« Reply #201 on: January 24, 2010, 07:24:04 AM »
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was the iguana her pet?
NO

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was it really iguana steak?
YES

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is this suicide?
YES

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was the iguana alive?
NO

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was it because of the iguana that she wanted to die?
YES

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was this set in somewhere non-western?
IRRELEVANT

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was the passing car a random car?
YES

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Did she intend to die?
YES

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Was the car a full-size vehicle?
YES

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Was the steak poisoned?
NO

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Did she have enough to pay for it?
YES

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If she didn't get hit by the car, would she have survived? (I mean if she just continued eating the steak.)
YES

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Was she a vegetarian?
NO

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If the steak she ate was that of another animal's, would she have done the same thing?
NO

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Did she intentionally order the iguana steak?
YES

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Did she know what it was?
YES

Pesco

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 4: Exotic Meal
« Reply #202 on: January 24, 2010, 07:28:57 AM »
Is the girl pregnant?

Did the girl have any illnesses?

Was the girl forced to order iguana steak?

theshirn

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 4: Exotic Meal
« Reply #203 on: January 24, 2010, 07:34:40 AM »
Is she allergic to iguana?

[09:46] <theshim|work> there is nothing like working for a real estate company to make one contemplate arson

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 4: Exotic Meal
« Reply #204 on: January 24, 2010, 07:54:35 AM »
Did she believe that the steak is poisoned?

Is the reason why she decided to suicide by throwing herself in front of a car relevant?
Did she do so simply because it was the most convenient way to suicide?

Is there any other person involved in this?(If yes,) Was the waiter/waitress the served the steak involved?

theshirn

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 4: Exotic Meal
« Reply #205 on: January 24, 2010, 08:10:01 AM »
Did anything occur between taking said first bite and throwing herself in front of a car?  (Besides standing up.)

[09:46] <theshim|work> there is nothing like working for a real estate company to make one contemplate arson

Pesco

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 4: Exotic Meal
« Reply #206 on: January 24, 2010, 08:21:23 AM »
Was the girl blind?

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 4: Exotic Meal
« Reply #207 on: January 24, 2010, 08:23:33 AM »
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Is the girl pregnant?
NO

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Did the girl have any illnesses?
NO

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Was the girl forced to order iguana steak?
NO

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Is she allergic to iguana?
NO

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Did she believe that the steak is poisoned?
NO

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Is the reason why she decided to suicide by throwing herself in front of a car relevant?
NO

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Did she do so simply because it was the most convenient way to suicide?
YES

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Is there any other person involved in this?
YES

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Was the waiter/waitress the served the steak involved?
NO

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Did anything occur between taking said first bite and throwing herself in front of a car?
NO

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Was the girl blind?
NO

theshirn

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 4: Exotic Meal
« Reply #208 on: January 24, 2010, 08:42:30 AM »
Did someone go to the restaurant with her?

[09:46] <theshim|work> there is nothing like working for a real estate company to make one contemplate arson

Dead Princess Sakana

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 4: Exotic Meal
« Reply #209 on: January 24, 2010, 09:05:19 AM »
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Did someone go to the restaurant with her?
IRRELEVANT