Author Topic: Black Stories ~ Touhou Edition - Case 20: Down to the bottom of Misty Lake! (Read 70469 times)

Prody · « **Reply #720 on:** February 10, 2010, 11:27:21 AM »

Was the cause of death from an instument?

Was the cause of death poison?

Was it intentional suicide?

Fightest · « **Reply #721 on:** February 10, 2010, 11:42:36 AM »

Phew, it's been a while since I was here last.

[edit]Crap, this is a trivia answer, not a deduction answer. PM incoming.

Dead Princess Sakana · « **Reply #722 on:** February 10, 2010, 11:56:51 AM »

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Was the cause of death from an instument?

NO. But the mental image is amusing...

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Was the cause of death poison?

NO

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Was it intentional suicide?

NO

Fightest · « **Reply #723 on:** February 10, 2010, 12:06:05 PM »

Quote from: Moe Moe Sakana-Katana on February 10, 2010, 11:56:51 AM

NO. But the mental image is amusing...

Well, there was that one Mythbusters episode with explosives and a trumpet...

Dead Princess Sakana · « **Reply #724 on:** February 10, 2010, 12:08:27 PM »

Quote from: Fightest on February 10, 2010, 12:06:05 PM

Well, there was that one Mythbusters episode with explosives and a trumpet...

(o_0)
There wouldn't be a Youtube-link available for that, would there?

Fightest · « **Reply #725 on:** February 10, 2010, 01:21:14 PM »

Quote from: Moe Moe Sakana-Katana on February 10, 2010, 12:08:27 PM

(o_0)
There wouldn't be a Youtube-link available for that, would there?

Make that "trombone", but here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C6ipyy5WJs

Prody · « **Reply #726 on:** February 10, 2010, 02:24:31 PM »

Was the performer playing a trombone?

Dead Princess Sakana · « **Reply #727 on:** February 10, 2010, 03:01:28 PM »

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Was the performer playing a trombone?

IRRELEVANT, but you may assume YES.

Thaws · « **Reply #728 on:** February 10, 2010, 03:44:21 PM »

Was the dead performer was playing music?

Did it not matter what instument what the dead performer was using?

Was the cause of the silence what killed the performer?

Was there silence because the performer, who was playing music, died?

Was there a large sound produced before the silence? (Something like a gunshot?)

Did the performer rely on hearing sound to survive?

Was there anything wrong with the electric supply?

Was there a bomb?

Dead Princess Sakana · « **Reply #729 on:** February 10, 2010, 03:50:06 PM »

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Was the dead performer was playing music?

NO

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Did it not matter what instument what the dead performer was using?

See above, wrong assumption.

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Was the cause of the silence what killed the performer?

NO

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Was there silence because the performer, who was playing music, died?

NO

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Was there a large sound produced before the silence? (Something like a gunshot?)

NO

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Did the performer rely on hearing sound to survive?

Kind of, YES

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Was there anything wrong with the electric supply?

NO

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Was there a bomb?

NO

Pesco · « **Reply #730 on:** February 10, 2010, 04:24:13 PM »

Was the performance choreographed?

Thaws · « **Reply #731 on:** February 10, 2010, 04:24:24 PM »

Was it a play?

Did the performer really died?

Dead Princess Sakana · « **Reply #732 on:** February 10, 2010, 04:28:36 PM »

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Was the performance choreographed?

I'd say YES

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Was it a play?

NO

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Did the performer really died?

YES

FinnKaenbyou · « **Reply #733 on:** February 10, 2010, 04:30:40 PM »

Was the performer blind?

Fightest · « **Reply #734 on:** February 10, 2010, 04:54:05 PM »

The questioning seems to be going in the right direction, so I'll wait some more until dropping the first vague hint.

Dead Princess Sakana · « **Reply #735 on:** February 10, 2010, 05:05:52 PM »

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Was the performer blind?

UNKNOWN, according to my card, but I will make it a YES so that the riddle makes more sense.

Fightest · « **Reply #736 on:** February 11, 2010, 07:25:50 AM »

Oh, well, I'll drop my first vague hint: some of you have seen the word "music" and immediately made some assumptions. Maybe you should reconsider those...

Pesco · « **Reply #737 on:** February 11, 2010, 07:26:12 AM »

Quote from: Yes summary

Live performance
Audience could see the performer
Intended silence but not part of the performance
Performer died
More than one person in the audience
The performance went wrong and caused the death
Performer required the use of hearing to survive
Choreographed performance
Performer really died
Assume performer was blind

Could the audience explicitly determine the cause of death?

Was the performer performing something that carried the risk of death?

Was the show one you expect to be part of a circus routine?

Hououin Kyouma · « **Reply #738 on:** February 11, 2010, 07:42:29 AM »

was the performer in a circus?
was it a magic show?
tightrope?
Trapeze?
was he blindfolded?

Dead Princess Sakana · « **Reply #739 on:** February 11, 2010, 07:44:24 AM »

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Could the audience explicitly determine the cause of death?

YES

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Was the performer performing something that carried the risk of death?

YES

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Was the show one you expect to be part of a circus routine?

YES

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was the performer in a circus?

YES

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was it a magic show?

NO

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tightrope?

YES

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Trapeze?

NO

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was he blindfolded?

Could be, but I decided on blind, so NO

Hououin Kyouma · « **Reply #740 on:** February 11, 2010, 07:51:11 AM »

did he die from falling?

Dead Princess Sakana · « **Reply #741 on:** February 11, 2010, 08:01:03 AM »

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did he die from falling?

Now how did you get that weird idea? :V YES

Kuma · « **Reply #742 on:** February 11, 2010, 08:05:07 AM »

Was the music guiding the performer?

The Performer was walking the tightrope and could not see, they were using the music as an indication of where they should step somehow, but had missheard the music and fell, the musician had stoped the music when the person fell. there was no net.

Simmilar to above, except the person fell bcause the muscician stoped playing for whatever reason.

Dead Princess Sakana · « **Reply #743 on:** February 11, 2010, 08:17:57 AM »

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Quote from: Kuma-tan~ <3 on February 11, 2010, 08:05:07 AM

The Performer was walking the tightrope and could not see, they were using the music as an indication of where they should step somehow, but had missheard the music and fell, the musician had stoped the music when the person fell. there was no net.

Simmilar to above, except the person fell bcause the muscician stoped playing for whatever reason.

YES to the second version.

The man who died was a tightrope artist in a circus.
Because he was blind, he worked together with a musician.
The musician would play during the performance and stop playing when the man had reached the end of the rope.
That way, he would know when to step off the rope.
That day, however, something in the audience distracted the musician and the stopped playing a bit too early.
The man thought it was the signal, stepped off the rope and fell to his death.

Next one will come in a bit.

Kuma · « **Reply #744 on:** February 11, 2010, 08:21:32 AM »

Haaa~ Wow! I can't belive I really got it!
I feel super spescial awesome now!

Fightest · « **Reply #745 on:** February 11, 2010, 08:26:31 AM »

Oh, hey, awesome!

Pesco · « **Reply #746 on:** February 11, 2010, 11:43:09 AM »

I preferred if he was walking the tightrope blindfolded and juggling chainsaw nunchuks while on fire. He screwed up because he wasn't awesome enough and died. :V

Dead Princess Sakana · « **Reply #747 on:** February 11, 2010, 11:54:05 AM »

Quote from: Pesco on February 11, 2010, 11:43:09 AM

I preferred if he was walking the tightrope blindfolded and juggling chainsaw nunchuks while on fire. He screwed up because he wasn't awesome enough and died. :V

Nope, we're not making a riddle based on MJP yet :V

Alright, how about we continue with another pretty classic one?

Eighteenth Case: Deadly Jump
A man traveled from A to B by train.
Twoo weeks later, he traveled back and jumped off the train in a tunnel.

Thaws · « **Reply #748 on:** February 11, 2010, 12:12:53 PM »

Did he die?

Was it intentional suicide?

Did he rode in the same train for both journeys?

FinnKaenbyou · « **Reply #749 on:** February 11, 2010, 01:07:46 PM »

Had he left something important in the train on the previous visit, and when he failed to find it afterward resorted to suicide?