Author Topic: Black Stories ~ Touhou Edition - Case 20: Down to the bottom of Misty Lake!  (Read 70468 times)

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #810 on: February 15, 2010, 07:37:55 AM »
>Well, I mean it was sorta obvious
Not obvious enough it seems, since it wasn't asked before.

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She had already crashed the car before she made the call. She was trying to send herself to hospital, but the line was busy so no-one sent an ambulance for her and she died.
NO

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What the hell. I was using > signs in this, this is a sign of playing too much Z-Machines here. ;-;
YES

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Did she drop the phone?
I suppose she might have when the accident occured, but as far as it's relevant to the case: NO


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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #811 on: February 15, 2010, 08:29:37 AM »
She was trying to get on line with another person?
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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #812 on: February 15, 2010, 08:35:27 AM »
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She was trying to get on line with another person?
NO

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #813 on: February 16, 2010, 07:51:36 AM »
Was she driving the car on a road?

Was her driving environment an open one?

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #814 on: February 16, 2010, 08:12:33 AM »
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Was she driving the car on a road?
YES

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Was her driving environment an open one?
What would open be? If it means open fields, NO.

I think it's time for someone to try and summarize a bit. I think that will be neccessary for all of you to discover new clues.

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #815 on: February 16, 2010, 08:56:41 AM »
Was there traffic around her?

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #816 on: February 16, 2010, 09:49:30 AM »
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Was there traffic around her?
IRRELEVANT

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #817 on: February 16, 2010, 12:02:42 PM »
Did she crash into an immobile object?

Did she crash into another car?
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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #818 on: February 16, 2010, 12:22:12 PM »
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Did she crash into an immobile object?
YES

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Did she crash into another car?
That would have worked as well, but see above. NO.

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #819 on: February 17, 2010, 02:41:33 AM »
She used the phone so long that the batteries exploded?

She used the phone so long that the radio signals interfered some other devices?

She used the phone so long that someone else was affected?

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #820 on: February 17, 2010, 05:04:07 AM »
The woman was on a plane, she used her phone which interfered with vital radio signals. causing the plane to crash.

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #821 on: February 17, 2010, 05:50:02 AM »
The woman was on a plane, she used her phone which interfered with vital radio signals. causing the plane to crash.

She's driving a car.  :/

Did she neglect something due to getting busy signals?

Did she neglect to make a phone call?

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #822 on: February 17, 2010, 06:05:42 AM »
She's driving a car.  :/

Did she neglect something due to getting busy signals?

Did she neglect to make a phone call?

I'm just throwing stuff out there.

Was the car in some sort of autopilot?

Did the vehicle crash due to interference created by the phone call?

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #823 on: February 17, 2010, 06:48:24 AM »
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She used the phone so long that the batteries exploded?
NO

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She used the phone so long that the radio signals interfered some other devices?
NO

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She used the phone so long that someone else was affected?
Well..... you might say that, possibly YES

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The woman was on a plane, she used her phone which interfered with vital radio signals. causing the plane to crash.
Erm...NO?

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Did she neglect something due to getting busy signals?
NO

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Did she neglect to make a phone call?
NO, she was phoning all the time.

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Was the car in some sort of autopilot?
NO

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Did the vehicle crash due to interference created by the phone call?
NO



Okay, I think it is time for me to push you all back into the right direction a bit.
Two things:
1) As you know because of UK's question, a busy signal was involved. That means someone could not reach someone else on the phone.
2) The woman was phoning, meaning she talked to someone.

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #824 on: February 17, 2010, 08:33:22 AM »
was she panicking?
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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #825 on: February 17, 2010, 08:37:16 AM »
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was she panicking?
NO At least not until the accident occured. She probably panicked at that moment just like any human would.

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #826 on: February 17, 2010, 09:03:53 AM »
Was her driving direction/destination important?

Was who she spoke to important? In terms of the person's occupation.

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #827 on: February 17, 2010, 10:56:45 AM »
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Was her driving direction/destination important?
NO

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Was who she spoke to important? In terms of the person's occupation.
NO. It was just a friend of hers.

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #828 on: February 17, 2010, 12:04:35 PM »
Someone tried to call her but couldn't beacuse she was chatting on the phone?

The woman just had her car sent to be repaired. The technician told her the car's fixed and she can come get it. So the woman drove away when the techinician realised the brakes are not working or something. So he tried to call her to inform her to be careful but he kept getting a busy signal. The woman later died in a car accident when the car went out of control.
« Last Edit: February 17, 2010, 12:08:55 PM by Thaws »

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #829 on: February 17, 2010, 12:28:47 PM »
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.


The woman just had her car sent to be repaired. The technician told her the car's fixed and she can come get it. So the woman drove away when the techinician realised the brakes are not working or something. So he tried to call her to inform her to be careful but he kept getting a busy signal. The woman later died in a car accident when the car went out of control.
YES

The women had brought her car to a garage to have new tires installed.
After she had picked the car up again and driven away, the mechanic noticed he had forgotten to fasten some screws on the wheels.
He tried to call her immediately, but only got a busy signal because the woman was already talking to her friend on the phone.
When she took the first turn, she lost control over the car and crashed into a tree.

Oh my, now that was a suprise.
Well done, Sir Thaws.
I would have expected this case to still take a while, as it seems to have been quite hard, but now you have broken through the confusion in one step.






I am planning to put Black Stories on hold for a few days before the next case starts.
However, I will prepare something else for you, my dear players, of which I hope it will serve to make the game more fun once it starts again.
I still have to figure out some details, but expect an update tonight.
Please wait warmly and have a tea until then.

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #830 on: February 17, 2010, 04:05:48 PM »
Your clue really helped to clear up the busy signal thing. :P

Once that was cleared up, there really isn't much possibilities of people capable of knowing the woman is going to crash and how, then tries to tell the woman. It's really either something's wrong with the car or the road.

My answer is yet again way off with the details, but that's to be expected as I kind of jumped to the conclusion. :V

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #831 on: February 17, 2010, 04:08:42 PM »
Wow, didn't see that one coming.

Something to make the game more fun? This could be interesting.

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Re: Black Stories ~ Case 19: Busy
« Reply #832 on: February 17, 2010, 10:34:55 PM »
Alright, my dear players.
Let me introduce you to the idea I have for the progression of this game.

Right now, I feel the game has lost a bit of its momentum. This was to be expected, seeing how we have been going through case after case without pause.
That is why I propose a little change of pace that shall give this game a new direction for a while.
But we already had the Special Round a while ago, and I'm not going to start another one just yet.
So what I am instead planning is the following:


I hereby declare the very first
~Create a Touhou Black Story Challenge~

That's right, my dear players.
No longer shall you only use your intellect and wits to solve what I present you.
No, I want you to use your skills to create new riddles and mysteries.
And it shall not be mysteries from the real world, like those we had before.
The riddles I want you to create shall come from a fantastic world behind the border, the world of Gensokyo.


So my idea is the following: To give our game a new twist and, in the best case, to let more people participate, I want us to play Touhou Black Stories.
Since those don't exist, you'll have to create them.
The rules are simple:

- Create a Black Story that has to do with Touhou in some way
- Once you've finished a story, send it to me via PM

- A Black Story consists of three things: A case name (not neccessary, but it would be nice), the riddle itself, and the solution that contains all the details that the players have to discover

- Since we're talking about Touhou, the logic rules are obviously softened. A lot. A whole lot. Oh hell, drop logic.
  You may be as creative as you want with the case, but try to keep it solvable

- Solvable also means that your case should not use details that are very obscure and only known to a smaller number of people. Try to keep in mind, for example, that some characters are more widely known than others (Orange anyone?)

- If you're unsure about something, either use the cases in this thread as reference or ask here in the thread or via PM

-And most important is of course: Have fun creating riddles  :D


Once the challenge ends, we will play the riddles you have created here in this thread. You can decide if you want to be the gamemaster when your riddle is played.
The riddles I find the most creative will be played first and their creator shall be praised on high, that is the only kind of prize I can offer for now.

I have not yet decided for how long I will let the challenge run, for now the deadline is the end of this week, Sunday Midnight.

Now then, have at it, I'm waiting for what you will suprise me with  :)

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Re: Black Stories ~ Create A Touhou Black Story Challenge!
« Reply #833 on: February 18, 2010, 04:26:19 AM »
"Cough"

Ehhhhhh......I'll get right on it.

We all will.

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Re: Black Stories ~ Create A Touhou Black Story Challenge!
« Reply #834 on: February 18, 2010, 07:00:19 AM »
Every riddle has at least a single death, and crossing death over to touhou can be pretty hard.
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Re: Black Stories ~ Create A Touhou Black Story Challenge!
« Reply #835 on: February 18, 2010, 07:04:54 AM »
Every riddle has at least a single death, and crossing death over to touhou can be pretty hard.

Crossover it with silliness.

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Re: Black Stories ~ Create A Touhou Black Story Challenge!
« Reply #836 on: February 18, 2010, 07:07:01 AM »
Every riddle has at least a single death, and crossing death over to touhou can be pretty hard.
It's not neccessary if you don't want to. There are riddles without death.

EDIT: Oh, and btw, multiple entries are encouraged and accepted. The more we get the more fun it will be.
« Last Edit: February 18, 2010, 07:10:54 AM by Moe Moe Sakana-Katana »

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Re: Black Stories ~ Create A Touhou Black Story Challenge!
« Reply #837 on: February 23, 2010, 02:45:04 PM »
Alright, my dear players,
with some slight delay, it is now time to continue our game.
I have received five different riddles, plus one I made up myself,
and I plan to play all of those with you now.

As for the person who deserves the most Congratulations for their entries, that would be Sir Thaws,
who alone provided three of the five riddles that were sent to me.
For that reason, and because they are very well thought out, one of Sir Thaws' riddles shall be the first to be played.

For everyone's information, I will still accept new Touhou riddles, Black Stories or other interesting riddles for this thread at any time.
If any of you has a spark of inspiration, then write it down and send it to me, everything is welcome.

But now, let us begin with our first Touhou Black Story.
Let the curtain rise on the scene of the events.





Twentieth Case: Down to the bottom of Misty Lake!
A girl was flying over the Misty Lake.
She suddenly dove straight down into the lake at high speed.

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Re: Black Stories ~ Touhou Edition - Case 20: Down to the bottom of Misty Lake!
« Reply #838 on: February 23, 2010, 03:42:52 PM »
Was Cirno involved?

Was Lily white involved?

Did the girl have some sort of goal in mind?

Did she dive down to the lake to investigate something?
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Re: Black Stories ~ Touhou Edition - Case 20: Down to the bottom of Misty Lake!
« Reply #839 on: February 23, 2010, 03:49:35 PM »
Hurrah! Mine get to be played first.  :D

So uh, do I get to help you answer questions as well or I just sit back and watch? :P