( 07 ) video + text ♧ dying to tell you anything you want to hear that's just who i am this week

[became]

[ everything in neal's life right now depends on coming off as better-- healing, masking pain maybe, but better. as such: time to get back on the network socialization horse.

he's in his devore, this time, and a fedora to boot; armor, but whatever. hot armor. ]

You know what I've noticed? Space is actually pretty boring in between it trying to kill us all.

In that vein, here's something I haven't done in a while. Pick a or b and try your best.



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Find the differences.



That's a, here's b.

You're on a road-- let's say to the nearest drycleaners. If you don't understand why we need one of those, you're going somewhere else that's very important and exciting, all right? You come to a point in the road where the path is blocked by three guardians; their names are Knight, Knave and Chaos. Knight always tells the truth, and Knave can always be trusted to lie. Chaos just blows whichever way the wind is strongest, that day.

To get past them, you only have to do one thing: by asking three yes or no questions (one to each guardian, double dipping not allowed) figure out which one is Knight, which one is Knave, and which one is Chaos.

There is, as always, one catch: the guardians understand English but will answer you back in their local language, so 'da' means yes and 'ja' means no. Or maybe it's the other way around-- probably should have read the guidebook closer.

So. How do you do it?

And hey, why not one more for the math geeks living among us. Finish the sequence:

4, 6, 12, 18, 30, 42, 60, 72, 102, 108, ?, ?, ?.

( l o c k e d )

There are a few other players on the board I should fill you in about.

Chess tonight?

Comments

text;

[cons]

how many differences are there? I've only found five so far...

text;

[became]

There are... as many as there are. Keep looking.

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[sebasher]

In regards to B, why waste time being clever and asking questions at all when you can just push past the foreign lot of them? They're the ones being snooty bastards and blocking the entire path.

Seems they didn't have somewhere very important and exciting to be that day.

text;

[became]

But tell me how you really feel.

text;

[bruxisms]

WHY SHOULD WE WASTE OUR TIME ON SUCH FRIVOLOUS MATTERS?

text;

[became]

Stannis! Good to see you're still locked in a mortal vendetta with the shift key.

[ neal you can't just call him that stop it. ]

And the point, generally, would be 'fun'.

video. 1/2

[ex_sorted385]

Actually, space is absolutely fascinating, it's being locked up aboard a ship that forces you to make your own entertainment that can be dull. So far as I can tell, mostly people here drink or visit the gardens, a few of them read, and no one's started any kind of team sports or competitive activities yet.

I think that's probably part of your problem.

text. 2/2. encrypted 100% (don't want to ruin the game for everyone else ;) )

[ex_sorted385]

a. attachment


b. Ask #1: What would your answer be if I asked you if you are a Knight?
(Knave says No, Knight says Yes, Chaos says No - see below)

Ask #2: What would your answer be if I asked you if you are a Knave?
(Knave says Yes, Knight says No, Chaos says No - see below)

Ask #3: What would your answer be if I asked if you are Chaos?
(Knave says No, Knight says No, Chaos says No - see below)

The one who says Yes to "Knight" and No to both other questions is the Knight.
The one whos says No to "Knight", Yes to "Knave" and No to "Chaos" is the Knave.
The one who says No to all questions (there are more No answers than Yes answers among the other two so the wind is blowing strongest toward No) is Chaos.

You can tell which word means No by which answer all three give to the third question. The other word is obviously yes.


c. 138, 150, 180.

text.

[tofindthesun]

i would step off the road and continue on my way.

text.

[became]

Should have waited on that one-- tenth customer to miss the point entirely wins a prize.

[ neal ftlog. ]

text;

[growling]

c? 138, 150, 180.

And is it just me or does the bunny look like it's screaming in a? That is a bunny, right?

text;

[became]

Ding ding ding.

It is a bunny, but now I'm a little worried about you. Time for inkblots? (Hint: you want to see a butterfly, not a screaming rabbit.)

[majestyofthethrone]

138, 150, 180!

Mr. Neal, can I ask you something?

[became]

Just Neal, please. And sure, of course.

...oh: and you got it right, but I'm sure you already knew that.

video;

[reticencies]

Boring isn't so bad though, I mean it at least gives us a bit of a break between everything.

[...hi neal. long time no talk since she mistook you for bryce]

video;

[became]

I've never been good with boring. [ he raises his hands, wiggles the fingers a little bit. ] Restless hands.

How've you been?

video;

[tumbleweeds]

[ SQUINTING AT THE PICTURE ]

Did you draw that? It's fuzzy as hell.

video;

[became]

It's a quick sketch in the style of Beatrix Potter. You know, you're lucky I like you.

[ HONESTLY JAYE ]

text » locked

[blunted]

I got a clear schedule.

For B, you ask the first two if the third is Chaos. Or shoot them. Whichever's faster.

text » locked

[became]

So do I.

...shoot them. Honestly, it's like you all started a Missing the Point club without me.

[video]

[you_gotta_deal_with_it]

Yeah, I gotta go with knocking 'em on the head too. I mean, why are they even in my way?

[video]

[became]

It's a riddle.

[ neal cannot even with you people. ]

video;

[vindicating]

Huh. So this is what you do when you're bored here? [not that there is anything wrong with that but wow, he was definitely different that's for sure]

video;

[became]

Among other thing. [ he grins. ] Not your style, huh mini-me?

text; stop me from double dipping on this post i dare you.

[mathematically]

138, 150, 180.

The other two are a little boring. Do you always do this when you get bored?

text; i'm afraid i can't do that ally NOW WHERE'S TONY AND RIC

[became]

Got it.

Math person, huh? And not this exactly, but draw and post things that make people ask me if this is how I entertain myself? Yeah, just about.

voice; locked

[adlered]

[ neal, aren't you lucky that she's tired and moriarty is a shit and god all she wants to do is critique fifty shades of grey right now. ]

Interesting.

[ simple and vaguely to the point. ]

voice; locked

[became]

Irene.

[ equally vague back, ffffffffffff. ]

Encrypted.

[the_infiltrator]

138, 150, 180.

You can tell if a person is answering in the affirmative or negative by subtle tonal inflections and various subconscious tics in their expressions.

I would ask the first one if he's Knight. If he says yes, I ask the next one if he's Knave. If he says yes, then I know.

If the first says 'no', I ask if he is Knave. Either way he answers, I'll know who he is, which means I need only ask one question to the second person. This is presuming they aren't lying; sometimes people lie. Someone named Chaos is probably a liar, and more aggressive interrogation skills would be needed.

Do you play Go?

Encrypted.

[became]

All right.

--no hitting the guardians, for the record.

I do. More of a chess man, but I do all right.

text »

[tarheel]

man, everyone already took the twin primes answer. the three numbers in the series after the ones you asked for are: 192, 198, 228.

and the answer to the second one is "find another damn drycleaners, because this is too much work".

text »

[became]

Math people.

Was there a Missing the Point club formation? Really, people.

video;

[golemized]

What is a drycleaners?

video;

[became]

[ holy walking rock thing bro. ]

They clean clothes. Nice ones.

text;

[coffeeking]

a) Please tell me you didn't draw that.

b) Caffrey, they're blocking my way to the dry cleaners and I own a gun. I couldn't care less who's who or what the bloody ingrates have to say for themselves.

c) 138, 150, 180. Though I feel I should warn you most people don't consider math problems terribly entertaining.

Re: text;

[became]

A: Only if you don't mind being lied to.

B: ...all right, not the intended answer but fair enough.

C: Mathletes do.

[ peter ;; ]

[abrahamic]

i feel like i'm in class. i actually miss it now. did you come up with all of these on your own? including the drawings?

[became]

I got bored.

[ he's just... like this, isaac. ]

text;

[inebriety]

[He was bored enough to try it and was disappointed to find them woefully easy. So might as well attempt to find a way to go around the problem in B.]

Ask if they intend to answer my question with their no and while they're scratching their heads walk past.

text;

[became]

That one gets newer every single time I hear it.

[ neal: forever doomed to snark at tony starks, apparently. ]

[willpunchfaces]

This is stupid.

[became]

Your opinion is both eloquent and noted, thanks.

[ SERIOUSLY PEOPLE where has the culture gone. ]

video;

[stimulations]

Did you really take the time to draw out a set of spot the difference pictures?

[He looks amused and maybe slightly impressed.]

video;

[became]

I was bored.

[ oh neal. ]

text;

[dirtyword]

a has 10

[ Yes he's avoiding you, Neal. but this stuff is way too good. The next text comes a few seconds later, Brendan having to think it over. ]

yes to knight no to others
yes to knave no to others is knave
all nos is chaos

text;

[became]

[ neal almost wants to ask 'finally got up the courage to stop hiding from me, huh?'

...so he does. ]

Finally got up the courage to stop hiding from me, huh? If I understand TV correctly, this is where I tell you I have a shotgun, a shovel, and a very good innocent face.

video;

[ownership]

[ The feed clicks on. It stays dead quiet and the girl on-screen doesn't do much except blink. (That's really nothing new.) After a few minutes: ]

Is this a test?

video;

[became]

[ ...cue cocked eyebrow. ]

That depends. Do you want it to be?

text;

[certainproclivity]

Judging by most of these answers, I suddenly have so much faith in our continued survival.



[SARCASM. IN TEXT. IT'S MAGIC.]

text;

[became]

I've been regaled with a plethora of ways to say 'this is dumb, punch them'.

Which is, of course, an interesting and viable answer every single time.

[ sark come to his arms okay. HE CANNOT EVEN. ]