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[mutelunatic]

writing on the wall.

[yes Chell. hop on the bandwagon of everyone commenting on recent events. surely your short-texted insight is needed when there are actual geniuses on the ship. but what's going on is extreme deja-vu on her part, just with some more skeletons.]

another puzzle. a test. we need to figure it out, expose the lie, get out of here. go home, somehow, to freedom.

the cake was safe.

[GUESS WHO FOUND HERSELF SOME CAKE LYING AROUND WHEN SHE DISCOVERED THE ROOM clearly not exploiting an old meme at all. nope. and heck yeah she totally ate that cake.]

we can trust the painter. art doesn't lie.

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[andblockbuster]

If Picasso's been telling the truth this whole time, I need to get my eyes checked. [TRAUMATIZED AND NOT BUYING ANY OF THIS, MAN.]

text forever

[mutelunatic]

they paint what they know.

Voice forever;

[andblockbuster]

I'm not saying I don't believe the whole... Creepy message thing, because it could be true, but there's something to be said about stirring the little paranoia pot and getting us all worked up over nothing.

Me? I'm all for not trusting anyone.

[mutelunatic]

it could not be nothing. facilities are good at hiding things.

there's a reason for the writing.

[andblockbuster]

Of course there's a reason. Even if it didn't mean anything, there would be a reason for why it's there. I don't know- it just feels like we're getting way too much intel from horror movie gimmicks.

[sweetmotherofgod]

[Heather's already decided there's something special about Chell, silent though she was through their only meeting. Now she's in awe, and not just because art doesn't lie reminds her of someone dear.]

You ate the food?

You're one tough cookie.

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[daughteroflight]

Art can be exploited though. What if that message was just propaganda?

[ very creepy and effective propaganda, but DG wasn't about to let those two credits of "Art Of Persuasion: New Deal To McCarthy" go to waste. ]

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[kleptoluckiac]

8ooooooooring!!!!!!!!
It's just some stupid writing on the wall along with some other things to scare us.
Well it not going to work!
How are you so sure it'll get us out of here?
........
And who cares a8out some stupid cake!

[mutelunatic]

you didn't?

[text]

[mutelunatic]

don't think it was.

text.

[mutelunatic]

it was good cake.

[OBVIOUSLY YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SUBTLE IMPORTANCE OF CAKE TO A GAL LIKE CHELL

her relationship with such a dessert has gone way back.]

maybe it will help guide us. there's probably more hints elsewhere.

[mutelunatic]

doesn't feel like a gimmick.

[she is so used to this, not even going to lie.]

[sweetmotherofgod]

nope. too paranoid, i guess. and it just didn't seem right, with the skeletons right there.

[That's right, Heather - open mouth, insert foot. She's not ACTUALLY judging you, she just has some pretty intense feelings about bodies that haven't been given a proper burial]

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[daughteroflight]

Either way it wasn't really helpful. If we can't believe "everything" they tell us can we believe "some" things?

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[alwaysagit]

Paint on a wall does not necessarily constitute art.

[mutelunatic]

good point.

[she wanted that cake though /single tear]

[text]

[mutelunatic]

don't know. we'll figure out the truth soon.

[A MINUTE BETWEEN THIS TEXT AND THE NEXT]

hopefully. just keep looking for hints.

[text]

[mutelunatic]

who says?

[text]

[alwaysagit]

The discerning eye.

[text]

[mutelunatic]

looks like art to me.

[she deals with the drawings and writings of a madman okay this is her form of guidance and art.]

[text]

[alwaysagit]

And if it were merely words penciled on paper

would it be art then

[text]

[mutelunatic]

depends.

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[alwaysagit]

Perception of art is subjective. Whether or not the writing is truth should not be determined solely from that. If you state that the writing is art and all art speaks the truth, therefore the writing is the truth, your logic is circular and fallible.

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[kleptoluckiac]

[ Nope she doesn't get it at all. ]

I'm not interested in stupid puzzles.
If you have time you can do them!
All these hints and no way out, what a waste of time!

[sweetmotherofgod]

you're fine, though?

damn it. i shoulda grabbed it.