The Exam: IC Community

Please be assured I have no hard feelings. I understand that someone had to be eliminated. I'm sorry I wasn't able to help the team more.

This thing keeps getting weirder.

[Richie]

You and John aren't allergic to cats, are you?

[Adam + Ronan]
Opal mentioned she has fireflies she'd like to show me..?

[Markus]
I thought I might come visit you soon if you're not busy? You can show me that piano?

[Team Blues Clues]
Is our team name a reference to some pop culture icon I am unfamiliar with?

So it looks like we've got some decisions to make as a group, and I thought maybe it would be easier to do some brainstorming if we just... talked about it here. If that's okay, anyway, it seemed simpler than trying to round everyone up inside when we can finally go exploring.

So. If anybody's got strong opinions on team names, or who they want to nominate to be in charge... or if you want to put your name up to volunteer, here and now is a good time to speak up.

Fellow forced world travelers who were in the Carstairs Zompire Murder House, we had a lot of diary entries and word puzzles and there was a fucking anagram that still haunts my dreams but in particular if you remember the poem that was all about how much Dave's life sucked?

( For those who have found the letter in this book... )

It was the answer to the puzzle on our waterlogged phones, in case anyone cares. Also it fucking figures that the last piece of the map that could be anywhere is literally an X so that's cool. X marks the spot to....there. Unless anyone recognizes that blob of land mass because I kind of don't.

I know everyone is wet and trying to stay safe, so these puzzles are probably not a thing most people are thinking about... but the new one is from the introduction to The Island of Doctor Moreau. Which is kind of ominous?

But obviously not more ominous than the storm. So priorities, I guess.

My uncle, Edward Prendick, a private gentleman, who certainly went aboard the Lady Vain at Callao, and who had been considered drowned, was picked up in latitude 5° 3’ S. and longitude 101° W. in a small open boat of which the name was illegible, but which is supposed to have belonged to the missing schooner Ipecacuanha. He gave such a strange account of himself that he was supposed demented.

Anybody caught outside of the main building, let us know where you are and who's with you here in this post. We can better coordinate efforts to get to you if we know where you are.

I know at this point we're kind of like 'oh, it's dark as fuck outside, wonder what will happen, maybe storm, maybe not, y/n??' And not to harsh anyone's mellow but this TED Talk is to inform you that there's a storm coming and it's literally going to chew up the hotel and spit it out in a pile of debris. I'm like the world's shittiest seer but that vision was pretty clear cut.

The erupting volcano was less clear cut, so I'm thinking either we all perish in the storm OR get burned up by lava in the next room.  Either way, it's crispy.

But maybe focus on the issue closest first, so.  Do we actually have a plan re: the super storm?  Like, yeah, we could bring the beach chairs inside but I saw that sides of hotel walls were missing so it might take a little more prep, if we can't figure out a way to stop it entirely.   
    
( I even drew a picture of it because that's what you do when you get psychic visions. )

There's like, lightning and rain and look, I already said I'm a shitty seer but doingmybest.gif

This puzzle doesn't fill me with a lot of confidence that the weather is going to clear. If I've got it right, it reads: For many days we had been tempest-tossed. Six times had the darkness closed over a wild and terrific scene, and returning light as often brought but renewed distress, for the raging storm increased in fury until on the seventh day all hope was lost.

… which is the opening sentence from The Swiss Family Robinson. If you weren't as big on books as I was as a kid, it's about a family that shipwrecks near an island and has to learn to survive there.

So maybe everyone planning around a storm has the right idea, is what I'm saying.

Who: Richie & Dan (and Rose toward the end)
What: Doing some work to help with that Deadlights beastie
When: Day 2, early morning
Where: The beach, physically, but they're mostly on the psychic plane and in Richie's head~
Warnings: It's an acid trip, idk
Status: Complete

( I’ll lead. You keep breathing. )

Who: Rose & Dan
What: She's hangry, she needs to eat
When: Day 1
Where: Room 8
Warnings: Parental Guidance suggested for psychic vampire nomming and psychic slapping at each other
Status: Complete

( Your turn, huh? )

You've got your shine back, haven't you, handsome? I can taste you already.

apt building's on fire

anybody still in needs to get out

Who: Richie, Constantine, Dan, and Rose
What: Tempers get a little frayed on the toy line; Rose and Dan squabble, John and Richie long for popcorn.
When: Day 5, afternoon
Where: Toy Factory
Rating/Warnings: Low (language, references to death, verbal threats of violence/homicide)
Status: Closed/Complete

( Easy solution - just wait until the prison break, you can use each other as human shields for bullets. )

Who: Rose & Dan
What: Rose finds a sick Dan passed out on a bench (lol idiot), brings him in for soup and advice
When: Day 4, evening
Where: Room 30
Rating: Mostly low, except for Dan hacking up mucus
Status: Complete

( It was like waking up to find a vulture hovering over him, all greedy, gleaming eyes and an air of predatory expectation. )

What.





Help.

Who: Dan & Richie
What: Washing dishes and having a talk about disturbing shit
When: Day 2, morning
Where: The dirt-coffee shop slash bakery
Rating: PG
Status: Complete

( Why you guys? Did you draw the short straws? )

My name is Dan... and I would be incredibly grateful if someone would come get this alcohol and take it somewhere away from me. Anywhere away.

Generally just... away. Is what I'm getting at.

Who: Dan Torrance and Rose O'Hara
What: Debating the finer nature of life and death. Also, wrestling!
When: Day 1, morning
Where: Universal Park
Warnings: References to murder, death, torture... they have the best chats.
Status: Closed/Complete

( They took your shine, they took mine - if that’s not serious as a heart attack, Danny, I don’t know what is. )