Bomb Game: ☆ZRAEL edition

[idolpro]

[ you open your eyes to find yourself in a room that might look familiar if you just so happened to be a certified zombie survivalist. however, if you were lucky enough to avoid the zombie meet & greet, then welcome to the dankest heckhole in tokyo-f. ]

[ the overhead lights flicker often enough to instantly grind your gears, while simultaneously doing next to nothing to illuminate the dilapidated little room. though a chorus of moans and groans rise from outside, all the doors and windows are securely barricaded, making the shambling monsters a non-issue... though it's possible their existence alone may put you on edge. ]

[ or maybe that's the -fsssst- sound, a subtle hissing coming from what could have passed for fire sprinklers. for the duration of the game a colorless and odorless gas is going to be filling the room, one that clouds judgements and exacerbates anxiety. but, hey!, that's what the janky table and busted chairs in the corner of the room featuring cold tea and dry biscuits is for - a carefully curated space for you and yours to kick back, relax, and KEEP TALKING. ]

[ the center of the room is where the main event sits, a BOMB, with several thick cords snaking out from it connecting to a bunch of different buttons. the entire thing is housed in an unbreakable glass cube, with only the buttons in reach of your grubby hands. a tv screen is suspended overhead, currently displaying the rules & winning conditions, but that's all about to change... ]

[ in the meantime feel free to enjoy a particularly messy wall, one stained with all sorts of things from the last bunch that tried and failed to win, ew! ]

Comments

Round 1

[idolpro]

Puzzle 1

[idolpro]

"You can breathe a little easy. The bomb won't go off... this round."

Turn In

[idolpro]

Re: Turn In

[glidinglight]

The clue translated to "Beginnings are always mess painful than endings." Based on this, M appears to be the safest selection, being both at the beginning of the physical sequence and the second-earliest of the cypher translations.

[ PUSHES THE M BUTTON ]

Results

[idolpro]

Minor Status Effect

[idolpro]

[ With a snicker-snack, the wire attached to the chosen button is cut. All that's left to do is wait.

It starts as a tingling, something scratching at your limbs and at the back of your mind like a mosquito that you just can't quite swat away. Annoying yet persistent.

It seems like you didn't quite pick the right wire, but at least the consequences aren't too dire. ]

Please choose 1-2 of the following status effects:
🎉 Extreme Gullibility
🎉 Hanahaki
🎉 Hallucinations
🎉 Kleptomania compulsion
🎉 Lose A Sense
🎉 Must Vocalize All Thoughts
🎉 Speech is Censored or Autocorrected
🎉 Super optimistic / Super pessimistic

Discussion

[idolpro]

Re: Discussion

[glidinglight]

WE'RE EXPECTED TO SOLVE FUCKING PUZZLES IN A PLACE THAT GIVES US PTSD!?

[ Lumine is going to take one of these busted up chairs in the corner

and bust it up some more by beating it against the wall until it breaks into chunks. ]

Re: Discussion

[sangreine]

[ wow thanks game she was in the middle of something important!! ]

...At least it seems like we'll only be risking ourselves this time.

[ Sighs and looks at the thing ] I'm awful at this stuff. Sorry.

Re: Discussion

[glidinglight]

No worries. I doubt I'm going to be much help in this situation either. There's clearly some sort of cypher, but... beyond that?

[ she shakes her head ]

This is going to be a mess.

Re: Discussion

[sangreine]

[ She takes a breath. ]

All the highlighted letters in the poem are the 6th one in the line. Maybe that means something?

Re: Discussion

[glidinglight]

And there are six letters in black on the top. Maybe six really does have some kind of significance...

Round 2

[idolpro]

Puzzle 2

[idolpro]

"Well, guess we didn't need that wire. But don't worry~ We replaced it with something explosive."

Turn In

[idolpro]

Re: Turn In

[glidinglight]

[ Randomly picking 1. ]

Results

[idolpro]

SAFE

[idolpro]

[ With a snicker-snack, the wire attached to the chosen button is cut. All that's left to do is wait.


And wait.


....And wait.

Hmmmmm. Well, they say that no news is good news, and you don't feel any different. And is it just a trick of the light, or does the countdown on the bomb seem to be slowing down.

Congratulations. It looks like you cut the correct wire. ]

Re: SAFE

[glidinglight]

Did we do it...?

Re: SAFE

[sangreine]

Never underestimate the power of luck, I guess.

Discussion

[idolpro]

Re: Discussion

[sangreine]

It says DAMAGE CONTROL with E and C sharp and B flat. Hm.

[ Musical girl for the win? ]

Re: Discussion

[glidinglight]

I don't think even Venti would have caught on that quickly.

[ SORRY BABE, her unitmate is just damned impressive. ]

I guess the question is how do the E and C sharp and B flat come in to play. How do they effect the sounds?

Re: Discussion

[sangreine]

Sharp means the note goes up a half step and flat means it goes down a half step.

....It would also mean sharp as in ouch or flat as in flattened.

Re: Discussion

[glidinglight]

Both of which sound un-ideal. But "sharp" things remind me of shrapnel, given our current situation...