Blood Ties
"Um, hey, it's me. It's Ian, I mean. I wanted to chat about our, um, project? If you could stop by the house, that would be good. So, yeah, call me back or come over or… something. Bye."
What follows is the sound of Ian not actually successfully hanging up, then several minutes of rustling and noises of him puttering about. You decide not to play phone tag and instead head over to Skelly Manor.
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ZombieMonster
Has anyone had any luck on the Chinese Checkers looking puzzle??
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Solsticesprite
@Diana_Marie the only Challenger you need to fight is the day one challenger. It's fairly easy to defeat it with even an untrained pet but it does require you to understand Subeta's complicated battle system.
The other challenger you can avoid entirely if you want to. There will be prizes associated with beating them at the end of this site even for beating them if the awards work like they usually do.
There is a CS Challenger named Dungarde, and it is one of the most difficult. This is starting to smell like (to me) that we will all be collectively fighting a Paramnesiac Dungarde at the conclusion of this plot.
Since the crystals are the same, I'm hoping Merana will finally be unbound for good. Mua ha haaaaa!
The other challenger you can avoid entirely if you want to. There will be prizes associated with beating them at the end of this site even for beating them if the awards work like they usually do.
There is a CS Challenger named Dungarde, and it is one of the most difficult. This is starting to smell like (to me) that we will all be collectively fighting a Paramnesiac Dungarde at the conclusion of this plot.
Since the crystals are the same, I'm hoping Merana will finally be unbound for good. Mua ha haaaaa!
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BoneCollector
@Solsticesprite thank you but i continued the game and had to solve the spider puzzle ! i love those so glad i choose the right one lol
but still pitty i would have loved to try to solve the other puzzle too thats all and i alway "hate" to choose something because i always want to try or play it all ( a bad habbit i think ) but ...human also i guess rofl and the art of the vase was as lovely as the chest
but still pitty i would have loved to try to solve the other puzzle too thats all and i alway "hate" to choose something because i always want to try or play it all ( a bad habbit i think ) but ...human also i guess rofl and the art of the vase was as lovely as the chest
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Frenchi
so we're gettin into some spooky spirit stuff... and we know someone who knows an awful lot about ghosts and spirits and whatnot... what i'm saying is... gimme that Deep Quentin Lore pwease
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SYLVAN
I'm loving these puzzles. It's nice to have challenging (but not brutal) parts of the plot that we can't just breeze through, feels more rewarding when it's completed.
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Solsticesprite
@BoneCollector you have to choose one and only one of them as far as anyone has known. My own guess is that we will need all the reliquaries to get to the Big Bad Dungarde though.
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Solsticesprite
@Giratina you are welcome.
Some places in the plot require you to click everywhere and there is some cache delay and cloudflare errors going on, so sometimes getting stuck has nothing to do with you and when you go back everything will work fine just like you just found out.
Some places in the plot require you to click everywhere and there is some cache delay and cloudflare errors going on, so sometimes getting stuck has nothing to do with you and when you go back everything will work fine just like you just found out.
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Giratina
@Solsticesprite Thank you, I appreciate it, I don't know what happened, but I was finally able to continue. Didn't even need to click the continue button xD.
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Solsticesprite
@Giratina if you get lost in the plot, go back to Skelly Manor and choose the linkie "continue" written below the image of it.
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Julie
Picked the star plot and agonized over it for a bit. Day 2 completed. W/W. Checked my sanity. Still there.
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BoneCollector
can we do both the puzzles ?? are we able to go back after choosing one or another and do the other puzzle too if i may ask ?? or is it just one and over ??
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Mythology
Ooooh I picked Ambrose, I hope I can go to Godfrey's tomb as well. Unless this is just a one or the other option
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Penemuel
Someone said you just click on the puzzle, but I'm doing that and nothing's happening. Is it browser-specific? I can't figure out how to move anything...
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badtouches
Skelly, Rainsong, Nightshade, and Graves...
Might be a stretch, but is this possibly a reference to the four dukedoms in Pandora Hearts; Vessalius, RAINSworth, NIGHTray, and Barma?
Might be a stretch, but is this possibly a reference to the four dukedoms in Pandora Hearts; Vessalius, RAINSworth, NIGHTray, and Barma?
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Millie
@Nepeta I hope it really won't. Puzzles like sliding are not my forte. I'm willing to not skip the Star puzzle if we're going to do both puzzles though.
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Teratophreakia
@Millie yea i'm curious about that too. It doesn't mention anything when you click skip (other then not being able to come back to it)
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GLaDOS
If there is a bonus for same day completion I... kiinda screwed that up. Saw this with 10 minutes to spare, completed in about 9, but forgot to click that last button at Skelly Manor for another 2 minutes.... ^^;
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Jai
I'm on my phone til Friday, so can I do either of those puzzles on the phone or will I be able to wait til Friday and do this step just before starting the next step?
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Ashei
@taintedluna - When you’re out in front of Skelly Manor, did you try clicking the “Continue the plot!” link? It’s down below the “Explore the house” link.
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oRKYD
darn the other one was easier. im stuck i dont know where to look. i think ive been everywhere in the manor
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Natsume
Good thing I ended up with the slider puzzle since I know a trick to solve those!! Haha. Really though, I like where this plot is going and I can't wait to see how it turns out.
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Solsticesprite
For those of us whose monitor/color settings don't match those of the artist and puzzle setter of the star puzzle but otherwise could easily solve a sudoku puzzle, the lower right corner tile? That's moveable. Only the other three corner tiles are stuck. Jeeeeeez.
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MasterSir
Here's my prediction for the plot: Gunter is going to escape from SAI HQ and go on a bloody killing spree and we'll all have to work together to stop him.
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Jasper
Anyone going to post images for the star puzzle?
@PrincessJudith Can you explain your solution more clearly? I'm confused.
@PrincessJudith Can you explain your solution more clearly? I'm confused.
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Millie
Do we get a penalty for skipping the slider puzzle? Because I made a huge mistake choosing that darned thing. Ugh.
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Bordeaux
Ooh I am loving the storyline so far! I got excited when 'Rainsong' was mentioned. Connor is my favorite! :)
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moonstarr
This slider puzzle feels impossible. I've been at it for hours, even having checked the guides online and still don't get it. Got two pieces keep coming up on the bottom row reversed and seemingly no way to fix it.
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Frankenchokies
Goddamn this is confusing to read. Narration inside bubbles with speech, narration outside... just put the damn speech in the bubbles only!
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Selcoeurl
I f-verbing hate slide puzzles. Nonetheless, I managed to solve this one. Now, to get my pets to where they can fight that harvester...
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Valiska
I'm glad I did the slider puzzle, I thought it was pretty easy? I'm good at sudoku, but I can't imagine how to do it without actual numbers, and doing it without paper and a pen is also hard.
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Horror
Ok, nevermind, once I realized that the three unmovable corner tiles were not glitchy and in fact not supposed to move xD, I solved it pretty fast.
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Goblin
Wow first the weird annoying green gauge thing. Now star sudoku. Paired with the lag and 502s; I'm just gonna be clicking skip every day to keep my sanity. This plot is about as fun as root canal lol
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Dill
If you were affected by the Day 1 achievement glitch, go visit Shadowglen and you'll get it (if you earned it). :)
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CassieFenix
Might want to watch out if you're doing the Fragmentizer. Although you can't delete the item you get at the end, I nearly almost fragged mine in the Fragmentizer.
@Amber
Anyway that can be fixed so we don't have that mishap until the end of the plot?
@Amber
Anyway that can be fixed so we don't have that mishap until the end of the plot?
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PrincessJudith
Page 6 has a picture of how your star puzzle should end up. They are all the same. But it really is easy. Just need to get three stars in row and in each column. They do not have to be different stars.
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PrincessJudith
Star Sudoku was such fun. Is the site Laggy for anyone else??? I am having such trouble loading each and every page. Or is it my computer???
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VOLTAGE
I regret everything. I wish I read the comments before picking my tomb because i'm stuck with sliding puzzles and those belong in hell
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Ashei
@Marlboro - I’m curious to know if the answers divide us into teams, too... I don’t want to pick the “wrong” answer and get locked into a path that I end up wishing I could change. D: Or trapped in a dead end path.
I don’t expect (or want) plot spoilers, but I’d love to have a “Yes” or “No” on whether your answer locks you into a “team” or not.
I don’t expect (or want) plot spoilers, but I’d love to have a “Yes” or “No” on whether your answer locks you into a “team” or not.
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Lirikai
I am so happy there's plot this year. I'm terrible at puzzles but I don't even care, because plot!!1!!! <3
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jensen
@jim
thanks for confirming it's a different reliquary for each tomb! hopefully i'll be able to complete my set without paying an arm and a leg once this is over, hah
thanks for confirming it's a different reliquary for each tomb! hopefully i'll be able to complete my set without paying an arm and a leg once this is over, hah
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Bug
Hi everyone! The achievements thing was not intentional! I just coded a fix. Sorry for the panic!
It may take a few minutes for the website to finish updating with the fix. But when it does finish, you can get your achievements by visiting the Shadowglen map.
It may take a few minutes for the website to finish updating with the fix. But when it does finish, you can get your achievements by visiting the Shadowglen map.
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Freakshow
I feel so dumb. I didn't realize choosing one or the other would select which puzzle you would be stuck doing, and I am NOT good at Suduko. :/ Ugh.
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jensen
are we all getting the same reliquary for day one, or different ones? i was uh, hoping to... collect all of... these dead people containers......... um
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beinagrind
AMBROSE: STAR PUZZLE
GODFREY: SLIDER PUZZLE
I'm lucky i like slider puzzles because my pea brain can't handle sudoku Q__Q
GODFREY: SLIDER PUZZLE
I'm lucky i like slider puzzles because my pea brain can't handle sudoku Q__Q
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Tserel
So it sounds like there's a slider puzzle and a sudoku-like puzzle? Thank fuckin god I didn't get the slider then jesus christ
those things are actually made to torture and no enjoyment can be gained from their existence
those things are actually made to torture and no enjoyment can be gained from their existence
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cherub_730
the fact that the spider puzzle starts over completely if you check it and are wrong and doesn't warn you that it will do that has depleted me of about 32% of my total lifeforce
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Marlboro
I hate to make decisions so I hate to choose and now I'm scared that if I choose A, I'll never be able to do B and maybe it's the wrong decision :(
Are we divided into teams?? please help, I'm nervous, my anxiety is sky rocking now for a funny reason lol
Are we divided into teams?? please help, I'm nervous, my anxiety is sky rocking now for a funny reason lol
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RNA
For those stuck on the slider: there’s slider puzzle guides online. It’s quite simple if you know which pieces go in the corners.
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jersey
Yeah, not happy. Stuck with spider puzzle instead of the star which I could do. Will never get the spider puzzle and don't want to be penalized for skipping because I can't do it.
Seriously frustrated.
Seriously frustrated.
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ShayBaby
Did you seriously have to finish the first part of the plot before the newest update to get the achievement for doing part 1??? I was literally reading the last sentence when the new update was posted, so it went straight into the new part. I have the achievement for completing part 2 now, but not for part 1. I will be so flipping upset if that's the case.
Btw, I chose Godfrey's tomb, not Ambrose, and I have no idea what star puzzle ya'll are talking about. I had a slider puzzle that was fairly easy.
Btw, I chose Godfrey's tomb, not Ambrose, and I have no idea what star puzzle ya'll are talking about. I had a slider puzzle that was fairly easy.
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Maniac
thanks to the people in the comments pointing out that it's sudoku. i was really, well, puzzled about the star puzzle until i realized that.
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Wrath
i don't get the puzzle but i don't wanna miss the plot prizes it says i will when i press skip :(
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Luck
what is this star puzzle? kinda like sudoku or something? there can only be 3 stars in each row and column?
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Kestrel
Ian doesn't want to go into details about the "project" on the phone, clearly the SAI is listening in.
We're on to you, Jack. :angry:
We're on to you, Jack. :angry:
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CastlesInTheSky
"You agree to keep the events in the woods and secret"
AND? shouldnt it a a secret?
AND? shouldnt it a a secret?
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Magic
"There is a new news post - Blood Ties"
Legit thought this was gonna be a new set of neckties with a Halloween theme smh haha
Legit thought this was gonna be a new set of neckties with a Halloween theme smh haha
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Greg
My dumb ass was looking for Ian all over the house before noticing the "continue the plot" link
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