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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Has anyone had any luck on the Chinese Checkers looking puzzle??
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@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!
@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

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

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.
@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.
@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.

@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.
@Giratina if you get lost in the plot, go back to Skelly Manor and choose the linkie "continue" written below the image of it.


Picked the star plot and agonized over it for a bit. Day 2 completed. W/W. Checked my sanity. Still there.

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 ??

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

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...

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?

@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.

@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)

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.... ^^;




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?

@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.

darn the other one was easier. im stuck i dont know where to look. i think ive been everywhere in the manor

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.

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.


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.



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.

Do we get a penalty for skipping the slider puzzle? Because I made a huge mistake choosing that darned thing. Ugh.



Ooh I am loving the storyline so far! I got excited when 'Rainsong' was mentioned. Connor is my favorite! :)






