Lost Desert Plot Discussion #22 (split)
Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:30 am
Continue with all the plotting here 
Previous thread: http://www.pinkpt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20606
- The plot
- The Fortune Teller
- The Temple of One-Thousand Tombs
Here is an example of a map: http://tim.arlott.com/jas/tombmap.jpg
It is Jasujo's map that she made using the grid method posted by Cerise. Of course, there are many methods, this is just one to give you an idea.
Here is a handmade map by XenaAndGabrielle: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/ ... ap-XaG.jpg
with an explanation of how she goes about it here.
Here is another map made by Twisted Sanity, who uses yet another mapping method: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/te ... ombmap.gif
Known Facts:
Eveyone's tomb, doors, and phrases are different.
Your tomb is the same to you each time you enter it.
All passages seem to be two way. You should be able to return to the room you came from. The door may not be in the same position, but one of the doors will return you.
There are three library doors and one statue room in each tomb. In the libraries, you can read a scroll, but the effects haven't been found yet. The statue asks for a prophecy, but the correct one hasn't been found yet.
Library doors
The libraries should have these scrolls:
river - Fer, Djo, Tep, Kar
maze - Ben, Lat, Saf, Nem
time - Ra, Set, Ahn, Kha
Here is an image posted my mcgeorge on neoitems displaying all the symbols and scrolls with their names.
There are about 85 rooms, 5 doors in each room (a few might have a blank wall), and a total of around 425 doors.
If you read a scroll, you can't enter for 12 hours. If you get caught in a trap, you can't enter for 1-3 hours and your pet may temporarily be turned to a pile of sand.
There are 6 door colors and 4 door shapes. The riddles will only tell you the color and shape of the door you need.
Shapes:
A humble portal of stone (rectangle) [just a regular old door]
Mouth of the river (triangle) [think about it ... the place where a river starts will look like a triangle ... because it starts flowing out]
The aspect of a star (pentagon) [5 sides to a standard star]
Window into the soul (oval) [your eyes are ovalish]
Colors:
Blinding radiance of the sun (yellow) [the sun]
Thunderous clouds obscuring the sky (black) [makes it dark]
The waking dawn on the dunes (red) [at dawn, thing all look red]
Banks of the mighty river (green) [everything is green on the banks]
Kingdom of the lightgiver (blue) [the sky is the sun's (lightgiver's) kingdom ... and it is blue]
Bright guardian of the night (silver) [The moon is sort of silverish]
The combination does not tell you which symbol you need, but does limit your search to 12 possible doors to find your statue in.
After you find the Nuria faerie statue and go back to your library and read the scroll with the symbol that was on the statue's base, your pet now understands it. Nothing else has been seen to come of this as of yet, though.
The fortune teller's phrase has changed to: "I see ancient pharaohs laid at rest." You supposedly need to visit her and see this before moving on.
Then if you play a game of Pyramids, at the end you should see a parchment on the bottom of your screen. This looks to be a clue to rooms as each column has a number, color, symbol, and shape.
If you go the room under the single dot that your parchment describes, you will get an RE which gives you a dirty stone piece. Take that to the toy repair shop and you get a piece on your tablet. If you then go to the fortune teller, her phrase is changed:
"So... you've returned," she says. "Something remarkable is happening. I am receiving many images in my crystal ball, images of strange, distant places..."
"...yet I can't make out these images just now. Perhaps something will appear soon. You may view the Mysterious Tablet if you wish."
If the dirty stone piece that you get from your trapped room ends up being destroyed by Donny at the Toy Repair Shop (he sometimes has trouble cleaning it for some reason), then all you will need to do is go back to the temple immediately. Do not wait. You will receive a new piece that you can bring to Donny to try cleaning up.
A while after the first piece of your tablet is filled in, the fortune teller changes to this clue: "I see debris on a frigid battlefield."
That leads you to play a game of Snow Wars (not the flash game, the original HTML Battleship-like one), after which you should find your second parchment. On this one, you find the door under the double dots.
After the second piece, the fortune teller changes again, "I see a rivalry of five."
That leads you to place a bet and feed one of the poogle in Poogle Races to get the third parchment once you've placed your bet. On the third parchment, you find the door under the triple dots.
After the third piece, the fortune teller gives the next clue: "I see fortunes cast upon the waters."
This leads you to go to the Underwater Cavern. Simply go fishing, and you'll find the fourth parchment. You'll find the door under the four dots.
For the fifth clue, go to the fortune teller and get this message: "I see countless eyes." Then lose at Potato Counter and that gives you your next parchment. Find the door under the five dots and you're on your way.
On the sixth clue, the fortune teller says: "I see a great deal of fun." If you spin the Wheel of Mediocrity, then try to spin a second time, you'll get your sixth parchment. Find the door under the six dots to get the next piece.
On the seventh clue, the fortune teller will tell you "I see a rule that must be broken" Go to the Lever of Doom, and a pull will get you the parchment. You must have 100np on hand. The door under the seven dots will get your next piece.
The eighth clue, you are told: "Today's lotto number is [numbers]" Go to Kreludor, and fill in the Mining Corp. with the numbers, different to everybody. This'll get you the eighth piece of parchment, which will tell you which room to go to beneath the eight dot header.
For the ninth clue, the fortune teller says: "I see a tournament that rolled on." Go to The Krawk Island Deckball Championships. Then click on Players. If you scroll down, you will see Prince Jazan's name. Click on it and you will get your parchment. Follow the door under nines dots.
For the tenth clue, the fortune teller says: "I see a chia resting by a tree." Have one of your pets take a Tiki Tour. Your parchment should be on the first page after you sign up for the tour. Find the door under the ten dots.
For the eleventh clue, the fortune teller says: "I see you lost in the darkness." Play a game of Fetch while seeking Faerie Dust (refresh the request screen until you get that for your quest.) Your parchment should appear after you lose that game and have found the Faerie Dust. Find the door under the eleven dots.
For the twelvth clue, the fortune teller says: "I see you giving into your dreams." Wish for a Hieroglyph Fragment at the Wishing Well and make a donation. Follow the door under the twelve dots.
Also, it seems the new clues are coming out at about 1:30 and 7:30 NST, every six hours.
Completed your Tablet?
Once you have done that, go and look at the first 3 comics for the plot. The symbols are embedded within the comic! Here's a list of where you can find the appropriate symbols:
LAT & FER (cup & paw) on 1-1
KHA (fish) on 1-2
SAF (the Y-thing) on 1-3
----------------
AHN (ankh) on 2-1
SET & RA (pillar & sun) on 2-2
TEP (eye) on 2-3
-------------------
DJO (2 flags) on 3-1
BEN (chick) on 3-2
NEM (river) on 3-3
KAR (leaf) on 3-4
If you hover over them, you can click it. Click them in the order as you see on your tablet, reading LEFT TO RIGHT, Top row to Bottom Row. If a symbol comes up 2x in a row, click it twice. 3x, click it 3x. (etc) Once you have done that correctly, a pop up will come up. It redirects you to the tablet, with an avatar + a translation to what the tablet means. Surprise, surprise, everyone's translation's are slightly different!
Now, go to the room that had the faerie in it. Tell it the translation that you were given to the statue. A fun lil' surprise follows
Once you have submitted your translation, you will end back up in front of the statue. You can get out of that room by submitting an incorrect translation. You'll incur the regular lockout time and then start back in front of the tomb.
... But after that... who knows... *mystical music*
Previous thread: http://www.pinkpt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20606
- The plot
- The Fortune Teller
- The Temple of One-Thousand Tombs
Here is an example of a map: http://tim.arlott.com/jas/tombmap.jpg
It is Jasujo's map that she made using the grid method posted by Cerise. Of course, there are many methods, this is just one to give you an idea.
Here is a handmade map by XenaAndGabrielle: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/ ... ap-XaG.jpg
with an explanation of how she goes about it here.
Here is another map made by Twisted Sanity, who uses yet another mapping method: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/te ... ombmap.gif
Known Facts:
Eveyone's tomb, doors, and phrases are different.
Your tomb is the same to you each time you enter it.
All passages seem to be two way. You should be able to return to the room you came from. The door may not be in the same position, but one of the doors will return you.
There are three library doors and one statue room in each tomb. In the libraries, you can read a scroll, but the effects haven't been found yet. The statue asks for a prophecy, but the correct one hasn't been found yet.
Library doors
The libraries should have these scrolls:
river - Fer, Djo, Tep, Kar
maze - Ben, Lat, Saf, Nem
time - Ra, Set, Ahn, Kha
Here is an image posted my mcgeorge on neoitems displaying all the symbols and scrolls with their names.
There are about 85 rooms, 5 doors in each room (a few might have a blank wall), and a total of around 425 doors.
If you read a scroll, you can't enter for 12 hours. If you get caught in a trap, you can't enter for 1-3 hours and your pet may temporarily be turned to a pile of sand.
There are 6 door colors and 4 door shapes. The riddles will only tell you the color and shape of the door you need.
Shapes:
A humble portal of stone (rectangle) [just a regular old door]
Mouth of the river (triangle) [think about it ... the place where a river starts will look like a triangle ... because it starts flowing out]
The aspect of a star (pentagon) [5 sides to a standard star]
Window into the soul (oval) [your eyes are ovalish]
Colors:
Blinding radiance of the sun (yellow) [the sun]
Thunderous clouds obscuring the sky (black) [makes it dark]
The waking dawn on the dunes (red) [at dawn, thing all look red]
Banks of the mighty river (green) [everything is green on the banks]
Kingdom of the lightgiver (blue) [the sky is the sun's (lightgiver's) kingdom ... and it is blue]
Bright guardian of the night (silver) [The moon is sort of silverish]
The combination does not tell you which symbol you need, but does limit your search to 12 possible doors to find your statue in.
After you find the Nuria faerie statue and go back to your library and read the scroll with the symbol that was on the statue's base, your pet now understands it. Nothing else has been seen to come of this as of yet, though.
The fortune teller's phrase has changed to: "I see ancient pharaohs laid at rest." You supposedly need to visit her and see this before moving on.
Then if you play a game of Pyramids, at the end you should see a parchment on the bottom of your screen. This looks to be a clue to rooms as each column has a number, color, symbol, and shape.
If you go the room under the single dot that your parchment describes, you will get an RE which gives you a dirty stone piece. Take that to the toy repair shop and you get a piece on your tablet. If you then go to the fortune teller, her phrase is changed:
"So... you've returned," she says. "Something remarkable is happening. I am receiving many images in my crystal ball, images of strange, distant places..."
"...yet I can't make out these images just now. Perhaps something will appear soon. You may view the Mysterious Tablet if you wish."
If the dirty stone piece that you get from your trapped room ends up being destroyed by Donny at the Toy Repair Shop (he sometimes has trouble cleaning it for some reason), then all you will need to do is go back to the temple immediately. Do not wait. You will receive a new piece that you can bring to Donny to try cleaning up.
A while after the first piece of your tablet is filled in, the fortune teller changes to this clue: "I see debris on a frigid battlefield."
That leads you to play a game of Snow Wars (not the flash game, the original HTML Battleship-like one), after which you should find your second parchment. On this one, you find the door under the double dots.
After the second piece, the fortune teller changes again, "I see a rivalry of five."
That leads you to place a bet and feed one of the poogle in Poogle Races to get the third parchment once you've placed your bet. On the third parchment, you find the door under the triple dots.
After the third piece, the fortune teller gives the next clue: "I see fortunes cast upon the waters."
This leads you to go to the Underwater Cavern. Simply go fishing, and you'll find the fourth parchment. You'll find the door under the four dots.
For the fifth clue, go to the fortune teller and get this message: "I see countless eyes." Then lose at Potato Counter and that gives you your next parchment. Find the door under the five dots and you're on your way.
On the sixth clue, the fortune teller says: "I see a great deal of fun." If you spin the Wheel of Mediocrity, then try to spin a second time, you'll get your sixth parchment. Find the door under the six dots to get the next piece.
On the seventh clue, the fortune teller will tell you "I see a rule that must be broken" Go to the Lever of Doom, and a pull will get you the parchment. You must have 100np on hand. The door under the seven dots will get your next piece.
The eighth clue, you are told: "Today's lotto number is [numbers]" Go to Kreludor, and fill in the Mining Corp. with the numbers, different to everybody. This'll get you the eighth piece of parchment, which will tell you which room to go to beneath the eight dot header.
For the ninth clue, the fortune teller says: "I see a tournament that rolled on." Go to The Krawk Island Deckball Championships. Then click on Players. If you scroll down, you will see Prince Jazan's name. Click on it and you will get your parchment. Follow the door under nines dots.
For the tenth clue, the fortune teller says: "I see a chia resting by a tree." Have one of your pets take a Tiki Tour. Your parchment should be on the first page after you sign up for the tour. Find the door under the ten dots.
For the eleventh clue, the fortune teller says: "I see you lost in the darkness." Play a game of Fetch while seeking Faerie Dust (refresh the request screen until you get that for your quest.) Your parchment should appear after you lose that game and have found the Faerie Dust. Find the door under the eleven dots.
For the twelvth clue, the fortune teller says: "I see you giving into your dreams." Wish for a Hieroglyph Fragment at the Wishing Well and make a donation. Follow the door under the twelve dots.
Also, it seems the new clues are coming out at about 1:30 and 7:30 NST, every six hours.
Completed your Tablet?
Once you have done that, go and look at the first 3 comics for the plot. The symbols are embedded within the comic! Here's a list of where you can find the appropriate symbols:
LAT & FER (cup & paw) on 1-1
KHA (fish) on 1-2
SAF (the Y-thing) on 1-3
----------------
AHN (ankh) on 2-1
SET & RA (pillar & sun) on 2-2
TEP (eye) on 2-3
-------------------
DJO (2 flags) on 3-1
BEN (chick) on 3-2
NEM (river) on 3-3
KAR (leaf) on 3-4
If you hover over them, you can click it. Click them in the order as you see on your tablet, reading LEFT TO RIGHT, Top row to Bottom Row. If a symbol comes up 2x in a row, click it twice. 3x, click it 3x. (etc) Once you have done that correctly, a pop up will come up. It redirects you to the tablet, with an avatar + a translation to what the tablet means. Surprise, surprise, everyone's translation's are slightly different!
Now, go to the room that had the faerie in it. Tell it the translation that you were given to the statue. A fun lil' surprise follows
Once you have submitted your translation, you will end back up in front of the statue. You can get out of that room by submitting an incorrect translation. You'll incur the regular lockout time and then start back in front of the tomb.
... But after that... who knows... *mystical music*
Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:31 am
Ack! Pile of scarabs! Pile of scarabs! Get 'em OFFA ME!!!
Edit: Hehe, just went back to the Fortune Teller...
Edit: Hehe, just went back to the Fortune Teller...
"You got buried in a pile of scarabs? How strange. I sure didn't see that one coming!" She glares at her crystal ball. "Piece of junk. That'll teach me to trust people at the Trading Post. Well, I guess you can still go back to the Mysterious Tablet. Maybe we can figure out something else."
Last edited by Ledi on Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:34 am, edited 1 time in total.
Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:33 am
ScottNak wrote:Jez- I don't think so. Only one (I believe) gives you the "understands" aspect of reading it. But who knows.
Hmmm.. I'll give it a try... BEFORE I go to sleep. Don't wanna waste my precious 12 hours while it's 12:32pm here.
Edit-- Oops, forgot to go to the Fortune Teller after being piled up by bunch of scarabs...
"You got buried in a pile of scarabs? How strange. I sure didn't see that one coming!" She glares at her crystal ball. "Piece of junk. That'll teach me to trust people at the Trading Post. Well, I guess you can still go back to the Mysterious Tablet. Maybe we can figure out something else."
Hmm..
Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:39 am
Jez wrote:ScottNak wrote:Jez- I don't think so. Only one (I believe) gives you the "understands" aspect of reading it. But who knows.
Hmmm.. I'll give it a try... BEFORE I go to sleep. Don't wanna waste my precious 12 hours while it's 12:32pm here.
Edit-- Oops, forgot to go to the Fortune Teller after being piled up by bunch of scarabs...
"You got buried in a pile of scarabs? How strange. I sure didn't see that one coming!" She glares at her crystal ball. "Piece of junk. That'll teach me to trust people at the Trading Post. Well, I guess you can still go back to the Mysterious Tablet. Maybe we can figure out something else."
Hmm..
Well, like I said on the last board ... after giving the faerie the prophecy ... I decided to go back and try my statue scroll. Nothing different happened at all. I had hoped for bells and whistles ... but nothing different happened.
Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:41 am
XenaAndGabrielle wrote:Jez wrote:ScottNak wrote:Jez- I don't think so. Only one (I believe) gives you the "understands" aspect of reading it. But who knows.
Hmmm.. I'll give it a try... BEFORE I go to sleep. Don't wanna waste my precious 12 hours while it's 12:32pm here.
Edit-- Oops, forgot to go to the Fortune Teller after being piled up by bunch of scarabs...
"You got buried in a pile of scarabs? How strange. I sure didn't see that one coming!" She glares at her crystal ball. "Piece of junk. That'll teach me to trust people at the Trading Post. Well, I guess you can still go back to the Mysterious Tablet. Maybe we can figure out something else."
Hmm..
Well, like I said on the last board ... after giving the faerie the prophecy ... I decided to go back and try my statue scroll. Nothing different happened at all. I had hoped for bells and whistles ... but nothing different happened.
Maybe TNT put the scrolls there to distract us... *eyes TNT suspiciously*
Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:42 am
XenaAndGabrielle wrote:Well, like I said on the last board ... after giving the faerie the prophecy ... I decided to go back and try my statue scroll. Nothing different happened at all. I had hoped for bells and whistles ... but nothing different happened.
Did you check to see if the message outside the temple changed - or can't you?
Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:45 am
Riyoku wrote:XenaAndGabrielle wrote:Well, like I said on the last board ... after giving the faerie the prophecy ... I decided to go back and try my statue scroll. Nothing different happened at all. I had hoped for bells and whistles ... but nothing different happened.
Did you check to see if the message outside the temple changed - or can't you?
It's the same for me.
Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:47 am
Riyoku wrote:XenaAndGabrielle wrote:Well, like I said on the last board ... after giving the faerie the prophecy ... I decided to go back and try my statue scroll. Nothing different happened at all. I had hoped for bells and whistles ... but nothing different happened.
Did you check to see if the message outside the temple changed - or can't you?
I can check that message ... and it has not changed. My prophecy is still the same, as well.
Re: Lost Desert Plot Discussion #22 (split)
Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:47 am
The libraries should have these scrolls:
river - Fer, Djo, Tep, Kar
maze - Ben, Lat, Saf, Nem
time - Ra, Set, Ahn, Kha
I don't know how to do a quote but above should be one. My scrolls changed last night. They are no longer as they were. I have not yet entered my prophesy... I have 45 minutes to wait before I can.
JasEdit: Quoted. ^.^ If you want to quote, highlight the text you want quoted in the post page, then click the "Quote" button above the text box.
Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:49 am
XenaAndGabrielle wrote:Riyoku wrote:XenaAndGabrielle wrote:Well, like I said on the last board ... after giving the faerie the prophecy ... I decided to go back and try my statue scroll. Nothing different happened at all. I had hoped for bells and whistles ... but nothing different happened.
Did you check to see if the message outside the temple changed - or can't you?
I can check that message ... and it has not changed. My prophecy is still the same, as well.
Darn... hmm.. mabey there's multiple statues.. one for each of the doors of that particular color and shape.. but they need to be gotten in order?
And each one has a different use for the prophecy(sp)... X3 *ponder*
Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:51 am
Reckon we should keep reading the scrolls? I only have 2 left to have 12 read
Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:53 am
The prophechy/translations are slightly different but they have same meaning which is
Prince Jazan will make Sakhmet vanish
should we reverse the words or what then...
Prince Jazan will make Sakhmet vanish
should we reverse the words or what then...
Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:59 am
that's interesting, going back to the original fortune teller's message about not being able to translate the tablet AND the something about the order. Do you think we should try to click on the symbols in the plot in a different order? Perhaps bottom to top? Perhaps right to left, with disregard to the way the birdie is facing ;-)
EDIT: Can't go back to the plot and try a new order. ANY symbol you click on will bring up your completed tablet with the prophecy we already found. Oh well
EDIT: Can't go back to the plot and try a new order. ANY symbol you click on will bring up your completed tablet with the prophecy we already found. Oh well
Last edited by jojoneo on Thu Sep 15, 2005 3:03 am, edited 1 time in total.
Thu Sep 15, 2005 3:01 am
apranum wrote:The prophechy/translations are slightly different but they have same meaning which is
Prince Jazan will make Sakhmet vanish
should we reverse the words or what then...
This is an interesting idea. Everyone has a similar prophecy. The fortune teller is talking about how her crystal ball is a piece of junk.
Perhaps the translation wasn't perfect ... and we need to "paraphrase" the prophecy like you did into the correct form.
Just a wild idea.
jojoneo wrote:that's interesting, going back to the original fortune teller's message about not being able to translate the tablet AND the something about the order. Do you think we should try to click on the symbols in the plot in a different order? Perhaps bottom to top? Perhaps right to left, with disregard to the way the birdie is facing ;-)
Another good idea. Perhaps we can translate it differently by looking the them differently. *shrug*
Thu Sep 15, 2005 3:07 am
Now I only need three more pieces... 
So, what do I do when I get all the pieces?
Do I have to read all the scrolls?
EDIT: Nevermind! I figured it out.
So, what do I do when I get all the pieces?
Do I have to read all the scrolls?
EDIT: Nevermind! I figured it out.