Lost Desert Plot Disc #97 (Summary in First Post)

[IanB]

Have any people with light NOT read a scroll?

[Historyteller]

1913 NST

No light ... I'm a Kha (fish).

[XenaAndGabrielle]

Testing Cranberry's theory.

Thanks, stamp. I really want to try it myself (even though it means trudging all over the repository, which I hate), but I can't get the light! Argh.

btw, I am trying your theory as well, cran. I was waiting for my lights to show up. trudging around now.

[Cranberry]

I said this earlier, but the back wall has 15 symbols. With the lights and the blank spaces, there are 15 spaces altogether on your side wall. You may try matching them up... since your first color is blue and the first symbol is the egg-looking thing, find the listing for that scroll in the card catalog and read that one. When you come to a blank space, skip the corresponding symbol on the back wall

The back wall doesn't have 'my' symbol on it at all and I think it is the same for everyone? I'm a Lat (cup) I'll go back and check with that screenie. That seems like it would be odd.

No, the cup's not there. I don't think it matters, though. It makes more sense that we'd have to read a bunch of different scrolls than just read the same three (of our faerie symbol) over and over 12 times.

I want the light! Wah.

[IanB]

I'm also dubious about the "reading the scroll the same as the fairy door" - my fairy room entrance was a yellow DJO and I know from my scroll mapping there only two in the whole repository and that would seem somewhat unfair.

The theory isn't panning out, BUT the directory should tell you exactly where to look for an exact scroll.

Sorry but I don't follow that. The catalogues only seem to have 3 colours - Red, Yellow and Blue. What about the other colours?

[Brynne]

Okay as far as the light people are concerned. I'm sorry if you haven't gotten it and I was rude in my post before.

I had the stream of light immediately, but these are the things I did first...I went to the fortune teller to hear the new message. It's possible the light is every hour or something. I did read scrolls before, all with my symbol, but not in any particular fashion.

[sirclucky]

btw, have the URLs for the flash files of the unlit and lit rooms been compared?

e.g. when I view the source I get:

http://images.neopets.com/desert/ldp/sr ... 68ff2b.swf

Is that the same for everyone who has an unlit room? And what is it when the room is lit?

[WockyChocky]

I said this earlier, but the back wall has 15 symbols. With the lights and the blank spaces, there are 15 spaces altogether on your side wall. You may try matching them up... since your first color is blue and the first symbol is the egg-looking thing, find the listing for that scroll in the card catalog and read that one. When you come to a blank space, skip the corresponding symbol on the back wall.

This sounds like an excellent idea! forget your fairy colors, door colors, tablet and tomb scrolls. (for now at least). Apply the model city info (colors and symbols) to the SR index and start reading.

Now, If I could only get those lights up.

[Urthdigger]

Ok, I got the light, my order was y rb byb byryr r. Now, to find out what that means!!!

Oh, BTW, I'm a SET.

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[Katdragon]

For those who have light try this:

1. Match up the coloured lights and symbols on the back wall of the model room.

2. Go to the corresponding scroll rack as designated by the colours and symbols (so for example a red light with a paw located in my red card catalog would be 'Civil Records New Aquisitions, Spike Room')

3. Read the scroll there that corresponds with your faerie symbol (in my case SAF)

4. Report on what happens

I can't do this since I have no light yet

Kat
You can't take the sky from me...and if you try I'll kill you with my brain!

[Cranberry]

People are already doing that, Kat. Well, except for the faerie symbol thing... I don't see how that fits in.

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[Brynne]

Ok, I got the light, my order was y rb byb byryr r. Now, to find out what that means!!!

Okay now we have something. I think I have 16 as well, a double space got me tricked. 16 equals the tablet. I would try reading the symbol on the tablet in the color order of the light and skipping those that are blank. Anyone with me?

[supRNurs]

*pops back in for a few minutes*
eeegads... that was a lot of posts to go through!
No other maps done.... As soon as I can be back at my computer for longer than a few minutes, I'll start on the upper floors. (Stamps, thanks for the note in your summary post last split. )

Ok - From what I read so far, my thoughts are:
a) the light is time based (frequency to be determined)
b) groups of symbols have the light activated at certain times

The only other place I remember groups of symbols are in the temple libraries:
Maze = ben, nem, lat, saf
River = djo, tep, kar, fer
Astral - set, ra, ahn, kha

So, possibly the "maze" symbols are getting light at x minutes past the hour and the "river" symbols are getting light at y minutes past the hour, and and "astral" symbols are getting light at z minutes past the hour. Does anyone have enough data to test this out?

Also, I agree with Cranberry about the sequence of lights paired with the symbols on the wall as a possible list of scrolls to read. It would be interesting to see if those with the same statue symbol are getting the same sequence of lights.

[XenaAndGabrielle]

Bah ... I got half way through my list ... and realized that my colors didn't *START* with a space ... so I am 1 off.

Starting over. BAH.

[stampsyne]

Is this what you mean Cranberry?

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