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 Post subject: Lost Desert Plot Discussion #142 (Summary in First Post)
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Previous Thread: http://www.pinkpt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22826

LDP Picture Spoof thread: http://www.pinkpt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21553
LDP Poem thread: http://www.pinkpt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22510

- The plot
- The Fortune Teller
- The Temple of One-Thousand Tombs
- Repository
- Gift Shop of One-Thousand Trinkets (You must be outside and not locked out of the temple to get to the Gift Shop.)
- First Tablet - Second Tablet

- If you want a symbol image for your av or sig, JhasNeeh created some for use here.


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:

The temple was found through a banner.

Everyone'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. Some passages loop and may lead you to the same rooms over and over. Not everyone has a loop in their tomb, but if you do it's okay, just mark it and continue mapping.

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, which you will get after completing your tablet.

Library doors
Image Image Image

The libraries should have these scrolls:

astral - Ra, Set, Ahn, Kha
maze - Ben, Lat, Saf, Nem
river - Fer, Djo, Tep, Kar

Here is an image posted my mcgeorge on neoitems displaying all the symbols and scrolls with their names.

Here is a post listing the item descriptions of each of the scrolls. The descriptions describe which library each scroll is in.
===================== THE TEMPLE (START) =====================
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 hour and your pet may temporarily be turned to a pile of sand. If you tell an incorrect prophecy to the faerie statue, you can't enter again for about 40 minutes.

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.
======================= PARCHMENTS =======================
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 on Terror Mountain 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 any Faerie Dust (refresh the request screen until you get that for your quest.). Your parchment should appear at the lose screen (you do not need to find the item). 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.
======================== TRANSLATING ========================
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
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AHN (ankh) on 2-1
SET & RA (pillar & sun) on 2-2
TEP (eye) on 2-3

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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. At the next screen, be sure to scroll all the way down. It's a bit long, but it's interesting.

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.

The Lost Desert map has changed and Sakhmet as well as other places have disappeared.

Sometime later, the Fortune Teller lets you in to a little gossip she's overheard.

She calls out to you again as you turn to leave. "Oh! I almost forgot. I heard something about a few of Princess Amira's ministers, who were outside of Sakhmet when it vanished. They're going to get that new scroll repository finished so that they can use it as a library, and try to figure out how to bring Sakhmet City back. I don't know when the project is starting, though."
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX=== REPOSITORY (SAND - COMPLETED) ===XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
The Repository!
Now if you look at the bare Lost Desert Map, on the TOP RIGHT corner you'll see footprints leading to the Repository. Click it!

You'll be faced with Grarrl guards and will be prompted to say something to them. You'll be given a few options. Depending on what symbol was on your faerie's statue, select one of the following:

AHN: "I'm here with extra charcoal for the caterers"
SAF: "I'm here with the royal census. You're not a Ruki! Get out of my way!"
KHA: "I don't have sand that color yet! Don't you know who I am?"
BEN: "I'm here to prepare food for your Elephante workers."
DJO: "Did that Anubis get its 15-minute break yet?"
LAT: "This sand contains traces of faeryllium. To the laboratory!"
FER: "You guys should drink more water before you get heat stroke."
RA: "That tent over there has insufficient ventilation. I'll have to write you a citation"
SET: "I know I'm late, but I'm here to deliver an important royal message"
KAR: "I'm the food specialist for your herbivore workers"
TEP: "I'm here to chronicle the construction of this repository."
NEM: "Have you thought about triple-glazing your windows?? It's fun and functional!"

The responses correspond with the name of the scroll that matches your faerie statue symbol. If you select the wrong response, you'll have a 30 minute wait before you can try again.

(NOTE: Make sure you have READ your understood scroll from the appropriate library in the tombs beforehand and it was the last scroll you've read. Otherwise your correct option will NOT show up.)

Once you have selected the correct option, you'll meet up with a nice-mannered character who asks you to get a diggin' to help dig out the repository! (Note: This part is completed and you can no longer carry sand.)

Do it. And you'll get a handful of sand (and possibly other goodies!). However, you'll need to take it back to civilization before trying again. Time to retry is based off agility, so use your fastest Neopet.

Possible waiting times:
Agility: 0-30 every 3 hours
Agility: 31-45 every 2.5 hours
Agility: 46-60 every 2 hours
Agility: 61-75 every 1.5 hours
Agility: 75+ every hour

In the end 104,034 handfuls of sand unearthed the Respository, but someone obviously forgot space for scrolls when planning the monolith.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX=== REPOSITORY (BLOCKS - COMPLETED) ===XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Then go back to the Repository and the foreman says:
You! Get to work!

The foreman jabs his finger toward the scroll repository pyramid. "Looks like you're gonna be haulin' blocks now. Five to a block! And don't let me catch you slackin', we gotta get this pyramid built fast." He taps his cudgel menacingly.


Go haul some blocks. You have to click a brown block to haul along with four other pets. Each movable block has a symbol on it, which you will see after you click on it. Find a block with the symbol from the base of your faerie statue. If you are able to move it, refresh until there are five pets showing. Stay there until all slots are filled. Once there are five pets who match the symbol, you will get to move the block. (Note: This part is completed and you can no longer haul blocks.)

If you succeed in pulling the block, there should be an item behind it and the 5 pullers fight for it by rolling a die. If you get the highest roll and win, you get the item. If not you have to wait until you can try hauling again.

If you do not succeed in pulling the block, you have to wait again as well. Waiting time approximately 15-60 minutes. If you click on a wrong block or get scarabed, you have a 30 minute wait.

When you are let back in the repository, you are where you last hauled a block.
================ REPOSITORY (STAIR LOCATIONS!) =================
Stair Locations: (Coordinates can be found in the URL whenever you click a grey block)

basement Up: Row 5, Col 46
level 1 Up: Row 22, Col 33
level 1 Down: Row 2, Col 49
level 2 Up: Row 21, Col 17
level 2 Down: Row 20 Col 24
level 3 Up: Row 20, Col 18
level 3 Down: Row 20, Col 13
level 4 Up: Row 16, Col 7
level 4 Down Row 16, Col 14
level 5 Down Row 8, Col 5

Here are maps of the levels so far made by Plagatus:

http://culex.us/ig/nprb.jpg
http://culex.us/ig/npr1.jpg <-- the floor you enter on
http://culex.us/ig/npr2.jpg
http://culex.us/ig/npr3.jpg
http://culex.us/ig/npr4.jpg
http://culex.us/ig/npr5.jpg
XXXXXXXXXXXX=== REPOSITORY (FURNITURE - COMPLETED) ===XXXXXXXXXXXX
With all the blocks removed, the repository was ready so scrolls can be stored there.... or is it? You're directed to another tent with a team of Rukis preparing furniture for the repository.

A team of Rukis hammers, chisels, and carves the giant stone blocks into various pieces of furniture.

The eldest Ruki notices you enter. "Hullo! Come to see what kinda furniture we're making, eh?" He points at one of the stone blocks in the middle of the tent. "You can take a look at our progress if ya like. You'd best get familiar with this stuff. You're gonna be the one carrying it inside when we're done!"


The fortune teller's message has changed:

She calls out to you again as you turn to leave. "That scroll repository they're building sure looks like it's gonna take a while. Sakhmet City is trapped in another dimension, plagued by zombies -- or so I hear -- and meanwhile, the remainder of Neopia quietly watches a handful of Rukis making furniture. Remarkable.

Finally it seems that the furniture has all been completed

The furniture sits in haphazard piles, all sanded and painted. The Rukis relax on some extra benches, taking a break after all their hard work. The eldest Ruki sees you and waves. "Well, we're finally done with all the furniture! Even had some extras. Ah, but before you can put the furniture into the repository, the interior decorator is figuring out where everything goes. Putting down chalk outlines, so I hear." He leans back and sighs. "This oughta be the easy part!"


The foreman's message has changed:

You! Get to work!

The foreman glares at you. "Well what are ya standing around for? Get to movin' the furniture!"
(Note: The moving of Furniture seems to have finished. The following cannot be done anymore)

Now you can move furniture. First go to the Ruki tent and grab some furniture. Then talk to the Interior Decorator inside the scroll repository. He will tell you which floor you need to go to. Then double click on an outline that your furniture piece should match to place it down. Tables are big squares, benches are small rectangles, lamps are circles and scroll racks are the other one. You cannot put furniture on blurry lines. Those spaces mark stolen furniture. Every once in a while, the blured outlines reset.

Once you have placed your piece of furniture, proceed back to the entrance of the Repository. There will be a button to exit if you stand in the entrance. You may now decide to pick another piece of furniture from the Rukis, reenter the repository, and repeat the process above once more. There is no waiting time if your furniture was placed correctly.

The lockout time seems to be 30 minutes. You will get locked out if you attempt to place a piece of furniture on the wrong shape or if you try and return your piece of furniture. If you return your furniture to the Rukis, the lockout is only 10 minutes.

The Interior Decorator (ID) has moved to Neopia! He seems to move about on different floors at random intervals, so this information may not be the most recent. But, I'm pretty sure he's staying where he is now.
=============== REPOSITORY (MAP W/ FURNITURE) =================
New maps with furniture placements (updated by Alex and Illyria):

http://ustrek.cnc.net/vir/basement.jpg
http://lost-thoughts.net/images/lvl1.jpg <-- the floor you enter on
http://lost-thoughts.net/images/lvl2.jpg
http://lost-thoughts.net/images/lvl3.jpg
http://lost-thoughts.net/images/lvl4.jpg
http://lost-thoughts.net/images/lvl5.JPG

Map code:
red = scroll rack
light blue = lamp
green = table
purple = bench

The Foreman's message has changed with the completion of the moving:
The scroll repository is now fully furnished. All that remains is to stock it with scrolls. Thankfully, there's a staff of expert librarians on hand to put all the scrolls into the right positions.

We finally outdid those thieves!

The foreman looks up at the gleaming scroll repository pyramid. "Looks like we managed to keep ahead of those thieves -- just barely, though. Who knows what they wanted with all that furniture? I bet it'll show up on the black market soon." He shakes his head. "Well, the construction's all done. Guess that means I'm out of a job." He sighs, sits in the corner, and sulks.

=============== REPOSITORY (GETTING THE CRYSTAL) ================
The Repository is now open for business!

Now you have to find the foreman in the repository (at second floor, row 20, column 5). He is now a chef. Talk to him. Then visit the gift shop. There you will be given an Empty Vial. Equip the vial and fight a Spirit of the Ruins in the Battledome. You do not need to win the battle, just use the vial as a weapon against him and it will become a Smoky Vial. Then you can withdraw from the fight by going to the Status page. Unequip the vial and take it to the gift shop. There you will get a t-shirt. Bring this to the Chef/ex-foreman and he will give you a Useless Crystal.

Note: You must have completed your tablet and spoken the prophecy to the statue in order to get the crystal. You do not get the correct message from the Chef / Foreman if you haven't been covered in scarabs.

Also, the placement of scrolls on the racks in the repository is different for everyone.
=========== REPOSITORY (OPEN FOR BUSINESS/ THE LIGHT!) ===========
The Fortune Teller's Message has change
She calls out to you again as you turn to leave. "Oh, I heard that the scroll repository is now open for business. Just a bunch of scrolls, at first, can you believe that? How is anyone supposed to find anything? At least now they've put in a card catalog and signs on the rooms, so you know where you are!"


As you head back inside the repository, three of the scroll racks are colored red, blue, and yellow. Each rack contains a room names and a corresponding symbol (as usual, each directory is different for everyone). The fifth floor seems to have a secret passage (at the bottom right corner of that floor). Take the chain of stairs down from what you can see. It will lead you to a room that contains a model of Sakhmet and a notch on the highest tower. If you have the Useless Crystal, CLICK that notch and the crystal will be placed in the notch (as of now the crystal will remain in your inventory.) If dark, this proves to be useless.

See the Light?
Note: Light appears appx every 8 hours.
If you refresh into the room with the model of Sakhmet and it is BRIGHT, after you place the crystal in the notch, 12 colored lights will show up on the right wall. There will be 4 red lights, 4 blue lights, 4 yellow lights, and 4 blanks in SOME order (which again, is different for each user).

Scroll Name Locations
*Basement (Thanks Bekkichan!)
* Floor 1 (Thanks to supRNurs and Smokytyger!!)
* Floor 2 (gasp! supRNurs helps once again!)
* Floor 3 (Thanks to Smokytyger!)
* Floor 4 (Thanks to supRNurs once again!)
* Floor 5: Selected Royal Works

Alternatively, there is a petpage here or here that happens to have all of the levels mapped out for you.
=========== REPOSITORY (CRYSTAL I) ===========
Using the Lights
1) Match up the light sequence to your tablet. 4 symbols will fall under "red", 4 for "yellow", 4 for "blue", 4 will be left blank (ignore these)
2) Now go to your directory (colored racks at start) to find the symbol/location match to what you did on part 1
3) The order of the COLORs you need to read the directories is determined by your CRYSTAL. Go to your inventory and look at the color order on top of the crystal.
4) Now click the colored directory that is the same as the first color on your crystal. Take the symbols that were designated for that color and read them in order as found in your DIRECTORY (NOT your tablet). If a symbol repeats, read it again.
5) Repeat this process for your second and third color.
6) If you have done this correctly, at the end you will recieve a message about a sharp eye
=========== REPOSITORY (CRYSTAL TWO) ===========
Getting Crystal II
UPDATE: The chef wasn't giving the crystal as he was supposed to if they had been stolen or discarded. A bug fix for this was implemented on Friday, Nov. 18th. Now the crystals are given as soon as you click in the repository, but it's not a true RE. No need to go to the chef. No need to warn against putting crystals or scroll in SDB or gallery any more either.

However, since the bug fix, some who haven't lost their crystal are still suddenly receiving a crystal. This should not cause any problems, and is nothing to worry about.

1. Fall into a spike trap in your temple (there doesn't seem to be any real way to tell which doors lead to spike traps). Click on the bottom skull's left eye and you will get a new crystal. In case that doesn't work, change the url to: http://www.neopets.com/desert/ldp/temple.phtml?ucmc=1 and you will get a new crystal.

2. Go back to your card catalogs in the repository. They will have a "wet paint" sign and be totally different (same colors, different scrolls).

3. Go to your model city room when you have light (which comes appx every 8 hours) and insert the new crystal... which will give you red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and/or purple lights.

4. Now, go back to your tablet, map out your NEW colors. Now cross out any symbols that (a) are blank or (b) have not changed. [8 left]

5. Start at the BOTTOM of your tablet going in REVERSE order.

6. Using the idea of colors (Orange = Red + Yellow, Green = Blue + yellow, Purple = Red + Blue) break down each color and read its primary colors.
--> EX: You have an Orange Set. Read a RED set and YELLOW set. It seems that the order to read is determined by your card catalog order.

7. If you do the above correctly, you will get a location. If you do it INcorrectly, just redo the last set (no need to start all over again). Read the COMBINED color as you mapped [purple, orange, green] (in the example, you'd read the ORANGE set) in that location. However, you will NOT get a confirmation message this time.

8. Now repeat steps 5 ~ 7 (remember, going in REVERSE TABLET order) 'til you are done. and get a final clue, which states that This clue does not exist (or something to that effect)
=========== REPOSITORY (CRYSTAL III) ===========
Crystal III
1. You need to find a trap with a Jelly Blob (after all creatures made out of Jelly do not exist ;)) You'll recieve the crystal after clicking the lower left part of the image (it's a small piece of the bone in the blob.)

2. Go back to the card catalog (there's no need to go to your model duering the light time as it reflects the secondary pattern), you'll notice that your card catalogs are different.

3. Looking at spaces that haven't shown light (you should have 4), you need to read one of each basic colored scroll (Red, Blue, Yellow). Read these as they appear on your tablet. However, the order you need to read the scrolls is random and possibly not work in order for the next step. Reading them in the sequence Y - B - R - Y - B - Y - R - B - Y helps in trial and error.

4. If done correctly, you'll be given a location on where to find a white scroll with your sign.

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you get a clue with strange symbols.
======= REPOSITORY (CRYSTAL FOUR) [BOOM!] =======
Crystal IV
1. Go to the RIDDLE TRAP. Click the alien-like figure on the bottom left part of the image. There, you'll get your 4th crystal.

2. Go back to the city model and place the crystal-combo into the slot when the light is on (again, occurs about every 8 hrs). Once that happens, KABOOM. The wall explodes.

3. Click the hole in the wall and then you'll get a special scroll, that's somewhat un-understandable to you. (Oh, your crystal goes away too)

4. Go to the Fortune teller and show her the scroll...
========== OVER? I DONT THINK SO ==========
* Looks like we've got a mean looking opponent coming at us... Daddy's angry.

The Fortune Teller's message has changed:

The fortune teller listens as you tell her the tale of finding the mystery scroll in the map room of the scroll repository. "Amazing! No wonder those architects were so tight-lipped about what they were building. Let met take a look at that scroll." You hand it to her. "Hmm... yes... I see... Ah ha! Of course! This is in an ancient dialect of Sakhmetian, and I think I recognize it. I believe it says... well, there's a lot of nonsense up front, but finally it says, 'The curse of Jazan will make Sakhmet disappear,' which is an awful lot like that prophecy you found before. But then it continues: 'Jazan must marry a true princess of Qasala to break the curse.' That explains why he wanted to marry Amira, but... she's not a Qasalan princess. Is she?" The fortune teller looks confused. "I wonder how we'll pull that off." She hands the scroll back to you.

"Wait a moment," she calls out to you. "Sakhmet has returned, and Jazan married that Ixi girl, but... something's not right about all this. Let me see that scroll again." The fortune teller examines it again. Then she turns it upside down. "Of course! Stupid me, I was reading it backward. It was cleverly written to be readable both ways. Ah! See? In this orientation, it serves as... some kind of translation guide. I'm not sure how, exactly, but maybe you can make use of it. You can try out translating that old mysterious tablet of yours." She hands the scroll back.


The Mysterious Tablet is different. It seems to be like a Time Tunnel game. You have to click on a symbol at the bottom, then click on an open space and try to place the symbols correctly. After you place your guesses, you click on the "Attempt translation" button on the bottom and you will get a series of dots along the top of the tablet. These dots tell you how correct you are. There is a good system to work out your dots here.

White = Correct symbol and space
Black = Correct symbol, but in the wrong space
No dot = Unused symbol

When you complete it, she says:

The fortune teller smiles at you. "Very clever! You've translated the tablet into Qasalan. But what now? What does it mean?" She ponders the translated tablet curiously.

If you go to your translated tablet, it not says underneath:

You've translated the tablet into its Qasalan equivalent! But what does it mean?

The symbols are embedded in chapters 12-14. You click on them in the opposite order of your tablet and you translate the meaning of the tablet.

Chapter 12
Image daq - page 1 Image gan - page 2 Image zer - page 3 Image waz - page 4

Chapter 13
Image qa - page 1 Image kil - page 3 Image don - page 4 Image ak - page 4

Chapter 14
Image kor - page 1 Image ur - page 2 Image pek - page 3 Image tik - page 4

You should get:

The father of the prince will destroy the great desert

Then tell this new translation to your faerie statue and you will get to choose between three weapons: the Scimitar of Eternal Dawn, Mace of Righteous Flame, and Spear of Infinite Wisdom. The weapon you pick will "break", but it's okay and will still work.

Go back to the Fortune Teller and she says:

"The fortune teller claps her hands as you enter. "You've spoken the true prophecy to the statue? Brilliant! And you got some kind of weapon? But what is it for? It doesn't look very useful."

You can then use this weapon against Razul in the battledome. No matter the strength of your pet, one hit with this weapon will defeat him. A draw also counts as a win.
>>>OOO>>>=== OVER NOW ===<<<OOO<<<
11/29: Plot Ends


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The Foreman Chef got so bored he painted his nails! :roflol: That would have saved people HOURS of searching for the right combination had anyone noticed.

Of course, I only ever found the second crystal but I still hope I get a good enough reward.


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Reposting from the last thread:

Now that (hopefully) we've convinced everyone that the end has truly come and gone, I'd like to make a little request.

I've been given the chance to do a "post-plot" interview with our puzzle creator, Mr. Insane. If the legal department gives their stamp of approval, I'll be "publishing" the interview here, on a petpage and possibly in the NT.

If you have any questions you would like to see answered, please post them here. I can't promise that I'll be able to include them all, but any that I use will include credit to the PPT user name of the first person to suggest it. (I already have several questions prepared.)

Please keep in mind that, as a programmer, Mr. Insane is responsible for very little (if any) of the story line / comic portion of the plot. Also, please be sure your question isn't answered on the solutions page.

I plan to complete the interview once the prizes have been awarded (unless that takes forever.) So, please get your questions in before then! ;)

Sky, thanks for the suggestions. I had a few of those, or something similar, but a couple were new and will be interesting to see answered. :)


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Can you ask him if the temple and the like are going to be back later? I'd like to revisit the temeple again for nostalgia.


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I WISH the temple would become a game, like the deserted tomb in Geraptiku. Pick a door and randomly win a prize (maybe) or get squashed, drowned, or skiewered.

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ok this question is for all the ppl who have done more then 1 neopets plot well there is actually more then 1 question:

1. what has been the average length to the neopet plots?

2. what is the general wait time inbetween neopet plots?

3. how did it come across that we found out that dirtside and mr.insane work for tnt?

4. is it possible for any body to contact dirtside and mr.insane? (for future reference)

5. and maybe insted of doing speculations on what is left of the ldp can we change the thread to speculations on what we will have to do on the next plot or when it will start and what r the chances that by some dumb luck it wont be a darkest faerie plot but in fact could be..............?


1) From what I recall, it's something like a month, could be a little more, could be a little less.

2) A couple of months most of the times, but with this plot already running a lot longer than most plots and with TNT announcing the Darkest Faerie plot, this one might be upon us a bit sooner than usual.

3) Dirtside and Mr. Insane are one and the same person, Dirtside is just the name of his account on neopets and on PPT, while his "programmer name" is Mr. Insane. All these things are just considered "facts" :) I don't know how he made himself "public" once, but if you go to the krawk cup for example, you'll see that he was one of the contestants (and only staff members were competing in that cup). Then, it's a fact that "dirtside" is his account (it says so at the bottom of his lookup :)) and as a proof that "Dirtside" is really his real account on PPT, just look him up on neopets and you'll see that he has posted a little proof at the top of his lookup :)

4) Yes, I think supRNurs is going to do an interview with him and he also appears on the premium chat from time to time.

5) I think there's still many interesting things to be told about this plot, there's still a lot of holes and I for one would love to see them filled with answers, so hopefully Mr. Insane will be able to give us a few of them...

Oh, and supRNurs, I'd love to know whether the clickable towers were just another red herring or a little coding mistake (which is what I think, but it would be quite ingenious of them to put that in as a red herring :))


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I WISH the temple would become a game, like the deserted tomb in Geraptiku. Pick a door and randomly win a prize (maybe) or get squashed, drowned, or skiewered.

:roflol:


Personaly I have been blob squished, confused, piked, knocked out, and made to tread water a few too many times as it is...besides I am always looking out for trapdoors now...I don't need to do it "for fun"


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I think it'd be cool for the temple to be turned into another freebie place. A freebie could be randomly hidden in our temples every so often and we'd have to find the correct door it's in to get it.


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Sky, thanks for the suggestions. I had a few of those, or something similar, but a couple were new and will be interesting to see answered. :)


Nice to know that those questions will get answered. Do you know anyone who will be interviewing the people in charge of the comics and storylines? I have more questions for them than for the programmers.


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New editorial question on the plot:

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I completed my Lost in the Desert plot (yes I had to read ALL those scrolls! Not funny TNT :P) But today a mean Grundo stole my Mysterious Scroll :( Does this mean that I won't get my trophy? or do you guys already know who has and hasn't completed their plots? It'll be sad to go through all that and not get anything :( Thanks!! ^_^ ~ princhipezza7

Not to worry! Every time you completed even the smallest step during the puzzle, it was logged and tracked. It doesn't matter that you don't have the scroll at this very moment. We know you completed it and can even tell when, what order, what you did before that, etc.. That's kinda creepy actually.

Anyway, this is also the reason why it will take us a while to tally points, figure out trophy and prize ranks, etc. We want to make sure those that made it all the way through are greatly rewarded, but also that everyone who gave it their best shot gets something for their trouble as well. :)


Sounds pretty good. And that answers the question about the untradable scroll, too -- we don't need them for anything, so it doesn't matter if they get lost.


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supRNurs wrote:
Sky, thanks for the suggestions. I had a few of those, or something similar, but a couple were new and will be interesting to see answered. :)


Nice to know that those questions will get answered. Do you know anyone who will be interviewing the people in charge of the comics and storylines? I have more questions for them than for the programmers.


Nobody is interviewing them as far as I know. I asked who the writers and artists responsible for the comics and the TCGs were, and basically was told that an answer to that question could not be given. So, there ya have it.

Hangman and Kayla: duly noted ;)


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supRNurs wrote:
... I asked who the writers and artists responsible for the comics and the TCGs were, and basically was told that an answer to that question could not be given. So, there ya have it.


They're just scared that we will rip through them for the plot holes :evil: . Unfortunately, that is not what I want to ask them about :cry: . I just want to know about seeing the characters again and the idea of crossovers. Oh well. Back to my non-canon work.


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Questions I would like to see answered:
How many vials were filled (was there a certain count needed to continue plot)?

How many defeats did Razul take (and was there a certain amount needed to continue/end plot)?

Were any points gained based on the number of tries to solve the second Qasalan mysterious tablet (time-Tunnel-like) puzzle? ( I completed it in 56 guesses, although I had all but 4 in the right place after 20 guesses).

Others I think everyone has, many have posed or TNT mentioned in past editorials:
Will the repository, temple, gift shop be accessible/available in someway?
LDP side-bar still coming?
Fighting the Foreman?
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I question/s I'd like asked, if you could, would be...

What happened with the actual scrolls mentioned in the beginning of the plot, I know there were three fake accounts, the names I am not sure of, but there were and are a lot more than only three accounts with scrolls, what happened there?

Users with scrolls:
da_evil_piggies
buffoonery*
rogue925
duke_of_mildew*
kingofall44
dancin_in_the_spirit
Mightybeanz1996
grandma566

*Believed to be the fake accounts...

I'll update this list as I find more names...


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I want to know is it going to be possible to have a sand paint brush I want my pet to be a pile of sand forever


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