Apologies for the delay folks, family commitments stole all of my last week. But now we’re back, and so is the best girl!
All you need to do is decide whether you go into:
1. Not the correct chapter
2. The not correct chapter
3. Not the not correct chapter
Elementary logic for all the puzzle haters out there 😛
See you on Sunday :]
I heard some mutterings about people wanting poetry for a puzzle. Well, you know who you are, and if the aggrieved spectre of Poe comes to haunt me, the thing below is all your fault 😛
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I a riddle pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
“’Tis some reader,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
Only this and nothing more.”
(…)And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
“’Tis some reader entreating entrance at my chamber door—
Looking for the right chapter at my chamber door;—
But there is corruption here and nothing more.”(…)
Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
“Sir,” said I, “or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you”—here I opened wide the door;—
Darkness there and nothing more.(…)
And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And the real thing from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted—nevermore!
Well, we’re late. I blame Enori, he knows why 😛 I’d make a “An Kingdom for…” wish, but I’m sure that one would come true and I’d regret it forever.
Anyhow, Best Girl gets introduced in this chapter. You’re welcome to disagree, of course. I will not ban you. Probably. No promises though.
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On the day when the rabbit died Brother Maynard opened the Book of Armaments, chapter two, verses nine to twenty-one. And it was written there:
And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, “O Lord, bless this Thy hand grenade that, with it, Thou mayest blow Thine enemies to tiny bits in Thy mercy.”
And the Lord did grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals and fruit bats and large chu–
And a bit was skipped for brevity.
And the Lord spake, saying, “First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.”
To commemorate that event, you shall find the chapter by counting as the sacred text dictates. Happy reading.
Welp, it knows. The rabbit knows.
I blame all this discord talk of unhealthy obsessions and Elmer. It went to the past chapters to uncover THE HIDDEN TRUTH and get us all. Follow it there while it’s busy looking for what it wants. And I… I’ll do something. There must be a solution in the writings of the holy men. Or we’re all doomed. Doomed.
I think the rabbit is on to us. It was very suspicious when I tried to invite it around this week and ran away at the first opportunity. But if you look around, you should still see it hiding down there.
Eh. Did you ever have that moment, when a brilliant novel suddenly turned to utter crap in one horrible reveal? I had one of those just now, and I’m not sure I can carry on. I don’t even have the spirit to figure out a puzzle for this week. Now I understand why Enori took until Friday to translate this particular chapter. Just look at this… atrocity:
The moment Lambert resolved himself to speak his mind, the door to the room slammed open with a loud bang.
And when everyone turned to see what is this ruckus all about, they saw Charlotte on the threshold with even more determination in her eyes than Lambert was showing.
“Your Highness! Prince Arnold, I have a request!” she nearly shouted as she walked to where the Crown Prince was sitting.
“…Y-Yes, my lady?”
Arnold was completely overwhelmed by Charlotte’s aura.
“Please marry me!”
“Pardon?”
“Make me your wife, Highness!”
“Whaaa!?”
This stunned everyone in the room. A marriage proposal coming from a lady, furthermore one addressed to a Crown Prince of the realm, was simply without precedent.
“I can think of no other way to protect her! Please, Highness! Grant me strength to do so!”
“…What is this about?”
Well, he had an idea. She wanted the official position of his wife to protect Ariel. The big question was, what on earth would warrant such a step?
“Ariel is—”
“Lady Charlotte!” “Wait!”
“Ariel is a follower of Eris!!!”
Nothing good comes from the Internet on 1st of April. I need to rethink my life. Stay strong friends!
Do you remember the rules from the last week? I hope you remember the rules from the last week. Because same rules apply. Happy reading :]
Won’t be very hard today. Just follow the white rabbit.
||| _HERE?_ Hmmm, I reeeeallly don’t want to think how many more of those I’ll have to write 😀
Anyhow, the wise men of all ages were fond of saying – “Never do anything right!”
Therefore, you all should listen to those smart people, and always, always go left.
Remember, step too far to the right and you risk eternal fanfiction :]