Saturday, 13 February 2016

lateral thinking - Falcon Circus, Chapter 0: The Decision



Lycan pouted. I guess he was expecting his little riddle to be hard. Lichen didn't have a change in expression, although this doesn't surprise you. The red twin glared at you for another second before throwing something at you and trudging away, muttering, "I even did drafts, like Lichen said... I'm never listening to him again!"


The green twin watched his brother leave before turning to see what item you acquired. His eyes widened for a second, but returned to its gloomy state. He didn't try to take the item from you. Lichen looked away from you and mumbled, "Don't lose it." You look at the key. "Well... that's a red flag if I've ever seen one- an unknown, seemingly important item- a key, no less!- given to be by a child clown? No thank you, Lichen, but you can have it ba-"
The boy was gone. Huh.





$\hskip2.5in$You've acquired: Brass Key


$\hskip2.5in$brass key


It left a bit of a sour taste in your mouth to have made that poor kid angry, but you had bigger problems to worry about now; when you had entered, you noticed how dimly lit the place was. You hadn't really paid attention to your surroundings since the twins startled you, but a good look reveals that the place is pretty empty. Something about the key is unnerving... you feel as though you've opened a can of worms that should have been left closed.


circus entryway


There is a signpost in the center with what appear to be directions- it's a shame they're written in some odd language. Bah. You don't need a stupid signpost anyway. There seem to be doors going in all directions, save for the way you came. Where will you go?


$\hskip1.4in$go leftforwardbackwardright




tdlr;


Past this point (including tldr;) is instructions, and is not part of the puzzle.
You solved the first riddle and have finished the prologue. Now, you must begin the first chapter for your journey. You must choose which door you wish to go through. Some doors are much easier to solve than others- yes, multiple doors have answers in this puzzle. The first correct passcode provided is the door we will go through together, unless you all decide to solve every passcode and make an executive decision on which direction you'd like to go. You are the ones leading this dynamic puzzle.



Welcome to the Falcon Circus.




Answer



I'm going to start off by linking some of the images here:
If you click left, you get



An imgur sequence jwg72, leading to an apparent riddle and tentacle monster. Since we know the answer is TAD_, we have to find the number that is not mentioned. From below, it's not 9; further, 50 is written on the right wall. From the prequel puzzle, the address 318 is featured; further there are 2 twins (the word two is written in the prequel). The URL for left door contains 7 and 2; the URL for right door contains 6. This leaves 4, so is the code for the left door TAD4?



If you click back,




Back is not an option



If you click forward, you get



This riddle



If you click right, you get



a bunch of weird voices in a cave




My first thought is



go right, since one of the voices is talking about a key and we might be able to use it; I'm not appreciating having to face off against any of the creatures of the deep behind doors 1 and 2....



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