Switch Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 (OOC: Yay! Finally someone to play Lisette. :P) Ford grins at Lisette. "Ah, you finally came around! I thought you were acting strange. Welcome back." He looks to Lurel. "Hmm... I can't say I can imagine I could get a sound night's sleep here either. I'll come with you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchik Posted February 2, 2005 Author Share Posted February 2, 2005 The path over the rise is straight and long. If it leads to a monument, you cannot see one. The first tomb you reach, just a rectangular building without decoration, has a large stone sealing the entrance. The number is 4985. The tomb is built to the right of the path. A little further on is number 4969 and further on again number 4953. Both are sealed and are to your right. The next tomb is to your left and is open. A glance inside shows it to be as plain as the outside. There is nothing at all, simply a flat earth floor. The sealing stone is on the ground. It is numbered 9943. Siffli was obviously a little out in her calculation. From here on in the buildings alternate to the right and left. The number sequence runs 4937 sealed, right, 9927 open, left, 4921 sealed, right, 9911 open, left, 4905 sealed, right, 9895 open, left etc. You notice that paths lead off to the right and left of every tomb perhaps forming a series of concentric circles linking tombs on each of the radial routes. Whilst the distances between the tombs on the path are not big it is not comfortable walking. And the walk bewteen the radial routes looks to be long, although it presumably gets shorter the nearer you are to the centre. It would certainly be a good idea to work out the quickest route to the tomb you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switch Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 "Sheesh... this place looks even bigger close up than it did at the camp." Ford looks around. "Maybe if we find the centre, then we can find the line of numbers with Mara's tomb in it? Might take a while though..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramul Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 OOC: I assume Lisette went along with Ford and LurelIC: "We are looking for 6738. This path seems to be all odd numbers, so it can't be the right one. I think we should find out more about the pattern of numbering, if we can. For starters, numbers are 16 apart. If we find which path has Mara's Tomb, we save time." Lisette begins scratching in the dirt..._6738-6400_0338-0320_0018-0016_0002"Mara's Tomb is on path 2, and..."_4969-3200_1769-1600_0169-0160_0009 "We are on path 9." "I'd be interested to see what the monument is, and that will be a good place to find our bearings from. Should we go inward?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchik Posted February 2, 2005 Author Share Posted February 2, 2005 Lisette hears a voice in her head. Perhaps Anima. "You are correct in assuming that the numbers decrease as you move to the centre but is it quite as straighforward? If the first number is 1 and then taking each of the sixteen radial routes numbers 2,3,4 and so on, you would be correct. But then the numbers in the nine thousands would have to be further out. They are also counting down - but to what original number? You ARE travelling on path nine but you will need one more piece of information before you can tell which you need to take." Lisette gains a little in observation skill. OOC> rehearsals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThetaOrionis01 Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 "I don't think it can be as simple as that," Lurel says. "Siffli said there are 16 paths, but there are tombs on both side of this path - so there's no reason why it shouldn't be the same for the others. We need to find out not only the sequence of the tombs on each side of the path, but also how the sequences on each side relate to the other." He, too scratches some numbers into the dust: 4985 4969 4953 ___________________ 9943 4937 ___________________ 9927 4921 ___________________ 9911 4905 ___________________ 9895 "Hmm...." he remarks. "If the tombs are evenly spaced, then the ones to our left must start around the 5000 mark. Which would mean that the one we're looking for is a fair way past the centre of the monument. I think perhaps we should see what the numbers on the next path to the left are like..... to see if our theory fits. Maybe there's something simple we're overlooking - if not it's going to be a long walk." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchik Posted February 3, 2005 Author Share Posted February 3, 2005 I seems to take forever to get to the next path to the left. Turning towards the centre you find the sequence alternating on the right, 4890, 4874, 4858 on the left 9894, 9878, 9862. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramul Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 1001100011010ignore all except last 4 bits: 1010"This should be path 10..."10011010100110-->0110"...or path 6", says Lisette. "I must be missing something." "I would guess that Mara's Tomb would be four paths away, nearer to the center by quite a bit." she muses. "Before we get there, what should we expect? the tomb was 'defiled', but what is meant by that? Do we just have to kill off some skeletons, or perform a ritual, or reseal the tomb?" I wonder if Lurel can sense more, now that we are out of the Maze... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThetaOrionis01 Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 "Hmm... " Lurel says. "I have a horrible suspicion that Mara's tomb may be right on the far side of the monument. By my reckoning, this should be path number 8, and Mara's tomb should be on path number 2. But that's assuming that my theory as to the layout here is correct... which it may well not be. So we might as well head towards the monument, I think. But it's going to be a very long walk." He grimaces. "I hope I'm wrong about the layout of this... else there are about 400 tombs between us and the one we're looking for." He thinks about Lisette's remark. "Perhaps it has something to do with the abilities we, as a group, had to have. Mine hasn't been tested yet... so perhaps it will involve opening he ground to get into the tomb... or whatever is beneath it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchik Posted February 3, 2005 Author Share Posted February 3, 2005 You are correct to assume you are now on path 10 and that the path you require is four further to the left (90 degrees). OOC> I make it path 14 but I could be wrong. OT> The quickest route would be to find the hypotenuse but travelling into the centre and out again is equally feasible. There is nothing dangerous between where you are and the tomb except wear and tear on footwear and frayed nerves. OOC> I am leaving work now but will be back tomorrow. It would help to know how you intend to approach the tomb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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