Mystery Box

Mystery Box
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Breaking and entering, entering, and breaking the Mystery Box
(03-28-2019, 04:30 AM)Dragon Fogel Wrote: »Knock on it and see if anybody answers.

You suppose the polite thing to do would be to knock on the door. See if anyone's in there, before you barge on in. You give Apartment Door EE a few firm knocks with your Steel Clawntlet-clad hand. It makes a powerful sound... more than enough noise to be heard inside.

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Nobody answers.

(03-30-2019, 05:03 AM)Reecer6 Wrote: »>Whistle the secret tune that unlocks the door. Look, the sheet music is written on it in plain letter notation!

Seeing as how this is a Sorta Magical Sort Of Door, you wonder if there's some trick to opening it. Perhaps, for instance, the letters on the front could be a Clue?

You're not sure exactly what pitch an E would be, off the top of your head. Nevertheless, you try whistling a Note That Might Be An E, then following it up with another one. When that does nothing, you repeat the process, moving up and down the scale until you've covered the better part of your musical range.

Your pitch shifts and wobbles a bit, but Apartment Door EE stays steady and motionless. Seems either this didn't do the trick, or there was no trick to begin with.

(03-28-2019, 04:36 AM)Wheat Wrote: »Try to trick somebody into walking into the wall on the other side of it wile-e-coyote style.

Or better yet, rent the room sight unseen to someone.

Hmm. Maybe instead of there being a trick to the door, the door is An Opportunity For A Trick? If it opens immediately up into a Concealed Wall, that's some Prime Pranking Material waiting to be used. Heck, you could even rent the door to someone, and scam them into paying to walk face-first into a wall!

...if, of course, they were deemed Deserving of it. And if, of course, you're still holding onto those Recently Exhumed Scruples of yours. The only trouble now is the fact that there isn't a single mark around. Unless you count Charity Boy as deserving of getting scammed.

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You decide to try one last plan. It's a little unorthodox for you, but it just might work.

You step square to the door, sizing it up. Once you think you've got the measure of it, you approach and reach out, giving The Doorknob a turn in the form of a dexterous Flick of the Wrist. With this complete, you give the Doppeled Doorway the old push-and/or-pull routine. It opens right up.

Get's em every time.

With the doors resistance thusly conquered...

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It seems the door you thought was going to be Magical and Amazing actually just goes to an Empty, Weird Looking Room. Probably shouldn't have used all those ORs and XORs in your Incantation. After all, Logic and Magic have never made the Easiest of Bedfellows.

(03-28-2019, 05:52 AM)☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ Wrote: »what kind of cat burglar simply opens a door? pick the lock. if it's unlocked, lock it and then pick the lock.

Oh well. Fortunately, you have a Very Good Idea that promises you some entertainment, with Basically No Repercussions either. You make your way back into the Apartment Hallway, but not before Locking the Door. After all, a Real Catburglar like you doesn't simply open doors. No, she picks the locks first!

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Of course, now that you're back outside, you realize something else. If you wanted to unlock the door like a Cute, Cool, And Talented Brigand, and demonstrate how good you are at your job, it'd definitely help if you made sure you had some kind of Lockpick on you first.

Shoot.

What do you do?
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Mystery Box - by Sunspider - 03-17-2019, 05:02 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Numbers - 03-17-2019, 05:03 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Dragon Fogel - 03-17-2019, 05:07 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by a52 - 03-17-2019, 05:07 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Justice Watch - 03-17-2019, 05:13 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by ShiningKatana - 03-17-2019, 05:18 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 03-17-2019, 05:38 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Sunspider - 03-17-2019, 07:59 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reecer6 - 03-17-2019, 05:42 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by periferal - 03-17-2019, 05:43 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Sleepy - 03-17-2019, 05:54 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 03-17-2019, 08:03 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by sprïly - 03-17-2019, 08:04 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by a52 - 03-17-2019, 08:17 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reecer6 - 03-17-2019, 08:20 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Myeth - 03-17-2019, 09:11 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Arcanuse - 03-17-2019, 09:43 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by CSJ - 03-17-2019, 10:25 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by FlanDab - 03-17-2019, 10:33 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Numbers - 03-17-2019, 10:53 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reyweld - 03-17-2019, 12:45 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 03-17-2019, 06:39 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Ubersketch - 03-17-2019, 07:29 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Sunspider - 03-18-2019, 01:15 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by FlanDab - 03-18-2019, 01:41 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reecer6 - 03-18-2019, 01:59 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by a52 - 03-18-2019, 02:12 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Numbers - 03-18-2019, 02:58 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Sleepy - 03-18-2019, 03:46 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by CSJ - 03-19-2019, 07:08 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by juddy555 - 03-19-2019, 09:04 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Numbers - 03-20-2019, 02:07 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by juddy555 - 03-19-2019, 09:07 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Justice Watch - 03-19-2019, 10:18 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Tokumei - 03-19-2019, 10:25 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Vic - 03-20-2019, 12:12 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by ShiningKatana - 03-20-2019, 01:05 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by FlanDab - 03-20-2019, 04:15 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Sunspider - 03-20-2019, 11:20 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by CSJ - 03-20-2019, 11:47 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Numbers - 03-20-2019, 11:52 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reyweld - 03-20-2019, 12:36 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by FlanDab - 03-20-2019, 12:45 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reyweld - 03-20-2019, 02:00 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by a52 - 03-20-2019, 07:06 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Arcanuse - 03-20-2019, 03:32 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Vic - 03-20-2019, 04:03 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reecer6 - 03-20-2019, 09:12 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reyweld - 03-21-2019, 11:43 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Numbers - 03-21-2019, 11:52 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by FlanDab - 03-21-2019, 02:15 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Arcanuse - 03-21-2019, 02:28 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by The One Guy - 03-21-2019, 06:15 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reecer6 - 03-21-2019, 07:07 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Vic - 03-22-2019, 03:15 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reyweld - 03-22-2019, 03:49 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by ShiningKatana - 03-22-2019, 09:35 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by CSJ - 03-23-2019, 12:13 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by sprïly - 03-23-2019, 01:21 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by FlanDab - 03-23-2019, 02:45 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Kaynato - 03-23-2019, 02:54 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by ShiningKatana - 03-23-2019, 02:56 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by ShiningKatana - 03-23-2019, 05:53 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by gloomyMoron - 03-23-2019, 06:00 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by sprïly - 03-23-2019, 06:51 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reecer6 - 03-23-2019, 08:53 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Kaynato - 03-23-2019, 11:08 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reyweld - 03-23-2019, 11:51 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 03-24-2019, 01:39 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Numbers - 03-24-2019, 03:21 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by FlanDab - 03-24-2019, 01:15 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Vic - 03-25-2019, 05:01 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reecer6 - 03-25-2019, 05:07 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reyweld - 03-25-2019, 05:22 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Kaynato - 03-25-2019, 10:20 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Tokumei - 03-27-2019, 12:30 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Numbers - 03-25-2019, 11:38 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by ShiningKatana - 03-26-2019, 02:23 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Schazer - 03-26-2019, 02:57 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by CSJ - 03-26-2019, 03:09 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 03-26-2019, 04:03 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Dragon Fogel - 03-28-2019, 04:30 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 03-28-2019, 05:52 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by a52 - 03-28-2019, 08:11 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Kaynato - 03-28-2019, 06:09 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reyweld - 03-28-2019, 03:24 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Vic - 03-29-2019, 05:32 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reecer6 - 03-30-2019, 05:03 AM
Breaking and entering, entering, and breaking the Mystery Box - by Sunspider - 03-31-2019, 01:16 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by gloomyMoron - 03-31-2019, 05:56 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reyweld - 03-31-2019, 06:08 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reecer6 - 03-31-2019, 06:48 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Schazer - 03-31-2019, 08:11 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 03-31-2019, 09:51 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Arcanuse - 03-31-2019, 10:28 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Kaynato - 04-01-2019, 01:23 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by CSJ - 04-01-2019, 07:27 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Ubersketch - 04-01-2019, 11:10 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Ubersketch - 04-02-2019, 04:48 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 04-02-2019, 04:59 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reecer6 - 04-02-2019, 05:54 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Numbers - 04-03-2019, 11:34 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reyweld - 04-02-2019, 09:31 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by ShiningKatana - 04-03-2019, 01:21 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by CSJ - 04-03-2019, 04:14 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Justice Watch - 04-03-2019, 08:34 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Ubersketch - 04-03-2019, 09:36 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Dragon Fogel - 04-03-2019, 10:03 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reecer6 - 04-03-2019, 10:03 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Numbers - 04-03-2019, 10:12 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Kaynato - 04-03-2019, 10:48 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Numbers - 04-03-2019, 10:50 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Ubersketch - 04-04-2019, 12:50 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reyweld - 04-04-2019, 12:14 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 04-04-2019, 12:49 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Vic - 04-04-2019, 12:23 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 04-04-2019, 09:11 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by ShiningKatana - 04-05-2019, 01:15 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Vic - 04-05-2019, 12:57 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Kaynato - 04-05-2019, 09:09 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by a52 - 04-05-2019, 09:14 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Ubersketch - 04-05-2019, 09:22 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Sunspider - 04-05-2019, 09:34 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by kilozombie - 04-05-2019, 09:49 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Schazer - 04-05-2019, 09:50 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reyweld - 04-05-2019, 10:54 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Arcanuse - 04-05-2019, 10:59 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 04-05-2019, 11:03 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Ubersketch - 04-05-2019, 11:49 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Ten11 - 04-06-2019, 01:03 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by naproxenne - 04-06-2019, 07:45 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Smurfton - 04-07-2019, 03:51 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by CSJ - 04-07-2019, 04:53 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by ShiningKatana - 04-11-2019, 02:57 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by kilozombie - 04-11-2019, 02:57 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by a52 - 04-11-2019, 02:58 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Arcanuse - 04-11-2019, 03:00 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Ten11 - 04-11-2019, 05:53 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Numbers - 04-11-2019, 07:54 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Thalia V1 - 04-11-2019, 08:33 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Myeth - 04-11-2019, 06:32 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 04-11-2019, 04:38 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Kaynato - 04-11-2019, 05:49 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reecer6 - 04-11-2019, 06:15 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Thalia V1 - 04-11-2019, 06:57 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Smurfton - 04-11-2019, 07:58 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by FlanDab - 04-11-2019, 08:34 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Schazer - 04-11-2019, 11:32 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Ubersketch - 04-11-2019, 11:45 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Numbers - 04-18-2019, 12:57 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 04-18-2019, 01:09 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by kilozombie - 04-18-2019, 01:37 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Whimbrel - 04-18-2019, 01:57 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reyweld - 04-18-2019, 01:59 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reecer6 - 04-18-2019, 02:19 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by FlanDab - 04-18-2019, 02:31 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Kaynato - 04-18-2019, 03:15 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 04-18-2019, 10:02 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Smurfton - 04-18-2019, 04:00 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Arcanuse - 04-18-2019, 04:24 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Myeth - 04-18-2019, 05:35 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by FlanDab - 04-22-2019, 11:49 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Ubersketch - 04-22-2019, 11:55 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by ShiningKatana - 04-22-2019, 12:36 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Ten11 - 04-22-2019, 10:53 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reecer6 - 04-22-2019, 02:23 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Dragon Fogel - 04-22-2019, 09:13 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reyweld - 04-22-2019, 11:40 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by CherryPetrichor - 04-23-2019, 04:18 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Arcanuse - 04-23-2019, 04:34 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Sunspider - 04-24-2019, 10:57 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Schazer - 04-24-2019, 11:07 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by CSJ - 04-24-2019, 11:45 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Arcanuse - 04-24-2019, 01:11 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reecer6 - 04-24-2019, 02:31 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Smurfton - 04-24-2019, 10:25 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by kilozombie - 04-24-2019, 02:43 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 04-24-2019, 07:28 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Kaynato - 04-24-2019, 11:47 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Sunspider - 04-27-2019, 01:12 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Akumu - 04-27-2019, 01:33 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by CherryPetrichor - 04-27-2019, 08:07 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by kilozombie - 04-27-2019, 01:37 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 04-27-2019, 02:44 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reecer6 - 04-27-2019, 03:10 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by ShiningKatana - 04-27-2019, 03:47 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Ten11 - 04-27-2019, 08:58 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Numbers - 04-27-2019, 09:52 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Arcanuse - 04-27-2019, 10:32 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Schazer - 04-27-2019, 11:41 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Thalia V1 - 04-27-2019, 02:11 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Smurfton - 04-27-2019, 02:49 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by gloomyMoron - 04-27-2019, 03:25 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Smurfton - 04-28-2019, 02:41 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by a52 - 04-28-2019, 10:02 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Ubersketch - 04-28-2019, 10:53 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by kilozombie - 04-28-2019, 11:11 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Sunspider - 05-02-2019, 08:22 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 05-02-2019, 09:03 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Schazer - 05-02-2019, 09:20 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Ten11 - 05-02-2019, 10:37 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by FlanDab - 05-02-2019, 01:58 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by kilozombie - 05-02-2019, 04:02 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Kaynato - 05-02-2019, 04:06 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by ShiningKatana - 05-02-2019, 04:46 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Sunspider - 05-02-2019, 07:20 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by CherryPetrichor - 05-02-2019, 07:50 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Arcanuse - 05-02-2019, 08:11 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Sunspider - 05-04-2019, 03:16 AM
Wake up, and smell the Mystery Box - by Sunspider - 05-04-2019, 03:17 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Reecer6 - 05-04-2019, 03:25 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by kilozombie - 05-04-2019, 03:28 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Ten11 - 05-04-2019, 07:31 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by FlanDab - 05-04-2019, 10:17 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 05-04-2019, 08:36 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by Numbers - 05-05-2019, 07:38 PM
RE: Mystery Box - by ShiningKatana - 05-06-2019, 03:25 AM
RE: Mystery Box - by Vic - 05-06-2019, 04:43 PM