Quiz Event: "Where is Mika?" Begin!

• Kueh wrote on 2012-02-19 05:19

  Quote from arklian;778572:

  How do we send our answer in?
  And there is an extra no in the 2nd paragraph.

  
  
  You can either describe the directions, or make a copy of the image and draw the path.
• Kueh wrote on 2012-02-20 04:59
  After stumbling around in the dark, the team reaches the top of the dias.
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  There is a peculiar machine atop the dias that uses a kind of odd battery labeled with a three digit number.
  
  “Oh bother!” exclaims Mika’s friend as he rummages through his bag, “I’ve put the caps on these batteries all wrong!”
  
  3 1 2 2
  1 3 1 2
  4 1 3 4
  (Bolded = cap)
  There is one digit on the battery’s cap and the other two on the body. Find the battery you need if:
  -None of the batteries currently wear the correct cap.
  -All of the batteries contain a 1 somewhere in the label.
  -The battery you need is right of the battery that owns the 3 cap.
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  Hint 1: The fact that two of the caps have labels of 2 is the key.
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  Hint 2: The label is the part referred to in the first statement. Simply switching the positions of both 2 caps doesn't count.
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  Hint 3: There is only one cap with a 1. Likewise, there is only one battery missing a 1...
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  Answer: Battery 231. (If you gave 131, the number it should have with the wrong cap on, that will still be accepted.)
• Kueh wrote on 2012-02-21 02:06
  [S]The peculiar machine whirrs to life upon the insertion of the correct battery. It was quite odd in comparison to much of the technology that Trista was used to seeing around the city, which ran mostly on steam and mechanical power.
  
  “This device runs on some form of energy that the ancients used,” Mika explained, “they called it ‘electricity’.”
  
  Nodes of strange gems began to illuminate with a gentle blue glow, but after a few moments there was a strange sound crackling, and a miniature bolt of lightning sparked out, startling both Trista and Mika’s friend to the ground. When the display was over, the light of the nodes was a dull red, which soon faded away altogether.
  
  “It’s just like the legendary Tesla coil,” Trista marveled, recalling stories of such wonders. She remembered visiting a museum and viewing an actual tesla coil, however, that one was long out of commision.
  
  After regaining his composure, Mika’s friend jumped up an lamented the brilliant spark, which was apparently a bad thing. “Oh no, oh bother,” he repeated, “Now how are we to get this working again?”
  
  Trista peered over his fretful shoulder and saw the exposed insides of the device. Mika leaned in her ear and told her, “To make the device work, the electricity had to be channeled through special paths they called circuits.”
  
  “Yes,” Mika’s friend announced, not bothering to look at the pair, “and none of the circuits may connect with another, or else tragedies like this will happen! Something must have happened over the years that allowed a short circuit to form, possibly moisture build up, or...” he continued to mutter various possibilities to himself before continuing. “Now I have to rebuild all the circuits by hand. How on earth am I supposed to know how this thing looked like while it was functional?”
  
  Trista looked again and saw grooves in the device for wires to be placed, and saw the exposed nodes to be connected.
  
  

  [Image: http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g206/whyrainfalls/Shymap.png]

  
  The displayed nodes (A-F) are parts of circuits for the peculiar machine. The Machine must connect each of the nodes to its counterpart, but none of the circuits may touch, intersect, or cross one another. Draw a line from each lettered node to its counterpart, without touching any other lines.
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  Hint 1: You do not need to use every intersection. Some intersections will remain empty.
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  Hint 2: The shortest path should be D's. The longest should be C's.
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  Hint 3: A's path is the most simple. If you're having trouble, start with A, then D, save C for last.
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  [S]This puzzle is worth: 45 points.[/S]
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  Answer:
  

  [Image: http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g206/whyrainfalls/Shymapanswer.png]

  
  
  (Note: Because there are empty spaces, your answer may differ slightly from the one shown, and still be accepted. For instance, if you made the path for A bend somewhere in the middle, instead of at the beginning.)
• Totoro wrote on 2012-02-21 02:41
  do the lines have to be straight?
• Kueh wrote on 2012-02-21 04:24

  Quote from Etoile;780615:

  do the lines have to be straight?

  
  
  Quite the opposite, each one needs to bend at least once. But they each need to trace the grey lines. Stepping into the white area is not allowed.
• Kueh wrote on 2012-02-21 23:22
  [S]After Trista helped fix the circuitry, two square-shaped receptacles open. As if he knew what he was doing, Mika’s friend reaches into his bag and pulls out two cubes.
  
  When she saw the defeat flash over his face, Trista interrupts. “Don’t say it! Don’t bother saying it. Something is wrong and you need my help to fix it. Just tell me what it is and let’s get this over with.”
  
  “Well,” the friend starts after a brief pause to realize what just happened, “I need to input some numbers using these two cubes, only I brought the wrong cube by mistake, and one of the numbers is off.”
  
  The numbers 1-32 need to be displayed on a pair of cubes.
  1-9 must be proceeded by a 0
  
  The following layout for the cubes was drawn, but there is a single error. Correct it.
  
  

  [Image: http://puu.sh/hLDw]

  
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  Hint 1: The two cubes do not have to always be in the same slots. They can be rotated and alternated as needed to produce all the necessary numbers.
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  Hint 2: The fact that numbers less than ten need to be represented as "01", "02", and so on is the reason the above layout does not work.
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  [S]This puzzle is worth: 50 points.[/S]
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  Answer:
  

  [Image: http://puu.sh/ivz0]
• Kueh wrote on 2012-02-23 06:07
  [S]With the peculiar machine finally functional, Mika's friend activates it, and three boxes are presented to the group, along with an inscription containing the instructions, "Choose the vessel with the greatest capacity to contain, if the vessels are to be filled with water."
  
  If the following is a representation of the three boxes, and none of them are hermetic, which box should be chosen?
  
  

  [Image: http://puu.sh/eI0q]

  
  (Note: The diagram is a bit poor, sorry. The two outer boxes are the same size, and the middle box has sides equaling 2/3 the others'.)
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  Hint 1: This puzzle does not require any solving for relative sizes using math. The answer can be attained intuitively.
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  Hint 2: The key word in the puzzle is "capacity". Meaning the greatest penitential of any of the boxes.
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  [S]This puzzle is worth: 35 points.[/S]
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  Answer: The rightmost box.
• psyal wrote on 2012-02-23 10:08
  Will you be saying what the extra lines mean?
• Kueh wrote on 2012-02-23 10:09

  Quote from psyal;784095:

  Will you be saying what the extra lines mean?

  
  
  They're boxes. Those are the places where the lids meet the body.
• arklian wrote on 2012-02-23 10:10
  What does the line in the middle of the box mean?
• Kueh wrote on 2012-02-24 06:28
  Well, this is embarrassing, but I seem to have misplaced today's riddle...what to do?
• Time wrote on 2012-02-24 06:42

  Quote from Kueh;785104:

  Well, this is embarrassing, but I seem to have misplaced today's riddle...what to do?

  
  
  Answer: bonus round of some sort?
• Kueh wrote on 2012-02-26 01:30
  Finally, the peculiar machine’s secrets were unlocked, and the prize arose from the machine after it opened up like an ancient mechanical flower. The treasure that they long sought was in a box, and all they needed to do was take it.
  
  “No, wait!” Mika shouted at his friend as he moved to lift the prize from its pedestal.
  
  But it was too late. As the box was moved, the pressure plate activated and all of the ruins began to crumble and fall.
  
  Stuffing the box in his bag, Mika’s friend turned to follow the other two, had had already begun racing down the steps of the dias. The three ran as fast as they could, but the paths they had used to get this far had been blocked by falling rubble, forcing them to take an unfamiliar path.
  
  Eventually, they came across another chasm, with a strangely inscribed bridge made of stone tiles. Mika grabbed both Trista and his friend as they were about to walk out onto the stone platform.
  
  “Honestly, be more careful!” Mika chided, “The floor here is trapped. Only certain tiles are safe to stand on, look at the runes on the floor.”
  
  

  [Image: http://puu.sh/iluc]

  
  
  “But how are we supposed to know which tiles are safe,” Trista asked, “when most of the runes have weathered away? Only two of them are even legible!”
  
  “I’m familiar with this pattern of inscription. Only three runes are used, and none of the runes touch runes that match themselves,” Mika's friend announced with a satisfied look on his face.
  
  If the group starts on the space marked with a square and exclamation point, what is the safe path to reach the arrow at the top of the diagram?
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  Hint 1: The space that the group is on is obviously a safe spot.
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  Hint 2: What the safe rune actually looks like doesn't matter, since the pattern will be the same no matter what it looks like.
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  [S]This puzzle is worth: 40 points.[/S]
  [S]This puzzle is worth: 35 points.[/S]
  This puzzle is worth: 30 points.
  This puzzle is now [SIZE="3"]Closed.[/SIZE]
  Please do not submit any more answers for this riddle. They will not be considered.
  
  Answer: Any path that uses exclusively the marked tiles.
  

  [Image: http://puu.sh/ilus]
• Kueh wrote on 2012-02-26 01:33
  Dreadfully sorry over the delay, but I've found my notebook, so that's good.
  
  I've had to tweak the timing of the remaining puzzles, though, so that we will be able to get to the end of the story in time.
• arklian wrote on 2012-02-26 02:20
  ...What runes are safe?
  And how far can you walk?