[Puzzle 003]

[hisapprentice]

Does anyone want to help celebrate the new year with a puzzle? I made it up myself!

Which of these shapes can't be drawn without picking your pen up from the page or retracing any lines?



It's okay if you cross over a line you already made, but if you've got it all right you shouldn't need to.

Don't tell anyone else your answer! I'm not going to give it away to everyone either.

[meanwhile he still needs things like a real place to live and such. Does that matter in the face of puzzles? ...Well, yes, actually. Luke's a fan, but not a maniac. He just doesn't know anyone well enough to think of living with them, or asking. Or...anything.

He will be at Seventh Heaven, chowing down for dinner. Boy can eat half a menu when he's hungry.]

Comments

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[markofthewise]

It's B, right? The stuff inside it doesn't even matter. I can't figure out how to draw a cube without going over lines again.

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[hisapprentice]

[Maybe he should've left it the hexagon-shape it was before.]

Are you sure the circles don't help you do it?

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[markofthewise]

I don't think so. Besides, the other three worked out. Process of elimination.

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[hisapprentice]

So you did the other three first because you can't draw a cube?

[A true gentleman wouldn't tease so much even if Layton does all the time. Luke puts up a rather clever filter, for one so new at this.]

Anyway, B is the right answer. I didn't think anyone here would get it so soon.

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[markofthewise]

What can I say? I like to make sure I'm right.

[And maybe he did B last because it didn't look like the right answer. But shh.]

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[hisapprentice]

[Sokka totally missed how he was being made fun of. ...Probably better, anyway.]

Do you like puzzles?

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[markofthewise]

[He was too busy being right to care about being made fun of.]

Not really. Though honestly, I've never really messed with them. [The puzzles Sokka solves are usually more applicable to real life.]

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[hisapprentice]

There's a secret to this one.

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[markofthewise]

Yeah? What's that?

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[hisapprentice]

I'm not just going to tell you! You've got to figure it out.

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[markofthewise]

[... right.]

Is it 'always have the answer guide ready'? [Lemme go grab my gamefaqs]

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[hisapprentice]

Answer guide?

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[markofthewise]

You know, like a book that- [Wait, nevermind that.]

Well, I noticed that triangles and circles don't matter. They just complicate things. It's squares you have to look out for.

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[hisapprentice]

But the part you had a problem with isn't a square.

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[markofthewise]

Good point. [Tap tap tap.] It's the Y-shape. That's what makes it unsolvable.

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[hisapprentice]

Why?

[Now how would Sokka hear that...]

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[markofthewise]

As long as the Y is connected by some outer shape, you'll get stuck retracing part of the Y.

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[hisapprentice]

So if I give you another shape, you'll know right away if it's traceable, right?

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[markofthewise]

... well now that you said that, I'm not so sure.

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[hisapprentice]

Do you want to try?

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[markofthewise]

Fine. I guess I might as well.

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[hisapprentice]

All right!

[This part is written.]

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[markofthewise]

Alright, so maybe the Y-thing doesn't really apply here. But I think that's traceable.

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[hisapprentice]

You had the right idea. I can trace this one, but only if I cross some lines I've already made.

I did it without going over any of them again, at least.

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[markofthewise]

Well, you never said anything about crossing lines.