[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.

Written

[hisapprentice]

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

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

Written

[markofthewise]

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

Written

[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.]

Written

[hisapprentice]

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

Do you like puzzles?

Written

[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.]

[ruinedhiswish]

<sub>[oh dear what is this. What is this.

But well, she might try answering.

Thinking, thinking.]</sub>

The answer's........ A?

_{[she's totally guessing.]}

Written

[hisapprentice]

There's a secret to this one.

[hisapprentice]

[All puzzle answer replies will be under a filter!]

Nope! Sorry, try again. If you want I can draw A for you from start to finish without retracing.

[ voice ]

[makeitquick]

Thought puzzles were those things in pieces?

[ruinedhiswish]

You don't have to do that...

<sub>[She believes you.

Aaalright, so if it's not the first ... then maybe the last one will be the correct answer.]</sub>

Okay, I know. It's D!

[hisapprentice]

[He feels a little bad, but random guessing never got him anywhere in Misthallery St. Mystere Folsense life.]

That's not it. Do you want a hint?

[ voice ]

[hisapprentice]

Oh, that's a jigsaw puzzle.

[ voice ]

[makeitquick]

Oh. Huh...

[Well there's the sound of pencil use at least. she is trying with the tracing]

[ruinedhiswish]

No, no, I'm sure this one will be correct... _{[she has to be right this time.]} The answer is C, right?

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[markofthewise]

Yeah? What's that?

[ voice ]

[hisapprentice]

I know a lot of different sorts of puzzles. I don't usually get to share the ones I made up with a whole village.

[hisapprentice]

...Um...

...Sorry.

Written

[hisapprentice]

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

Written

[markofthewise]

[... right.]

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

Written

[hisapprentice]

Answer guide?

[ voice ]

[makeitquick]

Like puzzles, huh?

[Jeez this is hard. Retrying tracing a lot]

[ruinedhiswish]

Huh? Why... Wait, you mean it's not the right answer either?

...Jeez, this one was too hard.

[hisapprentice]

Don't feel bad! It isn't that hard if you know the secret.