[Puzzle 005]

[hisapprentice]

Don't worry, everybody who's new! It really doesn't take that long to get used to living here. It's sort of scary actually... But you know, I've been here for a few "experiments" now and it's really not that bad!

There are a few people to watch out for, I suppose.

...Does anybody want to hear a puzzle? Oh, or, does anybody know a good puzzle? I'd love to hear a few from other worlds! Sometimes I feel like I've done all the puzzles on Earth already, and I'm not even that old...

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[phantom_thief_freyr]

Experiments? Freyr is concerned about the mention of "experiments" in such a way....

Though Freyr also likes puzzles.

[hisapprentice]

It's not really like what you think of when you hear that word. I've seen weirder things happen at home! [Layton's London is, if nothing else, absolutely crazy.]

The last thing that happened was that everybody started...er...f-falling in love with each other. Even that wasn't so bad. [Look, the boy is blushing.]

[phantom_thief_freyr]

So that sort of thing is an experiment? Freyr isn't against the wonderful power of love, though Freyr is also sure he wouldn't want to be forced to love someone he doesn't.

No one will take Yamato Nadeshiko's place! The perfection that is Mayura could never be taken by anyone!

[hisapprentice]

[You aren't making much sense, sir.]

Um...I'm not sure I'm following you. Sorry.

[phantom_thief_freyr]

[He only ever made sense half the time.]

Freyr would feel violated if he was forced to love another.

[hisapprentice]

Well it didn't actually... -! Oh never mind! Do you know a puzzle or not?

[phantom_thief_freyr]

Yes! Freyr knows a good one.

Joe, wearing a mask and carrying an empty sack, leaves his house. An hour later he returns with a full sack. He goes into a room and turns out the lights.

[hisapprentice]

...

What's the puzzle part?

[phantom_thief_freyr]

Oh, yes. The puzzle part is figuring out what he did.

[hisapprentice]

He went around town for a while filling up his sack. [Really this isn't making sense.] I'm not sure what I'm supposed to figure out.

[phantom_thief_freyr]

That's obvious, but your suppose to fill in the lacking part of the story. What did he fill it up with? Why? Maybe Freyr should have thought of a different kind of puzzle.

[hisapprentice]

Oh. So what I'm really looking for are the details...hmm...

[phantom_thief_freyr]

Yep! That's the sort of puzzle this is. But don't worry, you don't have to get the answer all at once. You are allowed to ask yes and no questions if you need to.

[hisapprentice]

Well, I've got to give it a try.

Is his bag heavy?

[phantom_thief_freyr]

It is. Very heavy. Filled to the brim!

[hisapprentice]

Does the mask cover his whole face?

[phantom_thief_freyr]

It does. And very well, you can hardly tell who he is.

[hisapprentice]

[And yet, this is not helping. The real problem is going to be that the answer is something Luke probably doesn't do.]

Well...well is it his room?

[phantom_thief_freyr]

Of course it's his room. Where else would a person go to sleep at night?

[hisapprentice]

Oh, so it's a bedroom...

...So he puts on a mask over his whole face, fills a sack all the way to the top, and then turns off the light in his bedroom?