I'm going to learn Latin! Yay!

I'm gonna be classy as fuck.

Would it be possible to revive Latin to make it an actually-usable-for-reals language, I wonder?

But that would destroy the whole reason we use it!

OK, so I'm solving a riddle here.

The order of the books as alluded to in the riddle:

Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.

To get the code, I don't know. Are there numbers on the books? But there are 5 books, and I need 4 numbers.

Is there any more info?

wow, no clue.

what game again?

edited 4th Sep '12 6:41:58 PM by Seraphem

Are you still here, story? Is there any more information about that riddle? Are there numbers on the books or something? It's 5 volumes, so are they numbered?

Silent Hill 3. Never played any of the games, but story mentioned it had a Shakespearian riddle and I wanted to see if I could get it, cause I like Shakespeare.

edited 4th Sep '12 6:45:01 PM by condottiera

ok found an answer that will still require you to think a bit. i would havce figured it out if I saw it in game

You have to but the books on the shelf in the order they are listed in the riddle, then the spines will spell out the code.

NVM it's more complicated then that, and, how the buck was someone supposed to get THAT.

edited 4th Sep '12 6:54:30 PM by Seraphem

I already figured out the order they are alluded to in the riddle. That was easy.

I don't know what numbers are on the books, though, and I only need 4 digits, not 5.

Also, I wanna do this with my brain. I'm not gonna cheat or look anything up.

AH.

well if you at least want to know what book is what

I-R&J II-King Lear III-macbeth IV-Hamlet V-Othello

OK, so the number you come up with is this:

41523

Now, I think I'll look at the riddle again and figure out what I'm supposed to do with this number...

There are many numbers in the riddle itself. There's probably something to that.

"One vengeful man spilled blood for two; Two youths shed tears for three; Three witches disappeared thusly; And only the four keys remain."

That's Hamlet, R+J, and Macbeth.

"Three witches disappeared thusly."

That probably means te 3 is the extra diget, cause Macbeth's number was 3.

4152

But should I double the 4, or replace it with 2?

Come back to that one...

Since R+J's number is just 1, replacing or multiplying would do the same thing, so that's easier.

4352

I have a feeling that replacing it with a 2 would negate the purpose of having it be a #4, plus there's already a #2. Even the throwaway number got a mention in the "three witches" thing. I'll go with my gut and multiply then...

8352

Is that it?

edited 4th Sep '12 7:12:09 PM by condottiera

Well, you're down to two options then, just try both.

Is it 8352, then?

prety sure, i clsed the page, but you used the same logic the answer had to get them

Please read this. It's really important.

http://fluttershy-fans.deviantart.com/journal/Fluttershy-s-Tearful-Plea-For-Help-325340704

That's really sad.

I don't have money to give, but I wish I did.

Is it bad that I'm wary about that for possibly being a mere glurge story, or worse, a Munchausen by Internet leading up to some sort of scam?

edited 4th Sep '12 7:53:43 PM by KylerThatch

Yeah...

I am more than aware that it's a possibility.

But I want to give the benefit of the doubt.

Yeah, normally I would give the benefit of the doubt, right up until they start soliciting for money. Then the klaxons start ringing. Danger, Will Robinson!

They should have shoved Dr. Smith out the airlock ages ago.

edited 4th Sep '12 8:00:30 PM by condottiera

Let's just assume for a second that most of the people who hear about this assume that this is all a scam. And then, if it turns out that it was entirely real, and some poor girl died because of an assumption, then what are you going to do? Explain this to me.

edited 4th Sep '12 8:00:51 PM by marston

That's why I prefer to give the BOTD.

But considering I have nothing to give, it doesn't make a difference anyway.

Far too many discerning Deviants have said that it's real for me to really think that it's a hoax. If it were a hoax, it would have been stopped by now.

All I can do is pray for her.

@Condo: Can you at least link to that DA post whenever and wherever you can? Spreading the word is the best I can do with a lack of money on my part.

And that too.

edited 4th Sep '12 8:05:36 PM by marston

I'll spread the word.