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Post by Twillie on Apr 26, 2020 22:43:16 GMT -5
Seeing as the possibilities are pretty endless when it comes to objects that can fit the descriptions given, I wondered if there is a theme tying all the objects together. We know that all the objects have to come from the yard, and while the place is indeed unkempt and has some odd objects about (such as the golf balls), perhaps it can be assumed that the yard mostly has things you'd likely find in such a setting (the golf balls are only there due to weather, after all). An idea I got, although I'm unsure of its validity, is that all these objects are plants of some kind, or are related to plants or gardening. For example, there are such thing as plant spoons, or plant stakes, that you can use to mark the different plants of a garden. I also did some quick searches for plants associated with some of the key words given, namely spoon, nothing, and fairy (instrument and focus could also be keywords). For the former, I got the desert spoon, or dasylirion wheeleri. That's as far as I got for that one, although I suppose the Latin name does have "wheel" in it, like the cheese wheel mentioned (I'm making some big stretches here xD). For the fairy search, I got this page that talks about the foxglove. Apparently, its name can be interpreted as "Fairy Bells," so like an instrument of the fairies. That can relate to the magical instrument perhaps, although the fairy was mentioned with the second object, so I dunno. I didn't come up with anything interesting with my nothing search, with I suppose is fitting x3 I feel like this path in particular that I explored may not be very fruitful, but I thought I'd mention it as I do think there could perhaps be some kind of theme that limits the pool of objects to guess from. |
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Post by Celestial on Apr 27, 2020 17:17:53 GMT -5
Just posting here to show off my Aggie avatar. =D As for puzzles... I do think that the objects are some kind of plant. I am not sure what kind of plant. Perhaps some herbs or medicine? I don't think the lady would want just any kind of plant.
...what if the person needs spell ingredients of some kind? |
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Post by Lizica on Apr 28, 2020 1:00:44 GMT -5
Keep going, everyone, you're on the right track. =D
(Also, while you definitely can poke and talk with the flamingo and hotlips plant IC, we're sorry if the more recent narratorposts made it seem at all like you should only interact with them--please continue interacting with each other, too! Basically, just do what you're able to do or want to do, and characters, you just do you. <3)
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Post by Twillie on Apr 28, 2020 15:04:27 GMT -5
Oh shoot, the plants theory was right  Well then this means I need to upgrade my plant research to actually serious xD Meanwhile, I've just got random rambles of what may be going on. Holly, hawthorn, and mistletoe- I dunno if these spark any ideas for anyone? I'm trying to think if maybe there's a theme between them all, or if they individually relate to one thing or another. Holly and mistletoe are both associated with Christmas/Yule, plus both are toxic to some level. Hawthorn meanwhile is more associated with Beltane/May Day, and isn't toxic from what I've seen so far. So, I've got nothing solid right now, just rambling random things I know x3 (literally after posting, I look up some more and holly and ivy have close associations with each other and Beltane, so perhaps one of the items needed is ivy, and holly reminds them of it?) I like the idea PFA got with the tree branch that fell! A small detail that could easily have been missed, aka the detail these puzzles thrive live off off. Makes me wonder if the other plants as well are visible from the map we've been given or the like. There's ivy growing everywhere plus a number of flowers; I dunno if the flowers used for the last puzzle would be useful for this one as well. So far, clues are: "Holly, hawthorn, mistletoe" (dunno if order they're said in is important) Item 1 -"Magic focus" Item 2 -"nothing" -Fairy related -Poetry related? Item 3 -A spoon, or spoon-like |
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Post by Liou on Apr 28, 2020 18:10:35 GMT -5
Too sleepy to finish wrangling words into post, so I'll just ramble all my ideas in here instead: I loved Twillie and Celes' take on find the things as plants, and yay, that was right!
I thought of some barely relevant plant names that I peppered into Rose's rambles. xD
But I did get different ideas before it was confirmed that they were plants, though dangit!
Magic instrument: I was all for the wind chime because it is a literal instrument and it is right there, d'oh!
Focus: coffee. Just bring coffee. Helps focus. Or a lens.
Words: dictionary did make the most sense for being full of words, but a garden can have a calendar and a seed catalogue and also there is the mail to bring in!
Nothing: holes. There are extra keyholes. Maybe we can grab one and bring it in. =D And if the keyholes can't be grabbed... a cheese wheel... with holes in it!
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Post by Lizica on Apr 28, 2020 23:46:10 GMT -5
Hello again, lovely puzzlers! You’re doing awesome, we love your suggestions. =D We’ve realized that this particular fetch quest might take a little while to crack (sorrrrryyy), so we thought it might be good to sort of point you all in the right direction a bit more? Or at least, reinforce a couple of your ideas that are right, and beg you not to spend too much time on the ones that aren’t applicable here. (For example, please don’t analyze the italics in the narratorposts. x’D We promise there’s nothing fancy there, just words that we thought would make the rhythm of the dialogue flow more naturally.) - Eeyup, the three items are specific plants! (Not plant-related things, but plants.) *thumbs up there!* =D
- You’re all actually, like, this close to getting the first one, but you just haven’t quite put the different ideas together yet. Twillie was actually really close in her first theorizing post!
- “Nothing” is not a keyword to look for, nor is “words,” necessarily. (Sorry for emphasizing them in italics! X’D)
- The “Holly, Hawthorn, and Mistletoe” aren’t part of the keywords either. (We were repeating Aggie’s suggestions, saying she was getting closer by naming plants.)
- The plants are not hidden in the Spot the Difference art. Although I’m proud of myself for squeezing the hydrangeas in early. xD
- The “magic focus” and “magic instrument” refer to the same thing.
- The three plants have a unifying theme. I doubt the flamingo can eat or drink, but I bet he could go for some coffee right now anyway. xD …Also, that’s not a hint.We can share more hints as needed as we go! You guys are great. \ o / |
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Post by Gelquie on Apr 30, 2020 4:18:47 GMT -5
I don't have a lot of coherent ideas right now, but here's some rambles. I note the fact that if there's some connecting theme to these items, then knowing the second one is a poet's daffodil is a big hint. It refers to Narcissus; does it relate to mythology, maybe?
First one I would think is a wood, but it's probably not huge or it'd be very hard to bring in to the lady of the house.
That in mind, if we're very close, then is foxglove as Twillie suggested the right idea? I also liked Celes' suggestion of the desert spoonplant.
Following the foxglove thing, part of the scientific name for it is Digitalis. Basically, fingers. I did see an entry for a type of foxglove called straw foxglove, or... Digitalis lutea. Maybe the latter part refers to a sort of instrument? I don't know. Or maybe Digitalis sceptrum? Because sceptre?
Are those mountainous? Another hint said that the spoon plant would have to be found on a mountainside. Maybe part of the scientific name is alpinus, to represent that?
The poet's daffodil also refers to a horn; maybe they're all kinda horn-shaped plants?
For the first one, the magic focus/instrument...
-I know it's a tree, but hornbeam is a variety of birch; maybe the "horn" alludes to the instrument?
-Rowan is known for warding off magical stuff. And it can be a shrub.
-Another tree one, but I note there are whitebeams, like the common whitebeam with the scientific name Sorbus aria. The "aria" strikes me, for the instrument part. But I dunno if that has anything to do with magic.
-There was talk of poetry, and it made me think of perhaps any plant-ingredients used by the witches in Macbeth. I checked, and that's mainly hemlock and yew. I didn't find anything convincing with hemlock. But yew, that's associated with Hecate. Both Hecate and Narcissus are from Greek mythology, which could be a connecting factor; could yew be a possibility, then?
-Dogwood, as a possibility? I'm not super convinced, but I keep coming back to it.
That's what I have so far. I'll think more on these tomorrow. Make of these ideas what you will. |
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Post by June Scarlet on Apr 30, 2020 16:36:38 GMT -5
What we thought we needed: Meteorologists What we actually needed: Botanists |
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Post by Twillie on Apr 30, 2020 23:16:28 GMT -5
Lol so I have a new idea on what these fairy bells could be, but now is the question of how do I make a post that isn't just two sentences long xD Looking up "fairy bells," I get a lot of results about disporum, which is a small genus of flower, so I dunno if there'd be one specific kind needed if that is indeed the right flower. |
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Post by Gelquie on Apr 30, 2020 23:23:12 GMT -5
Twillie - I saw that when I looked it up too, but I think we need to narrow it down to be more specific, as the others have been more specific. If foxglove is along the right track, then I think the lutea and sceptrum varieties could be options. (I completely forgot to mention them in my post, even if it was mainly intended to be me catching up RP-wise. Another variety is prosartes, but that's also not quite specific enough, even though the name fits.
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Post by Rabbit ♠ on Apr 30, 2020 23:36:04 GMT -5
I did want to say that Riel and I were chatting over possible plants and he came up with spoonwood. Spoonwood was then brought up while I was writing my last post. XD |
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Post by Pixie on Apr 30, 2020 23:52:54 GMT -5
I offer a little refresher for this long puzzle: “Oh, a wand!” said the hotlips plant. “That is the kind of focus we needed. Not that wand, it won’t do, and it belongs to you, anyway, but thank you! |
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Post by Gelquie on Apr 30, 2020 23:56:13 GMT -5
Hmm, an idea! (Posted before I saw Pixie's post. Dunno about this one now, but just an idea!) So I decided to look at common themes between the other plants; Narcissus poeticus and Kalmia latifolia. The links go to some webpages I was looking at for information. What I found interesting was that while the former preferred neutral soils, but could range a big into acidic or alkaline, Kalmia latifolia prefers acidic soils; kinda like what we have here, as proven by the hydrangeas. This site seemed like a good resource, so I searched through it... And the search brought up another possibility: Bellflowers. Which are kinda similar in name theme. They have part of the scientific name Campanula.So I scrolled through the subtypes... And saw one that seemed kinda magical! Fairies' thimbles; Campanula cochleariifolia. Though it doesn't have an entry on the site I was looking at. And it does seem to prefer neutral to alkaline soils. Still, the name seems to work. Or perhaps another one: Chettle Charm. "Charm" could be taken as magic. Has the same issue with the soil needing to be neutral to alkaline, though. EDIT: ...Oh goodness, I just realized... April Showers... is bringing (May?) Flowers. |
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Post by Fraze on May 2, 2020 10:12:13 GMT -5
I believe I solved Team Blue's riddle. Heroes with auras of blue
Should always know what to do
If you push the far shelf
And then steel yourself
It's the glass that you must next pass through |
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Post by PFA on May 2, 2020 11:04:03 GMT -5
GG Team Blue, figuring out the puzzle while I was asleep, lol. In other news, I made a post earlier about, uh... Okay, so idk if it's relevant to the current puzzle, but there's something interesting that I've been noticing: Each of the puzzles so far have contained hidden numbers.  The top one is from Huntress's puzzle piece, the middle two are from the spot the differences puzzle (the right one was pointed out by Celestial), and the bottom one is on the recent image of the flamingo and plant. Update on that! Found more numbers hidden in the cat's fur. (Brightened and enlarged for visibility)  |
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Well then this means I need to upgrade my plant research to actually serious xD 
