R1 DEADLAND

[lockdownmods]

[it’s strange, for the people who were already dead, the shift in scenery is sudden and complete. For those who have just arrived? It’s like you’re back where you left?

How strange.

But if you ever need her, you can always reach out to the guardian of this place.]

LOCATIONS
Note: locations lag a week behind the living counterparts

Comments

[curseoclock]

Mmmm, yeah, that makes sense. Okay, so...

How would someone end a sentence with I?

[supportrole]

Mm... Maybe some kind of old fashioned phrasing?

[ like "thou art I" or something haha ]

--Well, no, it's a question, and the word before it is two letters, so. Probably "am I?" for the last part, right? And if that's an A, this word can't be "where", so... "what", I guess.

[ ARE YOU ALL FOLLOWING THIS ]

[curseoclock]

Makes sense to me. That's one of the likeliest words for it to be and still fit, right?

[...is he actually taking this seriously]

So then there's a buncha letters we can fill out earlier in the note.

[supportrole]

Right! Once you get a few words figured out, it gets a lot easier.

[ He's about to ask if anyone has a pencil, but, welp, that question suddenly gets answered for him. ]

[curseoclock]

Weeeeell, if we assume that we got it right so far, then...

[he looks over and points to the scramble of letters saying "iqff".]

That one should start with "wi", and then two more letters. Seems to me that's probably meant to say "will", then, right?

[supportrole]

Yeah, that sounds right.

[ Okay, he's just going to try to hold this paper up against the wall so he can awkwardly write on it... ]

Okay, so F is L, and-- let me go ahead and add in all these A's, M's, and I's...

[ Writing in each letter above the one substituted for it in the note!! ]

Since we know that's "what", I guess T is just T?

[ Unless this was written by Yosemite Sam and it was supposed to say "whar"... ]

[12d3]

[2-D's just here to hover and look over Mishima's shoulder. This is amazing to watch to be honest... he can't even solve a rubix cube on his own.]

[curseoclock]

Yeah, I guess they're the same!

And now one of these is looking like a word, so then... after "I will" that word is probably supposed to be "always". I mean, I don't know what the heck else that word could be!

So then, S is Y, and O is S.

[supportrole]

[ Nods and writes these down!! ]

The 3-letter word starting with A has to be "and"...

[ They work through the rest of this pretty quickly, and Mishima beams proudly as he shows off this finished translation!!!

Man, he's impressed at how well he magically knows English, now that he's thinking about it. ]

Okay!! Here we go. Looks like a riddle.

i hunt, i sleep, and sometimes creep. aloof, and grey, once you are mine i will always stay. what am i?

[ He's. Probably going to be less good at this part, so he'll just keep basking in his current glory while someone else takes this. ]

[recodified]

[ okay assuming he read it off- ]

Some kind of puzzle... [ She flicks an ear in thought and swishes her tail. ] Sounds like some kind of animal. Something wild, but...with a code of loyalty?

[itwasfeyt]

Hmm...

[Head propped up in hand, the gears are turning in her head.

Looks at Hollyleaf.]

"Hunt, sleep, and sometimes creep..." Oh, could it be a cat?

[lockdownmods]

[another note flutters from the ether.

ofbs uibu xijdi j dboopu tuboe jt xifsf zpv xjmm gjoe nf.]

[itwasfeyt]

I think I did it!

[That's what this means right???? Oh, more paper.]

Huh, looks like we're not done yet.

[12d3]

It should be easy to solve now, yeah?

[since they know the letters already unless..... ITS CHANGED dun dun dun]

Can I give it a shot?

[itwasfeyt]

[mmmmmshe's still not happy with you right now, buddy. But whatever others can do is less that she'll need to do herself.]

Uhh, sure? If you want to give it a shot.

[Here... you go...]

[supportrole]

It's not like all cats are grey, though--

[ oh there's another note NEVER MIND ]

[coagmentatio]

Yes, but the "I" gives a feeling of it referring to a specific one.

[ Small shrug. ]

[supportrole]

Isn't that just the way riddles like that are usually phrased? I guess that makes sense, though. [ Maybe they just usually use hints that allow fewer variations in possible answers... ]

[coagmentatio]

No clue, actually... I've never done riddles like this before.

[recodified]

...W-wait, it is? [ Fur puffs up a bit-- ] But- we're not that clingy!

[itwasfeyt]

Some are! At least, that's what I hear.

[She's never had her own cat.... and she never lived to get one...]

[recodified]

Not Clan cats!

[ ......................... ]

At least, not with humans!

[itwasfeyt]

Are you sure about no Clan cats?

[ya never know! She certainly doesn't.]

Every cat deserves love.

[supportrole]

[ Kiiiinda like you?? ]

[12d3]

Oh, I love riddles.

[2-D peers at the translated question, reading it a couple of times. Something grey... something... grey.....??]

.....maybe it's a ghost? 'Cos we're all dead, and I've only met one before, and he was blue, but he was a creep.