Help the Princess Escape
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Introduction
This is the 3rd set of puzzles we received on the 28th. The Sleeping Princess was captured by Melissa after receiving confidential tips from Weephun. She now needs help escaping once again. See this thread (http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6808&start=60&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=) for the progress of the puzzle-solving.
Solved Puzzle
Step 1
The Sleeping Princess, upon a successful connection to her through Melissa's "breaking down," eventually describes three paths to take to guide her home. This first conversation occurred with Trynian (see here (http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=78189#78189)).
"I asked her where she was. She didn't know; I asked her what she could see, and she said it was dark. At some point in the conversation, she asked if it was a good thing that she liked balloons. I said yes, it was a very good thing, and where had she put her last balloon. She tried with all her might to remember, and then...then she could see it, that it was a path, or down a path. I told her to go down the path and tell me what was beyond the first balloon."
And here is our first puzzle: she said that after the first balloon, the path split into three, one balloon on each path. She said that there were markings on each balloon, and they read the following, in order:
- NOBLE TRUTHS
- FAITHFUL APOSTLES
- DEADLY SINS
Solution progress:
There are:
- 4 Noble Truths
- 11 Faithful Apostles
- 7 Deadly Sins
HOLY TRUTH and FAITHFUL APOSTLES were attempted, leaving the Princess screaming.
- DEADLY SINS must be, and is, the correct path for the Princess to take.
Step 1b
At one point, Melissa was warned about the Princess's communications while she was 'broken down'. At this point, Melissa placed a mirror on the path. When the Princess came to it, the answer was to avoid it, or break it, in order to continue on. Just don't look in the mirror.
Step 2
This leads to the next step, in order:
- STAR
- COMPASS ROSE
- OCEAN WAVES
Solution progress:
There are:
- 5 points on a generic star
- 4 cardinal directions on a compass
- 7 seas
COMPASS has been attempted, and is incorrect.
Possibly these are 'one of these does not belong' puzzles?
Note that the Princess sees a mirror here also, and must be told to break it, or not to look into it, to move on.
- WAVES has proven to be the correct path.
Step 3
The next -- and final -- choice:
- TWO COWS
- TWO STONE TABLETS
- TWO RAIN CLOUDS
Solution progress:
There are:
- 7 fat cows and 7 thin cows in Pharaoh's dream
- 10 Commandments
- 40 days and 40 nights in the Flood
Credit to hmrpita, who made the correct choice and saved the Princess:
- COWS is the correct path, and the Princess is free!
The Sleeping Princess was freed in the end by hmrpita (http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=3210)
Notes
7 deadly sins: greed/avarice/covetousness, gluttony, lust, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride
11 faithful apostles: Simon, Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Thomas, Matthew, James (son of Alphaeus), Thaddeus, Bartholomew, Simon (the zealot)
4 noble truths: see here (http://pages.prodigy.net/jle3/4truths.htm) - Life is suffering; Suffering results from attachment; One can attain the cessation of suffering; The Eightfold Path is the path to the cessation of suffering
4 noble truths: Dukkha, Samudaya, Nirodha, Marga
4 holy truths: Birth is ill, decay is ill, sickness is ill, death is ill
credit: johnny_Nitro - 4-11-7 = John-117 = 4th Gospel/11/7
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