Test 2 - Kagetora and Miyako {1}

[Seira Kimura]

Miyako gazed around the room, looking first at the four mirrors on the ceiling, and than at the pictures. The numbers weren't straight 1, 2, 3 in a row, weren't a steady stream of numbers, and immediately, not waiting to listen to Kagetora speak, walked over to them carefully. The way the numbers jumped up in odd sets in their climax made her begin to attempt to pick out a pattern.

She heard Kagetora speak that she should check out the pictures, and she waved it off, already doing that exact thing. She put up her hands, spreading the fingers as she began to count, muttering quietly to herself. She wished she had a piece of chalk or something that she could use to write with on the stone floor, so she wouldn't have to work as hard, work to keep the numbers she got in her head without forgetting them.

"Begin... Three, three, two, two, one, one, one, one, one, one, three, four, five, four, two, three, six, three, five, seven, eight, six... End..." that was the pattern she saw, the plus a number to get to the next number. She could see a little pattern like that, how the numbers group up evenly at the beginning and began to get out of place near the end. She reached out and grasped the bottom edge of the portrait depicting age twenty-one, pulling it forward. One, to see if it could come off the wall, and two, to see how it was attached, if she could put it back on the wall if she so chose.

If it came off, she would begin to take them all off, and see if there was anything behind them. She could always put them back. And if it didn't work, or did, she would be prepared for a trap and ready to spring backwards at any second from any of the portraits.

[lol xD As long as you're not scared on me xD lol. Yes, it does remind me of the mirror... What do you see? lol. Oh, and your posts entertain me, Kage ]

[Chuunin Examiner]

Kagetora would not see anything on the mirrors as he attempted to look at them. When he had poked it with the knife, nothing happened. It didn't move in any way at all.

Miyako on the other hand would be successful in removing the picture, but once it was removed all of the pictures fell off and a wall came down at the entry way, stopping halfway. 2 hooks lay on the wall, a note posted to it. When read, the note would say the following...

Place the 8 pictures that resemble 8 pinnacle points in a person's life. You have 4 chances. The hooks are numbered above them to show which one is which. The one with the number 1 would be the first pinnacle point. The one with the number 8 is the last pinnacle point. After your 3rd chance... a hint will be given to you... One thing to keep in mind... Think of it both in the mind of an parent of this person as well as in the mind of the person itself at the time the picture was taken.

The hooks would reveal what was said. The numbers 1 and 2 lay on the wall that came down about halfway while it went in a clockwise motion for the other 6 numbers. Was this the puzzle talked about on the floor or was it simply a time waster leading to a trap?

Continue.

[bbenjii]

Kagetora frowned at his attempts to find something but nearly squealed when Miyako made all the paintings fall. "Miyako yy're a genius!" He noticed rotating wall and a note.

The boy was like a kanagaroo jumping to her side as he would read the paper as well. "Obviously the beginning and end are the two most important, but how should we place them?" Kagetora asked.

Kagetora would pick up the painting of "B" on it and place it in slot one.

"And the Ending...." Kagetora picked up the painting labelled with "E" on it and placed it at 8.

Puzzled at the rest he would look at Miyako. "We got four chances, mind if I take the first chance?" Kagetora would ask with a wink.

He would pick up and start placing pictures in random order. Putting them in the suitable order he thought Kagetora would back up.

"Is this right?" Kagetora seperated the pictures from the group not putting them on the wall yet.

From 1 to 8 was:

B, 2, 5, 18, 21, 45, 60, E.

"I don't know if my reasoning will give you any ideas Miyako, but I chose B, obviously since that's when you first view life. Number 2 was because that's when you're learning proper language skills and this is the point of life you learn most. Number 5 I chose because that's when most begin their education lives. These three years are important to the parent. 18 is when most probably start opening doors to the employment field. 21 since the legal age of Japan now is 20, so they must be able to party, drink, sex." Kagetora winked at Miyako and laughed. "45 because that's usually when an adult hits their mid-life crisis age. It's around the average age to have one. It's sort of the middle of the life. 60 is when you enter your elderly age, so you retire from you job and go on cruises to everywhere!" Kagetora giggled. "And well E...it's a given. It's the end of his life. One last picture to fill up his scrapbook or something."

Sighing Kagetora would look to Miyako. "Any ideas?" He would ask her if she wanted to change anything.

"I think the Sex one is important though." Kagetora would stick out his tongue.


[OOC: Hey Miyako, in your post, place pictures on the wall. You can place my suggestion or change it how you see fit . Since you discovered this puzzle, I want you to complete it ^^.

And lol, my entertaining posts keep me from spazzing! >.> We both know Kagetora is a virgin and doesn't care for sex in a relationship. The relationship matters more to him x3. But ah well. Might as well make this fun before a battle axe comes flying at Kagetora >.<]

[Seira Kimura]

Miyako pulled back when all of the pictures fell, her eyes wide, hoping she didn't do something wrong. But when she saw the note and read it, she almost sighed in relief. "I know I'm a genius, what would you do without me?" she replied to Kagetora.

She raised an eyebrow at his jumping over to her like a kangaroo, but spoke nothing of it. She stood silent as he read the note. "Yes, the beginning and the end would be the most important I'd assume."

She shrugged. "Go ahead, take the first chance." she said. She watched him start putting pictures together in an attempt to find the correct order. When he was finished, she walked over and looked at them, nodding at his reasoning. "That makes sense," she muttered. She laughed slightly and smirked at him, "Yes, I guess the 'sex' one would be important, huh?"

She pursed her lips together in thought. Only four chances to get this right. She didn't know what the consequences would be. It was very likely that this was just to stall them. She bent over and started placing the pictures on the wall in the appropriate order, how Kagetora set them up, putting them in the right spot.

She pulled back and came next to him, waiting. "So, how do we know if we got it wrong or right?" she asked.

[OOC: >.< you better hope I don't kill our 4 chances than, or I'm blaming you! lol. I don't see anything wrong with your order, so let's try it first xD lol.

Lol, don't worry, Miyako wont let an axe hit him xD she'll push him out of the way and yell at him for being stupid enough to be attacked by it, even though it isn't really his fault, lol ]

[Chuunin Examiner]

When the pictures were put on the wall, and not touched after a bit, a loud buzzer filled the room as the mirror farthest from the doorway shattered except for the bit that would reflect the pictures. Their first chance had been used. 3 chances remain to figure it out.

Continue.

[bbenjii]

Kagetora sat there, staring at the photos when...Buzzzzzzzz

"Shit!" Kagetora rned around to see the broken mirror. "Thank goodness I wasn't standing there. Geez am I ever getting tired of glass."

Kagetora sghed and looked at the photos. "I bet you most of them are right..." Kagetora frowned looking at the pictures below.

"You give it the next shot Miyako."

He had hoped Miyako though of what to replace. Some ideas came into Kagetora's head but hopefully Miyako would see through Kagetora's mistake.

[Seira Kimura]

Miyako waited in the silence, waited for whether or not the answer was right or wrong. When the buzzer sounded, and one of the mirrors shattered, she stamped her foot and muttered a silent curse. She nodded at Kagetora. It was her turn to try and find out the answer.

She stood, silent again, thinking as she scanned the pictures and their numbers. Walking over, she removed the pictures that had been put up and set them out on the ground.

She kept a few of them, and replaced a few others. "Let's try this order."

On the ground where eight pictures set up like this:

B, 16, 18, 21, 30, 45, 60, E

"B for Birth, important to the parent. 16, because, well, 'sweet sixteen', an age it seems teens value a lot, and same for parents it seems. 18, because, for the reason you said, it's the age people start looking for jobs and stuff. 21, because it is the legal age, drinking, smoking... sex like you pointed out. 30, because the person starts to mature more, and it seems to be about the peak of one's life. 45, because of mid-life crisis. 60, the age one becomes elderly, and most retire at. And E, because the person dies."

She looked at the wall. Heaving a sigh, she stepped forward and began to place the pictures on the wall. "Let's try this one," she said. Finally she stepped back, and crossed her fingers in hope that it was right.

[Chuunin Examiner]

With the pictures changed, 2 loud buzzers filled the room as another mirror, the one on the right side of the room, exploded as well. 2 guesses had been used, and they only had 2 more. One more remained before their supposed hint would be given.

Continue.

[bbenjii]

"Shit."

Kagetora cussed turning to see the other mirror shatter into pieces. "I hate these mirrors!" Kagetora cursed them. "I would go shatter them all! I already ran into a friggen pane of glass, what's one more."

Kagetora was frustrated as he looked at the pictures Miyako kept up. "Amazing guess though. Clearly the trap doesn't know what life is all about."

Taking down and putting up pictures, Kagetora would get the order of:

B, 2, 13, 14, 21, 45, 60, E.


"We're gonna try it this way. It's the entry to different sets of ages so their life style changes correct? B, they are born. 2, theny enter the life as a child. At 13, they become a pre-teen. 14, they are a teenager. 21, they're finally an adult. 45, mid life. 60 reaches their elderly stage and E they die. As you see, on the point of entry and point of ext in each age, they have to go through some sort of change. Thus meaning, the parents would have to change as well. You can't keep talking baby language to a 13 year old....I hope this works." Kagetora frowned looking at the three mirrors.

[Seira Kimura]

Miyako watched as he rearranged the pictures. She was beginning to grow frustrated. Crossing her arms, she nodded at his reasoning as he finally put the pictures up on the wall.

"I hope it works too," she muttered. Well, if it was wrong, at least there would be a hint... She just hoped that this 'hint' was actually a good one. "I hate riddles."

[Chuunin Examiner]

And once again, when the pictures were put on the wall, 3 loud buzzers went throughout the room, as the mirror on the left side of the room seemed to explode. A small opening in the ceiling appeared as a note was pushed through it, it slowly falling from the sky. When opened, it would contain their hint.

Seems you are having some difficulty. One chance remains. The first and the last points of their life are the first and last of the 8 points. If all of the pictures were lined up, the middle one would be the 5th point in their life. There are 3 points in their life before the middle one, and 2 points after. None of these points are a single digit number. Out of all the pictures you have used so far, 7 of them have been correct, though not at the same time. 5 were correct the first time, 6 the second, and 5 this last time. One chance remains... Perhaps you should talk it out before putting them on the wall. Good luck...

Hopefully this hint would be of use to them. The choice was theres. One chance was left, and if they missed it, they could lose a scroll piece, or the ability to use chakra throughout the entirety of the tower. Now to see what they would do.

Continue.

[bbenjii]

Kagetora frowned now at the shattering of the mirror. "Gret."

He sighed. One last chance. A note from God would aid them. The boy would pick up the note for Miyako to read with him.

"Okay the two was wrong to begin with." Kagetora began pulling out the single digit numbers. "Obviously this puzzle hasn't lived a human life." The boy would giggle in excitement. He had an idea.

"5 were correct the first time I tried....keep B and E." Kagetora began to line them up on the floor. "18, 21, 45, or 60 is wrong."

Kagetora then would remember Miyako's attempt. "The second time 6 were correct. Which either makes the 30 or 16 correct."

Kagetora then would look at the 3rd option. "5...so...Gahh." Kagetora frowned. "This is what I think...B, E, 60, and 45 are correct. Only 2 pinnacle moments need to happen before their death but after the middle...so do you think 21 was right? But then 3 more at the beginning...We're mission something. Let's talk." Kagetora pulled the B and E apart so they could place it on the floor.

"Remember...If we fail...We've lost our chance on becomming Chuunin."

[Seira Kimura]

Miyako frowned at the hint. It was like a riddle, this whole thing was like a riddle... she hated riddle's. "Okay, so this is our last chance, wonderful," she said sarcastically.

"I say 18 is wrong," she said as she watched him. "It makes sense to me. I mean, the first and third try both had five correct. And together they all shared B, 21, 45, 60 and E. B and E are correct automatically. I'd assume that the other three are correct too, all being in common. The third try didn't have 18. It had 2, 13, and 14. And the first try had 2, 5, and 18. 2 and 5 are automatically wrong, being a one digit number." She knelt down and looked at the pictures. "So, I say 21 is right, the same with 45 and 60. That crosses out 18, 13, and 14.

"Now, with the second try, it also shares 21, 45, and 60 in common. Taking those away from the 6 that are correct, including B and E, that leaves us with one number correct in this one, making 16, 18, or 30 correct or wrong." She paused, thinking of something. Turning to Kagetora with a confused expression, she said, "The note said taht 7 were correct all together, but not at the same time, right? But if 5 were correct the first time, 6 the second, and 5 the thrid... That would add up to six, wouldn't it? After all, if B, 21, 45, 60, and E are correct, and seeing as all three share those same three numbers. And that makes 1 more correct in the second try. the five we have plus 1 would make six. Making six correct, right? So... what?"

[Chuunin Examiner]

Little I can say here as discussion is the only thing that is happening (Which is fine)

Continue.

[bbenjii]

"Process of elimination."

Kagetora simply stated. "Starting with 25."

Kagetora tossed away the single digit pictures. "22"

The boy would then keep B and E where they were. "20, and 2 correct."

The boy would then add pictures to the B and E line on the floor. "21, 45, and 60." He would then add, "17, and 5 correct."

Kagetora stared at the pictures deeply. Almost as if his life depended on it...actually, his ninja career depended on it. "17 to 3. Out of these 17 pictures, 3 are correct. Which means 14 of these pictures are wrong....18 is wrong." Kagetora tossed that picture in the pile of single digits. "You see we already justified 21 was correct. In all three chances it looks like it is right. Since it was the only number never changed. It was always correct." Kagetora added 21 to the pictures. "16, and 6 correct....13 and 14 are wrong..." Kagetora felt like he was getting closer.

"30 or 16 is correct...." Kagetora placed it in the maybe pile, a pile he had just newly created.

"Now let's put in the concept it was giving us. The middle age has to be an age that has two pinnacle moments after it before death. 60 and 45. So that means 21 or 30 could be the middle age.

"Are you getting any ideas Miyako? Because our last picture is a picture we haven't tried..." Kagetora was struggling heavily. 30 and 16 each had both good reasons. They should've organized this better.

14 pictures in total. 2 of them were correct. 12 were wastes.