Earlier today a letter suddenly appeared in the possession of many powerful voyagers. None of them knew how it got there and it was stamped with a symbol, the lower case letter Xi (ξ) which signifies randomness. Most of them knew who it was likely from and wondered how someone in such a distant fragment could slip such an item into their belongings without them noticing.
The inside of the envelope contained a neatly folded piece of paper that read as follows:
It’s been a while hasn’t it! I can’t believe it’s almost been two months since I hosted my last gameboard!
Upon reading the fifth tome I finally feel ready to cross blades with you voyagers once again. I have banned the participation of one of the best players from among the previous games, and the difficulty is more lethal than ever!
I hope to see you in attendance.
And so many of them they were in this hall now, seated on comfortable seats around a circular table waiting for their host to arrive. Evidently his increased mastery of the arts had increased what the young Sorcerer had at his disposal, they were only given metal chairs in the previous games.
Multiple flags were hanging from the ceiling bearing the text “oyysreeeohumirhscsjyffeohurfkvnoiupejq”. Likely random gibberish to match the gamemaster’s chaotic aesthetic, no one seemed to pay much attention to them.
Eventually he entered, through a door appearing in the wall.
“Welcome one and all to my fourth gameboard.” he announced in his usual hammy tone as he entered the room.
"After toiling for so long I finally have a little nugget of anti-mystery ready to present to you all today.
If any of you have forgotten the rules then just remember that everything I say in red text is true, your aim is to answer all of my lime questions about the mystery, and proper form for doing so is to post your theory that answers the question in blue text.
I will retaliate and invalidate your theories by revealing more red truths about the incident and you will counter with a new blue theory that satisfies the existing reds and we have a back and forth like that.
If your theory is too vague to pierce the heart of the matter then I may ask you a lime question about your theory which you must answer to continue pursuing that line of reasoning.
I have the true solution noted down, and you have to keep going till I back down. It’s quite the enjoyable game.
If you have any questions then there is another envelope beneath your seats which contains the full rules, so be sure to read that first.
[details=The Full Rules]>Rule 1: The game will be written ahead of time by the game master, and the story will be posted in the thread. The players must aim to defeat the gamemaster, by answering all mysteries the gamemaster presents them with.
Rule 2: All the details given to the players in the first post after the game starts are true. No catbox shenanigans here!
Rule 3: **If something is said in red text, then it is true.**
Rule 4: Once the narrative has been told, the game begins proper. The players must attempt to answer the lime questions while the gamemaster tries to come up with as many unanswered limes as they can, until the gamemaster loses.
Rule 5: Proper form for answering lime questions is to use blue text to propose a theory that answers the question. The blue should only be used to state theories that answer lime questions. A blue is struck down and made invalid if it contradicts any pre-existing reds. A blue can be struck down by a red after the blue is first put forward, (obviously). A blue is valid as long as it is not struck down by a red, it does not necessarily have to be correct, it just needs to be valid.
Rule 6: If the players cannot succeed and find an answer, then the gamemaster must disclose the solution of the board to at least one trusted person (like a Moderator). This trusted person must then announce (in the red) if the solution “checks out”, or not. This trusted person may no longer participate in the game, and may not disclose the solution unless the gamemaster says they can. If they say the solution does not “check out” due to it contradicting one of the reds or a similar issue, then the gamemaster must privately ask the trusted person why it doesn’t work. If the gamemaster cannot provide a counter argument in private telling the trusted person why it makes sense, then the game is null and void. If this occurs, the bogus solution may be revealed.
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The difficulty will likely be brutal especially with one of your most helpful players out of the picture. I wish you luck Voyagers~"
