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Wyvern
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posted September 06, 2001 12:36 PM |
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Wow! No ideas or no willing to answer? Anyway, I will reveal the mystery:
Malkia was right that Raphael resurrected Michael. So he wasn't dead. Who was dead? Troggy. Why? Because in Bulgarian "to throw the cannon" means "to die".
Who is the killer? Goggy. Why? Becuase he hated Troggy and Goggy.
Who sells fake Vodka? Malkia? Why? Ask him!
Forget about that. Now I'm going to do what I promised - a long story. However, I don't believe that someone will answer.
I was invited to go to dinner at John Jones's house. I didn't know him well but he had a goof opinion about me. Steve Barns, a friend of mine, was invited too.
When I arrived, there were many guests but I only knew Steve and John. I met John's wife - Alicia - a nice woman who had been in Zambia. I talked with all the guests - they were Mr. and Mrs. Connely, Cris Juliano (he said he was a painter), Sarah Stone and Guilermo Rodriguez - a Peruvian. I spoke with him in Spanish.
When we were at the table, the butler - Holmes - said that the cook went home because his wife was ill.
"So the dinner is not ready?" - asked John.
"Oh, it's ready, but someone has to make the coffee. May I..."
"No!", said Alicia, "I will do it."
I don't like coffee so I asked for fresh water. Cris laughed. Although Alicia made the coffee, the butler served it. Then we heard a strange noise in the kitchen. Everyone - at least I thought so - went there. Alicia had broken a plate.
While I was drinking the water, Steve, who sat next to me, said:
"Phew! Everything today has a bad taste!"
"Why? Don't you like the coffee?", I aksed.
"No. But I see that the others are content. Maybe my taste is different."
"By the way, do you know some of these people?"
"Yes, I have met all of them. But I don't like Sarah."
"Why?"
"Because she participates in the Expansion Community."
This community wants Great Britain to take all of its previous colonies.
At this time the soup was served. It consisted of many vegetables and I liked it. But Steve again critisized:
"I think that the cook has spoilt this great soup. If only you knew how does my cook make it..."
"I don't know how does he cook."
"SHE."
"OK, but I have invited you to my home and you haven't!"
"Hmmm... I'll think about it."
Steve is a bit introvert.
After a while a big turkey was served. This time Steve was very content. There were also some fruits - bananas, apples, oranges. I noticed that Guilermo had eaten almost nothing. He talked with the host and didn't seem to be interested with eating.
I talked with Mr. and Mrs. Connely. Sean Connely claimed to be very good at chess and we decided to play someday. Then Steve shrugged me and suggested that we should leave. I didn't know what did he mean but I said "Goodbye" to John and Alicia and left with him.
"What happened?", I asked.
"I don't feel good."
"Maybe you should go to bed."
He agreed. I went home and watched a mystery on the TV. But I knew who the killer was from the beginning. I was bored so I fell asleep.
Soon the phone rang. It was inspector Frog from Scotland Yard. He said that they want to ask me some questions.
... So Steve had died. It seemed that he had been poisoned. I remembered that he didn't like the dinner at John's. Inspector Frog also thought that one of the guests or maybe the hosts have killed Steve. But why? And how? It seemed that the biggest suspect was the cook - he made the dinner and left very soon. But how could he know who will eat the poisonous meal?...
Well, after some days the killer was arrested. And I helped Scotland Yard a bit. It became clear that ................
Who read the whole text? I don't mind if no one answers - I wrote it because Cheesus wanted, because I promised and because I like to write such things. That's it.
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Gunnrunner
Adventuring Hero
The Mail Order Bride From Hell
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posted September 06, 2001 03:48 PM |
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As I remember it, basillissics have to bite somebody to turn them to stone, yet the body was scar free, while with medusas, just looking them in the eye turns you to stone, with this and elementary dear watson, i say the killer was medusa. (Cha Ching, BOOM) {{Shoots the medusa}} (Shing, Crshhhh) {{Cut off the medusas head}} Now take a good look boys and girls, hehe.
Basilisk attack: Bite with chance of petrification
Medusa attack: Bow and Arrow and Glare with chance of petrification
Elementary dear watson
P.S Either that or the poor guy looked at malkia and had heart failiure
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Gunnrunner
Adventuring Hero
The Mail Order Bride From Hell
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posted September 06, 2001 03:53 PM |
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Oops, i did again. I replied before reading the entire thread.
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Wyvern
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted September 07, 2001 09:37 AM |
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Wow, someone answered! But about the first mystery... And what about the new long story that I wrote? It seems like only Cheesus is interested in long stories... but where is Cheesus?!
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Wyvern
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted September 08, 2001 02:28 PM |
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I think Cheesus is already here... Cheesus, at least read the third mystery! The others don't want but YOU wanted a long story after all!
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Cheesus
Known Hero
The Untouchable
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posted September 11, 2001 03:04 PM |
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I have read the third mystery
yet i do not have time to reply right now. I think Cris Juliano did it because he is a painter and paint is poison also. I haven't figured it out yet,but i will when i have some more time. Thanx for posting the mystery, i really like these kinds of mysteries 
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Cheesus
Known Hero
The Untouchable
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posted September 12, 2001 07:42 PM |
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This one is very hard, i can't come up with who killed Steve. Maybe you can post the answer for me.
Really anybody could have done it for different reasons, none has an alibi and they all have a motive in some way.
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Wyvern
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted September 12, 2001 08:25 PM |
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Well, I'll post the solution next time. But I'm glad that at least someone (Cheesus) is interested in serious mysteries.
When I started this thread, I wanted to write a long, diificult for solving mystery but then I decided that maybe no one in the Community likes such stories. I also didn't believe that someone will read a long story and will even guess who's the criminal.
So I decided that I can make very short mysteries which are easy to solve. I included some HoMM creatures and some suspects that obviously can't commit the crime and waited for someone to answer.
As I suspected, many people did answer to those little mysteries. Yes, people like simple things. But that's the great thing in the real mysteries - they make you use your brain. And when Cheesus said that I had posted rubbish (which was so), I was very happy because there was someone who wanted what I was going to make at first. With the hope that he is not the only one, I wrote that long mystery... And I received a new reply solving the first simple mystery! After that the thread went to the back pages...
But one day Cheesus returned and liked the long mystery. OK, great, but should I write new long stories (which is not so easy) only for you? My plans for the future are to become a mystery writer so I hope that at last you will buy my books (if they are sent to Holland). But for now...
I won't mind if you, Cheesus, write a long mystery here. But I know that it's easier (and maybe more pleasant) to read someone else's stories and not write them yourself. Do what you want.
And about the mystery - I don't think it's so hard, by the way I didn't make it all. I picked a detail from Agatha Christie (Oops! Will someone punish me?) because I couldn't make up the whole thing at the moment.
That's all I have to say.
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Wyvern
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted September 17, 2001 01:52 PM |
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...and here is the solution of the third mystery:
The killer is... no one from the people at the dinner!
When Steve drinks the coffee, he sais: "Phew! Everything today has a bad taste!"
Why "everything"? Because he has eaten/drunk something with a bad taste BEFORE the dinner!
Well, he may have eaten something in a restaurant but why would the people in the restaurant poison him?
The only person that has a motive to kill Steve and an opportunity to do that is... his cook!
Yes, we don't know what could be her motive but since she lives with Steve there surely can be one! And it's so easy for her to put poison in the meal...
That's it. I think it wasn't so difficult.
Now I don't think that I will write new mysteries in this thread.
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Lord_Echo
Famous Hero
Ranger of the good
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posted September 17, 2001 02:05 PM |
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LOL!
Is this some sort of funny qize or what! i really think its fun to read it!!!! and im agree with Viper KILL`EM ALL!
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RMS
Responsible
Legendary Hero
-ing yummy foods
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posted November 06, 2001 01:15 AM |
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...followed a tip and brought it up to the top...
Eye Spy
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The American agent used his skeleton keys to work on the lock while his female partner acted as lookout. It was hard to see clearly in the dreary hall light in the dreary apartment building in the dreary winter weather of Beijing. But David Richman finally cracked the mechanism and opened the door. "Hurry," he whispered, motioning for Julia to join him. Inside it was just as chilly as the hall.
"We're looking for photographic negatives," he told Julia for perhaps the tenth time. "35 millimeter. Lu Ching hasn't had time to reduce them any further. Thank goodness it's a small apartment.'
It was small, all right. The tiny studio contained a futon bed that doubled as a sofa. There were also a bookcase, a table, two chairs, and an old-fashioned desk fan that whirred noisily on top of a cluttered desk. A hot plate served as the apartment's kitchen. From a small adjoining bathroom came the sound of a leaky toilet.
"We have to find them," David whispered as he went directly for the bookcase. "The lives of a dozen Chinese contacts depend on our finding those eight negatives." He was already going through the books page by page, checking the covers for any telltale slits where the agent for the People's Republic might have stuffed them.
"Lu Ching didn't have a lot of time to hide them," David added. "And he needed to keep them in a pretty accessible place. It shouldn't be too hard."
But it was. They checked under everything, from the desk clutter to the chair seats. They checked the water flow in all the faucets and the toilet tank. David became so frustrated he was almost ready to cut open the futon.
Julia stepped back and surveyed the room. "I see it now. I know where they probably are," she said softly.
What clue is Julia looking at?
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Nickman77
Famous Hero
from Poland.
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posted November 06, 2001 08:28 AM |
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I would kill Borgi.
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Wyvern
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted November 06, 2001 09:56 AM |
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WHAT???
My dear "Mystery" thread appeared again! I thought that no one is interested in it however I tried to advertise it. And even if I thought that someone will read the thread, I have never believed that he will write his story as well! Thank you, RMS!
Yes, it's easier to solve a mystery than to write it... So now it's easier for me. OK. The story is interesting but there aren't so many possibilities... And they searched everywhere. But since I'm a great detective, I see only one place that would be surprising - the "old-fashioned desk fan that whirred noisily". Am I right?
And I hope that there are more storytellers... Really, don't you like mysteries?
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DonGio
Promising
Famous Hero
of Clear Water Mountain Clan
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posted November 06, 2001 10:24 AM |
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I think it has something to do with the leaking in the bathroom. Plus I can vouch for all the minotaurs in all the stories. They have an alibi now!
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RMS
Responsible
Legendary Hero
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posted November 06, 2001 09:19 PM |
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...I thought it'de be too easy...good job though! 
It's a cold winter day, and Lu Ching's apartment is almost as chilly. So, why is the desk fan whirling? And in an empty apartment?
Julia turned off the fan and found the eight negatives. They were taped to the four fan blades, one on each side of each blade. The speed of the fan's rotation had rendered them invisible to the naked eye.
...they did search the bathroom because of the leaky toilet too, but to no avail 
Next one:
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The Piney Bluffers
"I was just pulling into the Piney Bluffs gas station," the shaken witness told the operator. "I heard a gunshot. And then I saw the men--two of them--running out of the station and hopping into a recreation vehicle. They'd killed the attendant." She gave a description of the RV and a general description of the men.
The RV was found, abandoned south of one of the roadblocks the highway patrol had set up. The vehicle was just feet away from Piney Bluffs State Park, which was enjoying its first rain in weeks. It was assumed that the men had hiked away into the hundreds of acres of parkland. Officers were sent into interview the campers.
"Sorry we can't help you," Warren Hatchet told an officer. He and his brother were camping in a tent by a trout stream. They fit the general description. "We hiked in here last night. All day today we've been fishing. Got back just a little while ago."
"You fished in the rain?" The officer asked as he gazed at the two small trout frying in a pan. The brothers invited him to join them for dinner, but he refused.
A second pair of campers also fit the description. The officer joined them inside their tent, sitting on the knapsack in order to avoid the wet ground. "This morning we set up camp," Al Fishburn told him. "Then we went out hiking. When it started raining, we found a cave and holed up there for a few hours. We didn't see anyone--not until you came along."
A final pair of campers was discovered in a RV in a section of the park off-limits to vehicles. "I know we shouldn't be here," George Tingle said. "But we're not hurting anyone. A friend in Chicago lent me this RV that's why the registration's not in my name. If you want to call Chicago and check..."
"I don't need to call anyone," the officer replied. "I already know who's lying."
Whodunit? And how did the officer know?
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Murphy
Disgraceful
Famous Hero
banned
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posted November 06, 2001 11:20 PM |
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uh, no comment...
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Wyvern
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted November 07, 2001 10:28 AM |
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I hope that I have understood the text right... Because it's not the same to read it in your native language and to read it in a language that you study... But here is my hypothesis:
The second pair is guilty. They say that they have set their tent in the morning and then went somewhere. After that it started raining. But why then the ground in the tent is wet???
I think it's like that - they have captured the RV and carried it near the park. After that they ran to the park with a tent which they laid on the wet ground... Several minutes later the officer arrived...
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Wyvern
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted March 29, 2003 04:21 PM |
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So did I solve this mystery, RMS?
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RMS
Responsible
Legendary Hero
-ing yummy foods
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posted March 29, 2003 05:13 PM |
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Oh hey wow, my main man detective dude is back!
Hooray!!
...hmm, heck I don't remember...it was too long ago, but since you say so then yes. Of course you got it correct! 
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Allu
Known Hero
the supreme heroe
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posted May 31, 2003 12:56 PM |
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some medusa did it
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