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Duncan
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The Pathfinder
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posted November 09, 2007 05:15 AM |
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A New Page...
Was the 4th person the owner of the house? -- No! This is a No but one of the best clues so far. I've been wanting you to ask this  The 4th person was a guest.
Was the poison a boobytrap? -- No
Was it was placed somewhere in the room to catch someone who went in there? -- No
Was all the food around the dead people related to them searching - eg looking in cereal boxes? -- No
Is there a 3rd person? -- I'm dying to know your line of thinking, Kooka There were 4 people. See the reconstruction part.
Did the poison cause them to be in a state of mind that caused them to look for something in the next room? -- No, the poison killed them instantly once taken.
Were they looking for a person? Did they want to apologize to him/her for something? -- No, what they were looking wasn't an object, not touchable. If you can figure this out we'll be on track.
Let's recap.
Riddle:
Three people were found dead on a dinner table with still plenty of foods around. Nothing unusual in that dining room, in fact it looked very neat. However the room next door was a complete mess. The dining room faced the backyard of the house through a window. The backyard looked somewhat disorganized, which made the surface far from flat. What had happened in that house?
Note: I changed several insignificant factors to avoid luring you to the wrong direction.
Reconstruction so far:
The 3 dead people were poisoned by the 4th person, who was the guest of the house. The poison was intentionally slipped into the drinks of those 3 people. Prior to their deaths those 3 people caused the mess in the backyard and the room next door.
Bonus hint: The backyard didn't look like a garden.
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But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it.
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roy-algriffin
Supreme Hero
Chocolate ice cream zealot
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posted November 09, 2007 05:28 AM |
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Did the fourth person do it intentionally?
Where they looking for some light?
Did the fourth person bring the posion from the backyard?
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"Am i a demon? No im a priest of the light! THE BLOODY RED LIGHT"
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Duncan
Famous Hero
The Pathfinder
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posted November 09, 2007 06:03 AM |
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Did the fourth person do it intentionally? -- Yes (as already stated in the above reconstruction)
Where they looking for some light? -- No
Did the fourth person bring the poison from the backyard? -- No! (Dig further here.)
Btw, nice new look 
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But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it.
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friendofgunnar
Honorable
Legendary Hero
able to speed up time
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posted November 09, 2007 09:41 AM |
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did the four people know each other before the fateful night?
did the four people commit some crime together previously?
were the three people ransacking the room because they were trying to make sure that something was gone?
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Duncan
Famous Hero
The Pathfinder
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posted November 09, 2007 10:04 AM |
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did the four people know each other before the fateful night? -- The three of them yes, with the 4th person no, only by reputation.
did the four people commit some crime together previously? -- Irrelevant (though I like your imagination )
were the three people ransacking the room because they were trying to make sure that something was gone? -- No. It's the other way around. They were "trying to find" something. Not an object, something abstract.
And what did all this have anything to do with the backyard?
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But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it.
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friendofgunnar
Honorable
Legendary Hero
able to speed up time
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posted November 09, 2007 10:31 AM |
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were they trying to find a way out?
digging in the back yard?
were they imprisoned in some fashion?
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Duncan
Famous Hero
The Pathfinder
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posted November 09, 2007 10:44 AM |
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were they trying to find a way out? -- Hmm... sort of. If you can be more specific as to "way out" from what, I can answer better.
digging in the back yard? -- Yes, they did! (What did they dig?)
were they imprisoned in some fashion? -- Could you please elaborate? My English is bad 
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But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it.
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Zeromus
Adventuring Hero
and happy about it
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posted November 09, 2007 12:16 PM |
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Were they digging a tunnel to get away from the house?
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Duncan
Famous Hero
The Pathfinder
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posted November 09, 2007 02:18 PM |
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Ah! Now I can guess where FoG was going to But no, they were not imprisoned in some sort and were not in an attempt finding a way out (running away) thus digging the tunnel. Remember the 4th person was a guest.
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But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it.
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russ
Promising
Supreme Hero
blah, blah, blah
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posted November 09, 2007 04:17 PM |
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Edited by russ at 16:22, 09 Nov 2007.
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Ok, I don't think this question has been answered before exactly.
Were 3 people living in this house?
Did it belong to one of them?
Were they guests as well? (i.e. someone invited them, or they knew the owner well)
Were they intruders? (i.e. the opposite)
Were they digging for something valuable (in terms of money)?
Were they digging for a dead body or something else that could incriminate the 4-th person?
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TheDeath
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
with serious business
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posted November 09, 2007 04:20 PM |
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Were they digging to hide themselves in that hole?
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Duncan
Famous Hero
The Pathfinder
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posted November 09, 2007 08:32 PM |
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Edited by Duncan at 20:50, 09 Nov 2007.
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It hasn't been asked  What took you guys so long? 
OK, so:
Were 3 people living in this house? -- Yes.
Did it belong to one of them? -- Yes.
Were they guests as well? (i.e. someone invited them, or they knew the owner well) -- No.
Were they intruders? (i.e. the opposite) -- No.
Which leads to: They were the host, the 4th person was a guest, they knew him only by reputation, but it was the 4th person who poisoned them.
Were they digging for something valuable (in terms of money)? -- No.
Were they digging for a dead body or something else that could incriminate the 4-th person? -- No, but what they dig related to the 4th person.
Were they digging to hide themselves in that hole? -- No, they were never in any state of being intimidated whatsoever throughout the event.
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But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it.
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roy-algriffin
Supreme Hero
Chocolate ice cream zealot
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posted November 09, 2007 08:53 PM |
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Where they digging something to help the fourth person?
Where they digging something to hinder the fourth person?
Was it something that belonged to the fourth person?
Was it something that the fourth person would rather no have seen?
Was the fourth persons reputation a reputation for something illegal?
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"Am i a demon? No im a priest of the light! THE BLOODY RED LIGHT"
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Duncan
Famous Hero
The Pathfinder
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posted November 09, 2007 09:11 PM |
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Were they digging something to help the fourth person? -- No!
Were they digging something to hinder the fourth person? -- No.
Was it something that belonged to the fourth person? -- If you're thinking for an object, No.
Was it something that the fourth person would rather no have seen? -- Yes!
Was the fourth persons reputation a reputation for something illegal? -- Yes, according to the perception of those 3 people.
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But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it.
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kookastar
Honorable
Legendary Hero
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posted November 09, 2007 09:30 PM |
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Ohhhhhhhh there were 3 dead people
Were they looking for somewhere to hide (themselves)?
Were they looking for an answer (e.g. in a book)?
Was there a fight between the guest and the dead?
Was there gambling involved?
Was the guest somehow related to one or more of the dead people?
Was the guest invited to discuss issues with money?
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uhuh
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Duncan
Famous Hero
The Pathfinder
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posted November 10, 2007 04:58 AM |
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Were they looking for somewhere to hide (themselves)? -- At some point during the event, they were looking for a place to do something, but not to hide.
Were they looking for an answer (e.g. in a book)? -- No.
Was there a fight between the guest and the dead? -- Disagreement, yes. Not a fight.
Was there gambling involved? -- No.
Was the guest somehow related to one or more of the dead people? -- No.
Was the guest invited to discuss issues with money? -- Yes and no. The guess was invited to discuss something, not about money. (Whatever being discussed doesn't really matter, just bear in mind they knew him by reputation and considered it bad.)
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But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it.
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friendofgunnar
Honorable
Legendary Hero
able to speed up time
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posted November 10, 2007 05:29 AM |
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Did the 4th person have a reputation as a counterfeiter?
Were the three trying to find if something was real or fake?
Were the three thinking of hiring the 4th person?
Was there a 5th person at all involved in this scenario?
Did the 4th person deliberately poisen the food so that the three would die?
Did the 4th person go into the meeting planning on poisening the trio, or was he still undecided until events of that night unfolded?
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roy-algriffin
Supreme Hero
Chocolate ice cream zealot
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posted November 10, 2007 05:32 AM |
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Ok so they found something in the backyard, And it was not valuable nor meant to incriminate the fourth person. then before they were poisoned they were looking for something abstract, and then the fourth person poisoned them.
ok so was what they were looking for related in any way to their emotions?
Was what they were looking for was a discussion between themselves?
Was what they were looking for have anything specific to do with the room in mind (as in could they have used another room in the house just as easily)?
did the fourth person bring laxitives from the backyard to make them go to the toilet?
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friendofgunnar
Honorable
Legendary Hero
able to speed up time
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posted November 10, 2007 06:03 AM |
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Did the 4th person poison the other 3 because of revenge for past actions?
Did the 4th person poison the other 3 to keep some information from being revealed to the public?
Did the 4th person poison the other 3 to steal some or any of their belongings or valuables?
Was the 4th person reknowned as a traveler?
as a collector?
as a thief?
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friendofgunnar
Honorable
Legendary Hero
able to speed up time
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posted November 10, 2007 06:06 AM |
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Had the 4th person ever visited that location before that night?
Had he ever owned the location?
Was a seance involved at all?
was the backyard actually a cemetary?
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