PICARATS 020 [VIDEO/ACTION IN SAFFRON CITY]

[puzzling]

[ So, guess who has just found out that today is the best fucking day ever? Really, do you know what day it is today? Do you? ]

[ ...no, it's not just a Sunday, nor is it just January 29th. Gosh, get your head straight, good man and woman, and go look at your calender again!! You know why? Because, it's National Puzzle Day!! ]

[ As most people who know the Professor, they will notice very quickly that he's quite the fanatic about puzzles, so really, this day is just mindblowingly awesome. He will even use the word "cool" for this day. So y'know what, he is totally jumping on this obscure holiday and rolling with it. ]

Earlier this morning, it has been brought to my attention that today is National Puzzle Day. We certainly do not have anything like this back in London in my time period, so it will be splendid if I may celebrate this day with a few others.

For this special occasion, I will be doubling the amount of picarats rewarded for each puzzle solved. Along with that, you may redeem your picarats for prizes and I will send them out shortly after with my Pokemon. Please do not hesitate to ask me any questions or concerns. I have quite the number of puzzles behind me so we may do this all day.

Here is my first puzzle, worth 10 picarats to start things off easy:

"Behold is the glorious Eiffel Tower, standing over 1,000 feet tall. It's a massive monument to Paris, but there is a way to make the entire structure vanish before your eyes by using nothing by two coins.

How does one accomplish this feat?"

(( ooc: bringing back the picarat system that Layton has been using since he got here! The higher the amount of picarats, the harder the puzzle is. When you get an answer wrong, your picarats will decrease by a small amount and whenever you solve it, that's the amount of picarats you get. Layton has a bunch of prizes from food to toys to clothes to whatever, so solve solve solve for free things!! ))

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[her_mouse_jesty]

You put the coins in front of your eyes!

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[puzzling]

You are correct. If you cover your eyes, the tower will indeed "vanish before your eyes". Very well done.

[ Scribbling this down in his notebook, full of names and picarats won. ] Would you like to solve another, Mrs Mouse?

[usedtroll]

invisibility cloak!!!!! バタo((＞＜o))((o＞＜))oバタ

[usedtroll]

oh wait, with two coins...

buy an invisibility cloak!!! バタバタ！( >o<)~ノ☆┯┯

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[usedreturn]

Cover your eyes with them.

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[puzzling]

Correct. If you cover your eyes with two coins, any object will "vanish".

[ scribble scribble down these picarats in his notebook. ] Would you like a harder one this time?

[usedlaserbeam]

And when you're done 'viewing' the Tower, you'll be well prepared to meet Charon as well.

You put the coins over your eyes, of course.

[puzzling]

Haha, indeed. I will be able to make two trips with my coins.

And that is correct, Yagyuu. You have earned twenty picarats very easily. [ Writes that down in his notebook! ] Perhaps a much more difficult puzzle is in order?

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[ghostytrainer]

put the coins over your eyes!

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[puzzling]

Of course. When you do that, everything disappears from your sight of vision, including the great tower as well.

Wonderful job. Perhaps you will like another puzzle?

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[springoflife]

... Cover your eyes with the coins.

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[puzzling]

Correct. When you cover your eyes, everything does indeed "vanish" from your sight.

[ Pulling out his notebook to write down down the won amount of picarats. ] May I have your name, Miss, so I can write it down in my notebook with your picarats?

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[francia]

[Have a scandalized France. His Eiffel Tower? Vanished?!]

Why would you ever want to do that?

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[puzzling]

[ oh shi-- forgot all about you, France. ]

It's just an example. I assure you that nothing terrible will come to the tower if you solve this puzzle correctly.

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[tapestodiane]

<sub>[Ah, Layton. You always have great timing. With Holland's Buneary sitting as a quiet little reminder in Coop's coat pocket, he happily takes the distraction offered.]

[Also he really loves puzzles. So there. He grins, glad to see Layton again - it's been a while.]</sub>

Good to see you again, Professor. And the answer should be that you hold the coins in front of your eyes.

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[puzzling]

[ Layton has one of Holland's Pokemon too, so he's not quite too happy right now either but he's trying to make the best of it. ]

It's good to see you too, Cooper, and correct as usual. I suppose that one is a bit too easy for you. [ Scribbles down the picarats next to Cooper's name in his notebook! ] Perhaps you would like a harder one this time?

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[shiromadoushi]

[[yeay puzzles!]]

Hold them up close to your face to block out the view!

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[puzzling]

Correct. By doing so, the tower does indeed "vanish". [ Looking down to quickly write down the won picarats in his notebook to Bakura's name. ] Very well done, as usual. Would you like another?

[tumbled]

You put the coins in front of your eyes, of course.

[puzzling]

Yes, by doing so, you make everything disappear. I've expected nothing less, Lando. [ Give Hershel here a few seconds to write down Lando's name and the won amount of picarats in his own messy notebook. ] Perhaps you would like a harder one this time?

[bookmarking]

That's easy. You cover your eyes with the coins. Everything vanishes.

[puzzling]

Indeed and by making everything vanish, including the tower, this puzzle is solved quite easily. [ Layton writes down Clover's name along with her picarats won in his little notebook. ] Would you like another puzzle?

[babel_hacker]

Cover your eyes with the coins.

[puzzling]

You are correct. By doing that, the tower easily disappears from your sight, "vanishing". Wonderful job. [ And Layton quickly scribbles down 20 picarats right next to Atsuro's name. ] Would you like a harder one this time?

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[hintcoinplz]

The answer of course is to put the coins over your eyes!

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[puzzling]

That is correct, as I've expected from you, Luke. [ Layton's assistant won't get a simple puzzle like this wrong! Scribble scribble on his notebook for Luke's picarats. ] Would you like a try at a much harder one?

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[vengefulyears]

[Fuck yeah, Clive is going to earn all of the fucking picarats today.]

You cover your eyes with the coins, of course!

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[puzzling]

Indeed, you are correct. With only two coins, there's not much more you can do to make the Eiffel Tower disappear so easily. [ Give Layton a few seconds to just write down in his notebook the picarats won next to Big Luke's name. ] Perhaps you would like to test your skill at a much harder puzzle, my boy?

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[youngforhisage]

Why, I would suppose you would have to make everything vanish first - by covering your eyes with them.

Although thinking on it, you could probably do that even without the coins, huh?

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[puzzling]

Haha, yes, that's quite true. Even by using a piece of cloth, you can easily make the tower vanish. Very well done. [ Pulling out his notebook to scribble down the picarats won but oh wait, name! ] May I first learn of your name, my boy?

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[crimsondirge]

I imagine the answer you're looking for is that you would put the coins over your eyes, but this makes numerous assumptions as to the size and shape of the coins.

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[puzzling]

For this puzzle, we will say they are the same size as a shilling, which would indeed make your answer correct. [ scribble scribble down in his notebook for the picarats won and Naoto's name. ] It has truly been a very long time since we have last spoken, Miss Shirogane. Have you been well? [ This is back with the first Naoto a long while ago... oops ]

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[nasa_dreams]

That's an easy one. You put the coins over your eyes!

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[puzzling]

Yes, correct. I do suppose that puzzle is a bit too easy. Perhaps a harder one is in order? [ Pulling out his notebook to get to scribbling down the picarats won for Danny. ]

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[snapandscoot]

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[snapandscoot]

You put them in front of your eyes, right Professor?

[meatysoviet]

This... counts as puzzle?

Coins over eyes obviously.

[puzzling]

Indeed, that is the correct answer, and it is a puzzle, but a rather easy one. Would you rather have a much more challenging one, then?

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[toneless]

Use those coins to buy enough dango to cover the entire tower.

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[puzzling]

Incorrect. There is another way to use the coins to make the tower disappear without moving from your spot, and I'm afraid I'm not too sure what "dango" is. [ hello, English gentleman from the 1930s here. What iz thiz dango you zpeak of? ]

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[buttpinched]

You place them in front of your eyes.

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[puzzling]

Correct. Quite the simple solution, don't you think? [ And he writes down in his notebook the 20 picarats that are won. ] Do you wish to solve another puzzle?

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[used_realtears]

[Nobita is intrigued by puzzles. Think, Nobita, think! This is not that difficult!]

Hmm...[He roots around in his pocket, and manages to pull out two coins. Now pretending the tree in front of him is the Eiffel tower, he begins to mess around with holding the coins in various positions, but suddenly stops.]

You hold them in front of your eyes! [He demonstrates]

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[puzzling]

[ That grabs a small chuckle from the Professor. ]

That is the correct answer. Just as you've demonstrated, when you hold up the coins to your eyes, whatever is in front of you vanishes. [ He pulls out his notebook and flips over to the page where he keeps track of everyone's picarats. It's pretty messy but ehhh, what can you do? ] May I have your name so I can write it down, my boy?

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[breedslilacs]

Well...if you're far enough away from the tower, it would be 'small' enough to disappear behind the coins held up. A simple optical illusion.

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[puzzling]

Yes, quite simple indeed. When you think about it, it's quite the easy puzzle. Well done. [ And he goes to write down the picarats won down in his notebook. ] Would you like a harder puzzle this time?

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[booze]

[Oh look, Xanxus is in the Saffron café too, just grabbing a cup of coffee and a beef sandwich to give him some more energy before he starts training. But when he hears Layton's voice, he looks over in that direction and decides to go sit with him, answering his question in the process.]

Put the coins over your eyes.

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[puzzling]

[ Huh? Who has sat down in front of him and wait a minute... that's a very familiar voice. Layton looks up from the newspaper he has been reading and oh sup, husbandu? ]

Ah, Mister Xanxus. It's good to see you again, and that is correct. It's a rather simple solution when you think about it. [ Hold on, he needs to put down his paper and grab his notebook along with his fountain pen to write down these picarats for Xanxus. After doing so, he looks up. ] Have you been well this past while?

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[groovethread]

I didn't think there was a national day for puzzles. What's a picarat though?

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[puzzling]

I didn't think so as well, and ah, allow me to explain.

Picarats is a type of point system for me. They determine how difficult a puzzle is; the easiest being 10 and the hardest 99. When you solve the puzzle, you earn the amount of picarats that was assigned to that puzzle. However, if you get the answer incorrectly, the amount drops little by little. If it drops too much, I will stop it at a certain number. This is just my little way of distributing points to those who are kind enough to solve my puzzles. You may then exchange these picarats for prizes, such as now.

[ tl;dr - POINTS AND THEN EXCHANGE FOR POINTS!! ]