3.04 Choose Your Own Adventure Redux

From DoctorWhen

Status

::FINAL-READY::

Location

See 3.00 Registration Redux

GC Point of Contact

Erik & Melissa

Location Notes

In the lab.

Type

Mandatory Puzzle

Plot Setup

  • Players have just fixed Prof. Chronus's time machine and are returning to Peach Frontier Laboratories to see her re-materialize.
  • But upon returning to the lab they found it is once again Trenchwood Institute and they realized they are right back at the beginning of the Act I timeline
  • The Doctor's time machine demonstration has once again gone awry.
  • Prof. Chronos pulled out a core dump and the players were able to (surprisingly quickly) tell Prof. Chronus unscramble it diagnose that there's a problem with machine's midi ether co-keypads
  • Prof. Chronos was also amazed that the visitors just happened to have a new design for co-keypad #34 on their camera phones.

Props

Plot Point to Convey

Short Description

Same as Act I.

Open Time Period

Sunday, around 9:21 AM

Staff Instructions

Puzzles At This Site: none

Setup Instructions: none (toggle burner should already be in time machine--see 3.01 Introductory Lecture 1, Reprise)

Handout Instructions: See script. Prof. Chronos needs tells the visitors she also needs the password to Doctor When's supercomputer. When they also happen to have that answer, she realizes something is up.

Hints: n/a

Answers: n/a

Site Close Down: n/a--site stays open

Other Instructions:

  • Stay in character.
  • Except ... if a team says "time out," break character and help them.

Detailed Description

Puzzle Answer

Puzzle Solution

Password = "BUFFYROCKS"

Budget

Credits

Manager

Hints

n/a

Response to Correct Answer

n/a

To Do

Other Notes

Players are not expected to have to "really" run this puzzle again. When Prof. Chronus asks for the password we hope they'll simply tell it to her (much to her surprise--"are you all industrial spies? How do you know so much? Are you from the future?!")