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The plot has now ENDED.
The official solution can be found here, however this page
will remain as a historical archive of the events as we saw them.
Top Sand Movers
1. lordjetro - 73 |
Top Scorers
First place with 229,300 points: |
Top Block Movers
1. sinisten - 14 |
SECTION 2: News and Editorial Archive
SECTION 3: The Characters
1: Neopets Magazine No 11 Character
Guide
2: Battledome Challengers
SECTION 4: Changes in the Lost Desert Map
SECTION 7: The Temple of 1000 Tombs
1: Traps
2: Libraries
3: Pile of Sand Pets
4: The Doors
SECTION 8: The Mysterious Tablet
1: Completing your mysterious
tablet
2: Revealing the prophecy
SECTION 9: Finding the Fire Faerie Statue
SECTION 10: Building the Scroll Repository
1: Hauling Sand
2: Hauling Blocks
3: Moving Furniture
SECTION 11: Inside the Scroll Repository
1: Looking Around
2: Getting The Useless Crystal
3: Coloured Lights
4: Reading Scrolls
5: Getting The Second Useless
Crystal
6: Reading Scrolls - Take Two!
7: Getting The Third Useless
Crystal
8: Reading Scrolls - Take Three!
9: Getting The Fourth Useless
Crystal
10: Getting The Mysterious
Scroll
SECTION 12: Translating the tablet... again!
Those curious about the Nightsteed will be happy to hear the Neopedia now has a bit more information regarding this mysterious character.
Eep! It appears one of the creatures attacking Sakhmet has gone too far. Can you
help the Defenders of
Neopia defeat this monster?
I've mapped the entirety of my Lost Desert temple, but I'm missing several
door-and-symbol combinations - including the one I need for the first piece of the
tablet. Is this a glitch, or is there a way to unlock all of the temple?
Everyone's tomb contains each door/symbol/colour combination that currently
exists. Try going back and looking through your map carefully to make sure you
didn't miss any rooms. (This message contains no clues or hints whatsoever.)
Are you going to release a sidebar with the Lost Desert Plot?
Erm… sidebar? What gave you that idea? Yes, we are hoping to! It's still in the
works though, so no promises as of yet, but it is our intention to release one if
we can. Shhh…
How can younger players participate in the lost desert plot? We can't play
[insert game we can't name lest we give away puzzle clues by accident]! Is there
an alternative way?
Yeah, sorry about that. That location was chosen for the plot before it had been
removed from the site for those users. We've since modified the page to give the
proper clues in a slightly different manner so if you're one of those users that's
stuck, just return to that page to get the next clue.
Because you have dedicated a WHOLE day to the Nightsteed is there going to be a
nightsteed avatar?
Ohh, he *would* make a cool avatar, wouldn't he? Perhaps we didn't release one
because we have other plans for an avatar with his likeness… *shifty eyes*
Are there going to be parts where it's advantageous to be amongst the first to
do something, and in particular will there be a prize at the end that there'sa
race to get?
We're trying. :) Anyway, without giving too much away, we'll say that we are
keeping track of every piece of the puzzle each person completes. There are
certain stages where completing things first will earn you more points than
someone who completed it much later, but in general, the more of the puzzle you
complete as a whole, the greater the reward will be at the end.
I have collected all the pieces of the tablet and I went to the door in the
temple that I had to enter. But now I can't get out of the room behind that door!
It has been over three days now and every time I go to the temple I don't get to
see the entrance, but I get sent to that room immediately. Did I do something
wrong? Or is it a fault in the game?
Hrmm... we think we know what you mean. Try saying something that is not the
correct thing to the thing in the room behind the door with the correct thing on
it. Yeah.
For their heroic deeds to save Sakhmet both Nabile and Tomos have earned their
places in the Gallery of Heroes.
I know this won't get published probably, but I just wanted compliment the
artists who worked on the LDP comic, especially the Nightsteed. I think he's one
of the best drawn plot characters so far. I hope we see some more of him around...
*cough* ~ blueelm
Published! Take that!
In all seriousness, thank you very much! I'm sure the artists that work tirelessly trying to illustrate these plots sincerely appreciate your compliment. It really is a bummer that we can't please everyone all the time, despite our best efforts, so it's an extremely good feeling to know that there are users out there that appreciate us! :)
As for the others... well, they will turn soon enough. Oh yes... soon enough.
Can you unlock this fetching Tomos avatar?
The nefarious Razul has earned his place in the Gallery of Evil for his attack on the people
of Sakhmet.
We have a new Neopedia Article all about Tomos from the Lost Desert plot.
Princess Amira has been added to our How To Draw pages.
Sakhmet City has finally reopened to the public after its heroic rescue from dimensions unknown
You couldn't have a Tomos avatar without a matching Nabile, now could you?
The Lost Desert plot has come to an end. Check out Chapter 18 to read the
conclusion.
We are proud to announce the official unveiling of Qasala. Now you can visit
Qasala whenever you wish and buy all sorts of things from the city's vendors.
With the curse on Qasala lifted, the puzzle portion of the plot is now over! Congratulations to everyone who braved the Temple of 1,000 Tombs, dug in the sand and endured the Foreman for hours on end, and read more scrolls than all the Repository librarians combined! We'll have fancy trophies and prizes for everyone once we tally up all the points for all possible steps in the puzzle. There were quite a few. ;)
Since Jazan did end up saving Neopia after all, we have updated his Gallery of Evil entry.
I completed my Lost in the Desert plot (yes I had to read ALL those scrolls! Not funny TNT :P) But today a mean Grundo stole my Mysterious Scroll :( Does this mean that I won't get my trophy? or do you guys already know who has and hasn't completed their plots? It'll be sad to go through all that and not get anything :( Thanks!! ^_^
Not to worry! Every time you completed even the smallest step during the puzzle, it was logged and tracked. It doesn't matter that you don't have the scroll at this very moment. We know you completed it and can even tell when, what order, what you did before that, etc.. That's kinda creepy actually.
Anyway, this is also the reason why it will take us a while to tally points,
figure out trophy and prize ranks, etc. We want to make sure those that made it
all the way through are greatly rewarded, but also that everyone who gave it their
best shot gets something for their trouble as well. :)
Back to Table of Contents.
After lots of math that made our heads explode, the Lost Desert Prize Shop is now open for business! Once you're done there, you'll have a nifty trophy on your lookup. Clicking on this trophy (on someone else's lookup or your own) displays a handy list of all the steps completed by that person during the puzzle. Depending on how far you got, this could make you look really cool or just be really, really embarrassing.
The Sakhmet Royal Prize Commission has just released these statistics, collected during the race to save the city of Sakhmet.
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Top Sand Movers 1. lordjetro - 73 2. majacal_daze - 70 3. jenlynng - 68 4. princess_peace001 - 64 5. rosebud2554 - 64 6. parkerchempro - 62 7. pretiful - 62 8. marigoldd - 62 9. samniann - 62 10. devingl - 62 |
Top Block Movers 1. sinisten - 14 2. sunshinebubbles - 14 3. soerenl - 13 4. indisguise - 13 5. kimik000 - 13 6. takumi0830 - 13 7. tracy17901 - 13 8. barrymanglow - 13 9. bassexe_04 - 13 10. Still lost in the Repository. :( |
We've been told that furniture mover statistics were stolen shortly after they were tabulated. The Foreman's toenail polish is also missing. The hunt is on for the dastardly villains responsible.
The Sakhmet Royal Prize Commission has just released some more statistics.
Congratulations to the Puzzlers below, who scored more points than anyone else in
Neopia!
First place with 229,300 points:
» parkersc
Tied for second with 214,300 points:
» dolphinling
» dragon_cleric
Tied for third with 204,300 points:
» cran_b
» sum41girl2k
» ub3r_g00b3r
The search is still on for the Foreman's toenail polish. If you have any
information, please contact the Sakhmet Royal Guards immediately.
Thank you spending so much time to figure out what everyone did for the LDP.
The wait was long but it now seems worth the wait to me. I wanted to send out my
thanks because I am sure a lot of hours were put into figuring out the points for
every person who took part in the plot. Of course I would have liked more points
to spend on things but as far as war/plot prizes go I felt this was the most fair
way I have seen them done since I have started to participate in the wartime/plot
activities. Again My heartfelt thanks for a puzzle plot and individualized plot
points! ;)
What's that strange noise? Is it... praise?!? It's so warm and fuzzy!! Thank you!
^_^ We do really apologise for the wait, but we wanted to check and re-check
everything quite a few times to make sure it was as fair as possible! (Not to
mention making sure the prizes themselves were just right. Anubis Toxicology
Reports, anyone?) We can't really express how happy we are that everyone enjoyed
themselves! It was a LOT of work, but we hope to make the next plot even better.
How long will the shop for the lost desert plot prizes be open? I want to wait
a while, but I didn't want to come back in a few weeks to see that all my points
had disappeared.
Though there are always unforeseen events, at the moment we have no intention of
ever taking it down so feel free to take your time in choosing your well-deserved
rewards. :)
I didn't get anything (trophy nor points) and i did at least a third of the
plot... I even still have the pictures I saved from making a map so i could get
around my tomb better so I was just wondering if there was any specific reason I
didn't get anything. Thank you.
As a general note to everyone, you need to go to the Gift Shop of 1,000 Rewards to
pick up your plot points, trophy, and sidebar. If you have done this, are logged
into the same account on which you participated in the puzzle, and you are
absolutely positive you participated (and didn't just wander around your temple
and leave) and still don't see a score, please feel free to contact us and we will
check our records.
May i know how did TNT calculate the scores for the plot? I have completed all
the puzzles but have less points compared to others who have not done so. Why is
this so?
Well, we won't give away all the secrets. ;) However, we can say that the faster
you completed portions of the puzzle, the more points you got. We wanted to make
sure that anyone who was brave enough to map their temple and trudge their way
through the Scroll Repository was properly rewarded, but those that were with us
the whole way and figured things out before anyone else got more points for their
extra effort.
I am very proud! I got the maximum amount of points on the Lost Desert Plot!
And I love my prizes! So I feel pretty bad complaining, but I noticed that I don't
have the ultimate trophy... Simply because I skipped the false prophecy. I'm glad
to see that it wasn't worth any points, but I'm really disappointed to have a not
-quite-as-spiffy trophy because I skipped the unnecessary step. Do you have any
comfort for me on that? Thanks!
Congratulations on completing the plot! We hate to be the one to tell you this
though... 179,300 is not the top score. The trophy you possess is the second rank
down though, which isn't too shabby. :) As stated in an earlier question, some
people who finished faster than you were given more points. The top scorers were
revealed on the New Features for February 1st if you'd like to see how you
compare!
And it should be noted that whether or not you completed the false prophecy had
nothing to do with your final score or trophy! No points were awarded for
completing these two parts of the puzzle, since it was fake and all that. It was
just a fun thing to list in the stats. :)
To get this challenger refresh at the story. Click here to go to it.. The Qasalan Mummy is a level 550 challenger.
Automatically avaliable. The Spirit of the Ruins is a level 50 challenger. Now retired.
Automatically avaliable. Scordrax is a level 150 challenger. Now retired.
However, Jazan transported half of it to an alternate dimension! It then looked like this:
On the 22nd September, footprints appeared in the top-right corner. These led to the scroll repository.
On the 9th November, Sakhmet returned, followed by a Sakhmet map on the 23rd
November:
On the 29th November, Qasala also appeared on the map:
Back to Table of Contents.
The scroll names and descriptions did play a part in the plot. Here they all are.
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Symbol name: Set Scroll name:Royal Proclamations of Coltzan Vol. 13 Scroll description:Here you might find a hunter or cup. |
Symbol name:Ben Scroll name:Sand Cuisine for Elephantes Scroll description:Here you cannot tell one path from the next |
Symbol name:Nem Scroll name: Decorating With Sand - Winter Quarterly Scroll description: Here you might never be heard from again |
Symbol name:Djo Scroll name:Desert Petpets: A Cautionary Tale Scroll description:Here you might weather a deadly flood. |
 Symbol name:Ahn Scroll name:The Joy of Burnt Desert Food Scroll description:Here you can navigate by points of light. |
 Symbol name:Ra Scroll name:Desert Tent Zoning Regulations Scroll description:Here you can look ages into the past. |
 Symbol name:Lat Scroll name:The Chemical Properties of Sand Scroll description:Here you could be terribly lost. |
 Symbol name:Tep Scroll name:History of the Sakhmet Dynasty Scroll description:Here you could sail from lake to sea. |
 Symbol name:Saf Scroll name:Ruki Population Survey Vol. 5 Scroll description:Here you could wander with no end in sight. |
 Symbol name:Kha Scroll name:Famous Sand Collections Scroll description:Here you can see suns far away. |
 Symbol name:Kar Scroll name:Edible Desert Foliage Vol 9 Scroll description:Here you can take a cool drink. |
 Symbol name:Fer Scroll name:Desert Survival Skills for the Dim-Witted Scroll description:Here you will find rushing rapids. |
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Symbol name:Etc Scroll name:Pyramid Painting Vol. 7: Faux Finishes Scroll description:Here you can create a stunning exterior fit for an ancient scroll repository. This scroll was given out as a prize to the Lenny Conundrum. It was a red herring, not related to the plot at all. |
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At the bottom of chapter one of the story was a link called 'Psst'.
This led to the Fortune Teller.
Her mysterious tablet appeared to be different for everyone. Please note that they
are random, and different people have different symbols in the same places... so
no you couldn't just go and work together on this one :(
On the 11th September, the fortune teller started recieving visions in her crystal
ball. One appeared approximately every 6 hours, and these were clues to finding
the missing pieces of the tablet.
Once the tablet was complete, the fortune teller started saying:
You've found all the tablet pieces! Remarkable!" The fortune teller gazes into
her crystal ball for a moment. "But what does it mean? These glyphs and their
order mean nothing to me. I'm a fortune teller, not a professor of ancient
languages! We must find some way to translate them. You can look at the Mysterious
Tablet again if you like.
You were then able to translate the prophecy (and gain an avatar in the
process!). Once your tablet was translated, the fortune teller started
saying:
So, the tablet has yielded its message. It sounds like some kind of...
prophecy, I suppose. I wonder what the prophecy means.
You were then able to speak the prophecy to the fire faerie. section 5-3 for
instructions on how to find this. Once you had done this, the fortune teller
started saying:
You got buried in a pile of scarabs? How strange. I sure didn't see that one
coming!" She glares at her crystal ball. "Piece of junk. That'll teach me to trust
people at the Trading Post. Well, I guess you can still go back to the Mysterious
Tablet. Maybe we can figure out something else.
On the 21st September the fortune teller also started to say:
She calls out to you again as you turn to leave. "Oh! I almost forgot. I heard
something about a few of Princess Amira's ministers, who were outside of Sakhmet
when it vanished. They're going to get that new scroll repository finished so that
they can use it as a library, and try to figure out how to bring Sakhmet City
back. I don't know when the project is starting, though.
Late on the 22nd September this changed slightly:
She calls out to you again as you turn to leave. "Oh! I almost forgot. A few of
Princess Amira's ministers were outside the city when it... vanished. They're
working on getting that scroll repository completed so that they can use it as a
library, and try to figure out how to bring Sakhmet City back. I hear that the
repository is way, way out in the middle of the lost desert.
On the 30th September this changed again:
She calls out to you again as you turn to leave. "That scroll repository
they're building sure looks like it's gonna take a while. Sakhmet City is trapped
in another dimension, plagued by zombies -- or so I hear -- and meanwhile, the
remainder of Neopia quietly watches a handful of Rukis making furniture.
Remarkable.
On the 31st October this changed again:
She calls out to you again as you turn to leave. "Oh, I heard that the scroll
repository is now open for business. Just a bunch of scrolls, at first, can you
believe that? How is anyone supposed to find anything? At least now they've put in
a card catalog and signs on the rooms, so you know where you are!
This is the last thing she said until much later in
the plot.
Back to Table of Contents.
On the 2nd September, the Temple of 1000 Tombs went live. It was advertised in
the banner ads.
This banner took you to the entrance of the tomb. Once inside, you found hundreds
of doors and passages, which appeared to be random. In fact, they are the same for
you every time you visit, although everyone has a different layout, so I cannot
provide a map.
The majority of these doors led to a trap - See Section 7- 1
Three doors within your temple will lead to libraries - See Section 7-2
One special door leads to a fire faerie statue, who asks for a prophecy - See Section 9
Some of the traps turn your neopet into a pile of sand. Don't panic, it only lasted an hour
To see all of the doors, see Section 7-5
You also find your mysterious tablet pieces in the temple - See Section 8
 The door slams shut behind you and poison gas begins to fill the room! You try to escape, but after a few moments you find yourself... falling... unconscious... maybe... you should... take... a nap... |
 The door slams shut behind you and water begins to pour from hidden alcoves! It looks like you're going to have to spend some time bailing your way out of here... |
 The door slams shut behind you and you hear a shuffling noise. Out of the dark comes an enormous blob of jelly! It looks like it's devoured greater adventurers than you. You hope you can keep out of its grasp until you figure a way out of here... |
 The door slams shut behind you and a trap door opens below your feet! You find yourself in a deep pit, dangling from a rope mere inches above sharp metal spikes. It's going to take you a while to climb out of here. |
 The door slams shut behind you and the walls begin to move toward you! It's going to take all your strength to hold them off until the mechanism is disabled.. |
 The door slams behind you and you see a riddle inscribed on the opposite wall. It's very intriguing. You decide to spend a while to figure it out.... |
 The door slams shut behind you. Suddenly, the ceiling collapses and you are buried in a pile of sand! It's going to take you a while to dig your way out. (This trap turns your pet into a pile of sand for an hour, see below for more pictures) |
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The fortune teller started to give our hints to finding the pieces of the
mysterious tablet. Each hint led to an area of neopia, and there you would gain a
clue to a location in the temple of 1000 tombs to find the piece. Here are the
steps in full:
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Something has
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7. Take it to Donny to get it fixed. If he breaks it, go straight back to the temple for another one.
Donny's Toy Repair Shop
Donny manages to repair the item!
Ha! I told ye I could do it! Now begone, ye fur-bitin' good-fer-nothin' prawn.
You have received:
Hieroglyph Fragment
There are 27 different prophecies, but they all mean the same thing. Mine
says:
Prince Jazan will steal away with the city of Sakhmet
Back to Table of Contents.
You can then return to the fire faerie straight away. To get away from her, say
the wrong thing. You will then be locked out of the temple for 30 minutes.
Back to Table of Contents.
Originally, the scroll repository was under construction. Upon approaching it, you were stopped by some guards.
HALT!
Two hefty guards block you at the access gate to the Scroll Repository. "Only licensed contractors are allowed into the Repository site!" one of them bellows. "What's your business here?
Maybe you should say something...
On the base of your fire faerie statue was a symbol.
You then had to say the following, depending on what symbol was on your fire faerie
You must have read the corrisponding scroll in the temple for the correct option
to show.
(Thanks to raptor_f18 for this)
That tent over there has insufficient ventallation, I'll have to write you a
citation.
Desert tent zoning regulations - Yellow Ra (sunrise) scroll
I'm here to prepare food for your elephant workers.
Sand cuizine for elephantes - Yellow Ben (bird) scroll
I'm the food specialist for your herbivorous workers.
Edible desert foilage vol. 9 - Green Kar (leaf) scroll
I don't have that sand color yet. Don't you know who I am!?
famous sand collections - yellow Kha (fish) scroll
I'm here with extra charcoal for the caterers
The joy of burnt desert food - green Ahn (ankh) scroll
Have you thought about triple glazing your wind*ws? It's fun and functional!
Decorating With Sand - Winter Quarterly - Green Nem (wavy lines) scroll
DID that Anubis get it's 15 minute break yet?
Desert Petpets: A Cautionary Tale - Blue Djo (reeds) scroll
I'm here to chronicle the construction of this repository
History of the Sakhmet Dynasty Vol. 3 - Blue (eye) scroll
I know I'm late, but I'm here to deliver an important royal message.
Royal Proclamations of Coltzan Vol. 13 - Red Set (hourglass) scroll
This sand contains traces of faeryllium. To the laboratory!
The Chemical Properties of Sand - red Lat (cup) symbol
You guys should drink some more water before you get heat stroke.
Desert Survival Skills for the Dimwitted - Red Fer (paw) scroll
I'm here with the Royal Census.Your not a Ruki. Get out of my way!
Ruki Population Survey Vol. 5 - Blue Saf (trident) scroll
If you get it wrong the guards will throw you out. However, if you get it correct it will say 'The guards nod. "That sounds reasonable. Go on in." They step aside and let you pass.' You can then enter the repository.
The Scroll Repository was partially buried by a freak sandstorm. The engineering crew needs your help to dig it out!
You! Get to work!
The foreman glares at you. "Well what are you just standing around for? Get to digging! That pyramid's not gonna unbury itself!" He hefts his cudgel and gives you an expectant look.
You then had the option to grab a handful of sand
You carry a handful of sand away from the scroll repository.
You may also win something...
While excavating the handful of sand, you also found something else!
Wow, they sure built the repository way out in the middle of nowhere! It's going to take you a while to carry the sand back to civilization.
The length of time it took to get back into the scroll repository varied
between 30 minutes and 3 hours.
As we kept digging, the image of the pyramid changes, so it looks like we're getting somewhere.
On the 26th September, the repository was uncovered.
The scroll repository has been completely uncovered. It stands gleaming in the sun. But... there doesn't seem to be any way inside. It looks like the engineers forgot to leave empty space for the scrolls!
Wow! The repository was buried under 104,034 handfuls of sand!
You! Take a 15 minute break!
The foreman actually grins for once. "Looks like we got the thing uncovered!" But
the grin quickly turns to a scowl. "Too bad them stupid engineers didn't build the
thing right in the first place. There ain't no space inside for scrolls! What
kinda scroll repository do ya call that?!"
Back to Table of Contents.
Now that the scroll repository is no longer buried by sand, the engineers in charge of the project have another problem -- when they built the pyramid, they didn't leave any space inside for the scrolls! The next phase of the project is to clear out rooms and corridors inside the repository, to make room for the scrolls.
You! Get to work!
The foreman jabs his finger toward the scroll repository pyramid. "Looks like you're gonna be haulin' blocks now. Five to a block! And don't let me catch you slackin', we gotta get this pyramid built fast." He taps his cudgel menacingly.
You had to click on the map to move around. You could only move onto squares that are cleared (grey) and within line-of-sight. If you wanted to try to haul one of the blocks out of the repository, you needed to be standing next to it (not diagonally!) and click on it.
Touch the wrong block and...
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!!
The foreman runs over and thwacks you with his cudgel. "Don't touch that! That's a structural block! You pull that out, this whole place might collapse on us. Now get back to work!"
You then could go straight back in and try again.
Once you found a non-structural block, it had a symbol like this.
If there were less than five people pushing it, you could attempt to as well. You clicked the "Empty Spot". Then you had to wait until there are five people pushing it.
You had to choose a block with your fire faerie symbol
If you choose the wrong block...
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!!
The foreman rushes over, waving his cudgel at you. "Hey! I'm trying to keep things organized here, and you're off trying to push blocks that you aren't supposed to!" He pushes you away from the block. "Go sit over in the corner, and stop messing up my planning!"
You were then be kept out of the repository for 30 minutes.
If you chose the right block, then once there are enough people...
That was tough work!
Hooray! The block has been successfully removed.
Something has happened!
Something falls out from behind the block as it's moved...
((Insert random prize here))
But there's five of you... who will get the item?
The foreman stomps over when he sees you all trying to grab it.
HEY! What's going on here??
The foreman snatches the ((Random Prize)) away from you. "Well, lookee what we
found. Can't have you five fighting over it! So I'll let you roll this hundred-
sided die and see who gets it.
He then rolled dice to see who won the prize.
I better not see you working!
You're still tired from moving that last block. You need to wait a little while before you'll have the energy to move another one!
You then had to wait one hour to recover.
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The scroll repository has had 4,330 blocks removed! But now the inside is nothing but bare stone and rock.
Whew! That was a lot of blocks!
The foreman wipes his brow. "Keepin' all those pets organized was some mighty tough work. I can't believe how many of them just wanted to push and pull blocks at random, or worse yet, try to collapse the pyramid by moving structural blocks!" He shakes his head. "But now it's just a bunch of empty rooms and corridors! Where are they gonna put all the scrolls? Dump 'em in piles?" He stomps away, muttering angrily.
In a tent to one side of the encampment, you see some activity. Go check it out.
Completed furniture:
Stand lamps: 205
Scroll racks: 891
Benches: 64
Tables: 34
At 1.20pm NST on the 29th September, they started making furniture.
A team of Rukis hammers, chisels, and carves the giant stone blocks into various pieces of furniture.
The eldest Ruki notices you enter. "Hullo! Come to see what kinda furniture we're making, eh?" He points at one of the stone blocks in the middle of the tent. "You can take a look at our progress if ya like. You'd best get familiar with this stuff. You're gonna be the one carrying it inside when we're done!"
On the 4th October, they stopped building...
The furniture sits in haphazard piles, all sanded and painted. The Rukis relax on some extra benches, taking a break after all their hard work. The eldest Ruki sees you and waves. "Well, we're finally done with all the furniture! Even had some extras. Ah, but before you can put the furniture into the repository, the interior decorator is figuring out where everything goes. Putting down chalk outlines, so I hear." He leans back and sighs. "This oughta be the easy part!"
On the 8th October, they started letting us move furniture... you had to follow these steps: (thank you OLDPD)
1. Go to the Ruki's and pick a piece of furniture
2. Go the the repository
3. Talk to the decorator by clicking on his square and choosing "talk to
interior decorator". He moves every hour. Check the neoboards for the latest
location.
4. The decorator will tell you what floor to put your furniture on, go to that
floor
5. Place your furniture in the proper spot.
stand lamp=circle 
table=square 
bench=rectangle 
scroll rack=bumped rectangle 
6. You can place a piece of furniture directly onto the bold marks. The blurred marks you may have to keep clicking... and if you get a message saying the furniture has been stolen then it may take a while.
7. Head back to the exit and repeat
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We finally outdid those thieves!
The foreman looks up at the gleaming scroll repository pyramid. "Looks like we managed to keep ahead of those thieves -- just barely, though. Who knows what they wanted with all that furniture? I bet it'll show up on the black market soon." He shakes his head. "Well, the construction's all done. Guess that means I'm out of a job." He sighs, sits in the corner, and sulks.
21st October, the scroll repository opened again (at this point anyone could
come in, as there were no guards)
The scroll repository is built, furnished, stocked, and open for business! Head on
inside and see what there is to read.
Go inside and you could read a scroll from one of the racks which look like
this
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What an interesting scroll.
Your pet reads the scroll and hopefully learns something!
There are scrolls for each symbol. Each symbol had 35 different scrolls, made
from a combination of seven colours and five sizes. Here is one set (Nem):
On the 31st October, they installed a Card Catalog. This was located right next to
the entrance.
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When you clicked on one of the three coloured racks, you got a listing like this:
 | Imperial Dispatch Archives |
 | Stairwell Landing and Astronomical Records |
 | Stairwell Landing and Astronomical Records |
 | Unsolved Thefts |
 | Unsolved Thefts (Desert Scarabs as primary suspects) |
 | Uncategorized Archives, Group 8 |
 | Imperial Dispatch Archives |
 | Lost Desert Art History, Sculpture |
 | Lost Desert Literature (fiction) |
 | Lost Desert Historical Archives, Sections 1-94 |
 | Underwater Basket Weaving |
 | The Catacombs, Section Grit |
Before you could work out which scrolls to need, you needed to get your Useless
Crystal and find your lights. See the next sections.
Back to Table of Contents.
Chef icon: 
I'll be making lunch as soon as I get some supplies!
The chef, who looks very familiar, glances at you as you enter. "Well, fancy meeting you here. Turns out they needed a chef for the cafeteria here, and as I was out of a job, they hired me on!" He twirls his rolling pin. "Unfortunately, I ain't gotten any shipments of food yet, so I can't make anything. Just some mislabeled boxes." He sighs. "This job is boring."
The chef scratches his ear. "Say, I heard something about you surviving an attack
by a pile of scarabs. Boy, adventuring sounds like a good time. But I've been too
busy working to take a vacation. I sure would like a souvenir from one of those,
you know, exotic locales." He shakes his head and swings his rolling pin around
absently.
Once you'd talked to him, you could go to the Gift Shop of 1000 Trinkets:
Yeah... we have many exciting items.
The bored gift shop owner looks at you with glum eyes. "I mean, we don't have any actual items right now. Business has been kind of slow. I'm not really sure why." She sighs.
The gift shop owner perks up. "You know, there is one thing I have... but I couldn't just give it away. I'd do a trade, though. If you can bring me some black smoke, that would be really cool. Here, I'll even give you this little vial I had lying around. Let me know if you find some!"
Empty Vial
The gift shop could be accessed by clicking on the right arch on the front of
the temple image on the temple of 1000 tombs page.
You then had to equip the vial and fight the Spirit of the Ruins, use the vial
on him and end the fight (you did not have to win), and then Unequip the Smokey
Vial
Then go back to the gift shop...
The gift shop owner grins as you enter. "I knew you could get it! I don't know how I knew, or where you got it, and I don't really want to know, because, well, I don't really care. But thanks! Oh, here's the souvenir I said you could have." She takes the vial and gives you the souvenir. "Thanks again." She stares raptly at the vial of black smoke.
Temple of 1,000 Tombs Souvenir T-Shirt (its description is "I MAPPED THE
TEMPLE OF 1,000 TOMBS AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY T-SHIRT" lol)
Then talk to the chef again...
Wow!" the chef exlaims as you hand him the souvenir. "Thanks so much! I never woulda been able to get one of these, I'm so busy working. Here, let me give you something in exchange." He rummages in a box at his feet. "This box was supposed to be a shipment of cakes, but they got mixed up somehow and sent me these useless crystals." He hands one to you.
If you clicked on the top of the dome of the palace, you could put your Useless Crystal into place. This picture shows you you had to click.
Now as you can see, that didn't do anything. What you needed to do wass keep
going back to the page every half hour or so. Eventually, you got a stream of
light shining down from the crack in the ceiling.
That is when you needed to put the crystal in.
Once you had put the crystal in when the light is shining, little colours appeared
on the wall. Everyones colours appeared in different orders.
Back to Table of Contents.
Then you had to go to the card catalogues at the entrance and read the one that matches the first colour on your useless crystal (in my case red). Match it up with all of the symbols that are that colour on your mysterious tablet.
Then you had to go off and read those scrolls in the order they appear on the card catalogue. For instance, the first one I looked for was a red Djo (reeds) scroll in the Ruki Population Surveys area, and the second one I was looking for was the red trident scroll in The Stacks, Eastern Archives area. If one scroll appeared twice, you just had to read it twice.
Once you had read all four of those, you had torepeat with the second colour, and then with the third. Once you had done all that, the last scroll you read was translated.
Your pet deciphers the scroll!
A sharp eye holds the next step.
Back to Table of Contents.
You then went to the Temple of 1000 Tombs, and found a door that led to a spike trap. On the picture was be a clickable link, that was where you found the next Useless Crystal.
After you had found the second crystal, you had to go back to the secret basement. If there was light, insert the new crystal.
Then you had to down your new colours, and go back to the card catalogue.
| Your Colour | You need to read |
| Orange | Yellow, Red and Orange |
| Green | Yellow, Blue and Green |
| Purple | Red, Blue and Purple |
Now you just needed to work out which order to read them. Take a look at the card catalogues (they had changed!)
You read the reds, blues and yellows in the same order that the catalogues were. So, for my orange Lat symbol, I read a red scroll, then a yellow scroll, then finally an orange scroll.
Then you just need to work out where the scrolls were. For your red, blue and yellow scrolls, you just used the card catalogues like you did before. When you read the second of the two scrolls, you were be given a location. This was the location of the third (orange, green or purple) scroll.
So... once you'd read all three of the scrolls from that symbol, you moved onto
the next symbol! Yes thats right, 24 scrolls in total!
Back to Table of Contents.
This clue does not exist
You went back to the temple of 1000 tombs, and found a jelly blob! You then dlicked the bone and you were then be rewarded with a THIRD Useless Crystal!
For each of the blanks you had to read a matching blue, red AND yellow scroll. Now at the time, we thought it was random which order to read these in. It wasn't until the solution came out that we learnt the truth.
Apparently the chef got bored and started to paint his toenails. You were supposed
to read the scrolls in the order that his toenails were painted, so in this case
blue, yellow and then red. This revealed the location of the white scroll. Read a
white scroll that matches your symbol. You could then move on to the next blank
symbol (and the chef's toenails would have changed). However, it seems almost no-
one discovered this, and it was only a timesaver. It was perfectly possible to
read the scrolls at random and move on.
Back to Table of Contents.
The solution to the puzzle is thus..." followed by a number of strange diagrams and figures. Somehow, it all makes sense.
The hint for getting your fourth crystal directed you to a riddle trap room. You needed to click on the alien in the lower left corner.
Then click the hole!
Inside the chamber, you see a scroll. Your pet picks it up and reads it.
I can't make heads or tails of this!
Perhaps you should find someone to show this scroll to.
Now you had to take the scroll to the fortune teller!
The fortune teller listens as you tell her the tale of finding the mystery scroll
in the map room of the scroll repository. "Amazing! No wonder those architects
were so tight-lipped about what they were building. Let met take a look at that
scroll." You hand it to her. "Hmm... yes... I see... Ah ha! Of course! This is an
ancient dialect of Sakhmetian, and I think I recognize it. I believe it says...
well, there's a lot of nonsense up front, but finally is says, "The curse of Jazan
will make Sakhmet disappear," which is an awful lot like that prophecy you found
before. But then it continues: "Jazan must marry a true princess of Qasala to
break the curse." That explains why he wanted to marry Amira, but... she's not a
Qasalan princess. Is she?" The fortune teller looks confused. "I wonder how we'll
pull that off." She hands the scroll back to you.
Back to Table of Contents.
Wait a moment," she calls out to you. "Sakhmet has returned, and Jazan married that Ixi girl, but... something's not right about all this. Let me see that scroll again." The fortune teller examines it again. Then she turns it upside down. "Of course! Stupid me, I was reading it backward. It was cleverly written to be readable both ways. Ah! See? In this orientation, it serves as... some kind of translation guide. I'm not sure how, exactly, but maybe you can make use of it. You can try out translating that old mysterious tablet of yours." She hands the scroll back.
It was essentially just like codebreaker or time tunnel. Try and guess where the pieces go, then hit translate. At the top you will get some dots. A white dot means that you've got the right piece in the right place, and a black dot means you've got the right piece in the wrong place. But, you don't know what dot matches what symbol. If you aren't very good at those logic puzzles, just use trial and error.
Right. Now remember when you translated your tablet the first time you clicked symbols in the comic? Well thats what you had to do again using the new symbols. Here are the locations:
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 Chapter 13 Page 1 |
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 Chapter 14 Page 1 |
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There were two ways to translate it... One is to do it forwards, just like you did first time. It was optional, but funny! Once you had done this you were taken back to the new tablet, and your prophecy will be translated again.
You've finally deciphered the meaning of the tablet. It reads:
The golden eye shines truth upon those who would do evil
When you took your new prophecy to Nuria... you got quite a surprise!
The second way (and the way you needed to do it in order to proceed) was to click the same symbols as the comic again, but this time in reverse order. Your tablet was translated yet again.
You've finally deciphered the true meaning of the tablet. It reads:
The father of the prince will destroy the great desert
You then took the third and final prophecy to Nuria. After a lot of scrolling, you got to pick a weapon!
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| Scimitar of Eternal Dawn | Mace of Righteous Flame | Spear of Infinite Wisdom |
You could pick any, they were all the same. The weapon broke when you took it, but it didn't matter. You could still use the broken weapon.
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| Scimitar of Eternal Dawn | Mace of Righteous Flame | Spear of Infinite Wisdom |
Now it was time to defeat Razul! You could fight him once with the weapon, and it would reduce him to 0 hp. Once you had done that, you could not fight Razul again.
That was the final step to the puzzle!
Back to Table of Contents.
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Furniture Merchant |
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