This is a static copy of In the Rose Garden, which existed as the center of the western Utena fandom for years. Enjoy. :)
#1 | Back to Top02-13-2014 07:46:47 PM
[Revolutionary Puzzle] Soul Swords
NANAMI: What is this? "Soul" swords? Like the Sword of Dios?
SAIONJI: Hmph. What a melodramatic thing to call them.
NANAMI: Kyouichi, you are going to solve this for me, right?
SAIONJI: What?! I agreed to no such thing.
NANAMI: But you know I've never... um... pulled a sword out of anyone...
SAIONJI: Well. It's true I am experienced in such matters. Very well! I will vanquish this puzzle for the honor of the house of Saionji!
What's going on?
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#3 | Back to Top02-13-2014 10:39:16 PM
- Crystalline_Dream
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Re: [Revolutionary Puzzle] Soul Swords
So, it’s pretty clear that we have to match the numbered answers from the Duelists column and Swords column together, as #1 from Duelists corresponds to #1 in Swords and so on. Here’s what I've deduced, though I haven't yet figured out how the answers fit into the spaces yet. I’m sorry if I've done too much.
1.
2. Bastille
3.
4. Magritte
5. Deflower
6. Samaritan
7. Scurry
8. Abstinence (pfft, haha!)
9.
10. Statute
11. Vietnam
12.
13. Broken-down
14. Lockout
15. Pink rose(?)
16. Revelation
17. Aggregate
18.
19. Sprain
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#4 | Back to Top02-14-2014 12:33:29 AM
- Flah
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Re: [Revolutionary Puzzle] Soul Swords
1. Adolescence
3. Trust
18. Operation
For 12, I'm racking my brain for what vehicles Saionji has been in. He's been on an elevator, he's ridden a bike during his childhood, and he's been in the sidecar of Touga's motorcycle. Does Wakaba from the movie count? I'm at a complete loss there.
And I'm not sure how they correspond to the columns either. Maybe, once we have all of them, we just sort through them until they fit together?
Last edited by Flah (02-14-2014 12:42:54 AM)
Somewhere, there is an unplugged toaster sitting on a Coleman stove.
Does it feel lonely?
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#5 | Back to Top02-14-2014 05:48:54 AM
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Re: [Revolutionary Puzzle] Soul Swords
12. sidecar
seems to fit
edit: aaaand
9. verbally ?
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#6 | Back to Top02-14-2014 10:51:31 AM
- Flah
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Re: [Revolutionary Puzzle] Soul Swords
Okay, I've figured out how this works. What you have in the columns corresponds to everything that's left over from the Duelist after the Sword is taken out. So, firstly, 10 should be "Statutory" rather than "Statute". And I seem to have left 3 a bit incomplete. But the Sword is definitely "Rust". So, right now, that column is still blank for me. "Trustingly", maybe?
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#7 | Back to Top02-14-2014 12:46:38 PM
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Re: [Revolutionary Puzzle] Soul Swords
I'm missing one letter.
The gray boxes atm read: C A G E D A N C E R M I N U S _ G E D
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#8 | Back to Top02-14-2014 06:34:22 PM
Re: [Revolutionary Puzzle] Soul Swords
I'm going to WILDLY GUESS WITHOUT LOOKING AT ANYTHING
Cage Dancer Minus Aged
Cancer
DO I WIN??
Edit: Aw shit, if I did I won cancer. Worst prize ever. 
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#9 | Back to Top02-14-2014 06:58:11 PM
Re: [Revolutionary Puzzle] Soul Swords
Ding ding! CANCER is the answer. 
Future answers will be in better taste, I promise.
Nicely done, everyone!! You pulled the Swords out of the Duelists and solved the puzzle. Next one goes up tomorrow!
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