Each day I will make a thread detailling the references our Game Master has riddled the update with.
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Day VII.V:
1. Proverb/Expression "Two's Company, Three's a Crowd."
- "While there were three in the jail cell now, Nantooski, Padme, and Sakura didn’t seem to make much of a crowd"
2. Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy"
- "42"
3. Maya Angelou's "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"
- “A bird would find no motivation in a number to sing while being caged.”
4. Animal Farm
- “Come. I’d like you to meet my animal farm,”
5. Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
- "A raven fluttered through her open window..."
Day VII.IV:
1. Previous Sniper Games
- Digging References
2. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes"
- "waiting for whatever fate the obsessed Victorian Era reject held for them."
3. Dante's "The Inferno"
- "Abandon all hope ye who enter here."
Day VII.III:
1. Lyman Frank Baum's " of Oz" book(s)
~ Specifically: "The Patchwork Girl of Oz" or "The Tin Woodsman of Oz"
2. Maya Angelou's "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"
- "Tell me... do you know why the caged bird sings?"
3. Douglas Adams' "Life, The Universe And Everything"
- "42"
4. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes"
- It's elementary my dear 'warden',"
5. Gene Chandler - Duke of Earl
- "duke of Earl"
6. Joseph Heller's "Catch-22"
- "catch", "22"
7. Superstition
- Superstition based things, black cats, etc
8. Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart"
- " It was there, always there, coming from the walls, the ceiling, the very depths of her mind. "
9. John Donne - "For Whom The Bell Tolls"
- “The bell tolls not for me but for thee!”
Day VII.II:
1. Previous Games
- Things Scelero Expected
2. Maya Angelou's "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"
- "Do you know why the caged bird sings?"
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- "What do you mean? African or European?"
4. John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men"
- "Of mice and men"
5. "The Weakest Link" Gameshow
- "you are the weakest link,” he seethed. “Goodbye.”
6. Austin Powers Movies
- "A trapdoor suddenly opened up beneath her chair, and Scelero screamed as she plummeted into embracing darkness."
7. Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451"
- "It’s only 80 degrees Fahrenheit, not 451!"
8. George Orwell's "1984", alternately the movie "Nineteen Eighty-Four"
- "it was in 1984"
9. Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities"
- "the tale of two"
10. Edgar Allen Poe's "The Black Cat"
- "black cats"
11. Jack London's "Call of the Wild"
- "called to the wild"
12. Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club"
- "club based on joy and luck"
13. Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"
- "They ran into the Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s court"
14. Tom Clancy's "The Hunt for Red October"
- "the hunt for red"
15. Nathaniel Hawethorne's "The Scarlet Letter"
- See 13.
16. Edgar Allen Poe's "The Purloined Letter"
- "but it turned into the hunt for red letters, which were both scarlet and purloined"
17. George Orwell's "1984", alternately the movie "Nineteen Eighty-Four"
- "Big Brother is watching you"
Day VII.I:
1. Previous Games
- Warden
- Previous Jailbird Incidents
2. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes"
- Pipe
- Magnifying Glass
- Deerstalker Hat
- Deerstalker Coat
3. Shakespeare
- "You, sir, are a fishmonger!"
4. Maya Angelou's "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"
- "Do you know why the caged bird sings?"
Color Coding Key:
Almost Positive Reference.
Unsure Reference
Wild a** Guess
IHD Supplied
Day VII.V:
1. Proverb/Expression "Two's Company, Three's a Crowd."
- "While there were three in the jail cell now, Nantooski, Padme, and Sakura didn’t seem to make much of a crowd"
2. Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy"
- "42"
3. Maya Angelou's "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"
- “A bird would find no motivation in a number to sing while being caged.”
4. Animal Farm
- “Come. I’d like you to meet my animal farm,”
5. Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
- "A raven fluttered through her open window..."
Day VII.IV:
1. Previous Sniper Games
- Digging References
2. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes"
- "waiting for whatever fate the obsessed Victorian Era reject held for them."
3. Dante's "The Inferno"
- "Abandon all hope ye who enter here."
Day VII.III:
1. Lyman Frank Baum's "
~ Specifically: "The Patchwork Girl of Oz" or "The Tin Woodsman of Oz"
2. Maya Angelou's "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"
- "Tell me... do you know why the caged bird sings?"
3. Douglas Adams' "Life, The Universe And Everything"
- "42"
4. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes"
- It's elementary my dear 'warden',"
5. Gene Chandler - Duke of Earl
- "duke of Earl"
6. Joseph Heller's "Catch-22"
- "catch", "22"
7. Superstition
- Superstition based things, black cats, etc
8. Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart"
- " It was there, always there, coming from the walls, the ceiling, the very depths of her mind. "
9. John Donne - "For Whom The Bell Tolls"
- “The bell tolls not for me but for thee!”
Day VII.II:
1. Previous Games
- Things Scelero Expected
2. Maya Angelou's "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"
- "Do you know why the caged bird sings?"
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- "What do you mean? African or European?"
4. John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men"
- "Of mice and men"
5. "The Weakest Link" Gameshow
- "you are the weakest link,” he seethed. “Goodbye.”
6. Austin Powers Movies
- "A trapdoor suddenly opened up beneath her chair, and Scelero screamed as she plummeted into embracing darkness."
7. Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451"
- "It’s only 80 degrees Fahrenheit, not 451!"
8. George Orwell's "1984", alternately the movie "Nineteen Eighty-Four"
- "it was in 1984"
9. Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities"
- "the tale of two"
10. Edgar Allen Poe's "The Black Cat"
- "black cats"
11. Jack London's "Call of the Wild"
- "called to the wild"
12. Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club"
- "club based on joy and luck"
13. Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"
- "They ran into the Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s court"
14. Tom Clancy's "The Hunt for Red October"
- "the hunt for red"
15. Nathaniel Hawethorne's "The Scarlet Letter"
- See 13.
16. Edgar Allen Poe's "The Purloined Letter"
- "but it turned into the hunt for red letters, which were both scarlet and purloined"
17. George Orwell's "1984", alternately the movie "Nineteen Eighty-Four"
- "Big Brother is watching you"
Day VII.I:
1. Previous Games
- Warden
- Previous Jailbird Incidents
2. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes"
- Pipe
- Magnifying Glass
- Deerstalker Hat
- Deerstalker Coat
3. Shakespeare
- "You, sir, are a fishmonger!"
4. Maya Angelou's "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"
- "Do you know why the caged bird sings?"
