[Yoruichi-san]

At 6am, having just finished writing the paper that was due in class that morning, which, as usual, she had procrastinated doing until the last minute, Y-san headed to the computer lab of her dormitory at Redrum University to pick up the printout. Rifling through the unclaimed printouts to find her own, she stumbled upon a sheet of paper with the following printed on it:

&	6	4	9	9&

1	5	3	8

2	0	9	8

2	9^	8^

5&	3#	9&	3

6	3

9	0	0

9	3

1

2	3	2	9	9^


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Y-san rubbed her tired red eyes.  After a few moments of squinting at the sheet, after assuring herself it wasn't just a caffeine overdose-induced hallucination, she grabbed the phone next to the printer and dialed campus security.  Luckily, she remembered the person's room number.  When the campus security desk picked up, she hurridly instructed them to send a security to that room, then sprinted there herself.


As with most of her friend's room combos, she knew this person's by heart.  Flinging open the door, she saw the culprit and the victim sitting around a table, on which rested the fixings for tea, along with a cake and a knife to cut it with.  Behind them, she saw a computer screen open to word processor document that the printout was for.  Y-san breathed a sigh of relief.  The person was still alive.


Soon after, the campus police arrived and took the culprit and the evidence into custody.  After they were gone, the victim looked up at Y-san gratefully and said "Thank you for being clever enough to figure out my message!"


Y-san shook her head and gave the person the benefit of her lopsided smile.  "No, you're the clever one...you thought of it first."

Edited December 4, 2008 by Yoruichi-san

[Guest]

I cant believe... i was looking forward to solving this too... oh well beggars cant be choosers

At least i was able to understand the hints

Edited December 9, 2008 by Riranor

[Guest]

I am the one who cannot believe the most!!!!

I was in the story!!!! <_<

[Guest]

Excellent puzzle Ysan, I have to say you had me beat!

I was so caught up with the method of touch typing and what fingers would be used, I don't think I would have thought of co-ordinates anytime soon.

[Yoruichi-san]

I really thought I messed it up there at the end, and I figured I must have done something wrong.

As I don't regularly post I don't mind posting the answer...

So I went back and reread all the posts until I finally caught what the actual ending meant. Thanks foolonthehill! (The comment about the resident helped me out)

Use the keystrokes as a coordinate system. The first keystroke is the line that the letter is found on and the second stroke is the column the letter is in. The first letter is Shift - 7, which lead us to the letter 'M'. The second letter would be Tab - 6, which would be "Y". So on and so forth...

If you apply this, you end up with the line...

myroomateispoisoningmecomehelppleasewoon

Although, as a sidenote, the only thing I could think about for the first hour after I read this was Eddie Izzard's sketch about "Tea and Cake or DEATH!"

Great job! Your way of thinking about it is fantastic...I didn't really think about how to describe it...it just came to me one day staring at the keyboard...(hence the story hint ;P)...and...haha!

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9	9$	3	8	5[/codebox]

   Great puzzle Y-san. I'm sorry I didn't make an attempt myself. 5*


Thanks!  And doing it I realized how annoying Word's autocorrect is...;P


I am the one who cannot believe [size=4]the  most!!!![/size]



I was in the story!!!!   <_<


Haha!  Yeah, you were hidden in the story...since as I was making this I saw that you had done something related, I wanted to acknowledge your ingenuity as well...;P

[Guest]

Haha! Yeah, you were hidden in the story...since as I was making this I saw that you had done something related, I wanted to acknowledge your ingenuity as well...;P

Well, I really could not say anything but show my both thumbs up! I will share this to my collegue tomorrow. Nice and fantastic one!

Edited December 10, 2008 by woon