text;

[tenyeargambit]

[He could use the network for something deeply profound and insightful, something that will shed insight on their current situation and give hope about the future. ...nah.]

I have five cards, one joker and four aces with different suits, facedown on a table. They are arranged according to the following conditions

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[cutthelines]

[Oh boy, puzzles. Brennunburg is chock full of tedious puzzles. Of course he usually makes the servants solve them to get around but let's see how sharp his old mind still is.]

Joker, heart, club, spade, diamond. Is this correct?

[tenyeargambit]

[Now all they need is a LeChuck and they could form a support network.]

I'm afraid not. Would you like a hint?

And I believe we have not met before, though I could be mistaken about this.

[cutthelines]

[NO PUBLICLY HUMILIATED ALL OVER THE NETWORK. Because the mun COMPLETELY MISSED STEP TWO. OH GOD.]

Hmm. It seems I misread clues in the first place. The text on these devices is unfortunately hard on my eyes.

I don't believe we have. I am Alexander.

[tenyeargambit]

You're not the first to say that. My acquaintance prefers to not use these devices if she can help it. [A bit of a white lie, but Claire won't mind, right?

I'm Clive. It's a pleasure to meet you, though I wish the circumstances were different.

[ video ]

[bearsthevision]

[ A puzzle! Chase can't hide her excitement. She immediately perks up. ]

Let me think. Hang on....

[ after a few seconds of working it out on her brain, she finally asks: ]

Is the joker second to the left?

[tenyeargambit]

[Oh wow, hello small child.]

Correct. Well done. You like puzzles, I take it?

[ video ]

[bearsthevision]

I like when I find smart people on the ship.

I'm Chase.

[ video ]

[tenyeargambit]

Hello Chase. I'm Clive. It's very nice to meet you. You remind me of someone I once knew.

text - cybertronian encryption so as to not spoil anyone else's fun if he's right

[babbletechno]

[even as a human, he still has a robot's thought patterns. logic puzzles are somehow soothing.]

Is the Joker between the diamond and the heart, order going: diamond-joker-heart-club-spade?

[whatever those names meant]

[tenyeargambit]

Correct. Now if only the puzzle we're in was forthcoming with its answers.

[babbletechno]

If we keep working at it, we'll get it. Every problem has a solution, and there are intelligent people here. Humans are remarkably resourceful and adaptable.

[eventually.]

[tenyeargambit]

I know this is a rather random question, you wouldn't by any chance know a Professor Hershel Layton, would you?

[zouichi]

Diamond, joker, heart, club, spade... that would make the joker the second card from the left.

y'know, I'm making this a VOICE because I can;

[tenyeargambit]

Right you are. Have you learned anything new since when last we spoke?

Re: y'know, I'm making this a VOICE because I can;

[zouichi]

I haven't found any casebreaking evidence of foul play in the corridors, if that's what you mean. This ship is immense; if it weren't for the fact that it was also almost totally empty, I might willingly believe it was a colony ship.

[tenyeargambit]

That just makes me wonder how long it will be before we end up suffering the same fate as our predecessors.

[soulbondee]

Of course I could!

[tenyeargambit]

Well, then. Will you?

[soulbondee]

Yeah, I'd just flip 'em over!

[tenyeargambit]

That's one way of solving things. I'd offer you another puzzle but you don't strike me as the type who're that interested in them.