Previously on
*
*
*
*
*
At the Castello di Monte Vista it turned out that negotiations are once again a source of communication errors which lead to mistakes and a huge loss of money to the Assassin.
Meredith: "Hi bestie."
Freya: "...You are plotting something, aren't you?"
Meredith: "Why would you ever think that? Can't I choose to work with my favourite person first?"
Freya: "Because you aren't even this nice towards Euphelia. Don't think I'm stupid, after all the times you expressed how you hated my guts, do you really think I trust you?"
Meredith: "I know Kiki has a clue and Freya has money too apparently but I thought Freya said she had more. Bit confused."
Lucas: "I remember Kiki said clue too. Freya said to me it was empty."
Meredith: "Interesting..."
Lucas: "Interesting indeed."
Oliver: "Hmm, what if we go with:
Lucas picks 4.
Kiki picks 3.
Freya picks 4.
And of course
Meredith picks 3
Euphelia: "I'm fine with that, honestly it's all blind guess, might as well assume they all picked the same case."
Min Hee: "So, to crunch up the final numbers: §17.500 goes to the Jetsetters, §132.500 goes to the Assassin, Kiki has earned a Clue to the Assassin's identity and we owe Meredith a reward at the start of the next Challenge in two days. But before that one of you will be leaving Jetset for good tomorrow. You are now dismissed from the Challenge. Good luck and lots of wisdom."
Meredith: "HEY CUNTS, LEMME OUT!!!"
Odessa: "YOU CAN'T LOCK UP THE HOST LIKE THIS!!!"
Kiki: "As we just said, we'll let you out once you two learn to get along with each other!"
Odessa: "What's in it for you then?!"
Freya: "Well, we either get some peace because YOU don't cause drama anymore, or we get peace because you get kicked out of the show."
Meredith: "Well excuse me, princess."
Odessa: "Princess?? ... I'm not a princess. We talked about that."
Meredith: "Oh... damn... Welp, we're still locked in this crappy dump."
Odessa: "Yeah, I know. There's only one way those three will ever let us out you and me will have to stop our fight and make peace..."
Meredith: "... I-... I hate to admit it.. But I'm crawling a bit too much in my... role as a victim to defend myself and all my pains.. And you pretty much embody a lot of those pains..."
Meredith: "... So even though we'll never be friends, we don't have to be. You could leave me be, I'll leave you be. Is that what you want?"
Odessa: "... Yes. It's the most realistic option. We'll leave each other at peace when we meet."
Meredith: "... Okay..."
The adventures of Captain Dockhatt and Oliver has also received an interesting update after Oliver received word from Benjie's boyfriend, of which the future developments may shake the boats dynamics once more.
Oliver: "What I'm saying is that the locket is likely somewhere on this ship."
Captain Dockhatt: "... Ye sure about that, matey?"
Oliver: "Victor is sure that Benjie packed it. But he didn't see it since he returned."
Captain Dockhatt: "... Lightning bombs, me heart can't handle this."
Oliver: ".. My theory is that one of the other Jetsetters might have found it. Hopefully someone who's still in the game."
Euphelia: ".. Ohhh..."
Captain Dockhatt: "Hmm, they better have..."
Captain Dockhatt: "If one of dem landlubbers took it and it's now gone forever..."
Oliver: "... I know... We better go and ask everyone about it."
After Freya came in just in time to make up for their rough patch on the show, it was the social antagonist Meredith who was Eliminated next by the Assassin.
Meredith: "I guess I can accept your apology, just because right now I'm feeling like a decent human being for once. I- erm, I'm sorry too. Don't you fucking dare tell anyone else I said that, got it?"
Freya: "Else I will be turned into chicken wings. Got it, secret safe with me."
Meredith: "Good. Now leave, I need to focus here."
Freya: "Okay, see you around!"
Meredith: "Oooh FUCK no..."
*Someone knocks on the door*
Meredith: "What?!"
Min Hee: "Meredith, please come out."
Odessa: "And there goes our 15th Eliminated place, Meredith Rathmore."
The gap Meredith's exit opens up is going to make its impact on the group, but as the one who ordered her Elimination in the first place, is the Assassin slipping a bit of their true identity and role by the way they take this twist though? What role is every Jetsetter going to play in the group's new picking order and how can those positions influence the final stage of the game?
*
*
*
20 PLAYERS, 10 TWINS, 1 CRUISE
THIS IS
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Dining Area
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Diary Room
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Freya: "When you feel like the Jetsetter is very empty and you can cut the tension with a katana… You know you made it to the top 5! I am honestly shocked I made it this far. I mostly screwed up in this game so far with my multiple challenge fails, but something… or someone... is still willing to keep me in here. Also the irony that Meredith is Eliminated after we finally made amends. Honestly feel bad for her, she played a great game."
Freya: "What kinda pisses me off about it is that Min Hee thought it was a good idea to make a diss track attempt against Meredith and Kiki and Lucas even joined her. Sure, Meredith had it coming, but it is still equally as mean and doesn't make you a better person. Sure most of us couldn't stand her, but god damnit, cut her at least some slack. At least she didn't lie about herself, while literally anyone of us could be a pathological liar."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Dining Area
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Lucas: "Final five, congrats everyone!"
Oliver: "Wait, who is missing?"
Lucas: "Guess who."
Euphelia: "Meredith's gone!"
Odessa: "Yeah.. She was Eliminated last night. Didn't want to say goodbyes to the group."
Euphelia: "Ooof, I completely missed that."
Freya: "Me too! Shame..."
Euphelia: "Shame? She's your arch enemy number one, lady."
Freya: "... I had a talk with her yesterday, we managed to patch up a few things."
Euphelia: "... You did?"
Kiki: "Oh my god. I thought you were missing out when Min Hee had us sing 'Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead' for her exit."
Freya: "You what?!"
Oliver: ".. So that's what the noise was about?"
Freya: "That's so mean, why would you do that?!"
Min Hee: "Well... it wasn't the most professional or friendly thing in hindsight.. I do feel that most people here were frustrated with her behaviour the past weeks and needed an outlet at that moment."
Freya: "But doing that doesn't make you any better than Meredith has been guys."
Kiki: "I was one of those people who needed that. I'm sorry Freya."
Euphelia: "I have to side with Freya here. I feel like I was pretty much the only one who gave her a chance you know. See beyond her rough behaviour."
Oliver: "I do think that with her Elimination the stinger is out of this group. And I had her crossed out as a potential Assassin for a long time. So in that context her Elimination doesn't really help me out."
Euphelia: "Hmm..."
Captain Dockhatt: "Me can live without that creepy landlubber lurkin' around."
Lucas: "Yeah.. I admit being part of that song and dance as well."
Freya: "Lucas!"
Oliver: "Put a fact Freya, if she left three days ago in Iris' place you'd have been the biggest cheerer out of all of us."
Freya: "Point is, I took the time to apologise for my actions. Did you?"
Oliver: "... I didn't expect her exit yesterday, so no. But then again I think I had less beef with her than most people here had."
Oliver: "That includes you Freya."
Freya: "Hmm..."
Odessa: "Jetsetters, can I have you attention for a bit?"
Lucas: "Oh? Sure."
Odessa: "Like Lucas just said - congrats to y'all for making it to the final five. The regular players among you now have a 1 in 2 chance of being a finalist of this season of Jetset."
Min Hee: "That however also means that two of you will leave Jetset before the season is over. You might want to take a look in each other's eyes right now, maybe you can spot a spark in there..."
Odessa: "The next Challenge will take place after lunch. Make sure you're ready and set to go then."
Min Hee: "I'll call you through the intercom once the time's there. Good luck and lots of wisdom."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Diary Room
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Freya: "I'm done sitting around and just being that clumsy fairy that can't get a single challenge done and can be blamed for everything! I am convinced I am not the only one to have done something to harm the team, I mean come on, everybody has blood on their hands without anybody knowing. That is why I got a trick up my sleeve. The witch may be gone, but you can't vanish the magic."
*Freya transforms into a light blue morph form*
Freya: "Karma has bit me in the butt too many times now, it is time for me to get power into my hands. This form will allow me to spy on the others and find out if anyone hides something they don't want us to know about. It is time to prove that Freya Valquist indeed deserves to be in the Top 5!"
DRE: "That room, I'm talking about Meredith's old room - it's such a shame that she left, but I think she's done quite well to make it this far. Anyway, as far as I am concerned, the crafting station is still there; I wonder if I could craft something interesting with some of the ingredients she's left over there."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Witch Bedroom
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
*credit goes to Choco (Euphelia's creator) for writing this scene*
Euphelia: "Okay, let's see here... Three cups of ground mandrake roots plus two splashes of honey... and what is this?"
Euphelia: "Whoever wrote this recipe must have really shaky hands to make this thing so illegible. What's that? 'A small bottle of equine urine'? How where the heck am I going to get that from this cruise?"
Euphelia: "But let's start with something easy to obtain: Fresh onion extract and lime juice, okay. I am pretty sure there's some spare stuff free for the taking at the kitchen. Ugh, I hate raw onions though."
Euphelia: "Maybe I could find something else to replace the raw onion extract? I wonder if leeks would do. I don't think it really matters. Just mixing a bunch of weird stuff together, what's the worst that could happen?"
Euphelia: "I don't know why the heck the recipe says to put in goat cheese. And weirdly enough I've got some in my pocket. In you go then."
Euphelia: "I'm really glad that this station is here. I don't know where else to get all those equipments for making elixirs. Those hags in Moonlight Falls definitely don't sell these stuff to commoners nowadays."
Euphelia: "The smell this thing makes is really pungent. Reminds me of mum's cooking a bit..."
*Some footsteps are heard out of the Witch Bedroom door*
Euphelia: "Wait, footsteps. Shit, someone's coming. But damn, I'm not finished making this elixir yet..."
Euphelia: "But there's not enough time for me to get rid of all these evidence... I think I may have to leave the ingredients here for now and finish it off later."
Euphelia: "Run, run, run! I wasn't here, it wasn't me. Catch ya later, my elixir... Jesus, that shit really stinks."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Front Deck
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Lucas: "Strategy talk?"
Kiki: "Sounds fine to me. Any new thoughts about Meredith's exit?"
Lucas: "I think it's interesting to see the group's reaction to it."
Kiki: "Yeah.. I didn't know that Freya somehow made up with her for example."
Freya: "What are they saying about me..."
Lucas: "By revealing that, she'll absolutely put herself in the spotlight. Everyone's looking at her."
Kiki: "That's not the position the Assassin would want to be in."
Lucas: "Yeah, I know... But if there's anyone of us who would play the Assassin in the spotlight role, it's Freya. So I'm absolutely not ruling her out."
Freya: "Interesting..."
Kiki: "I'm thinking of Freya as a friend, but she'd be a friend who'd be the one to toy a little with our minds for the fun and thrill of it."
Lucas: "Yeah, true. About something else Kiki..."
Kiki: "Yeah?"
Lucas: "Are you the Assassin?"
Kiki: "Nope. Sorry. You have to look for them somewhere else."
Lucas: "... Aha. Better find my spy glasses then."
Kiki: "You wouldn't need them if you are the Assassin though, are you Lucas?"
Lucas: "Aha! Sorry, it's neither me."
Kiki: "You sure?"
Lucas: "Absolutely sure. You?"
Kiki: "I can never be sure when it's our word against my theories. But okay."
Freya: "So those two are officially working together?... I have to keep an eye on them then."
Lucas: "Any idea what time it is?"
Kiki: "I think it's past noon already."
Lucas: "Oof, we better go get ready and grab some lunch."
Kiki: "Good call, don't wanna play on an empty stomach."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Gran Giro di Monte Vista Pit Lane
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Odessa: "Jetsetters..."
Odessa: "This here is the pitlane of the annual Gran Giro di Monte Vista, one of the most popular events in the area. Every year the population of Monte Vista is excited to see the most skilled Formula Sim drivers burn rubber on the public roads, including infamous turns such as the La Rotatoria, and fight it who amongst them has the best skills to take home the Gran Premio, the great prize. Today however, it's you who will enter a race against the clock for your next Challenge."
Odessa: "One lap on the track of the Gran Giro is close to 5 kilometers long, the Challenge is over once you finish a lap of the track. Your vehicle will be driving 25 kilometers per hour, which means that it'll take around 12 minutes to finish a lap. There is a way to slow down your travelling speed and with that buy more time for your Challenge though."
Odessa: "At the start of the Challenge each and every one of you will get a book. In your book there is a page with 5 parts of logical riddles. None of them are complete though, which means you have to share your riddle parts with the others to make full riddles out of them. Every time you gather all pieces of a riddle and solve it correctly on the PC in the bus, your speed will lower with 5 kilometers per hour."
Odessa: "If you lock in an answer incorrectly however, you will get a 45 second penalty and the incorrectly answered riddle cannot be corrected later on. It is also not allowed for the same person to answer a riddle twice in a row; after someone has locked in a riddle, another person has to lock one in first before they can solve it again. If you manage to solve 5 riddles before crossing the finish line, you have successfully passed the Challenge and earned §100.000."
Odessa: "Are you ready to go?"
Kiki: "Yeah!"
Lucas: "Riddles sounds like fun."
Euphelia: "What vehicle are we going to drive in?"
Odessa: "You'll see... Please go stand over there..."
Odessa: "Good luck and lots of wisdom everyone!"
Odessa: "Wait.. what's that sound?"
???: "Uuuuugh why does that fucking engine not work?! I need a break!"
???: "A break and some fresh air! Sheesh..."
*??? removes their helmet*
Odessa: "Who's that?"
???: "Ughhh, that's better..."
Odessa: "Oh my gosh..."
Odessa: "Fuck Benjie, he's much cuter than him!"
???: "Now if only someone could bring me a ChocaFox™ that'd be GREAT."
Odessa: "Oh, I could bring you a ChocaFox! I love those."
???: "Whoa?"
???: "Excuse me but, uh, are you a fan?"
Odessa: "Yeah, you can say I'm a fan of yours."
*Odessa winks*
???: "Oh.. I'm sorry, the fan meet 'n greet is only this weekend. You can come and see me then."
Odessa: "Oh..."
???: "I got work to do now.. I'll catch you later!"
Odessa: "I'll see ya this weekend."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Bus
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Kiki: "Okay, could you please tell us where our books are?"
???: "I got them here."
Kiki: "Okidoki... hang on, you sound familiar."
The Steg: "I am 'The Steg', I'll be driving you around for this Challenge."
Kiki: "... You're just Min Hee."
'The Steg': "... I am The Steg. Please grab your book."
Kiki: ".. Fine."
Euphelia: "Hmm..."
Freya: "This is without any doubt the most confusion challenge I was ever tasked."
Lucas: "Whelp.. we're screwed."
Freya: "Hey!"
*Freya and Lucas each take a book and sit down in the bus to read through it*
Odessa (voice over): "What the Jetsetters have to figure out themselves, is that can find up to a total of 7 different riddles. That means that if they lock in 3 incorrect answers they automatically fail the Challenge. They'll have to think before they act."
*The Jetsetters read through their books, trying to find the page with the riddle parts*
Oliver: "Found it! I got:
1 - It is very dark in your bedroom and you want to grab 2 socks of the same col/
2 - /rs later than the time the boy thought he saw on the clock at home.
At what time did the boy arrive at school?
3 - /s a proposal. If it's not accepted Pirate 5 is thrown overboard and the next pirate has to propose something. And so forth.
What should Pirate 5 propose?
4 - /rs. There are more citizens than there are hairs on the head of any single citizen.
What is the bigg/
5 - You are on an island with citizens who look the same on the outside, but are different on the inside. The following 3 types app/"
Freya: "Goodie, I got mine here too!
1 - On a fine day you meet Connie and Diane. Connie lies on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and tells the truth on all other days. Diane lies on Thur/
2 - /rives after twenty minutes. At that moment the school clock shows a time that is two and a half hou/
3 - A street has 100 houses. The houses are numbe/
4 - /kies when they notice a duck swimming around. They land in the po/
5 - /cks should you get from my drawer to have at least 2 socks with matching colours?"
Freya: "For the time we wait for Lucas, Kiki and Phia---"
Euphelia: "That's Euphelia for you."
Freya: "--- we could try to put fitting pieces together already."
Oliver: "Oh, your and my pieces make up the sock problem. It's commonly taught as an example of the Pigeonhole Principle in discrete math."
Euphelia: "Here's what I got:
1 - /terday was one of the days on which I lie."
Diane: "Yesterday was also one of the days on which I lie."
What day is it?
2 - /ieces and they have to divide them. Assuming the aforementioned 3 traits how should the bounty be divided? First Pirate 5 doe/
3 - /ear on the island:
Knights, who always tell the truth
Villains, who never tell the truth
Normals, who some/
4 - A huntsman leaves his cabin in the morning and walks a kilometer to the south. There he sees a bear which he fol/
5 - /our from your drawer, which contains 24 red, 24 yellow, 24 green and 24 blue socks. How many so/"
Oliver: "And Euphelia's... So three pieces make up a riddle."
Oliver: "Q: It is very dark in your bedroom and you want to grab 2 socks of the same colour from your drawer, which contains 24 red, 24 yellow, 24 green and 24 blue socks. How many socks should you get from my drawer to have at least 2 socks with matching colours?
A: 5"
Oliver: "Yes! We got one!"
'The Steg': "Congratulations. You got one riddle correct."
*The bus slows down it's speed from 25 kilometers per hour to 20 kilometers per hour*
Odessa (voice over): "After 4 minutes and 45 seconds, the bus has completed almost 2 out of 5 kilometers already. At the pace the bus is now going, it'll take the bus about 9 minutes to cross the finish line."
Kiki: "Sorry for being late to the party guys, this is what I got:
1 - A man is standing in front of a painting portraying a man, and tells u/
2 - /eter straight to the North, to the cabin where he left that morning.
What's the colour of the bear?
3 - /sdays, Fridays and Saturdays, but tells the truth on all other days of the week. They say the following to you:
Connie: "Yes/
4 - /times tell the truth and sometimes lie.
Imagine meeting one of those citizens who tells you: "I am not a Knight."
Of which type is the citizen you are talking to?
5 - In an Italian town the following facts apply:
No citizens have the same number of hairs. Not a single citizen has exactly 40360 hai/"
Euphelia: "Good, there's some useful stuff in there."
Kiki: "You're welcome."
Euphelia: "I got one riddle figured out now, mind if I go and lock it in?"
Oliver: "That's the goal of the Challenge I guess."
Euphelia: "Q: On a fine day you meet Connie and Diane. Connie lies on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and tells the truth on all other days. Diane lies on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, but tells the truth on all other days of the week. They say the following to you:
Connie: "Yesterday was one of the days on which I lie."
Diane: "Yesterday was also one of the days on which I lie."
What day is it?
A: The day is Thursday."
Euphelia: "Good."
'The Steg': "Congratulations, you just solved the second riddle."
*The bus slows down it's speed from 20 kilometers per hour to 15 kilometers per hour*
*Remaining distance to the finish line: 2,64 kilometers*
Euphelia: "We can also answer the knights, villains and normals question. I cannot answer this as I just submitted an answer to the previous question. However, I think this answer to this question is "normals" because "I am not a Knight" can be both a true and false statement."
Oliver: "I agree. If either a knight or a villain says it, it'll be a paradox."
Lucas: "By the way, here are mine. Sorry I'm also late:
1 - /red 1 to 100. How many nines are there in all those numbers?
2 - /est possible amount of citizens this town can have (given that there's not an infinite amount of citizens?)
3 - /lows for a kilometer straight to the east. After he shot the bear he drags it for a kilom/
4 - A boy at home is looking via a mirror to the clock. Then he leaves to school by bike, where he ar/
5 - /land, then to the terrace and back to the duck three times?"
Lucas: "I believe my first one is 20."
Oliver: "We have all the pieces. If the third riddle is right, we just need to assemble two more riddles."
Freya: "I will try to gather all the pieces we already gathered and the pieces that are left."
Oliver: "Q: You are on an island with citizens who look the same on the outside, but are different on the inside. The following 3 types appear on the island:
Knights, who always tell the truth
Villains, who never tell the truth
Normals, who sometimes tell the truth and sometimes lie.
Imagine meeting one of those citizens who tells you: "I am not a Knight."
Of which type is the citizen you are talking to?
A: "A normal."
Oliver: "Sweet."
Min Hee: "Congratulations, the third riddle has been solved correctly. Just in time, as you've also reached the halfway point of the track."
Oliver: "Oof!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Diary Room
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Oliver: "A Challenge like this is just up my sleeve! Logical, out of the box thinking and puzzles is my strong suit so I've been a major contributer to the Challenge today. Though I think I should put my 'acting suspicious so the Assassin will keep me around'-hat on soon so that I won't be kicked out by them... Unless... You never know what's exactly going on on Jetset do you?"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Bus
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
*The bus slows down it's speed from 15 to 10 kilometers per hour*
Freya: "Okay, so here's what we have:
Oliver's Clues
2 - /rs later than the time the boy thought he saw on the clock at home.
At what time did the boy arrive at school?
3 - /s a proposal. If it's not accepted Pirate 5 is thrown overboard and the next pirate has to propose something. And so forth.
What should Pirate 5 propose?
4 - /rs. There are more citizens than there are hairs on the head of any single citizen.
What is the bigg/"
Freya: "My clues:
2 - /rives after twenty minutes. At that moment the school clock shows a time that is two and a half hou/
3 - A street has 100 houses. The houses are numbe/
4 - /kies when they notice a duck swimming around. They land in the po/"
Freya: "Euphelia's clues:
2 - /ieces and they have to divide them. Assuming the aforementioned 3 traits how should the bounty be divided? First Pirate 5 doe/
4 - A huntsman leaves his cabin in the morning and walks a kilometer to the south. There he sees a bear which he fol/"
Freya: "Kiki's Clues:
1 - A man is standing in front of a painting portraying a man, and tells u/
2 - /eter straight to the North, to the cabin where he left that morning.
What's the colour of the bear?
5 - In an Italian town the following facts apply:
No citizens have the same number of hairs. Not a single citizen has exactly 40360 hai/"
Freya: "Lucas' clues:
1 - /red 1 to 100. How many nines are there in all those numbers?
2 - /est possible amount of citizens this town can have (given that there's not an infinite amount of citizens?)
3 - /lows for a kilometer straight to the east. After he shot the bear he drags it for a kilom/
4 - A boy at home is looking via a mirror to the clock. Then he leaves to school by bike, where he ar/
5 - /land, then to the terrace and back to the duck three times?"
Freya: "For me it seems like there are more possible riddles than we need, is that correct, Min Hee?"
'The Steg': "I am The Steg. And there might be..."
Freya: "... Anyway, I think I found one!"
Freya: "Q: A street has 100 houses. The houses are numbered 1 to 100. How many nines are there in all those numbers?
A: 11 Times (9, 19, 29, 39, 49, 59, 69, 79, 89, 99)."
Freya: "Wait, what? Oh fudge, I might have an idea what the problem is..."
Euphelia: "You forgot 90!"
Freya: "Of course I did, I'm sorry guys."
Oliver: "Every number from 90 to 99 has at least one 9."
'The Steg': "The computer has now been locked for 45 seconds. You cannot put in any new answers until that time is over."
Freya: " Dang, how could I forget that number, now I'm moving us back a bit... I feel stupid."
*Remaining distance to the finish line: 2,37 kilometers*
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Diary Room
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Lucas: "I was the one who said it was 20 first, before she even walked to the computer. But then Freya comes in and completely butchers the question. Did she simply miss my comment or did she sabotage on purpose? I'm a little annoyed by it either way."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Bus
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Oliver: "The town riddle should be answerable in about 15 seconds."
Freya: "I really hope we get this right."
Oliver: "Hmm....we can look at the case where there are 40360 citizens. The range of possible hair values would be 0 to 40359. Each one of these numbers can be distributed to exactly one citizen, so it still works. I think it works for population values from 1 to 40360."
Oliver: "Once we hit 40361 and above though, we only have access to n - 1 possible values for the amount of hair strands, forcing us to assign the same number of strands to two citizens."
Kiki: "Okay, so what's the answer you propose?"
Oliver: "Q: In an Italian town the following facts apply:
No citizens have the same number of hairs. Not a single citizen has exactly 40360 hairs. There are more citizens than there are hairs on the head of any single citizen.
What is the biggest possible amount of citizens this town can have (given that there's not an infinite amount of citizens?)
A: 40360"
'The Steg': "Good job! You've solved four correct riddles."
Oliver: "Good job!"
Freya: "Great, only one riddle left and we get da mollah!"
Oliver: "Yay!"
Freya: "Okay let me try to find something..."
Freya: "Hmm this one: 'A boy at home is looking via a mirror to the clock. Then he leaves to school by bike, where he arrives after twenty minutes. At that moment the school clock shows a time that is two and a half hours later than the time the boy thought he saw on the clock at home.
At what time did the boy arrive at school?'"
Oliver: "Hmm, that one's kinda complicated."
Freya: "A boy at home is looking via a mirror to the clock. Then he leaves to school by bike, where he arrives after twenty minutes. At that moment the school clock shows a time that is two and a half hours later than the time the boy thought he saw on the clock at home.
At what time did the boy arrive at school?
A: He must have arrived at 1:25 PM, because 20 minutes earlier it was 1:05 PM, which in the mirror would be shown as 10:55 AM, which is exactly 2 hours and 10 minutes earlier than when he actually looked at the clock from the mirror."
Freya: "... What the fuck?! I did the maths!"
'The Steg': "Your calculation was good... But schools don't start in the afternoon."
Freya: "Drats, I thought I had it, and there are actually people who are this late, so I thought it would make sense."
Oliver: "It was a good attempt, Freya. I tried your solution and it looked correct to me."
Freya: "Okay, as far as I'm aware, there are two possible riddles left, and we only need one to get the money."
Kiki: "Hmm..."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Diary Room
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Kiki: "I've decided to stay in the background this Challenge and observe what the others were actually doing. And so far Oliver and Freya have been the most actively involved today, out of them Freya has screwed up all of her answers whereas Oliver has been acing all his answers. Euphelia seems to coattail those two, and Lucas... he's has done pretty much nothing."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Bus
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Oliver: "I looked at the bear riddle, and it's weird. The hunter's route would've taken him 1 kilometer to the east of his cabin in the end. Plus asking about the color of the bear seems like a lateral thinking exercise. Is the bear red because it was shot?"
Freya: "It could also be brown or black because we are in the woods and bears in the woods are usually black or brown."
Oliver: "It could be, although the implication is that the answer to the riddle is embedded in the text somewhere."
Kiki: "Usually bears are brown or black coloured, though red could be a good answer to go with- especially with the connotation to death."
Freya: "I have a feeling that it might have something to do with the directions, since he always walks a kilometer straight."
Oliver: "Hmm...yeah, these are good points. I'm not sure though. I also looked at the remaining pieces and this seems to be the last whole riddle we can build. Everything else seems to be incomplete."
Freya: "I doubt the bear would be red, even if the bear gets dragged all the way, I don't think it is enough for it to become completely red."
Oliver: "Yeah, maybe red isn't the right answer."
Freya: "It has to be something in the riddle itself, like even if the answer isn't exactly pointed, it has to be something leading up to the answer, which is why I wouldn't say black and brown either."
Oliver: "I checked again, and there are 4 pieces that don't form any full riddles. This means only 21/25 pieces are useful, so we have 7 riddles. And we've already used up 6 of them."
Freya: "It stings that both riddles I effed up were way easier than this one, and this is crucial and will be held against me."
Oliver: "Ah well, It's not like the bus will crash if we get it wrong, right? RIGHT?!"
'The Steg': "Kinda hard to, when it's only driving at 5 km/h."
Kiki: "Following on from Freya's idea of direction, could it have anything to do with the location of the cabin itself? Depending on where the cabin is in the world would that change what kind of bears would be there?"
Freya: "As far as I'm aware, he walked a triangle, from the cabin to south, then from there to east, and then to the north to the cabin. Maybe it is also just misleading and the answer is simply 'not mentioned'."
Oliver: "Your guess is as good as mine, I think. We still have a lot of time, so we can wait for Euphelia's and Lucas' input."
Euphelia: "A kilometer south."
Euphelia: "A kilometer to the east."
Euphelia: "The man then returned to his cabin by walking 1 kilometer to the north."
Euphelia: "This is only achievable on the north pole. Therefore, the bear is a polar bear and is white. My guess."
'The Steg': "...You have to enter it into the computer, Euphelia."
Euphelia: "....."
Euphelia: "Q: A huntsman leaves his cabin in the morning and walks a kilometer to the south. There he sees a bear which he follows for a kilometer straight to the east. After he shot the bear he drags it for a kilometer straight to the North, to the cabin where he left that morning.
What's the colour of the bear?
A: White."
Euphelia: "Goodie."
'The Steg': "Congratulations Jetsetters, you have officially won the Riddle Race and earned 100.000 Simoleons for the Jetsetter's stash!"
*Final distance: 2,98 out of 5 kilometers*
*The bus comes to a halt*
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Diary Room
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Freya: "Oh my god! For once we didn't suck as a group! Granted I fucked up both my attempts, as usual, but I bet the others can finally see that I did try my best. If that is enough to bring us one day of peace on the Jetsetter, it was all worth it!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Gran Giro di Monte Vista Pit Lane
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Odessa: "Jetsetters..."
Odessa: "Today you managed to outsmart the Assassin. They may have tried to make sure the bus would cross the finish line, but your logical thinking has stopped their victory and the bus today."
Odessa: "Your efforts have earned you §100.000 for the Jetsetters. The Assassin meanwhile has earned nothing. I also hope you paid close attention to details this Challenge, if you did you might have figured out who among you the Assassin is..."
Odessa: "Finally I'd also like to thank The Steg for driving you around today."
'The Steg': "It was a pleasure, Odessa."
Odessa: "You're welcome."
Odessa: "And now... off to the Jetsetter you go!"
*The Jetsetters walk off*
Odessa: "Ohmygosh it's him... what's his name even?"
Odessa: "Hiya!"
???: "She's still here?"
Odessa: "Can we still chat for a bit?"
???: "Err..."
*??? puts off his helmet*
???: "s'cuse me? Didn't get that last part."
Odessa: "Ooh that's okay, helmets aren't easy I guess..."
???: "I told you that the fan meet and greet was this weekend?"
Odessa: "I know, just wanted to ask your name."
???: "It's Jock Verzettelsch... Hmm, you said you were a fan but you don't even know my name, that doesn't add up to me?"
Odessa: "Lemme say that I'm fan at first sight, wink wink."
Jock: "Oh.. like that... Wait, you're from Jetset aren't you? You're Min?"
Odessa: "... I'm Odessa, Min Hee's just left with the contestants."
Jock: "Oh.. So you're done filming? The track is clear?"
Odessa: "We're done filming."
Jock: "Great! I need to do a test run with my ChocaFox™ Formula Sim car. Thanks!"
Odessa: "Ugh, hate it when they play hard to get."
*Ding-ding-ding-ding!*
*Musical intro*
Odessa:
"All I do
"All I do
Is waste another day on you"
Odessa:
Odessa:
"Can't you be
Wasting all your days on me"
Odessa:
"Take my hand
You know it makes me lose my head
Odessa:
Odessa:
"'Cause you're my man
But baby you don't know it yet"
Odessa:
"Why can't you be mine"
Odessa:
Odessa:
"In the daytime
In the nighttime
We'd have a good time
Can't you be mine"
Odessa:
Odessa:
"It's so easy
You could please me
Say you need me
Can't you be mine"
Odessa:
"Boy you're good
'Cause every time I look at you"
Odessa:
Odessa:
"I can't describe
What you make me feel inside"
Odessa:
"When you talk
I only wanna watch your mouth"
Odessa:
Odessa:
"The way you walk
Makes me wanna scream out loud"
Odessa:
"Why can't you be mine
In the daytime
In the nighttime
We'd have a good time"
Odessa:
"Can't you be mine
It's so easy
You could please me
Say you need me
Can't you be mine"
I think about it
Think about it
Think about it
You drive me wild
So why
Can't you be mine
In the daytime
In the nighttime
We'd have a good time
Can't you be mine
Odessa:
"I'll blow your mind"
Odessa:
"Think about it"
Odessa:
"Think about it"
Odessa:
"Think about it"
Odessa:
"Give me just one night"
Odessa:
"I'll make you shout it"
Odessa:
"Make you shout it"
Odessa:
"Make you shout it"
Odessa:
"Why, oh why-"
Odessa:
"-yyy-"
Odessa: "
"-yyy"
Odessa:
"Why can't you be mine
In the daytime
In the nighttime
We'd have a good time"
Odessa:
"Can't you be mine
It's so easy
You could please me
Say you need me
Can't you be mine"
Odessa:
"I think about it
Think about it
Think about it
You drive me wild
So why"
Odessa:
"Can't you be mine
In the daytime
In the nighttime
We'd have a good time"
Odessa:
"Can't you be mine"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jetsetter
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Kitchen
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
*credit goes to Iceman (Oliver's creator) for writing this scene*
Kiki: "Come on, there must be something good left in here..."
Kiki: "BINGO!"
Kiki: "Looks sweet enough. This should give me a quick sugar fix."
Oliver: "Excuse, m-"
Kiki: "OH CRAP!"
Oliver: "SHIT! What have you done?!!?"
Kiki: "OHMYWATCHER, I'm so sorry!"
Kiki: "It looks like most of it spilled. Great."
Kiki: "Oliver, are you--are you alright?"
Oliver: "OH SWEET WATCHER, IT'S ALL OVER ME! It's all so sticky and impure! I have to get all my clothes washed and I have to wash myself to get all of this filth off of me!"
*Oliver begins to hyperventilate*
Kiki: "You...really like your cleanliness do you?"
Oliver: "Kiki, this is a serious matter! All is not right at the moment!"
Kiki: "It's just some orange juice. You could stand to loosen up a bit."
Oliver: "I--I don't think I can. I've been this way since I was a kid. Benjie would know."
Kiki: "That must've been fun for him."
Oliver: "Hey! It's not like my extreme aversion to filth is any fun for me either! I have this...compulsive need for things to be this way."
Kiki: "How about we get you and your clothes washed up and you can tell me all about it? Just breathe and relax. Nobody ever died because of a little mess."
Oliver: "Um, the Black Death ring a bell?"
*Kiki sighs*
Kiki: "Oliver, I think you need to learn to chill. You can't just go on living the rest of your life like this. I have a plan!"
Oliver: "I'm not going to like this, am I?"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Karaoke Bar
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Lucas: "Come on Lenka see if ya can beat me!"
Lenka: "Rawwrwarrrrr!"
Lucas: "I ain't giving up anytime soon you know!"
Lenka: "Rawrawrawwwwwr!"
Lucas: "Hahaha!"
Lenka: "Raaawarrrawrawrrr!"
Captain Dockhatt: "There another 'un of them landlubbers be..."
Lucas: "Get me if ya can!"
Captain Dockhatt: "Ahem.. Hey there matey."
Lenka: "Rawrawwrrrr!"
Lucas: "Oh hi there Captain, how do you do?"
Captain Dockhatt: "Could be better, me's on the lookout."
Lucas: "On the lookout? For what?"
Captain Dockhatt: "Fer me locket. Me's lost it."
Lucas: "What does it look like?"
Captain Dockhatt: "A golden oyster with a pearl fer a hinge."
Lucas: "I'm sorry captain, I haven't seen anything like that."
Captain Dockhatt: "Ye sure 'bout that?"
Lucas: "I'm sure. I would have seen it."
Captain Dockhatt: "Lightning bombs! Leaves only Kiki and Euphelia who coulda seen it."
Lucas: "I'm sorry... Is it important for you?"
Captain Dockhatt: "Olden, golden memories come with it, matey..."
Lucas: "Oof, I hope you can find it soon then."
Captain Dockhatt: "So does me, matey... So does me."
Lucas: "Poor Captain, he seems really upset..."
Lucas: "Buuut.. Where were we Lenka?"
Lenka: "RAWWWWRAAAWWR!!!"
Lucas: "... Game over."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Diary Room
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Freya: "Euphelia is honestly an enigma to me. She isn't mean per se, but for me it seems like she sees herself above others and has this aura of absolutely not giving a damn. Part of me applauds her for it, the other part thinks she is so unapproachable, and considering we have so few people left, it makes me very uneasy to be around her. Maybe if I talk to her, we can sort the tension out, it sort of worked with Meredith, so it might work with her too."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Front Deck
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Freya: "Aha! There you are."
Freya: "Hiya Euphelia, I wanna talk with you for a bit."
Euphelia: "Oh."
Freya: "I feel there's a bit of tension between the two of us, you see?"
Euphelia: "Oh."
Freya: "And I kinda want to talk and sort things out between us if we can."
Euphelia: "Oh."
Freya: "I kinda regret having made a few bad connections here and there the past weeks and I want to fix everything I still can before it's too late and they leave."
Euphelia: "Oh."
Freya: "So if we could have a moment to talk about things now, maybe get to know each other's stories a bit better?"
Euphelia: "Oh."
Freya: "... You know, have some girl bonding? ..."
Euphelia: "Oh."
Freya: ".... Can't you say anything besides 'Oh'?"
Euphelia: "... No?"
Freya: "Oh. ...- oh fudge, you've infected me with the 'Oh'-bug now."
Euphelia: "Oh."
Freya: "....."
Euphelia: "....."
Freya: ".... I'll be somewhere on board for when you do want to talk."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Diary Room
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Euphelia: "Freya has been going through this phase the past few days where she wants to make up with everyone for all the things she has done to them. And well, she made peace with her arch enemy Meredith and soon after it's her exit. So, if she is the Assassin and tries to make up with me next, then I might be exit. Can't let you do that, Freya Valquist."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Front Deck
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Euphelia: "Hmm..."
Captain Dockhatt: "Hey there matey."
Euphelia: "Oh.... I mean, good afternoon Captain."
Captain Dockhatt: "Can me ask ya something?"
Euphelia: "Okay?"
Captain Dockhatt: "Did ye happen to see me locket lyin around somewhere on board?"
Euphelia: "..."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Diary Room
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Euphelia: "... This was a difficult situation. I guess the locket is very valuable.. but then again it's more valuable to him, judging by what I heard yesterday... I think there's only one right thing to do now..."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Front Deck
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Euphelia: ".. Yes.. I saw it lying around."
Dockhatt: "Ya did?!"
Euphelia: "Yes. I didn't know whose property it was, so I... kept it around until the rightful owner would claim it."
Captain Dockhatt: "Really? Why didn't ya say it to teh group? It mightta been someone who's been keelhauled already."
Euphelia: "Oh... I didn't consider that scenario..."
Captain Dockhatt: "Hmmm..."
Captain Dockhatt: "Anyways, it'sa very worthful thing teh me. Did ye see that picture in it?"
Euphelia: "... No?"
Captain Dockhatt: "A picture of me fine Kweenie! Teh finest vessel this ol' sea dog has ever sailed. ..... Me lost it when ye were still a young 'un. Then all me had left was that locket..."
Captain Dockhatt: "Days? It's been 18 years, lightning bombs!"
Euphelia: "Whoa?!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Back Deck
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Lucas: "So, Euphelia had it all along?"
Oliver: "Yeah, it was in her hands after all."
Lucas: "I do wonder though: if Benjamin brought it originally... Then how did Euphelia obtain it?"
Oliver: "Benjie... all I can say is that he was never good with keeping track of his belongings."
Lucas: "Hmm, that explains."
Oliver: "It does. Benjie is kinda crazy. I hated it when I was younger, but we learned to get along with each other over time, accept out differences."
Lucas: "If only some other twins this season learned that... The Belcastro brothers, the witch sisters, Wendi and Wendell..."
Oliver: "This is reality TV. Of course they put in some people just to cause drama."
Lucas: "That's true. Look at last season - Kain, Diane, Edmund, Hector..."
Oliver: "It's just like the Romans, bread and games. How appropriate considering the country..."
Lucas: "True, true. And yet again it's remarkable how some of those people who are difficult at first sight still made some friendships for life."
Oliver: "Yeah... human nature is inexplicable. And yet we need to explain it to figure out the Assassin."
Lucas: "... Yeah."
Oliver: "You didn't do much this Challenge. Why that?"
Lucas: "To observe. I saw a lot of stuff happening..."
Oliver: "Hmm, we could make use of that. Did you see anything suspicious?"
Lucas: "I did something this Challenge. I mentioned that the answer to the 9 riddle was 20, which was correct. Freya then took the question and screwed it up."
Oliver: "You did?"
Lucas: ".. I did. not sure if she heard me or not but it's kinda annoying. And then we had Kiki. She tried to push the group into answering the bear question wrong."
Oliver: "That's odd."
Lucas: "I trust neither of them."
Oliver: "Hmm, if there's someone who could have sabotaged but didn't, it's Euphelia. She could have cost us the win, but she figured that bear question out. Or she's buying some late-game credit."
Lucas: "You know what I also find interesting? A sneaky sabotage would be to lie about your question. But apparently nobody did, or else one of the questions would've been inexplicably wrong."
Oliver: "I see... When it comes to my suspects overall, I think it's one of the ladies."
Lucas: "I agree. Out of everyone you have the cleanest record, I can trust and relate to you the most out of everyone. Both in and out of the game."
Oliver: "Wait, out of the game? "
Lucas: "Yeah, like that thing about you and Benjie learning to get along through time, that sounds like me and Ethan when we were younger as well. We were so competitive against each other. Especially me towards him... But he stuck up to me when my parents kicked me out for being gay."
Oliver: "That's terrible, I'm sorry... "
Lucas: "It's what it is.. But yeah, we're both the brainier, calmer, more shy twins next to our brawnier, bubblier and more outgoing brothers. So I'm really happy that Eugene and Wendell put us together when the duos got shuffled."
Oliver: "Yeah, I can see that. You're a good guy, Lucas."
Lucas: "Thanks, sometimes it's hard to believe that. Especially around the parts where I'm from."
Oliver: "It's simply not your neck in the woods, sadly. Once the show is over and you have your money, you should look for the place you can call home."
Lucas: "I know I should.. Easier said than done though."
Oliver: "I know. For now I found my place at university, but I'm still not sure what I'll do after I graduate."
Lucas: "We both have a future of looking for ourselves ahead of us then."
Oliver: "Exactly. That makes for one more thing we have in common."
Lucas: "One more thing in common indeed, friend."
Oliver: "Friend."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
End of Episode 21
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
