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[holeful]

I've been thinking about puzzles lately. They can be good team building activities! So here's one to work on;
110020011102011’103 001 033032011-103110033102121 020033111103011 021032 113020021003020 011112011102121110020021032013 021103 121011030030033113. 121011030030033113 113001030030103, 121011030030033113 010033033102103, 121011030030033113 012111102032021110111102011. 113020001110 003033030033102 001102011 110020011 103110001021102103?

Hints;
1: Simplify
2:

[PS: If you feel like your character would be able to solve this but you personally cannot or will not do math, you can dm me or hit me on discord for a hint/the answer! Otherwise please just bully Fukuda for this horseshit.]

Comments

[holeful]

[DON'T ENCOURAGE HIM]

Exactly! There's only one floor after all. The way the question is asked makes your gut answer "yellow," but really there's no stairs to paint!

[swordhardy]

[ murder 👏 murder 👏 murder 👏 ]

Oh, I get it! Haha, that's a good one. I'll have to remember it to tell someone else.

[holeful]

[The murder you do and the murder he does are completely different things, Rokurou!!!]

Yeah! To be honest I was a bit worried about you for a minute there.

[swordhardy]

[ then suffer as his straight man forever, ]

I'm not really a riddle kind of guy. But hey, it's fun to change things up every now and then.

[holeful]

[Stop he's not supposed to be the straight man!!! He's supposed to be the insane one!!!]

What kind of guy are you, then?

[swordhardy]

[ move over Brenda there's a new girl in town!!! ]

The swordsman kind of guy. Sword guy? I like fishing too, though.

[holeful]

Haha, I can't say I know much about either so you have me beat in those areas! I used to go to the beach sometimes when I was little, but I never learned how to fish. And most swords these days are illegal to own and even the ones that aren't you can't generally carry it around in public.

[swordhardy]

So you're more of a scholarly type of guy? That explains the difficult riddle about your yellow house.

[holeful]

It's not my house, but yes, I'd say I'm more of an intellectual. I enjoy reading, but what I'm best at is numbers.

[swordhardy]

But the answer isn't a number?

[holeful]

No but the code and hints I had to come up with involved dealing with numbers!

[swordhardy]

Huh...
Wait, is the answer "abs"?
Are you supposed to show you our abs as the answer?
I can show you mine.

[holeful]

You mean to the first hint? No. It simplifies to "abse" which you could rearrange to say "base" which is the hint.

1/2

[swordhardy]

You could also rearrange it to say "b-e-a-s"
And wait, the house was yellow....

2/2

[swordhardy]

!!!
The answer is bees!

1/2

[holeful]

2/2

[holeful]

No, you already solved the riddle, remember? The answer was that there's no staircase in a one-story house.

[HE'S SWORN OFF FORCIBLY DRILLING HOLES IN PEOPLE'S HEADS BUT HE MIGHT HAVE TO START BACK UP AGAIN.]

[swordhardy]

No, bees is the answer to the first question.
I understand now. Your yellow house was a hint.

So? Bees?

[holeful]

No.

[He's at this point afraid to say anthing else lest it become misconstrued.]

[swordhardy]

Well, I give up.
Has anyone gotten it right?

[holeful]

The first hint? Yes, some people have gotten it right!

[swordhardy]

Really? Wow.