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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;
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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]

Working to solve a problem with another person helps you grow closer together, don't you think? You're both trying to arrive at the same point, so your minds have to be connected.

[hellborne]

Oh.

I see now.

It may not always work that way, but when it does it can truly be something one-of-a-kind.

[holeful]

Aah. Being able to really see eye to eye with someone is pretty rare, I think. But it's worth it.

Even if it's for just a moment I think it's worth chasing after.

[hellborne]

[ there’s a long pause between texts here, as jack is more or less staring at the text, their mind blank. what can they say in response? as a servant, they’re meant to forget their memories the moment that they are taken back to the throne, with only some exceptions.

but being here, in hell, is a completely different situation. the person that they saw eye to eye with is farther away than they could ever imagine, yet the memory of him burns brightly with every reflective surface that they look at.

… ]

However, as the maker of the puzzle, does that not take away the ability for you to connect with someone else? Or are you perhaps looking for someone to see what you see, by giving out a puzzle built around something that you are skilled in?

[holeful]

[There's a long pause, where Fukuda's clearly preparing another thoughtful response. Then;]

I didn't really think about it like that, but I guess so! I'm not really that important, though. If other people get something out of it, that's good enough.

[hellborne]

No need to put yourself down like that, chap. Everyone has their place and purpose in the world.

[holeful]

What makes you so sure about that?

[hellborne]

Truth be told, I have no way of assuring you.

But I'd to believe it, simply because I knew someone who thought that way.

[holeful]

[Ah. Well, Fukuda thinks that's nice.]

I see. Well, I can't argue it's an unpleasant way of thinking, though I can't really bring myself to believe it.

I mean, we've been sent to hell for a reason, haven't we?

[hellborne]

Haha. I once said that I had come from Hell, so I am not surprised about my arrival here at all.

[ they're more surprised about the Form they're in, but maybe that's a form of punishment, too. ]

[holeful]

That's a pretty ominous thing to say! Doesn't that go against not talking badly about yourself? If it applies to me it applies to you too.

[hellborne]

Hardly. In my case, I am simply stating a possible fact, while you are stating a low opinion of yourself.

[holeful]

Are you some sort of demon, then?

[hellborne]

Some would say that.

[holeful]

[Hm. Hmm.... No, surely not. Right?]

Remind me what your name was again?
[He never got it in the first place.]

[hellborne]

I never gave it. Neither have you.

[holeful]

Oh! I'm Fukuda Tamotsu.

[hellborne]

Nice to meet you.

Maybe I'll send mine as a puzzle, one day.

[holeful]

Haha, you wouldn't be the first to use one to tell me your name! So I'm fine with it.

[hellborne]

My abilities in math are lacking, but I'll think of something, don't worry.

[holeful]

I believe in you! I mean, there's plenty of kinds of puzzles that don't use numbers.

[hellborne]

Haha, well, it seems that I've created some expectation.

Very well, I will try to meet them.