Cookie Thread Act 2: Silksong

[May]

Sounds like a bother so I won’t

[TodaysStory]

its just one massive maze as a game. not even in a bad way. its very dreamlike

[May]

If “turn out the lights so you’re not contacted as a witness” isn’t considered a valid answer then I asusme it’s incorrect

[May]

If you’re doing a murder your mind is on witnesses though so that’s all I can think of

[Litten]

Can you draw a picture

[Magnus]

@Magnus

Imagine it’s a Christmas. A young child is visited by Santa and is given two presents: a Soccer ball and a bicycle, but the kid wasn’t happy. Why not?

Responses

Summary

@TodaysStory

easy. no limbs

@Litten

They found out Santa isn’t real

@benguinedparbecue

this is just a fundamental attribution error test. clearly the kid already has a soccer ball and a bicycle (or the bike isn’t their size and it’s clearly just for the parent who bought it)

@May

The child has undiagnosed chronic pain and all forms of exercise are deeply and intensely miserable and they assumed their whole life that other people who seemed to enjoy them were just particularly masochistic.

@Magnus

You are robbing a house in the dead of night. The homeowner leaves their bedroom and sees you, and runs to hide in the closet. You see this happen, and you have a knife. What do you do?

Responses

Summary

@Litten

barricade the closet

@benguinedparbecue

if they didn’t see my face i’m just moving on and finding another house. not worth the murder charges i just came there to steal shit

@May

It’s the dead of night, the light is off, I’m smart enough to rob a stranger instead of someone I know. There’s no reason to upgrade this to a risk of a murder charge when them tattling won’t do all that much damage. When I leave the room, they’re likely to call the cops, so gotta be careful on the way out, but… like… I’m not gonna stab them LOL

@TodaysStory

leave, steal their car, ditch it in the woods and hitch hike home

@Magnus

You live in an apartment on the fifth floor, still late at night. Before heading to bed, you look out the window and witness a murderer killing someone in an adjacent building. This killer sees you as well. Immediately, the killer points at you and flicks their finger up and down a few times. What is the killer signalling?

Responses

Summary

@May

Do they want me to not be a witness? Most people killing people have some motive and aren’t just doing it to kill people. I doubt it means I’m next. Turning out the lights doesn’t help me not be a witness, really, though.

@Litten

Why would they be flicking their finger up and down anyway

@benguinedparbecue

it might be a “you’re next if you report this” symbol but. how the fuck are they gonna get to me i’m on the fifth floor. can’t get to me by window. if i lock and barricade the door you’re not getting in bozo

[Magnus]

Here’s the answer: the killer was counting the number of floors below you to figure out which room you were in.

[Litten]

How is he THAT bad at math?

[Litten]

Do you really need a figure to do that?

[May]

Well I don’t know what “flicking their finger up and down a few times” means buddy

[Magnus]

The thing is that a normal person never thinks of that.

[benguinedparbecue]

bozo’s still not gonna get to me. nice try idiot

[Hazardwaste]

HEY LEAVE THE GUY ALONE

[May]

I assumed it was an entirely different gesture from a counting one

[Hazardwaste]

He is trying his best

[Litten]

HAZZY DO YOU HAVE A CONFESSION

[Magnus]

Hazard, join our empathy quiz.
Answer questions 1 and 2.

[Hazardwaste]

MATHS HARD OK

[TodaysStory]

im so sleepy

[benguinedparbecue]

i think if i saw this happen i might reach that conclusion because it would be more clear that they were counting. the description was not very clear. i want to live in the world where it’s the “ah ah ah you got me” finger waggle