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Mysterious Journey II Hints
Holding Cell: How do I escape?
1 of 16: Did you notice the three ropes? Pay close attention to what happens when you pull one of the ropes.
2 of 16: Each of the ropes has 16 notches. Every time you pull on a rope, it will pull downward by one notch. When the rope reaches the bottom, it will wind back up to the top and start over.
3 of 16: Notice that at one specific point on the rope, a small clamp snaps onto the rope.
4 of 16: Your goal is to get the clamp closed on all three ropes at the same time.
5 of 16: At the start of this room, all three ropes start out 14 notches from the clamp.
6 of 16: The only trouble is, when any of the three ropes is moved, it will also move one of the other ropes. Note which ropes are related to each other, and how much movement each of the ropes causes the others to move.
7 of 16: For the purpose of these descriptions, the ropes shall be numbered as follows: The rope just to the left of (while facing) the exit will be referred to as number 1. The rope just to the left of the twisted walkway fragment (with your back to the exit) will be number 2. The rope just to the right of another twisted walkway fragment (with your back to the exit) will be number 3.
8 of 16: Rope 1 moves rope 3 in a one-to-one ratio. In other words, if rope 1 moves one notch, rope 3 moves one notch.
9 of 16: If rope 2 moves one notch, rope 3 moves two notches.
10 of 16: If rope 3 moves one notch, rope 1 moves three notches.
11 of 16: It may be easier to figure out this puzzle if you make some notes on paper. You can assign a numerical value to each rope, to show its position away from the clip. So, if it is 14 notches away from the clip, mark down a position of 14. If it is two notches away from the clip, mark down 2. If it is on the clip, mark down zero, etc. Then, as you pencil in what moves you could make, take care that you correctly adjust the values of two "ropes" to show the distances from the clips. Your goal, of course, is to work the numbers down to a value of zero.
12 of 16: Try moving the ropes (on paper), in turn, by one notch each and look for patterns in the way the number values change. You should start to notice relationships between the rope values, and you should start to be able to see how the three ropes interact with each other.
13 of 16: Move each rope again (on paper) by one notch each -- and again, search for resulting numbers for patterns. You may already see the solution from this point.
14 of 16: You could experiment with the different moves, trying various combinations to see what happens.
15 of 16: If you had started out with all the ropes at a value of 14, and moved them by two moves each, you should have new values of 6 (for rope 1), 10 (for rope 2), and 8 (for rope 3). Try leaving rope 3 alone at this point, and work with the other two ropes to see if you can find the solution.
16 of 16: Remember, rope 2 moves rope 3 (by two notches). What would happen if you moved rope 2 by 4 notches? From here, you should be able to work out the remainder of the solution.
