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Pigboils School of Witchcraft & Wizardry

2017 Edition

Wednesday: Divination Class

Here, in divination class, you'll learn to read the environment around you.

To The New Muggle Technologies Professor:

I know you're in Schmendrick's closet. I'm telling Rincewind, he'll help. Also, it was just ferrets not Headmaster Colom that scratched you. 14 of them. Corrupted by dark magic. So uh, maybe seek medical attention soon. Whatever possessed you to release them anyways? Wait, don't tell me, I can se... oh.
Anyways, Headmaster Colom is NOT a werewolf. Maybe a wear-wolf, if anything. Have you seen that ugly fur coat he wears sometimes?

Rolling her eyes,
Professor W. Wax

Notice To All Staff and Student:

Please bear with us; all of our textbooks have seem to have picked up some ferret fur and maybe the slightest tinge of dark magic. Everything's going to be just fine, nothing to write home about! Please. Really, don't tell your parents.

Signed,
The most definitely not-panicking deputy headmaster
Rincewind

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Wednesday: Understanding the basics of looking ahead

In divination, it's critical to realize that almost all events are connected and linked with each other. I've invited a ghost to dwell in this coin and flip itself 28 times. We'll record those flips here. Next, I've done part of the work in scrying for numbers and future coin flips associated with the ghost and written them down. It's your job to figure out what the full message is.

HEY LISTEN!

Heads. and Tails 

Flip coin
Result ('.' for heads, ' ' for tails):
(Don't know why the ghost is making that tapping noise whenever the coin lands on heads. Just ignore it. It's probably a bit bored.)

Figure out what the ghost is saying first.

And now for the rest of the message

Note: Spacing does matter here!
#0000#0000 .. .#0007#0004. / . . #0013#0006#0005#0014#0021 .. #0003#0007#0001#0025#0010#0006#0045#0014/ ..#0002#0008#0002#0015#0032#0001#0006#0003#0041#0001#0024#0034#0004#0009#0025#0054#0054#0017#0022#0064#0008#0013#0013#0040#0001#0050#0001#0034#0044#0009#0061#0022#0005

Hint: #0000 = .... 

What do the spirits tell you?

Hints and Updates

  • 09/27 02:00:00 PM: Show HintTaptaptaptap. Pause. Taptaptap. Alternatively, knock, knock?
  • 09/27 03:00:00 PM: Show HintEach '#dddd' corresponds to exactly 5 characters. How? Well, remember, this is divination class. Use the present to predict the future!

Puzzles Solved By

  1. Tana Wattanawaroon of House Ecrulot @ 2017-09-27 12:13:36
  2. Team Team Department of Chemistry of House Aylr @ 2017-09-27 12:17:39
  3. Chris Jones of House Risael @ 2017-09-27 16:13:53
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