Questions and comments welcome as always.

As you can see, this is a puzzle challenge. You must successfully navigate the Whirling Junction all through this adventure, but you will always be given clues. However, in this chapter, you will be penalized 50 points if you choose the wrong destination and means of travel.

Please smail the decoded message and your team's choice of destination and travel method by Wednesday, August 22nd at 11:59 pm Subeta time.

(PS: The judges would like me to remind you that, while WS has very few rules, one of the is "no God-playing," which simply means no creation of invincible characters. They point out that includes no creation of teams that together can literally do anything. Sadly, this usually occurs when a team loads up with too much magic. Please tread carefully with that in the RPs--they are prepared to deduct or disqualify entries in the future. Just a word to the wise, as I know it's entirely unintentional. Just read over once or twice before you submit, and thank you in advance. :) )

Good luck teams! :)

when we select a place to go we are on our own getting there right?

Yes. The next chapter will take place in the first correct destination/

, Please look in SL, thanks!

I am really confused what we're being asked to decide. Must we supply our own method of travel to one of the five indicated destinations? Are there five paths (methods) to any destination at all? Is it one of the five as a method to get to another of the five as a destination? And for ones where we're supplying either method or destination, what are the limits or guidelines of what we're looking for?

We've deciphered the message, but what we're supposed to do with it is causing a lot of confusion. I feel like I'm missing something obvious in the challenge description.

Since it isn't just Shy that seems to be confused, clarification is in order. You have to "fill in" the star to find what you need. Yippina has shown you five means of travel in the junction, each of which will take to one and only one destination, which is always the same. For example, the green ribbon/vine tendrils in the foreground will ALWAYS take you to the Pink Squirrel Boutique, which has nothing to do with the star.

Once you decode the message, it should clue you into a destination. Say the decoded message read: "Down and down and you go; you mustn't dare be late. Past hedgehogs and flamingos, and a tea party of fate." You would then smail me that decoded message with something like. "Our team thinks we need to visit Wonderland, and we choose to go down the rabbit hole."

This is only an example! Wonderland is not a destination in WS6 and a rabbit hole is not one of the travel methods given. You must decide on the place you need to go and choose the means of travel from the five presented, only one of which is correct.

Hopefully, this makes it clearer?

, thank you (and the judges) for thinking my Elena was super close. grin. have to admit, that I almost went with Elle Outfit Not Found from Jayne Castle's Siren. heh. I felt like even the background worked with that story. But I was in the middle of reading Elena and Raphaels book (archangels legion/N.Singh) heh. you know me. i get immersed in what ever book i'm reading. :D

Sorry to be a pain in the ass but I'm still a little lost. I solved the cryptogram (I know, it's a strange weird almost unbelievable miracle tbh), but I'm still not sure.

Is it pertaining to a list of previous WS destinations that we're picking from? (and then, of course, trying to guess which transport will take us there) - I've been trying to analyze it and I just...have no idea.

I have to concur with Reaper. I'm still a bit lost myself.

I get the destination now, but the method of travel (one of the five) is still confusing. Less confusing than before, though! At least I know what I'm trying to do. <3 , skype me.

I read it but I am so not sure. 100% lost.

Since deciding the destinations and the travel methods are one of the MAJOR challenges of WS6, I'm going to reply to the folks who are confused by smail as Yippina. This is out of respect and fairness to the teams who are figuring or have figured it out.

To ensure balance, Yippina will give hints, but no more than 3 for each team, and she will NOT directly solve this for you, which is why I am not answering and on the public board.

Anyone struggling, please smail.

PS: Here's a quote from our prologue for those of you who don't remember and are asking "what star?"

PPS It was one of Thorson's scrolls.

PPPS: Why am I dressed this way?

:

After five days, the members of the Organized Chaos finally found their diminutive Captain at the bottom of a well, her fur matted with mud, her cheeks salt-crusted from her bitter tears. Bags and boxes of empty Mother's Cookies Frosted Circus Animals, Iced Raisins, and English Toffees were strewn about her inert form, it seems that she had even attempted to eat some of the cartons as evidenced by the fang marks on some of the cardboard. The saddest and most telling clue to her state of mind was that she was asleep, hugging an empty whiskey bottle in one paw, and clutching a pencil and a transcript of the current WS6 puzzle in the other paw. "When will her suffering ever end?" Weldon, her mate said to no one in particular.

Oh dear--another cookie overdose! I hope they pull her up in time to ask her questions...

Isn't that one of special bottles? Oh the poor wee one. She's going to have SUCH and 'over indulgence' headache

/Welly Jianni rests a hand on Welly's shoulder and squeezes comfortinglyCookies and whiskey...brutal

I'm making hangover soup. Should help the whiskey, but I'm still worried about those cookies....

Okay--here's a limited time offer:

If you're hopelessly stuck on this, I will solve it for you and give you the destination and the method of travel. (I already know you've solved the cryptogram, since you all fixated on "worse than wolves," taking it out of context instead of looking at the whole thing.)

However, since I already have a complete solution (with the hidden bonus) submitted by one of the teams, I will have to subtract 500 points from your score.

Smail me if you're going nuts and want to take this offer,

We have all but the portal figured out but we do not want to take you up on your offer! I smailed you.

Thank you for the tips, I think we're gonna try to work it out - if we can't we'll be back to give up the points haha.