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Post by Zero on Jun 13, 2013 16:35:29 GMT -5
The small corner of a piece of paper stuck out of the sucking apparatus. It seemed that whatever she had caught was now stuck inside it.
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Post by Nona Kashiwabara on Jun 13, 2013 16:39:10 GMT -5
Nona leaned in close.
"Some piece of paper...?"
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Post by Fox Wilder on Jun 13, 2013 16:41:11 GMT -5
"Great"
Fox attempted to gently pull the scrap of paper away.
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Post by Zero on Jun 13, 2013 16:43:50 GMT -5
The paper would not budge. However, there was an "expel" button next to the "vacuum" button.
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Post by Mei Kasonoda on Jun 13, 2013 16:46:08 GMT -5
...
Mei tilted the vacuum toward Fox's face, and pressed expel.
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Post by Zero on Jun 13, 2013 16:48:03 GMT -5
The paper shot out directly at Fox's face, followed by an ambush of dirt, crumbs, and soot. The scattered fragments slowly began to clear as the cloud spread in the air.
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Post by Nona Kashiwabara on Jun 13, 2013 16:48:31 GMT -5
"Phhhh...hahahaha...!"
Nona couldn't help but giggle.
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Post by Fox Wilder on Jun 13, 2013 16:52:44 GMT -5
Fox was knocked back by the onslaught. He began coughing wildly.
When the dust cleared he glared at the two girls with an expression of pure hate.
He shook out his rather dirty hair and picked up the piece of paper. Blinking rapidly in an attempt to clear his vision enough to read it.
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Post by Zero on Jun 13, 2013 17:06:24 GMT -5
Page of TV guide:
- All the channels seemed to be listed in a weird order.
- Two of the channels were crossed out with "x" marks.
12:00am to 1:00am
- 043 .......... Paid Ads
- 228 .......... Do It Yourself
- 247 .......... 24 Hour Cooking
- 355 .......... TMI Adult Films
- xxx .......... The Escape Channel
- 375 .......... All-Nighter Sports
- 567 .......... Blind Rabbit Hunting
- 636 .......... Japan's Got Talent
- xxx .......... Seeking the Code
- 746 .......... Extreme Lawn-Mowing
- 844 .......... Midnight Pool Club
- 948 .......... Detective John Everyman
[TV guide added to the archive.]
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Post by Fox Wilder on Jun 13, 2013 17:10:08 GMT -5
"Hey, Mei, good news! You can watch the TV"
He handed the dusty guide to her, then coughed one last time.
"So, we need to watch The Escape Channel and Seeking the Code"
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Post by Mei Kasonoda on Jun 13, 2013 17:18:13 GMT -5
Mei stared at the TV guide for a moment.
"Escape Channel, huh...?"
...
She zoomed toward the TV and turned it back on, then pressed "367" on the number pad.
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Post by Zero on Jun 13, 2013 17:32:07 GMT -5
The screen went white for a moment, then showed a new channel. 367 - The Escape Channel: - It had no sound. - Nothing but some colorful text appeared on the screen.  |
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Post by Nona Kashiwabara on Jun 13, 2013 17:32:26 GMT -5
"Whoa! How did you get it!?"
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Post by Fox Wilder on Jun 13, 2013 17:35:46 GMT -5
"I figured it out after Mei did. Seeking the code is channel 734 right Mei?"
He nodded at her.
"It's the number of letters in each word"
He turned to stare intently at the screen.
"So what do you think all those zeros mean?"
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Post by Mei Kasonoda on Jun 13, 2013 17:50:36 GMT -5
Mei opened her mouth for a moment, but no words came out. She was clueless.
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Post by Fox Wilder on Jun 13, 2013 17:53:58 GMT -5
"I was thinking it's for the code to get out of here, since it's the Escape Channel after all. Maybe we need to find fragments of the code corresponding to those three colours?"
He shrugged.
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Post by Mei Kasonoda on Jun 19, 2013 15:45:09 GMT -5
"Well, what about the other channel? Wouldn't dat mean 'Seeking the Code' has a code?"
Her eyes rolled.
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Post by Fox Wilder on Jun 19, 2013 15:48:43 GMT -5
"That makes sense."
Fox reached over and entered 734 into the number pad.
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Post by Zero on Jun 19, 2013 15:52:30 GMT -5
The screen went white for a moment, then showed a new channel. 734 - Seeking the Code:- It had no sound. - Plain white text appeared on the screen:  |
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Post by Mei Kasonoda on Jun 19, 2013 16:13:17 GMT -5
Mei stared at the screen for a few seconds.
"R + B + G... And the final key shall be revealed."
...
"...Wut."
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Post by Nona Kashiwabara on Jun 19, 2013 16:17:13 GMT -5
"Wait a sec... I feel like I know this one..."
Nona thought about it for a second, then raised her arm over her shoulder.
"This may be kinda random, but do either of you know HTML?"
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Post by Mei Kasonoda on Jun 19, 2013 16:17:43 GMT -5
Mei raised an eyebrow.
"...HTML? Da hell is that?"
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Post by Fox Wilder on Jun 19, 2013 16:20:39 GMT -5
"I only know it's used on the internet"
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Post by Nona Kashiwabara on Jun 19, 2013 16:22:08 GMT -5
"Well basically, the way it reads colors is by using these 6-digit codes. Every two digits is one byte, and each byte represents the intensity of each primary color that makes up the total color." Nona changed the TV back to channel 367. She pointed to each of the three colors that the "0"s consisted of. "See? The first byte is for red. Second is for green, and third is for blue. You've heard of RGB before, right? That's what it stands for." |
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Post by Mei Kasonoda on Jun 19, 2013 16:24:54 GMT -5
"...I'm totally lost. Would you mind speaking our language?"
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Post by Nona Kashiwabara on Jun 19, 2013 16:26:09 GMT -5
Nona shrugged.
"Sorry, I dunno how to say it more simply than that."
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Post by Fox Wilder on Jun 19, 2013 16:28:19 GMT -5
Fox rubbed the back of his neck. He felt just as lost as Mei
"So... you'll have to help us out here Nona, how can we find the code from this?"
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Post by Nona Kashiwabara on Jun 19, 2013 16:36:11 GMT -5
Nona crossed her arms in thought, as she tried to explain.
"Well, the values of each byte aren't written in normal numbers... Our normal number system is Base 10, also known as Dec. It basically means that each digit can hold one of 10 possible numbers: 0 through 9. But color codes in HTML use Base 16 instead. Also known as Hex."
"In Hex, there are 16 single-digit numbers instead of just 10... does that make any sense?"
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Post by Mei Kasonoda on Jun 19, 2013 16:37:12 GMT -5
"So... you're saying in Hex, there's 6 more numbers between 9 and 10?"
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Post by Nona Kashiwabara on Jun 19, 2013 16:46:06 GMT -5
"Yeah. Basically."
She continued her complicated explanation.
"But since there aren't any latin symbols for numbers higher than 9, we use letters instead: A through F. In other words, counting to 10 in Hex would sound like this:"
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F, 10.
"And those same letters would appear again any other time you pass 9, no matter what digit place you're on. So there would also be a 1A, 1B, 1C, then eventually a 2A, 2B, 2C, and so on. For some perspective, Dec 100 would be Hex 64, and Dec 300 would be Hex '12C'."
The quick calculations were like simple math to her. She was able to solve them without batting an eye.
"Since each byte can only have two digits, can either of you guess what the highest possible value for a primary color is?"
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