The Sphinx's Lair

I was looking forward to the confusion of someone saying "contact" and nobody being sure whether it was to say they'd found the word or to say the actual word.

Sp3000

crickets chirp

Rand al'Thor

Apparently I really did kill the room this time.

Or @Deusovi is spending ages coming up with his next word.

Deusovi

Oh, I'm coming up with a word now? Alright

Sp3000

I wouldn't be surprised if Deus was busy :P

... oh nvm

Deusovi

3:20 AM

Yeah, I do have some homework I need to get to at some point

stacksfiller

I'm here again

Wow that game went fast

Yep.

Sorry :-(

R

Who knows?

3:24 AM

Random?

Rand al'Thor

Yep.

stacksfiller

Something Deusovi can't know what it is

Rand al'Thor

Wait, is that a real clue?

stacksfiller

Yup

Let me make it better

Something Deusovi can't tell apart from others

Deusovi

No, it's not red

stacksfiller

3:26 AM

Yup

Sp3000

Killed who? (Spoilers!)

stacksfiller

Something it's hard to tell red apart from?

Deusovi

No, it's still not red. :P

stacksfiller

Haha not right this time

Rand al'Thor

Possible contact for Sp

Deusovi

3:28 AM

Go for it.

Rand al'Thor

Going with the "spoilers" angle ... Rosebud?

Sp3000

Oof nope

In the interest of not giving too many spoilers, I'll just say that the answer involved Doctor Who

contact

With Stacks?

With Sp.

3:29 AM

Oh.

I thought Sp's clue was done now

Sp3000

I think mine's invalidated now :P

(I would have said the answer outright there)

Rand al'Thor

Ah, because you've basically given the answer away?

Deusovi

For people who know Doctor Who. (I don't.)

Sp3000

Yeah, that was supposed to be a "this is the answer if you know what I'm talking about" :P

Rand al'Thor

Gotcha.

Sorry, I'm tired.

Deusovi

3:31 AM

Anyway, I don't know Stacks', and I don't think anyone else does either

Oh!

stacksfiller

Yeah

Deusovi

No, it's not read

Sp3000

Yeah dunno stacks unless it's a word for red starting with R

stacksfiller

Yup!

Sp3000

... nvm

stacksfiller

3:31 AM

I thought that was funny

I thought so too!

Nice one.

Dancer, say

I've thought of a lot of things that probably aren't it

So you know

Process of elimination

I'm getting closer

Deusovi

Yeah, you just have to go through all the words that start with R!

(I have no idea.)

Rand al'Thor

3:35 AM

Greedo shot first

Deusovi

Clueless there too.

Sp3000

Same for that one

stacksfiller

Contact posssssssibly?

Deusovi

Go for it.

stacksfiller

Revision?

Rand al'Thor

3:36 AM

Nope.

(But close.)

stacksfiller

Hotel owner again

Sp3000

Contact but I'm sure Deus knows, surely :P

Rehost???

Contact maybe?

Nope

3:38 AM

Not sure. Go for it, both of you

REPUBLICAN

Republican?

...

Yup! lol

dammit

3:38 AM

:-D

Second letter E.

Mine still holds

So does mine.

Rand, you already had an attempted (and failed) contact

stacksfiller

Yeah, you can say yours Rand

Rand al'Thor

3:39 AM

Oh, does that invalidate it?

I didn't realise you don't get multiple chances at contact.

Sp3000

If you did that'd be unfair for the defender I think

Rand al'Thor

Fair enough.

stacksfiller

It's because in real life, both people say it at the same time

Rand al'Thor

The intended answer was RETCON.

stacksfiller

We're just not doing that because online

So IRL you'd have said it when I said REVISION

Sp3000

3:40 AM

Ah, there's a nice word (not that I knew enough Star Wars for it)

Rand al'Thor

Damn, of course I should have made it a Doctor Who retcon since you know that and Deus doesn't.

Ah well.

Sp3000

Only marginally though :P I don't know it that much

stacksfiller

Not nominal

Deusovi

No, it's not relative.

stacksfiller

Nope

Sp3000

3:43 AM

I have no idea

Deusovi

No, it's not real

stacksfiller

+1

Someone who did be there

(changed that slightly)

Rand al'Thor

Are you putting on an Illian accent? :-P

Sp3000

o_O

stacksfiller

Illian?

Rand al'Thor

3:45 AM

People who do be from Illian, they do talk like this.

stacksfiller

Don't worry, my grammar is intentionally like that

Deusovi

No idea.

Sp3000

Neither

Oh wait

Contact

stacksfiller

:D

Deusovi

Go for it

Sp3000

3:47 AM

RESIDENT?

stacksfiller

Aww

Nope

Sp3000

Damn

stacksfiller

Be there or be square

=> rectangle

I guess I got too crazy with removed-ness

Deusovi

So... any more clues?

Sp3000

Come again

Deusovi

3:49 AM

No, it's not revisit.

stacksfiller

Contact

Sp3000

Yeah that

stacksfiller

Oh I thought it was "Repeat", like "Come again?"

Sp3000

What many of us are, with respect to here

Deusovi

No, it's not regulars.

Sp3000

3:51 AM

This is hard :P

PET -> ??? (9)

stacksfiller

An example is this clue, for example

Deusovi

No, it's not repetitive.

stacksfiller

Nope

Deusovi

It's also not redundancy.

stacksfiller

Yeah

Something on a score

Rubio

3:56 AM

hi. what letters are we at?

RE

thanks

Contact for stack's

No, it's not a rest.

Yup

3:59 AM

Four Es (7)

Deusovi

No, it's not referee.

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