Quick! (three weeks later):
G e t o u t o f t h E r e
(!)
Why take this action?
The reason begins with the classroom, a
9 ×7 grid with 63 rectangles.
Squeeze it, stretch it, and turn it.
Now heed
Donnelle’s
astute observations,
that your dream-like paragraph...
...also contains 63 words,
which can form a matching grid that may be overlaid by the picture,
and that only the first letter of each word might be pertinent.
Here is how the seating stacks up
and how a walk about the classroom snakes around to the answer.
START AT THE BACK CORNER OF THE CLASSROOM
'.
.''''''''''''''''''''''. '.
They're going : to kill : me. I '. don't
: : '.
: ______ : ______ '. ________
know what '. t|hey | want '. f|rom | me. '. G|oodness,|
.' |______| .' |______| .' |________|
: : :
I can't : remember what : happened… The : last
: : :
: ______ : ______ : ________
memory I '. h|ad | was '. o|f | two '. e|vil |
.' |______| .' |______| .' |________|
__________ : : :
? l|ooking | creatures: peering in : at the : end
'.(e|nigmatic?)| : : :
: |__________| : ______ : ______ : ________
: of my '. E|nglish| class… '. t|he | next '. t|hought |
: .' |______| .' |______| .' |________|
: : : :
: I had : was of : waking up : dazed
: : : :
: : ______ : ______ : ________
: in this '. r|oom | lying '. u|nder | my '. o|ld |
: : |______| : |______| : |________|
: : : :
: desk… Anyway, : the room : looks somewhat : familiar…
'..........................' '.......................'
(This interpretation allows for interpreting
“evil looking creatures” as
repressed/recovered-memory
Freudian
symbols
that represent “evil enigmatic creatures.”)
Behind the chalkboard – how this shook out
The story paragraph most directly...
...matches the picture when arranged into a 9 ×7 word grid
(not 7× 9 as above).
They're going to kill me. I don't know what
they want from me. Goodness, I can't remember what
happened… The last memory I had was of two
evil looking creatures peering in at the end of
my English class… the next thought I had was
of waking up dazed in this room lying under
my old desk… Anyway, the room looks somewhat familiar…
So there are two arrangements to try out,
beginning by connecting vowels to possible word fragments.
9 x 7 layout: 7 x 9 layout: T g t k m I d
k w t w f m G
: :
T g t k m - I - d k w I c r w h T l
: :
t w f m G I c r w m I h w o t e
: :
h T l m I h w - o - t l c p - i - a - t - e
: : : : :
e l c p i - a - t - e o o - m E c t n t
: : : : : : :
m E c t n t I h w I - h w - o - w u d
: : : : :
o w u d i t r l u i - t r l u m o
: :
m o d - A - t r l s f d - A - t r l s f
Not many likely trails, though, and
a scarcity of vowels in the top left quadrants is unpromising.
So let’s try the 4 different ways to...
...overlay the picture, like a seating chart.
T g t k m I d
T g t k [m] I d k w [k] w [t] w [f] m G
t w f m G I c r w I c r w h T l
h [T] l [m] I [h] w [o] t [m] I [h] w [o] t e
e l c p i a t e o l c p i a t [e]
m [E] c [t] n [t] I [h] w [o] m [E] c [t] n t
o w u d i t r l u I h w o w u d
m [o] d [A] t [r] l [s] f [i] t [r] l [u] m o
d A t r l s f
T g t k m I d
.....
T [g] t [k] m [I] d [k] w k w [t] w [f] m [G]
: : :
t w f m G I c r w I c : r w : h T l :
: : :
h [T] l [m] I [h] w [o] t m I [h] w [o] t [e]
: : :
e l c p i a t e o [l] c : p i : a t e :
: : :
m [E] c [t] n [t] I [h] w o m [E] c [t] n [t]
: : :
o w u d i t r l u I h : w o : w u d :
: : :
m o d A [t] r l s f i t [r] l [u] m [o]
'''''
d A t r l s f
And there’s the answer, alright, in the fourth and final case.
