The Perilous Catacombs

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While your pet and Kell where busy working on the right Melody, Corin tracked the monster underground, to the Neovian Catacombs.
After gathering some more information about the catacombs from Baffington the Kacheek, you, together with Kell and Corbin, make your way into the Neovian underground. You start the puzzle by clicking on the 'The Perilous Catacombs' button at the end of the page.


NAVIGATION
[Inside the catacombs | The Rooms | Curses| Faced Door| Runic Door| Prizes]

The Rooms

There are quite a lot of rooms in the catacombs. In fact, you're starting to wonder why some little know about them, because they are overly crowded. It must have been the public secret of Neopian. Cultists seem to be rather found of it, there are three different kinds of them.

The following beings can be found inside the catacombs:

	Doppelganger		Skeletons
	Evil Cultists		Spyders
	Friendly Cultists		The Ghoul Catchers
	Gang of kids		Treasure
	Gelatinous Non-Cube		Lost Tourists
	Globilol		Zombie Ghost
	Huge Dragon		Only after being cursed with: Curse of Meepitude Meepits
	Indifferent Cultists		Only after level 28 Faced Door

Solutions to each room
There are several different possibilities on who or what waits behind the doors. You cannot see what is behind, unless you are curses (or blessed) with the gift of foresight, which will allow you to see this. The following table can help you make a decision which action to take. Even then, there are several curses that can affect your outcome, cursing you even when you've chosen the right answer.

A chorus of ordinary-sounding voices are singing an old camping song in the next room. How charmingly normal, right? They sound sort of hoarse, though. Maybe really hoarse.
Who?		Correct Action
	Zombie Ghosts	Stomp your feet emphatically.
	Lost Tourists	Burst through the door violently.

A cool, faintly cinnamon scent wafts toward your nose. You look down to find purplish slime oozing out from under the door. Oh, darn. Those were new shoes, too.
Who?		Correct Action
	Spyders	Pull on a pair of gloves and open the door.
	Gelatinous Non-Cube	Pull on a pair of gloves and open the door.
	Doppelganger	Burst through the door violently.

A faint whisper rustles behind the door, though you can't quite make out what's being said. It almost sounds like they're rhyming in couplets, but that would be absurd. As you step closer and put your ear to the door, the whispering stops.
Who?		Correct Action
	Evil Cultists	Burst through the door violently.
	Friendly Cultists	Say hello in friendly voice.

A sound emerges from beyond the door that you can only describe as glorping. Glorp! Gloorrrrrp! Whatever's lurking in there smells a bit like cinnamon.
Who?		Correct Action
	Gelatinous Non-Cube	Stomp your feet emphatically.

All you hear past the door is silence. It's a deep, velvety hush that crushes all hope of escape or seeing a better tomorrow. It is the sound that comes after the last bell in the universe tolls its last peal - wait, wrong script. This is just an ordinary silence.
Who?		Correct Action
	Evil Cultists	Knock on the door politely.
	Friendly Cultists	Knock on the door politely.
	Globilol	Stomp your feet emphatically.
	Indifferent Cultists	Stomp your feet emphatically
	Spyders	Stomp your feet emphatically.
	Treasure	All three options work.
	Zombie Ghost	Burst through the door violently
	The exit	All three options work.

An unearthly moan ripples through the door, echoing around the room. A chill runs down your spine and you have to resist the urge to flee for your life. You have a monster to catch. You're a hero and stuff.
Who?		Correct Action
	Zombie Ghost	Knock on the door politely.

Behind the door, some rather snarky comments can be heard. Wow, that was a good one. Zing! You stop to listen appreciatively for a moment, before remembering your mission.
Who?		Correct Action
	Skeletons	Burst through the door violently.
	Evil Cultists	Say hello in a friendly voice.
	The Ghoul Catchers	Unknown yet NOT: Burst through the door violently.

Behind the door, elaborate organ music resonates. Surely there's no trap here. What trap would come with its own sinister theme music?
Who?		Correct Action
	Gang of kids	Stomp your feet emphatically.

Behind the door, you can easily hear an argument. You're not sure what they're arguing about, but there's some pretty creative name-calling. You write down a few of the better insults, in case you want to use them sometime.
Who?		Correct Action
	Evil Cultists	Take sides in the argument.
	Skeletons	Take sides in the argument.
	The Ghoul Catchers	Offer your services as a mediator .
	Lost Tourists	Offer your services as a mediator .

Behind this door you hear loud chanting. The chanters are quite enthusiastic, though one is particularly bad at rhythm and keeps joining in late.
Who?		Correct Action
	The Ghoul Catchers	Hum along with the cheery tune.
	Evil Cultists	Hum along with the cheery tune.
	Doppelganger	Hum along with the cheery tune.
	Friendly Cultists	Knock on the door politely.

High, wordless screaming echoes through the door. You can't tell if whatever's doing it is terrified, furious, or really excited by the latest Usuki Doll release. Chilling.
Who?		Correct Action
	Globilol	Burst through the door violently.
	Gang of kids	Burst through the door violently.
	Gelatinous Non-Cube	Burst through the door violently.

Huge snores can be heard behind this door. Surely whatever is making them must be very, very large. Probably you don't want to disturb its slumber.
Who?		Correct Action
	Indifferent Cultists	Slip in all quiet and sneaky-like.
	Globilol	Slip in all quiet and sneaky-like.

Someone, or something, is playing wild banjo music on the other side of the door. You recognise the melody. They're pretty good, actually.
Who?		Correct Action
	Doppelganger	BANJO DUEL!
	Indifferent Cultists	Hum along with the cheery tune.

Something monstrous just let out a roar in the next room. That's a good sign, right? Maybe you're getting the hang of this monster hunting thing. Corbin will be so impressed if you catch the monster.
Who?		Correct Action
	Huge Dragon	Muster your courage and step inside.

The door is glowing. That can't be healthy. Maybe your eyes are playing tricks on you?
Who?		Correct Action
	The Ghoul Catchers	Slip in all quiet and sneaky-like.
	Gelatinous Non-Cube	Slip in all quiet and sneaky-like.

The door is warm to the touch. Whatever is behind it has somehow heated the door to the temperature of muffins right from the oven. Ooh, muffins. What were we saying?
Who?		Correct Action
	Huge Dragon	Tell the door to chill out, seriously .

The growls that you can hear through the door sound rather threatening, actually. Whatever's behind this door isn't likely to be friendly if it's already growling and hasn't even met you yet.
Who?		Correct Action
	Globilol	Offer your services as a mediator.
	Huge Dragon	Offer your services as a mediator.

Voices emanate from behind the door. They seem to be having a pleasant conversation about the price of luggage in Altador... or is it the weather on Kreludor? It's hard to hear through a thick door.
Who?		Correct Action
	Friendly Cultists	Throw the door open boisterously.
	Skeletons	Throw the door open boisterously.
	Gang of kids	Throw the door open boisterously.
	Lost Tourists	Throw the door open boisterously.
	Indifferent Cultists	Burst through the door violently

You hear a skittering sound, like thousands of tiny bug legs crawling over every inch of the next room. Of course, it could be something nice in there. What noise do animated lollypops make?
Who?		Correct Action
	Spyders	Burst through the door violently.