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> > > > > > > Alright, I'm in the 3rd world castle. I have made it into the kitchen, tried every option, and I've tried taking the dishes after making a mess but the serving girls always catch me. The porticullus has been fixed and I've bought Blood Drops a drink but he's always too busy to talk. I worked at the bar but wasted my money on that stupid map (I know, I'm dumb), and don't know what to do. I've read about having to take a picture from the banquet hall but I only the option to take the dishes.
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> > > > > > > Please at least tell me where I need to go now. I don't want specific answers but I'd love a hint.
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> > > > > > > 16 Bronze Coins
> > > > > > > Stone of Strengthening
> > > > > > > String
> > > > > > > Clear Focus Stone
> > > > > > > Magnifying Glass
> > > > > > > 8 Red Gemstones
> > > > > > > Food Rations
> > > > > > > Wire Clippers
> > > > > > > Piece of Trash
> > > > > > > 6 Black Gemstones
> > > > > > > Tinderbox
> > > > > > > Key of Opening
> > > > > > > Hammer
> > > > > > > Guard's Sword
> > > > > > > Sticks
> > > > > > > Portrait
> > > > > > > Map
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> > > > > > I don't see the rope or crate on your list. I assume the rope is dangeling down the castle wall.
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> > > > > > First you need to think over many times what the barkeep said until it starts repeating. Then talk to the blacksmith.
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> > > > > > Now go mess up the pots and pans and hide then go out window and returning to dinning room and switch pictures.
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> > > > > > But do get your rope and crate back. You are going o use them many times.
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> > > > > I got the rope and the crate back. I went to the tavern and talked to the barkeep and all he says is "Thanks for running my place!" I also went to the bakery and thought over Poppy Selt's (I thought you meant him when you said the barkeep) advice too many times to count but it still says the same thing. I tried going to the blacksmith but I only get the option of asking for a sword and asking for a suit of armor. Neither does anything. After doing all this, I went back to Blood Drops but he's still too busy and I still have no option to switch the pictures on the wall.
> > > > > Am I supposed to go to a tavern in Larosis or something?
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> > > > Did you visit the gwuils in the south? If not do so now. Also what may be stalling you, have you looked at the picture in the dinning room and noticed the ring?
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> > > Where are the gwuils?
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> > go out of the town and just as you leave the gate it gives you the option to visit the building in the south.
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> Well, I've found them, but I can't do anything with them except earn a coin. All the options are still the same, and when I think about what the barkeep said, it says,
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> "You deliberate over what Poppy Selt has told you and wonder how helpful any of it was. The word "can't" is self-fulfilling? It seems to fit with what the Sage said. He spoke of how you could work magical wonders if you believed you could. Poppy Selt's words seem to indicate that you can't do anything if you believe you can't. But how could that help? Does he mean to imply that if only you could believe you can defeat the Shadows, that you will, in fact, be able to? Surely such powerful magic would be too much for your spirit to bear, even with a sufficient level of belief and self-confidence."
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> Do I need to keep on thinking?

Yes but with the barkeep. You have to get the idea of the ring from your thinking over what he said. Then go make the switch-a-roo. you know how to do that. :-)