- [Announcer] The
labyrinth, home to a beast.
Clergy have been feeding it
women and children for decades.
The rich eating the poor.
That ends today.
(eerie music)
- Yo, what's up?
Welcome back.
Look at this thing.
This is (knocks) actual metal.
Not fun to wear by the
way, it hurts my head.
How cool was that intro?
Come on, you gotta at this point
if you're watching you gotta leave a like
all right that's all I'm
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If that didn't make you
wanna subscribe already,
I can't help you
you probably aren't subscribed to anyone.
Anyways, welcome back guys,
today I told you it was
gonna be an epic one,
we're looking at the Scriptum Cube.
The same guys that made the
Mecanigma that's right here
is the Scriptum Cube.
So this whole thing is
based on Greek mythology,
the Iliad and the labyrinth where Theseus
has to penetrate the labyrinth
to find the Minotaur as
so that he can slay him
to free the people of
Athens, the Athenians.
So that's what this whole cube is based on
and we just sort of ran with that
with the whole theme as you can see.
I'm really excited about this puzzle,
I think it looks great.
This is exactly what you
want a puzzle to look like
is just mysterious and weird
and lots of like weird writing going on.
Reminds me a lot of the
Codex Silenda that we did.
Without any further ado,
let's get into solving it.
(long whistle)
(box plops)
This thing is pretty
substantially huge, I like it.
Same guys that made the Mecanigma puzzle.
These things are super uncomfortable
but how cool do they look, right?
(roars)
All right let's start the timer.
(timer beeps)
Let's go.
So we got this thing
here, this doesn't move,
none of this moves.
Oh!
Oh that just moved, let's
go, got something there.
Any of the other ones here?
Oh, okay.
Okay.
All right, oh wow.
Oh those go both sides?
How do I know which side?
Oh maybe I have to line them
up with what's written here.
That looks like it might make sense.
Maybe, I don't know.
How about here?
Oh no, it's already lined up.
I don't know.
We'll figure it out.
Okay let's put 'em all
down, how about that?
There we go, they're all down.
Now it opens!
No, oh this thing did spin though.
Did it not spin before?
(relaxing music)
Oh there's this side that didn't spin.
(eerie static)
- Listen to me,
I need your help.
- What about these things,
what does this have to do with anything?
Oh on the inside you have numbers.
There you go.
A-ha and shapes
and shapes and letters.
Numbers, shapes and letters.
What do you suppose that means?
There's clearly something
on the inside as well.
Okay so there's,
oh right here there is an order of shapes.
Okay.
Okay and there's nothing on this side
so they're all over there
so that gives us clues maybe, perhaps.
Okay.
And every side has the same shapes
in the same order, okay?
Oh, one, two, three, four, five.
Right?
Because the amount of sides,
look, there's one side, two,
three, four and five sides.
So therefore,
one, two, three, four and five.
What does that mean though?
What does that mean though?
Oh so three has to be on three, right?
There's three sides.
That seems to make sense.
Any other numbers here?
No, these are letters.
I have no idea.
All right, let's put everything
back to the way it was.
See if this thing still turns.
Indeed it does.
Okay.
Scriptum Cube, Scriptum Cube, MKD,
those aren't getting us any clues.
There seems to be writing all over it.
We have these things here
that you can actually move around
to line up somewhere else, right?
But what?
I don't know why.
I like the feeling of this though.
It's very satisfying it's like
click, click, click, click.
I like that a lot.
One, two, three, four, five.
And the writing's on the
other side so it's this way.
Then we gotta put one up first.
That's four.
This is just one, three,
and what letter's that?
Is that 10 or an A, a backwards A.
I don't know what that is.
Over here.
Oh okay, so the corresponding
symbols correspond to letters.
Let's see if they match up.
Four, no see they have different letters
that correspond to them,
I don't understand.
One, two, two, three, three,
four, four, five, five.
So there's two of each symbol,
like there's two squares,
there's two triangles and two V's.
There's three of these ones.
I probably have to find
the ones that go up
but also why would they go down?
Like I don't understand why
they would go down here.
There's no writing on the bottom side,
why would they go down?
They would probably go down to line up.
Oh, okay, all right maybe I understand.
So here for instance,
triangle has this little symbol
that's actually readable here.
The V has like a,
what is that a G or a Q,
some weird thing, right?
So that V, that two sided one,
if I can find one of them
that has the G or the Q...
Not here, not here, no.
The V has a G.
Maybe on this side.
No that's an A.
That's a B.
Maybe on the opposite side of it.
Ah, here it is so that symbol was here
so maybe I wanna line that up.
But first I have to see
what's written on there.
Okay, all right, okay I gotcha.
Let's try this out.
So let's start with the one here,
so the single line which
is this symbol here
lines up with what looks like a two,
what kind of looks like
a two, you see that?
So we're going to find
that two somewhere on,
here it is,
and we're gonna bring it down to one.
But before we do that we're
gonna find out what's on here
so that's like a square is like an S,
like a weird S shape, right?
So we're gonna bring this down to one
and now the square that we're looking for
with the weird S shape is next.
That kind of, oh here it is.
So that goes to the square
but before we bring that down
this one here is like
a triangle with like a
thing here, like an A almost, right?
So this S has to go down to the square.
Now we're looking for the
triangle with like an A.
There it is.
And that one is in a
square and it has like an N
all right, so we're gonna bring that
this symbol down to the triangle.
Was it square?
Oh geez.
It was a triangle.
And then the N goes on the square,
so this goes there.
And the N goes on the square,
the N goes on the square.
There's the N, the weird looking N.
Is that what we're looking for?
Yeah?
I think so, correct.
Or is it this one?
Oh man, all right, let's
go back to that last one
where do we have that triangle in there?
Yeah, okay.
So it's like an N with a giant line on it.
An N with like a bigger line.
So that's going to go there.
Now we're looking for this
one to go on the square
but before we do that,
we're gonna have a peak.
It's gonna be the number two
goes on the one.
So that goes there.
Number two goes on the one.
We've already done that, so now what?
Okay.
Three goes on the one,
let's just try that.
Three goes on the one,
before we do that the Y goes on the V.
So three goes on the one.
All right and now the Y goes on the V.
Y, Y, Y, Y, Y.
Here on the V but before we do that
the three goes on the one,
we already know that.
Close 'em.
Okay, so now how about the A with a one?
The A with the one,
the A with the one.
Where's that A?
Where's that A?
There.
Goes on the one but before that
that's the like the Q
with the V I guess, right?
The Q with the V.
So the A goes on the one
and the Q
and the Q
goes on the V.
Q
goes on the V.
The Q, the Q, the Q,
that's an O, that's a U,
the Q is here, goes on the V.
Before that though the U
goes on the five sided one.
So the Q goes on the V
now the U goes on the five sided one.
The U on the five sided
and that one is the K on the triangle.
This one stays on that one
and now the K goes on the triangle.
The K goes on the triangle,
before that the A is on the one,
we know that, the K goes on the triangle.
What are we left with?
Oh the circle like the little sign here
right goes on the V, goes on the triangle.
So if we find there goes on the triangle.
Before we do that the B
goes on the five sided one
so we do that.
Looking for the B.
Looking for the B.
Goes on the five sided,
it's already there.
Circle and triangle, I think we have that.
The K and triangle.
I think we have everything.
Just to make sure.
The K on the triangle, where's that one?
It's right here, it's already there.
Okay.
(crack)
Oh!
Whoa.
That just moved.
(cracks)
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Whoa!
Wow!
(intense music)
Did you guys hear that?
Dun, dun, dun, dun.
Oh my gosh!
Oh look it, look it, it's the Minotaur.
Congratulations, you have
defeated the Minotaur
but are you sure you have unlocked
all the secrets of the labyrinth?
Geez, I don't know.
I don't know have we?
There's the inside of it.
What are the other
secrets of the labyrinth?
Wait, so this thing turns here.
What do you mean?
Wait, so this thing turns
independently from this
so this turns but also
this turns independently.
The same amount of distance here.
What does that mean?
Are they just messing with me?
Oh this is locked now.
Oh!
Oh, oh, a double secret.
There's a false bottom here.
Oh my gosh this is so cool.
Okay, so this thing I
don't think comes out,
oh yes it does.
Does it come out?
Underneath that false bottom was this.
(gasps)
This is
it's in fil d'ariane
which is the, this is amazing.
So after he defeated
the Minotaur, Theseus,
before he defeated the Minotaur
he had Ariadne's string
that led him into the maze so
that he could find his way out
so use this before he went into the maze,
killed the Minotaur and
then to find his way out
he had to have this.
So yeah, obviously we
defeated the Minotaur
but we wouldn't have made
it out if we didn't find
the string that we had
left which is so great.
Let me try to get this out here.
So that's the false
bottom here which turns.
That is spectacular!
What an amazing puzzle.
You know, not too difficult,
it does take a little bit of,
you know, you're kind
of going down it blindly
much like a labyrinth where you're like
I'm just gonna follow my gut
and see where it leads me
and obviously it led us to the Minotaur
and then led us back out.
Wow this is so cool!
This is so sick!
Really, really, really, really cool.
I love the second solution,
I think that adds so much
value to this puzzle.
Obviously finding something
in it is pretty cool
but then adding to the
story with the string
makes so much sense.
What a well thought out puzzle!
Super genius!
This thing's awesome!
Holy cow!
All right, so I'm gonna
attempt to put it back together
so this goes underneath.
Have to fit into these
notches on the side here
so it has to go in this way.
That is now locked into place.
We then replace the
Minotaur which is awesome,
and we replace the top.
These things have to be slid
back into place, I guess.
How cool is that
that they unlock like that.
Look see, okay that one locks that one,
this one comes back and locks that.
This one here, this one here.
Like how satisfying is
that when you go, boom.
Boom!
Boom!
Like that is so cool,
that's probably my favorite
part of this whole puzzle.
So boom, bam.
And it won't do it unless
you have that configuration,
that is really wicked.
Wow, what a cool toy.
Oh, so cool!
Well hot dang!
I think I broke the table.
Should have taken that helmet off
while I was solving
I mean that was a nuisance.
Just kidding, it was off the whole time.
I can get used to this
though, look at this.
This is a summer bod
if I've ever seen one.
Abs hard as steel.
I am so thoroughly excited
about that solution,
this puzzle, the second
puzzle that's within a puzzle,
I think that's great.
Also follows the theme of the story
with the thread leading back
plus it's a labyrinth, the Minotaur,
just super well thought out.
If I'd have opened this and it was empty
I'd be sorely disappointed I believe
but the fact that they added that Minotaur
and added the second little puzzle,
just a little kicker, a small thing
I think is really, really great
something I'd love to see in more puzzles.
Anyways guys, if you did enjoy this
go ahead and like the video.
I left the link below where
you can buy this puzzle
if you wanna purchase it for yourself
and we'll see you guys on the next video.
(Woman speaks in a foreign language)
(upbeat music)
