Yerkan of Elish wrote:Hmm. I suppose I could get around to crossing the bridge (very slowly, in my usual form of an old man) and entering the maze. I will use an n-dimensional depth-first search, always taking the left path I haven't taken yet at the most recent point in time I haven't taken it in yet.
A fleet of Yerkans begins exploring the maze. One of them calls out, and they all flit back into that Yerkan.
Puzzle ID #: 13
Time: 4 days
Discoverer: Yerkan
Attempts: 40
Yerkan has come to a pinnacle or spire in the concrete, where it begins melding back into the rock of the mountain.
Atop the spire sits a diamond balance scale. One pan is made of a big red cloth, with a few raw meats inside. This is resting on the floor, apparently pressed down by the weight of the pan’s contents. You think you can see the glitter of a diamond egg trapped beneath. The other pan is a giant green basket. Being empty, it is raised high in the air.
You also spot a gold-bordered piece of slate, and some chalk.
What do you do?