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> > >
> > > How do i corner the rat? all i can do is run it in a circle, clockwise or counterclockwise. ARGGGGGHHH!!!! do i need some new item or something?
> > > You have:
> > > course textbooks
> > > bacon sandwich
> > > hovercar key
> > > id
> > > quarter
> > > high heeled shoes
> > > stylish shoes
> > > mousetrap
> > > gas canister
> > > shorts
> > > t-shirt
> > > backpack
> > > purse
> > > calculator
> > >
> > > frustratedly yours,
> > > Triple Zero (000)
> >
>
> You don't need any more items. Make sure that you walk around the storeroom and clear things out of the way, first. It will probably also help to draw a map (and there's not that many locations, so it won't take long). If you've done that already, try chasing the rat and then backing off and approaching from a different direction.
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> > C'mon, there has to be someone who knows... you could just e-mail it to me...along with the solution to this puzzle:
> > [X][O][X}
> > [O][O][X]
> > [X][O][X]
> > y'see, i need to rotate the four groups of four to make an "X" out of the x's.
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> You're just three moves away! (Hint: work backward from the "X of Xs" pattern. There's essentially only pattern that you could have on the next-to-last position, but it could be oriented in four different ways. So if you find that pattern, you just have to try to reach it in two moves from where you are now. Easy enough to work out in a minute or two on paper.)

thank you, gremlinn. argh! how could i have been so STUPID?!? thanks again.