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questionauthority) wrote2011-02-23 09:24 pm
questionauthority) wrote2011-02-23 09:24 pm
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Riddle 020: Calling All Crooks
A. [At Mayfield High, Edward is taking to his new job as Ethics teacher with very little enthusiasm. Any kids in his class? Your first assignment is being written on the board in a neat, tidy scrawl:
"How far would you be willing to go to escape this place?"]
Discuss.
B. [Later on that afternoon, Edward makes a public phone call, filtered away from drones, Grady, the Mayor, the Smiths, and the like.]
Mayfield, Mayfield, Mayfield. You know what I like to do every Sunday night when I'm not scheming a daring escape? I like to think up riddles. Like this one, for example: "What is the one question you can ask at any point in the day, and still get a different answer?" Give up? Hmm?
Answer: "What time is it?" See? Simple. I could say "7:26" just as easily as I can say the time is 9 o'clock PM. Or this one---actually, my old college roommate, Andrew, was instrumental in helping me think this one up.
"Brothers and sisters have I none, but that man's father is my father's son!" I'll let you figure out the answer to that one on your own.
Hmm. Perhaps this Sunday night, I'll think up another good riddle. Or perhaps I'll finally find a way for all of you to get out of here. Who knows? Maybe I already have. Interested? Well---you already know where to find me. I've practically given you all the answers, regardless.
[He chuckles obnoxiously.]
"How far would you be willing to go to escape this place?"]
Discuss.
B. [Later on that afternoon, Edward makes a public phone call, filtered away from drones, Grady, the Mayor, the Smiths, and the like.]
Mayfield, Mayfield, Mayfield. You know what I like to do every Sunday night when I'm not scheming a daring escape? I like to think up riddles. Like this one, for example: "What is the one question you can ask at any point in the day, and still get a different answer?" Give up? Hmm?
Answer: "What time is it?" See? Simple. I could say "7:26" just as easily as I can say the time is 9 o'clock PM. Or this one---actually, my old college roommate, Andrew, was instrumental in helping me think this one up.
"Brothers and sisters have I none, but that man's father is my father's son!" I'll let you figure out the answer to that one on your own.
Hmm. Perhaps this Sunday night, I'll think up another good riddle. Or perhaps I'll finally find a way for all of you to get out of here. Who knows? Maybe I already have. Interested? Well---you already know where to find me. I've practically given you all the answers, regardless.
[He chuckles obnoxiously.]
(stomps upstairs)
Just this one night. That's all I want.
AND NO DESSERT
No.
[And then, despite herself, Susan sighs and sends her eyes flickering to the side.]
Tch. Give me one good reason I should even consider humoring you.
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What if we do end up finding some way out? If you don't let us convene just this once, then who knows? Perhaps we'll never form a solid resistance. Perhaps we'll never find a way out.
Perhaps you'll simply lie in bed each evening, staring up at the ceiling, asking yourself, "Hmm... What if he was on to something, here? Was it wrong of me to doubt Edward?"
Do you really want to put yourself into that sort of position? Do you really want to shoot me down before I can prove to you just what I'm capable of? Give me a chance. And I'll deliver.
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It's far more likely I'll ask myself, "When did I develop insomnia and why would I ever be thinking about Edward in bed?"
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You talked about the truth a few days ago. Tell me, Edward. Why is this important to you? Why do you want this?
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I've always craved the opportunity to prove myself against any challenge, as long as I've lived. I want to prove myself once again. But not in a way I'm particularly accustomed to. Besides, it...
[A sigh. Is he really going to say this?]
It's not just about my own escape anymore.
[That's as far as he's going to go. God, can't get her thinking that he's actually starting to care about people other than himself.]
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Sunday nights are 25% off the previous week's sweets and cakes in the bakery. The children seem to be fond of them. I'll return about midnight; be sure Slugger and Terezi are in bed for school by then.
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Of course.