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Edward Nigma | The Riddler ([personal profile] questionauthority) wrote2011-03-19 01:17 am

Riddle 022: On the Open Road

[Standard Drone Filter in Play]

A question for all of you, Mayfield---and yes, it's most certainly a topical one.

A driver comes to a fork in the road and doesn't know which way to go to reach his destination. There are two men at the fork, one of whom always tells the truth while the other always lies. The driver doesn't know which is which, though. He may ask one of the men only one question to find his way. Which man does he ask, and what is the question?

There are questions you should be asking yourselves, as well, you know. Where did this highway come from, all of a sudden? Where does it truly lead to? And why would our dear friend Officer Grady be so insistent that we stay off the roads? Could this be a way out of Mayfield?

[He chuckles, self-assuredly.]

I'll admit, these questions certainly are fascinating. And I'm sure the answers will be found. Besides---at a fork in the road, who would you be more willing to get answers from? A man who only tells lies? Or a man who always tells the truth?

Someone like Officer Grady? Or someone like Edward Nigma?

I intend to hold a little gathering of the minds this Sunday to try and get to the bottom of all this. The choice to attend is yours, of course. Still---if you'd like to be educated, you know where to find me. Though, again, to those of you who joined me last month, you'd be interested to know that I don't intend to hold another meeting in the same place twice. I have far too much class, after all.

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[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
[He can't tell if that's condescension or a genuine expression from Johan. Likely the former.]

I'll need it.

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[identity profile] hungry-monster.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Not even close to the later.]

I have no doubt you will.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
That would at least answer the question of who would and wouldn't lie to you, yes. But would that tell you which direction is the way you need to go?

I fully intend to get to the bottom of this.

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[identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Or just another way for something to smack us down. I'm going with that.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Simple, really. I pose the questions, you find the answers.

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[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Edward grits his teeth. He's sure that Pokey might be right.]

If that's the case, then we'll need to prepare ourselves.

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[identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Probably.

How much are you looking to defend? We doing this every man for himself, or what?

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[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
Undoubtedly dangerous.

She's the grand puppetmaster pulling at our strings, after all.

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[identity profile] brotherseyes.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
What makes you think that? It's not that I don't believe you. But you're not the first person I've heard say that, and I want to know what we're dealing with.

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[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
[The old Edward would have gone for the latter before the former, but...]

We'll... we'll defend as many as we can manage to.
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[identity profile] glowing-science.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Funny, that you should mentions telling the truth like that.

We need to talk.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh. Terrific.]

We do.

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[identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
[He should fight you on this. Every little fiber in his body tells Pokey he should fight you on this.

But he can't. And partially, he doesn't want to. There are actually people he likes here, not that he'll admit it much.]


Right. I'll assume we'll go total defensive and not start something less they start it first.

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[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
When a troubled man claimed that Lucy was the one in charge, she essentially sent Mayfield spiraling into a state of martial law. A state of absolute chaos.

Granted, I wasn't actually present for these happenings, though I've no reason to doubt my old sources.

[identity profile] prefixation.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
Compound it in such a way that it doesn't come off as an additional question. "Give me a direction... will you gain anything from lying to me?" It sounds like an interrogation, but it's better than trusting the wrong guy.

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[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
Exactly. No reason to rush into conflict against them without any idea what we could be facing.

[identity profile] glowing-science.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
I won't interrupt your meeting of... whatever the hell it is you're doing.

But after, sometime during the week. And you're going to tell me the truth about everything. I'm sick of half-truths and being left intentionally in the dark.

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[identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
...Think we should prioritize who we want to defend, if it comes to it?

[Because Pokey's unsure how well the others in the Legion might take to the idea of defending others.]

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
...fine. If it's the truth you desire, then, by all means, you'll hear the truth.

[identity profile] glowing-science.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
I'm serious about this. No riddles, no games. We're going to sit and talk and set some boundaries that really should have been set ages ago.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
[He's not at all surprised to hear her say all this. She still doesn't fully trust him, after all, and she has practically no reason to.]

If you insist.

[identity profile] glowing-science.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
I do.

When?

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
...Wednesday, perhaps. After my class lets out.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
That's a bit of a stretch.

[identity profile] glowing-science.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
I'll meet you in your classroom, then.

[Although they won't stay there, because wow that would be awkward.]

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