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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.

[identity profile] sturmbahnfurher.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
I'd prefer the man who knows how to balance his truth and his lies.

[phone]

[identity profile] brotherseyes.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think it's a way out.

But there's something there he doesn't want us to find.

[identity profile] hungry-monster.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
Your riddles really do need some work.

[Johan isn't in your house for once. He's been in a rather annoyed mood lately.]

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
Wouldn't we all?

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
But what? What does a man like Grady hope to hide from us?

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[identity profile] socklessliving.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
[L sounds bored with the riddle.]

In general terms, he asks either of them what the other would say.

Is Grady using reverse psychology, or is he really as much of an idiot as that?

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, you. Have a disdainful scoff.]

Everyone's a critic.

[identity profile] brbgoing2russia.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
Y'know, most people wouldn't trust the guy in green spandex. 'Cause that guy just looks crazy.

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[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
[He recognizes that voice!]

Correct. Quite correct, indeed.

I believe you give Grady far too much credit, friend. He's not as smart as you might think. Trust me. I've worked with him in the past.
Edited 2011-03-19 05:32 (UTC)

[identity profile] hungry-monster.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
You'll find critics tend to gather when there's something of low quality to remark upon.
ryuuzaki: (talking - golly)

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[personal profile] ryuuzaki 2011-03-19 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Worked"? How so?

At the moment, it seems that it would be better to overestimate than underestimate. I haven't had the chance to decide for myself.

[identity profile] needlesthrubugs.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
[hesitant little Shilo voice]

...I like it here.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
I'd be more inclined to trust the guy in green spandex than the loudmouthed brat who doesn't know a thing.
Edited 2011-03-19 05:40 (UTC)

[identity profile] brbgoing2russia.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
Woah. Are you still mad about that paper I turned into you? Because I thought it was great. I'm thinking about framing it.

Uh- most people would trust me before you. Mostly because I wasn't in an asylum.

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[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
I worked under Grady as a Police Officer, for a time.

Though you are correct. While you overestimate his intelligence, his cunning is not something to be trifled with. He---he cheats.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
The quality of my riddles should never be brought into question.

[identity profile] brotherseyes.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
Do you think it's just Grady? Or is he just a puppet of someone else?

[identity profile] sturmbahnfurher.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
Unfortunate, that we should so rarely get one.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
Not all of us do.

[identity profile] needlesthrubugs.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
But it's so nice here! The sun actually shines, and there's plants and animals and nobody's sick-

[identity profile] pungeonmaster50.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
Or cutting through both men with the car and crashing the car through the fork!

Brings me back to the last time I tried ditch-hiking...

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
I suppose we'll just have to make do, won't we?

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[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
I've reason to believe that there are people holding Grady's leash.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know what was more atrocious about that paper---your obvious slander, your lousy grammar, or your disgusting penmanship.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-19 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
Stop. Just---

[He can't even believe what he's hearing right now.]

You do realize that they're trapped you here. Against your own will.

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