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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] 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] 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.

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

[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.]

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeaaaaah. Pretty damn awkward, indeed.]

I'll be seeing you, then, Em---

[Eddie catches himself midway.]

Ms. Skye.

[identity profile] glowing-science.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
I'll see you then, Mr. Nigma.

[The slip is noticed, but she decides to try not to think about it.]