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Edward Nigma | The Riddler ([personal profile] questionauthority) wrote2011-06-19 10:25 am

Riddle 029: Where is the Father?

{First, a public phone call, filtered from drones.]

Hello again, Mayfield. I've been noticing plenty of new faces around town as of late. Plenty of people with plenty of questions.

Every question has an answer, friends---I can guarantee you that. And I, Edward Nigma, can help you find all of these answers. And more. Now, I'm sure I can already predict the next question that's on your minds right now. "What's the catch?" Answer: I I'll be needing your help with a little summer project of mine. Here's your first clue as to what it might be.

“I cannot be seen and I weigh nothing,
But when put into a barrel, I make it lighter.”

What am I?

[It's just after finishing up with this little phone call that he gets his first good look at the calendar. Father's Day. Not exactly Edward's favorite day by any means, given his own relationship with his old man. Needless to say, his mood's been a little bit soured.

Throughout the rest of this lovely day, you're likely to run into the Riddler...

A: In the Backyard of 726 Anderson, sketching something out into a notebook.

B: Out for a drive in the Riddler-Mobile, to try and relax.

C: At Jonathan's Tools, loading up plenty of tools and building supplies into the back of his car.

Wherever he goes, he'll likely be sulking. Cheer him up? Help him out? He's all yours, ladies.]

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-06-20 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Headquarters? This must be the 'summer project' Edward was going on about. Slugger looks at the drawings once again, closer this time, then glances up and around the yard.]

You're building it in the yard?

Phone

[identity profile] jaws5sonofjaws.livejournal.com 2011-06-21 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
Uhm, let me think...

Is it air?

It's always stuff you don't think about like that.
gotmorbucks: (i'm wearing a spinal halo.)

[personal profile] gotmorbucks 2011-06-21 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Well... hm...

Ugh, why do you always make these things so difficult?!

[identity profile] poisonivyforyou.livejournal.com 2011-06-21 08:38 am (UTC)(link)
Answer: Yes, some.

I have got my skin back, but I highly doubt that could be of any use to you. But I also regained one of my lipstick. The mind-control one.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Edward shakes his head, smirking.]

Not exactly.

[He taps his foot against the ground for emphasis.]

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
[...well, if you're asking.]

Question: Just how good are you with tools, hmm?

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
I do it because I have to. In any organization, one needs a reliable team that's capable of keeping up.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
[A smirk.]

Impressive.

[Filtered]

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
More of an underground fortress than a lair, really.

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Under the yard?

How?

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
A simple question with an even simpler answer.

We dig.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay, stopping the car.]

Wait. Time out. He bashed you on the head?

[Filtered]

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
Allow me to answer your question with another question, my friend: What is it that every man overlooks?

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Blink. Blink.]

I'm surprised. You've never seemed to care much for my riddles before. Question: Why the sudden change?

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
[He makes a noise akin to that of a game show buzzer.]

Incorrect. Care to try again?

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
That could come in handy. Does this lipstick of yours have any effect on the drones?

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
[There comes a time in every man's life when he must explain to his "son" how a ditch becomes a functional secret evil headquarters.]

Won't it need a ceiling?

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
I'm afraid you're going to have to fill me in, friend.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
Not to mention they'd be about sixty years out of date.

[The look of confusion fades as he returns the grin.]

No, this will do just fine. [He pops a chocolate into his mouth before extending the box to her.]

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
She's my assigned wife, yes. [His body tenses up when she begins to speak about her, but he manages to relax slightly when she drops the subject.] It's fine. Don't worry about it.

[Eddie drops his supplies to the ground and leans back against the car.]

This town makes it difficult not to be in a bad mood. It's nothing personal. [Though he still has plenty of issues with a certain twin brother of hers...]

You'd be willing to help? You mean that?

[identity profile] jaws5sonofjaws.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
Okay.

I dunno.

A shadow?

[Filtered]

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
For the Legion, of course. Within this hole, we will build our fortress. For an organization such as ourselves, a far more permanent and secure location than the school or a basement is necessary, wouldn't you agree?

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Edward flips through each page. Maze after maze after maze, each of them looking more challenging than the next.]

You drew all of these?

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
Picture this, Slugger.

On the surface, it will appear to the rest of the town as though we're in the process of installing a swimming pool. Who wouldn't be, in a hot summer like this? But deep underground, beneath the pool? Our headquarters. Our base of operations.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
That's strange. I thought I'd told you to try again.

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