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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.]

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[identity profile] uranophobe.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
You're aware that, considering the level of technology available to us in this place, your "fortress" would just be a glorified hole in the ground? [brb legally changing his name to Debbie Downer]

[identity profile] tapshoetomove.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Beaming.]

Mind if I try one out on you now?

[identity profile] jaws5sonofjaws.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
I am trying!

Just tell me already.

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[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
You forget, old friend. After suffering in this town for any given amount of time, we're able to regain miscellaneous trinkets. Invaluable tools and powerful items from back home. I'm sure that at least one of my Legionnaires has to have something capable of speeding the building process along.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
If you like.
gotmorbucks: (what are "frenemies?")

[personal profile] gotmorbucks 2011-06-23 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
I can too keep up! I'm just testing you, since you're testing us.

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[identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
What's the project?

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[identity profile] uranophobe.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
Spoons and shovels it is, then. I do hope you're not expecting me to help much.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
Question: Am I any closer to passing your test than you are to passing mine?

[identity profile] greatestmanll40.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Yes.

To put it bluntly, he hit me over the head with his bat... and when I awoke, I was at ease.
gotmorbucks: (you're not really heading the right)

[personal profile] gotmorbucks 2011-06-23 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
You aren't if you don't believe that I'm getting these wrong on purpose!

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
...you expect me to believe that you've been getting all of these wrong on purpose?

Ms. Morbucks, that makes absolutely no sense.
gotmorbucks: (this is susan from planned parenthood)

[personal profile] gotmorbucks 2011-06-23 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
A normal kindergartner would get them all wrong. For the most part.

[as she tries to figure out exactly what the answer to this riddle is]

[identity profile] tapshoetomove.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh boy excitement!]

Hm...I've got one!

"What belongs to you, but is used more by others?"

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Without missing a beat.]

Answer: Your name.

[identity profile] brbgoing2russia.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, totally weird, right? I just felt like I HAD to answer it. Which is weird because I don't have that uber OCD thing most masked vigilantes seem to have.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
Oh? And I suppose an above-average kindergartner such as yourself would be able to get my riddles right?

[identity profile] tapshoetomove.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
That's exactly right!

[identity profile] brotherseyes.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
No, you aren't. Just apologize to her, if you haven't already, and mean it. I don't think she's the type to dwell on things, if she knows how you really feel. [So much for not saying anything, but the words are pouring out now.] And don't tell me you're "fine." I saw you at Port West. You weren't fine.

Sometimes I think these riddles of yours are just how you hide from yourself and everyone else. You can't lie outright, so you don't tell the truth outright, either.

[She crosses her arms lightly as he leans against the car, staring at him.]

Yes, I mean it. If you tell me what all this is for. It's nothing personal for me either, but blindly following around someone who once tried to recruit me for his supervillain team isn't really my style, and I don't want to do anything Johan wouldn't approve of, either.

[That last one wouldn't normally be a concern. Typically, Nina doesn't make her decisions based on what Johan would or would not want. But it seems important today, for some reason.]

[identity profile] demonoaths.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 11:24 am (UTC)(link)
[whyyy]

It stands for Evil Quotient. There, got it?

[identity profile] cramschoolgod.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 11:29 am (UTC)(link)
Moderately, to be honest, but I'll try my best.

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Who will build it?

[identity profile] poisonivyforyou.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
...I haven't tried it on them, to be honest. Seemed like a waste of my powers.

But I can't see why wouldn't it work.

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[identity profile] autocrossbowplz.livejournal.com 2011-06-23 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm...

[This one takes a while, but eventually Edgar comes up with a reasonable answer.]

Many men overlook many things, but if I were to hazard a guess as to what every man overlooks? I suppose the answer is as clear as the nose on your face.

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[identity profile] bro-thel-fist.livejournal.com 2011-06-24 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
Oh wow! Can we have a moat of lava? That would be badass.

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