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Edward Nigma | The Riddler ([personal profile] questionauthority) wrote2011-09-10 05:52 pm

Riddle 034: We don't need no education [Backdated to the First Day of School]

[Well, it's that time of year once again, isn't it? School's back in session. Oh, joy. Throughout the day, there's a good chance you'll bump into the Riddler in a few locations...

A. ACTION - Mayfield High School, Ethics Classroom, Morning

The words "Mr. Nigma" are written up on the blackboard. Yep. You heard that right. Edward Nigma, Ethics Teacher. When his first class has seated themselves, he'll rise up out of his chair and begin to address them:]


Life's just full of questions, isn't it? And in a place like Mayfield especially, you're going to have to ask yourself plenty of difficult questions. 

[He approaches the blackboard, writing up a series of questions, reciting them aloud as he writes:

"Have you ever had to make a difficult decision?"
"Were you satisfied with the outcome, or do you still have regrets?"

He turns to his class, looking at them expectantly.]


Well?

[B. ACTION - Mayfield High School, Teacher's Lounge, Afternoon

He'll be sitting here in between classes, smoking a cigarette and working on a crossword from time to time.

C. PHONE - Filtered to Batman, Shortly After School]


Well, well, Dark Knight. It seems we're long overdue for a little chat, aren't we?

[D. PHONE - Filtered to Ema Skye, Late Afternoon]

Question: What are you up to this evening?

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[identity profile] hungry-monster.livejournal.com 2011-09-10 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Just drinking some tea and reading a book. Your stalker's been somewhat absent recently. Clearly the best idea is just to leave him to his book....]

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-09-10 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[You know, Edward didn't even notice him there at first. But then his pencil breaks.]

Damn. [Turning to the nearest person.] You wouldn't happen to have a... [Wait. Crap. That's Johan Liebert.]
worstvikingever: (okay that was stupid)

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[personal profile] worstvikingever 2011-09-10 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[HICCUP DOESN'T LIKE THESE QUESTIONS. HE DOESN'T WANT TO ANSWER and he's sitting in his seat with that "I don't want to answer these questions" look on his face. You know, the one that kids put on to scream "DON'T CALL ON ME" but generally gets them called on instead.]

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[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-09-10 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[What's that, Hiccup? "Call on me, please?" OKAY.]

Hiccup.
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[identity profile] the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com 2011-09-10 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[The witch is back in your class again this year Edward. Aren't you happy.]

Well what?

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-09-10 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ecstatic.]

Well, what ordinarily happens when one asks someone else a question?

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[identity profile] miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com 2011-09-10 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[There is something wrong about the Hell Girl in ethics class.

Watching you.]

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-09-10 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Awkwaaaaaaaard.]

Do, ah... do you have anything to contribute?

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[identity profile] tapshoetomove.livejournal.com 2011-09-10 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[HI MR. NIGMA guess who is in your class.

While Luke is be very attentive, he seems to be mulling over the questions in his head.]

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-09-10 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[HI LUKE awesome. You are probably gonna be the Teacher's Pet without even trying.]

Luke?

A:

[identity profile] flameyedhunter.livejournal.com 2011-09-10 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Shana looks to be mulling the question over, then nods to herself, though she doesn't say anything yet. ]

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-09-10 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[You're in this class because you failed it last year, remember? And at this rate, you're going to fail it again. And suddenly, Edward's glancing over your shoulder at the drawings. Wait, weren't YOU the teleporter?]

This is Ethics. Not Art. I know you must be eager to fail both of them, but for now? Let's focus on one class at a time, shall we?

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[identity profile] riastrad-ridire.livejournal.com 2011-09-10 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[You know what's boring? Following a tsundere around school in an invisible spirit form. And a bored Lancer is a dangerous thing. Once he was fairly certain Rin wasn't in any immediate danger, he might just have wandered a short distance away.]

[Checking the area, of course. Strategic things. Yeah, he totally wasn't screwing around and had no idea why you would think otherwise--this is a totally innocent face.]

[So, Edward, your friendly neighborhood bartender literally just materialized out of thin air like he came through the nearest wall.]


Damn, I felt like I was gonna go crazy if I had to stay like that all day-...

[Oh, hey, Lancer. There's someone here.]

[. . . Whoops.]

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[WHOA where did he come from.]

W-what in---?! [Wait... he knows this guy.] Lancer?

[identity profile] partytoastess.livejournal.com 2011-09-10 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nena interjects midway through Riddler's speech. ]

Ooh! Ooh! One time, I decided to blow something up with people inside it because they were baaaaaaad people and then a bunch of other baaaaad people decided to show up and try to kill us, I don't really regret it though because I had fun and Miha-nii said they were just mad that I blew up their families, and that I was the bestest Gundam pilot ever. [ kanye shrug followed by the most gleeful giggle. ]

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
[...well.]

It doesn't sound as though it was that tough a decision for you.
miraculous: (Default)

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[personal profile] miraculous 2011-09-10 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Regrets are a waste of time.

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[identity profile] notsaul.livejournal.com 2011-09-10 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Boo.

When does your hot wife's class start.

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-09-10 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[You think she's hot, too? Is she talking about Susan? He doesn't say anything but Slugger does glance over at Annie, recognizing her voice from somewhere.]

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unexculpable: (Mmph.)

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[personal profile] unexculpable 2011-09-10 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh well fuck this shit. Ed's not answering this. No way in hell.]

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sup Ed, you look like you really want to get called on.]

Mister... [Glancing from him to a roster on the desk.] Elric, was it? Do you have an answer for me?

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[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-09-10 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh boy, Eddie, it must be your lucky day. Not only do you have Enma Ai in class but your less-favored son as well. Though Slugger sometimes showed up in this class last year just for fun, he's now officially on the roster.

The moment Edward turns to address the class, Slugger busies himself by doodling in the nearest book. With any luck, Edward will forget to call on him or will simply skip him entirely.]

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, well, well. Slugger's in his class again, hmm? Joy. He'll rap his cane lightly on the side of his desk.]

Pay attention, Slugger.

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[identity profile] jaws5sonofjaws.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Eating a sandwich

during class

giving no fucks.]

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Mr. Vineyard? Do you feel like sharing what's on that so-called mind of yours?

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[identity profile] notalwystrthful.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ Diana reclines in her chair, giving a glance to Edward. ]

If I may ask, have you ever had to make a difficult decision and were you satisfied with the outcome, or do you still have regrets?

[ Morally ambiguous people in an ethics class? Say it isn't so. ]

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
As a matter of fact, I have. In some ways, I have my regrets, but in other ways, I suppose you could say I'm satisfied. I wouldn't be who I am today if I'd acted any differently.

[Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, though, remains to be seen.]

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[identity profile] beyondthecowl.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Really? Seriously?]

. . . Don't ever call me when I'm at work again. Now what the hell do you want?

[Yeah, he's clearly not thrilled to be hearing the Riddler's voice on the other end of the line.]

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[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
Take it easy, old chum. We have some fairly important matters to discuss. Namely... what happened shortly after the Milkman was named Police Chief.
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[identity profile] heteropennae.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
-... She's suddenly trying very hard to not be noticed. Which is hard, what with the wings and tail. Oops.-

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, he's noticed.]

How about you?

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[identity profile] redirections.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
You're really expecting me to tell you my fucking life story but because I got stuck in your shitty class?

Get over yourself, bastard.

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[identity profile] partysense.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 09:17 am (UTC)(link)
[in the teacher's lounge. somehow.

don't ask questions. there is no place in Mayfield Pinkie cannot infiltrate.]


Hi Mister Edward! So you're at your job, huh??? This is your job?? Is it? Cool! Really cool! I guess you're a teacher and this is a school! Neat! Why is it so smoky in here? Am I allowed here? I don't go to school any more, I work at Sugarcube Corner. But school is really fun and I enjoy it and what subject do you teach? I bet you are a great teacher! Oh, oh, I know, I bet you teach... riddles! Hehehehe, just kidding! That can't be a real class! When do you finish work? What's for dinner? Can I make dinner? Can I help you barbecue? I'll prepare dessert! Oh and now that it's September it's going to be fall soon and I'm gonna knit sweaters! Your favorite color is green right?? So I should make you a green sweater?? I'm making Gummy a green sweater, too! You guys can match. Miss Susan's will be pink 'cause I think she'd look great in pink and mine will be pink too and all of us will match! Anyway my friend Fluttershy got here recently and I wanted to host a party. So I guess I'm asking you! I will only need the living room, hehe! Also you're invited! It's a sleepover and we're going to tell scary stories and play games like musical chairs! It will be really fun! Oh, oh, Mister Edward, were you at that hotel? I was at the carnival! It was great! Except I got on the ferris wheel and it wouldn't let me go and Gummy wasn't there but it was okay because I won a prize! Also about the sleepover, can you invite Miss Ema too? I would like that a lot!

[all of the above has seemingly been said without breathing.]

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh god oh god why is she still talking to---wait. Wait, is she done? So much of that was lost on Eddie, but the most important thing he's gleamed from all this?]

Wait. So you want to throw a party for your friends. And these friends are also ponies. Right?

[The last thing he needs in this house is more Pinkie Pies.]

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[identity profile] c-o-u-r-a-g-e.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 11:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Being from a prep school, Blaine immediately thinks he's to write Mr Nigma an essay and gets to work right away!!]

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Eddie approaches Blaine's desk after a moment.]

What are you working on?

[identity profile] glowing-science.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Eating dinner? [She makes the extra effort to sounds casual; she'd be lying if she said that her conversation with Schuldig wasn't still on her mind.]

Why?

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I was hoping you might be able to join me for dinner tonight, if you weren't too busy.

[Likewise, he tries to sound casual, but there's a little bit of an edge to his tone. The conversation he's had with Susan not so long ago is still pretty fresh on his mind.]

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[identity profile] deaths-heritor.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[Susan gives Edward a glance as he comes in, then ignores him in favor of her usual stack of papers. How she manages to have so many things to grade on the first day of school is not worth thinking about.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay, he can't not comment on that as he sits down.]

You're already grading essays? It hasn't even been a full day of class.

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[identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Well A) that's a dumb question and B) that's also a dumb question.

Will you look at that think I just aced that right here.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
So you have no regrets. That's what you're telling me?

[Because he seems to remember a certain conversation they've had during a certain Truth-telling event.]

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B.

[identity profile] luxuriality.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Lust is having coffee and reading this text book as fast as she can because she's still rather clueless about America and how it works. ]

So, Mr. Nigma, you've been awfully quiet lately.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Quiet, yes. Inactive, no. I've been quite the busy little bee this summer.

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slave_of_suzumiya: (Why are you asking me?)

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[personal profile] slave_of_suzumiya 2011-09-12 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
The way I see it, life is a series of choices. You choose whatever the best course of action is and you take it. Whether or not regret comes into it, you'll have to live with it either way.

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Very astute. Life isn't going to stop and wait for you. You simply have to accept the answer you've given and move forward.

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