what has roots that nobody sees,

[shitglasses]

RIDDLES IN THE DARK

Maybe it's a game, maybe it's life or death. The rules are simple: Ask a riddle. Your opponent solves it, you get to the next round. They ask a riddle. You answer it. The game goes on until you can't think of an answer... or you can't think of a riddle.

But remember: someone famous who played this game once won by cheating; he asked, 'what's in my pocket'? There are ways to be creative with this game, if you're the creative sort... or just backed into a corner.

• Post your character to the meme. No empty top levels. Pick a riddle. Or maybe just an impossible question.
• Characters reply and react as necessary. Maybe winning is just a game. Maybe it's the only way to get out alive.
• Tag around... and be careful. Sometimes the cheaters don't end up having a magic ring in their pocket.

Comments

Amira | Rage of Bahamut

[godskey]

[ Let's see if she remembers this one from a tavern... Ahem. ] I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. [ She looks at you, brushing a lock of hair over her shoulder. ] I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?

[ Her hand settles upon her hip as she shifts her weight, and after a pause, her lips form into a pout. ] ...Mmmm... I don't know the answer, either.

[tetrahedonist]

An echo, sweetface. Am I right?

E Nygma/The Riddler | DC Comics | OTA

[ainissesthai]

Rrrrriddle me this!

[Swinging his question mark shaped cane around to point at his audience, Edward waits a beat to build the tension before he announces:]

I am a fitting cravat for a poorly chosen suit. What am I?

[He plants the cane before him, leaning over it and smirking.]

Don't keep me hanging on now; I'm waiting! There are consequences to taking too long in this game.

[phobic]

It's like they always say, no noose is good noose when criminal activity is concerned. [Although without that second hint, Jon would have idled for a while trying to reconcile with wordplay.]

Luckily I'm a good sport, or I wouldn't get into this with you. Err. I'm a gift that no one can ask for, but everyone is given. Some receive me well, some pass me on, and most waste me. However you get your use, sooner or later, you're forced to give me up.

[Jon considers.] You make this look easy, actually. It isn't.

[ainissesthai]

Mm, that was an easy one. I thought you might appreciate a warm-up.

[He flips the cane up, resting it over his shoulder as he a saunters a slow circle around Jon.]

Feeling you've wasted your life, doctor? How very sad. I'd think you'd appreciate the intellectual stimulation in that case. My games are worth it, aren't they?

[Edward's smirk manages to become even more smug at the compliment and he spreads his arms grandly to bask in the admiration.]

I am a rare talent, my dear Scarecrow. Now. I am the future, all eventual decay; in death and destruction, I lay. Your habits of order to prevent my disorder, only hasten my final hooray. What am I?

Maxwell | Don't Starve Together | OTA

[throneaway]

I cause ruin and tragedy wherever I go, unless I am handled with the most painstaking care. And yet I am sought most ardently by all who live and breathe, and those who possess me, even when dead and gone, are the envy of all others.

sorry for lack of icons but i had to

[hyuyu]

This riddle has more than one answer, I'll bet! You clever types like those. "Purpose" and "power" seem a fitting set. Am I close, do you suppose?

As mesmerizing as that is, I'll make you some!

[throneaway]

"Power" is one correct answer, yes!

A compliment? For me? I'm keeping that. [Maxwell does an elaborate self pat down and then opens both hands to demonstrate, empty] No prizes for your correct answer, I fear. But you get to ask me one, now.

[hyuyu]

Do I get to know another one, for fun?

Of course, of course! [Wortox grins their toofy grin.] It's a prize just to participate, hyuyu!

After a fall, I decide to take over. Then life starts to stall, or begins to grow slower.

I literally just made this acct the other day and totally did not expect to see a Max! :0

[ectoherbology]

[Wendy isn't looking at Maxwell, but she's still socializing as much as she ever does - she's sitting right nearby, feeling at the petals of a flower she has in her hands.]

That could be a great many things.

[Her inflection is flat, bordering on snide, but she plucks a petal from the flower.]

...Is it 'pride' or 'glory'?

aaa it's so nice to see a Wendy too!!

[throneaway]

[There was more than one child in the Constant, sadly/of course, but Wendy and her sister Abigail got the lion's share of Maxwell's parental patience and interest.]

Are you critiquing my riddle writing skills? [Very blandly] Pride is a better answer than the one I was thinking of, actually, so I'll let you have that.

<3

[ectoherbology]

[Abigail seemed to be in an exceptionally 'floaty' state today, not very full of whispers or twirls or playfulness. Calm days like this in the Constant are rare and valuable.]

Well done for writing your own. ...Had you ever read Edgar Allan Poe, uncle?

[charaide]

[See icon, Maxwell! Wes just knows the answer is love, and signs it with a smile.]

[throneaway]

[Wes what did ANYONE do to deserve you? Maxwell looks surprised, and then smiles, gratified. No need to even pull up a fake smile for that.]

Yes, yes, you're too dangerous by far. Good thing you know how to keep that sort of thing to yourself. [The shadow servant behind Maxwell makes the gestures for 'what conundrum for me?']

[charaide]

[Wes makes a little show of looking proud; they obviously is, but they've learned to communicate their feelings in slightly over-exaggerated ways. Then their smile widens into a grin at that last spoken comment, and they taps the side of their nose. Not sign language at all, just the standard quiet gesture for secrecy or conspiracy. They both knew that Wes was clever; they could both keep a secret!

The shadow servant's sign has Wes stroking their chin in thought a moment, then they signs, approximately:] I'm the size of an elephant, but I weigh nothing. What am I?

As Fall Out Boy once said, I'm so sorry, but not really.

[d3v0]

McDonald's ice cream machine

LMAO

[throneaway]

And just that Fast I'm McFlurrious

[d3v0]

2 Fast? Should I reverse? Drift to a safer guess?

I speak in riddles but I don't solve them normally. Wealth? Destiny? Power? Truth? Lot of things that are sought after and ruinous.

Maedhros | the silmarillion | ota

[holdshisown]

This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.

[tetrahedonist]

"Late stage capitalism" can't be the answer here, but it feels so right.

Chaos probably also isn't the answer, you're not a fan. Right?

[holdshisown]

I'ts not late stage capitalism, whatever that is.

It's not chaos either, and no I'm not a big fan of it. A small, harmless amount of it is fine, but I have a feeling that's not the sort of chaos you find preferable.

[tetrahedonist]

Believe me, you're not missing out not knowing what capitalism is.

A small harmless amount of anything isn't worth doing, pally. A small harmless amount of rain never carved a canyon. A small harmless amount of seed planting never made a harvest. A small harmless comb never dealt with that luxurious mane you've got there.

Forgot what I was talking about for a sec. Oh, right, your riddle. Slays king, ruins town... I mean, I like it.

[yunmeng_patriarch]

Time.

Everything dies, in its own manner.

[holdshisown]

Correct.

True. My people might be a bit of a complicated case when it comes to death, but we'll die just the same as a human would if enough violence is visited upon us.

Bill Cipher | Gravity Falls | OTA

[tetrahedonist]

How can you know what you really want?