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[onlyanapple]

Who: Crowley and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Málum
When: Right now!

Well, as pleasant as this star system is, and as much as I don't want to say the 'B' word and incite horrible things upon us, I feel the need to fill my time a little bit. So I've decided to stretch your minds a little bit with some riddles. Because why the hell not. Answer as many or as few as you like.

RIDDLE THE FIRST:

There was once a wealthy old man with three sons. He was coming to the end of his life and instead of dividing his money up equally amongst them like a normal person would, he decided to set his sons a task. He gave them each a paltry sum of coins, and told them to buy something to fill a room with. (Before you ask, the room is the same one each time)

The first son bought some bales of hay, but he didn't have enough to fill the room with. The second bought a bunch of rock, but these, too, failed to fill the room. The third son bought two things with his coins, and together, they filled the room and he inherited his father's fortune.

What did he buy?

RIDDLE THE SECOND:

There is a dead man in the centre of a field. He carried with him an unopened package. Before he got into the field, he knew he was going to die. How?

RIDDLE THE THIRD (spoilers: this one is the easy one):

I'm at the end of time and space, at the beginning of the end, and at the end of life. What am I?

Comments

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[sylphystia]

A candle and a match

Old age

Death sounds too obvious

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[onlyanapple]

Excellent, well done, that was the hardest one, too.

NOPE.

And yes, it is far too obvious.

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[sylphystia]

It was the only one I could figure out right away.

I got more supplies for the bar. There's alcohol too if you want it.

[forcesensitive]

the first one is music and poop right the music fills the room with sound and the poop is smelly

[onlyanapple]

Wow that's...uh.

An interesting way to put it.

I mean you're wrong but good job on thinking outside the box, I guess?

[forcesensitive]

if you dont think the smell can fill a room you obviously havent been on a ship during legume rations

oh i got one for the second one too its a mine field right

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[save_the_souls]

Candle and a match.

He was meeting a mob leader and didn't have the right payment.

E.

[What? Points for creativity.]

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[onlyanapple]

Oh well done, you got all of them but the middle one. I'm impressed.

[Don't be silly, Crowley doesn't give points.]

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[privatizes]

He didn't have a parachute.

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[onlyanapple]

Ding ding ding we have a winner. Congrats on being the first one to get that middle one.

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[spontaneouscombustion]

Ooh, OOH! I know the first and the third ones!

The youngest son bought a candle and a match, and he filled the room with LIGHT.

And "e" is at the end and beginning of all of those!

[E's an incredibly important letter to her, after the girls' meeting together.]

The second one's kinda trickier, though, how many guesses do I get?

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[onlyanapple]

Wow look at that, the horse got two of them off the bat. Colour me surprised.

And you can have as many guesses as you like. Knock yourself out.

[child_of_bhaal]

[Hell yes, riddles!!]

The first is a candle and match, so he filled the room with light. Though, I always think buying a fiddle and bow would do better, since one candle can only fill so much space with light. Or a bird and a cage to fill it with birdsong.

The third is the letter E.

I'm not familiar with the second riddle. I'll need to think about that one.

[onlyanapple]

[It's a gift from him to all of you.]

Nicely done, covered all your bases with that one. And good job on the letter one!

Take all the time you need, that's the point, to stretch out the brain muscles.

[robitussin]

1. he should have bought a huge sign that said "you're an asshole" and beat his dad with it

2. it was probably a bomb or something i have no witty commentary for this

3. a pretentious asshole who probably quotes nietzsche at people who don't care

[onlyanapple]

1. I agree, that would have been the sensible course of action.
2. Bombs and mines are a popular answer for this riddle for some reason.
3. We DO love pretentious assholes here.

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[privatizes]

2 = his parachute didn't open.

[ he's really only doing this so crowley gets his riddles guessed quicker tbh ]

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[tallasaking]

I sadly have no time for these riddles - although they are quite clever - but I shall leave one for you.

You will always find me in the past. I can be created in the present. However, the future can never taint me. What am I?

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[onlyanapple]

You know, I think I can accept that.

Hmmm. Time perhaps? No...no, that's too broad.

[geonomy]

1. candle and match

2. parachute failure

3. e

EASY

[onlyanapple]

Our first three for three. I should have known you'd do well on this.

Okay also quick question.

Do you think my dancefloor in my bar is spacey enough? And do you also think my plate-less non-plates are quirky? It's important.

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[bythewaves]

Is that a hobbit at the other end of this? I never knew anonther folk so fond of riddling.

The third is the letter "E", but I fear I do not know the others, unless the second saw his death waiting in the field.

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[onlyanapple]

No, I'm not a hobbit. I don't have the...foot thing.

He kind of did, but if you're asking about hobbits chances are you don't know what a parachute is.

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[wolfehawke]

Too bad I came to this late, everyone else has already gotten the answers. For the record, I got the first and third but I have no idea what a parachute is. Fun game though! I love riddles.

Actually I'm messaging you about something else, though. Do you have a minute to talk?

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[onlyanapple]

Eh the second one is kind of sketchy waters if you're not from a planet that has those. But good job anyway.

Uh. Sure. In person or?