D.A.M.M. - Monday First Period - "Riddle Me This"

[bluewindbreaker.livejournal.com]

Byron actually walks into the classroom today and lets the students settle down.

"Greetings students! I trust you all had an... eventful weekend. Today we will discuss the sacred Riddle Game. No doubt most of you have heard or read about the Greek sphinx, who asks a riddle of all who pass by. Eating the ones who are unable to answer her riddle and throwing herself off her perch when a correct answer is given. Likewise the sanctity of the Riddle game is touched upon in more recent popular fiction such as with the character 'Gag' in There And Back Again and 'Mona the Monorail' in the Dim Highrise series. More traditional stories, such as Rumplestiltskin, hint to us that creatures which seem to be the embodiment of chaos are actually bound by a few, very ridged, laws. Esoteric though they may be to our minds."

Optional reading about riddles is passed out.

"In each case, the protagonist and the antagonist engage in a Riddle Game and the fact that the game is still ongoing keeps the antagonist from attacking. Since they don't dare violate the sanctity of the Riddle Game. This can be instrumental in defeating a malevolent creature, or at least buy you some time.

But it helps to be good at riddles.

So today, I would like you to pair up and have a riddle game of your own. We're going to have a little tournament. Winners of the first round will report to me and I will pair you off for the second round, and so on, the last student will face me."

[[ooc: please wait for ocd open]]

Comments

Re: DURING THE LECTURE

[blessed_twice]

Wyatt shook his head at Tannim. Chris and I broke into a liquor store on the mainland. And harassed Jo. He winced.

Re: DURING THE LECTURE

[sonofdragons.livejournal.com]

Have you talked to her yet?

Re: DURING THE LECTURE

[blessed_twice]

Not yet. What do I say? "It was my evil twin"?

Re: DURING THE LECTURE

[sonofdragons.livejournal.com]

Around here? That might actually fly. Better bring flowers, though.

How pissed is she likely to be?

Re: DURING THE LECTURE

[blessed_twice]

VERY.

Jerks doesn't even begin to describe what Chris and I were to her.

Re: DURING THE LECTURE

[sonofdragons.livejournal.com]

Tannim didn't have a lot of experience apologizing to women. Buy her jewelry? he suggested. Or - it's Jo - weapons? Jewelry that doubles as a weapon?

Re: DURING THE LECTURE

[blessed_twice]

I'm willing to do just about anything.

Wyatt glumly rested his head on his hands after he passed the note.

Re: DURING THE LECTURE

[sonofdragons.livejournal.com]

At least you weren't the only one that went nuts this weekend, Tannim wrote, then added, And at least both you and Chris are in trouble with her.

Re: DURING THE LECTURE

[blessed_twice]

Yay, bright side, Wyatt wrote back. At least he's in as much trouble as I am.