Subject: Riddle me this, Riddle me that [open/riddles] 198 views

[kaiser]

normal tamer • crest of kindness • wormmon

Any sort of contest or test of skill was of intense interest to Ken. Contests were the sort of thing he lived for - the chance to prove himself was what drew him to competitive play, and if the event had happened in the beta, he'd have thrown himself into it with gusto. At the present, though, there was no energy in him. Why would he go hunting for candy, fighting off wild digimon, when he had a disgusting little worm to do his fighting for him?

The worm in question was following close behind - trying to avoid being left behind as Ken sped his way along the beach, completely ignoring the digimon at his feet. He'd tried to talk earlier, only his human never spoke to him - he only ever yelled, or told him to shut up. He didn't want conversation, and as much was the wormmon would have liked to talk to him, he would rather not get kicked again.

Riddles were the way out. He wanted to participate, wanted to win whatever there was to win, but combat was out - so riddles seemed to be the good plan. All he had to do was wander around enough, and eventually an event digimon would pop right out, right?

[wild digimon]

The man who made it didn't need it.
The man who bought it didn't use it.
The man who used it didn't want it.

[kaiser]

normal tamer • crest of kindness • wormmon

The first sign of a devidramon had him wary, unsure if it would attack, but when it stood still and announced it's riddle, it became immediately obvious that it wasn't programmed to attack - only to announce it's riddle and await for an answer. Ken wasn't one hundred percent sure how it worked - did he have to whisper it? Could you even whisper digimon? You certainly couldn't in the beta, which left only verbal responses.

Of course, the riddle was absurdly easy - the sort of thing a child would think up in his spare time, and he'd have been amazed if even his useless wormmon wouldn't know the answer. Even so, he wasn't just going to let his digimon answer - it would probably mess it up somehow.

"The answer is obviously a coffin. If you can make a coffin, you obviously don't need one. If you buy a coffin, you also don't need it - and no one actually wants to be in need of one. A 'casket' would be an alternative answer." He declared, arms crossing over his chest, entirely too pleased with his answer.

[wild digimon]

" here is another. "
the digimon howled, but left one candy for him.

As I went over London Bridge
I met my sister Jenny
I broke her neck and drank her blood
And left here standing empty.
Tell me who was my sister?

[kaiser]

normal tamer • crest of kindness • wormmon

The first riddle had been laughably easy - the second was less so. London? Jenny? It was enough to make him pause, trying to work it out in his head.

It wasn't as if he knew much about London. The key was Jenny - that was what the riddle wanted to know. Obviously not a person. Ken actually stood there a good bit, trying to put the pieces together. What had a neck? A neck you could drink from? A bottle, then - what came in a bottle?

'Jenny' had to be the key. "Jenny - drank from jenny, drank -" He cut himself off mid sentence, catching on abruptly and wanting to kick himself for being so stupid. "Jenny is a bottle of jinn!" Even if his answer was technically correct, he was pronouncing it all kinds of wrong.

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[wild digimon]

" here is the last. "
the digimon howled, but left another candy for him.

Oh how I love my dancing feet!
They stay together - oh so neat.
And when I want to walk a line,
They all stay together and do double time.
I count them up, ten times or more,
And race on-off, across the floor.

[kaiser]

normal tamer • crest of kindness • wormmon

That was definately a new riddle for him - not one he'd heard before, and another that took a bit of thinking, if not nearly as much as the last one had. This one, after all, had an answers sitting right behind him - quite literally.

It was the ten that gave it away - what had ten feet? Or more than ten feet. The riddle itself actually had several answers, and Ken opted for the most digimon-related one. "A wormmon. It has ten feet - I suppose a centipede or millipede would work as well. Any bug of that variety. A wormmon works as well though - it fits all the requirements."

[wild digimon]

" that is correct. "
the third and final candy falls as he nods and turns to leave.

[kaiser]

normal tamer • crest of kindness • wormmon

Well that was simple enough - he'd have to make a point of doing that for the duration of the event. It would be a nice bit of practice, and who knew what the candy would be good for in the end? Even with that bit of confidence, he wasn't going to stoop so low. "Get the candy - you're in charge of it, and don't you dare eat a piece!" He snapped, shooting a glare at the wormmon.

Eager to please, the wormmon scurried forward, collecting up the pieces in his little feet. "That was a very good set of answers! You were really good!" The wormmon encouraged, only earning another glare as his human stomped off. Why wouldn't he even talk to him?