Game Three

[gamenojikanda]

I didn't think it'd happen this quickly, but I've been given permission to visit the living world, and a temporary body to go with it. The only condition is that, exactly -- visits. And so ... Cheza, I promised I'd come see you if I could, I think. Mion, I hope you're back in your own body, because I promised you a game. I owe Kaiba a duel and

Comments

[nobodys_library]

Going in order...

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"You're going to sentence me to six years."
Fill the 3-gallon barrel and pour into the 5-gallon. Repeat and what's left in the first barrel after the 5-gallon is filled is 1 gallon.
5
Silence
Mark's a priest; he married them to other men.
Seven
The word 'queue'
A lie
Something that's not supposed to shine
Bertha was a hurricane
Only a camera can take pictures
One
A river
Ten
A towel
A yo-yo
A fire
The word 'wholesome'
A hog, provided it's cooked correctly
When you're a mouse
Only one. After than it's not empty anymore.
A bet

[gamenojikanda]

Ten and seventeen are wrong, and 23 is something that is up to interpretation, mostly, though from mine you are wrong.

The rest are correct. You're very talented at this.

[nobodys_library]

Hmm... for 17, an atlas. And I wasn't exactly expecting the answer for ten to be correct, but I couldn't resist the pun.

I have a penchant for riddles.

[gamenojikanda]

I see. I wondered if you'd done it on purpose. Wrong again -- do you wish to know the answer to 17?

As a past-time?

[nobodys_library]

If you'd be so kind?

It provides me with something to occupy my time, and I do enjoy them, so yes. As a pastime.

[gamenojikanda]

A stamp.

I find puzzles and games in general a good hobby. It's nice to see someone else who enjoys them.

[nobodys_library]

Ah. I should have guessed.

I would assume the same could be said of any hobby, but you are correct. Finding someone who enjoys the same things is always enjoyable.

[gamenojikanda]

Do you have any riddles you favor, then?

[nobodys_library]

A few, although 'favor' may not necessarily by the proper word. To name a few, the following:

-Whoever makes it, wants it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not. And whoever knows it, wants it not.
-You do not want to have it. But when you do have it, you do not want to lose it.
-The sun bakes them, the hand breaks them, the foot treads on them, and the mouth tastes them. What are they?
-I am large as a castle, yet lighter than air. 100 men and their horses cannot move me. What am I?
-At night they come without being stolen and by day they are lost without being stolen.

[gamenojikanda]

Mmmm.

Counterfeit money?
A... lawsuit?
Grapes.
The castle's shadow.
The stars.

[nobodys_library]

Correct on all accounts.

[gamenojikanda]

That's good -- I wasn't certain of the first two. I'm ... unfamiliar with this time, still.

[nobodys_library]

What time are you more accustomed to, if I may ask?

[gamenojikanda]

Ancient Egypt, three thousand years ago, to be exact.

[nobodys_library]

You've been through quite a shift then. No wonder you're having trouble adapting.

[gamenojikanda]

Not a complete shift -- I've inhabited this world for a year or two. Some concepts I am still unfamiliar with, but I'm getting there.