002 STAGE 2

[uranophobe]

[Well, well, well, isn't this exciting. A considerable improvement over that last strange occurrence. It appears that everyone in this town, for some reason, is unable to lie-- not only that, they're compelled to tell the truth to whoever will listen. And Crane is a very good listener.

Well, he wouldn't be much a scientist if he didn't use this

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[Stage 3]

[puzzlerprince]

...myself.

[Wait. Why are you telling him this, Eddie?]

[uranophobe]

I can't see why. You're not very intimidating. [because trollface.jpg]

[puzzlerprince]

You don't know the extent of my compulsions, Jonathan. You don't know what I'm capable of.

[STOP TALKING]

[uranophobe]

Oh, really? Elaborate, won't you? [of course you will]

[puzzlerprince]

[You asked for it.]

You do understand that the very reason I leave riddles lying left and right goes far beyond having a mere calling card, don’t you? It’s because I have no choice. I need to leave them behind. I can’t stop.

[And that's just the tip of the iceberg.]

[uranophobe]

Textbook obsessive-compulsive disorder. You're not telling me anything I don't already know, Edward. [UNIMPRESSED]

[puzzlerprince]

Don't patronize me, Crane.

[uranophobe]

Then stop being so deserving of condescension, Nigma.

[puzzlerprince]

What would you prefer? That I tell you all about how my compulsions nearly drove me to kill my assigned wife not even two months ago?

[IS THAT FRESH ENOUGH FOR YOU, CRANE? ALSO WHY DID HE JUST BLURT THAT OUT.]

[uranophobe]

That would be a start.

[GO ON...]

[puzzlerprince]

[FUCK]

It was shortly before you arrived. Mayfield had put together a Census Board for the sake of reducing our population. We were all sent letters with assigned targets.

[uranophobe]

And yours was your assigned wife.

Did you succeed? [ALREADY PRETTY SURE YOU DIDN'T]

[puzzlerprince]

No. I was interrupted before I could pull the trigger. Not that I had wanted to.