Riddle 016: Child's Play

Jan 15, 2011 18:38

[If you happen to be out and about today, Mayfield, you'll find a familiar-looking ten-year-old boy with glasses, green suspenders, and an incredibly dorky haircut, wandering around while tugging a backpack that's way too big for him and mumbling to himself.]

...stupid dad, never picks me up on time...

...which way was home again?

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strike_you_out January 16 2011, 01:16:58 UTC
[Along the sidewalk there comes a sound of wheels rolling over pavement. It approaches rapidly before coming to an abrupt halt just beside young Edward, who is now enveloped in a tall, thin shadow.

Upon looking up, the boy Nigma (or is it Nashton?) will find himself caught in the silent gaze of a pair of narrow, green eyes belonging to a junior-high school aged boy.]

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puzzlerprince January 16 2011, 03:19:30 UTC
...what do you want?

[He grips the straps of his backpack a bit defensively.]

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strike_you_out January 16 2011, 03:32:24 UTC
[Slugger continues to say nothing and stoops a bit lower, attention focused on the kid's face.]

...Edward?

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puzzlerprince January 16 2011, 03:44:30 UTC
[And now he's fidgety.]

H-how did you know my name?!

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strike_you_out January 16 2011, 03:56:41 UTC
[Suspicions confirmed (as far as identity goes), he straightens.]

What did you do?

[Yes, he suspects you are somehow at fault for your own... self-shrinkage.]

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puzzlerprince January 16 2011, 04:03:59 UTC
Wh-what are you talking about?

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strike_you_out January 16 2011, 04:07:45 UTC
This... [just kind of gesturing to the whole of you, Eddie.]

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puzzlerprince January 16 2011, 04:18:16 UTC
L-look, I don't know what you're talking about. I---I need to go. I need to go home. Please excuse me.

[And he'll be trying to scurry off...]

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strike_you_out January 16 2011, 04:22:25 UTC
[And in doing so he'll be followed every step of the way.]

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puzzlerprince January 16 2011, 09:32:00 UTC
[He glances behind him, realizing that he's still not alone. And he begins to pick up his pace.]

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strike_you_out January 16 2011, 18:08:07 UTC
[Little does young Edward know, a hand has attached itself to the back of his book bag. Of course, keeping up with Eddie would require minimal effort, but Slugger is happier to simply coast along for the ride... until he suddenly puts on the brakes in an effort to stop them both.]

Going somewhere?

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puzzlerprince January 17 2011, 05:51:52 UTC
[Yeah, Slugger, away from you! Or not, as Edward kind of jerks backwards once Slugger puts on the breaks, falling on his butt.]

Wh-what do you want from me?! I don't have any lunch money on me!

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strike_you_out January 17 2011, 20:27:11 UTC
"Home" is this way. [He points in the opposite direction.]

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puzzlerprince January 18 2011, 02:40:13 UTC
...you know how to get back to Gotham?

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strike_you_out January 19 2011, 03:59:27 UTC
There isn't a Gotham here.

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puzzlerprince January 19 2011, 05:11:20 UTC
...there's not?

[Gulp.]

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