Riddle 026: Raining on Prom Night

[puzzlerprince]

[A: 726 Anderson Lane - BACKDATED TO THE DAY AFTER PROM.

Riddle me this: Who's as green as his suit and just woke up with the worst hangover ever? Answer: Edward Nigma, of course. Family members and unexpected visitors will find the Riddler downstairs at the breakfast table, dressed in a green bathrobe, half-heartedly fumbling with his daily

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E

[hungry_monster]

[Walking past the doorway...oh. Stopping.]

Hello Edward.

[puzzlerprince]

[Johan Liebert and hospitals. Not exactly a very comforting image.]

What brings you here?

[hungry_monster]

Just visiting a friend.

And yourself?

[puzzlerprince]

Just here to observe, really.

B

[commentboxtroll]

[That's a deep and relatively tricky issue to consider, so Caesar's going to resort to a far less important question instead. There is no hand-raising before he asks it, he just does.]

And the self-righteous radicals are wearing weird capes because...?

[puzzlerprince]

It's impolite to call out, Mr. Silverberg.

[commentboxtroll]

Noted. [And ignored.] So?

[He still expects an answer over here.]

[puzzlerprince]

Think of it as a visual aid.

A

[strike_you_out]

[Edward will find his newspaper torn in two but the crossword puzzle is somehow still in tact. He will also find his not!son at the table as well, having recently returned from delivering the news. There's a Batman comic book on the table which he's busily thumbing through as he nibbles at his toast.

On the stove, a tea kettle starts wailing relentlessly. Slugger makes no move to get it...]

[puzzlerprince]

[Nothing, for a moment. Edward clutches at his head, cursing under his breath. That kettle is loud. Finally, when he's certain that Slugger isn't going to do anything, he rises to his feet and marches to the stove. You can probably hear him muttering under his breath about how he "has to do everything himself."]

[strike_you_out]

[When he gets back to his seat and to his crossword puzzle, Edward will find that one of the answer boxes he was about to fill in is now occupied by a smiley face. It certainly wasn't there a moment ago and yet Slugger doesn't appear to have moved an inch.]

[puzzlerprince]

[It takes Edward a moment to notice, once he's gotten back. When he does, he stops in his tracks, slowly glaring up at Slugger. He does not look very amused.]

Cute.

D

[lunawolves10th]

[On his way to work, dressed in his Waiter's outfit.]

Hello there...

[He blinks at him for a moment.]

What -are- you doing?

[puzzlerprince]

[It never ceases to surprise Edward, how often he seems to run into this massive marine in some new kind of outfit.]

Garviel.

If you must know, I'm conducting an investigation of the downtown area.

[lunawolves10th]

May I be of assistance?

[puzzlerprince]

...you may, actually.

Where do you work?

B:

[flameyedhunter]

If there is a law which covers him, you should obey it.

Exterminating people simply for the sake of the greater good is lazy thinking. If the system is failing -improve the system-.

[puzzlerprince]

Hmm. How do you go about improving the system, then?

[flameyedhunter]

If the prison is what the criminal is escaping from, reform the prison system. If the courts are letting him get off due to poor prosecution, improve the prosecution. If there's a case of reasonable doubt, then the argument that it is better that 10 guilty men go free rather than one innocent being convicted must come into play, because one innocents start being jailed the system has broken, and there is no incentive for acting in a moral manner.

[puzzlerprince]

Hmm. You've certainly thought this through. But sometimes it isn't always so simple to change the system, is it?