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[impureheart]

It's been made clear that I'm not the only one who enjoys a good game here. Tell me, darlings, what sorts of games do you play best?

[ What sorts of games she's even talking about is questionable. Political games? Board games? Video games? She won't specify but she will take all answers. After all, it's good to find out just what sorts of things people are up to.

What sorts of games she prefers are clearly the ones she wins, if the fact that she's dressed in a bathing suit and appears to be leaning over the edge of a.. jacuzzi... with a glass of wine set next to it... has anything to say about that... ]

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[video]

[impureheart]

Tell me your favorite, darling.

[ Ana certainly didn't spend CP on anything but the bathing suit. The rest of it.. well, that's another matter entirely. One that Georik may not have available to him. ]

[video]

[faustianpact]

Very well, I'll tell you one of my favorites.

[Some people have to work for freedom the old fashioned way.]

Poor people have it, rich people need it, and if you eat it you'll die. What is it?

[video]

[impureheart]

Nothing, darling.

[ Of course, she knows it's far from true. Despite being rich, even now, there is one thing she needs that plagues her because she's the reason she can't have it. ]

[video]

[faustianpact]

[Even Georik knows that isn't true--but he's just repeating one of the many riddles he and his sister used to practice with.]

That would be correct, miss. I can remember a few more, if you'd like.

[video]

[impureheart]

Of course. I should warn you I make a point not to lose.

[ Ana's been on all sides of that first riddle, she would've gotten it even if she hadn't heard it before. ]

[video]

[faustianpact]

Good. It would be a boring game if one's opponent gave up too soon.

[He gives a small smile.]

I have four wings but cannot fly. I never laugh and I never cry. On the same spot I'm always found toiling away with a little sound. What am I?

[video]

[impureheart]

[ Her response this time takes a little while. She's thinking. She eventually comes up with the answer, but it took her a little longer than the last one. ]

A windmill. [ Her tone sounds pretty proud of herself for getting that one. Not something commonly seen in urban areas, it took her a bit to get it. ]

[video]

[faustianpact]

[It's not the answer he was looking for but it is a possible solution so he bows his head gently in the direction of the camera.]

Correct.

[video]

[impureheart]

My turn.

[ No fair if she's the only one answering them after all. ]

A woman gives her son 15 cents and her other son 10. What time is it?

[video]

[faustianpact]

[He thinks for a moment, considering.]

A quarter to two.

[video]

[impureheart]

Very good, darling. Want to try another?

[video]

[faustianpact]

I would, indeed.

[video]

[impureheart]

A woman shoots her husband. She forces him under water, then hangs him for good measure before taking him out to dinner.

[video]

[faustianpact]

That's a tough one but I think I heard this one before:

She's a photographer.

[video]

[impureheart]

Correct, though I do not know if it counts if you have heard it before, darling.

[video]

[faustianpact]

Then, I'll answer another.

[video]

[impureheart]

Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it. Five in the middle is seen; First of all figures, the first of all letters, take up their stations between. Join all together, and then you will bring before you the name of an eminent king.

[video]

[faustianpact]

Hm.

[Georik stops, clearly thinking.]

May I have a moment more, miss?

[video]

[impureheart]

Tick tock, darling.

[ She didn't say no though. ]

Re: [video]

[faustianpact]

...ah. I see the trick to it. It's David.

[video]

[impureheart]

You are good at these, darling.

[video]

[faustianpact]

My younger sister loved playing riddle game and I was often her opponent. The trick to this one was rather simple to figure out when I realized Roman numerals were involved.

[video]

[impureheart]

Naturally. If you figure out the trick it's always simple. They wouldn't be riddles if the answer wasn't easy to figure out.

[video]

[faustianpact]

I would think a riddle that was too easy to solve wouldn't be as good something trickier.

[video]

[impureheart]

Most mysteries worth solving go beyond riddles.