hisapprentice | [Puzzle 009]

[Everyone around Luke is so sad lately. Some of the things he's heard about people going home are just heartbreaking.

It's hard to be sad about people leaving when no one from the world you belong to is here, particularly not anyone close. Instead, Luke has been trying to come up with a way to pass the time.]

Would anyone like to hear a puzzle? [Aware of how similar that sounds to someone he does miss, Luke winces a little and turns the book upright instead of flat.] I'll give everybody different ones this time, so you can't overhear the right answer and have it spoiled.

Or let's play a game! ...Uhm, but it is a puzzle game. Still, if we do it right everyone could play a little if they wanted to.

I'll give everyone a puzzle, and the first person to solve it with the right answer gets to give out the next one, for someone else to try to solve. We'll have to be careful about not stealing a chance from someone if we know the answer and they don't... [We. More like Luke will need to be careful.] But I want to try it! We'll just all have to be gentlemanly with each other.

Oh. Uh. And, um, ladylike. S-Sorry.

[[ooc: LET'S DO BOTH. There will be a thread in this post for the puzzle round robin, and anyone who would like to join in can do so! Luke will start, and the first correct guesser gets to post his/her own puzzle (in a new sub-thread under the 'puzzle game' heading, to help with keeping things noticeable!) for the group to try to solve next! This can keep going on, so if you miss out on one, no worries - just try for the next one! You are not limited to wordplay either; go ahead with math puzzles or images or anything, really, that is confounding and must be solved!

Luke will do his best not to just answer them all. He's solved a lot of puzzles.

If you'd like your character to just hear a puzzle of their own (or engage Luke in some one-on-one solving competition), then bypass the puzzle game thread and tag away. ~~Secret vessel for my love of riddles and brainteasers go.~~]]

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Oh- no, wait. 14 and 15 are the same price! This...is a really big hint, but buying any from 10 to 99 are the same price. 100 is more.

Ahhh sorry, I don't think I get it. Is it a pun on weight or the way berri -- I mean money, works there?

Nope. ...But maybe it's something you don't have where you're from. If it is, sorry I gave you a puzzle about it. Do you want to know?

Yes please!

It might be something we have and I just couldn't think of it, after all.

They're house numbers. You know, for an address.

[Admittedly this isn't something he's familiar with.]

Eh?

[Blank stare at you Luke.] Ohhhhh like ship room numbers! [Giggles.] That's clever!

I suppose. I don't know very much about ships.

Do you know any?

Uh... not any puzzles, but I know some riddles! Do those count?

Of course! Riddles are just a puzzle with words.

If a rooster laid an egg at the top of a roof, what side does the egg roll off of?

Hmm. Well, I've got to ask if it's a slanted roof first.

[He knows this one. He's playing along.]

Aye! It is!

[Bless your heart Luke.]

Good! I'd hate for you to trick me with something that easy.

Does the pointy part go north-south or east-west?

Either one! Doesn't matter!

Well...then I'm going to have to guess that the egg wouldn't roll either way. Probably because it's impossible for a rooster to lay an egg.

[Laughs~]

Aye! You got it!

That was a good one! I bet you could trick a lot of people here with it.

You think so?

Okay! You can give it to others to try then. You know? I think I only know bird riddles. Maybe some pirate ones, hum.

Pirate riddles? I'm not sure I know any of those. Could I hear one?

[Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?]

[Most of them are awful puns he just doesn't want to use so.... thinking hard!]

Oh wait! I know!

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We traveled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly."

How can that be possible?

Hmm. Standing on opposite sides of the ship...but they could see each other, even though they were looking in different directions...

[He's pacing a bit, Marco.]

Aye! Would you like a hint?

Hmm-mm. [Nope, shaking his head, tugging at his hat.] Just let me think about it for a minute.

Yosh!

[Just chills out in hybrid form, don't mind that he's suddenly got a yellow tail swishing behind him.]

Well...all I can say is that I think they could see each other because they were facing each other, across the ship!

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