Iolite

[dramatispersonae]

[ You find yourself in a small room, filled with nothing but straw and a spinning wheel. There are no windows and the door appears to be locked from the outside. ]

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Round One: Discuss

[dramatispersonae]

[ On a piece of paper pinned to the spinning wheel you’ll find:

I am as enchanting as a medieval spell,
Charming as a nursery rhyme, as challenging as a duel.
I accompany you from cradle to grave,
Providing laughter for childhood,
Literary games for middle age,
And wisdom tests for elders.
Guess my gnomic name, if you can.

Your task today is to compose a riddle, both creative and tricky enough to puzzle another team. The answer to your riddle must be team. ]

Re: Round One: Discuss

[grewuptootsun]

Huh...

Re: Round One: Discuss

[withswagger]

Lovely. And I thought I'd quit prison.

Re: Round One: Discuss

[grewuptootsun]

The key to freedom is clearly to make a great riddle.

Re: Round One: Discuss

[withswagger]

About a team, in the same fashion as that one, I presume?

Well, a team is a single thing and many things.

[dormancy]

[. . . opens his hand, closes it, then circles it with his other finger]

Mmm, alright.

[grewuptootsun]

. . .

[wut]

[dormancy]

I learned a new word!

[withswagger]

Something wrong with your hand?

Re: Round One: Discuss

[dumbspirospero]

A riddle, huh...

Re: Round One: Discuss

[grewuptootsun]

Any ideas?

Round One: Answer

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Round One: Answer

[withswagger]

I am one thing, and I am many things.
You hear and control my thoughts.
I cannot move without you, and if you move without me, I cease to exist.
I may work with precision or not at all.
I can be killed many times, yet still live in pieces.
What am I?

Round Two: Discuss

[dramatispersonae]

[ A piece of paper flutters to the ground. Written on it in sapphire colored ink is:

I smile up high, or stare my round eye
But look down low and it's cheeks that show.
What am I?

Please solve the riddle and rate how difficult it was, on a scale from one to five. ]

Re: Round Two: Discuss

[dumbspirospero]

Well... my first guess was the sun, but I'm not sure that fits with the second line.

They really didn't give us much to work with, huh?

Re: Round Two: Discuss

[grewuptootsun]

I think you're on the right track. It's some kind of circle.

Re: Round Two: Discuss

[dormancy]

Cheeks meaning you can't see could be the shadow when you look down from the sun. It's a thin connection, but they weren't very skilled at making a riddle, either.

Re: Round Two: Discuss

[grewuptootsun]

. . .what even. . .

Re: Round Two: Discuss

[grewuptootsun]

It could be the moon too, and its about the phases but cheek might still not fit...

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[dormancy]

Sight? No, that's too apparent.

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[withswagger]

A face?... Arrogance? There's not a lot to go on.

Re: Round Two: Discuss

[withswagger]

Hm.

Round Two: Answer

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Round Two: Answer

[grewuptootsun]

Moon and ranked 3.

Re: Round Two: Answer

[dramatispersonae]

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