002. ᴛᴇxᴛ.

[considered]

[ well this is new. there is no face to go with the name 'Jamie Moriarty' but there is certainly a name attached to this little greeting. ]

Good afternoon, Asgard.

This introduction is overdue and I fear I can do nothing about that fact aside of asking for your forgiveness. I trust you will all understand how busy and demanding times in this city can be.

I hear you are not overly fond of riddles which I do not find odd. What is Asgard if not a complex riddle? But I would greatly appreciate if you consider this one. I trust those who would solve it shall find themselves with an interesting subject to discuss.

4+4

( turn!

+3 ) + 2 = ?????

Jamie Moriarty

Comments

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[unpuzzling]

a shame that you wouldn't let them see your face :)

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[considered]

they have already seen it. one shade darker.

:)

[ have you seen Margaery Tyrell? ]

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[unpuzzling]

how utterly convenient for you

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[tigers]

You're going by 'Jamie' now?

[ Ew. ]

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[unpuzzling]

ah so you haven't met her yet.

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[tigers]

[ HER? Noooo, no, no, that is surely a mistype. Moriarty cannot be a woman. Not with these Victorian sensibilities. It cannot be done. ]

I can assure you, old chap, I've met him many times over.

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[considered]

Jamie = 'supplanter'. I am so dearly fond of it.

You have not solved it have you?

[ hencemen. sigh. ]

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[tigers]

[ Sorry, lady Moriarty was never an option not ever no sorry bye. He thinks Moriarty would make quite an ugly woman, really. He has no idea. ]

I was under the impression I had solved it days ago.

[herrin]

Now, it'd be a shame if I gave away the answer so soon.

[considered]

I trust Irene Adler of all people to know how to whisper it in my ear.

[herrin]

How about I offer one in return?

We hurt without moving.
We poison without touching.
We bear the truth and the lies.
We are not to be judged by our size.

What are we?

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[therightchoice]

It's a horse.

[ The 4+4 looks kinda like a horse, and horses turn and the parenthesis look like fences.

So, the answer to the riddle is a horse.

he tried ok he's not the best at riddles ]

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[considered]

[ you know what Jesse, she thinks and thinks and decides she likes you. because for the life of her, she cannot see the 'horse'. ]

Explain. Why horse?

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[therightchoice]

I can kinda see the shape of a horse in 4+4

and people set up things for horses to jump over so I thought maybe with the turn and the whole ( ) thing maybe you meant fences and trotting.

[proudofwhatiam]

[Evy would like to believe she's good at riddles, but she also knows that she's perfectly average when it comes to maths. Riddles in the shape of equations really aren't her ideal.]

'Turn'?

[considered]

Turn. Consider the word in a field which is not mathematics and that will be your most important clue.

[proudofwhatiam]

[She puzzles over it longer than she'd like to admit--but this Moriarty can no doubt tell as much, considering how long it takes her to answer.]

I'm afraid I prefer Shakespeare's and Spenser's forms, but it is a clever enough riddle.

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[brainiest]

Is the answer a sonnet? Because of the volta...?

text.

[considered]

Exactly because of the volta, indeed. And now that we have determined you are a wise one, I will make it a bit harder. Is the equation one of an English sonnet or an Italian one?

voice;

[ex_galvanist88]

Boy-Jamie or Girl-Jamie?

[Whale, that is not what you should take away from this...]

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[considered]

[ whale why. ]

I must wonder if it is important, for the sake of the riddle?

[Text]

[comeonthensexy]

[ This one actually takes him a while. Good job, Jamie. ]

A sonnet.

[Text]

[considered]

Correct and not accurate. What sonnet.

[ never doubt the mind powers of a moriarty. ]

[text]

[quantumtangled]

Math must be very different where you are from.

[text]

[considered]

If the riddle was indeed about math, you would have been correct. As it isn't, I reject the statement.