The Criosphinx's Riddles

[skylark]

Nope. Mauron didn't get it.

(Thank you Zoom function.)

[Boo the Gentleman Caller]

I give a mother's kiss
Despite the way I slice
In the end you'll be blue
Your demise will suffice

Think... Chrono Trigger.

[Boo the Gentleman Caller]

Nope. Mauron didn't get it.

Whoops. I totally missed that the answer was just in super tiny print. I feel like a dumb dumb.

[Mauron]

My browser displayed that answer in more than 1 point font, but I liked the stick answer better.

[Lord J Esq]

That's the joke. The answer to "What's brown and sticky" is "a stick"; it's sort of an archetypal example of a bad pun (or a "dad' pun). The twist here is to take the other word in "brown and sticky" and make that the answer instead: a brownie.

And, yeah, hiding snarky or sassy stuff in 1 pt. font used to be a Compendium trope, way back when. =P

[Boo the Gentleman Caller]

I give a mother's kiss
Despite the way I slice
In the end you'll be blue
Your demise will suffice

Answer:

Slash!

Mother's kiss = his giant mouth,
'Slice' as a reference to Slash,
Blue as his color, and
demise in reference to the battles with him

This is fun, let's keep this riddle train going!

[Mauron]

I'm pretty sure it wasn't my demise we saw.

[Boo the Gentleman Caller]

You're right! He fails... Twice. Thrice if you consider the Bend of Time in Chrono Cross.

[PrincessNadia78]

As long as this doesn't turn into those riddles-that-aren't-really-riddles that would blow Blaine's top (Why did the dead baby cross the road? What has four wheels and flies?), I think this could be a good, non-lame game-ish thread...

Simple, but one of my favs cause it's part of the Dark Tower: When is a door not a door?

Fuck yeah!! The Tower junkie in me lives on~!!! ^_^

Blaine is a pain and that is the truth.

Yep, fellow King fan here!!

[Boo the Gentleman Caller]

LONG LIVE THE CRIMSON KING.

Although I'd rather worship a billy-bumbler!

My teeth will all rot
In spite all the drink
At least fourteen
Of course soda's the link

[Mauron]

Is that the soda guzzling contest?

[Boo the Gentleman Caller]

Is that the soda guzzling contest?

So close, and I never even thought about that being an adequate answer. However, when I quickly wrote it out, that's not what I considered. There's another answer involving soda...

[Razig]

Toma?

His teeth rot (because he's dead) and there are at least 14 bearers of his name (Toma XIV).

[Boo the Gentleman Caller]

Razig is our winner!

In the US version he drinks soda, and you have to acquire one and pour it on his grave for the Rainbow Shell quest. Thus the drink/soda reference. The drink line was also subtly referencing that you see him in every bar/tavern in 600AD Chrono Trigger.

And the reference to 14 was indeed that we know of at least fourteen in his lineage, as seen by Toma XIV in Chrono Cross.

[Mauron]

I'll try my hand at this.

A lucky find got me here
The journey takes me north
We'll meet again in the end