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"The answer is a knife, for a blade is best flat, and of course sharp at the edges. Quite a simple question this one, it's almost not a riddle at all."

TheBoughman was pleased that he'd (somehow) gotten that right.

"All right, now it is your turn. Ask me a riddle, and give me a second to think. If I guess right however, I win. If I don't guess right, then you win, and I will give you my treasure. Come now, ask me anything. A riddle is as good as a story."

GIVE them a riddle? Now, that was almost asking too much. He frowned as he thought about it. "Okay. I got it! What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees Up, up it goes, And yet never grows?"

The cat took a long time to try and answer, but finally answered incorrectly. When Aurel exclaimed jubuliantly that he was wrong, the cat spoke again "A surprising twist, but I love surprises. You are quite the clever one, and for that, you deserve a small prize. Just this time, of course, just once."

The chest appeared in front of him and Aurel victoriously claimed the card and the little BING LEVEL UP.

+1 Level
+ CARD

MY STATS

My character's username: TheBoughman
My character's level: 5
Character's HP: 30
Character's Job Class: Mad Hatter
Current party: N/A.
Current Guild: N/A
Location: Tulgey Woods
Small IC description of character: A six foot tall male with long, messy green curls and the default Mad Hatter outfit - earth tones, baby. He may or may not be an awkward turtle.
Character journal: Battle Log

A bit of wandering after her first battle only found Kousagi still surrounded by trees. They were nice, they felt comforting and safe, especially when they talked.
Speaking of...
"Oh! A story?" Kousagi stopped at the tree that spoke up, tail in hand, as she craned her head back to peer up at it. The tree did not smile so much as a smile appeared above a branch. This prompted a gasp from the girl who was quick to point a finger up at the smile.
"You're the teeth from before! The one who said something about being lost and being more lost... Or was it..." Maybe it was something about not being lost?
"Oh um... A riddle. Please. I think I've had enough of stories..." The girl mumbled as she plucked her tail back into her hands. Those stories at the lake were so sad...

A moment after she'd made her choice, the smile materialized a cat partially around itself, stripes fading and brightening in a pattern that looked similar to slow breaths. It introduced itself and the girl tilted her head to one side.
"So you... Aren't the one I saw earlier?" If there was more than one that lived here, it was entirely rational to believe there was more than one who liked to hang out in trees.
But the cat didn't answer and instead proceeded to ask her a riddle.

"What can I hide, but always find..." She breathed out as she thought about it. Her tail twisted up to her hand and she used it to tap against her chin as she thought.
Lost objects seemed a good idea, but then again sometimes they were not always found... Teeth seemed good, but that felt a little too much of a stretch... So many things!
The girl turned and looked down at her feet for a moment, noticing the little shadow she cast on the ground. If she turned toward the tree, it bent and distorted and bled into the one the tree made, thus hiding itself.
AHA!
"A shadow!"

The cat smiled at her exuberance, or continued to smile since it already was, and flicked its tail in what appeared to be a contented manner. A grin broke the girl's mouth and she nodded excitedly at the prospect of treasure. She just had to think of a riddle!
After a moment of thought the girl rose up on her toes with another smile.
"What is round, but not always around, is sometimes light and the rest of the time dark?"
The cat gives one flick of its tail before it sighs and answers "The moon".

A cry of shock left Kousagi as she jumped indignantly.
"What, how did you guess?!"

The cat did not look displeased with her answer and Kousagi began to wonder if the cat really even cared about her answer. It did seem to care about another riddle from her though.
ALRIGHT! She could think of something really great this time...
"OK OK, what has many leaves but not on the outside?"
This time the cat screwed up its mouth, the smile finally disappearing, its tail flicking in a very sedate rhythm. After a few moments of thought the tail went straight and the cat answered with a purr, a bush.
Kousagi laughed and shook her head.
"A book! Cause like, the leaves are inside... Between the covers!" She laughed again and the cat did too. It smiled once more and disappeared, leaving a treasure chest in its wake.
Sweet, loot!

The rain. "Next question," She said, tapping her foot impatiently. OCTOPU55Y was determined. She was... oh, who was she kidding. She was only doing this to see if she could win it. Sighs. What a joke.

How simple! Mary. She had hoped he would get confused! "...go ahead with yours, then." This is your last riddle. "I know."

The cat thought. And it thought. Until it looked at at her and guessed the actual longest word in the dictionary. OCTOPU55Y smiled. She full, blown out smiled. I WON. I WOOOON I WON I WON!!!! I. WON. "Nope. Smiles, because there is a mile between each ‘s’!" The cat curled it's tail. "A surprising twist, but I love surprises. You are quite the clever one, and for that, you deserve a small prize. Just this time, of course, just once." It disappeared, leaving a treasure chest. OCTO couldn't wipe the smile off her face-- she could feel herself growing, stronger and stronger-- she finally, finally did it! She grabbed the card and left, glad she didn't need to come back-- ever again.

Tapping a finger on her chin she grinned again, looking back to the cat with a gleam in her eyes. Riddles huh? She was god awful at riddles but she was very good at storytelling, it was probably awful and didn't make sense but she was going with her gut again.

"It has a sharp defense, but cannot hold anything except for water, what is it?"

She smirked to the cat who blinked back at her. There was a long silence before it guessed "A Cup". r3d beamed triumphantly.

"A cactus."

Surprises huh? r3d watched it curiously as the treasure chest appeared and she took it graciously. Once again there was no weapon but she did find another one of the useful cards, and a level to go with it. This time the toils of labor came swiftly and she left before anything worse could happen.