Ask The Black Cavern

[Nima Deleste]

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It seems the Twi'lek was a really sour one, Nima would just ignore her. "Attention seeker" Nima thought. She knew that the other Zeltron, Galania they call her, would most likely refuse the option of blowing up the being's face unless it was the last option. It was best to just let them have their way for now, as more angry comments by the other two would just make the mission longer.

Nima felt pretty satisfied with Galania's answer, the Twi'lek didn't seem to think it was. "Correct" stated the stone being. Nima gave a small nod to the Zeltron "Forgot to mention that if we get just one riddle wrong, we fail." The face continued with its second riddle: "In up I'm down and down I'm up, I'm left and right, whichever way yup. I sing and dance make everyone giggle, can one of you answer my riddle?"

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[Lani Tallis]

The Zeltron chuckled at Drast's remark, albeit absent-mindely—Galania was too focused on the riddle. The first one was challenging already, and the "one shot" rule that the other Zeltron had mentioned didn't add confidence. "Fireworks" were the last on the list of Lani's priorities. Blowing up someone's face was wrong; especially if that someone could be one of a kind. If all else failed, maybe negotiations could work?

The second riddle though... Lani didn't know what to make of it. Her mind had accidentally stumbled on the solution for the first one. Music could sing, dance, and be whichever way. But it didn't have to make everyone giggle, didn't answer the "in down I'm up and down I'm up" part. No, "music" was too far-fetched. A plash of sunlight would suit... If it could sing.

Lani scratched the bridge of her nose and massaged the forehead. A tumbler doll? When put down, it would go up and keep going in different directions. Its moves would be akin to dancing. It usually had some sort of bells inside, which could be compared to singing. Making everyone giggle? Not necessarily, but it could be there for the rhyme's sake. But one thing stopped Lani from saying the answer: "How the kark would the rockface here even know about such a thing?"

"Ermmm... Does anyone here has access to HoloNet?" the Zeltron asked, only half-jokingly. She'd lower her voice a little and gesture for everyone to come over. Who knew, the cliff could be listening and could perceive her voicing her opinion for an answer. "Look, guys, my best guess is a tumbler doll right now, but... I just feel off about it. Any better ideas?"

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[Drastus Drahr]

Drast would grunt as Xiann jumped on before the crate was fully set down. "Again?" He would recover his situation before leaning against the crate. "Nice, Lani, got a riddle right." Then the damn thing asked a second riddle. Force Osik squared. Once it was done posing its riddle, Galania would begin to speak and he gave her his full attention. "Hmm? HoloNet? Sure."

Reaching into his pack, he'd procure his Jed-Ipad 12 and unlock the screen. "Kriff.. No signal. Sorry, Lani..." he'd begin to tuck it back away. "Tumbler doll? What's that? My best guess is one of those fish that sing on the wooden boards. But I don't know how solid that one is." Drast would whisper back.

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[Xiann]

Xiann smiled and blew a kiss to Drastus as he showed his displeasure of the ladies sitting on his luggage. The second riddle came and they all seemed equally confused by it. The Twi’lek pulled out her datapad and tapped a few times, “Yeah, same as Drastus. No signal, sorry folks.”

She leaned back slightly and tried to wrap her head around the riddle, but the entire thing made even less sense than the first. However her two partners both came up with ideas, and both were complete mysteries to her. “I have no idea what that is and… singing fish? Are you ok under there? Want me to loosen your helmet a little?”

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[Nima Deleste]

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The riddle made no sense to Nima. "Something in every direction that can dance and sing..." Nima wasn't sure what the answer was like the others. Although Nima didn't know what a tumbler doll was, and she definitely knew it wasn't a singing fish.

Nima turned around to the other to offer her guess at the riddle. She noticed they all seemed to be whispering their answers, and assumed that they were worried about the rock face being unfair. Nima knew the being would only respond if you said your answer directly to him, but she would whisper as well to keep the three from getting angry. "I think it's the wind. The wind goes up, down, and side to side. You can hear the wind like it's singing. Wind relating things like tornados spin like dancers spin. Kids go outside when the sun is out and is windy and play and giggle."

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[Lani Tallis]

On second thought, Lani's guess wasn't much better than Drast's. Still sitting on her crate and contemplating the dirt below her, the Zeltron scoffed. Then Nima offered her solution. The wind. It seemed logical. The only thing that Lani found somewhat of a stretch was the "giggle" explanation. "Guess that'll have to do," she mumbled quietly to the other Zeltron. It was the best shot they had; if only because the rock-face definitely hadn't seen a tumbler doll. "If we fail, there's always a chance to talk it over before blowing things out of proportion."

"It's the wind," the Zeltron waved her hand and raised her voice, not even looking towards the mysterious being, but clearly addressing it nonetheless. Lani was half-expecting to get a "Nope", and was already thinking about how she could talk that thing into letting them through anyway. The first riddle was tough, the second was tougher still, and the third... "We'll see if we get that far."

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[Drastus Drahr]

Drastus would catch the blown kiss from Xiann and pocket it with a hidden smirk. "Yeah, I've seen some that do all the things the riddle calls for." The streets didn't have much time for riddles and when Master Zurast had tried to pass them onto him, it was the hardest of passes. He didn't have the patience for them.

At Nima's guess he'd nod, it just seemed like an answer for a riddle, so it was good enough for him. That said, if it was wrong, he wasn't fond of the idea of blowing up the face, so he would be avidly against it. As Lani spoke up the guess, he would just do what he could, wait and see.

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[Xiann]

The Twi’lek looked doubtful when Nima suggested the Wind as an answer, but when she explained her reasoning it did make sense. In as much as any riddle answer made any sort of sense at least. “Sure, Wind sounds as good as anything.” She watched the large rock face for any sort of reaction as they spoke between each other and as Lani called out their chosen answer. She saw no twitches or motions whatsoever, it was completely, well, stone faced. “By the way, seeing as though this big face is immune to the force, what makes us so sure explosives would work? It’s a big rock sure, but most rocks aren’t Force-resistant.”

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