Nearly twenty minutes had passed without a sound to startle unless you counted the quiet, yet shrill beeping that came from Matt's game boy. Carley was twitching from inactivity and Rhiannon was getting to that point as well. Finally, the girl spotted a pile of paper, perched on a shelf precariously.
With a little 'humph' Dash had launched herself out from the chair she was so delicately balanced on and then managed to drag Official from the blue room.
"What the hell Ca- Dash?" Now, not that she'd admit it but up until now, Carley had been impressed with Official's ability to remember Dash was Carley's new name. Dash had actually found herself struggling to keep up with the change so it was a pleasant surprise that someone else could. This however was completely unrelated so the thought left Carley's mind and she told Rhiannon of her plan.
"I got a good idea. You think Mello is better than Near and I, vise versa sooo, it's riddle time!" At the word riddle, two concealed sheets of paper were thrown into the unsuspecting 16 year old's face.
"Like in The Hobbit?" Rhiannon asked, intrigued to finally have something to do.
"What?"
"In the Hobbit, Bilbo challenges Smeagal to a riddle battle, and if Bilbo won, he could go free, but if Smeagal won, well, Bilbo would be eaten." Official explained.
"What the fuck? What is with you and your nerd shit?" Carley shook her head. Of course, Rhiannon had something stupid to reference. She always did.
"Yeah, like that. But minus the whole eating bit. But Near can eat me anytime he wants." Carley joked, knowing that would evoke a response from her friend.
"Stop..." Rhiannon groaned, taking a piece of paper and thinking of the perfect riddle.
On each piece of paper the girls wrote a riddle for their respective favorites and while Rhiannon's was completely random, something she had heard from Carley almost a year ago in their past universe, Carley's riddle was something she had come up with herself not long after finishing the series Death Note.
As the two finished writing, Official remembered just how determined and stubborn Dash could be.
"Yo Dash, we should read each other our riddles and give each other the answer, that way we won't cheat." Instantly Dash nodded, most likely thinking along the same lines.
Official told her riddle first.
"Throw away the outside, eat the inside. Eat the outside, throw away the inside- What am I?" Dash smirked.
"Isn't that the corn riddle I told you when we first met? Nonetheless, nice memory." Dash remarked.
"Almost photographic." Official grinned like a five year that got a sticker on a coloring assignment.
"Good, We're probably going to need it here. Anyway- mines a bit more simple. Ahem. What wets the bed but isn't alive? And the answer is a River."
"For Nate River?" Official rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, basically."
"Anyway, that's too easy. He's a fucking genius. He'll figure it out in like, two seconds."
"I don't care. It's the riddle I'm giving him." Dash retorted.
Official scoffed.
"Fine, asswad."
The girls nodded, both agreed on their answers before walking back into the room.
"Yo, we're back and we've got a bit if a challenge for 1 and 2." Said numbers glanced to the girls and before you could say 'Matt's a fuckboy' Carley was in front of Near and Rhiannon in front of Mello, each passing the sheets to them.
