Alright, everybody’s been asking it. I can hear it. It comes to me like visions carried on waves from the depths of space. “Where are the April Fool’s?” “Who is that behind me?” “Why Drake not update anymore?” I am here. I have always been here. There is nothing that has ever been but Me and Here. And you all. Yes, delightful you. Since you love April 1 so much, I decided. “Why not more ones?” April 11 has the most 1s. Yes, that is what the people want. But you have been pranked within the prank. Ha and ha, hee and ho. You have expected surprise, but in so doing, surprise is the expected. We must innovate. You will make me the riddles. Again. The subject? …Hm. A song. A music of your choosing. Toodles, as I say.
What is love, if not sharing food with someone, and then running away from that someone,
as they chase after you, shouting “That was my food, give me back my food”?
Hmm. What an auspicious question. We are makings the riddles? But you have so much skill and power here, especially with the musics. Therefore, for you I will need to make an extra special question! But what could be suitable for one of your stature?
Very well, then! I will attempt at this!
—The Rules—
Basically, I’ll post riddles, and it’s up to you to solve them! Answering riddles correctly will award you with points. At the end of the month, the person with the most points wins!
When answering riddles, please follow these rules:
In order to be awarded credit (and points!) for answering a riddle, you’ll need to provide logic. What I’m looking for is a few sentences explaining your reasoning – specifically, a few words per line of the riddle.
Only one guess per day is allowed.
Have fun!!
Here’s an example of what a riddle will look like:
Riddle #0
Difficulty: Easy
I have a mom
I have a hat
I have a dog
and wield a bat
And here’s an example of a guess that would be awarded credit:
Ninten
I have a mom – her name is Carol!
I have a hat – it’s his signature style.
I have a dog – his name is Mick!
and wield a bat – it’s his signature weapon.
Please be sure to follow this format! Otherwise, I will not give you points!
Riddles will likely follow this basic rhyming structure (i.e. ABCB), but I may mix it up as time goes on.
Hints
If a riddle remains unsolved by the next update, I’ll add a hint. For example, a hint for the sample riddle would look like this: Hint 1: I have two sisters too
If nobody has solved the riddle after 5 hints, then I’ll start over with a new riddle.
Also, please be sure to provide logic for any available hints as well!
Scoring
Each riddle will be assigned a difficulty rating: Easy, Medium, or Hard. Each difficulty will award a different amount of points, like so:
Easy: 6 Points
Medium: 8 Points
Hard: 10 Points
There are also bonus points for answering a riddle quickly. You’ll get an extra 2 points for correctly answering a riddle on the first day it’s posted, while correctly answering on the second day will get you an extra 1 point.
Finally, it’s possible to get logic points. If your answer has logic, but is incorrect, you will get one logic point.
If your answer isn’t what I was thinking of, but your logic fits the riddle to the point where I could apply the wording of the riddle to it completely and still see it work, I’ll give you half the points you would’ve gotten for correctly answering it once the riddle is over.
Extras
The main focus here is on riddles, but there are a few other mini-games that will be there alongside them. I’ll update the list as more are used.
Twenty Questions
This is a simple game where you have to guess what thing I’m thinking of using yes/no questions.
At the beginning of each round of 20 Questions, I will tell you the category of the thing:
People: Any person or creature you can talk to interact with in Mother 1, including NPCs (human, animal, and alien), the main party, etc.
Places: Any game location, including dungeons, buildings, etc.
Enemies: Any enemy or boss you fight in the game.
Note that this will NOT include characters who would fall under People (so the B. B. Boss/Teddy and the Dragon would be under People, but the R7037 and the Fish would be under Enemies).
Things: Physical entities that exist in Mother 1’s universe, including items, scenery, etc.
Other: Anything else that doesn’t fit the other categories.
As an example, at the start of a round I’ll post:
I’m thinking of a Person
Then, you’d give me a yes/no question, such as:
Do they live in Ellay?
Finally, I’ll update with my answers, like so:
Do they live in Ellay? Yes.
You are allowed to post ONE question per day. Also, please Bold your questions to make them easier to see! (You can do so by putting * around your answer.)
The round will end when either a) someone guesses correctly, or b) twenty guesses have been made. At that point, I’ll start a new round and think of a new thing.
Each question you ask will award 1 point, while guessing the correct answer will award 10 points.
Note: I may use unused content in some Riddles, so keep that in mind for solutions.
Updates
I’ll try to update at 7:00 P.M. CST or thereabouts every day, and if I can’t, I will try to make that clear as early as possible. I do have school and a number of classes where homework may run late, though, so please keep that in mind.
Each update will include 1) giving a new riddle OR adding a new hint to an existing riddle, 2) giving answers to your guesses for 20 questions, and 3) updating the Leder Board if needed.
Riddle Submissions
If you have a cool riddle you’d like to submit, please do so! If I like it, I’ll use it and give you 8 points.
Points will only be awarded once per month, but you are free to submit more riddles if you so please.
Prizes
In addition to the satisfaction of winning, the winners of each month of Riddles qualify for some prizes!
A little ditty found deep within
places that are dark and old.
And later, within times of two,
Aligned with one of gold. Hint 1: Speaking of questions, something is speaking into your mind here.
Ah, this is a surprise indeed! I do so love surprises. This must be the dungeon theme, later used for the gold mine in Earthbound. But the difficulty is custom, your rules forgotten. You…
Yes, you are clever indeed, your usurpation almost unnoticed, almost welcome. But the power, it leaves me. There are rules for beings such as I, and I cannot grant points to myself. You have seized the flow of energy, connived yourself into the role of host. But to what are you host? To whom? Ha ha
Grant what points you wish, or claim them. I know better than to oppose you as it stands. That is one mistake to which you cannot goad me.
What is love, if not sharing food with someone, and then running away from that someone,
as they chase after you, shouting “That was my food, give me back my food”?
I do not regret to inform you, Drake Inferno, that you have fallen for my plan. I had held my silence until now because I had been lying in wait for you to make a mistake.
The answer is not the dungeon theme. The dungeon theme, which later plays in the M2 Gold Mine, does not involve anyone speaking into your mind. Further, it is a much longer theme rather than “a little ditty”.
The answer is the theme that plays in the Magicant caves, which involves a voice speaking into you mind. This same sound plays when interacting with the Mani Mani (consistently described as a gold statue) in MOTHER 2 when Lier X. Aggerate shows it to you. This theme has nothing to do with the Gold Mines, so your answer is not correct, Drake Inferno.
You may have avoided the trap laid by Deybrek, but you have failed to notice this one. The points being custom, it is time to distribute them.
Le Drake Board
Drake Inferno: -6
Your hold has weakened, and I may now launch my own riddles thread, on this day of the Bengali New Year.
Kindly deliver another topic on which riddles might be made, that you might make new and interesting mistakes.
Ah – StarstorDandee… is in fact correct! The riddle I had posted was in regards to the song in the Cave of the Tail – Which becomes the Mani Mani jingle in M2, when played at double speed!
I do not regret to inform you, Drake Inferno, that you have fallen for my plan. I had held my silence until now because I had been lying in wait for you to make a mistake.
<snip>
You may have avoided the trap laid by Deybrek, but you have failed to notice this one. The points being custom, it is time to distribute them.
Le Drake Board
Drake Inferno: -6
Your hold has weakened, and I may now launch my own riddles thread, on this day of the Bengali New Year.
Kindly deliver another topic on which riddles might be made, that you might make new and interesting mistakes.
Ha. Ahaha. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Ah, apologies, I didn’t mean concerning for me. You see, StarstorDandee, you missed one small thing.
You have seized the flow of energy, connived yourself into the role of host. But to what are you host? To whom? Ha ha
You see, before you struck him down, Drake had passed off the position of host. So when you struck him down, intending to take the role of host…
YOU MISSED.
You did an excellent job, though! You solved my riddle! And, as I recall, those who solve riddles get points, correct? Let’s see here, how many points did you say that custom question should be worth? I will honor that. Let’s see here…
Le Drake Board
Drake Inferno: -6
StarstorDandee: -6
Although… This leaves me with a problem. Of what use is a host, without guests? So let’s try this.
Everyone! The Pranksters have been pranked! The Fools have been fooled! The roles have been reversed! We make the riddles now!
Until the month ends, I offer this challenge to all. If you create a riddle, and it gets solved? You get six points. It doesn’t have to be a difficult one, and it doesn’t have to rhyme! Feel free to pick your favorite moments/songs/places/characters/monsters, and use this as a way to simply share trivia! If you solve a riddle posted by someone else? You get four points. Once your riddle has been solved? You can make another, up to one per day. If your riddle goes a day without being solved? You can add a clue! (Players be warned, though. If you attempt to ignore someones riddles in order to deny them points, it will not work.) At the end of the month, let us see who can accrue the most points.
NO KINGS. NO MASTERS. ONLY RIDDLES.
professional unprofessional
Alright! I’m throwing my hat in the ring here… albeit a bit late…
Riddle #??:
Difficulty: I dunno. Talk to John in accounting, I think he could get that for you.
In a dog eat dog world,
These creatures are quite special.
Who take refuge in the stratus,
And need no aquatic vessel.
Riddle #??:
Difficulty: I told you, I don’t know! Here, get yourself something nice at the café downstairs. My treat.
In a dog eat dog world,
These creatures are quite special.
Who take refuge in the stratus,
And need no aquatic vessel. Hint 1: Who would stand out in “a dog eat dog world”?
Riddle #??:
Difficulty: Oh? Back already? Look, can you quit pestering me and get back to work? The boss’ll have our head if we don’t get our stuff together by Friday.
In a dog eat dog world,
These creatures are quite special.
Who take refuge in the stratus,
And need no aquatic vessel. Hint 1: Who would stand out in “a dog eat dog world”? Hint 2: They come in pairs.
Ah. Excuse me, I appear to have [DROP TABLE Riddles;—]
I mean, yes. I am back. How embarrassing. Truly a blunder. There are those who could exploit such things. Now, the riddle.
But of course. I think it must be the swimming cats.
In a dog eat dog world, – Magicant does have its hostile forces, I suppose.
These creatures are quite special. – They are, you could say, the opposite of aggressive dogs.
Who take refuge in the stratus, – Clouds are where they dwell.
And need no aquatic vessel. – They are content to swim on their own.
Hint 1: Who would stand out in “a dog eat dog world”? – Altruistic cats.
Hint 2: They come in pairs. – Indeed.
What is love, if not sharing food with someone, and then running away from that someone,
as they chase after you, shouting “That was my food, give me back my food”?
professional unprofessional
Ding-ding-ding! That is correct, Drake. Here is the board as it stands.
Le Drake Board
Ripjaw: 6
Drake Inferno: -2
StarstorDandee: -6
I will leave the floor open for someone else to submit a riddle. If none come in by 9 PM EST, I will be submitting another. Make haste, riddlers!
You did an excellent job, though! You solved my riddle! And, as I recall, those who solve riddles get points, correct? Let’s see here, how many points did you say that custom question should be worth? I will honor that. Let’s see here…
Le Drake Board
Drake Inferno: -6
StarstorDandee: -6
You missed just one thing, Deybrek. Did I ever say the custom question was worth -6 points for a correct answer? Drake Inferno did not solve it, I did. Drake Inferno got negative points for his mistake on the riddle, a mistake I did not make. We stand on opposite ends of the truth. Your claim is built on an unsound foundation, and today it will crumble.
You could have stopped me, Deybrek. For some time, you had the power. But you let go of it.
By your last breath, you chose to honor what I had said of the points assigned to the custom question.
StarstorDandee
The points being custom, it is time to distribute them.
This is the only statement I had made to that effect. Then, the points remain custom. By the power once vested in you, the power you once held as you spoke these words, your will be done.
14 seems like a good number, on this 14th day of the Bengali year.
Le Drake Board
StarstorDandee: 14
Ripjaw: 6
Drake Inferno: -2
And you, Ripjaw, did you not carry Deybrek’s fell legacy? And yet, I make no claims on what is right and what is wrong. Come, search your heart for this answer.
RIDDLE
Difficulty: No
The toss of a coin
When you must fly
Only in this one,
Each has their try
Drake Inferno
Super April Fools Mother 1 Riddles:
StarstorDandee
