Grand ol' Riddlydiddly came strutting down the street with his magnificent inquirycane in hand. All along pedestrians would ask him as he passed "What's up Riddlydiddly?" and he would smack them on the head and reply, "I'm the one who asks the questions around here." The citizens laughed as they were reminded of this fact and then returned to their work.
Perplexo had had enough of Riddlydiddly's antics, though, and soon took matters into his own hand. He fluttered down from the top of town hall by his quizzicape, and landed in front of Riddlydiddly.
"Perplexo!" Riddlydiddly exclaimed, and Perplexo laughed.
"Aren't you the one who asks the questions around here, Riddly."
"Don't I, though?" Riddlydiddly asked, recovering his persona. "And don't you mean Riddlydiddly?"
"Ha. Isn't it commonly agreed that you'd be better off annoying another town?"
"What's your game here, Perplexo?"
"Isn't it obvious?"
"A game of questions, hmm?
"Did it take you so long to figure out?"
"Shouldn't you be using your time more productively?"
"Is there anything more productive than this that I could be spending my time doing right now?
"Regurgitating my own question, quite amateur wouldn't you say?"
Blast.
Riddlydiddly was good.
Perplexo thought his grand entrance would have quelled him easier.
"What's this town's population anyway?" Perplexo continued on with the challenge.
"What province are we inhabiting right now?
"How far is it to the coast?"
"Why are the carrot shipments late this week?"
By now the two were shouting, unwilling to be defeated by the other. The questions continued to asininity, and by the time they were spewing garbled nonsensical questions to each other, Queen Quizzical descended from the stars in a blast of icy inquiries and called to them "Haven't you both had enough!"
And the two duelists turned to her and shouted, "SHUT UP QUIZZY!" Then they immediately gasped. They'd both broken their runs, and in a mutual fury, raced towards Queen Quizzical. The three clashed in a contest of queries, warping the air around them, and transporting them to the Riddle Realm, where they'd settle their differences before the Puzzle Panel.
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