Sphinx
Just a friendly reminder that Jin is a boy, and that outfit is old egyptian, in case you’re confused :p
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“Just a friendly reminder that Jin is a boy”
Alright, people. Seems like every chapter Jin appears in, someone hasn’t been paying attention and mistaken him for a girl. Who got a Bridget dropped on them THIS time?
Misjindering?
Hah! Could be worse.. There was a rather long arguement in “SaveState” over whether Nicole was boy or girl. I and others never had any doubts she was a girl. -Looked- like a girl to me, and her name was a major clue too. Some assumed from the start that Nicole was a boy, like her brother, Kade. Such fun. 🙂
And, what’s the “Bridgit” thing all about??
It’s a meme from the 2000s about a character who looked female but wasn’t. I recommend looking up Bridget on Know Your Meme (or TV Tropes) if you want to go into the details .
Like tip from skin-horse.com
Exept that ones obvious
Point of order: while Bridget was forcibly disguised as a girl (some rigamarole about male twins bringing disaster, iirc), she has since concluded that she is, in fact, a girl as of her latest game.
He got even cuter! How?! XD
Looking forward to the riddles and the twins & company efforts to solve them. Wonder if they will tell Nate no looking things up online, that’s cheating?
Riddle me this, oh truth seekers;
who’s up to these hi-jinks?
The answer, of course, as seen here
Is Jin the fair riddle Sphinx.
Three puzzles he will ask
before he gives a clue;
taking you all to task.
What are you going to do?
This is the gang’s first stop
(I see the other’s ears)
Will this be an easy drop
or harder than it appears?
I don’t know how Jin can get any cuter.
A riddle-sphinx?! This will be fun, I wonder what the riddles will be.
With his tail as fluffy as it is, with the wings, panel 5 makes it look like there’s a cloud behind Jin.
Hopefully Jin knows how to walk like an Egyptian in that costume! Here’s some music to help him with that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypXWPc6ZC4A
I doubt Jin is old enough to recognize this song from its use in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, he’s not ready to watch it yet.
I’m more partial to “Manic Monday” and “Eternal Flame”.
Jin = da best
I forgot, is this the first time we have seen Jin’s spirit-animal-guardian speak (I forgot his name) or has he shown to be able to speak before?
SHE has spoken before, at the tail end of Dinner Dash Part 1. And her name is Katsumi.
She talked briefly one other time: https://www.twindragonscomic.com/comic/sloppy/
I was beaten to the punch!
Jin looks so cute in that outfit, the twins are probably going to invite him to join them on the rest of hunt. And, once again, I’m guessing the twins will get through the the riddles real quick, only be stumped by the answers.
“What is this ‘fun’ of which you speak?” 🙂 Poor Katsumi.
Seeing just the ears in panel 3 is funny.
You’ve made a mistake , Robin : you’ve written “that outfit is old egyptian” in place of “that outfit is old greek”
Can’t wait to ear the three riddles ^_^
Why not. It’s generally assumed that Egyptian culture was highly influenced by the Greek (To the point of language and Greek originated pharoahs) But the GREEK Sphinx is a female. The EGYPTIAN version is male. Which is why Robin’s reminding us that Jin’s a boy…
Right , but the greek and egyptian are ligthly different : https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/hdmbnj/1897-chromolithgraph-antique-montrant-les-costumes-de-l-antiquite-femme-egyptienne-dans-l-egyptien-kalasiris-avec-tablier-et-sphinxhood-grec-avec-chlamys-femme-grecque-dans-le-double-manteau-femme-grecque-en-jupe-longue-et-large-vetement-superieur-romain-avec-toga-temps-d-empereurs-roman-licteur-avec-sagum-roman-femme-en-tunique-palla-paysan-romain-avec-manteau-sans-manches-source-chromolithographie-originale-hdmbnj.jpg
As I say. The Pharaohs were Egyptian but from the Greek. The ruling classes spoke Greek and dressed like the Greek with a few changes for the climate. You might have noticed Historical epics don’t feature much of the Egyptian lower classes. So the general consensus is believed to be that they wore robes like the Greeks. Not exactly true but it’s the version of history that Jin and the others would be acquainted with.
I’m sure the outfit is neither. Seriously, fabric needs to be well preserved to last that long, making so old clothes short supply and likely only shown in museums. I’m sure it’s modern recreation based on historic drawings.
🙂
(Also, those shoes are probably plastic or rubber.)
I’m pretty sure Robin was referring to the STYLE of the outfit, not its actual origin.
The style is greek , having inspired the egyptians for a time as said above , then the romans too ^_^
My remark was in response to HKMaly’s comment about the outfit’s age.
Aww, Jin looks like a little angle! A little Lion Doggy angel! Now we know what Jin looks like in a dress (and a chiton/tunic) and as a girl.
Katsumi: “You look ridiculous.”
Says the Komainu spirit who goes naked 24/7. We all think Jin looks adorable. Hopefully he’s wearing his normal clothes under his Sphinx tunic, that way he can just take it off if he wants to join in on the party! His clothes look more Ancient Roman or Ancient Greek than Ancient Egyptian.
By the way, some Ancient Greek myths describe the Sphinx as being part dog, part bird of prey, part woman, and part lion, so Jin is 3/4 of the way done, since he’s a(n adorable) Komainu puppy-cub!
Looks like a little angel, sorry for misspelling that. I wish this website’s engine could let you edit your own comments, though that would probably involve having to sign into the site.
“Aww, Jin looks like a little angle!”
He’s very acute! 😏
Being a bit obtuse there, old Fox? Gives an ear scritch
Nope, just right.
Nope : the greek sphinx was a body lion with the chest/head of a woman ^_^”
Panel 5: Who’s saying the first line, Kai or Kaya?
Let’s see: You are in a room with two doors, one to freedom, the other to death. There is a guard at each door. One guard will always lie, while the other guard will always tell the truth, but you do not know which is which. Figure out how to get out to safety asking one one question to one guard.
Oops, “asking one one question” should be “asking only one question”.
Daniel here…
Alright, I’ve heard the answer to this kind of question a few times, but that was ages ago and I’m not entirely sure I remember right…
SPOILER WARNING, you can ask either one “which door would the other guy point to if you asked him which is the safe exit?”, which the Honest Guard would reply to by pointing to the Death Exit, since the Lying Guard never tells the truth. However, the Lying Guard would also point to the Death Exit too, since if you asked the Honest Guard “which door is the Safe Exit?” he’d point to it, but the Lying Guard has to point to the wrong answer, the Death Exit. You then simply take the opposite exit to the one they point to… END OF SPOILER
I’ll admit, this one took me longer cause I couldn’t remember the answer plus I haven’t had the best sleep lately, so I had to work it out the hard way basically…
There you go. You got it.
*And there was much rejoicing…*
Yay me…
https://youtu.be/yciX2meIkXI
Or maybe: A man closes up his shop for the night and walks 100 m across an empty parking lot to his black car. He did not carry a remote control of some form for the car, nor any source of light. The parking lot lights are not working due to a local blackout, which is also preventing all the nearby buildings, traffic lights and street lights from casting any light. The sky is fully overcast, obscuring all the stars and the moon is not visible. How did the man walk directly to his car under these circumstances?
Daniel here.
This may have fried Screwball’s processor, but I think I’ve got an idea…
SPOILER WARNING; He can walk to his car because it’s not dark out yet. While all those light sources may not be working, it is irrelevant because there is still enough sunlight around. In Perth during Winter, it can start getting dark a bit after 5pm, while many shops close at 5pm… ENS OF SPOILER
My Mum can’t drive at night, so she needs to know when it will get dark so she can get home in time, and part of that has rubbed off on me…
You are in Perth? So are many of my relatives. I plan on visiting them at the end of the month. We could get together. Assuming you are referring to the small town in eastern Ontario, not the cities in Scotland or Australia. Those might be too far afield.
Daniel here.
Nah, sorry mate, Perth of Western Australia is my home. Ontario? *Quick Google-Fu* That’s in Canada. There’s actually a Perth is the USA too, which is surprisingly close to the Canadian Perth…
Perth? Been there once, when out to see my brother. At the time he was living in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
Whilst there we did a whistle stop tour of places around the Swan river. One of the tour buses stopped close by the hotel we were in.
And FREE buses! How good is that?
Yeah, the free CAT Buses are great for getting around Perth City itself. And sounds like you also took a Perth Explorer bus – not free, but buy a ticket whenever and jump on or off at any time all day. From memory, the Perth Explorer takes you from Kings Park overlooking Perth to Perth’s only casino, which also has theatres, hotels and more…
Hope you enjoyed your stay here. We do have some idiots of course, everywhere does, but we’re nice people…
Otherwise I would have a scraped Screwball a long time ago… 😛
Oh, while I’m online trying to work something out while also trying to get ready for work 😛 , may as well ask since the new page is up in a few hours – DID I get this one right too? I’m guessing you didn’t say anything before so others wouldn’t cheat, but part of me is curious for an actual official Yes or No… 😛 😀
I guess one of the three riddles will be the classic sphinx riddle “What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?. Or maybe an adapted version for hybrids that might include a tail.
About your second riddle with the parking lot: I didn’t know this one yet, but I will take the risk and try give some thoughts
– The parking lot is EMPTY, so I guess there shouldn’t be many obstacles he could run into
– I assume he remembers where the car is parked and the way there, meaning he can probably find it even in relativly poor light (assuming it isn’t pitch black), especially if it is in his usual spot
– While several sources of light are excluded, some aren’t excluded. E.g. the ( long lasting parking) lights of his car could be on, there could be light from cars (e.g. on the streets or responders like police), or there could be another person with him. It might even that his car might belong to him, but there is someone else in it, there to fetch him, who has the car lights one.
– Extending on two previous points, a plot twist could be that the man is actually blind and doesn’t need light at all to get to the usual spot of his car, in which someone is already waiting for him to drive him home.
Give some others time to answer, but it would be nice if you gave the intended answer later, e.g. on the weekend.
On your ideas: The parking lot is indeed empty, but his car is 100 meters from the front door of his business; it would be easy to walk by it if he did not know exactly where it was. The parking lights on his car were off since he parked that morning. The cops had enough to do, dealing with the blackout; they were not checking out the plaza’s parking lot. There is not enough light from passing cars to make a difference either. The man is alone; everybody else has gone home. His car is unoccupied until he gets to it. The man is not blind and will drive himself home; blind people usually do not qualify for driver’s licenses.
The man has a handheld radar.
He has learned echolocation even though he’s not blind, just in case it would come in handy some day.
His car has an alarm, whose blinking LED is visible from afar in darkness.
He has an Ariadne’s thread tied to the car.
There’s something in the car that makes sounds.
Somebody has lit a bonfire near the parking lot.
A thief with a flashlight is about to break into the car. The man walks towards the light. The thief runs away when the man approaches, but by then he has seen where the car is.
There’s a thunderstorm, and lightning frequently illuminates the parking lot.
It’s not a very good riddle if you have to make a long list of circumstances to exclude all the unwanted answers. Anyway, you haven’t denied that there’s daylight, so I guess that’s the intended answer.
Correct. Most businesses can not operate without electrical power, so a blackout has shut down everything, so the business owner sends his customers and employees home, then locks up, intending to come back tomorrow. However, especially during the summer in most places, the sun is setting later in the evening, so the sun has yet to set. So even though the clouds are obscuring the sunlight, it is still plenty bright enough to see, to walk across the parking lot to his car. The cars driving by make no difference because the sun is brighter than their headlights.
How about:
What is thy name
What is thy quest
What is the air velocity of a unladen swallow
An African or an European swallow?
“Huh, I don’t know that! YEAAARGH!!”
*The Bridgekeeper is no longer a problem…*
A classic movie, I like that Daniel the Human let me watch Monty Python And The Holy Grail! Mind you, he did pause after each of the 3rd Knight’s questions and got me to answer them. He “threw me in the bog” after the 2nd question just cause I said “I seek the Holy Grail”, when I’m really just learning about Earth, blending in & chilling out. Then he “threw me in the bog” again cause my favourite colour is green, not blue…
https://youtu.be/VvSO5KEnaVE
Enjoy… 🙂
Terminal?
Jin: [reads off a flashcard] “Second riddle. What color is my underwear?”
[Katsumi stares wide eyed at Jin before slapping her paw to her face. Jon blushes intensely after realizing what he just asked.]
Why are you always so obsessed with the characters’ underwear?
Can’t take a joke? When was the last time I made a joke about the characters’ undergarments?
what does everyone aims to become but no one wants to be? answer next week 😉
also, i´m still hoping that someone someday will be able to see katsumi
A memory.
nope, sorry….while your answer would technically fit as well, becoming was meant litarally, like changing into something
the answer is: old.
everyone wants to grow old (as in have a long life) but no one wants to BE old (as in achy bones, bad eye sight,…)
I can see rex saying something along the lines of “I have a riddle for you!” And jin interrupting with “You. you will be black and blue and red all over if you finish that sentence.”
Other than the fact I know rex probably won’t be able to bring himself to threaten Jin, even if he was joking.
Surely Jin would be in Geta.
I remember from the world builder that he needs special shoes as his claws wreck normal shoes.
Wait… I’m starting to get flashbacks to Kai’s fever dream…
…Well, I can imagine that the treasure they find is what was originally in Kai’s dream, if I want to. =3
Katsumi: “If they don’t get it right, eat them.”
http://mixedmyth.comicgenesis.com/d/20010911.html
When will their physical test be I rember you mentioning it in chapter 8. I am really curious about how strong they are.
Katsumi needs to lighten up. I mean I know that she’s a guardian spirit and it’s her job to guard, but even in moments when it’s just her and Jin, all she does is grump about something or other.
“Grump” was in the job description before she hired on. 😉
Jin: “I have 3 riddles.”
Nate: *pulls out phone and brings up Google.*
Jin: (going all bishōnen mode and flailing his arms and legs about) “Nuuuuuuuu! You can’t do that! That’s cheating!”