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Witch and Delia
The witch spent many days and nights preparing a mixture for the mayor's wife, Delia. She knew that the Seekers of Knowledge were not the ones who desired the recipe. The witch was annoyed and thought of Delia as a coward. To send someone out, whom she knew would be worthy enough to open the bottle, is petty, and insulting. The anger stirred within the witch as she walked into Raptin. She was tricked, and the trickster would pay for her deceit.
The witch approached the town, and the air chilled around her. It was quiet and dark, the way she loved it. She saw the mayor's house, and slowly walked up the steps and lightly knocked on the door. The door barely opened as Delia answered the door, "Yes, is there a problem?" Delia turned as pale as a ghost seeing the old witch. "Yes, there is a problem, and its name is Delia," the witch said in a very cold, calm, and steely voice. "I am here to collect payment for the recipe that you tricked out of me." Delia stood there and said nothing.
The witch waited patiently and finally opened the beaker, slowly pouring the liquid on the ground. "Read what it says, and if you answer correctly, I will let you keep what is yours; if you don't, I will take what is mine," the witch said.
The magical liquid formed words on the ground, and read:
I come within the night.
A mask of calmness covers my voice.
Within my heart, anger stirs.
I bring vengeance, and death.
My judgment has been made.
Who am I?
The witch approached the town, and the air chilled around her. It was quiet and dark, the way she loved it. She saw the mayor's house, and slowly walked up the steps and lightly knocked on the door. The door barely opened as Delia answered the door, "Yes, is there a problem?" Delia turned as pale as a ghost seeing the old witch. "Yes, there is a problem, and its name is Delia," the witch said in a very cold, calm, and steely voice. "I am here to collect payment for the recipe that you tricked out of me." Delia stood there and said nothing.
The witch waited patiently and finally opened the beaker, slowly pouring the liquid on the ground. "Read what it says, and if you answer correctly, I will let you keep what is yours; if you don't, I will take what is mine," the witch said.
The magical liquid formed words on the ground, and read:
I come within the night.
A mask of calmness covers my voice.
Within my heart, anger stirs.
I bring vengeance, and death.
My judgment has been made.
Who am I?
Answer
WitchThe first sentence in the riddle is referring to the witch, who did come in the night because it was dark. The second part of the riddle is the first time the witch spoke to Delia; her voice was cold and steely, but still calm. The fact that Delia tricked her caused anger within her heart while she waited to get back what belonged to her. The witch brought a way to right the wrong with death; she had already decided what she was going to do with Delia even before arriving there.
Delia looked at the words and read them slowly. The words would disappear once she read them. She had a look of fright upon her face, as she realized whom it was speaking of. Delia stuttered as she answered the riddle, "It's you, isn't it?" Delia looked at the witch, "I'll give you your recipe back," she said with tears. "Yes, it is I, and I bring with me death. The recipe can go to your children." The witch reached out, hands glowed a deathly black, and touched Delia. Delia screamed, but only for a moment, then her body withered up as the life was drained out of her. The witch laughed, as the bones of Delia turned to dust and fell to the ground. A slight breeze blew, and the dust began to scatter. The witch turned and went back to her home.
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That teaser just might give me nightmares. j/k. It was a really good one. I thought it might be the witch, but I thought that I had it wrong before looking at the answer.
WTF? o__O
I must say that this is the strangest teaser I've seen on this site!
Getting the "answer" right was easy, but the story made no sense to me. Its like big chunks of information were left out. I don't want to be negative, but this one left me completely baffled as to what the author was trying to convey. Sorry.
Getting the "answer" right was easy, but the story made no sense to me. Its like big chunks of information were left out. I don't want to be negative, but this one left me completely baffled as to what the author was trying to convey. Sorry.
Good one, I come to enjoy your series of teasers.
After reading the above comment, it occurred to me that this teaser might be part of storyline that you had used in previous teasers. So I looked up some of your other ones to see if I could find some background info. I did find several others that referred to the Seekers of Knowledge and various characters. I still don't completely understand this one, but now I'm curious! Have you written or are you currently writing a book with these characters?
I did have to leave parts out of this one. Its truly a RPG I ran a couple of years ago. Its based off it, and I hope I will be able to submit more of these. In the games we run, we do tend to use riddles and such for the group to figure out before they progress into the next level of the dungeon or progress into the next mission or quest.
(RPG= Role-Playing Games, not sure if you would know the abb.)
(RPG= Role-Playing Games, not sure if you would know the abb.)
I gotta hand it to ya, that's some imagination. However, the riddle was too easy. I read it, came up with the answer, but before I clicked to see if I was right, I started doubting myself because I didn't think it could have been that easy after having to read through all that narrative. Went back to the story looking for clues that would change my answer, but in the end, I was right.
Look, I don't mean to be mean-spirited, I'm just being honest. This teaser was too long, the story is out of context, and the pay-off was less than satisfying. But, hey, if you want to turn this into a book or short story, go for it.
Look, I don't mean to be mean-spirited, I'm just being honest. This teaser was too long, the story is out of context, and the pay-off was less than satisfying. But, hey, if you want to turn this into a book or short story, go for it.
Nicely written, but I tend to agree with previous poster. My first thought "well it's obviously meant to sound like it's the witch, but that's a deliberate distraction".
Great one! Keep them coming
BEST STORY EVER!! very demented!
i liked it more because of the cool demonic story than the teaser itself.
i liked it more because of the cool demonic story than the teaser itself.
I was alarmed by the killing part. :| I'm not a violence-lover; it takes me out of my carefree state of bliss.
Otherwise, nice story.
~wished for a happy ending
Otherwise, nice story.
~wished for a happy ending
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