Subject: Well, here go my agents
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Posted on: 2013-06-03 05:19:00 UTC
(Agent Peregrin approaches the bridge, absentmindedly performing an ancient chant)
Bridge Keeper: To cross this bridge, you must correctly answer three questions.
Peregrin: (takes out a pencil and a notebook) I will attempt your questions, though we may be here for some time if any of them relate to geometry. It has been many years since I have studied that field.
BK: What is your name?
Peregrin: I am Peregrin.
BK: What is your quest?
Peregrin: Hmmm ... To research and repair the various kinds of poor fanfiction that persist throughout the multiverse.
BK: Final question then. What are the digits of pi between the 762th digit after the decimal point and the 803rd?
Peregrin: (immediately) Inclusive or exclusive?
BK: I should have specified. Darn. *flies into chasm*
Peregrin: That was unexpected. *crosses the bridge* However, it was quite fortunate that I did not actually have to answer that question. It has been, oh, a century at least since I last was punished with Chapter Four.
Some time later, Agent Tomash approaches the bridge, looking for his partner.
Agent Tomash: You haven't seen my partner, Agent Peregrin, have you? I think he's forgotten what our RC number is again.
Bridge Keeper: To cross my bridge, you must answer three questions correctly. If you fail, you will be thrown into that Imposing Chasm.
Tomash: Sure. Once I do that, can you tell me where Peregrin went?
BK: (in his best Evil Interrogator voice) I'm asking the questions here!
(aside) I've always wanted to say that line.
(in his earlier tone) Well then, what is your name?
Tomash: Tomash, these days. Next question, then?
BK: What is your quest?
Tomash: To fix bad fanfic. Oh, and to find my partner when he wanders off.
BK: That was two quests, but you had the right answer in there, so I'm letting it slide. For your last question, then, what is two plus two?
Tomash: I'm going to channel Peregrin here to make sure I get this right, so what base? I'd think base 10, but your question is a bit ambiguous.
BK: No! Don't say that word! *flies off into the chasm, shouting "Base 10!"*
Tomash: Well, then the answer's four. (He crosses the bridge, where he finds Peregrin.)
Tomash: Peregrin! I've been looking for you. We have a mission!
Peregrin: (lost in thought) Oh. Right. We do. I left the RC in order to gather supplies for our mission, but I seem to have become lost. Do you remember our Response Center number?
Tomash: It's 112358. Let's head back. We have work to do.
The pair wanders off, with Peregrin giving a lecture on some old research of his to distract himself and his partner.