Are you clever enough?

d'alar'cop

22:00

that's about it

avigrail

Ok that's not enough

How about this "For sure I'm egocentric"

d'alar'cop

yes, well I was looking for a letters trick in there..

like maybe 'i' is the middle letter or something

avigrail

Ok, let's try something else

d'alar'cop

other than that... selfish is the word obviously..

avigrail

Usually you talk about someone in front of a screen right?

d'alar'cop

22:03

do I?

avigrail

people do

d'alar'cop

well I guess it depends on the screen

you mean like an actor?

avigrail

I mean that usually one thinks of himself as the one in front of the screen

So I am sitting in front of a screen right now and so are you

(mobile)

d'alar'cop

ah ok..

yes, I mean I thought of that..

avigrail

So the word "behind" the screen is kinda wrong here

d'alar'cop

22:06

so behind the screen made me think of "who" was talking to me

avigrail

right

d'alar'cop

which is you

the author

avigrail

not quite it

but the right approach

since I#m egocentric

You will have to turn that around

d'alar'cop

like someone talking to themselves?

like a mirror perhaps...

avigrail

no, it's very easy actually

You just said that the riddle is "behind" the screen and you are "in front" of ot,

am I correct?

it*

d'alar'cop

22:09

more or less

ok fine.. I get who's behind the screen then..

but it says "who"..

I mean... "the guy"

avigrail

yes, that's what I am going to tell you

since "me" (the riddle) is quite the egocentric jerk

you are the guy behind the screen now#

if you think of the riddle as a person he or she might see it like that

d'alar'cop

oooohhh..

avigrail

oooooooooooooooh

aaaaaaaaaaaaaah

d'alar'cop

"Make him steal what surrounds "

make 'someone' (or the word 'him') steal what surrounds me...

avigrail

right

that the first step

d'alar'cop

22:13

so who is him then...

you recall I asked about the third person thing..

was I right?

avigrail

You were right

I admit this riddle is not user-friendly. I created it in about half an hour

d'alar'cop

"For sure I'm egocentric You mean nothing to me" this is really just one clue right?

avigrail

right

d'alar'cop

I mean the second part is for rhythm..

?

avigrail

and to tell you "you mean nothing to me"

to put more emphasis on the egocentric part

d'alar'cop

22:15

so indeed... the question now is "who is him.."

avigrail

really?

d'alar'cop

well I need that to do "Make him steal what surrounds "

or I can figure out what surrounds me

:p

avigrail

yes, I thought you already have him

d'alar'cop

oh ok

so then... what surrounds me..

avigrail

again mind the egocentri

c

d'alar'cop

22:17

yes, I fully get that now

I should have seen the meaning of "behind the screen" immediately

avigrail

As I said, i didnt have a lot of time. You guys chasing me around, solving my riddles

how dare you

d'alar'cop

you're pure cyanide... everything you say seems like a clue when we're doing this

:p

"didnt have a lot of time."...

"chasing me around"...

avigrail

oh, well you are paranoid

haha forget about this please

d'alar'cop

ok so what surrounds me

...

I mean..

what surrounds the "guy behind the screen"

possible the letters "yu"...

avigrail

who is the guy behind the screen? .)

d'alar'cop

22:20

but probably not

that I know... what surrounds him is not clear..

avigrail

now, who is the guy behind the screen?

without thinking

d'alar'cop

I am

avigrail

very good

d'alar'cop

so what "surrounds" me...

walls... air...

avigrail

yes

but we have to keep sth in mind

(wow this is difficult)

d'alar'cop

22:24

it is

avigrail

that the riddle is tlaking about itself as "Me"

so the guys behind the screen cant be "me", too

d'alar'cop

yep

"steal what surround him"...

*surrounds

avigrail

"him" is the one who is stealing

That's the first reason I recommenden using a list :D

d'alar'cop

"Make him steal what surrounds " ('me')

avigrail

yes

d'alar'cop

22:28

so something is surrounding 'me'...

what is that thing..

that's going to be important

avigrail

and you have to figure out about this "me"

and that the riddle already is"me"

d'alar'cop

ah well I mean the literal me

Make him steal what surrounds the guy behind the screen..

so "him" probably refers to the answer (or part of it)... and it's stealing something that surrounds me

avigrail

mhh maybe this is to cyanitic for others :D

too*

d'alar'cop

:p

avigrail

Imagine you were the riddle

how would you address the guy behind the screen?

d'alar'cop

22:33

as "you"...

avigrail

very good indeed

that's it actually

this "egocentric" is the key to all this

"him" stays the same for either side of the screen

but "you" and "me" turns around

d'alar'cop

yep

avigrail

this is why we need him

and we need the stuff surrounding the guy behind the screen

d'alar'cop

what "him" refers to will be the solution right?

avigrail

that's a nother story :D

first of all we need to steal the right thing

d'alar'cop

22:38

ok I think I sort of get the second verse.. and a bit more

yes..

so what surrounds me...

avigrail

:D

not exactly

you are alomost as exocentric as the riddle

ego*

d'alar'cop

:p

well it says "steal what surrounds the guy behind the screen!!"

avigrail

yes, seen with the eyes of the riddle

d'alar'cop

otherwise I should be worried about what surrounds the riddle..

avigrail

yes, but that would be wrong

stay with the first idea

the guy behind the screen is who?

d'alar'cop

22:42

me

ok

so what surrounds me!!

avigrail

"me" is wrong

the riddle is "me"

d'alar'cop

but I am the guy behind the screen

avigrail

yes, but you are not "me"

d'alar'cop

ok

but I am the one who has something surrounding them

which is to be stolen

by "him"

avigrail

Technically yes

you have to be riddle to solve the riddle :D

nvm

The mechanism of stealing is clear I guess

but we dont have the exact target, yet

Ok, I am the riddle

ask me something

d'alar'cop

22:49

wtf are you talking about!!

who is him?

avigrail

The third person to be

d'alar'cop

"is"..

avigrail

yes

d'alar'cop

ok

so make him steal what surrounds the guy behind the screen..

so.. I'd ask you..

I'm the guy behind the screen right?

what surrounds me?

avigrail

yes, it's you

d'alar'cop

22:52

so "yu"?

what surrounds me?

avigrail

stay with 'you' for now

d'alar'cop

ok, so what surrounds you?

avigrail

right

d'alar'cop

well?

avigrail

If I make 'him' steal what's around 'you'

what do I get?

d'alar'cop

22:54

siyu

in one interpretation :p

avigrail

YOU might think about this :D

d'alar'cop

what do you mean...

avigrail

that siyu is wrong

d'alar'cop

yes I know that

but that's all I've got :(

avigrail

what else is aorunf 'you'

around*

d'alar'cop

22:56

tv

''

avigrail

I think I can leave you here :D

d'alar'cop

:p

avigrail

have to go to work

tomorrow

d'alar'cop

I gotta go as well

good night avi!

avigrail

think about this 'you' ;)

see you tomorrow

bye

d'alar'cop

22:58

bye

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