The logic is spot on for lines 1 and 4. The guess is incorrect.
@musenji - March 15, 2011, 4:06 a.m.
Riddles are really friggin fun. Verily!
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So, the first riddle. It's from Final Fantasy VII:
I reside in darkness where evil’s enlightened Mostly contorted, but sometimes I’m heightened
If you look around, you can tell I’ve been preying Though when I appear, the guitarist keeps playing
@musenji - March 15, 2011, 4:59 a.m.
The logic is spot on for lines 1 and 4. The guess is incorrect.
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@Geist - March 15, 2011, 7:01 a.m.
Lost Number.
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@Frogma - March 15, 2011, 8:38 a.m.
I'm thinkin Jenova. I don't really know where she resides but enlightened could refer to the ancients or Hojo. Contorted, yeah she's pretty messed up. Heightened, as in those times you fight her she's pretty massive. Looking around the game you find all the tattooed ex-soldiers which could pertain to the 3rd line. Jenova's theme is guitaraliciously awesome.
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@Kabukibear - March 15, 2011, 1:36 p.m.
EDIT: I changed my mind, I'm going to go with the big man himself, Sephiroth. I'm not positive how to fit the last line in which is why I originally went with Hojo, but I'll give it a shot anyway.
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@Timmyb101 - March 15, 2011, 2:25 p.m.
Not rly sure, but Arith?
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@jit - March 15, 2011, 4:13 p.m.
wouldn't Vincent Valentine have the theme with the guitar that keeps playing? Nevermind I just read it was incorrect, stupid ole me
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@jit - March 15, 2011, 4:19 p.m.
Ok my guess is going to be Seto, Nanaki's father?
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@musenji - March 15, 2011, 4:34 p.m.
None of those are correct. When I said Nate's logic was spot on for lines 1 and 4, I meant it! Pick up on his trail and you'll get the answer in no time. Since Jit was also correct about line 4, I'll explicitly say, yes, line 4 refers to Vincent's theme. Frogma, line 3 is a bit more literal than you're thinking with regard to evidence of "preying".
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@musenji - March 15, 2011, 4:34 p.m.
Jit, just because Nate's guess about the final answer to the riddle was incorrect, doesn't mean he wasn't right about certain individual lines! Vincent isn't the answer--but line 4 does refer to Vincent's musical theme. That's a piece of the puzzle--not the whole puzzle.
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@jit - March 15, 2011, 4:44 p.m.
Well then the two logical choices would be either Lucrecia or Dr. Hojo but some the riddle doesnt make sense for each Residing in darkness would either be Hojo's Lab or Lucrecia's cave. "Mostly contorted, but sometimes I’m heightened" Would make more sense for Hojo, he is cynical and sometimes is heightened through the injection of Jenova. "If you look around, you can tell I’ve been preying" Again would make more sense for Hojo, his lab would be full of wild "prey" and monsters that he's been capturing or "preying" on Though when I appear, the guitarist keeps playing Doesn't really make sense for Hojo, but plays when Lucrecia makes her appearance in the game. I don't like just throwing out guess after guess so I'm not gonna say either until I fully figure it out. Hell, I could still be completely wrong.
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@Jacob31593 - March 15, 2011, 5:42 p.m.
its clearly the meteor
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@musenji - March 15, 2011, 5:43 p.m.
It's not Lucrecia or Hojo. "Preying" is in a very literal sense, not the psychological sense. "Contorted" and "heightened" also refer to the physical, not the psychological.
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@Kabukibear - March 15, 2011, 5:50 p.m.
Maybe specifically one of Vincent's limit breaks?
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@natenmn - March 15, 2011, 7:10 p.m.
Maybe it is one of the enemies in the basement? I'm specifically thinking of the bats or the zombie thing. To keep this at just one guess per post, I'll go with...
I guess Zombie thing in the basement!
I actually don't think this is it due to the semi-conflict with the fourth line, but I'll go with it for fun XD.
I reside in darkness where evil’s enlightenedHe lives in the basement area where Sephiroth reads books and shit and goes crazy... or enlightened from Sephiroth's own perspective.
Mostly contorted, but sometimes I’m heightenedHe is usually contorted and bent over backwards, yet he often stands up tall (heightened) and straight.
If you look around, you can tell I’ve been preyingLooking around the basement there are plenty of bones and crap from what zombie thing has been preying on.
Though when I appear, the guitarist keeps playingWhile when you battle him, the music switches to the battle theme, he appears in one of the same screens in which you talk to Vincent and hear The Nightmare's Beginning.
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@natenmn - March 15, 2011, 4:57 a.m.
I guess Vincent!
He lives in a coffin in the area where Sephiroth reads books and shit and goes crazy... or enlightened from Sephiroth's own perspective. His limit breaks contort him into monsters, but his battle skills are heightened (to an extent XD) Not sure about this, but "looking around" may refer to looking at pictures of the character. One in particular where he is on the rooftops sorta looks like he is preying on somone? I dunno XD This refers to his theme?0 likes
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