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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 6768775" data-attributes="member: 6777052">Fingers opened the door carefully and peered through. He saw a small square room with a spiral staircase just visible though an archway at the back. Obviously, the room was occupied.Standing before a large mirror mounted on the left wall, was a creature with the head of a man, the wings of crocodile and the body of a lion. It was grooming its fur with a large hairbrush held, rather awkwardly, in one paw, and humming quietly to itself. Strangely, its reflection in the mirror seemed to be fast asleep."Ah, good, you're here at last," said the creature. It had a slightly odd voice, as if it were speaking from right to left, but that might have just been the acoustics playing tricks. "Do come in, all of you. Is my mane straight?""Your mane is quite splendid," said BoldItalic carefully. "Um, I hardly like to ask, but, are you a sphinx?""I am the mirror sphinx," was the reply. "I'm unique. Practically mythical, in fact." The sphinx put down its hairbrush and gave them its full attention. "I expect you have come for the riddle?"Fingers was meanwhile staring at the mirror, trying to estimate how difficult it would be to remove it from the wall and how much it would be worth to a collector. It was a buyers' market but he might know someone who knew someone, he thought."Shall we get this over with?" the sphinx continued, giving Fingers a stern look as if it knew exactly what was going through the halfling's mind, and how the halfling should forget it, he wouldn't get ten yards, "Only, I have a date this evening and I don't want to be late. You are familiar with the procedure, I take it?""I think so," offered BoldItalic, "but could you explain it, for the benefit of the others?""You each ask me a riddle," explained the sphinx patiently, "and if I guess it correctly, you are free to use the Infinite Staircase.""Have I got this right?" asked Clotbert, "We ask you the riddles?""Of course," replied the mirror sphinx. "Choose carefully," it warned, "for if I fail to guess it, not only will I disappear from this plane of existence but so will that doorway behind you, and you will stranded here, doomed to toil up and down the Infinite Staircase forever, visiting plane after plane but never getting home. Oh, and please don't even think about attacking me, Sir Rylnethaz Redshield, I've just had my claws lionicured.""Perish the thought," said Rylnethaz, hastily removing his hand from his sword hilt, "Who wants to go first?""The Evening Moon," said the sphinx."I beg your pardon?""The Evening Moon. That's my answer. Now, each of you tell me your riddles and let's see if I've guessed right."</blockquote>

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