riddle me
⊰ ★ ⊱ Traversing the few sectors nearby her own, she’s taken to wandering in search of odd jobs and fun alike; there isn’t all that much to do in the city for now besides make a buck or two in order to get by, but that in itself is an adventure! Or so she thinks.
While window-shopping with the whole two dollars in her pocket, she walks by a young girl speaking in riddles, talking to a few people who seem to lose interest shortly after beginning to listen; they don’t care much, but Minako’s interested in a challenge, turning back around to speak with her, even if they’ll only talk for a few minutes.
“Hey, if you’re feeling up to it, I’ll take one too! What’s the prize if I get it, though?”
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Things weren’t like they were back in St. Mystere, or even London. Every corner you’d turn would be another puzzle to complete, or another person to give one to. But here in Hive City most people seemed uninterested or downright adverse to her puzzle enthusiasm.
So imagine the light that returns to her eyes when this sweet young lady approaches to request one! Not just ask what she was doing, or how her hair stays perfectly coiled all the time like most people do, but genuinely, bona-fide ask for a puzzle!
Flora nearly cries.
But there’s no time for tears. “For this one? You’ll be rewarded about 20 picarats -- if you get it right on the first ty!” She softly giggles. “Okay, ready?”
A glass jar holds a single germ. After one minute, the germ splits into two germs. One minute after that, the two germs each split again, forming a total of four germs. Continuing at this rate, a single germ can multiply to fill the whole jar in exactly one hour. Knowing this, how long in minutes would it take to fill the jar if you had started with two germs?
