「我知道的你也知道,我不說的你也不說,我是什麼?」
——謎語大師巴德•巴比巴伯•巴拉
「神秘」的追隨者才人輩出,「謎語人」更是箇中翹楚。他們曾是殿堂詩人、光影畫家、變相師或秘學僧侶,在各自的領域栩栩生輝,卻在接觸了星神之後,變為一群口出胡言,書寫妄語的莫名其妙之徒。
虛構史學家致力於歷史的神秘化,而「謎語人」醉心於破壞語言的確定性;用來言詞表意的文字在「謎語人」的口中逐漸模糊。他們解構文本,創造喻象,變換語序,篡改含義,將原本精確的語言變得面目全非。
謎語人雖不如虛構史學家那樣大張旗鼓,但其所作所為仍然對現實宇宙造成了潛移默化巨大的影響。如今銀河中已難尋純粹精準的語言,原因何在?這是謎語人留下的又一個謎語。
The Riddlers — Enigmata
"You know what I know, and you don't say what I don't say. What am I?"
— Riddler Baden Babbibalo Bala
Enigmata has a large number of followers, with The Riddlers being a prominent group. They were once palace hall poets, chiaroscuro painters, masters of disguise, or occult monks. While having reached great heights in their respective fields, after coming into contact with the Aeons, they turned into an incomprehensible group of people who spouted ridiculousness and wrote falsehoods.
Where the History Fictionologists are devoted to the mystification of history, the Riddlers are obsessed with destroying the certainty of language. Words used to express meaning are gradually obfuscated in the mouths of the Riddlers. They deconstruct texts, abuse metaphors, change word orders, tamper with semantics, and transform an otherwise precise language into something beyond recognition.
While the Riddlers are not as prominent as History Fictionologists, their actions still have a subtle yet huge impact on the current universe. Why is it so hard to find a pure and precise language in the cosmos these days? That is another riddle left by the Riddlers.