But you're hurting me from inside of my head

[have_your_lives]

[Filtered to the Legion of Doom, Edward Nigma, and pretty much everyone he's contacted in regards to this post]

I think our friend Nigma has, once again, neglected to consider the finer points of telepathy...as, perhaps, all of you may have. Namely, if he's asking you all for ways to defeat a telepath, then he doesn't have any now. So he's blithely led me to being aware of each and every one of you.

I know who you are. I know everything you've cared to pass on to Edward Nigma. For your own sakes, I'd suggest questioning the risks you're taking, aligning yourselves with a self-proclaimed genius who can't even wrap his mind around the basics of mind-reading. Look how badly he's stumbled right out of the gate, exposing every one of his allies. Is this really the horse you want to bet on? Because, if he suddenly becomes more well-equipped or more competent than he is now...

I'll know who to blame.

[OOC: All information Schuldig is working on is courtesy of Edward - with permission - and whether it goes further than that is up to you. :3 ]

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[puzzlerprince.livejournal.com]

[How did the old saying go? Keep your friends close and your enemies closer? In regards to the latest riddle Edward's still trying to wrap his mind around---"How to defeat a telepath?"---the Riddler has already learned three new crucial details about his newfound nemesis.

1.) Schuldig's telepathic range extends far further than he had anticipated.

2.) Not only does Schuldig now know many of Edward's secrets, he now has a list of practically everyone the Riddler's allied himself with in Mayfield.

3.) Telepaths are goddamn cheaters.]

What---what the hell do you think you're doing?!

[have-your-lives.livejournal.com]

Giving your friends fair warning? Since it seems you failed to.

[hungry-monster.livejournal.com]

[Oh hey he remembers you. You were interesting. And since you read Edward's mind you probably know Johan here has a hobby of terrorizing the guy.]

Hello Schuldig.

Are you two fighting? Or are you simply pointing out his weaknesses?

[Either way, this is amusing.]

[1800deadpoo.livejournal.com]

Ooh, you're the telepath, huh? [Does not sound even remotely intimidated.] Tell me what number I'm thinkin' of!

[Incidentally, he's thinking of pie. Not the number, the actual food. With bananas and cream. God, he's hungry right now, who does he have to kill to get a decent pie around here? Because he'll do it! Maybe he'll head back to that diner, that waitress babe's pies might have tasted like garbage, but seeing as how Deadpool's eaten actual garbage before, he doesn't mind as long as it's a hottie serving it to him. Hey, waste not, want not, right? Just goes to show even more what bastards clowns are, throwing around perfectly good pies into each others' faces while there were starving mercenaries around!

Because seriously, man. Fuck clowns. Fuck. Clowns.]

[have-your-lives.livejournal.com]

[Oh, Schuldig hasn't forgotten you, either. Johan is so similar to Schuldig in mindset that the telepath has actually been meaning to contact the man again anyway.] Hello, Johan.

I'm minding my own business, really. Edward seems to have dubbed himself my arch-nemesis all on his own, however. The fact that he's terrible at it is painfully obvious.

[have-your-lives.livejournal.com]

This was a courtesy call, not an invitation to do parlor tricks. [Read: your mind makes my head hurt.]

[hungry-monster.livejournal.com]

You'd think someone like him would avoid making new enemies.

But somehow I'm not surprised.

[cramschoolgod.livejournal.com]

Naturally, if your telepathy is as strong as that, there's nothing he would have been able to do to avoid it eventually in the first place. And some strategies don't depend on information being private, which, one would hope, he is intelligent enough to discover or resourceful enough to research.

Additionally, there are things you may know but not understand. For example, Edward Nigma may be the organizer, but not necessarily be 'the horse' that is being bet on.

[have-your-lives.livejournal.com]

What I understand is that Edward has a private grudge that he's trying to drag others into in order to settle. He begrudges me everything I am, so he'd have people like you help him kill me.

Up until now, I've been tolerant, since he's been nothing so much as amusing. If you're determined to help him become an actual threat, however...what happens to him, and to those who help him, is on your head, and your poor judgment.

[have-your-lives.livejournal.com]

He's not even half as smart as he likes to think. I should know.

What have you been up to since last we talked, anyway?

[hungry-monster.livejournal.com]

Normal things I suppose.

Avoiding the chaos the town causes, failing to avoid the chaos the town causes, dying again.

A few people from my own world showed up.

[cramschoolgod.livejournal.com]

It's like that, is it?

[She's interested in the outcome, though in honesty she doesn't care who wins, particularly as death is not permanent. She just wonders how one should defeat a telepath. She voices the rest of her thoughts openly:]

It would hardly be a fair or interesting contest if he didn't draw on all his resources, as he seems to be more or less a normal human, though one with a facility for puzzles. And one of those resources is his organizational abilities.

Still, I don't have any material advantages to offer him [advice not being material], in any case, so I think I'll consider myself mostly absolved from that responsibility.

[Pause.] Everything you are. You mean he's jealous of your telepathy, or something else besides?

[1800deadpoo.livejournal.com]

C'mon, if you've got these powers, might as well have fun with 'em! Man, does every telepath just come with their own handy-dandy stick up the ass? It's like Nate all over again - he's always like, 'No, Deadpool, I'm too busy being broody and sacrificing myself to save the world and fulfill my huge honkin' Messiah complex to make the president do the chicken dance on live TV' even though it would only take him a second, and really, after all I've done for him - other than, yanno, tryin' to kill him - is that too much to ask for?

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[thenorthernwall]

You already knew who I was, didn't you?

[have-your-lives.livejournal.com]

Granted. You're not exactly a wallflower, Major General.

But now I know you're being asked to help him, which is news.

[thenorthernwall]

Tch. He wanted information about the town. Like most men, he assumes he's in further than he is.

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Neat.

[have-your-lives.livejournal.com]

Playing up the arrogantly unimpressed angle, I take it? I wish I could say that was novel.

[have-your-lives.livejournal.com]

[There's a brief pause, and then Schuldig bursts into laughter.

Sorry, Olivier, he's going to be a minute.]

[have-your-lives.livejournal.com]

Oh, I have lots of fun with my powers. But do you really think telling you what number you're thinking of is all that entertaining? Come on, there's better uses for it than that.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Not really. I come from a world where psychics are pretty common. Worked for a warlord for awhile.

Less unique then you think man, but hey you made your point.

[have-your-lives.livejournal.com]

My telepathy, my intelligence, my good looks, my codename, my ability to actually succeed at things, my lack of daddy issues, the fact that I'm married to the woman he likes, the fact that the woman he likes probably trusts me more than him because he stabbed her in the back and got her messily killed...there's probably more, but it's honestly tedious to even think of them all. Men have certainly murdered for less.

The fact is that it's not a contest, except in his own head. I'm not trying to kill him...though I suppose if he keeps angling for a way to kill me, he might just force my hand.

[have-your-lives.livejournal.com]

That certainly does sound normal, for Mayfield. [He chuckles, somewhat bitterly.]

A few people from my own world have gone home. Balancing the scales, I suppose.

[have-your-lives.livejournal.com]

I'm not unique in my world, either. Just one of the best.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Not gonna lie man.

Having that much range and control from what he did tell me about you? I don't doubt it. You sound pretty awesome.