Use the force Jojo

Question 46 (Multiple Choice): Which Fire Emblem protagonist, known for his distinctive blue hair and sword, saved the world from an evil empire being puppeteered by a villainous wizard?

A) Ike
B) Colm
C) Zihark
D) Marth

"Oh no," said JoJo, because it kept going.

E) Byleth
F) Samson
G) Rickard
H) Perne

They all had blue hair. They all had swords.

Baby Dio woke up, gazed at the question, and although he assuredly could not read, began laughing hysterically.

JoJo sat and stared for a long time. He cycled the question over and over again in his head. What was the logical key here? The 'evil empire' or 'villainous wizard'? Perhaps even the phrase 'Fire Emblem protagonist' meant something? For none of these figures had saved the world in any historical or mythological record JoJo knew of, and he knew of no small sum. He had eight options and from the given information he could not eliminate a single one.

Minutes passed. Sweat rushed down JoJo's forehead. He recited the names in his head so many times that the already meaningless sounds became divorced from anything at all recognizable. He fixated continually on Samson. The Biblical figure? His hair had been an important part of his story, but nowhere had the Hebrews described it as blue. Still, the other names meant nothing at all. Samson, Samson. It had to be Samson, right? His pencil tip pressed to the paper. His trembling hand started to circle. Reggie watched, stone faced, unflinching. The grandfather clock at the front of the lecture hall ticked.

Samson. Had to be Samson.

JoJo, said a voice.

His head snapped up. He looked around, but the room was empty save for him, Baby Dio, and Reggie. The voice wasn't Reggie's, yet it felt familiar, intimately familiar.

Use the Force, JoJo. Let go, JoJo.

How the voice came to him, he didn't know. But it was his Master's voice. JoJo didn't doubt it for a second, and how could he? Nobody was more trustworthy than his Master. A sense deep inside told him what to do. He leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. The question that had harangued him for so long vanished into the self-imposed darkness. His hand moved, not the way that logically made sense, but the way that felt right. He drew a small circle, and then he opened his eyes.

He had circled choice D: Marth.

Reggie examined his answer and adjusted his tie. "Correct."

The Force trivialized the remaining problems. He blazed through them one after another, reading the questions and answers mostly as a formality, partially because he felt guilty about essentially cheating. Additional questions about blue haired Fire Emblem heroes appeared, but he divested of them with his eyes closed—'Ike', 'Lucina', 'Byleth'.

- Voeltz Finals