EVENT LOG: SCAVENGER HUNT

[lucetimods]

Who: All you scavenger hunters!
What: Scavenging and other fantabulousness, I suppose.
When: November 24th to 28th
Where: The whole village! And yet also all over time and space...
Summary: See this post for more info.
Rating: P for Points! (Keep it PGish, folks. Anything worthy of a higher rating can be brought to your appointments posts.)

As announced by CJ, the village's immediate environs are divided up according to this map. There are five areas: the Nile, Ice Age, Space Opera, Shogunate, and Gangland. Time-and-place appropriate architecture and conjured up NPCs exist in each area.

Don't forget the scavenger hunt! While actually finding things is ultimatly optional, you can find more information on the hunt here. If you want to claim a reward from the hunt, be sure to link at least two related threads on the new rewards claims post.

Finally, here's a quick rundown of the objects:
- In THE NILE: A ceremonial dagger and a piece of Pharoah's treasure
- In GANGLAND: A tommy gun and a set of car keys
- In ICE AGE: A bone spear and a smilodon's tooth
- In SPACE OPERA: a raygun and part of a robot
- In SHOGUNATE: a samurai sword and water from a kappa's head

Happy hunting!

Comments

[wise_maiden]

[Pay not attention to the woman running around, with wide eyes and babbling to whomever will listen about the wonderful structure of the pyramids and the fascination of the hieroglyphics that may or may not accidentally set off a trap that you may have to run from at any given moment.

Or wait. You may have to pay attention when that happens.]

[reminded]

[Raine, if you listen very closely you might be able to hear a low rumble further down the corridor. As the sound comes closer, so does a man dressed in a brown leather jacket, slacks, and fedora. He is running really, really hard because he was standing around minding his own business when a gigantic boulder came out of nowhere and started trying to crush him. Not the best thing that's happened to him today.

When he sees a woman further up the path, he is very alarmed. That she might be the instigator of his woes doesn't enter his mind.]

RUN!

[wise_maiden]

[One would think that the sound of an approaching bolder and a yelling man would be enough to cause alarm. Instead -]

But I haven't finished studying it yet!

[reminded]

There'll be time later!

[And if that isn't enough for her, he'll be just have to drag her along by the wrist. There are times for gentlemanliness, and those times are not now.]

[wise_maiden]

-- What do you think you're doing?!

[Luckily, she's not very difficult to drag along, and is forced to run anyway, with the hold he has on her wrist.]

[reminded]

There's a huge boulder coming down the way. We must get to safety!

[He is appalled at your lack of alarm, madam.]

[wise_maiden]

[For a moment she does turn her head to look behind her. For just an instance, the outrage is replaced by some alarm, only because she had dropped her bag of artifacts when Layton grabbed her, and they were right in the path of the oncoming boulder.]

-- No! My precious samples!

[reminded]

Your...

[He looks back and sees the bag sitting there. A beat, and then he lets go of Raine and hurries back in the direction they came from, where the boulder looms into visibility under the glare of a torchlight. He questions his life briefly as snatches up the sack of dubiously genuine artifacts, doubling back toward Raine with twice the urgency.]

Now go!

[wise_maiden]

!

[The artifacts are safe. That's all that matters.

... And she finally starts running. When she's under her own power instead of being dragged, she's much quicker than the taller gentleman.]

[reminded]

[Well, that's quite a nice change in pace. Layton lags behind her with the bag over his shoulder, painfully aware of how much slower he is because of it. The low grating sound of the boulder grows in volume as it picks up speed, and he takes note of how its shadow seems to grow larger around him.

But thankfully, there should be a safe room right up ahead. Just a bit more...]

[wise_maiden]

[There isn't a room, exactly, but toward the right side, a small path veers off to the side in an indent.

The puzzlemaster may appreciate that there will be little pictures on the wall to press in a certain order to activate the door.

Time however, is of the essence, and Raine isn't much help in this state - it's as if everything logical about her has been overridden.]

[reminded]

[At this point, Layton is finding it safer to assume that Raine is not in the best state of mind. So when he sees the door shut and a puzzle as its lock, he doesn't wait for her to try and decipher it. He stops himself at the door with one hand, studies the pictures for a still moment, then presses the pictures, one, two, three, four.

The door slides up in a shower of dust and sand just as the boulder's thunder reaches the height of its volume behind them. Layton scrambles for the opening, but not before reaching for Raine's wrist once again; he'd rather not risk her getting crushed right at the finish line.]

[wise_maiden]

Whoa!

[She might have kept on going had he not the sense to grab her. And just in the nick of time. No sooner do they stumble into the darkened room does the boulder continue it's descent, picking up speed and rushing past, leaving only a breeze to whip the sand and dust into their faces as it rumbles down to the end of the track.]

[reminded]

[Layton waits for the sound of the boulder's descent to fade away before letting go of Raine, adjusting his hat, and then carefully lowering the bag to his side. He squints at her in the dim lighting, examining her more closely now that they aren't in mortal peril.]

That was quite the surprise. Are you all right?

[wise_maiden]

Fascinating... now does this route lead further into the structure, or does it serve as an emergency escape route?!

[Now that the moral peril is over, that bright-eyed expression is back, as she nearly ignores the gentleman's query, far more interested in studying this new passage.] Hm?

[reminded]

Hm. [He'll take that as a yes. He reaches into a pocket and pulls out a small flashlight, which he turns on with a twist of his fingers. Happily, it's a more modern build than he's used to, and it illuminates its area of focus with clarity.]

I'm inclined to believe the former. I'm not aware of many trap-laden ruins with forgiving attitudes toward their trespassers. [He gives the passageway a sweep with the light, revealing worn carvings in the wall.]

[wise_maiden]

That is an excellent point! And look! Those carvings must have clues as to what it's used for!

[reminded]

[He inches (centimetres?) along the corridor, scrutinizing the carvings as he does so. He lets the light linger on one particular figure, smiling in recognition as he does so.]

The sun god, Ra. If I recall correctly, he's depicted here riding his solar boat to the underworld.

[wise_maiden]

Is that so?! [She studies the image, and turns her head toward the dark path ahead.] I wonder if that means the tomb is nearby...!

[reminded]

Let's find out, shall we? [He directs the light down the passageway. This woman seems a bit... excitable, but it's nice to find someone so enthusiastic about the pyramids for once.]

By the way, my name is Hershel Layton. How do you do?

[wise_maiden]

! [And as soon as the light is shined in that direction she almost immediately starts to head toward it.]

Raine Sage. Lets get moving! There must be more clues along the way!

[reminded]

[What. What did she say? He hurries after her, careful not to jostle the samples.]

Raine Sage? The head of the school?

[wise_maiden]

Yes, that's correct! Oh look, there's more writing here! [That's clearly more important than say, being head of the school right now.]

[reminded]

[He obediently stops to shine the light on said writing, unable to scratch his head in perplexity as he sorely feels the urge to. Consider his perception jarred.]

I see now what Emil meant when he said you loved ruins. Not that it's a bad thing, of course.

[wise_maiden]

[Hang on, she's pulling out a little notebook to try and jot down the designs on the walls.]

Archaeology is fantastic! There's nothing bad about it!