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]

Seems to me that more people ought to think like you! There are so many untouched discoveries just waiting out there.

[It takes her a little longer than intended to copy down the notations - some of her pages seem to have random creative sketches on drawn out on them interspersed with capturing the facts of what's already there.]

[reminded]

And so little time to see it all. Which is why we had better manage our time as best we can.

[He shifts his flashlight to his bag hand and reaches into a pouch on his belt. Soon there's a click and a flash, then a whirr as his instant camera ejects an instant photo.]

Will this do for your research?

[wise_maiden]

Is that -- is that a camera? [Despite becoming aware of what they are due to Luceti, she still doesn't have any experience with actually using one herself.] Fantastic!!! An accurate way to gather detail and store information!

[reminded]

You're free to use it, if you'd like. I only ask that you allow me to take a look at the photos later. After all, I have my own analysis to conduct as well.

[wise_maiden]

Indeed! What good is discovery if it cannot be shared amongst others?

[reminded]

Splendid.

[And here he'll hand the camera over. Hopefully, this will let her document to her heart's content without taking up too much time... and allow them to reach the pharaoh's tomb sooner rather than later.]

[wise_maiden]

[He might want to stop her before she gets too overenthusiastic and creative with the photos. Being unfamiliar with cameras means being unfamiliar with how much film is left in them... and it would be a shame to lose an opportunity to take pictures of the tomb itself.]

[reminded]

[That sure got out of hand quickly.]

Careful, you must be mindful of the amount of film left inside! There should only be enough for about 20 more photos, and we may have much more to see before the end. Come, let's move on.

[He's beginning to wonder if he bit off more than he can chew with this one.]

[wise_maiden]

There's a limit to what we can photograph?! [What a shame, she was just getting the hang of it. Welp, no time to fret about now. She'll quickly gather the ones she took, and point on in the direction of the tomb with the camera.] Onwards!

[reminded]

Quite. [Onwards... Layton lets the flashlight guide them along the narrow corridor, angling it every so often when he sees something of interest and pausing when it seems Raine wants to take a closer look. He does so patiently, but accompanied by a gentle prod every now and then should their progress get too slow.

Eventually, he comes to a halt out of necessity rather than leisure. He shines his light down the two paths of the abruptly forked corridor, trying in vain to see what lies beyond.]

[wise_maiden]

[Raine frowns, moving ahead to prowl between the entrances to the new corridor. What to do, what to do...] This is horrible! The tomb could be down either of these paths... did we miss any clues?!

[reminded]

[Layton stays put and closes his eyes in thought, trying to remember any hints in the carvings or otherwise.]

Not that I'm aware of. We may have to rely on luck for this one.

[wise_maiden]

Right or left... hmmm. We could scout up ahead one of them to see if there are any new turns, but more traps may be waiting as well.

Still, what is discovery without some risk!

[reminded]

[No risk, no glory? This wouldn't be glory, so to speak, but the words spring to mind unbidden.]

Yes. We either take a chance or turn back, and I don't think either one of us wants to do the latter. We will just have to make a blind choice for now.

[Maybe... right? He takes a couple tentative steps in that direction.]

[wise_maiden]

Then let us continue! [She sees him edging toward the right-hand path, and nods.] Are you ready?

[reminded]

[He looks at her and nods before starting down the right-hand path. He can only hope this will be the correct choice.]

[wise_maiden]

[The path is dark, but the corridor seems shorter than the one they left behind. There isn't much to see on the walls, though the floor becomes gradually more and more uneven.]

[reminded]

[How odd. Was there less time to work on this part of the corridor? It doesn't bode well for the chances of the pharaoh's tomb lying ahead, but it's a bit early to turn back. As he's pondering this, he feels something shift underfoot, hears a click, and stops in his tracks.

He moves the light to his foot and sees a small square of floor depressed beneath his shoe. He must have missed its outline among all of the other aberrations in the stone. A touch nervously, he keeps his weight on the switch, just in case.]

We... may have a problem.

[wise_maiden]

[She keeps moving forward, though his voice barely gets her attention, and she turns her head back toward him.] What are you doing?

[reminded]

[He pauses a moment to listen for anything strange. Nothing so far...]

I've stepped on some sort of hidden switch. It may be a trap.

[wise_maiden]

And do you intend to stand there until we find out what it is for certain?

1/2

[reminded]

... You have a point.

[He has a bad feeling about this, but he can't stand there forever. With trepidation, he slowly eases his foot off the switch...]

2/2

[reminded]

[... and falls straight through the sudden hole beneath him, his exclamation echoing back up as he travels down, down to an unknown location.]

[wise_maiden]

[........

Well then. It looked like there was only one direction left for her.

With one more look toward the hole, she frowns a little, before picking up her bag of artifacts and looking to the path ahead, excitement renewed. Some people just needed to be more careful.]