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Luceti Mods ([personal profile] lucetimods) wrote in [community profile] lucetilogs2012-11-24 09:27 am
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EVENT LOG: SCAVENGER HUNT

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!
windandrain: (Eyes Forward)

[personal profile] windandrain 2012-11-25 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Gimme Gimme!

[The turtle-shelled creature surged out of the water, but didn't attack. It sat, watching the professor and god pensively, looking from one to the other.

Saori meets it with a neutral expression, leaving it to the Professor to decide what to do.]


Will talk...if gimme!
reminded: (Hm...)

[personal profile] reminded 2012-11-26 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Of course. I meant you no disrespect.

[He tips his hat politely and hands the cucumber over, looking at the kappa curiously all the while. He's never seen anything quite like it.]

I've heard that kappa are very intelligent. Is that true? [Not true in the least, but sometimes a man's gotta do some buttering up to get things done.]
windandrain: (Bemused)

[personal profile] windandrain 2012-11-26 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
Yes! Very Smart! Gimme!
reminded: (That's right.)

[personal profile] reminded 2012-11-26 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Have the cucumber, bro. It's totally yours.]

In that case, I would love to see your intellect in action. Would you be so kind as to help me solve a problem I've been having?
windandrain: (Bemused)

[personal profile] windandrain 2012-11-26 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
[The kappa grabs the cucumber]

Yes, I help. You give food. Like game, yes?
reminded: (That concludes the lecture.)

[personal profile] reminded 2012-11-26 08:55 am (UTC)(link)
I prefer to call it a puzzle.

[He spots a bucket and small tub nearby and estimates their volumes. He leaves the tub where it is, about ten paces off, but retrieves the bucket and stabs a hole through its bottom with a pen from his sleeve. When he scoops water out of the pond, a thin stream of water trickles out the bottom. He mentally times the leak before speaking.]

You see, I've had a dilemma. I only own one bucket at home, but it's very old and has a hole in its bottom. I don't wish to throw it away because it has sentimental value, but my mother is threatening to get rid of it if it can't do the same job it did before it started leaking, which was to fill the 5-litre sink in the house within three trips from the river. If the bucket can hold 2 litres and leaks 0.5 litres on each return trip, can you show me a way to fill the sink completely in only three trips?

(( TL;DR HERE'S A SOLUTION if you don't feel like doing a dumb puzzle: The kappa won't be able to get 5 L with the bucket alone; on one of the trips, probably the last, he'll need to add the final .5 L from the water on his head. ))
windandrain: (Kindly)

[personal profile] windandrain 2012-11-26 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
OK, I solve!

[The kappa takes the bucket, and makes the first two trips. It's reasonably intelligent, but rather impulsive. But since Layton gave it a gift, he felt obligated to comply. Of course, in the end, the kappa does tip out the last little bit into the tub.

When it does so, the creature turns to the Professor, and smiles. Saori claps at it's cleverness, and the little goblin meanders back off into the pool]


Very, very clever Professor!
reminded: (How do you do?)

[personal profile] reminded 2012-11-26 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Layton thanks the kappa before he goes. He's very glad that he didn't have to see the more vulgar side of kappa lore.]

I couldn't have done it without your help. [He tends to be without cucumbers, for one thing.] I found him quite pleasant, regardless of what the stories say.
windandrain: (Close Up Smile)

[personal profile] windandrain 2012-11-27 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, you tried to make him feel comfortable, and you gave him a treat. That's usually enough to warrant politeness from them.
reminded: (Let me have a closer look...)

[personal profile] reminded 2012-11-28 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
No complaints here. I'm happy to see simple courtesy so transcendent.

Now my only task is getting all of this water back to my flat. [He was so caught up in the puzzle that he didn't consider how much more inconvenient this would be.]
windandrain: (Yeppers!)

[personal profile] windandrain 2012-11-28 12:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I can help you with that.

[She walks over and lifts the tub easily, her inhuman strength making it a fairly simple task.]

Where do you live?
reminded: (I see...)

[personal profile] reminded 2012-11-28 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, well this is a nice turn. He only hopes she's a smooth walker... or doesn't mind water potentially splashing out.]

Are you sure? It may be a bit of a walk. My flat is in Gangland, next to the plaza.
windandrain: (Dynamic Entry)

[personal profile] windandrain 2012-11-28 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, it's no trouble. Lead the way.

[She makes to follow, her steps light and graceful, the water barely moving at all]
reminded: (How do you do?)

[personal profile] reminded 2012-11-29 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
Much obliged. Just let me know if it becomes a bother. [And off they go.]

Have you been enjoying yourself thus far, Miss Kimura?
windandrain: (Kindly)

[personal profile] windandrain 2012-11-29 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
It's not heavy, don't worry about it.

[She follows]

During this Shift, you mean? Yes, actually. It's the first one I've liked since I arrived.
reminded: (That's right.)

[personal profile] reminded 2012-11-29 08:11 am (UTC)(link)
Is that so? How long ago did you arrive?
windandrain: (Closeup)

[personal profile] windandrain 2012-11-29 09:03 am (UTC)(link)
Since...July. So nearly six months.
reminded: (I see...)

[personal profile] reminded 2012-11-29 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
That's quite the while. I can't imagine staying that long myself.
windandrain: (Classy)

[personal profile] windandrain 2012-11-30 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
I certainly haven't chosen to stay this long, I'd prefer to have a choice, the same as anyone else.
reminded: (Hm...)

[personal profile] reminded 2012-11-30 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Of course. I didn't mean to suggest otherwise. It must be disorienting, being away from your duties for so long.
windandrain: (Cheeky Smirk)

[personal profile] windandrain 2012-11-30 07:38 am (UTC)(link)
It was at first, but I've found other duties here. It's better than remaining idle.
reminded: (There's no need to worry.)

[personal profile] reminded 2012-11-30 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
I'd be hard-pressed to disagree. What kinds of duties, if I may ask?
windandrain: (Daughter of Wind and Rain)

[personal profile] windandrain 2012-11-30 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
Keeping friends safe from harm. There's enough danger that I think it's necessary. And doing things to help undo damage done by other gods.
reminded: (What was that?)

[personal profile] reminded 2012-11-30 08:29 am (UTC)(link)
Both admirable undertakings. Though I was not aware we had a problem with roguish gods.

[He's still adjusting to the concept of 'gods exist'.]
windandrain: (Grave Expression)

[personal profile] windandrain 2012-11-30 08:56 am (UTC)(link)
In other worlds, there are some not so kind as I. Though Loki...has been a source of consternation here.

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