EVENT: SCAVENGER HUNT

[asgardmods]

It's that time! The riddles are up and your characters can get to ICly figuring them out and bringing in the items. Regardless of whether your character "won" a question or not, or whether you even submitted an answer, or even if you submitted a wrong one -- you can have your characters figure out or not figure out whatever you want in the log. The wins only count for who figures it out first.

Found items should be brought to the altar in the yard of each Welcome Hall. When one of the "winners" (a.k.a. the first person from each house to guess right) brings an item to an altar, a light in the colour of their house will pop up. It's just a hovering ball of light and any touches will pass through it. After that, there's no effect in bringing the same item to the same altar, but people are welcome to do so as much as they wish. Characters are welcome to keep any of the items they find, or leave them at the altar, in which case they'll disappear.

And now for the correct answers:

ODIN: A crown. Very pretty, sparkly crowns can be found in various places throughout Odin's district -- hanging from trees, sitting on benches, just about anywhere! Some of them are cheap wire and glass beads, but some of them are true gold or silver and jewels. Either counts for the scavenger hunt, but the real ones are worth more if you keep them!

THOR: A plasma lamp/lightning ball. You'll find these plugged in inside a lot of various shops and public buildings in Thor district, with postits saying "free!" stuck to them. No one will complain if you take them, so have at! They're also in all different shapes, sizes, and colours, so feel free to imagine!

LOKI: A vial of snake's venom, similar to that said to drip on the face of the imprisoned Loki in Earth's myths. These can be found lying around Loki district, attached to silver chains (so it can be worn as a necklace). If the vial is opened and the venom is touched, it'll burn the skin like an acid, leaving blisters that'll take a few days to heal. All of the vials contain no more than an ounce of venom, so no one will be finding big bottles!

SIGYN: Golden apples! These will actually be in the form of small potted plants -- tiny bonsai-sized apple trees, even! They'll mostly be found in green areas, beside other full-sized trees. The apples are about grape-sized and golden-skinned but they are edible, and in fact taste like the best apples you've ever eaten! They're seedless too, and new apples will grow about once a week if the tree is kept and watered properly!

HEL: Plastic/rubber bats! They'll be hanging in groups of ten or so from trees or the eaves of buildings, and they'll seem like boring rubber -- until you grab the string that they're hanging from. Once you do that, they'll suddenly "wake up" and start to fly! They're still rubber, but they seem to be alive anyway. Maybe if you can hold onto the string long enough to get it to the altar, it'll decide to stick around as a pet?

HEIMDALL: Golden teeth, a famous trait of the original Norse Heimdall! There are sets of gold teeth (some plastic like a kid's toy, some real "grill" jewelry) just lying here and there in places where they'd catch the sun. There may even be some of those wind-up walking tooth toys! Any quality of "teeth" will apply for the scavenger hunt!

FREYR: A pig (a live one. Really, Allen. You'll make Freyr cry.) His pet pig gullinbursti to be specific, but it isn't a special boar you'll be finding. Instead, there are pigs of all sizes and breeds both possible and impossible (from giant wild boars to tiny potbellies that'll fit in your hand) loose around the district. They'll run if you try to catch them, so good luck herding one to the altar! You could even try riding the big ones if you're a brave soul.

FREYA: A necklace. Specifically Brisinger/Brisingamen, the necklace that, in the original myths, she had to bed several dwarves to obtain and which ended in quite a mess for her! Our Freya hasn't has such an adventure, but the beautiful necklace is still the item for this district. Both fake and real golden necklaces will be found around the necks of various statuary throughout the district.

BALDR: Mistletoe. Plenty of the plant that was this god's demise in the Norse myths has sprouted in Gefion park. Break or cut off a twig and bring it to the altar to win this district's hunt. To make it a worthy prize, a sprig of mistletoe kept can be sold to any NPC-run apothecary for quite a high price, as it normally doesn't grow in the city.


And as for the winners, here's the list of who "won" each question, sorted by house! This means that the characters listed under "ODIN" are members of Odin house. The houses listed with the names are the questions they were awarded. Therefore, Hanbei Takenaka is in Odin house and "won" Baldr's question. We gave some wins for "close enough" answers when no one else in the house got that question right. :) People are listed in chronological order within their house.

ODIN:
Hanbei Takenaka: BALDR
Iceland: FREYA
Tony Stark: ODIN
Nathan Drake: HEIMDALL
Arion Rosemariné: THOR

THOR:
Chie Satonaka: BALDR
Varon: THOR

LOKI:
L: FREYA
Hazama: HEIMDALL
Mami Futami: LOKI
Lucille: FREYR
Harry Flynn: BALDR
Near: THOR

SIGYN:
Merlin: LOKI
Hibiki: FREYR
Laurent: SIGYN
Gau Meguro: BALDR
Shion: ODIN
Aether Brandier: FREYA

HEL:
Ramirez: ODIN
Conan Edogawa: BALDR
Reiichirou Shiba: THOR
Enma Kozato: HEL

HEIMDALL:
Disciple: BALDR
Castiel: LOKI
Minato Arisato: SIGYN
Cloud Strife: HEIMDALL
Spike: HEL
Alibaba: FREYR
Cheriour: ODIN

FREYR:
Ayumi Shinozaki: BALDR
Takane Shijou: FREYR
Apple Bloom: FREYA

FREYA:
Rikku: FREYA
Freyjadour Falenas: BALDR

BALDR:
Gilgamesh: BALDR
Norway: LOKI
Germany: HEIMDALL

NOW! As you can see, not one house "won" every single question. However, since Heimdall House was the closest, they'll be awarded the big prize! Starting on Feb 4, the Welcome Hall will have a big spiral slide inside, next to the elevator shaft! There are openings on every floor, so characters can hop in and slide right down to wherever they want to go! They'll also find a new room on the main floor, containing, wait for it... a giant ball pit with climbable netting on the walls and ceiling! Still, since no one really won and everyone put in a big effort, every single house will have the slides installed. ;) Have fun with those!

In addition everyone who "won" a question will recieve a cute gift certificate for a free child's entree at a chain pizza restaurant that has a location somewhere in each district. Edit for clarification: This certificate will appear on the character's person when they cause the light to come on, so they'll get it immediately! Clearly, this is a very grown-up event!

Now that the "winners" and answers have been announced, let's have fun! Please wait for the mods to get a thread up for each district, then reply and mingle and do whatever you'd like. Threads don't have to stay in the district they start in, so feel free to have whatever kinds of shenanigans you'd like, and thanks for playing!

Comments

[entreats]

[ Ange is not interested in the Scavenger Hunt in the slightest. The cupcakes thing had already been bothersome enough, but when her suitemate had gotten into it and dragged her along she had just given in, but.. even that had been a useless effort, so it wasn't like she suddenly felt like giving it her all for yet another stupid contest.

So Ange is wandering around as well, but it's more idle, as if she's trying to occupy her thoughts for the time being. When she passes through the Welcome Hall she manages to spot the familiar kid, and as Ange glances at him she can spot the poster already. But he seems somewhat.. occupied with his own thoughts somehow at the same time, huh? ]

... Looking for something?

[holmes_fanatic]

Ah -- hopefully! That's the plan at least ...

[Conan felt suddenly self-conscious.] You're not joining the scavenger hunt?

[entreats]

No, I don't see any reason to. [ she shrugs. ] It's just something lame those "gods" thought up again, right? If they were being smarter about the situation, they would help us out more with the more important things like everything that dragon attack implied and caused.

[holmes_fanatic]

[So logical. And yet--]

Ange-san has a good point of course ... but she doesn't think it would be useful to learn more about how our captors think?

[entreats]

... The way our captors think? [ She glances at him, almost a little surprised, but mostly just with her usual lineface. ]

Will a Scavenger Hunt of all things really say something about that?

[holmes_fanatic]

The authors of the clues can't help but reveal how they think in making them -- and they could be an indicator of how the gods think about their fellow gods too.

[But mostly this is a shiny, sparkly ~*PUZZLE*~ ]

[entreats]

I think that all sounds a little farfetched, to be honest. All of this feels more like some sort of distraction, like they're trying to keep us from figuring out something more important right now, don't you think?

[holmes_fanatic]

Well, they can't make us forget what happened with the dragon, and if they are hiding something happening in the city, then going out there and hunting for items is the best way to ensure someone notices it, I think.

[entreats]

It isn't that they're making us forget, it could just be there's something more to it than they've told us so far.. or maybe it left behind some clues in a spot that they're sure we won't pass if we're going to find the stuff they're asking for.

[ she lifts her eyes, as if thinking, but then shrugs. ]

Either way, there's something suspicious about it, that's for sure.

[holmes_fanatic]

Oh, that there's stuff they haven't told us is obvious -- and the clues relate to each district, so the only place that's not going to get visited is the castle which is sealed off anyway.

... you think it's suspicious and you're not investigating it?

[entreats]

I didn't say anything about not investigating. I just said I wasn't going to participate.

[ aka she's probably going to bum around the place and call that 'investigating'.. ]

[holmes_fanatic]

I see.

Well, good luck with your investigation, Ange-neechan.

[entreats]

Yeah, you too, kid. [ ... ] Although, if you're going to participate either way, make sure to win something good for our house at least. It'd be nice to have something worth sticking around in that miserable place for.

[holmes_fanatic]

I'll do my best!

[entreats]

I'll be trusting you on this one, then.

[ And there's a slight almost-salute (maybe more meant slightly sarcastically) before she walks off. ]