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EVENT: SCAVENGER HUNT

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!

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[Luckily, Merlin had been paying very close attention to the gods' stories whenever he, Cas, and Sam researched in the Odin district library. Loki's story had particularly stuck with him, especially the part regarding his punishment. Even the thought of it is enough to make Merlin wince in sympathy.

Problem is, while Merlin's pretty sure he knows the answer to the Loki riddle, where is he supposed to obtain venom? The gods didn't actually expect them to catch a serpent and bring it back here, right?

Hopefully, the god's district will have some clues--if not, his next stop would be the park.]

[The moment he saw the poster and the words 'Scavenger Hunt', Conan's been concentrated on one thing only. Breakfast was eaten with notebook open in front of him, all clues copied down neatly inside. Now, he's got his daypack packed and he's ready to head out -- but, poster in hand, Conan finds himself lingering in the entrance way to Hel's Welcome Hall.

It feels like something's missing -- or is that someone?

Granted, they never really had a hope with the cupcakes, but working with Lirael had been pleasant. She was a rare breath of sanity in a house that is anything but -- and now she was gone. It shouldn't have mattered. Home was a much better place for her, especially with a war coming, and Conan was using to working solo.

But even so -- he paused.]

[Iceland had been mostly convinced to participate simply because the riddles seemed to fit him perfectly. Answering them, therefore, was easy; it was actually obtaining the things that was the problem.

Somehow he doubted he would be bringing the real Brísingamen anywhere, but he's off to the district anyway to try and hunt down some sort of necklace.]

This is stupid.

[And yet he is participating.]

Edited 2012-02-02 09:00 (UTC)

[Enma wasn't even trying to play the dumb game. Really. Honestly.

He just swatted irately at one of the bats lurking in the yard's tree, and suddenly the whole lot of them were alive. He'd jumped in fright, tumbled to the ground, and gotten hopelessly tangled in the strings.

How many shits did the bats give? Zero.

While Enma had the fortune to not land on his injured arm, his tumble further startled the whole damn flock of bats, who took off every which way, eventually dragged the poor, tangled red-head to the foot of the altar before tiring out and fluttering pathetically in the air above Enma's head.

And there he lay, newly awarded gift certificate lying atop his head like a crown of mockery.]

Edited 2012-02-02 08:48 (UTC)

[Akito practically knew the answer to Sigyn's riddle the instant he'd heard about it. Stories of the golden apple had fascinated him, along with most legends he'd been told, albeit in warped form, by his brother.

He really kind of wants to find one of the golden apples just to see it and maybe keep one, since there's supposed to be enough for the competition. Nobody would mind, right?

Either way! There is one bouncy blue-hair kid digging through Sigyn's district, trying to find the elusive golden apple]

[Well, the last thing anyone in Loki wanted to see was probably Mami Futami wearing so many bottles of snake venom that tripping and falling would likely cause her to burn a hole through the ground. She's got about twenty vials! Someone might want to help her take them off...]

Hmhmhm! Mami found the item that drips! Super easy, for a beautiful detective!

[Upon seeing the riddle that was placed on his door, Varon opened the envelope and sighed.

He walked toward one of the plasma balls in the Welcome Hall that were plugged into the wall, yanked out the cord and held it.]

Heh.

[He smirked and carried off the plasma ball into his room only to leave to get another one for the answer, and placed it in the designated area.]

Too easy. They got these damn things marked. What kind of a hunt is that?

[Although he's been devoting most of his library time to catching up on a few centuries of science and technology, Hanbei has also been perusing the Norse myth here and there - it makes for a nice change, and it's relevant in a different kind of way, after all. So he doesn't have to think too hard when the list pops up to come up with an answer, and a quick trip out to the park - the logical place to start looking for a plant - proves successful.

And so he's feeling perfectly satisfied with himself as he brings the mistletoe to Baldr's altar and that golden light pops up.

Until he reaches up and retrieves the piece of paper that has just appeared on his head, and reads about just what fabulous prize he's won.

...child's entree. Because he sure doesn't hear enough about how he doesn't look nearly his age already or anything, nope.]

Do you have to rub my nose in it?

*Sweet Goddess that looks like a banana peel accident waiting to happen.*

--whoa! ... I sure hope said beautiful detective doesn't suffer from a case of the clumsy.

[While the scavenger hunt announcement made Hazama doubt whatever sanity's left with the gods, it piqued his interest enough to actually participate instead of watching everyone rummage through the districts. And if he remembered his mythos right (it's been some years since he read the old world's numerous mythologies - tch, how quaint), the answer for Heimdall's riddles will be one of the more challenging ones.

Which is why he's in the Heimdall district, loitering around one of the many streets in the area. And if one were to encounter him, it looks like he's out for an afternoon stroll rather then looking for anything in particular.]

[To be perfectly honest, Hibiki had not a single clue what it was she was looking for. She knew the clues, but she hadn't the faintest idea what any of them were to mean. So, with no other ideas, she was left to wander the city in hopes of finding something that sounded like it would fit the bill.

...Of course, it became pretty obvious that something was up when she reached Freyr's district. She still got lost every so often when traveling around the city, but she had definitely seen enough of the districts to realize that pigs of all sizes weren't normally seen around here. With only the slightest pause to collect herself, she began chasing after a particularly small one, about the size of a gusk from her home world. Yes, that's right - it was just like when she had to chase the gusks her Master kept for his experiments!

...Except...]

W-wait! I'm not going to hurt you!

[...H-how could such a tiny pig move so quickly?!]

[ ...Do you know how weird it is to find gold teeth while out trying to exhaust yourself so you can sleep?

Cloud slowly moseys himself back to the House near dawn, wearing the cumbersome Buster Sword he'd been training with over his shoulder and still staring in utter bafflement at the 'grill' in his hand. No, he didn't bash anyone's teeth out. Yes, he picked it up despite not knowing where it'd been. It's--well. Gold, or looks like it--this is one of the more upper-end sets.

He probably needs some sleep to make sense of why the heck he's finding stuff like this.

Of course, since he hasn't slept yet... he hasn't woken up to an announcement of the scavenger hunt. Someone want to clue him in? ]

[Offer the scavenger hunt items to the shrines? FUCK THAT. Saber decides to keep the items she finds for herself, because she finds them to be more fitting for her than some measly gods. Which is why, with a sack containing some hoarded items and a gold crown on her head...

AWW SHIT.
GET YOUR ITEMS READY IT'S ABOUT TO GO DOWN
EVERYBODY IN THE PLACE HIT THE FUCKIN GROUND
BUT STAY ON YOUR MOTHERFUCKIN TOES
WE RUNNIN THIS LET'S GO

I'M ON A PIG
I'M ON A PIG
EVERYBODY LOOK AT ME CUZ I'M RIDIN ON A PIG

I'M ON A PIG
I'M ON A PIG
TAKE A GOOD HARD LOOK AT THE MOTHERFUCKIN PIG

I'M ON A PIG MOTHERFUCKER TAKE A LOOK AT ME
STRAIGHT CHARGIN ON A PIG IN ASGARD CITY
HOARDIN' ITEMS, LIKE THIS MISTLETOE SPRIG
YOU CAN'T STOP ME MOTHERFUCKER CUZ I'M ON A PIG!!

Why yes. That is indeed Saber stampeding around atop a giant pig, laughing giddly as she does so.]

Edited 2012-02-02 09:21 (UTC)

[That wasn't what he expected to see. Or hear, actually. But hey, it looks fun!]

[ you would think there are some things a well-bred lady and idol wouldn't do. Which is true.

For example, Takane wouldn't be swayed to a rival company or let herself be subdued by paparazzi.

She would, however, roll up her sleeves, toss her hair over her shoulder, and chase a horde of pigs ALL OVER FREYR DISTRICT. But the strange thing is that while you may see Takane and you may see the horde of pigs in her general vicinity, you will never actually see her running after them. It's almost a picturesque view: Takane and five pigs.

The pigs are looking increasingly unnerved.

Whether you encounter her during this 'chase' or during her triumphant return (riding imperiously side-saddle on a boar larger than most grown men with the smallest of pigs perched in her lap) or during her victorious... sitting somewhere in the district, bereft of boar but tiny pig still present and accounted for on her lap and snuffling at her gift certificate...

Well, she'll greet you pleasantly either way. ]

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EVENT: SCAVENGER HUNT

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LOKI

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FREYR

FREYA

BALDR

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Loki House Altar

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HERE HAVE A PLACEHOLDER 1/2

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