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Backdated to 6/18
β MARCHOSIAS
marchosias@applenet.net
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9: Orias and I came up with a game that we think could be really fun to play together! It's like Mad Libs and scavenger hunting in one, but we'll be playing with facts about ourselves!
9: Yeah, but the app won't let us say personal stuff, right?
9: Well, that's where the scavenger hunt part comes in! α( α )α
9: If we post one half of a clue on the app and another half in the real world, and then try to match the clues we find to the right ones and compare them here, maybe we can learn about each other! Or make a lot of really silly guesses.
9: But no cheating by using names or symbols on the clues in town, okay? That wouldn't be very fun!
9: Okay, I'll go first! The starting half of my first clue is: I've been told I'm...
[OOC: An approved player plot by the mods, inviting characters to try and bypass the app's privacy settings! (And Luci!) This will result in tiny headaches for those participating, and for those that are successful, the reward of learning things about other app users and maybe even being able to identify them before the countdown has reached its end!
The other half of Kouyuki's clue can be found in Green Valley's apple orchard and will simply read, "...a little bit short for my age!" But players are welcome to match that up with others' clues and make as many absurd sentences and guesses as they want!
But please remember: talking about the app in person won't be possible if they do manage to meet!]
β Marchosias
9: But you could put clues in any posts you make, too.
β Dantalion | he's not a stalker, what are you talking about
[It takes him a few moments to figure something out to actually give; if he says he's a swimmer, then that information can be used to figure out where he might be at a given time. He ends up going with something a lot less likely to carry implications.]
11: My first half is: "I'm thinking about getting..."
11: And as for a location hint: "below the hanging waterfall".
[Outside of his apartment window, across the street, there's a waterfall. It feeds a small pond suspended on a wall, with moss catching any water that might splash, and huge lotus flowers floating in it. It's mostly a benefit for the apartment dwellers, since it's hard to see from the street. The person who built it uses it as a blind for their bathroom window, Sakuma is pretty sure. But anyone who might come looking for the snarl of hanging vines beneath the pond -- into which a note inside a sealed plastic bag is tucked -- will be just as visible. This way, he gets an idea of the appearances of those who are using appleNET, and perhaps will be able to match them with some of the identities he's already taken notes on.
The answer on the note, for the curious, is 'hermit crabs'.]
β Marchosias | omg sakuma pls
He really should ask for clarification. He should. But he doesn't. Instead, Kouyuki's reply comes in the form of a simple text that reads with as much enthusiasm as he actually feels...]
9: Challenge accepted!
[Unfortunately, it'll be a few days before he even happens by that particular clue without more of a hint to go on. He's searched everywhere for what a 'hanging waterfall' could refer to. Manmade waterfalls and fountains throughout Eddan, places with tapestries and curtains, gardens...but there's usually nothing to be found beyond people giving him strange looks or asking if he plans on buying anything if he's hanging around a store.
In fact, it's completely by accident that he finds the other half of 11's clue. Walking everywhere (or running, as he tends to do) is exhausting, especially in the heat of late spring and early summer. Taking a break next to a small pond is beyond welcome, and it's while tightening up his shoelaces that he notices something tucked into some of the low hanging vines. At first, he almost mistakes it for garbage, but Eddan is virtually free of any of that, and so he reaches for it...and his face lights up with surprise.
The clue inside doesn't immediately bring to mind 11, but it will later once he reviews the others. While 'hermit crabs' could also fit Orias' clue, their hint wasn't in a place like this.
With care, he'll tuck the note and bag back away just the way he found it, but he won't pull out his phone until he's little over a block away, starting back home.]
9: I think I found it. I'm kind of embarrassed it took so long ^^;
9: Anyway... I left another clue the other day!
9: Look for a key where the king flies and you'll find the other half of, "I used to..."
[Attached to the underside of the airport map in the Richmond area is a protective bag, and inside is a folded up note that reads, "...fly all the time with my parents, but I don't remember much of it."]
β Dantalion | pay no attention
11: But I'll do my best.
["A key". "The king flies". It's kind of an odd clue. But flight... Sakuma hunts. He tries a few different leads -- places where he knows there are images of keys, places where there are statues of kings or like rulers. They lead him nowhere, but "flies" ends up the clue that lets him hone in on it. Hiding it here was clever, and Sakuma unfolds the note with a half-grin. He takes a picture of it, then folds it back up and replaces it precisely where he found it.]
11: I think I got it. It was a good spot! I had to really think about it.
11: Another from me...
11: On an overlook facing the many-legged dragon, and the district and coast beyond, I've left the answer to "I really miss..."
[There's a place along where Eastmount, Green Valley and Centruim converge where pedestrians can stop, raised up far enough that one can see the bridges of Quatre Sauts beyond. There are a few coin-operated binoculars one can look out to Warwick and to the ocean beyond there, some benches, and a vending machine. Thick ivy with broad, flat leaves twines around the guard rail there. Once again placed into the ivy, this time pinned with paperclips to keep it from blowing away, is the answer to 11's second clue. In fineliner ink he's carefully drawn a soccer ball, and beneath it a small, round sheep.]