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[Open] Lost and Found
Who: Jail, her students, her lovely volunteers, and YOU.
What: Scavenger hunts are fun, right?
When: Middle of June.
Where: That's what you'll have to figure out...
Warnings: Tracking techniques, PVP-enabled classroom assignments, and Jailbreak.
I. Come gather 'round
[It begins as, frankly, a mildly worrying amount of Jail's classes do:]
[Some new diagrams on the board, some new tools over on the workbenches, and the same familiar expression that says that Jail is Up To Something.]
So, here's the thing about magic items: they're real handy, but if you lose 'em? Kind of a problem. Most artifact are only gonna work if you have 'em with you, and even the ones that can do the job long-distance can still get lost or- [An expression of exaggerated fake innocence.] - even stolen.
Which is bad enough when it means some archaeologist trips over an enchanted nose-hair trimmer a couple centuries down the line, but can get real nasty when you add weapons or cursed shit into the mix. And sure, it's a little flattering to found out that old project you lost track of is some legendary mythical sword now, but do you really wanna have to go on a whole quest just to find your own damn property? Half the time it ends up in the hoard of an unspeakable beast or something, and that gets old fast.
But you know what they say: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. [She winks, and gestures to the board.] Up there, we got instructions for two basic tracking spells, and the diagram for a couple different kinds of locator rune. You can pick whichever one you want, but you're gonna use at least one of them this week. Pick any artifact you got- it can be one you made already, or one you make up special for this assignment- and apply whatever method you learned.
[She grins.]
And then we get to see how well you did, 'cause at the end of the week you're all gonna turn in the artifacts you chose to me, and we're gonna have a little game. I'll be hiding all your artifacts that night, then starting at sunrise the next day, you're all gonna have to find 'em.
Use whatever tricks you like, but you gotta find your artifact and get it back to me by midnight. [Her grin widens.] And I wouldn't wait too long on that, 'cause you're allowed to team up... and sabotage each other. Help your classmates find their artifacts, or find 'em first and keep 'em for yourself, either way it'll get you a couple bonus points when it comes time to turn 'em in.
I'm gonna put a hard ban on causing any injuries or major property damage, and you're not allowed to screw with each other until the hunt actually starts, but once it does? Anything goes. [Within the rules, of course. Don't make her turn this class around, etc.]
Any questions?
II. Night's still good
[It's dark, the middle of the night, and most of the campus is peacefully at rest now.]
[...So why can you hear some very faint noises?]
[It might be hard to figure out, until you look up.]
[Standing on the ceiling in casual defiance of gravity, a bag of items to be hidden slung over one shoulder like some kind of terrible mage crime Santa Claus, is Jail. Slowly, quietly, she raises a finger to her lips- or where they presumably are, under the mask- and winks.]
Shhhhhhhh.
[She's still got a few more of these to hide. You wouldn't want to spoil the surprise, would you?]
III. Let's go have some fun
[Normally, Jail's not too much of a morning person. But getting to mess with people like this can put a spring in your step even at this ridiculous hour.]
Gooooooood morning~.
[She's perched on top of her desk in the Alchemy and Artifice classroom, eating a bowl of cereal and grinning shamelessly at any "lucky contestants" who file in. Hope you're all ready to hunt, because it's gonna be a fun day.]
[OOC note: As mentioned in the Discord chat, Jail is happy to recruit fellow staff and various students to help her hide items in increasingly bizarre places. Feel free to have your character be a volunteer hiding something in their room or office, or just a bystander caught up in all this. I'm willing to assign you a hiding spot if you want the mystery of trying to figure it out both in and out of character, otherwise you're welcome to decide on one yourself. Happy hunting, everyone. :D]
What: Scavenger hunts are fun, right?
When: Middle of June.
Where: That's what you'll have to figure out...
Warnings: Tracking techniques, PVP-enabled classroom assignments, and Jailbreak.
I. Come gather 'round
[It begins as, frankly, a mildly worrying amount of Jail's classes do:]
[Some new diagrams on the board, some new tools over on the workbenches, and the same familiar expression that says that Jail is Up To Something.]
So, here's the thing about magic items: they're real handy, but if you lose 'em? Kind of a problem. Most artifact are only gonna work if you have 'em with you, and even the ones that can do the job long-distance can still get lost or- [An expression of exaggerated fake innocence.] - even stolen.
Which is bad enough when it means some archaeologist trips over an enchanted nose-hair trimmer a couple centuries down the line, but can get real nasty when you add weapons or cursed shit into the mix. And sure, it's a little flattering to found out that old project you lost track of is some legendary mythical sword now, but do you really wanna have to go on a whole quest just to find your own damn property? Half the time it ends up in the hoard of an unspeakable beast or something, and that gets old fast.
But you know what they say: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. [She winks, and gestures to the board.] Up there, we got instructions for two basic tracking spells, and the diagram for a couple different kinds of locator rune. You can pick whichever one you want, but you're gonna use at least one of them this week. Pick any artifact you got- it can be one you made already, or one you make up special for this assignment- and apply whatever method you learned.
[She grins.]
And then we get to see how well you did, 'cause at the end of the week you're all gonna turn in the artifacts you chose to me, and we're gonna have a little game. I'll be hiding all your artifacts that night, then starting at sunrise the next day, you're all gonna have to find 'em.
Use whatever tricks you like, but you gotta find your artifact and get it back to me by midnight. [Her grin widens.] And I wouldn't wait too long on that, 'cause you're allowed to team up... and sabotage each other. Help your classmates find their artifacts, or find 'em first and keep 'em for yourself, either way it'll get you a couple bonus points when it comes time to turn 'em in.
I'm gonna put a hard ban on causing any injuries or major property damage, and you're not allowed to screw with each other until the hunt actually starts, but once it does? Anything goes. [Within the rules, of course. Don't make her turn this class around, etc.]
Any questions?
II. Night's still good
[It's dark, the middle of the night, and most of the campus is peacefully at rest now.]
[...So why can you hear some very faint noises?]
[It might be hard to figure out, until you look up.]
[Standing on the ceiling in casual defiance of gravity, a bag of items to be hidden slung over one shoulder like some kind of terrible mage crime Santa Claus, is Jail. Slowly, quietly, she raises a finger to her lips- or where they presumably are, under the mask- and winks.]
Shhhhhhhh.
[She's still got a few more of these to hide. You wouldn't want to spoil the surprise, would you?]
III. Let's go have some fun
[Normally, Jail's not too much of a morning person. But getting to mess with people like this can put a spring in your step even at this ridiculous hour.]
Gooooooood morning~.
[She's perched on top of her desk in the Alchemy and Artifice classroom, eating a bowl of cereal and grinning shamelessly at any "lucky contestants" who file in. Hope you're all ready to hunt, because it's gonna be a fun day.]
[OOC note: As mentioned in the Discord chat, Jail is happy to recruit fellow staff and various students to help her hide items in increasingly bizarre places. Feel free to have your character be a volunteer hiding something in their room or office, or just a bystander caught up in all this. I'm willing to assign you a hiding spot if you want the mystery of trying to figure it out both in and out of character, otherwise you're welcome to decide on one yourself. Happy hunting, everyone. :D]
I.
It's done~! Well, Sarona did most of it, but it's that you know, magic thing disguised as mundane item or whatever from like two months ago! But it's done~!
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[She's just going to pretend she meant to do that.]
Good job, kid- one functional magic artifact, disguised efficiently, and used without attracting any of your classmates' attention. I'd call that a passing grade.
[When in doubt, just roll with it.]
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[He hands her his notebook, open to this lecture's notes. He points to his copied locator rune diagrams and tracking instructions.]
Before I do anything, I want to make sure these are right, because we don't need any more hell portals...
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[She smiles as she looks through the notes, inwardly a little pleased to see Toki coming to class again- and apparently paying attention to the lesson, too. She wasn't going to track him down, if he didn't want to be here- unlike the Seer tutoring sessions, this class is about what he wants to learn, not what he needs to.]
[But she's unexpectedly happy at the possibility that the portal incident might not have put him off for good.]
Looks good to me. You can make your array a little more efficient by drawing a line between these two runes here- [She demonstrates, running one finger across the paper to indicate the path of the line in question.] -but it'll still work just fine as-is, just might take a little more energy to get it working.
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Okay! It can't hurt to be more efficient!
[It's encouraging to see he's not completely inept with copying them down anymore, or at least not today. He draws the line between the runes and adds an asterisk note that says "not necessary but less energy required."]
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[...A lot of these assignments would probably be a bad idea to try and pull off without any instruction, though.]
Yeah, always a good idea to save extra power, in case you need it later. [A pause, and then she adds:] That one's usually true for non-magic engineering too, actually. The more energy-efficient the better.
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I'll keep that in mind!
[Timeskip: He's returned at the end of the week with his rune project to hand in. It's a pin. It doesn't do much on the magical side of things; just sparkles when the letters are touched. Anything that's more complicated tends to be unpredictable for him.]
And so I just... track it later?
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Yep, starting at sunrise tomorrow. You can try to track it earlier, but- [She grins.] -I got a few ways to shut that down.
[Anyone who actually can cheat well enough to get past Jail's anti-tracking measures without her noticing, she figures, deserves the A.]
guess this is III now
Good morning~!
[He's also had massive amounts of coffee.]
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So they would be anywhere on the Daybreak campus?
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Yeah, I guess I probably oughtta limit it to just Daybreak, some of you guys don't have a lotta travel options and we don't wanna make it too unfair.
[...She may have been considering hiding some of them a little farther off than would be entirely nice.]
So yes, anywhere on the Daybreak campus.
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[...It's still a pretty big campus, though. So she won't be making it easy on you.]
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I will not fail you. It isn't an option here.
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...It kind of is, though? This is a class. People fail class assignments sometimes, it happens.
[She's seen enough kids with Issues here that she's a little concerned she might need to specify.]
I mean, definitely do your best, sure. But if you fuck up this assignment specifically it's not the end of the world. [A little more dryly, she adds:] Trust me, I'd know if it was. [Being a Seer less than a year away from the apocalypse is super fun, guys. These recurring nightmares are awesome. Just the best.]
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Somebody's giving you shit, huh? That sounds like a real pain.
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II
You know, if you really want to drive the point home, you should hide one in a toilet tank. Or an outhouse.
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Do we have any outhouses on campus? [She hasn't seen any, but it's a big school. She's willing to believe that there could plausibly be one or more outhouses she's just never noticed.] 'Cause it's technically gotta be somewhere on the actual campus.
[She holds up a map. It has a boarder drawn around the farthest possible edge of Daybreak Academy grounds, indicating the widest possible radius she could justify while still arguable sticking to her word.]
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[he holds up a finger, grinning ear to ear]
But the wrong one. What you SHOULD be asking is "Is there an outhouse close to campus thatI can steal?"
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Man... you just get me. [These two probably shouldn't have been allowed to get along, but it's too late now.] Y'know, I feel like a porta-potty is basically mankind's answer to the outhouse for the modern day, right?
And I'm pretty sure I remember seeing a construction site last time I drove through town on the way here... but lemme answer that question with one of my favorite ones. If you're gonna steal something anyway... why stop at just one?
[How many portable toilet or toilet-like devices do you think the average construction site requires, Avery.]
[How many do you think they're going to have left in about thirty minutes.]
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Another good question! You should totally go halfsies. Take one half, tip the other. It's a two-for-one bargain of fun!
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Okay, hear me out. What if... the outside of the porta-potty looks normal, right? It's standing up like usual. But they open the door, and everything inside is upside-down.
Just... all of it. The whole thing.
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