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Jailbreak ([personal profile] nor_iron_bars) wrote in [community profile] daybreakacademy2019-06-15 05:47 pm

[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]

I.

[personal profile] yokeye 2019-06-15 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Toki hasn't attended any of Jail's classes since the portal incident last month. He's come today only because he's finally finished that assignment from April after working with Sarona. After Jail's answered any questions about the scavenger hunt from other students, Toki approaches and sets a pink polka-dot Hello Kitty pen on her desk. He's spelled it to sound like a fly buzzing around the room. It's pretty simplistic and definitely should not have taken him this long, but things happened.]

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~!

[personal profile] yokeye 2019-06-16 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Excellent~!

[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...

[personal profile] yokeye 2019-06-16 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
[This is the class he tries to go to, if he can only handle one in a given week, although he's been down to zero for the majority of the end of May and beginning of June. A passing grade on the April project may not save his entire class grade from failure if any attendance is factored in. He's still here though, because he likes the subject of Jail's classes and he does want to to learn things.]

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."]

[personal profile] yokeye 2019-06-16 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Toki makes a note on energy efficiency too, but he's unlikely to ever get back to that.]

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?

guess this is III now

[personal profile] yokeye 2019-06-17 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[A little after sunrise, which is an arbitrary time really, Toki arrives for the tracking portion. He's practiced both tracking spells with a couple different objects, pretty sure he's gotten them right by now. He never went to sleep and spent all night redrawing the tracking runes. He's totally ready for this, but still prepared to fail.]

Good morning~!

[He's also had massive amounts of coffee.]

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[personal profile] stavros 2019-06-16 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Kokoro raises her hand with what's trying to be a serious look.]

So they would be anywhere on the Daybreak campus?
stavros: Kokoro blushing indignantly. ([c] failtastic trainee)

[personal profile] stavros 2019-06-16 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
...the phrase "travel options" concerns me.
stavros: Kokoro starting up Stavros. ([a] i know how to drive)

[personal profile] stavros 2019-06-16 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
[She makes a face, but nods seriously.]

I will not fail you. It isn't an option here.
stavros: Nearly tripping and crying out in shock. ([c] no way)

[personal profile] stavros 2019-06-16 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
I mean -- [Her throat tightens as she tries to talk, so she just sinks onto the desk with her head in her hand and groans.] I... apologize? I'll try not to fail. I may not hear the end of it if I do.
stavros: Kokoro starting up Stavros. ([a] i know how to drive)

[personal profile] stavros 2019-06-18 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
Don't most people wish to impress their families or do well in class?

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subconmodo: (H - lol no)

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[personal profile] subconmodo 2019-06-17 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ah, he's heard about this. And damn if he isn't pleased to see her going through with it.]

You know, if you really want to drive the point home, you should hide one in a toilet tank. Or an outhouse.
subconmodo: (....Bitch.)

[personal profile] subconmodo 2019-06-18 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Good question!

[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?"
subconmodo: (I FUCKIN LOVE MAIL)

[personal profile] subconmodo 2019-06-18 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's always nice to talk with a kindred spirit like this.]

Another good question! You should totally go halfsies. Take one half, tip the other. It's a two-for-one bargain of fun!
subconmodo: (H - AND SMASH IT WITH A HAMMER)

[personal profile] subconmodo 2019-06-22 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
That. Is. Brilliant.