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Easter fun at the Redbright Institute (Scavenger Hunt!)
Spring is in the air and the Redbright Institute is hosting a weekend of Easter-themed family fun. The event is held outdoors on the Redbright grounds and includes an Easter egg trail, five-a-side football, croquet, arts and crafts, and a cake sale. Plus, a stall for refreshments selling tea and coffee for the adults and fruit juice for the kids. It's all decidedly kid-friendly and not magical at all. Expect to see lots of excitable children running around.
Of course, there is one event for the grown-ups: the much anticipated scavenger hunt! Teams sign up on the morning of 14th April and must solve all the clues by the event's close in order to win the grand prize.
Instructions for the Scavenger Hunt
• There are five clues to solve. You will receive each clue one at a time. Each clue leads to the location of the next clue.
• The answer to the clues is always either a person or a location (or sometimes both at once). To find the next clue, you must search the location or ask the person the clue points to. The answers are not all located in the Redbright Institute, which means your characters will be racing across London to try and find all the clues.
• Except for the first clue which you are given directly at reception when you sign up, every clue is wrapped up with a red ribbon. The ribbon itself has no significance, it just tells your characters that they've found the actual clue rather than a random object.
• You can ask for help up to three times. Help is provided by Mogget, who as you all know is very friendly. You need to tell him the clue you're struggling with before he can help you, so make sure you do that in your first tag to avoid wasting time.
• Everything above is ICly explained to your characters when they sign up so they know what to do. They also know about the time limit.
• When you think you know the answer to the clue, post ICly with your character searching that location or approaching a character and highlight that part of your tag in bold like this. This will allow me to quickly and easily see that you've answered a clue so that I can reply to either give you the next one or let you know to try again.
• Every character that participates will receive an Easter egg and a bonus two activity points!
• You have until 23:59 Sunday 16th April (GMT+1) to solve all the clues! If you manage to solve them all in the time limit and reach your end goal, the characters in the winning team(s) will receive an awesome prize and an extra bonus four activity points. If you don't solve them in the time limit, your team won't win the prize.
• One more tip: If you think you know the answer, go straight to that location or person in the first couple of tags! You can dally around for as many tags as you want, but that will waste time and make it less likely that you'll get through all five clues within the time limit.
[The scavenger hunt is closed to those characters who signed up, but the rest of this event is open to everyone! Feel free to mingle. If you have any questions about the event, please ask here.]
GENERAL MINGLE
Nancy | OTA
She'd joined Cesare's team for the egg hunt on a bit of a whim, though that wasn't for a few hours yet. So in the meanwhile, she'll be doing her big sisteryist, and trying to corral a small army of pick-pockets. But you can bet her tea is spiked.
Evie | OTA
She wasn't worried what people thought. Screw them- she was happy. Goodness, she was extremely happy with Natasha, something that showed on her face every time she glanced her way. She'd do near anything she asked, without hesitation, so family-friendly events were part of the package.
Most of the event has Evie wandering- taking a look at some of the crafts in particular, and maybe even eyeing a particularly delicious looking cake.
TEAM NANSARE (NANCY AND CESARE)
GRIP ON LIVID BREATH
There's nothing else on the paper. Good luck!
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When Cesare saw the first clue, he immediately thought anagram, grabbing a pen and paper and scrawling out the letters in a hand that was a little too ornate for the occasion. He was stuck on the word "bridge" for a while, until he lucked upon "Redbright". His obsession with Sylvia had paid off.
He wasted no time and quickly Nancy and Cesare were at Redbright Pavilion. Cesare looked about the space, his brow furrowed. Cesare was always nothing if not competitive.
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"It's in the institute still, the answer," he says fairly resolutely. After all, that's where knowledge is acquired. "What do you think?"
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"Let's find a teacher with the name Nightengale," Nancy says, before leading Cesare off the pavilion. It takes a few minutes for Nancy to ask around, but someone points her in the direction of Thomas Nightengale.
"excuse me, Mr. Nightengale? are you our clue?"
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TEAM NATOUL (NATASHA AND GHOUL)
That's all there is. Good luck!
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"Should we go with the obvious?" Natasha asks, shrugging. It seems as good a place to start as any.
It doesn't take long before they're searching the library for signs of the next clue, starting with the bestiaries.
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Are they looking for a particular book? At what letter would they like to start?
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Meanwhile, he starts searching through the G volumes. It's a goblin, so maybe it'll be pretty straightforward.
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LMAO that's so much better! i was hitting my zoom button like it owed me money
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ASK MOGGET
Of course, if you're not involved in the scavenger hunt, there's still nothing stopping you from approaching! He's taking a well-earned rest since fleeing the attack in Croydon.
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Stuck on clue 3:
"Coming back to dare me then, I'm saying."
Any thoughts?
CB
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The answer is contained in the clue. Read it differently.
That'll give them something to ponder. Of course, if they're still stuck they can always ask again.
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We figured that. Tell us something else?
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That should be enough of a hint for them to get it, he thinks. Isn't one of them a vampire? Then again, that doesn't guarantee anything in terms of intelligence...
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Re: ASK MOGGET
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Ghoul's not horribly far behind Natasha. He pulls up just in time to hear Mogget's hint. It sounds like it could be an item or something, but that's not possible. He's pretty sure it can only be a person or a place.
"Hey, powderpuff." Maybe he shouldn't have complained about not being greeted... Ghoul flops himself down, sitting on the ground near the cat bed. Listen, they've been doing a lot of running around today. He deserves a rest. "So, what is it? A person?" Might as well narrow down their options.
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Mogget flexes his claws, just because. He narrows his eyes at Ghoul. "It is a word. It's also only part of the answer." He casts a look over at Natasha. "A vampire and a werewolf teaming up, oh my. You Redbright vampires truly have lost your teeth."
Metaphorically speaking. He wonders if an Islington vampire would even deign to stand next to a werewolf. Then again, perhaps the new vampire in charge has different ideas. Mogget still doesn't know much about him.
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It's a giant rabbit. One that he flops down half-on-top of the cat bed, whether Mogget is inside it or not. It's a stuffed bunny, it ain't gonna crush him. "On a scale of one to ten, how mad does it make you knowin' you helped my team win?"
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Mogget scowls as the giant toy rabbit lands on his cat bed, lifting a paw to push it over. The rabbit is bigger than he is. And of course there's an obnoxious grin on Ghoul's face. Typical.
"Hmm," the cat replies. "How does it make you feel knowing that you couldn't have managed it without my help?"
He doesn't think they would have gotten that last clue without a hint. He practically had to give away the answer.
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