Scavenger Hunt Summer Camp 2024 The Goal Hoops

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RPing as Zophyr Qethnis from Uagadou

Genderfluid, pronouns at the moment: she/her

☽ Kirundi | French | English | Swahili | Arabic | Tswana | Xhosa ☾

Date: July 30 2024 Time: after 9:00

Interacting with: Tone Bakugo @Kim Sato Mentioning: X

Tone was officially the awesomest person Zophyr had ever met. They had both picked up the next clue together, which had already been enough for her - his presence was always welcome - but he'd prolonged it by offering her a ride! Could he somehow read minds? She'd literally just been regretting not having brought her own broom. So of course she agreed gratefully. And suggested they go to the goal hoops, based off of the clue (she knew her Quidditch, this riddle was much easier than the others), which Tone had already figured out.

So now here they were. In front of three piles - buttons, rubies and coal. Which one of those came with strings? Well, in the metaphorical sense, any of them could. Zophyr's imagination was too active not to think about stolen rubies and burning coal, in which case the strings there would be the consequences of a robbery or arson. But if she was thinking more literally, buttons actually were sewn with strings, so it could be that. What was it, then? Literal or metaphorical?

The dainty and day-to-day clues cleared it up. Dainty was mostly buttons, though perhaps rubies, but day-to-day was certainly not rubies. They were so shinyyyyy... gods, Zophyr kind of wanted to take one even though she now knew the answer. Why did they have to be so pretty?
She resigned herself, and took one of the buttons halfheartedly. Fine, winning was better than a gem. Maybe the prize would even be a precious stone? That perked her back up again.

At the question of whether she wanted to keep going with Tone, Zophyr grinned. "I'd love to, thank you," she said, glancing at his broom. It was a really dang fancy one, too. She'd often rode the brooms of her teammates for fun, and she knew this one could not have been cheap, so she was very thankful he was being so kind and bringing her around on it. "I, uh... just didn't think of it," Zophyr admitted. "Regretted that immediately, but I couldn't go back and get it now that the game had started. I might lose time! Thank you for this, though, I really appreciate you."

Action: picking up a button from the pile

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WC 217/200	Color Legend - Mylo | Thoughts

As he picked up one of the scarves and wrapped it around their neck to keep their hands free Mylo saw a short display of golden fireworks appear along with the third clue, making them pretty sure that he had chosen the right place once again. Opening up the scroll he went on the read the next clue, this one seemed pretty straight forward.

The part about scoring was definitely about the goal hoops, as that was the only place in the stadium that you could score. So confident in their answer he made their way over to the hoops, still very impressed by the sheer size of them, and looked upon the 3 piles that he found there, some rubies, some coal and some buttons.

Reading the second part of the hint again it seemed obvious to Mylo that it was talking about the buttons, as those are on pretty much most of everyone's clothing and a lot of other day to day objects, and you would need string to attach them to anything if you wanted them to be useful.

So feeling pretty confident in their solution he picked up a button, adding it to the ever growing collection of things Mylo had picked up so far and wondering what the next clue would be.

Action: Picking up a button
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ABILITIES | STATS
Perfectionist | Wandmaker [Dragonheart, Elm wood]
sta • 8 | eva • 6 | str • 5 | wis • 9 | arc • 6 | acc • 6

Code by Ara Villa

July 30th 2024

Speech: #cfa120
Thoughts: Italics

Emily was on a roll with this scavenger hunt. Two riddles down and she had been bang on the money for both of them. If she kept this up she would hit a home run for all of them. Reading her next clue she stood to the side and took a moment to think, speaking aloud the riddle as she pondered.

"Play the field...? Play the field... Oh!" Emily knew exactly where to go. She picked up the pace and headed for the Goal Hoops. Nothing could be more obvious in this stadium than the very principle that makes up a Quidditch game.

Arriving hastily at the Goal Hoops at the other side of the stadium she was met once again with a trio of objects in front of her; rubies, coal and buttons. Probably the most bizarre assortment of items so far. Then again, it couldn't be the weirdest set when she was already carting a stick under her arm with a scarf around her neck from the previous locations with . Another glance at the riddle and Emily began to think.

"Choose that which is most day-to-day and often comes with strings?" She perused the items that lay in front of her. Going back and forth between the riddle in her hand and the items, she made an easy decision, reaching for a button at random. Unless it was in the metaphorical sense of "strings attached" she doubted it meant coal like at Christmas time. As for the rubies... it just didn't make sense to her.

"A button it is!"

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Action: Picking Up A Button

Stats: Stamina: 7|Evasion: 6|Strength: 6|Wisdom: 8|Arcane Power: 7|Accuracy: 6
Abilities: Non-Human Enthusiast |Cat's Grace

Just like last time at the base of the scoreboard, Evelynn was greeted with a short display of golden fireworks after selecting one of the scarves from the concession piles. As she looped the knitted accessory around the strap of her bag, a pile of scrolls appeared. She plucked one and stepped away, slipping off the ribbon and unscrolling it to read. Much like previous, the first couple of lines were simply dedicated to confirmation that the previously selected item had been the correct one, but it quickly went in to providing details for the next. The phrase play the field stuck out to her most. It was referring to the Keeper of a quidditch team, and their job—of course—was to guard the goal hoops.

Releasing the paper to allow it to spring back into a roll, Evelynn stepped off with confidence. There would be no wandering this time. The only uncertainty lay in a 50/50 chance of heading to the correct trio of hoops, but that was hardly a matter of concern. Besides, it was easy enough to determine which of the two was the source of interest given the drastically greater proportion of children heading for and lingering around one compared to the other. Soon enough, she was among them. A pile each of rubies, coal and buttons greeted her there, the lattermost with significantly fewer than the other two. Coal was disregarded almost immediately as it could hardly be considered dainty. Likewise, rubies weren't exactly day-to-day. And so, she plucked up a button and awaited the expected display of fireworks.

ACTION: Taking a button

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July 30th, 2024

His gamble on what was most humble paid off and Pyxis wrapped the teal scarf around his neck tightly, layering onto the burgundy one that was already hiding his skin from the cold. Need this to be over soon. He wanted to be safely tucked away under his sheets pronto, but the prospect of a prize kept him trudging through the abysmal weather. Taking a scroll, the boy once again analyzed the clue provided. ‘Play the field’ obviously pointed to the centre field of the pitch, but from his little experience with Quidditch, he knew that points were scored in the goal hoops. And the goal hoops were on the pitch.

Once again arriving behind a crowd of students smarter than him, Pyxis came upon piles of rubies, coals, and buttons. He had to stop himself from pocketing some of the rubies before returning to inspect the clue. It spoke of ‘smaller, dainty things’ but he definitely wouldn’t describe coal as dainty. Am I in the wrong place? … Nope, buttons are definitely ‘day to day’. His current outfit even possessed some buttons, and tomorrow's would as well. And he wasn’t too knowledgeable on fashion, but they were certainly attached to his clothes by string. He picked a multicolored one from the pile and waited for the fireworks.

Action: Picking up a button.

Yay! Second riddle done, this time even a bit ahead from some others. But definitely not late. Now, she had to read the next riddle, and maybe solve it on time!

Eugenia stood in the cold and shivered as the frosty air hit her back. Hy is it so cold at Summer Camp? Isn’t it supposed to be summer? No, Focus Eugenia focus. You can’t be late again if you want to do your best in this thing! She opened the scroll at the Concessions and read. Play the field and score a goal or two? That means, I’m supposed to go to the goal hoops. I wish I could score honestly, I’m a Chaser, after all.

So, she began walking through the cold terrain to reach the goal hoops. And what a journey it was! It took her a lot of time to get there, she honestly thought she was late again. But no, she was barely on time. Now she had to solve the riddle and find the correct item. Quickly.

So, we need some small and dainty things that are used every day and come with strings. Hmmmm. Rubies are not day-to-day objects, coal is sometimes used, while you can find buttons everywhere. And they come with strings. So, the answer has to be a button. So, Eugenia grabbed a black button just in time, hoping it is the answer.

Action: Going to the Goal Hoops and picking the button as item.

Stats: Sta:8 Eva:7 Str:1 Wis:10 ArcPower:6 Acc:8
Abilities: Perfectionist

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After Alliasta received the third riddle, she began to read it with excitement. She was a little confused at first, so she had to go down to field... So she could go to center field. But the riddle also talks about getting a few points. So logically she should have gone to the goal hoops.

After some more thought, Alliasta decided to go for the goal hoops instead of center field. So she had to be there to score. This time she moved a little slower because she was still thinking about the riddle. Maybe she was going wrong... But did it matter? No, it wasn't, after all, she wanted to have fun and that's why she joined here. Her old excitement was back. She is walk a little faster now.

After finally reaching the goal hoops, she looked around. The goal hoops were much taller than her... It was exciting to watch the Quidditch players trying to score here. And preventing the other team from scoring was just as stressful. Quidditch was a really great sport, it had everything from fun and excitement. Then Alliasta's eyes fell on the table standing there. She immediately approached the table and there were piles of 3 items on the table.

This part is easy because the riddle was talking about something that came with strings, and the only thing that came with strings here on a daily basis was buttons.

Action: Picking up a button.

Ability: Lovely Creature is in effect.
Calming Presence is in effect.

Interacting: Open!────── Outfit Reducio .║ .║ .║ ☽☾ .║ .║ .║ OOC notes Reducio Word count:238

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☽⦙ Date | 30 July, 2024 ⦙☾
☽⦙ Interacting With | No One ⦙☾
☽⦙ Hex Code | #810B2D ⦙☾

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Dori couldn't help the sense of dread that overtook them as they arrived at the Goal Hoops. The last time they had been in this area, they had been flying up by the hoops themselves. A keeper for the final quidditch game of the year. One of the most brutal and awful games they had ever been a part of. It was what made them shudder on their way into the camp, which had Elsi concerned about them. They tried to shake off the unease, focusing on the fact that they weren't in the middle of a quidditch match, doing a silly little scavenger hunt.

Luckily, their sewing experience taught them about dainty little things that normally come with string. They pushed the pile around, sifting for a cute one before pulling out a button that looked like a pink little flower. They would probably sew it on the scarf later, a collection of memories. Unless they had to turn in the objects at the end, which wouldn't be ideal. But, there was also a chance that they were also some kind of magic object. Maybe at the end of it they would untransfigure and it would be something horrifying, or a bunch of butterflies. Magic was a little crazy. But hopefully- they could just keep the scarf.

Action || Arriving at the Goal Hoops and grabbing a Button.

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