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Drolic Ghorat
The public address system on this ship was state of the art, not tinny or crackly like you might find in a Gaian high school. Its quality made what was to come all the more disturbing. There was the faintest of clicks, then Reghen's pleasant voice echoed throughout the ship, so clear that it seemed as though he was speaking from right over the shoulder of each individual present.

"Please, do not be alarmed. My employer requires that each of you answer a few simple questions about a most urgent matter. Remain where you are until you are called. At the proper time, you will be escorted to a comfortable, soundproof room. There will be pie."

"David Stetson, please proceed to the top of the stairs." There was a pause. "Alone."

Limerick glanced at his board o' photos, most of his attention still on the gun pointed at him. David, David, David, there! He squinted at the picture, then looked around the room to make sure the matching boy was doing as he was told.


kotaline
After the turbulent takeoff, David was sprawled on the floor, but no less convinced that spaceships were fantastic. He let out a shaky, thrilled laugh. "Brilliant, we get a ride!" he exclaimed, seemingly unperturbed that a) the ride hadn't been advertised, and b) there was no way to get off.

Pushing himself up onto his feet again and dusting himself off, he went right back to exploring. He grabbed Rina's hand and dragged her along down the hallway, but, mid-run, he heard a voice that was a little too clear for the pace they were running at begin to address him. "Whoa, Rinasaurus, hear that?" he asked, skidding to a halt. Either she had gotten really good at doing impressions, or the voice was coming from thin air, because the hallway was almost empty apart from them. "That's an interestin' thing, huh?" Too bad the voice wasn't saying anything interesting in and of itself. Just instructions, and he got enough of those at home and at school. His attention span for the voice would have ended right there, but then it said both 'David Stetson' and 'pie'.

David Stetson and pie were both high on David's list of interests, so he perked up, but when he heard the 'alone' part, he frowned. However, the hero always had to do some things alone on adventures, so he tailored it into the adventure he was having easily enough. Looking back at his friend, he said, "Sorry, Rina, looks like I gotta fly solo for a little. If I'm not back in ten minutes, assume I'm dead."

That was what people said during adventures, right? He was pretty sure they did, so he climbed the stairs and left Rina to fend for herself for a moment. She'd understand if pie was involved, he was sure.


Drolic Ghorat
There was indeed pie, a large slice of blueberry goodness that Eaayta offered David as he passed through the ominous-looking door and into another long gray hall. "We have apple as well. And something called boysenberry," she drawled, sounding positively unthrilled about the entire endeavor. She did not seem to possess any sort of silverware for him to use, but there were plenty of plastic forks and spoons in the room she led him into. There was also a large man.

"Kklavo tarassk," he hissed.

"Please, have a seat." Another man, this one much paler and slightly smaller, pulled out a chair and waved a hand at it. David might have seen him downstairs, but more recently Reghen had starred as the disembodied loudspeaker voice.

Behind them stretched a bank of blinking buttons and screens, the largest of them displaying what looked to be a video of the void they were floating through.


kotaline
David followed the woman that came to greet him, eating his pie with his hands as he went. The other flavours sounded good, but the best kind of pie in David's opinion was pie that he didn't have to wait for to eat. As he finished, he pulled out a paisley handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his hands before looking around the room. "Cor, you got quite a setup!" he said, looking impressed. This had to be some kind of control room, on account of all the screens and buttons, and as ominous things occurred around him, David took in the scenery.

He looked up at Reghen since he recognized his voice, but this time it definitely had a body attached. "Hey, how'd you do that thing before?" he asked cheerfully as he sat down.

However, he fidgeted in his seat. The more he saw of these people, the more he began to wonder what they intended to do with him, and, more importantly, whether he should have eaten that pie. David was naturally suspicious of authority figures, and these people seemed pretty authoritative to him. If Rina found out that he was kidnapped by the Man over a piece of pie, she would never respect him again.

Well, he wasn't going to find out if he didn't ask, so he rested his head on one hand and looked at the strange trio of adults sideways. "So," he asked casually, "What's all this, then?"


Drolic Ghorat
Drolic smiled, but as far as reassuring smiles went, it was a bit of a failure. "Deeros rosokk ti dal Citopixe mrren ghsu," he said.

Reghen looked as though he wanted to answer the boy's first question, but a sidelong glare from the green alien squished all of his outwardly friendly leanings. "Mr. Ghorat is looking for a woman named Citopixe."

"Kiena."

"Or a girl. She could just be a girl. Blonde hair, tan, can turn into other things. Have you seen a girl like that?"

Behind Drolic's looming form, the screen broadcasting what was outside the ship quickly cycled through several images of more empty gray halls, coming to a stop on a video of a little girl matching the description Reghen had just given. Next to the screen, a red light began to blink.


kotaline
David had not been specifically taught not to give away the locations of little girls to sinister, pie offering strangers, but generally, he considered it to be a poor idea. Yes, the pie had been good, but Mr. Ghorat was a tall glass of intimidating, and Evan had made it very clear to him that strangers who offered children candy were terrible. Even if this man did own a spaceship, David was beginning to suspect that he was using it for evil, a fact that was even more annoying because David could think of a million cooler uses for a spaceship than looking for little blonde girls.

So instead of pointing at the monitor behind the adults' backs, he shrugged and asked the obvious question. "How'm I supposed to know if she turns into other stuff? I ain't Sherlock Holmes or nothin'. Why're you lookin' for her, anyway?" He remembered what Rina had called him earlier, and, in a fit of inspiration, asked, "Is she your main babe?"

In a second fit of inspiration, he added, "But if you gotta know, I think I remember seein' a blonde outside somewhere. Don't remember where, though, maybe you should suss out the party." True enough. Evan was blonde, and there had been some blonde people down with the rest of 'em. David was more concerned with whether or not they'd go and look- he had a lot of heroics to do now that he knew what was up, and he wanted to explore the room some more.


Drolic Ghorat
At this Reghen nearly laughed, or at least got as close to a laugh as he was generally able. If Drolic had a 'main babe,' Reghen certainly hadn't seen her. The only babe present was Eaayta, whose face was slowly twisting into an expression Reghen couldn't decipher. One thing was for sure, it wasn't amusement.

He turned around, following the woman's gaze to the video screen. Oh, crap.

He didn't bother translating David's last words. Drolic had gotten the gist of everything that had been said so far, and now wasn't the time to dawdle. Eaayta gestured to the screen and the green alien turned, a fierce rage lighting his eyes. Thankfully his back was now facing David. No need to threaten the children.

"Stay," he growled at the boy, grabbing Eaayta by the arm and leading her and Reghen from the room. There was the click of a lock, but the child was now alone with most of the ship's controls, so the metal door was unlikely to remain locked for long.


kotaline
David watched them leave somewhat bemusedly. The click of the lock didn't bother him much, seeing as being alone in the room was all he had wanted them to do anyway. It looked like the girl on the screen was who they had been looking for after all, so it was a shame they saw her, but David figured that if Mr. Ghorat could look for her, then he and Rina could too, dubious as their chances of success might be. He didn't know what the trio of adults were up to specifically, but he had a soft spot for girls and a penchant for terrible ideas.

"Right," he said, hopping to the ground. Before he did any of the damsel-saving stuff, he'd have to get out of the room, so he regarded the panel of buttons. He wasn't sure what any of them did, but then he remembered that he was wearing the captain goggles, so it didn't matter anyway. Captains didn't mess up, and they certainly didn't admit that they didn't know something about their vessels. With this in mind, he haphazardly ran his hands over all the buttons and then whacked the panel once just to show it who was the boss of whom. In a few moments, the door unlocked and David nonchalantly strolled down the corridor, getting all the way to the stairs before breaking into a run and calling, "Rina! Rinaaaa!"

They had a lot of catching up to do.


(( Special thanks to kota for being awesome. When I find a suitable way to repay her, SHE WILL BE REPAID ))
The second half of the party has begun!


Doors are unlocked and mayhem will surely ensue!

You now have three options:

1) You may continue RPing in the main room. There is food, there are balloons, there's a mute bounty hunter and another one who's crazy! WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR? If you choose this option, you will not be eligible to enter the game outlined below or win any prizes associated with it, but you may pick up more flying llamas and any other silly giveaways intended for the whole thread.

2) You may request a Questioning. Did you have your heart set on being questioned by HULK SMASH DROLIC? You're in luck! He's wandering the ship and he's pissed! These will be conducted by PM, so if you're interested, just make sure someone named Smerd or Phoo knows. You are free to RP your character in the main room or wandering the halls while your questioning is going on since it will be a separate scene you may insert anywhere in your Hunting Party Experience (tm). If you choose this option, you will not be eligible to enter the game outlined below or win any prizes associated with it, but you may pick up more flying llamas and any other silly giveaways intended for the whole thread.

3) You may enter THE GAME. DUN DUN DUNNNNN! The game has a lot of rules and my usual crapton of rambling. Here they come. Sorry.

The next post will mark the start of The Game. ooo The object of the game is to find the wee shapeshifting blonde flatsale girl Drolic seems so upset about. She has escaped from her original cell, but is trapped in a nearby room, playing with her feet or something.

Playing the game is simple, sort of. Your character will start in the room described in the next post. Every 24 hours, they will be able to move two rooms, using the directions provided. There are 37 rooms. The girl is in one of them. Find her and rejoice!


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Here are some rules!

- Each one of your personal "days" rolls over from the time you posted on the first day. So if Tommy makes his first post at 3:30am, each one of his new days starts at 3:30. You do not get a new time every day, so if Tommy waited long enough that day without posting, he would be able to post at 3:29am and 3:36am because that would be considered 2 separate days.

I know this makes no sense. I promise to keep track of things fairly, so if you're not sure if it's a new day for you, ask.

- You must wait for a mule post before you RP arriving in a new room. This kind of makes sense since you otherwise wouldn't know what the room looks like or where the doors are, but I just thought I would state it officially.

- If you miss posting for a day, you may not use your moves from that day, aka you may not hoard moves and use them all on the last day.

- If you don't make your opening post until it's been more than 24 hours after the first mule post, you will be rolled into a random starting room and will only be able to make one move that first day. Yes, the rooms are numbered, you just can't see the numbers. I mean, if you really want to, I'll show them to you after the event. If the random room is within five rooms of the girl, your starting room will be rerolled. This is to prevent people just tagging along after others once they know where there are no traps.

- Once you have made your two moves for the day, you are allowed to make as many posts as you like in that room. If you find yourself in a room with other people, RP it up! You can also RP between your two movement posts, if you happen to pass someone.

- Your characters are allowed to travel in groups of up to two people. Rooms are interconnected, so it's not a problem if you are in the same room with more than one other character for a "day", just don't follow them out of the same door when it comes time to move.

- If you know you are not going to be here for a portion of the game but still want to participate, you may arrange to be 'dragged along' by your groupmate. Owners of dragged along characters are still eligible to win prizes.

- Each group may receive up to three hints. These are OOC hints delivered by PM in the following format.


Drolic Ghorat
You hear a cry for help coming from the southeast.


Please note that the room you are in might not actually have a door to the southeast, that is just the direction of the girl's room relative to your own. Also, the walls of the ship are made of metal, so it is highly unlikely your character will be able to hear jack s**t. Pretend they're following a gut feeling or have a fingerprinting kit or something.

If your group splits up, each person is entitled to the hints you didn't use as a group.

- There are eleven rooms that will remove you from the game if you enter them. Three of these rooms may be broken out of with a specific die roll. These rooms will all be clearly marked once you've entered them. If you succeed in getting out of the room, you will still be unable to move any farther that day.

If you are in a group, each member may roll to escape from eligible rooms, but if you roll separately and only one person escapes, you will be separated. You may roll together as well.

If you are removed from the game, nothing happens to your character, they just remain hopelessly lost and will not find the girl. You may meet up with other lost characters in the hall and continue searching fruitlessly, or you may even find your way back to the main room, if you so desire.

- If no one finds the girl before the 28th at 11:59 EST, an NPC will find her and escapeness RP will continue. Don't actually manage to escape from the ship before then, please. The winner(s) will be determined by proximity to the girl's room.


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Cool things:

- Your character does not actually have to be searching for the girl at all. They may be more interested in finding escape pods or the ship's controls. Whatever you like, honeyfaces. OOC, you're looking for a girl. XD

- Ice cream.


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Prizors:

- 1st place
100K OR the chance to have any one of your current or future ICRS kids Jednapped to kid stage or higher. If you don't know what this means, feel free to ask. If more than two people get to the final room on the same day, the monetary prize will be lowered to 50K each.

- 2nd place
50K and any custom colored pet from el petshop

- 3rd place
25K and a custom colored flying llama


Once the girl has been found, any character may step up and find the escape pods and we will all GTFO.

Thank you guys. This event has been verah fun so far. heart
((The only way into the maze of rooms is up the stairs David used, so you can RP your way up there in your reply. ))

You reach the top of the stairs and find yourself in a stark, gray space. Obviously the hosts of this party didn't feel the need to extend their decorations any farther than the main room. There are five doors leading out of the area:

- the one you just came through to the NORTH
- a dirty, grimy one to the EAST
- an archway to the SOUTH
- and two more nondescript exits, one to the WEST
- and one to the SOUTHWEST

There is also a faded map on the wall. A portion of it appears to be missing.

Which way do you want to go?

Deathly Darling

((*COUGH*repaymeinicecream*COUGH*

I mean, what?? *SHOT*))

Cute Fairy

[*considers entering* <3 Writing about the criminal now. ]

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(( Duuuude I like this idear of a game. XDD And also questioning >D Feel free to grab Fios for that, someone 8D! ))

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His head-sails went back a bit at that, and Fios stared at Umbra. He sooort of got the thing about killing religious guys - as he'd never liked 'em too much himself. Though he wouldn't randomly walk up and kill somebody. If they were chasing him, sure ... which had happened a lot actually....

Uh. Anyway. "Animals? Why would'ja kill animals?" he asked - though the question was more curious than accusing.

He didn't understand. Animals were usually things to be stolen then sold off later! Especially if they were like... exotic or something.

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She looked uncomfortable again. "They were watching the murder. I was quite paranoid back then."

Then her eyes whipped around, and she heard the sound of David calling for his friend. "Wait, what? W-what's going on?" She grabbed Fiosdae's hand and dashed up the stairs, heading for the SOUTHWEST exit. "Come with me, something's going on!"

((HEY SMERD, PHOO. Baelia shall be questioned, yes? She's basically been invisible the whole party, it's her personality, so I'd like her to be Questioned!))

Deathly Darling

David skidded to a halt and eyed Umbra's retreating back somewhat curiously.

"Was it somethin' I said?!" he called at her fleeing figure. Whatever it was, now he and Rina were alone in the hallway, which he supposed was for the best. "Rinasaurus, we got a damsel to save. I seen 'er on the screens upstairs, there're some grown-ups lookin' for her in a sinister manner, and I suspect that they may be the Man." He looked at his partner in crime appealingly, and fidgeted, clearly only too eager to go after the girl and be a hero. "I think she's in trouble n' all. They left to look for her and locked me in, but I got out usin' sheer ingenuity, and now we gotta find her first. Terrible things are afoot, Rina, and we need to do something about it."

"Also, if we do something about it, Dad's gonna be less likely to inflict 'orrible punishments upon me when he inevitably finds me."

With that said, he looked at her expectantly and waited for her to magically understand everything before they ran off on more of the hijinks that they tended to be notorious for.

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(( Out of curiosity, where do we start on that map? Like what room. XD *wants to try and keep up OOCly maybe* ))

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(( Not all the rooms available are on that map. There are quite a few missing where it's torn. XD I will tell you that the starting room in isn't on there, but the room the girl is in is.

I will get to replies and stuff as soon as I can. I'm eeting dindins and installing a buttload of software I got for my New Schooling Experience.

About Baelia being questioned, I was thinking of having it be one thing per player so I wouldn't go insane tracking maze characters and RPing, but I guess you can have your characters do separate things. I'll figure it out. Or Phoo can do questionings *shot*

So technically, now that I think about it, in-character groups can consist of more than two characters, but only if they're all played by a maximum of two players.

SEE, THE RULES COULD HAVE BEEN LONGER

I'M ALWAYS COMING UP WITH MORE WORDBARF <3

*drops hunks of delicious ice cream at kota's feets*

edit: ALSO YAY THALI hehee ))

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((Or Umbra can be a dork and drop Fiosdae in the first dark room she finds. biggrin

Sorry, David; you've got Rina! Umbra wants to team up with you, but the three-people teams never work. sad ))

Deathly Darling

((Fufufufufu! /srs ice cream eating timez

EDIT: Rofl, David would probably have chosen Rina if he knew he could only bring one buddy. BEST FRIENDSHIP, it is a mighty power. * u *))

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Scamp

(( Also, is Fiosdae really coming with Umbra? Because then he can't be questioned. Even though I'm allowing players to have their individual characters do two different things, the characters themselves still can't.

*goes to actually get dindins now instead of just talking about them and installing Word instead* ))

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((If Manda dislikes; she can always say so, and I'll just retroedit the post to have Umbra head up the stairs and call for Fiosdae. 3nodding

KOTA WHY DOES DAVID HAVE A UNICORN))

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