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Rules
1. You are welcome to enter one character per weyr. This means you can participate in all three mysteries if you'd like, but with only one character in each. (I.E. Don't have your character's best friend show up half-way through the mystery just to hang out. Staff members may insert one of their characters for plot purposes, but that's for the good of the event and they will not be counted as participating members. Just plot devices.)
2. Play nicely and keep the drama to a minimum! If you have an issue with someone, take it to PMs.
3. You are welcome to refuse any prize you win if you think something you like more might come up in another game. HOWEVER, if you do refuse, the staff cannot promise you will win another prize. (It's up to chance, after all!) If you refuse a prize, the prize will go on to the next eligible person. We will not fight with you over your choice or be responsible for replacing a prize you have refused if you change your mind later on.
4. You may only win ONE prize from this event. If you win one of the grand mystery prizes, you may not win one of the firelizards or either of the other mystery prizes. The mystery prize of the other events will go to other participants. Winning a prize in the events does not exclude you from winning any prizes from the games.
5. Please be aware that these mysteries are occurring at the weyrs. This means that if you have a character living at the Harper Hall, they will not be able to participate unless you have a good reason for them to be hanging out at the weyr during the mystery.


Now for the expanded explanation of how this event is going to work.

This will be an in-character roleplaying event taking place shortly after the recent murder of Benden's Weyrwoman, Kestril. Periodically, within the set event times of that day, the staff member running the event will prompt the players to roll a d100 in an attempt to match or get as close to the staff member's roll as possible. This roll indicates which character gets to discover the next clue of the mystery! The person who is the closest to the staffer's number wins the point and their character will discover the clue in the staff member's next post. (PLEASE NOTE: After the rolls are complete, the staffer will make another post, this one with the clue and the character who discovered it. In the event of a tie between two characters, both characters will discover the clue and receive a point. Do not see that you are the closest and have your character go "LOOK! A CLUE!" when you aren't event sure what it is yet. Hahaha.) There will be about 2-3 clues posted a day. Staff members will try to wait to give as many people a chance to roll as possible, but we do have to keep the event going and get those 2-3 clues in, so if you are absent for the day, you will miss the roll. Don't worry, though. There are always other days if you miss a clue or two!

The majority of the event, of course, will be roleplay between the participating characters as they work through the clues and try to solve the mystery. This is a chance for your characters to have some fun and get some interaction with their fellows, after all! Clues will be posted at the discretion of the staffer. This means that after you all have had a chance to get in an intro post or a response to the latest clue and your characters get the chance to chat somewhat, another clue may be posted. (Think Hatchings.)

At the end of the clues (and the event), your characters will finally solve the mystery and put their suspicions to rest. The final tallying of points will occur and the winner of the grand prize will be announced. Those players who participated actively in the event (and did not win the grand prize) will be put in a raffle to win two Halloween-themed firelizards colored by the very talented staff member running your event. So, even if it looks like you're not doing well in the points realm, don't give up hope! There's still a chance for you to win something too!


The Participants:
1. Crystal - elfgurl1234
Clues: 4, 6, 7

2. Adi - Meepfur
Clues: 8, 9

3. Zeren - Revel1984
Clues: 1, 2, 10

4. Wykla - magnadearel
Clues: 3, 5

5. Shedrawn - Team Edward Cullenation
Clues:

Zeren had been on his way to go find a certain Blue Wher and his handler when a lad, another candidate, ran past him, almost bowling him over. He turned to listen to what caused him to run and was curious. Tracks on the beach? larger than normal. That could mean dragons..... or possibly a feral Wher.. no, he focussed on the posibility of dragons. Lately Zeren had been coming out of himself more, he wanted to prove himself, he'd failed so far at hatchings and he wondered if it was because he was just so shy and nervous, so he decided to be brave and head over to the beach, no doubt followed by others which made him that little bit braver.

Adi often lingered late in the dining hall, even after she'd finished eating - it was one of the best places to socialize! But tonight, it seemed, it would be a little more than that. She paid the Candidate attention immediately, noting his frightened pallor and nervous voice. It could be a prank, she supposed, but he looked and sounded truly concerned...of course, it could also be a prank on him. Candidates weren't always the kindest to each other.

The young bluerider rose, shooting Wykla a brief, disapproving look for her dismissive response. "Hey, it's alright," she tried to soothe, "Slow down a minute. What did they look like besides big?"

Zeren sighed, maybe coming out was a mistake... he almost turned back but then a green blur shot by his head, followed by a blue one, Viska and Grym, two of his flits, the others he guessed were off doing their own thing or sleeping. These two were the ones that stayed the longest around him, strange that Viska seemed to like to antagonise Grym but wherever she was, Grym was usually close behind, grumbling his disapproval at the green. Zeren chuckled and gestured for both to come and take a perch on his shoulders "you two can help me keep a look out, we're on an adventure" his tone reserved mainly for Viksa, she liked to get into things and sent images of tunnelsnakes at him "no not tunnelsnakes, something strange at the beach" he said to her, Grym churring a warning, it was getting dark, and while the blue had long forgotten WHY he was worried about the dark, he still chittered about 'bigscarydarkhurtstayinside' whenever Zeren too a night walk, funnily enough the Blue still often came with him.

((Forgot to roll...not that it's likely to matter. XDD))

Crystal honestly couldn't be bothered to care about the nervous Candidate's report. What was so worrisome about tracks on the beach? If they didn't belong to a dragon then they were probably made by a Wher, and if not then oh well. It was certainly nothing worth getting excited over.

Likely not, but a nice stroll down the beach never hurt anyone, her dragon suggested. The weather is quite lovely out right now... Why don't you join me? You could always just pass by these 'tracks' on the way to the ocean to come see me.

... You're curious, aren't you.

Only a little bit. I really do wish to swim though.

The silverrider let out a faint sigh. Nothing's stopping your swim, but fine, I will go see these strange 'tracks' that have been found. If nothing else it could be amusing to watch others puzzle over them.

Shedrawn watched the curve of the tracks and wondered out loud. "Well if the tracks are here then wouldn't the creature be closeby? Although the tracks do look a little old. Then again, I'm not a tracker. Do we have any former beastholders here? What do you guys think?" Shedrawn felt a little nervous about the unknown creature so close to the weyr. What if it got into the feeding pens. He didn't think the dragons would appreciate that much. Isdrayon chirped from his left shoulder and Anyang trilled from his right. Illyrion squawked while she clung to his chest. He was covered in firelizards. Anyang and Isdrayon seemed interested but Illy was sulky cause they were not in bed and it was chilly and there was something out there that could most definitely eat her. He stroked his little girl and she simmered a bit.

[[Everyone please roll another d100. This one will be open until 4ish central time, about eight hours from now. Don’t worry if you’ve missed this or previous clues. There’s going to be plenty more, so jump on in!]]
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Kazairl shrugged in unknowing indifference to Shedrawn’s question. He was more amused by the number of people arriving on the beach than interested in the tracks themselves, but when Zeren called out he walked quickly over. Making sure not to tread on the tracks himself, he tapped his chin thoughtfully and nodded. “Hard to say. Whatever it is, it has to be big. If anyone’s going to follow them to see where whatever made them wound up, we should all probably go – for safety’s sake.” He sounded solemn about the suggestion, but he was more attentive to the mischief of the opportunity rather than safety now.