[ORP - Game] Motoujamii Man-hunt

[Motoujamii Lands]

Motoujamii Man-hunt

A challenge has been issued to all Firekin bold enough to take on their Regent: Find Agni-pariksha, wherever she may be hiding within the pride's boundaries, and prove your skill and worthiness as a Motoujamii soldier. Be the first to find and catch her and gain the approval of your Regents and a leg-up in the upcoming competition for commanding ranks in the Firekin army.

A lone lion waits at the Sandstorm Refuge in the pride lands, explaining the rules and rewards of the game to any late arrivals but offering no additional clues as to the whereabouts of the hiding Regent.

Game Ends: October 17, 2016 - 05:00EST October 15, 2016 - 05:00EST

Winners List
mouselet - won Lumatha (found by Eish)
SilverLutz - won Pahar-rusi (found by Ud)

Vatra (Excited Apathy) - found and caught Agni-pariksha
Ud (SilverLutz) - found and caught Agni-pariksha  

[Motoujamii Lands]

Setting

The game is taking place in the central pride lands. The Medical Quarters, Archives, Council, Old Palace and Dens are all off limits out of respect: you will be herded out of those areas if you stray, any attendants or residents will be expecting unruly behavior from any hunters.

The Hongshan Quarter is the only residential area in play, thanks to cooperation from Nawvlee and the other Hongshan.

How to Play

Locations are determined by 1d50

• 1-10 - Sandstorm Refuge
  
• 11-20 - Hongshan Quarter
  
• 21-30 - Pridal Oasis
  
• 31-40 - Training Grounds
  
• 41-50 - Barracks

Every day, each character participating will randomize one number from 1-50. This number will tell you where in the desert they are currently hunting for Agni-pariksha.

To find Agni-pariksha, you must match her randomized number exactly! This will change daily, her location is not fixed.

If you've found Agni-pariksha

• Randomize another number between 1-50, quote Ecavi.
  
• Ecavi will randomize another number for Agni-pariksha.
  
• Highest number wins! If Agni wins, she escapes. If the seeker wins, she is caught.
  
• Agni-pariksha wins all ties, she escapes unless you beat her.
  
• Successful seekers will be sent back to the Sandstorm Refuge to wait with Agni's brother and brag about their successes. They're done once they've caught her.

The Basics

• Each character gets one roll per day.
  
• You may enter multiple characters but must fill in your previous character's roll with an RP post before rolling a second character.
  
• Each new day will officially start with a roll for Agni-pariksha. This will be done around 05:00EST.

Special

Characters may work in teams, if they're willing to share the glory!

• Each member of the team gets a roll, allowing the team to cover more ground in a day and giving everybody more interactions to RP from.
  
• There is no penalty for working as a team! Teamwork is important in an army!
  
• If a team finds Agni-pariksha, each teammate gets a shot at catching her. Roll and quote one at a time, waiting for a reply between teammate rolls.
  
  
• Each team should have a memberlist in every post they make (to help us all keep track of who is working in which group). Adjust for splitting up or picking up loners as necessary.
  
  
• A team is significantly more likely to succeed but but doesn't make the same impression as a loner who succeeds. Both team or solo are presented as equal options, and there is no indication that Agni-pariksha will look on either more favorably-- it is up to the individual Firekin to decide for themselves what they think looks better and works better for them.

RP Requirements

If you do not fill in your posts with an RP blurb, your roll does not count.

Please fill in each post before making the next.

You can enter as many or as few of your Firekin as you can handle. They can play for fun or glory. There can be many IC winners so there is no need of a character limit. Just remember that this is supposed to be an RP as well!

Other

You can post as often as you like every day, but your character only gets one roll per day. If you end up in the Hongshan Quarter, you can spend the day chatting up whoever else happens to be there if you like! If you're in the Sandstorm Refuge, you can harass our lovely MC/Agni-pariksha's brother for fun or hints (even though he won't reply). You can interrogate sparring partners in the Training Grounds. Whatever, go nuts.  

[Motoujamii Lands]

IC Prizes

The first lion or team to catch Agni-pariksha is likely to make the best impression, but that may depend on where the RP takes us. Winners will all be listed in the first post, but IC prizes will be decided after the game ends and before the upcoming tournament starts.

Winners may be offered jobs or they may be given advanced placement in the tournament, it all depends!  

[Motoujamii Lands]

OOC Prizes - Lumatha

Found by Eish (mouselet)

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Colored by Polette

Hiding somewhere in the desert is a decoy target: Lumatha, Agni-pariksha's mother. She is playing along, helping her daughter to keep an eye on the participants and doing whatever small part she can to throw them off track as they play.

Her location is fixed, her number will not change.

Roll the same number as Lumatha to win her!

Your first roll of each day is the only one that counts towards this prize, this is to level the field between people playing with many characters and those playing with few.

You may only win one lion. If you win Pahar-rusi, you cannot win Lumatha.

About Lumatha

Her name means 'Catch Fire' in Zulu. She is a former rogue lioness whose family has long claimed they were descended from the Firekin- a claim that nobody can prove but she treats as fact.

Her relationship with Pahar-rusi is, at minimum, amicable. It will be up to their winners to determine if they are mates or not.

 

[Motoujamii Lands]

OOC Prizes - Pahar-rusi

Found by Ud (SilverLutz)

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Colored by Polette

Hiding somewhere in the desert is a decoy target: Pahar-rusi, Agni-pariksha's father. He is playing along, helping his daughter to keep an eye on the participants and doing whatever small part he can to throw them off track as they play.

His location is fixed, his number will not change.

Roll the same number as Pahar-rusi to win him!

Your first roll of each day is the only one that counts towards this prize, this is to level the field between people playing with many characters and those playing with few.

You may only win one lion. If you win Lumatha, you cannot win Pahar-rusi.

About Pahar-rusi

His name means 'Red Mountain' in Hindi. He is a former Hongshan lion who fled when the war with the Nergui was lost and was one of very few who was never captured.

His relationship with Lumatha is, at minimum, amicable. It will be up to their winners to determine if they are mates or not.

 

[Motoujamii Lands]

OOC Prizes - Agni-pariksha's Brother

Colored by Polette

The lion holding down the fort in the Sandstorm Refuge and emceeing the fun and games is Agni-pariksha's one and only brother. He is impassive but it could be all a part of the game. He's been sitting in his sister's shadow lately, not as much is known about him.

About Agni-pariksha's Brother

A relative blank-slate, he has no name, no rank and no determined personality: the winner will have free reign over what he is and what he becomes!

A Hindi name is preferred but not required.

Open Raffle

• Everybody gets 1 ticket, post in this thread to claim it!
  
• Pride newbies get 1 extra ticket! Just let us know if you have no Motoujamii lions.
  
• You may only win one lion. If you win Lumatha or Pahar-rusi, you lose your raffle ticket.
  
• Draw will take place at the end of the event!

Ticket List

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1. Excited Apathy
2. belloblossom
3. belloblossom
4. AstoriaFallen
5. I Lady Kiya I
6. Roman Foi
7. Roman Foi
8. ABVirus
9. ABVirus

 

[Excited Apathy]

Nuria was not about to miss this. She'd mostly kept to the Firekin lands since her litter with Ruber, even after sending off those cubs deemed huria. But she wasn't old yet, even if she had nominally "settled down." She wasn't going to just roll over and let the kids have all the excitement. Blue eyes flashed as she set to the hunt--it was time to be back in action! She'd start with the training grounds...it seemed too obvious, but that might be just the kind of trick she'd need to look out for.

She kept an eye out for Ruber, too. If her mate joined in, she figured she'd be able to convince him to team up without too much protest.

(I'd like a ticket, please!)  

[Excited Apathy]

Vatra was in on the search, of course. An event organized by one of the Regents? That might advance her in the eyes of said Regent? Why yes, yes she would be right on that. Her parents hadn't been the most nurturing, perhaps, but they'd raised one hell of a soldier. She just needed to make everyone else see it.

This was, as she'd found, easier said than done. Half the pride thought they were great soldiers, and they weren't about to take her word for it. Providing proof was bearing...mixed results.

She began her hunt in the Hongshan Quarter, but didn't catch sight of the Regent.  

[mouselet]

Eish was intrigued by the game Agni-pariksha had set in motion. The lioness was no Soldier, to need or want advancement in the army, nor was she filled with pride for her own position as a Huntress. She had nothing to prove. She was simply interested in the game for its own sake.

Initially, Eish had considered going towards the Barracks, but instead something drew her out towards the desert. The white lioness was inclined to go where the wind blew her, and so wandered as it took her.

To her surprise, she found a lioness.

"Good day," the Huntress greeted the older female. "You do not appear to be the Regent."  

[mouselet]

The lion was highly intrigued by this "game" of the Regent's. He had a feeling Nuria was also out here, looking, but so far he hadn't seen his mate yet. The former rogue was of the opinion that Agni-pariksha might be in the Hongshan Quarter, but so far his search had managed to turn up...exactly nothing.

He sighed. Frankly, Ruber was more worried that he'd run into Nuria than that he'd find the Regent. He wasn't sure if Nuria knew yet how obsessed Geni had become with finding her sister. He'd tried to persuade the girl to stay in the pride until they could find more information about where she might be, but he wasn't at all sure that she would listen.  

[SilverLutz]

Ud peered around the oasis with a little frown. This hunting game would surely put him in good favor for when he grew up, but he wasn't sure exactly how. Still, ever eager to make a name for himself, Ud had thrown himself into the task gamely. He figured the oasis was a good place to start so he could grab a drink before heading on, but perhaps it was also the place where Agni-pariksha would be hiding herself. If it were him, he'd certainly be camping out here!

Rather than finding the dark red female, though, he found another male who was tucked under one of the few scraggly trees that dotted the Firekin lands, especially by their water source. He approached him with a tilted head before realizing it was Agni-pariksha's father. That was why they looked so similar.

"Oh...hello," he said with a little bob of his head in greeting. "I don't suppose you could point me in the direction of your daughter, could you?"  

[SilverLutz]

Menkar had decided to join the hunt as well, not for the glory for for the fun! His old pride had been full of members that had loved to play games, and if he had to be honest he sorely missed that aspect about the Kizi. Here it was work, work, work and very little play. He wasn't going to pass up this opportunity to get some fun in!

It seemed there were plenty of others that were also in the hunt, but Menkar didn't pay them much mind. He had always been a bit of a loner so he didn't bother making a team. He'd enjoy the game alone and maybe make some friends that he could make a team with for a later game.

He started by the Sandstorm refuse. There were lots of places to hide here and he poked his nose between the sand-blasted rocks to see if anyone was hiding there. So far no.  

[oo Ded]

Urit'alya was always looking forward to a chance to prove herself, so when it had been announced that the regent was holding an event she was quick to jump to the opportunity. Sure, this opportunity might have been viewed as a game that children play but hey, an opening was an opening.

The soldier found herself in the sandstorm refuge where the games had been announced poking around the caverns, but to no avail. The area of play was large and there was a good number of other participants. She toyed with the idea of bringing a team together. The pride had many war-oriented lions and grouping up didn't seem in any way out of the pride's ways.

There was nothing here, Alya concluded. Well, nothing but other participants. The lioness found herself suddenly in relatively close proximity with another lion as she moved out of a cavern. Her steps stopped and she blinked. "Greetings," she murmured at Menkar, stepping a comfortable distance away. She gave a sideways glancing motion to the cluster of rocks she had emerged from. "There's nothing back there. Just checked," she continued, assuming the other lion was also part of this search.

(Team: None)

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SilverLutz

( I'd like a ticket, please! c: )  

[belloblossom]

I'd like a ticket, and I don't have any Firekin. 3nodding