Rangering!, Friday, Period Five [ 06/26 ].

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As the class headed in today, they'd find the usual clearing set up in the Danger Shop had a little village near it this time, though they were on its outskirts, with the usual choices of weaponry and armourments available to the students. Minsc clasped his hands together with a loud sound to get things started.

"Hullo!" he said. "It is our last day! So let's do some rangering!"

He made a sweeping gesture toward the village. "Random Village here has been having some problems! These problems seem to be of a distinctly creature-like manner, making you, as a ranger, before for the task of vanquishing it! From here, you are on your own! ....Unless you decide to partner up, you can do that too, or even work in a group if you'd like! I like groups of six myself. But! From here, you can go into the village and ask around for clues on what is happening. Or you may stay here in the woods and put your tracking skills to use! Or both! It never hurts to use all the resources available to you!"

"I will tell you one thing," Minsc said, "the source of this problem has with it a treasure! The point of the final, then, if to find the source, stop the problem, find the treasure, and then bring it back to me. If you do not find the treasure, but have a grand story of adventure instead, that is also acceptable."

"Now go forth!" he barked. "And ranger away!"


[[ OCD is on the way has saved the day!! ]]

Comments

Sign In -- 06/26.

[berserkerminsc.livejournal.com]

How do you feel about this being the last class?

Re: Sign In -- 06/26.

[defeats-buses.livejournal.com]

Prince Edward!

Re: Sign In -- 06/26.

[bitchprince]

Arthur Pendragon

Re: Sign In -- 06/26.

[formerbrat.livejournal.com]

Elspeth of Valdemar

During the Talking Bits -- 06/26.

[berserkerminsc.livejournal.com]

...and after as well! To arms and prepare yourself for venturing out into....adventure!

Random Village -- 06/26.

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Just a short walk away is the Random Village (which actually seems to resemble Beregost quite a lot). Here, you might find many sources of information about what trouble is plaguing it, from the people milling on the streets doing their business, to inns and shops and taverns, and armoury and a temple and manor. Maybe even a who-- eer, seamstress house, too!

Explore and mod at will. Anything you can think you might want to do in a large-ish village is available. Minsc thinks he might just go have a mug of some holographic ale. Clues, however, shall come in pings based on interactions.

Re: Random Village -- 06/26.

[defeats-buses.livejournal.com]

Ah, but of course Prince Edward stopped in at a local tavern first. "Good day, barwench! A mug of your finest ale!" He then glanced around, searching faces. It was information he sought, and he very well planned to get it! Ah-hah!

Re: Random Village -- 06/26.

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One fine holographic all coming up! And the barkeep eyed Prince Edward as his serving girl set it in front of him, cleaning out a perpetually dirty mug as he asked, "You're not from 'round these parts, are ya?"

Re: Random Village -- 06/26.

[defeats-buses.livejournal.com]

Prince Edward eyed this man back. "I am not!" he replied evenly, if not loudly. "I seek a beautiful girl, my one coquette, the answer to my love's duet person of interest, peasant. A person with information." He leaned forward, and narrowed his eyes.

Re: Random Village -- 06/26.

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Eric had considered many possible places to start his quest, but a history of reading fantasy novels in his youth (... his younger youth) told him everything he needed to know.

He went to the tavern.

"Good day, barkeep," he greeted. He'd checked his pockets, and been pleased to find that the simulation had granted him not only a weapon, but money, too. "I was wondering if I might not get a mug of ale, and perhaps a bit of information?" He pulled out two silver pieces and slid them across the bar to the barkeep.

Re: Random Village -- 06/26.

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"The mug of ale, ya got," the barkeep said, thunking one down in front of Eric with some of the foamy head not dirty sloshing over the sides. "The other part, depends on what kind of information yer lookin' fer."

Re: Random Village -- 06/26.

[notasuiciderisk.livejournal.com]

"I hear there have been... problems... in town, lately," Eric replied. "And I'm hoping I might be able to do something to help you with them."

[Aaaand now I run out the door. I should be back hopefully in an hour or so, though!]

The Wilderness -- 06/26.

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And, of course, there is great wilderness! Sometimes, what you see around you can give you just as many clues, especially if you've got your sharp rangering skills available! Do some exploring in the woods to look for what kind of activity might have been going on in the area.

What you do is moddable; clues, however, shall come in pings.

Re: The Wilderness -- 06/26.

[notasuiciderisk.livejournal.com]

Eric wasn't what one would call a tracker. To be fair, that wasn't a skill he was trying to use at the given moment: in fact, he was making as much noise as he could, trying to draw attention to himself.

How else was he going to get kidnapped by orcs?

Re: The Wilderness -- 06/26.

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It might have helped if maybe he was picking flowers, but, even without that virginal activity that might have attracted them, the air was soon filled with a menacing growling and prowling and a big orc stepped forward.

"Me will crush you!"

Re: The Wilderness -- 06/26.

[notasuiciderisk.livejournal.com]

Eric screamed -- and no, it wasn't entirely an act -- and then said, "Please don't eat me!"

The Cave! -- 06/26.

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All clues have lead you to a dark cave barely seen in the side of a dark brown cropping of rocks; in fact, it seems the blood on the ground is far more visible than the entrance itself, but you're a ranger and should have no trouble finding it, right?

Herein lies the trouble! Are you ready to face it?

Re: The Cave! -- 06/26.

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The orc had grabbed Eric (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomhigh/2156549.html?thread=139031557#t139031557) and carried him gruffly back to the secret cave, throwing the boy carelessly aside once they got there.

"You stay here!" he demanded.

Re: The Cave! -- 06/26.

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Eric nodded meekly, but he'd managed to roll a bit with the landing and avoid any serious injury. "Okay," he said. "I'll just stay here."

Talk to Minsc! -- 06/26.

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He'll be waiting back in the village, where he can keep an eye on everyone's progress and stop anything before anyone gets too hurt.

He'll also be there waiting for the treasure, should you find it, and for whatever reason you might need him for!

Talk to the TAs -- 06/26.

[berserkerminsc.livejournal.com]

Who made excellent rangers, too!

Re: Talk to the TAs -- 06/26.

[defeats-buses.livejournal.com]

Prince Edward took up his position one last time, and quite seriously too!

Re: Talk to the TAs -- 06/26.

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Minsc took a moment to come up to his intrepid TA and clasp a large, proud hand on his shoulder.

"Well done, Sir Edward, well done! I must thank you being an upstanding TA!"

Minsc truly doubted that anyone could have been as appreciative of the need for copious emphasis and exclamation marks as he.

Re: Talk to the TAs -- 06/26.

[defeats-buses.livejournal.com]

Prince Edward was truly proud! His gleaming white teeth behind his super wide smile proved it. "Thank you! I must say it was an honor and privilege serving under your firm and just hand! I shall never forget this gllllorious experience! Ah-hah!"

OOC -- 06/26.

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Fair warning: this final is possibly far more interactive than what I might actually have time for with my wonky schedule right now, but, dammit, I love it too much to not try. So please to be bearing with me and my potentially slow butt.

Feel free to skip anything you'd like as well, if you prefer. Basically, the clues will lead to a band of orcs taking up shop in the cave as a base for their operations in kidnapping young damsels (and a few young sirs...ahem). The treasure comes in the form of a scroll where one of the orc generals (in the best terms he could) wrote out the plan of operations. Returning it means an ambush can be planned and the day saved! Huzzah!

This class was fantastically fun, so thank you all for being awesome!