Try Not to Die!! [Tuesday, May 17, 3rd period]

[sith_happened]

Anakin was rather enjoying the movements of the island, even if this one took them to a place as hot and full of sand as Tatooine. Ugh, sand. It certainly made coming up with his class assignments more interesting.

"Welcome to Alexandria, Egypt," he said. Rory was going to love hearing where they were now. "Today's tasks will take you through this ancient city," he paused, "in its heyday."

Working in Fandom was weird. He stepped back from the clue box. "You will complete two tasks, then meet Tahiri and I somewhere in the city. Try not to die."

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Re: Detour: Hauling

[sith_happened]

The books that were taken from ships were returned after they were transcribed: this wasn't just an elaborate knowledge robbery. Find a wheelbarrow full of scrolls and codexes that must be hauled back to the docks and then matched to the ships--from around the ancient world, and all of the languages they'd spoken--they'd come from.

This could also take some time.

Re: Detour: Hauling

[wwiii]

Naturally, once Warren finished wandering aimlessly around Alexandria and attempting elaborate pantomimes in order to help him find his way, he'd decided that hauling was probably his better bet in order to help him get caught up. After all, he had the upper-body strength to handle plenty.

... The hauling part, that was easy.

The multilingualism, on the other hand...

By the time he'd actually finished getting the books to the right places, his classmates were nowhere to be seen, and he was contemplating just burying his head under the sand and not coming out again.

Re: Detour: Hauling

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

Okay, this wasn't so bad. Telepathy once again came in handy because he didn't know enough about ancient civilizations to be able to match them on sight. It was much easier to make reasonable guesses when he figured out what languages the various sailors were thinking in, though.

Re: Detour: Hauling

[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

She should have done this in the first place.

Surreal looked over the contents of the cart before vanishing it and heading back towards the port. She'd have to call it in again before she got there, so the landens didn't freak out, but she'd travel faster without pushing it.

Once she got down to the docks, she just pointed at the piece she was delivering with a winning smile, then gestured at the boats filling the port. The sailors were more than happy to help a pretty foreign girl distribute her packages.

Re: Detour: Hauling

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

As much as Alexander would have liked to have done the transcribing himself, he knew the point of these activities were to be the first to finish them, even if it was only for pride and potentially a cool hat. So he stuck with what he knew he was good at, rather than what he would have enjoyed more.

Besides, if he was doing the transcribing, he would have wanted to relish it. He was not opposed, however, to finishing hard work quickly! And he's studied a great deal about different cultures in the past year, trying to locate the Land of the Green Isles, so that helped him with finding the right home for the scrolls and codexes!

Re: Detour: Hauling

[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

Damn right it took some time. Jack had little problem getting back to the docks despite the wheelbarrow's weight.

Trying to find which ship was which? Yep. That took a little time.

Re: Detour: Hauling

[notagoose]

Goose went for the second option, it took him slightly longer to do but he preferred it to writing.

Re: Detour: Hauling

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

Squall figured that he'd be able to get back to the docks quickly, since he already knew the way, but hadn't anticipated how hard it would be to match the scrolls to their ships.

Fortunately, he had enough of a lead that he was able to lose time and still come out ahead.