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Adventuring!, Thursday, Period 3

For the last class, like the first, the Danger Shop was set up to look like Ye Old-Timey Fantasy Tavern, because Hardison did love him some tropes, and 'getting an adventure hook in a tavern' was one of the oldest.

"I'm looking for some adventurers!" an old man announced a few minutes after class began. "A small band of the most brave and stalwart! Monsters have moved into the cave system nearby the village and are terrorizing our outlying farms! There's gold and treasure in it for anyone who can make our town safe again!"

Once the old man sat back down, Hardison stood up. "That's your final, class," he said. "You can work alone, though it might be easier to go in a group or somethin'. Head to the caves, defeat some monsters, an' enjoy the sweet reward of treasure." And a good grade, but whatever. "So figure out what class you wanna be from the ones we went over this session, decide who you're gonna team up with, if anyone, an' enjoy your taste of fantasy adventure!"

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In a group

Get a drink, listen to the bard (who bears a strong resemblance to the grumpy bartender from the first day of class), talk to one another, and then listen to your assignment from class.

All the outfits from the past few weeks are available here for you to choose from. Pick a costume and accoutrements appropriate to the class you want to be (fighter, mage, or rogue), and let Hardison know what you've decided on. If you've chosen a class that casts spells, he'll tell you which spells you have.

Once you're ready to go, the tavern door opens to a dirt road leading into a dark wood. Set off alone or choose to band together, either way there's adventure waiting.

As with any proper RPG, while the most obvious way through most obstacles is fighting, Hardison has set up the sim so that any smart or creative use of skills can have a decent result.

This is an old forest, with tall trees that heavily filter the sunlight. There's also a great deal of underbrush, making visibility difficult. The road is clear and well-maintained, however, letting you travel without difficulty.

For awhile all seems well, until there's a thunderous crashing through the underbrush ahead and suddenly a great grizzly bear appears on the road ahead of you. It roars when it sees you and it's teeth and claws look very sharp.

Once you get past the bear, you continue on until you see the cave the old man spoke of. From the outside, the cave looks rather small and unassuming, but within, you can see it's part of much bigger subterranean system. No natural light comes in, but there are some remains of old torches and the like if you don't have a way of producing light on your own.

Heading further in and down, you can hear the noises made by something living. The monsters seem to have made their home in a cavern by a small underground lake. Towards the back of their cavern, you can see two large treasure chests with heavy padlocks on the front.

The number of monsters you see depend on the number of people with you. Someone by themselves will only see one monster, a larger group may see several.

After the monsters have been taken care of, all that's left is to get your treasure!

Like the torches, the chests appear to be very old, here long before the monsters moved in. Both boxes are sturdy, built of wood, and reinforced in places with iron. However, if you touch the chest on the left, you discover it's not actually a chest at all, but a mimic!

Once the mimic has been dealt with, the chest on the right appears to be an ordinary chest. But what's inside?

Open it and find out.

Hopefully with prizes in hand, students who have finished the adventure will exit the caves and find themselves right back at the tavern. As returning heroes, they'll find plenty to eat and drink and can spend the last few minutes of class relaxing.

She's been great!

He'll be happy to tell all of you what a great class you are!

Kickin it old-school nerd-style!

Raven Darkholme

Raven hung to one side, waiting to see if anyone wanted a partner for adventure but couldn't find one, and otherwise enjoying the simulated atmosphere.

"Nice to see you finally out and about again," Raven teased.

"Nah, ain't you hear?" Hardison said, turning an amused glance towards his TA, "I was at the cafe on Thursday."

Kira Yukimura

Raven grinned. "Oh yeah? I would have guessed you guys were still hiding out by then, since you made Kathy do your radio spot and all."

"Hey now," Hardison said, holding up a finger. "That was the squirrels' choice. I just told 'em to find one of the TAs."

Meaning, at any time your life could be interrupted because Hardison had a booty call, Raven, beware.

"I ain't had nothin' to do with their choice of who to pick." And therefore absolved him of all responsibility, right? "But, yeah, funny story, I also didn't expect to be in the diner that afternoon. But that's what radio told me I was up to."

You know. When he finally got around to listening to it. Yesterday.

"You wouldn't happen to know anything about that, would you?"

"Now why on earth would I know anything about you deciding to go to the diner after all?" Raven asked. Her innocent look was a just a bit too smug to even indicate her trying too hard.

"Or wherever I coulda gotten my idea for the specials that day, either?" Hardison said, looking Very Convinced. "I mean, who ain't like British high tea or whatever?"

"Well sure. Who doesn't like cucumber sandwiches?"

"People who expect to be able to eat a sandwich an' actually be full when they're done?" Hardison guessed off the top of his head.

Though maybe Eliot might want to give the idea some thought. It's doubtful he'd ever have to worry about Hardison stealing his sandwiches again if they were all cucumber.

Or it'd just result in Hardison finally developing a taste for vegetables.

"But then you wouldn't have room for all the other little tasty tea treats."

Hey! He'd asked for heirloom tomatoes on his burger! He was learning.

...And they all knew that Eliot made decoy sandwiches for Hardison to steal and eat anyway.

"Yeah, right, that must be the reasonin' behind why I love 'em so much. You have fun, pretendin' to be me?"

"I admit nothing," Raven said. "But yes. Though I confused the hell out of Drac while I was at it."

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Adventuring!, Thursday, Period 3

Sign in Week 7

The Tavern

Get Dressed Up!

Excelsior!

The Dark Wood

The Caves

The Treasure

Back to the Tavern

Talk to the TA

Talk to Hardison

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