Try Not to Die, Thursday, June 10, 2021

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"Hello everyone," Ben said with a grin. "Today we're going to Turkey, a country as well as a delicious sandwich!"

Anakin gave him a look. "No, and I know you know that."

Ben grinned unrepentantly. "It's funny, and that's more important than being truthful."

"It's really not."

Ben waved his hand at the Portalocity office. "Regardless, we're heading to Istanbul, not Constantinople, today. It'll be fun."

Comments

Sign in 6/10

[sith_happened]

Mmm, turkey sandwiches.

Detour: Simit or Scrub It!

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In Simit, you have to deliver three orders of traditional Turkish bagels known as simits to three vendors scattered throughout the Spice Market. The simits are stacked carefully on a delivery board that is balanced on your head. You must retrieve proof of delivery from each vendor to receive the next clue from the baker. If any simit dropped, you have to restart that delivery.

In Scrub It, you had to pick up bathing items from a stall at the Spice Market and then travel to a bathhouse to receive a traditional Turkish bath (you undress except for a loincloth covering your bits and proceed into progressively hotter rooms, inducing perspiration. Then you get washed by male or female staff (matching the gender of the visitor) with soap and vigorous rubbing (so, so vigorous), before finishing off by washing yourself in warm water), after which you receive the next clue from the bath attendants.

[OOC: RNG says:
1. Troy Barnes
2. Elli
3. Juillenne Milone (and Camden)
4. Julius Heartstriker
5. Alara Kitan
6. Arabella Baylor
7. Enola Holmes
8. Nell Ingram
9. Harry Potter]

Roadblock: Mmm, Sharbat

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It's been a while since you've had to wear something traditional! Get dressed in vendor garb and serve 40 glasses of Turkish sharbat to passersby in the bazaar, selling each for ₺1, from a long-spouted brass teapot called an ibrik to earn ₺40 (approx. US$20). It's delicious, so it shouldn't be a tough sell.

[OOC: RNG says:
1. Julius Heartstriker
2. Alara Kitan
3. Enola Holmes
4. Nell Ingram
5. Arabella Baylor
6. Juillenne Milone (and Camden)
7. Elli
8. Troy Barnes
9. Harry Potter]

Find Anakin & Ben

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But before you do, pick up a box of Turkish delight from the market! Anakin and Ben like gifts.

Then find them standing in front of the Hagia Sophia. It's fairly tough to miss.

[OOC: Final results:
1. Juillenne Milone (and Camden)
2. Nell Ingram
3. Arabella Baylor
4. Troy Barnes
5. Elli
6. Alara Kitan
7. Harry Potter
8. Enola Holmes
9. Julius Heartstriker]

OOC

[sith_happened]

Now I want Turkish food.

Re: Sign in 6/10

[x_discospider_x]

Troy Barnes

Re: Sign in 6/10

[canlendanear]

Alara Kitan

Re: Sign in 6/10

[mylandmyrules]

Nell Ingram

Re: Detour: Simit or Scrub It!

[mylandmyrules]

There was No Way Nell was going to go get scrubbed down even if there was something to cover her 'bits'. No Way.

So, after some horror filled glances, she and her long skirts and mostly covered arms began the trek to deliver simits.

Re: Roadblock: Mmm, Sharbat

[mylandmyrules]

Nell was particularly good at convincing people to buy cool delicious drinks so she was able to make up some time.

Re: Find Anakin & Ben

[mylandmyrules]

Nell delivered the Turkish Candy, though she still seemed a bit disgruntled and might be heard muttering something like, "Cover my bits indeed, proper married woman like me! Ain't nobody seein' any more of me - bits definitely included!"