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And we're back to the tournament, and the first official event! Sadly, while this isn't an elimination round, it does promise to be entertaining. Over to you Same!

Usagi, I'm here in the Jungle with esteemed Netherworld Academy professor of Adventure and Archeology Schwartzoid Kampff.

Humph. If I am so esteemed, why hasn't the Academy sent me a pay check in three years? Or any graduate students? I can't explore this ancient temple on my own!

Well that's where our contestants come in Professor! Come on, tell them about this place.

I doubt they will listen. Do any of them know that these artifacts belong in a proper museum? Well, until recently I had safely contained the Forbidden Idol of the Silver Monkey-until these idiots broke it and threw all the pieces back into the shrine, re-activating it's stupefying curse. To make matters worse, they have released a tribe of tiny reptilian monsters and heavily armed them with guns, spears and bows, allowing them to repair and restore all the traps I had disarmed. The Temple has four entrances-one on each side, each one suited for a different mindset. The main entrance, for the suicidal who enjoy assaulting heavily defended positions, is here on the east side, the west side has a small hole that an agile person can slip through. On the north there is a bricked-over door that must be battered down to reveal the monster-infested guts of the temple, and the south side, I must say, is my favorite with many devious and difficult puzzles.

This all sounds incredibly dangerous! Each judge can award up to five points for skill and speed in dealing with the temple, it's traps and it's denizens. And while they will remain safe with us here aboard the Sky-Yacht Greedy Bastard Tour they will have a close-up view of the action through the tiny cameras we've attached to all the contestants, monsters, and all the best angles inside the temple.

[OOC: Everyone gets their own private thread as they explore the temple, seek the idol, and try to beat the other's times to get back out! After every round, the temple will be reset, so feel free to blow up as much of it as you like, though the Professor will make anyone who is too careless about destroying artifacts sift dirt for her for a week. All traps and walls will be restored exactly as they were-so feel free to go in any order, without a care for who came or went before you. Just do your best, have fun, and remember: The bottom of the monkey goes on the pedestal first, then the middle section, and THEN the head.*

*You actually have to bring the idol out of the temple, not just put it on the pedestal.]

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[It's a rather tight fit-were she any less lanky she would have gotten stuck, and as things are she still has a bit of trouble with her shoulders and hips, but she just manages to squeeze through into the Shrine-and the Curse of the Silver Monkey that makes everyone who tries to assemble the simple three piece statue an idiot.]

[That's not a long fall in IQ for Ruffnut She lets out a whoop though and scrambles to gather up the pieces.]

First one here!

[Despite the fact that that's not how the race works. She stares at the pieces and picks one up rolling it back and forth in her hands before smacking it against the other pieces. When that doesn't work she tries blasting them with lighting, completely unable to see the simple solution.]

[Banging the pieces against each other doesn't damage them, and zapping them with lightning only causes the charge to rebound against Ruffnut-Silver is a perfect conductor of electricity.

Still, if she can even get one piece fitted against the others, that will lessen the curse's effects and allow her to probably figure out the next piece...within 15 minutes or so.]

[An hour and a half passes as Ruffnut throws the pieces, kicks them, hits them some more, chews on them, screams at them, ties them together, and eventually gets them in one piece. When she does it's such a relief she almost passes out.]

God I'm glad Mindy wasn't here to see that.

....

[Oh, we're back? Great! By the way, the Kobolds have set up YET ANOTHER trap at the exit since you took so long. Getting out may be easier than getting in, but nobody said it had to be a cakewalk.]

[With idol in hands...Ruffnut's just gonna run for it. She's running out of juice and that means losing alot of blood as she stumbles and fumbles her way towards the exit and trap]

Ihatethisihatethisihatethis.

[Stumbling and fumbling is the last thing you want to do when the Kobold's trap consists of a set of punji stakes set up from a temporary wall. Running as fast as you can downhill and out of control is the worst way to deal with this obstacle-and it's broad enough that going around it isn't a real option-but the ceiling is pretty high in here!]

SHIT! SHITSHITSHITSHITSHIT!!!!

[Rather then slow down she pours on the speed and summons every last bit of energy she has. It's not much, but it's better then jumping without it. An explosion of light not nearly as bright or big as all the previous ones. She tumbles through the air cradling the idol tight as she sours over the spikes and crashes down on the other side. She bounces and rolls landing face down in the dirt.]

[Face down on the steps actually-Ruffnut rolls the final third of the staircase down the temple, and probably feels a few things snap on the way down.

It's a good thing the Nurse is standing by with a transfusion and dialysis machine and ready to operate.]

Oh boy! This one looks like it's been through a lot! It'll be so much fun to put you back together~

Hey hey! Let me help!

Oh? An assistant? Well, I think that's fine to have!

Yay~! [Konoka is there to help heal Ruffnut!]

[We're sorry, the Ruffnut you are trying to reach has passed out mid flight...or might be dead. Check for a pulse. She looks like she ought to be but that's never been super telling in the Netherworld.]

X_x

[Like Hello nurse cares!]

We're gonna need the chainsaw to open this one!