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[evil_administration]

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.]

Comments

[save_load]

[Doomkitty could have taken the professor's favorite entrance. Could is the key word, but... she was a little tired of devious and difficult puzzles from the game world she'd spent oh so long in.]

[So yeah, she's gonna slip in through the small hole on the west side]

[gimmegamedammit]

[Despite being eating by a imaginary T-rex and sleeping in a run down shack, Asagi looks pretty cheerful as she stands in front of the front entrance.]

HA! This is nothing a MAIN CHARACTER can't handle.

[And Asagi charges in.]

[badassfreakingoverlord]

[Zetta, acting on a hunch, has eschewed entering the temple for the moment. He's looking for the talky stone head he has a lingering suspicion is around here somewhere...]

[im_gonna_protect_u]

I... probably should take that main entrance... Judging by the way these rocks look, I'm not sure if I can break them...

[Setsuna wasn't too sure about this, mostly because she didn't want to give a bad result, that'd embarass her in front of the student council!

What was 'heavily fortified about', really?]

[ruffntumblenut]

[Ruffnut is both fired up and mildly suicidal so she's charging the front entrance with her buckler in front of her, helmet on secure and sparks exploding from her feet with each stomping loping long legged step as she charges in screaming out the frustrations of being a Viking girl with a broken heart.]

[maocontent]

Oh?

I think I'm going in using the power of SCIENCE!

[And he's going to take south entrance because PUZZLES and making up for lost time with the other three will be tantamount.

[hungry_for_justice]

Demons who built this temple, know that I shall cast down your den of iniquity!

[Nelia will assault the warrior's entrance with the battering ram log, as was clearly intended. Not because she's dumb, but because of the obvious tactical advantage of breaching the perimeter like this.]

[bane_of_reisen]

The south side sounds like it will be simple for an enlightened creature as myself.

[So tewi heads to the south, but sends some of her rabbits to the west.]

[hit_girl_mindy]

[After a pretty interesting swim, the returning hero Mindy makes it to the temple, definitely a little more battered, but smiling from ear to ear. After losing most of her magic but gaining telekinesis in that weird other world, she actually feels more like herself now. All she had was her suit and her wits. Now which way to go?]

Eh I'm flexible, and I still feel like breaking shit.

[Right through the North wall it is].

JUDGEMENT!

[evil_administration]

All right it's time for the Student council to reveal their scores for the contestants!