Topic: Governor's Ball: The Scavenger Hunt

Machina ex Dea

Date: 2013-07-02 17:32 EST
The postcard arrived in the mail. In every mail: in every box, carried by pigeons, storks and lizards. It arrived by courier, by plane and hovercraft. It landed at the address of every lair and house and castle and hovel and den in town:

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Following the provided instructions led to a dusty back room in the depths of the Governor's offices. The balloon animal perched atop a battered wooden filing cabinet was what was known in the parlance of the realm as a clue.

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The post office was on a busy street across from a locksmith. The postman, a small gent with round-framed glasses and thinning hair, sighed when the door opened (as if he'd done this many times before) and pointed at one of the boxes.

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(This stop on the hunt posted with love and respect for Fionna Helston al-Amat, a previous Governor.)

The Arena rang with the cheers of the crowd, with shouts of fury and triumph and the clang of metal on metal. Sand crunched underfoot. The signs were tucked into a back corner.

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(This stop on the hunt posted with love and respect for Matt Simon, a previous Governor.)

There were tell-tales at the Red Dragon inn. A framed picture of Alice and the Cheshire Cat on the wall. Over by the hearth, another Cat pillow sat on The Couch. The Couch itself seemed to glare, or to leer.

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(This stop on the hunt posted with love and respect for Kitty Helston, a previous Governor.)

And from the depths of the couch?

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