CALHOUN HOUR - HUNTERS

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Yet another day, yet another Calhoun Hour where characters find themselves waking up in a new and unfamiliar area. The first thing characters will notice that it's dusty and dark. With almost no lighting whatsoever, characters will be unable to see anything in front of them. Are they with someone else or did they wake up alone? That's something they will have to figure out after Calhoun's announcement. "Ahem, ahem. Testing, one two three, testing. Well, gooooood evening, test subjects! Yes, you have really been knocked out for that long, but it only fits the mood of today's game." He snickers then continues. "How many of you like the horror genre? I bet half of you do, but I hate it! Cheap and cheesy effects with lame jump scares, and what is this, The Human Centipede? "100% medically accurate"? Just ugh, that's not even horror. That's just an insult to science and medicine." "Anyway, I thought I'd put my own twist to trying out this horror business, so welcome to my little haunted school! Now, all of you should find yourselves a nice little camera and pocket flashlight. I want you all to do me a little favour and take a nice photo of at least five different of my best friends down there. I'm not asking for breathtaking photos, but at least put some effort into it, test subjects. Do that and, you know what, I'm feeling generous, I'll give you whatever you want in the shop and I guess a memory or something, whatever, we'll talk later, test subjects!" And with that, it goes silent... BASIC INFO ✖ BEGIN THE HUNT ✖ POST-EVENT MINGLE ✖ TURN-IN

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BASIC INFO

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✖ This Calhoun Hour will go towards AC as usual. You do not have to complete this event, but you do need to have a minimum of 10 comments from you.

✖ Here is a map of the school, and here is a list of all the events and creatures in the maze.

✖ All characters will wake up in a random location that the player can choose. Characters are allowed to wake up in the same area as other characters, if you prefer.

✖ All characters will wake up with a small pocket light that they can attach to a breast pocket, should they have one, a simple disposable camera with the flash permanently turned on, and a note on the camera from Calhoun that reads "Hint: get them real close then snap for a great big finish!"

✖ The creatures are not mod controlled, so feel free to include them in any thread and control them! If you have any specific questions about their behaviour let us know, otherwise here's a rundown:
✖ The difficulty to defeat a creature depends on which one it is and we entrust this to players to decide, but please keep in mind the descriptions of each creature to gauge their strength. For example, characters can easily defeat a Best Friend, but not a Reaper.

✖ These creatures are extremely violent and can seriously injury characters, should the players want to, but they will not maim or kill anyone. If you're unsure how far one should go, let us know, but the rule of thumb is there really shouldn't be any life threatening injuries.

✖ The creatures are easily blinded by bright flashes of light from the camera. The flashlight is too dim to do any damage and the camera's flash can only affect the creatures if they are relatively close to the characters. The closer they are, the more effective the flash will be and the longer they will be dazed. Plus, a free photo!
✖ There is no clear exit and characters will just have to focus on surviving. Characters will be gassed towards the end of the event (after 9 hours), and will find themselves waking back up in the warehouse lobby.

✖ Players are more than free to be creative and add in their own traps should they wish, but please contact a mod first for approval.

✖ Feel free to assume that doors are randomly shutting or chairs are being scrapped across the floor. Typical horror nonsense.

✖ Characters will be able to choose any item they like from Calhoun's Shop if they take five photos of five different creatures. If they take less than five photos, then they will be rewarded ten coins for each photo. Everyone gains a memory no matter what, though.

✖ OOCly, one photo equals one thread with a creature encounter. The creature must make an appearance in the thread and, even if it has not been threaded out yet, characters must have taken a photo of the creature (purposely or accidentally) to count.

✖ For turn-ins, you can link a maximum of two threads with a single person. If you have more than two threads with a character, pick whichever ones you want to turn in.

✖ This event will last for 5 OOC days and 9 IC hours. The deadline to hand in all your threads will be April 17 at 11:59PM EST.

✖ If you have any questions? Ask and we will try to get back to you asap.

✖ Have a nice trick!

BEGIN THE HUNT

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[ Leave a top-level comment or tag others, and get to taking those photos! ]

POST-EVENT MINGLE

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[ Back in the warehouse lobby. Show off your cool new injuries and items. ]

TURN-IN

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<font face="georgia" color="#44657b"><b>CHARACTER:</font></b> Character Name (<user name="character journal">) <font face="georgia" color="#44657b"><b>PHOTOS:</font></b> The character you threaded with - <A href="link to thread">which creature is it?</a> <font face="georgia" color="#44657b"><b>PRIZE:</font></b> Either an item from the shop or total amount of coins per photo