Thread | Brutkey

They managed to clear the curse, and asked me a very pointed tentacle question that has basically made the final search area minute.

In a desperate attempt to salvage some dignity, I cursed them with the curse of the mediocre travel agent, and sent them to a petrol station.

Given how yesterday’s trudge was terrible, and this one requires photos of all the seekers… I decided that sending them to a castle that was 800m away and about 200m uphill was not the gentlemanly thing to do.

I believe they are very much taking their time about this challenge in response…

CURSE OF THE
MEDIOCRE TRAVEL
AGENT
Choose any publicly-accessible place
within S 400
M 400
L 800 metres of
the seekers' current location. They
cannot currently be on transit. They
must go there, and spend at least
S5 M 5 L 10 minutes there, before
asking another question. They must
send you at least three photos of
them enjoying their vacation, and
procure an object to bring you as a
souvenir. If this souvenir is lost before
they can give it to you, you are
awarded an extra S 30 M 45 L 60)
minutes.
Casting cost: Their vacation
destination must be further from you
than their current location.

Moof! 🔜

T3chFest
@moof@cupoftea.social

It looked like they had a lot of fun at the petrol station! They even played I spy.

Now it’s time for a leisurely stroll through the old town of Bad Neustadt am de Saale til they find me.

Moof! 🔜

T3chFest
@moof@cupoftea.social

Surprisingly, I won!

And whilst, there was a certain amount of, um, throwing it my way, especially as they failed to bring back the souvenir from the last curse, I had a final surprise for them:

A 10% time bonus. And a duplicate card. (As well as 30 min in time bonuses) so when all that added up… I actually won!

But, tbh, we all did. We all made mistakes, we all learned a great deal, and above all, we all had fun!

For now, though, I’m tired. The game ends tonight, and tomorrow we have a leisurely 200kph train in the morning up to NRW, before we split up and go back to the real world. Or travel, in my case.

We will be doing a lot of post-game breakdown tomorrow, I’m sure.

Moof! 🔜

T3chFest
@moof@cupoftea.social

And of course, I got a trophy awarded to me. I shall put it up in my cabinet and treasure it always.

…And they even arranged a fireworks display for me when we arrived in Würzburg for the night!

Which was pretty impressive, given they only knew we were going there about four hours earlier.