Nuisance Raptors | Pangaea: A 3 Part Adventure

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PANGAEA
A Nuisance Raptor 3 Part Adventure Game

*Optional introductory lore dump below, not a required read, but recommended for foundational purposes. This is a multilayered and evolving activity.

Legend has it that far beyond the gardens and haunted hill houses where raptors roam, an unmapped cavern system tunnels to a place we will call Pangaea. Not exactly the Pangaea of Earth’s early years, this one is rumored to be vastly different. A bit…magical, one might say. And before you roll your eyes at this claim, consider this: find the magical realm of Pangaea, ???, profit. Actually, that sounds way too vague and ominous… let me rephrase. Consider this: travel to Pangaea, document any new and exciting raptor species, earn their trust, and then reap the benefits of being one with this “Pangaea”.

I’ve convinced you now, haven’t I? Cringe storytelling aside, this realm is said to be home to very primitive raptor types. Raptors you’re not going to be able to obtain anywhere else. They’re likely to be incredibly shy and unsure of your presence, so it’s recommended you travel to this place frequently so you can build trust with the area and get these guys to open up to you. Once you’ve found it, of course.

To begin, allow me to set the stage. You’re on an expedition here! To discover the secrets of Pangaea and find yourselves a raptor worth bragging to home about. You know they exist, even if it’s only been told in whispers. So pack up what might be useful to you. Notebooks, pencils, lanterns, a magnifying glass, anything that you believe will help you on your way. The caverns are where you will begin, and bring all your friends! This will need some expert navigation skills.

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Required Read Below

This activity will change and evolve over time. This will not stay the same activity. Once a goal has been met, it will start a new goal until eventually leveling out into a solidified long term activity. As of now, there are three planned stages: A navigation activity, an exploration activity, and a final long term evidence activity.

*Missing participation in the first two stages will not exclude you from participating in the final established activity. The build up just has some extra chances for raptors and fun.

Don’t be mistaken to skip out, however. The first two stages need participants to reach our collective end goal! The more participants help out in the beginning, the faster everyone can get to the bulk of this adventure!

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[LokiToons]

The Caverns

Your travels begin here, at the mouth of a very large and gaping cavern. The tunnels are dark and smell of mildew and dirt, but there’s also a sense of curiosity and excitement in the air. Together, the secrets of Pangaea might just come to fruition!

Thanks to Sovngarde’s adventurer Peach, Pangea was discovered and the map has been updated to show the clearest and quickest path to this secret realm. No one has to get stuck in the dark anymore! Let’s head deeper and see what Pangea has to offer. New adventurers can join in anytime now without having to navigate the map. This game has become a passive visual feature and does not require any further participation.

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CURRENT MAP: Pangea Discovered!



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[LokiToons]

Catch up on the full story here! (public access Google doc)

Team Red
Conch shells, sand dollars, snail shells, starfish, and washed up abalone speckles the sand in all sorts of colors. Zero was particularly drawn to the small obsidian abalone, one that best matches the tar dripping from the pointed mushroom caps along their back. To’Khan was distracted with the giant washed up starfish sitting on the beach, it uh, hey did any other raptor notice this? No? The shells were too pretty on the ground, huh? Well alright then. Giant starfish aside, Dodger was dealing with a very grumpy hermit crab, and Nero’s sand angel was disturbed by the sharp pain of a conch tip digging into her tail. It looked pretty enough, so she attempted to pick it up, but something wasn’t quite right. It didn’t come up off the sand like a normal shell would with such force. Perhaps a little buried, she thought, brushing aside the sand, only to find the shell widening with no end in sight. This conch in particular is actually ginormous. So gigantic, one raptor couldn’t possibly dig it out alone.
The others regrouped and through a fit of curiosity, helped unearth the shell from the sand (Carl did the most digging given the number of arms he has. Not to brag, I’m just narrating these stats). It was just large enough to fit on a raptors back like a fancy decoration. Sure, they were all still without snacks and water, but at least they had a cool gigantic shell to haul around instead. Maybe, just maybe it’s also a magic conch. Remember when SpongeBob and Patrick wished for food and a whole buffet was dropped on them five seconds later? Yes… Yes! It just might work. Or if there are better wishes to be granted, it’s worth asking about those too. You all already look silly standing next to the giant shell, talking to it isn’t any stranger at this point.

Team Blue
The sea of flowers undulates in the wind, a cloud of pollen particles is gently whisked away. It’s clear most of these flowers, given their quantity and the steady breeze of the valley, are a result of some extravagant cross pollination. The shapes and colors varied so much from any garden back at home. Except for that single dandelion. That’s weird. Maybe someone should eat it and eliminate the one thing that’s normal here. The hidey bush Lavender found was one of many colorful shrubs scattered across the meadow, the two toned leaves moved in gradients of varying colors. Red to yellow. Orange to blue. Pink to white. Quite lovely. Strawdazzle found something quite extraordinary, however. Blue jagged petals and orange pollen centers, this flower was very interesting among the rest, especially in shape. What use did a flower have of lightning shaped petals? They were long, thin, and flowy, like tassels. Most petals were very fragile and soft, but these were waxy, and shiny, not easily plucked from the stem. Fascinating.
The midday sun was starting to climb away, and there was still a whole meadow to traverse, so as beautiful and tranquil as this place was, it was time to hop aboard the ant and scurry forward. These rolling hills were pleasant at least, nothing too steep and tiring to slow your mount down. And! No sign of that terror bird again, that’s always good. Somewhere along the way, surrounded by so many colors and shapes, a game of I Spy inevitably begins among the group to pass the time.

Team Yellow
Ash shakes his head. Heck. No. There was no way anyone was dumb enough to… Ailani and Maven disappear, zipping down the icy slide into the depths of the ice caves. Unfortunately, shivering alone out here wasn’t really an option now. Begrudgingly, Ash will have to join the rest. Ailani squawks about finding glittering ice crystals and gemstones, even as it becomes clear the cavern is tunneled out smoothly, as if large amounts of water had carved through. The walls were satisfyingly slick with zero jagged edges. Err, well they were before Maven started hastily burrowing through it all like some wild animal. To, uh, everyone’s horror, the armadillo raptor returns with a bug. A frozen, hibernating bug they plucked from deep within the walls to bring with the group. A snack they say. A possible parasite, say the rest. For now, it’s frozen solid, and doesn’t seem to be much of a problem at all. All I can say as a humble spectator is good luck.
The caverns tunnel around, an uneasy feeling begins to set in as many of the branches seem to just tunnel right into darkness, or deeper with no actual guarantee you’ll ever resurface. Have any of you seen the cave diver memes? Heed my warning, do not go sliding deeper! Ash is the reasonable one, having to drag Ailani back from several of the downward holes, all the while screeching about an imaginary crystal stash she must find. It takes everything to get the group to cooperate forward. Funnily enough, what ended up uniting the group’s brain cells (or lack thereof) was the way the ice started reflecting your raptor bodies. Big noses, tiny eyes, thick tails, one little movement could squash or stretch the figure to exaggerated degrees. Finding a way out could wait a moment. This was probably the only ice for miles that had become transparent enough to warp your features so extremely.

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Three groups are organized and agree on team names: Red, Blue and Yellow. Simple, effective, and uncomplicated. Each group has also organized a game plan on how to navigate this first obstacle:

- Take to the waters behind the caves and row around (Red)
Current Team Red:
- Ricocheted
- Exitium
- remy!
- LevyMcGarden55
- DJLemonSqueeze
- KendraKat
- Carabby

- Cast the ropes and ravel down the cliffside (Blue)
Current Team Blue:
- Pandora!
- Jeepher97
- Pterocards
- UnluckyStar
- CraftyKatz
- Remains of Eternity

- Follow the chasm’s edge and find a less steep way down (Yellow).
Current Team Yellow:
- QueenYeenBean
- debijayn
- JuneyAmy
- Ibb
- Sixx o’ clock
- DillaTheKaiju
- plateOfFlan

Which group have you decided to follow? Once you have made a decision, this is the group and path color you will remain with for the entirety of this minigame. If you are joining late, you still need to pick one colored path and you’ll answer the current prompt for that group. Numbers indicate which rounds folks participated in, there may be collective round compensation at the end of this game, participation counts!

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Day 7 | Just around the [lake] bend


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For prompts, see next post below. This map and below info is where you’ll check back for the next task after each update. The information above the map will be updated as well with some descriptive lore and based on winning decisions, shape your journey. Think of this game as a choose your own adventure with open ended prompts instead of multiple choice. I the narrator will adapt to your group decisions. Good luck adventurers!

[LokiToons]

Rounds will begin and end when I announce it so. This could be every 24 hours, every few days, or once a week. I will be clear with a cut off post and clear with a new round post.

Round 7 | 5 possible winners
Closing round on March 13th at CS Rollover to the 14th.
5 PM PST
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Red Team

You’ve decided to ask this gigantic not proven to be magic but it’s worth a try anyway conch shell to grant a wish. What do you ask it for?

Bonus question: N/A

Code: Select all

[b]Username + ID:[/b]
[b]Raptor Adventurer:[/b] (required: raptor name/ID (Joxar #27 if nonowner), optional: image)
[b]Prompt (Red Team):[/b] (One wish minimum, more optional)
[b]Bonus question:[/b] N/A


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Blue Team

You’re playing I Spy in this field of flowers with your group. What is it you see out here?
This will be somewhat “actually played” by answering the latest previous blue member’s post before yours. If you are the first blue team poster this round, you can answer to my riddle and then state your own.

“I spy something tall, and studious, with a singular limb made of timber. Something stuffed full of foliage, and sits a watchful guardian in the wind so limber.”

Bonus question: What would you like to call this vast meadow of flowers?

Code: Select all

[b]Username + ID:[/b]
[b]Raptor Adventurer:[/b] (required: raptor name/ID (Joxar #27 if nonowner), optional: image)
[b]Prompt (Blue Team):[/b](Guess an answer for the last blue member’s riddle post above you, then state your own I Spy riddle for the next blue member to answer, be silly, creative, weird, does not have to rhyme!)
[b]Bonus question:[/b] (Suggest as many names as you’d like)


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Yellow Team

These thin walls of ice distort your body in such extreme ways, you can’t help but try to get the most ridiculous result possible. What does that look like?

Bonus question: Any suggestions on what you’d name this frozen tundra of ice caves and desolate snow?

Code: Select all

[b]Username + ID:[/b]
[b]Raptor Adventurer:[/b] (required: raptor name/ID (Joxar #27 if nonowner), optional: image)
[b]Prompt (Yellow Team):[/b] (doodle (easiest) or description of the silliest proportions you can get the ice to distort you in)
[b]Bonus question:[/b] (suggest as many names as you’d like)


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As announced on the server, this minigame has officially opened up to its first round of posting. I will post when it has closed, estimating about 3 days, you’ve got time. Please read all instructions, there’s a lot of mechanics to understand, especially as more of the map is revealed!

[RadioactiveRenegade]

Username + ID: RadioactiveRenegade #235557
Raptor Adventurer:

Vez (They/It) | #2423

What round is this for you?: First
Actions being taken: down, right, down, stop, left, stop, down
Previous round: n/a

[l0kiofasgard]

Username + ID: l0kiofasgard + 1103310
Raptor Adventurer: Olive, #1510

What round is this for you?: First!
Actions being taken: Down, left, down, right, up, right, down, stop, left, down
Previous round: N/A
This looks super fun, I'm excited!

[NullNoli_fy]

Username + ID: S0undH0und 1027648

Raptor Adventurer:

KORES // 450
How confusing. A maze. Thankfully,
Kores has always been good at these.
...Maybe.

What round is this for you?: first!
Actions being taken: I am moving right, then down, then left.
Previous round: N/A
Previous Actions: N/A