run with the hunted | open, scavenger hunt

[ophelia.]

[align=center][div style="borderwidth=0px; width: 65%; line-height:120%; text-align: justify;font-family: verdana;"]For her weekly task, Ophelia had been told to arrange a scavenger hunt. She wasn't normally one to do things that didn't have a practical purpose, that were just for fun, but... She was sure at least someone, even if they were just a child, would show up to enjoy this. It would be rude of her not to at least make an attempt at what was asked of her, and it just wouldn't do to disobey orders and make herself out to be someone who ignored their assignments and didn't contribute.

With all of this in mind, she set to work writing up a dozen or so sheets to hand out. She was fairly certain that more than that wouldn't be necessary, but, if they were, she could always write more. Using one of her own feathers that had fallen out in the night, she dipped the end in ink and carefully wrote out everything that she'd like the creatures who joined her little game to find.

After the papers were done, she took a few moments to fly around and hide some extra pieces, things that were unlikely to just be lying about outside, around the territory, making sure to keep them away from the more dangerous spots. She didn't want to cause some poor puppy to run into an alligator or anything like that.

With all of her planning and forethought done, she settled down and sat her small stack of papers in front of her, along with a stack of canvas bags for the found items to be placed in. "I've set up a scavenger hunt for any of you who would like to participate! There are no rules other than not harming or stealing from the bags of others that are participating, but I think that should be obvious as something you shouldn't do. I'll choose winners based on the creativity of your finds!" she called out, curling her fluffy tail around her paws and waiting.

scavenger hunt list:

- Something blue
- Something red
- Something green
- Something made of gold
- Something square or rectangular
- Something soft
- Something hard
- Something that starts with the letter B
- Something you love or that is beautiful to you
- Something made of glass

[Morgan]

Morgan peeked around a nearby corner as he heard the scratching of a makeshift quill on paper. He had rarely ever seen someone writing before, so his curiosity was beyond piqued. He kept quiet so as to not draw attention to himself, and waited until Ophelia said something before stepping into view. "Ophelia, this seems interesting... but what's a scavenger hunt?"

The samoyed took a sheet and a bag from the stacks, but tilted his head in curiosity. "Something I love? Or something beautiful to me...?" The list seemed to make very little sense, seeing as it wasn't written with a question or anything to help parse it with.

[ophelia.]

[align=center][div style="borderwidth=0px; width: 65%; line-height:120%; text-align: justify;font-family: verdana;"]"Oh!" she said, seemingly realizing that she would need to provide further explanation for those that didn't know what a scavenger hunt was. Oof. That was silly of her. "A scavenger hunt is a game where you locate various items. When you find them, you mark them off the list. For mine, I was fairly vague to give everyone a chance to be a little bit more creative with their answers, instead of asking you to find specific items."

She made a vague motion with her paw toward the list he was holding. "So something you love could be a book you enjoy greatly, or you could even bring your favorite food. It's up to you how you interpret it, and it's a little bit up to chance what you'll find when you look for items of specific colors."

[VIGENERE CIPHER.]

[ophelia.]

[align=center][div style="borderwidth=0px; width: 65%; line-height:120%; text-align: justify;font-family: verdana;"]Ophelia just gave a soft smile, nodding. "That's perfectly fine with me. I see no reason why you can't pair up. Have fun!"