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<blockquote data-quote="Isklexi" data-source="post: 6496828" data-attributes="member: 6684948"><p><strong>The Adulthood Challenge</strong></p><p></p><p>The constables reached the Summer Court after sunset. Tents stretched along the last half-mile of the road leading to the palace filled with petitioners to see the Bruse. The constables had to wait among the other petitioners while Asteron and Shakul went to the palace to arrange the challenge. Glaucia left to coordinate with her Executore peers at the camp, and Melissa wandered the camp interviewing petitioners. </p><p></p><p>By 8pm, the constables were ushered to the Summer Palace’s maze to take the challenge. As the crowd gathered in the stands around the maze, an announcer proclaimed their names and need to speak with the Bruse. They were then led downstairs where the official explained the rules of the challenge.</p><p></p><p>1. Each petitioner must wear an enchanted crown. Each crown glows a different color and allows the audience to easily spot the petitioners in the maze. To complete the challenge, a petitioner must pass through the maze’s northern exit while still wearing a crown.</p><p>2. A petitioner that passes through the southern exit of the maze admits defeat, as does any petitioner who climbs above the 40ft hedge walls.</p><p>3. Using magic or technology to pass through hedge walls or other obstacles may be grounds for disqualification. The Bruse and the audience are arbiters of what is acceptable.</p><p>4. Do not attack the audience. Do not attempt to approach the Bruse’s VIP box. <em>Please don’t set the maze on fire.</em></p><p>5. The maze will be filled with angry bears. Petitioners assume the risk that they might die during the challenge. If a co-petitioner carries an unconscious petitioner through the north gate, he can still count as a victor as long as he has a crown.</p><p></p><p>Each constable was fitted with a different colored crown and entered the maze. The challenge began with the announcer shouting, “Release the bears!” Bellicose was the first to run forward into the maze and almost immediately fell into a well-hidden pit trap. The illuminated interior of the pit sent a shaft of light skyward before the trap door snapped shut again to the crowd’s cheers. The other constables rushed forward to help their companion. However, when they pried the trap door open, Bellicose wasn’t in the pit. The pit traps in the maze were apparently linked by teleportation magic, meaning falling into one could land you anywhere in the maze! Luck as with the constables though and Bellicose emerged from a pit trap just a short distance ahead.</p><p></p><p>Bellicose ended up on the other side of a pool of water. The pool was not all it seemed however. Underneath the top foot of water, the pool was filled with some kind of mineral oil. Kirk poked at it with his wooden pole and found it to be very viscous and sticky. Most of the party opted to climb along the hedge to avoid the pool. Maddox used his blaster’s grapple shot to swing across the pool while carrying Irony. Once everyone was across, the constables chose to take all right hand turns reasoning that it would eventually lead them to the exit if they were methodical. </p><p></p><p>The constables came upon a second oil pool when they encountered their first bear. The beast waited for them on the other side of the pool bellowing and swiping its paws in their direction. Bellicose and Maddox drove the bear back from the edge of the pool with gunfire to make room on the other side. Kirk used his wooden pole to pole-vault across the pool. He made it across but lost his pole in the ooze. As the bear was forced back, the constables discovered that the pit traps were specially counterbalanced so that they wouldn’t trigger for larger creatures like the bears when the bear fell over onto a trap door and it didn’t open. The constables left the unconscious bear where it fell to keep the pit trap sealed. </p><p></p><p>The party found itself in bear territory as they pressed forward. After fighting two more bears, the constables were along the maze’s northern wall and only needed to find the opening to finish the challenge. Doran ran ahead in his enthusiasm and promptly fell into another pit trap. Doran ended up in the pit sealed by the unconscious bear. Rather than wait for his friends to move the bear, he decided to try something different. He jumped down from the top of the pit trap, triggering the teleportation magic a second time. This thoroughly separated Doran from the rest of the group, and they decided to continue searching for the exit without him.</p><p></p><p>After a few more bears where driven off, the exit was in sight. Unfortunately, the exit was guarded by a steam-driven bear golem. Even this fearsome automaton proved no match for the party’s combat prowess, and they exited the maze to cheers and applause. Well, all of them except Doran anyway. Doran managed to escape the maze a few minutes later after much pit hopping and dodging of angry bears, much to the audience’s enjoyment. The constables had completed the adulthood challenge and would get their audience with the Bruse. Now they just need to convince him to hand over Tinker Oddcog against the machinations of the Obscurati and Lya Jierre.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Isklexi, post: 6496828, member: 6684948"] [b]The Adulthood Challenge[/b] The constables reached the Summer Court after sunset. Tents stretched along the last half-mile of the road leading to the palace filled with petitioners to see the Bruse. The constables had to wait among the other petitioners while Asteron and Shakul went to the palace to arrange the challenge. Glaucia left to coordinate with her Executore peers at the camp, and Melissa wandered the camp interviewing petitioners. By 8pm, the constables were ushered to the Summer Palace’s maze to take the challenge. As the crowd gathered in the stands around the maze, an announcer proclaimed their names and need to speak with the Bruse. They were then led downstairs where the official explained the rules of the challenge. 1. Each petitioner must wear an enchanted crown. Each crown glows a different color and allows the audience to easily spot the petitioners in the maze. To complete the challenge, a petitioner must pass through the maze’s northern exit while still wearing a crown. 2. A petitioner that passes through the southern exit of the maze admits defeat, as does any petitioner who climbs above the 40ft hedge walls. 3. Using magic or technology to pass through hedge walls or other obstacles may be grounds for disqualification. The Bruse and the audience are arbiters of what is acceptable. 4. Do not attack the audience. Do not attempt to approach the Bruse’s VIP box. [I]Please don’t set the maze on fire.[/I] 5. The maze will be filled with angry bears. Petitioners assume the risk that they might die during the challenge. If a co-petitioner carries an unconscious petitioner through the north gate, he can still count as a victor as long as he has a crown. Each constable was fitted with a different colored crown and entered the maze. The challenge began with the announcer shouting, “Release the bears!” Bellicose was the first to run forward into the maze and almost immediately fell into a well-hidden pit trap. The illuminated interior of the pit sent a shaft of light skyward before the trap door snapped shut again to the crowd’s cheers. The other constables rushed forward to help their companion. However, when they pried the trap door open, Bellicose wasn’t in the pit. The pit traps in the maze were apparently linked by teleportation magic, meaning falling into one could land you anywhere in the maze! Luck as with the constables though and Bellicose emerged from a pit trap just a short distance ahead. Bellicose ended up on the other side of a pool of water. The pool was not all it seemed however. Underneath the top foot of water, the pool was filled with some kind of mineral oil. Kirk poked at it with his wooden pole and found it to be very viscous and sticky. Most of the party opted to climb along the hedge to avoid the pool. Maddox used his blaster’s grapple shot to swing across the pool while carrying Irony. Once everyone was across, the constables chose to take all right hand turns reasoning that it would eventually lead them to the exit if they were methodical. The constables came upon a second oil pool when they encountered their first bear. The beast waited for them on the other side of the pool bellowing and swiping its paws in their direction. Bellicose and Maddox drove the bear back from the edge of the pool with gunfire to make room on the other side. Kirk used his wooden pole to pole-vault across the pool. He made it across but lost his pole in the ooze. As the bear was forced back, the constables discovered that the pit traps were specially counterbalanced so that they wouldn’t trigger for larger creatures like the bears when the bear fell over onto a trap door and it didn’t open. The constables left the unconscious bear where it fell to keep the pit trap sealed. The party found itself in bear territory as they pressed forward. After fighting two more bears, the constables were along the maze’s northern wall and only needed to find the opening to finish the challenge. Doran ran ahead in his enthusiasm and promptly fell into another pit trap. Doran ended up in the pit sealed by the unconscious bear. Rather than wait for his friends to move the bear, he decided to try something different. He jumped down from the top of the pit trap, triggering the teleportation magic a second time. This thoroughly separated Doran from the rest of the group, and they decided to continue searching for the exit without him. After a few more bears where driven off, the exit was in sight. Unfortunately, the exit was guarded by a steam-driven bear golem. Even this fearsome automaton proved no match for the party’s combat prowess, and they exited the maze to cheers and applause. Well, all of them except Doran anyway. Doran managed to escape the maze a few minutes later after much pit hopping and dodging of angry bears, much to the audience’s enjoyment. The constables had completed the adulthood challenge and would get their audience with the Bruse. Now they just need to convince him to hand over Tinker Oddcog against the machinations of the Obscurati and Lya Jierre. [/QUOTE]
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