Talk to the Dungeon Master

Mary Lou Layton

married to the love of my life
 
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OOC First Name
Zazz
Blood Status
Half Blood
Relationship Status
Married
Sexual Orientation
Wendall <3
Wand
Curved 12 1/2 Inch Flexible Applewood Wand with Phoenix Tail Feather Core
Age
5/2039
Mary Lou was very confused. When she'd woken up that morning she had not expected to randomly be approached by an older Hufflepuff and given a little piece of paper with nothing on it. She didn't know what sort of game this is, but she didn't think it was anything malicious as the boy pointed the specific girl out to her and told her to find a decent time in the next hour once he'd gone and give her the note. Mary Lou had been sure to keep her eye on the girl, making sure she didn't lose her because this was her one task for the day. When she'd had to pop up to her dorm, she'd gently asked Wendall to keep an eye on the girl for her and relieved him once she'd come back down explaining she'd been ask to give the girl a note. She wasn't privy to such older people things, but she thought it might be a love note, though the note wasn't folded and appeared to be blank, so she could have been wrong about that. When enough time had passed, or enough that she thought, Mary Lou headed over to the older girl and smiled lightly. "Hello! I'm very sorry to bother you, but a boy asked me to give this to you at this time, I hope it's nothing bad!" She said, handing the blank note to the girl and heading back over to Wendall with a shrug, watching the girl, curious as to her reaction. She really wanted to know what was on that note.​
*The note is written in invisible ink - Maggie's first task is to figure that out​
**Note says, "Player, your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to follow the quest and find your prize. Your first task is to solve this riddle.​
***Riddle says: Herbology is the study of plants, both magical and mundane, which plant two plants look the most similar?​
****When she knows the answer to the riddle, she must find the portrait of the same.​
*****Good Luck ;)
 
Maggie had always enjoyed her birthdays, even if she hadn't always done something on them. It was like it was the one day that it didn't matter what she wanted or what she wanted to do, she had the perfect excuse to get away with it. When she was younger it had been fun, and this would be the last time she would celebrate her birthday at school before graduating. The seventh year was spread out on the floor in front of the fireplace, lying on her front and drawing. Papers and pencils scattered around her, the Pufflehuff was deep in thought when she was approached by a little blonde girl, handing her a piece of seemingly blank paper. "Thank you," she said politely, although baffled. There were only a couple of people that would have sent Maggie anything, although they were also all Pufflehuff's themselves which didn't help to narrow down who it was from. She turned the paper over in her hand to confirm there really was nothing on it at all.
The blonde girl had wandered off pretty quickly, although Maggie couldn't help but notice she was stood with a friend, just watching her. Was this some prank on her by the younger years? She picked up her wand from the floor, about to cast a spell when she realised she'd picked up a brown pencil, and quickly swapped it back to the real thing without a glance at the two younger students out of embarrassment. No one would just sent her a note with nothing on it. She cast a charm to reveal any hidden messages, and sure enough the words began to appear in ink across the parchment. Maggie read the note, and then the riddle that appeared underneath, although she was still no closer to figuring out who had sent this. Never one to back down from a game though, Maggie tentatively picked up a pencil and jotted down some names of plants. She had a good list going, but Maggie wasn't sure which two looked the same. They technically all had aspects that were similar, didn't they? Green and leafy for a start. Confused, Maggie packed away her things, trying to figure out a different way of working out what plant she was meant to reference, without heading down to the greenhouses. Scooping up her belongings, she passed the two younger students on the way back up to her dorm, where she tidied up her art supplies as the question ticked through her head.
It wasn't until later in the day that Maggie was walking through the corridors on her way back from the Great Hall that she paused in her tracks. The riddle had been bugging her all day and she'd yet to find any of her friends either, so it was becoming frustrating being so in the dark. She had half a mind to seek out the students she usually saw wandering around the castle carrying their little plants friends, but she wanted to solve this herself too most of all so she'd resisted. Most of Maggie's tattoo's were fake, temporary pieces that were held on with nothing but a stain and some water; a simple thing made by muggles. She loved art and loved expression, and for the last few years had enjoyed decorating herself as much as she did paper. Since turning seventeen however there were now a few exceptions, marks that couldn't be washed off. One of which had been a Celtic cross on her arm, specifically chosen because of the meaning behind it. Maggie had never been one to consider herself to be strong, or have any real strength at all. The Pufflehuff glanced up to a portrait though that was dressed in black, vines and leaves swirling around her, with the golden cross pin on the belt of her dark robes. The woman for one was gorgeous, everything about her was a delight to look at, but it had been the portrait that had given Maggie new perspectives. Devil snare for one thing was incredibly strong in itself, with the power to strangle anyone that got stuck in it's path, but even that had a way of being defeated and everything had its weakness. And the Flutterby Bush, a plant that maybe wasn't quite a strong in the same way, but still had the power to adapt itself. Strength wasn't all about whether or not you could physically overpower another thing, so much as find a way round the obstacle, and it had stuck with the Pufflehuff for a long time after realising it. Whoever wrote the riddle would have surely known about the symbolism she saw in the painting, and a smile appeared on her face as connected the dots. "Excuse me?" she asked the woman, who was dancing around the two plants as though she had the power to command both at will. She never seemed to get trapped by either of them. "Do you know anything about a riddle?" she asked, hoping she'd come to the right conclusion.
 
Ro had spent several weeks trying to work out a game for Maggie, and it had been tough because he wasn't a very good gamer. He was trying to develop an interest in it for her, but the complexities of the gaming world continued, for the most part, to elude him. Whilst this did cause him much frustration, he also knew that it was likely to improve with time and patience. As it was, he'd learned quite a bit about Maggie's hobby and he had hoped he would he able to use it affectively. He had run about the school for about three days to properly set up this scavenger hunt, though it was a mix of a couple of different things and because he had always been generally quite good at puzzles, he was hoping to translate that across to this as well. He was doing his best to keep an eye on Maggie's progress, which meant he had to stay mostly out of her sight, but occasionally walk speedily past her as she moved about the castle, or get updates from the portraits. He needed to know when he needed to be in his final destination, because it was a little unrealistic for him to expect that she would be either fast or slow. He didn't know how easy or how hard his riddles and puzzles were because he didn't to risk trying them on anyone and for Maggie to discover what he'd planned. As he'd made a round, he'd noticed her at the portrait he was hoping she would find, so far everything was on track.​

The portrait had been given a special task, to point Maggie in the direction of the library. She needed to find the book he'd removed that would hopefully lead her to the Yearbook Archives. Inside one of the old yearbooks, he'd added a message that didn't belong and if she could decipher that, she would have her next clue. He was excited as he headed back away from the portrait, because honestly, watching Maggie have fun, was his favourite part.​

The Portrait speaks - "A Hufflepuff is hard at work, not with studies, or bravery or stealth. Our best feature is the cutest of creatures, though not one found on a shelf."​

*The book Maggie must find is actually missing, as Ro removed it from the shelf. She needs to find the statue the portrait is referring to in library and the book she needs is next to it. (What is the statue of? :r)​
**The book is called "Who are you? A comprehensive guide to the celebrities who've graduated Hogwarts"​
***Then she needs to use this to figure out she needs to find the graduates, in one of the yearbooks.​
****The yearbook she wants is on the table in the archive section, rather than being on the shelf and if she flips to the back, she'll find a secret code which when deciphered tells her that her next destination is the Trophy Room.​
*****The secret code is old muggle Konami code, she may need to find a really old muggle book :r
 

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