Time Slot: This takes either the Late Evening or Early Night time slot. Please note the time slot used in your post. Festival Observation threads during that time act as traditional 'Observation threads', and don't take a time slot unless you want to participate in both of them (which would mean you spent both Time Slots at the Sanctuary).

The Tsukune Matsuri is an annual festival held in many worlds that celebrates the ascension of the Fortune of Rebirth to the Celestial Heavens. While, for obvious reasons, the festival is particularly famous among the Phoenix, a variety of worlds celebrate it in different ways. With the Sanctuary of Rebirth’s close ties to the Fortune, the festival has great social and theological significance for it, and is celebrated each year with an event that has come to be famous among the in-worlders - the Night of Rebirth Walk.

Held at the evening of the Tsukune Matsuri, the event includes festival food stalls, traditional lamps and coloured lightning along a few of the Sanctuary’s main boulevards, as in other traditional festivals. Most of the sanctuary, however, is kept at low illumination and quiet, and visitors are encouraged to walk silently and keep eyes and ears wide open as they travel through the sanctuary at night - which is when many of the beasts are most active. The visitors’ excursions aren't only rewarded with rare sightings of the sanctuary’s beasts, however. Each year, the Sanctuary holds a number of special events, always located at different areas which are not informed in advance or shown on a map. That means finding each year’s events is a prize in and of itself, and ensures that visitors spend a significant part of their time experiencing the nightly environment at the sanctuary.

The Night of Rebirth Walk is very popular with children, those with a penchant for festivals, and many in the highly urban World of Dreams who welcome the opportunity for close contact with nature. The festival is meant not only for fun, however - the Conservation Sanctuary movement has a strong religious basis, rooted in the theological significance of nature and its many life forms as part of the spiritual world. Remembering and preserving endangered or near-extinct species is therefore seen by many as an act of devotion - and many who come to the festival do so not (or not only) to have fun, but as a way to show their piety.

As visitors enter the sanctuary, they are welcomed by lights and stalls at the entrance and along the main boulevards where they can try festival foods and buy souvenirs (see list and prices at the end). The most interesting and exciting part of the festival, however, is found elsewhere. As they walk around the silent, dimly-lit pathways looking for signs of this year’s special events, visitors have the opportunity for a chance encounter with the more reserved animals that make their home here - maybe even capturing the moment in a memorable picture!

Magic: Magic is allowed, as long as the spell used lasts for at least 10 minutes. A spell that lasts 10 minutes is considered to last only for 1 Sub-event during Step 2. A spell that lasts 1 hour or more lasts for the whole event.

Step 1 - The Night Walk
To find the festival's events, roll Hunting (Trailblazing)/ Perception or Investigation (Search)/ Perception against TN 15 to find at least one event. You may call Raises on this roll to keep an eye out for sightings of the Sanctuary's denizes. This makes it harder to actually find the events - but may allow you to take nice photos!

Night Walk Success and points
If you succeed, you gain a number of Night Walk points equal to your roll minus 5 per Raise called. This determines the number of special Events you can participate in:

• Between 15 and 20 Night Walk points: go to Step 2 and choose one of the Night of Rebirth Events to participate in.
• Between 21 and 30 Night Walk points: go to Step 2 and choose up to two of the Night of Rebirth Events to participate in.
• 31 or more Night Walk points: go to Step 2 and choose up to three of the Night of Rebirth Events to participate in.

Each successful Raise also grants you 2 Rebirth Point as you manage to take an awe-inspiring picture of one of the Sanctuary’s beasts!

Failing to find events

• The first time you fail your Night Walk roll, you can choose to try again, although you suffer the Fatigued condition (+5 to all TNs) for the rest of the event. Remember to adjust the TN for all rolls (including the new Night Walk roll!). If you prefer, you can give up on searching (thus participating in no special events);
• If you fail the Night Walk roll a second time, you get lost until you are rescued by the Sanctuary’s staff. As a result, you suffer the Fatigued condition until you sleep, and must rest for one additional Time Slot to recover from Fatigue and avoid penalties the next day.

The following Advantages and Disadvantages have specific effects here:
Advantages
Absolute Direction: You gain a +1k0 bonus to your rolls to find events;
Inner Gift (Animal Ken): You gain a Free Raise to your rolls to find events;

Disadvantages
Cursed by Chikushudo: You suffer a -1k0 penalty to your rolls to find events;
Overconfident: If you fail your Night Walk roll, you cannot give up - you must try again.

Step 2 - Night of Rebirth Events:
After defining how many events you find, choose among the Events below to participate in. You can only participate in each event once.

Event 1 - Trivia quiz
Around a large stall set up at the well-known “three Sections junction”, close to the centre of the Sanctuary, is a gathering of sanctuary staff and visitors. The staff offer seats and refreshments and organise the visitors to take part in rounds of a tradition of the Tsukune festival - a trivia quiz.

To participate in the quiz, you must answer three questions, all at a TN of 25. For each question, you can choose one of three topics, which defines the skills you can use:

Topic A - Fauna of the World of Dreams - Roll Lore: Biology (Zoology)/ Intelligence or Perception, as you either recall information from memory or rely on your senses of the specimens you have observed in the sanctuary.
If you have a more specific Lore skill related to animals that might apply (e.g. Lore: Tropical Fish - you may want to ask in GM questions if you think your Lore skill applies), you may roll that skill once at a TN of 20. You must actually have the skill to receive this benefit (i.e. Sage does not apply!).

Topic B - History and geography of the Tsukune Sanctuary - Roll Lore: History (World of Dreams) or Lore: Geography (World of Dreams)/ Intelligence or Willpower, as you either recall detailed information or convince the staff with a long-winded answer.
If you have a specific Lore skill that pertains specifically to the sanctuary (you may want to ask in GM questions if you think your Lore skill applies), you may roll that skill once at a TN of 20. You must actually have the skill to receive this benefit (i.e. Sage does not apply!).
If you have Lore: World of Dreams, you may roll Lore: World of Dreams/ Intelligence at a TN of 30 (instead of TN 25).

Topic C - Theological significance of Conservation Sanctuaries - Roll Lore: Theology/ Intelligence or Void, as you recall detailed information or go with a more mystical, transcendental answer.
If you have a Lore skill that pertains specifically to Wildlife Sanctuaries (you may want to ask if you think your Lore skill applies), you may roll that skill instead.

Trivia Quiz Points
Each question answered correctly gives you 1 Rebirth Point.
Each two Raises called successfully on a roll to answer a question grants you 1 additional Rebirth Point.
Finally, if you answer one question correctly for each of the three topics, you gain 1 additional Rebirth Point.

Event 2 - Rainbow Road
A small, silent crowd gathers in one of the dimly lit glass tunnels surrounding the enclosure of the famous Pearlescent Tiger Squids. As the Sanctuary staff offers visitors cameras and recording equipment, some festival goers walk or wait around the tunnel trying to catch the perfect angle for a picture of the prismatic animals or record a film of their eerie low-sound, many-coloured communication.

You will roll twice to participate in this event - once to take a picture of a Pearlescent Tiger Squid, and once to record sounds and video of their communication. You may do this in either order you choose. The TN is 20 for the first roll you attempt, and 25 for the second roll.

To get a perfect shot of one of the majestic animals, you may roll Artisan (Photography) or Investigation (Notice)/ Void or Stamina, as you either attune to your surroundings to find the perfect moment or wait patiently as you hold the camera without flinching. You may call one Raise to use Perception or Awareness for this roll instead.

To record the cephalopod’s communication, roll Engineering or Use Computer/ Awareness or Void, as you either look for the perfect combination of colours and sounds or attune instinctively to the animals. The Music or Visual Arts emphases of Use Computer apply to this roll. You may call one Raise to use Intelligence for this roll instead.

Rainbow Road Points
Each successful roll grants you 1 Rebirth Point.
Each successful Raise called on any of the two rolls grants you 1 additional Rebirth Point.

Event 3 - Bouncing with Badgers
As you approach a beach at the meeting between Grounds and Aerie, you see an unusually well-lit area and hear a crowd cheering and what sounds like barks. As you soon recognise, they come not from dogs, but from a group of armoured badgers which seem to be having great fun as they play a version of Tag-Oshidama with their trainers and festival-goers. The games involves two teams of four - two badgers and two people - that try to eliminate players from the other side by having the ball bounce off them without getting passed back over the net. The net is set at a lower height, but the badgers are especially trained to either bounce the ball back to their team or avoid being hit by particularly tricky spikes.

To Bounce with Badgers, you must make two rolls:

Training Talents
First, roll Battle or Animal Handling/ Awareness or Perception against TN 25 to practice and organise your team’s strategy. Characters with the Tactician advantage gain a +1k0 bonus to this roll. Success in this roll grants you a Free Raise for the Mustelid Mayhem roll, and each two Raises called successfully grant you another Free Raise.

If you fail the Training Talents roll by 10 or more, you suffer a +5 TN penalty for the Mustelid Mayhem roll. If you fail by 20 or more, you suffer a +10 TN penalty instead.

Mustelid Mayhem
Now your team is ready to rumble, roll Games: Oshidama (Tag Oshidama)/ Strength or Reflexes against a TN of 20. Remember to apply Free Raises or TN penalties from the Training Talents step here.

Bouncing with Badgers Points
You gain 1 Rebirth Point if you succeed in the Mustelid Mayhem roll, plus 1 Rebirth Point for each successful Raise.
Also, record the result of your Mustelid Mayhem roll here, adding 2 to it for each successful Raise. At the end of the festival, the two characters with the highest totals will gain +2 Rebirth Points.

Event 4 - Cowboy Beep-beep
In a forested part of the Aerie, you hear warks, kwehs, thuds stepping on leaf litter… and low 'bangs'. Coming closer, you see a race course and a festival goers galloping Taihou - large, red birds that run remarkably fast, but fly very little. All but extinct except for a few populations at the world’s Sanctuaries, these birds are a symbol of Rebirth for those in the Conservation Sanctuary movement. Some rumours say they are remarkably similar to birds from other worlds, including a Phoenix planet, and some researchers have wondered if ancient links might link these species.

Visitors are invited to take a paintball gun and ride a Taihou as fast as possible through thick forest, then a section of flooded woods with muddy ground while looking out for “poachers” - Sanctuary staff holding large wooden boards depicting violent-looking thugs attacking sad-faced animals.

To participate, you make two rolls for racing, and may try to shoot a Poacher along the way if you want to:

Red Bird Redemption
To reach the highest Speed possible during the race, make two Agility/ Horsemanship rolls at TNs of 20 and 25, for the dry and flooded parts of the course. You may call one Raise to use Willpower instead of Agility, and/or one Raise to use Animal Handling or Driving instead of Horsemanship.

You may also call Raises to race even faster - if you succeed, add 5 to your Speed for each Raise successfully called.

After each roll, if you succeed, you add the result of your roll to your Speed, as well as any additional Speed from Raises.
If you fail, add only half the result of your roll to your Speed as you lose too much time in that part of the course.

Piercing Poachers
If you decide to shoot a poacher, your Speed is reduced by 5 as you take your eyes off the way, or by 15 if you fail as you regain your balance.

To attempt a shot, roll Hojutsu or Kyujutsu/ Reflexes vs TN 30. This counts as an Attack Roll during the first round of a combat. You may call one Raise to use Perception or Void instead of Agility, and/or one Raise to use Investigation instead of a Weapon Skill. If you use Investigation, the roll doesn’t count as an Attack Roll.
You may also call Raises for better shots. Each 2 Raises called grant you 2 additional Rebirth Points.

Cowboy Beep-beep Points
At the end of the event, divide your Speed by 10 (rounding up). You gain a number of Rebirth points equal to the result minus 2.
You also gain 2 Rebirth Points if you hit a Poacher, plus 2 Rebirth Points for each 2 Raises called on your shots.

Example: Soshi Bonii rolled 30 and 20 for her Red Bird Redemption rolls and hit a poacher along the way. Her Speed is 30 (success vs TN 20) + 10 (failure vs TN 25) - 5 (successful shot) = 35. Dividing her Speed by 10, she gets (3 minus 2) = 1 Rebirth Point. She also gains 2 Rebirth Points for hitting a poacher, for a total of 3 Rebirth Points.

Event 5 - Tunnel Vision
One of the glass tunnels embracing the underground part of the Rainbow Pangolin enclosure is especially dark this evening. Coming closer, you hear muffled steps and pants, and see a few sparkles from among the crowd. As you approach, the Sanctuary staff explain what the event is about. The visitors are invited to experience the world in a way similar to the underground armored mammals. Participants must cross the tunnel in the pitch darkness, interrupted only by rare sightings of one of the Rainbow Pangolins venturing closer to the glass or a gleam of the “food” cards some staff are holding, as they avoid “predators” - Sanctuary staff positioned at a number of places along the tunnel - and try to capture shiny “food” cards.

Find your way or Avoid Capture
To Find your Way through the tunnel, you must make two rolls, at TNs 20 and 25. For each roll, you can use Investigation or Meditation/ Perception or Void. Each successful Raise called in a roll to Find your Way gives you an Edge, which you may use in your roll to Avoid Capture or to Capture Food.

If you fail one of these rolls, you may try to Avoid Capture as you move too close to a 'predator'. To do so, roll Stealth/ Agility or Reflexes to escape unnoticed, or Jiujutsu/ Strength or Willpower to push back, at a TN of 25. These Jiujutsu rolls are NOT considered attacks, and this use of Stealth does NOT count as a low skill for the purposes of losing honour. You may use one or more Edges gained from raises to Find your Way to gain an equal number of Free Raises on this roll. If you succeed, you wriggle free and manage to finish making your way through the tunnel.

If you fail both rolls to Find your Way, or if you fail the roll to Avoid Capture, you end up 'predated' and cannot proceed further through the tunnel.

Capture Food
If you succeed in at least one roll to Find your Way, you spot a shiny ‘food’ card in the pocket of an ‘animal’ as you proceed through the tunnel. To ‘hunt’, roll Sleight of Hand/ Agility or Athletics/ Strength vs TN 25. If you roll Sleight of Hand, you may call one Raise to use Awareness instead of Agility. You may also use one or more Edges gained from raises to Find your Way to gain an equal number of Free Raises on this roll. Note that this use of Sleight of Hand does NOT count as using a low skill for the purposes of losing honour.

If you succeed, you get the card, which gives you 2 Rebirth Points and you can keep as a souvenir (it is shiny and shows a pretty painting of one of the Sanctuary's beasts!). You may also call Raises (or use Free Raises) to capture a particularly beautiful card, granting you 1 extra Rebirth Point per successful Raise.

Tunnel Vision Points
You gain 1 Rebirth Point for each success in rolls to Find your Way. Note that while Avoiding Capture allows you to continue and reach the end of the tunnel, it does NOT grant Rebirth Points.
You gain 1 Rebirth Point if you managed to make your your way to the end of the tunnel (by Finding your Way twice or Avoiding Capture).
You also gain 2 Rebirth Points, plus 1 for each successful Raise, if you successfully Capture Food, even if you didn't reach the end of the tunnel.

Tsukune Festival Results
At the end of the festival, you receive gifts depending on the results of your participation:

0 or 1 Rebirth Points: You receive a card thanking you for your participation in this year’s festival.

2 - 3 Rebirth Points: You receive a card thanking you for your participation in this year’s festival and a small-sized plushie of one of the Sanctuary’s beasts or a simple T-shirt (see below).

4 - 5 Rebirth Points: You receive a card thanking you heartily for your participation in this year’s festival, and a medium-sized plushie of one of the Sanctuary’s beasts or a communicator shell (see below). Your photo is featured in the Photo Book for this year’s festival, and you gain +0.1 Glory as a result of your participation in the festival.

6 - 7 Rebirth Points: You receive a card thanking you heartily for your participation in this year’s festival and a medium-sized plushie of one of the Sanctuary’s beasts or a communicator shell (see below). Your photo is featured in this year’s Photo Book, including a picture of your participation in one of the events or a picture you took during the Night Walk, and you gain a free copy of the Photo Book. You gain +0.2 Glory as a result of your participation in the festival.

8 - 9 Rebirth Points: You receive a card thanking you heartily for your memorable participation in this year’s festival, a large-sized plushie or a holographic fabric T-shirt, and a communicator shell (see below). A large photo in this year’s Photo Book, covering a whole page, shows your participation in one of the events or a picture you took during the Night Walk, and you gain a free copy of the Photo Book. You gain +0.3 Glory as a result of your participation in the festival, and a gift card valued at 1 koku.

10+ Rebirth Points: You receive a card thanking you heartily for your memorable participation in this year’s festival, a large-sized plushie or a holographic fabric T-shirt, and a communicator shell (see below). The cover of this year’s Photo Book features a photo of your participation in one of the events or a picture you took during the Night Walk, and you gain a free copy of the Photo Book. You gain +0.5 Glory as a result of your participation in the festival, and a gift card valued at 3 koku.

The characters with the most Rebirth points in each event (including Rebirth Points for Night Walk photos) also gain +0.1 Glory each; photos and a text describing their participation in that event are also featured in this year’s Photo Book.


Special offers in the gift shop and stalls during the festival
Beasts of the Grounds Gummies - 2 zeni
Beasts of the Aerie Gummies - 2 zeni
Beasts of the Depths Gummies - 2 zeni
Simple T-Shirt featuring one of the Sanctuary's animals - 2 bu
Simple T-Shirt featuring the Fortune Tsukune - 2 bu
Plastic netsuke of the Fortune Tsukune - 2 bu
Plastic keychain (for keys or communicator shell) featuring one of the sanctuary’s animals - 2 bu
Small-sized plushie (5” or 13cm) of one of the Sanctuary's animals - 2 bu
Medium-sized plushie (10” or 25 cm) of one of the Sanctuary's animals - 3 bu
Communicator shell featuring the Fortune Tsukune or one of the sanctuary’s animals - 3 bu
Tsukune Sanctuary Beasts plastic toy set - 3 bu
Tsukune Festival Photo Book (delivered or retrievable in 1 business day) - 3 bu
Tsukune Sanctuary Beasts cast-iron toy set, not painted - 1 koku
Stone-carved, hand-painted netsuke of the Fortune Tsukune - 1 koku
Large-sized, festival edition plushie (3’ or 90 cm) of one of the Sanctuary's animals - 1 koku
Holographic fabric T-shirt featuring one of the Sanctuary's animals - 1 koku
Holographic fabric T-shirt featuring the Fortune Tsukune - 1 koku
Tsukune Sanctuary Beasts cast-iron toy set, hand-painted - 2 koku
"The ancient fauna of the World of Dreams", by Yogo Hanawa - 2 koku (provides +2 to Lore rolls related to the topic)
"The Conservation Sanctuary theological movement", by Soshi Miyo - 2 koku (provides +2 to Lore rolls related to the topic)
Large guide on the beasts of the Tsukune Sanctuary - 2 koku (provides +2 to Lore rolls related to the topic)
"The life and world of Spiny Drakes"*, by Yogo Hanawa and Soshi Kioku - 2 koku (provides +2 to Lore: Biology and Animal Handling with Spine Drakes)

Why not? That was Senshuken's thought. Why not going to Tsukune Matsuri? Everyone is going to be there. Indeed a lot of people are at the sanctuary and most importantly the Bayushi has a great time. It turns out that riding animals isn't that different from riding the real wild beast, a racing bike.

/Investigation (Search)/ Perception against TN 15, vp for 1k1: D9, LE, Tsukune Matsuri, Investigation (Search)/ Perception against TN 15, vp for 1k1 | 5k3 ⇒ 18 (TN: 15)

one of the Night of Rebirth Events

Event 4 - Cowboy Beep-beep

1st Agility/Driving, 1 raise, TN 25: D9, LE event, Event 4 - Cowboy Beep-beep, 1st Agility/Driving, 1 raise, TN 25 | 9k4 ⇒ 41 (TN: 25)

2nd Agility/Driving, 1 raise, TN 30: D9, LE, Event 4 - Cowboy Beep-beep, 2nd Agility/Driving, 1 raise, TN 30 | 9k4 ⇒ 35 (TN: 30)

Speed: 41+35= 76
Dividing by ten and rounding up: 8
Minus 2: 6 Rebirth points

medium-sized plushie, free copy of the Photo Book and +0.2 Glory

Originally hoping to take some great pictures in a less dangerous environment it turns out Dai apparently needs that adrenaline for his situational awareness and it is all he can do to make it back to the event.

His annpyance and fatigue at wasting time shows in his participation but he ebds up with at least a small stuffed toy from it in case he ever needs to bribe the Spider.


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Attempt #1 Fails
D9, LE: The Night Walk - Investigation/Perception, +1k0 for Absolute Direction, 1 Raise called TN20 | 8k3 ⇒ 18 (TN: 20)

Attempt #2 Succeeds, barely
D9, LE: The Night Walk #2 - Investigation/Perception, +1k0 for Absolute Direction | 8k3 ⇒ 23 (TN: 20)

Dai finds 2 events

Event #1: Rainbow Road
Roll 1: Investigation/Stamina
D9, LE: Event #1: Rainbow Road, Roll 1 - Investigation/Stamina TN20+5 | 6k2 ⇒ 18 (TN: 25)
No points

Roll 2: Computer Use/Intelligence
D9, LE: Event #1: Rainbow Road, Roll 2 - Computer Use/Intelligence, 1 Raise to use Int TN30+5 | 9k4 ⇒ 33 (TN: 35)
No points

Event #2: Tunnel Vision
Find your way #1
D9, LE: Event #2, Find your way #1: Investigation/Perception TN20+5 | 7k3 ⇒ 27 (TN: 25)
1 Point

Find your way #2
D9, LE: Event #2, Find your way #2: Investigation/Perception TN25+5 | 7k3 ⇒ 39 (TN: 30)
1 Point

Capture Food
D9, LE: Event #2, Capture Food: Athletics/Strength TN25+5 | 4k3 ⇒ 28 (TN: 30)
Close but no cigar

Made it to the end of the tunnel: 3 points total

Final result: 3 points - Claiming small Rainbow Pangolin Plus)

Rei was a Witchfinder. This meant that he had been trained to find witches. As it turned out, it also meant that he had the training necessary to locate, photograph, and accurately document animals. Rei chuckled as he snapped another shot. Well, if the embassy ever let him go, at least he had a possible second career to fall back on.

A Hare was naturally drawn to burrows, right? Rei found himself walking through the tunnel. It was easy enough for him to avoid other predators, but he only made a lazy swipe towards one of the "food" items. Bemused, he continued walking.

Continuing on, Rei found himself in the tiger squid enclosure. It was fascinating watching it, enough so that he neglected to get a picture when the time came. He did, however, manage a competent recording of its song.

Finally, he lef-wait what? Was that some sort of competition between badgers? Amused, Rei walked over. Really, he'd have to try this. As it turned out, he did somewhat better when partnered with badgers than when partnered with Yuji. Perhaps the abs could distract themselves...

D9LE Night Walk, Inv/Per, vp 1k1, Witchfinder 1k0, 3CR | 8k4 ⇒ 51 (TN: 30) 6 rebirth points. 51-15 = 36, so 3 Night Walk events

D9LE Night Walk, Event 5, Find your Way roll 1/2, Inv/Per, witchfinder 1k0 | 7k3 ⇒ 31 (TN: 20) 1 Rebirth

D9LE Night Walk, Event 5, Find your Way roll 2/2, Inv/Per, witchfinder 1k0 | 7k3 ⇒ 35 (TN: 25) 1 Rebirth, +1 for reaching the end

D9LE Night Walk, Event 5, Capture Food, VP 1k1 | 6k3 ⇒ 18 (TN: 25) (this was Ath/Str)

D9LE Night Walk, Event 2 roll 1/2, Inv/Void, Witchfinder 1k1, 1CR | 7k3 ⇒ 23 (TN: 25)

D9LE Night Walk, Event 2 roll 2/2, Computers/Aware | 5k3 ⇒ 30 (TN: 25) 1 rebirth point

D9LE Night Walk, Event 3, Training Talents, Animal Handling/Aware | 4k3 ⇒ 20 (TN: 25)

D9LE Night Walk, Event 3, Mustelid Mayhem, Unskilled Ref, vp 1k1 | 4k4 ⇒ 23 (TN: 20) 1 rebirth point

11 REBIRTH TOTAL

Both the theological bent of this event and the chance to catch some interesting night photos meant that Tsuyo would be taking part. Having been to the Sanctuary numerous times over the past year, she had little problem finding her way around, even in the dark, and made a point to swing by the display put on by the Benten's Lantern moths who had, over the centuries, adapted to city life by shifting their luminescence to match the many neon signs, creating variously colored subspecies.

With a great deal of patience, she also managed a really nice recording of the Pearlescent Tiger Shrimp...minus sound, alas.

Her familiarity with the park and dark-attuned eyes let her breeze past the would-be captors in the tunnel, though her imaginary critter would have starved to death.

And then...she's always wanted to try riding the Taihou, despite the inadvisability of doing so. So...cane looped around one wrist, silken gallery wear flapping....she hung on for dear life atop a giant bird flapping its vestigial wings as it ran in a confused circle with an incessent "kwek, kwek, kwed..." thanks to only having the sort of signal it expected from one of its rider's legs.

Easing up and trying to 'steer' with only the flimsy bridle revealed the primary problem of not gripping the bird with your knees...namely, there wasn't much keeping you on the bird at that point... Tsuyo slid backwards with each bounce of the bird's mighty strides, clinging briefly to the saddle by her fingertips before landing with a rough tumble in the dirt as the Taihou ran free...free as a bird...into the night.

She decided that was probably a good place to stop with the events and just...look at the pretty animals for the rest of the evening.


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LE

Step 1 - The Night Walk
D9 Side Event: The Night Walk, Investigation (Search)/ Perception, 1 CR, TN 20 | 5k3 ⇒ 50 (TN: 20)

50-5=45. 3 events

2 Rebirth Points and an awe-inspiring picture

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Event 2 - Rainbow Road

Investigation (Notice)/ Void: 5k3 + emphasis
D9 Festival: Rainbow Road. Roll #1Investigation (Notice)/ Void, 1 CR, TN 25 | 6k4 ⇒ 30 (TN: 25)
Success: 2 points

D9 Festival: Rainbow Road. Roll #2 Engineering/Awareness | 6k3 ⇒ 18 (TN: 25)
Failed

2 Rebirth points total

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Event 5 - Tunnel Vision

Find your way or Avoid Capture
D9 Festival: Tunnel Vision-Find your way or Avoid Capture Roll #1 Investigation/Perception | 5k3 ⇒ 59 (TN: 20)
pass...yeesh Sakkaku

D9 Festival: Tunnel Vision-Find your way or Avoid Capture Roll #2 Investigation/Perception | 5k3 ⇒ 33 (TN: 25)
pass

Capture Food
D9 Festival: Capture Food-Athletics/ Strength, Void for skill | 4k3 ⇒ 18 (TN: 25)
Fail

2 points for Find Your Way successes
1 for making it out

3 points total

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Event 4 - Cowboy Beep-beep
Red Bird Redemption

D9 Festival: Cowboy Beep-beep-Red Bird Redemption: Horsemanship/Agility Roll #1 | 3k3 ⇒ 13 (TN: 20) nope
-10 for Missing Limb/2 = 2

D9 Festival: Cowboy Beep-beep-Red Bird Redemption: Horsemanship/Agility Roll #2 | 3k3 ⇒ 13 (TN: 25)
-10 for Missing Limb/2 = 2

lol

Total speed...4!
divide by 10 = .4, round down to 0

0 points - 2 = floor of 0

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The Night Walk: 2
Rainbow Road: 2
Tunnel Vision: 3
Cowboy Beep-beep: 0
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Total: 7

-a card thanking you heartily for your participation in this year’s festival and
-a medium-sized plushie of one of the Sanctuary’s beasts
-your photo featured in this year’s Photo Book, and you gain a free copy of the Photo Book
-you gain +0.2 Glory

Kanna's hypermetropia was light, but her blindness to all the things spiritual absolute. She barely managed to get back to her starting point empty-handed without getting lost on the way.

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D9 LE | Tsukune Matsuri - The Night of Rebirth Walk | The Night Walk
Investigation (Search)/ Perception TN 15 | 3k2 ⇒ 11 (TN: 15)

Fail, no special event, not attempting a second time.

(LE Slot)

A festival at the Sanctuary???? Sign Hinata up for that right now, but first the food stalls must be visited!

And visited they were, every one of them. At length, so Hinata was well armed with snacks for the walk. Positively laden with them. You might even say it was difficult to see who it was under the small mountain of food boxes and packets. If you could, you'd see he was still in the blue frilled and lacey dress and thigh highs.

Off into the Sanctuary he marched with his favourite yakitori chicken stick in hand and the rest carefully stacked for carrying. He chewed on the delicious chicken while viewing the aviary section and all the sleeping Pink Footed Boobies.

"So cool!!!"

He was conscious of being quiet and he could hear much 'Kweh!'-ing coming from ahead to the left, so he turned right for the quieter bits. He was just finishing off his favourite pancake roll and looking for a bin for the packaging when he came across a tree full of Glitter Owls.

"So glittery!"

Luckily a bin was just round the corner and Hinata completed his perfect loop around the Taihou race without ever seeing it by discarding his finished packaging into the bin and carrying on into the water zone without ever coming close to the "Three Sections Junction". By now he was on to his favourite takoyaki in spicy sauce, how appropriate for the marine zones! He munched on them while viewing shoals of Red Tanto Minnows and the occasional distant sighting of a Mempo Puffer Fish behind the shoals.

"So shiny!"

Wandering on, he picked the path that went nowhere near the Pearlescent Tiger Squids, instead peering into the dark tank that held the Tanuki Oysters without much being seen and carrying on into the Ground animals zone. He'd seen the pangolins before so instead heading towards the monkey-equivalent house to look at the Blood Lemurs as they huddled together on a tree limb. He munched on his favourite okonomiyaki while imagining the rusty coloured primates leaping down on their prey with their dagger claws extended, while still being adorably furry and cuddly to look at.

"So fluffy!"

Another bin visit and he was down to his last treat. His favourite steamed custard buns. A box of four was consumed as he skirted the edge of the ground-aerie border on the other side to the badgers and watched the River Tanuki Pigs snuffling around their swampy enclosure that they shared with the long legged wading creatures that were known as Blue Flamingos, despite not being blue nor actually birds, instead being violet egg laying mammals.

"So tall!"

By now he'd finished all his snacks and walked a huge distance so he sat down on a bench for a rest. Which was where the guides eventually found him curled up asleep some time later.

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D9 LE Tsukune Matsuri: Step One, The Night Walk, Inv/Per, VP for skill, TN 15 | 3k2 ⇒ 14 (TN: 15) ACK!!! Wryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?!?!?!?!
D9 LE Tsukune Matsuri: Step One, The Night Walk, Second Attempt, Inv/Per, VP for skill, Fatigued, TN 20 | 3k2 ⇒ 13 (TN: 20) OH NO!

Total Fail! Much fun was had not finding any events though!

Seika had been meaning to come here at some point this season to try out her holorecorder technique on the captive wildlife, and this seems like the perfect opportunity... except, apparently, you're supposed to wander around looking for the animals in a dark night lit by torches? It's a fun ramble, but hard to get many good shots, though she does manage to take some decent stills of the squid-thing. And of course no one who was on the winning team of Shin Amaterasu Seido Final Exams Review Jeopardy for five years running could possibly pass up a trivia quiz. Alas, the Moshi core curriculum, as Seika quickly realizes, is pretty light on terrestrial zoology.

Still, she collects enough prize tickets for a t-shirt that will probably go pretty well in some of her outfits, once she customizes it a bit.

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D9 LE Rebirth--Cast Mental Quickness to figure out all these critters, Fire rank 2. After dark (no school bonus) | 5k3 ⇒ 21 (TN: 15)

D9 LE Rebirth--Night Walk, Inv/Per | 3k2 ⇒ 26 (TN: 15)
Well, okay then. 2 games unlocked.

First game: Trivia Quiz
D9 LE Rebirth--Trivia Quiz roll 1, topic B History/Int. MQ applies | 5k4 ⇒ 30 (TN: 25)
Pass for 1 pt

D9 LE Rebirth--Trivia Quiz roll 2, topic C Theology/Int. MQ applies. | 5k4 ⇒ 36 (TN: 25)
Pass for 1 pt

D9 LE Rebirth--Trivia Quiz roll 2, topic A Biology/Int unskilled. MQ applies. | 4k4 ⇒ 17 (TN: 25)
Fail

Second Game: Rainbow Road
D9 LE Rebirth--Rainbow Road roll 1, photograph the squid with Artisan:Holorecorder/Void | 5k3 ⇒ 24 (TN: 20)
Pass for 1pt

D9 LE Rebirth--Rainbow Road roll 2, audio-record the squid with Engineering. 1CR to use Int instead of standard skills. MQ applies. | 6k4 ⇒ 27 (TN: 30)
Fail

Total: 3 Rebirth Points, basic Mantis is basic.

2 - 3 Rebirth Points: You receive a card thanking you for your participation in this year’s festival and a small-sized plushie of one of the Sanctuary’s beasts or a simple T-shirt (see below).
Seika will take a spiny drake T-shirt, to be worn semi-ironically obvs.

Sakura managed to find herself to the Night of Rebirth Walk. The event was so fun! She was so awestruck, she managed to stay stuck at the Rainbow Road. She did manage to take a picture of the Squid, but when she tried to record its sounds, sadly she finetuned the microphone too much, and it only picked up all the other chatter.

OOC:
D9 LE Rebirth event, Night Walk, Investigation/Perception, tn 15 | 3k2 ⇒ 18 (TN: 15)

1 event!

D9 LE Rebirth event, Rainbow Road, Investigation (Notice)/Void, tn 20 | 4k3 ⇒ 22 (TN: 20)
1 Rebirth point

D9 LE Rebirth event, Rainbow Road, Use computers/Awareness, 2CR, tn 35 | 6k4 ⇒ 22 (TN: 35)
Fail

1 rebirth points in total

While the weather was still a little iffy, Sumiko wanted to wander around the park without an umbrella so she could see things better and avoid accidentally hitting anyone. Thankyfully, she was able to borrow a raincoat from the embassy.

The small Spider had pretty good eyesight, and her searching drew her first along a trivia path that was a lot of fun even though it was very focused on the world itself. She answered based on knowledge of other worlds, which took her in the wrong direction, but she at least got the biology part correct!

Annoyed with herself for the mistakes, she found herself drawn towards the tiger squids. Such beautiful creatures! She was a natural here, getting a perfect angle (benefitting from being very small) and her computer knowledge shone through as she created a fantastic piece on the communication of the squids.

She would be happy with her new plushie squid at the end of the day at least.

(ooc:
D9 LE side event - roll 1 Nights walk Investigation(Search)/Perception+prodigy vs TN15 | 6k3 ⇒ 27 (TN: 15) - can pick two paths!

Path 1- Trivia
D9 LE side event -part 2 path 1 (Trivia quiz) Topic A roll 1. Lore:biology/Int (sage) at TN25 | 5k4 ⇒ 48 (TN: 25) passed, 1 rebirth point
D9 LE side event -part 2 path 1 (Trivia quiz) second roll on path, Topic B roll 1. Lore: Geography (World of Dreams) (sage) at TN25 | 5k4 ⇒ 23 (TN: 25) fail
D9 LE side event -part 2 path 1 (Trivia quiz) third roll on path, Topic C roll 1. Lore: Theology/ Intelligence (sage) at TN25 | 5k4 ⇒ 21 (TN: 25) fail

1 point total from path 1

Path 2 - Rainbow road
D9 LE side event -part 2 path 2 Rainbow road. Roll 1 - Investigation(notice) plus prodigy - calling raise to use awareness instead. TN25 with the raise | 7k4 ⇒ 36 (TN: 25) 1 point
D9 LE side event -part 2 path 2 Rainbow road. Roll 2 - Use Computer/ Awareness +prodigy. Tn25 | 10k4 ⇒ 44 (TN: 25) 1 point

2 points from path 2

Total 3 points - small plushie claimed!

Trivia was so passe. Sure, Osamu could answer questions, but the stuff they were asking about? It was super boring!

Hunting a squid? That was close to stalking! And that was practically investigating.

Now that was fun!

One traumatized squid later, and Osamu had the goods.


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[LE slot]
Night of Rebirth Walk-Finding events-Investigation/Perception | 5k2 ⇒ 18 (TN: 15) 1 event

Night of Rebirth Walk-Rainbow Road-Visual shot (first roll)-Investigation/Void-TN20 | 6k3 ⇒ 42 (TN: 20) 1 point

Night of Rebirth Walk-Rainbow Road-Sound-Computer/Intelligence-1 called raise to use Intelligence, 2 called raises for effect-VP used | 9k5 ⇒ 61 (TN: 40) Pass with 2 raises, 3 points

4 points gained, +0.1 Glory gain

(Late Evening)

Yakumo was religous.
Yakumo liked animals.

So there she was.

But... why had the sanctuary hidden away all their special exhibits for the festival? Didn't they want visitors to actually... experience what the place had to offer. "Leave it to the Scorpion to make something like a festival needlessly complicated and convoluted when it's literally supposed to be child's play." Little did she know that she'd be thinking those exact words several times over for the next two hours.

Being a fan of the aquatic, she was glad to first stumble upon a chance to study a fascinating sea creature more closely. Sadly, she wasn't able to take any pictures of the elusive squid, but having a good ear for sound, she managed to capture some recordings of its unique song, which earned her a badge of sorts.

Speaking of badges, or rather badgers (Yakumo did wonder if those two words were connected), the path she had found did lead her to what seemed to be... badgers playing a ball-game. "Oh how adorable!" And when given the opportunity to interact with the badgers, to teach them ball-tricks, well how could she refuse. It was probably for the better that the Spider had never weaponized something like armored badgers, for the diva seemed to have a way of using her charms even on animals to do her bidding, allowing her to stand victorious with her miniature-army of badgers. Or rather, her oshidama-team of badgers. So that earned her a badge-badge-badger-badger-badger-badger...

Mushroom!

Or at least that's what it looked like at first, the hidden sign that led to some kind of underground tunnel-thing. One of the park-workers explained to her that the goal was about looking for "food" under ground, but in darkness like how the animals would do. That sounded suspiciously straightf---- and she had to avoid capture while doing it. Ah yes, there was the twist. Because nothing was simple about this festival it seemed. "Very well, I'll do it." Perhaps it was because some Spiders had some innate ability in the dark, but Yakumo did manage to navigate the darkness well enough. And she did spot a glimpse of what looked like one of those food-cards they had told her to find. But just as she grabbed it, something or someone grabbed her.

One unseemly shriek and a (justly deserved) slap to a park-worker later, Yakumo exited the tunnel, very displeased with this turn of events. The diva at least was mollified with some apologies and a dumb little plushie-prize.

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D9 EVENT LE. Tsukune Matsuri. Investigation/Perception. TN 15 | 3k2 ⇒ 35 (TN: 15) - Somehow Yakumo lucked into 3 Events. >_>


#1 Rainbow Road
D9 EVENT LE. #1: Rainbow Road. Investigation/Void. TN 20 | 4k3 ⇒ 14 (TN: 20)
D9 EVENT LE. #1: Rainbow Road. Use Computer/Awareness. TN 25 | 5k4 ⇒ 27 (TN: 25) +1 Rebirth Point

#2 Bouncing With Badgers
D9 EVENT LE. #2: Bouncing With Badgers. Untrained Animal Handling/Awareness. TN 25 | 4k4 ⇒ 29 (TN: 25)
D9 EVENT LE. #2: Bouncing With Badgers. Untrained Games: Oshidama/Reflexes. TN 20 | 3k3 ⇒ 23 (TN: 20) +1 Rebirth Point

#3 Tunnel Vision
D9 EVENT LE. #3: Tunnel Vision. Investigation/Void. TN 20 | 4k3 ⇒ 24 (TN: 20) +1 Rebirth Point
D9 EVENT LE. #3: Tunnel Vision. Investigation/Void. TN 25 | 4k3 ⇒ 16 (TN: 25)
D9 EVENT LE. #3: Tunnel Vision. Untrained Stealth/Reflexes to avoid capture. TN 25 | 3k3 ⇒ 22 (TN: 25) - Captured

3 Rebirth points: Thank You-card and a small Pearlescent Tiger Squid plushie.

The Detective and Kiyoshi made their way along the Walk, trying a couple of events slong the way. They weren't very successful in either event. The tiger squid eluded them. They made it through part of the pangolin tunnel, but we're soon predated.

It was fun, though, and they got a new t-shirt for the Detective.

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[D9 LE/EN] Side Event - Tsukune Matsuri - The Night of Rebirth Walk, Step 1, Investigation/Perception, 1 CR | 6k3 ⇒ 29 (TN: 20)
2 Events, 2 Points

[D9 LE/EN] Side Event - Tsukune Matsuri - The Night of Rebirth Walk, Event 2, Use Computer/Awareness, Unskilled | 3k3 ⇒ 10 (TN: 20)
0 Points

[D9 LE/EN] Side Event - Tsukune Matsuri - The Night of Rebirth Walk, Event 2, Investigation/Stamina | 6k3 ⇒ 23 (TN: 25)
0 Points

[D9 LE/EN] Side Event - Tsukune Matsuri - The Night of Rebirth Walk, Event 5, Investigation/Perception | 6k3 ⇒ 22 (TN: 20)
1 Point

[D9 LE/EN] Side Event - Tsukune Matsuri - The Night of Rebirth Walk, Event 5, Meditation/Perception | 6k3 ⇒ 17 (TN: 25)

[D9 LE/EN] Side Event - Tsukune Matsuri - The Night of Rebirth Walk, Event 5, Stealth/Reflexes | 5k3 ⇒ 23 (TN: 25)

3 Rebirth Points
T-shirt

USING LATE EVENING TIME SLOT

Vacationing Lion was vacationing!

The social events had tried Reki's patience. It was all the worse aspects of the military balls her position had made mandatory, with about 35-40% more debauchery. The festivals though...that had been surprisingly amusing for the Lioness, even if she had wished for someone...well not really a specific one...to share it with.

Finding an event in the dark had proven easier then anticipated...but then again the Akodo were famed for the perception and ability to read a battlefield. She in fact had managed to find no less then two separate events.

The first was based around a fascinating aquatic creature. She watched the swimming squids for a time before deciding to try her luck at snapping a photo. Despite not being skilled at camera usage, Reki had a natural eye for this sort of thing it seemed. She centered her mind and let the moment take her. The shot was as near perfect as the Lioness could imagine.

Unfortunately she was not able to get a useable recording of their strange sounds. Reki had felt confident with her first attempt, but a staffer had sadly informed her the sound was a child screaming for one of the squid plushies.

The second event the Lioness found was a strange race with...giant birds. As she mounted one of the creatures, Reki remembered her wife's attempts to teach her how to ride. It brought back old memories of her nervous attempts, her wife's calm words, her own terse words to hide the fear she had with the animals.

Control the animal, don't fight them.

Reki managed the first part of the course surprisingly easily. The second she barely managed to stay in the saddle. As she moved through the course she saw a figure pick out from the bush, snatching up the toy gun...the Lioness slowed and fired. It was a near thing but the shot landed.

Finally she came into the finish line at a leisurely trot. No one was going to remember her run, but a few complimented her mounted shot.

To her surprise she was permitted to a plushie AND one of the staff had snapped a shot of her mounted shot. After carefully, very carefully, reading the legal document to allow for her visage's use, Reki granted permission for it to be in the night's yearbook.

And thus with a medium sized red bird and few new happy memories, Reki spent the last bit of her time mingling.
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[D9 LE/EN] Side Event - Tsukune Matsuri - The Night of Rebirth Walk - Step 1 - The Night Walk - Investigation/Perception - TN15 | 4k3 ⇒ 22 (TN: 15) - Pass with no raises, 2 events available

1st Choice - Event 2: Rainbow Road
[D9 LE/EN] Side Event - Tsukune Matsuri - The Night of Rebirth Walk - Step 2 - Rainbow Road - First Roll: Investigation (Notice)/ Void. 3 Called Raises. TN35 | 4k3 ⇒ 36 (TN: 35) - Success with 3 raises - 4 Rebirth Points

[D9 LE/EN] Side Event - Tsukune Matsuri - The Night of Rebirth Walk - Step 2 - Rainbow Road - Second Roll: Use Computer/ Awareness. TN25. Unskilled | 4k4 ⇒ 15 (TN: 25) - Fail No Points

4 Rebirth Points Total

2nd Choice - Event 4: Cowboy Beep-beep
[D9 LE/EN] Side Event - Tsukune Matsuri - The Night of Rebirth Walk - Step 2 - Cowboy Beep-beep - Roll 1 - Agility/ Horsemanship. TN 20. Unskilled | 3k3 ⇒ 24 (TN: 20) - Passed - 24 Speed

[D9 LE/EN] Side Event - Tsukune Matsuri - The Night of Rebirth Walk - Step 2 - Cowboy Beep-beep - Roll 2 - Agility/ Horsemanship. TN 25. Unskilled | 3k3 ⇒ 9 (TN: 25) - Failed - 4 Speed

[D9 LE/EN] Side Event - Tsukune Matsuri - The Night of Rebirth Walk - Step 2 - Cowboy Beep-beep - Piercing Poachers - Hojutsu / Reflexes - +11 from Akodo 1 & 2. No Raises. TN30 | 4k3+11 ⇒ 30 (TN: 30) - Success -5 Speed and +2 Rebirth Points

Total Speed: 24(Roll 1) + 4(Roll 2) - 5(Poacher) = 23
Speed points (23/10)-2 = 0

Rebirth Points 0(Speed) + 2(Poacher hit)
2 Rebirth Total

EVENT TOTAL
6 Rebirth Points

Medium Plushie and +0.2 Glory

Nishida went on the little walk and quickly found himself at the squids, he wanted to take some pictures and sound recordings but was unable to find a good angle so he moved on.

The next event was promising. Nishida was smart enough to avoid the predators, but he didn't count on one thing: he was neither nimble nor strong! Try as he might, he could not get a food card.

Well, tough luck!

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LATE EVENING

D9 LE Investigation 3 / Perception 3 | 6k3 ⇒ 24 (TN: 15) 2 Events!

Rainbow Road
D9 LE Rainbow Road: Investigation 3 / Void 3, 1CR | 6k3 ⇒ 22 (TN: 25) -Fail

D9 LE Rainbow Road: Use Computer 1 / Awareness 4, 1CR | 6k3 ⇒ 26 (TN: 30) -Fail

Tunnel Vision
D9 LE Tunnel Vision: Investigation 3 / Void 3 #1 | 6k3 ⇒ 34 (TN: 20)

D9 LE Tunnel Vision: Investigation 3 / Void 3 #2 | 6k3 ⇒ 46 (TN: 25)

Autofail neither Agility or Strength above 2 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

No Points

Wandering about the woods at night? Well, darkness wasn't anything he wasn't used to and apparently there were things in here to take pictures of.... Which is somethign Seika might like. So with Holorecorder in hand he ventured forth to see what exactly he might discover. He did manage to get one picture of the sanctuaries creatures on his walk before he stumbled upon some sort of race.

It didn't see like his thing, in fact riding anything through the woods was about as anti firefly as he could think of. Flying through a asteroid belt sure, leaves in your mouth? No way. Still he did make and attempt, and his performance wasn't even half bad all things considered.

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Tsukune Matsuri! Day 9 Late Evening Investigation(notice)/Perception tn 15. Calling one raise tn 20 void point for 1k1 | 5k3 ⇒ 24 (TN: 20) + 2 points

Tsukune Matsuri! Day 9 Late Evening Cowbot BeepBeep Part 1, Roll 1 Red bird redepmtion Raw agility at tn 20 | 4k4 ⇒ 12 (TN: 20) = 6 Speed

Tsukune Matsuri Day 9 Late Evening Cowboy Beep Beep Part 1 Roll 2, Horsemanship/agility at tn 25. Void for the skill | 5k4 ⇒ 42 (TN: 25) = 42 speed

48 speed total divided by 10 = 4.8 - 2 = 2 Points

4 rebirth points total

Medium sized Plushie acquired. It's a spiny drake
also plus 0.1 glory

Kazumi was always one down for a good time doing the various festival activities around the city. The festival at the conservation was always a neat time.

Kazumi took sometime by the Tiger Squids and figured they might try to include some natural sounds to put into a song. They found the right spot and got some great sound bites from the recording equipment. However the mixing software they had they were unfamiliar with and while the sounds were terrible they were certainly not what they were looking for.

Next the Rainbow Pangolin enclosure had a neat event. Kazumi had hoped for maybe a bit more Stealth involved in the activity but it was a fun time making their way through the dark tunnels and eventually snagging a nifty card with the picture of on of the rainbow pangolins on it.

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D9 EN event The night walk investigation/per tn 15 | 3k2 ⇒ 23 (TN: 15)

23 points get to find 2 events

Event 2 rainbow road

D9 EN event rainbow road investigation/Void tn 20 | 4k3 ⇒ 26 (TN: 20) 1 point

D9 EN event rainbow road use computers (music)/awa slicer tech 2 raises tn 35 | 10k4 ⇒ 33 (TN: 35) 0 points

1 point

Event 5 tunnel vision

D9 EN event tunnel vision investigation/Void tn 20 | 4k3 ⇒ 21 (TN: 20) pass

D9 EN event tunnel vision investigation/Void tn 20 | 4k3 ⇒ 27 (TN: 25) pass

D9 EN event tunnel vision capture food slight of hand/Agility unskilled vp +1k1 tn 25 | 4k4 ⇒ 33 (TN: 25) pass

2 points for finding way
1 point for making it out
2 points for capturing food

5 points

Total points for event: 6
Photo in book of Kazumi recording sounds of the Tiger Squids
Free photo book
Medium sized plushie
+0.2 glory

It was a nice enough night and Hitoko felt like a little fresh air and change of pace would be in order after a good day's work. Plus the picture-taking and such was a genuine interest for the ronin technophile, so she came fully equipped for the event. That preparedness seemed to set the tone, in fact, as she was able to wind her way through a couple of the not-easily-found activities.

Initially, after hearing the introduction of the "Rainbow Road" activity, Hitoko stood in stunned silence. Attune to my surroundings? You've gotta be... But after some observation, the rhythm of the movements started to make sense to Hitoko, and she did get a good photo of one of the tiger squids, just as she planned. Not so while trying to use the audio equipment, as the usually tech-minded ronin struggled with her device and ended up with only uneven segments of recorded noise - nothing useful to show for her time and effort at that part of the event.

Disappointed that she hadn't made more out of her time with the tiger squids, Hitoko strolled farther into the sanctuary and came across the Tunnel Vision event. Dark and sneaky? the ronin thinks to herself. Yeah, that sounds like me... And so it was that Hitoko's keen mind and quick hands saw her through the dark tunnel, with a shiny "food" card rolled up in her sleeve as she exited. "Oh, no food card there miss?" asked one of the volunteers staffing the event. "Ah, it's right here," Hitoko replied, flashing a toothy smile that might even have glinted in the low light. "Great activity here," she praised, slipping the art expertly from her sleeve and then showing it with a flourish. "My kind of good time," she beamed. Then, grinning proudly, she meandered off to see more of the sanctuary before calling it a night.

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LE time slot
The Night Walk
D9 LE Sanctuary: Night Walk. Investigation/Per TN 15. 1 CR for TN 20. Skill 3, Per 3. | 6k3 ⇒ 34 (TN: 20)
Pass w/1 raise. 34-5=29, so 2 events
2 Rebirth Points for awe-inspiring picture of one of the Sanctuary’s beasts!

1. Rainbow Road
TN is 20 for the first roll you attempt, 25 for the second.
D9 LE Sanctuary: Rainbow Road roll 1. Investigation (Notice)/Void TN 20. Skill 3, emphasis, Void 3. | 6k3 ⇒ 30 (TN: 20)
Pass = 1 Rebirth Point

D9 LE Sanctuary: Rainbow Road roll 2. Use Computers TN 25, 1 CR to use Intelligence, so TN 30. Skill 3, Int 4. | 7k4 ⇒ 23 (TN: 30)
Fail, 0 points
Total Rainbow Road points: 1

Tunnel Vision
Find your way or Avoid Capture
D9 Sanctuary: Tunnel Vision roll #1. Investigation/Perception, TN 20. Skill 3, Per 3. | 6k3 ⇒ 35 (TN: ?)
Pass = 1 Rebirth Point

D9 Sanctuary: Tunnel Vision roll #2. Investigation/Perception, TN 25. Skill 3, Per 3. | 6k3 ⇒ 36 (TN: 25)
Pass = 1 Rebirth Point
+1 Rebirth Point for getting through tunnel

Capture food:
D9 Sanctuary: Tunnel Vision roll to 'hunt'. Sleight of Hand/Agility, TN 25. Skill 1, Agi 4. | 5k4 ⇒ 35 (TN: 25)
Pass = 2 Rebirth Points
Total Tunnel Vision points: 5

Grand total Rebirth Points: 8

Event closed!

Results tomorrow after I've got some sleep

(Took longer than I'd hoped, but here we go!

3124 Tsukune Matsuri Photo Book wrote: Cover: A large picture of Usagi Rei posing with his camera and large prints of his best three photos - a group of River Tanuki Pigs, a family of Blood Lemurs, and (of course...) a pair of Pink footed Boobies. Inside there is a short profile of the Hare, which ends with the question: will he become a nature photographer in the future?
Featured: Large-sized photos of local ronin Hitoko crossing the Rainbow Pangolin's tunnel for Tunnel Vision.
Other photos:

• Photos of the Sanctuary's species taken by Kitsune Kiyoshi (a flamboyance of Blue Flamingos, these odd mammals), Hotaru Tsuyo (Benten's Lantern Moths) and the ronin Hitoko (Rockheaded Raven)
• A stylish photo of local celebrity Moonshade crossing the Rainbow Pangolin tunnel. A short text below the picture mentions rumours that his visit in the Tsukune Matsuri was part of his preparations for a new song with Tiger Squids as its theme - including sound samples from the species itself!
• More highlights of Moonshade and Hitoko's trip through the Rainbow Pangolin Tunnels. A short text describes, with some pride, how the event was dominated by locals, and has a short profile on Moonshade and the mysterious ronin Hitoko.
• A shot of Bayushi Senshuken mounted on a Taihou, crossing the flooded part of the race at a lightning speed. A short profile of the racer below the picture describes her experience as a motorbike racer.
• An awe-inspiring photograph of a Pearlescent Tiger Squid in the process of changing its colours, taken by Akodo Reki. A short text describes the Lion's experience during the event.
• An uncomfortably close screenshot of a Pearlescent Tiger Squid approaching another for mating. A short profile of Asako Osamu and a link to a video with VERY close-up footage of the mating ritual between two squids follows.
• A picture showing Yoritomo Seika concentrating before an answer for the quiz. Wait... is she chewing gum?? A short text gives a short profile of the Mantis Entrepreneur and her experience with *non*-native fauna. It also wonders if her company has plans to get into the bubblegum industy.
• A shot of the "Dream Badger Team", with famous singer Susumu Yakumo, festival star Usagi Rei, and the friendly badgers "heavyfoot" and "scatterhead" - some other photos show them playing against other teams... mainly of children and teens! A short text mentions their participation in the Oshidama Tournament about a week ago and speaks of the strategies they used in their games - even if most of them were not played against adults.
• A stylish shot of Akodo Reki shooting her paintball gun at a "poacher" during the Taihou 'cowboy' race.
• A picture of Asako Osamu in the tunnel by the Pearlescent Tiger Squids recording footage of them.
• An inspiring photo of Hotaru Tsuyo holding the reins of a Taihou before her run, an inspiration to persons with disabilities in the World of Dreams (the photo didn't show how the race went, of course!)
• Another picture of Bayushi Senshuken, this time holding her Taihou before her fantastic race as well, including a short profile of the racer

Prizes

• Usagi Rei: card thanking you heartily for your memorable participation; large-sized plushie or holographic fabric T-shirt (your choice); communicator shell; free copy of the Photo Book; gift card valued at 3 koku; +0.5 Glory
• Hitoko: card thanking you heartily for your memorable participation; large-sized plushie or holographic fabir T-shirt; communicator shell; free copy of the Photo Book; gift card valued at 1 koku; shiny 'food' card showing Purple-bottom Bumbleants; +0.3 glory
• Hotaru Tsuyo, Akodo Reki, Bayushi Senshuken and Soshi Kazumi: card thanking you heartily for your participation; medium-sized plushie or communicator shell; free copy of the Photo Book; +0.2 Glory; Kazumi also got a shiny 'food' card showing Flamewing Termites
• Asako Osamu: card thanking you for your participation; medium-sized plushie or communicator shell; +0.1 Glory.
• Hotaru Jun, Kitsune Kiyoshi, Miya Nishida, Yoritomo Seika, Dai, Susumu Sumiko and Susumu Yakumo: card thanking you for your participation; small-sized plushies or simple T-shirt.
• Hotaru Sakura, Asahina Hinata, Kitsu Kanna: card thanking you for your participation.

Copies of the Photo Book for those who gained or bought them arrive at the place you're staying at on D10 LM!

Event winner bonuses
Usagi Rei gains 0.2 glory for his awe-inspiring photos and being part of the Dream Badger Team!
Yoritomo Seika gains 0.1 glory for the remarkable knowledge shown in the quiz!
Akodo Reki gains 0.1 glory for her fantastic picture of the Pearlescent Tiger Squid!
Asako Osamu gains 0.1 glory for his VERY close-up footage of the mating ritual between two Pearlescent Tiger Squids!
Bayushi Senshuken gains 0.1 glory for her brilliant Taihou race!
Susumu Yakumo gains 0.1 glory for being part of the Dream Badger Team!
Hitoko gains 0.1 glory for her skillful run as a Rainbow Pangolin!
Soshi Kazumi gains 0.1 glory for his skillful run as a Rainbow Pangolin!

EDIT: Added correct results for Asako Osamu's participation!