Post by Gomer Sting on Apr 22, 2010 21:26:46 GMT -5
Source:
loz.l33th4x0r.de/antharia-jack-and-the-hat-mislaid-level-15-t15.html
Reward: Authentic FrobozzCo Bottle o' Berzio (200 AP)
Head to Antharia to get the first clue.
[Obscure] Spoiler: Clue #1
Antharia: the great island province and one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world! Who could visit here and not see the famous marble mines of Peltoid Valley, the shipbuilding factories of South Anthar, the famous glass-bottomed boat the Bella Quease, or the summer shark-wrestling in the Flathead Stadium? Well, probably you actually. After all, you came here for one reason and one reason only: to find monsters and steal their loot... Wait, two reasons. To find monsters, kill them, and steal their- okay, three reasons. But really, if the three reasons you’re put on this world aren’t to find monsters, kill them, steal their loot and to see new, interesting places then you may as well call it a day and just throw yourself to the grue right now.
But of course, the problem with being an adventurer with a fondness for big piles of zorkmids is that there are so many other adventurers out there looking for the same thing. You need something new, something different, some kind of big score. You need someone to come waltzing down the street, walk right into you and to offer you the chance of a lifetime...
You’re so absorbed in your day-dreams of fame and fortune that you don’t even spot the man walking down the street in your direction, clearly distracted with some matter of great importance, who walks straight into a man standing in front of you.
“Oh, I’m terribly sorry”, he exclaims, “how clumsy of me! I was just walking down this random street, trying to grapple with the magnitude of my problems. They are huge, far too big for me to deal with, and would require the skills of some sort of incredible adventurer to solve them.”
“What a coincidence!” exclaims the man, “I just so happen to be an incr-OOF!”
He keels over as you elbow him viciously in the stomach. “That looks like a terrible case of indigestion you have there,” you say, shaking your head in sympathy, “you should take it a little easier next time you have the seafood around here. I guess that means you won’t be able to help this gentleman here, but not to fear sir, by an amazing coincidence I just happen to be an incredible adventurer myself! What seems to be the trouble?”
He looks you up and down. “Well, I don’t want to go into it in too much detail in a public place like this, let’s go somewhere a little more private, shall we?”
He leads you down a series of dark alleyways, far from the beaten track and far from the areas of Antharia that you normally frequent (the Antharia Mall, Bows’R’Us weapons and Aunt Sissy’s Fudge Store) before ducking into a bar that redefines the term “seedy” for you (“Seedy”, Adjective. 1- A word describing something which is somewhat disreputable or squalid. 2- Something which contains an above average amount of seeds. 3- The place that you just walked into.). As you settle into your seat he leans across the table and whispers “the first thing you should know is that, although I may look like an everyday down-on-my-luck kind of guy, I am actually the great Antharia Jack!”
You gasp. The great Antharia Jack? Here, talking to you? Wow, to have met Antharia’s most famous son, the legendary star of stage and screen, after only being here for a few minutes seems almost too good to be true!
“Now, I know that may seem like it’s too good to be true, but trust me, it is. And we both know that Antharia Jack wouldn’t lie to you, so therefore I must be the real deal! Quad a rat demonstate ‘em.”
You nod sagely, unable to fault the logic of the statement. However, you do have a gnawing doubt, “if you’re Antharia Jack, then where’s your famous hat?”
“Aha, what a great question! It is about that very thing that I wanted to talk with you. You see, I was filming a scene in my new show yesterday when one of the cameras exploded, absolutely destroying my hat! It caught fire and burned to ashes right there in my hands. I was devastated, and without my hat I don’t know how I can go on filming. Without that hat I’m just some guy, you know? But with it, I’m Antharia Jack, greatest star the Great Underground Empire has ever seen! I need a hat, and since I can’t have that one back, I need you to go out and get the next best thing: my old hat. I’ve heard that- I mean, I lost it when I was very young and went into the Antharia caves without a lantern as a dare. Of course, I had barely got inside before I was chased away by a grue. I went back later to try and get it, but it was gone. It could be anywhere in the caves, and I need you to find it for me! Without a hat, I’m nothing, and without me Antharia is nothing. So really, think of this as a mission to save Antharia.”
“Oh wow, I’ve never had to go on a quest to save a whole island before,-”
“Well, I’m sure you’ll do great, just make sure that you find that hat, and don’t tell anyone that you’re on this quest for me, because if word got out that I was losing my cool over this... well, my career would be down the bottomless pit. And hey, if you do good there might even be a reward in it for you...”
Two hours later you leave the tavern and you feel like you’re walking on a cloud. Maybe it was the round (or eight) of extra strong ale that Jack had you buy (he’s waiting on his pay for this week apparently), or maybe it’s the fact that you’re not only on a quest, but you’re on a quest for one of the most famous people in all of the G.U.E.! There was something odd about this whole thing, but maybe you’d better wait until the street stops spinning around you before trying to figure it out. And then off to Antharia Caves, to find the hat of your hero.
[Obscure] Spoiler: Solution of clue #1
Go to the Antharia Caves
loz.l33th4x0r.de/antharia-jack-and-the-hat-mislaid-level-15-t15.html
Reward: Authentic FrobozzCo Bottle o' Berzio (200 AP)
Head to Antharia to get the first clue.
[Obscure] Spoiler: Clue #1
Antharia: the great island province and one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world! Who could visit here and not see the famous marble mines of Peltoid Valley, the shipbuilding factories of South Anthar, the famous glass-bottomed boat the Bella Quease, or the summer shark-wrestling in the Flathead Stadium? Well, probably you actually. After all, you came here for one reason and one reason only: to find monsters and steal their loot... Wait, two reasons. To find monsters, kill them, and steal their- okay, three reasons. But really, if the three reasons you’re put on this world aren’t to find monsters, kill them, steal their loot and to see new, interesting places then you may as well call it a day and just throw yourself to the grue right now.
But of course, the problem with being an adventurer with a fondness for big piles of zorkmids is that there are so many other adventurers out there looking for the same thing. You need something new, something different, some kind of big score. You need someone to come waltzing down the street, walk right into you and to offer you the chance of a lifetime...
You’re so absorbed in your day-dreams of fame and fortune that you don’t even spot the man walking down the street in your direction, clearly distracted with some matter of great importance, who walks straight into a man standing in front of you.
“Oh, I’m terribly sorry”, he exclaims, “how clumsy of me! I was just walking down this random street, trying to grapple with the magnitude of my problems. They are huge, far too big for me to deal with, and would require the skills of some sort of incredible adventurer to solve them.”
“What a coincidence!” exclaims the man, “I just so happen to be an incr-OOF!”
He keels over as you elbow him viciously in the stomach. “That looks like a terrible case of indigestion you have there,” you say, shaking your head in sympathy, “you should take it a little easier next time you have the seafood around here. I guess that means you won’t be able to help this gentleman here, but not to fear sir, by an amazing coincidence I just happen to be an incredible adventurer myself! What seems to be the trouble?”
He looks you up and down. “Well, I don’t want to go into it in too much detail in a public place like this, let’s go somewhere a little more private, shall we?”
He leads you down a series of dark alleyways, far from the beaten track and far from the areas of Antharia that you normally frequent (the Antharia Mall, Bows’R’Us weapons and Aunt Sissy’s Fudge Store) before ducking into a bar that redefines the term “seedy” for you (“Seedy”, Adjective. 1- A word describing something which is somewhat disreputable or squalid. 2- Something which contains an above average amount of seeds. 3- The place that you just walked into.). As you settle into your seat he leans across the table and whispers “the first thing you should know is that, although I may look like an everyday down-on-my-luck kind of guy, I am actually the great Antharia Jack!”
You gasp. The great Antharia Jack? Here, talking to you? Wow, to have met Antharia’s most famous son, the legendary star of stage and screen, after only being here for a few minutes seems almost too good to be true!
“Now, I know that may seem like it’s too good to be true, but trust me, it is. And we both know that Antharia Jack wouldn’t lie to you, so therefore I must be the real deal! Quad a rat demonstate ‘em.”
You nod sagely, unable to fault the logic of the statement. However, you do have a gnawing doubt, “if you’re Antharia Jack, then where’s your famous hat?”
“Aha, what a great question! It is about that very thing that I wanted to talk with you. You see, I was filming a scene in my new show yesterday when one of the cameras exploded, absolutely destroying my hat! It caught fire and burned to ashes right there in my hands. I was devastated, and without my hat I don’t know how I can go on filming. Without that hat I’m just some guy, you know? But with it, I’m Antharia Jack, greatest star the Great Underground Empire has ever seen! I need a hat, and since I can’t have that one back, I need you to go out and get the next best thing: my old hat. I’ve heard that- I mean, I lost it when I was very young and went into the Antharia caves without a lantern as a dare. Of course, I had barely got inside before I was chased away by a grue. I went back later to try and get it, but it was gone. It could be anywhere in the caves, and I need you to find it for me! Without a hat, I’m nothing, and without me Antharia is nothing. So really, think of this as a mission to save Antharia.”
“Oh wow, I’ve never had to go on a quest to save a whole island before,-”
“Well, I’m sure you’ll do great, just make sure that you find that hat, and don’t tell anyone that you’re on this quest for me, because if word got out that I was losing my cool over this... well, my career would be down the bottomless pit. And hey, if you do good there might even be a reward in it for you...”
Two hours later you leave the tavern and you feel like you’re walking on a cloud. Maybe it was the round (or eight) of extra strong ale that Jack had you buy (he’s waiting on his pay for this week apparently), or maybe it’s the fact that you’re not only on a quest, but you’re on a quest for one of the most famous people in all of the G.U.E.! There was something odd about this whole thing, but maybe you’d better wait until the street stops spinning around you before trying to figure it out. And then off to Antharia Caves, to find the hat of your hero.
[Obscure] Spoiler: Solution of clue #1
Go to the Antharia Caves