The Great Library Scavenger Hunt

[Esifex]

I'd support the idea of an extension of a week. Things got more busy than I expected and it's not going to get less, but I don't wanna drop this challenge either, so some extra time would be appreciated ^^

Sakana knows all about deadline extensions :derp:

Yeah, I second this, too.

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Sakana knows all about deadline extensions :derp:

I tell ya son, back in the day they called me "Two-Weeks", and for a reason, blimey!

Thanks for the extension, definitely helping :3

[Iced Fairy]

Just a reminder, the deadline is tomorrow!

If you're list isn't complete don't panic, I know I did terribly as well.    The fun part will be seeing what we all find. 

[Jq1790]

So, about how long til the results come in, anyway?

[Keine Kamishirasawa]

Not until tomorrow GMT, at the earliest.  I don't expect too much trouble counting the results, but formatting will be problematic so....

[Keine Kamishirasawa]

Alright the hammer has fallen the entries are in....

And the field is somewhat sparse.

Well, we shall worry about that later.  First we'll announce the findings of our intrepid library explorers!  Please wait a bit as we compose a nice list of the books.

[Keine Kamishirasawa]

A date - 5 points
Random Shipping Shorts Sit in the corner for spreading those rumors about me Iced
The Halloween WWC See me after class for punning Sect

An "on-screen" kiss - 10 points
Urameshiya Jq1790
Third Eye in Pure Waters Sect, pushing the rules again? :<
Mode's Shorts Iced

An "off-screen" sex scene - 10 points
Orphan Jq1790
Abducted by Oni Sect
Mystia Lorleli vs the Hunger Iced
Chain Reaction rdj

An "on-screen" sex scene - 15 points
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB Jq1790
Permission Sect and Iced
Heroic Amalgamation Tlachtga rdj



Contemporary Touhou - 5 points
An Urban Touhou Story Jq1790
A story Sect
No Interest in Ordinary Humans Iced

Futuristic Touhou - 5 points
The Great Suwa Incident Sect
Topic: Void of Fantasy - Amor Fati Iced

Prehistoric Touhou - 15 points
None found.  And Sect, if you can't figure out an answer just say so.  Don't lie.


A coming of age story - 10 points
The Harvest Incident Iced
While Annie and Friends is a fine story Sect, Annie never comes of age, so no points.

A story about traveling - 10 points
The White Rose of Chireiden Jq1790
Gengestu's Counterattack Sect
The Journal Iced

A conventional hero's journey story - 15 points
Dolphin Rider Koishi That's better Sect
The White Rabbit of Inaba Too short Iced.  Half points

A Touhou story that contains singing - 5 points
Chin Chin: NWC Sect
Wriggle on Stage Iced

A Touhou story that contains singing that doesn't feature Mystia - 10 points
No one?  It has to exist somewhere....

A non Touhou story that contains singing - 10 points
Kaetir: Icarian Armor Iced


A Touhou story that takes place (at least mostly) in the Outside World - 5 points
Rising Star Sect you know that wasn't what was being asked.
Out of Breath Iced

A Touhou story that takes place in neither a Touhou location or the Outside World - 10 points
Kingdom Hearts Highly Responsive to Prayers Jq1790
Be Careful What You Wish For Sect

A story written in the third person - 5 points
Fable of Fortuitous Feline Jq1790
Going into the Outside World Sect
Painting and Window Gazing Iced
subternana animims rdj

A story written in the first-person -10 points
Palaquin Ship's Captain's Logs Sect
Mindgate Conspiracies Iced
Scarlet Rivalry rdj

A story written in the second person - 20 points
Touhou Love Stories : More Bad Ends Jq1790 and Sect


A story in which a character dies - 5 points
Thanatophobia Sect
Sealed Fates Chronicles of the Hunter Iced

A story in which a named character dies - 5 points
A New World Book Three Sect
The Last Letter from Mima Iced

A story where a named character who had significant screen time dies - 10 points
New Writer's Contest, Squidtentacle Sect
Worldly Affairs of the Outside World I think you might have misplaced this Iced.  Be more careful.

A story where the protagonist dies - 15 points
Eastern Starlight Romance Sect
Memento Mori ~ Virtues of Fallen Petals Iced
April Showers I'll allow it rdj


A story that explains youkai traits - 5 points
Dolphin Rider Koishi Iced

A story that involves magic being explained - 10 points
The Cool Samurai Girl Meira Iced

A story that explains the Hakurei Barrier - 10 points
None of you?  I know there's an explanation in a New World, but Iced doesn't get the points because there has to be another story elsewhere.

A story that explains different 'styles' of magic - 15 points
And What Alice Found There Iced


A story that has at least three original characters - 5 points
Delphinia SanctimoniaSect
Legend of a Hot Blooded Pig Iced

A Touhou story that has at least three original characters that are important to the plot - 10 points
Orphan Jq1790
Tempests of Distant Waters Sect
Specialis Libri Iced


A story including ice skating. - 10 points
Harder to find then expected.

A story including swimming - 5 points
Third Eye In Pure Waters Iced
Come on now you three.  Would it really be so hard to search for Roukan and just grab a fic?

- That wasn't written by Roukan - 10 points
Tai's Ramblings Jq1790
Palaquin Ship's Captain's Log Iced

A story involving an official sport - 5 points
Oni Dodge Ball Iced
This one was a freebie too.

- That isn't from the WWC contest - 15 points
Oh Look it's Me rdj522
Is chess a sport?  Well I guess it is.  Good job.


A fic starring a character in animal form - 10 points
Rising Star Iced

A fic starring at least three characters in animal-form - 15 points
Tempests of Distant Waters Sorry Iced.  I only count TWO so far.  No points


A story where someone makes a wish:
- and that wish is granted - 5 points
Be Careful What You Wish For Iced

- and that wish is granted and they regret it - 5 points
Do writers not use this cliche anymore

- and absolutely nothing happens - 15 points
I wondered if anyone could find this.  I guess not.


A story where blood is spilled "on-screen":
on purpose - 5 points
Demonbman's Attempts at Writing Iced

accidentally - 10 points
Shikieiki's Day Off - Break of 60 Years Iced


A story where someone receives a gift - 5 points
Chairity Iced

- From an enemy - 10 points

- From a lover - 10 points
Exactly As Planned Iced shouldn't these lies be placed under enemy?

A story where there's a large exchange of gifts (5+ people) - 15 points
Three Christmas Gifts has one, but that is non history so no points.


A story with a male protagonist - 5 points
Voyages of Life Iced
The Rise and Fall of the Shim rdj

A Touhou story with a male protagonist - 10 points
Touhou X Dimension Iced

- Who isn't an OC - 15 points
Abducted By Oni Clever rdj.  Very Clever

-a Touhou story with an OC male protagonist with no romantic overtones - 20 points
The Harvest Incident Cutting it closer there Iced with Rumia


(The story must obviously place the season to count.  Snow and Lily White yelling about spring count.  A retelling of SA that doesn't mention the weather does not.)
A story that takes place in spring -  5 points
Lily is going to be upset at all of you.

A story that takes place during winter - 5 points
Mercy of the Blossoming Self Jq1790
Christmas WWC VIVI Iced
my immortal workload rdj

A story that takes place during autumn - 10 points
Succession Iced
Parsee Short rdj

A story that takes place during summer - 10 points
Tales of Gensokyo :: Unprecedented and Serious Affair Story Iced


A story with snow - 5 points
Mercy of the Blossoming Self Jq1790
The Satori Maiden's Christmas Wish Iced
my immortal workload rdj

A story with rain - 5 points
Parasol of the Glazed Moon Iced
my immortal workload rdj

A story with fog - 10 points
Apparently not enough Victorian mysteries are out there


A story where the characters listen to music - 5
You children need to read harder.


A fic where non youkai animals are present - 5 points
Pathos of the Hated People Iced

-and important to the story - 10 points
Fable of Fortuitous Feline Jq1790
WWC - Mice Iced

A fic where livestock animals are present - 10 points
Do horses count?  I guess not.  Strange that the Wild West WWC had no cows.

A story that is a retelling of one of the games - 5 points
Mercy of the Blossoming Self Jq1790
Honesty of Purpose Iced
subternana animims rdj

A story that has been rendered obsolete by one of the newer games (directly contradicted) - 10 points
I suppose most authors just break canon right out.


The entire story takes place during the night - 5 points
Noir WWC - Sect Iced

The entire story takes place at twilight - 10 points
Painting and Window Gazing Iced and rdj


A story where a character writes a letter - 5 points
And What Alice Found There Sect
Aya's Notes and Observations Iced

A story that is a letter or journal entry - 10 points
Day Planners Sect
Journal of Patchouli's Loyal Assistant Iced


A festival  - 10 points
The Adaptation of Alice Iced

A funeral  - 15 points
The Pure White Lotus Iced
Mad Magic rdj

A wedding - 15 points
Funny, I saw pictures of Kogasa and Medicine's wedding in the paper...

A tea party - 10 points
Reimu's Morning Tea off Iced


A fic with only one on screen character (flashbacks count as being on screen!) - 10 points
I'm sure there's one out there.  But I imagine it is hard to find.

A fic with five or more viewpoint characters - 10 points
Kaguya Throws a Party Iced

A fic with eleven (That's ridiculous. It's not even funny) or more viewpoint characters - 11 points
Thw White Rose of Chireiden Iced


A fic with a prophecy that must be fulfilled - 5 points
- and the prophecy isn't fulfilled - 10 points
No one is a fan of prophecy these days?  How sad.


A fic with flower motifs - 5 points and a duelist ring
The White Rose of Chireiden Iced

A fic that uses flowers symbolically and explains it - 10 points
Wouldn't White Rose....  Did you want the duelist ring that badly?

A fic that uses the language of flowers and doesn't explain it - 20 points
A lost art really.


A Touhou fic where a character uses a weapon not pictured in their portrait - 5 points
You're slipping children

- the weapon is a sword - 10 points
The Legend of Touhou Except for you rdj.  Good find

A fic not in the modern world, but with modern weapons - 10 points
I suppose usually writers just go straight for the lasers.

A fic not in a futurist setting, but with futuristic weapons - 10 points
Red Thaumatology Iced

A Touhou fic where two combatants use both weapons and magic - 10 points
You should have at least gotten this one Sect.

A fic where a character uses an obviously technomagic device (think Raising Heart) - 15 points
Magical Girl Lyrical Animism Iced


A fic that never leaves a single room - 10 points
This would be very hard to find.  Who decided on the point value for it?

A fic that describes a original location in Gensoukyo - 10 points
I want everyone who listed Third Eye in Clear Waters elsewhere to practice their cursive an extra page for this.

A fic where the characters visit three different realms of existence (Makai, the Netherworld etc) - 10 points
Specialis Libri Iced


A story where there is a feast or banquet - 5 points
Obviously we need more extravagant feasts

A story where a character is starving - 10 points
Strange.  I was sure there was some, but when I looked...

A story where a character needs to eat unnatural foods - 5 points
Did you all run out of time before finding a vampire fic?

- and it isn't blood or human flesh - 10 points
Touhou Fairytales Iced, fairy propaganda is suspect here.  But I suppose it counts.

- or faith - 15 points
Moxie of the Sea Iced


A fic with a sentient object - 5 points
How to Surprise Friends and Enrage People Iced
Kogasa and Medicine are sad now.

-that isn't normally sentient - 10 points

-and isn't Suwako's hat - 15 points
When Alice is Away the Dolls Will Play Iced


A story that uses color or other formatting tricks - 5 points
Thanatophobia Jq1790
Byakuren's Soup Kitchen WWC Iced

A story that uses three different formatting tricks to effect - 10 points
Xenophillia Jq1790 and Iced


A comedy - 5 points
Marisa's Bloomers Jq1790
Privateers in a Nautical Paradise Iced

A tragedy - 5 points
Everyone saved this until the last minute and forgot about it huh?

A tragedy in the classical sense (hubris leading to downfall) - 10 points
The White Rose of Chireiden Jq1790
Phantoms of the Past Iced

A comedic story about a serious character - 5 points
A serious story about a comedic character (ex. Cirno) - 10 points
These two were a little too vague weren't they?


A fic where a non combat challenge is made - 5 points
Not a lot of drinking contests?  I'm surprised given the Oni and Tengu

- that doesn't involve drinking - 10 points
Happy Days Jq1790
Fable of Fortuitous Feline Iced


A fic with gods - 5 points
Kanako and Suwako are going to be cross.

-that aren't Kanako or Suwako - 10 points
Orphan Jq1790
Minoroko Aki Ace Detective Sect
Sweet Dreams Iced
The White Rose of Chireiden rdj

-that aren't in MoF - 15 points
Xenophillia And that's questionable Jq1790, but I'll allow it for fear of waking them.
Iced Fairies Random Shorts Sect
Mystia Lorleli vs the Hunger Iced
Cats and Crows rdj


A story with a PC-98 character who is not a final boss as a main character - 5 points
Cool Samurai Girl Meira Sect
Gensoukyo on 200 Yen a Day Iced
Alice and Yuka would have counted as well, but you did good sticking to the spirit

A fic in which a Stage 1 Boss beats a Stage 6 Boss or higher in a fight - 5 points
Himiko's Shorts Sect
Hibachi's Great Revival That game only has five stages Iced, but I'll grant her final boss status to avoid a fight with the nice CAVE people.

A fic where a conflict is actually settled by the spellcard rules - 10 points
The White Rose of Chireiden Sect

- and more then 2 cards are used - 15 points
Orphan Jq1790
NWC - Polaris Sect
Subconcious Dream Iced
The White Rose of Chireiden rdj


Id like to thank you children all for participating.  I know some of you feel like you could have done more, but you all pass nicely.  I'm sure well all do even better next time.

Now that your work is available for others to see, you can all go to recess.  I'm going to get lunch while I tally your coins and think up some remedial work for your classmates who missed the assignment.

[Keine Kamishirasawa]

Alright: I've tallied up the points.  Here are the results.

1st Place:  Iced Fairy at 623 points
2nd Place: Sect at 301 points
3rd Place: Jq1790 at 251 points
4th Place: Rdj522 at 239 points

Thank you again for participating Children.  You solved some very difficult puzzles there.  My apologies if I got your points off by one or two.  Some of those bonuses were hard to keep track of.

Now for the rest of you students....

Remedial Work

I'm well aware I have no real power here outside Gensoukyo, but your fellow classmates have done so much to hunt down interesting stories to read, I think you should chip in too.  So perhaps you could look into doing something for them?

Assignment 1: Hunting -
The scavenger hunt might be over, but there's still a lot of holes in our list.  Perhaps some of you children could find 15 points worth of stories that our participants overlooked and show them to the rest of the class.  I think that would be a fine educational opportunity.

Assignment 2: Do it yourself -
It's possible some of those questions didn't have an answer.  But I'm sure some of you smart children could fix that.  Why not write a fic that fills some of our more difficult gaps?

Assignment 3 A helping hand -
Your classmates have compiled a wonderful list of stories, but it's possible the poor authors haven't gotten any feedback for their work.  Pick three stories you haven't read before, read them, then leave the authors your thoughts.  Wouldn't that be a kind thing to do?

Well that's all for this contest.  Goodbye for now children.  I hope to see people working for the advancement of the library when I return.  After all, we're all in this together.

[Janitor Morgan]

[16:13:14] <Iced> You were close.  If you'd taken a few of the easier ones you could have jumped a lot.

And this is why procrastination is bad. x_x

[Sect]

Okay, Keine, if you're not happy with my answer, then I'll take Assignment Number Two!

[Polaris]

Filling in holes for Assignment 1.

A story where someone makes a wish:
- and that wish is granted and they regret it - 5 points
We had an entire WWC entry for this one ;_;

- and absolutely nothing happens - 15 points
One of Iced's shorts (on Tanabata) probably fit. :P

A Touhou fic where a character uses a weapon not pictured in their portrait - 5 points
- the weapon is a sword - 10 points
As I recall, Marisa in A New World uses the Sword of Kusanagi which is definitely not in her portrait. :V Shikieiki in White Rose of Chireiden uses a standard shinigami's scythe, so that can count for the first part.

A fic not in the modern world, but with modern weapons - 10 points
UsuallyDead's Requiem Bibliophilic has Patchouli using an assault rifle. :V Alternatively, you have Reminiscence of Celestial Memory where Tenshi specifically gets a modern weapon (listed in the catalog).

A comedic story about a serious character - 5 points
A serious story about a comedic character (ex. Cirno) - 10 points
Shikieiki's Day Off by Donut should fall under the first one. Alternatively, The Cool Samurai Girl Meira (also by Donut) should count too. :B
As for the second, Charity is pretty serious I guess and it involves Sunny Milk, who's pretty comedic. I guess. :V

A story with fog - 10 points
You have Scarlet Soaked Sympathy, which starts with a retelling of Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, a.k.a. the Scarlet Mist Incident. :L

[Jq1790]

4th place, 200 something...
3rd place, 200 something... =|
2nd place, 300 something...
1st place SIX HUNDRED AND CHANGE!?

I feel rather insignificant.  Ah well, couldn't help it, shoulda worked harder in the time I had before I got too busy.  Just need to try harder next contest, hm?

[Janitor Morgan]

To be fair, it was Iced's contest to start with, so I'm not surprised he soared above everyone.

[Iced Fairy]

It should be noted, most of the questions came from Ruro.    And when I thought of things to look for myself I thought of stuff that was in my own fics, not fics that I've read.

I credit my success to finding good stories and then placing them where they get me the most points to start, instead of trying to hunt each thing through the entire fic list separately.

[FinnKaenbyou]

Right, a few noteworthy ideas that came to me.

A story that takes place in spring -  5
BJLancer's Lily White story.

A story where the characters listen to music - 5
Tyltalis throughout What Makes A Librarian

A wedding - 15 points
Gappy/Ruro is my OTP

argh these holes are harder to fill than i thought x_x