Sandy

"The first question was already answered, and all the toys are more or less broken by these loose furry cannonballs already. Are you not interested to learn about the kids themselves?"

Heading straight on, the party comes to an s-shaped corner that turns right and then left. Three more paces bring them to a crossing. STRAIGHT or RIGHT?

Again you're turning this to me. It's like Day 5 all over again... All "evidence" I got about Ruxana came from Yuri and Yan, I was just the messenger to keep them safe (good lot did that do to them in the end). You've acted oblivious throughout this game of life. You gave no comments when we questioned if you were a naive investigator - of course you wouldn't, since you wanted us to follow your lead. I just don't believe you can publicly announce to be an investigator and still live after all these days. And me and Raya and Patrick are still alive as well, even though you "confirmed" us to be Townies many days ago. This has got to end. Stanislav was right about Denis, so I dedicate my vote to his memory, and apologize for not being able to nail neither one of you earlier. Vote: Dmitri (Dragonator)

The party can of course backtrack whenever they feel like it.

The farmer does not hear the party, but returning to the entrance means exactly what it says. Even passing by the entrance is counted as returning to it. The party decides to continue straight. In a couple of paces they hit another corner that turns right. Six paces onwards they come to a crossing. STRAIGHT or RIGHT?

As far as the collectable minifigs go, I'm satisfied owning one of each, but I do consider myself an obsessive minifig collector otherwise. I don't mean I want every minifig I ever see, but I'm a sucker for minifig parts, especially hairpieces and printed legs and dresses. I aim to have every hairpiece created in every possible color. I tend to get my hands on every minifig from my favored themes, but I don't usually buy duplicates. I also don't keep the minifigs intact, but dismantle them for customizing purposes. For the last year or so, I've concentrated my hobby on buying minifigs from Bricklink, but I still buy new sets if they contain more than just the minifig I want. According to Brickset I currently own 877 complete minifigs, plus an unknown amount of separate parts. It might not look like much to some of you, but keep in mind that I don't have very many duplicates, not to mention any armies of identical clones. I would take 800 different minifigs over 8000 identical ones any day of the week.

The party goes straight, and after a few paces comes to a similar crossing. STRAIGHT or RIGHT?

The party continues straight ahead, and after a few paces comes to a corner in the maze that turns right. Moving about seven paces forward, the party arrives to another crossing. STRAIGHT or RIGHT?

The party decides to keep an eye out for a map. They will surely see it if they come across it. The party decides to turn left. They walk about five paces until they come to another divide in the path. STRAIGHT or RIGHT?

The nanny raises her eyebrow. "So, you're not the smart one in the group, eh? Have you not paid any attention to what I told you?"

"The children's favourite colours are clearly visible on the beds."

The nanny smiles. "Morgan has always loved animals, especially cats. But she also comes from a long line of wizards, so giving the kitten a name like Fireball is not surprising."

The party arranges the teddy bears in that order, but nothing happens. The cursed children just bounce up again and continue to run around the nursery. Maybe the party should ask a little more about the children?

The nanny nods with a hint of approval. "Now you are getting somewhere. The problem is, which teddy bear goes to which bed? I did not see the children change, so I can't say which bear is which child. And I'm certain they will not calm down in a wrong bed. Furthermore, I don't think anyone of them will calm down until they are all in their own beds." So the party needs to tuck each teddy bear into a correct bed. How will they do that?

The frustrated nanny rolls her eyes. "Well, I do know that it is futile to sing lullabies and read bedtime stories if the kids are running amoc. Do you expect them to just fall asleep where they stand?"

Nyx and Althior proceed to sing the teddy bears an off-key lullaby. "Little bears, little bears Why don't you just calm the ef down We are getting quite pissed For having to care for kids!" But that horrid tune just makes the devilish bears run in circles even more. Althior then goes on to investigate the beds. "These are the beds of the two children of High Conjurator Altair and General Sourceress Beth", the nanny explains. "Merlyn is the oldest of the four cousins, while sweet little Morgan is the youngest. That's her kitten Fireball on the bed there." "Lilly and Bluto are the children of Vice Warlocker Goldraum and Secondary Spiritist Mabel. If you want to know more about the children, just ask away." The transformed children continue to cause a racket in the nursery.

The nanny tuts. "This room is in enough of a turmoil as it is, without you lot coming to move the furniture around. The beds and the floor tiles are exactly where they always have been. Maybe you should try something more... caring?"

When the party arrives to the nursery, they find Altair, Mabel and Goldraum at the door. Goldraum is consoling his crying wife, and Altair is pulling his hair with a troubled look on his face. "What am I going to tell Beth? Our poor children..." Altair mumbles. The party opens the door, and are immediately showered by toys thrown at them. The family nanny is screaming her lungs out at the middle of the room, while four running teddy bears break havoc to the place. It looks like the Ziegfried children have been afflicted by the curse as well. The party draws their weapons, getting prepared to fight the raucous plush bears, but the nanny stops them. "Don't you dare raise your weapons to these poor children! They might be cursed, but there must be another way to reverse the spell besides hacking them to pieces." The group of heroes looks puzzled. What should they do?

I just have to wonder who the poisoner is. They've now killed people from all factions, yet Wilem claimed his night action protected people from getting poisoned, and he was now confirmed as a townie. I think this confirms the poisoner as a neutral serial killer. I just hope he or she hasn't aligned with any of the scum factions. With a lack of a vigilante, we townies could do with a person who keeps aiming for the bad guys.

The party realizes that if they split up and one of the groups finds the Scarecrow, they have to fight it without the aid of the other group(s). Is this what the party wishes to do?

There are no animal tracks in sight.

The party heads to the Corn Maze. At the entrance, Old Mack turns to them. "Now listen carefully. The Scarecrow is hiding in a dead-end somewhere inside this maze. I don't really remember the configuration of the maze, so I've drawn a map of it. Unfortunately I dropped it somewhere inside the maze when I was fleeing from the monster a few days ago. Find it, and you'll have much easier time navigating the maze. Remember, if you return to the entrance two times after you enter before defeating the Scarecrow, the monster will have had time to ruin the field. Now, go ahead and enter." The party steps through the entrance into the Corn Maze. There is a long hedge of corns directly in front of them, and the path they stand in goes both left and right. Which way will the party choose, LEFT or RIGHT?

Excuse me? You townies?! I am sorry to tell that we have just lost our Peeping Tom in Yan. He tried to follow Dmitri on two consecutive nights, but first time he was blocked from leaving his house by a stranger standing at his door. The second time he was just blocked. These are two different types of blocks, if I've understood correctly. And now he's dead. I think our course of action is clear at this point, but I just want to bring up the option that if Dmitri is a naive investigator, the scum would know about it. That way they could steer him to investigate Wilem and frame him. It would also mean at least one of the people Dmitri has already investigated and found innocent is scum. Obviously I know it isn't me, so what other options are there? I want to nail Dmitri for leading us on for so long, but I have this horrible feeling it will cause us to lose... We have to be extra careful today.

With the Direwolves dead or banished, Old Mack Donauld dares to approach the party again. "Too bad for the field, but at least most of the sheep flock was saved. I just need to find a new meadow for them to graze. Now, you wish to go to the Corn Maze next, aye? Remember that you can only afford to ruin one of my fields anymore. Ruin both of the remaining two, and I will definitely not give you the reward." 1. Sheep Meadow ~ RUINED! 2. Corn Maze ~ You must navigate through the corn maze to find the possessed Scarecrow. If you return to the entrance two times before the monster is slain, the field is ruined. 3. Haystacks ~ You must search through nine haystacks to find three Battle Ants. The ants have also hidden three Fire Bombs into the haystacks that will go off if the stack is searched. The ants must be found before the three bombs, or the field is ruined. 4. Apple Orchard ~ SAVED! 5. Pumpkin Patch ~ SAVED!

It's a move exclusive to the barbarians. Just check the job class entry in the rules. I have to deeply apologize to the gang in Quest#3 for delaying their adventure further. I promise you will get to the nursery tomorrow. As good news, I can see at least one of the quests concluding this weekend, so there might be something new to see at the Quest Board very soon.