Battle Spoils [Great Hunt]

OOC: Once you've recovered an egg and escaped to the office, post here with your character to officially deposit it. The character who hands it in will be recorded as the official finder, and then you're free to run back out and join another Great Hunt thread. Good luck!

IC: Nate's office was crowded with teachers and Guardians, all doing some kind of paperwork. They were half-secretary, half-bodyguard for the day. Although it was true that the monsters they'd unleashed were shackled a safe distance away, that didn't discount the dragon circling above the school like a vulture, or the slim (or not-so-slim) possibility of one of them breaking loose and chasing a student to the Headmaster's office building.

Lynn shuddered at the thought of facing the giant anaconda that lurked the school corridors, or the... thing they'd let loose in the Spring dorms. She'd been opposed to this whole exercise from the beginning, but everyone else seemed to think it was a wondrously amusing idea. Beata Academy's staff had a sick sense of humor. The Guardian only hoped that no one would be hurt by the end of the day, and that Addison was safely out of earshot from that banshee in town.

She clenched her fist, staring at the door, waiting for the first victors of the day to enter.

Milah rushed in, her clothes drenched with water - everything was drenched with water besides for the egg pity. Although she ran towards the front office a bright smile on her face. "An egg! captured by Milah Nolan!" She said with pride her blue eyes bright.

Lynn blinked as she entered, frowning at the sight of her drenched clothes, wondering if she'd taken a dip in the lake... but no, this was the colossi's egg. She took it from her hand, eyes darting to all the water and mud she was tracking onto Nate's office carpet.

Oh well. That wasn't any concern of hers.

"Congratulations," the Guardian told her tersely, carelessly throwing the egg to one of the faculty near the Headmaster's desk. "We'll get that charted down. You're the first one in today." Lynn gave a glance towards her watch and then out the window. "Is the colossus dead, or am I going to have to take care of it?" The question didn't seem to be directed at anyone in particular as she waved Milah off. What a bother.

Milah watched Lynn take the egg from her hands. Her gaze dropped down to her clothing, she was a mess but she had to carry on. She did have a competiton to win afterall, the winter quickly looked back over when she had heard the egg get tossed to the head-masters desk. She didn't care though, it wasnt like the egg could be broken.

"I stole it from a guy." The winter answered coldly, looking impaitent. "Can I leave?" She was cut off realizing that she had waved her off. With a huff the winter headed back out the door to hunt some more eggs.

Next in was one of the newer students, who tried to mask the pain as he walked into the room. Out from his pocket, he pulled out the dark egg. "Nice to meet you, got your egg." He closed the gap between himself and the desk, and set the egg down. "The spirit is dead."

Lynn couldn't help but frown as the girl fled the room. Stole it? These kids really were terrible, weren't they?

She watched as the next boy came a little while later, setting the egg down on the desk. The Guardian made a mental note of his face, so they could record him as the finder later. "Congratulations," was all she told him, before turning her head away toward the window. In the distance, she could hear the screech of the dragon.

As the dragon was heard in the distance, Carmine knew something was happening, most likely something with an egg. Perfect, time to advance the game! He ran out of the room, intent on getting there in time.

The boy, someone unfamiliar by the name of Miyoshi, was in and out of the building practically by the time she managed to utter out a curt 'congratulations.' Even the initiates were getting in on this, huh?

Those were three eggs down. Seven were still out there and would be out before the end of the day.

She was breathing heavily, the blue aura of her shield still surrounding her as she walked into the office with the bright red egg. Holy cow, that was more exhausting then she had thought. "The next time there's an egg in the Spring Halls... I'm not going there... Even if it is gone..." She said, exhaustion lacing her voice. Keirsta handed over the bright red egg, before spinning on her heels to go out.

She'd gotten an egg, and now it was time to torture herself some more.

Lynn blinked, tossing the red egg from hand to hand, wondering if the... thing in there was dead. If not, she'd have to kill it so the Springs could go back to their rooms unmolested. That monster had a bad habit of breaking all your lights. She sighed, wondering if it would be a good idea to bring some Pyrokinetic along to help speed things up.

Oh, right, the finder. But when Lynn looked down to ask, she was already running back out. Oh well. That faint blue glow was unmistakable. They'd find out after.

"They're really taking this seriously, huh?"

Kayla pushed open the door with a slam.

The egg went flying through the air, nearly smashing right into Lynn's head. She jolted back, snatching the egg out of the air, before dropping it again with a disgusted gasp. There was a bluish-green goo staining her palm. "Ugh..."

A lash of electricity arced down the student's uninjured arm, and Lynn sighed, looking up to stare at the girl who had forced herself in.

She was soaking from head-to-toe. Not just wet like the Milah girl had been, but well and truly drenched to the bone, and not just in water. There were still residues of monster blood soaked into her clothes and clinging to her face. Lynn already knew her name.

"Congratulations..." Lynn was obliged to mutter, but her eyes were narrowed. Kayla returned her glare, not sure where the hostility was coming from. Most of the adults were hostile toward her, she noticed. wonder why that was.

"That's it? After all that?" Kayla asked, incredulity entering her tone. Her question was punctuated by a glop of bluish-green goop drooping onto the carpet.

That's gonna stain. Lynn crossed her arms, tapping the egg toward one of the other faculty with her foot. "We'll talk about prizes once you actually win the contest. So go and get them before someone beats you to it. You're only the fifth person in here today."

That was code for 'get the hell out', but Kayla looked too tired to argue for once. "Gah, alright, fine!" she snapped, and just like that, she turned on her heel and marched out the door.

Lynn sighed, pinched her nose, and fell back against the wall. "Why isn't she still in the infirmary?"

"Hey, uh, could someone help me with this?" A little voice said from beyond the office door. Once in view, a huge head of an anaconda seemed to be standing on tiny blood-soaked legs in the doorway. The snake was lowered slightly until the top of a blonde head was visible. Was it the size of this child's torso? "Amelia... Mclochland..." the girl murmured, out of breath from carrying the load. Most of the blood had drained off in the halls, but a few drops found their way to the already dirty carpet.

The girl shuffled inside and set the beast's head on the ground. She took a moment to catch her breath before she spoke again. "Sorry, I couldn't find a way to reach the egg without getting stuck on the teeth... But it's here!" she opened its jaw to show the egg stuck in the throat. The Autumn girl smiled at the single-fanged creature that had other teeth glistening farther inward, most the size of her thumbs.

After closing the mouth again (it was a bit creepy to leave open), the youngest Mclochland made her way to the door, counting the eggs as she walked by. Not many left by the looks of it. Dipping her head slightly at the adults, Amelia left with a smile, and quick apologies for all the blood on the hall floors.

She thought the water and the Leviathan blood had been bad.

"Agh!"

A snake head. A giant snake head, dripping blood, and for one mad second Lynn thought the monster they'd left to prowl the hallways had grown legs and learned to speak, but a young blonde girl lowered it just enough to where she could see the top of her head.

Blood dripped onto that once-pretty carpet and Lynn sunk further back against the wall, not sure whether to be angry or to laugh at it all. Such a sweet and petite looking girl, carrying around a giant monster head like it was nothing. Lynn wanted to ask if she'd killed the thing herself, but she decided not to. If she hadn't, it probably just meant that she'd ambushed one of her fellow schoolmates instead.

"C-... Congratulations..." Lynn managed to stumble out as she set it on the ground. That hadn't been exactly what they'd had in mind when they stuffed the egg down the python's throat, but... well, she technically still brought the egg in. The Guardian didn't care to disagree, or to try to pick the bloody head off the ground. Any incoming students would have to just deal with that for now. "It's... quite alright."

The girl, Amelia, gave a dip of her head, a smile, and a quick apology, and then left out the door.

She sighed once she was gone. This place is full of future serial killers.

OOC: I'm calling bullshit.

You can't just swoop in like a bandit and steal the egg all in one post, without giving either the monster or the two other people a chance to even retaliate.

Especially something like the forest Monster, which has a bunch of arms it can use to spear multiple people from huge distances away. Even if Miyoshi and Montare somehow didn't see girl with the glowing light bridges hopping around a bunch of leafy trees maybe twenty or less feet away, then the Monster certainly would have.

If you want to just grab the egg while everyone's fighting, then sure, go ahead. But not in just one post.

I deleted her post to avoid confusion, but here's the context:

So to anyone involved in this contest: don't do that pls, or I won't accept it. Thnx.