The New Challenge~ The Third Lock, Part I

Hello, this is Fabi. I can't be bothered to write the next bit. Well, actually, I have bothered, and I've gotten sort of stuck. So anyway, the challenge is to write Lux's drive from her and Adamantha's base to the police station.

Info that might help you:

The police station is in the next town over, and it takes about twenty minutes to go the direct route. However, in certain circumstances, Lux might not go the direct route. That is completely acceptable.

Lux's given name is Sophie, and she's married to Officer Squires. They're happy but they both are busy a lot saving the world in different ways, so they don't get to see each other as much as they'd like to.

Lux's power is that she can see people's energy on them and on things they've handled. Each energy has a different color, so she can usually recognize auras she's seen before. She hasn't seen any of her pursuers before.

The pursuers are not all working together. All of them know, however, that Lux has something to do with the suitcase, and all of them want to capture it and/or her. You can make up details about a group of pursuers if it's easier to write from their perspective.

Lux knows her way around the streets very well.

Lux's car is a 2014 Toyota Camry, and it is silver.

For answers to any more questions, leave a comment.

You have until January 3rd to send in your submissions.

Each submission must include:

People following Lux in at least two different types of vehicles (i.e. limo, delivery van, motorcycle, helicopter, etc.)

A crazy homeless dude must throw a banana at a car, any car

Lux must get away and make it to the police station

Sunglasses

A megaphone, telephone or phonograph (any of the three)

An inanimate object extremely similar to one that can be found in the room you're in when you're reading this. (Please tell me, in an introduction or footnote or something, what this object is)

The New Challenge~ Short Puzzle

Lux got in her car and pulled out of the parking lot onto the road. Immediately, she noticed the black sedan with the tinted windows parked by the side of the road. After she passed, it pulled out behind her.

They couldn't be more obvious if they hung a bright red banner that said "Evil people who want the suitcase." They must think she had it on her.

A man on a motorbike came from a nearby side street, and Lux shivered. There was something about him... His aura had an unmistakable feeling of death. Necromancer, definitely.

She made several turns in quick succession, but it wasn't enough to lose them. They were still gaining on her, and now, she didn't know where she was.

The map was on the seat next to her, but she couldn't study it and drive. Besides, it was encrypted.

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For your reference, here is a list of Shakespeare plays.

The Tempest
Hamlet
The Merchant of Venice
Macbeth
Much Ado About Nothing
As You Like It
King Lear
Measure for Measure
Twelfth Night
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Richard II
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Romeo and Juliet
Othello

Each play represents a different possible route.

The play you're looking for:
Is set in somewhere in Italy
No one actually dies
Ships (the sailing vessel) do not play an important role in the plot
Does not feature a character by the name of Lance/Launce/Lancelot or any such variation
Contains a jealous brother

First person to comment the correct play wins an extra hint in the upcoming extremely difficult challenge. Happy thanksgiving, everyone!

The New Challenge: Second Lock WINNERS

Elleni's outfit (Adamantha)

Annika's outfit (Lux)

Congratulations! Each of your teams should be receiving an email shortly with components you will eventually need for the fourth lock. Third lock challenge will be up soon!

The New Challenge~ The Second Lock: UPDATE

Here are the outfits I have received. If you sent one, and it's not here, leave a comment or email me.

Raven--Earth

Fay--Air

Dugglyn--Fire

(Sorry it's sideways. I can't currently fix that. It won't give you any unfair disadvantage, don't worry)

Annika--Air

Snow--Water

Elleni--Fire

To answer your question about submitting multiple outfits, if you want to do one for Adamantha, one for Lux, that's okay, but three is too many and in my opinion gives you an unfair advantage. Also, the two outfits must be in one image.

UPDATE: I've decided, there will be multiple winners. If you submitted one outfit, it will be entered for both Adamantha and Lux, if you submitted two, could you please specify which one is which? Thank you. Bye.

The New Challenge~ The Second Lock

"That was rather easy, once we brought the reinforcements in," Adamantha remarked.
Lux nodded. "I doubt it will go so quickly in the future... There's a reason no one's opened this before."
Reason after reason after reason.
Adamantha and Lux both jumped.
"So you're the ghostly projection the reinforcements were talking about?" Lux asked.
Yes, of course, said the ghostly projection. I'm here to make sure that no one unworthy opens the Suitcase of Duplicity. 
"Duplicity?"
Yes. What things are and what they aren't.
"I see..."
You saw visions of it, didn't you? You're one of the chosen few, but not the only one. Remember that. Also, you need more style. Get a fashion designer, like now.
With that, the ghostly projection disappeared.
There was a moment of silence, then Adamantha said "Dude, the ghost has sass."
Lux smiled slightly. "Should we get a fashion designer, then?"
"I guess?" Adamantha shrugged. "It seems kind of silly, but maybe that's the point?
Lux turned the suitcase over, examining each tag and sticker carefully. Adamantha drummed her fingers on the arm of her chair and waited.
"No... There's nothing else, unless Matt and Maureen have any leads from the prisoner."
"Oh, yeah, your phone beeped a while ago. You should probably check it."
Lux's phone seemed to float across the room toward her. She frowned. How did she miss the beeping noise? Usually it drove her crazy. She picked it up. "Thanks."
One new message, indeed from Matthew.

He's had visions like yours, but won't give us 
any details. I can try to arrange for you to 
talk to him if that would help. See you soon. M

"How about this?" Lux decided. "I'll talk to this Dunham guy, you work on the whole fashion designer thing."

"Yes, ma'am. My sense of style will save the day!" 

As Lux left, Adamantha went over to her computer and quietly contacted the reinforcements. She was lying about having a sense of style.

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Your challenge:

Make an outfit. It can be for any occasion, but it has to be your-element-themed. You can draw it, make a collage of various photos you found on the internet, it doesn't matter, as long as you end up with one image file. Either email it to fabi.the.fabiosaurus@gmail.com or post it on your blog and comment the link. Must be turned in by Sunday the 5th of October at 11:59 Pacific Time.

Judging:

30% Creativity
25% How well you've incorporated the element theme
25% How well the outfit matches
20% How much detail you've added, accessories, etc.

Multiple members of the same team may enter separately. There will be exactly one winner.

If you wish to participate and are not yet on a team, contact Fabi about this.

(Also, Adra has joined team earth)

(Silente is now in team water)

The New Challenge~ The First Lock~ Winners

Congratulations Team Fire, you've won the first team challenge. I don't have any more of the story written up yet, but when it is, you'll have some sort of advantage in the next round. Or possibly the round after that. It depends on which order I do my plans in.

Team Water, unfortunately you weren't online at the time of this challenge. Don't worry, I'll try to post them all at different times of the day so that hopefully no one has too much of an advantage.

The New Challenge~ The First Lock

When she activated her magic, the suitcase glowed brightly, the auras of everyone who'd ever touched it blending together. It was beautiful.
She stopped. "I can't open it," she said.
"Really?" Adamantha said, raising an eyebrow. "I thought you had a grand plan or somesuch."
"I do have a plan, sort of. Grand might be an over statement..." Lux trailed off. "Fire, water, air and earth..."
She turned the suitcase over and looked at the other side. It was covered in tags from every destination imaginable, but one in particular caught her eye.
Seven times the ghost shall appear. Seven numbers. The first lock.
Lux blinked. "I don't know what that means... After all this time, I finally have it and I don't know what it means..."
"Time to contact the reinforcements?" suggested Adamantha.
Lux nodded grimly. "I believe so. Until we hear back from them, I am not letting this suitcase out of my sight."

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You read it. The ghostly projection has left seven numbers lying around various bloggy places. The first team to comment all of the numbers wins. For example, if the numbers were 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, and Snow commented with 1, 3, 4 and 5, and Star commented 2, 6 and 7, they would have all the numbers between them, and they'd win. If you don't have a team yet, you can either contact me about teams or just participate. If you just participate, you are giving me permission to put you on whatever team needs more members at the time. Comment with any unanswered questions.