None are more known of their extensive and well-kept archives than the Phoenix, even if Ikoma might wish to dispute this claim.With the advent of digital technology storing vast amounts of data has become trivial and so the Phoenix have managed to fill their archives with both academic texts and prose.

The local head librarian and the self titled Loremaster of Asakaze, Asako Nagase is known for his pranks - often inserting works of satire and parody among the more serious works much to the dismay of the local scholars, often giving them misleading tags that he himself happens to find appropriate. Tenured and senile, there is little that can be done to remove the venerable scholar, his students doing their best to minimize the damage he can do. Delighted to put his mischievous nature into a proper use, Nagase has hidden dozens of parody titles in the scholarly archives, including works such as ‘Ruffled Feathers - 50 Ways to Piss of a Crane’ and ‘Misadventures of Yoritomo's Sack - The Incredible Story of the Largest Casino Ship Ever Built ’. Now the characters must draft a list of wrongly placed works to prove that they can handle the vast archives just as well as the Phoenix scholars themselves.

Magic: Magic is allowed though spells must be cast so that they cover the duration of the entire event, i.e. 3 hours. You can use multiple casts to achieve this as long as you have sufficient spell slots.

That doesn’t belong to the museum!
Characters have only a limited time to scour the archives, both physical and the digital. This time span is divided into four slots for the purposes of this event, allowing characters four rolls in total. For each roll the character may choose to go through either the physical or the digital archives - though each subsequent roll made at the same collection will have its TN increased by 5.

Characters wishing to comb through the physical archives must roll Investigation / Intelligence against TN 10. Success and each called Raise earns the character a Book point. Should the character fail the roll, they lose a Book point for each raise they called.

Characters wishing to comb through the digital archives must roll Use Computers / Intelligence against TN 15. Success and each called Raise earns the character a Book point. Should the character fail the roll, they lose a Book point for each raise they called.

Example: Kakita Kippei makes his first roll at physical archives at TN 10. His second roll at physical archives is at TN 15. Next he rolls for digital archives. Since he has not rolled for digital archives yet, he starts at TN 15. After that, he can go back to physical archives (TN 20 as it is his 3rd roll there) or stay at digital archives (TN 20 as it is his second roll there)

Outcome
Once you have finished making your rolls, please post your total points to this thread along with a link to the relevant rolls. The character(s) with the most Book points will earn 3 Courtship points, the character(s) with the second most Book points will earn 2 Courtship points, and the character(s) with the third most Book points will earn 1 Courtship point. This time ties are not broken - it is possible for two characters to submit an identical list.

That was rather exciting! Ruhe pounced on the task in search for inspirations! And he was going from strength to strength with his list-compiling!

LM10. Physical Archives! Compiling the Annals of Metal. Investigation. First Two Rolls, Voided, Raised 3 Times, TN25 and 30, respectively.: 2#4d10o10k3 30 21

[+4, -3 Points]





It looked like a wholesome list but Ruhe gave it one another try.

LM10. Physical Archives! Compiling the Annals of Metal. Investigation. Third Attempt, Voided, Raised 3 Times, TN35.: 4d10o10k3 16



[-3 Points]

Ruhe got bored with all the book perusing, as amusing as it was, and decided to browse some audio-visual archives as well. But he ended up watching death metal kittens.

LM10. Digital Archives! Compiling the Annals of Metal. Computers. Unskilled. TN15.: 2d10 7







[0 Points]

All in all, he was very satisfied submitting his list.

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[-2 Points!]

Mal-Chin has run afoul of this trick far too often. And at first, he locates a good chunk of the problems.

But then he tries to get too precise. Finding "101 Ways to Plant Mushrooms" in the section marked for music, turned out to be an esoteric folk song. "Ways to Apologize to a Matsu" in a section marked for romance...turned out to actually be a pillowbook and not a book on jokes. Who would've thought?

Not to mention, "1000 Dirty Jokes" being in the kids section. Who writes that many jokes about actual dirt?

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1) D10 LM: Master of Archives, Void, Use Computers / Intelligence, 3 CR, TN 30: 8d10o10k5 45 +4 Book Points
2) D10 LM: Master of Archives, Void, Use Computers / Intelligence #2, 3 CR, TN 35: 8d10o10k5 26 -3 Book Points
3) D10 LM: Master of Archives, Void, Investigation / Intelligence, 3 CR TN 25: 6d10o10k5 24 -3 Book Points
4)D10 LM: Master of Archives, Use Computers/Intelligence #3, 3 CR why the heck not.: 7d10o10k4 27 -3 Book Points

=-5 Book Points.

Joo clapped his hands together. Time to get started!

'108 shades of crimson' is definitely not in the right section. The exploits of a Yogo magistrate and his lewd adventures were not fit for the Natural World section. Easy peasy.

Looking over the digital archives he noticed something odd. There was Jungle Warrior 1, 2 and 4, but no 3? Where could it be? Ah...there it was, under Great Wrestling Persona-s.

Next he scoured the library once again, under Geography, and everything seemed to be in order. Large Tracts of Land Collection was an odd name, but well, geography.

Finally, another round at the digital archives, and he tsk-ed as the Tao of Shinsei's Asakaze version was put under 'Fungal Dangers'. What a weird topic.

OOC:
D10 LM MoA Inv/Int, 2 CR, tn 20, VP for +1k1: 5d10o10k4 20 3 Book points
D10 LM MoA Use Computer/Int, 1 CR, VP for +1k1, tn 20: 5d10o10k4 48 2 Book points
D10 LM MoA Investigation/Int, 1 CR, tn 20: 4d10o10k3 18 - 1 Book points
D10 LM MoA Use Computers/Int, tn 20: 4d10o10k3 35
1 Book points

Total: 5 book points

Tenma was as ruthless with the books as she was with criminals. Joke book? Out. Study of fart wood blocks? Out. No, only the most learned of books would do.

Fortunately for her, that was what they were looking for, it ended up. Funny that.

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Day 8, Late Morning, Master of Archives, slot 1, Physical, 2 called raises, Investigation/Int TN20: 5d10o10k3 25 3 book points
Day 8, Late Morning, Master of Archives, slot 2, Physical, 2 called raises, Investigation/Int TN25, VP 1k1: 6d10o10k4 36 3 book points
Day 8, Late Morning, Master of Archives, slot 3, Physical, 2 called raises, Investigation/Int TN30, VP 1k1 (2/2): 6d10o10k4 47 3 book points
Day 8, Late Morning, Master of Archives, slot 4, Digital, use computers/Int TN15: 4d10o10k3 18 1 book point

Total: 10 book points

Ishiyo proved to be completely out of her depth in the archives. After spending several hours staring at a computer screen she returned with no list whatsoever. Just a line of irritated scholars whose plans to look over the archives were ruined.

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Use Computers/Int - First Attempt Digital Archives. 2 CRs. TN25: 4d10o10k3 17 -2 Points

Use Computers/Int -Second Attempt Digital Archives. 2 CRs. TN30: 4d10o10k3 16 -2 points

Use Computers/Int - Third Attempt Digital Archives. 2 CRs. TN30: 4d10o10k3 25 -2 points

Use Computers/Int - Fourth Attempt Digital Archives. 2 CRs. TN40: 4d10o10k3 20 -2 points

-8 points

This seemed like a total waste of time for Nara. She didn't understand the point of it all. Finding books? Why? It was a waste of what seemed like a nice attire however it's what the hosts asked for.

With a shrug, Nara did as asked. It seemed she was quite good at looking for pointless materials, although the digital part was a complete fail.

D10 LM event - Phsyical. Investigation/Int TN10+2 raises (Tn20). VP for 1k1: 4d10o10k3 20 - 3 points
D10 LM event - Phsyical #2. Investigation/Int TN15+2 raises (Tn25). VP for 1k1: 4d10o10k3 21 -2 points
D10 LM event - digial. use computers/Int TN15: 2d10 4 0 points
D10 LM event - Phsyical#3. Investigation/Int TN20: 3d10o10k2 47 ...1 point!

2 points total!

Nishida faced the challenge of the old, senile, sarcastic man, who for Nishida was probably the role model he would like to be one day.

He stood up to the huge library and began to sort:

How to train cats in the War history ward? A good one, but definitly in the wrong section.
[D10:LM] Slot 1; Investigation/Intelligence; 3CR; +1k1VP; TN25: 7d10o10k4 26 +4 Book Points

The wisdom of Togashi in the Child Book section? Really?
[D10:LM] Slot 2; Investigation/Intelligence; 2CR; +1k1VP; TN25: 7d10o10k4 50 +3 Book Points

When he saw the book: The three little spiders and the big bad crab he just tossed it into the next trashcan. Prolly not the best thing to do.
[D10:LM] Slot 3; Investigation/Intelligence; 2CR; +1k1VP; TN30: 7d10o10k4 29 -2 Book Points

After he finished the books, he sorted out wrong links and wrongly edited articles in the encyclopedia.
[D10:LM] Slot 4; Use Computer/Intelligence; TN15: 4d10o10k3 20 +1 Book Point

Result: 6 Book Points

Hoshiko tried to search the archives and quickly got lost.

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[D10 LM] Miai Event: Master of Archives, Physical Archives, Investigation/Intelligence TN 10: 3d10o10k2 7
[D10 LM] Miai Event: Master of Archives, Physical Archives, Investigation/Intelligence TN 15: 3d10o10k2 11
[D10 LM] Miai Event: Master of Archives, Digitalal Archives, Use Computers/Intelligence TN 15: 3d10o10k2 11
[D10 LM] Miai Event: Master of Archives, Digitalal Archives, Use Computers/Intelligence TN 20, VP for +1k1: 4d10o10k3 13

0 points

As with her last event, Fusako made no mistakes in her searching, but kept herself from pushing herself. A safe, good showing, even if others more suited to the work would show better.

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All Computers/Intelligence
TN 15 = 20 1 Point
TN 20 = 22 1 Point
TN 25 = 54 1 Point
TN 30 = 31 1 Point

4 Points total

This was the challenge Satoru had been waiting for he had studied the library and had spent tons of time there so far this trip. When he set to his task he quickly found a few pparody titles in the history section and one rather ironically placed book on the Spider.

He then delved into the online catalog coming up with nothing he grit his teeth and used some less than obvious back door routines to find recently changed entries netting a few more for his list. However the computer was fated to not be his best route as when he tried to dive deeper he could find nothing and wasted precious time.

the list he submitted was adequate, he despised adequate.

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D10 master of archives investigation/int 2 cr tn 20: 4d10o10k3 20 3 points
D10 master of archives investigation/int 2 cr vp +1k1 tn 25: 5d10o10k4 31 3 points
D10 master of archives computer/int 2 cr +5 tn 25 (DPK): 4d10o10k3+5 32 3 points
D10 master of archives computer/int 1 cr vp +1k1 tn 25 (DPK): 5d10o10k4 17 -1 point
8 point total

"Oh good, they have computer archives." Tetsu had shuddered at the thought of spending all day touching paper instead of a keyboard. That joy is short lived as the out of date system crashes the moment he turns it on. As a proper Crab, he immediately begins "percussive maintenance" by slapping the machine, only for an angrier error message to pop up. Tetsu slaps it again, this time loosening a power cord and causing the entire bank of computers to go down.

"Whoops...I guess it's time for the stupid paper?" Tetsu gets a few things, but overall it's an overwhelming failure.


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OOC
LM-Master of Archives-#1-Computers/Intelligence-2 raises-TN 25: 5d10o10k4 24 -2
LM-Master of Archives-#2-Computers/Intelligence-2 raises-TN 30: 5d10o10k4 28 -2
LM-Master of Archives-#3-Ibvestigation/Intelligence-10 TN: 4d10 28 +1
LM-Master of Archives-#4-Investigation/Intelligence-15 TN: 4d10 19 +1

-2 Book points

Shokomaru came back with some false works.
Kakita's The Sword
Tangen's Lies
Akodo's Leadership
and...
Asahina Baka's The Search for the Holy Grail

OOC
Roll 1: Investigation/Intelligence, 2 raises. VP for 1k1. 4k3 vs TN 20: 11 -2
Roll 2: Investigation/Intelligence, 2 raises. VP for 1k1. 4k3 vs TN 25: 21 -2
Roll 3: Investigation/Intelligence. 3k2 vs TN 20: 19 0
Roll 4: Investigation/Intelligence. 3k2 vs TN 25: 33 1
-3 points

Being pretty far out of her element, Hyeon-ju decided on a careful approach to avoid damaging any of the physical copies.

Though that cautiousness did not pay off, as she didn't find anything, and searching the database later didn't amount to anything either.


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D10 LM EVENT: Master of the Archives. Untrained Investigation/Intelligence. TN 10, 15, 20. REROLL BECAUSE I USED WRONG TRAIT (doh!): 3#2d10 8 13 4
D10 LM EVENT: Master of the Archives. Untrained Computer Use/Intelligence. TN 15: 2d10 11

0 Points

Books, it had to be books. Which meant no smoking either, Hayato sighed and started to get to work, it actually started off pretty good too. He had a keen eyes for spotting titles after all. It was the switch to the computers where it went all wrong. Soon enough the Mantis was fighting off the urge to sleep.

Why hadn't he brought any coffee.

Master of archives, not in a museum! Roll 1 physical investigation/int void for 1k1 2 raises tn 20: 5d10o10k3 27 3 points

Master of archives, not in a museum! Roll 2 physical investigation/int void for 1k1 1 raises tn 20: 5d10o10k3 42 2 points

Master of archives, not in a museum! Roll 3 digital use computer/int void for 1k1 1 raises tn 20: 4d10o10k3 16 - 1 point

Master of archives, not in a museum! Roll 4 digital use computer/int tn 20: 3d10o10k2 12 0 points

4 points total

Funny books hidden in the stacks? HA no match for the great Investigative Fox. He whizzed off into the depths of the library at speed the moment the briefing ended. He had an advantage few had here . . . he could see the bottom shelves without bending over!!!!!

A mere minute in he had located the extra thin volume of 'Dragon Jokes Not about Roof Tiles' hiding in the sake brewing section. More hunting turned up a dog eared copy of 'How to coordinate your outfit with your tetsubo - a fashion primer for non Yasuki Crab Samurai' amongst prayer wheel maintenance guides.

The next one took a bit more time as 'Hot Hotaru! Ore smelting through the ages' was in the high fashion archive and he'd assumed at first that that title belonged there . . . Several more volumes were spotted as he zipped through the many shelves groaning under the weight of knowledge on them.

Feeling a lack of caffeine after over two hours of hunting books, he decided to spend his last few minutes searching on the computerised archives. A wide smile came to his lips as he found 'Foxy Business - the rise and fall of the Kitsune Long Candy Empire' which he knew to be a total parody of the real Kitsune Hard Candy Co.

He turned in his list feeling fairly happy with himself.

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D10 Event FOXEH FIND BOOKS! Inv/Int, VP for +1k1, 2 CR, TN 20: 6d10o10k4 31 = 3 Book Points.

D10 Event FOXEH FIND MORE BOOKS! Inv/Int, VP for +1k1, 2 CR, TN 25: 6d10o10k4 39 = 3 Book Points.

D10 Event FOXEH FIND EVEN MORE BOOKS! Inv/Int, TN 20: 5d10o10k3 38 = 1 Book Point.

D10 Event FOXEH FIND ALL THE BOOKS! CompUse/Int, TN 15: 5d10o10k3 23 = 1 Book Point.

Total = 8 Book Points and a very happy vulpine.

Atena looked at the different books. She was familiar with the library paper trail and knew what book wasn't supposed to be there "Fukurokujin's Guide to Gaming? why is this here?" Then she found one that made her tilt her head "Suitengu's Saucy Embrace?" The girl blinked. When she picked it up it was sticky. "Eeeeeew... seem that the fungi are getting to it."

Then she turned to the computers and started to search the files. "Oh wow I had forgotten how old this system is well." She started to sort the files. By mistake she deleted Yoritomo Hogei's Fishing Guide.


//D10 LM Master of Archives Investigation Int Untrained TN 10: 3d10k3 12 Pass 1 BP

D10 LM Master of Archives Investigation Int Untrained TN 15: 3d10k3 17 Pass 1BP

D10 LM Master of Archives Computer Int 1CR Extra point TN20: 5d10o10k3 21 2 BP

D10 LM Master of Archives Computer Int 1CR Extra point 1 VP+1k1 TN25: 6d10o10k4 19 -1BP

3 BP

Ryuu was a perceptive investigator. But this was more rote memory. Not his strong suit.

He left the physical archives without straight up helping.

LM10 - Master of Archives- That Doesn't Belong In A Museum! -Physical Searches - YOLO! (Int 2, Investigation 2, +3 Strength in Terror, 2 CR, TNs 20, 25, 30, 35): 4#4d10o10k2+3 17 19 17 18

-8 Book Points

Tsugiharu had spent quite a bit of time in the library, and had felt the pain and frustration of not being able to find useful information time after time again. So a chance to get back at the Phoenix who had so poorly run this library was quite appealing.

Being a miai, he started off at a shelf in the romance section. He looked, and he looked, but it seemed to all be in order.

Int/Investigation 2 CR, 19 vs. 20, Fail

He was just about to move on, when he had a sudden insight. There was one book that had just a little bit of tape on it in an odd spot. He picked up, 'Great Loves of the Yogo Family', and pulled off the tape to reveal, 'Grate Loves of the Yogo Family." A quick scan confirmed...it was a book about building sewer grates in Yogo holdings.

Dark Paragon of Knowledge Reroll, -0.5 Honor, 29 vs. 20 Pass

3 Book points

Realizing the Phoenix were playing dirty yet again, Tsugiharu held back just a bit, which was a very good thing indeed as he almost missed 'Heroes of the Rebellion' slipped behind some legitimate historical accounts of heroes of the Empire. 'Heroes of the Rebellion' however was a psychiatric study of people who thought it was 'honorable' to rebel against the Empire. It belonged in medical texts.

Int/ Investigation roll 2, 1 CR 22 vs. 20, Pass

2 Book Points

Tsugiharu getting a little tired of the Phoenix's tricks in the stacks, decided to try his luck with the library's computers.

He exercised a bit too much caution, perhaps. He found a listing for 'Sparrows and Weasels' filed under Biology. But that was a dark fantasy book about an entire village of murderous, dishonorable Sparrow.

Int/Use Computers, 1 CR 28 vs. 20, Pass

His eyes were getting tired at this point. This library was ticking him off a bit. He found a listing for, 'It's My Job to Kill Them.' filed as a murder mystery. That was a treatise on Risk vs. Reward game theory, which might be a mystery to some people, but that didn't make it a murder mystery.

Int/Use Computers 1 CR 34 vs. 25, Pass

Grand Total: 9 Book Points, -0.5 Honor

Ah ah! Akemi hadn't spent so much time in the "military tactics" section of the library for nothing. She immediately spotted the book that have been replaced and added. Maybe because they were far less old and dusty than their counterparts.

Then she set foot in the other sections. Sections without such easy to grasp hints. Sections where she actually had to read the books to recognize them as fake or not.

Well, she had put on an appearance at the event to please their Phoenix hosts, time to go now.

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D10 LM | Master of Archives | Physical archives | Investigation/Intelligence | Two raises each time (TN20/25/30/35): 3d10o10k2 35 (forget to add the 4# before clicking)
D10 LM | Master of Archives | Physical archives | Investigation/Intelligence | Two raises each time (TN25/30/35) | Remaining rolls: 3#3d10o10k2 15 13 17 (remaining rolls)

Total: +3-2-2-2=-3