Welcome to Vegas Quadrant Culture-Con!

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[After a hopefully restful night in the luxurious quarters of their suite, the hotel is abuzz with activity once again bright and early.

The Doctor and his group (Thomasin, Yurika, and Togami) found a lead that InterGal7 has a booth in the Dealer's hall, while Xander and his group (Jamie, Jane, and Natsuhi) have a lead to follow about a panel.

In scanning through the schedules and the TV advertisements, it becomes clear that while there are two separate "paths" to the scavenger hunt, in order to maximize the chances of winning both must be completed. The deadline is in the evening. It'll make the group as a whole a lot less conspicuous to split up, plus to maximize the chances of getting both paths completed.

With great Temerity, onward!]

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[ratherdoweddings]

[Shadow?

Yurika bows and thanks Miss Tentagami again, then gestures to the others to follow her.]

[stitch_in_time]

Oh, definitely.

[Trying really hard not to laugh too much, here, as they step away.]

[And pulling up the convention map on his badge again...]

Booth Eleven, let's see...

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[Still in the AA, closer to the exit. This one has a label that translates to "Lady Arachnea's Woven Wonders"]

[stitch_in_time]

[Sounds like either really handmade garments of some kind, or maybe those little crocheted plushies that are popular. Is that what we're looking at here?]

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[The first thing upon approaching the booth is that there is a. Giant. Fuckoff. Spider. Sitting serenely behind the booth, humming to herself. The eight limbs translate roughly to four arms and four legs, and right now two arms are occupied with holding out a hank of black silk, while the other two knit with it.

Also there are plushies everywhere on this booth, arranged by size. The biggest is a Wilson plush that's 35 credits and probably about the same size as the real deal (bigger than the replicas that were found on the Temerity). In the middle range (15 credits) are plushies of Shadow, Toby, the Griffin, Xander's cabbit, Jane's slimebeast, and literally every plushie that came out of the benefactors' hold including the gekiganger, chocobo, moogle, and carbuncle plushes. Four of the spider's eight eyes glance at the four survivors and the prints, bag of jelly babies, and season 3 pamphlet.]

Oh, my darlings, I bet I know why you're here.

[imnotfat]

You do? Then let's see what you have to offer.

[After the slightly awkward encounter with the alien giving jelly babies, at least Togami didn't get on this spider's face to ask for the stuff. At least Togami doesn't seem too worried about the fact this is a giant spider]

[airlockedmods]

Hmmm. You tell me: What's black and red all over?

[Other than her. But she's not for sale (unless someone wants to fuck the spider lady). She gestures over her wares with one of her arms.]

[ratherdoweddings]

I'd say that would be Shadow-kun, wouldn't it?

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[Lady Arachnea reaches behind her and pulls a Shadow plush with a tag hanging off of him from one of the boxes behind her.]

He'll be 15 credits, my dear.

[stitch_in_time]

[Is the Doctor the only one handling their funds? Probably not, but he'll pay for the Shadow plush anyway.]

Impressive selection, really.

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Why, thank you. I also can take commissions, if you would like.

[Commission a plush TARDIS, Doctor. Do it.

She passes him the plush.]

[stitch_in_time]

[He's not that despera-okay, he'll think about it.]

Well, we're takin' our time browsing for now, but I'll definitely keep you in mind, Lady Arachnea.

[So let's take a look at Yet Another Fake Shadow, here. What's up with it, besides presumably being much less suitable as a potential chassis for CECE. Anything on the tag?]

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This is the last clue, well done to you, now go and find the water blue
On tower tall, with sunny sheen, then find you thus a pane of green.

[stitch_in_time]

Take a look at this.

[Showing the poem to everyone else, and reading it aloud for Thomasin's benefit.]

So... a green window near water inside a yellow tower...

[This is all very Brian Jaques, by the way, with a lot less uncomfortable race subtext.]

A swimming pool, maybe?

[And checking the map again, looking for any notable towers or highrises nearby. Especially if there's anything indicating a pool or fountain or... he doesn't know, a decorative space-duck pond.]

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[The hotel is kind of a huge V-shape that's probably a tower - and the pools are located in the crotch of that V on the west side of the building, exactly where the artificial sun that determines day-night cycles would set.

[stitch_in_time]

[If no one's got any objections, let's head that way, then.]