TFT Chat, Discussion of the TFT Options

[Department_of_My...]

Welcome Ferrets old and new, to the Celebration of Project Ferret's second year online!

Use this topic to chat about the Tri-Ferret Tournament with your fellow ferrets.
Any off-topic chatter belongs in the Lounge Chat topic, located in the Ferret Fun, Fluff and Flattery section.

Good luck, ferrets!

[AnimeEyeshime]

*shiny eyes* Soo...pretty...

I look forward to writing myself crazy this month with both NaNo and the TFT. Huzzah!

...(5 minutes later)...I would like to add that I love my task. Now, which Champion to pick...*hums happily to self*

[chad13]

Sooooooo excited!!!!

[cherabela]

This Tournament rules!!

I must say I love my task. *hugs Krum*
And since I just remembered that we do have a specific smilie for this.... :hbpf:

Now off to write. This month is going to make homework so unbearable.

[ronsmyman]

Homework? Who needs that when there is a Harry Potter script to be won. I'm sure if you talk to your teachers about it they'll understand. Either that or they'll pat you on the head, nod and smile a lot, and send you off to counselling. But if the rest of the world was able to understand the greatness that comes from a Harry Potter obsession, then we wouldn't be the elite and special few. Good luck on the task everyone!!

[chad13]

Homework ... yeah right, with an HP script up for grabs! Forget homework for a few weeks (that's what I'm doing, hahaha) this here is a once in a life time opportunity!

[timeturner]

These missions are SO awesome! I keep reading them as people get them and I am REALLY looking forward to reading some of these stories. Oh, who am I kidding- I'm looking forward to all of them

Is anyone else absolutely in love with their mission?

[Amaranth]

I've been finding mine quite difficult, but it's exciting to be challenged doing something enjoyable again, something which hasn't happened to me since school. I can't wait to read what everyone else is doing with their missions! I think the hardest part is remembering all the checklists, not just your mission one, to make sure your entry has everything in it that it's meant to.
I'm a poor student, so those Galleons look awfully tempting...

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

Mine's difficult too...but at least it's a Weasley Not my favorite but...you can't have your cake and eat it too. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah there's a ferret loose in my post... Anyways, good luck to everyone I'm sure you'll all do better than me. Oh, and Lissy...gimme back my Ronniekins...

[Lissydove]

*head spinning* This is my first contest here and *whoa* this is hard! Making sure I include everything... making it flow... *faints* I'm just glad I was able to put my mission together to submit. *whew* But I do love those Weasleys! Even Percy! *nods* And I know you can come up with some good Percy stuff, Otts! Looking forward!

*hands over Ronniekins* (as long as I can keep the twins )


Good luck to everyone!!

[cherabela]

Homework ... yeah right, with an HP script up for grabs! Forget homework for a few weeks (that's what I'm doing, hahaha) this here is a once in a life time opportunity!

Grrrr something tells me Voldy is at it again! :darkmark: In just 2 days I have been given a total of 4 essays!! Fellow ferrets you must pull me back to the real world!! I want to write my mission. *sniffle* Maybe Victor will come and take me off on his broom.

Is anyone else absolutely in love with their mission?

Hehe yes I dare say I am.


Ottery, maybe Voldy has tweaked with your stuff too. But hey, guess he didn't go too far. A Weasley is always a Weasley. (I was wondering how come you hadn't used your usual font. )

[chad13]

Yeah, school has suddenly decided to pile it all on this week, but I don't know that anything (even my grades) can keep me away from pf, hahaha

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

*tackle glomps Lissy* You totally rock! I love you, and my story isn't going anywhere so yeah...uhm, does anyone know if there's a time limit? I mean...like...yeah. I don't imagine taking two weeks but... I could see it happening.

cherabela, my usual font? this evil thing has four fonts, and I'm too dumb I'm sure to figure out how they work anyways...honestly.

Time limit? Anyone? Just wondering. *sighs* I'll have it up by tomorrow or my name isn't...as if I'd ever tell.

*points* Ferret! I still don't get where the name came from...well I mean I do, but...is there a history of PF where I can read about it?

[chad13]

Ottery I don't know if there is a time limit but I'd guess you'd have to be done with your first round sub before nov 8th since it says nov 8 and 9 are just voting days for the first round. As for the history of pf it's kind of a long story but an explanation on the ferrets can be found on the facts page here at

http://www.projectferret.org/splash/faq.htm

hope that helps

[Department_of_My...]

The deadline for submissions for The First Task is Tuesday, November 7.

This information was carefully hidden inside your Instructions for the First Task which were posted in the page for submissions. You ! :evilgrin:

[cherabela]

cherabela, my usual font? this evil thing has four fonts, and I'm too dumb I'm sure to figure out how they work anyways...honestly.

I meant your usual font on SS.

Haha we're crazy all right.

[zymurgy]

I wonder how it is you could all read regular type to see your missions, but miss the boldfaced big red type telling you when you had to be done.
Then again, I'm the one who does things like trip over a sopha, walk into shut glass doors, and generally not see things I ought to.
Like that deadline! *runs for cover to finish story*

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

I should have named myself Ferrety St. Catchpole...seriously, a Ferret named Otter...what is this world coming too.

Chad. *glomps* Thank you. I'm sooooooooooooooooooooooooo lost. Seriously, people just assume because you know how to turn on a computer you know how it works...

Cherabela. I'm just gonna call you Cher. I love Cher. OMG! This is PF not SS so I had to get new robes. *Ottery twirls in his new font then promptly slams into a wall but gracefully (that's where all those old musicals I watch on TCM come in!) recovers* Did someone catch the name of that hippogriff? <_<

Next to rules, instructions are my least favorite things, and don't even get me started on calendars...

OH Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, Nov. 7th isn't that like Tommorrow?????? What am I doing here... *rushes off to finish his HP War & Peace*

[evlpez]

I'm sooooooooooooooooooooooooo lost. Seriously, people just assume because you know how to turn on a computer you know how it works...

PM me or IM me, Ottery. I'll help you with anything you need around here.

[Lissydove]

Work a computer? hehe on/off button... *pokes*

whoops - computer crashes

*glomps on the Otter named Ferret*

Twwwwwiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnn!

Post! Post! I want to see more submissions!

*scurries*

[chad13]

Chad. *glomps* Thank you. I'm sooooooooooooooooooooooooo lost. Seriously, people just assume because you know how to turn on a computer you know how it works... 

No problem, glad to be of assistance!!

[timeturner]

I remember when I started the job that I'm currently at. They showed me to my desk and I had NO idea how to turn the computer on let alone work it. I snuck a peek at the girl next to me and watched her turn her's on. That's how I got my start. Six years later, I'm a quite a bit smoother but I still learn something new almost every day. I love it!

[Amaranth]

I've really enjoyed the two that are up there so far, but I'm really hoping more go up soon, stagger the reading and voting a bit. How long do we get to vote after the submission deadline?

*ducks and hides in case this has already been answered and is faced with an eeeeevil smiley*

[Department_of_My...]

:evilgrin: After submissions end (the 7th,) you have two days, (the 8th and the 9th) for voting.
Evil smiley? Try this for size:

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

*tackle glomps Jan* You're sooooooooooooooo sweet *blushing* but I think I've bothered you enough elsewhere. I like my robes anyways...

You did crash your computer Lissy Oh, *running tackle glomps and smoochies* You're so sweet. We're ferrets now well you're more ferret than I am but gimme a bit. I'm still working on my story...I hadn't read the instructions. There were instructions. I've read the instructions. No Harry champion, check. Real Moody, check. Bagman a prat, check. Silly rules, how'd you get in there.

Hey LissyLove wanna dance? Didn't know I could do the Battouzy?

Amaranth, uhm, there's three stories up there. Unless you all dropped one or something...

Okay fellow ferrets, here's a story for ya...so you can see my style in action, yo!

It was a dark and when Ottery and Teddy outside the Hogwarts grounds decided to fight for the fate of the world...(and Ottery secretly for the greater glory of Ronniekins )

Okay so...it's coming along...sort of...my mission...uhm...

Here you go Lissy

I shall return. With my submission I swear. I've been working on it...promise. *Ottery procrastinates* It's called brainstorming thank you. :pbth:

[lupinsmyman]

*yawn* I made my mom come on here last night over the phone to tell me what my mission is. I stayed up late writing. Earlier today on my plane home from my dad's I forgot... my PENCIL! and no one else had one.

I had to settle on reading GOF ... again. lol. But now that I am home my fingers have been busy at the keyboard and I should be finished by tomorrow1 yay!

[Lissydove]

*tackleninjaglomps fellow ferret named Otter*

Buahahahahahaha.... Hard Drives crash... They just do sometimes... I had nothing to do with it! *innocent*


:dance2: *dances*


Back on my real computer now...


Ummmm... there are three submissions... Did you miss the one with the long winded title? I hate making up titles... <_<



or even

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

I'm never going to finish... *Ottery's gone mad, I hope you all are happy*

Silly Ferret fics are for kids!

*running tackle glomps LissyLove*

*Lissy asks* So Ottery how's your story going?

*Ottery replies* :censored: :uptosomething: :gripe: :crossarms: :darkmark:

And that's just for starters...I should be finished by Saturday. It should be up by then.

[lupinsmyman]

I am sooo totaly lost in this conversation.

[cherabela]

Ummmm... there are three submissions... Did you miss the one with the long winded title? I hate making up titles...  <_<

I know how you feel Lissy. Agree on it completely.

Sadly I haven't even started working on my mission. Somebody kill school for me please? This is the first time I'm getting to come on a computer all day. Good thing it's the weekend now. Must finish English essay, check. Forget all about Maltese essay, check. Do PF mission triple check with numerous sticky notes.

Cherabela. I'm just gonna call you Cher. I love Cher. OMG! This is PF not SS so I had to get new robes. *Ottery twirls in his new font then promptly slams into a wall but gracefully (that's where all those old musicals I watch on TCM come in!) recovers* Did someone catch the name of that hippogriff?

Cher is just fine. It is my name after all. Apparently someone has taken a liking to smilies.

[Lissydove]

*running tackle glomps LissyLove*

Right back atcha!

And that's just for starters...I should be finished by Saturday. It should be up by then.

I shall look forward to it I mean

I know how you feel Lissy. Agree on it completely.

I am so glad not to be the only one. I hates title writing pppppfffftttt... Ask Ottery hehe

Sadly I haven't even started working on my mission. Somebody kill school for me please? This is the first time I'm getting to come on a computer all day. Good thing it's the weekend now. Must finish English essay, check. Forget all about Maltese essay, check. Do PF mission triple check with numerous sticky notes.

I wish I could help you. Kill school anyway. Write those essays... I don't think I can be of any help there. But I am looking forward to your mission!

[lupinsmyman]

aaah.. *writes and writes until dawn*

[ronsmyman]

So, funny coincidence. I haven't had to write a paper since I got to England, and now that this contest is on, I have two huge papers due in the next couple weeks. They're going to take a ginormous amount of time, as I have never written a true English paper before, and have to triple check everything to make sure it conforms to British standards, because I've been informed that my American Rubbish is not wanted here. Aaaaaargh!!! I guess I'll just have to prioritize. Or maybe I can procrastinate. Meh, they both start with P and are therefore the same thing. Tri-Ferret Tournament here I come!!!

[lupinsmyman]

LOL! you know what I've alawys wondered? Why we Americans have the steering wheel on the left side and why other places have theirs on the right side...

I'm stuck... I banged by head against the wall but no more ideas are coming to me... plus I also have school. Why can't I freeze time and finish my mission?

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

Silly Cher...I can't stand smilies...I can't begin to imagine wherever you got such an idea... <_<

Lissy *tackle glomps* :flower:

Okay, so Saturday isn't looking so good...

You could start ronsmyman by prioritising. *ahem*

I know I know, I know...I should be writing...and technically I am... :lala:

[McGonagall's Cat]

LOL! you know what I've alawys wondered? Why we Americans have the steering wheel on the left side and why other places have theirs on the right side... 

Because Jousting wasn't common in America. The point of driving on the Brit side of the road (hence steering wheel placement) has to do with approaching the "enemy" with the pole in most people's dominant hand (where there is more control and strength).


*wanders off thinking about other trivia that hardly anyone ever wonders about* like:

Dueling is also why men's and women's shirts button from different sides. The logic was that "he" could unbutton his coat with the left hand while reaching for his sword/pistol with the right, while "she" wouldn't be dueling so would use the other hand to undo the coat/shirt.

I'm a veritable font of useless info

[lupinsmyman]

cool. thanks... aah its hard to type in the dark. :slam:

[timeturner]

I'm a veritable font of useless info

And we are the veritabel vessels. Keep it coming!

***

School obligations...work obligations <_< I think Cherabela may be right. Voldemort may have reared his ugly head to torment us all with the dribble of real life. *shakes fist at Voldemort*

I think I may have FINALLY finished my sub. Now to check it over.

[cherabela]

I have finally started working on my submission although I'm like 1/3 through. I hope to finish it by tomorrow. Besides juggling with two essays. The number of essays alone has toppled up to 5. Bah!!

I wish I could help you. Kill school anyway. Write those essays... eekout.gif I don't think I can be of any help there. But I am looking forward to your mission!

Aww....thanks Lissy. Much appreciated.

I'm a veritable font of useless info

Hehe and I'm the devourer of your knowledge. *munches* Yum yum...

[chad13]

Cat it's actually really cool you know all that dueling stuff!! I've got a lot of useless stuff floating around my head (mostly abotu movies and rubbish, haha) and it's always difficult to find a time where it can be used. But that stuff about the buttons and the steering wheel are actually really interesting!!

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

I'm finished...

*Teddy's looking for Ottery's sanity*

I did it! I finally did it! I've conquered you again vile blank page of non-inspiration. :neener:

*Teddy reads the submission* Hey Otts, uhm, you're thirty words over the limit.

:gripe: :lala: :slam: :censored: :censored: :censored: :gripe: :censored: :censored: :censored:

Narrator: Meanwhile back at the farm...

[cherabela]

Aaaaand I'm done!!

I had a painstaking job of reducing it to the supposed amount seeing how my original came up to 3600 words. I had to cut most of Ludo's lines out.

I hope you enjoy it enough to compensate for the time you'll spend reading it.

And now back to finishing my essays and reading all your loverly entries.

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

I had a painstaking job of reducing it to the supposed amount seeing how my original came up to 3600 words. I had to cut most of Ludo's lines out.

*pets Cher* You poor thing. I had a hard enough time omitting 36 words I can imagine having to do away with 600 of them o_O *Ottery is one flabbergasted ferret yo*

Teddy: :censored: We don't have a smilie for that.

O: :gripe:

[Lissydove]

I think I had the shortest entry. *nods*

Ottery!




*scurries*

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

No Lissy, you had the best... *madglomps*

[QuidditchChick]

*scurries in*

[Lissydove]

No Lissy, you had the best... *madglomps*

*madglomps you back for the sweetness* Not true, but I am glad and honored to be able to participate with so many great writers! Like my Otts!

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

Blast you evil commas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Ottery hexes the comma his archnemesis, while Teddy fires the cannons* :censored:

When does the voting end? I want to make sure I get to vote on everyone's story's.

[Lissydove]

Voting, ends, Wed, midnight.

I just had to tease my favorite Otter there! *tackles* hehe

[Department_of_My...]

Voting Deadline for Round One is 11:57:½ pm November 9th, 2005

(or two minutes later if we can't get past the corridor that has been dungbombed and have to go around the long way)

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

*Ottery & Teddy still fighting the evil commas* I'll never figure out how to use them.

Wednesday...cool. I didn't want to not vote for somebody, that'd be just plain mean.

So when's the next task?

*Everyone glares at Ottery* All righty then...I'm off to read the rules...

[Amaranth]

Need more time to read!!

*begins running around trying to raise funds for a portable swamp*

[ronsmyman]

I've just spent an hour and a half reading and rating all of the entires. They were all so good!!! Great job everyone. It's definitely going to be a close contest, and more than one of us deserve to win. But alas, there can only be one tri-ferret champion. :/ Well done once again!

[McGonagall's Cat]

I heartily agree with Rons! The subs are all so good it was extremely difficult to score them.

Ferrets rock!

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

Technically there were two TriWizard Champions...

T: So you're saying we should go all Avada Kadavera on one of them? Who wants to be Cedric?

O: :/ Uhm, no Teddy, that's not what I meant at all. *glomps Teddy* You bloodthirsty little tyrant.

And yeah, I think everyones stuff is cool. I can't believe I hadn't thought to join sooner.

[lupinsmyman]

Succesful submission with two whole freakin' minutes to spare! :hooray: I got writers block half way through, I thought I was going to freak.

[evlpez]

I know the feeling! Whoa time flies when you're supposed to be writing and you're not actually producing anything!

[Department_of_My...]

Round One submissions are now closed.


The Judges will post your scores once Madam Pomfrey mops up a few contestants.


Thank you each for incredibly good efforts!


Be sure to take a moment to vote and comment if you haven't already.
Voting closes at midnight Wednesday November 9th!


In the meantime, perhaps you should be in the library studying up on logic and word puzzles.

[lupinsmyman]

Okay eveybody, VOTE FOR MEEE! LOL okay, please? god luck to all those who submitted (including me)

[timeturner]

Wow. I had to stop voting for a minute so I could post and say what a great job everyone has done. It's been really fun reading eveything. I loved that everyone had a different mission too. Individual ideas really shined. And I am SO glad that we have to vote and not pick our favorite- It would be much too hard to decide if we did. Are you sure PF doesn't have twelve signed movie scripts laying around somewhere??

I can't wait for round two and three...

While we are waiting...I have a special request for Evlpez (Our new duel made me think of last year's duel.) Last year you wrote the most enjoyable bit of fan fiction I have ever read. I printed a copy of the story because it was so funny and I liked it so much. I no longer have it, but I'm wondering if anyone else still does. It was called Harry Potter Blows His Nose and it was written from the perspective of Draco Malfoy.

So... I was wondering if you could post it here so we can relive the fond memory or maybe pm it to me so I can read it again and print it off and NOT lose it this time.

[McGonagall's Cat]

YAY TimeTurner! They are all wonderful stories!!!

While we are waiting...I have a special request for Evlpez (Our new duel made me think of last year's duel.) Last year you wrote the most enjoyable bit of fan fiction I have ever read. I printed a copy of the story because it was so funny and I liked it so much. I no longer have it, but I'm wondering if anyone else still does. It was called Harry Potter Blows His Nose and it was written from the perspective of Draco Malfoy.

First, here's a link just scroll down to it!

Second, All of the Ferrety goodness from past events can be found in the Ferret Files.

Third, there is a delightful tool up at the top of the page called "Search". You'll find it under the big graphic for the current Duel (or Draco-Ferret on a normal day). Just click it and it will lead you through what to do. It's fairly easy to use, too!


Hope that helps. :flower:

[timeturner]

Oh excellent! Thank you!

I really need to spend more time browsing. I get so used to posting in certain forums on PF that I forget where stuff is! And you know, I've never used that search button. Not once. That's sad. I bet if I tried it, I'd find all kinds of exciting stuff.

[evlpez]

Except that the Search function has been disabled for the duration of the Tri-Ferret Tournament! *pokes Cat*

Search will be turned back on after the contest is over. Glad Cat thought of the Ferret Files. I was about to go searching my documents to see if I still had that thing. LOL!

[timeturner]

Bless the Ferret Files. I found stuff in there I completely forgot about. I can see I'll be spending more time there than is proper.

I've already reread Harry Potter Blows His Nose and it was just as brilliant as I remembered. I even passed it onto a friend already so she could enjoy it too. Thanks again!

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

I got all my voting done *wipes brow* seriously I kept looking and more and more stories would pop in and... but I got everyone. Yay me! I haven't read this much since... <_< Wait a minute, I do read this much. Anyways, can't wait for the second round...but you've got me all worried...what've you all got up your sleeves, yo?

:flower:

Paragraph breaks. Got it people... maybe you should enable the voters to read the others comments so I won't get everyone telling me...Ottery you so crazy, spaces

T: Ottery you so crazy. *zaps Ottery with a raygun*

[McGonagall's Cat]

We can read 'em after we vote. Must be a case of brilliant minds run in same channels. *snorf*


Hey! Who's that with you, Ottery?
Introduce us to your friend, he's cute!

[ronsmyman]

I'm leaving for London in an hour and I was hoping that the results of the first task would be posted before I left so that I wouldn't have to stew about it until Saturday, but I guess I'm meant to be disappointed and left wondering. Oh well, I will just comfort myself by going to Leicester Square and taking an extreme amount of photos of all the Harry Potter posters.

[Department_of_My...]

A most outstanding effort all!

Congratulations!

Tri-Ferret Tournament - The First Task

Voting Results -


Padfoot Perturbed 8.33
In which Ron receives three offers to bet and learns of some 8.15
A Tri-Headed Tooth-Ache 8.15
Man's Best Friend 8.00
Verdant Yet Victorious 7.82
Spoken and Unheard 7.67
Can't Fail and Cheat 7.64
Mice Sized Madness 7.50 
Fretting For the Enemy 7.36
Yellow Robes 7.08
A hard day’s night 6.82
Triwizard Trials 6.33

Rest your brains!

The Second Task begins Friday, Nov. 11 !



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[evlpez]

WOW! Congratulations, fellow ferrets!!!

[Lissydove]

Congratulations to all!!! The winning fic was awesome, as were all the entries! I am so excited and pleased to take part! I hope I can manage a sub for round 2!

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

McGonagall's Cat, I read them before I voted. *pouts* It's called speed reading...yo!

My two favoritest cutests scenes in a fic where...

Krum's three blind mice... Cuteness galore. *Ottery's rolling in the grass happily*

And...

Ron trying to balance a quill on the tip of his nose...yeah...toooooooooooooooo cute. *tackle glomps Ron* Cuteness. Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

*listening to Brown Eyed Girl & dancing*

Everyone's stuff was cool but those two scenes stick out to me as the cutest ever! Wish I'd thought of something like that... <_<

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

*Teddy smacks Ottery* Ouch. Yeah, I guess I forgot the squid playing with the ink was pretty cute too.

Cuteness. Cuteness. Cuteness.

[McGonagall's Cat]

*cough*Something new has been aded into the Dept. of Mysteries post!!! *cough*

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

*crying* You're evil. It's hard enough to navigate here with everything being named the same I swear...now you want me to find a Department without a link. *crying*

*Ottery & Teddy run off to search*

[evlpez]

*pets Ottery*

Scroll up to the last post by the member named, "The Department of Mysteries".

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

*glomps Jan* You're my hero Jan.

Jan, SuperFerret, yo!

*Ottery goes off to read post*

<_< :uptosomething:

Nope. I still don't get it. Must be in code.

Unless you mean 12:30 at night, yo! In which case you should've just said, thirty past the witching hour yo!

Color me there though.

[evlpez]

LOL

*is glomped*

I think it means just sometime tonight between midnight and dawn. That Department of Mysteries person is just insane, whoever it is. *pokes it*

[Amaranth]

The Second Task begins Friday, Nov. 11 !

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Is that GMT or another time zone?

[Department_of_My...]

Sorry about that. I'm using a Department timepiece. *taps it, sternly*


The Second Task is now underway!


---------------------- Good luck, ferrets!

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

Riddles. Riddles. You can't stop me...

*Teddy points* T: Obstinate that one.

[timeturner]

AGHHHHH!!! I found the creature and accidentally hit the button that says take a hint. I meant to return to the main board.

So let this be a lesson learned for all. Be careful where you are clicking.

So Dept. of Mysteries... what price do I have to pay for my foolishness? Do I get a discount for stupidity?

[cherabela]

I've been looking around the board for ages. Now either I'm blind or Mugglecast is sucking at my brain.

They are like the First Task icons no? Because I found one but it said I had already got a mission so I assume it was a First Task icon.

Edit:

I just found it, so yeah....I must be tired. *snores*

[timeturner]

When you see the creature, you will definitely know!

It took me a long time to find it too. It was a complete accident when I did.

Whatever you do, be careful where you're clicking! I'm so ticked off at what I did, I can't think properly.

[hp loving husban...]

I'm really bad when it comes to riddles.
Would it be worth it to take hints until it solves itself?
Or am I just up a creek with out a paddle? (and the creeks name rhymes with hit)

HaHa timeturner!!!!

[Lissydove]

You could take your hints, they are helpful. I did the same as timeturner and took a hint on the first one when I did not need it <_< . It just adds some required elements to your mission. I didn't need any hints til the super hard one, where I maxed myself out before getting it *dies*.

Edit: I just got your reference to the creek name... LoL!

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

It's something ridiculously obvious isn't it? Right under my nose even. The best place to hide something is in plain sight...everyone knows that.

*slams head against desk* Oh, well...

I'll just have to try tomorrow...too tired...

*glomps Teddy who sits there pouting grumpily*

[hp loving husban...]

I have asked timeturner to hit me with a hammer and put me out of my misery. :cry:

Her reply was not pretty.

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

*crawls in* I...I...I found it. *dies* Out of Ottery's hand rolls out the riddles, the answers (all of which I got right, no hints...I'm actually The Riddler, yo) but I just didn't have energy for the last one. Besides, I already got the mission I wanted...LOL

*Ottery turns to Teddy* Go...on...without me Teddy. Submit...for...me. For the honor of my...beloved...Ronniekins.

*Teddy's laughing* T: I wonder how much I can get for the answers to these riddles on E-bay?

*Ottery dies cursing Teddy* Capitalist...swine!

[nundu]

Newbie here! I've solve 3 of my riddles and now get to choose which task I want, right? Do I need to let The Powers That Be know which task I have chosen?

*slinks off embarrassed by dumb question*

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

Newbie here! I've solve 3 of my riddles and now get to choose which task I want, right? Do I need to let The Powers That Be know which task I have chosen?

*slinks off embarrassed by dumb question*

Yes, but I don't know where... *Ottery's ghost is crying* Where's McGonagall's Cat when you need her?
*crying with Myrtle*

[nundu]

Oh, is she the Powers That Be this evening? I've been messaging her with all sorts of crazy questions all night and thought I'd give her a rest by asking on the forum! Nutty Newbie Nundu (ah, alliteration!)

[Department_of_My...]

Actually, there could still be participants who are looking for the Riddle Giver, so it would be a good idea not to spoil their fun.


Don't post the mission you've gotten until the end of your submission for the Second Task.
(Ah-hem - or the answers on ebay, Teddy <_< ).



Best of luck, Ferrets! May the Muse be with you!

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

*Ottery takes the computer away from Teddy* Bad bear!

I don't know who the Powers that be (I think Jan's one & Zymurgy) are Nundu but it's not me.

*Ottery with Power* Mwahahahahahahahahaha *chocolate is at the top of the food pyramid. Rupert fanclub membership is mandatory, as is HP as a school text, and Thanksgiving is outlawed*

*Ordinary Ottery* Hello. You don't like FMA by any chance do you?

[Department_of_My...]

Just a note of caution to all ferrets... once people start posting their submissions in the Second Task topic, you could be naughty and steal a mission for which you haven't solved the riddle.

This would be very naughty indeed.

And, in fact, we have a complete record of which ferrets answered which riddles and how many hints they got, and we will be double-checking the entries.

Now, we don't usually condone the use of the Unforgivable Curses, but desparate times...

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

The Department of Ferret Facts really is watching you... <_<

Uhm, could someone tell me what the answer to the first riddle I solved was? LOL *blushing embarrasedly* I got so caught up in answering the others I didn't really pay too much attention to the mission until now and ahehehehehe uhm, I forgot what the answer was and I have to use it in my story.

*crying*

Of course I could just cheat and throw in every monster in the bestiary and then... *plotting plan b*

Ah, yes...plan b...

T: And when all things fail...there's plan C.

O: Yeah...total chaos...Mwahahahaahahahahaha

[cherabela]

Ron trying to balance a quill on the tip of his nose...yeah...toooooooooooooooo cute.  *tackle glomps Ron* Cuteness. Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

*Teddy smacks Ottery* Ouch.  Yeah, I guess I forgot the squid playing with the ink was pretty cute too. 

Awww....thanks for the comments. Does that mean I'm cute?

I can start working on my mission now. I hope to have it finished by Wednesday. I've been a good ferret and done most of my essays this weekend so I can dedicate the next 3 days to HP writing. Because of course, writing on Friday is a no no.

[Amaranth]

I am in total headless chicken mode as I have not found the riddle giver yet. I'm not asking for anyone to say what/where it is, or to give me any answers, but can I just confirm that it will look similar to the icons for the previous task I.e. in a red box, inside someone's post?

Also, would like to add a scream of frantic terror at the thought of missing out on this part of the tournament:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

[Department_of_My...]

can I just confirm that it will look similar to the icons for the previous task I.e. in a red box, inside someone's post?

Ah. No.

The riddle-giver is much larger. Very large, in fact.

[nundu]

can I just confirm that it will look similar to the icons for the previous task I.e. in a red box, inside someone's post?

Ah. No.

The riddle-giver is much larger. Very large, in fact.

Monsterously large, you might say.

[OtterySt.Catchpo...]

So I was trying to write some more for my mission when I was at school right...and I'm all ladeeda...and so uhm, yeah, uhm, I'm back to square one again. I suck...I'll never write again... *runs out crying*

Two hours later...

This is the greatest thing ever written ever! Take that Shakespeare...

Three hours later...

I wouldn't line my bird cage with this.

Four hours later...

Hahahahahahaha, Victor Hugo eat your heart out!

*And so the rollercoaster that is Ottery's writing process continues*