"Hehehe... are you a brave hero/adventurer-type that thinks they've got what it takes to hunt the fiercest monsters this side of Druuk Island? Do you have a sword, a bow, or something like a shovel that is basically the same thing as a spear, I guess? Did you hear something about the nobles talking about a bridge and got excited until you realized that building a bridge sounds lame? Why would I want to build a bridge? I'm a witch? Well, let's do something else then! Today, I, Grand Witch Majolica... hehehe... have decided to hold a contest! A contest with a fabulous prize for the winner! What is this contest you ask? Hehehe! I call it Grand Witch Majolica Presents: Monster Hunt 2018! Anyone can join as either a group or by themselves! The objective is simple, whoever can defeat the biggest monster wins! It has to be the biggest! Bringing in a bunch of little monsters is lame and I feel sorry for you if you thought about doing this. Have some guts you swine. What's the prize? It's a secret! We can talk about later. Also, if you're on a team and you win the team has to split the prize. Anyway, this hunt is great news for regular people living on Druuk! Now they won't have to worry about running into as many monsters, and we can test our skills and get a prize! Maybe also get some battle training? Whatever, it's win-win. Stop asking questions. Of course, I will be participating as well which means there's no way anyone could possibly win, but I thought it would be nice to invite others anyway. Hehehe... the competition starts in five days! If you're interested, head to Druuk island on the double! We'll have a meeting in that one town with the square. You know the one. Anyway, bring your hunting pants and prepared to be astonished by the magical might of GRAND WITCH MAJOLICAAAAAAA!" -Grand Witch Majolica Majolica finished scribbling on the 500th flyer. The bar room she sat in bad been pretty 'low-flow' day, not to mention all the clientele had been NPCs. To be honest, Majolica hadn't seen a player in a while. She figured it was probably due to people being busy with the holidays, but then the holidays were kind of over now so maybe people had quit playing? She didn't know, but what she did know was that until she won Terrasphere, she wasn't going anywhere. Also, maybe if someone powerful had left she could go take their stuff and gain a bunch of status really quickly, well even more status, she was already THE Grand Witch after all but a castle would be nice. "Barkeep! Keep the drinks coming! I'm working over here!" Empty glasses littered the table Majolica had been sitting at. The barkeep approached Majolica timidly after she called after him. "Miss, you've already had--" "--I'll tell you when I've had enough! Now bring me another before I turn you into a frog!" "Ye-yes ma'am!" No one tells me when I've had enough cocoa. I tell them when I've had enough! Before settling on a monster hunt, Majolica had also thought about a baking contest, a foot race, a fishing contest, and lots of other things. But, the monster hunt had both exploring and the opportunity to show off skills so it came in first. That being said, the thought of idiots making sweets and giving them to Judge Grand Witch Majolica to taste sounded pretty great. I'll do that next time... Majolica wiped a bead of drool from her mouth and returned to her scribbling. It was boring work making flyers by hand, but she had been bored lately anyway. With all the downtime and people missing, the game had been slow. For Majolica, all this meant was that it was her time to shine. If you're bored, just make something interesting happen! And... while I'm making interesting things happen, I'll just surpass everyone else's mastery levels and become all-powerful! Hehehe, then they'll come back and be like 'oh no how did she get this strong! And I'll be like hehehe! Hard work dummy! Get it together! Then boom! I blast them! Hehehehe! It was within this line of thinking that The Grand Witch had decided to take matters into her own hands by holding a contest in the first place. Why a contest? By Nature, Majolica is a very competitive person. Also, she liked people to see how powerful she was. Of course, it was possible that someone else bagged a bigger monster, but if that happened Majolica figured she would just deal with it, though there was no way that would ever happen (hehehe). "There! Now I'll just add a picture so everyone knows that it's really me making the flyers..." "And perfect! Now I'll just go to all the towns I've visited from all my traveling and post them around. I guess it doesn't really matter where I post them as long as people can see them. Then, all that will be left is to see who shows up. If no one does, then I win by default! Hehehe..." Chugging the rest of her cocoa down, Majolica wiped mouth on her forearm. Ahhh... warms you right up! Now then, time to start posting these around! Majolica got up and gathered her things, and headed towards the door. "Hey! Put it on my tab, barkeep!" ************** A few days later Majolica sat munching a mushroom in the town square. After passing out her flyers, she had the realization that "five days" was kind of confusing. Five days since they saw the flyer? Or since it was posted? Maybe she should have put a date or something? Well whatever, even if no one showed up, she was going to have fun hunting and exploring all by herself. The sun was about midway in the sky so it was probably around noon. Waiting patiently, Majolica surveyed the area for anyone who looked like a hero or at least had some hunting gear.
