Receiving the note from Marlix, Ruko took a moment to open it up and look it over briefly. "He...wants us to go on a treasure hunt?" He looked up at the others with a hint of confusion on his face. Val had done some strange things before, but this was still pretty unexpected, he thought. Reading over the paper again in detail, his face paled slightly. 

[color=00FFCC][i]You all need to get to know each other properly, and I know that at least one of you is going to attempt to get out of it by some means. While I'm certain that you already know the long-term consequences of not trying, I thought that it would be best to give you a little more short-term motivation to keep you focused. 

In each of seven rooms in the household, along with a clue on the next location to search, there are two things hidden that have to do with one of you. One of them is something good, and the other is something that you'd rather keep hidden. I did not necessarily place them so that both present in one room would necessarily match up to one person, so what happens with the information will likely be left up to whoever finds it. I'm sure that there will be no foul play here~ 

Our young guest is also encouraged to play, as this would end up quite pointless otherwise. Any information found by the young madam does not necessarily need to be revealed, and is to be used by her however is seen fit. I will accept no acts of intimidation, blackmail, or violence to keep her from the information in this case. This is for your own good. 

Happy hunting! Your first location is the Library.[/i][/color] 

As he read out the message, he couldn't help but already fear what kinds of things Val had decided to use for this event. How far would he have gone? What exactly would they be searching for? Why was this the method of choice?