NOTICE PART 1

Hello everyone.

As you may have heard, the beloved creator of the RWBY series, Monty Oum, has passed away.

A man who had much to contribute to the world, he worked tirelessly to give us content that we all came to love in our own regard. Which, of course, is why we all are here, reading and writing RWBY fanfiction. Without his genius and his relentless work ethic, we most definitely would not be here, joined together by our mutual enjoyment of his brainchild project.

He leaves a huge legacy behind, one that inspires me to be a better content creator and person in general, and I hope he inspires you to do so as well.

With his passing still fresh on our minds, I am putting Ten Little Hunters on an indefinite hiatus. As much as I realize the content we make will help us get through hard times like these, and that he would only want us to keep on creating, I do not have it in me to write anymore about death or killing. At least not anytime soon.

I will focus solely on the much lighter Blake and Jaune's Infinite Playlist for the time being.

The current survey will continue as planned until its designated closing time at 7:30PM Central Time Tuesday evening.

The plot of TLH has already been planned out, so when (rather, if) I return to this project, please be mindful that the series will most likely not change plot-wise.

So as I close the door to TLH for now, my heart is heavy, and I think I've cried all that I could possibly cry. But... I'm also happy. Incredibly happy to have been a part of Monty's world, as a fan, however small that may be. More importantly, I am happy that he was ever here at all.

Thank you Monty. You will be missed dearly.

Much love to you all,

Uhh_ICanExplain

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NOTICE PART 2

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Hello everyone.

If you're following Blake and Jaune's Infinite Playlist, you may notice that it's beginning to draw to a close, which means I'll have room to work on other projects. And in between then and now, I realized how much I want to continue this fic, so as you can expect... TLH will be making a triumphant return on MARCH 10TH.

I'm also posting this notice because I want to redo the polls. I may have fucked up on the rules, so I'll give a whole run through in just a second.

One of the key rules that I had forgotten to add was that a weapon can only be in contention as a murder weapon if it has been mentioned in any of the chapters prior to the survey (except for the weapon that kills the murderer).This piece of advice should be helpful in being able to define what you can and cannot use instead of randomly guessing weapons.

A quick rehash of the rules, if you need them:

1. This mystery uses everything as clues, from RWBY lore, to other popular fanfics, to mythology that the characters are based on, to even some external references that you may get from finding some of those hidden Easter eggs in the story. Use all of these to your advantage.

2. RED HERRINGS EXIST. If the clues just seem way too simple, then it's probably not the right one. Just like the killer doesn't come forward to say "I did it," the clues will not just blatantly say who dies next. Make your judgement calls at your own risk.

3. For every couplet, the first line is insignificant. The second line of each pair is what you should worry about.

4. Again, a weapon can only be in contention as a murder weapon if it has been mentioned in any of the chapters prior to the survey (except for the weapon that kills the murderer).

5. You will have up until Tuesday, MARCH 10TH at 7:30PM Central Time to submit your guesses; past then they will NOT be accepted.

6. And of course, PRIZES! (that's what you're here for, right?) Every week, a random winning guess will be picked to win a prize - I will write a one-shot prompt of your choice in the realm of RWBY! ... Yeah, I guess I could've had better prizes, but I'm a broke college kid, so I make do with what I got. (DISCLAIMER: I do not do smut.)

However, the person who makes the most correct guesses over the span of the entire mystery will win a grand prize! I'm not quite sure what it will be, but I think at this point, it's a few posters that I've made in the past for RT that never got taken or maybe a game on Steam. So even if you didn't get this weeks guesses right, just keep doing the surveys every week and you could win something that's actually substantial and costs me money!

7. Lastly, YOU MUST HAVE A REDDIT OR FANFICTION (and now, Tumblr as well) USERNAME TO BE PICKED FOR A PRIZE.

If you already submitted a survey, PLEASE SUBMIT A NEW ONE; I'd like to give everyone the same advantages, and ONLY THIS TIME WILL THE SURVIVOR AND MURDERER BE GUESSED.

I do have to say, a surprising amount of you picked the right subsequent victim and murderer, so props to you on that. If you're confident in your answers, then by all means, put in those same answers.

Now that that's settled, the link to the survey will once again be on my profile page! See you in two weeks!

(If you're having problems finding the link on my profile page, backspace on my username in the url and enter the remaining address)