Chloe King Is In Nine Kinds Of Mortal Danger

Guys! Did you remember? Pretty Little Liars returns tonight! And The Nine Lives of Chloe King premieres right after! HOORAY!! TV I will watch that isn't filmed in 1994! OH HAPPY DAY! I bet no one even tries to show their midriff!

Y'all might remember that I posted a few weeks ago about the Nine Paths to Chloe King game that ABC Family had invited me to play. Well, I'm back to tell you about my success!

Well, first of all, success may not be the right word. It turns out that going to Russia in the middle of the game sort of throws a monkey wrench in things. Particularly since ABC Family would send little tidbits and instructions via FedEx to help us complete our challenges. So sometimes I'd get a Challenge email and have no idea what the heck was going on - and then later open up my many packages to find a vital clue!

The mission for the other members of the Circle and I was to protect Chloe King at all costs. See, Chloe is what the Mai (an ancient race of Egyptian cat people. Just go with it) call "The Uniter" - the one person(ish) with the power to unite the Mai people(ish) and return them to their former glory. Which, considering that the Mai descend from cats, may mean allowing the Mai to flop around in patches of sun and then spend twenty minutes earnestly licking their paws. I'm not really sure.

The Fifth Path of the game involved searching a baby bib for a clue - which led me to a video clip from the show. Chloe King was running! And in danger! She didn't look too happy! I didn't look too happy when my dumb computer refused to give me the embed code to share with you guys.

But nevermind that, because this challenge actually had two parts. On the day I left for Russia, I was directed to confuse a Twitter user named @Batko614, who claimed to be looking for Chloe! (Uh, yeah, he was looking for Chloe . . . looking for a way to put her in the ground!) The rest of the Circle and I had a great time tweeting out random places that Chloe was hiding - I tried to convince ol' Batko that she had actually boarded my Moscow flight. I'm not sure if he believed me . . .

The Sixth Path involved getting a free shirt in the mail (I love getting free shirts. As I explained at our BEA sleepover, I have never moved out of that College Freshman phase of loving to get free tshirts that are four sizes too big). I had to call a phone number - listed on the shirt - and then enter an extention. That's when I learned that Chloe King was in San Francisco and that people were AFTER HER, y'all!

Oh, and, yeah. They were after US too. They know about the Circle! man! I hope that free MaiPad came with some sweet ninja training videos, just in case I have to cut a bitch.

The Seventh Path involved receiving merely a business card (and pen!) for Rezza Capital. I matched it together with an envelope I had received earlier and found a secret code word - HUNTER. I went to my MaiPad and got to open a locked folder . . . where I saw THIS DUDE:

That's NOT Ray Wise, though I did think it was at first. (I always think of Ray Wise when I think of evilish people with strange interests in young blondes.) He is, however, the president of Rezza Capital and he wants the Foe to kill Chloe . . . all nine times if he has to.

The Eighth Path, well - that's when the shizz hit the fan. Batko found my mailing address! That little scamp! Look what he sent me!

Hey, Batko, you don't scare me. You know why? Cause you can't tell the difference between your and you. And also, there really should have been a semi-colon in your last sentence. So THERE. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

Also, hmm. That's a weird way to sign a postcard, no? So I did a little internet digging and. . . uh oh.

Though maybe Batko is just jealous of Chloe cause she's talking to hottie Grey Damon. I mean, I'm sort of jealous.

Oh! I also received a little protection charm in the mail:

Want one of your own? Just go to ABC Family's website and enter the code word DECEPTION.

Yesterday was the Ninth and final Path, and I was sad to see this game come to a close, because I've had a really fun time researching things and matching up pieces of the puzzle. But the game organizers went out on a bang - after we received an email with a secret code, we were directed to log in to Rezza Capital's website. There, I found a list of emails - some in English, some in Japanese, some in Russian. I had to find Chloe's email address and warn her!

And that, ladies and Brian? Is where going to Russia for a week actually paid off. It took about two seconds to site-translate "Chloe King", and then I just took the email that I thought it was, ran it through Google Translator to translate the email client, and warned Chloe of her danger!

But! That silly girl isn't checking her email! CHLOE I AM TRYING TO HELP YOU, HONEY.

Y'all, this game was super fun, but what I loved most about it (other than the iPad, ha ha; I ain't stupid) is how much rich mythology was put into the promo game! Which means there's bound to be even more in the actual show, not to mention tons of twists and turns. (Plus, it bears mentioning that since Chloe has nine lives, she can be killed eight times. Anything could happen!!)

Great mythology, cats, Grey Damon and that guy who played Blank in 10 Things I Hate About You? Yeah. I'm totally watching this show.

Don't forget! Pretty Little Liars starts at 8/7 PM Central, and The Nine Lives of Chloe King will begin directly after, at 9/8 Central. Megan and I will be recapping both shows this week, so check back for our drinking games fun!