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Detective Herman had hardly slept for a month and his strength was waning. The taste of grits and bitter coffee was hardly a comfort. He told himself that his sleep was being disturbed by nothing more than the piling unsolved murder cases and the grief of the inconsolable. Already late, rushing down Rousseau street to the station, a young woman grabbed his arm. Her eyes pleaded with him, causing him to stop.

“Ma'am, I'm sorry," he began, then stopped.

“Detective Herman," she interrupted, “my husband is missing ."

Images of half-eaten bodies and limbs bent at odd angles flashed through his head, the street became unbearably bright.

“I'm sorry to hear that, miss." He tried to do something sympathetic with his mouth, but his lips were too dry. “Will you come with me to the station? You should make an official report."

“He's only gone since last night," she continued, oblivious to the formalities she was ignoring.

“And what was he doing then?" Herman continued, taking her arm to lead her off the street.

She opened her mouth and closed it again. She shrugged off his arm, then dropped her stare, just for a moment.

“He went to see his lover."

Herman blinked in the too bright street. The buzz of the insects seemed to swell.

“That is very unfortunate, but I'm afraid there's nothing I can do." A passerby stopped on the far corner. “Are you sure you want to talk about this in public?"

“I know what it looks like," he could hear her falter beneath her pride. “but this is different. His lover... She..."

“Miss, come on, let's get you sat down."

Her eyes shifted to him in a flash and narrowed down, sizing him up. She took a step back.

“His lover is the Moon," she said in one breath, like a challenge.

“The Moon? Is that a stage name?"

“No. Not a person. The Moon. Up in the sky."

Herman couldn't hide his unkind reaction. Her eyes turned sharp, and her voice grew with vigor.

“Every night, he speaks to her." She spoke fast, but clearly. “And every month, when she's at her fullest, he goes to her."

“To the sky, you mean?"

“No," she sounded offended. “To her reflection, on the river. He bathes with her. They... They, um..."

“Please, don't." Herman flushed. On the corner, another passerby had stopped. “And he told you about all of that?"

“My husband and I have a powerful connection, sir." Her voice trembled with grief but not doubt. “He would never hide anything from me. And I didn't see any harm in his actions."

“But now he's gone."

“He's missing."

Herman agreed with his head, a slow, gentle movement. He was late. His superiors would be furious. But something about the mad woman's story resonated with him. “Was there anything unusual, more unusual, about his behavior recently?"

“He said she was hurting. Something was poisoning the waters, she needed to get out."

“The Moon needed to get out of the river?" Herman wasn't sure now about his incredulity.

“She was changing. She was... violent." She swallowed, her eyes lost in an image inside her head. “He came back with burn marks over his arms and legs. She tried to force him to stay."

Herman moved a little closer, studying her expression. “And he came back after that?"

She put on a bitter smile, shaking her head. “Last night, he went to save her. Bring her out of the water and into this world."

“And then?"

“I went to the river at dawn. It's gone . No water, no fish, no nothing. Just dirty mud, rusted metal and dried blood." She paused. Herman's heart was beating out of his chest, oblivious now to the crowd that had gathered.

“Do you think my husband was her only one?" the woman asked again. Herman could clearly picture the dry riverbed, the mud was caked at the banks, the grooves the water had cut now dry.

“Was he her only one?" she repeated, panic in her rising voice. But Herman could only see the riverbed, the dry reeds, the carcass of a drowned horse steaming amongst driftwood.

“Detective, would they betray me?"

The Traitor's Moon event in Hunt: Showdown that began in March offered up some "sweet legendary skins" for players able to grind out sufficient points to pick them up. It wasn't clear how much grinding would actually be necessary to get the job done, but we speculated that it would take "a fair few games over the event's 21 day duration to hit the top unlocks."..
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Hunters,

We wanted to provide a quick update regarding the event and the issues that have been encountered by many of you over the last 10 days.

We understand that there have been several issues that have prevented some of you from comfortably participating in the event (server issues, bugs and for console the sensitivity issues). These have all been very frustrating and we understand the impact that the downtimes and issues have had for many of you.

As of now, we are extending the event until April 18th to allow those that have been impacted by this some extra time to complete as much of the event as possible. We are also aware that some of you may have lost out on boosts due to the downtime, so we are currently in the process of determining how to best compensate for these. We will keep you updated once we know more.

Thank you all once again for your support during this event, we know it has not been easy, but we appreciate you sticking with us and we do apologise for any inconvenience caused by the downtime and issues encountered.

~The Hunt team.

• Fixed an issue and exploit where players could be killed multiple times during a game. Please be aware, we are in the process of reverting the kills of those who have abuse this bug to excessivley inflate their KD ratio. For those that have excessively abused this exploit, we will be issuing warnings and bans depending on the severity
  
• Fixed an issue that caused Golden Cash Register to constantly spawn in certain location. This was not intended and the spawns are for the most part intended to be random.
  
• General server stability improvements.
  

Developer note:

We know that the server issues that have been encountered over the last two weeks have been very frustrating, especially while the event is currently active. This hotfix is aimed at improving the overall server stability and hopefully will significantly reduce the issues as well as the need for restarts.

We are currently discussing the possibility of extending the event (as well as compensation) and should have an update for you all later today.

~The Hunt Team