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Event #8: Fairytale Gone Live

Fairytale Gone Live
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Knowledge is Magic

Part 1

Fairies have managed to uncover something in the Amberfall Library. Powerful magic had kept it covered, but with the help of their queen they managed to reveal what was hidden: an entrance to an ancient library. No one has recollection of a library being hidden there, but the fairies claim it feels 'familiar'. They started exploring the library in earnest and identified it as the Magical Library of Knowledge. As it's a magical library, it's completely possible that it teleported itself into safety when Darkness came and found its way here.

This ancient library is known to be good willed in nature. However, it does have some quirks and sometimes pulls pranks on unsuspecting visitors. Fairies are immune to such things, but there's a reason for it: fairies aren't able to pick up the books in the library, not even with their magic. Only those with the ability to touch the books will be affected by the magics that happen in the library.

The books contain important information about the world that has been lost, so a request has been sent to otherworlders to make a trip to the library and find important seeming information. Everyone who volunteers will be given a bag that helps carry any books (will keep the books safe and the bag remains light no matter how many books it has inside - only works on books) and an amulet that has a one-time magic that will teleport someone to safety if necessary.

Of course anyone is also welcome to just bring back books that interest them personally. The bag does have limitless space, after all. It was developed for people who want to loan a lot of books at the same time - good thing the invention will now have other uses!

Part 2

After descending down a long spiral staircase, people will find a huge library that has more books than eyes can see. They're all on shelves, at least, instead of being scattered around. There are various sections and all of them have been put in an alphabetical order by the book's name, as most of them lack the name of an author. The place has three floors, all with various staircases leading up and down.

The ambience in the library is dark, making reading there seem a little bit unpleasant. However, anytime someone opens a book, a small lantern will float above them, making the surrounding perfect for reading a book without disturbing anyone nearby. Once the book closes, the lantern will float away to find someone else to help.

Floating lanterns aren't the only things moving around the library. Occasionally one may notice movement from the corner of their eye and if they turn around they might see an owl sitting on top of a clothes rack or a table. These are library owls - intelligent owls that oversee the library and just live there because they enjoy being there. If someone offers them a snack, they will perch on the person's arm or shoulder.

Even if the library seems extremely organized, the sad truth is that all of the important knowledge containing books have been hidden among normal books. But the library owls will know where the look, as long as someone is nice to them and will give them snacks. Those who are mean to the owls will be guided towards useless places - like the section filled with just empty books or one that has magical traps.

Immersed in Books

Part 1

Some of the sections of the library behave differently than others. There are odd magical effects (like making someone act like they're in love when reading a romance book) or traps that have been made to surprise people (mostly harmless 'chalk dropping from above' or 'water sprouting from a fake flower' type of traps). Some sections even have guardian books that are floating books that will push people out of the section if they're being loud or otherwise disturb others. Attacking one of them will make the books reflect the attack back to the person.

Some of the rooms containing books take being magical to another level. Whoever opens a book will change the whole look of the room. All of the shelves and the surrounding area is replaced with a scenery from the book. If two or more books are opened at the same time, the scenery will be a mix of all of the opened books. Fortunately, none of it is actually real so if someone happens to open an informative books on sharks, they will just get a very realistic illusion of being in an ocean with sharks.

Sometimes these sceneries will also change the clothes of the people to fit the book characters' clothes. Wearing these clothes might make the people talk like the characters do in the books (in accents or elven languages) or act out a dramatic death scene in the middle of the room. Usually this passes after the scene is played out or once the book in question is found and closed.

Part 2

Another weird phenomena happens in the aisles that have books on fairytales. Anyone who opens a book in one of these aisles might find themselves become a fairytale character. The change is visual at least, but some might even go through a complete change. In other words, someone could just look like the Prince from Snow White, but another might even believe they are him. Someone who starts off as just looking like a character might later end up acting like them as well, but not the other way around.

The longer someone 'stays in the fairytale' the more likely it is they will be taken over by the character they've become. It will be harder and harder for them to remember their real name or react to someone calling them by it. They will share the goals of the fairytale character and think they're in a strange trials set up by someone that they need to get out of.

A way to break free of a fairytale is to either receive a kiss (preferably of true love, but just a normal kiss will do) or by having a key item destroyed. The key item will depend on the fairytale character in question (so for a princess it might be a crown or for a fairy godmother it might be their wand). Destroying the book that started it all isn't possible, as the book is 'inside the person' until they snap out of the fairytale.

Part 3
CW/TW: horror, gore, paranoia, murder (attempts)

In the lowest floor of the library exists the horror sections. These aisles are full of different thriller and horror books. Unfortunately, upon escaping the darkness this particular section was partially corrupted. For that reason there's a high change of running into danger here.

The further in you go to these sections, the creepier the ambience becomes. Is that blood on the floor? Is that floating lantern flickering ominously? Some may even start seeing things that aren't even there or just generally feel paranoid.

If someone happens to open a book under these circumstances, they might summon a shadow of a killer from the stories who will attempt to murder the reader to break free. Some might become possessed by character from the books and do their bidding. The fastest way to break any of these is to destroy the book. This is the only time that doing so is encouraged. Other ways include destroying or capturing the shadow or knocking out the person possessed.

Perhaps the safest option is to just open a book and witness a gory scene being laid out on the ground beneath them, just like described in the books. It's not pleasant, but it won't hurt anyone. The scene will disappear once the book is put away.

Destroying books here also helps deal with the partial corruption, as it will slowly disappear and the aisles start feeling a little bit more "normal".

The Cold Case

Part 1

To those not keen on diving into a strange library, there are other things to do. Of course, anyone who went to the library can later also join the events happening in the city.

A public announcement is made that the next big mission would happen in the Winter Segment. More specifically, the Research Center and the four Power Holders are making preparations to tackle the mystery of the Frozen Falls. With the new information gathered from exploring, it's now a known fact that the storm preventing their access is actually the souls of the previous power holders keeping anyone from entering the place. However, with the right preparations, gaining access to and exploring the falls will be made possible.

The first set of preparations happen in the Frostreign District. Anyone is welcome to join the project in one of the big houses near the Sauna Spa area. The place is filled with materials for making winter gear for the mission. There's almost every imaginable colored fabrics, different accessories and even yarn for those who'd rather knit. The main goal is to make gear for themselves, but any extra is also appreciated.

Those who don't feel so confident in making gear can also choose from pre-made ones and edit them with the enhancements needed to keep the cold away. Even the most basic summer clothes can be made to be perfect for the cold weather, as long as the enhancements are made right. People are at least encouraged to enchant any metallic parts of their weapons (or even jewelry!) to prevent them from becoming too cold to handle.

Participants are taught a spell that will let them enhance the gear or clothes of their choosing into ones that resist cold. This spell needs to be chanted in a freezing temperature, which is why the event is held in Frostreign. Once the enchanted item starts glowing in an a warm, orange color, the spell has worked.

The spell has to include 'With the warmth I draw from' and 'I protect this', but otherwise it's up to the person how the spell goes. Popular phrases are 'from within' or 'from the earth'. Saying the spell wrong, such as 'With fire I protect this' will result in a burning item instead. It won't damage the item, but it will be impossible to use unless the fire is put out.

Part 2

Frostreign also offers other ways to prepare for the coming mission. A challenge has been posted on the billboard outside the Sauna Spa area; The Ice Hole Swim Challenge. The goal is to first go into the sauna and then walk through the snow in just their swimwear to the ice hole at the center of the district and dip in. Those brave enough to enter the water will get a reward. After the swim everyone is encouraged to run back into the sauna to warm up.

Another challenge is starting to heat up in the sauna, which isn't really related to withstanding the cold. Some Sauna Fanatics are challenging people to stay in the sauna as long as possible while the heat rises higher. Those who manage to stay inside the longest and in the highest temperature will get a reward! However, those who cheat using seasonal powers will be subjected to the ice bucket challenge, which is basically having a bucket full of ice water dumped on them.

One of the more traditional challenges is the snowball fight where the goal is to hit as many people as possible with a snowball. Those who manage to hit at least ten other players will receive a rewards. Those who don't manage to hit anyone at all will received a star that said 'You tried' with a sad snowflake drawn on it.

The fourth and final challenge is a speed contest that's run on a rink made of ice. No one is allowed to use skates; just normal shoes (or no shoes at all if they prefer). There are multiple races and multiple winners in this contest - as well as a lot of medicine for the pain caused by falls.

But what are all these rewards that someone can earn? It's a choice between various things: one free item from Riki's Rewards (max. 30 comments price), a set of five different gift cards for five different restaurants (of characters' choice), a collection of useful potions (one that fixes any status effect, one that creates a substitute to take damage for the user, a five hour invisibility potion and a potion to revive someone from a fatal hit) or a giant teddy bear that feels like hugging someone the person loves. All rewards can be taken once, but someone can do multiple challenges to get more than one reward.

Just participating in any of the ongoing challenges will get someone a five star gourmet meal in the Frostreign's famous Northern Cuisine Restaurant*. Currently staying in the Sauna Spa hotel rooms is also free for the duration of the events.

* As long as the food is from "somewhere north", like even 'northern part of country in the south', it's likely a dish can be found in this restaurant.

OOC TIPS

• Ask event related questions here.

• In this event, gathering information is the main goal. If you wish to participate, please see this comment for OOC mechanics. The more people participate, the better! All requests are OOCly open until June 9th, 23:59 PST!

• Information gathered may not match the section explored.

• Feel free to come up with new fairytales, use existing ones (with changes, if a character of that fairytale exists in the game) or even use mythologies as fairytale stories. Have fun!

• Any types of books can be found from the library, even those that come from characters' worlds, as long as they're not straight up a manga or diary of someone's life from home. Feel free to come up with the weirdest cookbooks or a "X thing for Dummies".

• Smut is not allowed on the event post, so if your thread is heading that way, please move it to a separate entry (like to your musebox or characters' journal).

• Remember to content and spoiler warn as necessary!

• Reminder to players that this month is Activity Check-in month and check-in ends on May 31st, at 23:59 PST.

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[ He'll probably regret this, but: ]

Have you talked to Hange? They thrive on weird questions about Titans.

[ Not that he really wants to think about what exactly said weird questions may entail... but he isn't going to shy away from it either. He stares at Evangeline blankly for a few moments. ]

Oh, don't worry. Once you get eaten you'll be puked out eventually. Pieces of you, anyway. The stench carries for miles. Don't think I've ever seen one use it as a weapon, though. They just eat until they're full and then throw up to make more space.

Oh, yeah, we've talked. I might've weirded them out last time, though.

[Which says a lot if even Hange wasn't sure how to react to their questions, so she probably doesn't need to elaborate-]

I think I was complaining about how all the Titan shifters here are both unfairly hot and not interested in women?

Ha. You must be a real freak then.

[ He says it like an observation rather than an insult, though. But hell, he calls Hange "abnormal" and they live together at this point. ]

[ Oh. Oh. ]

[ He could point out how discussing the hotness of titan shifters, majority of which were basically their kids, is quite a bit different from discussing generic titan weirdness, and therefore shouldn't be counted as the same thing. In fact, he's a little surprised to hear that a bunch of his subordinates apparently prefer the company of men? He'd been surprised when he learned Jean and Mikasa got married and Eren was fine with it when he first arrived here, but it's not really any of his business. ]

...Titans and titan shifters aren't really the same thing.

[ JUST NOT GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT "HOT" COMMENT THANKS... ]

Absolutely.

[Shameless. Yes sir, that's her, the freak who wants to smooch titans.]

My understanding is that regular titans aren't really intelligent enough to consent? I'm a freak but I've still got morals.

[That's clearly what the biggest problem would be with getting with a regular titan.]

[ Well. At least she's self-aware. Levi can respect that. ]

Consent? [ He knows the word. He doesn't know the exact implication usually assumed in modern times; he's more used to it meaning a budget approval. ] No, they didn't agree to being turned into monsters in the first place. I definitely wouldn't call them intelligent, but Hange has opinions on that topic.

[ Like that one creepy fellow that could talk, supposedly. But that was an outlier and not a rule. Still, all of them used to be humans, which made things so much worse, considering how much agency was stripped off of them. ]

-That's not what I meant by consent, but it's good to know?

[Should she elaborate, or should let Levi escape this conversation with a minimum of brain breaking... Decisions.]

[ Levi glowers a little, tempted to spit out a scathing remark, like What, just because I didn't go to school I don't know what words mean? but decides against it. ]

Why? Planning to bring some here?

[ Excuse him for not being too generous with his assumptions. ]

No, of course not! They're too dangerous and, like I said, they can't consent to sex, so what would even be the point.

[ oh okay, phew, no crisis incoming. ]

...

[ why is this his life ]

They also don't got any junk, anyone tell you that?

Yeah, of course, that's an important detail. Not one that would stop me, but it's a consideration.

Did you know the Jaw Titan can purr?

[why IS this your life, levi. what crimes did you commit to deserve this.]

[ NOT GOING TO ASK. ]

No. Did you know it can fly?

[ clearly this is karma for all the war crimes he's committed. ]

Really? No, nobody told me.

[She's learning so much!]

Their abilities can very depending on user.

[ At least that seems to be the gist of it. He never really got well acquaintanced with Porco, but his Titan definitely did not have wings the way Falco's did. ]

[ That's about the entire contribution to that topic he feels like making though, apparently, as then he simply turns away and proceeds to continue dusting the books. ]

That's good to know!

[Flying with a Titan... she can barely imagine it. It sounds amazing.]

-Alright, no more talking about that, I've weirded you out enough for today. So how've you been?

[She will, at least, take a cloth to start dusting some books on another shelf while she talks. If she didn't, she expects he might just tell her to leave.]

[ He would probably agree to show her if she asked too! It might be best if Reiner doesn't find out Falco is a shifter, though... ]

Titan talk isn't weird. Still not my idea of fun though.

[ He does look like he's about to say something more, but her picking up that dust rag seems to placate him for the moment. He turns a bit to return to cleaning as well, though they can obviously continue to converse side by side. ]

I'm good.

[ Okay, well... not much of conversationalist, is he... ]

[Part of her really wants to take that as a challenge to get even weirder, but she likes Levi so she'll refrain. This time.]

That's good to hear. I've been. Not great? Dying sucks and I don't recommend it even if it's temporary. But other than that things have been okay.

[ Aw. He's grateful. A little bit. ]

[ The dust rag suddenly stops moving. Levi stares at the book in front of him for a long moment before turning his (somehow even flatter, but in an alarmed way) expression toward her. ]

You died?

[ He's definitely dumped his share of trauma that he considered fun little stories on people, but at least he's never been able to say he died. Wasn't this world supposed to be (mostly) peaceful? Or is she still talking about her home? ]

Oh - yeah, sorry, I posted about it on the network earlier? [She sounds far too casual about it - mildly annoyed, but no more than that.] I tried using a Wishing Star to bring my mom here, and what I got was something that seemed like my mom at first but ended up being very not her and it killed me.

So like, don't do that, that was dumb of me.

...I don't really look at the network.

[ He does every once in a blue moon, like when the kids post something and/or his partners alert him to it. He's finally getting out of the habit to sign his texts, at least... sometimes he still does, though. ]

[ He frowns slightly as he listens. ]

...Makes sense. If it was that easy, everybody would be using it to bring people over. [ Somehow, he'd never even considered people being something he could wish for. But the Guild Leaders would have known about such a loophole, and they'd already told him it was, for now, impossible to call specific people here. They were working on it, though. ] I'm sorry, though. About your mom.

[ He doesn't think she's dumb at all. Hell, he might have done the same thing if he wasn't up to his ears in how-to-bring-dead-people-to-Ellipsa lore. ]

...Thanks.

[She isn't really expecting the sympathy. She's been told multiple times by different people that she wasn't stupid, that anyone missing the people they love might
have ended up trying it. But it's hard to shake the feeling that she should have been more careful, that she let her guard down too much here in this world of relative safety.]

-The shop guy said he'd put a warning on it so that nobody else tries that. So, I guess it's better that it happened to me instead of someone less resilient?

[ Well, the feeling isn't entirely wrong either. But neither are the people. It's too easy to let one's guard down here; Levi has caught himself doing that a few times, to his own surprise and dismay. But it's hard not to when this place is giving him the best life he's ever had, including several of his loved ones back from the dead. ]

I guess.

[ He resumes dusting. It doesn't sound like he necessarily agrees or disagrees; Evangeline's feelings on the matter are the ones of importance. If she truly thinks this way, it's probably for the best. ]

[ There's a silence, and for a while it may seem like he's done talking. But after not too long, he glances her way again. ]

Have you lit a lantern during that festival in October?

I have, yeah. You start glowing if you've died before and you light one, right?

[...Jyoti had been glowing brightly back then. Evangeline didn't ask her about it. That was one of the reasons they got along so well, their shared unwillingness to pry at painful histories.

She hopes Jyoti's doing okay, having been shuffled between worlds yet another time.]

...I don't know. Maybe.

[ He doesn't think he ran into anybody that he knew has died, except-- ]

Sometimes it works, though. I lit -- a lot of them. Someone showed up the same day.

[ It was unrelated, but he doesn't know that. ]

Oh - really? I'll try that when it comes around again this year.

[Her parents haven't died, thank goodness, but it'd be good to see some of her coworkers get a second chance.]

Thanks.

There's no guarantee, of course. But it's worth a try, right?

[ It's not a lot of effort for potentially an insurmountable payoff. He is rather disappointed that he wasn't able to make it happen again, there are so many people he would love to bring here. Nonetheless, he's overjoyed about Erwin. Having one person back is already unimaginably better than getting none of them. ]

Event #8: Fairytale Gone Live

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