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Seasons Mods ([personal profile] seasonsmods) wrote in [community profile] seasonsrpg2024-11-01 07:09 pm

Mini Event Mingle: Halloween is Coming to Town

Halloween has been officially adopted as a holiday in Ellipsa. So the Summer Guild Leader, Dawn, has arranged a three day party to celebrate it. She has gotten a lot of people involved to make it as fun as possible! They are held at all of the guilds (Frostreign, Blossomcrown, Solarpeak, Amberfall).

All of the guilds are now connected through a mirror path. However, the paths have been made longer with the help of Riki's Rewards, so the journey from Guild A to Guild B isn't instant! Instead people will encounter the spooky corridor, full of silly ways to spook someone such as randomly appearing skeletons and ghosts. Usually these are just fake props or people hiding under a sheet - but occasionally there's an actual skeleton around and taking off his head to cite Shakespeare.

The aesthetics of the corridor change depending on what guilds it connects together. All of them are made to be spooky right now, but originally they were made to work as actual methods of traveling between the guilds, so it's not everything there is. The night skies with a creepy red full moons are just temporary!

At the guilds, all of the natives have dressed up in different costumes and are encouraging people to pick their own costume from the costume room setup. Unfortunately, some very mischievous fairies have gotten into the room undetected and may cast a spell that makes someone act like they're the character the costume represents.

There's also an option to get a random costume if someone feels daring.

Otherwise it's a party filled with different kinds of Halloween appropriate food and drinks. Cookies that look like skeletons, pudding made to look like brains, drinks that look like blood and so on. Even the actual food has somehow been made to look creepy.

By the end of the evening, anyone who hasn't screamed because they were scared will be gifted a special potion called shared bravery. It lets the user to share their bravery with others around them for five hours.

Happy Halloween!


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Summary
• Halloween Parties at all of the four guilds
• Corridors made with Mirror Paths connect the guilds
• Corridors are currently spooky with a creepy full moon in the skies
• Free costumes in the guild costume rooms
• Some costumes may make people act like their costumes
• Those who don't get scared receive a special potion as a gift

- Ask your questions here.

- The party will be held from November 1st to November 3rd.

- The Mirror Path Corridors will be added as an official method of traveling between the guilds soon, making it easier to stay connected between guilds.

- Smut is not allowed on the post. You can play situations leading to it, but if the thread is turning into smut, please move it to a private space such a post in your character's journal, or a locked post in the game's log community.

- This is not the special mingle mentioned in the calendar
urtitan: (Reminiscing)

[personal profile] urtitan 2024-11-04 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Frieda seems happy enough with that... and the "skeletons" appreciate Evangeline's compliment, giving her a little wave (with one even calling out "Your head looks great!!").]

Hmph. At least they recognise the splendour of my court!

[Some real ghosts come howling, but Frieda, unable to see them, barely reacts. Hopefully, she isn't getting too heavy for Evangeline... she might not take kindly to having to be set down!]
abnormalizes: positive (in a limousine)

[personal profile] abnormalizes 2024-11-04 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
[She's pretty hardy! Evangeline's confident she should at least be able to make it to the end of the hall.]

What role do I have in your court, exactly?
urtitan: (Looming)

[personal profile] urtitan 2024-11-04 12:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[The answer comes without so much as a pause:]

You are my valued majordomo, my Admiral.

[Those seem like conflicting roles... unless she's under the impression that Evangeline is an admiral butterfly, which may or may not be the case!

A huge fake spider is about to drop from the ceiling and land in her lap as they approach the simple sensor that triggers its descent - will Evangeline be able to intercept it?]
abnormalizes: neutral (she's all right she's all right)

[personal profile] abnormalizes 2024-11-04 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
What's a majordomo?

[Unfortunately, Evangeline does not even register the fake spider as something to care about, so she makes no attempt to intercept it.]
urtitan: (Angry)

[personal profile] urtitan 2024-11-05 10:45 am (UTC)(link)
A majordomo is akin to a retainer - a person in charge of handling another's affairs and speaking on their behalf. A head servant, you could say--

[And the puppy-sized spider drops!]

Oh!! Why, how dare you--!

[She grabs it, tosses it into the air, and smacks it hard with her spectre, sending it flying. Good thing it's not a real one!]

Outrageous!! No one is allowed to touch me, much less take a seat on me, without my express permission!
abnormalizes: neutral blush ((the girl's a super freak))

[personal profile] abnormalizes 2024-11-05 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)


Have you ever considered picking up tennis?

[She's just saying, that was a pretty good volley right there-]
Edited 2024-11-05 21:16 (UTC)
urtitan: (Morose)

[personal profile] urtitan 2024-11-05 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
No.

[That's all she has to say on the matter, apparently! As Evangeline continues on with her in her arms, a fake mummy jumps out at them - and just barely avoids being jabbed by that overly dangerous sceptre. The poor sod quickly stumbles back into the darkness with a surprised "Whoa!".]

To be thus accosted on my voyage home... where is the respect I deserve, my Admiral?
abnormalizes: positive blush (it's the right time)

[personal profile] abnormalizes 2024-11-06 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry! [Called out to the fake mummy. She quickens her step, hoping to get Frieda home before she's 'accosted' by anything else.]

Maybe they don't know who you are?
urtitan: (Annoyed)

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[personal profile] urtitan 2024-11-06 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
urtitan: (Offended)

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[personal profile] urtitan 2024-11-06 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
urtitan: (Stern)

3/3

[personal profile] urtitan 2024-11-06 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
What?

[She twists in Evangeline's arms to look back over her shoulder, scanning the area for the preted-ghouls.]

I am the Queen of Hearts!! This is outrageous..! That rabble dares to ignore not just my standing, but my very being?!

[Oh dear. Luckily, the mirror leading to the summer guild building is coming into view, so hopefully she won't get any angrier before Evangeline can get her out of the infuriation zone!]
abnormalizes: neutral blush ((the girl's a super freak))

[personal profile] abnormalizes 2024-11-06 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Woops, time to speedwalk the rest of the way-]

It's a real crime, I totally agree! -Here we go!

[Aaand taking them through the mirror before Frieda can yell at anyone else.]
urtitan: (Queen of Hearts)

[personal profile] urtitan 2024-11-06 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
[She still lets out an offended huff as Evangeline professionally delivers her into the guild building, but with no further real or fake horror creatures stepping in their way, she seems marginally appeased!]

Thank you, my loyal majordomo. You may set me down.

[Apparently, even the Queen of Hearts is willing to walk the last bit of the way home on her own two feet... unless she intends to take one of the taxi boats along the artificial sea. However, as she approaches the exit, a volunteer worker recognises her outfit as part of their collection and chipperly stops her: "Miss, don't forget to return the costume! The changing room's free right now."]

Pardon me?

[It looks like she'll have an offended outburst... but then she pauses, rummages through her Hammerspace Purse, and procures her usual clothes that she stowed away after getting dressed up at the spring guild. Sadly, she doesn't seem to impressed with them.]

I was open to the suggestion of changing into a promenade outfit, but these clothes are barely even fit for a peasant!

[This sure is becoming a long night... what will Evangeline do?

A) Attempt to convince her
B) Leave her to her own devices (and for Jade to deal with)
C) A secret third thing]
abnormalizes: neutral blush (or at least I can't remember it)

[personal profile] abnormalizes 2024-11-06 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Setting her down with some relief... which is short-lived. Woops.]

Frieda, those are your clothes, I've seen you wearing them before! They belong to you, so that makes them royal wear.

[A??]
urtitan: (Succession)

[personal profile] urtitan 2024-11-06 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh Evangeline. Hopefully, your kindness will be rewarded!]

Hmm... a disguise, then, to move incognito... but tell me, my Admiral, why should I not walk proudly among my subjects as their rightful ruler?

[Here's hoping that none of her countrymen are overhearing this!]

It may be nighttime, but my splendour still shines under the moon and stars!
abnormalizes: neutral (everybody sing)

[personal profile] abnormalizes 2024-11-06 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
[She's trying her best.]

Um... To survey your kingdom without your subjects being so awed by your splendor that you can't observe the goings on?
urtitan: (Ladylike)

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[personal profile] urtitan 2024-11-06 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
[She thinks for a long moment, then lets out a noblewoman laugh (who knew she could even do that!).]

I suppose I can be so magnanimous! Well, then!

[To the relief of pretty much everyone in the vicinity, she enters the changing room.]
urtitan: (Embarrassed)

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[personal profile] urtitan 2024-11-06 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
[When she exits it in her regular outfit, there's no trace of haughtiness left on her face, and she's quick to pull Evangeline outside with her to find a quiet space near the building.]

I feel like I acted really annoyingly before... was it very bad?

[Since her magic-addled queen persona found no fault with her behaviour, it feels harder to assess in hindsight than it should! Was she incredibly obnoxious? Or did she just overdo it a little? She really can't tell!]
abnormalizes: negative (down to her feet)

[personal profile] abnormalizes 2024-11-06 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh good, she's back to normal!

...Oh good, Evangeline has to tell her how bad it was.]


Well... You tried to hit one of the dressed up people in the corridor with your scepter. And called people peasants a lot... and made a lot of demands...
urtitan: (Fretful)

[personal profile] urtitan 2024-11-06 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
Really?!

[It's true though, isn't it? She distinctly remembers it! But those people were also really annoying and disrespectful... weren't they? They got in her way and tried to scare her... but that's the point, isn't it? She felt really offended, as if the corridor weren't there precisely for people to get spooked in! Just how disproportionally mean was she to those poor volunteers?!]

My costume... I think there was a spell on my costume! I can't explain why I'd be so impatient with everybody otherwise!

[Evangeline's going to believe her, right? Something like that happened before at the fashion show quest, after all!]
abnormalizes: neutral blush ((the girl's a super freak))

[personal profile] abnormalizes 2024-11-06 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, yeah, no, there was like - a fairy trick? Not on the costume itself, because I got hit with it too earlier and I was in my costume already.

[Unsurprisingly, an Abnormality was not a costume choice available in the dressing room.]

I know you're not like that normally, don't worry.
urtitan: (Concerned)

[personal profile] urtitan 2024-11-06 09:55 am (UTC)(link)
Thank goodness!

[Despite the relief of having that confirmed, she looks pretty chagrined. She should go apologise to those poor people, but it'd feel mortifying... maybe, they won't remember her? Can she dare hope for that? That aside, though, her eyes wander over Evangeline's butterfly head.]

I didn't even compliment your costume, did I? It's gorgeous! May I?

[She'll carefully touch her wings (cheeks?)... all the little shimmering facettes are quite gorgeous!]
abnormalizes: neutral (when I get there she's got incense)

[personal profile] abnormalizes 2024-11-06 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that tickles!

[Her wings/cheeks flutter as she giggles.]

Thank you! It's a costume of an Abnormality from home, Funeral of the Dead Butterflies. Impeccably dressed, but when I got hit by that trick I started asking people how they'd like to be grieved and freaked Rinku out. So, like, it could be worse.
urtitan: (Moody)

[personal profile] urtitan 2024-11-06 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh no... she can imagine that that tripped Rinku up, to say the least! She, of course, is no stranger to morbid thoughts.]

I wouldn't want to be grieved at all.

[While Queen Frieda from before would probably have demanded a state funeral, statues and a mausoleum, regular Frieda thinks that it'd be best if everyone just forgot about her... back home, at least. But she tries to put a positive spin to it:]

Isn't it better when people just remember you fondly? But I suppose those two things go hand in hand... if you were fond of someone, you inevitably miss them when they're gone.
abnormalizes: negative (when i make my move to her room)

[personal profile] abnormalizes 2024-11-06 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
-I don't think that's better.

[Quiet, but firm.]

When you aren't allowed to be upset that someone you care about is dead, when you don't get to take the time to mourn because you have to be at a hundred percent efficiency or you'll be next... I can shove all my feelings down, because I had to to survive, but it wasn't what anyone would call healthy.

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