Mini Event Mingle: Halloween is Coming to Town

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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

Comments

[hometown]

[ Reiner nods along with Mecchan, agreeing with tone alone. ]

She deserves happiness. I think she's found some here.

[roundandaround]

Yeah... She always appreciates this place, even when she thinks it's weird. I think especially. I get worried.

[hometown]

Worried? Why is that?

[roundandaround]

Because of how bad her world was. If you're like "what's a union" or "how can you go out at night without getting murdered" or "no one died at work all week," doesn't it show how bad it was at home that these normal things are so amazing? I want to make sure Neechan never has to go through that again. That no one has to go through that again. And people with magitech research and world-crossing magic and all these other things are working so hard for that, but I can't do any of that stuff.

[hometown]

[ "Normal things"…

It occurs to Reiner has he hasn't told Rinku much about where he's from. Or rather, what life is like there. He hasn't described Titans, or the perilous state of Eldians, or the country he calls his own.

The dangers in Evangeline's world are different. But based on what Reiner has learned—both from Evangeline and from the reactions of others—his world is little better. ]

I understand that. My world is pretty rough, too; she and I have that in common. I'll bet she wants to stay here as much as you want her to stay.

[ He doesn't offer any placating words like, "Maybe that'll be enough." He knows it won't. Still, it means something that Rinku wants Evangeline to remain here so badly. ]

[roundandaround]

[Rinku nods. She's heard things from his castmates, among other sources. Mecchan shivers a little and blows a bubble.]

I hope you and your friends are gonna be okay too, Reiner-san. Everyone's working really hard, so maybe...

[hometown]

[ Reiner hums in acknowledgment. ]

It's tough not being able to help out with the research. I understand that.

[roundandaround]

You feel bad about it too, Reiner-san? Even though you're really good at the stuff you do for everyone?

[hometown]

I'm not good at everything. I'm not good enough with technology or magic to help in any meaningful way. [ Despite his best efforts to learn, that remains true. ] I do what I can; that's all we can do.

[roundandaround]

I bet you could help better than me. I'm really bad at studying things I'm not super into, even if I really try and want to learn.

[hometown]

You could help in other ways. You're enthusiastic; you're good at motivating people.

[roundandaround]

I wanna do that for sure! But is it gonna help get people home or keep them here?

[hometown]

Not directly. But you can motivate the people who are already working on it. You can inspire others who can help with the technical stuff.

[roundandaround]

I hope that's enough.

[Huh. Usually Rinku goes all in on that. The "music carries everyone's dreams" trope you see in non-ironic idol anime and all that. Something must have happened.]

Thanks, Reiner-san. I'll keep trying to do other stuff too.

[hometown]

[ Reiner frowns a little, but he doesn't push for an explanation. Some days, people feel less capable than others. Other days, they feel they could do just about anything. Maybe Rinku is just having a bad day…

Or maybe something did indeed happen. ]

Okay. Let me know if you need any help with anything, all right? I'm here.

[ Short of pushing her for answers (which may not help at all), that's about the best he can do. ]