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♥ October Event OOC Plotting Post
This month's event lasts from 09 October to 31 October. Below, you'll find information on the event. Please use this post for all your plotting needs - talk to fellow players, post up your plans, find people to tag, or ask the mods a question about the event under the Question Thread below. Click on each prompt's title to see the text.
The IC Event Mingle Log will be posted on 09 October.
❥ PROMPT I: The Havenwell Archives
Lasohm is another month that belongs to Ohma and as such, a small group of citizens decide that it might be great for the offworlders to help with something that might please the feline god. These citizens are marked with a sash with the sign of a quill on it, a decidedly antique symbol considering how technologically advanced the people are. They hand out fliers to any who will take them, offering a small amount of Dora in compensation to any who will help the Havenwell Archives repair and restore their books. The Archives is a large building in the south and its doors, which have been sealed shut until now, are slightly ajar, allowing people entry.
Head to the Archives and you'll be greeted by one of a handful of robotic citizens, all wearing that quill-emblazoned sash, and directed to a small room where you and other offworlders are put to the task of reassembling history texts that have fallen into disrepair. Most of the writing is illegible, but it seems that these books are important to the Archives for more than just the information contained within. As you work, you might notice that talking and sharing information about yourself or engaging in physical contact near these books with the other people in your room makes the text on your pages a little more legible, a little easier to read and understand....
Those who choose this prompt, please comment to the Mod thread below. You will be randomized to receive a small blurb that your character will be given to transcribe. This is limited to one blurb per player.
Head to the Archives and you'll be greeted by one of a handful of robotic citizens, all wearing that quill-emblazoned sash, and directed to a small room where you and other offworlders are put to the task of reassembling history texts that have fallen into disrepair. Most of the writing is illegible, but it seems that these books are important to the Archives for more than just the information contained within. As you work, you might notice that talking and sharing information about yourself or engaging in physical contact near these books with the other people in your room makes the text on your pages a little more legible, a little easier to read and understand....
Those who choose this prompt, please comment to the Mod thread below. You will be randomized to receive a small blurb that your character will be given to transcribe. This is limited to one blurb per player.
❥ PROMPT II: Chase the Rabbit
Those plagued by the dreams with their strange, indistinct figure will find that they haven't gone away even as the month changes to Lasohm. Not everyone is dreaming about this stranger and they don't come every night, but that might be a small comfort to those who see the figure lurking in their dreams, watching silently. They no longer flit away when you look at them though and instead, start holding their unnaturally long arms out to you. Their outline is like a shadow and it feels like you might fall into their arms if you keep looking at them. It's almost tempting, but the way the figure beckons and approaches without actually moving its legs seems unnatural. Every time you blink, it grows closer and larger and its arms are opened wide for you. You get the distinct feeling that, should you embrace it, it would be like dropping into an endless, dark void, which is when a sense of vertigo seizes you and wakes you up.
The vertigo plagues you even into the waking hours and out of the corner of your eye, you can see that figure from your dreams, arms outstretched and waiting. The only way to rid yourself of this phantom is to let another character hold you tight, in the same way that figure seems to want to do. Letting another character hug you dispels the dreams entirely this time - the phantom figure dissipates, the dreams stop, and it seems like everything is back to normal for you.
Those who accept the phantom's hug, however....? Well. Let's just say they have very different dreams that night.
The vertigo plagues you even into the waking hours and out of the corner of your eye, you can see that figure from your dreams, arms outstretched and waiting. The only way to rid yourself of this phantom is to let another character hold you tight, in the same way that figure seems to want to do. Letting another character hug you dispels the dreams entirely this time - the phantom figure dissipates, the dreams stop, and it seems like everything is back to normal for you.
Those who accept the phantom's hug, however....? Well. Let's just say they have very different dreams that night.
❥ PROMPT III: Catch the Rabbit
Those who accept the phantom's hug also see it vanish from the daylight and it seems like everything is fine. It's gone, just like everyone else has said, and there's nothing lurking in the shadows anymore. You go to sleep that night and that's when it hits you. That sense of vertigo is awful and the dreams? They're back, but this time, they're a little different.
The White Rabbit: You're not alone in this space. Whether it's by accident or by some bond of fate, someone else is here with you. All around you, the world is empty and pure white, stretching into eternity and blank, like it's waiting for something - and it is. It's waiting for you. Once you recognize one another, the world reforms to take on the appearance of a dream you've had before, or a memory from long ago. The other person in your dream is conscious of this not being real, but you? Well...maybe you're aware and maybe you're not. Whatever the case may be, it seems the dream can end naturally as it's meant to, or your companion can try to wake you up. Because it's not just the two of your in this dream - that long-armed phantom is back and it's getting closer.
The Black Rabbit: The dreams are pitch black. You're floating in the darkness with nothing to tether you, whispers in foreign tongues all around you, words you can't understand. If you linger too long, the whispers grow louder, the sound of claws raking down metal approaching from behind and you know: you need to run. The dream seems to go forever, with you tumbling through the darkness, running on nothing, running to nothing, but definitely running from something. And then suddenly, there's someone with you, also fleeing the unseen horrors. As soon as you see them, the dream shifts and now you're experiencing each other's worst nightmares. Fend the terrors off by working together, holding one another, comforting each other as needed, but don't let them catch you.
Whichever dream you have, it ends when you see a figure suddenly appearing in front of you. The phantom that haunted you in your waking hours is back and you know that it sees you as well. Rather than come after you, however, the figure points to the side causing the walls of Havenwell to appear out of the dark, a bright beacon in the gloom. Then the figure opens a gaping, toothless mouth and wails, a bone deep sadness filling the air until the white walls of Havenwell begin to crumble like dust. You awaken with a jolt, the vision fading but the memories remaining.
The White Rabbit: You're not alone in this space. Whether it's by accident or by some bond of fate, someone else is here with you. All around you, the world is empty and pure white, stretching into eternity and blank, like it's waiting for something - and it is. It's waiting for you. Once you recognize one another, the world reforms to take on the appearance of a dream you've had before, or a memory from long ago. The other person in your dream is conscious of this not being real, but you? Well...maybe you're aware and maybe you're not. Whatever the case may be, it seems the dream can end naturally as it's meant to, or your companion can try to wake you up. Because it's not just the two of your in this dream - that long-armed phantom is back and it's getting closer.
The Black Rabbit: The dreams are pitch black. You're floating in the darkness with nothing to tether you, whispers in foreign tongues all around you, words you can't understand. If you linger too long, the whispers grow louder, the sound of claws raking down metal approaching from behind and you know: you need to run. The dream seems to go forever, with you tumbling through the darkness, running on nothing, running to nothing, but definitely running from something. And then suddenly, there's someone with you, also fleeing the unseen horrors. As soon as you see them, the dream shifts and now you're experiencing each other's worst nightmares. Fend the terrors off by working together, holding one another, comforting each other as needed, but don't let them catch you.
Whichever dream you have, it ends when you see a figure suddenly appearing in front of you. The phantom that haunted you in your waking hours is back and you know that it sees you as well. Rather than come after you, however, the figure points to the side causing the walls of Havenwell to appear out of the dark, a bright beacon in the gloom. Then the figure opens a gaping, toothless mouth and wails, a bone deep sadness filling the air until the white walls of Havenwell begin to crumble like dust. You awaken with a jolt, the vision fading but the memories remaining.
❥ PROMPT IV: It Warned You
Toward the end of the month starting from October 28th, offworlders and natives alike will start hearing noises. A deep, quiet scratching, the sound of something dragging heavily against stone, or a leaden thump that seems to reverberate through the floors. Then a slow rhythmic banging starts up and for the first time, the offworlders will see the natives truly scared. They start retreating from the public, sealing themselves up into their homes or taking to the temples to pray. During this time, all other festivities start to close, the VR cafe still boasting bright advertisements for the Harvest Festival games are deserted, the businesses and streets barely have anyone in them. The only activity to be seen is that of the wall guards and the police who start patrolling the streets, trying to locate the source of the noise, stopping anyone they see to interrogate them.
This continues until noon on October 30th when a loud crack, like glass being broken, splits the quiet across the city. Those outside can look up and see a long spider web of breaks snake out along the blue sky. The crack splits and splinters the sky until it hits the wall to the north where it stops for a brief moment, and then the wall itself cracks. The banging intensifies and the plaster flakes, cracks, and with a horrific boom, it breaks and a thick hairy hand the size of a car reaches in, pulling the stone away to widen it into a hole through which a steady stream of small black spider-like creatures start to spill into the city. An alarm rings shrill and the guard and police take to action, but it's clear they're not prepared for this. Help if you can, offworlders, your home is under attack!
What to do: Fight the monsters that are breaking into the city. Most of them are relatively small, black spider-like creatures that have very basic melee attacks, using their fangs and their sharp legs to bite and claw at people. On occasion a rarer monster might appear that will take more than one person to kill - these might resemble strange versions of monsters from your respective worlds, though nothing larger than a horse is present. The giant hand that punched its way through the wall is gone and won't come back. Clear the city of monsters and find a way to seal the breach. This event will ICly run from October 30-31st with the breach being sealed late on the 31st.
This continues until noon on October 30th when a loud crack, like glass being broken, splits the quiet across the city. Those outside can look up and see a long spider web of breaks snake out along the blue sky. The crack splits and splinters the sky until it hits the wall to the north where it stops for a brief moment, and then the wall itself cracks. The banging intensifies and the plaster flakes, cracks, and with a horrific boom, it breaks and a thick hairy hand the size of a car reaches in, pulling the stone away to widen it into a hole through which a steady stream of small black spider-like creatures start to spill into the city. An alarm rings shrill and the guard and police take to action, but it's clear they're not prepared for this. Help if you can, offworlders, your home is under attack!
What to do: Fight the monsters that are breaking into the city. Most of them are relatively small, black spider-like creatures that have very basic melee attacks, using their fangs and their sharp legs to bite and claw at people. On occasion a rarer monster might appear that will take more than one person to kill - these might resemble strange versions of monsters from your respective worlds, though nothing larger than a horse is present. The giant hand that punched its way through the wall is gone and won't come back. Clear the city of monsters and find a way to seal the breach. This event will ICly run from October 30-31st with the breach being sealed late on the 31st.
KAITO + VIANCA
Kai is not participating. Pursuits of knowledge are great but he's not suited for delicate bookwork and his handwriting sucks. VIANCA is living her best life to the fullest. She's extremely excited and you can tell cuz she nodded her head like five whole times instead of just one when asked. She would be down for talking about library stories or being a convenient touch fixture. She also wants to read literally everything in here so s h a r e p l e a s e.
CHASE THE RABBIT
Uh both of them probably succumbed to spoopy hugs pretty quick. Vianca probably during the day in a vertigo-induced fright or flight episode. Kai never got the first bout of vertigo. The spoopman never scared him and the combo of no-self preservation or worth means he probably welcomed that hug first night. Oops.
Since it probably happens so fast this might just segue right into
CATCH THE RABBIT
Vianca gets the White Rabbit. Broad expanses of white are great, she's a big fan of reminiscing alone in the snow. Dreams probably consist of a lot of trying to find someone, but they're gone. Also available are memories of why it is important to be quiet and other real fun topics! Yay! She might be a bit aware that this isn't actually happening, since she normally does not dream in images and would maaaybe remember that she was not Pink when this happened.
Kai gets the Black Rabbit, because boy he's also a big fan of reminiscing alone in wide black expanses while running away from his problems. His probably features a highway and he might possibly be on a nightmare bike so he's here for hitchhikers. His dreams aren't the most High Octane Nightmares on the block, but they do heavily feature self-harm of another person and ambiguous amounts of maybe murder so that's not always everyone's cup of tea.
He will totally hug and/or jumpkick your nightmares though.
IT WARNED YOU
Speaking of jumpkicking your nightmares now Kai is living his best self-destructive life. He can and will dramatically invite himself into scenarios where people he's started to care about are getting swarmed with spiders. You may have thought the "List People Would Probably Die For" was a joke but I assure you it's not. I can only imagine this doesn't end particularly, uh, unscathed for him. He's a dumb fleshy mortal who only knows that him taking bodily harm = someone else doesn't take bodily harm. His sole usefulness as a friend is to be your meatshield.
Vianca is trying really hard not to have a bad time. She already went through one whole big thing involving spidery looking things destroying a city in her first year somewhere, why does this Keep Happening. She is one (1) pikmin and has a history of getting smacked into walls and football spiked so shE'S JUST GONNA. NOT! She does have a pouch full of bandages though and her desire to help usually overrides her survival instincts, so there's that.
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piggyback ride
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piggyback ride he's done it before with someone taller but more lithe than Kai, I'm sure he could cart around a Kai-sized passenger easy enough. He wouldn't even turn his taxi meter on for it if it's his own idea just sayin'.
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also wow, how kind, thank you,, at least Kai would be paying the cab fare anyway, consider it a tip I guess!!
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will be compared. hell yea
Luckily all the payment he'd want in the first place is food so you can fork over something to eat when you're done being injured and call it even
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here's a fruit basket. its oranges.
only oranges.
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are acceptable
desperate times (havenwell not having anywhere to buy cheap snacks) call for desperate measures (eating something healthy once in a while)
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just hold vianca up and she will stare at them intensely until she gets the goods
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