EVENT | ALL HALLOWED

[cherrywood]

Characters: Everyone!
Date: Oct 27th - Nov 2nd
Location: The City of Keeliai
Situation: The kedan have decided to participate in an Earth tradition: Hallowe'en! But there are other mysterious things afoot this holiday and when people start disappearing they'll have to find a way to reverse the effect... though all of their selves might not make it back.
Warnings/Rating: Please indicate content warnings in subject headers as applicable.

As the weather turns crisper, the nights and mornings carry with them a hint of chill promising cooler days to come, the month starts drawing to a close. This is a pleasant time, soon to be the season of harvest even on such a nomad as Tu Vishan. Yet the relations with the kedan have been good lately and even the Emperor's latest warning has not dampened the resilience of her people (both willing citizens and not) and so today marks a new tradition to Keeliai and it starts with receiving a simple, handwritten invitation.

"Come and celebrate the Keeliai of ages past..."

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OOC: See the OOC plotting post for event details and this post for assorted subheaders outlining various parts of the plot. Feel free to start your own thread header if none suit, or make your own logs for various threadings... this is just for a central post for the event. Any questions can be directed HERE. Thank you!

NOTE: NPC tagging will be mostly in the Palace Rewards and Touch of Memory threads unless specifically requested elsewhere! Normal rules for players writing NPC interactions remains the same as always.

MID PLOT UPDATE!
Through the course of investigations will be discovered that every Foreigner who went trick or treating has acquired themselves at least one pot of what appears to be iridescent paint, sometimes more than one. Experimenting with these pots (because lbr who doesn't want a few randomly shimmery possessions) oddly enough lets ghosted characters interact with them completely solidly. Which, if you've inadvertently been ignoring someone, might mean you get your new shiny lamp thrown at your head.

Now if people get the smart idea to the paint the paint, that would let ghosted characters get hold of this stuff themselves...

TL;DR - Ghosted characters can paint themselves back into phase. Eating the stuff is also acceptable.

I. GIVE A LITTLE, GET A LITTLE!
Trick or Treating (All Sectors) | Palace Rewards

II. SHADOWS AND SHADES
Tangible: Kedan Museum | Disappearances | Investigations
Ghosted: Sense of Loss | Touch of Memory | Shift of Perception | Poltergeisting

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Poltergeisting

[cherrywood]

Characters who are affected will find themselves unable to communicate or affect anyone or anything they try to. Shouting at the top of their lungs attracts no attention at all and trying to touch something only results in their hands going right through the object-- even people. Those will magical abilities will find they seem to work as normal to their own perception, only that they have no impact on anything. It will be as though they're now in a sub-layer of Keeliai... not having left the Life plane, just out of sync with it.

However they will be able to interact normally with any other phased out characters and they will find with a little bit of experimenting an interesting discovery: strange things happen wherever they go! Doors bang, pipes rattle, floors creak and mirrors fog up for no reason. They might not be able to precisely control these classic haunting signs but they can be persistent with them! Most importantly, those who keep their museum invitations will find written on it an additional line that had not previously been visible, which can only be seen by phased out characters.

"In five days, you too will have become part of history."

open!

[dunhaming]

[ FOR OTHER OUT OF PHASE CHARACTERS ]

[ Olivia is decidedly unhappy about this. The whole thing. She hates feeling useless and not being able to talk to or even interact with anyone is pretty much the pinnacle of uselessness. It's leaving her restless and frustrated, and she doesn't even have a way to take it out on anything, so it's just festering. The only thing she can do is walk, so walk she does, and every bit of her demeanor is projecting that frustration and anger like a neon sign on a pitch black night. ]

[ POLTERGEISTING FOR NORMAL PEOPLE ]

[ Olivia's frustration at being so helpless and useless leads her to wander everywhere because she would probably explode if she had to sit still. And she is a very noisy poltergeist. It didn't take long for her to figure out how to make all the weird things happen, and she's incredibly persistent in her haunting, lingering for a while if she manages to find someone to disturb. Day or night, hardly matters to her as long as someone is paying a bit of attention to her. ]

[imaginate]

[Kyle, on the other hand, actually feels pretty decent. He's not scared of being stuck like this forever, or not being able to find a way back to the normal plane. As far as he's concerned, it's just rogue magic, and it'll get resolved sooner or later.]

[His current concern is locating anyone who might've been affected, and while doing so, he whistles as he walks, checking in the corners, twirling (yes, twirling) around normal people and making silly faces at them where he can, and otherwise making a large point of enjoying himself as much as possible.]

[dunhaming]

[ She spots Kyle and feels some relief. There's a person who will get what's going on and have some plan to figure out what to do next. And given his interaction with the people around him, it's clear that he'll be able to hear her. ]

Kyle!

[ His name hardly carries her usual cheerful demeanor, and it actually sounds sharp. Very different than usual. ]

[imaginate]

[He looks up at her when she shouts, smiles, and waves.]

Hey!

[Thinking that she's the one with the brilliant plan, he jogs over to her.]

You too, huh?

[dunhaming]

[ People with brilliant plans are not this agitated. As she stops before him a kedan passes through her shoulder and she gives the oblivious person what could only be called a glare before turning her attention back to Kyle. ]

Yeah, hi. I'm guessing since you're Mister Happy that you know more about this shit than I do. Fill me in.

[ Oh yeah, definitely pissed at everything right now. ]

[imaginate]

[He shrugs and gives her a bright smile. Some part of him should be flinching under that glare, and pitying the person receiving it, but since his loss, only the latter emotion really registers.]

I figure it's rogue magic. [a shrug.] I met somebody who got blinded, that was weird since nobody else I've met so far seems to have anything wrong with them. [Including himself, but he hasn't noticed.] Aside from the fact that we're all currently intangible.

[Then, he frowns, because Zatanna mentioned this too.]

I'm not Mister Happy... am I?

[dunhaming]

[ She just. Gives him a long "what the hell" look. ]

Yes? I mean, are you even listening to yourself? You're not even worried about the fact that we are intangible, that someone got blinded, and that no one has a way to solve this or even knows for sure what's happening. What the hell is your damage, Kyle?

[ This just keeps getting worse and worse. She finally found someone who should know what's going on and be able to work with her to figure things out, and he might as well be drunk for how messed up he seems. ]

[imaginate]

[Under normal circumstances, he'd have blanched. He simply meets her gaze with a steady, composed one of his own. Utterly not bothered, except for the frown at the sharp tone and sharper questions.]

Nothing! [Irritable.] I just don't see why we should be upset. Nobody's dead or going to die, and all magic spells can be undone.

[He purses his lips. He should really be more afraid or more serious about this, but he can't bring himself to be, for some reason.]

[dunhaming]

[ She gives a small laugh, but it's not a happy one, more of a disbelieving and annoyed laugh. ]

Not upset? Right, sure, I'm going to be completely fine with the fact that no normal people can see or hear me and that I pass right through them, and that one of my best friends is apparently messed up in the head. Oh, I forgot the part where all the other people who haven't been messed up also don't seem to know what's going on. It's all very, very reassuring.

[ She changes back from sarcastically pretending to be amused to just flat out pissed and gives him a "come on, tell me I'm wrong, come at me bro" look. ]

[imaginate]

[As he runs through the statement in his mind, he feels should be echoing her sentiments. This is not a situation any of them have ever encountered, Julie was blinded (and wasn't he terrified of the exact same thing?), and even Zatanna was at a total loss.]

[Olivia's right. Intellectually, he accepts it. Emotionally, the pieces aren't fitting together.]

C'mon! There's nothing to be scared of!

[A frown, he scratches his head, and mutters:]

That can't be right....

[dunhaming]

[ She gives a reeeaaally long and slow eye roll and gives an annoyed smile. ]

I know. That is what I've been trying to tell you this whole time, if you'd been listening to me.

[ She shakes her head. This isn't just a matter of not listening, it's more than that. ]

Clearly this is a bigger problem than that. Are you actually trying to tell me that you're not even the slightest bit frustrated or upset over this?

Lin Beifong | OTA

[lineality]

[Five days. Lin has never been the panicking sort, but if that doesn't sound ominous, she doesn't know what does.

The first day, she drifts through the city in vain, trying and failing to get the attention of everyone she knows. The morning of the second day, however, finds her parked in front of a motorcycle dealership at the edge of Metal Sector, expression grimly determined.

At first, the casual observer will see and hear absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. But every now and then, one of the motorcycles roars to life, to the utter bafflement of the saleskedan, and then quickly dies out. It doesn't happen all the time. It doesn't even happen most of the time. She's not even sure if her sharp, forceful arm movements are what's causing it. But she doesn't shift out of horse stance, and she doesn't budge an inch.

The kedan is getting more and more distressed by the hour, shouting about how impossible it all is, how none of the motorcycles even have gas in them. At some point, a foreigner is bound to notice.]

Re: Lin Beifong | OTA

[browbeater]

[so what if she was noticed by someone who could see her perfectly. Mako was about to go nuts, too, between not being seen, and Korra losing her entire memory, where did you even start with something like this? So, imagine his surprise when something has the attention of the kedan.

He approaches, wary for now but seeing Chief Beifong gave him some hope that maybe, just maybe, she'd be able to see him, and by extension Korra. Maybe, and as long as she remembered everything, it wouldn't be nearly as difficult.]

Chief Beifong?

[he says with zero hesitancy. After having been ignored for so long, he was tired of it. Maybe even a little angry.]

[lineality]

[She almost doesn't hear him over the roar of the nearest motorcycle, but his voice is unmistakable, and as the engine finally splutters to a halt she breaks stance for the first time in hours and straightens, scanning the street until her eyes finally land on a familiar scarf.]

Mako! [Spirits, can he actually see her? He'd be the first familiar face who could.]

[browbeater]

[the acknowledgement is a relief but there was no time to relax. He had a hunch that she was just as invisible as he was, based off the motorcycle bending. He ran towards her, passing through most of the barriers.

He'd gotten used to it since phasing out]

No one else can see you either, huh?

[lineality]

[She shakes her head, the momentary relief chased away with a rapidly deepening frown.]

I met a kid yesterday who could see me, but he was having the same problems I was. How long have you been like this?

[browbeater]

A couple of days now. And it gets better...

[he rubs the bridge of his nose, almost as if he were dealing with Bolin on a particularly bad day. If only, if only. He'd rather be dealing with Bolin than this...]

Korra's lost her memory.

[lineality]

Same. I think it started early yesterday mo--what?

[She stares at him, dumbfounded for an instant before she can pull her composure back together. Even then, her expression is one of utter disbelief, and she hesitates only briefly before barraging him with questions.]

What do you mean by that? Are you sure? How? Is she a spirit like us, too, or--?

[browbeater]

[he expected the questions. He was still trying to make sense of everything himself, but no, the one thing he'd figured out was that Korra was definitely completely without her memory.]

I'm positive. I've asked her enough questions, and it wouldn't be like Korra to lie about something like this. She actually vanished before I did [on one of their dates...], she's with me right now.

[lineality]

Spirits.

[She puts a hand to her temple for a moment, mind still spinning. Bad enough to know the Avatar has been affected the same way they have, with a five-day deadline counting down as they speak. But for her to have lost her memory--]

How severe is her memory loss? Did it occur before or after she vanished? [Turning to scan the street around them:] And did you by any chance happen to visit a museum together before this happened?

[browbeater]

[five days and counting. He was glad Lin was there, though. With Korra down for the count for the most part, having someone else who knew what was going on and could just remember was exactly what he needed for right then.

He shakes his head.]

She can't remember a thing. And as for when it happened, it was after she vanished.

... And yeah, we did. One about the kedan history, right?

[lineality]

[She can only hope the memory loss is unrelated. Wonders if maybe she shouldn't find pen and paper herself, before she can't remember who she is, either.

But they'll find some way to fix it. They have to.

Wordlessly, she pulls her invitation out of her sleeve, gesturing for Mako to do the same. If the same ominous message is on his card...]

Open to all

[iguanasolution]

[Frank had been dealing with this whole thing... well, honestly not as nicely as he should have considering he should be more than used to weird things happening. He'd heard of Annabeth's invisibility cap, so something like a ghost cap or ghost powers didn't seem too unlikely. He wasn't even too worried, all things considered- his friends would find him, and find a way to bring him back. He was sure of that.

Still it had been a bad week at the end of a bad month at the end of a bad... well, to be honest he hadn't really had a good day since Hazel disappeared. So once he discovers that his presence triggers... weird things happening around him, he will make sure to use it everywhere, to try and get people's attention.

His favorite is the door-banging, even though he can't quite control it yet.]

Open to all~

[corage]

[Whoever thought that this would be fun really needed to get their priorities straightened out. For one, this was really not fun. At all. And two, why was this even happening in the first place?!

Hard to tell how many days it had been since this nightmare started. Hal certainly hasn't been having the best time figuring out what happened, or if he even understands what's been going on. For the most part he's been flying around and sometimes hitting stuff by accident - although its less accidental these days. Hal isn't sure if his lack of sensation is due to him being... whatever he is now or otherwise, but he's just not going to think about it. For now, what's he more concerned is his state of corpealness.

He does not want to end up like his counterpart, thank you very much.]