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ᴄʜᴇʀʀʏᴡᴏᴏᴅ ʜᴇᴀʟᴇʀ ᴍɪʟʏɴ ([personal profile] cherrywood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2013-10-26 06:57 pm

EVENT | ALL HALLOWED

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..."



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
imaginate: ([lantern] cruising)

[personal profile] imaginate 2013-10-28 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
Hey!

[He'd been about to torment a few customers for fun, but her statement snaps him right out of that. Losing his sight was one of his worst, most primal fears. He reaches out and... whoa, he can actually touch her?]

You okay?
grigio: (hold up don't shoot)

[personal profile] grigio 2013-10-28 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Julie gasps, startling a bit when Kyle touches her. She wasn't quite expecting that, but the contact helps calm her some.]

No. I don't know what happened. I just suddenly can't see anything and it doesn't sound like there's been a power outage.

[It just sounds like business as usual around here. People were still bustling around and shopping.]

Can you help me get home?
imaginate: ([lantern] lean on me)

[personal profile] imaginate 2013-10-28 12:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[He looks at her blank, unfocused eyes, and with a jolt thinks this is how he must've appeared to Wally. His hand squeezes hers, in reassurance, and with his free hand, he holds up three fingers.]

Of course. Just to check... how many fingers am I holding up?
grigio: (jesus christ really?)

[personal profile] grigio 2013-10-28 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Julie shakes her head a bit, shoulders slumping a bit in defeat.]

I don't know. Everything's black.

[She sighs, eyes closing for a moment as her free hand rubs at them. Maybe that'll help? But when she opens them again...]

Damn...I have no idea how many fingers you're holding up.
imaginate: ([lantern] see the other guy)

[personal profile] imaginate 2013-10-28 01:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[He lowers his hand, and shifts his grip to holding her arm, gently, steadily. I am right here and not going anywhere]

Sorry ma'am, you've been blinded.

[A beat. This obviously happened right here, he glances around to see if any objects might've triggered it.]

Where do you live? We can start walking.
grigio: maehry @ hollow-art (mildly amused)

[personal profile] grigio 2013-10-28 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[That's reassuring and she appreciates it, even managing a very small smile in what she hopes is his direction.]

Earth Sector. 3D. And thank you. I'm Julie.
imaginate: ([lantern] lean on me)

[personal profile] imaginate 2013-10-28 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Kyle. Nice to meet you, wish it was under better circumstances.

[He guides her out of the shop, and starts walking, slowly, down the street.]
grigio: (distress)

[personal profile] grigio 2013-10-28 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Pleasure to meet you, too, despite the current situation.

[She walks with him, trying to stick a little close to him so that she doesn't walk into anyone. She isn't aware that she's also been rendered intangible so walking into people isn't an issue.

She's quiet for a moment, thinking over her day before shaking her head.]


This is just weird. [She taps her lower lip in frustration for a moment before speaking again.]

I didn't really do much out of the ordinary, so figuring out what happened is frustrating.
imaginate: ([lantern] lean on me)

[personal profile] imaginate 2013-10-29 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Kyle, on the other hand, is deriving great joy from deliberately walking through people, since he can't do that normally. Luckily there aren't many vehicles on the road or in the way, or he'd have a harder time explaining that to Julie.]

My guess is rogue magic. Spell was either meant for a group or struck us at random, hard to say without searching the city and asking everyone. Though... why it blinded you, I really don't know.
grigio: (ew what did i step in)

[personal profile] grigio 2013-10-29 12:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Julie probably would be too, if she could see anything. But that's the big problem, isn't it? So she keeps close to Kyle as they walk.

This just sucked out loud, but Julie isn't going to show that too much.]


That'd take a long time to do, even with going on the network.


[She sighs, rubbing her eyes one final time. It's not going to help, but if she's not careful, it may become a habit.]

God, please let this straighten itself out soon. I'd like to finish some of my projects at home.
imaginate: ([lantern] noogie time punk)

[personal profile] imaginate 2013-10-31 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
[He squeezes her hand.]

It'll work out. Somebody around here knows what's up, we'll dig them out.

[A beat, and then, more gently-]

Focus on your hearing and the sound of your feet on the ground.

[To a sharp person, he's giving away the fact that he himself has been blinded before, but he doesn't care right now.]