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

Comments

[backwordscompatible]

[In Zatanna's opinion, you were never too old for Free Candy. Granted, the definition of candy in this place seemed a bit...odd, at times, but hey. Free was Free.]

[And it was an excuse to dress up. Putting together an outfit wasn't difficult; what her sewing skills couldn't manage, her magic filled in the rest. She wanted to dress up as something that reminded her of home, but not too strongly, leading her to don a recognizable Wonder Woman costume. Even Zatanna herself was surprised at how much her skin and hair--and, for that matter, bright blue eyes--left her resembling the Amazonian Warrior Princess. Proudly so.]

[The top was strapless, of course, with only a pair of armbands providing cover, though she compensated by wearing skin-tone leggings beneath the corse, and tall boots. Beyond that, there was little shielding her from the brisk evening air. Faint goosebumps peppered her skin. She didn't seem to mind.]

[If anything, she seemed oblivious to the chill as she caught sight of a certain 'Superman' wandering the streets. Toying with the small piece of rope in her hand as she approached.]

Nice outfit.

Please tell me your father's already seen it. [She could just picture the linefacing in her mind's eye.]

[hackingyoursensors]

[He grins.]

Probably, but I haven't actually seen him face-to-face tonight.

[Bruce is probably creepin' or something.]

I wish Wonder Woman could see your costume; it's a good likeness.

[backwordscompatible]

[She takes that as a huge compliment, despite the brief flicker of sadness over the loss of Diana as well. To cover it up, she grins and gives a little once-around for him to get the full view.]

Thanks.

It was either this, or Black Canary...but, for some reason, I'm apparently forbidden from donning fishnets until I'm at least thirty.

[Not that that would have really stopped her, had she decided to go that route.]

[hackingyoursensors]

[He's honestly pretty sad that Dinah's gone too. She was someone he looked up to, someone he enjoyed training with because she's fun. But she's back home, and that's better.]

Let me guess: Kyle?

[backwordscompatible]

Among others, yeah.

Sometimes I think he forgets he's not actually my older brother. I'm almost surprised he hasn't tried giving you a Talk yet.

[Pause.]

...he hasn't, has he?

[hackingyoursensors]

[Dick laughs]

Nah, he figured out that I'd already heard it. Kind of a shame; I think he would've had cool visual aids.

[backwordscompatible]

[The mental image alone was enough to get her to openly laugh.]

Like what, an old copy of Playtadpole...or whatever their resident magazine is called?

[hackingyoursensors]

A magazine of frog porn? Don't think that'd help.

[But if it did exist, Dick would give it to Kirk as a reminder of how bad Kirk's taste in porn is. Like the little shit he is.]

I guess I'll miss out on the 'big brother shares his porn' thing. Then again, I'm pretty sure Kyle babies me as much as he does you.

[backwordscompatible]

[A knowing grin tugs at her lips, and her eyes drift upward with fond memories. Her weight shifts from boot to boot, attempting to maintain a proper balance in those heels.]

You've never actually lived with him, have you?

I'm pretty sure, by the end, I was the one taking care of him.

[hackingyoursensors]

All I know is that he can't cook and I'm pretty sure he'll eat anything.

[Dick shrugs.

Honestly, he's not that all surprised. Kyle is the sort of person who takes care of others before taking care of himself.]

[backwordscompatible]

I really hope that wasn't a crack at my cooking skills.

[hackingyoursensors]

No, no. It was a crack at my skills. It was brave of him to eat my mac 'n' cheese.

[backwordscompatible]

[Grinning, she lightly bumps her shoulder against his.]

Don't be so hard on yourself.

I ate your mac 'n' cheese too, remember? It was perfectly edible.

[hackingyoursensors]

[He bumps her shoulder back, grinning. He slowly starts walking because candy waits for no one.]

Fair enough. Did you see his costume? It looks like we all had a theme and didn't know it.

[backwordscompatible]

Maybe we secretly read each other's minds.

[She falls into step with him, because of course, the best way of getting the most candy for their evening was to work together. Couples costumes always beat out singles every time.]

[hackingyoursensors]

You know, I'm not sure if I want telepathy or not.

[Hint: he doesn't. He likes being baseline human tyvm.]

[backwordscompatible]

Yeah, I'm not sure if I want you having telepathy, either.

Girls' gotta have some secrets to herself, you know.

[Plus, she's perfectly fine with him being baseline too. <3]

[hackingyoursensors]

You say that like you can keep secrets from me.

[He grins teasingly.]

[backwordscompatible]

Are you saying a magician doesn't know how to keep a secret from her own boyfriend?

[Is that the "b" word a challenge he hears?]

[hackingyoursensors]

[That makes him grin.]

I'm saying you have to work pretty hard to keep a secret from me.

[backwordscompatible]

Stalker.

[Grin.]

[hackingyoursensors]

I think you mean attentive.

[backwordscompatible]

You say tomato, I say no boyfriend is ever that attentive.

[hackingyoursensors]

[Shrugs.]

I could be less attentive, if you want.

[backwordscompatible]

No, I don't think you could, actually.

You like me too much.