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

[starcharter]

[He frowns, clearly confused.]

You are her-- [He's about to say 'sister' but then his head throbs and he's swaying off-balance. The cold vagueness has gotten stronger.]

[parallels]

Hey, I'm relying on you for information and to be generally aesthetically pleasing. Don't pass out on me.

[She grabs him and holds his arm. She's tiny so it's really more of a friendly gesture than any use but.]

[starcharter]

[It takes a moment before he blinks a few times, the dizziness gone. But a feeling of vagueness still lingers, like there's something on the tip of his, uh, mind.]

Sorry. [He blinks hard.] I don't know what is wrong, but I am okay now. You said your name is Oswin? Are you Clara's sister? You look exactly alike.

[parallels]

Who's Clara? Never met her. Definitely don't have a sister.

[She raises her eyebrows playfully.]

Do you usually bring up other girls when there's a girl right next to you? Seems like a poor strategy.

[starcharter]

[Maybe this is one of those alternate universe things. Nobody ever said their alternates had to have the same names, right?]

Wh-- Oh, yes. You have a point. Shall I start again?

[He gives her a playful gentlemanly bow, managing not to wobble with dizziness.]

I am Pavel Chekov.

[parallels]

[She laughs.]

Adorable. I love it.

[starcharter]

I was hoping for 'charming.' [He smiles good-naturedly. Clearly he's kidding.]

Are you new here? I can fill you in, though what is going on now... I am not sure.

[parallels]

Think you're gonna have to work on that one.

[She pats his shoulder good naturedly.]

And yes, I'll take the introduction. Pop it off fast as you can.

[starcharter]

We are in Keeliai, the capital of Tu Vishan, which happens to be a giant sea turtle. The Emperor brought us here from all different universes and times to fight an ancient evil that will wipe out all life here and eventually infect other universes unless we stop it.

As for being ghosts, I don't think this has happened before.

[He rubs his head, as if getting rid of the last remnants of that dizziness.]