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

[imaginate]

[He holds out his arm for her to take.]

[Entirely too cheerfully:] What do you know, me too. Met anyone else yet?

[parallels]

[She grips it tightly, using it to steady herself both physically and to remind herself of where and who she is]

No, not yet. Who else is here?

[imaginate]

I've found Olivia and Zatanna so far.

[He picks a random direction and starts walking, whistling happily.]

[parallels]

You're quite cheerful about all this.

[Kyle's usually lighthearted and she adores him for that but is this really the time.]

[imaginate]

Should I not be?

[Yes, he's aware he's experiencing a loss, but because of it, he's not as worried as he should be.]

[parallels]

We are ghosted and can't speak to anyone who isn't or touch anything. Bit inconvenient if you ask me.

[Still gripping his arm tightly.]

[imaginate]

Inconvenient's all it is.

[La la la la la la la.]

[parallels]

I suppose.

[She swallows. Her head still feels mixed up and foggy from that strange feeling she experienced a few minutes prior.

She raises a hand to wipe some more blood from her nose.]

[imaginate]

[he doesn't have a handkerchief on him, but he glances at her, expression unworried.]

You all right?

[parallels]

Yeah.

Just got a bit of a headache. Probably just a sinus mess from the weather changes.

[Her reply is muffled as she keeps her hand over her face to avoid getting blood on him but she tries to give him a comforting smile behind it.]

[imaginate]

[He snorts.]

Don't worry, it'll all be over soon.

[parallels]

I'm not worried. I'm fine.

[She frowns though. Something is off.]

You alright?

[imaginate]

[A shrug. He'll take her word for it.]

Completely.

[And he resumes whistling.]

[parallels]

You seem a bit...

different.

[She's looking at him like she can't quite seem to see him properly.]

[imaginate]

[He turns to stare at her.]

Different how?

[parallels]

I dunno.

Just different. Cold, I suppose.

[She's supposed to be cool and aloof. Kyle is loving and warm. But his warmth is just... not the same.]

[imaginate]

[A shrug. Normally he'd worry, he'd be afraid of being affected too deeply, or too insincere, but that's just not there now.]

If you say so.

[parallels]

[Clara frowns deeper and lets go of Kyle's arm and instead wraps her arms around herself as they walk.]

So where are we going?

[imaginate]

We'll know when we get there?

[Cheerful grin.]

[parallels]

I'm always up for surprises.

[There's a playful smile on her face but she's watching him closely.]

[imaginate]

Onwards!

[He gestures, dramatically, and starts walking again.]

[parallels]

[And she laughs, pleased that there is still a bit of the Kyle she knows there.]

Feels like awhile since we've gone out and explored, you and I.

[imaginate]

[He still feels exactly the same, according to him, it's merely that the inhibitions, everything that chipped away at him like a slowly rising fever, is all gone.]

I don't do much exploring, actually. Most of the universe is known, there's no real point.

[parallels]

I mean when we just walked about looking for fun things to do. It was nice.

[She shrugs and her smile falters.]

[imaginate]

Around here? Plenty to do. Bars to crash, people to see...

[Gesticulates.]