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EVENT ✨ Fall Equinot

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SUMMARY: In the days leading up to the fall equinox, geese intended for eating escape and cause havoc around town, people share techniques to preserve plants for the winter, and Camelot's citizens compete to make the best light shows with traditional wax candles to draw spirits peacefully into Camelot.

With all the harder preparations gathered for the Fall Equinox, throughout the month people will notice that decorations start going up around town. The colors of fall seem to seep throughout Camelot, but more than that, so do more traditional sights and smells. In the days leading up to the equinox, traditional acts such as the sacrifice and consuming of flesh are performed. Well.. normally they would be. The fattened geese that are normally eaten in preparation for the equinox have escaped and are causing havoc around town. Geese are running around causing trouble for everyone-- stealing glasses, opening gates, putting up toilet seats when people try to sit down so they fall in the bowl... all kinds of madness! Even if you weren't intent on eating geese and were going to settle for the vegetarian option (pumpkin and nut soups are frequently served using the gourd itself as a bowl), you have to agree the general public needs to be rescued from these menaces. If you have the stomach for it, you are welcome to keep one of the geese you capture for your own table... but otherwise, please return the birds to the farm where they can be handled accordingly.

Birds are not the only sacrifice made to the autumnal equinox. As the flowers begin to reach the end of their life, there is a strong tradition of gathering flowers and herbs and preserving them for the upcoming winter, either to protect their beauty, scent, edibility, and sometimes magical properties. The simplest form of preservation is, of course, drying and pressing-- a technique you don't need magic for, but some of the locals will happily teach you. A more advanced technique can be learned to enchant glass bell jars to suspend the lifeforce of any living thing within its grasp for up to a year, if no one opens it. It's a technique used to preserve important or rare plants that may otherwise die out during the winter, such as herbs used in your favorite spell.. or dish. The glass bell jar will protect the plant, but each time it is picked up, a single petal or leaf will fall off of the plant. If all the leaves fall off, the plant becomes unrecoverable, and come spring the caster will find themselves cursed with a touch that wilts any plant they come in contact with. So if you choose to use this, be warned that there are consequences for misuse and a wide number of horror stories from people who have tried to use this spell for anything other than plants. Any type of mage can pour their magic into a bell jar to enchant it, and the type of magic will be reflected in a glass design that forms around the rim and handle. (An elemental mage may have glass flames form, or frosted etchings of your favorite animal may appear if you're an animal mage, and so on. Feel free to get creative.) Green mages may find this magic a little useless, since they can just replenish plants with their own magic, but it's still a good technique to know.. just in case!

Perhaps the most beautiful tradition that takes form leading up to the autumnal equinox is the candle pathway. Every street in Camelot will be lit up with thousands of candles for two nights leading up to the autumnal equinox, as a guiding light to help the spirits find their way to Avalon. The way the streets in Camelot are mapped out, the lights will form a path to the square where the fairy coins are being held until their release on September 22nd, the same area where the guardian egg ceremony had been performed. Some people get very creative with their lighting displays, which can sometimes result in beautifully lit streets and magnificent structures of flames. Accidents are quickly quelled by volunteer elemental mages throughout the city to prevent any structural damage. Some people might be compelled to make their own light display the most outstanding on the block, and it becomes a bit of a game to compete with your neighbors to see whose section of the candle pathway is the most extravagant.

SUMMARY: The autumn equinox ritual is interrupted by a huge earthquake caused by a Stone Giant bursting out of the Ash Mountains, bringing the closest Ash Mountain and Lestari to the ground. The purple dragon erupts from the ruins to attack Celliwig. The survivors of the collapse need help desperately. Characters must choose where they go to determine the fate of Avalon.

Calm and mundane preparations are a nice break from the sometimes stressful lives of Camelot's citizens and otherworlders, who often are asked to embark on life-threatening adventures and tasks. It's probably a good thing most of the month has been relatively peaceful, as things need to go a little bit differently this year on the fall equinox itself... but not as differently as they actually do.

In the town square, elaborate celtic-similar symbols are carved out into the ground and filled with mysterious glowing liquids. All of those who gained guardian tattoos and their attendants were asked to attend a ritual to release them on the night of the 22nd, along with anyone else who would like to witness. Everything is ready and as the witching hour approaches, several individuals dressed in flowing robes with their faces painted like skeletons approach. As the leader raises his voice to explain why they've come and what to do to make this night a success, a sudden shock-- Avalon itself shakes with the might of an earthquake... or at least, that's what it seems like for the first few minutes as everyone gathers themselves until they hear mass screaming in the distance. Though it's hard to see what's going on... there are still some very, very obvious problems.

A stone giant rises from the first of the Ash Mountains, crumbling the mountain around it as if the ancient being were holding the very mountain itself up... and it was. Those who visited Lestari will have seen its giant feet within the underground city. The former city. Lestari is now buried beneath the mountain, along with many of the other creatures living on and around the mountain. A huge storm of mixed weather forms above the giant's head, blizzard and lightning raging around it to no avail. As the people of Camelot watch what's only visible at a macro distance, they may not be as quick to notice that all of the fairy coins have begun glowing vibrantly, then suddenly burst out of the jars they've been held in, shattering right through them to fly off en-masse toward the stone giant. They embed themselves in it, fueling the giant with enough power to both begin to walk away from the rubble and for the spirits that have begun gathering in Avalon to head toward it, rather than where they had been intended.

As if that were not enough, after the Stone Giant takes two large steps through the Land of Rot, the gargantuan cloud of dust covering the ruins of the first of the Ash Mountain range rather suddenly lights up with a vibrant, ultra-violet burst of flames that illuminates the smoke. The gargantuan purple dragon that once took up residence in the mountain clambors out of the dust and shoots straight into the sky, enraged and furious, and able to sense where the magic came from that raised the stone giant. The reason it immediately begins flying toward Celliwig with the intent to raze it to the ground is likely not immediately apparent, but it is quite odd that it bypasses the much closer target of Camelot with its rage. As does the Stone Giant, though it does not head toward Celliwig and instead seems to absorb the souls of the dead that were intended to be guided by the fall equinox's rituals as it lumbers through the land. If someone does not stop it, it is headed for the Forest of the Felled.

King Arthur is immediately on the emergency broadcast system to implore people to join one of three groups:

Investigate and stop the Stone Giant

Slay the dragon and save Celliwig

Rescue survivors of Lestari and the Ash Mountain

The success of each of these missions is dependent on character participation. See the poll for details about how certain character types may affect the outcome of the missions.

~~Please refer to Event Poll Notes for information about aftermath of this event and additional event info~~ > Event Outcomes.

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i. some pressing matters.

[ New places mean new experiences! And what better way to get acquainted with everything than to take part in Camelot's traditions? Sans is here, settling down in a seat and learning from the locals how to dry and press some flowers! It isn't too much work for him, which Sans is happy for. Come join him! ]

ii. trip a little light fantastic!

[ He never thought he'd see something so beautiful- a bunch of candles marking different paths at night. Sure, bioluminescent lights in the underground were gorgeous, but there was something about being out at night and still having the place lit up as bright as day. Things like this made him that much more grateful. Forgive him if he doesn't answer you right away- it truly is a stunning sight to take in. ]

iii. wildcard.

[ An open prompt for anything we want! Feel free to hang out with Sans and we can spur of the moment make things up as we go along! Or if you'd like to plan some things out, feel free to hit me up at

spooksville! ]

[Hijikata does a double take when he sees the skeleton happily admiring the candle displays. He has seen the undead of Avalon before on several occasions, but only as hostile elements... and this one is wearing proper (as in, not totally rotted) clothes... his staring becomes so obvious that it's almost impossible for Sans not to notice, so he quickly clears his throat.]

Um, are you... are you here from the Lands of Rot?

[He thought the ritual was for dead souls, not for dead bodies!]

[ The skeleton's reverie is cut short, as he feels an inkling that he's being watched. Eyes shift over to that of a man much taller than himself staring in his direction. Sans doesn't mind too much though- he's used to the stares he garners here now. Or at least, he's getting used to them. ]

lands of rot, huh? nope- can't say i've heard of that place before. though i imagine it's not the best place in the world to get food.

[ Sans winks at the other. Maybe his little joke will clear the mood a bit. ]

[Getting a coherent, even chipper, response is enough to put Hijikata's mind at ease (he's really come a long way; even just half a year ago he would have run screaming at the sight of an undead being).]

Honestly, it probably beats Celliwig.

[He simply can't deal with the Splendoured Court's molecular cuisine... not that the Lands of Rot offer any food service to begin with.]

Are you going to participate in the ritual? Or just spectate?

[Can a skeleton get a branding..? Probably; where there's a will there's a way! But it's not like that was the only way in which people could help with the preparations, and due to Sans' short height right now Hijikata assumes that he is quite young.]

that bad, huh? yikes.

[ Sans thinks on the question for a moment, before shaking his head. He's not one for too much activity, let alone rituals. Sounds like a multi-step process- one with more steps than he's willing to do, anyway. ]

i'll probably just watch. still getting my bearings around this place, and all. how about you?

I'm a spirit guardian host.

[He offers a wry little smile, feeling a bit unsure about what exactly he signed up for by accepting that role. His sense of duty as a death mage compelled him to step up to help, though.]

You're a new arrival, then? Where are you from? We don't get many skeletons here.

[He doesn't even want to imagine how many people either fled screaming from Sans or attacked him so far...]

sounds interesting enough.

as for me, i've been around for a month or so, but i'm still getting my bearings on this place. i'm from a place called the underground. as the name suggests, it's underground. it's pretty big for what it is down there, but this place is huge.

[ He hasn't had to worry too much about being attacked; thankfully he's reflexive enough to deflect things with his kinetic powers. He... kind of has to be. However, he does get the weird stare or two here. It doesn't bother him too much though. ]

oh yeah- by the way, you can call me sans.

The underground... that adds up.

[That's where skeletons are supposed to be, right?]

I'm Hijikata. if you've got any questions I may be able to fill you in; I've been around for over nine months already.

[Damn, that time just flew by, didn't it... but he made a lot of headway! He'd never have imagined being able to hold a calm, casual conversation with a skeleton.]

[Sans might find himself being joined by, well they're certainly looking scruffier and more outdoorsy than usual, someone familiar. At first, Chara doesn't seem to be aware of who they sat next to, with their small gathering of yellow flowers, or if they are they're not saying anything.

In fact, they might just be waiting to see if the skeleton will react to them first.]

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quite a haul you've got there, kid.

[ Talk about a small world! One could almost think this place is a big as the Underground with how often Sans found himself running into Chara. Sans doesn't have too many flowers himself, some are different colors, but most are blue. However, he might be pressing them slightly slower now. ]

Edited 2021-09-27 03:30 (UTC)

I'd have more if they had more yellow flowers.

[Small world, or Chara just likes to find Sans to bother. Either way, they're going to get started pressing flowers and going at a reasonable pace. Not rushing, but certainly not as slow as the skeleton is going.]

You never struck me as the flower type of monster though.

[Arlo seems completely unbothered by the skeleton sitting next to him, and he's pressing flowers as well.]

Isn't this festival amazing? Ain't never been to something like this before! We didn't really have festivals in the swamp, well unless you count old Edmee's birthday songs.

heh, yeah. can't say we had too many festivals in the underground, either.

[ That's new! For him at least. However, he isn't bothered by Arlo either! Quite a refreshing change of pace for the skeleton. ]

what's the swamp like, if i can ask?

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You lived underground?

Oh, and the swamp is filled with all kinds of animals! Most of them I tried to make my friends, but not all of them were too friendly. It's kind of small, and there's not much food to go around. Really makes you appreciate how big the world is outside the swamp!

sure did, kid.

the swamp sounds like an interesting place. that kinda stinks about the food thing, though. there's a bunch here at least- heck, i've even thought about opening my own food stand, actually.

but i can definitely understand that sentiment. how big the world is, i mean.

Edited 2021-09-28 08:40 (UTC)

( If someone from home were to ask about how Asriel felt about being around so many flowers, he'd admittedly say that it feels... odd at this point in time. However, he's pushed through his feelings regarding that here for Chara's sake, and that's why he's here now. His best friend did have a preference regarding such things, after all. Preserving flowers this way seems like a nice way to keep the memory of them all the more vivid when winter does finally arrive.

It's only when he notices Sans that he stops, offering a small smile in greeting. He's still a little uneasy around him, but he's trying. )

... Oh. Howdy, Sans.

...hey, kiddo. how's it going?

[ White eyes quickly look up at the other as he's addressed, voice familiar enough to the skeleton to know who was talking to him. They hadn't ran into each other since the Open House that the castle held, which, fair. It certainly is interesting enough to run into people you know in an entirely different place than where you remember them being, that's for sure.

Still, the skeleton is calm. He's not much on the defensive, more just aware now, in a sense. But he's not here to argue or fight, he's here because pressing flowers is a much more lax activity to do, and Sans is all for lax activities. ]

here to press your luck with these flowers?

[ Ba-dum tss! ]

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( Asriel pauses at the pun before giggling quietly. He wouldn't have found that funny as Flowey, but hey -- having a SOUL again changes things. )

Heehee.... I decided to rose to the occasion.

( Hey, he got some things from Toriel! )

I wanted to surprise Chara with this -- since it'll be winter soon.

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hehe, good one.

[ Sans continues to press, but he scoots over for Asriel to sit down as well. ]

oh, nice. i'm sure they'll like such a thoughtful gift.

( There's a moment of hesitance, Asriel looking to Sans with uncertainty before taking the invitation. It's difficult not to pause when he doesn't have the most pleasant memories of the previous timelines when they met -- but, he knows that Sans doesn't mean any harm. )

... Have you met them?

here? yeah. it certainly was an interesting reunion, that's for sure.

[ He continues to press, thinking back on the day. ]

it was the same day i ran into you, actually.

( Asriel stops at that, looking up from his own flowers to send Sans a rather confused look. )

Uhm... I... I don't really understand.

Did Chara and I... meet you before?

( Asriel is well aware that Chara and Frisk shared a SOUL. But, Frisk was still themselves as far as Asriel knows at this point. Unless... Sans was from the timeline that Chara had told them about. )

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[Griffin hadn't been sure what to expect on getting to Camelot, but somehow he's still surprised at how eventful things have been since he arrived. He's landed on his feet in town with a steady job doing familiar work, which is great, but he still hasn't had a chance to catch his breath.

The lovely night-time candle festival is so peaceful, though, it finally feels like a bit of a break.

When he spies a familiar skelly-man, Griffin grins and approaches with a friendly wave. Sans may be one of the few people here who will be totally unbothered by the tapetum lucidum membrane in his eyes, which reflects the light and makes them appear to glow in the dark like a cat's. The dark night and flickering candlelight really bring out red eyeshine.]

Sans, hey! How've you been? Did you get settled in okay?

hey, griffin! it's been a while. i'm doing alright- got settled in well enough. how about yourself?

[ Oh nice! A day one pal has arrived on the scene. He hadn't seen too much of Griffin while settling in, so it's nice to see that he's okay. ]

I've been good! I found a job right away, so I've been getting settled there. What have you been up to? Anything exciting?

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