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Autumn, despite the chillier weather, is a season of warmth and gathering. Perhaps moreso this year than normal, given the rather unplanned gathering of Celliwig and Lestari underneath Camelot's roofs. Though significant contributions from otherworlders have made food, shelter, clothes and other productions and donations, medical care, security and protection, and childcare an amazing group effort, typical individual celebrations for the departure of the dead from Avalon aren't being held, like Lestari's Death Ball. After looking at all the support they've been given, Lestari and Celliwig have looked at what they have to offer to help both their own people and the people of Camelot and other worlds.

The people of Lestari excel in cognitive magic, and while there are those who use it for mind-altering magics, there is a good portion who dedicate their studies to emotional and psychological support. One such method is the enchantment of origami paper into something affectionately called Worry Monsters: an specialized counseling technique used to help form support bonds between people with negative emotions. Having spent a portion of the month enchanting paper, two square sheets of paper are handed out to anyone the encounter. The first paper says: "Personifying your emotions can give them a tangible form and make them easier to face. Write down something that causes you worry, stress, fear, or sadness. This is your Worry Monster." The second paper says: "When your Worry Monster is present, how does it make you feel? Any reaction is valid."
When both papers are written on, the writing on both will disappear as if absorbed by the paper, then the pages will animate and fuse, then begin to fold into a monster! Halloween is this month, is it not? There is no sense in not having a little fun. These little Worry Monsters will stomp off and begin roaming Camelot until they find a match-- someone who shares those feelings. Once they find an emotional matching Worry Monster, the monsters will return to their creator and grow to the size of kaiju. They are very light, enchanted paper, so even if someone or something gets stepped on, they won't be hurt or damaged. However, they are strong enough to pick their makers up and carry them to the matching monster who will do the same. Don't worry-- characters will be invisible while being carried by their monster, so their identities will be protected until they are brought to their match. The paper monster will turn to butterflies and fly away once their task is complete. What matches do after they are brought to each other is up to them-- but they will know, undoubtedly, that they share the same worries-- they are with someone who understands. Do it as many times as you'd like, for as many negative emotions as your character wants. For finding something to do, Celliwig offers a solution. While Lestari's people have spent their efforts this month enchanting papers, the people of Celliwig are less apt to share so openly. Instead, they take their time learning about a variety of holidays from other worlds, and come to find one they can apply their particular talents to. While most of their showcase in the past has been on light magic, a holiday such as Halloween plays in particular to their talents in dark magic. A number of locations that have opted in and won't interfere with other relief efforts have been enchanted with dark magics for brave souls to venture into and test their courage! What's more, each of these locations will yield tokens for the victors that can be used to gain prizes. All courage tests must be performed with partners. Costumes are encouraged but not required.
	The library has been converted into a haunted art gallery, many of which have had their paints and other implements enchanted. Some paintings will seem like they're watching you, others will seem like a small figure in the background is following you throughout the library in different paintings. A painting of fruit may start throwing the fruit at you and materializing it into real fruit, so you may find yourself pelted with tomatoes if you don't run fast! A single painting filled with black paint might start leaking and filling the room you're in, pulling you into shadow until you're stuck in the library's underground labyrinth. (Reference monthly quests here and here for more info about the labyrinth.)
There are a variety of paintings with different curses applied. Navigate through the library and escape the haunted paintings-- pairs who make it through without turning back will gain a Celliwig Token.
Another token can be gained via scavenger hunt in the Broceliande. Find cursed dolls from within tree hollows. The dolls will giggle and try to run away, may move when they're only visible in the corner of your eye if you set them down. What's perhaps a little spookier is that they take on the appearance of the first person to touch them, though they will never exceed three inches in height. Beware during your search, however, as there are a good many trees that have been transfigured into mimics. Though the mimics are not going to attack anyone, they do have giant hidden, wriggling tongues that will reach up and wrap the unalert up above the ground for capture. The only way down is if a partner fights the mimic, so don't go alone! Find a doll of both you and a partner and make it back to Camelot to obtain your token. The curse will break once they're exchanged for a token, so you can keep the cute little doll for yourself if you'd like.

The last test of courage invokes a temporary blindness hex on one of the partners. Both partners are walked into a soundproofed room, entirely silent in a way that truly seems to mess with one's head.

The unblinded partner is only allowed to answer "yes" or "no" questions, though no one will fault them for giggling as long as they give no clues otherwise. The blind partner is to stick their hands into a tank of water with mystery items hidden within. These items may be mere objects like peeled grapes in soggy noodles, or perhaps the tank is filled with chicken bones and those tiny garra that eat dead cells and are sometimes used for pedicures. All the items are set up to feel spooky, but ultimately are unharmful. As long as the partner who can give clues doesn't break the yes/no rules and the item is guessed within 3 guesses, a token will be rewarded!

Bring tokens to the inn where a stall has been set up, with Gwion working the booth to exchange tokens for the following prizes:

1 Token: Celliwig glasswork glass set of 4-- spooky themed! It's filled with candy upon receiving, so they are friendly for everyone.
2 Tokens: Recipe: Smokescreen - Cast this spell on any liquid to make it billow plumes of fog. The smaller the water surface, the smaller the billow. A shot glass might just create a small whisp, but two mop buckets would be enough to fill up a medium room. Will not effect the contents of the liquid. Cannot be used on water bodies larger than a swimming pool (could screen about half a block).
3 Tokens: Recipe: From the Void - Summons a disembodied tentacle from the shadows. It takes a lot of energy, so you could probably manage up to three casts a day at most before becoming exhausted. Great for binding enemies, sneaking in small spaces, and reaching places you might not be able to otherwise. The tentacle will follow whatever command you have in mind upon summoning, so be sure to concentrate on the task at hand!

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[Mash's origami creature took the form of a strange and familiar hand. She had watched it go off with a curious tilt of the head. That's that, she thought. But no, it came back for her much, MUCH larger, scooping her up into its palm.

It carries her to Kyo before placing her down, gently almost, and erupting in a burst of butterflies. She watches them dissipate with a sort of baffled expression before turning to the young man.]

Um, g-good afternoon.

[ Asterios was tempted to argue semantics - he is the son of a human and a bull, so by definition, he is a monster - but that's a whole can of worms that doesn't need to be opened right now.

Still, Hijikata makes a valid point at that last part, much to Asterios' chagrin. He grumbles a bit, maybe a bit tsun. ]

... I almost hurt you anyway. Next time... might not be so fortunate.

[ Enjoy it while you can, Alberto, because it might get uncomfortable real soon. ]

Blehhhh. You'd fit in with the rest of my family, at least... They went underwater and went "oooh" and "aaah" at all the mermaid hippies. You ask me, you can keep all those gross, disgusting sea creatures to yourselves!

[ She shudders and makes a gagging noise. ]

Good. It's nice to know it wasn't worms. Eugh-

[The thought sends an uncomfortable shiver down his spine, and he rubs at his arms, shaking the water off and onto the ground away from her until she moves to help him walk out.]

Are you planning on collecting tokens for any of the rewards?

I'm saying no thanks to it!

[ She's still holding the base in both hands, wheezing slightly. She knows basic self-defense, but that doesn't do a lot against weird magical enemies, and frankly, she's glad it worked at all.

Crow's magic is a lot more effective, though, and maybe in another scenario she would have made some comment about the guitar. Right now she's just grateful, taking a few steps back to be closer to his side. For the moment, they've bought themselves a few seconds of quiet. ]

...That worked pretty well? Maybe if we just walk forward normally, we'll see where we got turned around?

[ Either they just got confused in their mad dash from the paintings, or else one of the paintings was trying to trick them into going in circles. Surely as long as everything is kept at bay, they should be able to find their way out.

Another beat and then she says, as an afterthought: ]

I'm Ritsuka. I figure that's better than yelling "hey! you!" if something happens again.

--You know him, huh...

[ It's not really a surprise. He's been in Camelot for longer than Ritsuka has, and for all that he gives off the attitude of being completely antisocial, she's still seen him engage with other people of his own free will multiple times. ]

Yeah, we're from the same place. He was actually born into mage society, though--the way I understand it, the age of things matters? So like, a family that's been developing their magic for ten generations is gonna be stronger than one that's "only" been around for five. And they get real mean about it.

So when you consider I'm like... a one on the scale of one to old, you can probably guess why people get weird about me, back home.

[ Including Kadoc, she doesn't say, though she wouldn't deny it if Monika reads between the lines. He's no longer quite so ready to snap or sneer at everything Ritsuka does or says, but there's no point in denying that's a thing they've been dealing with. ]

It definitely would... I'd like to have some of those handy, honestly. Just in case.

[ Asterios isn't even the only one of the Servants who Ritsuka suspects would rather tank their injuries rather than seek help. It'd be nice to have those on reserve. ]

Do you think it's something you could teach me? Or is it one of those top secret, passed down by some master on a mountain kind of thing?

The noise that Ritsuka makes in response to being tackled is perhaps best transcribed as sjkldfaj;lkdf?!

But she's a skinny noodle of a girl; it doesn't take much to knock her down. At least she (mostly) knows how to fall, so she doesn't do anything like try to catch her weight on her hands. The impact still knocks the breath out of her, but she's already pushing herself up, wheezing, a second later. It's fast enough that she can see the hand still making grabs at the air a couple of times before it retreats again.

"Cool, I see this place really is haunted..." she manages, looking around. All the other painting subjects are now looking straight at them, unblinking, which is pretty damn unnerving, if you ask her.

"I don't know about you, but I think this mmmmight be a good time to run. Just saying."

[He's just been standing back like a frightened damsel while Maribelle was kicking ass, and now he struggles to get a grip and follow her (he really doesn't want to enter the creepy doll mouth, but he also doesn't want to be left behind alone!).]

Wait, wait-- aren't those supposed to be my lines?!

[That realisation comes a little late. As he stumbles out on the other side after her they find themselves in a normal, well-lit small library room where a Celliwigian in a fancy lolita outfit with about as many frills as Maribelle's greets them. She claps and laughs.]

Congratulations! You two were the first who were gutsy enough to attack the Doll Head and find the hidden exit! Here, your tokens!

We'll see about that. I'm hard to break, trust me on that.

[Sometimes the line between 'monster' and 'different species' blurs easily - many youkai of Hijikata's homeworld are both in one -, but Asterios with his singular existence is a tough case to argue against. Ultimately it hardly matters to Hijikata, though. He'll judge anyone, holy or unholy as they come, purely by their behaviour towards others. He interrupts the conversation, though, when he spots a doll just as it hides behind a large root.]

Aha!! There's one!

[He runs towards it, and while the doll flees he quickly catches up and grabs it.]

Got you!!

[Crow will only accept comments praising his guitar, okay? Either way, Ritsuka can't tease him about it now, because it's saving their asses!

He peers down the hallway, but he doesn't see where they could have made a wrong turn. It's just a long hallway going in one direction, there's no way they could miss an exit right in front of their faces. He frowns as his tail sways lowly above the floor.]

Maybe my magic can pick up where the loop begins. There could be some kind of enchantment in the room that keeps us going around in circles. So keep your eyes on the walls.

[At the offer of her name, the rocker does the same.]

Oh yeah, the name's Crow.

[Usually, he'll do his spiel about being the crimson angel of the apocalypse, but it doesn't seem appropriate at the moment.]

Golly... I'm not sure.

( He feels around again, dropping the "bone" to reach for something squishy once more. This game is a lot harder than he had anticipated... They wouldn't really put in something creepy, would they? Halloween or no. )

I... Is this one a grape...?

[ He can't help but sniff at the air. Cigarettes don't bother him and he's usually not one to smoke, but... ]

Ah, do you have another one to share? [ Might be asking too much, but he did just get them a token, so he sees no harm in it right now. ] I used to run a detective agency, so you could say I've got a bit of a knack for educated guessing.

[ The detective agency was more or less a front for his information gathering in the corrupted Grail War in the imperial capital -- Hijikata doesn't need to know that, though. Ryouma is good at getting the information he needs one way or another. ]

She continued walking deeper into the 'gallery', glancing at some of the other artwork. The objective was to get out of here with a partner?

"Yes, something tangible that one can actually fight is far better than something you can't. If it's physical, it can be cut down to size... if it's something else." She pauses, remembering her encounter with the will-o-whisps and spirits.

"That makes it a hell of a lot harder."

Wh -- huh?

[He hadn't necessarily anticipated this? Whatever had just happened? Kyo blinks, raising an eyebrow. He is definitely still adjusting to the magic for all that he has been here for a bit. It's just back home this wasn't a thing, outside of the zodiac curse anyway. He bites his lower lip briefly, head tilting.]

Uh, yeah. Afternoon.....?

... Would that really have been so bad?

[Or maybe she finds worms would be the least disgusting thing she's ever put her hands on or around.]

I'm considering it. If a trial could be done again with the same partner, it would streamline the process.

Compared to spaghetti noodles.

[Yeah. And he doesn't really like worms. Honestly, they're gross. He'd rather it be some strange aquatic monster than worms, as odd as that thought may be.]

Do you want to try?

Mhm! He's a really sweet young man.

[ That probably a word people used to describe Kadoc very often, she'd been fortunate to see pretty much nothing but his kinder side— And his self-depreciating one too. ]

I see... Sounds to me like people too full of themselves. [A pause.] Or perhaps insecure about their own skills.

[ That aspect applied to Kadoc specifically, though it might very well apply to other mages too, she didn't know. Honestly, she couldn't imagine him getting haughty and mean about it... Yet again, who in Avalon could imagine her going all yandere-like and killing her best friends? When backed into a corner, everyone had the potential to become awful.

So of course she sympathized with him considering she'd been in a somewhat similar boat back home— Thank goodness, people grew and realized their mistakes. ]

Today they're scorning you... [She raised a finger.] And in 500 years, they may call you the glorious founder of a great family. [And at that, she shrugged.] Their opinion isn't worth anything if you ask me.

"We did beat a snowy mountain though," Dust said, with a brief smile. "That wasn't exactly something we could cut down to size."

...Why does you saying that terrify me more than any threat or danger I've ever faced?

"...I was one of three survivors of my kin." He keeps his gaze averted, frowning hard at some unknown point away from them.

That is...all he has to say for now apparently. He braces himself for the inevitable pity.

Hmmm... Nope.

[ O-Oh my god, Alberto, is this what this is gonna be like... Nope. Nope. Nope. He thinks he's being funny, but it's probably just confusing and annoying and mildly anxiety-inducing, even if he's having fun. That's... a pretty good summary for a lot of experiences with Alberto, though, truth be told.

Also it's totally a grape and he totally knows what a grape is and just y5u8egirsjknf ]

... The second.

[ If everyone could simply teach everyone else, the rewards system would be moot! Gotta keep those mechanics running.

That and Asterios has no faith in his own ability to teach. ]

I can make a lot. I will make a lot for you.

... Wait, I was supposed to do that?!

[ Granted, she's relieved she's not in trouble for it, but, really?! She runs a hands down her face, sighing heavily, before moving to take her share of the tokens. ]

Thank you, I suppose... Let's get out of here, I've had enough artwork experience to last me a lifetime.

[ ... Hmph. Well, at least the awkward conversation is over. He brushes off a bit of tree stuff from his fur(?) before turning away. ]

You can keep dolls. Keep glass. I will... stay away, from these trees. I cannot risk... anger again.

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