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EVENT ✨ Something (Celli)Wigged This Way Comes

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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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Hey, he'd dealt with that tentacle just fine. "Want to just take off, then? It can't go that far ahead."

[Yuber clicks his tongue.

This one had always been observant. Almost annoyingly so.]

So what if I am?

"Yes. They aren't true gods after all. They have no will or soul of their own."

He falls silent for a moment, expression turning morose. Elidibus...

"Why the interest?"

He doesn't answer for a long moment. Talking about the death of his people still pains him to this day, but he supposes he owes her some manner of explanation. She seems a sombre sort of woman.

"Most of them died when calamity struck our star." He doesn't look at her as he speaks. "Those who did not perish sacrificed themselves in order to save the rest. Then more again in order to restore life to our dead and dying world. In the end, in order to halt the sacrifice, a usurping god tore apart existence and splintered it into fourteen parts - including the souls of those who remained."

[She sure is trying, and doing her best, but that's really all she can do. Whatever happens to that slimy motherfucker, happens. She'll just gently try to shift the tides in the background.]

I am! [Said almost petulantly as they exit the attraction and Ochako snatches up the token from one of the Celliwig mages, giving them a dirty look. She really doesn't mean to, they're also just trying their best, but...ugh.] Ne, what about you? What you you doing after this?

[Said while wringing water from her hair and shaking it out a bit. :| Honestly, in this weather? People are going to catch cold...]

[ She nodded. That was a really good interpretation... One she liked a lot more than the one she'd come up with. Coming from a horror game and going through a series of unfortunate and painful events in this world had really colored her worldview for the worst. She smiled gently and raised a finger. ]

Ahaha, but I like your interpretation better.

[ Especially as an artist, even if her art was limited to poems and music, it was nice to think about. ]

I guess recent events have kind of darkened my outlook on things...

[ She went silent and continued leading the way. Every now and then, she'd see Saturn nomming on his child, but only for a fraction of second. Probably just an illusion from this place. ]

Me neither, I guess.

[ Well, he annoys her sometimes but who doesn't annoy her sometimes? She keeps quiet about it. It's fine. She gets quiet for a moment, then gives him a look as if to say 'don't interrupt.' She doesn't usually talk a lot at once, but she kind of wants to get it out and doesn't really want to answer questions throughout it. ]

I had.. a partner, and a woman I thought was my family, and a man who took care of me even though I didn't really realize how much until it was too late. My partner Mercury would tell me constantly that Cinder- the woman- didn't actually care about me, that she was just using me. But he wouldn't believe me when I said the woman we were working for was trying to destroy our entire planet and everyone in it. I think he finally believed me after it was too late, and he was on a ship with Tyrian who.. in no uncertain terms had told me if I tried anything, he would enjoy killing us. At the same time, I had saved Cinder's life, and she was angry because I had interfered. She went off on her own, and I don't know how Hazel knew I wanted to leave, but he told me he would get both Oscar and I out-- Oscar's this kid, it's a long story. I got caught, though. The only way to stop her from killing us all was for him to hold her and die holding her down in this huge explosion...

[ This is the first time she's talked about it. The first time she's even acknowledged that Hazel was important to her, and she was grateful to him, and that he died so she could get out. Her throat closes up a little though, and she looks visibly upset, but she isn't sure what to do about it. She doesn't expect him to give her emotional support or anything, but they're supposed to share or whatever, and having him listen is more than enough. ]

I ran while Cinder and Mercury were on their own missions, after Hazel died because I got caught. Oscar let me come with him, but none of them are really friends. I abandoned my partner, and betrayed the woman who saved me from starving on the streets and taught me most of what I know, and the only person to ever put me first died because of it. I don't really know if I can ever make up for that, and I guess that's like.. something you get... or these paper monsters are full of crap.

Edited 2021-11-16 20:28 (UTC)

[See? That's a good look-out to have on the guy!]

[Following her out the exit, he's a bit more casual going past the Celliwig mages, grinning their way and happily accepting a token. They were just trying to get people some spooky, late season fun after all.] Me? I'm gonna go home and ask Dagger how her day was. Oh, I should message her and ask what she wants to make for dinner.

[Shaking out his gloved hands a little, he gets his phone out of his pocket to text.]

Mm, of course. So long as you don't expect preferential treatment for your title, I'd be happy to do what I can for you.

[ Of course someone as egalitarian as him has a distaste for titles and nobility. There's no hostility in his tone, though, just a matter-of-factness to it. ]

It's going to be a little while because I'm still getting settled...The whole natural disaster threw a bit of a wrench into things, too, as I'm sure you can imagine.

"Probably. Just have to get through their little game." She said as she smiled at him. She could have had far, far worse company than she had. "Or do you want to see what's growling at us?"

That's the question, isn't it?

[ Nash holds himself steady— Yuber could attack at any moment, even if it doesn't seem like he's going to. ]

[Yuber looks up at the night sky and sighs.

For a quiet moment he watches the stars hang in the firmament. The sight has no beauty to him.

All he sees is the ordering force of the cosmos. It makes his sides itch.

Someday he will have to--

Oh, the little human had asked something.]

Hm?

Mm...

Yes, I'm goading you. I'm bored.

[He won't mention why he refuses to attack first. Not just yet anyway.]

Are you scared?

Don't be. When I kill you I'll be sure to make it quick. You won't feel any pain.

Ardyn notes the darker expression, filing it away for later consideration. So it's a sore topic for his new acquaintance, hmm? That could be either merely interesting - or useful, later. For now, Ardyn gives a thoughtful hum, mulling over the question and how much he should reveal on his end. But then again... Why not everything? It's not as though Emet would have much influence on Eos.

"Oh, I have some... familiarity with deities." Yes, let's word it that way. "Although the ones I know certainly do have their own wills, personalities, agendas... Not too different from regular mortals! If rather more... difficult."

[ By now, Ritsuka has heard some of what happened from Kipposhi--Kipposhi at his moping worst, but she's gotten reasonably good at gleaning the details out of a Servant's dramatic ramblings. She has no doubts it was bad, and more for Monika than him, though she still doubts that he needed to try and take himself out so dramatically.

If this were Mash, or the female Servants who turn to her for comfort and advice, Ritsuka thinks this would be where she tries to initiate some sort of contact. Some sort of friendly hand-hold, or a a shoulder bump, or something. But knowing more about the nature of what happened, that doesn't feel like the right choice, either. She does stick close, trying to not look too hard for too long at those white canvases. ]

...This is probably going to sound really trite, and maybe naive, but... even darkness passes. That's also part of being human. And it sucks while it's going on, and while you're recovering, but--it's not forever. It might feel like it, but it isn't.

"I'd rather fight than run as a rule." To put it mildly; the half of him that was Cassius sneered at the thought, refusing to avoid any challenge at all. "But this whole thing is a little annoying."

[ Monika had been talking about her encounter with the "special" video game machine that had absorbed her and later caused a breakdown... But of course, Kipposhi was a factor too. And the way Ritsuka spoke about it... That was a bit of a weird way to speak of her breakdown with the video game cabinet, wasn't it?

She knew Kadoc came from a world with alternate histories. And she knew Kadoc. Could it be...? ]

.... Kipposhi talked to you, didn't he?

[ There was no need to hide her suspicion. ]

Not content just playing with me, he's decided on telling everyone I see. [She sighed and shook her head. Ritsuka wasn't the first person she'd found who knew of that. Somehow, she doubted she'd be the last.] But I was mostly referring to how you found me with the video game cabinet.

Oh, no, I meant, it's sometimes harder for knights to gather information, 'cause people recognise us and won't talk to us.

[He grins wryly, then takes another long drag from his cigarette. His knight's sigil, a personalised triple tomoe in which the three tadpole-like shapes resemble mayonnaise bottle caps with comet-esque tails (yeah), gives his title away all too clearly, and even going undercover doesn't always help.]

You can say that again about the disaster, though. What a mess.

[For a few moments he leans back and smokes in silence, quietly reflecting on how much work there is still left to do. Winter isn't far away now... he's sure that things are going to get harder rather than easier.]

He told me, yeah.

[ She doesn't try to talk around it, just shrugs a little, apologetic. Her voice is gentle when she responds. ]

I don't know how much either he or Kadoc have told you about what it's like back home, but... he's technically working for me. So--I didn't know about what happened when I met you, but he told me about it when I found out he'd been injured. He didn't give me all the details, but I know enough to know he was a jackass.

...I'm not gonna apologize for him, or say that he's not that bad a guy. I'm sorry you went through that, though.

But what I said counts for the thing with the cabinet, too. I've had a lot of practice with dealing with that kind of thing lately.

He does? But... Isn't he like, a general from a past era?

[ Yeah, nobody had told her yet of the whole "Servant" and "Master" thing. They had spared her brain those kind of details. Because that was a rabbit hole that would most definitely keep bringing a lot more questions than answers. ]

It's not your fault. [She looked away.] Honestly, to do what he's done, I think you have to be either malevolent or stupid. And he doesn't strike me as either.

[ ... She didn't really want to speak about that much though. Rather than reply about the cabinet, she pointed at a light in the distance. ]

That's the exit, I think.

[ Amy stands beside him, waiting as he peers into the knothole, since...well, she's still small. ]

See anything?

[ Of course she knows they both have to get a doll, so if there is one in this tree she'll have to be the one to reach inside it. She'll figure out the how if there is one there. ]

[ She considers that for a moment. They'll both have to get a doll, but does it matter which one goes first? ]

I'll go ahead and try this one. You can try out the next tree.

I can’t seem to find the second doll hiding in here. Maybe I should try to check harder.

(What Harry doesn’t know is that there are childish giggles not far from the tree he is investigating on. He could hear it, but he is too focused on finding the second doll at the moment.)

Come on, cursed doll. Where are you right now?

Hopefully. Though I suspect that the paintings will get riled up again when the next people start coming through.

[ Fenton's just glad to have gotten away from the paintings that seem a bit more violent. ]

Oh, you've been through here already? Does it look similar to before?

Yeah, I think so as well. I guess that the paintings couldn’t take a break from having people staring at them for so long.

And yes, it is still the same maze format when I last visited it with other people months ago, minus the creepy paintings of course.

[ With a slight chuckle, he follows at a slower pace, giving the poor attandants an apologetic look as he gets his own token before heading after her. ]

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