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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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Hazel was fighting because his sister died fighting someone else's war, while they knew it was unwinnable and didn't tell them. That was before we knew that Salem just wanted to end everything. He died so that I wouldn't be forced to fight her war, but I can't just let everything end either. Not when I know I'm.. maybe one of the only people left who can help.

[ She's pretty sure RWBY, Jaune, and Penny are dead. Which leaves her, Oscar, Ren, Nora, and Winter. And a buttload of Atlesian refugees she blames herself for helping happen. ]

If he would've wanted anything, it would be to make a world where kids didn't get sent off to certain death for the sake of people who couldn't care less what happened to them.

[ It may not have been her exact circumstance, but it's close enough that she can empathize with it. Emerald grew up with no one who loved her, left her on the street to fend for herself, and then was treated like a criminal merely for trying to find a way to feed herself. This, in turn, attracted Grimm-- creatures who could sense negative emotion and hunt it. If not for her ability to make both people and those creatures see and hear whatever she wanted, she probably would've been given a death sentence at the hands of those people who didn't care. Those people happened to be her parents, but she can see the intentionality of recruitment of kids toward a certain death while lying to them about the circumstances was pretty bad too. ]

I don't know how to do that. It's like you said, back home there's no time to be angry or scared, you just have to act, and everything else just becomes... background noise to what's right in front of you. Except here, it's quiet. Somehow the middle of an apocalypse is the quietest it's ever been, and it somehow makes it worse because now I just feel like there's nothing I can even try to step forward with. You know?

[ Maybe he doesn't. He can work on himself here just fine. Emerald just feels trapped and stuck. ]

[ With a giggle, Meadowbell gives another little bow and a slight spin in Fenton's hand. ]

She likes meeting new people.

(He nods in agreement as he looks at his token.)

Anyway, I’m going to claim something at the prize booth. Is there anything that you might be getting from there?

And so does Rose too: she enjoys meeting people and befriending people as well.

(As the two familiars get along with each other, Harry is chuckling in delight to see how well these two get along.)

Oh look, it looks like they’re getting along with each other very well.

She gave a small, humorless chuckle. "Oh. There aren't many living creatures on my world. A small selection of fauna, massive flora. Dilapidated buildings that are crumbling to dust. Machine lifeforms programmed to kill androids like myself. Then my own Commander betrayed us and since I was the only one that didn't die. Which was her plan, she sends her executioners and other androids at me to kill me."

She sighed a bit. "And calls me a traitor, a deserter, a dangerous android. Just because I didn't do what was expected and I know too much. So, from my perspective, I'm pretty much hated by my world." She looked around them as she thought.

"As messed up as this world seems. I prefer it."

She giggled at that and smiled. "Of course, get through it. And I'm definitely in no hurry. I don't mind meandering it with you and taking our time." Her blue eyes sparkled a bit as she continued to walk with him to see what else they would run into.

Whoa!

[Dust drops to the ground too quickly to recover, though the moment his shoulders hit he rolls, then springs back to his feet with his own sword at the ready. The tree, though, seems quite discouraged.]

I... got one?

"Things like this are always better if --"

If what? Well, Dust can't quite finish when he's getting beaned in the face with an orange, courtesy of a nearby still-life that wasn't very still at all.

I've thought about it, sure, but... there's no way I can fit an entire population into the transportation we have.

[ No matter what wild space-folding magic that Da Vinci and the Captain have done to the Shadow Border's interior--she doubts they would've been able to fit even the severely limited population of Scandinavia in it. It's a squeeze even with the reduced crew. ]

But I do believe you're not a monster. And I'll say it as many times as you need to hear it. Trust me--if I'm really a heroine, like you say, I should know my stuff. Right?

Let's!!

[ She perks up immediately at the suggestion. Whoever has the right idea of using their magic or not, they can both agree on the importance of food. And while Ritsuka has no animal features like Crow does, it's not difficult to imagine a furiously-wagging tail. ]

--And I mean, it makes sense. I've known a few musicians! They take their work really seriously... I bet if they had the option, they'd just devote all their brainpower to that. Me, I was definitely more of a jock when I was in school. Thinking on my feet is just more of what I'm used to.

[ And also the reason that she thought that chucking a vase at a weird painting was the best thing to do. ]

He will not.

[He says it with a sad sort of certainty. Gu Yun would give his life for the country if it came to it. It was only Chang Geng that couldn't stand the thought of that.

Before he answers the rest though, he smiles a little.]

It's clear why those spirits decided to follow you.

[Someone who would try so hard to help a country from an entirely different world is clearly someone who would be easy to get caught up with following.]

The whole situation is rather complicated. But if you'd be willing to sit through it, I don't mind explaining.

She couldn't help but giggle a bit when the orange hit him in the face, just to have a fruit thrown at her, though she managed to dodge it, barely.

"I guess the fruit would rather have a food fight with us then let us peacefully meander." She teased.

[ Right, that would be too many people to transport... That was a depressing topic. Perhaps best to let it go, so she just nodded. ]

Ahaha! You got a point.

[ Yet again, there is always the episode where someone the heroine thought to be trustworthy backstabs her. Monika opted not to mention this though-- Figuring that she may already have gone through said episode and unwilling to stir bad memories. ]

Make sure Kadoc hear that too, okay? [She smiled weakly.] I don't know what happened in your homeworld... But I see bits of myself in him.

( He gasps at that, fur standing on ends at the thought of it. )

I... I don't think I like this game anymore, Alberto...!

[ Alberto laughs at that reaction, totally lighthearted. He grabs Asriel's hand fondly, meant to be a comfort to him. The gig is up. He's not able to unhex Asriel's blindness, but he's not cruel... Just silly and mischievous. ]

Here— eat this... It's not an eyeball, ahah~

[ And before Asriel even has much of a chance to object, as soon as he opens his mouth and Alberto sees a chance, he pops a grape into the monster's mouth. Disarming as it is, at least it's probably a familiar flavor and easily identifiable. ]

I dunno what they're called, but— it's those berries~

[ He's Italian, he should know what they're called, but... he's an Italian sea monster who spent the past two years in total isolation on an uninhabited island with limited exposure to general knowledge once he moved to a tiny human fishing village for all of a month before being spirited away. What the hell does Alberto know about grapes and vineyards. ]

[Gokudera is able to use his own magic, thankfully, to make a light shield around himself, and it is struggling to cut off the slime grip of that tree-tongue about his ankle. The rest of him is curled up and he waits for the shot.

And it drops him with a thrash. He lands on his shoulder instead of his head, thankfully, and rolls, still hugging the doll close to his chest.]

[Lowering her gun once the tongue drops him, she hums.]

Right, sorry about that. I would've softened the impact if I had the magic, but it appears you know how to rescue yourself from that fall.

[No apology for the tongue. That's on him.]

[Gokudera very slowly takes stock of how he is as he’s lying still, pushes himself up slowly and pulls out a handkerchief to wipe about his ankle where that tongue had been. Who knows what effects tree saliva could have if left on the skin! Maybe he’s just a bit paranoid, though.

He stands and brushes off his shoulder, lifting an eyebrow at the gun in her hands.]

Wouldn’t be the first time I’ve fallen.

"This is getting ridiculous!" Dust cut a banana out of the air before it could bean him. "We can't even fight this, let's just get by!"

At your age, I'd be surprised if you hadn't by now.

[Either way, she'll put her gun away. And knowing he was staring...]

... I've handled a few cases for the FBI in the past. Just a precautionary usually should security be breached in any instance.

Right.

[But he means more like, dropped head-first into the ground. Gokudera’s been thrown into burning buildings while wearing explosives. Getting picked up, then dropped by a tree-tongue is new, but not the worst or most dangerous situation he’s been in.]

I’ve grown so accustomed to magic. It’s been a while since I’ve heard a gunshot.

Hmm...no, I think I'm gonna hold off for right now. [ Honestly, right now, all she wants is something warm to drink. ] I might just stick around here for a bit.

[ Amy keeps her hammer ready, watching the tree warily as she goes to stand by Dust. ]

You found one of those dolls?

[ Fenton chuckles a little as well, as the two familiars seem to be "chatting" with each other. ] It seems that way!

[Hijikata tries to not let it show on his face how heartening Chang Geng's compliment is for him - it's heavy matters they're talking about; he doesn't want to let his ego get inflated here and now. Yet he can't help but feel his worry about his leadership qualities lessen. He never had the charisma and warmth of his own commander back home, but perhaps he doesn't need it - not for the Yuureisengumi, in any case. Much as he naturally modelled it after the Shinsengumi, the ghosts' fate is a different one, and so are their needs.

It's no surprise that Gu Yun - if it is indeed him whom Chang Geng is so worried about, which Hijikata is pretty much sure of by now - won't step down from his important duty. Hijikata expected nothing else. He refills his guest's cup as well, idly wondering if they'll need pen and paper for any troop movement discussions... but he'll see to that if need be.]

Go ahead. We've got time.

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Yay I didn’t lose this one! I’m just slow! 8D

Haha, it's okay

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