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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Della Duck | Ducktales 2017

[sos_pilot]

Worry Monster

[ Della isn't really into this sort of hippie stuff, but what's the harm? It's not like anyone's gunna find out her worries! So she calmly writes down her feelings, and for a moment, actually feels a little better putting it 'out there'.

I'm worried about losing my family's love. That I don't deserve forgiveness for what I've done to them. And that I won't be able to trust people again.

There, three small little itty bitty worries that nobody needs to know about and she definitely doesn't need therapy for. Satisfied, she slaps her hands, ready to move on with her day... until, of course, PAPER OCTOPUS IS ON THE MOVE.

Even for her weird life, this is a bit much. She stares, and then begins chasing after it. ]

HEY! YOU GET BACK HERE! DON'T YOU DARE SNITCH ON ME!

Accursed Thanks - Since costumes are encouraged and Della wants the Halloween spirit, for all prompts she will be dressed as a devil!

Museum

[ Now THIS is right up her alley! Della rubs her hands together eagerly as she enters with her (unlucky?) partner, eyes going up and down the halls. ]

Let's find the spookiest painting we can! Maybe one with mummies or zombies or werewolves... or a mummified zombie werewolf! Though that would probably smell really bad, what with the old bandages and dead skin and dog scent. You didn't eat before this, right?

Dolls

[ That Mimic tree couldn't look more suspicious if it had fifty signs all around it saying THIS IS FINE. But her (or her partner's) doll is sitting right in there, ready and willing to be taken. Della looks at the doll. Looks at her partner. Back at the doll.

She then moves to put her hand in the tree. ]

Look, we both know what's up. I'll be the bait, and whatever happens next, I trust you on this. So, get a spell ready, okay?

Testing Tokens

[ Della has decided to spend her tokens to get the From The Void recipe because really, who can turn down random tentacle from nowhere? And what does she do with it for the first test drive?

A variety of handshakes/slaps. ]

High-five! Up top! Side to side! Down low - oooh, too slow. HAHAHAAAAA~! This is the best spell ever!

Wildcard
[ Make your own prompt! Feel free to plot with me at melcat33 (plurk) or melcat33#1997 (discord) ]

Dolls

[mithrarin]

I really don't like this plan, but I also recognize I'm the one of us who has the sword.

[If someone has to fight a tree, or a monster, or a monster tree, it should be him. Getting someone else involved, though...]

Just don't get hurt. I won't feel very good about that.

[sos_pilot]

That's sweet, but chill! I've done this kind of thing all the time back home. So, just let it do its thing...

[ Its thing, apparently, is WHIPPING OUT A GIANT TONGUE TO WRAP HER UP - ]

... Huh! Not too shabby! I'll give it a three out of five.

[mithrarin]

I don't want to know what you'd call a four.

[Tree, huh? Well, Dust has gotten good at one thing, at least -- he hucks a bolt of fire straight at the thing.] Put the duck down!

[sos_pilot]

Well, for starters, this thing doesn't appear to have any teeth, and there's no venom spraying at me...

[ Leave it to Della to sound disappointed about that. ]

[mithrarin]

I hate to admit that you have a point. But I'll stay glad about it.

[Dust is fully capable of talking while in the middle of an onslaught, sword streaking fire about as he swings it.]

[sos_pilot]

And right now, it only seems to have one tongue, so once you cut that, I'll probably be -

[ And of course, that's when the fire burns through the tongue, so down she goes with a little OOF on the ground. ]

... Fine!

Museum

[doctorintern]

[ Fenton is starting to wonder how he gets roped into these things. ]

I guess it's a good thing I didn't.

[ A pause. ]

...would mummies count as a kind of zombie? [ Asking the real questions here. ]

[sos_pilot]

... Y'know, that's a fair question. They're also a type of living dead! But mummy bites don't spread the infection, as far as I've heard...

[ NERDS ]

[doctorintern]

I've never heard of mummies spreading infections either. But - and you'd probably know more about them than I would - in a way they do kind of...consume people, don't they? Not physically, like a normal zombie would, but with curses and absorbing someone's energy or life-force?

That would make them zombies in that kind of sense, wouldn't it?

[ HUGE NERDS ]

[sos_pilot]

Oh, curses are a big-time thing! Did my fam ever tell you about the time they found the hidden city underneath the pyramids?

[ Some of the other paintings are rolling their eyes. ARE YOU HERE TO DO THIS OR WHAT ]

[doctorintern]

[ THEY TOTALLY ARE...in a bit. ]

No, I don't think so! [ That particular adventure had happened before he'd actually even met any of the McDuck family, and while Huey had told him about some of the adventures since they'd met, he hadn't filled him in the stuff beforehand. ]

[sos_pilot]

Well, Uncle Scrooge decided it was high time to explore the secrets within the pyramids of the legendary pharaoh, Toth-Ra! A few secret panels and tiles later, the group split up - Scrooge, LP, Huey and Dewey were in the city, while Louie and Webby were in the other chambers of the pyramid.

The city was full of people, who had lived without the sun for centuries! They were waiting for their pharaoh to return and show them the way, while Louie was on the hunt for his treasure!

[ The story is, of course, being exaggerated in hand gestures and expressions. ]

Museum

[peninhand]

[ Considering how little effect that sort of horror had on her, Monika had been eager to help anyone wishing to take on the museum. Thus how she got roped into this with a complete stranger-- A duck she'd never seen before. Probably a friend of Drake's and Fenton's, she figured. ]

I did but don't worry, I got a solid stomach ahaha!

[ She looked around. What she enunciated were scary things, but... She closed her eyes and pondered. ]

How about the most normal painting we can find here? [She paused.] Think about it... All of the paintings here are made to incite fear. So if there is a normal one? That's got to actually be the most haunted one. Like a trap.

[sos_pilot]

Oooh, that's a good point! You're one smart cookie - so when this is over, you should get a cookie!

[ Della's having a bit of trouble focusing, but mostly because she's so excited. ]

The keep your eyes out for anything normal! ... So basically, anything that is the exact opposite of me!

[peninhand]

Ahaha! I just got some experience when it comes to horror.

[ She won't elaborate-- She probably just read or watched a lot of horror. That or she was the central character in a horror game. Who knew? She looked around and started going forward. ]

We just need to focus. So long as we don't get scared, we'll be fine.

[sos_pilot]

[ Della snorts at this - mostly in arrogance. ]

I've got a lifetime experience with it myself... there's nothing that can scare me!

[peninhand]

Ahaha, you sure sound pretty confident.

[ Was she from the same world than Drake and Fenton? She could imagine them getting startled very easily. ]

Let's stick together, alright? Splitting up would be the most common horror cliche.

[sos_pilot]

[ Drake and Fenton are WEENIES. ]

Oh, totally! And we also shouldn't say anything too on the nose, like "what's the worst that could happen"? Or "I bet that noise was just the wind"!

museum

[latkje]

[ Well, Della's at it again. Entirely too excited about this haunted gallery business. ]

I think the disappointment of my illustrious ancestors would be the scariest. [ A pause. That's probably not on the menu, right. ] Or vampires.

[ And he's almost afraid to ask, but that doesn't seem like the right note to begin on. ]

Why does it matter what I've eaten?

[sos_pilot]

Oh, just wanna make sure you don't get too scared and get an upset stomach. Sometimes you humans seem pretty light-weight.

[ She gives his tummy a tap-tap. What is this thing you call 'personal space'? ]

[latkje]

Sure you're not calling me heavy?

[ He raises an eyebrow, in mock offense. ]

I'll have you know I haven't gotten sick like that in— it's been at least three years. [ Longer than that. More like fifteen. ]

[sos_pilot]

Then let's hope we don't break a record today. Now, let's see what happens when we find the spookiest painting possible!

[ Even though, technically, the goal is to... do the opposite. Just find the exit. ]

[latkje]

You know what? Maybe this time, I'll go first.

[ There's nothing he can do to talk her out of Spooky Painting Mania, but maybe he can keep them both on track. Maybe.

Down the first hallway, at least. there are no werewolf mummies. Just dour portraits with preternaturally piercing stares. ]

[sos_pilot]

[ Della doesn't argue, and instead follows loyally... with commentary. ]

Just moving eyes? Boooooo. Come on, step up your game, creepy museum!