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EVENT ✨ Sugar and Siege

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The fairy queen is less than pleased, but not angry, with how her quest went. She has Princess Bluebell of the Guinea Pig Nation speak, and Princess Bluebell also has a favor to ask... which seems to be the calm before the storm, as an unknown third party who made off with the Fisher King earlier this month have performed a ritual to resurrect him and left the veil open, letting in untold forces that have engaged in a Wild Hunt... and the prey is Camelot.

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2nd Prompt: Active: Battle, disease, famine, living death, rage; Historical/Not active in prompt: mentions of serial killers, murder, biological warfare, god/human love affair
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This prompt is backdated slightly and takes place on February 18th.

A live broadcast comes to everyone's devices, featuring a rather peculiar speaker. "Attenchun, kindly o-otherwowders! Tis I, Pwincess Guacachia Bluebell of the Guinea Pig Nation of Nowth Elphame. Though our home is too small to be noted on the Laage Neighbow's maps, I asschuwe you I am caulified as Ambassadow for Chween Elphame. Though you had failed her chwuest, many of you have shown the twust she asked fow even if not the bwains. Those who have will be shown gweat gwatichude, but she does feel [squeaking sound of dismay that cannot be translated out of guinea pig adequately] as the Fishaa King's body was pawt of hew pwans to dishmanchle the Cawamidy and didn' want to speach chuday because of it. Evewyone send good wibes and wikes, she won't speak when she's not
[again: squeaking sound of dismay that cannot be translated out of guinea pig adequately]... the Cawamichy won't be ended if you all don't wowk with the Chween, King Awfur's gwaces or notch, you know! But that's none of myyy busy-ness! Elphame offews a rewawd fow the Fishaa King's body now, much to keep you "fat and happy" for many yeaws! I also have a favew to ask on behaaf of my people. Our Festiva of Life is next week and the usuaw souwce of one of the chey ingwediench of our festiva cakes was a Leschawian, bwessings to them!" As it turns out, the Guinea Pig Nation (all talking guinea pigs who like to dress up in various outfits- in style now in particular is old western themed outfits, but the Princess must always wear her crown) are in a pinch because their Lestari hook-up for the feathers died in the fall of Lestari. They need help to pluck feathers from a bird called the Prism Tweeter! Their people love to decorate the outside of their Festival of Life cakes with their feathers, which are made of finely spun sugar in a variety of colors. These birds are typically found in the first Ash Mountain, but upon its fall, migrated to live in the Forest of the Felled as one of its new, more colorful residents. It only takes one feather to cover a cake, so pluck no more than one feather per bird and the whole flock will go unharmed... the only trick is catching these delectably sweet aviators: The birds can magically phase through physical, non-enchanted objects, so you have to surprise them to grab them. The plus side is, they really love vanilla beans, so they're easy to lure out of the trees.. you don't have to be George of the Jungle to help out the pigs. More of a stay-at-home kind of helper? That's fine too. They need bakers to make as many tiny cakes as they need for the festival since it's so last minute this year! Hurry up and grab a friend to get to baking 3-layer 1 inch cakes wrapped in rainbow feathers to help these little guys out. The Elphame Traders will make a special trip to Camelot to pick up all of these cakes as a favor to the Guinea Pig Nation, so you can stay at home and bake with your friends no matter where you live. This prompt takes place on February 22nd and February 23rd.
	A few days after the fun and fancy-free stylings of the Guinea Pig Nation ahead of their Festival of Life (you weren't invited, sorry, too big you would destroy their homes- but they appreciate the help!) things are going pretty mundanely. That is, until what sounds like a battle cry is heard approaching New Camelot. On the horizon, what appears to be a massive cavalcade of demon horse-riding wraiths lead by four knights in what appears to be ancient armor rush toward the city. A few of the locals who hear the sound and come out to see what all the fuss is about immediately seem to spook, shouting something about the Wild Hunt. Usually it's something preserved for earth and those who find it will be taken along and dumped either in Avalon itself or taken straight to the underworld, but their presence here in Avalon.. well, that can't be good. The shouting seems to alert the castle, which seems to alert more people, and within a matter of minutes people are being rushed to take cover within the castle walls for siege.
All of Camelot's gates are closed and people are directed to a couple of different places: knights and those who wish to fight are to prepare for battle at each of the gates. Healers who wish to stay and help the wounded are to gather in the citadel, where the injured will be taken. Those who wish to battle and heal will act as field medics to get people into a state enough fit to be taken to the citadel. Those who wish to offer other support may be asked to hand out food and water within the citadel or fetch supplies around the city, or to rush to the library to try to figure out what the hell is leading this hunting party toward them. King Arthur will lead the knights into battle. Merlin will also be assisting in battle, using a variety of magic from atop the castle. If your character gets into a pinch and you aren't sure how to get them out, feel free to have him send a magic spell to block an enemy. Knights given the authority to direct other fighting characters as they see fit (though your non-knight fighter's compliance is, as always, depending on your choice as a player). Those who wish to opt out of this event entirely will be whisked away by some of the Fairy Queen's spies to Nicnevin for safekeeping. If you do not want your character to remember or acknowledge any portion of this event, we can handwave that the Fairy Queen arbitrarily found your character annoying and put them under a sleeping spell for the duration of their stay. This will be done before the outer city gates are broken through, so your character can be safe the whole time and just chill in a hotel room in Nicnevin. Those who stay will be fighting wraiths (unkillable enemies) lead by four beings called the Knights of the Veil. Those who have rushed to the library to find answers will be able to spread the following information regarding the enemies, though first-hand experience may also be how your character finds out some of it: The Knights of the Veil live in the void between the world of the living and the dead and escaped when the veil was not closed during a ritual to raise a heavily cursed and protected corpse back to life. Though there's no way to know which corpse, recent news of the Fisher King's body going missing leaves some speculation and fear about who it was that was raised, but no one has any idea who did it. The Knights of the Veil have touch-based magic in addition to weaponry which you may have your character afflicted by at your behest. The four knights are as follows: Carlea: Once a proud Queen, she sold her soul to the darkness after her husband was killed by enemies and the prince of the enemy nation forced her to marry him. She used this ability to brutally murder every last citizen of her enemy's kingdom over time in secret and feed them to a pet bear she was gifted by her new husband, saving him for last. Carlea's touch will invoke a curse of famine, causing all food and drink to turn to ash in the touched individual's mouth. Rubion: Rubion was a serial killer in his world known for killing over a hundred people, though the exact number is not known. Who he was before that isn't particularly known, but as a killer, he was known for brutally killing anyone who crossed him in a fit of rage. He was from a time before forensics and tended to kill witnesses, so he was never caught. That is, until he missed seeing a small child hiding under his bed during one of his rampages. The child's grandfather took him in and killed Rubion himself after he found out why the child would not speak for a month straight. It is thought that his own god cursed Rubion to stay in the void where he could not torment his victims in the afterlife too. Rubion's touch will invoke uncontrollable, violent rage and turn even the smallest slight into a mountainous anger. Augusto: Augusto was the general of an army who used the blood of his people's sickly to spread disease in conquering nations. He did not choose to become one of the Knights, instead being cursed to eternal damnation by a priestess in one of the villages he wrought destruction upon. Augusto's touch will inflict a disease of the player's choosing upon their character, at full height of symptoms within 30 minutes of touch. Pien: Pien is a god of an older religion who was banished from the heavenly kingdoms for loving a human so much she attempted to give her eternal life despite that it was forbidden to grant eternity to mortals. She has a high-and-mighty attitude, and if disrespected will disrespect you right back with dignity-obliterating consequences. Her followers tended to be on the M side of things. Her touch will invoke conscious zombieism, meaning that your body will die and begin to rot despite still being able to move, and you will be aware and able to communicate and feel during this experience. The Knights and Wraiths cannot be killed by any means as long as the ritual remains in effect and their tie to the underworld is stable, so for the time being this is a heavily unwinnable battle. Thankfully, wraiths are not very coordinated even if they are aggressive in battle so it's easy to dodge, flee, or take cover.

On the second day of the Siege, devices will flicker with a face we haven't seen in some time. She is this world's mother goddess, after all, so if threatened she will come to offer reprieve. Morganna looks almost amused at how much destruction had been wrought by the actions of, truly, one man and those he had strung along. Morganna will not punish nor reveal them, but she will speak on the matter:

"Those wishing for this to end, rejoice. I have birthed verbena upon your doorsteps. Take another's hand, light a candle and burn the flowers. Whisper 'lights out' three times together, and pray to send some of your magic to me. I need as many of you to do it as possible, or else I will not be able to freeze time fast enough to stop the calamity from engulfing this place afterward when I complete the ritual shutter."

verbena flower

That is all she says. The ritual won't do much if only one person does it outside of today as Morganna is keeping secret what she does on her end to complete it. If your character's name is possessed by the fairy queen, they will be forced to participate in this ritual so they may notice something odd if they weren't intending to do it.

After the ritual is complete, all personal rituals will be voided and need to be recast. (This includes things like brownie summoning spells or the banishing of lesser frost fairies if your character was doing that from last year to keep their house warm.) This will also cause both the sun and moon to black out for about a day afterward, so you may want to get on board with artificial lighting or spells until a party heading to Celliwig to repair that ritual can get out there in about a day's time.

The most dangerous ritual that has been broken will be the time freeze. Morganna uses everyone's magic to give herself superspeed to recomplete the ritual to recast it, along with a significant portion of the Isle of Avalon's itself that had been built up in surplus having everyone here for so long. However, there are still 2 seconds in which the massive event that threatens the multiverse can move forward. It is now visible in the sky to the north during the night even without being at the End of the World, and will stay that way for the duration of isleofavalon until the multiverse is saved. It is outright terrifying if you travel to the End of the World now, taking up the majority of the sky.

For a month afterward, those who participated may find themselves fatigued without clear cause... but in general, magic will be misbehaving and causing accidents for everyone for about the next month.

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[ He hasn't seen Hijikata in a while, but he didn't expect a battle like this to be their next meet-up. After the banyan tree fiasco, Crow has been given a knight's title and so he's been summoned to fight against the wraiths to protect the people of Camelot. Although he has been through a few bouts here in Avalon, somehow he's a little nervous for his first real fight as a knight. Though seeing the samurai brings him some comfort, so he manages to catch him before he takes to the sky.]

Hey! Guess who's worthy? Me, obviously!

[Just a little nervous humor there, to clearly cover-up for how scared he truly feels inside. Though most people wouldn't see it with that large grin on his face, and the battle-ax he rests on his shoulder. He decides to keep his guitar at home, and actually use a real weapon. Don't worry, he's been practicing with the ax so he won't make a fool out of himself.

He looks out towards the distance and he sees the wraiths, certainly are menacing.]

...I'll make sure to give them hell.

[Claire moves quick, hurrying and banging on doors, trying to roust anyone in the houses along the streets. A couple of people peer through windows, and she starts directing them away.

So far, so good, except for those shrieks getting closer and closer.]

Don't sweat it. Just do what you can. If you're worried about having a way to defend yourself, I can give your gun a temporary enchantment, but you'd probably be better off sticking to what you know.

[The huge creature that appears immediately gets her attention, but she doesn't aim at it, figuring it for a familiar. Her own isn't exactly pleasant either...and Sherry's had been outright nightmarish.

She waves her arms, flapping them to get the people moving, and her familiar steps out of the shadows, tail flicking as he starts moving alongside the column of people. Hers is a pony sized dog with coal-red eyes and a wispy appearance, a barghest.]

...Jesus, what even is it?

[She'll leave it to The Dog for the moment, because what the fuck?]

[The search is largely fruitless, for the moment. The Wraiths aren't putting up much in the way of siege ladders. Instead, they're massing at the base of the wall, and that's worrisome. Enough so that Claire heads to find Harry after only a little bit.]

...They're doing something else. We...probably need to take cover soon.

[She's not sure why she has that feeling but...]

Trust me. We need to get off the wall.

"Safer to plan up here, I think. Saw a group of them moving a couple of streets over to come around behind the defenders, figured working with someone I knew would be smart."

She's still crouching down, keeping low to try and avoid notice for the moment. Figuring Steph knew her way around fighting on rooftops, it just made sense to stick together. This was a group effort, and there's only so much either one of them can do alone.

"Up to playing interceptor with me?"

I...I see... [ As Doppo gathers his hearings, he's considering just to never use magic ever again, lest he accidentally sends himself to outer space where there's no air to breathe and nobody can hear him scream - ]

Um...I'm just doing my best to...aha... [ If he lets her know that he was practicing then the abysmal results of his efforts are clear. when Doppo continues, it's as if he's about to concede to defeat. ]

...to make sure I'm not in anyone's way...

Well, actually, I somehow managed to gather a decent amount of the feathers needed for the guinea pigs’ cakes.

(He then brings out a small pouch, and when he opens it up, Belgium can see a pile of vibrantly colorful bird feathers. Though how he went to get them is not without problems.)

Although I may have some problems trying to get the feathers without scaring the poor birds.

[Zidane's only found a few folks that decided to hunker down, but the most recent shrieks seem to make them realize retreat is the better option. Making sure all are accounted for, he watches them away, and lets out a breath once they're gone.]

[That hadn't been much at all, but lingering is letting his exhaustion catch up on his already worn state.]

Wait a minute, are they trying to ram down the walls?

(It seems that the wraiths of this are a lot smarter than he was expecting. And he had honestly thought that the city walls can withstand nearly anything, but he supposes that even walls meant to protect the city aren’t that entirely foolproof.)

As in getting away from the walls as far as possible?

Some sort of automaton I think? I’m honestly not entirely certain. It looks like something I… sort of piloted back home.

[That was the best he could explain it. He was a pilot yes, but his last excursion wasn’t meant to be a repeat performance. It still had him missing the power that could have done much good in a time like this.

But wishing wouldn’t win the fight, so he looked down at his familiar, distaste still on his face.]

Go ahead, but try to make a mess if you don’t have to this time.

[The beast took off the moment Alfonse said “go”, he just shook his head and sighed before returning his attention to evacuation.]

If nothing else it should be able to help cover our retreat.

[ Granted Rosho's done some weird things in avalon, but nothing is probably ever going to top going out to get bird feathers in order to bake tiny cakes for little guinea pig royalty. Its a good thing he really likes sweets himself otherwise he probably would have opted out of this adventure. Having animal magic helps out a lot too. With a bag of vanilla beans in tow, he's been trying to search for these elusive birds along with the help of his familiar, a pipefox named Archimedes (who insists on calling himself Eureka because Sasara and Rei call him that all the time). As the pipefox wanders off ahead in search of birds, instead it seems to come across a dead body. Oh no.

...oh, but its not dead? The little skinny fox confirms this with a few curious sniffs of the prone body on the ground. In fact, they smell very alive. And very familiar at that! Once Archimedes seems to connect the scent to a name, it begins squeaking and chittering loudly, causing a huge fuss that its owner manages to be in earshot of. From a close distance away, Rosho calls out. ]

Archimedes? I can hear you but I don't know where you went! I told you not to wander too far!

( she's going to assume, for the moment, that this nervousness is just a symptom of the situation. mostly because she feels the same thing in her gut, that same maybe I should have stayed out of the way urge. this is terrifying even when you've volunteered to help.

and this guy doesn't exactly look like one of the Otherworlders who comes from a place where fighting is common. )

In that case... Why don't you come with me? There's a safe zone nearby.

( well. safe as in defensible and stocked with healers and people who are ready to push back against any oncoming wraiths. )

"I didn't come out here to be safe," she snaps, though she's not entirely sure who the remark is aimed at. The people who started this mess, probably. She looks over at the... riding animal, thinking fast, unaware that she's said something odd.

"Is your friend there trained to fight? And what weapons do you have on you?"

Not complaining, but I'd rather not have our escape be a waste...

[ They seem to be fine, at least. She hasn't heard anything yet, though she's still feeling a bit woozy from the transformation. ]

Don't usually get to be that size. Ugh. Would that something would just lift me...

[ She isn't going to ask Fran to carry her, but she'll be a little longer. ]

What about your friends? Do you know if they're alright?

"Nobody did."

Claire, a little taken aback by the statement, wrinkles her nose in annoyance. Both at the statement and the question. The archaeopteryx turns his head to Steph and stares her down, clearly taking a little umbrage on behalf of his partner.

"Yes. And I have the usual. My gun and a sword."

[ If he could raise his brow even further he would, but that doesn't mean his plea fell on deaf ears. ]

That keen, eh? Well, as a master of sneaking out of places that are for your benefit, don't try to sneak out and, for goodness sake, don't try to get out the back. That's the first bloomin' place we'd look.

[ He says with a shrug and a smile. ]

C'mon then, ya big lummox, lets be about it. Follow my lead, escaping these places is always easier with two.

[ He understands the desire to protect loved ones. He's spent his entire life up to this point giving them everything, and will always continue to do so. Noah takes the lead, checking the hall before signaling for Alfonse to follow. ]

Now don't act suspicious like, just walk normally. If run into anyone just look like you're going to the loo, yeah?

She genuinely doesn't know much about knights here, especially those that aren't local, but the response still aggravates her. Her frown deepens, though she totally ignores the archaeopteryx. Animal glares aren't very effective when you've spent as much time as she has with Batman.

"Sword is better, not mounted. Gun's too risky with hand-to-hand. Let the..." she gestures at the creature, momentarily blanking on the proper name and not willing to call it a random dinosaur while she's within pecking range. "...him, fight on his own. That makes three fighters instead of two. Air or ground, doesn't matter. They'll be expecting attackers from the ground level or open sky, so we jump them from a one- or two-story roof."

Her foot taps quietly with agitation. Now that she's back on focus, she wants nothing more than to throw herself at the enemy and rip them to pieces.

[ Goddammit... She wasn't going to back down, huh? All so she could protect those in the castle and those who were behind her. And that included Monika by extension. She remembered what that creature had told Minako. Her insecurity, the fear that plagued her-- The inability to protect everyone properly. So of course she was going to do everything she could to protect everyone....

Even if it endangered her own life. ]

Minako...

[ What could she do to protect her? Her magic was so ill-suited to combat and she was running out of stored spells on her phone... She couldn't even use the familiar symbiosis spell. It would have been more useful than ever right this moment, but her familiar was in the castle and looking for answers, as she'd asked him.

Monika looked down and noticed her hand was shaking. Was she so terrified of losing her...? She closed her eyes for a moment... She needed to just put a mask and pretend being confident and calm as usual, right? She took a deep breath and closed both hands on her staff. She could do it.

She couldn't fight... But she could help the one who could. The one whom she loved. It was no different now just because the enemy was an undefeatable apocalyptic creature, right? ]

Right... [Her voice sounded normal, though it was a "forced" kind of normal. She pointed her staff at Minako.] I should be able to enhance your speed tenfold. And if you need flight capabilities, say the word.

( the sting that accompanies that comment is... well, muted. it's not exactly the worst thing anyone's ever said to her, not by a long shot, but they're there. a reminder of the unfortunate fact of generally liking this bloke, of friendship which has wound its way under her skin in a very different manner to the curse which shucks away bits of dying flesh.

still, that push of kinetic magic seems to hit the nearest wraith a lot harder than it needed to in order to knock it back. )

Don't be a bitch.

( she's still assuming this is a tiredness thing, really. and besides, being a bitch is her job. )

Lights out. Lights out. Lights out.

[Most of the lights in the house are already off, but the ritual candle and fire pit sputter and die as well, leaving them entirely in the dark. Rinea lets out the breath she was holding, the loss of mana leaving her empty.

She sits there a moment in silence, grasping onto the remains of her composure. Then,]

Um. Sir Hijikata... may I ask you a strange question?

[Her fingers curl in his grip, not yet letting go.]

During your time fighting the siege ...did you happen to encounter sir Somnus?

[Jean's exhausted by the time rituals are talked about. His wounds have been healed, but he's still aching all over.

Still, he's ready to aid with Morganna's request to end this madness, tired or not. He raises a candle higher up.]

Yeah, I have one.

[Jean's relieved someone's coming for him this fast, especially when it's a friendly face. It's hard to focus his gaze or anything with the blood loss and the blow he got when he hit the wall.]

Okay... yeah. I'll watch your back... a-and warn if wraiths approach...

[Not much else he could do.]

[ Taichi, who has no real sense of self-preservation, completely misses the unspoken threat. ]

I brought a bunch of stuff I think guinea pigs can eat so we can pick out ingredients!

[ He opens it up. Inside, there are some correct answers like oats and bananas for binding and plain yogurt, but there are also things like edible glitter, skittles-flavored yogurt, and plant-based proteins like beyond sausage (since guinea pigs are vegetarian). ]

Weiss-chan!

[ He definitely sounds shaky but he's at least not visibly shaking, he's managed that much. Ahhh.. this is so scary. ]

I don't think so? I'm just trying to help out any way I can. There aren't enough healers, right? I thought, I at least need to make sure my friends are okay and do everything I can. This is really scary though... Are you okay, Weiss-chan?

I-I'm working on it!

[ He tries to keep his voice hushed, it takin everything in his power not to whimper like a kicked puppy right now. He's healing, but there's only one of him and a couple of them, and he can't help but want to keep an eye on Izumi too... he's got something of an offense trick up his sleeve if worse come to worst, but he hasn't practiced it yet, so he isn't sure how reliable it will be...

Luckily, the couple they're working on now don't seem to be too badly injured, so Taichi is able to get them mobile. ]

I think they can finish up at the Citadel, but this way you can at least...

[ He comes to tap Izumi on the shoulder when he's done since he wraiths are pretty close, and even he knows not to speak at this point. ]

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