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oocinthenight2020-11-02 03:13 pm
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EVENT INFO: GHOST TOWNS
EVENT INFO: GHOST TOWNS
the basics
As fall begins to transition to winter, and as the residents of Beacon deal with recent information about the creature in the mines and the World Eater lurking just across the lake, perhaps it's time to take a breath and remember the good things in life both before and after their arrival in Beacon. The majority of the forest spirits are now fully on the side of the people in town, and wish to help - and as they've learned over time about what's actually good versus chaotic and kind of horrifying, they've put together a way for all of you to reflect on some of the fond memories and experiences you've had. These are things worth protecting, worth remembering, as the dark and cold of winter begins to close in.
They have also created a way for you to infuse torches with messages, to further encourage beating back the darkness and spreading the light far and wide throughout Beacon. Tell your friends how much you care, warn your fellow Beaconites about a treacherous unstable bridge or the last known sighting of something dangerous, and help make the town safer, brighter, and a little more pleasant for the many long nights still to come.
the details
This event has two main parts, so read through to see all the possibilities!
Part 1: Where did all of the root vegetables and winter squash go that had just been piled up in the supplies?
The answer comes quickly. Boy, those spirits must have worked hard! The veggies go missing on November 4, but on November 5 they reappear, scattered all around Beacon square, now carved and decorated. Okay, some are still a little grotesque because the spirits might have a different sense of aesthetics than most of you, but others might not be so bad, just a little crude. They do even have a faint glow to make the faces and designs light up, though of course the light doesn't extend anywhere beyond said rutabaga or potato.
Each vegetable corresponds to a character currently in town, but it may not be obvious at first which belongs to who, and there may be multiple vegetables per person. Anyone who picks up a carved vegetable, whether it's theirs or not, will feel calm and relaxed, and they will see a vision of a cherished moment, hear a familiar melody or a loved one's voice, smell their mother's perfume, or any similar pleasant brief snippet of memory from either before or within Beacon. There is no real limit on how many vegetables are carved per character, so if there's one special important memory or five or ten is all up to you. Hopefully someone who finds your pumpkin or jicama will reunite it with you - they might have to ask around to find the owner, and maybe you can offer some suggestions to the town at large on what yours might contain! The spirits will continue carving and adding veggies to the pile until November 16 when they slip back off into the woods, but carved parsnips and zucchini and etc. remain as they are, retain their attached memory, and fortunately, they never do seem to rot.
In the comments below, you might want to note down what sorts of memories are attached to your character's veggies to help people plan which they might find. Also feel free to specify design elements if you want a hand in customizing what the spirits might have carved for you!
Part 2: Custom torches? Custom torches. Light up that night, folks!
Clara is a bit distressed. When she goes to inventory the torches, she finds them all scattered out of their usual pile. Some are even still being chewed on by spirits, or swung around making scribbled trails in the darkness like sparklers. Help her, she's not fast enough to collect them all!
But while playing a little game of keep-away, a spirit passes you a torch, and you realize that it comes with a message. Maybe words appear floating above it in the smoke, or maybe it's just words you hear in your head. But focusing on a torch allows you to understand the message attached. As the spirits mime staring at torches and meditating with torches and shaping words and sounds, it becomes clear - you can now imbue torches with your own messages. These messages are permanent until changed, so feel free to give them out to your friends with a few words of encouragement, or add notes to the ones around town, or to troll your friends with "Solis wuz here!!!11!!" deep in the forest.
With so many torches not in use, feel free to go wild! We'll add an optional column on the torch spreadsheet for any attached messages for any time you place a torch somewhere, or change a message on an existing torch.ā€¢ā€¢ā€¢
As always, players are welcome to use this post for OOC event plotting! In fact, please do, as not everyone in the game has access to each other's plurks! If you'd like, you can use the small form below to kickstart your plotting plans:
the tl;dr
- November 5 carved vegetables appear, and spirits finish modifying torches for your use
- November 16: event formally ends, new vegetables stop appearing, but torches remain customizable, and existing veg remain as they are
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QUESTIONS
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character(s): Rosinante Donquixote, Clara
plans:
For Rosi: I'll let the spirits have their weird creepy faces carved onto Rosi's veg, because it's funny to me, but all of his will also be marked with a small carved heart which may or may not be helpful. It's a less-obvious motif of his here where he doesn't go by CorazĆ³n, but they're on the tails of his hat and incorporated into his makeup sometimes, so maybe folks can guess once the theme is noticed.
Anyway, I'd love to make sure everyone who wants to find one of his gets a unique veg! So comment here if you're interested and I'll tell you what you get to find, or you can also request something if you know a bit about him and have a preference.
For Clara: hers will all have very geometric designs, no faces. And like for Rosi, if you want one, let me know and I'll type one up for you! I'd like to limit hers to three people at maximum so I can stay on top of things.
notes: I will for sure toplevel with both of them but then it might be a few days before I get to tagging back, just because I've got some packing and driving to do right after the event goes up. Just a heads up!
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character(s): Cao Pi
plans: imma let the spirits carve whatever they want, bonus points if his are all really ugly and horrific though. I'm legit here for memory jicama. Some quick ideas for memories to pick from: his wife's voice, the sound of his wife's flute playing a very lovely melody, the scent of plum blossoms, fingers with inkstains on them, Ishida Mitsunari saying with all cool sarcasm "It feels like I've been with Cao Pi forever," short visions of the grand imperial palace of Xuchang or the cushy throne with the gold dragon hanging on the wall behind it, the sensation of riding on a horse galloping down a dusty road, a brief vision of Zhang He in his purple butterfly leggings dancing at the head of a line of soldiers. For some of the visuals I might even go get some screencaps for fun. If you want something plotty-specific to try to evoke a certain reaction (e.g. how does he feel about certain people, what are his favorite things, who does he miss) ask and ye shall receive a custom tailored more specific snippet.
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I mean I don't want to give Rosi any more questionable fashion ideas buuuut.
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okay they're black but the rest of his outfit is purple and don't even ask, Zhang He is fabulous as fuck
FOUND IT though the koei wiki is balls for linking lately
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Except he super needs a pair of gold heeled boots I don't care.
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Yeah Zhang He is beyond fabulous, and he's fiercely loyal to Cao Pi being as he was a friend of Zhenji since she was married to her previous husband - when she deserted the Yuan, so did Zhang He. His story cut scenes are about him teaching his armies to dance. It's great.
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character(s): katakuri charlotte
plans: katakuri will be looming awkwardly, face bandaged still, and he doesn't really have much of an interest in the vegetables. HOWEVER he's hunting for his own because he's not sure what memories they will carry with them, and he's not keen on anyone seeing the more vulnerable parts of him. here's some veggie tales:
- big orange pumpkin: if you were to pick this up, you would see a younger katakuri lifting up a small toddler in his hands. the toddler has a curl of brown hair that doesn't quite hide her third eye.
- too-long zucchini: the smell of strawberry-frosted donuts and taro bubble tea.
notes: i'm throwing katakuri back into the game and eager to get things really going with him, i apologize for the spotty activity before!
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character(s): Kuai Liang
plans: Goodness he needs some nice things after the year he's had. The spirits can carve whatever they like but with that telltale scar through his eye it'll probably be obvious who it's supposed to be.
Some things that might be in his good memory veggies: watching as the teenagers he trained take down enemies, images of a temple surrounded by gnarled trees with red leaves peacefully swirling in the wind, snippets of soft traditional music, and most importantly the flavor of really good tea.
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character(s): will
plans: OKAY for organization's sake, this is a list of possible memory bits! you can pick one out beforehand if you're tagging in, or I can just randomize it. as for the vegetables, any variety works, though they'll all be carved with angry faces.
also feel free to pick more than one!