[event] done 14/10
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Oh jeez, I'm getting double-sacrificed?! Is it time to run yet?
(I'll pick my prizes after Ryxe picks theirs since I already got to choose something, seems only fair. Also it might be a trap, I want to see if they survive first. haha)
I'm glad you got it figured out! (Not like I was any actual help; I offered but you didn't seem to be around anymore and then I promptly crashed because I stayed up way past my bedtime arting lol.) Your garden sounds awesome, bok choy is yummy and yay for Halloween flowers!
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”Also it might be a trap, I want to see if they survive first.”
LMAO...... I don’t blame you though. I’m probably gonna get one-shotted or something eventually in this event haha. So curious what these “sacrifices" are gonna be! That’s also really generous / kind of you to let me pick first. I really appreciate that. ❤️❤️ I hope you’re having a good Halloween month! :’D
Also, what’s your character/Jingle’s pronouns?
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For the record, your shop link isn’t working, but that’s okay because I tracked down the shop and went to Tier 1. I’d like Dark Sign and one of the 50 Point Wizard Tokens as my two prizes if that’s alright.
Oh golly though, thank you for hosting this / it’s really fun and exciting! What are the pronouns of Tales, Brutus, and Malefycia by the way? ❤️❤️
IC / Roleplay / Not Mandatory to Read
Now that I am “properly" prepared for whatever I am to face, I notice that I am not alone, and glance nervously around at the others that have gathered here. I think of perhaps asking if one of them knows what’s going on, but my anxiety keeps my mouth shut in silence instead. Awkwardly I just stare at the floor, huddling in a corner somewhere in the back of the room, and hope to bring as little attention to myself as possible. If that’s even possible at this point, since the red liquid I so carelessly doused myself in is still making a mess as it pools upon the floor, and assaulting my nose.
A strange creature addresses me with a “good afternoon,” and I jump in surprise. I’m so shocked I don’t even reply, and just gape nervously in its- their? - direction instead. I’m not quite sure if this being is human or not, as I continue observing it/them, fidgeting nervously with the long sleeves trailing from my costume. Is that skull a mask, or actually the face? That’s a question I’m definitely not voicing out loud though; the last thing I’d want to do is offend this one called “Tale.” Thankfully, Tale’s focus shifts elsewhere, and asks a riddle of the current participants in... whatever it is that we’re all involved in.
Oh! I absolutely love riddles. When I was young, my uncle would always ask me riddles; it actually became a tradition for me, as he and I would both collect them in order to quiz each other whenever we would meet back up for the holidays. I think it must be why I enjoy worldplay and puns so very much, so my heart leaps up a few beats in anticipation. Someone else answers with the correct word - blood - and I can’t help but laugh softly. It reminds me of how ridiculous I must look right now, drenched in vermillion tones. I do hope that there are more of these riddles and games though; that’s actually quite exciting!
That being said, it’s also... concerning to me they’re making riddles of such a morbid topic. It harbors ominous feelings of what is in store, and hearing the word sacrifice only increases my feeling of dread. I watch the interaction between those two, and Tale’s reassurance of it being “friendly" in nature does not convince me in the slightest. Another individual by name of “Brutus" is mentioned, and I recall have yet to see who this is since my arrival here.
And speak of the devil - or in this case, monster? - the centaur-like creature shows its/theirself, followed shortly by another new face, both of which leave me feeling poleaxed to the core. They can’t possibly be human, can they?! One of them is- is- a centaur for goodness' sake, and the other... the other... is quite a bit mysterious, and actually rather beautiful and elegant, but what I can see of the being’s face appears to have multiple eyes. What is going on?! Maybe it’s just makeup, I tell myself, trying to calm down and not panic. Maybe it’s all just a costume.
But then I think back to the mysterious and bizarre circumstances leading up to where I am now, and a feeling of foreboding sets in. I’m just an anxious mess really, so is it any wonder I jumped about a mile upon being addressed by the newest one, Malefycia? Glancing over to the other individual that had been selected, the carnival jester seems as if they’re waiting for me to make the first move, and I nearly tie my sleeves into knots. Alright, calm down, it’s just a simple matter of walking up there and picking my two items, right? Nothing bad will happen at all, right? Maybe this is just a fun and innocent game, aha...
Attempting to be as unobtrusive as possible, I focus with all my might and determination and step forwards, taking a look at what is being offered. I try to select items that catch my eye while still trying to stay out of the spotlight, and mumble out my picks, taking care not to stare at the being currently hosting whatever event we’re wrapped up in. Hopefully, I’ll still be intact when this is all over...
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I'll take onto me to answer your question. Tale is nothing, nor creature, nor living. We call them "they". Brutus is a slow soul. Very manly but boring. He's my good little boy. As for myself, I'm a creature of habit. I dislike, I take but rarely give. Just for you human, you can call me Mistress Mal.
- Malefycia
Malefycia sends "curse" on you. You feel a bit light-headed.
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Just letting you know I received the items! Thank you so much. ;w; ❤️❤️ ALSO LIKE 10/10 FOR CALLING ME A FLOWER... THANK YOU... x'D I appreciate that greatly, heehee. ❤️❤️ I'll try to respond to your post in a roleplay format later; right now my leg is really hurting for some reason and I'm also considering going to bed soon.
I hope you're having a good day today! Thanks again for the items and for hosting this, it's really fun! ❤️❤️
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You are all gathered today to play a wonderful game! A riddle! I'll make you guess an answer and the first person that gets it right ... Will win!
Here it goes: Bright and beautiful, alien yet known, you can see it, but can never touch it.
What am I?
First person with the right answer win. Will give an hint at 6:oo pm Subeta Time. Ping me with the answer. Our winner will get the chance to pick one item for Tier .o!
-Tale
enby
Answer was moon!
The sun/fire?
(Can we guess more than once, or are we limited to one guess per flash game or something?)
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the moon??
Thanks! And actually you DID help, even if it wasn't specific help--just the fact that you were talking to me about it was encouraging. I need motivation to do things, so I appreciate the "kick" I get when someone talks to me, it gives me a feeling of belonging that I don't have in most of my life. :)
And yes, the garden . . .well I was "approached by a couple neighbors and it was unpleasant SPOILER (click to toggle)
we'll see what happens there. I am not sure what's going on with my neighbors, but I'm very sensitive, so I might be making stuff up in my head, but I did NOT feel welcomed to the community garden (even though I DID sign up for a space, and even though I did NOT use it ALL summer because I wasn't ready and because someone else was IN it (another couple decided to tend a plant that was left there by last year's gardener, who moved out) . . . and it is NOT my nature to confront or rip up other peoples' stuff, so someone else moved out, she is old and had to go into care, so I asked the woman who was her adopted "daughter if I could take over THAT spot, and even though she said "sure, that's great, I don't want it . . . it seems that OTHER people, who can't mind their own business were threatened by me, cause I'm different. So a couple of those other people ganged up on me and UGH. Well I don't know, but I THINK its partly because ONE of them overheard me talking about my NON religious beliefs the other day--to a really cool 90 yr old man who is very progressive in his thinking, and this woman did NOT approach HIM to try to "bible-thump" him but she DID approach ME (why, I guess she thought I'd be easier to intimidate since I'm younger and maybe cause he's Male, so he is being deferred to????) I really don't know, but I was POLITE to her when she tried to get me to read her pamphlets and SHE was not even HONEST, in the sense that she did NOT tell me she was a JW, which is (to me) even worse than your run of the mill bible thumper. I get VERY tired of people who are ANY sort of Christian that have this sense of duty about spreading their word. It's SO SO arrogant. I almost HATE them, but I try to remember to HATE the behavior and NOT the person,
and I really don't care HOW many times people tell me that they DO it because they are taught that it's their duty as good Christians, I still abhor being treated that way. I do NOT try to push my beliefs on others--it's not respectful and SHE did not respect ME; she was standing about 20 feet away on the other side of the garden boxes (and some tall plants, and I couldn't even SEE her, so she was eavesdropping when I was talking to that man (when I was expressing myself openly about MY beliefs, which are very scary to SOME, because I tend toward Wicca and SO many people have the wrong idea about that), so then she CAME over and insinuated herself INTO the conversation with her attempt to INFLUENCE. And at some point, after she got my attention, she ROLLED her eyes at something that was said on MY part, which I DID see . . . and anyway, all of that happened on Thursday and I was PISSED about it, but I did NOT say anything.
I was POLITE to her . . . so then LAST evening when I was trying to do my garden, she came along and was getting in my space and in my way when I was trying to water and prepare the soil . . . she was picking peppers from one of the two plants that I had NOT disposed of . . . and she could NOT simply WAIT for me to do what I was trying to DO, because (I guess) she thought she had a RIGHT to get in my way--and I felt she was trying to intimidate me and I felt that she would NOT have treated me that way if I were "one of her kind" which would be another Christian, or J. Witness, OR even someone who is so obviously STRAIGHT, so I really don't know, but she was in my face saying "Kathy said I could HAVE these peppers (which is FINE with ME, but I was getting REALLY tired and I was trying to water and she was IN my way),
so I told her I needed to give the soil a second watering before I sat down to rest and I had seedlings that HAD to get into the soil last night and all SHE was trying to do was pick some fucking hot peppers, and I had NO problem with that,
but she was in MY space and in the end I got water allover MY pants while trying to avoid spraying HER with the hose,
but still she told me "don't talk to ME" and it was freaking UNREAL, and then she went and sat down at the picnic table at the opposite end of where I had left MY stuff and when I went back over there to rest she sat there chatting with another neighbor and completely ignoring ME and then she left and then she came back to apologize to me for being "grumpy" which I happily accepted (even though it was a VERY weak apology and not really sincere, in my opinion) and I EVEN apologized to HER, though I had NO clue what I had done that was "off" or anything . . . . cause I am a fucking doormat who will do just about ANYTHING to try to get along with people,
even though I HATE most of them . . . and so that was it, and it was over, or so I thought, but then about an hour later I was out there with my seedlings, cause I had gone in to rest a bit, before planting (and to wait for the hot sun to get lower) and this MAN, who had witnessed the whole thing with us (but NOT the part where she came back and apologized and we had "made up") and HE wanted to "correct" me (his word) and let me know WHY I was the WRONG one in all of that . . . and I told him that it was over and I really didn't want to hear it, but he just HAD to point out to me that I was in the wrong because I had SAID I wasn't going to do my 2nd watering for another 15 minutes . . . (and I was incredulous but I immediately got humble and said "yes that's true I DID say that, and I changed my mind" )and HE could NOT help but get a dig at me and said (in a very smart alecky tone) "so it's ON you then" and he was walking away with his BACK to me as he said that, he could not even FACE me and say it . . . and I blew up and was shouting at the top of my lungs, which I will do after I've been mistreated over and over and over and over . . . it takes a LONG time for me to get to the breaking point, and I DID and now I feel completely messed up about it . . . I know that MY behavior is wrong too but I get SO tired of other people who don't seem to know that it's NOT all "on" me. In ANY conflict between two beings it is almost ALWAYS "on" both of them. I am willing to own my part in it, I have done that over and over in my life, but other people are too fucking stupid and ignorant to know that blaming and shaming and thinking that it's all on ONE person is simply NOT logical and NOT functional and that's why we have war in the world, because people are NOT smart enough and humble enough to sit down and negotiate and mediate. I am mediating all the fucking time and it's not easy because there's another element in all of this which is (besides that they are allies in being "church-goers") and that is that the two of them are from another culture, so they have THAT in common AND they are both considerably older than I am, so there's some "respect your elders" stuff that, I think, is mixed in there, but is NOT being spoken. I am not sure, I only know that I have felt REALLY crappy since it happened. I DO believe they were trying to intimidate me because of who I AM and also because they, perhaps, perceive me as some sort of a threat (which I am not sure of, but I'm so big boned and tall and this woman is kind of tiny and he's a pretty small stature man, as well, and I DO perceive also that people who are NOT particularly intelligent and who have been raised to fear god and such, will get very threatened by something like Wicca, because they think it's of the devil and ESPECIALLY from that particular culture) I'm putting spoilers around this and yet I'm paranoid that I'm doing something wrong by posting this here, and I was/am very paranoid about the incident that I'm writing about, as well, and I am not sure cause I know this is a game thread, but I thought that far said it was OK to chat here too, but anyway . . .
@ far ooc guess: is it light?
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Arms has wanted for what feels like hours. The grumbling in their stomach says maybe several meals' worth has missed them. Certainly the sun's come up and out as they weave in and around abandoned attractions. They keep finding themselves back in the same places, though: an endless loop of the same drafty, empty tents they started at, so they start to find trying to keep track of time just as suspect.
Occasionally there's other people, costumed and clueless like them. No one talks much. No one's seen much.
It's all the same story: camcorders and that weird mirror and the games and the waiting. And mysterious hosts who vanish and appear with a practised ease like it's all a show.
Arms is just this side of convinced it all IS a show. Mostly. Maybe. They've yet to see anything more than costumes and bad B-movie vibes.
And anyway--most importantly: no one's seen Al.
A voice crackles out in the early afternoon air around those few present on the grounds. Arms flinches, spinning in place and nearly cracking their head on a nearby sagging tent pole.
What am I?
Gritting teeth and frowning as they peer about, they mull over the flash of something out past one of the bigger tents. They see horns and feathers and a spry gait, but not much else before the figure vanishes around the curve of stretched canvas and plastered signs.
Arms isn't good at riddles. They can balance on the thinnest of wires, so delicate it could be spun of air. They can dance. They can bend themselves like a pretzel.
But words? Puzzles?
The acrobat squints in the afternoon light, wishing it'd go hide behind clouds--
"Oh. Uh. ...Light?"
My dear , you can guess more than once. But I have to answer you first, of course.
Bzzzt! Wrong answer. Better luck next time!
Congratulation to ! Human, please select one prize from Tier .o Brutus will be sending your treasure later
Thank you everyone! We will be seeing each other very very soon.
-Tale
Wow, thank you, that was fun!! OK, well I've got my "eyes" on the :)
. . . and I have now received the so my HA is now more spooky.
o4.
You toss the scroll aside. That was a very weird challenge. You’re not much for dressing-up either, so you’re simply tossing and trying things that looks alright together. You hastily put an outfit on and look up at the sound of music. From this perspective, it looks like the music is coming from ahead. There are some noises similar to laughs and stomping. Are people really having fun in this kind of place? You’re just baffled.
Whistling, you look at yourself in the mirror. It’s a big reflective surface, showing a distorted body. That’s no ordinary mirror. Suddenly, someone grasp your left shoulder. You’re opening your mouth to scream but there is a hand on your mouth. At this point, there is only shallow breathing and music in the room. Looking at the mirror, hopefully to find the intruder, you realize that there is nothing behind you. But! But! You can definitely feel and see the hand and the body right behind you.
The intruder cough a bit and in a gentle voice present themselves as Tale. What an odd name. They quickly remove their hand from your mouth and you quickly get away. They wave gently but it looks like their face is showing an entire different set of emotions. There is a burning sensation if you look at their eyes. Their smile is almost defiant … They look like bad news. Asking them what is it world, they aren’t helping much. They remind you of the cheshire cat in Alice … but more weird. They invite you outside where what they call ‘festivities’ are going on full-blast. Hesitating, you finally find your courage to take the exit.
Might as well just try it out, right? Maybe it will take you home.
no game this round but expect a flash game (i'm preparing tomorrow's game and it's giving me quite the issue oops)
Hm, looks like the other "sacrifices" are still around...I guess it's safe to claim my prize... >_>
I'd like to have the Baticus Plushie and Medicinal Leeches please, if I may. Thank you!
Thank you, I hope you're having a great Spooky Month too! And yeah, we are probably all going to end up totally ded by the time this event is over haha. To answer your question, either they/them or he/him are fine for Jingles.
Well, I'm glad it was a little helpful. ^^ I'm going to reply to the rest of your message in the chat thread.
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♥ Dance with Asmo ♥ (- "Obey Me!" Character masquerade challenge to myself. XD)
- Malefycia
I will be there! (I have been elsewhere for the event now I am back home. Yay! Good luck to all of us!)
♥ Dance with Asmo ♥ (- "Obey Me!" Character masquerade challenge to myself. XD)
I'm back with another fun game!
While waiting for everyone to join us, let's play a game!
I'll make you guess an answer and the first person that gets it right ...
Will win! Here it goes:
I come out once,
steadily grow,
falter a few
and disappear alone. What am I? First person with the right answer will win. Will give an hint at 6:oo pm Subeta Time.
Ping me with the answer.
Our winner will get the chance to pick one item for Tier .o!
-Tale
Answer was a human!
Ha ha ha! No one figured it out!
It was you, human!
You come out once from your ma&;,
you grow big and strong,
you make mistakes
and you eventually die alone!</p>
<p>NO WINNER FOR THIS ROUND!