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2nd Event: Choices We Make
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Not all characters (known as Wickie, singular or Wickies, plural) arrive at the same time, surprisingly enough! That’s life for you. Some Wickies find their way to the island at a pivotal (or very mundane) point in their life, or even after or during their death.
Wickies who were standing or walking often find themselves entering the town South Sister, located on Lighthouse Isle, through an open doorway. Those that were laying down, or sleeping, tend to be found lying prone in beds, bathtubs, showers, couches, and similar places within the cottages on Cottage Row. There’s no rhyme or reason to it all! To Wickies familiar with the era, they will realize that everything looks as if it’s come from the ‘90s.
The house which a Wickie finds themselves within could already be occupied. This includes walking into a fellow Wicke, waking up in the same location, or accidentally scaring a room full of people with their sudden appearance.
Oops.
C-C-Changes
Thankfully the fog has gone down to what it was before, a slow creeping crawl over the ground. And too, the monsters of before are gone, leaving the town much like it was before. Well...close to what it was before.
For now the season's have changed, from a lingering summer to a cooler fall.
There’s new foods to try, even if some things like lattes cause people to slip into warm boots and tie up their hair, and soups make people curl up under blankets on the couch. And it also means decorations of all sorts, made of the leaves from the forest, orange, yellow and red things and...we can not forget...
Pumpkin overflow
Pumpkins! They're everywhere. Wickies will find pumpkins infused into all sorts of things, like coffee, ice cream, even spaghetti options! It's wild.
There’s also many jack o'lanterns. They have been placed everywhere in town, outside homes, and even small ones have been made into table decorations. The Jack o lanterns have very cheerful faces, and seem to watch Wickies every single move.
That is, until a Wickie bashes or otherwise abuses a pumpkin. That's when it changes- there seem to be more of them. Their expressions change to that of anger, sadness and disgust. None of them attack- yet. But their faces become more and more horrifying, as they follow the Wickie more and more- outside of the bathroom perhaps, or found on top of them as the Wickie wakes up in the middle of the night.
It shouldn't matter right? They're only pumpkins.
What a ride
Funny enough, with the pumpkin invasion, there also comes a dull colored horse wandering about the island. Its head is drooped, and it looks depressed and lonely. The horse is tame on approach and will accept pats and treats, even from those who are obviously not human.
But it also wants something, for all that it seems to be begging for attention. It wants someone to ride them, seems to even be begging for it with its big eyes. The horse will help Wickies to figure out how to mount; it will even stand beside the Town Center benches, rocks, or even go down in order to make it possible for the Wickie to get onto the horse’s back.
That’s when it changes. The Wickie is immediately wrapped in chains from their barrel to the Wickie’s waist. The horse turns a coal black and the Wickie’s clothing changes into that of a soldier's uniform, with a hand either holding a whip modeled after a human spine, or a jack o'lantern.
The Wickie cannot get off the horse on their own, no matter how much they struggle. As the horse moves throughout the town, they will go anywhere from a walk to a full canter, seemingly impervious to any magic or physical attacks. The same cannot be said for their unfortunate rider.
If the rider is hit, or simply in pain, the Wickie will feel an impulse that grows and grows until they scream a name of someone in town, someone they know.
And the named will drop, paralyzed. Paralyzed wickie are likely to die within minutes, more so if they are too close to horse and rider. The horse will happily trample anyone on the ground to death.
Even without the impulse, should the Wickie rider use anyone’s name, that person will drop, paralyzed, and unable to breathe.
There is only one way to possibly save the rider: scatter golden objects in their path. The horse will shriek, and promptly buck the rider off, before running away. Just make sure to catch the rider, or at least cushion their fall: they have no way of saving themselves until they hit the ground.
Heart game: confession
Current residents of the island may remember this particular beeping alert, and how it doesn’t go away, no matter what they do! That is, unless they open up the Heart Game, and answer the question.
Welcome back everyone! It’s so good to see you again! Now let’s play that game, Confession! And the question isssssss…
How do you celebrate the changing seasons! Don't be shy!
arrival
He looks up immediately from where he's examining the stove when he hears someone enter. He casually adjusts his glasses to look first over the top of the rims and then through the glass-- no difference, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything.] Good morning. I have no idea, I only just got here. So people can come in through the bathroom too?
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Wow glasses twins. Well the man did seem to be truthful in his words, so Nanjo keeps his wits about himself as he carefully closes the door behind him. As if it mattered at all.]Unfortunately, it seems to be so. I don't know why I am here at all either. [He is pretty sure he was not drunk when his friend arrived at the bar and-] Where did you show up?
[Maybe there's a pattern to this madness. He seems rather calm about it, at least.]
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even though he's a poser with fake glassesnods thoughtfully, like this really is all in a day's work. It's just that he usually doesn't have other people to worry about.] That makes two of us. I opened the door to my apartment, and when I stepped through, I was in here.[He gestures towards the front door with a sweep of his hand. The lizard youkai that lives on his skin chooses that moment to slither out from the cuff of his jacket. Assuming a Persona can see supernatural things: it looks like a solid black tattoo of a gecko, except that it scurries across his palm and over to the back of his hand like a real one. Nothing in Natori's mannerisms indicate that anything unusual is going on, though; he assumes most people that he meets won't be able to see it. In the same politely curious tone of voice:] Could it be that... you were in the bathroom, before you arrived here? Sorry, I know it's a crude question, but.
I flipped a coin and landed on "yes"
Wow so rude tbh. He stays silent as he watches the person move to show him how he arrived, eyes briefly looking down just in time to notice the lizard move about, looking up when he's asked the other question.]No, I can see the logic behind it, please do not worry. Truth be told, while I wasn't there, I was close to one.
[Or is the bar a metaphor for a bathroom? Things to think about.]
If you haven't been here for long, perhaps it's prudent to carefully look around and see what we can find.
breaking news rp character actually does mundane and ordinary things
That said, does he also get a twinge of annoyance at the idea that he needs it suggested to him to look around carefully? No one ever said he wasn't also a little petty.] Ah, well, you're free to do that if you'd like. I thought I did an okay job searching, but I did miss an entire human being in the bathroom, so it doesn't hurt to have another set of eyes.