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pedalbike2020-09-18 07:11 pm
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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!
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Considering that these little guys are our welcome here, looks like this place is gonna be something else.
[Probably not a good or fun something else, but hey, maybe all the pumpkins will merge into a giant pumpkin daemon that can put up a fight.]
You don't have to remind me to stay vigilant, anyway.
[Another half-hearted shrug; it's not like he's the sort to ever seem like he's paying close attention, but that doesn't mean he isn't. This place really is quite different from what he's used to, after all.]
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It's that second part that gives him pause, though; it takes him a brief moment to reply. He could tell him that he knows, because that's objectively true while not negating the fact that he felt the need to say it anyway; he could remind Shigure that they're in another world entirely, that he can't know what might be here and what might not, because that's also objectively true, but it's something they're both aware of in spades and he knows that.
Eventually, he settles.]
Prove it to me, then, and ensure that it remains that way. It would be unfortunate to risk losing an ally to overconfidence.
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[He's smirking as he says it, though; he's certainly not offended. This is how Artorius is, and it's exactly what he was expecting.]
But c'mon, you know I'm not gonna end up dying before I have a chance at you and Innominat.
[Unless something here can somehow prove to be even more of an exciting fight, but that sounds impossible. So he'll be fine, probably.]
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[Which is admittedly sort of a backhanded way of pointing out that things don't always work out according to plan, but he's always been more cautious than Shigure in that regard. So it's still backhanded, but not pointedly so.]
...I imagine you had a vision, when you arrived here.
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I figured it was some sort of crazy dream. [Despite the fact that he definitely wasn't asleep.] You saw all that too?
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Well, he's not sure what to think of that.]
I did. Tell me, what do you make of it?
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Like I said, I figured it was a dream.
[In other words, he's been ignoring it.]
It almost felt real enough to be some kinda illusion or something. [Not that he's ever been on the receiving end of Melchior's, so that's purely speculation.] What are your thoughts on it?
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[He nods, once that's out there.]
I'd be lying if I said that wasn't my concern, to be blunt. That something here can create something so vivid.
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[So good thing it was short!!]
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[Melchior's also just have this weird fever dream quality sometimes that wasn't quite present in this last one, but...]
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[He'd be surprised if this was somehow Melchior's doing given how damn weird everything's been so far here, but hey, who knows.]
Got any ideas on how to break free of an illusion?
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[what the fuck is the phone, shigure.]
I'll look into it. Either way, I have no intention of remaining idle until whomever's done this decides they've tired of us.
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