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2nd Event: Choices We Make


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Arrival



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!
beskarad: (North No. 2)

[personal profile] beskarad 2020-09-19 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[How strange. Especially considering how prominently advertised this beverage had been back at the store.

The droid regards the beverage in his outstretched hand, then looks back up at the young man.]


Would you prefer caf? Or perhaps some tea?
ragsnbone: (no but srsly)

[personal profile] ragsnbone 2020-09-20 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ It was strange, but Wu Xie rather be a little more careful in this place than he had back home. After all, here he does not have the network needed to help keep him upright. ]

Tea is best, especially if they have one with honey and ginger root.
beskarad: (Default)

[personal profile] beskarad 2020-09-20 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Understood. Please wait here.

[And without waiting for acknowledgment, IG-11 is on the move. Let the search for the right refreshment begin.]
ragsnbone: (aho yeah)

[personal profile] ragsnbone 2020-09-20 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ That was. Huh. Wu Xie was going to say something more but the droid was heading off with the purposeful gait of someone on a mission. Which given that the someone was the kind of creature that Wu Xie was pretty certain would do as it wants how it wants and no one would stop it, he just decided to wait.

So he just takes a seat on the edge of a window ledge and flips open a small notebook, and continued to write. ]
beskarad: (North No. 2)

[personal profile] beskarad 2020-09-20 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
[It takes some time, but eventually the machine's return is heralded by the sound of his clunky mechanical footsteps. He offers Wu Xie a new beverage cup.]

Thank you for your patience. I hope that this refreshment is more to your satisfaction.
ragsnbone: (no but srsly)

[personal profile] ragsnbone 2020-09-20 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
Huh? [ Wu Xie looked up and then blinked, trying to remember and then it all sunk in again and he scrambled to recap his pen and shove his notebook away before accepting the drink. ] Oh, yeah, thanks. It should be okay.

[ Because most everything in this place wasn't the best but it wasn't the worse of stuff he has eaten over the years. Taking a sniff at the tea, he sighed and took a small sip. Then promptly turned his head to cough as the heat and ginger worked on his battered lungs. ]

Yeah, it's good.
beskarad: (Prof. Tenma)

[personal profile] beskarad 2020-09-20 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
Excellent. I am pleased to hear it.

[His monotone voice doesn't waver, so you'll have to take his word for it.]
ragsnbone: (i need u to do me a big)

[personal profile] ragsnbone 2020-09-20 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ Taking another sip, he just looks at the droid, trying to figure out well everything about it. Not that he would actually be able to since he wasn't an engineer or an expert in robotics. He barely had any skills outside a select few that others would find questionable. ]

So you're new here? What's your name?
beskarad: (Ochanomizu)

[personal profile] beskarad 2020-09-20 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I am Eyegee-Eleven. Were you recently brought here as well?
ragsnbone: (sweetie)

[personal profile] ragsnbone 2020-09-20 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I've been here for about a month or so.

[ What was time? Wu Xie sighs as the warmth of the tea settles and soothes some of the rawness of his throat. ]

We had some weird ash shark thing that was attacking people and after that, there were creatures coming out of the walls trying to kill us. I'm expecting the next thing to go after us would be a giant marshmallow man or something equally spooky.

Are droids like you normal where you come from?
beskarad: (Gesicht)

[personal profile] beskarad 2020-09-21 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. Some are similar to my design. Others are designed and programmed for different functions.

It sounds as though you have endured an unpleasant situation.


[Understatement of the millennium.]

Fortunately, our captors have seen fit to provide me with the necessary equipment to defend myself against enemy forces. Hopefully it shall prove sufficient against the threats you have described.