pedalbike | 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!

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[ For someone that is also aiming to be the #1 Hero, when Deku is not in the field, he's still so incredibly dorky. He has all this power and ability coupled with responsibility and yet he carries on about his day to day like none of that is a big deal. It bothers Katsuki on so many levels that he's not here to unpack at this current moment.

Instead, he scoffs and releases the other with a shove. ]

Are you really so damn scared and jumpy that you activated your Quirk just like that?

[ He makes another sound as he circles around to the pumpkin on the floor. Katsuki crouches, examining it. Look, the blonde is super suspicious of these things. Right now he's trying to see if smashing them will have some sort of cause and effect.

Otherwise he's kind of ignoring the other now. ]

Whuaaa--! Kacchan!

[Izuku is shoved and he wobbles back a step before he puts his hand to his chest and sighs out in relief. It's only Katsuki it's not some creepy pumpkin that's going to stare a hole into him...]

I just reacted, these pumpkins all look like they're staring right at me so it's a little nerve-wracking??

[Please, he didn't mean to snap his quirk like that. These things are creepy. At least it proves his senses are sharp? And he held it back!]

Do you think there's something odd about them? Kacchan?

[ Why is it that IN THESE SITUATIONS the nerd has some sense of self preservation... Though Katsuki isn't sure that this is the appropriate time for it. He has to fight the urge to just slam his hand against Deku's face and give him a reason to actually get out of the way.

Augh. ]

They appeared out of nowhere, Deku. The hell do you think?

[ Use that brain of yours for something other than hero worship??? Maybe??? ]

[Izuku sighs and frowns and comes around to crouch down and observe the mess of pumpkin, himself.]

Things like these shouldn't be appearing out of thin air like this. And it seems like they're multiplying or duplicating themselves too.

[He holds his chin in thought.]

I haven't seen many other people with quirks around here. But maybe someone has a duplication or ... growth quirk.

[And really loves pumpkins...?]

Or it really is something supernatural...

[ Which is similar to what Katsuki had been thinking too. Either they have the ability to multiply or duplicate themselves. He severely doubts that whatever brought them here would be paying so much attention to Halloween decorations that they'd be sure to replace every single one that is destroyed or make more on the spot.

Could be wrong, though. ]

I don't think it's Quirk-related, but I sure as hell don't believe in anything supernatural.

[ Besides... Haunted pumpkin? How fucking lame would that be? The ghost or whatever force behind it should just curl up and die in shame. ]

[Izuku sweatdrops.]

I don't think so either but maybe it's a good idea not to rule that out...?

[The pumpkins were already watching him and that seems like a supernatural enough thing to him? But Katsuki is right that it's probably not those two things. But still...]

It looks like all the pumpkins are watching us.

Here I thought you grew out of believe in that shit, dweeb. Then again I'm talking to the nerd that still has his room decorated like a five year old. So I guess I was expecting too much.

[ He says all this, but he's not actually touching anything. Not yet. Katsuki does, however, begin to walk around one of the jack-o-lanterns. He's testing if the eyes are really going to follow him or not. It doesn't seem to be, but the moment he looks away? That's when the disgusted faces seem to turn towards him. ]

They're starting to piss me off.

[He spreads his hands in front of him!]

I'm not saying I still believe in it all I was saying-

[But he swears just as Katsuki walks around the pumpkins make those faces and turn to the blond and the sentence just dies on his lips.]

Kacchan...! They really are moving!

[He's not lying!!!]

How astute of you.

[ Yes, he's figured out that they are moving to keep an eye on him! The question is how are they doing it. ]

Asking the assholes responsible to show themselves I guess is just too much.

[ Katsuki would rather deal with this things head on after all. ]

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[He tries not to get too wigged out. He sighs softly and stands back up and pats his pants with his palms. He's just gonna take about three measured steps away from the closest staring pumpkin.]

We could go look for them ourselves, but I think it's best if we stick together for something like that. We still don't know a lot about this place.

[ Three steps away and those things are going to turn to stare at Deku too. But asking him to stick close to Izuku? Look, he had already planned to keep an eye on the other. Just to have the nerd make that statement first sours his mood. ]

Tch! Who'd want to hang around your lame ass?

Kacchan!

[He frowns and clenches one fist in front of his chest in a very hero-like manner.]

I think we can find out more about this place if we work together! Work with me! Two sets of eyes are better than one, isn't it?

[Except in the pumpkin's case...!]

[ Aaaaand there it is. The more confident Deku that Katsuki has gotten used to seeing. The one that kind of pisses him off because... Well because. He's not going to get into all of those thoughts with those creepy ass pumpkins staring at them. ]

Augh. Disgusting.

[ He just cannot with this guy. ]

Can't believe I'm going to lower myself by agreeing to your shitty demands.

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