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!

Comments

what a ride

[fullgauntlet]

[Izuku Midoriya might not be Keiichi-kun but he is a boy that can't really ignore someone who's in trouble. As soon as he spots the poor girl chained up to that skeletal horse he's already running for her without a second thought. Green-yellow electricity sparks at his feet and up his legs and he runs for her.]

Hold on! I'm coming! Don't panic, I'll get you off that horse!

[He jumps up in the air, power running through his legs like sparks of thunder! And he's about to drop kick the horse right in the head and leap to grab her before she can get hurt but the horse rears up with a loud unwordly neigh.]

Nh-!

[quietblueflame]

[ Rena's been squeezing her eyes shut out of fear, but hearing someone call out makes her open them again. She glances back and gasps. ]

Be careful-!

[ This horse doesn't seem to stop for anything, so she's worried he'll get hurt. His jump completely stuns her though, but the horse rearing back snaps her out of it. When it seems like it's going to stomp on him, Rena quickly grabs its mane and pulls as hard as she can.

That makes the beast cry out and off centers it- ]

[fullgauntlet]

[She has nothing to worry about. Izuku seems like he's unafraid of the horse at all, only bracing himself as it rears up. But as she pulls it's mane it shrieks instead and pulls off-center.]

Wait-! You might hurt yourself-!

[Izuku has to think quickly. He knows he can't use his power at full or even a fraction of his strength out of the risk of hitting her. She's chained down to the horse so he has to figure out a way to free her from it without her getting hurt. A blast won't work here.

Izuku decides to jump into the air again. Without hesitation he lands right behind her on the horse and grabs at the chains holding her to it.]

Hang on, we've just got to break these chains!

[Power sparks up Izuku's arms as he pulls on them hard.]

[quietblueflame]

But I don't want you to get hurt either-!

[ And she means that! What's the point of her getting saved if someone else has to be harmed in the process? Rena really doesn't want that!

Again Izuku jumps, and she can't help but gawk. But when he yells, she holds onto the mane again to try and hang on to something. ]

[fullgauntlet]

Don't worry about me, I'm here to save you! That's what heroes do!

[So she doesn't have to worry about him getting hurt he is much much sturdier than he looks.

Izuku grabs tight to the chains and uses some of his power to try and break them. It makes electric-like power crackle up his arms but no matter how much he yanks they don't seem to be budging.]

Shoot, it's not working!

[Think, Izuku... Think! Can they get it to slow down??]

Pull on the mane, try to direct it to a safe area...!