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EVENT #1: FAE FESTIVITIES
INTO THE WOODS
Click Clock Wood (Spring) by Grant Kirkhope
2:05 / 4:59
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Grant Kirkhope is a Scottish composer and voice actor for video games and film. Some of his notable works include GoldenEye 007, Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64, and Perfect Dark, among many others.
After making your way through the tiny farming town of Ich and out towards the rim of a massive raised crater, you will find yourself being led through a narrow split in the canyon wall. Inside, glow worms cling to the ceiling and create the illusion of a thousand twinkling stars above the moistened rocks.
When you finally emerge, it is into an impossibly lush landscape of massive, redwood-sized tangling trees and a soft moss carpet. Life abounds here. It feels like an oasis of birdsong and animal activity.
A short walk leads you to the prepared party-grounds. A large clearing with quaint huts all around decorated with strange flowers for partygoers to rest or otherwise entertain themselves.
There appear to be several games and stalls set up, the sweet and savory scents of delicious food fills the air, and so do the patrons of the forest. Seemingly hundreds of Fae folk zip around and greet the newcomers excitedly by placing garlands of vines and crowns of flowers atop their heads.
Glowing flowers and toadstools light your way here. It also seems that even the animals get in on the festivities! Really, just about everything talks here. Almost everything, anyways! Talking to a tree stump might not yield many results but you're welcome to try.
Each entrant is also provided upon arrival a copy of The Rules. A rolled parchment that resists water or any other damage. It also prevents you from writing on it so you can't just do what you want.
The rules read as follows:
When you finally emerge, it is into an impossibly lush landscape of massive, redwood-sized tangling trees and a soft moss carpet. Life abounds here. It feels like an oasis of birdsong and animal activity.
A short walk leads you to the prepared party-grounds. A large clearing with quaint huts all around decorated with strange flowers for partygoers to rest or otherwise entertain themselves.
There appear to be several games and stalls set up, the sweet and savory scents of delicious food fills the air, and so do the patrons of the forest. Seemingly hundreds of Fae folk zip around and greet the newcomers excitedly by placing garlands of vines and crowns of flowers atop their heads.
Glowing flowers and toadstools light your way here. It also seems that even the animals get in on the festivities! Really, just about everything talks here. Almost everything, anyways! Talking to a tree stump might not yield many results but you're welcome to try.
Each entrant is also provided upon arrival a copy of The Rules. A rolled parchment that resists water or any other damage. It also prevents you from writing on it so you can't just do what you want.
The rules read as follows:
- DO:
- ⁂ Accept gifts from the Fae.
⁂ Sample the food provided at the party ONLY.
⁂ Play games with the Fae.
⁂ Feel at ease to rest in the provided huts.
⁂ Keep tabs on your shadow lest it wander.
- ⁂ Make a TRADE with the Fae.
⁂ Provide any personal items as gifts or otherwise to the Fae.
⁂ Provide your true name to the Fae.
⁂ Wander away from the designated party area.
⁂ Ascend any staircases you find in the woods.
- ⁂ If you see an old woman hiking through the area, feel free to stop her and lie to her. The more brazen and obvious the lie the better. She appreciates this!
GAMES & ENTERTAINMENT
Amongst the games and attractions are a variety of fun possibilities!
GAMES
- ⁂ Battleship! (Fae Style!) A number of Fae will be hiding on a large grid of flowers. You guess the locations and if you are correct then you will win a small prize! It is a cup of nectar that refills endlessly, and numbs any pains you may have. This works even outside of the forest and can be taken home.
Every time you miss though, you receive a small 'curse.' Nothing harmful! Maybe you’re just rotating in place for the next hour, your ears become daisies, or you grow a tree out of your head? (Feel free to come up with your own silly ideas!) All of the curses will dissipate after a time or upon leaving the forest and none will do any harm or cause pain. The Fae are all about fun tricks, not hurting anyone!
⁂ Dress Up Darlings! You enter a booth and allow the Fae to decide your outfit! Upon the agreement that you'll wear it the rest of the party, of course, no matter how silly or ridiculous it is.
⁂ Bobbing For Onions! Yes, you read that right. Bobbing for onions. There are onions floating around... in water. You have to catch them with your teeth. The prize for success is a Bag of Onions. This bag never runs out of onions. They are always fresh and always onions. Not always the same kind of onion, but always onions nonetheless. This bag works outside of the forest and can be taken home.
⁂ What's In The Box? There is a box. There is something in it. Maybe it's frogs. Maybe it's slugs. Possibly bugs? Maybe apples. We don’t know. Stick your hand in the box and take a guess at what you’re touching! If you’re right, you win the contents of the box!
We'll let players decide via coin flip, rolls, or however they want if their guess is correct! Any items won though will be common, every day items like mentioned and nothing especially exciting. Unless you're really into frogs. Then it's your lucky day, apparently!
ENTERTAINMENT
- ⁂ Slayd & The Possums! Slayd is here and he’s throwing down the banjo tunes with his possum pals. Feel free to join him if you are musically inclined! The Fae will provide any instrument your heart desires! They can't grant you the ability to play it though if you don't know how.
⁂ The Crowning of the King of Misrule! Randomly chosen by the Fae, enter a lottery to be chosen as the King of Misrule for the evening. You will be dressed in a stupid outfit and granted Fae wings for the night! You also have the insatiable urge to play harmless pranks on people. The Fae will also give you a "Special Gift" at the end of the party...
FOR THE FOOLISH
Ahh, but there are rule breakers amongst us aren't there? If you choose to sneak away from the party, chances are nobody will stop you; however, you are now on your own in the Talahee Forest.
The first layer of the forest is very much similar to what you have already seen. Everything is coated in a thick mat of moss and trees wind away like a massive birds nest to form the canopy above. The faint sounds of animals can still be heard. Up here, you may encounter Fae who did not attend the party. They'll ask you your name and other personal details.
Best that you lie.
The further in that you head, the darker the forest gets. It seems you are following a downward slope. The trees get bigger here, as do the insects and toadstools. Bioluminescence rules down here it seems. You may encounter stranger creatures here. Ones that will try to make very tempting trades for your personal belongings. Things that will seem like an amazing deal to you. They offer magical items of great power, or even personal effects from home.
Don't be fooled though. These objects are cursed, and are not at all what they seem. You have the distinct feeling of being watched at all times here.
⁂ Possible Encounters: Owlbear, Displacer Beast, Giant Badger
Are you getting smaller or is everything else getting bigger? Were Slayd here, he would have told you about the concept of Deep Forest Gigantism. The deeper you go - just like the ocean - the larger that the flora and fauna get.
You are dwarfed by the mushrooms here in the pitch darkness and only guided by the latent glow of the creatures and fungi that dwell here. Bugs the size of house-cats skitter in your wake. Are you sure you want to be here? Should you encounter anything larger, you’d best stay silent. Or run!
⁂ Possible Encounters: Giant predatory Elk (RUN), Rodents of Unusual Size, Extra Large Bugs
The trees seem to clear out here as you reach the bottom of the forest. There is no light here so hope you brought a match. The landscape down here is a blanket of moss dotted with countless shallow pools. Looking into one of these pools, you will see your reflection... though it may look different in some way.
You will feel extremely compelled to reach down and touch the reflection in the water. Should you give in, you feel as though your world is turning upside down. You could receive memories not quite your own. Memories of a different version of you, even! (CRAU, Canon Update, or Canon AU!)
Yet, you will be experiencing them as your own. A long time could pass in your mind while only seconds have only elapsed in reality. Upon waking, you will find that you have been ejected from the party and the forest entirely. You find yourself at the entrance to the crater. Disoriented, and compelled not to re-enter, you have only yourself to blame as you must shamble your way home with this burdensome knowledge.
FIRST LAYER
Rak'tika Greatwood Theme ( Civilizations ) by Masayoshi Soken
4:34 / 5:15
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"Civilizations" prominently features a female vocalist. The lyrics are in the Ronkan language, and has not been officially translated.
The first layer of the forest is very much similar to what you have already seen. Everything is coated in a thick mat of moss and trees wind away like a massive birds nest to form the canopy above. The faint sounds of animals can still be heard. Up here, you may encounter Fae who did not attend the party. They'll ask you your name and other personal details.
Best that you lie.
SECOND LAYER
Click Clock Wood (Autumn) by Grant Kirkhope
1:12 / 4:11
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Grant Kirkhope is a Scottish composer and voice actor for video games and film. Some of his notable works include GoldenEye 007, Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64, and Perfect Dark, among many others.
The further in that you head, the darker the forest gets. It seems you are following a downward slope. The trees get bigger here, as do the insects and toadstools. Bioluminescence rules down here it seems. You may encounter stranger creatures here. Ones that will try to make very tempting trades for your personal belongings. Things that will seem like an amazing deal to you. They offer magical items of great power, or even personal effects from home.
Don't be fooled though. These objects are cursed, and are not at all what they seem. You have the distinct feeling of being watched at all times here.
⁂ Possible Encounters: Owlbear, Displacer Beast, Giant Badger
THIRD LAYER
Saint Mocianne's Arboretum (Hard) by Masayoshi Soken
2:50 / 5:10
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...hordes of aggressive plant life exposed to the strange substance stand between you and the information you seek.
Are you getting smaller or is everything else getting bigger? Were Slayd here, he would have told you about the concept of Deep Forest Gigantism. The deeper you go - just like the ocean - the larger that the flora and fauna get.
You are dwarfed by the mushrooms here in the pitch darkness and only guided by the latent glow of the creatures and fungi that dwell here. Bugs the size of house-cats skitter in your wake. Are you sure you want to be here? Should you encounter anything larger, you’d best stay silent. Or run!
⁂ Possible Encounters: Giant predatory Elk (RUN), Rodents of Unusual Size, Extra Large Bugs
FOURTH LAYER
Poison Tree by Grouper
0:30 / 3:16
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'Poison Tree' is a meditation on the complexities of anger and the internal conflict it causes. It draws inspiration from William Blake's poem of the same name.
The trees seem to clear out here as you reach the bottom of the forest. There is no light here so hope you brought a match. The landscape down here is a blanket of moss dotted with countless shallow pools. Looking into one of these pools, you will see your reflection... though it may look different in some way.
You will feel extremely compelled to reach down and touch the reflection in the water. Should you give in, you feel as though your world is turning upside down. You could receive memories not quite your own. Memories of a different version of you, even! (CRAU, Canon Update, or Canon AU!)
Yet, you will be experiencing them as your own. A long time could pass in your mind while only seconds have only elapsed in reality. Upon waking, you will find that you have been ejected from the party and the forest entirely. You find yourself at the entrance to the crater. Disoriented, and compelled not to re-enter, you have only yourself to blame as you must shamble your way home with this burdensome knowledge.
Notes
⁂ For the game prizes, we're using the honor system here! So long as you clear the roll then you can receive a prize with no mod permission needed.
⁂ The plotting post for this event/November is up!
⁂ Additionally, we have a state of the game post available to people read about updates, clarifications, and a poll to participate in!
⁂ If you have any further questions or feedback about this event specifically, please comment here!
⁂ Full Navigation ⁂
- - Battleship: If you roll a d20 above a 13, you can receive one of the nectar cups.
- Bobbing For Onions: If you roll a d20 above a 10, you can receive one of the bag of onions. En...joy...?
⁂ The plotting post for this event/November is up!
⁂ Additionally, we have a state of the game post available to people read about updates, clarifications, and a poll to participate in!
⁂ If you have any further questions or feedback about this event specifically, please comment here!
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Otherwise he will play to whoever is dancing, and move through his usual set with contentment. ]
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[Nothing about Angeal's preferred partner is apathetic in any way. Genesis Hewley-Rhapsodos will stop dressing in red the day he dies, and is so vocal about the choice in musical genre that it's hard to miss him. (Slayd might catch wind of something related to a 'Banora' around here.) But Angeal coaxes him into it, laughing at the expressions he makes more than once, and they slip into a dance fitting the song as though they've done it a thousand times.]
[In contrast, when he pulls along Sephiroth - the older, not the younger - there's a little bit more.... calm, maybe. Patience. Learning. Unlike when Genesis had naturally dragged Angeal along to the center of the dancefloor even for all his belly aching, they stick to the edges for a minute. Just a few little lessons, teaching the different steps and twirls. Little beginner's stuff at first, but then they start to get into it. Sephiroth is, as usual, a quick learner. And maybe he's all the quicker when it's him and Angeal right together, the latter pulling him along and sneaking in a celebratory kiss at the end of the song.]
[Mithrun nearly gets lost in the crowd - or, like, just his boyfriend? Since there is a decently substantial size difference between the two. So, you know. There's that. But Angeal keeps him real close, once again on the outskirts, and it's... sorta as with Sephiroth. Except in this case, the teaching of proper dancing to a banjo is made a little more unique when your partner can't match you in height, as it turns out. And Mithrun is, at times, even more awkward than Sephiroth. But he's also more flippy, and when they discover that - well if they almost kick someone in the head, don't worry about it. It's fine. They have good reflexes. And Angeal can care enough about not giving another party a concussion even if Mithrun can't.]
[Maybe it's fun to watch up from the stage, all the different dance styles and what is clearly one hell of a polycule that Angeal keeps pulling back to the dancefloor. But Angeal has other things planned tonight, too, and that means being right there at the stage (sans his many boyfriends) whenever Slayd manages to take a break in the songs with a cup of something non-alcoholic in his hand. It gets offered up to him.]
Stuck playing music all night? Well, not that I'm saying that's a bad way to spend it.
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When he breaks for some refreshments, he finds a tasty cup of fae nectar offered up to him, which he gladly accepts with a smile. ]
Well thank you kindly! Hew! [ The cup is drained in a few large gulps, and he hisses a sigh of satisfaction. ] Oh that hit's the spot. I was sweatin' like a sinner in church up there after a spell.
[ He pauses, but only long enough to cast Angeal a lipsided smile. ]
You seem pretty popular out there, huh? You some kinda' professional charmer or what?
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[Just a little grin at his own joke, don't mind him.]
But I apparently used up all my luck for a lifetime that I shouldn't ever go gamblin'. I came here, and it wasn't alone. Got lots of familiar faces with me. [Who he is romantically involved in but listen don't worry about it-]
One of 'em is even from the same place as I am, but you'd never know it. Moved outta there when we got the legs for it, and he was tryin' to tell folks he was cityborn. Shoulda started a ranch with that kinda 'wash.
But I can tell you stories of Gen all night long at a later time. You just makin' music, or could I wrangle you for a dance or two?
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Hey, maybe you're one of them lucky-types. More reason to gamble if y'ask me but I ain't never been too bright myself. Few bricks short of a load and proud of it.
[ Another amused snort. ] Y'can take the man out the country but y'can't take the country outta' the man, tell you what!
Well I reckon I'm due for a break but I'll warn you, I got two left feet on a good day and may as well have none on most! I wager you'd have to sign a waiver for bodily injury dancin' with me.
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I'll just have to be sure t'hold ya close and lift ya up if it starts seemin' like my boots ain't good nuff for the dance, even if I'm tougher than ya would think.
Although gettin' put up in bed from a dance isn't the worst way to go. Reckon that means you would be right obligated t'come take care of me, after all, t'make up for it.
[Terrible man, but listen. He's found his people, who happens to be a dragon-dog-bird hick. He needs this.]
[He also needs to hold his hand out for the dance, which he's more than glad to do.]
Who'd refuse company like that?
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[ Slayd grins, taking the offered hand, mindful of the spread of his paws as he steps out with the other man. ]
You's a weapons-class charmer just like that Elidibus fella' tell you what! I bet you could talk a rabbit outta' his own ears just lookin' at him like that.
[ Slayd thinks, by acknowledging it, that he is somehow defending himself from being charmed, but quite the opposite really. ]
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Me, I'm just bein' neighborly.
[Look at his bullshit grin, this man knows he's full of it]
[He also knows how to go dancing, and he knows better than to just start swinging Slayd around. So he pulls them close together, mindful of their feet.]
I know a couple dances from my hometown, but you let me know if they ain't familiar. Figure we can start off slow, give my toes a fightin' chance.
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[ Slayd goes along with the exchange of banter happily, allowing himself to be positioned as Angeal pleases. ]
Well all right, I'm all ears for ya, teacher.
[ One of the long, slender ears that sit below his horns flicks as if to punctuate that. ]
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[But hey, they can keep flirting later. For now... Angeal does his job.]
[And his real job always was in fact being a very good teacher.]
[Dancing isn't too hard until you overthink it, in most cases - at least that's his opinion on the matter. A lot of simple little dances are plenty fun for everyone involved, and so that's what he aims to teach to Slayd, not minding if his toes get trod on here and there. Mistakes just help him to see where Slayd actually signs when it comes to dancing, and that's where he'll work through.]
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[ Slayd does follow along clumsily. There is some improvement, but his stupid big digitigrade legs certainly give him a harder time.
At the very least, he seems to be enjoying himself. ]
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[There's nothing impossible when it comes to things like this, in his opinion. Just adjusting for what makes people happy and comfortable.]
[With the song coming to an end, he pulls Slady off the dancefloor with a grin.]
So, what do you think for a first go at it? I think I still got my feet and all.
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Hyew! Tell you what I ain't none closer to quittin' my day job for it but it went as well as it coulda'!
Tell you what I'm worn slap out. Rode hard and put away wet.
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[And we'll just casually drop that before continuing on-]
Think you'll be all set for hoppin' back on stage, or did I accidentally run ya ragged right past the encore?
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[ He clicks his tongue and the largest of the possums comes scampering up his back and onto his shoulders, taking the shape of his banjo thereafter. ]
Oh don't you worry I've got plenty of energy to go 'round. Ain't a little old dance gonna wear me down.
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What?
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I'm flirting with you. [....Oh, right-] My husband is fine with it, for the record. Pretty relaxed marriage.
[Probably as a consequence of... the sex sim they were in... It's fine]
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[ He seems very okay with it. ]
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[But for now, he just smiles right back.]
Then you just let me know when you've got a sliver of time, and we'll see who sweeps up who, huh?
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Well, I'll be right glad t'come visit with ya. Maybe bring a friend. [Or, you know, his husband. Some thing.]
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