[EVENT] 'Tis the Spooky Season...

[vrdr_mods]

Autumn is drawing on in the Velvet Room and its environs. The days are colder, the nights are crisper, leaves are a riot of colour ready to fall from the trees. And (besides all the pumpkin spice popping up for some reason) that means only one thing: Hallowe'en!

As the season approaches, you may undergo a mysterious transformation. Perhaps you wake up with wings, or hooves, or gills! Or perhaps your transformation will change more, go deeper... perhaps to your very soul. Who can tell? You might wake up as an animal, or a mythological creature. Or as anything at all.

Transformations will reverse on the morning of November 1st. Probably.

In the meantime, Destinyland is celebrating the holiday. Cheerful Jack-o'-Lantern Shadows have set up on street corners, handing out flyers advertising the park's seasonal festivities. In the days leading up to the 31st, Destinyland will host all the usual fun: Hallowe'en games, Trick or Treat for the babies (and the not-so-babey), the Gorb fortune teller, Shadow-run food stalls serving spooky meals and treats, and, of course, the haunted house with its array of friendly, candy-giving Shadows. Or maybe they're not so friendly.

On the night of Hallowe'en itself, there will be a parade at the park and a grand party out in the main square with food, music, and plenty of space, though characters are not obliged to attend. However, if you wish to show off your new form, see what transformations have been wrought on your fellow guests, or simply take the chance to celebrate, it may be a good opportunity...

Who knows? Perhaps you'll even see some special guests.

[ooc: Welcome to our second Halloween event! This post will serve as a mingle for the duration of the event. Feel free to invite friends to play as guest characters, too! There will be a toplevel, and guest characters are simply whisked into the setting to engage in festivities, with a slight ghostly aura. For an example, see the thread here from last year!]

Comments

[mirrorkechi]

Well, that doesn’t sound pleasant.
“Perhaps it’s some cosmic joke at our expense” it sure does feel like a joke to him.
If it was for some fun festive event they could have at least been able to choose to undergo a transformation!
Or at least kept him bipedal.
“Well, regardless, I intend to do something during the festivities. Better than wallowing around” he’d really like to go to mememtos but… well he can’t exactly use his phone right now.

[fogboundcrow]

"Could try to find walk-in activities? The haunted house should suffice, for instance. Or the dark rides..."

Surely it can't be too hard to get into the boats, even as a quadruped.

[mirrorkechi]

“True enough, I might be able to fit in a dark ride car…” it wouldn’t be the most comfortable but it’s better than nothing right?

“… well, all else fails there’s the cognitions that are around, I did hear something about candy being handed out” can’t go wrong with food. Or at least it’s very hard to.

[fogboundcrow]

"...Come to think of it, I wonder if our dietary needs have shifted to account for our new forms. I haven't exactly tried any sweets yet, but feline tongues are incapable of tasting certain flavors."

Hrmph. That would be cruel, so close to Halloween. His tail swishes again at the mere thought.

[mirrorkechi]

“They better not have. That would be a whole new layer of headache” what the hell do hellhounds even eat anyways?
Probably nothing akechi would willingly want to eat that’s for sure. He scowls, then shakes his head.
“I’m going to assume there’s some cognition in play here, and unless proven otherwise I’d rather assume as long as we believe our diets haven’t changed they won’t” he doesn’t like the uncertainty but what else do you do here?

[fogboundcrow]

"Well, we were able to create a healthy cake via cognition. You could potentially weaponize cognition here..." Hmmm. He taps his chin with one paw-hand. There's potential there.

[mirrorkechi]

“A healthy… cake?” He actually tilts his head in confusion at that.
That’s- yeah ok sure cognition is weird so sure, yeah, screw it, healthy cake!

He shakes his head. “Well, if cognition can do that then I’m sure keeping our diets normal isn’t to hard”

[fogboundcrow]

"Perhaps we need only collectively concentrate. It would be rather inconvenient if my sense of taste was hindered like this, anyway. I am human enough in proportion that I see no reason why I can't enjoy the full breadth of my normal diet."

Also, it's Halloween. He wants to be able to taste sweets, damn it!