Mod Post. 10/3/18

[awashmods]

Hello everyone, and welcome to October's monthly mod post! Here are your color changes and news for the upcoming month!

Mechanics

• First off, AC has completed and has been processed. AC is now open for October. October's AC Post can be found here. Thank you to everyone who completed AC!
  
  
• Applications will open again in November, from November 1st to November 7th. As before, there will be no reserves period.
  
  
• With how heavy last month's event was, this month's event will be a little lighter -- but hopefully still very useful for further exploring your CR and the setting!
  
  
• For fun, here's the current color breakdown in Awash: 24 Yellow, 35 Blue and 33 Red characters.

Quests

• Quests for October are now up! The OOC breakdown of said quests can be found below, as with last month. All quests have been posted ICly to the Quest Forum Post. Only quests for this month can be turned in for a reward.
  
  
• The Quest Reporting comment can be found here. As ever, please respond to that comment once the quest itself has been completed. When reporting the quest, please state what quest it is in the subject line; we've realized that that helps us a lot with keeping track over the past few months!
  
  
• Please be aware that Quests must be reported by the end of the month; this is because we use what quests are completed to keep track of what colors are restored for the next month!

Color Changes/Rewards

This month’s color changes are as follows (color changes can be tracked at the Color Timeline):

Color Gains:

• New characters have had their text color restored in the color of their hexcode, and their house colors restored.
  
  
• Because all of the quests were completed this past month, characters may notice that the color of snow has been restored. At least, they'll notice if it snows soon (oh no). Congratulations!
  
  
• Because quest 27 was completed, the color of trees has been restored. Please note something very important: only the trees within the Town have had their colors restored. The trees of the woods outside of the Town have remained suspiciously colorless. This applies to the colors of fall leaves restored last month as well.
  
  
• Because quest 27 was completed by an additional 10 characters, everyone has received an additional reward! Characters will find in their home one small item from home. This can be anything from food to medicine to a piece of clothing to something totally pointless -- just be reasonable, and keep in mind that it's one thing only!
  
  
• Additionally, each character has received up to two pieces of winter clothing from their color log. Please choose two threads from your color log from the past month -- the mix of the colors of characters involved in the thread will be the color of the clothing item. What items they receive are entirely up to you: they can be anything from mittens to scarves to hoodies and anything in between, and don't have to be old timey at all!
  
  Please note that these are not changing the color of every piece of that clothing in Awash, just giving each character a personally colored item or two!

Color Losses:

• From drops: turkey, and fire is now down to two colors -- this color has disappeared from your flames!

If there are any questions, please ask them here, so that we don’t miss any. Thank you, everyone!

Comments

QUESTIONS

[awashmods]

[whereabout]

So, to sacrifice a non-tangible object to the well, how does that work? Do they show up with the intention, and the memory/whatever just kind of poofs? Do they have to have a specific thing in mind, or would the well just snag something when they go, regardless of intention?

[pursestrings]

helloooo do we have to submit the threads for the winter gear somewhere or is that just a free choice

also, if okuyasu had a green house because it was blue/yellow and the yellow has dropped, is it going to go back to blue or stay green...

Re: QUESTIONS

[brightlyshines]

In terms of regained items, can it be something like a dress, or is that too big?

Re: QUESTIONS

[heartsteals]

if we didn't have two entries on our color log last month, do we still get winter clothes?

[fivefingerdeathpunch]

I think I can guess the answer, but just to be sure: would a box that's 45 x 24.2 x 57.5 cm in size be too big for the regained item?

[withwisdom]

For the two piece winter clothing, can the clothing be something from home so long as it's winter themed or are we talking just generic clothes?

[umbraportation]

Would Nico be able to order a few of the skeletons about using his Underworldly powers? Get them to do the hokey-pokey or re-enact Thriller. Such as get them to drop their weapons or to stay away from an area for a short period of time?

[passio]

just checking, do these skeletons have flavor

[inheritance]

For the item from home, would cookie ingredients be an option? Or would the already-made cookies work better?

[noholdsbard]

So…can Tristan regain the Holy Grail? (The wish-granting artifact, not the actual grail from legend.) I understand it'll have to be nerfed to hell and back, and yet…imagine the havoc it might wreak…

Of course it would also be nice to just have a useless fancy cup lying around for no reason.

Re: QUESTIONS

[withwisdom]

So Zelda is going to want to try keeping a skeleton arm around as a weapon. At the end of the month would it still be around or just vanish off with the skeletons.

[good_ideas]

I just have a few psychometry related questions!

1) What would Shiho see if she were to touch a skeleton using psychometry specifically in regards to history or where they’re from, etc?

2) Is there any information she can get from the trees that have had their colours restored? (For instance memories of the people that were here from the past, etc.)

3) If someone were to throw a flower crown into the well would this also work? (Since Shiho kept all hers, dried them out and actually does cherish them a lot.) Also if someone makes a sacrifice and Shiho had her hand on the well, would she be able to see anything happening with her psychometry?

[regrede]

just double-checking—do new characters have their text color?

[umbraportation]

Since I see the bones stick around after being taken out...

Would Nico be able to reanimate a few of the skeletons and get them working for him?

[ifionlyhadthecourage]

Just to be sure-- would drinks count as a treat as well? Like say some container of hot cocoa they might've gotten a while back... that's been stored away for such an occasion......

QUEST REPORTING

[awashmods]

Please only respond to this comment when the quest has been completely threaded out, whether a success or failure! Please respond in this format:

Please put the quest being completed into the subject line! <b>Characters Involved:</b> <b>Character Colors:</b> <b>Link to thread:</b> <b>Failure/Success:</b>

Quest 31

[promissum]

Characters Involved: Valvatorez, Zelda
Character Colors: Yellow, Blue
Link to thread: Here
Failure/Success: Success! Val sacrificed a whole can of sardines.

Quest 29

[promissum]

Characters Involved: Valvatorez, Nico
Character Colors: Yellow, Red
Link to thread: Here
Failure/Success: Success

quest 30

[allweather]

Characters Involved: reim and sierra
Character Colors: red n yellow
Link to thread: yall remember when i asked about blood treats? well
Failure/Success: it took about one minute for reim to say yes to this, so, success

QUEST 31

[bittybat]

Characters Involved: Damian, Zelda
Character Colors: Blue, Blue
Link to thread: zelda can't catch a break
Failure/Success: Success! Damian gave up the memory of his father ever being in Chroma. :')

QUEST 28

[awashmods]

Carve a pumpkin with a friend.

Requirements: 1 yellow.

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This one's pretty straightforward! Carve a pumpkin with a friend, make it festive, and put it out in front of your house. There are candles to use as well, with our weirdly colored flames. Nice! Now you're ready for the season!

Ways to succeed: Carve a pumpkin! A yellow has to be involved in the task to qualify the quest for a reward, but honestly, go nuts and carve a bunch of pumpkins anyway.

Ways to fail: So long as you've got a yellow involved, you'll probably be okay with this one.

Link to Quest Post.

QUEST 29

[awashmods]

Fend off the skeleton army.

Requirements: 2 of any color.

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So yeah. The skeleton army. Did you know there's one of those in the woods? Well, if you didn't, now you know.

Please note that this is the first time the monsters from the woods will be entering the Town. Starting from today, 10/3, walking skeletons with clubs or rusted swords and spears will be entering the Town at their own leisurely pace. It's not a constant assault -- it's more like a couple of skeletons or groups of them a day.

But also they're... really not remotely threatening. If you're very slow, they might manage to stab you. Otherwise? They move slowly and jerkily, their bones are rigid and fragile, and all you really have to do is smack them around to get them to crumble.

Magic works fine, purifying works fine -- anything works, really, to take them out. You only have to take out one to get a prize!

Ways to succeed: Take out a skeleton! Knock his head clean off. Wipe that smug grin off his face! Etc, etc, etc. It'll be great. The requirement for 2 colors is mostly for threading purposes; work together and thread out a skeleton fight, and you're good to go!

Ways to fail: If you somehow let the skeleton kill you, you've definitely not fended off the skeleton army.

Link to Quest Post.

QUEST 30

[awashmods]

Receive a treat, or pull a trick.

Requirements: 1 red.

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Well, it's not exactly classic trick-or-treating, but either way, all you have to do is go obtain some sort of treat from someone! Easy...!

That said? If they don't have a treat for you at the time of asking, you do have to pull some sort of trick on them. Those are the rules. "Tricks" can be any sort of prank imaginable, while "treats" just have to be some sort of food your character would enjoy!

Ways to pass: A red has to be involved, though they can be giving the treat or receiving the request for the treat. So long as either a treat is given when requested, or in the absence of that, a trick is pulled on the poor sap who didn't have any food handy, you'll be good to go!

Ways to fail: Please note that if a treat is requested and there are no treats, and the requester does not pull a trick on the person, it's an automatic failure for this quest.

Link to Quest Post.

QUEST 31

[awashmods]

Sacrifice something precious of yours to the Well. Bring a witness.

Requirements: Any 2 colors.

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This is a bit of an odd one, isn't it...? But just as it sounds, the quest is demanding that you take someone with you, go to the well, and sacrifice something precious to you to the well. That can mean an item of yours, or something less tangible -- a memory, for instance, or a bond with someone that you will lose, making you as good as strangers from your end. Please feel free to be creative, and if you're not sure, you're welcome to ask!

Things sacrificed to the well will be gone permanently. Your belongings will disappear. The memory will be gone for good. Be careful!

Ways to succeed: Grab a witness of any color, go to the well, and sacrifice something that is absolutely precious to you to the well. Dump those precious belongings in there. Give up a precious memory. Go ahead! It'll be fun!

Ways to fail: Look, if you dump trash into the well, it's not going to count and also, nobody will have a good time then. Also, you have to bring someone along -- doing this without a witness will not count!

Link to Quest Post.