Event. | 5/24/18

[awashmods]

I’m So Obedient
[ 5/26 - 5/31 ]

It’s been a peaceful few weeks, new arrivals aside -- hopefully they’re settling in well! -- but amidst your questing and Friendship Tournaments, it seems as though the Town has one more fun little task for everyone. Don’t worry, there’s fair warning, in the form of a quest:

Quest 10:
Do not give in to temptation.
Requirements: All red, all blue, all yellow.

This quest shows up on the morning of 5/26, quietly appearing on the forum, but nothing immediately happens that day. Characters will have plenty of time to mull it over -- until that night, anyway.

At that point? Everyone will have a dream. Even characters that do not need to sleep will find themselves sleeping that night, and they will each have a dream with a friendly, helpful bird in it. The bird will natter at them, telling them one thing in particular, depending on their color:

For Reds: A cardinal appears, telling them to avoid the temptation of taking what does not belong to them.

For Blues: A bluebird appears, warning them against eating when they should not.

For Yellows: A canary appears, warning them against looking back at the past when they should be moving forward.

In the morning? Those birds are still there, perched on your character’s shoulder, or chilling in their house (sorry about the bird poop). Keep in mind, of course, that these are Awash birds; they are all mutated in some way, and everyone has their own, so if your character’s bird breathes fire and has 7 legs, that’s entirely plausible. And since this seems like the sort of question Awash would ask: yes, you can kill and/or eat them, and yes they have flavor since they have color. They’re not coming back if they die, though.

Regardless, as is probably clear -- it’s time for a fairy tale test! At first, characters will find it to be rather easy; for the first couple of days, lightly strange events will happen in the Town, but their birds will warn them when they’re coming up against something shady. Food will pop up where there wasn’t food before, fully colored and delicious, but blues, you probably shouldn’t eat it, or you’ll fail. Reds, there’ll be items that you don’t remember grabbing in your home or around Town, but no matter how useful, try to avoid taking them if you want to pass. Yellows, you may occasionally hear the voice of someone you’ve been missing who isn’t in the Town, but don’t turn around!

This will continue for the first couple of days, lightly annoying but not too dangerous… until the test ends up a little rigged.

Characters will wake up the morning of the 29th with the Town a little...different. In fact, no matter where they wander, people are… missing. On the 29th, characters will have been divided into three separate “Towns” by color; they are all in the same Town, but will be unable to see or experience characters of another color. For all intents and purposes, they will be alone with only characters of the same color.

And that’s when the tests get a bit harder. Now? For blues, “Don’t eat anything when you should not” applies to all food in the Town -- and delicious meals of foods they’ve been longing for will be around and about, as if made just for them. For reds, “Don’t take anything that isn’t yours” applies to literally everything in the Town as well -- and items that they’ve been longing for will show up, or items they absolutely need (such as medicine, or very heartfelt personal belongings). For yellows, they will hear the voices of their loved ones, dead or alive, calling out to them, begging them to just turn around and look at them, or trying to trick them into it.

Also, their birds are gone. So that’s unfortunate.

They will be in these conditions and these separated Towns until 5/31 OR until they fail; when characters fail, they are restored to the proper Town, and able to see each other again. Don’t be afraid to fail, either! Each failure will have its own personal punishment, tailored to the character, but they will not be fatal or permanent. Likewise, each success will have its own personal “reward”, also not permanent… but fairy tale rewards aren’t always the most pleasant of things either.

Please respond here for failures and here for successes, so we can let you know what your character will experience! An event log for the event will go up 5/26, but you are welcome to make your own logs as well when the event begins. Please be aware that the laptops only function in the proper Town; while characters are in the “separate Towns”, they will be unable to use them or see any posts on them.

And as ever, if there are any questions, feel free to ask them here!

Comments

QUESTIONS

[awashmods]

Re: QUESTIONS

[heartsteals]

so "“Don’t take anything that isn’t yours” applies to literally everything in the Town as well " - does that also include food? will lupin get failed if he eats something other than the spam he won...

[withwisdom]

For Blues, does drinking water/liquid in general count as failing?

[photoshooter]

Just to be super clear, if Character A fails and is restored to the proper Town but their friends B and C are still going strong in the separated Towns, B and C of course won't be able to see A--but will A be able to see B and C?

[inheritance]

Just for clarification, will the laptops turn on at all in the separate towns? Or will they just not be able to access the forums?

[withwisdom]

Pops in again.

So Blues cannot eat the food, but is there no rule about trying to dispose of it? Like throwing it away, burning it, etc. I assume... more food will just annoyingly appear to tempt them, but I wanna double check.

[crowsigliere]

Two quick questions! First, if someone fails before the 29th, will they just stay in the normal town and have to deal with everyone going missing?

And second, also if someone fails before the 29th, will their bird disappear in time with the failure? Or will it stick around until they all disappear?

[good_ideas]

How in-character would the voices they hear be? Would they be acting like their loved ones as well? Or is it just generic begging/ghostly "come back to the light" things?

[ifionlyhadthecourage]

Will their bird have a specific voice, or can we go wild with how they sound? Also, will others be able to hear the bird, or just their character specific birds?

[swordfucker]

If one character watches another character fail, how does it appear? Do they just vanish in a poof or something else?

Also... when they do fail, do they get to keep the item they grabbed for (in this case, Guren's extra anti-demon drugs) or does it vanish?

Re: QUESTIONS

[hypertoxic]

So just like characters who don't need to sleep will still have that dream, will blues who don't need to eat feel some kind of sudden, otherwise unnatural impulse to do so?

[unghost]

for yellows, what would happen if a character talked to the voice they heard behind them without looking? does that constitute a failure?

Re: QUESTIONS

[parodeity]

what happens if non-reds try to take any of the items popping up around the reds?

[withwisdom]

one last time...

Unrelated to the actual logistics, what time will the quest/log go up oocly?

[queenofminiskirts]

For the yellows: about the voices they hear trying to get them to turn around, are other people able to hear the voices or is it only the character who can hear them?

[nipzips]

Hello! For Reds who take the Thing, can they keep the Thing? Or will the Thing disappear once they find themselves in the next town?

[parodeity]

when on the 31st (or would it be the 1st?) are succeeding characters restored to the town proper? :O

[totheno1]

Hello mods! I just wanted to be sure i'm not going too much over the monster birds. Can I use this persona/ smt demon as an inspiration, keep the lion's mane (but make it blue) and end it with a bird's head or can I keep the lion's head okay no?

How large can we make the bird? I'm all about 50 pound birds trying to stay on someone's shoulder while Kei struggles. Can we make it breath ice instead of fire if that's okay?

Monster birds are very important to me.

[tendershepherd]

I knew I had at least one question but kept forgetting every time I came to ask it. But it's more-or-less similar to past event questions.

Is there anything for Sorey to sense? Specifically when the color segregation happens? If there's something to sense, is it only there when the towns separate on the 29th and/or when things return to normal on the 31st or is it something he can feel the whole time while in the separate town?

Also, for stuff before the 29th when the birds are still there, is there a penalty for if he happens to turn around despite the bird's warning?

SUCCESSES

[awashmods]

Please respond here if your character succeeds at their test.

[withwisdom]

Zelda will succeed by praying and suffering and passing out a lot from hunger spells.

[shotlocking]

she went ten years without food, a couple of days is nothing

[worlds]

he'll be sad about no eating :( but eh

[bloodcravings]

Mika doesn't eat food anyway and can survive three days without blood.

FAILURES

[awashmods]

Please respond here if your character fails their test.

[troubadamsel]

maribelle is absolutely failing at this at you kidding me