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

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.

[sirnyxalot]

Man, you gave him the easy one. Nyx can go a few days without food. Good thing he's not yellow, eh?

[parodeity]

dave succeeds out of sheer stubbornness and his main materialistic weak point being the shades he owns, which are his, which he already has

[bittybat]

Damian succeeds because he's an idiot Bat with a discipline of steel. Alfred's delicious food, though................. [man wiping sweat emote]

[oathkeeper]

Sora will succeed! He doesn't have a desire to take things that don't belong to him. He's a goody-two-shoes, after all.

[thriftea]

Ochako succeeds because she's a Very Good Girl. And also because Dave is apparently going to be her voice of reason.

[doublesharp]

Riku will succeed, especially since he'll have Tenn to watch his back!

[ifionlyhadthecourage]

Caramia's dumb children are apparently going to take care of him for the event. Doesn't look like he's going to take anything, no matter how tempting that medicine is.

[passio]

it’s a miserable few days but dextera succeeds! his house is lively enough to sustain him with the power of friendship,

[whereabout]

Food is no problem for Joshua, taking away Estelle is the thing that might kill him.

[hypertoxic]

Vriska won't have too much of a problem! She's had eons to get used to not eating, and any slack experience can't pick up will be carried by sheer bullheaded stubbornness.

[explodosafe]

Kirishima is going to succeed because he's lucked out this time by not having any particular belongings his heart's that gung-ho about and failing a challenge isn't manly to begin with anyway.

He also doesn't need that Crimson Riot autograph, he doesn't, really, it'll only get ruined before he could bring it home anyway... /sobs but holds strong/

[queenofminiskirts]

Kaoru succeeds because she wants very few material things. All she wants from home is an ECM and when military grade equipment that needs a truck to transport suddenly shows up it's Obviously Weird.

[eusford]

Crowley will succeed! He's extremely apathetic and won't be tempted to take anything since his most important necessity (blood) is already being provided.

[robosmith]

Dirk is going to succeed, he already has what he deems most important to him

[catlady]

Selina succeeds, frankly, because there is no one and nothing in her past who could get her to turn back. She's set pretty firmly in the present and Her Person is her future.

[unghost]

cairngorm will succeed! they have enough discipline to heed to the bird's warning, and would be further able to resist turning around after realizing they can talk to the voices without any consequence.

[batteredhat]

Gandalf is not big on material possessions so he'll succeed.

[doublecrowss]

Since there are no material goods that would really tempt him, Akechi is going to succeed.

[unfatalist]

Ignis will be succeeding via a lot of willpower and stubborn determination!

[tosa]

Mutsu will succeed because he is a simple soul and has everything he needs/wants already.