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

[awashmods]

Tonbokiri has received strawberry daifuku, but because daifuku hasn’t had color restored, it tastes terrible. Unfortunate.

[youwillbeunequaled]

This is tragic, thank you ;;

Sorry, I would like to double-check about the mochi part though. Mochi is simply pounded rice, and rice has been restored. Does making it into mochi not let it count as 'rice'?

At any rate, the bean paste would for sure be ash, so he's still basically getting strawberry flavoured ash... awful.

[awashmods]

No, the mochi will taste fine, you're correct! Unfortunately the bean paste will be disgusting, so that's exactly what he's receiving... yum, delicious.