etrayalogs | OCTOBER MINGLE

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OCTOBER MINGLE

WHO: Everyone!
WHEN: October 25th - Early November
WHERE: Etraya
WHAT: The arrival of newcomers, and some holiday fun!
NOTES\WARNINGS: Supernatural elements, temporary physical alterations, mild horror and jump scares, spooky scary skeleton robots, mild suggestion of compulsion or loss of control, mild body horror.

⏵ arrival ⏴
Welcome to Etraya! Everything is fine now. 😊

Arrival goes expected - or it does for the most part. Aurora greets newcomers in the hospital as they awaken, offers a brief explanation and gives them their earpiece so they can communicate with one another.

Around the hospital and outside of it, Companion Bots are hard at work decorating the city for Halloween—complete with festive touches like pumpkins, cobwebs, and glowing ghost decorations. The atmosphere is fun, light-hearted, and maybe just a little spooky. 🎃👻

Some carry buckets of candy, and offer those they come across a trick or treat. Except both options are, in fact, treats. 🍬 Tricks are treats specifically wrapped in a green wrapper that very clearly declares that they are tricks. Treats are wrapped in orange, and labeled with treat! Companion bots will recommend that those who do want to take a trick take them when they're beside their friends. There won't be any permanent effects from these, nor will they be terrible tricks - just fun ones! All effects last roughly 24 hours.

Giggle Drops cause uncontrollable giggling that bubbles up randomly, even during serious conversations.
Beasty Bites cause characters to grow small fangs, and they will begin craving red foods - apples, cherries, etc.
Bat Gummies cause small, bat-like shadows to follow characters around wherever they wander. These shadows are harmless, and super cute.
Pumpkin Puff is a cotton-candy-like treat, that causes their voices to change dramatically. Either becoming significantly deeper or perhaps very high-pitched, as if they've recently inhaled helium.
Floating Fudge gives characters the ability to float in the air! Just a few feet off the ground, but it's still fun. Right?

⏵ getting spooky! ⏴
Etraya is embracing the season - and maybe even going a little overboard.

Around the hospital, a few small pop-up shops are manned by festively dressed companion bots. They offer samples to everyone - although sampling isn't really necessary. After all, everything here is free!

Candy Shops: Perfect for stocking up on sweets and treats for the upcoming trick-or-treating event. These will not stock the tricks the companion bots offer around Etraya, but instead only carry harmless sweets. They do take custom requests, too, and are happy to create the treats others want!

Costume Shops: Find the perfect costume for Halloween! But beware... rumor has it, if you wear a costume, you might become whatever you dressed up as for a few hours. Those who put on vampire costumes may find themselves suddenly craving blood and growing fangs - those with werewolf costumes may find themselves feeling a little wolfish. These effects may last a few hours, up to a few days.

⏵ masquerade ⏴

In the spirit of mystery, Etraya will be hosting a Masquerade Ball outside the hospital through the nights of October 26th and 27th. Dance anonymously with other attendees and make new friends under the cover of your disguise. Everyone receives a single rose they can exchange with someone else throughout the evening. At the stroke of midnight, the roses will reveal the true identities of your masked dance partners. 🌹

⏵ all hallow's eve ⏴

On October 31st, multiple companion bots set up shop along one of the walkways through the larger island towards the center. With chairs and small booths set up, they offer candies out to trick-or-treaters who wander around through the first part of the night. Some of them will request trick-or-treaters to do a trick for them, to earn a bigger treat! They may ask characters to dance, sing, or show a talent unique to them. Can your character bend themselves into a pretzel? They want to see it, and will offer them a nice bracelet in exchange! Can they whistle super loud? Maybe they'll get a nice piece of kevlar armor after showing off. This can be anything within reason - bike parts, small weaponry, armor pieces, toys, canvases for painting. Please request these items HERE.

Not everything is as light-hearted as it seems, however. Aurora issues a warning to the citizens of Etraya: Do not stay outside after midnight. Strange happenings have been reported, and those who disobey may start seeing visions of past loved ones. The visions are compelling—guiding people away from the safety of the buildings and into the mysterious mist surrounding the outskirts.

But be careful, these spirits may not be as friendly as they seem.

If you come into contact with these ghosts, you’ll feel a chilling cold, leading to hypothermia-like symptoms. The longer you’re exposed, the worse it gets. Treatment? You’ll need to be warmed up quickly.

⏵ skellys! ⏴

The Companion Bots wanted to join in on the fun, so they painted themselves with glow-in-the-dark paint to look like skeletons. But in the dead of night, for those already suffering from the chilling touch of the ghosts, seeing glowing skeletons approach from the darkness might not be the most comforting sight. 🤖💀

Stay safe, warm up, and enjoy the festivities!

⏵ NOTES ⏴

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That’s questionable sometimes.

[ Dean has indeed stopped squirming though, and lays in Castiel’s arms quiet, warm. Solid and safe.

That’s a nice feeling, safe. ]

That is not 210.

[ let him clear that up right now. they both saw what happened to him — the real 210 — and there's no need for him to repeat it. furthermore, they should both know what while 210 was a rhetorician, argumentative and long past his days of fondness for 6, he is not needlessly cruel.

but he is now, stepping back and shielding his eyes from the light.

❝ Look at him now, trying to deceive our Star of Hermes, but you see through his lies, don't you. ❞

6 suppresses the trembling of the cold, but as the light sways, it flashes in the eyes of that third figure.

❝ Ugh, my eyes... 37, put out that accursed lamp, would you? ❞ ]

[ if there's one purpose he knows he can fulfill here, it's to keep a watchful eye on dean. in any other capacity, he's only so useful. but he's exactly aware of how much dean benefits from having an angel on his shoulder.

ironic, considering some of the things he's said.

it might even be embarrassing, but it's been so long from dean's perspective, he's probably forgotten. castiel hopes, anyway. ]

Like you're any better.

[ but as dean settles, so does he. his gaze on the back of dean's neck is unwavering, but there's a big hand laying over his chest, and the other settles high on his belly, fingertips touching the edge of his ribcage. he's wrapped around dean like an octopus. he can feel every breath. ]

"For fun?"

If the voice sounds like it's coming out of nowhere, that's because for all intents and purposes, it is. Riz, sticky-fingered as he is, was completely concealed behind the counter of the shop although he hadn't found anything compelling enough to take, and is happy enough to hop up atop the counter, out of his hiding place.

Riz himself looks a bit like something someone may dress up as for Halloween - short and green-skinned, with large, bat-like ears and a sharp-toothed grin - but he doesn't appear to otherwise be in costume. He's dressed formally, but not unusually, in a sharp suit-and-tie number, with a very real gun and sword hanging by his side: an arquebus and a rapier, both holsters well taken care of but visibly battle-worn.

"Apparently that's a tradition in some places. To dress up as stuff you're not, I guess?" He wrinkles his broad nose at the pirate costume. He imagines Fabian would have a sharp-tongued thing or two to say about that. "Kinda bullshit that they don't even give you a real sword, though."

Then to deny that there is one truth is arrogance as well. If there is one truth then we should seek it as we are all equally punished in this cave.

( everyone shares the same punishment as being a step away, or maybe a flight, a whole entire sea away from the truth. the only way to find it is to look beyond what's before them. even now, she's looking into what the other is telling her, the way he implements this information into an equation that seems to go unstudied. there was never to think there was more than one truth, but if she really thinks about it, one equation doesn't equal every equation.

maybe it still stands. )

Perhaps saying one is wrong, maybe you are right. In mathematics, it takes all sorts of formulas to obtain the answer to different problems.

( however, it comes down to math, the transcendental world where it all completes itself and shows them the other side of the spirals, and patterns that they both find enjoyable. the beauty of what constructs this mediocre world. )

...

( and she falls quiet, her thoughts placed on that comment as she looks down to the ground in thought. her mouth parts, then it closes, and once again she looks to him and then away. that is... actually a thoughtful response, he wants her to form her own opinion separate of his beliefs.

to form her own opinion, it would mean being here for a long time, but he's planted a seed, and she can't really ignore it.

words can also be a shadow, math is the only truth that has stayed the same. her brows furrow before they relax. )

Okay. I promise once I've been here a long period of time, we will return to that conversation. As long as you're willing to have it with me.

...Oh. Then why did you carry on with him, 6?

( how is that not 210 when he looks exactly like him, and even 37 is looking to the figure trying to find how it is not. no matter how many times she looks at him, it exactly looks like 210.

but... 6's words bring worry and doubt, and even the way 37's mouth turns into a frown. )

But... 6 has never lied to me. I'm not sure what you mean.

( her two statements contradict each other, it's because she's giving them a chance to speak their thoughts.

rather than put it out, she brings it behind her body to hide it some, but the light still filters around the shape of her body.

discuss. )

[ If you'd spoken to Riz a year ago, he wouldn't see much of a problem with the costume.

Angels and other Celestial beings had very little to do with him, after all, and Riz was chiefly concerned with what was on the material plane, on account of the fact that he lived there. But now, after having visited Heaven himself and having had celestial encounters, their brilliant mosaic halos so bright as to nearly be blinding, their wings impossibly large, impossibly soft, shimmering with an energy he could barely comprehend --

Well, Castiel's get-up is a little comical. He can't help snort a little, raising a brow at him. ] Man, is that the best they could do in that costume shop? I'm pretty sure those are chicken feathers.

[ Riz himself looks as though he could potentially be a Halloween costume in and of himself, but it would take a master at prosthetic work; as it is, he's here as himself, a humble Goblin in a neatly pressed suit-and-tie number, one large ear flicking in apparent amusement. As one feather flies off of Castiel's wings, Riz snatches it out of mid-air, sniffs it and without hesitation, picks a little off to taste it. ]

Yeah, that's chicken all right.

[ They cheaped out! They couldn't even splurge for ostrich feathers! ]

( she turns at his voice, her eyes falling upon him at his question that she couldn't quite understand until...

maybe it's because she's not near him so she's unable to see what he sees, or perhaps the light in her hand keeps that apparition out of her vision, but the way he looks out into the darkness does draw some worry on her face. )

What are you doing? You know that I am not dead.

( that is 37's voice, the one that calls out to her companion in hopes that he can hear her. if he cannot, she lifts the lantern above her head to see if she can make the light of it reach out to him in hopes to illuminate his path.

it doesn't reach so she stands there, the air around them feels chilly, but that doesn't stop her at all. )

If you don't come on, I'll leave you behind.

( but she doesn't know... if only it was that simple. )

Hob sucks on the fruit candy thoughtfully. "There are pluses and minuses to each, I suppose." Maybe it depends on the person and the personality to determine what would be preferred.

"I'd feel better about being in the driver's seat if I knew the destination. There doesn't feel like much reason to the ordeals we face." Are these tests really proving anything? "In the end, it's just the discretion of one mystery goddess who is worthy, isn't it?"

But they don't.. bump into anything?

[ If they're too large to go in his coat but he can move around a room of this size without issue? ]

Is it some sort of magic?

[ His mouth tugs askew at the reassertion of his squishy state, like this is really something worth being bothered by; his hands poking at his cheeks again, and it's only the mention of the cold air that gets Gorgug to refocus his attention back on the man. ]

Well... I think it's coming into winter. Aurora said it's gonna start snowing. [ So, it's colder under that reasoning, right? But he's looking around, trying to scan through the mist. ]

I was heading for the apartments. Did you wanna go that way? It'll be warmer. I think-- I think it should be that way.

[ He points, if waving his arm a little to give a general direction. Somewhere that way. ]

Have you found people you relate to so far?

(with so many new faces, one might either feel overwhelmed, or feel the fresh air of opportunity.)

[ Gorgug, for better or for worse, doesn't resist when someone attempts to manoeuvre him; and so he ends up behind the girl, blinking as much as at her as he attempts to seek out any sight of him she's talking about. ]

Wait, why? [ He's whispering back. ] What's going on?

[ Why the hell is some guy going around killing people? Is it something to do with this mist--?

Shit, he really should've been paying attention to the network now, he thinks... ]

[It’s clear to him that something they are discussing is upsetting her, but he’s not really sure exactly what it is. He might have been keeping the timelines active and alive, but he doesn’t look in on everyone all the time. Loki does know who she is and that she becomes the Scarlet Witch, but that’s about it.

He frowns a bit and is trying to think of a polite way of asking if she is alright when things turn slightly.]

Did you? I suppose he did meet quite a few people on Midgard. Always popular, my brother.

[He smiles a bit awkwardly. She says she only knew him briefly, but Thor isn’t really one to make only a minimal impression. And if they were allies, it is possible Wanda actually knows a lot about Loki. A lot of what he was like before. But she doesn’t seem hostile, so he takes that with a grain of salt.]

I would love a cup of tea and a chat. Yours or mine?

Gorgug's trying to make his own way through Etraya, time escaping him, and his attention to his earpiece beyond messages from friends less than stellar. It's meant some unfortunate bump-ins with spectres and people that weren't so great. Then again, what is in Etraya?

And this time, Gorgug sees a figure through the dark. He makes his own presence known with a light beaming from a crystal he holds in his hand, though easy to miss when you're distracted by ghosts. And considering that Gorgug is coming up from Law's rear...

"Heeey? Are you alive over there?"

But it's okay: Gorgug also isn't quiet. Slowing with the presence of another up ahead, but also calling out because... he's gotta be careful. Of ghosts!

It's not a big deal, besides we won't be here for too long.

( her intentions were to get him stabilized a bit and guide him back to somewhere warm, whether it was his apartment [if he claimed one] or somewhere else.

for now she simply shrugged and offered a soft nod. )

You know, this place seems to be full of people with unique names. Kinda makes me feel like an oddball.

( she couldn't help but chuckle a bit at that, lightening up the mood a bit. )

Listen, do you have somewhere you can go?

( it truly was just like him to get in one last jab regardless of what the situation was. for now she opted to ignore his little gesture, a silent roll of her eyes all over again.

at his indication, she turned on her heel and began to wander around the store, coming across the 'horror' aisle filled with bloody masks, ghost disguises, and other paraphernalia from popular medias. in the past she may have been a bit spooked by such things, but remembering the things she had gone through both as alessa and herself, well all of this seemed like child's play. )

I didn't take you for the type to care about such trivial things really. I guess everyone has a child within them regardless of their age...

( for now, all she could see was his costume and the fact that he seemed to have a wicked sense of humor given the circumstances.

with a soft sigh, she simply rolled her shoulders forward and set down the costume she had been holding before. she didn't want to be sad anymore or feel anger about circumstances beyond her control. that was the one thing she could do, so she offered him a smile and held her arm out. )

Who hasn't suffered in this life? Life is full of it but if you let it get you down, well...I just don't find any benefit in sulking about these things.

( her past self had pleaded with her to have a happy life after all. )

How about we just shop like two normal people? You can help me pick a costume.

( despite having a conversation with an awkward half-human, half-orc, heather felt happy for the first time in a long time. this was normal despite appearances, they were even joking!

it was cute in an endearing way and a great distraction of all the things that had been happening to her. )

Well people either sit on you or they don't! Don't worry, I won't.

Your friend...is he here too?

... Sure, of course.

(although, to say "normal", considering the little he knows about her and all she doesn't know about him, sounds a little far-fetched. whatever she wants, for now, she may have since he will get to ask her what she found out in due time.

he wasn't planning anything grandiose for himself in terms of style, the suit is actually very nicely fit for him and he just takes a moment to fix the tie before he comes closer.)

How do we think of this suit?

You know, I'm not as fragile as I seemed back there.

( his kindness truly spoke to her regardless of his past and intentions, and whatever he was hiding was his secret to keep. much like herself, although unlike before, she wasn't as keen as following the instructions vincent had imposed onto her during that time.

she wasn't going to divulge in everything, but for now she simply chuckled a bit. her words weren't to scold him or seem ungrateful, she just didn't want anyone worrying about her. not when her new goal here was to keep an eye on vincent for everyone else's sake. )

But what you said...it really speaks to me. I like to be more like that.

( fortunately for him, she was convinced he was a decent enough person. there were no walls or fronts put up to hide whatever information he wanted to pry from her. her guard was down and she just wanted to enjoy this for what it was.

to his question and him coming closer, she placed a finger on her chin and tilted her head. she moved around him briefly, taking in every detail she could before she nodded and showed began to show snippets of her true self. )

A little stiff but you look like a professional. Do you have a briefcase to match?

( with a chuckle, she waved her hand. )

Just kidding, you look great.

Not yet, but that can be easily arranged! Bureaucracy does feel like a devilish thing!

(a bow once the compliment reaches his ears, thankful for it and set on what he's wearing for the night. now, as for her, that one might be a little more difficult - what does she aspire to be like? is that something she'll show on the surface?)

Alright, for me, this is it. What about for you, what are your plans?

Doesn't it?

( she couldn't help but laugh a bit at that. she hadn't had much experience with that world but her father most certainly had.

for now she decided it was time to venture into the shop and actually look at what they had. so with a tilt of her head, she seemed to suggest they should walk and talk. )

I'm not sure to be honest, I haven't dressed up in years. I figured after everything, it'd be nice to do so for once.

( the puzzle still doesn't do much for her, it doesn't scratch that itch in her brain that's always searching for a mathematical problem to solve. )

Like the probability theory? It includes the numbers "0" and "1" and could be used to figure out if there's a chance of it happening! Which one will you use? Classical Probability, Empirical Probability, Subjective Probability, or Axiomatic Probability?

( since this is all through math, then it should end with math about conjuring right or is this a test for his own abilities? either way, it's math, and she's already moving away from chrollo to stand next to 6 in order to get a better look.

hopefully he will not remove what has made this interesting for her, but she is paying attention. )

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