OCTOBER MINGLE

[etrayamods]

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 ⏴ For all questions relating to this log, please refer to the mod queries comment. All other questions can be directed to the FAQ. ⏵FULL NAVIGATION⏴

Comments

[onlychildsyndrome]

... you haven't been around humans for that long, have you?

[messenger]

No.

[onlychildsyndrome]

The farm is a normal farm, a couple of kids invited other kids to live there because there's a ton of us.

Also, I got a joke for you to tell Dean. It's gotta be you, it won't be funny otherwise.

[messenger]

I... see.

[ he still doesn't really understand, but he'll take logan's word for it that sometimes children just decide to inhabit farms. ]

What is it?

[onlychildsyndrome]

Tell him people keep telling you that you keep taking things literally, and that you keep telling them you don't. That people who take things literally aren't angels, they're kleptomaniacs.

[ he's not entirely sure castiel will get it, but dean will and that's what'll make it funny. ]

[messenger]

... All right. I'll tell him.

[ it's only as he's committing the joke memory that the meaning clicks, and he arches an eyebrow. ]

I was in Heaven for 2000 years before I was tasked with raising Dean.

[ he's a bit behind on his lore, okay? ]

[onlychildsyndrome]

I have questions.

[ since he's not being smitten he's now more at ease. castiel seems like the type who can be bullied in a friendly way, kinda like dean. ]

[messenger]

[ he's wearing a shitty angel costume, of course he can be bullied in a friendly way. granted, there's an at least 1 in 10 chance he'd attempt to do physical harm to anyone else who tried to put him in one, but a friend of dean is a friend of his, it seems. ]

Go ahead and ask.

[ everyone has questions.

he doesn't actually mind answering, though. he's curious, too. ]

[onlychildsyndrome]

What's heaven like? Did you have friends there? Is it like, super dull? What do you mean by "raising" Dean? Do angels not watch humans from heaven? And if you don't, did you come down not knowing what a meme was?

[ he stops there, but he has so many more of them. he could keep going for hours. ]

[messenger]

[ oh dear lord.

junior's lucky he's good at following a conversation. ]

Each individual Heaven depends on the person inhabiting it. I used to. I didn't find it dull. He was dead — I brought him back to life. Some of us do, but I wasn't assigned to the task at the time. Prior to that, we were much more "hands on".

A meme is an element of culture or system of behavior passed on from one individual to another through non-genetic means.

[ he does not know what a meme is. ]

[onlychildsyndrome]

Did you just give me the dictionary definition of meme?

[ he reaches for castiel's sleeve and tugs him towards a corner store. he wants garbage food, but he thinks this guy needs human supervision. ]

[messenger]

I have encyclopedic knowledge of most languages.

[ he lets his sleeve be tugged and himself led away. he doesn't know where dean's gone, but they'll meet up again soon enough. ]

Where we we going?

[onlychildsyndrome]

I want a sandwich and an iced coffee.

[ since coming to etraya he allows himself things his dad never let him have, and pretty much everything in the corner store falls under that category. ]

Do you eat?

[messenger]

I don't need to, but I can.

[ since his powers are getting weaker, he can actually enjoy it. silver linings, and all that. ]

I enjoy red meat.

[onlychildsyndrome]

Man, I haven't had steak in ages.

... there's hot dogs, but I have no idea of what kind of meat they're made out of.

[ he doesn't question what he's eating anymore. one more advantage of being an orphan, he still goes for a run every morning but he's no longer thinking about calories and protein and water intake. ]

[messenger]

It's all right. I still have candy.

[ every time the helper bots offer, he takes some. ]

[onlychildsyndrome]

You should have a more balanced diet, you know?

[messenger]

Is your diet balanced?

[ he unwraps a candy he takes from his pocket and pops it into his mouth. ]

[onlychildsyndrome]

Of course not.

[ he stretches his hand out fully expecting to receive candy. ]

[messenger]

[ he stares at his hand for several moments before getting the implication.

he picks out a piece of candy and places it in his hand. ]

I don't normally have a human sense of taste. The last time I enjoyed eating food, Famine was in town.

[onlychildsyndrome]

[ he pops the candy into his mouth. ]

You need to learn how to talk to normal kids, you're gonna freak people out talking casually about demons and the horsemen of the Apocalypse.

[messenger]

Why?

[ he asks, still chewing, ]

If they can adjust to being kidnapped by a capricious God and put through trials to prepare for the end days, I don't see what the point is in keeping the truth hidden.

[onlychildsyndrome]

Who says they're adjusting? People need like a minute to process shit, you can slam them with "angels are real" and then hit them again with you fighting the horsemen. Or hanging with them.

[messenger]

They're going to have to. We don't have much of a choice.

[ he fishes another candy from his pocket. ]

It was a fight.

[onlychildsyndrome]

... do you fight famine by eating around them?