etrayalogs | 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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[ Fabian isn't too sure what he's witnessing here, really. There's this weird dissonance between what the other guy is saying - smart! - and what the other guy is doing - dumb! - and he's not really sure what to think about it.

He tries to figure it out in his head, but can only reach one possible conclusion. Clearly the candy must already be messing with his mind, right? That's the only possible reason someone could be doing this!

So Fabian rushes over in the other's direction, loudly yelling: ]

Spit that out!

[ Nothing weird or omnious about a pointy-eared teenager rushing at you while screaming at you, right.. ]

[Hyrilis is halfway throwing another candy into his mouth before his eyes all but slowly stare over at the young man quickly rushing over to him. His usual, neutral expression turning into a nervous smile as he spits out the candy that he was sucking on before. Almost similar to a guilty child, because that's what he honestly should be right now...]

Wah--

[The candy in his hand is promptly dropped to the ground. The screaming voice of the teen quickly making him drop all his silly nonsense, because that was one hell of a reaction. It almost makes him want to laugh, but it's also making him confirm what he was thinking!!!]

Wait -- are these actually poisoned?

[Was he really going to go out like this? Death by candy?]

They could be! [ Probably the most ominous thing to say that is not a definite yes or no answer to the question..

But Fabian does fully believe what he's saying here. Otherwise he wouldn't be saying it in the first place, let alone telling it to Hyrilis this intensely.

And pointing at him. ]

You have to spit them back out! Right now! The one you just had too!

[ As if that's such an easy thing.. ]

[This guy is straight spitting facts out right now. And he has to admit that he feels a bit silly for taking a bite out of the candy in the first place. Hyrilis taking a few more bites, but not quite swallowing the candy. Especially when he's ordered (nicely) to spit it out. Both his hands thrown up in the air, before he spits out the remnants of the candy. The candy sadly hitting the ground now, and being left to collect dirt.]

Alright alright! Well, I guess it's already too late. If it was poisoned, then I probably would have fallen over and died.

[That's putting it casually. Still, his eyes give himself a once over, making sure that his skin isn't falling off or any other adverse effects. A moment of silence passing through the air, before he breaks it.]

By the way, how long have you been here?

[ ...

Fabian looks kind of baffled. Not even at him actually spitting out the candy - Fabian asked him to do that, after all! - but more just at the casual way the other talks about getting poisoned. It's not really like the teen hasn't seen something like that before, especially with how wild his own family is and some of his friends are, but like-- Shouldn't Hyrilis be thinking just a little bit more about his own safety?

In fact, he's opening his mouth to ask the other just that.. until Hyrilis speaks up first, throwing off the entire trajectory of Fabian's train of thought.

At least it means he won't be questioned on his casual attitude towards the idea of getting poisoned. For now. ]

Me?

[ Hence the surprise in his voice too. His brain has to adjust to the entirely different matter being presented. It means he blinks, once, twice, and then his brain seems to have rebooted enough to answer. ]

For a few months now. Maybe almost half a year. [ And now his brain has rebooted enough to add the very, very important part of: ] Long enough to know how much this place sucks!

[ Yeah!! He has to preach it!! ]

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