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wilywars_archive ([personal profile] mosaic_archive) wrote in [community profile] reality_crossroads2017-10-31 12:00 am
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Happy Halloween!

It might be a good idea to carry an umbrella when walking in the open area of the Nexus today. Not because of rain, however, but because of a light shower of wrapped fun-sized candies that started when a threshold number of portals reached midnight on October 30th (or the first second of the 31st, depending on how you look at it) and will continue until the same conditions for midnight October 31st.

The free candy is perfectly safe. The ground fog playing over the grassy field, however, carries an LOL with the following effects: If someone is not in costume they suddenly will be (mun's choice), and may have abilities to match whatever they're costumed as. An example would be someone in a ghost costume gaining the temporary ability to float or walk through walls. If someone is already in a costume they might get related abilities, but will otherwise be partly immune. All effects will wear off at the same time as the end of the candy shower.

In other words: Happy Halloween, everyone.
deadgirlslikeme: (gotta laugh)

[personal profile] deadgirlslikeme 2017-11-01 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
It may be Halloween, but Victor isn't dressed up when he decides to take Nibbles for a walk with him through the Nexus to see if anything interesting has popped up (he knows sometimes their holidays sync with the place, and he has fond memories of friendly jack-o-lanterns and LOLed Easter eggs). He was planning on grabbing a costume from a store later in the day for his family's mini Halloween party -- it's not like there's going to be any last-minute rushes for them in his universe.

As he steps into the fog wisping over and around the field, however -- well, it seems that's no longer necessary. He blinks as he looks down at his suit, now a dark green sporting horizontal stripes. Then he reaches up and touches the red fez with attached antennae resting atop his head, then turns to examine the large blue and white butterfly wings extending from his back. "What the. . ."

"Weiwiei?"

"I know, it's--"

Victor stops. He does a double take. Then he bursts out laughing. "Oh, look at you!" he says, picking up Nibbles. "I guess the Nexus figured you needed a costume too!"

"Wei!" Nibbles agrees, wiggling his stubby little legs through the new Victor-style black suit he's sporting. "Weweweii!"

"Yes, we should get the others," Victor nods, cuddling the Scatterbug. "Even if they're not interested in free costumes--" He grins at the candy storm. "I think they'll be interested in free candy."
mage_hatchlings: (Halloween)

[personal profile] mage_hatchlings 2017-11-03 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
The Magelets are a little confused as they drift past. They hadn't changed into their costumes yet, and now they were dressed up as Poes again. That's ok, though, as they drift past with lanterns in one hand and plastic pumpkin pails for candy in the other. They'd wave if their hands weren't full, instead calling out some cheery 'hello's.
deadgirlslikeme: (happy victor)

[personal profile] deadgirlslikeme 2017-11-04 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Victor looks up as he hears the "hellos," then smiles and waves to the Magelets. "Hello there!" He heads over, wings bouncing behind him as he dodges bits of candy. "Nice costumes -- are they yours, or the Nexus's?"
mage_hatchlings: (Poes)

[personal profile] mage_hatchlings 2017-11-05 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
"Um, the Nexus made them appear, but they look like ones we wore before," a confused Magelet replies, trying to stay upright as he floats. The candy landing in his little plastic pumpkin keeps causing him to list to the side, and he's not the only one having the problem.
Edited 2017-11-05 02:58 (UTC)
deadgirlslikeme: (ouch!)

[personal profile] deadgirlslikeme 2017-11-07 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
"I see," Victor says, hiding a smile at the poor little Magelet's tilt problem. "Perhaps you might want to land for the moment -- I don't think this is good weather for flying." He waves a hand at the falling candy, then winces slightly as one piece bounces off his head. "I'm kind of wishing I'd brought an umbrella myself. . ."
mage_hatchlings: (Poes)

[personal profile] mage_hatchlings 2017-11-09 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
The Magelets try to land, but they're not having a whole lot of luck doing anything but bob around. One of them gets sent into a spin and briefly vanishes... though the lantern is still visible to show that he's there.

"Do we still get to go trick or treating if we get lots of candy here?" asks a concerned member of the flock. They like meeting people just as much or maybe more than the candy.
deadgirlslikeme: (WTF?)

[personal profile] deadgirlslikeme 2017-11-10 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Victor starts a little as one of them vanishes -- or, at least, seems to. He's not sure what to make of the lantern -- then another piece of chocolate bounces off his shoulder and he's occupied with shielding poor Nibbles. "Perhaps we should just move out of the candy storm entirely for now. . ."

"I don't see why not," he adds to the worried little Magelet. "You could just drop off the candy from here at home and then go out." He grins. "And then you'll have enough candy to last you through the rest of the year, I bet."
mage_hatchlings: (Poes)

[personal profile] mage_hatchlings 2017-11-18 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, that's good," the magelet replies. "You can get candy any time, but trick or treat is special."

"Maybe we'll be safe under the tree?" suggests another one, and they'll start floating in that direction.
deadgirlslikeme: (happy victor)

[personal profile] deadgirlslikeme 2017-11-18 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
"It is indeed," Victor agrees. "I should call the others, have them bring Dee. I'm sure she'd love both collecting the candy and greeting anyone who comes by."

"That sounds good," Victor agrees, walking along with them.
mage_hatchlings: (Poes)

[personal profile] mage_hatchlings 2017-11-20 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
"We could have a halloween party!" chirps a magelet.

"Like they do at that warehouse," adds another.

The tree does indeed shield from the worst of the falling candy, slowing it before it drops to the ground.
deadgirlslikeme: (Default)

[personal profile] deadgirlslikeme 2017-11-21 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Which warehouse?" Victor asks, ducking under the branches. He puts Nibbles back on his shoulder as he pulls out his PINpoint. "In your world, I assume?" He doesn't know of any warehouses in the Nexus, but -- Nexus.
mage_hatchlings: (Poes)

[personal profile] mage_hatchlings 2017-11-21 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't know of any warehouses in our world, Mister, but we don't leave our village much there." says one magelet. Telling them apart with them all dressed alike is nearly impossible.

"We mean the big building that way," another says, trying to point with the hand also holding a lantern.

"They call it a warehouse, but there are people that live in it and they have rooms all up the inside walls. Like a town inside a big buildling."

"We go there every year, but they don't get many other visitors."
deadgirlslikeme: (nervous as anything)

[personal profile] deadgirlslikeme 2017-11-23 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Victor frowns as the Magelets try to explain what they mean. "Town inside a -- wait, are you talking about the mall?" It would fit their description. . .but who would live inside of that? Are there apartment complexes inside the Nexus? Victor has heard, vaguely, of people living here. . .

He waves a hand. "Here, let me contact my family, and then maybe we can all search for it together. Like a scavenger hunt." He types out a quick message on his PINpoint to Doc: Hi! In Nexus w/Magelets. Under tree hiding from candy storm not far from our usual door. Hit with costume LOL from a mystery fog. Want to bring everyone around to celebrate Halloween? "And send. . .oh, and I should probably introduce myself," he says, a touch embarrassed. "Victor Brown. I believe at least some of you are familiar with my wife, Alice."
mage_hatchlings: (Poes)

[personal profile] mage_hatchlings 2017-11-26 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
They shake their heads at that. "No, we've been to the mall. The Wilybots don't live in the mall." He's pleased with himself for remembering what at least some of the people at the warehouse called themselves.

"Is it a scavenger hunt if you already know where the thing you're looking for is, Mister?"

They have to think about it for a bit, then bob in the air from nodding. "We had cake in a tree once with someone named Alice," says one of them.
deadgirlslikeme: (Default)

[personal profile] deadgirlslikeme 2017-11-29 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
"I see. . .I'm afraid I haven't the slightest what you're talking about then," Victor admits. "And I guess not one for you. I've just never heard of a warehouse people live in before. Usually they're used to store things."

He laughs softly. "That sounds like my wife, yes. I'm sure she'll be happy to see you again."

A beep from his PINpoint makes him look down. Quick question -- the costume LOL just affects your clothes?

Yes,
Victor replies. At least, I haven't seen any other side effects.

Great! We'll be there shortly then,
comes back. Victor grins and looks up. "Everyone's on their way. I'm looking forward to seeing what costumes they'll get."
pogo_boy: (wary)

[personal profile] pogo_boy 2017-12-05 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
Speaking of folks getting costumes, here's Quint. He's suddenly found himself dressed as a knight, and the child with him as a ghost, and he's holding the plastic shield over the little ghost's head to ward off falling candy as they also try to take shelter under the tree. "Um, hi."

The ghost with him stays close, giving wary looks to the strangers with big salmon-pink eyes. If one goes by size, they might be all of three years old... but one can never be sure in a place like this.

mage_hatchlings: (Poes)

[personal profile] mage_hatchlings 2017-12-05 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
This results in several chirped hellos from the Magelets, and one says to Victor, "Now 1t's really not a scavenger hunt. Quint's one of the ones that lives at the warehouse."
deadgirlslikeme: (i won't back down)

[personal profile] deadgirlslikeme 2017-12-06 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Victor scoots over to make room for the newcomers. "Hello," he says with a nod to Quint, before glancing over at the Magelet. "Is he? That does make things easier. . .and you were at the carnival too, weren't you?" he adds, turning back to Quint. "See you've found the LOL too. . ." He frowns at the continuing storm. "Really, if the Nexus is going to be spitting candy from the sky, the least it could do is provide umbrellas."
pogo_boy: (no-armor)

[personal profile] pogo_boy 2017-12-09 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah," Quint admits, a bit sheepishly. Usually he was better at avoiding these things, but oh well. "At least we were going to get costumes anyway. It's not Halloween at home, but then it was through a lot of the portals, and my siblings like to trick or treat because of the free candy." That, and it gave Enker a non-violent equivalent of a 'raid' to organize. "Most of us had our costumes from before, but Little Blane's new and I didn't want him to miss out on his first chance to go trick or treating."

The salmon-pink-eyed bedsheet ghost next to him watches the falling candy.

A few boxes of umbrellas spontaneously appear in the field.

Quint's not that surprised, remembering a few old stories his siblings had spread around about some cardboard boxes. "It listens sometimes..."
deadgirlslikeme: (happy victor)

[personal profile] deadgirlslikeme 2017-12-12 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
"Heh, well, saved you a trip, I suppose," Victor says, looking on the bright side of things. "It is Halloween back where I live, but it's not a very good place to trick or treat, I'm afraid." Being, you know, a pocket dimension with them as the only residents. He nods at Blane. "Hi there. Enjoying the candy?"

He blinks at the sudden appearance of the umbrellas. "Oh. Ah -- thank you," he says, looking around generally. Seeing figures trooping over, he adds, "And here comes the rest of my family!" He waves to let them know where he is. "Everyone! Over here!"
pogo_boy: (no-armor)

[personal profile] pogo_boy 2017-12-13 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
The child looks up at Victor, registering the question. Questions always had to be answered, especially those horrible ones about chickens... But this wasn't about chickens, and he shakes his head. "No. It hit me."

"He hasn't really had a chance to try any yet," Quint adds to explain.

Little Blaine half-hides behind Quint at all of the approaching people. To his reasoning, most people were dangerous, irrespective of whether they were good or bad as well.

Little Blaine's shyness makes it a bit hard for Quint to keep the plastic knight shield over the little guy. But the tree is blocking most of the candy and slowing down what it doesn't, so that shouldn't be as necessary now.
mage_hatchlings: (Poes)

[personal profile] mage_hatchlings 2017-12-13 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Um... he hasn't had any of this candy, or he hasn't ever had candy at all?" asks a puzzled magelet.
deadgirlslikeme: (totally unexpected)

[personal profile] deadgirlslikeme 2017-12-14 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, that's fair," Victor says, trying not to smile. "It's much better once you get it into your mouth."

"Victor!" Alice hurries to the front of the group. "Well, isn't that an interesting -- oh!"

She stumbles to a stop as the LOL hits her, turning her usual blue dress and apron into -- well, it's still blue, technically, just a more grayish shade. But now the blue's bled onto her skin, along with what looks like dark twisty tattoos all over her body. Her bodice features a prominent ribcage, her skirt now resembles a ragged piece of torn flesh, and her boots have been replaced by a pair of large paw-like feet. She reaches up to feel the long pointed cat's ears now poking from her hair, one with a silver hoop dangling from it. "I guess this LOL figured, if you're Caterpillar, I should be Cheshire," she comments. She glances behind her -- yup, long bony tail with a tuft at the end. "My, isn't it thorough."

"Weiwie!" Poor Nibbles attempts to hide behind Victor's neck -- which isn't easy, given how thin Victor is.

"It's okay, it's okay," Victor assures him. "It's still just Alice."
pogo_boy: (no-armor)

[personal profile] pogo_boy 2017-12-17 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
"She looks hungry..." Little Blaine comments, sounding a bit worried. He looks up to Quint. "Am I edible?"

"It's all right," Quint reassures him. "She won't eat you. I don't think anyone here would try, especially with all the candy around, but they'd hurt their teeth if they did."
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museicalmarty: (wtf)

[personal profile] museicalmarty 2017-12-19 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
"No, this is just how Cheshire looks," Alice assures the little ghost. "And I am much more likely to go after the candy than you."

"Uh -- is that tail real?" Marty asks, stepping forward -- then almost tipping back over because the LOL thinks the best costume for him is a classic 80s Ghostbuster jumpsuit, complete with what is obviously a full-weight proton pack. "Whoa!"

"Marty!" Doc hurries forward to steady his friend, picking up -- well, it would look like the LOL's run out of ideas by the fact he ends up in a pretty staid sweater vest and brown trousers combo, until you notice he's also got a mustache now and realize it's supposed to be Einstein. "Great Scott, how odd. . .you all right?"

"Yeah fine. . .holy shit, how did Bill Murray and the others lug these things around?" Marty manages to steady himself, leaning forward slightly and tugging on his straps. "Come on, LOL, you couldn't go inflatable or something?"

"Well, no one says you have to wear it," Alice reminds him, grabbing an umbrella and opening it over the three of them so they don't have to suffer being pelted with candy on top of everything else.

Dee, by contrast, darts in without a care in the world, ending up in a kid-friendly Optimus Prime costume. "Cool!" She does a little twirl, before going to the ghost. "Hi! I'm Dee!"

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