Happy Halloween!

[mosaic_archive]

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.

Comments

[pogo_boy]

"Either," says Little Blaine, picking an orange Skittle next.

"A lot of different kinds of hot peppers," Quint says, "including one that supposedly the hottest kind on record, according to Heat. And... well, when you think about it, that doesn't seem to be something that should affect one of us. I mean, the way hot peppers work is a weird chemical reaction that really has nothing to do with actual heat. And don't think I can just blame Dr. Wily for that one because it's not just Wilybots that end up showing up for repairs because of Barbecue Related Injuries. Mostly bitten tongues."

[museicalmarty]

"Smart kid," Marty says, smirking. "I mean, a little beer or hot sauce ain't gonna kill you, but you don't need either, so. . ."

He sucks in a breath as Quint explains what's in the hot sauce. "Oh yeesh -- okay, I don't think I'm gonna be touching that anytime soon."

"You shouldn't -- it would probably cause chemical burns," Doc says, grimacing. "And that is rather odd. . .maybe it's something similar to how alcohol can get you drunk, just for different reasons than a human? Another fuel contaminant problem, as you put it?"

"Might be another case of 'sufficiently dedicated scientist can do anything in that world,'" Alice says, twirling her tail.

[pogo_boy]

"I don't need Skittles," Little Blaine points out. "But I like them. I don't think I would like those."

Quint shakes his head. "The problem is before it reaches the fuel systems, so it would have to be something in sensors... specifically the interface software. For some reason we're designed to detect that chemical and have that reaction to it." There's a snerk and he shakes his head. "I almost suspect it was some very old joke between Dr. Wily and Dr. Light, back when Dr. Wily was still sane... but we'd have to ask Blues to know about that for certain."

"I don't think I'd change it, though. Weird things can happen messing with some parts of our coding... it could end up making other food taste weird. I know that kind of thing can be done, though, because of Morph Moth. He was designed to eat recyclable metals and plastics... he thinks they're delicious, and most human food is nearly tasteless to him."

[museicalmarty]

"Heh, point," Marty allows. "I like 'em too. But yeah, I'm a little surprised anybody, organic or otherwise, touches that barbecue sauce."

"Some people like spice," Doc shrugs. "Or the challenge of enduring something that hot." He nods at Quint as he explains further. "Very strange that he would program that in -- though, as you say, if it was some sort of joke between Wily and Light in the old days. . .maybe one of them had a fondness for hot sauce himself," he adds with a slight smile.

"Oh, I can imagine," he agrees. "I wouldn't touch it either, if I were in your place. Better to have it in place and just avoid the hot sauce."

"Morph Moth?" Victor repeats, tilting his head. Nibbles copies the motion.

[pogo_boy]

An orange skittle disappears under the bedsheet next.

"Dr. Wily did like tex-mex food, and he was still sane when Blues was made..." Quint thinks it over, and then shrugs himself. Again, getting a straight answer out of the oldest of their kind would be needed for confirmation, and that was something completely up to Blues.

"He's one of the younger Reploids that came to us after getting away from the Maverick Hunters," Quint says. "And, yes, he does look like a moth. There was kind of a... fad, I guess, for a while, of making Reploids that looked like anthropomorphized animals and bugs."

[deadgirlslikeme]

"Seems a reasonable hypothesis then," Doc says with a small nod. "And it does allow you to enjoy a greater variety of food." He smiles faintly. "For, ah, specific values of 'enjoy.'"

"Oh, I see," Victor nods. "I wasn't sure if it just referred to him being able to fly -- can he fly?" He can't imagine that anyone would go to the trouble of making a mechanical moth and not give it the ability to fly.

[pogo_boy]

"And at least it keeps my siblings from putting things that might be even more problematic in their mouths because those things don't taste good." Quint could share some funny stories about a very young Zero, but he's trying not to give in to the temptation. "I think so," he adds, in regards to Morph Moth. "I don't really know him that well."

The assigned Batontons continue to sort candy... and shortly they're not all that's in the air as the previously napping magelets drift over. It seems the flying drone swarm woke them up.

"Did it stop raining candy?" asks one, just to be sure.

[deadgirlslikeme]

Doc chuckles. "True. I think the same thing saved Dee from poisoning a couple of times."

"I was new to being a person and thought gasoline would still be okay," Dee says, crossing her arms with a pout. "I didn't have more than a drop!"

"Fortunate, as our current reality doesn't really have a working poison control hotline."

Victor looks over at the magelets as they float up. "Hello! Certainly over here it has," he says, glancing skyward.

"The storm's been steadily shrinking for quite some time," Doc confirms. "I think we've seen the last of it. We're getting it all sorted so people can take some home."