<This log has been edited for pages and excessive lookspam. Items in <> brackets are used to prevent sixteen lines of "X" gets candy" variants. OOC has been left in for context! This was taken from the POV of Mako>

Mako shouts "Bingeley Bongeley BOO. Trick or Treating is in a few minutes! Please muster in the rose garden if you wish, bags in hand, and we'll begin!" (Public-shout)

SHOUT: 24 folks heard that.

Patashu flies into the Rose Garden, a half-chewed sputnik in their jaws.

Patashu has arrived.

Patashu salutes!

Vahno bounces off a rogue sputnik and into the Rose Garden.

'Vahno has arrived.

Voksa says, "Oh, right, candy bag. Uhh..."

Voksa looks around.

Voksa says, "Aha."

Mako rights. "Hands up who's coming? o.o

Voksa raises a paw!

Patashu hands up of course. :#

You offer to carry Patashu.

You offer to carry Voksa.

Patashu scrambles up on you.

Voksa scrambles up on you.

Vahno says, "I'll be along, just mostly watching for now."

You offer to carry Vahno.

Vahno scrambles up on you.

Tryptophan yaps, "Same as Vahno. :)"

Skai will come along!

Niny'ah hand up

Maka raises a hand, tentatively.

Maka says, "...Candy bag?"

Voksa says, "To collect candy in."

You offer to carry Niny'ah.

Voksa says, "It doesn't necessarily have to be MADE of candy."

Athares arrives from The Sandcastle Apartments Plaza (S1 E0).

Athares has arrived.

You offer to carry Maka.

Maka says, "...I think I can manage."

You offer to carry Skai.

Athares floats in. Warblewarble!

Skai scrambles up on you.

Maka scrambles up on you.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Hey, Athares!"

You offer to carry Athares.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "You coming?"

Athares scrambles up on you.

You offer to carry Tryptophan.

Tryptophan scrambles up on you.

Azure appears in a silver flash, running at a dead-heat then skids to a stop.

Azure has arrived.

Azure returns.

Voksa says, "Hi fox!"

Voksa says, "Are you coming trick-or-treating?"

Athares still sounds the same at least. "Yes; good morning, friends!"

Niny'ah scrambles up on you.

Azure says, "I am!"

Ping waves to Azure.

You offer to carry Azure.

Azure scrambles up on you.

Azure bows to Ping.

You say, "Coming, Ping?"

Ping tries to scramble up on you, but slips and falls off.

Ping squeaks, "Sure."

Ping squeaks, "Though I have to admit, I haven't made a costume. :/"

Voksa says, "I have just the thing. Hold this."

Niny'ah tucks Ping in her cleavage. "Mascot."

Voksa hands Ping the trackball from a mouse.

Ping giggles.

Niny'ah says, "Voksa that's genius"

You offer to carry Ping.

Ping accepts the trackball, and climbs up onto Niny'ah.

Ping scrambles up on you.

You say, "Am I missing anyone?"

Maka is somehow already carrying a pouch. Where she got it from is debatable. It looks like it's made of physics-defying chocolate ganache, which is also debatable under the circumstances.

Mako shouts "Now departing! If you want to come along and miss the train, mjoin me!" (Public-shout)

Smol Coffee Shop [N10, W2](#14632RLJ)

The path weaves along, and there's a rusty coffee can directly adjacent. There's a small cardboard sign, weathered from the elements, carefully arranged atop the can that reads "Beverages of Dubious Providence: Coffee". This is above the slot cut out of the can, with a small shelf installed along the bottom edge. If you peer inside, you'll see a tiny collection of coffee making equipment and 1cm wide glass mugs.

Some short distance away from the path beyond the coffee can is what looks to be the intact remains of a stepdisc, flicking softly with some latent power. Further along is a small garden of coffee plants, neatly arranged in rows. Close attention may give notice to the tiny powered earthmoving equipment parked on the far side of the garden, sized as though to be toys.

To the other side of the path is a collection of broken furniture that looks to have been scavanged from the Patashu Industries dumpster, to include a pile of the beans from inside of bean bag chairs next to a pile of bean bag chairs. The tables are currently cable spools laid on their sides with cloths tossed across, chairs including several scorched ejection seats.

There is a small bell next to the coffee can with a sign, that reads "[Ring] bell for service."

The path continues off [N]orth, [E]ast, [W]est, and [S]outh. There are no obstructions to what lies [U]p above.

Obvious Exits:

Contents: Moriar

Mako carries Patashu, Voksa, Vahno, Niny'ah, Maka, Skai, Athares, Tryptophan, Azure, and Ping with her.

( The smol coffee shop appears to be closed for the evening, though there is a cardboard cutout of a house standing just off of the walkway. There is a slightly raised wooden platform standing the role of a porch, with a proper wooden door laid into a frame flush with the cardboard cutout. The porchlight is illuminated. )

Voksa says, "Oh! That's new."

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Aha! I have detected a haunted house."

Mako appears! along with a train of candy-seeking costumers! "Trick or Treat~

Niny'ah says, "Trick or treat~"

( There is no person visible; just the house with a porch light on. The house is a cardboard cutout mockup. )

Kandra will say she's just gone through the PI catalog and found a, like, dryad costume to borrow. Dress that gives a moderately credible appearace of being made of leaves, subtle greenish LED glow around the upper shoulders, crown of pastel yellow and gold flowers that light up in the presence of sunlight but not otherwise, etc. etc. etc. That said, she probably won't be doing much RP, if any. RP requires you to have emotional energy.

Skai oh? Hmm.

Patashu will approach the door and knock if there's no immediate response.

Tryptophan pulls out their camera to snap a photo. :)

( There is the sound of some shuffling from the other side of the door in response to the knocking. After a thump, the door creaks open into the house. Someone wearing a pug costume, with an oversized head, is holding a pizza box on the inside of the house stand-in. The giant googly eyes of the costume never seem to finish rattling, the pug breathing heavily as they lean forward slightly to greet the visitors. )

Niny'ah gives Kandra a thumbsup. sometimes you just need to Grab Something Premade

Athares ominously floats over the house! ... Well, only briefly ominously. Looks on one side, then hte other. Oh! Floats down towards the front. "Greetings!" It's hard to tell by most but he's quite amused.

Voksa says, "Happy halloween!"

( The pug does not respond, except by continuing to wheeze. )

Kandra trails after Niny'ah, tries to evade any photographers.

Ping shrugs to Kandra. She's just carrying a sphere from a trackball, which was just provided by Voksa a few moments ago. The quick costume of necessity.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "...Wheezy..."

Maka is caught by surprise by photography! She's never encountered it before.

( The googly eyes seem to look at Patashu for a brief moment, but resume rattling in a moment. No one has said the magic phrase, yet. )

Patashu oh, maybe we need to say it again? "Trick or treat~!"

( In reply to the visitors, the pug leans forward a tad more to hold the pizza box offeringly as it is opened. The pizza box is filled with full size candy bars. The pug continues to wheeze. )

( The candy bars are all generally chocolate themed, though about a quarter of them involve avocado, another quarter involve almonds, another quarter involve something refered to as 'pretzel-taffy', and a quarter involve whatever it is that marketing has determined to be 'Crackling Blue Mint'. )

Mako o.o The full size ones! Score! She will dutifully take one.

Mako... the mint one, specifically...

Maka tilts her head, watching reactions to see precisely what the appropriate response to this is.

Skai oooh! He leans in. "Nice." He gets a.. pretzel-taffy one.

Patashu ... cautiously takes the 'Crackling Blue Mint' candy bar and chomps it. owo

Voksa gasps! "Such generosity is only spoken of in legends..."

( The 'crackling blue mint' tastes like a mixture of tritium and spearmint, in a chocolate shell. )

Athares will choose one of the avocado ones, beaming it up into his hold. "Thank you, fellow traveler."

Niny'ah goes for a 'crackling blue mint' candy bar, mainly out of curiosity!

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Oh, I love this one. I need to remember this recipe."

Maka obtains mint, herself. This will be a night of experimentation.

( After some time of offering the full sized candy bars, the pug stands upright and closes the pizza box. They step back from the door, googly eyes still rattling as the door closes. The porch light turns off. )

Voksa perks ears! They throw a Crackling Blue Mint candy bar into their open furnace. All their burning plasma turns lavender-colored.

Patashu oh. owo! Spooky.

Vahno says, "Curious...."

Niny'ah says, "Ok, where to next, Mako?"

Maka declines to actually TASTE the candy. It goes right into the ganache pouch.

Mako unrolls a large scroll, the kind that looks like it's older than dirt. "Let's see.... first, we go this way, then we take a left at the tree of screaming skulls, and....

Prospect Cluster(#34104RJA)

Vines and roots overgrow the compartments and corridors of an ancient upper-atmosphere habitat. Centuries of maintenance and rebuilding mark the bulkheads: What was once spartan and utilitarian is now accomodating and historic. In the largest of several connected habitats, the floating forest converges on a single massive tree growing in a suspended park under hazy orange skylights. The transformed inhabitants, playing in the fairy-tale nightmare woods, gather and celebrate in the dark only faintly illuminated by glowing moss and fungus and plant tendrils.

Obvious Exits:

Mako carries Patashu, Voksa, Vahno, Niny'ah, Maka, Skai, Athares, Tryptophan, Azure, and Ping with her.

Voksa says, "To the Halloween Portal!"

Skai gasp!

Voksa says, "...Oh, shoot. I put the Halloween Portal in the wrong place! It's through there to the City Center, my bad."

Voksa says, "But, welcome to Saturn!"

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Woah! Wild."

Voksa says, "It's not usually this woodsy. It's been done up for halloween."

Vahno says, "Heheh. Nice."

Patashu hissmurmurs, "I like it."

Voksa says, "Traditions have gotten a bit strange, here. When creatures started living for centuries, they began to use halloween as an opportunity to try being different things, to avoid getting too stuck in their ways."

Maka just looks around. "...World de-scorching plants?"

Patashu approves, naturally!

Athares floats around, acting particularly buoyant. "A cloud habitat. This is the first one I've seen, thank you for bringing us here."

Skai oh! Very neat.

[OOC] Voksa says, "Mako, we should take the 'City Center' exit, I accidentally set up halloweenthings there instead of here :B"

[OOC] Mako says, "oopsie, sec"

You leave for Sigillaria City Center.

Sigillaria City Center

Crystalline metropolis unfolds in blue and yellow and shattered reflections under the forever-cloudy sky. The bulk of the city center is housed in one large structure- The 'hub', with Sigillaria's space elevator reaching into space from its center. With most port and processing facilities on the top-side station, its footprint in the city more resembles a passenger train station.

The place has been transformed for halloween! Stacked buildings and walkways are coated in imitation diamond, topaz, and sapphire. Some of it looks icy, but it more resembles a strange magical castle. Structural columns grow into faceted turrets and balusters, mineral stalactites hang from paths and balconies, and every footstep rings like a crystal bell.

It's busy in most of the city, with creatures warped and wild trying on new shapes for halloween. The holiday is different, here- Most costumes go much deeper than the surface.

Obvious Exits:

Contents: Candy Scales, Space-Candy Bowl, and Paige

Azure perks and looks around, wagging their tail

Paige yips!

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Paige!"

Patashu looks around, admiring. Nice place.

Paige briefly cocks his head back and splays ears, then perks back up- "Oh, right, you saw me get the costume. Hi!"

Azure ♪ yips! ♪

Athares takes some space candy from the bowl.

Patashu takes some space candy from the bowl.

Athares says, "Thank you!"

Patashu eats an edible glowstick. It stains their mouth luminous green!

A plastic dish painted and airbrushed with uneven terrain and craters to look like a slice of moon. It's full of exotic and colorful candy from faraway worlds! You can 'take candy'.

Patashu opens wide, green mouf :9

Skai takes some space candy from the bowl.

You get some Candy Bells! They jingle quietly when moved.

Mako ooh.

Azure says, "TRICK and/or TREAT!"

[OOC] Voksa says, "The space-candy bowl has candy from last year. The Candy Scales have NEW candy."

Vahno says, "Trick or Treat!"

[OOC] Athares ahs!

Azure eats a cube of acerbic taffy. Their breath turns relentlessly minty.

Look at scale> A clear-and-green crystal scale, holding up bowls of white and orange candy. The orange bowl hangs lower. A sign reads 'TAKE ONLY ONE'.

You can 'take acerbic taffy' from the white bowl or 'take hearth taffy' from the orange bowl.

You get a cube of yellow-orange taffy. It seems to glow warmly from within.

Vahno says, "Curious..."

Skai says, "Keep them balanced!"

[OOC] Voksa says, "The message that displays when someone else takes a candy apparently broke. Oops."

[OOC] Voksa says, "...I mean, uh. It's made the puzzle more challenging :P"

<Many people get candy from bowl!>

Patashu eats a cube of hearth taffy. They glow like a candleflame for a moment!

Patashu opens wide! Green AND orange. Muahaha!

Azure takes some space candy from the bowl.

( Somewhere in the background, a black cat flickers as they walk halfway through a table. Other halloweengoers try not to stare. )

Azure eats a cloud candy.

Skai eats a cube of hearth taffy. They glow like a candleflame for a moment!

Niny'ah eats a cube of hearth taffy. They glow like a candleflame for a moment!

Skai, cozy!

Niny'ah chew chew chew... "ooooh neatch."

Maka deposits candy into her pouch once again.

Azure grins

Mako oooh.

Ping extracts a bit of candy.

Azure says, "I like your city"

The spiced candy warms up slightly in your mouth, casting a soft orange light.

Hexa has arrived.

You say, "Mm... is this cinnamon? :x"

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Oh, you made it!"

Voksa gathers candy. And deposits it in the foxproxy they're carrying.

Ping hugs Azure.

You offer to carry Hexa.

Voksa says, "Oh, hello!"

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Hi, Hexa! We're on Saturn."

Ping waves to Hexa.

Paige says, "Thanks!"

Hexa waves

Vahno waves!

Azure waves to Hexa

Hexa says, "Oh! So that's why it took so long to get here..."

Voksa says, "We are currently on an intergalactic halloween adventure."

Maka says, "...I'm still learning how this works."

Patashu hissmurmurs, "I can imagine Halloween being a strange concept for those not immersed in our silly culture."

You say, "Go to place, see the sights, get scared byt eh scares, and get candy! :D"

Aarora arrives from Mast Station.

Aarora has arrived.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Aarora!"

Skai wiggles a paw to Aarora.

Aarora chirps, "hi."

Voksa says, "Hello!"

Patashu grins and wiggles fingers to Hexa, "I 'dressed up' for Halloween as you can see."

Maka gives a nod toward Aarora, considerably more chocolate than perhaps is normal.

Voksa says, "Thank you all for coming to visit my close-to-home."

Mako wavs to Aarora.

You offer to carry Aarora.

You say, "All aboard for the candy train. :x"

Tryptophan waves hello to Aarora. :)

Aarora scrambles up on you.

Hexa scrambles up on you.

Aarora smiles to Maka, nods to Trypt.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Next stop?"

Azure grins, "I plan to come back and see Prospect Cluster sometime

Voksa says, "Sure! I haven't planned much else here. Mostly just candy."

Patashu hissmurmurs, "You have a knack for unusual candy."

Voksa says, "Oh, good. It's prettier when it's not covered entirely in leaves."

Athares turns to Voksa (though it's hard to tell). "I am curious. You say it's close to home, but I thought you were from another universe?"

Voksa says, "This is the other universe. Portal transport provided by QDoT."

Patashu hissmurmurs, "There's Manyearths, and so I assume Manysaturns to go with."

Athares says, "I thought Saturn was- well, I'll look into it later. Thank you!""

Maka says, "...We went to another... universe..."

Maka says, "...Just like that?"

You say, "For candy!"

Voksa says, "Or possibly just an isolated part of the same universe!"

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Yes, it was important. :3"

Voksa says, "That's the power of halloween spirit."

Niny'ah says, "Maka, stable portals can be made, you just have to know exactly how to aim them"

Maka says, "Interesting..."

Niny'ah says, "which is itself many years of academic study, as I understand"

Maka chintaps. "And all that without magic?"

Mako gets out the Big Red Button. "Right, I think next we have...." She slams the button, causing an Ejection into the next venue!

You feel a wrenching sensation...

Junkyard

A paved trail leads up to the open, towering fenced gate surrounding the Junkyard. It's not barbed or electrified - it's just a way to delineate outside and inside. And what's inside past the checkpoint is hills and mountains of scrap and salvage - metallic, electronic and plastic, sourced from vehicles, androids, servitors, battlemechs and gadgets alike, some of it recognizable, much of it just endless debris that's outlived its original purpose.

Pathways between piles are large enough to roll a vehicle through - and for those who like to see inanimate metallic carnage in action, there's an electromagnet crane, car compactor, shredder and induction furnace incinerator distributed throughout, used whenever there's a need to make more space. Security cameras mounted on poles with charging ports are spaced regularly.

A special protocol is followed whenever decommissioned robots are added to the Junkyard - they're scanned for any mind they still possess, and when found, uploaded to The Incubator and wiped from the device, to ensure that their body can be laid to rest, and their mind has a second chance at life should they want it. However, you might notice makeshift shacks and encampments as you explore - for sure enough, voluntary junkbots find this place to be their home, living their lives peacefully amongst a wealth of components they can use to repair and maintain themselves with, in a range of animalistic forms. They're well explored in the Junkyard, know what's where and can eagerly help you out, especially if you can source them a part they're looking for.

Obvious Exits:

Contents: Inexplicable Candy Orb, Enixi, Today's Scrap Finds, Ghost Ship Superstructure, Wreckage of The Grim Reaper, and Sadie's Bentley S2

Voksa says, "No magic."

( As you enter the Junkyard, you spy Enixi the moogle, technomagistaff in hand, with a smug and confident grin, standing atop a pile of junk with the Inexplicable Candy Orb floating beside him. "Ehehe~ You fell for my trap, kupo! The ritual is ready, and you've all been lured by the promise of candy straight into it!" Ritual...? You look down and notice the runecircles etched into the ground that at Enixi's channeling glow BRIGHTLY yellow. Uh oh. All around you, junk piles stir, as various discarded 'bots, some freshly thrown out, others old and barely holding together at all, rattle and shamble and dig their way out of their 'graves'! Kobold 'bots in various states of disrepair teem, a shambling dragon 'bot here, a snarly, shuddering wolf 'bot there... reanimated and dancing to Enixi's spell! )

Voksa sings, ♪ There's no problem not solved by the twist of a knob, no panic not managed by some complex mechanics ♪

Voksa says, "Woahh."

Skai gasps. "Zombie bots!"

Athares floats up a bit, surveying around to see what these zombots are doing.

( It looks like they're converging to form a circle around the trick or treaters and standin there... menacingly! With the occasional pop, spark or twitch from an electronic component feeling current surge through it once more, while Enixi stands on the junk hill top smugly! Shouldn't be TOO hard to get your candy if he's drawing things out for dramatic flair like this... )

You say, "Zombots!"

Athares can use his beam to take two!

Athares inexplicably snags a Rainbow Choco Pudding from its confines!

Athares however, deposits one in the hands of one of the zombots.

Niny'ah inexplicably snags a Rainbow Choco Pudding from its confines!

Skai inexplicably snags a Rainbow Choco Pudding from its confines!

Aarora eeps and slides up to the nearest dragon for protection.

Vahno taps his chin... then makes a dash for the junk hill!

Maka inexplicably snags a Rainbow Choco Pudding from its confines!

( Enixi gawks, as the kobold bot just rattle-shudders and looks at its Rainbow Choco Pudding with interest. Enixi thrusts his magistaff with a huff! "Don't just stand there and accept a gift...! S-stop them!" To little avail, it might seem. Especially if you give some more bribes. :3 There's enough for everyone! )

Patashu inexplicably snags a Rainbow Choco Pudding from its confines!

[OOC] Athares sees you made a scrapheap generator. I may use this in the future

Maka is, fortunately, incredibly speedy when she needs to be! It's hard to say exactly when she grabbed the candy, but the first indication is her depositing it in the ganache pouch.

[OOC] Patashu says, "It's Amy's if I recall correctly!"

look candy orb> This translucent, bubble-like orb floats in mid air with no seeming force holding it in place. Inside of it, candy swirls - its surface offers a little resistance but not enough to keep your greedy hands out - 'stealtreat' to grab one.

You inexplicably snag a Rainbow Choco Pudding from its confines!

[OOC] Athares ahs, sees that, nice!

Aarora inexplicably snags a Rainbow Choco Pudding from its confines!

Niny'ah 'bribes' a Naga zombot with a Rainbow Choco Pudding

Voksa's visor flares up, they roar like a rocket launch! Their voice changes from high and chiming to a dreadfully grating military synthesizer. "COUNTERFIRE SPELLDRIVERS CHARGED. SOUL-STEALER PRECEPTS ENABLED. RETURN TO THE VOID." They... Soar sideways and crash through the candy orb.

Voksa inexplicably snags a Rainbow Choco Pudding from its confines!

Mako sticks to the shadows, sneaking up to the orb. She's perfectly stealthy, except for the xyolophone noises when she tiptoes

Vahno scrambles up the hill, right towards Enixi!

Enixi seems to have given up on the idea of stopping folks from just climbing up and taking candy by any means they please. =w= "Next time I'm doing a dress rehearsal the night before to make sure they're obedient, kupo..." And then oh no here comes Vahno-

Azure inexplicably snags a Rainbow Choco Pudding from its confines!

Athares starts redirecting whatever candy Voksa scatters to the zombots. "Even the dead deserve a treat once in a while."

Hexa inexplicably snags a Rainbow Choco Pudding from its confines!

Athares turns to Enixi, "Thank you for-" Oh there's Vahno.

Vahno graaaawrs and and attempts to flop on Enixi!

Enixi squeaks! and goes flat. K.O!

Rielle has teleported in.

Rielle has arrived.

Kandra inexplicably snags a Rainbow Choco Pudding from its confines!

Kandra inexplicably snags a Rainbow Choco Pudding from its confines!

Kandra inexplicably snags a Rainbow Choco Pudding from its confines!

Aarora isn't sure himself when exactly he got a pudding, but he looks down at it with an expression closer to insulted than excited. He mumbles something about chocolate and tucks it into a bandolier's pouch.

Kandra runs away!

Niny'ah makes a point of 'not noticing' mako's Toony Sneaking

You offer to carry Rielle.

Rielle scrambles up on you.

Rielle honks, "I almost missed trick or treating, didn't I"

( Sitch for Rielle: Enixi tried to summon a bunch of zombie junkbots to stop folks from taking the candy! They ended up being pretty docile, and now Vahno's sitting on Enixi. )

[OOC] Mako says, "Oh, while I remember, are there any objections to saving this for posting?"

[OOC] Patashu says, "none!"

[OOC] Voksa says, "No objections!"

[OOC] Skai says, "none here"

[OOC] Niny'ah says, "no objection!"

[OOC] Athares is good with it

[OOC] Maka is fine with it.

Azure bites into the Rainbow Choco Pudding, opening it up and revealing the rainbow interior.

[OOC] Vahno says, "Nope"

[OOC] Aarora shakes his head.

Vahno batbatbats at Enixi.

Voksa was going to try and unshackle the zombie bots from Enixi, but... They don't seem very shackled to begin with :B

Mako sneeaks some candy, and tiptoes back. >.>

Patashu cackles at Voksa. Some problems have easy solutions!

Niny'ah says, "Ask Voksa to show you their spot later"

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Well, I think we've taught a moogle the importance of proper end-to-end integration testing."

Voksa shakes their head clear and unruffles themself. "Ahem. Yes."

[OOC] Mako says, "Next up we will be hitting up one or two unmanned stations people set up because they couldn't be here. :x"

Ping waves to Rielle.

[OOC] Niny'ah says, "quick aside for Rielle: Ping is holding a mouse-trackball, and Kandra is wearing an off-the-shelf dryad outfit from the PI Spirit Halloween"

Mako pops up behind Pata. "Does everyone have thier candy? :x"

[OOC] Patashu says, "'PI Spirit Halloween' cackle"

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Good and pilfered I think, Mako. :3"

[OOC] Niny'ah says, "hey do YOU have a better way to refer to the notion?"

Hexa inexplicably snags a Rainbow Choco Pudding from its confines!

Rielle glances left and right. "So how's the trick or treating been so far? I'd have been here earlier, but my Amiga spontaneously came to life and decided it was time to make a mess of MY workbench. Files strewn about everywhere, chucked the mouse clear through the window. Took me hours to calm it down and clean everything up."

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Wow, tis the season. Well, so far Wheezy's gave us a bunch of interestingly flavoured candy bars in a pizza box, Voksa took us on a trip to Saturn and now this."

[OOC] Niny'ah says, "somewhere on tumblr is a post that talks in great detail about Spirit Halloween and how it is the epitomy *of* the... spirit of halloween unto itself"

Patashu gesturing

Voksa says, "Going well! Nearly got attacked by zombies!"

Vahno inexplicably snags a Rainbow Choco Pudding from its confines!

Rielle honks, "Well that's great!"

Vahno says, "I sat on Enixi."

[OOC] Kandra thinks she just borrowed something from the stock, or it was potentially manufactured on the fly, knowing how PI works they probably just have random costumes in their catalogue.

Mako gets out some chalk and draws a door on the wall. "Right, next stop!" She swings the door open and walks through....

Athares does check, on the side, to make sure Enixi is alright. Poor fellow only resurrected a few machines against us, nothing hard to forgive!

[OOC] Niny'ah says, "the importance of the availability of easy costumes"

Ping follows after Mako.

You sit on a street luge (it resembles a long skateboard) and zip directly there!

Mad Scientiki Lounge

Obvious Exits:

Contents: Candy bowl, fluffy, Vend-O-Matic 4000, PIEBOT 3000, Display case, Lost and found box, and SIGN: Guidelines for a happier you

Mako carries Patashu, Voksa, Vahno, Niny'ah, Maka, Skai, Athares, Tryptophan, Azure, Ping, Hexa, Aarora, and Rielle with her.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Ah, fluffy's Scientiki!"

Voksa says, "Oh! The lounge!"

Mako consults her notes. "fluffy wanted to offer a selection of treats from teh candy bowl as we stopped by. :x"

Athares turns about. "I've heard of this place."

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Hmm, but here's a conundrum. The candy bowl appears to be non-descript."

Athares says, "fluffy probably was hoping to offer candy in person."

You say, "Huh. Ther is also the piebot and vendomatic, if yu want. :x She did say she wanted to set up but might not be here. Perhaps later tonight, then."

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Ping or Azure could use x-ray vision to check if there's an action tied to the bowl."

Patashu hissmurmurs, "If there isn't, then maybe fluffy will be around another time."

Voksa says, "I think it's... ex-ray vision."

Voksa badum-tish

Patashu falls over.

You say, "What happened to poor Ray?"

Mako, pied from offscreen.

Voksa says, "Changed his name."

Vahno bonks Voksa on the head.

Voksa :D

Rielle does a sideglance to nowhere in particular.

Niny'ah bops Voksa with her tailspade.

Ping peers at the candy bowl. There does appear to be 'get candy' on it.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Aha!"

<Tons of people grab candy from the bowl>

Maka fishes a Circus Peanut out of the candy bowl.

You reach into the candy bowl and retrieve a Whatchamacallit Bar.

Mako ack. "Quit that. >.<

Athares fishes a Big Hunk out of the candy bowl.

Voksa fishes a Circus Peanut out of the candy bowl.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Kandra just did the 100 Hand Slap to that poor bowl. owo"

Azure fishes a Circus Peanut out of the candy bowl.

Azure The other half of the circus peanut tastes no better. Why did you eat this?!

Skai fishes a Smarties out of the candy bowl.

Azure Half a circus peanut is only halfway diasppointing.

Niny'ah omgs at Patashu

Vahno fishes a Lollipop out of the candy bowl.

Vahno fishes a Whatchamacallit Bar out of the candy bowl.

Aarora fishes a Lollipop out of the candy bowl.

Vahno fishes a Everlasting Gobstopper out of the candy bowl.

Vahno says, "Ooooh..."

Azure says, "I always liked circus peanuts."

Voksa fishes a Smarties out of the candy bowl.

Kandra is just trying to get all the variants!

Patashu stares at his candy, "I wonder if this actually gives an INT buff."

Mako snrrrk

Vahno says, "Eat it and find out."

Voksa says, "Same. Circus peanuts are the candy most like styrofoam I know... Yes, this is a good thing, in my book."

Patashu points at Vahno's, "False advertising. I already fell for that one."

Patashu pops a single disc of Smarties into its mouth, tasting chocolate and/or tart fruit.

Niny'ah says, "no, it's more like sweetened TUMS"

Patashu homf. "No, I think it's just tasty. Can't complain."

[OOC] Kandra could then @archive herself and read the properties set on them, in order to have her candy and eat it too.

Niny'ah re: Smarties

Vahno takes a bite of a strangely-named candy bar.

Vahno takes a bite of a strangely-named candy bar.

Vahno takes a bite of Whatchamacallit Bar, finishing it.

Vahno says, "Yum."

Azure says, "US Smarties and Commonwealth smarties are completely different."

Voksa says, "Woah. Superpositional candy."

You take a bite of the Whatchamacallit bar, tasting chocolate, peanut butter, and puffed rice.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Oh, that explains the quantum superposition it was in."

You say, "Hmm.... perfectly acceptable!"

Rielle fishes a Kit-Kat Bar out of the candy bowl.

Azure says, "UK Smarties are like M&Ms but bigger, sweeter, with a slightly maltier flavor, and a thicker, lower pitched shell."

Rielle honks, "Oh hey, a Kit-Kat!"

Azure says, "US Smarties are what folks in the commonwealth call Rockets."

Rielle proceeds to eat the entire bar, wrapper and all.

Azure says, "They're tart powdery sugar wafer things."

Maka does try one more, very quickly.

Voksa says, "Woah, I'd much rather have Rockets."

Maka deposits candy into her pouch, apparently deciding against eating them at the moment.

Rielle honks, "Smarties in the US are just lesser Sweetarts."

[OOC] Kandra says, "imagine if society treated "fine candy" the same way it treats "fine wine" and there were like"

[OOC] Azure says, ""Pish, you must allow your circus peanuts to properly AGE. To develop a crust and a richer bouquet of synthetic banana.""

[OOC] Kandra says, "one-off small batch boutique candies and this whole subculture of people who go on and on about the subtle sucrose and gelatin notes in these incredibly rare, valuable delicacies"

[OOC] Hexa says, ""I've definitely seen some chocolate bars treated like luxury items"

[OOC] Athares says, "Like these? https://www.huffpost.com/entry/and-the-most-expensive-ca_b_9067902"

[OOC] Aarora says, "Because we needed more elitism in the candy community."

[OOC] Azure says, "They do that with chocolate."

Mako gets out the GPS. "Has everyone had candy?"

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Yess'm!"

Athares dips in response to Mako.

Hexa says, "I'm good."

Kandra, just testing.

Maka nods. "I've taken some-"

Maka looks at Kandra.

Kandra is completely normal and not doing anything unexpected at all!

Aarora nods.

[OOC] Kandra says, "Sorry x.x I'm a terrible person, haha."

[OOC] Athares says, "Nothing terrible about hoarding candy on a post-scarcity world"

Voksa holds up the foxproxy. It rattles like a box of candy might. "Obtained."

Mako points dramatically.... to a potted plant. Then readjusts. "Then let's move on to where the magic happens. Or at least, where the magic is sold for a semi-reasonable price."

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Ah, you found a container. owo"

Niny'ah VERY nearly facepalms with her left hand. THe one taht is, you know, currently metal.

[OOC] Mako says, "Incoming movespam, hold on."

Off-Brand Candy Shop

Obvious Exits:

Contents: Berkeley, Cardboard box, and Counter

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Oh! Classic decor."

Voksa says, "Woah, this place."

Patashu fetches a piece of Stovepipe Bubble Gum from its bin.

Voksa says, "Cool!"

Athares sounds a chuckle. "So this is where these candies come from!"

Voksa crouches low and slides on their belly to avoid getting caught on cobwebs.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Hmm, I don't think I recognize these brands..."

Hexa's head is visibly smushed by the low ceiling.

Athares can't get a Raccoon-Proof Cookie. Yay.

Patashu can't get a Raccoon-Proof Cookie. Yay.

Athares attempts to get a raccoon-proof cookie and fails.

Patashu huhs. That's funny.

Maka ducks just a little bit...

Voksa can't get a Raccoon-Proof Cookie. Yay.

Vahno says, "I almost recognizes these brands."

Athares says, "I am not a raccoon..."

<People nab candy from the bins>

[OOC] Niny'ah says, "what's the command"

[OOC] Voksa says, "R"

The door-opening bell finally jingles.

[OOC] Patashu says, "'l counter'"

[OOC] Athares says, "look at the counter; that's the list"

Hexa can't get a Raccoon-Proof Cookie. Yay.

Aarora chirps, "I panicked, I didn't even want this, why am I this way?"

Azure grins

Hexa says, "Heh."

Athares turns to Aarora. "You could always give it to Voksa."

Azure says, "Mmmmmm."

Vahno says, "I'm good."

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Other V name, Vahno."

Aarora chirps, "Do any of these not have chocolate? Do any of these have chocolate?"

Vahno says, "...Meh."

[OOC] Niny'ah says, "maybe I'm just being tiredblind but I cna't figure out how to get a specific one"

Hexa fetches a [Tw]een bar from its bin.

Athares says, "I think the bubble gum probably won't have chocolate."

Maka sniffs a little at hers. "...Some definitely do."

[OOC] Patashu says, "try typing just 'Bi' for example"

[OOC] Rielle says, "You just type the letter."

[OOC] Niny'ah says, "ah it's case-sensitive"

[OOC] Voksa says, "Ohh."

[OOC] Athares says, "The [] letters are commands"

[OOC] Voksa says, "Wow, I didn't think muck actions could BE case-sensitive."

Aarora chirps, "I don't have teeth for chewing gum, which I'm told is the whole point of gum. "

Maka deposits candy into her ganache pouch. Quite a haul...

[OOC] Kandra says, "it doesn't seem to be"

Kandra deletes the tween bar. Good riddance

Athares looks at the bar he got. "Avenue of the Americas." He notices the look of the bar. "... This America place must not maintain its roads well."

Voksa says, "Correct."

Kandra says, "I thought it didn't maintain *anything* well."

Bello arrives from Beck Road North.

Bello has arrived.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Hello Bello!"

Kandra huddles down, staying near the door under the premise that the sooner she gets to move on the better.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "We're mid-trick or treating, if you want to join."

Bello says, "Hello!"

Voksa says, "Hi, creature!"

Athares turns to Bello. "Greetings!"

Bello says, "I do! As long as I'm not the treat"

Maka fetches an Avenue of the Americas Bar from its bin.

Skai waves a paw!

You offer to carry Bello.

Bello scrambles up on you.

Bello says, "Thanks Mako!"

You say, "We got three spaces left, still!"

You say, "HAs everyone had thier fill?"

Voksa says, "Ready!"

Skai nods!

Aarora nods, "Ready."

Niny'ah says, "ready"

Hexa says, "Ready!"

Maka nods. "Ready."

Athares dips!

Keypack arrives from Beck Road North.

Keypack has arrived.

Voksa says, "Hi Keypack!"

You offer to carry Keypack.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Hey Keypack!"

Keypack says, "Hi!"

Rielle offers pats to Bello.

Athares dips to Keypack as well. "Greetings!"

Keypack says, "Happy spoopy day!"

You say, "Mid trick or treat! We're about to move areas, so hop on. :x"

Keypack x

Bello Waves.

Keypack scrambles up on you.

Keypack waves back at Bello

Keypack says, "what candy do we have?"

Patashu hissmurmurs, "'l counter', if you're quick you can get some before we move on."

Bello Accepts such pats.

[OOC] Athares says, "Wait"

[OOC] Athares says, "What happened to my morph"

Keypack says, "Trick or Treat!"

Bello can't get a Raccoon-Proof Cookie. Yay.

[OOC] Athares says, "This whole time"

Athares switches over to a UFO drone!

[OOC] Patashu says, "Oh no"

[OOC] Athares says, "There!"

Bello fetches a [Tw]een bar from its bin.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Okay, that is cool."

Something from the mixing room crackles.

Bello says, "oh?"

Patashu points at Athares

Athares makes a happy vague-chirping sound.

Mako gets out the pogo stick. "Okay, lesse....." *BOINNNG*

Roofus_roo arrives from Beck Road North.

Roofus_roo has arrived.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Oops, one more for the train first Mako?"

Vahno says, "Hi Roofus."

[OOC] Mako says, "Ooop, about to move locations for trick or treating."

You offer to carry Roofus_roo.

Roofus_roo scrambles up on you.

You sit on a street luge (it resembles a long skateboard) and zip directly there!

Bates Motel

Obvious Exits:

Mako carries Patashu, Voksa, Vahno, Niny'ah, Maka, Skai, Athares, Azure, Ping, Hexa, Aarora, Rielle, Bello, Keypack, and Roofus_roo with her.

A distant voice shrieks from within the house. "... No! I won't have you bringing strange young girls home for supper! ..."

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Ooh! This one is a classic."

Mako So! "This is BunnyHugger's. She said there was a ton of looktraps.

Patashu takes a bag of Kandy Korn from the tray.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Candy one acquired."

Voksa says, "Woah."

Hexa blinks. "I feel like I've been here before."

Voksa takes a bag of Kandy Korn from the tray.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "I've done this one before, but I didn't take notes I think, so this'll be brand new again."

Hexa takes a bag of Kandy Korn from the tray.

Keypack takes a bag of Kandy Korn from the tray.

There are unmarked look-traps in the motel. You will need to investigate things to find all the candy. But first start by taking a bag of Kandy Korn: 'get kandy korn' will do it.

You take a bag of Kandy Korn.

<Large amount of movement notices snipped out.>

Athares takes a bag of Kandy Korn from the tray.

Athares hrmns

Azure takes a bag of Kandy Korn from the tray.

Azure takes a bite of Kandy Korn, obviously enjoying it.

Aarora takes a bag of Kandy Korn from the tray.

Maka takes a bag of Kandy Korn from the tray.

Keypack Chews on some kandy corn

Skai takes a bag of Kandy Korn from the tray.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "I thiiink I got 5/5."

Voksa :D

Rielle honks, "Hey, nice."

Mako will have to take a look in a bit, if she moves the carries go wierd.

Rielle honks, "I uh, I watched Psycho. I'm not overly interested in going into the Bates Motel."

Bello takes a bag of Kandy Korn from the tray.

Niny'ah takes a bag of Kandy Korn from the tray.

Athares says, "Clever, though I failed to find the significance of '40,000'."

A shadow passes behind the lit second floor window of the house.

Ping's gonna call it an evening, is getting rather tired.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Thanks for coming, Ping!"

Ping snugs the snuggable. "Have fun, you all."

Ping hops off of you.

Voksa says, "Bye Ping!"

Ping waves. "See you around soon."

Azure hugs Ping

Azure says, "Good night."

Mako hugs a ping.

Ping squeaks, "G'night."

Ping is glommed down and swept away by a plastic hippopotamus mouth.

Ping has left.

[OOC] Athares is thouroughly reminded of those old point and click adventure games

[OOC] Patashu says, "it really is like that"

[OOC] Niny'ah says, "yeah pmuch"

[OOC] Niny'ah says, "half the fun is figuring out what's supposed to be interactable and what's going to Laugh At You"

[OOC] Mako says, "Do we have everyone again?"

[OOC] Athares will go check

Athares has left.

Athares has arrived.

[OOC] Athares says, "Just Bello"

[OOC] Athares let Bello know we're about to move

Bello arrives from Bates Motel: Office.

Bello has arrived.

Bello leaves for Bates Motel: Cabin 1.

Bello has left.

The wind blows through the open door of Cabin 1, rattling the room's window slightly.

Niny'ah murmurs, "'Come into my parlor' said the spider to the fly"

Vahno says, "No kidding."

Rielle grins. "That reminds me of a song by The Cure."

Maka earflicks.

You say, "So, I didn't know how big this place is, so if I leave people behind, mjoin me again"

You say, "I dunno if the carries will work right."

Niny'ah tries to scramble up on you, but slips and falls off.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Only one way to find out!"

You offer to carry Niny'ah.

Niny'ah scrambles up on you.

[OOC] Athares says, "The carry should work"

[OOC] Athares is still showing being carried by Mako

Mako is just waiting for Bello, will give it a minute or two more. Meanwhile, she gets out a shovel, and digs a large hole. "Two places remain, and next up we have....."

Patashu hissmurmurs, "...Are we digging all the way to the Underside?"

Patashu hissmurmurs, "I don't think that ACTUALLY gives you 2x fast travel. I think it's just a mapping artifact."

You say, "Would you rather I hail a cab? ;p"

Bello has arrived.

Keypack says, "are we digging graves?"

Bello tries to scramble up on you, but slips and falls off.

Athares says, "Someone already dug a hole."

Rielle honks, "Are we playing Raise The Dead?"

Athares points to the Wound in the World.

Bello says, "A hole? WHere?"

Patashu snickers.

You say, "Ah yes, the world's worst parking job. ONwards, however!" She leaps into the hole."

[Cherry Blossom Shrine](#26609R)

The temple grounds are ruined, a wide swathe of glassed earth and jagged stone pavement. Wooden pillars stand, some straight up, some at angles, sticking out the ground at awkward angles as if they had been driven in by great force. Red and white Paper lanterns dangle from these on fine chains, casting a flickering red light over the area.

The sky is a dark grey, with a sickly green light somewhere over the horizon, like a dawn that isn't coming. Overhead, clouds churn in a slow circular formation, with a hole in the center leading up into a pitch-black sky...

Obvious Exits:

Contents: Mandala(#27826), Mako Mayoral Run 2019 HoloPin Dispenser(#29830), Buffet Table(#27913), and Bowl of Treats(#2922)

Niny'ah brings Kandra with her, holding hands.

Mako carries Patashu, Voksa, Vahno, Maka, Skai, Athares, Azure, Aarora, Rielle, Bello, Keypack, Roofus_roo, and Niny'ah with her.

Patashu looks at the Mandala and gulps. "Here goes..."

Patashu carefully navigates the lines of the mandala.

[OOC] Bello says, "Who made this one?"

Voksa :D

Rielle plays a bitcrushed clip of Raul Julia exclaiming "Raise the Dead!" to punctuate her prior statement, eyes showing a facsimile of an emulation of a pinball display.

Patashu grabs a bun, nomf. :9 "Easy as."

Niny'ah makes a wrong step while walking the mandala, and suddenly, dozens of shadowy hands shoot up out of the blackness and drag them down. Seconds later, they are ejected back onto the walkway.

Athares says, "I appreciate the effort that must've gone into decorating the sky."

( The temple is somewhat absent. All that remains is a large ornate figure in the middle of the clearing, made out of colored sand and rocks.... At the center, a bowl of buns~ )

( Out of the hole in the sky, occaisionally you see long tendrils drift out.... )

Niny'ah owo;

Patashu hissmurmurs, "...You OK there?"

Niny'ah shakes herself out. "Yeah:

Niny'ah makes a wrong step while walking the mandala, and suddenly, dozens of shadowy hands shoot up out of the blackness and drag them down. Seconds later, they are ejected back onto the walkway.

Patashu uh oh.

You say, "This is mine. :x If you want a treat, you can try to 'walk the mandala'. Success is random. If you succeed.... well, you can have a bun. If not... THAT happens. (And you get a random spook!)"

Niny'ah jolts back to reality

Skai blink!

Rielle carefully navigates the lines of the mandala.

[OOC] Mako added a buncha new ones this year. :x

Bello carefully navigates the lines of the mandala.

Niny'ah makes a wrong step while walking the mandala, and suddenly, dozens of shadowy hands shoot up out of the blackness and drag them down. Seconds later, they are ejected back onto the walkway.

Athares... can't really walk in this form, but will roll the dice anyway!

Athares makes a wrong step while walking the mandala, and suddenly, dozens of shadowy hands shoot up out of the blackness and drag them down. Seconds later, they are ejected back onto the walkway.

Maka makes a wrong step while walking the mandala, and suddenly, dozens of shadowy hands shoot up out of the blackness and drag them down. Seconds later, they are ejected back onto the walkway.

Rielle honks, "Aw yeah, first try."

[OOC] Mako says, "And you can get a 'treat' from the bowl"

Patashu snaffles a bun from the bowl of treats!

Bello snaffles a bun from the bowl of treats!

Voksa carefully navigates the lines of the mandala.

You carefully naviage the shifting lines of the mandala, and find yourself before the bowl of candy!.

Voksa :D

Niny'ah looks visibly Shaken after her latest Spooking

Maka shakes her head. "Interesting."

Rielle drops Bowl of Treats.

Athares says, "... I see..."

Bello makes a wrong step while walking the mandala, and suddenly, dozens of shadowy hands shoot up out of the blackness and drag them down. Seconds later, they are ejected back onto the walkway.

[OOC] Mako says, "It's meant to be a flat 50/50 but the numbers don't always work. >.>"

Aarora chirps, "The mandala is required? They need to buff the flight perk."

Athares carefully navigates the lines of the mandala.

Rielle honks, "I seem to have taken the bowl on accident."

Maka makes a wrong step while walking the mandala, and suddenly, dozens of shadowy hands shoot up out of the blackness and drag them down. Seconds later, they are ejected back onto the walkway.

Vahno says, "Don't be greedy."

You say, "Drop the bowl, it's 'treat'. I keep forgetting to fix that. >.<"

Vahno also patpats Niny.

Maka carefully navigates the lines of the mandala.

Niny'ah makes a wrong step while walking the mandala, and suddenly, dozens of shadowy hands shoot up out of the blackness and drag them down. Seconds later, they are ejected back onto the walkway.

Rielle honks, "Oh no worries, I already did."

Rielle snaffles a bun from the bowl of treats!

Aarora carefully navigates the lines of the mandala.

Athares snaffles a bun from the bowl of treats!

You say, "Oh wow, Nin, you are not having any luck. o.o"

Rielle immediately stuffs the bun into her mouth.

[OOC] Voksa says, "Mako, you can"

[OOC] Patashu says, "you just have to do @lock bowl=me I'm pretty sure"

[OOC] Voksa says, "Er, oops."

[OOC] Voksa says, "Yeah, that :B"

Niny'ah makes a wrong step while walking the mandala, and suddenly, dozens of shadowy hands shoot up out of the blackness and drag them down. Seconds later, they are ejected back onto the walkway.

Voksa snaffles a bun from the bowl of treats!

Mako there, fied.

Niny'ah makes a wrong step while walking the mandala, and suddenly, dozens of shadowy hands shoot up out of the blackness and drag them down. Seconds later, they are ejected back onto the walkway.

( A bunch of kobolds hand Mako nails and a hammer. :P )

[OOC] Maka says, "I don't think I actually got anything for the success."

Niny'ah ngah!

Mako holds the bowl out to Nin. "I think you've earned one anyway. o.o

[OOC] Patashu says, "you have to do 'treat' separately"

Niny'ah snaffles a bun from the bowl of treats!

Aarora snaffles a bun from the bowl of treats!

[OOC] Rielle says, "You don't get anything automatically"

Bello steps into the temple, the boards squeaking audibly as they do.

Bello has left.

Maka snaffles a bun from the bowl of treats!

[OOC] Niny'ah says, "it's not actually gated, it's just part of The Show"

[OOC] Athares sees that you can look 'bowl' from the mandala success message. But where on the bowl do you get the treat action?

[OOC] Athares guesses you could get it from the words 'tasty treat'

Mako there, fixed.

Bello has arrived.

Athares turns to Mako. "That was immersive in several senses of the word... Thank you all the same!"

Bello tries to scramble up on you, but slips and falls off.

You offer to carry Bello.

Bello scrambles up on you.

Azure snaffles a bun from the bowl of treats!

Azure takes a bite of Custard Bun, obviously enjoying it.

You say, "Anyone else? We might not want to linger, the Entity doesn't like being stared at. It stares back."

Bello says, "How does it taste Azure?"

Vahno says, "...Entity?"

Voksa points up.

Athares . o O ( I don't mind being stared at, though I wouldn't want to be impolite. )

Bello says, "I don't see any entity?"

Azure says, "Eggy"

Vahno snaffles a bun from the bowl of treats!

Vahno says, "Yoink."

Mako points upward to the giant hole in the sky, from which tendrols and spider legs reach out....

Vahno says, "...Time to move."

Maka says, "...Ominous."

Voksa hmms. They pitch a custard bun into the skyhole!

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Gulp."

Athares chimes a greeting up to the sky.

( A leg snaps down to spear the bun, and retracts into the hole. There is the sound of chewing. Then... *BURRRRP*. )

Voksa says, "Happy halloween!"

You say, "Right, yes, let's go. >.>"

Niny'ah says, "... Wow, Manners."

Vahno says, "Gross."

Bello says, "Yes, Before it wants more!"

Mako hails a cab, this time. "Yo, Taxi!" And everyone is swept off....

You leave for Industrial Cyber Forest.

Industrial Cyber Forest(#29446RLJ)

Stepping into this forest is like being immersed in deep foilage, trees surrounding all of you - yet with the soundscape and particulars of an industrial landscape. Everything is artificial, in a harsh, metallic, unrepentant kind of way - trees tower over you made of concrete and steel, towering braching poles sprawling out into solar panels and electronics equipment, and cables string from planet to plant overhead to criss-cross the canopy. If it's late at night, then blinkenlights and indicator signals pin-prick your surroundings in a mix of faint greens, reds and ambers. The sounds of electric motors, fans, engines and generators thrummmmm all around you - and the rustling, clicking, trotting of mechanical fauna big, small, flying and crawling and skulking can be heard all around you - and there's clear evidence of trails, nests, even trapdoors and crawlways should you know what to look for. A stream of rushing water (or coolant?) leads you to a clearing in the forest's center, where an artificial great oak is lined with computronium interfaces and displays on its eight flat sides. This seems like it'd be a perfect place to bushwalk in, if you have an affinity for mechanical flora and fauna - either to explore your surroundings, or perhaps to enjoy the wilderness as an artificial lifeform yourself.

Notably, there's an ironwood shack with bodies you can temporarily use to experience the forest in a different medium - 'look synthbodies' to learn more.

Obvious Exits:

Contents: Collection of Synth-Bodies [Fake]

Mako carries Patashu, Voksa, Vahno, Maka, Skai, Athares, Azure, Aarora, Rielle, Keypack, Roofus_roo, Niny'ah, and Bello with her.

Bello says, "Oh"

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Hmm, we return to the Forest~"

Bello says, "Chevesh =("

( Tonight, the forest is far darker than normal, with many of the blinkenlights and indicator signals gone. Instead, a number of trees have been strung with lights, spooky bats and pumpkins glowing orange in the darkness. The majority of these lights, along with several torches and candles have been strung about a makeshift pavilion, complete with plastic jack-o-lanterns, hanging paper decorations and even a Big Bowl Of Candy! )

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Aha! Halloween detected."

Skai ooh!

Niny'ah nods to Bello

( A kobold with a pumpkin on its head waves to the group. "Hello! We just finished setting up!" )

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Hello! Trick or treat~"

Voksa says, "Woah! I like it."

Athares floats up to the pavilion, warblewarble. "Greetings, trick or treat!"

Niny'ah says, "Trick or treat!"

Mako ooh. "I don't come here much. This is good."

Aarora chirps, "Trick or treat?"

( The pumpkin 'bold nods, then sweeps his pumpkin off and gestures to the candy bowl. ...There is no head under that pumpkin. )

Niny'ah dramatic doubletakes!

Mako @.@

Patashu giggles!!

Athares chuckles a hint, then asides to Patashu. "I appreciate your kobolds."

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Dedication to the costume, I approve."

You say, "Right, how does this go? Oh, right." "

Athares will indeed check the bowl!

Voksa deploys the Capricious Proxy!

Capricious Proxy sticks their snout in the candy.

Mako screams off into the distance. "AAAAAAAHHHHHhhhhh....." .... her hat hangs in the air. Then she slowly marhces back, swipes it out of hte air, and helps herself to some candy. Then resumes running. >.>

Niny'ah says, "Mako What -"

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Toon, contractually obliged to if there's a Halloween episode, Niny"

Niny'ah takes a Beat, then Gets It, "oohhhh

( What bowl? ...Wait, what?! A swish and a brief shadow and the bowl is gone! )

Bello says, "I uh"

Niny'ah says, "Uh oh!"

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Candy theft??"

[OOC] Bello says, "irl emergency. sorry"

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Punishable by *pursuit*."

[OOC] Mako says, "No worries!"

[OOC] Patashu says, "hope you can resolve!"

Aarora chirps, "I'm so lost."

Maka says, "...Another rival."

Voksa stretches wings out. "Pursuit?"

Athares beam spotlights around?

Athares floats along after Mako. Puffpuff!

( Well, whoever took the candy didn't take all of it. There's a piece on the ground! ...and other over there! And ano-that's a shiny nut. But next to it is a piece of candy! A trail leading off into the forest, towards a hill! )

Voksa perks up! "A clue!"

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Aha! Conveniently sloppy. Classic candy theft stuff."

Mako is now behind Pata again. With a large magnifying glass. "Right then!"

Patashu continues following the trail until he *bonks* into the hill. "Ow. The trail's gone cold..." He stares at the hill. Hmm. Unless?

Skai follows right along!

Maka just... rolls with it. She gets the feeling that theatrics are part of this experience.

Niny'ah tries REALLY hard not to giggle at Mako but Fails Miserably

Athares eventually- ends up back where he started. Right! ... Ends up spotlighting the trail and the hill. Turns the spotlight to Mako. "Can you draw a door in this picture?"

Voksa scurries along the trail!

( The trail leads up to a rather steep and mossy section of the hill. ...does moss normally move? )

Mako gets out a marker. "I can!" Squeeksqueeksqueek. The door looks like a five year old drew it. "... should it be doing that?"

Voksa hmms. They gently headbutt moss.

Patashu squints. "... I have applied my powers of observation. This hill is not solid everywhere.

Athares ohs, the hill -isn't- a wall. Well he'll check the door Mako made anyway before shining the beam uphill.

( Attempting to draw on the moss reveals that it... gets easily pushed in. And it's also kinda clothy. )

Voksa says, "Oh! It's one of those hippie bead doors."

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Shall we take a look inside then?"

Mako pokes her head in. "We ready to take a look?

Skai nods!

You leave for Cyber Werewolf Den.

Cyber Werewolf Den

Approaching the hill in the Industrial Cyber Forest and peeking through a curtain of what you thought was hanging moss but actually felt more like metallic streamers, you venture into this rough hewn cave to discover that... it's actually quite well lit! Cyber werewuffs of chrome, plastic, dursteel and flexisteel lounge around in a conversation pit in front of a wide screen TV showing mecha-nature documentaries. Bone-and-full-moon carpeting has been installed over flattened flooring, and there's even ironwood stairs that leads to an open air second floor at the far back, featuring a kitchen where cybermeat meals are cooked and ingredients stored in cabinets, fridges stocked full of coolant and oil. Downstairs is a tinkering engineering bay and a bunch of plush round sleeping beds and computer stations - no walls between different rooms, just suggestions where the flooring abruptly changes to more appropriate vinyl materials. Plenty of cyberwuffs are content to make this their cuddly, relaxing home - and if you ask politely, you can join them!

Obvious Exits:

Mako carries Patashu, Voksa, Vahno, Maka, Skai, Athares, Azure, Aarora, Rielle, Keypack, Roofus_roo, Niny'ah, and Bello with her.

Athares will probably end up having to turn sideways to fit through, but shall!

Voksa says, "Aww! Wolves!"

Skai likes this place!

( ...Oh dear. Thaaaaat's a lot of werewolves, all lying here and there and on each other. Thankfully asleep, but... Hey, there's the candy! ...All the way at the far side of the cave. )

Patashu blinks! Holds up a 'shhh' finger, and then starts creeping betwixt wolves...

Niny'ah murmurs, "Maka, I think this is your specialty."

Athares has the benefit of floating. And the handicap of making whirring noises. Politely stays back for now.

Patashu, on second thought, is not a Paragon of Stealth if anyone else wants to take point...

Maka simply nods to Niny'ah. "Well, then..."

Voksa glows like a second sun. Er, right, spindizzy. A FIRST sun. They cannot help here.

Maka crouches down for a second, spreads out her wings, and...

Aarora mouths 'I got this' which means nothing on a beak.. He reaches for a vial on his bandolier and.. it's empty! He mouths 'I do not got this'

Athares joins Voksa in the 'too obvious' club, by settling down on Voksa's head if Voksa permits, something like a giant silvery sombrero.

Maka is a shadowy blur darting through the air across the cave! It's not unlike the effect the thief manifested when the candy was taken.

Patashu woah!

Niny'ah mmmNice

( Wow! Yeah, there's really no chance to mess up with an actual well trained Ninja on the job. Maka reaches the bowl quite easily! )

Maka lands at the far side. ...As a devil's food wolf, apparently. Maybe she disguised herself in transit somehow.

Maka eyes the candy. She suspects a trap, but in the interest of theatrics...

Maka procures the taken snacks!

( There is a quiet, but polite cough from behind the group. )

Mako @.@

Patashu Whoo! ... Eh?

Skai peeks back!

Aarora goes 'Shh' and doesn't turn around.

( The cough is coming from... a werewolf! A very awake werewolf. ...Holding a balloon in one hand. And a very large pin in the other. )

Athares turns, spotlights that werewolf.

Niny'ah sweatdrops.

Patashu @w@

Voksa puts a cork on the tip of the pin. Thumbs-up.

Maka says, "...Oh."

Maka's now-lupine ears (and tail) droop. She hasn't seen many balloons, but she knows a conscious sentry when she sees one.

Patashu makes a 'hurry back!' gesture to Maka

( The werewolf shrugs, then flicks the pin aside, before taking the balloon in both hands and biting down on. BANG! )

Voksa cackles!

( ... )

( Not even a stir. )

Maka scrambles! It's less impressive without wings, but then comes the EXTREMELY unanticipated bang in mid-dash!

Patashu ... ... ..

Skai pins his ears.. and blinks!

Aarora ack!s and turns around then ack!s again.

Niny'ah looks around at the still-asleep Wolfs Den. "CLose but no cigar."

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Hah! Too sleepy even for a pop~"

Athares floats gradually over to the awake werewolf. Uses the force-beam to patpat them on the head. Speaks with reduced volume, "We'll share."

Maka vaults a sleeping wolf on her way back, and... now finds herself confronted by a single-but-awake werewolf.

( And at Pata's exclamation, there is now very many awake wolves, sitting up and hopping onto paws and STARING at the group. )

Patashu hissmurmurs, "... Oops =w="

Durga arrives from Industrial Cyber Forest.

Durga has arrived.

Niny'ah facepalms.

Durga leans in! aaa- ♪ wooooooooo! ♪

Patashu hissmurmurs, "...Time to go!"

Skai nods. "Very much so."

Voksa says, "But they're so cute!"

Vahno cackles and tosses the balloon bits aside. "Awooooooo! Werewolves only I'm afraid!"

You say, "......"

Athares looks around at the crowd of wolves. "Greetings." Entirely unfazed by the sound of it. "Anyone want to play frisbee?" He floats about.

Mako is gone. Just a platypus-shaped outline remains. o.o

( One of the wolves in the group holds up a wolfy hoody, complete with ears and tail. )

Niny'ah asides to Mako-not-there, "What, no Chorus Line Exit?"

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Oh don't you *dare*..."

Voksa snickers.

( "Chaaaaaarge!" Uh-oh! Incoming werewolves! )

Patashu fleeees! @w@

Skai zips out!

Maka instinctively makes a break for it!

Athares cannot be equipped with a hoodie in this form, and also happens to make a good door blocker. And so, could cover the others' escape!

Niny'ah throws a ... it seems like it *should* be a smokebomb, but it instead generates hellucinations of Ear Scritches

Aarora eeps and panic downs an invisibility potion. A rippling shimmer covers his form and leaves nothing as it resolves.

Voksa cackles and sits up, arms outstretched!

Vahno raaaawrs and grawrs and paws and nips at anyone trying to slip past him! The others are quick after and- Oooh, Ear Scritches! SOME of the others are quick after the group!

Mako leeans in from the other side of the panel of Niny. "No, I can't carry a tune." She does, however, contribute to the chaos. By throwing a large bone ---> that a way when she leaves.

Niny'ah Exit, stage left!

Voksa perks up, goes back to all fours, and play-bows to Vahno.

Nova has teleported in.

Nova has arrived.

( GASP! BONE! Yeah, that gets a lot of attention! And causes a bit of a werewolf pile up as wolves either try to swipe the bone from someone else, or try to climb over the others to continue the chase. )

Vahno playnomfs on Voksa when he bows.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Hah, nice move, Mako!"

Nova wonders what's going on here

Voksa homfs Vahno's shoulder and topples sideways!

Vahno acks! Defeated!

Aarora's disembodied voice chirps, "They seem fun."

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Trick or treating gone wrong, and now we have a bunch of werewolves after us!"

Athares smiles a bit inside. How adorable!

[OOC] Niny'ah says, "meta for Nova, we're in Trick or Treat, the Candy Bowl got Stolen, and we're in a Yakkety Sax Mayhem Scene trying to get it back"

Voksa gently headbutts Vahno and triumphantly struts off to challenge other werewolves. They have mastered lupine communication.

Maka didn't anticipate anyone going native, exactly. She's only disguised as another wolf! She'll take whatever distractions she can get, though.

( And Voksa is brutally bepounced by the werewolves, being (gently) bit here and licked there. And one even tries to slip a werewolf hoodie over Voksa's head. )

Voksa cackles and topples over under the adorable assault! They disappear under werewolves, then eventually stick their head back up with a hood over their nosecone.

Patashu hissmurmurs, "I'll never forget your sacrifice, Voksa..."

Voksa is, at least, a good distraction.

( Indeed, very distracting! And a good example of how threatening the wolves are. (not very.) Either way, it's clear that the group is... indisposed, so escape is way easy now. )

Niny'ah headjinks towards the exit in a 'let's go' gesture

Maka says, "Mission... accomplished?"

( Well, Maka does have the candy bowl... )

Skai whoo!

Voksa says, "We've won halloween!"

Patashu FF7 victory theme~

Kandra has arrived.

Niny'ah offers to take Kandra by the hand with her.

Maka finally investigates the contents.

Vahno looks up. "Shall we head out then? Or ya wanna stay and play?"

( It's full of Full Sized Candy Bars of all sorts! )

Mako will snaffle a candy bar or two for all that. >.>

Roofus_roo is glommed down and swept away by a plastic hippopotamus mouth.

Roofus_roo has left.

Voksa says, "Oh, I can see why the werewolves wanted it so badly."

Patashu hissmurmurs, "Werewolf scale?"

You say, "... dogs can't eat chocolate, tho..."

Athares will float along with the rest, and indeed, take one. "Well, that was entertaining!"

Vahno says, "...Synth perks."

Kandra takes Niny'ah by the hand.

You say, "Very well! Was there any other venues? We've hit all the ones I ahd on list."

Maka retrieves chocolate. "That was an experience..."

Voksa says, "None that I'm aware of. This was a great halloween."

Vahno Grins. "Hope you enjoyed my nonsense at the end."

Maka has, at some point, become a bat again.

Aarora's talons can be heard click-clacking as he patters over. A kat-kat shimmers out of the bowl, shortly followed by "Chocolate? Why is is all chocolaaaate!!"

Patashu hissmurmurs, "A good reprise of a familiar theme, nice work Vahno."

Voksa says, "Oh no. Not a fan of chocolate?"

Niny'ah pats where she thinks Aarora's shoulder is. Knows That Feeling.

[OOC] Niny'ah says, "ok brb"

Athares at this point forcebeam-patpats on Vahno. "That was a good way to conclude this, thank you."

You say, "Would some fruit gums be a good substitute?"

Aarora bumps his head into Niny'ah's hand.

Vahno grins. "Awoo."

Skai snatches a candy bar!

Vahno says, "...But also."

Aarora chirps, "I can't chew gum."

Vahno hops over and Nomfs on Pata!

Patashu eep!

Vahno rrr~!

You say, "It's not actual gum, it's those fruit based juice gummy things."

You say, "What candy is best for an avian, anyway? o.o"

Aarora chirps, "The what? I dunno, maybe? I'll try them."

[OOC] Voksa, suddenly going on a deep dive into theobromine metabolism

Athares looks to Aarora. "Mako was offering buns back there."

Aarora chirps, "I got a bun."

Athares says, "There were also gummy candies at the hotel."

[OOC] Aarora says, "I really wasn't feeling up to a scavenger hunt."

Maka laughs a little to herself. "At least I'm safe from Aarora considering me food."

Athares says, "You could find a teleporter to return to Saturn; there should be taffy left."

Vahno keans over and licks Maka.

Maka absolutely SOARS backwards like a spring-loaded startled cat!

Athares . o O ( It would be a lot easier to get sugary candy anywhere, but any excuse to take a teleporter to another universe is a good one. )

Vahno snrks a bit. "Whoops."

Voksa watches Maka... Then licks Vahno!

Vahno acks and bapbaps Voksa. "Not candy!"

Voksa giggles and topples over. "I don't even eat candy!"

Vahno says, "Doofus!"

Voksa wags tail.

Voksa says, "It was nice halloweening with you all."

Niny'ah says, "in my normal form I can't have standard chocolate or caffeine"

Niny'ah says, "and I have a ... Reaction to Lavender"

Aarora chirps, "What's taffy?"

Voksa perks up! "Can't have chocolate or caffeine? Why's that?"

Voksa says, "Taffy is a sort of... Sugar goo."

Athares opens his bay to present the Acerbic Taffy he's carrying. "This is an example."

Vahno says, "Oooh, I remember your reaction to Lavender~!"

Niny'ah baps Vahno over the head with her metalized left hand

Vahno goes clunk! and falls over. x.X

Aarora chirps, "Sugar goo? Is it, good?"

Niny'ah says, "It tends to glue itself to teeth"

Voksa says, "So you're immune!"

Voksa gently headbutts Azure.

Athares says, "If you like the sound of sticky flavored sugar, it should appeal."

Azure pets Voksa, "Sorry about that."

[OOC] Azure says, "Comcast got all comcastic"

Voksa hugs, prrb. "No problem. Thanks for coming to halloween!"

--= Main Trick or Treating event Ends

Trick or Treating 2022 (last edited 2022-11-01 12:57:17 by Mako)