<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!>
- 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)
- [E]ast, [N]orth, [S]outh, [U]p, [W]est, and Stage
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. Somewhere on the muck, PatchO'Black has disconnected. ( 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. ) Somewhere on the muck, J.P. has connected. ( 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:
- Bridge to [C]ity [C]enter
- 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.
- Bridge to [P]rospect [C]luster, and Up the Space Elevator
Azure o/ yips! o/ 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!> Azure has connected. Azure has disconnected. Patashu eats a cube of hearth taffy. They glow like a candleflame for a moment! Somewhere on the muck, Aarora has disconnected. 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:
- north
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
- Unlike the cold, dry mountain outside, this tiki bar is hot, humid, and tropical. Like most tiki lounges, the room is fairly dark, with a reddish cast to it; a few eerily-phosphorescent globes of various colors are suspended from the ceiling, and there are a few decorative torches made from Bunsen burners mounted to the walls on regularly-spaced wooden columns. Tiki masks and other such tchotchkes hang on the wall with a feeling of precise randomness. Behind the bar are multiple shelves containing a plethora of bottles interspersed with tropical souvenirs and knickknacks. The cabinets to the side and below are filled with laboratory equipment and glassware, some of which isn't easily-recognizable. The bar itself is made from a slab of polished mountain rock, with the sides covered in bamboo. To the left of the bar is a pool filled with clean, sparkling, slightly-steamy water. Glass walls extend a meter above floor level, and the bar hangs over this somewhat. A wide ledge with seating surrounds the pool, and lights set below the pool's surface cast a shimmering glow everywhere. Opposite the pool is a small raised stage, complete with microphones, instrument hookups, and a small audio rack. A small holographic projector displays tropically-themed visuals, but can be used for karaoke lyrics and video or other purposes as needed. The remainder of the room is occupied with seating - booths with red leather seats around the edges, and round beach tables in the middle of the room. The door to the outside is designed like a temple entrance, made of rough-cut stone and surrounded with tiki masks and bamboo framing. On either side of the door are 6-foot-tall Moai heads, which blow a burst of brightly-lit "fire" from their mouths whenever the door is opened.
- [O]ut, and Back door
Voksa 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
- The Off-Brand Candy Shop is scaled to the four-foot-high anthro: the ceiling is just close enough adult humans may feel compelled to duck. A pair of ceiling fans twist indifferently. The walls and ceiling are a lemon-yellow, with white paneling about two feet high running around the base. The floor is a checkerboard black and white tile. A closed door leads to the back office; an open arch leads to the Mixing Room. The floor behind the counter is elevated, and a thin bench about two feet high gives the larger nonanthros the chance to hop up to it. The 'counter' rather narrow for the jars and boxes resting on it and offering the current selection of candies. Cutout cardboard raccoon skeletons, from cute nose to drawn-out tail, decorate the walls. Synthetic cobwebs droop down from the fans, at the risk of brushing human-sized anthros on the shoulder or head. Fake eggs, some with plastic yolks leaking out, are spread across the counter; at least one's being held by a squeak-toy chipmunk.
- [BO] Back Office, [MR] Mixing Room, and out
<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. Tryptophan has disconnected. 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
- This is a motel of yesteryear, bypassed by the new highway and left to keep its own company. A tall neon sign reads "BATES MOTEL -- Vacancy" and is otherwise unadorned. The motel is L-shaped, bracketing a dusty parking lot. Rows of little cabins are sided with rustic, dark-stained wood. Each has its own door, marked with a brass number, 1 through 12. Curtains are drawn inside all the windows. A covered porch, slightly elevated, runs the length of the motel, and hosts a series of plain, empty chairs, one outside each room. At one end of the motel, a small sign indicates the office. Its door is open, as is the door of the cabin closest to it. Between them, someone has leaned a dirty mop. Past the office, a meandering stone stairway continues up a hill. At the top, a Gothic style house stands askew, keeping watch over the motel. A light is on in an upstairs window, perhaps a bedroom. On the chair closest to the office, there is a small tray of white paper bags, each one reading "Kandy Korn." There is also a note. (You should 'look note').
- [O]ut, [Of]fice, and Cabin [1]
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 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:
- [GQ] Guest Quarters, [LQ]Living Quarters, [O]ut, and [T]emple
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 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 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:
- east, north, northeast, northwest, se, south, and southwest
- Niny'ah says, "Ah, Traditional"
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?" Kandra has disconnected. 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:
- out
Durga leans in! aaa- o/ wooooooooo! o/ 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. ) Keypack has disconnected. 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. Azure has disconnected. ( 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~ Somewhere on the muck, Kandra has connected. 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. Rielle has disconnected. 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." Bello has disconnected. 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?" Patashu pages, "Sure" to you. 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?" Azure has connected. 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