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Entry tags:
- !event,
- arknights: gnosis,
- arknights: mizuki,
- arknights: passenger,
- arknights: sesa,
- cookie run: dark cacao cookie,
- cookie run: pure vanilla cookie,
- original: kiera canorus,
- original: luca aurelius,
- the owl house: hunter,
- the world ends with you: beat,
- the world ends with you: joshua,
- trigun: livio,
- trigun: vash,
- trigun: wolfwood
EVENT 011
LIFE HAS MANY DOORS, ED-BOY
A DOORWAY OF CONFUSION
The residents of Aldric’s Grove have been down in the dumps recently, haven’t they? Whose fault could that be? Is it the fault of Wolfwood, who started the catastrophic bonfire? The Forest, who took over the body of Elsword and set him to the slaughter? Perhaps it’s the fault of Vash, who disappeared and came back with a corpse, or Beat, who went berserker-mode on everybody. Maybe it’s Gnosis’ general mopey energy spreading like a plague, or the fact that Luca has had the bar closed up for so long, or Pure Vanilla’s forays into his past. Why are you all so depressed, wonders a spirit in the forest, a spirit who has watched you for a long time. Why are you all staying indoors and not talking to each other?
This spirit knows what to do to cheer everybody up. A fun little prank, an event that will spark joy and lead you to somewhere vast and unknowable. Yes… the spirit has been here before, always observing you, even if you don’t often see it. It is the same spirit who hosted that masquerade all the way back in October before diving feet-first into a sinkhole. It is… a walking skeleton by the name of Mr. Bone-Jangles, and he is casting a spell.
At midnight, the sound of rattling bones rings out across the Grove, alongside a chime that sounds like the bell that hangs over the General Store’s door, and then a distinctly warped sound like trying to listen to music underwater. Were you to look outside your windows, you’ll spot a skeleton dressed like a cashier dancing around the well and the two statues next to it, movin’ and groovin’ to the beat of his own drum. Should you try to get outside through a door or a window, however…
You’ll wind up somewhere else. Not where you expected that door to lead, certainly. Your bedroom door might take you to your bathroom, or to your neighbour’s room, or to Ydalir’s tent. Your window might have plopped you right into the church, or the clinic, or one of the many weight-lifting rooms in the rec center. Should you try to leave the new location you’ve found yourself in, you’ll be in a similar spot — these doors also don’t go where they’re supposed to. The doorways have been scrambled, but at least — once they’ve been walked through — their randomized location is permanently set. If the inn doors lead to the bar, they’ll continue to lead to the bar.
Should you manage, by some miracle, to make it outside? Mr. Bone-Jangles will simply wave his phalanges at you and disappear into a puff of smoke.
This enchantment, or perhaps “prank” will last for the month. Good luck, Aldric’s Grove! Merry April Fool’s Month!
This spirit knows what to do to cheer everybody up. A fun little prank, an event that will spark joy and lead you to somewhere vast and unknowable. Yes… the spirit has been here before, always observing you, even if you don’t often see it. It is the same spirit who hosted that masquerade all the way back in October before diving feet-first into a sinkhole. It is… a walking skeleton by the name of Mr. Bone-Jangles, and he is casting a spell.
At midnight, the sound of rattling bones rings out across the Grove, alongside a chime that sounds like the bell that hangs over the General Store’s door, and then a distinctly warped sound like trying to listen to music underwater. Were you to look outside your windows, you’ll spot a skeleton dressed like a cashier dancing around the well and the two statues next to it, movin’ and groovin’ to the beat of his own drum. Should you try to get outside through a door or a window, however…
You’ll wind up somewhere else. Not where you expected that door to lead, certainly. Your bedroom door might take you to your bathroom, or to your neighbour’s room, or to Ydalir’s tent. Your window might have plopped you right into the church, or the clinic, or one of the many weight-lifting rooms in the rec center. Should you try to leave the new location you’ve found yourself in, you’ll be in a similar spot — these doors also don’t go where they’re supposed to. The doorways have been scrambled, but at least — once they’ve been walked through — their randomized location is permanently set. If the inn doors lead to the bar, they’ll continue to lead to the bar.
Should you manage, by some miracle, to make it outside? Mr. Bone-Jangles will simply wave his phalanges at you and disappear into a puff of smoke.
This enchantment, or perhaps “prank” will last for the month. Good luck, Aldric’s Grove! Merry April Fool’s Month!
SAVINGS, SAVINGS, SAVINGS!
One door in the Grove, and only one, will lead you to a completely new space. A space named Alpha Mart, designated by the golden sign. It is, for all intents and purposes, a fairly advanced (by Grove standards) grocery store, and it carries… products of the uncanny and unusual. Once you’re inside, you can’t leave via the door you came from — it’s up to you to find a different exit, because that entrance door will simply plop you back inside.
What kind of products are here, one might ask? Well, the produce section contains the, erm, expected yet unexpected fruits and veggies, which at times seem to be alive and have minds of their own; the carrots will stop mid-yoga session to run away from you, the beetroots will try to bite, the raspberries have tiny eyes, and the tomatoes act much like lemmings, throwing themselves off of the displays at your feet. Nets in a tall, warped basket near the produce section can be used to catch anything that moves, and once caught, they’ll rest like normal food items would in your cart or basket or hands or pockets. All of these are perfectly edible despite the moral implications!
Head on to aisle fifteen, where the snacks are, and you may be pleasantly surprised by the great savings (100% Off!) on blueberry-flavoured pretzel bites, 100% salt peanuts, fried sunflower petal chips, and cookies shaped like Moder’s head. The deli section is a delight of chocolate-flavoured cheeses and lunchmeats with your faces printed on them. Even though some displays clip out of reality, rest assured, you’ll be fine to walk through those spots. The hard-working staff of skeletons are working on cleaning it up. Speaking of cleaning up, do you need something to wash your sins away with? How about some Plausible Deniability?
The walk-in freezers nearby are pleasantly deep and chilly, and should you walk through them, you might find yourself spat out somewhere else. …still within the Alpha Mart, of course. You didn’t think you could leave through a twisting maze of soda bottles, did you? Come on.
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What kind of products are here, one might ask? Well, the produce section contains the, erm, expected yet unexpected fruits and veggies, which at times seem to be alive and have minds of their own; the carrots will stop mid-yoga session to run away from you, the beetroots will try to bite, the raspberries have tiny eyes, and the tomatoes act much like lemmings, throwing themselves off of the displays at your feet. Nets in a tall, warped basket near the produce section can be used to catch anything that moves, and once caught, they’ll rest like normal food items would in your cart or basket or hands or pockets. All of these are perfectly edible despite the moral implications!
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Head on to aisle fifteen, where the snacks are, and you may be pleasantly surprised by the great savings (100% Off!) on blueberry-flavoured pretzel bites, 100% salt peanuts, fried sunflower petal chips, and cookies shaped like Moder’s head. The deli section is a delight of chocolate-flavoured cheeses and lunchmeats with your faces printed on them. Even though some displays clip out of reality, rest assured, you’ll be fine to walk through those spots. The hard-working staff of skeletons are working on cleaning it up. Speaking of cleaning up, do you need something to wash your sins away with? How about some Plausible Deniability?
The walk-in freezers nearby are pleasantly deep and chilly, and should you walk through them, you might find yourself spat out somewhere else. …still within the Alpha Mart, of course. You didn’t think you could leave through a twisting maze of soda bottles, did you? Come on.
FUN 100% GUARANTEED OR YOUR SHELLS BACK!
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After making it through the freezer aisle and its twisting, cold maze of products, you’ll arrive at the, uh… um… the eyeball space! Anyway, let’s quickly move on from there.
Quite a ways out of the eyeball space, where the walls blink at you and follow your every move, is something of a playground indoors, featuring both your run-of-the-mill slides and waterslides where the water is dish soap and the swimming pool at the bottom is white chocolate. Try not to get any in your mouth; it doesn’t taste great! Inner tubes are provided by a skeleton staff member wearing a speedo, who also functions as a lifeguard should you drown in chocolate. Your grocery products can safely be set in a cubby nearby for “purchasing” later. Or you can use them between slide sessions. They are free, after all.
When you’re done with the slides, heading through a side door will lead you into a different section of the Alpha Mart, where the products continue to be bizarre and sometimes-sentient. Anything and everything you can imagine is here, unless it makes sense, in which case it’s completely absent from the store. At the tail end is the checkouts, where Mr. Bone-Jangles stands in his cashier uniform, miming a tired retail worker. He’ll send you through with your products after you pretend to pay him and will refuse actual attempts to pay, and then the exit door to the Alpha Mart will be revealed on the back wall. If you walk through it…
It spits you out in the middle of the Grove, and your silly “purchased” products are gone. If you want to go back in, you’re going to have to find the door again. The entrance should be in the same location it just was, at least.
…or maybe, after all of that, you need to wash the chocolate off and take a nap.
After making it through the freezer aisle and its twisting, cold maze of products, you’ll arrive at the, uh… um… the eyeball space! Anyway, let’s quickly move on from there.
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Quite a ways out of the eyeball space, where the walls blink at you and follow your every move, is something of a playground indoors, featuring both your run-of-the-mill slides and waterslides where the water is dish soap and the swimming pool at the bottom is white chocolate. Try not to get any in your mouth; it doesn’t taste great! Inner tubes are provided by a skeleton staff member wearing a speedo, who also functions as a lifeguard should you drown in chocolate. Your grocery products can safely be set in a cubby nearby for “purchasing” later. Or you can use them between slide sessions. They are free, after all.
When you’re done with the slides, heading through a side door will lead you into a different section of the Alpha Mart, where the products continue to be bizarre and sometimes-sentient. Anything and everything you can imagine is here, unless it makes sense, in which case it’s completely absent from the store. At the tail end is the checkouts, where Mr. Bone-Jangles stands in his cashier uniform, miming a tired retail worker. He’ll send you through with your products after you pretend to pay him and will refuse actual attempts to pay, and then the exit door to the Alpha Mart will be revealed on the back wall. If you walk through it…
It spits you out in the middle of the Grove, and your silly “purchased” products are gone. If you want to go back in, you’re going to have to find the door again. The entrance should be in the same location it just was, at least.
…or maybe, after all of that, you need to wash the chocolate off and take a nap.
SPARK NOTES
CLICK TO EXPAND!
A DOORWAY OF CONFUSION
A skeleton has made the doorways stop working properly. Your doors and windows and other entryways now lead to random locations within the Grove. At least once they're locked in place, they don't change. Try not to walk in on your friends changing!
SAVINGS, SAVINGS, SAVINGS!
Welcome to Alpha Mart! There are sentient produce items and other weird products. You're going to be here a while, considering the way out is nowhere to be found. Enjoy shopping! Remember to eat the 100% Salt Peanuts while you're here!
FUN 100% GUARANTEED OR YOUR SHELLS BACK!
This isn't just a grocery store. It also contains slides, chocolate pools, and ten thousand other things that are vaguely horrifying and weird. The way out is through the checkouts. It's a shame that you can't take your products into the Grove with you.
OOC
Happy April Fool’s, Sticks & Bones! Casual modly reminder that we’re allowing you to make up whatever you want for this event due to the nonsense nature of it. Disclaimer: Neither of the mods have been to the Meow Wolf this event is based on. We’re sorry for inconsistencies but something something copyright free use don’t sue us thanks. OOC Plotting Lives Here if you'd like to plot out nonsense alongside actual plot-important things, or just see an update of the recent lore from last month. Have fun!
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He is thinking of kissing the other. Here in the game aisle. And. everything else aisle.
When the board game is taken, he perks and comes back into focus, looking pleased. ]
I'm always thinkin' of you? Kinda hard not to, yo. You always in my mind. You prolly imprinted a mini-you at some point that jus' lives in here now.
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He doesn't let it show, though, tapping his fingertips against the side of the box. He can catch that thought, and maybe he's a little hypervigilant, even though he knows Beat wouldn't without permission. ]
Hm. Maybe. It wouldn't be a bad idea, you know.
[ He's only joking, of course. He can keep tabs on Beat even without something like that. ]
I do feel like I should probably clear up your earlier confusion, by the by. "Whatever floats your boat" just means "whatever makes you happy". But I do like a good game, so you succeeded anyway.
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The saying being cleared up makes his brow furrow again, expression thoughtful. ]
Well, why not just say that second one then? Ain't never gonna get why peeps always wanna confuse things wid weird sayings. Like yo, c'mon, you tell me something is worth two birds in a bush and imma go looking for them...
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I've always been a fan of metaphor. It's fun.
[ And he could just say it plainly, for Beat's sake, but... where's the fun in that? Where would he get his charming misunderstandings from then? No, it's better to let sleeping dogs lie, as it were.
Heh. ]
You never know, there might be two birds in a bush in this place. That one, by the way, just means the thing you already have is more valuable than the seemingly better thing you don't have yet. Better to keep what you have than risk losing it in the process of finding something better. You already have one bird in your hand, but if you let it go to try to get the two birds in the bush, you could fail in catching them and walk away empty-handed.
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[ Man this conversation is taken a bizarre turn. Whose Metaphor? Sounds like a metal ba- Wait. Wait no, he knows this word. It's something like smilie. Samely. Hm.
Oh those gears are struggling.
He's distracted from his thoughts by Josh explaining what two birds means. Usually his eyes would glaze over to the long word barrage coming at him, but for Josh he pays attention. Or tries to. His eyes keep going back slowly to insult to injury, then jerking back to Josh. ]
Oh. Onna those keep what you got things? Cool. Why can't peeps jus' say that.
[ The smell of lavender and lemon distracts him yet again. Oh right, he reeks. ]
C'mon, pretty boy, you can keep tellin' me 'bout metaphors an' shit while we hit the showers. An' laundry. Or a pool.
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It isn't just one of those "keep what you've got things", you know. It's a cautionary tale. In the pursuit of something you perceive as better, you could lose it all.
[ He punctuates and emphasizes as he goes with flourishes of the hand not holding the Battleship box, but he does at least get moving so they can talk while they walk. Or he can talk while they walk, at any rate. The chances of Beat absorbing all of this is slim, but absorbing most of it feels at least attainable. ]
At any rate, these are idioms. The reason people use them instead of just saying what they mean outright is because it's an expression of human creativity. It's fun to come up with phrases that aren't meant to be taken literally. Where's the fun in saying it outright when you can paint a picture with words instead? "Tomorrow's wind blows tomorrow" sounds a lot more poetic than just saying "accept what happens today and don't try to predict tomorrow".
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That's cool an' all, but what 'bout the peeps who don't understand? It kinda leavin' them out when you say stuff like that. I get creativity, yo, I art! But I think when you talkin' to someone, you should take into consiteration that some peeps brains ain't wired like that, to get all the 'hoho lookit me my wordin' is all fancy' stuff. Summa us think litterly wid words, ya know?
[ Tomorrow's wind blows tomorrow. No shit, Sherlock, today's wind blows today!
There was no ice in Shibuya!!
He sighs a little, tilting his head back as he ponders the shelves as they pass. ]
I dunno, yo.
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It isn't a conscious decision for some people, though. It's humanity as a whole that makes idioms catch on, so for a lot of people, it's hardwired into their vocabulary. They don't think to paraphrase it because of that. Most people probably have to stop and think about the meaning behind the words, because when they hear someone say "when pigs fly", they automatically know that the person who said it is indicating something that won't happen.
[ Beat isn't most people, though. And while he personally finds Beat's misunderstanding of those phrases to be very charming, it's clearly... distressing? Hm. Beat seems very troubled by it, at the very least.
The top of Beat's head will receive an invisible hair ruffle. Beat is a good boy. ]
Since I speak the language, I guess I can translate for you.
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The hair ruffle makes him blink and look up, blinking again when there's nothing there. It makes his eyes narrow briefly.
He doesn't like Ghosts. Can't punch them.
Turning his gaze back to Josh, the offer makes him grin, a soft pleased little look. ]
Thanks. I guess it kinda did save my ass once. You said somethin' 'bout hot water while I was in snow, wid a Doppleganger. Confused the shit outta me. Tha's how you knew I was the real me. But it makes me feel like I ain't gettin' stuff, ya know? Like everyone's in on a joke I ain't part of, yo. Drives me insane sometimes.