MINI EVENT: SHINE ON

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SHINE ON

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WISHING LANTERNS

Approximately one week after the volcano game ends, a waning crescent rises over Aldric’s Grove. With it comes a rather comforting feeling of warmth and love, permeating the air like incense, and negative effects from everyone seem to disappear for the night, too — like Felicity’s bad luck aura, for example. No longer does the Grove feel foreboding, as if something awful could happen at any moment. For once, it almost feels like home — if you can get past the fact that, a week ago, you were stuck in a volcano. Despite this, you overall feel a bit happier, a bit lighter, like you could float away any second — metaphorically. You aren’t actually going to float away.

Other things, however, will. Namely, the thousands of lanterns that are filling the night sky, coming from both within the Grove itself and outside of it, beyond the inaccessible fog-wall keeping you all trapped within. They glow brightly in the dark as they rise into the skies, up and up and gone. More quickly replace them, and the Grove will remain lit-up like this throughout the night and into the following morning.

As you take in the sight, the Shopkeeper and Trader wave you over. There are several wooden tables set out, most of which contain a feast to be devoured — help yourself! — and one of which has supplies for making your own lanterns, or pre-constructed ones if that isn’t your forte, alongside candles and markers. "Write a wish on the lantern, light the candle, and release it into the sky," the Trader instructs, "one day, it might be granted."

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LITTLE GUYS

An hour into nightfall, small animals rush into the Grove from beyond the fog wall, bringing with them various objects in their little mouths. Some bring food foraged from the forest, such as mushrooms and fruits. Some bring fish from the river. Some are carrying items, and will seek out the owner of said item to plop it into their laps or hands or even directly into their pockets. Everybody will receive one small (no larger than your hand), non-magical, sentimental object from home from the animals.

They’ll stick around to play, too. Some of them might even try to run the Shopkeeper and Trader’s stalls, since those two are so busy. Others can be found doing basic chores around the Grove, like picking up debris and other garbage and throwing them away. The animals don’t entirely understand what is trash and what isn’t, though — some might take your pen from your hand while you’re writing a wish and chuck it into the can. Not all of the animals will be calm company, either; the foxes in particular love to play games of "chase", and the moth-winged rodents like to bury themselves in people’s hair to keep warm. They will try to eat your food if you leave it unguarded.

As the dawn breaks and the sun rises, the lanterns in the sky all disappear, and the animals head back into the fog with cheerful yips and chirps. Should you choose to go back to your rooms, you’ll find something special waiting for you on your pillow.

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OOC

Hello hi if you have not told us what your character would wish for yet, you are free to do so so that we may give you A Thing. Due to Caoimhe’s wish, everyone will get a glass-encased lotus flower, a symbol of hope, as well.

List of Granted Wishes (CLICK TO EXPAND!)

Fel: A framed photo of her cat with a pawprint "autograph" in the corner

Gnosis: A handwritten letter with familiar-looking calligraphy

Elsword: A robotics textbook with a note on it reading, "This isn’t FOR you. FIGURE IT OUT."

Chung: A nice blanket

Mizuki: A self-help book detailing how to make people happy

BB: A dress and the matching shoes and socks

Caoimhe: A book of fables, provided by the Shopkeeper when he realizes she didn’t wish for anything herself

Add: A small scroll of paper dropped into his hand by one of the little creatures- it looks as if something had tried to destroy it before it was retrieved. It reads, "Holiness can cure impurities." But nothing else remains

Toge: A plush panda. Size: A bit too big.

Irene: A tree branch reaches out to Irene and hands her a crumpled-up piece of paper reading "SECRET! GO TO UR ROOM :)" If she goes to her room, there's another crumpled-up piece of paper that says, "Secret!! I'm closer than you think! :)"

Rennuid:

Natsuno: A book titled How To Leave: Quitting the City and Coping with a New Reality, which has a sticky note on the inner cover reading "I don't think I can send you back alive since you're legally dead :O"

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Comments

[mooninthewater]

[ Ah. Okay. Crisis on hold for now, your hero needs you, Mizuki!! He trots over to look down at the very sad lantern, then back at Elsword. ]

Is everything okay?

[simplicitas]

Yeah, it's fine. I just saw you...

[Elsword doesn't have the word for "glitch" because it's not really a Thing on Elrios, the most that happens is whenever Add or Eve's systems go down one of them will say that word, but because Mizuki doesn't have a system failure? Elsword doesn't attribute the word to the static. So, instead:]

You were all... boxes.

[Great job.]

[mooninthewater]

Ehehe. "Boxes" is certainly new. Um… yeah, it's attributed to my camouflage. It's… [ Well, "corrupted" sounds bad, doesn't it? Hm. ] It doesn't work like it's supposed to, so sometimes I just get a little glitchy if I'm not paying attention…

[ Read: when he gets over emotional. He's not going to say that, either— ]

I'm alright! I can totally help you with these lanterns, if you'd like.

[simplicitas]

[Pouting:] I don't need help with the lanterns, I just wanted to see if you wanted to hang out.

[He needs help with the lanterns.]

[mooninthewater]

Well, hanging out can be making a lantern together, right~? Maybe we can even make a joint wish.

[simplicitas]

...yeah, maybe.

[If Mizuki wants to help... Elsword is trying to clumsily fold over a piece of the paper right now, maybe he can show his dumbass angel friend how to do it right?]

A joint wish sounds fun. I have a bunch of wishes. What about you?

[mooninthewater]

Yes, of course I do. I don't think there's anyone here who wouldn't, honestly. If they say otherwise, they're absolutely lying, I couldn't be convinced otherwise.

[ Mizuki's going to reach over and gently pull Elsword's hands into his own, "guiding" him to making the folds correctly. You know, if guiding happens to include "doing it for him while holding his hands". ]

[simplicitas]

[No, this is absolutely guiding, what are you on.]

...but what are we gonna wish for?

[mooninthewater]

How about… everyone's safety and good health? Happiness within the grove? Protection for those who need it most?

[simplicitas]

...all of that? All of that.

[Let's do all of that.]

[mooninthewater]

Ehehe, we might need to make more lanterns if we want to do it all in. Those are some pretty big wishes, after all.