EVENT PLOTTING #3

[oblivium]

PLOTTING POST | EVENT #3

Welcome to Nightfell's third plotting post! You'll find the whole thing in its entirety just below, rather than a summary, which we figure will help you decide exactly how you'd like your character to react to certain things, etc. This is not the event log! The actual log will go up on the 7th.
Please use the form below in order to plot for the event! If you're a new player, you can comment here !

SUBJECT LINE: YOUR HANDLE <b>Player:</b> intro if you're new! <b>Contact:</b> <b>Time zone:</b> <b>Character (s):</b> <b>Canon (s):</b> <b>Info (if necessary / a link is fine!):</b> <b>Plans for the event and/or in general:</b> <b>Anything else?</b>

LOG EVENT #3

I. COLD HANDS, WARM HEART

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From December through January, high winds gradually rise all across the Netherworld, large flakes of snow causing white-out condition. The wind howls and whistles, blades of icy gusts cutting through your clothes as frost clings to your hair and lashes. No matter where you are, you feel its glacial, bone-chilling force, and no matter what you do, you quickly find that nothing keeps you warm. You're freezing, shivering, teeth chattering. Fire and the proximity of others may offer brief reprieves, so bundle up and find a cuddling partner before you crystalize. If you don't have a Soulmate, now might be the time to search for one.

Unfortunately, when it rains, it pours. Some of you may experience sudden, intense headaches, followed by a sense of panic. Your chest tightens. Your head swims. Your lungs ice over, and you know then: someone's messing with your home in the Shadowlands.

► If you're already in your home, stay alert as light goes out: squint through the dark, and you'll soon be able to distinguish an enormous figure. Krampus.
► If you're anywhere in Stygia and are unable to teleport, crossing the Tempest is particularly perilous on your own, though if you explain what's going on to a Ferryman, they'll oblige.
► Luckily, Krampus doesn't seem extremely interested in your Tethers, but it's entirely possible that he damages a few while being in your home. He's mostly interested in you, and whether you've been a good Restless.

If you feel like your character's done a decent job at silencing their Shadow, Krampus will curse them; every full moons through December and January, they'll be compelled to tell a significant lie. A single lie can be told multiple times to different and/or the same people, and multiple lies can also be told multiple times to different and/or the same people. If, on the other hand, you feel as though they've been struggling -- or worse, enjoying its presence -- Krampus will give them a unique coin: everywhere you go, it'll loudly comment on anyone within 10 feet, giving a brief but accurate description of what your character truly thinks of them. You can't get rid of it, but after its first use, it'll disintegrate within a couple of weeks.

II. DON'T LEAF ME HANGIN'

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Kiss kiss fall in love, it's mistletoe time! And its provenance is a little gruesome: some Restless have been coughing them up due to the floral disease affecting Stygia's citizens, and for reasons unknown, the plant's made itself a home in tree branches, bushes, and ceilings. Having the time of its life, probably! Some sprites have taken a liking to them, and started worshipping them as flowery entities. It's believed among them that kissing underneath the mistletoe is the greatest way to honor said entities, while refusing to is a terrible affront; the sprites will start following you and pranking you in retaliation.

► If you walk under mistletoe along with someone else and refuse to/do not kiss, you'll be followed by a sprite for 24 hours, during which they'll prank (see list below*) and just generally annoy you. Only one sprite at a time will follow you, even if you walk again under mistletoe within the 24 hours time frame.
► If you walk alone under mistletoe, this unnamed creature will stalk you from the shadows, whispering and trying to coax you closer, promising delightful kisses you'll never forget. In truth, it just wants to devour your tongue, a delicacy. It'll give up after 12 hours, and will never follow you inside your home.
► An old woman sells mistletoe berry tarts in the Marketplace, and claims it'll help anyone who suffers from insomnia. She's not wrong! One bite and you'll fall dead asleep within the hour, and only a kiss will be able to awaken you. Sweet dreams, sleeping beauty!
► If you do wind up kissing anyone under the mistletoe, you'll find it easier to deal with your Shadow through the month, a blessing from the sprites! If, on the other hand, you don't partake in kissing endeavors, your Shadow will seem louder than usual.

Additionally, many patrons in Mirth host festive soirées throughout December. If you feel like dancing, singing, drinking eggnog and eating delicious hors d'oeuvres, wear your ugliest festive sweater and have some fun! Just be careful, as mistletoe will 100% find its way inside these venues!

PRANK LIST

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*you can either RNG or choose! all effects disappear within 24 hours. can be pranked multiple times within 24 hours.

► the sprite enchants your clothing to make them colder and colder.
► the sprite swaps your character's voice with someone else's.
► the sprite steals an object that belongs to you and puts it in another character's pocket/room.
► your breathing becomes loud and obnoxious.
► when it snows, you perceive every flake as a human face.
► everything you eat tastes like ashes.
► you feel compelled to scream everything you say.
► you think you are the world's greatest bard, so sing your heart out!
► you gain a forked tongue.
► when breathing out in cold weather, you exhale black smoke instead of white breath.
► anomalous orifices begin appearing on your body, such as mouths, eye sockets, etc.
► you can now hear all heartbeats within 10 feet of you.
► you hallucinate a worm in your chest trying to eat its way out. you can’t feel it, but the skin on your torso ripples as it burrows beneath.
► you feel like your body is slowly melting, like a candle with a too hot flame. it's not.
► your ears constantly hear a repeating brief tune.

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ooc note

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Comments

nu

[paraselenes]

Player: nu
Contact: scythed, pm, or ask for my discord handle! feel free to add me on plurk
Time zone: EST

Character (s): Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd
Canon (s): Fire Emblem: Three Hopes
Info: permissions and the usual c+p, dimitri is the king of a fantasy catholic nation that's embroiled in a continent-wide war; he's serious, polite, sincere, and chronically overworking, but used to a certain amount of distance because of his status. very much the gallant knightly type on the wrapper, with a lot of compassion and also Anger Issues underneath, he's about | | this close to a breakdown and constantly near death.

Plans for the event and/or in general:

• he'll be going to the 👻shadowlands👻 for sure, if anyone would like to do room visits! he'll probably have the coin from the krampus though his honest opinions on people are rarely a surprise :') they can kiss beside their tethers.....
  
• speaking of, let's do 🎄mistletoe🎄 wherever! some characters (15 y/os, etc) may automatically get a forehead smoochy even if it leaves both of them cursed. he's useless so i can't promise kisses but i will make it work/happen
  
• have you dreamed of being a 🤡clown?🤡? no? let's do it anyway. what about being a nude model? he'd rather die, but we'll figure something out
  
• would you prefer to 🤝hold hands🤝 instead of smoochin it up? perfectly valid alternative
  
• do you need a 💙soulmate💙 or crushing existential conversations about it? sounds like a great shadowlands activity to me, though soulmates comes at the caveat of a "oh noooo i'm so terrible and awful you should find someone else" conversation
  
• are you unaccustomed to the ❄️cold❄️ seasons? this is his white boy wearing shorts and sandals in winter niche, let's sit by the fire or cuddle or something, wow there's a lot of skinship this month

as is likely obvious, i have no active brain cells rn, please just hit me with whatever

Anything else? in general i tend to slow down/drop old threads when a new month rolls around, but please do give me a poke if you'd like to continue something!

[executory]

wait i was gonna ask for a kiss but is nude model dimitri on the table 😳

[paraselenes]

i really didn't think anyone was going to pick this one

he's working so hard for cash he'd CONSIDER IT but he'd flee if he saw someone he recognized. is this what you want.

[appeale]

I WANT TO KISS also ruby is probably trying to decide rn whether being soulmates with dimitri makes him more reliable as a lifeline or will just ruin everything........

[paraselenes]

girl is so valid for sizing up her choices even if dimitri is a terrible choice for a soulmate :') i'm totally up for mistletoe!! he'd try something lame like a forehead kiss but i am happy to provide some actual chuus

[terraria]

pwease warm him up dimitri uwu

more seriously, assuming we can handwave the oct thread, i'd love to check back in on these two!! esp with house visits in the shadowlands ooooo

[paraselenes]

GEJPISJKGIKSJergk come into his big strong (warm) arms aspen

but yeah absolutely, let's do it!! areadbhar could end up in aspen's room if you'd like to venture there, and dimitri is willing to let basically anyone into his room too. we can throw in some body heat meme for fun too, fun bonus

[pyojeol]

i wanna do shadowlands... i wanna see the faerghus diorama

also mistletoe kiss so that dimitri can apologize to hsy and reject her for a second time

[paraselenes]

THE MINI FAERGHUS DIORAMA okay that's fine. the rejection is less fine. i hate you more than anything.

[declass]

🕴

[paraselenes]

STOP

i want an age appropriate chuu.. they can bond over being from cold places but still being fucking cold

[dodgeouttahell]

how awkward would it be to have zag burst through the door while dimi is posing

[paraselenes]

I'M LOSING IT

no joke, he would PROBABLY... FLEE....... would you like this yackety sax experience

[lackluster]

i want them to continue getting into embarrassing situations but it's hard to pick which one

nu help

[paraselenes]

things they want to do: fight

things that they are forced to do: twerk

but okay here's some propositions: one of them eats sleepy pie and the other has to kiss them awake, they're both from fantasy coldland but get defeated by the cold, mistlefoe with the weird stalking beast but they end up mistletoed to each other anyway, or they're clowns and cursed by sprites

does any of that sound embarrassing enough

[ittoryu]

throws dart

let's be clowns together

[paraselenes]

THE THINGS I DO FOR MY JAN THREADS

okay i guess they're clowns now. cold and clowns.

[wrists]

i'm ok with handwaving our breakout thread, whatever you're feeling! we can assume that dimitri did not let the abysmal kill laurent (lol why not tho) and now laurent feels salty and in his debt.

[paraselenes]

god i've been super slow since december started, yes absolutely we can assume that!!

dimitri: i'll protect u
laurent: okay nerd
dimitri: protects him
laurent: i hate this?

did you have a preference for anything? dealing with the cold, shadowlands, fighting under mistletoe, i'm game for whatever

[windsongs]

hey dimitri is this you

But okay seriously, activity for me absolutely sucked in November and I want to give these two a reason to Work Things Out. aka have her be really freaking angry at him for getting her arrested, but also come here you piece of shit I'm not letting either of us get cursed.

[hexgem]

i'm sorry for dropping the ball on our quest thread- i got slapped with covid at the end of november- but i would love to continue developing this CR!

[ulfrkysst]

cold climate companions.... freezing friends... amiable arctic alliance........

anyway i want a crushing existential conversation

[prozaic]

this entire thing reads like a really sus ad and makes me laugh

i would like to continue something with shalem and dimitri...! shadowlands stuff and existential conversations about why they're bad soulmate material would be fun since shalem is gonna be there more often but he's also v cold, he's just a poor lil snakey

[uncourteous]

nu, what shameful options do we have left....

i just want a skinship option. i am a simple man. ... and idk about crises, but callisto can always listen and try to hype him... in his own way. i feel like this will not go the way its planned at all. ends up with convo about how shrek and donkey do the dirty instead

[redsoil]

punches your arm, it's time for set to go running to dimitri like "DIMITRI IT'S SNOW!!!!"