nightooc | EVENT PLOTTING #3

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 !

LOG EVENT #3

I. COLD HANDS, WARM HEART

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'

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

*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.

ooc note

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I'm cross-posting it to my Ao3 account, check your alerts

And JzjJJfhdhdh god she would probably run away from him on sight so it's gonna have to be a really ridiculous curse to get them both to stick around

What if they sang instead of speaking or swapped voices

Or believed they were melting

those are hilarious options but i am not sure i can rp sasuke singing, i might have a conniption

SWAPPED VOICES i'm crying at the thought of sasuke's deep ass voice coming out of fukawa's tiny body (i don't even know what she sounds like so you'd have to link me a clip)

honestly... the melting could work too. "the sprite steals an object that belongs to you and puts it in another character's pocket/room." or this one? FORCED INTERACTION

;LKJA;FLKJASD it's just linkin park's Numb on repeat

no but actually i think the item going missing option might involve the most interaction, although the voice swap would be hysterical. This is a decent voice comparison, gotta say my fave voices for her are Miyuki Sawashiro and Amanda Celine Miller. Though I might be biased towards the latter because the absolute turdmuffin energy in Ultra Despair Girls is flawless.

Which of the two would you prefer?? Curse-wise I mean

WHAT HAVE YOU LINKED ME

i'm crying, i love both the Miyuki and Amanda voices so much. i think the voice idea is funny IN THEORY but maybe won't come across as well in a text-based format... and ur right that the item misplacement would offer more opportunity for interaction. does fukawa have any Special Items that she cherishes and would go ballistic if they went missing?

Just a taste of what you can look forward to with Fukawa as your friend

And hsjdhdheheh FAIR POINT, I'll just have voice swap serenades in my dreams!!

Honestly the only thing right now might be her scissors+holster, because Syo would be livid, but also maybe a manuscript she's working on...how about Sauce? What does he treasure ~~besides Naruto~~

i have been deliberating on this and the only things i can come up with are 1) his sword, 2) naruto's jacket that he found after naruto vanished for the month (a pretty gay option but idk if he'd push THAT hard to get it back), or 3) his scratched hitai-ate/forehead protector. 1 and 3 he'd definitely want back if only for ninja-related reasons. 2 he might just abandon because he's tsun.

scissors+holster would be funny but not sure if Syo would come into play/if you'd want her to?? what sort of content would be on the manuscript... sasuke would probably just throw it away LKMFSLKFMSD

God his tsun, SHAKES HIM LIKE A RAT

I wish I could pick that because maybe we could finagle a way to talk about sweet bb Naruto, but I suppose that is still a very tender spot in his heart and she is public enemy #1. Maybe sword?

And ;alkjdf;lask okay perf he can have her scissors, maybe if the objects disappear immediately after they abandon mistletoe but they're back at their respective homesteads, so they have to somehow keep in contact or accompany each other to their apartments. Maybe we can find a way to bring up Naruto anyway, or...hanahaki/Byakuya/anything else to ease down their hackles.

Also man, I am not sure bringing out Syo would be a good idea. Fukawa hates and fears him so strongly right now her first instinct would be to attack on sight, even if she has no context (as they share feelings not memories ;;). This is RP and there's always a way to work around it but yes maybe let's just play it by ear? She can always come hassle him later too

i like the poetry of them both losing their weapons to each other as mortal enemies IM DOWN FOR THIS

yeah i was thinking items disappear right after mistletoe chaos?? sasuke would be like "you are the culprit" immediately bc everything wrong in his life is fukawa's fault obviously (he's a dramatic bitch). he would notice pretty quickly, since he carries his sword everywhere.

also sasuke lives in... the woods... but her scissors can just end up in his bag maybe

THAT IS FAIR THO, we can save syo for a rainy day. i saw your top level so i'll tag into that when i can!

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