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lonesomehearts2020-07-09 12:20 am
happyheartsstaff) wrote in lonesomehearts2020-07-09 12:20 am
SO RESTED HE BY THE TUMTUM TREE ā
AND STOOD AWHILE IN THOUGHT
What an unfortunate time to be short-staffed, when there's so much to do! For days, staff members can be seen bustling about, always on the move. No time to stop and talk ā the Queen is preparing a surprise! Staff members seem to positively hum with excitement. Their numbers are replenished in fits and bursts. Groups of new hotel staff appear all at once, until there seems to be even more of them than there were before the disappearances.
They don't seem to understand who you're talking about, if you ask about those disappearances. "Staff turnover happens in every establishment, dear. Why ā they might have even gotten a promotion!" Aren't you much more interested in the upcoming trip, anyway?
Now that there are more of them, staff members are eager to expand on the surprise. Oh, to see the gardens and the forest! You Oysters are so fortunate that the Queen wishes to show you the wonders of Wonderland. Of course, the forest can be dangerous ā or is it only rumors? The opinion seems to change with every staff member you talk to, and no one can pin down why it might be dangerous. The only consensus seems to be to stay close to your escorts.
And most importantly: please remember the buddy system at all times.
EVENT THREE
Preparations for the Oysters' trip will continue through the 12th. Anyone who would like to utilize the honorary staff prompts from the TDM is welcome to do so, if they haven't already! On the morning of the 13th, characters will be ushered through a back hallway with a series of twists and turns that finally opens into a garden. They will have staff escorts to guide them through the garden and the forest beyond it, and will not return to the hotel for five days.
Throughout the duration of the event (a few days before they leave and a few days after they return to the hotel), characters may find themselves suddenly "bonded" with another character and unable to go more than a dozen feet away from them. Congratulations ā the hotel has selected your buddy for the buddy system! The means by which this is enforced is up to you. It can be an invisible cord that physically won't allow them to leave each other, a tugging that pulls them back together, a sensation of pain at being apart and comfort at being together, or any or all of the above. (For ease of threading purposes, this can be stretched far enough that a private conversation can be held without your character's buddy present, but it may be a little unpleasant.)
This bond will escalate fairly quickly from physical proximity to emotional connection. Characters will begin to feel whatever emotions that their buddy is feeling, and it will eventually progress into feeling physical sensations like pain and hunger as well. At this point, characters may no longer need to stay in close physical proximity, as they will still be with each other emotionally. Characters will only be able to break this when they reach an emotional understanding.
Players who want to participate in the buddy system can sign up to have their buddy RNGed, or those who participated in this prompt on the TDM can have their bond carry over if both players want. Characters who reach an emotional understanding with their buddy before the event is over can end up "bonded" to another buddy, if players would like! This second bond would be up to players to choose.
During the trip, characters may occasionally see a tall figure among the staff accompanying them ā wearing a dark suit with a ceramic rabbit head. He will never seem to be there when characters look for him, but there will be an opportunity for brief interactions. This is particularly true for characters whose previous actions have drawn attention to themselves.
Throughout the duration of the event (a few days before they leave and a few days after they return to the hotel), characters may find themselves suddenly "bonded" with another character and unable to go more than a dozen feet away from them. Congratulations ā the hotel has selected your buddy for the buddy system! The means by which this is enforced is up to you. It can be an invisible cord that physically won't allow them to leave each other, a tugging that pulls them back together, a sensation of pain at being apart and comfort at being together, or any or all of the above. (For ease of threading purposes, this can be stretched far enough that a private conversation can be held without your character's buddy present, but it may be a little unpleasant.)
This bond will escalate fairly quickly from physical proximity to emotional connection. Characters will begin to feel whatever emotions that their buddy is feeling, and it will eventually progress into feeling physical sensations like pain and hunger as well. At this point, characters may no longer need to stay in close physical proximity, as they will still be with each other emotionally. Characters will only be able to break this when they reach an emotional understanding.
Players who want to participate in the buddy system can sign up to have their buddy RNGed, or those who participated in this prompt on the TDM can have their bond carry over if both players want. Characters who reach an emotional understanding with their buddy before the event is over can end up "bonded" to another buddy, if players would like! This second bond would be up to players to choose.
During the trip, characters may occasionally see a tall figure among the staff accompanying them ā wearing a dark suit with a ceramic rabbit head. He will never seem to be there when characters look for him, but there will be an opportunity for brief interactions. This is particularly true for characters whose previous actions have drawn attention to themselves.
SIGN-UPS
BUDDY SYSTEM RNG
Comment using the form below if you would like to sign up to have a bond partner for the event randomly selected for your character.
NPC INTERACTION
Sign up using the form below if you're interested in a brief interaction with Mad March! Please be aware that characters who sign up and have already caught the Queen's attention may find themselves specifically sought out, regardless of what they happen to be doing at the time.
FOREST ENCOUNTER
While in the forest, characters may have a particularly dangerous encounter with a creature who lives there! Comment using the form below if you would like to be RNGed for this group encounter.
PLOTTING COMMENT
If you'd like, you can go ahead and use the below code for your plotting needs!
If you have any questions, please leave them on the first comment to this page. For players who participated in the honorary staff prompt on the TDM and have not yet claimed their bonus item from home, please comment here to request it. These bonus items must meet the same requirements as the AC item reward, and cannot be weapons. Happy plotting!
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Sam Wilson (MCU) | Lan Xichen (The Untamed)
Event Plans: Sam's a former pararescueman, so he's used to outdoor survival and is going to be real glad to get out of the hotel! Anyone who needs help setting up camp will find him willing to lend a hand. He's had a run in with bunny hitman before and drew attention to himself at the last event trying to cause distractions for sneaky sneaking, so he's going to be pretty wary about their chaperone. He also got paper metamorphosis as a superpower tea this time around, so he's going to be playing with that and seeing if he can make a little paper bird messenger.
CR Desires: Anything and everything! Continuing to strengthen the acquaintances and friendships that he has, particularly when it comes to making allies to exchange information and plot against the queen. At this point he's kind of okay with putting a little bit of a target on himself if it means it takes attention of other people - and especially if it means they see him as a troublemaker and think he can't also be a little sneaky, so he might start leaning into that.
Character: Lan Xichen
Event Plans: Running around in the forest on night hunts is pretty standard where he's from so he's feeling very much at home right now! Except for the whole barefoot thing but when. I threw him in the RNG for a bond partner, and for the creature fight! I apologize preemptively for whoever ends up partnered with him and also has to deal with his family. I'm planning on putting up both a toplevel and an open mingle campfire log for camping shenanigans!
He also got Aziraphale's blessings tea so whether or not he's actually fighting the creature, he'll want to bless whoever is to give them extra luck/protection.
CR Desires: Up for anything! I'm excited to get him CR outside of his brothers and brothers-in-law - I'd especially love multiple bond partners to reach an understanding with! He's pretty empathic and almost endlessly patient, so he'll be eager to understand.
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Sam also got a knife from Aziraphale and Crowley who have a small weapons stockpile, and he'd probably direct Jet there if you want him to snag something!
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I hit up Crowley for a knife and CR plotting, so once I get the go ahead, these two should maybe fight a thing or find some other trouble to get into if your creature-fighting slot is full!
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And I would love to do creature fighting with them!! I think I'm probably gonna get Sam injured because it sounds like fun, if you'd be all right with that?
...also do you have a preference on which creature, because man they all look terrifying and enjoyable
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As for the creature, they definitely all look awesome, but I think my first choices would either be Bandersnatch or jub-jub bird!
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I'm gonna get a toplevel up for Sam tomorrow, so I can throw a prompt in for them?
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Re: Sam Wilson (MCU) | Lan Xichen (The Untamed)
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