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IC MEME: THIS IS HALLOWEEN
HALLOWMEME
▶ 001. THIS IS HALLOWEEN.
After a successful mission, LILITH gives orders for agents. While some are told to stay behind in England to collect more data or provide more assistance, others are told they can begin coming home to rest and recover. Upon arrival in Neo Tokyo, things are business as usual. There are the typical post-operation checkups and maybe even some paperwork involved but once it's all taken care of, they are granted free leave. Some of the younger members of LILITH might ask the Outsiders what their plans are for the holidays and some of the friendlier ones might even invite them to go to various bars or Halloween events around the city.
It's a week before Halloween and parts of Neo Tokyo are getting ready for the festivities. Everyone says Shibuya is the place to be for a real good time but there's no shortage of events in other parts of the city. Department stores advertise sales on Halloween decorations and candies. Costume stores suddenly appear where old businesses have closed down. Arcades promote zombie shooters and other horror experiences.
It's a week before Halloween and parts of Neo Tokyo are getting ready for the festivities. Everyone says Shibuya is the place to be for a real good time but there's no shortage of events in other parts of the city. Department stores advertise sales on Halloween decorations and candies. Costume stores suddenly appear where old businesses have closed down. Arcades promote zombie shooters and other horror experiences.
▶ 002. everybody make a scene.
Life in the city is hard, especially if you're a business owner. The constant threat and uncertainty of kaiju attacks and the effect they have on society just add an extra level of difficulty to things. As a result, there are many empty and abandoned stores across the city during most of the year. However, in October, these empty buildings suddenly come to life when a specialized costume store rents out the spaces for the season.
These stores sell costumes ranging from cheap cat ear headbands to elaborate, tailor made costumes that cost at least one month's rent. The most popular costumes, however, are virtual style upgrades. This option allows you to rent or purchase your own costume via download. While these costumes can range in price like the physical costumes, at least they don't take up closet space.
Unfortunately, this retailer isn't really known for their digital integrity so the costumes are prone to glitching. They might randomly switch to a new costume or disappear altogether leaving you in a pretty awkward situation. Alternatively, some virtual style upgrades may give Outsiders a temporary body modification to fit their theme. Those vampire fangs? They aren't fake. How about a real werewolf tail? Anything goes as long as it is not game breaking and follow the general game rules. All effects will subside at 6am on November 1st.
At the end of the holidays, the company will issue an apology letter and refund along with one free costume (via style upgrade) for the trouble.
These stores sell costumes ranging from cheap cat ear headbands to elaborate, tailor made costumes that cost at least one month's rent. The most popular costumes, however, are virtual style upgrades. This option allows you to rent or purchase your own costume via download. While these costumes can range in price like the physical costumes, at least they don't take up closet space.
Unfortunately, this retailer isn't really known for their digital integrity so the costumes are prone to glitching. They might randomly switch to a new costume or disappear altogether leaving you in a pretty awkward situation. Alternatively, some virtual style upgrades may give Outsiders a temporary body modification to fit their theme. Those vampire fangs? They aren't fake. How about a real werewolf tail? Anything goes as long as it is not game breaking and follow the general game rules. All effects will subside at 6am on November 1st.
At the end of the holidays, the company will issue an apology letter and refund along with one free costume (via style upgrade) for the trouble.
▶ 003. It's our town, everybody scream.
Don't ask how the arcades got your contact information but throughout the week, Outsiders will receive messages via their oculars bombarding them with advertisements for new horror virtual experiences. Even if you trash everything, you'll find yourself slammed with more advertisements on the train, on the bus, and random street signs. If the constant advertisements aren't enough, maybe a little bit of subliminal messaging embedded in the ads will make you think... why not give it a try?
Whether you are truly interested in the virtual experiences or not, you might find yourselves swinging by one of the many virtual arcades in the city and paying for their newest experience: A virtual haunted house. By linking implants with virtual reality technology, the arcade creates the ultimate horror experience.
Everyone will start off in a haunted house. Their mission is to explore the rooms and hallways to find a way out. However, characters might notice something is up with the rooms. Some of the rooms might look strangely familiar to the player and some of the virtual jumpscares and horrors might look like monsters or figures from their memories. It looks like simulation is syncing with the users to create a custom horror experience for each user and everyone can join in.
The haunted house is just a game. The horrors won't physically harm you but they're still designed to get your heart racing, the adrenaline going, and blood pumping as you battle your deepest horrors for "fun."
Whether you are truly interested in the virtual experiences or not, you might find yourselves swinging by one of the many virtual arcades in the city and paying for their newest experience: A virtual haunted house. By linking implants with virtual reality technology, the arcade creates the ultimate horror experience.
Everyone will start off in a haunted house. Their mission is to explore the rooms and hallways to find a way out. However, characters might notice something is up with the rooms. Some of the rooms might look strangely familiar to the player and some of the virtual jumpscares and horrors might look like monsters or figures from their memories. It looks like simulation is syncing with the users to create a custom horror experience for each user and everyone can join in.
The haunted house is just a game. The horrors won't physically harm you but they're still designed to get your heart racing, the adrenaline going, and blood pumping as you battle your deepest horrors for "fun."
▶ 004. the neighbors gonna die of fright.
Halloween isn't Halloween without candy. Even if you aren't actively trick or treating, you might be offered a "trick or treat" when you go out. The convenience store cashiers will ask you to take candy from a box, restaurants toss in a random freebie, and you can even go out and buy yourself a limited edition bag for the holiday. These candies come in various types and flavors but the real appeal is the trick or treat aspect.
If you get a "treat" you'll be rewarded with a burst of energy and you'll experience a sugar rush for a certain amount of time. The candy can even make you feel happy or excited the way most people feel when they get free candy.
If you get a "trick" option, everything will seem normal at first but you might notice something is... off. You can't shake it off but you feel like you're being watched. Out of the corner of your eye, you feel like you see something but when you turn to look at it, it's gone. This candy gives you a feeling of dread and paranoia.
Whether you're treated to a euphoric sugar rush or wired with anxiety, you might have trouble sleeping at night. They say the effects are temporary but everyone metabolizes a little differently so there's no telling exactly how long these will last. Dr. Spim and Alex will advise anyone experiencing prolonged effects to come seek medical treatment which consists of relaxing tea, comfortable sweaters, cozy blankets, and aromatherapy candles that come in fun scents like caramel apple, pumpkin spice, cinnamon and brown sugar, and more.
If you get a "treat" you'll be rewarded with a burst of energy and you'll experience a sugar rush for a certain amount of time. The candy can even make you feel happy or excited the way most people feel when they get free candy.
If you get a "trick" option, everything will seem normal at first but you might notice something is... off. You can't shake it off but you feel like you're being watched. Out of the corner of your eye, you feel like you see something but when you turn to look at it, it's gone. This candy gives you a feeling of dread and paranoia.
Whether you're treated to a euphoric sugar rush or wired with anxiety, you might have trouble sleeping at night. They say the effects are temporary but everyone metabolizes a little differently so there's no telling exactly how long these will last. Dr. Spim and Alex will advise anyone experiencing prolonged effects to come seek medical treatment which consists of relaxing tea, comfortable sweaters, cozy blankets, and aromatherapy candles that come in fun scents like caramel apple, pumpkin spice, cinnamon and brown sugar, and more.
▶ AFTERWORD.
This is an IC Meme! A light kind of event that is game canon.
All comments in this event count for 1 point towards October AC. We won't be answering any questions for a meme like this and hope you have fun!
All comments in this event count for 1 point towards October AC. We won't be answering any questions for a meme like this and hope you have fun!
Jessica Alkirk | Lunar | Redemption
[For someone who made such a big deal about the bunny glitch when she got her style upgrade, Jessica sure is dressing herself up as a cat without complaints. Maybe it's because she picked the look this time, or maybe it has something to do with a certain boy being fond of cats... either way, she's got white cat ears and a moving white cat tail, and she's wearing a short white dress and a little bell necklace. Whiskers have been painted on over her cheek marks.
She spins around in front of the mirror at the costume shop, examining the outfit from different angles.]
Hmmm, is this enough? What do you think? We don't have a celebration like this on my world.
Everybody Scream
AHHHH!
[Sorry, were you using that arm? Hopefully not, because Jessica has latched onto it, gripping it tight as a virtual monster pops out and jumpscares her. You're not getting it back anytime soon.]
W-w-why is this part of this stupid holiday?
[She was promised candy! Why is everything suddenly haunted???? She wants to be at a fun festival, not walking down a spooky hallway with ghosts popping out of random nooks.]
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Make a scene
I think it's pretty lit. You got the whole cutesy cat girl thing down pat. [He's in his human cloaked look, holding a cowboy costume under his arm, yet to try it on.] Halloween is strictly about vibes anyway.
no subject
Good! I'll go with this, then. It's cute and comfy.
[And it's much less revealing than the bunny costume, thank goodness. Especially now that the weather is turning colder.]
Show me what you picked.
no subject
Okay, okay, go with me here. I'm a ninja normally, but- what if I was a cowboy? [He holds up the plastic bag. The costume looks decent for a Halloween costume. The front image was a man in a button-up shirt, chaps, a bandana and a cowboy hat.]
no subject
[She's not sure how the seasons work here, either, but she'd rather be prepared and not spend her evening chilly like she was at the gala before Leo gave her his jacket.
She looks over the picture of the costume, humming thoughtfully.
It doesn't look anything like a cow.]I like the bandana. People around here don't wear enough patterns. I'm worried a hat that big might wear you, though. Try it on.
no subject
People are scared of true fashion. A pattern is soooo the way to go. Good point on the hat though. [He opens the bag, shaking out the scrunched hat. It pops into shape.
It is also as predicted, comically big as Leo puts it on, obscuring most of his face.] Ah, I see your point. Or... don't see it I guess.
no subject
[The drama has to justify the shivering.
She eyes the hat, nodding.]
If you find a smaller one, and wear it tilted back a little, it could work.
[She looks around the shop for an appropriately sized alternative.]
everyone scream
You think that was scary? That's nothing.
[ and then another one shows up behind him and he yelps ]
no subject
‘Nothing’, huh?
[She’s maintaining her death grip on his arm, because at least in this house of horrors, they’re in it together.]
C’mon, we should keep moving. There’s gotta be a way out of here.
no subject
[ excuses, excuses. he tries to wiggle his arm free from her grasp, but alas... it does not work ]
Fine. Pick a direction.
[ since he's already turned around ]
no subject
She eyes the various doors, ruling out the one they came in through, and chooses the left door just based on vibes. Usually the way to get through labyrinthine buildings is to just wander, picking up loot, until you find the true path through.]
Let's go this way!
[And sure enough, as she drags Hunter through the left door, Jessica spots a closed treasure chest in the middle of a dead-end room. They'll have to double-back, but at least they'll have an item to show for it.
(Except the treasure this time is a monster jump scare. The house is picking up cues from Jessica's memory for this one, and sometimes chests are enemy encounters in disguise.)]
no subject
That's obviously a trap. Don't fall for it!
[ he fully expects to get ignored ]
Astarion Ancunin | Baldur's Gate 3 | Brimstone
[The appearance of all these costume shops hasn't passed Astarion's notice. It was rather disappointing that this seeming influx of new clothing stores were just silly outfits for a holiday he has never heard of, but it was still a nice diversion to stop and window shop the ridiculous looks.
He is currently studying some vampire costumes adorning a family of mannequins, hand to chin as if he were studying some work of art. He remarks:]
I don't know if I'm more insulted by how cliched and tacky these are, or how accurate they truly are.
002. Virtual Haunted House
CW: Vampirism, possible discussion of abuse, torture, starvation
[If asked, he would say he was dragged into the haunted house experience, but he had wanted to do it. See what possible terrors someone could come up with that would scare him, a man that had seen too many horrors.
Many of the rooms were almost laughable even as it left some of the people he was stuck in the room with terrified to their core (one room had just been a stable full of wandering horses that left a woman crying on the floor), and some had some unsettling elements but were easy enough to get through.
As he enters another room, a cold dread immediately fills him. It was an all too familiar scene: a dining room, that could be called opulent if the room wasn't dark, cobwebs filling corners, a palace gone to waste. There's a table, decorated with a candelabra with three lit candles providing dim light, barely illuminating the table. On one side of it, where an empty seat is, is a plate with a rotting rat on it. At the other end sits two men. One is tied up in a chair, gagged, eyes wide and terrified. The other...
The other man isn't that imposing physically, but the aura around him is thick and rancid. He's a handsome elf, with a clear, pale complexion and long, shiny black hair that was slicked back on his head, dressed in medieval noble finery. The smile on his face is calm and collected, but with a twist to the corners that reflect in his eyes. Something unspeakably evil. He sits at the head of the table in an elaborate chair, hands folded on the table as he waits, staring at those that just entered the room. Red eyes that glint in the near dark.
Astarion is frozen in place, trembling.]
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Eek! [She gasps and wraps her arms around herself, trying and failing to keep from visibly shuddering.] This guy's WAY too creepy!
[Isn't this supposed to be a fun holiday activity? Why's this terrifying person part of it?]
Sorry this is a million years late, work has been a nightmare
"Creepy" is far from the appropriate word for him...
[He hisses.
As if that were the cue, Cazador stands from his seat, his sharp, predator eyes turning to Jessica.
"I was wondering why you were so late, Astarion," Cazador says in that cheerful way that belies the psychotic ire of disappointment, "but it seems you were bringing me a better meal than I have already prepared."
Astarion makes a small sound, but is frozen once more at that familiar tone.]
Leonardo Hamato | ROTTMNT | Revelation
[To say Leonardo doesn't hesitate to come back to Neo Tokyo fast would be an understatement. He does not want to see England ever again. Never!!!
Maybe when he's like old and cranky or something.He's more than happy to focus on Halloween as it quickly approaches.Even with the whole human cloak disguise cramping his style, Leonardo will not turn down the chance to enjoy Halloween. Never ever. Sure, he couldn't go with the tried and true classic of Alien from Jupiter Jim, but he could diversify for once. The teenager if anything is trying out new things.
He skips over any costumes coming from tech to something made of fabric to put over his body. He doesn't trust the tech won't clash with each other somehow.
Leo is holding up a plastic-bagged cowboy outfit, then a more expected sci-fi silvery jumpsuit that comes with a dome helmet. Normally, he would coordinate with his brothers, but after the human fiasco in Englad, he kind of wants to do his own thing.]
One is more for tradition, and the other is because I'd look great as a cowboy. The real question is which one suits me best. I mean, I'm hot enough for anything, T B H.
[He does indeed say 'tbh' like that.]
Everybody scream
[The constant almost belligerent ads are what finally make Leo cave to try out this dumdum stinky VR experience. It honestly can't be that scary? Right? He'll probably just blitz through it, no problem. He has faced off way worse than a haunted house.
Unfortunately, that is not the case. This place is set on scaring him stupid. The house creaks with each step, the lights flicker, and it smells musty enough the turtle forgets it's all fake occasionally.
After the second jumpscare, Leonardo is more carefully walking through the mansion. Clearly very on edge.]
Whyyyy did I dooo this to myselllfffff- [He is singing to himself, nervously. Weirdly, the teenager does seem to have a nice singing voice amidst the terror. Maybe he has a future in show tunes if he doesn't keel over from this. Or, you know, Kaiju fights.
Something jumps out from the side and Leonardo jolts upwards with a undignified shriek, scrabbling across a wall.]
Trick Thine Treats
[Inability to actually sleep doesn't even register as odd in Leonardo's mind. He already has some intense insomnia, so, he's just coasting by. Unintentionally making it worse with the candy he's been collecting.
He's lurking in base in the recreation area, a small bucket of candy with him. The turtle operating on negative sleep as he digs through the bucket one handed. The other is holding up a book. A book he's only kind of reading.]
Man, I wish they had this kind of candy out all year. It's a crazy rush.
toji fushiguro | jujutsu kaisen