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hythlodaeus ([personal profile] hythlodaeus) wrote in [community profile] victory_road2021-10-24 06:01 pm

Harvest Festival - Open to All - Prizes to Win

Who: Hythlodaeus, Emet-Selch, Ghosts & You
Where: Egglysium Lodge & Ranch (South of Goldenrod)
When: Mid-October to Mid-November
Summary: Festivities abound! There are games to play, frights to have, shiny applin to win, and ghosts to catch.



Hythlodaeus' sprawling ranch has been all done up for the spooky harvest season- including himself. He's dressed as a Grim Reaper, face paint and all. The premises consists of a large lodge, a couple barns, a stable, and a sizeable lake all positioned on the hilly fields. Bales of hay dot the land. Should you show up as the sun sets, dozens of jack-o-lanterns light the path up to the main area where lights and decorations are strung around. The main decor theme seems to be "skeleton", and the visitors may enjoy the projected interpretation of such pokemon skeletons as spinaraks, gengars, and grimers.

There is food aplenty on the tables, mostly consisting of hot stews, fresh pies, doughnuts, and ciders. For the adults, Hythlodaeus will spike the cider with some spiced rum if asked. There is a modest price tag on these items, though there is a sign stating that wearing a costume earns free food. You did remember to wear a costume, right? Or perhaps there is something in your bag or around you could cobble to convince the proprietor?



Haunted Hay Ride

Once the sun sets, you may queue up with a buddy or dare to ride alone with only the cart driver as your company. The cart driver is, of course, Hythlodaeus. His cart horses are none other than his shiny Rapidash done up quite appropriately in their own skeleton paint. As you ride, ghost pokemon will come up to spook you... And only some of them are trained for the event! There are a rather lot of wild ghosts out here in no small part by Hythlodaeus' own breeding efforts. Hythlodaeus may have befriended them, but he cannot guarantee that one might not attack!

... Not that he warns you of this specifically. Well, in any case, if they're wild, they can be caught, too, right? There are Yamask, Drifloon, Sandyghast, Shuppets, Sinistea, and Ghastly, not to mention the wild swaming Pumpkaboo! There are some Pokemon actors, of course. Will you be harangued by a roaring Zoroark? Perhaps the Gyarados in the lake might jump out to surprise you as the cart slows by the water and the sandyghast form from the sandy banks.

((ooc: Players can ride solo or with a friend. If you would like to ride solo, I can work all the various spooks, otherwise feel free to take control of the ride!))

Bobbing for Applin

((ooc: So, I have a stock of shiny applin that can actually be won here. Please reply to the post below this one letting me know that your character is trying this out so I can keep it all tidy. I will roll a die for you. Depending on how this goes, I'll allow extra tries. Great rewards may follow. Feel free to react to others' fortune or misfortune.))

By the lake, there are four enormous wooden tubs filled with water and by the looks of it, green apples. Hythlodaeus has strung a banner across two trees reading TRICK OR TREAT. Should you try to simply reach for one, they will seemingly just float away... But if you bob for one properly, try not to bite down too hard! As you take the Pokemon from your mouth, you might or might not notice the green coming away slightly.

Only some of these are the genuine article, but they will let you know in short order... in the shape of a Sucker Punch. What has he been breeding these things with?! Well... He might let you keep it for your trouble.

Hay Maze

As you approach the maze built with bales of hay, you realize that all the food tables are on the other size of it, and it looks like the quickest way might actually be to go straight through. I mean, c'mon, it was made for kids, right? It can't be that hard...

Well. That's what you thought twenty minutes ago. You were following your nose to the feast, but that seems to have led you astray. Will you take the right turns to get out, or will the different scents confuse you? As you look up and see all the cutiefly, you note that there might be some foul play at work. Should you take enough wrong turns, you will find yourself in the center, greeted by an enormous Tropius costumed like a pumpkin just eating stacks of pumpkin pies. And by its engorged belly are some pokemon eggs painted like pumpkins... Do you dare approach?

((ooc: those are some pretty special Tropius eggs there! Feel free to play with each other or engage with the Tropius. He will see if you are worthy of one of his kin. Or perhaps a half eaten pie.))

Cutiefly Races

There really is something for everyone, huh? As you approach the little race track, you note the Cutieflies dressed and ready to race. What must this all be about? There are nine cutieflies altogether, and aren't they darling?

1- Werewolf
2- Vampire
3- Mummy
4- Ghost
5- Witch
6- Skeleton
7- Devil
8- Zombie
9- Spider

Who will win, for all the marbles? The marbles being a bag of candycorn, that is. You can buy a bag of candycorn for just 50p or make your own bets amongst one another. Well, until the end.

On 11/15, everyone who has participated in the races will be entered into the final race. The winner will obtain their very own shiny cutiefly.


This is not a mod run event. If you have questions or concerns, feel free to post below, DM me or message me at horsechiffon on plurk or Horse#8008 on Discord. Zorn is also helping with it, and he's Zornsable on plurk!

Please feel free to use this as a backdrop for your own purposes as well! The pumpkaboo and gourgeist swarm should be overlapping with part of this.
shiro2hero: (aw lookit the kids suplex each other)

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2021-12-21 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
Then... they'd probably go to the ranch. Or to your friends.

[Hopefully. But he's going for reassuring here, not depressing.]
wrappedwarm: (pic#14917232)

[personal profile] wrappedwarm 2021-12-21 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope so. I caught a wooper... He just stood there, I don't know if it knows.

[There wasn't a single thought in that head.] I think somethings wrong with it.
shiro2hero: (y i k e s dot jpg)

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2021-12-22 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
... You know I think Woopers are just.



Like that.
wrappedwarm: (pic#14917251)

[personal profile] wrappedwarm 2021-12-22 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a solid second of staring, then she just let said pokemon out. And... Yeah, he just stared up at the two humans, the other pokemon. That wide smile in place.

Pawniard...Pawniard looked at him for a moment, then sidestepped back.

All the while, Mikasa said nothing. Just look at him, look at the boy.]
shiro2hero: (HAHA dad jokes are great)

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2021-12-23 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
[It probably should be weird, the little wooper sitting there with no one at home upstairs. But... honestly?]

[It's adorable.]

[He hunkers down, offering his hand out to the pokemon.]


Hey buddy. You're just happy to exist, huh?

[personal profile] rollstoseduce 2021-12-26 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Raising your voice to make yourself be known is a power move and Jaskier respects it. He isn't a small person like her -the opposite in fact- but people do like to ignore him (boy, was he family good at that) so he understands fighting to be heard. More power to Yachi!]

It's lovely to meet you, Hitoka Yachi. [He tilts his head as he repeats the name under his breath, thinking.] That sounds like Kirishima and his friends. Are you mayhap from the same land? With the alphabet with the thousand little lines?

[Kanji. He means kanji.]
Edited (typos) 2021-12-26 17:18 (UTC)
wrappedwarm: (pic#14917217)

[personal profile] wrappedwarm 2021-12-26 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's no reaction to him, though a few seconds later the wooper turned his head to stare at Shiro's face. A soft 'woo'... The hand got nothing. Partly because the pokemon didn't have arms, but he didn't even acknowledge the hand. Still smiling.]

He's always like this. Even when I give him food.
shiro2hero: (HAHA dad jokes are great)

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2021-12-27 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
Good boy.

[With no apparent objection, Shiro reaches out to gently give the little guy a few pets.]

I think he's okay, Mikasa. Really. Woopers are probably just like this.
chirpier: (pic#14240895)

[personal profile] chirpier 2021-12-27 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah—

[ those sound very much like japanese names, and yachi has spoken to kirishima at least once over the network— it’s easier to put two and two together. ]

You mean Kanji! In that case, ah, yes—! We’re both from Japan. [ and in show of communication— ] Where’re you from—?
bigsadwolf: (64)

[personal profile] bigsadwolf 2021-12-28 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
[That actually gets a laugh from Legosi, in spite of himself. Though it's more of a heavy exhale than anything.]

He is quite old, I suppose. [Gosha probably wouldn't even be too upset to hear that. Komodo dragons are quite hardy and long lived, after all.] And don't worry about it too much. This shouldn't be too difficult for us to get out of...I imagine it was set up with younger people in mind.
bigsadwolf: (63)

[personal profile] bigsadwolf 2021-12-28 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
Someone here taught it to me. I hadn't actually heard it before I came here.

[So it was definitely An Experience to learn it was...a thing? A very real thing for some, but also a myth for others.

He knows better than to say who told him, though. That's not his to tell, so he'll just let Jaskier assume that Legosi was told about the "fantasy" kind.]


What...are they like in your realm?
wrappedwarm: (pic#14917232)

[personal profile] wrappedwarm 2021-12-28 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh... [She flinched, reaching for his hand to try and stop him but... too slow. So she paused, looking up at him.]

Yachi said his skin was poisonous so I shouldn't touch him.

[RIP Mister Shiro.]
shiro2hero: (incoming dad jokes hold on)

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2021-12-29 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
It's okay.

[He lifts his hand - it's the right one. And wiggles metal fingers in her direction.]

I've got built-in protection.
wrappedwarm: (pic#14917217)

[personal profile] wrappedwarm 2021-12-29 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Just, stares. Watching them wiggle then back to looking at his face.]

Why are you only wearing one glove?
wrappedwarm: (pic#14917227)

[personal profile] wrappedwarm 2021-12-29 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[It was fine. Mikasa didn't laugh...ever.]

I'm younger... [Bluntly. She wasn't sulking though, just stating the obvious. She was a younger person and she couldn't get out.] It's like it keeps moving.
bigsadwolf: (76)

[personal profile] bigsadwolf 2021-12-31 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Mazes can be tricky like that. And it's difficult when it all looks the same...there's nothing really for us to use as landmarks, and I imagine leaving some sort of trail to follow is against the spirit of it.

[Not that he has anything to leave anyway, and any footprints they make will be soon scuffed over by others making their way through anyway.]

Let's just keep pressing forward. As long as we are careful to not make too many similar turns, we'll at least be sure we aren't going in circles.

[personal profile] rollstoseduce 2022-01-02 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, kanji, yes! Kirishima told me a bit about all the three alphabets but I couldn't recall the names. He sent me some words written with them on a sheet of paper, it's quite a fascinating langauge.

[Jaskier really needs to start taking better notes about other people's worlds. He's good at languages and culture, but there's so much of it coming from all the otherworlders, it's hard to keep track of every detail.]

Oh, my beloved and I-- [He points at Geralt, who is currently dressed as Incineroar and is watching the decorated horses from the hay ride.] --come from a land called The Continent. We have monsters there too, but they are nowhere this friendly and cute. [He pets Hina to make his point.] I've avoided singing most of my songs online, I've learned the locals don't appreciate stories about monster hunting.

[personal profile] rollstoseduce 2022-01-02 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, that explains it! "Werewolf" literally means man-wolf.

[And then the question comes and oh dear, he didn't think this through. There's a reason why he doesn't sing his monster-hunting songs in this realm - hopefully Legosi won't need a full disclaimer before the explanation.

Jaskier still fidgets, though, opening and closing his mouth until he finally decides on how to go about it.]


They are humans that become wolves under the effects of the full moon because of a curse, although I heard the offspring of a werewolf will also carry it. And while in wolf form they are... beastly. Like an actual wild animal guided by instincts, except they have extraordinary strength and are immune to many a thing, like regular steel. When their human side wakes up in the morning, they don't remember what they've done in wolf form.
chirpier: (pic#14240921)

[personal profile] chirpier 2022-01-04 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ fat chance hina was going to move any time soon— with all this attention? no, haha. and yachi smiles awkwardly at that, hoping it’s not a bother, but . . .

well, she doesn’t seem to be a bother. besides, her cheeks flush. that’s adorable, she thinks to herself when jaskier points out geralt as his beloved. god, that’s so cute. ]


O-oh, I can see why! They might correlate that to hunting Pokémon . . . [ and that’s probably the equivalent to hunting pet dogs, or slowpoke tails. ] I suppose it’s been a bit of a vacation from danger then, hasn’t it?
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[personal profile] bigsadwolf 2022-01-15 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
I see...so they are like the "feral" wolves most of you are used to having in your worlds? When in their wolf forms, anyway.

[Because that's not...something Legosi is typically used to, obviously. He's gotten a bit more accustomed to the idea the longer he's been in Johto, though.]

Though I am not like that, I can...understand that feeling, in a way, of being out of control. Guided by your instincts...

It is understandable that they would call that a curse.

[Even though Legosi likes to think he's gotten a firmer grasp on his own instincts by now.]

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