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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.
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[personal profile] wrappedwarm 2021-10-28 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[She was like a cat. No touchy the Mikasa, but she touch...]

It's not fat... [RIP pumpkaboo, forever big. But she looked at the hat, holding it in her hands before. Then she frowned looking at Yachi.]

It's a hat? [10/10 observation skills.] A big hat... Why is it so big? [No cons, just some confusion.]
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[personal profile] chirpier 2021-10-29 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
This might sound strange, but big things are a sort of fashion. Some people think it’s really cute, especially during Halloween

[ yachi definitely thinks it’s cute, from the way she claps her hands close to her chest. just adjusting it a little— there! cute little tilt! ]

And that hat is a symbol of Halloween, kind of like a witch’s or wizard’s hat— if we want to be specific, a Mismagius!
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[personal profile] wrappedwarm 2021-10-29 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
... Like baggy jumpers? [A sign of cute or just being cheap? The reason varied, but Mikasa thought it looked cute. So Mikasa didn't argue about the hat being perched on her head. Or the adjusting. She only peeked out from under the brim.]

Wizards..? [What? But she tilted her head, looking at the mirror. It did look fancy.] A pokemon? [That made sense, everything here seemed to be connected to the creatures. Mikasa gave a little nod. Her hands reaching up to poke the hat, even if Yachi had adjusted it. Then she turned, looking up at Yachi again. Her face set in a serious frown.]

Does it look cute?

[Is she succeeding at being cute?]
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[personal profile] chirpier 2021-10-29 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ with a nod to affirm (and slightly glad she doesn’t have to go into the scary things a mismagius can do), she couldn’t be even more proud. yachi’s lips tighten together before wibbling, then clapping her hands together in equal serious talk: ]

Like baggy jumpers. You’re adorable.
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[personal profile] wrappedwarm 2021-11-01 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
[It was all very serious. Mikasa even sniffed as she squared her shoulds just a teeny bit more, if that was possible. She was ready. But eventually, her cheeks began to flush and...

She's just going to pull the brim of her hat down and her scarf up. She hide.]
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[personal profile] chirpier 2021-11-02 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ yachi covers her mouth as her hands form a little tent around he lips— she’s chuckling, but all in good meaning. mikasa really was the cutest right now, and . . . yachi was having a good time, herself. they both were. ]

You can try the rest if you want!

[ right here, mismagius dress and all! and now with better form, she takes the mimikyu hood and dress squares it in front of her. ]

What about me? Is it cute?
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[personal profile] wrappedwarm 2021-11-05 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
[But how could she look when all she could see was the inside of her hat? Yachi was blessed though, for she peeked out, most of her face still hidden by the scarf.

Thinking about the cape. Thinking about it...









Was her silence reassuring..?

Then completely serious.]


I think so.
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[personal profile] chirpier 2021-11-07 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ kind of like "no but i'll say yes since it's polite" . . . or maybe that's just yachi's nerves from the silence that made her tense and slowly lower her hold on the dress. mikasa was an honest kid. when she wasn't using dry humor or sarcasm.

yachi already doesn't feel as cute or sexy next to the other young women she knows, so . . . ]


W-we should go pay for these then, right?
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[personal profile] wrappedwarm 2021-11-12 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Mikasa really didn't get what was cute here. Not always, she could understood the small cat and dog pokemon. Unfortunately... Mimikyu hadn't registered as cute. Not enough for the custom to count.

She wandered slightly, looking at the racks. Looking.


...Just dragging out a skitty onesie. Holding it up?]
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[personal profile] chirpier 2021-11-12 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ yachi was starting to look for things for her pokemon now, tms included. currently, she's between fairy wings and bat wings for ume and leans more toward the fairy wings. just need to find his size now, but there's something cute again! at the corner of her eye! ]

Oh—! Those are cute pajamas, Mikasa! [ a skitty! ] Meow-Meow would love seeing you in that . . . Would you?
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[personal profile] wrappedwarm 2021-11-15 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Maybe Mikasa would dress her pokemon. If they'd let her, or could. How could a poliwag wear clothes? But she lifted the onesie again, showing the legs were too long for her, even if she'd had to drag them across the floor.]

Pajamas? [But she lifted it higher, almost pouting as she pushed the outfit at Yachi. It's for you. Though there might be smaller versions somewhere.]
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[personal profile] chirpier 2021-11-16 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd use onesies as pajamas, anyway . . . Wait— [ wait—! wait a minute! ] That's for me—?!

[ yachi gives a audible gasp. ]

Y-you think?! You think I'd be cute in that?!
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[personal profile] wrappedwarm 2021-11-18 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[The most adamant nod as she just kept shoving the skitty onesie against Yachi's stomach.]

Yachi is cute in anything. [So it was just adding to the cute. Kid logic.]
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[personal profile] chirpier 2021-11-19 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ that is the absolute nicest thing a kid has ever said to her. ever. yachi might looked surprised at first, but her smile grows wide and her cheeks, red.

she might not have all that hot and too sexi energy, but— if she’s cute, and in anything, even . . .

she supposes that’s appropriate. time to finally take these off of mikasa’s hands. ]


Then they’re mine, now. Thank you—!
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done?

[personal profile] wrappedwarm 2021-11-24 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
[yes, yes, kids were honest. And at Yachi going along, Mikasa huffed and almost gave a proud smile up at Yachi. Then a little nod.

They ready!]
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done!

[personal profile] chirpier 2021-11-24 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ and she's going to look cute in a skitty onesie tonight!!!!! ]