OCTOBER CALENDAR OF EVENTS

[fairyfoes]

Hey, fairybros! For the month of October we'll be mixing things up! As a response to player interest in a certain Halloween Ball, we've got a lot of special tricks up our sleeves, featuring three excellent surprises. But first! This month's event ...

The Lost Moon GENRE: ACTION/STRATEGY/MAGIC | DURATION: 03-13 OCTOBER

SUMMARY On the evening of October 3rd, the moon appears to flicker and fall out of the sky to the south, right over Boglach. This is a source of joy for the Unseelie, who find they have a twofold increase in power and they are ordered to keep the Seelie from putting the moon back in its place. All Seelie characters will find their powers weakened by half, and ordered to head south to save the moon, whom the birds have told the Seelie monarchs has become trapped down under a great rock by the dark creatures and must be freed.

UNSEELIE
The moon's place was weakened by the lack of stars, and the Unseelie High-Queen has decided to take advantage of its fall! She will send a (handwaved) proclamation calling for all Unseelie throughout the Drabwurld to speak the words 'Riddles in the Dark' at nightfall during the time of the event! Doing so will cause them to be transported to the cave where her imps have hidden away the moon, which shall take the form of a giant silver disk. The mission is simply to guard it from the Seelie! This job will be made harder as after it is touched, the moon will change shape, and try to flee both captors and rescuers! It may become a silver hare, dog, crab, bird, doe, moth, cat, bear... you name it! As of October 8th, it will have escaped Unseelie hands entirely, leading them AND the Seelie through a merry chase through the tunnels connected to the cave it had been guarded in!

SEELIE
Meanwhile, back in Caer Glaem and after another handwaved proclamation, the Seelie High-King will issue his own forces into the world to recover the moon, noting that it must be recovered for the High Queen to wake from her ensorcelled sleep! At dawn or dusk, Seelie shardbearers need only say 'Look for the Light' to be transported to the wooded, remote area just outside the cave system where the moon is being kept! They must dive in, discover where the Unseelie are holding the moon, and then return it to Caer Glaem by any means! Individuals can be transported into the territories around each stronghold on any day of the event.

The catch is that no one from either court returns before their quest is over. Regardless of participation and a win/fail recovering the items, all who participate will qualify for an October boon. So stick it out! Armour, weapons and torches (for light) are available to all team members although they will only have an hour to make ready ... because the monarchs won't be asking for their help this time, they'll be demanding it! In either case, the fate of the moon will be decided by 00:01 GMT the morning of October 13th as a result of player plotting! With the battle won or lost, shardbearers may speak 'Hold My Foes' to have their own personal fairy-ring to travel back to their respective court.

TO ASSIST IN LARGE SCALE PLOTTING, THERE IS NOW A GOOGLE DOC

Celebrating Samhain DURATION: 25-30 OCTOBER

SUMMARY Everything in the drabwurld stops for Samhain, and this year it will pass from the 25th to the 30th, each new day simply an extension of a misted, starry night, devoid of sun or moon! All feuds are forgotten over Samhain in favor of avoiding the Black Shuck instead, whose shall prowl the drabwurld in search of spirits who have escaped him. His power is so immense that to make his hunting easier, he has altered the manner of the world for these nights; a single step might unwittingly take one out of their room in a castle to a remote forest, from one coast to another... anywhere in the drabwurld. It is custom that all wear masks and behave differently so that they are not made his targets, and all folk, from the loftiest kings to the lowest servants, engage in revelry. All crimes committed in this time are pardoned. Many NPCs (including the monarchs!) will be engaged in this event, and Black Shuck himself will walk among the revelers! At the end of this festival, characters wind up wherever on the map they desire to be.

MONTHLY OVERVIEW

03rd OCTOBER (11pm IC) • EVENT START. Both courts issue royal proclamations on the network each calling for "Champions". The instructions for their respective missions will be detailed. (There will be a NPC announcement!) All Champions have an hour to make ready.
03rd OCTOBER (midnight IC) • A fairy or imp will get the attention of all shardbearers who have said the right words. Flying or running around the Champion, flowers (sweet or poisonous) will sprout in a fairy-ring. Upon completion, the person inside will have vanished, arriving alongside the rest of their team-mates.
08th OCTOBER • The Moon will have been lost by the Unseelie! Depending on player-plots, it may have been found by the Seelie.
13th OCTOBER • EVENT CLOSES. If "Hold My Foes" has not been spoken by sunset ICly on the 19th, team-members will not be transported back to their castle and will lose the ability to return to their stronghold via a fairy-ring. (It's a long, long, long walk home from the Desolate Lands!)
18th OCTOBER • Word penetrates both castles of bloody battles being fought between the gathered forces of Maupertius and an unknown force called 'the Red Hand'.
20th OCTOBER (00:01am LONDON GMT) • The boon request post goes up on the OOC community. You will be asked to state your character's request and link to proof of having participated in the event. Mods will be around to approve or deny these.
24TH OCTOBER (00:01am LONDON GMT) • Boon requests close!
25th OCTOBER • 1) THE HALLOWEEN EVENT OPENS. 2) Approved or altered, boons are ICLY received today when characters wake up.
26th OCTOBER (00:01am LONDON GMT) • ACTIVITY CHECK.
30th OCTOBER (00:01am LONDON GMT) • ACTIVITY CHECK ENDS.
01st NOVEMBER (00:01am LONDON GMT) NEW CALENDAR OF EVENTS.

The next Calendar of Events post will go up to cover all of November, with the next Test Drive Meme up around a week before reserves open. Weather will be bursts of cold rains, grey skies and lots of mist in the mornings. Nights will be wet and growing colder throughout the month. Please feel free to use this as a plotting post. Remember, there are no limits on the size of a team but please try to keep them even. Finally, if you have any queries about the event, please direct them to the Questions thread and we'll get back to you ASAP, and feel free to use this post to plot together. Thank you!

Comments

[gordianknots]

Well with Rin it's a different matter. She's Rin and it is part and parcel of knowing her. This also begs the question of does Archer count as a responsible adult, but I'm going to go with no because he's still an Emiya.

We could go with heading into senior year? That's a good amount of past to dwell on, and discussion of what happens after. (Speaking of, are you okay with Rin learning about the taking apart the grail thing?) IMAGINE IF LUVIA JOINED THE GAME THOUGH. IMAGINE!

This sounds like a really good place to start then. And Waver'll also give her the heads up that he's been purposely not telling anyone he's a mage, since he's found out it actually works to his advantage to be that underestimated.

I can go either way. Tags on the log means someone is getting a hug though.

[gandere]

Archer's the one who saddled her with the responsibility of watching over his younger self so no, no he's not a responsible adult. I mean:





That works for me and yes, she can learn about that. :D Would they be a bit more casual guessing maybe so if hugs are involved oh god physical contact but sure thing, I'll hit you up in a hour or so. Have to head into work B)

And what a clever little thing he is.

[gordianknots]

I SHOULD HAVE FORESEEN THE DERPCAKES RECAP IMAGES GODDAMNIT

Okay great, I always try and check in about that detail.

ONL SLIGHTLY MORE CAUSUAL I MEAN Waver is suspending his policy on physical contact JUST THIS ONCE because it has been a rough few months and it is really, really nice to see her again. I'll be online until around midnight east coast time!

hey if he isn't clever, he's a dead mage.


also oh god it's just so exciting to have you around ;A;

[gandere]

It's the only thing that accurately explains Archer's inconsistencies, of course. Necessary part of playing from UBW okay.

All right, I threw a tag your way! I'm an overnight person during my work week so I figured the sooner the better at least for them ;; Sorry I won't be around during NORMAL PEOPLE HOURS for a couple more days, but I'll try to be speedy. Definitely will throw tags back I get while awake and online for sure.

I AGREE, I'm so excited. I know we contacted each other for psl stuff before, but irl really got in the way of things so I just kind of dropped everything I was aiming for as well as my games. When I saw you were here (as well as a couple of other Fate players I love), I knew I had to join in on the fun.

So now we have Fate sitcom as Ran put it earlier B)

[gordianknots]

I hope that she does recaps for the new anime too because it'll be even more glorious.

Hey don't worry about it, we'll find a way to make schedules work! Usually Tuesdays and Fridays are the worst since those are my two full time days.

Hey, IRL happens, don't worry about it. Besides, circumstances ended up working in our favour, since we get to drag in so many more people and spread the fun around.

We really do, and IT IS GLORIOUS.