As you approach the barrier, you realize that it is made out of Fear. There are many boogyemen patrolling the perimeter, some pacing back and forth like caged animals whereas others are sitting down and concentrating, possibly working on maintaining it. The camp itself has been briskly organized, the cloaked figured barking orders back and forth as they work together to establish some semblance of order in the chaos. You notice that there is even a group coaxing some pumpkins to grow in this enviornment, however on a closer inspection you realize that they're growing them out of pots.
Before you can get a closer look a boogeyman in a green cloak approaches you.
If you are a Horseman:
"Welcome," the boogeyman greets. "We've seen some signs of Clan activity, however all attempts to contact them have turned up nil. You're welcome to stay with us or go look for them."
If you are a Student:
"How did -- nevermind. Your professors are further in. I'm sure they'll want to see you."
Did you attend the Boogeyman Lecture? If yes:
You recognize Aodh. His partner isn't with him. "Hey, good of you to make it here in one piece," he greets. "Your professors are around here somewhere. I think a majority of them are further in. Also... can I ask a favor?" He looks around, then drops his voice, "If you head out there, can you keep an eye out for Saebel for me? I haven't seen him, and my duties are keeping me here... If you could just keep him in the back of your mind, I'd greatly appreciate it."
The boogeyman gives you a brisk nod and continues on. Aside from the pumpkin patch, you can see groups of boogeymen working together and speaking to one another in hushed tones. As you approach, you realize that they're all speaking in some sort of code -- there's no way to understand what they're saying. Aside from that there are some recognizable faces further in, either working with the Boogeymen or attending to their own needs. It also looks like a certain professor also brought with her a supply of Pumpkin Pills...
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- If you hit under 0 HP, it is DEFAULT considered 0 HP (in any battle). Be sure to follow the rules for Insanity here. If you do not turn into a boss, you will reform in this thread, specifically standing in the middle of a pumpkin patch. To prevent anyone from accidentally squashing a squash, Boogeymen gently assist you with stepping out of the patch before patching you up. - After respawning all students will be healed to full. - All students will receive two pumpkin pills. To recap:
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Pumpkin Pill: Halloween only. On use, restores HP to 100% and Fear to 100%. If used on Insanity, can reset Insanity to 0%. Will become a corrupted pumpkin pill. Corrupted Pumpkin Pill: Halloween only. On use, restores HP to 100% however Insanity is reset to 50%.
- You only receive two pumpkin pills ONCE for the duration of this event! Use them wisely. - NPCs may make an appearance. To interact/ask an IC question, be sure to quote the player RPing them! - If your character did NOT choose to search for another light, they cannot access this thread unless 1) they fall to 0 HP at which point they are brought back here or 2) someone who HAS gone towards the cold lights/discovered this place tells them about it. - Feel free to use this place for RP. You cannot complete prompts in this thread.
GMs: - Your NPC may choose to leave this thread and participate in the event itself. Should you wish to do so, you may create ONE thread to either Solo/PRP/ORP in. - ie I RP Aria (hunter), Aodh (Halloween) in this event. I can choose to create a thread for Aria -OR- I can create a thread for Aodh.
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:14 pm
((Entering))
Again, Shun was not entirely happy to see the Boogeymen, but it was a little surprising to see this set up anyway. It seemed that the barrier around the place was being set up by a few of them, from the looks of things. Still, he frowned as he slowly entered the perimeter, but was soon approached by one of them who seemed familiar. It seemed that they weren't quite expecting the students either for that matter, judging his wording.
However... it was intriguing to hear that the professors were here as well. Did the fog and Insanity spread elsewhere in the school?
After looking back to the one that had approached, he soon realized it was Aodh. At the request to keep an eye out for Saebel, the Reaper just sort of shrugged. He wasn't the boogey's keeper by any means. Shaking his head to himself after that was through, he carefully looked around. Unfortunately, he wasn't really getting anything from the various hushed conversations in the area.
Perhaps one of the professors in the area could give a little more insight before he returned out to the fog. While he sought one out, he went ahead and picked up two pills.
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Name: Shun Kuroda HP: 50 FEAR Strength: 100% Insanity Strength: 0% Items: Now with 2 Pumpkin pills! RP Blurb: Grim reaper with one eye.
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:12 pm
((Entering))
It was a surprise to find that there actually was a base of operations deeper in the fog. So much of a surprise that it was actually a relief. Mitsu shuffled forward into safety, her eyes looking to each boogeyman warily. It was hard to say why them seemed surprised that they were here but it was ...comforting? to know their professors were further in. What would have been more so would have been knowing Shun was...oh hey...
Mitsu managed to look a little further ahead and saw the reaper and rose her hand and waved to try and get his attention.
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Name: Mitsu Lupus HP: 50 / 50 FEAR Strength: 100% Insanity Strength: 0% Items: o3o RP Blurb: Small female werewolf of 5'2" with short white hair in a pixie cut, red eyes, and a panda hoodie with a black skirt.
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:33 pm
((Enter))
Wow. The boogeymen were actually doing something helpful for a change! Poke relaxed in the presence of the base, the news that there were professors here another good sign. Even they had turned up to assist! Although it also doubled as a omen; if both the boogeymen and professors were here, things had gotten serious.
For now, she focused on picking up a set of pumpkin pills, and rejoining Mitsu whom had found the reaper in the distance. At least she had something to keep her going if they moved off again. Although she would still be screwed if she had to fight the mantis again...
"Hey, why do't we go and talk to the professors?" She suggested to Mitsu. "They could tell us what the jack is going on."
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Name: Pokerus HP: 30/30 FEAR Strength: 100% Insanity Strength: 0% Items: RP Blurb: Dragon ghoul around 5'4". Long brown hair that ends in glowing blue..tentacle things, and sports a blue tail and ear fins.
Ah, so they really did have a base here! And sure enough, Shun was here as well. Emitting a quiet sigh of relief, the ghoul gave the Boogeyman a polite nod of her head before moving further into the base with her friends, taking in her new surroundings. It was nice to know that there was a (relatively) safe haven within all this insanity and all this fog.
"You really should know better than to run off alone," Xiu scolded, moving up to where Shun was. She greeted the professor with a small wave, gratefully accepting two pumpkin pills before turning back to the reaper. "Who knows what could have been out here? I mean, it was a good thing that it turned out to be a base, but..."
...Nevermind that Xiu had also pretty much decided to show up here without knowing what it was either. She turned to look at Mitsu and Poke then, her gaze focusing on the former before she turned back and focused her pointed gaze on Shun.
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Name: Xiuying HP: 50/50 FEAR Strength: 100% Insanity Strength: 0% Items: 2 Pumpkin Pills RP Blurb:5'2" baku ghoul
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:46 pm
While looking around, Shun soon noticed that the rest of his party had decided to follow him. Well, that saved him from needing to hunt them down later on for certain. Spotting Mitsu and her little wave, he motioned for her to come on by. From there, he looked towards Xiu as she scolded him.
"I wasn't running. Obviously. You all managed to follow me just fine," he said a little flatly, "I hadn't planned on moving far anyway."
Shaking his head, he looked towards the boogeymen and professors briefly.
"Maybe we can get a little insight from them."
Them being the professors.
"Then I suppose when we're all ready.. we'll.. go back out there and see if we can find more things on our own. Or something along those lines. I'd rather not linger here for too long."
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Name: Shun Kuroda HP: 50 FEAR Strength: 100% Insanity Strength: 0% Items: 2 pumpkin pills RP Blurb: Grim reaper with one eye.
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 1:04 am
From the crowd of bogeymen, a small familiar school secretary had manage to part from the rather formidable assembly. It took a little longer for him to yank his scarf out from the crowd, and a little longer still for him to finish snapping one word answers at the bogeymen, though most of them simply involved the world "How should I know?" over and over and over.
A small minipet-like creature was perched on one shoulder, and for a second turned around to stare at the students, unperturbed even as Arel perused what looked like a very long booklet that said "Student attendance list".
Ask Arel what is going on.
"Not now uh," Arel looks up. It is obvious that he's not looking very good himself, his ponytail flopping a little more loose than usual, boots half-tied. He totally does not recognize who you are but hides the confusion with a small frown as his eyebrows knit together. "I'm busy. Unless you happen to be one of the students that are missing," Here, he points to the impressive list of names all underlined with red, "Then go stay with the Bogeymen. Safely."
He tries to look busy with the list, but his eyes are glued on a single line on the page.
Ask Arel where they are.
"How would I know? Look just stay put okay, don't get yourself in trouble," A huge sigh, "Again. There's more issues than anyone possibly knows, and I know about as much as you and-" He stops himself for a second, paranoid, and then frowns, looking back into the attendance list.
Press Arel for further details.
The secretary refuses to say anything else, pretending to be really fascinated with the student list.
As Professor QB what is going on
< It seems the Insanity has taken control of the Haunted House, and the Bogeymen are here to restrain the contamination> The minipet-shaped Professor is more than happy to explain what is is going on. <Everyone is very busy trying to contain the problem, you are probably still restrained here on quarantine. A pause. <But I would not worry too much, being sick is the first sign of getting better! >
It is not very reassuring.
Press Professor QB about more details about the Insanity.
<It is not really something I am familiar with. > The Professor finally admits. < But I do feel that this particular Insanity has a strong pull, as if tied to a single chain of events. A higher power perhaps. It is best not to prod too deep, or the Insanity might consume you too. Some things are better left unknown and untempered. >
For a second, he stares deeply at the Bogeymen assembled.
Ask Professor QB about the Humans.
< Ah, that is rather unfortunate. The Insanity is rather unwelcome to them. > When pressed, he does not reveal any more information.
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 7:52 am
Malcolm had appeared shortly after Arel, looking slightly worn out, and very irritable. He took one look at the students, and then immediately face palmed; he should have guessed that they would be here - those kids have a talent for sticking their noses in where they should not. If getting into trouble was a class, they would all get straight A's. Then again, that seemed to be a trait of Amityville students, even since 20 years ago...
"You probably have no intention of listening to Arel, right?" He asked them, eyeing the four students in an exasperated manner, "If you want to run out there again, I advise you to memorize the location of this camp, and direct other students here. Might as well make yourselves useful if you want to break the rules... Oh, and don't die. We don't have an unlimited supply of pumpkins here."
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 9:31 am
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The camp was, a certain poltergeist decided, a rather haphazard sort of thing, with the bogeymen racing this way and that, things being called out here and there, a general sense of mayhem and confusion settling over everyone and everything.
Just how he liked it. Except without all the, you know, Insanity stuff going on and all that.
Rolling his head a little, Mischief reached up a hand and idly rubbed the back of his neck, frowning slightly. His eyes moved towards the pumpkins - he arched a brow, then shrugged to himself - but any and all attempts to understand what exactly the bogeymen were saying were useless, considering they were speaking in a manner that suggested a code for eavesdroppers.
Not helpful. Especially since he hadn't even intended to get sucked in here in the first place, except, you know, it had been pretty unavoidable and now here he was, surrounded by masses of grey fog, bogeymen, and pumpkins.
A very strange combination indeed.
Well, the Mischief Maker thought, hands on his hips, there was no use dillydallying here when he couldn't even be of some service to anyone, and since the bogeymen were being, well, bogeymen, he might as well put himself to good use.
He meandered up to Malcom and stood behind him, peering over the professor's shoulder at the students and Short Stack (aka their illustrious secretary Arel).
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 10:22 am
Ah. There was Arel and QB off to the side. Shun still didn't entirely know what to make of the minipet looking professor, but he had seemed to know a fair deal of things. As far as trying to get anything out of the former went, it had gone more or less how he expected. The Secretary really didn't give a whole lot of insight and insisted they remain at the camp. Apparently there were a lot of missing students though, which made sense seeing how it looked like they were the four of them were the only ones at the camp.
He went on to try and get some information from QB to see if he had better insight. And he did. It also explained exactly why the Boogeymen were here in the first place. Unfortunately, the minipet looking guy did not have a whole lot of information on Insanity itself. But he did sort of confirm one suspicion Shun had.
Something did seem different about Insanity here, judging the way things had gone compared to times in the past where he had seen it in action.
Then finally, Malcolm and one other had come on by, though the latter didn't speak. The Reaper did not recognize the one standing behind the professor, but he didn't look like one of the boogeymen.
"Has the fog spread on campus as well?" he asked the shaman.
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 10:29 am
"Before I came here, there was fog along most of the corridors, and in the classrooms. Walking into the fog would lead straight to the Haunted House," Malcolm answered, and then paused, noticing the man who was now standing behind him, "It's not only the professors. Some of the Trick or Treaters-" He twitched ever so slightly, frown deepening as he took a step to the side, enabling Shun to take a better look at the man, "-had been asked to help contain the Haunted House as well, but as you can see, it's did not work."
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 11:05 am
He stood there for a moment, and then realized that they were both looking suspiciously at him. Mischief held up his hands in a gesture of innocence.
" Afternoon, professor - student," he said cheerfully, giving them both a nod in greeting, and then stuck his hands back into his pockets, rocking back on his heels. " 'pologies. Didn't mean to intrude or anything. I'm one of the Trick or Treaters. Thought I'd come and take a look around and see what all the fuss was - but the good professor has already said, we weren't exactly, ah, very successful just yet."
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 11:16 am
Gaining a little insight on this situation sounded like a good idea, though Xiu was curious just how much the professors would be willing to divulge. Unsurprisingly, Arel seemed intent on remaining quite vague about the whole situation, his eyes glued to the student list as he studiously avoided their inquiries.
...Well, like any good nosy students, if one professor didn't tell you want you wanted to know, you went to the next one...so off they went to professor QB, who did give them more information, but only to a point.
Malcolm, it turned out, was a bit more cooperative, and clearly acknowledged the fact that they were all crazy and reckless students unwilling to simply remain in the base when there was something going on. She listened intently as he spoke, curious gaze moving to the Trick of Treater standing behind their professor. Well, he seemed...friendly enough? Looking between him and Malcolm, Xiu cleared her throat.
"Just for clarification purposes, is this the only base that has been set up? There seemed to be at least two other lights out there in the fog."
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Name: Xiuying HP: 50/50 FEAR Strength: 100% Insanity Strength: 0% Items: 2 Pumpkin Pills RP Blurb:5'2" baku ghoul
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 11:27 am
So it seemed like it had spread a good deal. That was a little concerning. Even if they had left earlier, or even now, it likely wouldn't have lasted all too long.
"Clearly," he said flatly, in regards to things spiraling out of control. It had him wondering just how long they had been around here in the first place. It wasn't easy finding anyone in the fog so he wasn't surprised that he hadn't run into these people prior.
When the ToT'er spoke, he nodded silently to him in acknowledgement. While Shun did not generally trust or like the Boogeymen, the Trick or Treaters were far more tolerable (usually). After all, his own mentor was among their ranks. Speaking of him, he had to wonder if that ghost was wandering around here as well..
"One was a cool light and the other was warm, to be exact," he added to Xiu's question. They might know a little more of them. It was possible that the boogeys had set up multiple base camps. Or they could be something else altogether.
"Not ours," a boogeyman interrupted them, stopping to shift the load in her arms. "We've identified one of the lights as belonging to hostiles, the other we couldn't get close enough to access. You might as well forget about them, anyway. You're not going to find them again." She grimaced, moving the load she was carrying under one arm in order to tuck a stray strand of hair behind one of her horns. "And before you ask, we have tried multiple times to find them again ourselves to do scouting. You see'em when you come in, you don't see'em again after that. Going out there feels like you're walking in Jacking circles."
