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 Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2019 7:45 pm
 It's that time of year again--Halloween is fast approaching and that means you get to see what we've been cooking up! This year we've prepared some RPs and prompts that everyone will be able to participate in, so if those interest you, make sure to keep checking back here for new opportunities! More information can be found in the Ticket Opportunities list in the next post! Even if you're not interested in any of our super cool prizes, we hope a little roleplay might be enough to get everyone involved! Roleplay opportunities will only be open from now until ~6pm EST on October 28th. The raffle will be rolled after a ticket list is compiled and winners will have 72 hours to contact the shop mule, The Space Cauldron, with their preference list. Anyone who does not respond within 72 hours will forfeit their slot. While the majority of our events are designed to be playable by a wide variety of factions, we understand that not every group may have access to all plots. For players with characters that cannot participate due to IC or OOC reasons, or players with no characters at all, you are allowed to play a disposable. Please see our information on disposables a few posts down! 
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Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2019 7:47 pm
Ticket Opportunities
Tickets can only be earned through Event Roleplays or Event Prompts, so you must be active in the shop if you are interested in participating in the raffle! Each ORP or game will have specific instructions, so please make sure to read the rules when you are signing up! The shop will be hosting both an ORP and prompts this year. Links to everything will be kept in this post, and all prompts will be listed here as well!
This year, there is a ticket cap! You can participate in writing for as many ORPs, Mini Games, or prompts as you like, but no player can claim more than five tickets towards the raffle. If you want to write for a prompt for requirements, or just for fun, that’s fine! But this year we are limiting each player to five tickets only. There will be plenty of opportunities to earn tickets, with a variety of events and prompts--this way, everyone has a chance to pick and choose what they want to participate in instead of trying to force themselves to respond to everything to earn raffle tickets!
To claim a ticket, you will need to fill out the following code and post it in this thread! [color=red][b]I AM CLAIMING A TICKET[/b][/color]
Link to thread: [link to the thread you are claiming for; if you are responding to a prompt, make sure you indicate which prompt you are responding to either in this form or the thread!] ORPsWhile each shop run ORP will have its own rules, a few general things are important to keep in mind! While players can include as many of their official characters as they want, you can only earn one raffle ticket per ORP. This means, regardless of how many characters you play, you can only earn one raffle ticket. All events will be run for civilians only, so there will be no powering up! To earn a raffle ticket, you must write at least 500 words, though if you have multiple characters this can be spread out across them. You still need to write 500 words for a character if you are using a roleplay as a growth requirement for them! Open Events:N/A Closed Events:N/A PromptsEach Prompt may only be counted towards a raffle ticket once per player. This means that if you respond to the same prompt with multiple characters, only the first one will count for a raffle ticket. We will make a small announcement any time a new prompt is put up, so check back here regularly to see if there's anything new you are interested in writing! All prompt responses must be posted in the Mini-Event subforum and can be written as a solo, a regular, or a battle (if applicable!). These should be labelled [Halloween-S], [Halloween-R], or [Halloween-B]. If you roleplay a disposable, these will not count towards any growth requirements for them, but if you are roleplaying with someone who has a disposable, it can still count for growth for your official character. More information on disposables can be found in the next post! To receive a raffle ticket for a prompt, you must write at least five hundred words and should include the prompt either in your first post or in the code you post in this thread to claim a ticket. The roleplay does not have to be finished in order to claim a ticket, but it will need to be finished before it can be used for growth requirements. While these events are written so that you only need a civilian to participate, you can play a powered character if it seems feasible! Current Prompts:Quote: As you head down a very familiar route that you frequent one night, you come across someone giving away free candy corn. Whether you love it or hate it, free is free and you decide to take it home, shoving it in your pocket to be forgotten. Eventually you head to bed, only to be woken up but a soft, high - pitched snarling sound near the foot of your bed. You sit up and find that the candy corn is splayed out across the floor, and among it, in the center of what seems to be a sacrificial circle… Is a knee high gremlin shaped like a candy corn. It sees you and bites you, before scampering away. Before you can catch it, it's disappeared. Sans the strange little bite on your leg, there's no evidence this was anything more than a dream, and by morning the marks are almost completely gone. The only lingering effect is an extreme need to consume sugar for the next twenty four hours. Quote: In a time of darkness, sometimes it's the little things that make a difference. Destiny City has its fair share of tragedies, not the least of which was the Carnival Fire of 1942. The story of a distant memory that claimed the lives of over a hundred people and injured many more recently resurfaced after an estate sale revealed the only surviving relics of the massive fire: a set of old carousel horses. A local philanthropist and historian acquired the set, some of which were badly burned, and set about restoring them. It took several months, but the project was completed and the Carousel was resurrected in memory of those who lost their life on the very grounds they lost. It stands now, open to the public, a tribute of Destiny's City past and its perseverance. The Carousel operates as to be expected, with antique horses that are perhaps a bit more frightening than need be and a tune that is almost as eerie as it is cheery. Some even say they hear distant voices, and screams, mixed into the music; others have said that as the Carousel moves the shadows of people fleeing distracts them. It's probably just a ghost story, though. Are you brave enough to find out? Quote: You notice a black cat with what looks to be some kind of marking on its forehead, which in Destiny City is not an uncommon occurrence. It appears to be opening its mouth as though speaking, though no sounds come out. The cat entices you to follow it both by its silence and strange energy signature, and you don’t quite seem to be going anywhere in particular, but you feel compelled to see where this journey will end. As the small creature gets to a shadow filled area, it turns and gives a final audible meow before seeming to melt into the shadows. All searching yields no results the cat is simply not there…perhaps this wasn’t such a normal occurrence after all! Quote: Destiny City News reports several sightings of 'rabid dogs' appearing throughout the city. Those interviewed claim that the dogs would surround them and chase them down the streets, seemingly popping in and out of sight until the person finally found themselves in a well lit area. You have the misfortune of running into these same dogs. They cling to the shadows as you go about your way at night. Seemingly at the corner of your vision, one flickers by, and you turn and see nothing. Again and again it happens. They are trying to drive you into the darkest corners of the city, herding you away from the light. In the nearby distance are the lights of the city: streetlights, signs, traffic. You have to do something to get there, to escape these creatures. When you make it to any significant light source, you hear a low growl, a wailing hiss; the dogs have vanished. For now. These prompts occur before a specific event in the shop; an ORP will conclude this line of plots and will begin in approximately one week. Typically we post one new prompt every few days for the lead up, however this year all of the prompts have been posted together at once to allow more time for plotting and roleplay. The IC date has been included in each prompt; you may respond to these prompts at any time. Though the days are attached to the prompts, it is only meant to highlight the progression of the plot. You do not have to wait until day seven to start the final prompt; you may do any of these prompts immediately, but just keep in mind that ICly Day Seven will happen just before the ORP begins! Quote: Day One: During this time of year, the shadows are always growing longer and darker. Ordinarily, it's not something you think about, but for some reason there is something strange about the shadows this year. When walking through the shadows in Destiny City, it feels cold, or maybe even like the shadows briefly clutched at you. You may feel sluggish when passing through them, or you may feel drained or even unnecessarily anxious. It may be easy to brush off at first, but it's certainly unnerving. Quote: Day Three: As if the shadows weren't creepy enough, now they seem to be moving, stretching beyond where the light shouldn't let it reach. In the afternoon sun, the shadows still seem to be climbing; darkness is spreading across the city unnaturally. More than that, now sometimes it feels like you are being forcibly grabbed, like someone is trying to drag you into the darkness. Quote: Day Five: The shadows were worth avoiding before, but now it's almost impossible. Sometimes when you walk through a shadow, you feel your heart beat so loudly in your head that it's all you can think about. You may step into one shadow and step out of another completely across town. Or, at least, it feels like it. There is no way of going back or predicting which shadow you will wind up coming out of, but the news is reporting a wave of fatigue, confusion and stress as having odd effects on its citizens. No one has any recollection of the travel between one shadow and the next, and all passing of time seems warped. Travel is instantaneous regardless of the distance through Destiny City. Quote: Day Seven: As you walk around town, you start to notice that people seem different. Faces you used to remember have been swallowed by shadows; you may 'know' the person by a feeling, but their face is completely masked in deep black shadow. Their voice is unfamiliar, and its clear to you that something is wrong, but no sense of logic can explain this. Shadows seem to be replacing people around you--associates, neighbors, maybe even friends or family members. Even if they act completely normal, you are left with an unsettling feeling. The shadow impostors seem to come and go, but you never feel safe anymore. Something from the shadows is always watching.
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Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2019 7:48 pm
Disposables
If you don't have a character in the shop yet, that's okay! Players may use a quest character or a character they create on the spot to participate in event only roleplays and prompts. You can only roleplay your character in the Mini-Event subforum. When setting up a new thread, you must put an asterisk next to your character's name to indicate that they are not officially won. For example, you might write a solo based off of a prompt and it would be titled [Event Solo] Title [Name*]. If you are participating in an ORP, the rules may be different so please read each thread accordingly!
If you are a new member of the shop and do not have a character in the shop and want to respond to a prompt by writing either a solo or roleplay, please fill out the following form and put it in a spoiler in your first post! Even if you have filled it out for other events or threads, you must include this in every new thread you are involved in. [b]Character’s name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Appearance:[/B]
[b]Personality Traits[/b]: (list 2-4 virtues and an equal number of flaws; these can be one word descriptions of each trait and do not need explanation)
[quote="The Space Cauldron"][/quote] Remember, your character must be unawakened and human, and should be a fairly believable character. If you have questions about what might be acceptable, please contact a member of our moderator staff for answers! You can also PM the shop mule The Space Cauldron and we'll get back to you as soon as possible! If you already have a character in the shop, you should not play a disposable unless all your characters are either unplayable or cannot participate. For example, if you have a character who is currently in the hospital and could not believably be involved in anything, you could play a temporary disposable. If you only have a full-youma and cannot justify them putting on a civilian glamour to participate or the prompts do not in any way relate to them, or if you have a Mauvian who does not have a civilian glamour, you can play a disposable instead-- however, you must PM the shop mule to give us a brief explanation as well as provide the character form in your PM. We just want to make sure everything checks out, so this will be a quick approval and is just to make things easier on us! Playing a disposable in this event does not mean they will die! You can quest for these characters at a later point in time, if you so choose! Remember, if the character has not been officially won and arted, none of your RPs will count towards their growth, but you are still eligible for prizes or RP related rewards! Playing a disposable during this event does not guarantee that you will receive your character, but it's a good opportunity to get your feet wet!
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Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2019 7:49 pm
Raffle PrizesSo, what are you playing for?  Clockwise, starting from far left:
Semi Premade Civilian A by Tolin Kalin
Premade Senshi A by Tolin Kalin
Premade Negaverse Agent A (Weapon: Toy Plane) by Tolin Kalin
Semi Premade Civilian B by Tolin Kalin
Semi Premade Civilian C by Tolin Kalin
Clockwise, starting from far left:
Semi Premade Civilian D by Indigo_Plateau
Semi Premade Civilian E by Tolin Kalin
Semi Premade Civilian F by Tolin Kalin
Semi Premade Civilian G by Indigo_Plateau
Other prizes in the raffle pool will include Crown Tokens, Growth Items and IC RP Items, including: LIMITED TIME IC RP ITEMSThese items will only be obtainable in this Event, and possibly other future Events! While you can win these as prizes, you can also purchase them for crown tokens from now until November 14th! For more information on IC RP Items, please see this post! Before the end of the event, the IC RP Item thread will be updated to include all new RP Items released in this event! Quote: Embroidered Pumpkin Pouch - A small, velvet bag with a detailed pumpkin embroidered onto it. It is filled with eight dried pumpkin seeds.The pumpkin seeds cannot be ingested; they are too hard to chew and completely tasteless. However, when hurled at the ground, the seeds will immediately sprout small vines and each seed will grow into a two foot wide pumpkin. Each pumpkin seems possessed; they will drag themselves or use their vines for mobility and will charge at the nearest threat. They are incapable of sentient thought and operate purely on instinct, swarming to attack the threat closest to the caster. They have the durability of a normal pumpkin and can survive for 45 seconds unless they are destroyed before the magic ends. Upon their destruction or end of magic, the pumpkins melt into a putrid liquid; the smell remains in the air for up to half an hour afterwards and may cling to a character for longer if desired. After the magic has ended, all the remains is the little velvet bag. It has no magical properties, but it's a nice memento! Quote: Spider Thread - A small dowel with a bit of sticky white thread clinging to it.When the dowel and thread are thrown into the air, the thread magically unwinds and laces together to create a large, sticky web that traps anyone and anything within its thirty foot diameter. The web is powerful and unbreakable for a minimum of fifteen minutes, but up to a few hours at player discretion; it can be used to trap people, catch things, or even hold things together. After the duration runs out, it loses its tackiness and turns to dust. It is difficult to attack someone you have trapped without getting trapped in the web yourself; in addition to being incredibly strong and tacky enough to stick all weapons to it, it also seems to absorb magical attacks. This item can be used once; once the web has been cast, the little dowel will return to the user's hand, in the form of a shimmering, glassy little rod that looks like it has a web etched into it. It has no magical properties, but it's a nice memento! Quote: Skeleton Key - A small metal skeleton that looks as though it was run over by a crude steam roller and cut into the vaguest of key like shapes.When presented with any lock you cannot seem to open, the key will glow softly and reform into the key that you need. While this key can be used in any personal plot, please make sure to ask for permission before trying to use it during a meta or any player run event. The key can be used to unlock any one lock, and after the magic is spent, the key goes back to its old shape and can be kept as a memento! Quote: Super Hero’s Mask - A one-size-fits all mask that comes in an assortment of styles.This civilian only item grants the wearer a single boost for five minutes. Each color provides a different boost: Blue has double jumping range, Red has double running speed, Black has double strength, Yellow has ultra hearing for anything within a hundred foot range, Green has X-Ray vision, and Pink has increased intelligence/processing and recollection skills. These items can only be worn once before the magic is expired; they simply need to be on your person to access the boost at will, but you'll feel cooler if you're wearing them. Once the magic is spent they can be kept as a memento. These are IC RP Items that are not limited edition and have been permanently added to our list of purchasable IC RP Items. Like other single use IC RP Items, these will only cost 1 Crown Token to purchase. There will be opportunities to win some of these during our event, though, so if you are interested, make sure you are keeping your eyes on things! Quote: Box of Tangy Spices - A small, wooden box full of dried, tangy spices.When inhaled on ingested the spices induce a sense of relaxation that makes you more prone to spill secrets or speak freely. This cannot be used on someone without their OOC permission and you cannot force a character to give you information their player is not comfortable giving. Regardless of if the spices are ingested or if someone merely catches a whiff of them, the effects will only lasts for an hour. These spices can be used on a group of up to five people but can only ever be used once. If the spices were only inhaled, after the magic fades the spices will turn to dust and disappear. After the magic has ended, all the remains is the little wooden box. It has no magical properties, but it's a nice memento! Quote: Moon Hologram - A palm sized storage drive that looks like a compact; it has a single button on the side that displays a small hologram recorded during the Silver Millennium. The crest of the moon is carved into the button.This palm sized data drive stores an individual hologram message recorded by the Moon Kingdom, most commonly Queen Serenity. By pressing the little button on the side, the message will play. These data drives record a variety of information, including information on locations on the moon, political happenings, general moon information, or private messages. Upon acquiring this item, players may request a theme for their message or ask for specific information about a specific topic; while some data will be restricted for meta purposes, the staff will try to accommodate. To use, the mule must be messaged with information about which character is finding the data drive and what information you would like for them to acquire; the mule will reply with a written log of the compact's message that can be used ICly. A character from any faction may find a data drive. Each drive only has one message recorded, however it seems to run off of an undying battery and the message can be replayed as many times as the character wishes. These are IC RP Items that are not limited edition and have been permanently added to our list of purchasable IC RP Items. These are permanent items that can be reused by their owner. These items are soul-bound to the character who obtains them and will cost 3 Crown Tokens to purchase. More information on Permanent Accessories can be found in the IC RP Item Thread! Quote: Shadow Pass Charm - A small, flame shaped gemstone. It is an iridescent black, but sometimes seems like a small flame has ignited in the dark depths.This small gemstone has a hole carved into the top of it that allows it to be fastened or worn in many different ways. This charm allows the user to walk into one shadow and out of another random shadow, limited only to whatever plane they are on. If on Earth, the charm can only be used in Destiny City and will only take them to another location in Destiny City, however it can be used on homeworlds, in Mirrorspace, and in the Dark Kingdom. The user will only ever walk out of a shadow in the same plane they entered a shadow in. While the charm does not allow complete control over the ending destination, with enough focus it can be somewhat manipulated to move the character in the direction they desire. The character does not need to have a shadow in mind or have been in a location before; this is most useful when exploring or looking for locations you did not know existed. The charm will allow only the user to pass through a shadow; they cannot bring a guest with them unless the guest also has a Shadow Pass Charm, however travelling together will use the magic in both charms and they must be connected in some way while travelling. The Shadow Pass Charm is a one way trip; you cannot return to your original destination after using it. It can be used once per day. After the tickets have been compiled into a list, rolling will begin ~6PM EST October 28th! This will be done publicly, in this thread, and winners will have 72 hours to send a preference list to the shop mule, The Space Cauldron. If a winner does not contact the mule by that time, the they will forfeit their slot and another winner will be rolled! Once a player is rolled, all of their tickets will be pulled from the ticket list; you can only be rolled once! If you are rolled, you may give your slot to a friend only if they are not already on the winners list. Swapping positions with another player on the list is permitted. If you have questions about claiming tickets or other Raffle procedures, please PM In the Name of the Mule and we will get back to you as soon as possible!
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Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2019 7:51 pm
Mini GamesThis year we have a few mini games to participate in! You can find information about each Mini Game in their respective threads! While you cannot win raffle tickets from participation alone, if you write 500 words (either as a solo or RPing within the thread) based on the Mini Game and your scores for any character, you may be eligible to claim one ticket. Complete instructions and details are in the Mini Game threads, so please check these out! Not all Mini Games will be eligible for a raffle ticket entry, so please double check the rules to see if it is offered as an option first! So if you aren't playing for tickets, what are you playing for?Participation in the Mini Events can earn you IC RP Items! You can select either our current Event IC RP items or any of our permanent IC RP items! You can only win one of these items doing this method, so if you win in one mini game you cannot win in another! If the mini games have unique prizes that cannot be earned anywhere else (such as the necklaces in the Scavenger hunt) you can still participate to win them ICly but you will forfeit the OOC item prize, which will be rolled to go to someone else. Mini Games:[Dice Rolling] Trick or Treating[Writing Contest] Tolin's Urban Legend ContestMore to be announced as the event goes on!
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Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2019 7:52 pm
Individual Participation RewardsSometimes luck isn’t on anyone’s side; Individual Participation Rewards are rewards for participation without any competitive nature! For every five roleplays or solos that reach 500 words, a player can claim one IC RP item--from our regular pool of one time use IC Items, from our current Limited Edition IC RP Item Pool, or any item from a previous Limited Edition IC RP Item Pool (with the exception of any items that were given out as special/exclusive rewards in certain RPs). You cannot claim an IC RP Item or any Item that was winnable in a player run event, however you have access to any IC RP Item given out in a similar staff run event. You can claim up to three one time use IC RP Items through this method! However, if you participate in ten roleplays or solos that reach 500 words, you will have the option to claim one permanent accessory in place of one IC RP Item! This means, if you do fifteen roleplays or solos, you could claim two one time use IC RP Items and one permanent accessory, or you could claim three one time use IC RP Items. These roleplays or solos can come from ORPs, prompts, or mini games; you can repeat prompts to count for this! These roleplays do not have to be finished before the month ends, but we will be keeping our eyes on roleplays to make sure they are moving forward; we want to reward players for their activity, but if roleplays are being started and only played to word count without actually finishing, this will negatively impact how we choose to release more permanent accessories to the shop. Please try to finish all of the roleplays you start! To claim these RP Items (one time use items or permanent accessories) you will need to use the following form and post in this thread: [b][color=blue]I would like to turn in (#) roleplays for an IC RP Item!
[url=x]link[/url]
[b]Trading for:[/b] (Which item are you claiming?)
[b]Giving to:[/b] (Which of your characters will be obtaining this? (This is only necessary if claiming for a permanent accessory!)
[quote="The Space Cauldron"][/quote] Please also remember to edit your claim into your IC RP Item Log thread post! If you are claiming an item based on your participation, you cannot gift this item to anyone else! This is for you, and you alone!
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Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2019 7:53 pm
Ticket List NovaCracker
xdeathxbyxlovex
tefla
Redbud-Tree
Epine de Rose
Epine de Rose
Epine de Rose
Epine de Rose
Epine de Rose
Wavesoul Fantasia
Sunshine Alouette
NovaCracker
Redbud-Tree
Kapoodles
Indigo_Plateau
Indigo_Plateau
Indigo_Plateau
Indigo_Plateau
Indigo_Plateau
NovaCracker
Redbud-Tree
SSBrosB
tefla
tefla
litian
litian
Merurulince
Merurulince
Merurulince
MoonKitsune
MoonKitsune
MoonKitsune
MoonKitsune
MoonKitsune
xdeathxbyxlovex
Kaname Kyoto
Kaname Kyoto
Kaname Kyoto
Kaname Kyoto
Kaname Kyoto
NovaCracker
Sleet Tempest Snape
Sleet Tempest Snape
Sleet Tempest Snape
Sleet Tempest Snape
Sleet Tempest Snape
Shanyume
Shanyume
Shanyume
Shanyume
Shanyume
Redbud-Tree
Tolin Kalin
Orangeish Sherbert
meynara
meynara
meynara
meynara
meynara
Kyuseisha no Hikari
Noir Songbird
Noir Songbird
Wavesoul Fantasia
Wavesoul Fantasia
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Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2019 7:56 pm
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Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2019 8:02 pm
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