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- *event log,
- amatsuki: tokidoki rikugou,
- animal academy: sasuke sagami,
- arp: leon,
- danganronpa: mondo oowada,
- girls' frontline: ump45,
- kagepro: shuuya kano,
- kagepro: tsubomi kido,
- megaten: akira kurusu,
- megaten: rei,
- npc: minato arisato,
- original: terrence nowell,
- saga: lying cat,
- spiral: rio takeuchi
OCTOBER EVENT PT 1
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→ 10/3 Rain, rain, go away
As summer draws to a close and the season turns to autumn, the forest gradually starts to warm into golds and reds, starting from the mountains and working inwards towards the town. The first few drops of rain bring with them relief from the heat that had taken hold of the summer months, and the intermittent showers turn into constant downpours by the weekend. For the rest of the month, the rain is unrelenting, the sky cast in heavy grey clouds that refuse to part for the sun for even the briefest of moments, leaving October a month of constant darkness both night and day.
Without an ocean to drain into, the rainwater instead runs down the streets and drags dirt and debris from the forest along with it, ultimately collecting in the lake at the center of town and turning it muddy grey. The children have fun splashing in the puddles, until the worms and snails come crawling out and then there's more terrified shrieking than shouts of laughter, but it's kind of nice sitting by a window with a cup of hot tea while listening to the sound of pattering rain/screaming children outside. Only, the rain doesn't stop, worrying the townspeople enough that they start to talk about preparations for flooding. There really is no higher ground to move to, unless people want to trek all the way up to the mountains, so efforts are instead focused on keeping the water level controlled. Everybody is encouraged to pitch in filling and setting sandbags to build dams around the buildings to keep the water out, to donate non-perishable food and other emergency supplies to make sure there's enough to distribute to those who need them, and to take in what stray cats they're able to care for so that none of them are put in danger of the rushing water outside.
For the duration of the month, both the inn and the school are allowing people to stay in the second floor of the inn and the second story classrooms, free of charge. It's hard to say whether the ghosts in the inn are happy about all the extra company, with the wailing in between the walls getting louder as the month progresses, and some people say they hear giggling at times, which stops the moment they get closer. At the school, there are the Seven School Mysteries to contend with instead. They're all the typical things: the painting of the school founder whose eyes follow you around as you walk down the entrance hall, the bust in the art room that cries blood and stains the stone red, an anatomical model from the science lab that suddenly comes to life and chases people out of the room, the piano in the music room that plays by itself when nobody is in the room, a ghost haunting the bathrooms that locks all the doors when you really have to go, a goat man roaming the halls who chases and knocks anybody out cold if they aren't in a classroom between 4:00-4:05 PM, and ghostly hands that grab your wrists and ankles if you try to enter the gymnasium after sundown.
All these things are real. School's haunted.
→ 10/11-10/12 Paantu Festival
- As the lake fills up, more water starts to slosh out of it than what drains in, contaminating the drinking water, causing the townspeople to fall ill, and sapping all the light and the heat from the days. It's never rained this hard and this long before, people are saying. The gods must be angry. Something must have happened or somebody must have done something to curse the town, and now everybody is suffering the consequences of it.
While some people sit around and hope for the best, others decide to take matters in their own hands and revive a forgotten tradition in an effort to save the town: the Paantu Festival. For these two days, several dozen Paantu are seen roaming the streets, humanoid forms covered in branches and leaves stuck onto their bodies with thick, sticky mud, wearing wooden masks over their faces and carrying walking sticks as they chase after anybody still wandering outside. The Paantu scoop mud off the ground and smear them on people's houses, the shops and the school and even the hospital doesn't get spared. It's difficult to get anywhere in town without being ambushed and having a handful of mud thrown at your face, especially with how wet and slippery the streets have become.
As the Paantu are meant to spread good luck and scare away evil spirits, it's ill advised to attack the creatures, although some little kids inadvertently do as they kick and scream and try to get away, and doing so causes a day of bad luck to befall the attacker. When unmasked, some of the Paantu are revealed to be villagers playing the roles, but other times, the Paantu transforms into a cackling demon that jumps out and tries to grab onto your body. These demons cannot be destroyed, but if you're able to remove them, either by force or by persuasion, they'll leave behind a gold coin as thanks for playing with them. Unfortunately, the townspeople aren't able to see the demon Paantu, so if mud hits them on the back of the head and you're the only one standing there, they can only blame one person and that person is you. Better run, punk.
Parents jokingly tell their kids that the Paantu will take them away if they misbehave, but as the last of the Paantu are caught and unmasked, it's found that some people have disappeared in the chaos, old and young alike. Even in the days after the festival, the mud gets washed away, but missing posters go up— including those for the owners of the occult shop so many of you rely on for income, and the shop is temporarily closed. So much for driving out bad luck.
→ 10/13-10/27 No, seriously, please go away
- If anything, things just seem to get worse after the festival. With the lake saturated and nowhere else for the water to go, the town starts to flood, two feet by mid-month, with the water level rising exponentially higher until the town is drowning in eight feet of water by the end of the month, rendering all those sandbags useless. Although the water is largely still now instead of rushing towards the center of town, it's still mixed with the toxins from the lake and those who fall in or try to swim in it will eventually become ill, suffering chills and a fever and pressure in their chest that makes it difficult to breathe. Souji and Minato will be glad to have you over for tea any time to get rid of that poison, but unfortunately the tea doesn't help those who aren't Persona users. In order to make a tea that will help the townspeople, you'll have to help the Attendants gather the ingredients for it and fill their request.
On the 14th, the power goes out everywhere except the hospital, which has emergency generators, but those won't last forever either. In the following days, thunder roars in the distance, and lightning begins to flash across the sky, providing the only light now that both the sun and the moon are hidden above the clouds. By some miracle, the lightning never hits the town and electrocutes everybody in it, but it does hit the mountains from time to time, breaking the rock and causing avalanches to fall and smother the forest. At times, little pebbles of hail fall from the sky, and other times, it's frogs and fish that plop down into the water despite there being no ocean in Hirajiro.
Throughout the month, rain continues to fall even during Lockdown. The moon still cannot be seen, but in the area around the lake, faint blue light glows underwater to guide people towards the dungeon, and no Shadows leave this dungeon or the school dungeon to swim through town. For those taking shelter in the school, it still transforms into the previous dungeon during Lockdown, spitting people out onto a random floor and separating those who were together when midnight strikes. In these two dungeons, characters may find some reprieve from the rain, but none of the floors have a sun or a moon to provide light, and it becomes very humid. Yeah. You thought the fourth floor of the lake dungeon was hell already, but now it's 122°F/50°C with 100% humidity.
→ MOD NOTES
- ⬥ We're doing great, guys. In order to fight the lake dungeon boss, 2 more coin threads must be completed and submitted by 10/14.
⬥ To determine the outcome of the boss battle, a minimum of 10 threads across the entire player base from September's dungeon post is required, with a maximum of 2 threads turned in per player, containing at least 5 comments for each character. These threads may not overlap with coin threads but may be threads started in September or October. The deadline for defeating the boss is 10/31.
⬥ The raining and flooding will continue through the month until 10/27, with part 2 of the event going up on 10/28, but the pouring rain will noticeably lessen once the boss is defeated and the ofuda is returned to the castle. At the worst of the flooding, single story buildings in town will be almost fully submerged, but the water level does not extend as high in the forest and both the castle and shrine will be left untouched by the flood during the month, although they'll still get rained on.
⬥ This month, the full moon (despite not being visible) occurs on 10/12-10/14, and Personas may behave strangely and disobey orders. This is an optional mechanic.
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But they always have their reasons, so she brightens up as soon as he keeps talking, excited about this festival she's just learned about and intrigued by this coin she's never seen before too. ]
This festival is about bringing love and peace and joy to the world! I think!
[ Something something good luck, it's the same thing ]
I'm not sure what to do with the coin, though... Ah! Maybe we can buy ice cream with it~
[ "We" as in "treat me too, please!" haha ]
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We can do that! I know a cafe nearby that has pretty good ice cream. Unless you have somewhere else you want to go to!
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Let's go to the cafe~!! I want to go to the cafe!
[ But before that, she goes to scoop the black cat up in her arms, which he gives a resigned meow at, before plopping him into her hoodie that she pushes back so he can be carried around in there. She puts a finger to her lips, grinning up at Leon. ]
Shh! Don't tell, okay?
[ In case the cafe doesn't allow cats inside. ]
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It's a secret!
[ He doesn't actually know if it's not allowed or not, because he's never gone in with cats, but yeah! Let's go! He really could use some really nice outing. ...Actually they should be more concerned about them not being let in because they're... pretty much drenched from top to bottom. ]
It's just around the corner! Do you have any favourite ice cream, Ala-tan?
[ Ah, he's getting a little comfortable. ]
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Kano baps the back of Ala's head with his paw before she can turn around and give him sparkle eyes. He is not calling her Ala-tan.
But it's okay, it's okay, because she has a cute name now and she gets ice cream, and the rain and the mud didn't bother her in the first place so this is all just very great! ]
I want to try one of everything! Leon-tan!!
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One of everything?! [ This appetite and enthusiasm... it reminds him of Rei-tan. He wonders if she's doing well. He hasn't seen her in a while... ] Okay, I hope this coin can suffice... I don't have that much money on me right now. ...But if anything! I can ask them to put it on my tab!
[ Is he going to follow Terry's steps... Maybe.
Anyway, he leads the way to the said cafe, and before they can even enter, the waitress of the cafe comes up to them in concern. They're muddy and completely wet, and don't look like people who actually have money to eat. "We are very sorry, but if you're only here to take shelter, we will have to ask you to go somewhere else." ]
E, eh? We're here to eat ice cream! Right, Ala-tan?
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[ There's another bap on the back of her head, a reminder that she shouldn't go spilling the beans about Kano's illusions. Not because it's a secret, but because she's about to admit that he gives shopkeepers fake coins that disappear after he leaves the store and is basically a petty thief. You gotta be friends first, Ala. Get them in deep enough so they'll forgive petty thievery. These are the bad things he's teaching her. ]
Mm~ It's okay, it's okay! We'll figure it out!
[ She bounces on the heels of her boot, wiping her hands down her dress like that'll get enough water off to look presentable. ]
We're here to eat ice cream, so, um!
[ She shifts a little, out of the rain and under the awning, and it's then that Kano casts his illusion and makes it look like both Ala and Leon are just sort of damp and not sopping wet at all. No muddy footprints either! Let them have their ice cream. ]
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Just in case, he'll do an extra persuasion! Okay maybe he just wants to show off his skills as an idol. He leans forward and pulls out his business smile. ]
If you let us in, we'll be sure to promote the cafe to our friends too, promise! [ He winks and the waitress manages her poker face in response... but relents and lets them in. ] Ehehe! Thank you, Oneesan ♡
[ He could've just shown them the coin, but he isn't so sure if they can even use it... Anyway, yay! They're given a pretty nice seat by the window, too!! He opens up the menu sideways so they both can look at it and-- would you look at that! Everything looks so delicious! ]
I tried Tropical Land the other time, and it's sooo good~♡
[ And it's yellow, his colour! ]
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Thank you, Oneesan~!
[ too, following after Leon and sliding over so that she's sitting right up against the window, cool glass pressed to the side of her arm as she looks outside. Dreary. But it's nice in its own way, the light grey haze of rain making everything look soft and dreamy, not like the harsh sunlight that breaks everything apart to stark light and shadow. This is nice. Greys are nice. She really likes the rain.
But there's so many things to choose from!! Hawaiian Monkey makes her laugh out loud when she gets to that one, and the little pudding on the Pudding a la mode looks so interesting that she pokes the menu with the tip of her finger despite knowing it won't bounce like a pudding normally would.
If they're going to eat through everything, though, then the order doesn't really matter. ]
Let's eat the rainbow one first~ Rainbow's the best color!
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When Ala speaks up, he removes himself from the glass and perks up, eyes open wide. ]
Ehh~ I'd argue that yellow is the best colour, but I guess nothing can beat a rainbow, huh? [ He chuckles. ] Excuse me, we'll have a Rainbow Magic and Hawaiian Monkey for starters, please!
[ After relaying the order to the waitress, Leon leans back to his seat. ]
Have you been here long, Ala-tan? Are you from around here?
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But oh! Two ice creams! She was thinking they would share just one at a time, but two is much more efficient, and she's stoked that the other one is the monkey one. ]
Mm~ Nope! A couple weeks, I guess? I came with Shuuya, and Shuuya came from—
[ Kano baps the back of her head ]
...somewhere! He doesn't want me to say. But we're here now, and that's what matters! What about you? I want to know about you!
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I see! Hmm... I've been here for almost four months, now? I haven't gotten any stronger, though... I'm an idol! From Japan! Which, I guess you guys are too?
[ Since they're speaking Japanese... Not that he knows people from different countries magically can speak Japanese here. ]
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[ She has no idea what an idol is! Or why anybody needs to get stronger, or why Leon thinks they're from Japan. Kano's set foot in the country for less than a week, and that was for a trip with a friend. Along with English and French, Kano at least knows some Japanese since his mother spoke it, but it was a long time ago... Ten years, and it still kind of hurts, being in a town where everybody speaks it. He really doesn't like this place.
Ala leans back in her seat, swinging her feet below the table. ]
Shuuya doesn't want me to say where we're from, but maybe someday he'll tell you! I've never been to Japan, though... Is it anything like this place? Is it fun? Are there lots of festivals and rain and ice cream?
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Oh, I just assumed you guys are too, because you speak my language...
[ So they aren't? He's curious - on a better day he would whine and beg them to tell him, just not today. ]
Yeah! Some smaller cities look kinda like this town, but where I'm from... it's more of... Mm... A big city! [ Vocabulary. ] There's rain, ice cream, festivals! We celebrate a lot of things! So we have a lot of public holidays too! Sports Day, Green Day, Sea Day...
[ He can go on... but it's time for Ala to talk! ]
Say, you don't have to tell me where you're from-- but what it's like?
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Wow! A whole day to celebrate green...!
[ Big cities are amazing.
But when asked what the place she's from is like, Ala settles down a little, leaning back in her seat and swinging her feet lightly below the table. ]
Hm... Shuuya and I came from different places, but they're kinda the same. Similar. Um~ Like a really really wide open space, [ and she spreads her arms wide on either side of her to emphasize this ] with lots and lots and lots of people in it! But it's very dark, and very lonely, and you're always by yourself. It's that sort of place!