November Mash

[galambs]

Who: Open Log (All)
Where: City and Velvet Room
Summary: A small log before things get a little darker...
Warnings: N/A

One would think on the darkest night something terrible would happen. You would think wrong. Perhaps it was a sort of irony that caused Halloween and All Hallows' Day to happen without incident, but a strange feeling tells you that something might be up soon enough...

... however right now the city is in celebration, and honestly even Luci and at least one of the Velvets are encouraging celebration.

SPOOKY SCARY PUMPKINS

A-1
As the last days for crops slowly come to pass, Pont-a-Tarte lives up to its name, hosting a gigantic pie competition. While the main attraction is, of course, the giant pumpkin pie made with over ten gigantic pumpkins, there are booths selling maple, sugar, apple and pecan pies as well. Sometimes said pies are thrown in someone's face...but all in the name of good fun. You signed up for this, right?

A-2
A pumpkin carving contest is also underway! There are monetary prizes, but originality is what the inhabitants are looking for the most. The stranger (and spooky!) the idea, the better the prizes.

A-3
There are costume contests as well and a carnival at night. Will you join in? Maybe you'll take inspiration from your own world? However... you may notice something rather strange - at night you'll be able to change into your rebel costume when no one is watching. Not stuck in a dream is strange enough, but the fact that others wearing costumes don't seem to think odd of it means it truly is some sort of magical night... Too bad you can't use your personas or move around with the usual dexterity.

A-4
The only one who seem to really care are the numbers of cats around...most of them start rubbing on you the moment you are in your “costume” and it becomes difficult to move around. The minute the costume disappears, they move off,

Coins and Pranks...

B-1
Not to be outdone by the city, the Rebels’ phones will ring on November 1st, asking them to bring the pumpkins they might have done the day before so that they can be judged. Of course the Velvets are very... strange, so what might have won first prize might just be seen as a feeble attempt. However, there are prizes to be won, so it might be worth even to carve a new one! To be honest, they seem pretty pleased with anything...

Well... William seems pleased. Mary may seem a little lost with the whole affair, but soldiering on with her usual straight-laced efficiency.

(OOC - Pyro Jack’s/Jack Frost’s coins will be award to anyone who participates. Keep these in hand... they might be useful later. On a somewhat strange note the outside, while covered in bluish foil, peels to reveal a piece of chocolate... however, the layer of chocolate is very small and it's actually a golden coin inside.)

B-2
Not to be outdone by the city and the Velvets, Luci's asked the rebels to participate in his fun little contest too -- by which he means, “show me where you leave your rotten pumpkins and prank someone in the city.” But are you sure you even want a prize from him?

OOC - This is a small, fun log, but brace yourselves as plot logs are coming soon and a few new announcements! Use this as a small breather and have fun!

Comments

[singlefaith]

"Less . . . warning?" She takes in the annoyance, the words . . . and they don't quite make sense. Why does he need warning, unless he's in a place where he shouldn't be when it happens? And why be annoyed unless it's an inconvenience?

"You mean you didn't have control of it?" That, at least, feels safe to assume.

Then: ". . . Were you nearby?"

[spoilsfun]

"Near enough." He wasn't about to explain where he'd really been.

"Of course, I don't have control over it. Has there ever been any control over when we end up in these outfits? Outside of choosing to go into dreams." And he was still annoyed that that was something he even had to talk about seriously.

[singlefaith]

"I thought Shinichi couldn't come out in public?" Ran still feels like there's something here -- something important -- and she can't quite yet give it up.

[spoilsfun]

"I can't be seen in public."

That was an important difference.

[singlefaith]

He might see it as an important difference, but Ran's eyebrows quirk as she sends a glance around them. At trees, and the more distant sounds of the festival.

"So Shinichi can be outside, but has to hide in the bushes all the time?"

[spoilsfun]

"Of course not. For one thing, most areas of the city don't have nearly enough bushes to make it a plausible cover. I just can't be recognized as myself."

That what disguises were for.

[singlefaith]

That makes her pause a little. "So . . . you're walking around in disguise?"

It's the only plausible explanation she can think of. But. It seems . . . so convoluted.

[spoilsfun]

"If I don't want to recognized, I can hardly be walking around looking like this all the time."

It was even mostly true. Very few people had ever recognized him as Conan.

[singlefaith]

So . . . yes, in other words. Ran presses her lips together briefly, a small furrow forming in her brow, trying to make this bit of information fit with all the rest. Something still doesn't quite add up . . . but she can't name what that is, either. It teases her at the edges of her consciousness, cloying.

Luckily for Shinichi, all deduction comes to a car crash of a halt as a sudden cat comes sailing out of a tree and onto his head. Plop!

. . . Maybe it's a good thing that he's wearing a helmet at the moment?

[spoilsfun]

He staggers in surprise as the weight lands on his head, quickly sliding off. He catches the cat in his arms as it slips off and stares at it in bemusement.

"A cat?"

[singlefaith]

"Mrow!" the cat intones, hanging down patiently from his hands as it blinks at him with enormous, yellow eyes.

Ran stares; that had jolted her almost as it had him. Her eyes flick upward to the tree. "Where--?"

"Miao!" Another cat emerges from the bushes, twining around his ankles.

[spoilsfun]

Shinichi hastily sets down the first cat onto the ground as he attempts to avoid tripping over the second cat.

"Where are they coming from?"

[singlefaith]

From all around them, apparently. He'll find another one stretching up his leg, even as he steps back, pawing at his hip. The other two weave around his legs, one of them looking fully tempted to jump up and clamber back onto his shoulder. They haven't stopped meowing.

Ran is at a loss -- though she can't quite help the laugh that bubbles up, watching. "They seem to like you?"

[spoilsfun]

He gives her the look that statement deserved.

"If that was true, it wouldn't explain why they were all appearing all of a sudden." He attempts to step around the cats weaving around his legs as he moves away from yet another cat attempting to climb him.

"Maybe someone left some food around here."

[singlefaith]

Her statement so did not deserve that look, thank you. Fortunately, Ran is undaunted -- and it only makes her laugh again.

"Maybe Shinichi ran into catnip?"

The cats are undeterred, following even as he tries to step away. They're purring now. Loudly.

[spoilsfun]

"If I'd run into enough catnip to provoke this kind of reaction, I think I would have noticed."

He scowls at the cats irritably.

He still reaches down and pets one when it tries to twine around his ankles.