Tunnel Spooktober 2017

[Rebonack]

"Okay, I'll try those ones," Khannie replies to the feline with a definite nod. She grabs a little blue candy gem, pops it in her mouth, and-

CRUNCH!

Oh come on, Khannie.

You're supposed to suck on them!

"Sometimes I meet cats who don't talk," she informs the cat in question. While chewing her candy. Crunchcrunchcrunch. "There are lots of those. My neighbors have one named Mister Boots. He's nice, I think. Do you talk 'cuz you're really a princess that got turned into a cat?"

That's a fair question around here.

Especially coming from someone who's nine.

Then what's this?

More people!

She smiles at the girl in the white dress. "Hi! I'm Khannie! What're you supposed to be?"

[Felandria]

The girl is sniffed at by the wolves before she moves on. Particularly a pair of young, recently-born pups. They follow her around for a moment before wandering off.



Felandria will hear a voice... somewhere in her leg region.

"Wow. Cool costume."

If she looks down, it seems she's being addressed by a teenage goblin girl with light grey skin, black hair and red eyes. She's wearing an ornate set of plate armour.

Fel looks down and smiles.

Thanks!

You too.

Is it heavy?

[Recaiden]

"If you say so." Winds answers with a shrug. "We're all wearing costumes all the time, to some extent."

Oh look at that, a little knight.
"What prompted you lot to put together these festivities this year?"

[Deathkeeper]

Krayger seems surprised by the question.
"Publicity, I'd guess. Or maybe just for the kids. We've done Thanksmas after all.
You would have to ask the Boss though. I'm just his not-so-demonic muscle." he says with a smile, leaning back absent-mindedly and generating a horrible pop. Krayger groans and begins fussing with the wings again as one now has a limply hanging finger.

[Morty]

Fel looks down and smiles.

Thanks!

You too.

Is it heavy?

Iknika smiles proudly and raises her arms defiantly.

"It is, but I can take it. I'm a knight in training! And you're... Felandria, from Vigil and HALO."

[Shadowcaller]

[Entering MERC]

Astrana is now wearing a jacket as she is moving through the tunnels of MERC. She did not envy Willa, that lower body of hers was even more inconvenient than her horns and tail were in a world adapted for people without them. "What sort of enchantments do you use exactly?" She suddenly asks, looking at the centaur.

[Recaiden]

"Here, you want some help with that?" Winds offers nonspecifically.

[Deathkeeper]

Krayger does his best to get everything back in condition, but he can't do anything about the snapped wire.
Embarrassed, the minotaur mutters his response to Winds. "Uh, yeah, if you got anything. I have glue upstairs but I don't want to bounce so soon after the thing started."

[WarKitty]

The cat hops up on one of the tables and snags a decidedly alcoholic smelling potion bottle. In front of the kids, for shame. Princess? the cat snorts derisively. I'm a cat, not a transformed human. She thinks for a moment. I do accept food however, provided it's low on plants.

[Nova_Eclipse]

Electra glances around as she plays, and decides to change things up a bit. The number of knights gives her a few ideas, and for the next little while, the music seems to take on a few more epic themes. Music to quest by, after all.

[Felandria]

Iknika smiles proudly and raises her arms defiantly.

"It is, but I can take it. I'm a knight in training! And you're... Felandria, from Vigil and HALO."

That's right, Iknika.

I remember you from Thanksmas, when I was Santa, I gave you that gauntlet, if I remember correctly.

[McBish]

The little girl grins as Khannie asks about her costume. She takes the time to scoop some soup with beef floating in it, carefully scooping up as many pieces of beef as possible. She sets the bowl in front of cat. Still smiling like the cat that caught a canary, she clasps her hands behind her replies. "Hello I'm Chailyn. And I am a little girl." She seems extremely happy with this answer, almost bursting out laughing, but holding it in hoping she gets to deliver her punch line.

[Morty]

That's right, Iknika.

I remember you from Thanksmas, when I was Santa, I gave you that gauntlet, if I remember correctly.

Iknika blinks, then understanding dawns on her.

"It was you! Well, thanks!"

Her ears perk up when she hears the music.

"Ooooh, that's good. Music for a knight. I wonder if Koshal's here too. He's a knight in training like me."

[Recaiden]

"Stay still."
Winds puts a hand on his real sword's hilt. It was one of a pair of blades. The first, relatively straightforward, one is no longer around, exactly. The one that remains -

He draws the sword.

with a blade black as the space between stars.
That which follows those who hunt monsters.
Who stares back at those who stare into the abyss.
What comes for every hero in the end.
old, swift, proud. The grip was never broken.
Its brother is Righteous Anger, but its own name has never been captured.

And in one motion brings it to meet the costume-wings
and then returns it to its sheathe.

This sword, it is also a handy tool for many purposes. And only a moment later Winds has two tiny scraps of wire on the edge of his plate, and Krayger's costume should be repaired, good as new save for a tiny thin mark where the wire had snapped. Winds is reaching up with his free hand to playfully bop Krayger on the forehead.
"Be more careful with it next time, okay?"

[Deathkeeper]

Krayger blinks at Winds, not really sure how to respond.
"Did you...did you just use an elder artifact to repair a piece of wire and cloth?" Normal swords don't really stare out into the abyss and such.

[Recaiden]

Winds shrugs.
"When all you have is a hammer..."

[Deathkeeper]

"Well...just be careful with that thing." Krayger says, breathing out. When serious power like that is thrown out, he's just lucky that it did what it did, and didn't cause any reality-bending, spontaneous ignition, or anything like that.
"So uh, the name's Krayger." he says, offering his hand.

[Recaiden]

Handshake ensures! "Burning Winds. Interesting to finally meet you in person, and in these costumes of all things."

[Deathkeeper]

Krayger raises an eyebrow. It's a much more subtle movement than a human's, due to the way his skull and muscles are positioned, but it is movement.
"Finally? I wasn't aware I had much of a reputation. I hope you don't have anything against costumes. After all, you yourself said you put in more work than I did." he says, smiling a bit.

[Ashen Lilies]

BEHOLD! It's a fearsome... LICH!

A terrible figure in a tall dark robe, with glowing eerie green gemstone eyes peering out of a spooky skull mask. In one hand, a regal jewel encrusted scepter crackles with fel magics, and in the other a heavy ironbound tome shudders under heavy locks, forbidden knowledge of dark and cursed rituals straining against confinement.

Of course, using real magic to create a lich costume is not only cheating, but also runs the risk of being legitimately too terrifying, on account of being... uh... not actually a costume. Which is why Cassandra is mostly chilling out by the music stage, mask off and props discreetly hidden away. Gotta save the full pyrotechnics for a final boss encounter down the line, or something.

The dark elf is a little different looking from her last onscreen appearance, even besides touches added for the sake of the event. Her pale grey skin has been somehow deepened to a slightly darker medium-level grey, and her previously dark hair has changed completely, having turned from raven to stark white. She leans against the wall, eyes closed as she takes in the soundscape being crafted by Electra and her accompaniment.

[Morty]

A figure of fire and magic appears... or, well. Someone with a pretty good costume of one. Fayyaad came dressed as an ifrit, a fire spirit. He's wrapped in a red toga of sorts, exposing part of his chest. Along his arms run a pair of bright orange ribbons, with stylised flames attached. On the back, there's a pair of brightly-painted flames, made of cloth and mounted on golden filigree. His sandals have a slightly magical paint on them that seems to simmer like embers. All this is very impressive, but does require him to be careful, or else it'll get tangled up in something.

Having wandered in, Fayyaad spots Electra quickly, and waves. But she seems busy playing, so perhaps it's best if he doesn't bother her... but is that Cassandra over there? The tiefling heads towards the music stage anyway.

[Recaiden]

Winds has no easily observable expression.
"Not much, but I know just about everyone in your line of work."

[Deathkeeper]

Krayger shrugs. "Well, I suppose we're not exactly hidden. Are you a follower of this sort of work, or just knowledgeable?" he asks. There's something weird about this guy, for sure.

[Recaiden]

"Well, I'm not just knowledgeable." Winds says, amused. He walks away before the mystery completely evaporates. There are lots more foods on the table to sample.

At the entrance, a giant lobster arrives. Well, on closer inspection it just seems like some other creature in a felt-heavy giant lobster suit. At the front, just under the antennae, is the face of a young girl. Karen ignores the tables of weird candy and the delicious, cutely-costumed wolves and scuttles down towards the side-tunnels. That sort of spookiness is much more appropriate for Halloween.

[Nova_Eclipse]

Electra smiles at Fayyaad, but goes on playing, finishing up a song, before starting another, inspired somewhat by his costume. She did notice Cassandra standing near the stage, and noted that she seemed to be taking the music in, much to Electra's own delight, though it's hard to tell with the way she moves around while she plays. She probably won't have much of a chance to talk to anyone for awhile yet, though perhaps later she might be able to take a short break.

[Felandria]

Iknika blinks, then understanding dawns on her.

"It was you! Well, thanks!"

Her ears perk up when she hears the music.

"Ooooh, that's good. Music for a knight. I wonder if Koshal's here too. He's a knight in training like me."

Fel beams with pride.

I'm so happy you like it.

And I'm glad it is serving you well.


She scoops up a few chocolate coins.

Koshal, eh?

I wouldn't know if he's here.

[Rebonack]

Khannie seems quite pleased with the feline's answer!

"Oh, good. Cats that used to be people are weird because sometimes they get offended if you pet them 'cuz they think they're too good for petting. Can I pet you?" she rambles, hand already hovering closer to the cat in the event she says yes.

Because come on.

You can't be confronted by a cat and not pet them.

That just isn't how things work.

In other news, Khannie wrinkles her nose at the 'little girl'. It looks rather silly, considering how her face is put together.

"But you're supposed to be dressed up as something! Like, I dressed up as a monk! See, I've got the silly hair and everything," she explains, pointing at the ring-shaped wig she's wearing. "You can't just come as you. That's cheating! You can't cheat at costumes on Halloween."

[Morty]

"Well, I'm not just knowledgeable." Winds says, amused. He walks away before the mystery completely evaporates. There are lots more foods on the table to sample.

At the entrance, a giant lobster arrives. Well, on closer inspection it just seems like some other creature in a felt-heavy giant lobster suit. At the front, just under the antennae, is the face of a young girl. Karen ignores the tables of weird candy and the delicious, cutely-costumed wolves and scuttles down towards the side-tunnels. That sort of spookiness is much more appropriate for Halloween.

When the "lobster" enters the tunnels, she'll encounter a green, glowing ghost of a shark floating in the air. It's actually one of Rilla's holograms, but clearly someone is operating them from hiding.

"What do you seek here in the dungeon, young one?"

Fel beams with pride.

I'm so happy you like it.

And I'm glad it is serving you well.


She scoops up a few chocolate coins.

Koshal, eh?

I wouldn't know if he's here.

""

"He's a minotaur, but I'm not sure what he'll be dressed as," Iknika says. "And you're dressed as... I'm not actually sure either. I think I've seen this outfit somewhere."

[Recaiden]

Karen takes a half-step back upon the appearance of the ghost shark. Though she reminds herself a moment later that it's part of the decoration, it's better spookiness than she'd been expecting.

"Treasure! What else do you want in a dungeon?" Prisoners to rescue, a quiet place to work, just a sense of adventure...but no, a dungeon had best have a big treasure chest somewhere.

[McBish]

Chailyn grins and holds up a finger dramatically. "Ah but it is only cheating if I am a little girl under my costume." With this she slyly casts a spell which causes her eyes to shift in alien patterns slightly hypnotic. One hand held behind her back fingers wiggling in a complicated pattern. It is a pretty simple charm not at all powerful. An average mind would throw it off 75% of the time. Still she thinks I sells her costume as monster disguised as little girl nicely. Her grin is the only sign of amusement on her face and is fey enough by itself