CR & PLOTTING: NOVEMBER

[moustre]

CR & PLOTTING: NOVEMBER

Last month, unfortunately, the anti-Monster radicals of Dorchacht continued to prove a threat to harmony in Aefenglom when a spy infiltrated the city and obtained local help in producing a mist that caused feral behavior and unusual changes in the citizens. Groups of Mirrorbound put a stop to it and brought in the culprits to the Coven, while more helped keep order in the city. A tentative peace returned just in time for Samuin and the traditional fireworks shows to light up the night skies.

Noveuer shapes up to be calmer, despite heavy rains and a chill in the air that threatens snow. Clean-up continues throughout the city from the Incident last month and from the usual Samuin tradition of getting rid of old junk. While a tension remains palpable in most neighborhoods, and anti-Monster and anti-Mirrorbound sentiment left over from the mist incident hangs over wealthier and predominantly human districts like a dark cloud, the Coven is taking a different attitude. New year, new you, and new Bonds with others, seems to be the theme. Many Mirrorbound still have not found their right Bonded yet, which leads to...

Masquerade

A masquerade ball, organized by Louis (rightfoot) and his helpers! A grand ballroom complete with gardens and outdoor fountain is set aside for the affair, taking place on November 8th. Fliers and invitations are passed out in the days leading up to it, promising a glitzy evening to mingle, dance, and drink, and perhaps even meet a new friend or Bondmate. Formal attire is encouraged, the fancier the better. Tailor shops are alternatingly eager to help Mirrorbound find right outfit for them - they want to be the one to start a new trend inspired by another world - or completely uninterested in Mirrorbound patronage at their businesses, depending largely on the owners' individual experiences last month.

At the door, enchanted masks will be handed out, though wearing them is optional. The enchantment will allow for total anonymity; while wearing one, other characters will not be able to see past it or recall any of the mask-wearer's distinctive features (including horns, wings, scales, etc.), only their attire, or their mask itself. Memories of encounters with mask-wearing individuals will be a little warm and hazy on the wearer's identity.

Food, drink, and softly enchanted mood music will set things up for a lovely evening of mingling. And mingling is the aim here - a vessel will be set up among the decor, where characters can write their name on a slip of paper and put it into the vessel. In return, a name (or a description of a mask, if the character is choosing to be anonymous) on a slip of paper will pop out! The enchantment lightly compels the two characters to seek each other out and dance, or just converse, for about the length of a song. After that, the spell will dissipate. Characters may put their name into the vessel as many times as they wish, to find more dance or conversation partners. Wallflowers beware, though! This magic is unpredictable, and may even spit out the names of those who haven't put them into the vessel! It's alright, though, you're here to meet new friends, aren't you?

At the end of the night, characters will be invited to don glowing trinkets, jewelry, or accessories and get a little wild. Said trinkets will continue to glow for about a month after the party, and can be taken home as a memento, or offered to a potential Bondmate as a gift!

So don your finery, have fun, and dance the night away, Mirrorbound!

Mirror Mix-Up

Aefenglom can't make it a full month without a little more magical mayhem, though. Fortunately, this time around, it's only a baffling sort of mayhem. On the night of the 20th, as the bells ring for 3 AM, the night cleaner at the Looking-Glass House finds himself surprised when things come through the mirrors instead of people, a mess of trinkets scattering haphazardly across the floor, pets scurrying about unhappy with their current predicaments. A little panicked, he waits for more Mirrorbound to come through, but none do.

Eventually, with the help of Nessie and her clipboard-bearing Witch assistant, they figure out that these are items and pets that belong to the current Mirrorbound already within the city. How strange! Of course, it's made quite the mess, so she puts out an announcement that they should all come pick up their things, please, and do be quick about it.

Unfortunately, they're just making guesses at what belongs to whom.

November's mod event is Mirror Mix-Up, an item regain treat for the holidays! On the night of the 20th, one item from home will come through each character's mirror. This can be a sentimental object, something frivolous like a new outfit in their home style, a treasured weapon, or even a pet/familiar! There are only a few stipulations:

• Items must be reasonably sized, meaning a regular human with no enhancements could feasibly pick it up. This applies to pets/familiars as well. Items or pets may be shrunk down if the thing you had in mind doesn't quite fit the restriction.
  
• Items follow the same rules as inventory items upon arrival. Anything magical will lose its magic and have to be re-enchanted. You'll have to find some new way to charge tech devices, etc.
  
• Items can be from any canon point, past, present, or future.
  
• Items must generally belong to your character. Items that have no stated owner are fine, but Character A can't get Character B's signature weapon.
  
• One item per character. If multiple small items can reasonably be called a set, they can count as one item. Example: a chess board and chess pieces, or a journal and pen.
  
• If you would prefer your character not receive an item during this event, that's fine too - the mirrors work in mysterious ways.

Witches of the Coven will be handing these items and pets/familiars out based on their best guesses - maybe your character gets lucky and gets their item right away, or maybe someone else gets it while they get another person's item. You can plot out your own mix-ups, or you can sign up for a random mix-up! Use the form below to sign up before November 13th. Randomization assignments will handed out on that day to allow time to plot before the event log goes up.

Items must eventually find their way to their original owner unless explicitly plotted out with said item's owner. Enjoy!

FORMS

With all that out of the way, here is your CR/Plotting form!

Player Name: Your name, handle, whatever you'd like!
Pronouns: Your preferred pronouns.
Contact: Preferred method of contact - discord, plurk, twitter, PM, ye olde MSN messenger, etc.
Timezone: Where are you in the world?

Character Name: Name & username!
Canon: Exactly as it says.
Appearance: Link an image or describe your character; if there's anything notable about them at first meeting, put it here!
Brief: A few words to sum up your character, a couple of lines to tell what they're about, whatever you'd like. If you have an info post all ready to go, feel free to link it in addition to your summary!
Choice: Witch or Monster; and for the latter, which one?
Event Plans: Anything specific to this month's event!
General Plans: Any other plans you have for the month! Don't forget to check out the Quest Board, too.

SUBJECT: PLAYER NAME | CHARACTER NAME | CANON <b>Player Name:</b> <b>Pronouns:</b> <b>Contact:</b> <b>Timezone:</b> <b>Character Name:</B> <b>Canon:</b> <b>Appearance:</B> <B>Brief:</b> <B>Choice:</b> <B>Event Plans:</b> <B>General Plans:</b>

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MIRROR MIX-UP RANDOMIZER SIGN-UPS

[moustre]

Fill out the form below to sign up to receive another character's item at random! Please do so before November 13th - randomization assignments will go out then.

<b>Character Name:</b> <b>Item:</b> Give a short description if necessary!

[battlebound]

Character Name: Steak
Item: A half-burnt letter written in blood and addressed to Red Wine which he stole. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[moustre]

Your character will be accidentally given the item belonging to Prompto: A pound of gysahl greens, which are basically like. spinach or lettuce but are also a chocobo's favorite food!

Your character's item will be accidentally given to Gwen Wynne-York.

Feel free to comment to each other's entries in this thread to plot, or plot through whatever means you'd like. Enjoy!

[trouvaille]

hello gwen's instinct is definitely to look for the person the letter was addressed to rather than the sender which i'm guessing from being burned might be less clear

what's your desires

[curruid_coinchenn]

Character Name: Berserker (Cú Chulainn Alter)
Item: Mini Cú-chan plushie. All you could ever want to know about this agent of chaos is at that link.

[moustre]

Your character will be accidentally given the item belonging to Antonio Salieri: A yellowed musical score sheet, with the title "Per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia," written on the top.

Your character's item will be accidentally given to Alphys.

Feel free to comment to each other's entries in this thread to plot, or plot through whatever means you'd like. Enjoy!

HAUNTED DOLL WATCH

[textsfromhotland]

So Alphys won't object to ending up with a cute (if slightly sinister-looking) plushie. If it really does get up and move in the night though we're gonna have some problems.

[unholey]

Character Name: Pannacotta Fugo
Item: A photograph of a collection of fashionable(?) gangsters.

[moustre]

Your character will be accidentally given the item belonging to Momiji Sohma: His violin from home, complete with case and bow. Because it's one of an infinite series of guilt-gifts from Momiji's dad, it's very nice. It looks about like so and, though it's relatively new, anyone in the know about these things will recognize that it's also pretty masterfully handcrafted.

Your character's item will be accidentally given to Geralt.

Feel free to comment to each other's entries in this thread to plot, or plot through whatever means you'd like. Enjoy!

[niespodzianka]

hello there, geralt has your picture! do you have a preferred method of retrieval now that the event post is up?

[digiorno]

Character Name: giorno giovanna
Item: a picture of his dad (very old and weathered)

[befucked]

Character Name: Jane Canary
Item: One large and very warm, brown-furred blanket (heart-warmingly pictured here), previously belonging to Wild Bill Hickok.

[selfishwish]

Character Name: Momiji Sohma
Item: His violin from home, complete with case and bow. Because it's one of an infinite series of guilt-gifts from Momiji's dad, it's very nice. It looks about like so and, though it's relatively new, anyone in the know about these things will recognize that it's also pretty masterfully handcrafted.

[sporelett]

Character Name: Kaneka Nyskie
Item: A silver unholy symbol of Asmodeus on a necklace chain.

[clickclickbang]

Character Name: Prompto
Item: A pound of gysahl greens, which are basically like. spinach or lettuce but are also a chocobo's favorite food!

[scatmaam]

Character Name: Scathach/Lancer/Shadow
Item: it's a bunny suit.. i'm not joking

[niespodzianka]

Character Name: Geralt
Item: a broken, taxidermy white unicorn in several pieces (at least the head, and a few other limbs or chunks - the head is crucial for it to be identified as a real unicorn and not a horse modified postmortem)

[trouvaille]

Character Name: Gwen Wynne-York
Item: A cello—an 18th century Domenico Montagnana—in its case, the outside of which has been papered with sheet music and has PRINCIPESSA across the front of it in gold leaf, then glossed. There's some hand-written sheet music signed E W-Y inside.

[bloodwit]

Character Name: viren
Item: a pouch containing four gold coins. but blank, because with magic a no-go, they come free of any trapped people.

[horkbajir]

Character Name: Toby
Item: A handheld Dracon beam made for Hork-Bajir. There's no real official art and in the TV series these were flashlights, so - let's say it resembles this, with a dial for settings, and is nearly two feet long, kinda heavy and ungainly for non Hork-Bajir. Someone with small hands may be barely able to shoot with it.

It's banged up and the dial is stuck so only one of the lowest settings, equivalent to 'stun', works. It fires a thick red beam that can be continuous or a short bolt depending on how long you hold the trigger. A limb hit by this goes clumsy and underresponsive for several minutes. Hit someone in the chest or head and they'll drop to the floor twitching. It feels like taking a serious burn and will punch through clothing or singe feathers/fur/etc, but the actual damage to a human-type body is minimal, first-degree-burn level. Discoloration and tenderness.

The larger someone is the less it works on them, but conversely it could kill a small enough animal. It also TSEEWs real loudly and there's only so much juice.

[eightleaves]

Character Name: Rean Schwarzer
Item: A small family photo of a younger Rean, an older man and an older woman, and a small girl. The photo exudes warmth, and judging by the fingerprints on the frame, it gets picked up and looked at quite frequently.

[activatingcombatmode]

Character Name: Zack Fair
Item: A large beach parasol. Litterally that's it. can be used as a replacement for a greatsword

[amurder]

Character Name: Antonio Salieri
Item: A yellowed musical score sheet, with the title "Per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia," written on the top.

[textsfromhotland]

Character Name: Alphys
Item: A box set of Mew Mew Kissy Cutie DVDs. She'll be so happy to see it until she remembers there are no DVD players here.

[spaghettimonster]

Character Name: Papyrus
Item: One of his sexy robot action figures, but a rectangular one that people may have seen around town - a box Mettaton action figure