Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

[callada]

characters: EVERYONE??
location: General Store + around Beacon
date/time: October 18-31
content: This is the costume prompt from the TDM, delivered to you all in mingle-style by popular request and with mod approval
warnings: n/a for now but will update

Although the month is already well underway, residents of Beacon will notice a brand new shipment being delivered to the general store—only this one comes via the forest, as a small legion of spirits quickly drop off crates of boxes at its doorstep before scampering back into the woods. Hopefully nobody is riding too hard on hoping for further rations or supplies, because opening them up quickly squashes any notions of a full month's restock. Instead, it looks like each crate is bursting with costumes! Coming in all shapes and sizes to fit anyone of any age or decree, there’s plenty to choose from. Something scary? Magical? Clever? Or maybe even a bit on the sultry side? Dig deep enough, and you’re sure to find something to suit your tastes, props, accessories, wigs and all!

If nothing else, surely you can find an alternate use for a bit of spare fabric in your size, but what's the harm of having a bit of fun? But, oh, be careful if you're playing dress-up while the hallucinations from the event are in play... These costumes might just have a funny effect on you. 🤔!

Comments

[scarsolderthanyou]

"A created island?" That is certainly interesting. The ancestors did that sort of thing, sure, but humans doing it? Stone is intrigued. "How did they manage that? Wouldn't it sink of it's made of brick and metal?"

[callada]

"Built on top of an existing island, just not a big one. Rocks rising up off the continental shelf. It has a solid base, they just built a platform up and around it. There's a lot of little rocky peaks in the ocean in that area, so it makes for easy building. Government prison, Impel Down, it's the same way. All protected by tough currents, too, so you have to really know the area to get in and out or you get spun in circles and stranded."

To which he smiles. It's clever planning, that. And anyone stuck is readily apprehended once they've been sent drifting in spirals. Most pirates know to stay the hell away, but the ones with the balls to try anyway find themselves in over their heads quickly.

[scarsolderthanyou]

"Unless they could fly," Stone points out with an amused expression. "Which I'm guessing isn't very common on your world." That makes more sense, though. "Why did they bother making a whole island, though? Are they trying to hide?"

[callada]

"Right, like I said," he comments with a nod. Flying? Not so much, especially not an entire ship full of pirates. Maybe someone with a powerful enough air logia fruit could do it, but the effort to lift such a large object for long would likely drain them quickly. Crashing back down into the sea would be a death sentence for a lot of the crew.

"And no, everyone knows where Marineford is. No need to hide. It's in an important tactical location, but also I think it showcases a lot of our strength. The Marines have the resources, the teamwork, and the knowledge to build an entire island to safeguard the entryway to the castle where all the world leaders meet every few years to discuss current events, and it's also the point of access to the Grand Line, which is an oceanic belt with a lot of economically-important islands. Lots of reasons to be there and hold it from would-be raiders."