SPIRIT VALENTINE'S DAY! (PLAYER PLOT MINI-EVENT!)

[sunborne]

♡ SPIRIT VALENTINE'S DAY! ♡

When one wakes up on the 14th of February, it doesn't take too long to notice that something is going on outside.

The biggest giveaway is the music that fills the air of Beacon's usually quite days. Acoustic music of the spirits singing. Lovey-dovey pop songs being played by someone's tablet. Excited chittering and cooing from frisky spirits courting one another.

Taking a peek outside reveals that, yep, something is happening: Beacon looks like it's been hit with a bomb of a fightingly and saccharinely sweet degree. Hearts are haphazardly glued to walls. Pink and red streamers hang from roofs and trees and the occasional tall spirit. Glitter - so much glitter! - has been thrown around and is still being thrown around by giggly, happy spirits who have hearts and more doodled on their masks.

It's Valentine's Day and it seems the spirits are going to celebrate it in style.

NOTES - This is the player-run mini event: Spirit Valentine's Day! Prompts can be found for the event if and a top-level for those who have secret admirer spirits can be found in the post! Happy Valentine's Day, everybody!

PROMPT 001 ♡ HOW SWEET IT IS.
The first obstacle you'll face is the fact the spirits are feeling a little too sweet thanks to the generous mood in the air.

Approached by a spirit, you'll find yourself being offered a tray of suspiciously pretty confectionaries to passerby. Too pretty, you think, and further inspection will reveal why you should be right to wary of the cookies and cupcakes: Some of these sweets are actually made from painted cardboard, glue, paint, and glitter. No matter where you're from or who you are, eating this will not be good for your health.

If only the spirits understood that - They're aggressively generous, practically waving the 'sweets' under your nose and will clearly not stop until they see someone eat the offered sweets.

PROMPT 002 ♡ UNCHAINED MELODY.
Music seems to be playing a big part of the holidays, between Day blasting sappy dance pop songs from his tablet from where he'll usually be stationed out - that goofy grin of his showing he knows exactly what he's doing right now - and spirits dancing and singing along. It's almost charming.

What's not charming, arguably, are the groups of spirits scurrying around Beacon, cornering unfortunate individuals to be an audience to their singing of love songs. Well... It's less of them singing out love songs and more of them screaming out love songs. Screaming out love songs in their almost incomprehensible language, fuelled by the fact they're weirdly out of synch with one another because the fates seem to have it out for you today.

You'll need help getting out of this one, or quick thinking. The spirits will not allow you to leave anytime soon. They are relentless. They are aloud. They cannot be stopped until together you and they will break the chains of loooove.

PROMPT 003 ♡ IN YOUR EYES.
Due to their close relationship with Daylight, spirits know that his world's Valentine's is celebrated by its participants with one's face covered in symbols and marks in order to denote how one will be enjoying the holidays.

Wanting to make the holiday inclusive - and very excited to play with the face paint Day is happy to share with them, the fool - spirits have doodled marks and scribbles on their very own faces. Not only that but they are continuing their too-generous streak and can be found attempting to offer to paint others' faces - Whether they like it or not. It'll be a common sight to see some spirits running about, waving paint brushes and rags dipped in glittery face paint or, trying to spread the cheers by any means possible.

Paint WILL be lobbed at the faces of those who are attempting to escape the holiday mood!! Come back here!!

PROMPT 004 ♡ AT LAST.
When all is said and done, most of the spirits will dart back into the forests, clearly in high, ah, spirits after a successful day of what they thought was wholesome holiday celebrating!

But some spirits, who were raised with manners and still have them, end of the world or not, are lingering behind to help in the cleanup of the holiday's aftermath. Glitter is swept from the ground. Streamers are tugged down. Wrappers and ribbons are picked up and placed in sacks that the spirts have brought along.

The spirits are making good progress in tidying up but a little help could go a long way. Especially for the poor, smaller spirits who are struggling to tug around the sacks of designated wrapper trash.

© tessisamess

Comments

SPIRIT ADMIRER REVEAL.

[sunborne]

[ please comment to this top-level if you'd like your character to meet their secret admirer and get their gift!

also please note somewhere in your tag - be it in the top-level or in the comment itself - whether you'd like to thread out the spirit interaction or just get the gift. ]

thread the interaction!

[legalcy]

[This so-called celebration is a mess. Paint and glitter is everywhere. He attempted to eat paper. For once, Minimus is thankful for the occasional showers from the storm cloud hovering over his head for wiping off the latest layer of tossed art supplies.

He's found a safe spot away from the party, where he's attempting to scrub off five flakes of glitter and considering locking himself in his room reviewing the Autobot Code and dancing to music on the Songbird appfor the remainder of the day.]

o7

[sunborne]

[ at some point during the day, there happens to be a knock at the door of minimus' room.

it doesn't take long for the identity of the knocker to be revealed, with daylight piping up after a few seconds of silence have passed: ] Mr. Ambus? Are you in there?

I hope you don't mind but can you open the door, please? There's someone here who wants to meet you.

Just the gift!

[originallutece]

[I'm sorry in advance to her spirit, kind of.]

I need Owl Spirit interaction <3

[worthallthis]

Normally the spirits are so. Melodic. Pretty to listen to, even. Their language is pleasant and based on melody and just. Nice. Particularly to someone who is overly fond of music.

This, however, is not nice. The singing is loud and discordant, you can't even pick out any words, and the spirits are far too in-your-face about the whole thing. Soldat scurries along their patrol away from Beacon proper as soon as they can manage to get away, headed towards Owl Friend's neck of the woods, hoping they, at least, have not lost their feathery mind.

More than usual, anyway.

There's no coffee today, because they had to get away from the craziness without stopping by the Invincible. Hopefully head-scritches will make up for it.

just the gift

[policier]

( catch him being awkward after receiving all of this attention. )

just the gift~

[endlessflask]

((to save you some of the hassle <3))

a thread or just the gift, depending on your load! happy to handwave anything :)

[uplifters]

[ Clark hasn't forgotten the look of that spirit that'd been watching him. How could he, when they'd looked so eager to be his friend? Over the days he's been keeping an eye out for them, though whether he'd managed to spot them or not (especially in this darkness) is a question, indeed.

In any case, when he's certain he's seen them again, he lifts his arm up in a wave and a cheerful, ] It's you! [ His face is painted, there're dimples in his cheeks, and Clark moves over in a half-jog, hoping the poor spirit doesn't run away this time.

Then he remembers something, a fact that'd been tugging at him since he first discovered the application on his tablet-- Clark tugs his ocarina out of his jacket pocket, and starts to play the notes for a greeting. That probably works better, doesn't it? ]

thread~

[notthatjason]

[You get a couple of spirits to help you hang a bulletin board and suddenly you can't get rid of them. Jason doesn't mind too terribly at first, though he of course gets a little more concerned the day the trio breaks out into a little tussle over some misunderstanding that Jason still isn't quite sure he gets. Daylight helped with that though, so apparently it was all good now. They're frustrating, but they're so goofy and endearing that it's hard to stay mad at them for long.

Besides, they at least respect his wishes when he closes the door to his and Ambroses's room. Though it was a little weird sometimes to open the door and find them running the halls only to immediately crash into each other and turn to greet Jason.

And apparently it was only going to get weirder...Jason didn't find the spirits out in the hall that particular morning, but sometimes they did wait to accost him on his first patrol of the "morning."]

[callada]

[The past few days have been particularly difficult for Rosinante. He has split his time between the church, waiting for Cao Pi and Will who were both lost on the last trip through the woods, and also constantly looking over his shoulder and checking in on Mary. Because there is something stalking them - or possibly just him.

He's been watched before, of course. It's part of his job to maintain a healthy level of paranoia knowing that any wrong move could put him under intense and dangerous scrutiny. And whoever has been lurking on the other side of his door hasn't been subtle - they want him to know, or they wouldn't be lurking right outside the room with cigarettes. He tries a few times to catch them in the act, but fails every time he bolts toward the door and yanks it open. He's always just a moment too late.

This time, he lies in wait. The room in the Invincible across from his, now vacant after Hope has gone and Will has - moved, for he isn't dead forever, he'll surely be back soon - is the ideal place to watch from. He crouches at the back wall and watches through the gap between wall and the door left ajar. His lantern is shrouded by his coat, and he is entirely, perfectly silent. Meanwhile, his hand stays on the grip of his pistol.

Whatever is out there, he's ready for it.]

Thread Please!

[really_sketchy]

[Naminé has never seen anything as lovely as the colors and glitter that have decorated the small town. She's collected some supplies for her drawings and begins to scoop of little bits of glitter to add to her stash for later.

It's very loud but Naminé finds the change in Beacon to be pleasant.

When she sees a spirit she even smiles and accepts their happy wishes. She hope that the spirits stay this nice. She's heard a lot of stories about them being unkind to some of those in Beacon.]

Just the gift

[mindofathief]

He wonders what kind of holiday this will turn out to be

just the gift!

[cained]

( he'll be at the invincible most of the day, because this is some high school dance level valentine's day nonsense — and this is coming from a guy who's favorite holiday is valentine's day. ugh, he needs a drink. )

Just gift is fine

[sonoftenebrae]

[Ravus is already having to deal with his housemates' ribbing about his secret admirer. He is so baffled by this whole affair.]

just the gift is fine! <3

[completelycrazy]

[feel free to continue the trend of beaning him in the head with crap. thank you melly!!]

just the gift

[meridio]

[ thank you! ]

Just the gift is fine also happy heart day yesterday!

[starless_sky]

Noctis is frightened and alarmed by all the commotion. Where can he hide? Wait is that someone coming toward him? No no... gotta escape.

just the gift!

[mollymocked]

[WHY DID YOU THROW STICKS AT MEEE.]

Just the gift!

[techtype]

[He's not used to getting gifts...or attention...time to be so confused.]

just the gift! (hope rl has been all right for you!)

[arsarcanum]

thread of just the gift, whatever is easier for you!

[vampirella]

( hopefully she doesn't have to reciprocate, bc she's got nothing here... sorry spirit buddy )

just the gift!

[unpredict]

[ if kol's going to accept any sweets, he's definitely going to pass a stone or two to the spirits. they like that, right? the spirit who hands him his gift is going to get the best stone he has in his pockets. ]

[patriotnow]

A thread or just the gift please! I realize this response is very belated!!

newt geiszler | mostly for mary but ota!

[completelycrazy]

[Newt has never really been a Valentine's Day kind of guy, but the spirits are doing cute shit and, eh, why not? May as well.

He's sat near the edge of the bonfire with a forest spirit that definitely isn't a korok, each equipped with a paintbrush, though Newt's the only one actually using his. Newt's doodling a series of tiny aliens around the spirit's mask, and meanwhile, he's just kind of enduring them papping him in the cheek with a stumpy fistful of paint. It's a very avart garde look that this spirit is going for.

...But as you walk by, Newt leans in to whisper something to the forest spirit, pointing in your direction, and then the little thing comes waddling toward you, hooting, ready to PAINT!

Maybe the spirit manages to paint you, or maybe you're luckier than Rastus (who is lurking nearby with green paint splattered all down his beak) and you manage to dodge, but either way, Newt's cackling. Gotcha.]

Mine came out better than yours.

[It's either a joke or, if you didn't get painted, a mildly sarcastic jab at They Who Are Too Good For Holiday Fun. Live a little.]

[withsadness]

[Joke's on you, Newt, because Mary is delighted at her abstract face paint. She puffs out in pride, putting her hands on her hips.]

They're both beautiful!

[Don't make the spirit feel bad about the job they did? Wow?]