EVENT LOG: GATHER UP

[inthenightmods]

EVENT LOG:
GATHER UP

characters: everyone.
location: beacon at large.
date/time: september 16-25.
content: a town-wide selfie scavenger hunt!
warnings: unflattering camera angles.

🔎📸😘

It starts with a network post, and then a song begins to play in the Invincible, loud enough to be heard throughout Bonfire Square. Welcome to the scavenger hunt, everyone! You've been tasked with finding 25 "items" in and around Beacon, so hop to it!

Please remember to ICly report your findings on Robin's network post if you want them to count toward a prize! As a further reminder, you're free to interpret the list items however you/your character would like, and you're free to assume your character can find all of these things somewhere in town without running into trouble! Just don't stray too far from town to go gallivanting off into the wilderness, as that might be dangerous. This includes finding forest spirits! You're welcome to NPC your own forest spirit encounters, just like in our last event.

That said, if you would like to search a particular area for a fun surprise, let us know below!

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SEARCHES

[inthenightmods]

Want to roll the dice and search an area of the town for a list item? Let us know here! Each character may only do this once, though of course you're welcome to thread out your own searches to find other list items and search other areas of town. Also, if your character discovers something and would like to share it with other characters, they're welcome to do so!

Please fill out the form below and comment here for a find.

<b>character:</b> (just list your own character, even if you're working in a group.) <b>player:</b> <b>area of town:</b> (where are you searching? just something like "the harbor" is fine!) <b>notes:</b> (if you're searching for something in particular, applying a particular technique, using an ability, etc., let us know here!)

[catholicisms]

character: matt murdock
player: kitty
area of town: general store!
notes: super senses, minus .... .. . eyesight

[sunborne]

character: Daylight vis Lornlit.
player: Melly!
area of town: The forests, west of the church!
notes: Daylight is going to s i n g and hope a forest spirit is interested by what they hear. Instead of regular human singing, he's going to use Galateion melodies and the basic binary versions of that. They sound a lot this!

[broplaints]

character: Noctis
player: Anya
area of town: The Chruch
notes: He's trying to be an artistic instagram artist while also being a cheeky asshole about all of this. Those aren't really skills but just who he is as a person.

[featherknives]

character: Xayah
player: Helena
area of town: Post Office
notes: She's wondering if she'll find something that could even resemble a letter at the post office. It's... post office, after all. Does Postmaster General want to help her and take a picture with her and the letter?

[callada]

character: Rosinante Donquixote
player: Lauren
area of town: Forests around the museum
notes: He's gone out this far partly in search of, yes, a forest spirit larger than him. Yikes. He's terrible at the ocarina - his is already cracked and glued from having been fumbled more than once - but he'll try and play a tune or two from home to pass the time and see if it brings any curious listeners.

[withsadness]

THE KINGS HUNT

a.

[Anyone paying enough attention may notice a streak of blonde and green as Mary darts behind the Invincible! Hmmm…suspicious! What could she possibly be doing back there, all alone? Or maybe it’s when she lets out a scream that you come running. Either way, she’s turning over a decent sized crate that doesn’t seem to be particularly heavy; it’s empty, and a large hole has been apparently chewed out through one side.]

He got away! Oh, drat!

[She looks dreadfully put out.]

b.

[A bit later and Mary’s disappeared altogether, tramping alone through the woods.]

Your Majesty?

[She seems to be calling for…royalty of some sort, and she certainly isn’t being stealthy. Any time she comes across the path of a forest spirit, she stops to make their acquaintance.]

Pardon me, but do you think you could grant me an audience with your king?

[Maybe she shouldn’t be by herself.]

A GAME FOR ALL

[It’s likely that many will be able to recognize Mary’s art style when they see the scraggly, smiling creature that’s been stuck to a tree trunk at the edge of Bonfire Square. Slung on a low branch is a long piece of fabric, and Mary holds another, smaller piece of paper that seems to have been torn into a somewhat circular shape. There’s a little pin attached to the top.]

I made a game! For the scavenger hunt! It’s Pin the Mask on the Forest Spirit!

KNOCK, KNOCK

[Anyone in their living quarters, be it a room in the Invincible, a house in the village, or somewhere different altogether, may suddenly find that they have company! Mary remembers, at least, to wait and knock instead of barging in, and when the door opens, she curtsies with a smile. Her things are beside her in the doorway, so it seems she’s here for a real visit.]

May I come in?

WILDCARD

[Mary can be found drawing almost anywhere around town when she’s taking a break from scavenger hunting. Though she often seems to be focused on the task, because she’s a very serious artist, she’s always happy to talk to you if you get her attention.]

Knock Knock

[notthatjason]

[Jason, while he had certainly made friends, was not used to the idea of visitors. He also wasn't usually even in his room, but someone had caught him there by chance. He was probably going to head out anyway so might as well answer the door. He tries not to dwell too much on the last time he'd gotten an unexpected visitor.

He blinks in surprise at Mary, since of anyone to expect he wasn't sure why she'd be stopping by. He glances over his shoulder, but his room is fairly clean and so he shrugs as he steps aside.]

Uh...sure? Though I was just about to head back out...

The kings hunt; b

[broplaints]

[Part of Noctis honestly hates the fact that he hears those words and literally has an immediate reaction to it. Which is to instantly answer, and he's turning towards the sound of her voice before he can even stop himself.]

You know, kings are very busy. Maybe we should make an appointment.

wildcards

[catholicisms]

( Mary is hard at work drawing when he finds her, and if she looks up to pay Matt any attention, she might notice he's a little disheveled. his nice neat lawyer shirt is ripped, and he's got some scratches. he also has a giant wooden box, and it sounds like something is in it.

he sets it next to her, a little breathless. )

I heard you were looking for someone.

( he really can't fathom why, his Majesty is not exactly friendly. )

ambrose spellman ( ota )

[necromantiae]

▶ 01. MISSED OPPORTUNITY

---

( there's a scavenger hunt going on but ambrose is sitting at a table with a drink, perusing through the list of things that this place wants him to find. every so often, he says something out loud, questioning one of the items. )

A fabulous outfit?

( well, he would have had that one sewn up if he had access to his wardrobe back home. he might not have gotten the chance to leave the estate often but he still made sure to look damn good.

he hums, eyebrows going up at one particular list item. ) Something delicious? Well, I don't want to brag but...

( he shrugs, gesturing to himself before he laughs and goes back to his drink. maybe he'll get up and actually find a few of these things. or maybe he'll keep drinking and talking to anyone that passes by and captures his attention. )

▶ 02. WILDCARD

---

( feel free to throw something different at me! find me at spoonishly for plotting! )

[sauntered_downward]

I really, really hope you're not inferring that whatever you're drinking is actually delicious.

01

[mollymocked]

All right, all right. If you insist...

[Molly overheard the "fabulous outfit" part and as he's been accosted a few times already for selfies, he's just accepted that he's too fabulous to be contained. He doesn't understand the point of this and Robin is way perkier than Will suggested she'd be, which weirds him the fuck out. He's just along for the ride.

He throws his arms out and pivots, so Ambrose can see the extent of his fabulously ostentatious maroon coat.]

01. or is it a gained opportunity

[catholicisms]

( Ambrose is just minding his own business, drinking and scoffing at the list. little does he know he's already been pegged for a list item, and it is not for his distinct deliciousness.... well... it kind of is. just phrased differently.

Matt actually recognizes the voice, he thinks, since their conversation on the network had been voice instead of a robot blandly reading the entire conversation. that said it'd be a hell of a guess, so he's not going to suggest they've already had a conversation, instead he focuses on what he's here for. )

Hello, sorry to bother you. ( as Ambrose is clearly in the middle of something of vital importance, he has to apologize for his own disruption. ) I don't know how to make this sound like I'm not hitting on you, but I'm told you are very beautiful and was hoping for a picture.

01 but kind of wildcard

[unpredict]

[ although kol doesn't respond to ambrose when he hears him commenting on a fabulous outfit and something delicious (he's busy scavenging!), it's half an hour or so later that he finally returns to it. or returns to him—whichever way you want to look at it.

with his own drink in hand (god, he had needed one several hours ago), he comes up to ambrose's table. he recognises his voice easily—thick and deep, and a very nice english accent.

he stands comfortably by the table. ] You can't leave me hanging. Did anyone take a selfie with you for the delicious one?

Noctis Lucis Caelum • OTA

[broplaints]

You're A Work Of Art Baby;

[Honestly this wasn't Noct's forte. He didn't have an artistic eye like Prompto did. Which mean he was currently wandering around trying to find something worthy of actually fitting the prompt. Maybe the sky? The twinkling moon and stars were awfully pretty. Maybe the shoreline? Maybe his lantern casting different shapes on the wall?

All of the pictures came out blurry and awful.]

Where's a painting when you need one?

Strangers Are Just Friends You Haven't Met Yet;

[The problem was that Noctis had spoken, at some point, with half of beacon. And approaching anyone he hadn't spoken to yet required far more social skills than he actually had. How do you just walk up to someone and ask them to take a selfie with you? Did he do it on the sly? Did it actually have to be a selfie of both of them or could it just be someone in the background?

Until finally he stumbled across someone he was entirely certain he hadn't ever even seen before and decided to just go for it.]

Hey, not to sound weird, but could you take a selfie with me?

[No that definitely sounded weird.]

Noctis' Web;

[Not that Noctis ever wanted to get close enough to a spider to actually take a shot of it's web, but unfortunately he really didn't see any other choice. Which was how he had ended up in a tree somehow, hanging over the branches, trying to get a close up of a rather large web that had been there for gods knew how long. At least he hadn't fallen. Yet. But the branch was creaking pretty heavily.]

Fashion Sense Where;

[Considering that Noctis' aesthetic was all black everything, his idea of a fabulous outfit was probably was just someone how had found a color that was somehow darker. Which was how he had ended up walking around, trying to find someone who was at least wearing something bright. Eye searing yellow, maybe. Or blood red. Something. Anything.

This was going horribly. Someone please help him.]

Wildcard;

[Hit me with your best shot! Or hit me up at valenwood if you want to plot!]

Strangers

[notthatjason]

[Jason sat outside by the bonfire. It was pleasant and he often came here because it made him feel closest to camp and to home. He wasn't sure if this was a habit he should be worried about, but it was where he could be found when he wanted to be outside of his room but wasn't quite sure what to do with his time.

He knew he should be exploring more, but there seemed to be a lot going on around town with the scavenger hunt. So, despite the awkward question, he isn't completely taken aback by the random question. Instead he looks up and offers a slightly awkward yet reassuring smile.]

Sure. I mean. I'm guessing this is for that scavenger hunt thing, right?

( prompt: work of art. )

[sunborne]

[ oh! it's super cool guy, noctis!

just waving goodbye to some spirits as they skittered away after he took their shot for the something beautiful prompt, daylight quickly jogs over to where noctis is at, apparently(?) observing pictures he's taken so far. that definitely grabs daylight's attention, with his winglets pricking up in interest and his expression turning from curious to excited very quickly. oh cool! he's joining in the scavenger hunt as well! ]

Hey! Hi! [ subtle is not daylight's middle name as he jogs over, causing the ground to faintly shake before he stops just in front of noctis. ] Do you need help in something, Mr. Noctic?

web

[saibot]

[Bi-Han found this whole scavenger hunt thing to be a pointless waste of time and needless distraction. ... Though he probably would be pretty good at it being an aasassin and master thief.

Even if he were still human he'd probably still scoff at the idea.

But that didn't mean he wouldn't be watching the others make fools of themselves.

Like the person hanging from a tree branch doing who knows what. Maybe if he stood here long enough the person would fall to his death. But he also didn't know if he could possible be useful in the future. Decisions. Decisions.

He pushed himself from his spot leaning against a tree, dropping down into the ground itself (or rather a shadow portal) and reemerging on another branch near where Noctis was currently hanging.]

What are you doing?

Rosalind Lutece | OTA

[originallutece]

It's not even summer, why does the Invincible keep on playing Summertime Sadness?

[This is not, as the kids say, her scene.

It's frivolous and silly and thus unworthy of her time, or so she'll tell anyone who asks why she isn't participating (because there's really a line of people doing that). But the song keeps repeating in the Invincible, which makes her usual evening hobby of reading over a cup of tea rather impossible. And it's hard to ignore the eager efforts of the entire town, so instead: this. Not giving in, but at least profiting a bit from it.

An hour after Robin's post is up, a sign is hung on the front of the laboratory, where she's got the door propped open.]

FOUND HERE
Items 2 - 5, 8, 11, 18-19
Inquire within

I only got 10 likes in the last 5 minutes, do you think I should take it down?

[But she's curious about the prizes. Given who Robin is, given her age, she doubts it's anything spectacular, but on the other hand, it's not as if she has so very much right now. Besides: while the chances are slim, she'll be sore if some prize turns out to be a bit of scientific equipment and she hadn't bothered to try. Unlikely, but still.

So. Catch her furtively taking a selfie. She isn't very good at it, so really, it's more like "watch a young woman from 1910 try to take a selfie while grimacing". Pictures include something delicious (a meal from the Invincible, hot, edible, questionably good), something beautiful (what's more beautiful than a glass of wine, and also more convenient, because it's just sitting right there on the table too), your favorite place to be, (the Invincible, now, because it's also convenient).

She's taking this very seriously. Call her the fuck out on it, why don't you?

Anyway. Other photos are harder, and she's not above bullying people to suit her needs, so--]

Come here a moment.

[Gurl, ask instead of demand why don't you.]

But first . . . let me take a selfie

[Of course, she isn't always the star. Sometimes she's standing in the background, judging everyone else.

She keeps showing up in those. How odd.]

@freddie1967 | Private

[sauntered_downward]

You didn't put 20 on there. How modest.

[policier]

( Javert doesn't have any interest in the scavenger hunt either. But since he's already been persuaded into taking one picture, it may be easier to talk him into taking another. He doesn't know that's what Rosalind intends, however, when she calls him over to her table. Not that it would matter. Javert can hardly deny her anything, especially not when it sounds like an order. )

This is not another experiment, is it?

( He looks down at her, his voice tinged with exasperation. It's familiar, though, and friendly. He knows what Rosalind is like, all too well. It's still a bit of a strange feeling. )

Jason Grace | OTA

[notthatjason]

I. Fired Up
[While technology was not normally something demigods spent much time with, Jason understood the basic concepts and so when the scavenger hunt had gone out asking for a selfie he hadn't been confused -- except maybe by why they were doing this now.

Still, he could appreciate the desire to lighten things up around here. He had hoped the Capture the Flag game would help with that a bit, but even the reason behind that had been semi-serious. Jason started his day out by the Bonfire, working on a list of what he would need to do to get some of these items marked off. He had to admit, it was definitely busier around here lately.

It's as he's sitting at the bonfire that he realizes he can easily cross something off his list: his favorite spot. He hadn't found a roof he liked yet, and the bonfire reminded him a lot of home. He pulled out his tablet, but stopped when he noticed someone had joined him at the bonfire.]

Hey--interested in being in my first shot?

II. Kindred Spirits
[Jason held up his hands, framing the dark water and distant light house between his fingers. He lowers his hand, stepping back.]

I guess this could work.

[It feels strange, standing here at the edge of the river when he'd just recently arrived here. A postcard is supposed to be something that is distinctive and makes you want to visit, right? The wind comes off the water, ruffling Jason's hair. Maybe he hears you or maybe he feels you behind him, either way he doesn't turn but does call out to you.]

What do you think of this view? I'm honestly not sure how to find a postcard view if everything looks so ominous...

III. Somewhere Only We Know
[Jason considered going somewhere in the forest, but he honestly hadn't visited much of the Village yet. It seemed fitting then that for this selfie he should take advantage of that and go check it out. Of course, the place that attracted him fairly quickly was the park area.

It's pretty easy to spot the young man standing in front of the Ice Cream Stand, a crabby spirit watching him curiously. He should get an ice cream right? If he was going to take a selfie? But what was with these flavors? He smiles weakly, not wanting to offend the spirit.]

Uh...do you have any recommendations?

IV. Take a Chance
[Have another prompt you want to fulfill with Jason? Hit me up or we can plot something on bouncyerbear or discord: bouncyerbear#9190]

fired up

[mollymocked]

[So here's the thing. Molly is from a world without cell phones, and he has kind of a passing idea of what the tablet does just from fiddling with it, and most of what Robin said was a lot of tl;dr given his disdain for reading.

So when he looks up abruptly from where he's settled down to enjoy the flames, it's with a total misinterpretation of the word "shot."]

I hope you don't mean target practice.

kol mikaelson | closed + ota

[unpredict]

FOR HOPE | A WORK OF ART

[ kol takes his reputation of being the Best Uncle Ever quite seriously. so it's within reason that he tricks hope into meeting him on the first floor of the invincible, wanting to discuss with her something that is quite startling—he thinks there's a crack in his lantern! (it's much easier to fake a crisis than to talk about the real one he's been suppressing.) but when she meets him at the bar, he has a notebook and pencils with colourful crayons (the red is missing) on hand. ]

Ah, love—you've made it! [ his smile is big and wide, something that's genuinely warm. ] I desperately need your help. [ he frowns, although it's a bit fake. looking down at the open notebook on the countertop, he turns to her. ] Can you draw?

FOR ALLIE | SOMEONE BEAUTIFUL

[ again, kol takes his requirement of ensuring to stay in the spirits' good books quite seriously. with davina gone (something he does not obsess about for the good of himself), he can't quite fulfil this particular scavenger prompt. but then he remembers allie and her golden hair, and figures, perhaps, she'll humour him.

after he texts her with the invitation to poke their noses in places they shouldn't (and to learn more about this alternate dimension theory she seems to know a lot on), he waits for her at the bonfire, this time wearing a green button up that hopefully isn't wearing him. ]

FOR ELENA | A WEB

[ this one's bound to take up quite a bit of time—time kol has plenty to spare. do spiders even exist in beacon? he hasn't heard the sounds of their tiny footsteps or the pinch of their pincers, so hopefully this one will be a struggle that'll take up a good portion of his time (and attention).

kol has nothing but himself and his lantern as he ventures into the invincible to pinch some of its food before he leaves in his web search. eying the bar, he takes a detour before he goes to the kitchen, taking his time in surveying the limited alcohol that's available. why not take a bottle and search drunk?

but it's so hard to decide on what drink to take. does he take a big bottle or a small one? does he take two or is that too greedy? he'll need to bring a bag to take some more if he truly wants to get drunk…

at the sound of footsteps, kol doesn't turn around to see who's entered. ] Bar's closed.

[ it's not. ]

OPEN | A GAME

[ who is kol to pass up the opportunity to have some fun? he has a set of dominoes he lines up on a table in the library. he has a few books by his side, but they're not for reading. today, he's going to try and build the best domino line one has ever seen and take a picture… and perhaps actually have some muggle fun.

unfortunately for kol, despite being one with precision, his impatience and need to make this the most curved domino design (it looks like he's trying to create some sort of intricate image out of its shapes) means he knocks it over. exasperatedly, (he doesn't yell), ] For fuck's sake!

[ this is the fifth time this has happened. please pity him. ]

OPEN | WILDCARD

[ if you want to rope kol into doing something with you, he's at your mercy! he's pretty much open to everything. you can hit me up @ bogans if you want to hash things out! ]

[otrazhenie]

[ As someone who lives in the Invincible, she knows full well that the bar's never really closed. She's indulged in its offerings more times than she can count in the weeks since her arrival, the sorry excuse for whiskey helping to curb her cravings just the tiniest bit — which, for her, is more than enough justification for copious consumption. But as many times as she's walked into the bar, there has never been this particular face here before.

It's not a welcome one. ]

You've gotta be kidding me.

[ Does she sound tired? Exasperated? Absolutely. ]

Coraline || Closed

[primordialerebus]

Someone Beautiful - Hope

[ This is so dumb. She is so dumb. Has Coraline been surreptitiously staring at Hope for the past… who knows how long? Maybe so. Seriously how hard can it be? Go up, ask for a selfie, give some bullshit answer if asked why, then submit it and RUN. She’ll probably never see the post. Hopefully she’ll never see the post. (Hopefully she’ll see the post? This is how flirting works right??? Except she’s not flirting. Cause they’re dead. Duh.)

Ok just. Walk towards her… ]

CanIgetaselfiewithyou?

A Work of Art - Kuai

[ Coraline was tracking down Mr. Grandmaster (as she’s taken to calling him in her head) for two reasons. One. The whole work of art thing. What’s more artsy than an ice sculpture? And ice sculpture made with superpowers!!! Two… to apologize for being an ass that whole… Week. Yeah, she’s going to leave it at that.

The thing is, he’s been weirdly hard to get ahold of, and it’s only at nearly the end of the hunt when she manages to actually spot him. So now, he has a shadow child teenager bearing down on him, volume control utterly forgotten in her excitement. ]

Hey Grandmaster! Can I ask you a favor!?

[paletteswap]

[Kuai hasn't felt much like being outside lately. He's done his daily meditation and training and then wandered away to disappear into the woods and think about things, or go back to his room and wonder about what's going on back home.

He's starting to get rather depressed about the situation here, so he's almost a little relieved when someone speaks to him. And there is a small smile tugging the corner of his mouth at being addressed by his title.]

You may ask.

[At least he didn't say she could battle for one like he did to Cassie Cage.]