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♥ January (Lasra) Event Log

a winter scene showing a line of houses, each a different colour, and a church in the background
January (Lasra) Event Log

Are you feeling free of last year's burdens, offworlders? The natives certainly are after spending the final month of the year at Rawna's temples. Now it's time for a new beginning even as the cold deepens, leaving snow drifts piled along Havenwell's streets. Industrious robots are hard at work keeping the city clean and removing any ice from the stone roads, leaving only beautiful winter scenery behind. The city sparkles under the snow and the silvery white decor brings out of their temples the priests not only for Rawna, but all of the gods.




PROMPT I: The Temple Celebrations
lights decoring trees in front of a church

As noted in the Intro Log, the residents of Havenwell have been invited to help with the decorations in order to incorporate your worlds' cultures with their own, and to assist in celebrating the new year's coming. Residents are encouraged to visit any temple at their convenience or pleasure and join in the design process. There are craft tables, ranging from basic (for the younger or less skilled, such as kites or papercraft) to intricate and advanced designs (like glass lanterns or embroidery). Those less creatively-inclined are welcome to use their various skills, magics, or just ladder-balancing talents to help with the decoration installations around town. Many hands make light the work, after all.

Each temple has music playing and all of them have their associated animals not inside the temple like normal, but spread all over the temple grounds and surrounding areas. They aren't lost for once, but seem to be beckoning people toward their respective homes which are bedecked with holograms of dark green leafy boughs, ribbons, and ornaments all in the temple's colors. Diacht has red and white striped ornaments, Ohma has blue and gold, and Ainea is bringing up the cute factor with pink and purple. But Rawna is looking especially resplendent with rainbow sheened silver ornaments hung in the air, mixed in with real ones that are suspended from wires so thin they look as if they're hanging in midair. The dragonlings fly through the air, trailing silver ribbons behind them that make the temple really seem to shine this month. At each temple, simply by showing up, you can receive a small gift from the priests regardless of whether or not you're an adherent. And they invite you to play the temple games or dance along to the festive music playing from speakers. Each temple has something different to offer, so grab a friend and make your first visit of the year a special one!
  • Ainea:
  • Ainea's temple offers a soft fluffy pink and purple-swirled scarf that's long enough for you and a friend to wear at the same time if you so wish. The temple's game is called "The Best Of." You and a partner step upon a small silver platform and each pull a card from a pile. Tell your partner about the prompt on the card in order to clear it. Only honest answers count and you'll know when the other person is being honest because the platform sings a little jingle and counts a point for your pair. The more cards you can get through, the higher your points! Some examples of the prompts are things like: the most embarrassing moment of the last year, most exciting moment of the last year, hardest you laughed last year, most beautiful thing you saw last year, most memorable trip from the last year, favorite song of the year, etc.
  • Rawna:
  • Rawna's temple has an offering of beautiful gloves, threaded with rainbow thread at the wrists in an intricate and abstract pattern that somewhat resembles dragons in flight. Their game is one of flying kites. For a small Dora donation, priests will give you a thin slip of paper to write a wish upon. Tie your wish, or wishes if you're here with someone else, to your kite and get help from someone to make it fly the highest in the hopes that the gods will hear and answer you. As you deepen your relationship with the person you're flying your kite with by talking or sharing the meaning of your wishes, the kite seems to fly higher and higher.
  • Ohma:
  • Ohma's offering is a tasteful blue, wide-brimmed hat with a gold ribbon and flower accents. Their game is a card matching one. For those read up on Havenwell's poets, try your hand at this game where you match the beginning of the poem with the next line. A robot judge reads the first line and then you have to find the corresponding card among a field of brightly colored cards. Grab the card first and win points! For those not familiar with Havenwell's poetry, you can try the game with more simple themes like colors and fruits (not that they make much sense - why is an apple blue??) or facts about the other people in Havenwell. ....when did that game become so popular?
  • Diacht:
  • Diacht's offering is a white and red feather pendant necklace on a thin white-gold chain. Their game seems to be something like Earth's game of badminton, but minus a net. Grab a pair of large white and red wooden paddles and a multicolored shuttlecock and try batting away the year's bad luck by keeping the shuttlecock aloft. If you're the one to drop it, your opponent gets to draw on your face with a special ink-brush that has the ink contained in its handle. For the non-athletically inclined, you can watch the professionals play the game as the robotic natives most renowned for the art of this game are trying to break a Havenwell record for a single continuous game: 22 days.


PROMPT II: Your Yearly (Mis)Fortunes
a hand pulling a fortune in front of a set of temple drawers

At each temple along all the other celebrations and games, you can also find a separate booth that has a strange and unreadable Aellyn script on it. The robot sitting behind the booth has their face covered with a strip of fabric that obscures it completely, but it calls out to you when you walk by. It offers you an ancient-looking wooden container with a single small hole at the top. If you take it, it mimes shaking the container and tipping it over. Do as they say and a wooden stick pops out of the top with that same strange script on it. The robot takes a look at what you got and takes the container back, passing you a single strip of paper with reverence. "Keep your fortune close or learn to let it go," it says, and then looks to find another patron. Turn your paper over and discover what your fortune holds for you.
  • Big Luck:
  • "The world shall become your limitless bounty, until you choose to rely on others." After reading your fortune, the world does indeed seem limitless. Or maybe it's just large? Everything around you has suddenly gained in size. The fortune-teller's booth seems like a mountain. The stones under your feet like a massive raft. Has the world suddenly grown? Nope, you've just shrunk down to about 5 to 6 inches tall. Everything you were holding and on your person is also proportional to your new size. Hopefully you can find someone to carry you around for a bit because only by being carried will you return to your natural size. As an option, this can happen to you again randomly at any time during the month so long as you keep the paper fortune on you.
  • Medium Luck:
  • "All that glitters is gold for you until another helps you out." After reading your fortune, nothing much seems to have overtly changed. And you probably won't notice anything until the next time you try to eat something. Any time your hands touch any food or anything that can be used to feed yourself, it explodes into glitter and your communicator rings as a deposit of Dora is made into your bank account. This seems pretty awesome at first, until you realize you can't eat anything and you're getting hungry. You may need to get someone else to feed you your next meal, after which the curse seems to have been broken. However, you have the option to have this effect happen again randomly at any time during the month so long as you keep the paper fortune on you.
  • Small Luck:
  • "The smallest things can bring the biggest rewards." After reading your fortune, nothing much seems to have changed until you return home and find all of your pillows, blankets, and bedding have turned much, much too small for you. If you're an adult, the bedding is now the size suitable for a baby. If you are a child, you're looking at something small enough for a large doll. Any bedding you try to borrow changes its size as well, and it seems the only thing that can change them back is to share your bed or a blanket with someone else for a night. When you wake up from your nap or your slumber, everything will be back to normal. As an option, you can have this effect happen again randomly any time during the month so long as you keep the paper fortune on you.
  • Bad Luck:
  • "The love of an animal is almost as strong as the love of your fellow people." After reading this fortune, all the temple animals turn and look at you in unison. They seem to be drawn toward you, literally, as they begin to converge and run toward you like a tidal hoard in an attempt to cuddle you. You best run or they threaten to bury you under their mass, and they'll keep chasing you until you find comfort in the arms of another - whether that's climbing on top of them to get away or jumping into their arms to avoid the tidal wave of mice - as soon as you cling to someone else, the animals seem to lose interest. You can optionally have this effect activate again at any time during the month so long as you keep the paper fortune on you, creating a new stampede of animals of any variety that try to love you just a liiiittle too much.
  • Terrible Luck:
  • "Even bad luck can be the beginning of a beautiful friendship." After reading this fortune, you don't immediately feel any different. In fact, nothing much seems to have changed at all. You decide to walk away from the booth though, and that's when it hits you - or rather you hit it. You're overcome with a clumsy streak the size of a meteor belt as you bump, trip, and fall into just about everything in your path be it inanimate or animate. If it's inanimate, hopefully you don't mind a few bruises. If they're another person, maybe they'll catch you because only by being caught by someone can you break your clumsy streak. As an option, you can have this effect come back at any time so long as you keep the paper fortune on you.

OOC: If you wish to roll for a random fortune, leave an comment with your character's name in the Request Thread. The mods will randomize for you and give you your fortune. Your character can only claim 1 fortune, no matter how many times they attempt the fortune-teller's game. Feel free to choose your own fortune instead, if you would prefer a set result.


PROMPT III: Memories of the Sun (VR)
a sunrise shining over a mountain

This seasonal VR simulation is especially popular with the natives for the fact that it lets them see their world as it used to be. Load into the simulation "Memories of the Sun" and you'll be transported along with all others who are currently logged in to make a pilgrimage up Aellyn's most sacred mountain. Although its peak is rocky and somewhat barren, it has a serene beauty as it reaches up through the cloud layer and you climb upwards through the dark. The path is clearly lit by small lamps embedded into the ground, but you might find it easier to take the climb if you hang onto someone else. Once you reach the peak, whether you're alone or with someone else, you'll be treated to the sight of a gorgeous sunrise peeking over the thinning clouds. It's a sight to remember, and a sight that brings memories. As you watch you're overcome with a very real vision of your home, a place you remember, or people you know. This vision is typically of a better time in your life, something to bring you hope and peace as the new year dawns - but not always. Is this a vision of your past? Your future? Of your present? If you came here with someone else, they can also choose to share in your vision and you in theirs. Are you brave enough to face what the mountain has to show you?


PROMPT IV: All the Ups and Downs
And while the celebrations continue, there seems to be something a little awry with Havenwell. Here and there throughout the month, gravity has gone utterly haywire. You can be walking from temple to temple or going about your everyday life when suddenly you feel yourself lifted off the ground or heavier than you have any right to be. Havenwell's natives aren't immune to this effect either, and you might see a robot go shooting up into the sky suddenly to hover a good five to ten feet in the air. Or they might take a step and suddenly fall flat on their faces, their gears whirring with the strain as they try to pick themselves up. Thankfully the other natives are quick to jump up and grab their companions if they're flying overhead or pull their friends out of the well if they're stuck to the ground. If you find yourself caught up in these gravity wells, you'll need someone's help to do the same. Be sure to pay it forward because you'll never know when it could be you in this awkward position.




This event will run from January 15 to January 31. Click on each prompt's title to see the text. If you have any questions, feel free to direct them to the FAQ or to the Mod Question thread below.

This post is meant to act as a catch-all for convenience, but feel free to make your own posts if you prefer!
whenyouneedme: (018)

[personal profile] whenyouneedme 2020-01-21 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
... Third... wheel... ? ? ? Hilarious.

Kaito half turned to look at her, a little quirk in his brow. "'Course it's okay. I offered, didn't I?" This was almost a legit question, because he suddenly had to wonder if he actually had or not. He wasn't used to being the person doing the inviting, so maybe he'd bungled it up somehow.
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[personal profile] daikonrose 2020-01-21 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ Kyoko, also, is silent for a few moments. She doesn't even move back from the doorframe when she does start to speak again. ]

Nita... actually, I probably shouldn't go inside at all, if it's gonna be this way. To think, holding hands wasn't enough....
unfavorableinstigation: Nita looking right, holding a book. (I'm In The Book)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-01-21 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
Hey...

[Nita's voice is hushed with concern.]

It's not your fault, whatever's going on here.

I can turn those books in for you, though, if you'd like...?
hedgehogsdilemma: (When your castles turn to sand)

[personal profile] hedgehogsdilemma 2020-01-21 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Over a day..." Bro. 8[

But that does give Shinji a decent idea of what Kai's condition might be like. He's been there - not while in Havenwell, but he understands that kind of prolonged hunger.

"It's... good that it isn't your replicator messing up, at least?" Silver linings? Besides that, Shinji thinks it might be easier if they go for Kai's house over his, what with that 'fully prepared meal ready in seconds' option his replicator is equipped with. Omurice fast for hungry boys, surely one or two or possibly more of them bursting into a glittery display would be better than waiting for a whole meal to be made the regular way only for it to potentially explode.
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[personal profile] whenyouneedme 2020-01-21 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
Don't judge him, bro 8(

"Mmm. Yeah." Sure it sucked that he hadn't been able to fix his personal problem with different food, but Kai had been super relieved (at the time at least) to discover that it was just a personal problem. He'd just semi-recently shown Rin how to use his machine, he'd have felt a lot worse if that handy dandy omurice button wasn't actually working and she got hungry because of it. Unacceptable.

"If it works for you then it's definitely probably fine." It'd be good to get that double assurance.
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[personal profile] daikonrose 2020-01-21 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
Kyoko's grin managed to turn even more sheepish. Yes, he'd offered, but she shouldn't assume he wasn't just being nice! That was honestly the case even if she wasn't imposing on any plans with his friends, here, too. If he'd been planning to just have a peaceful mountain walk on his own, it was still very generous of him to include her out of nowhere like this.

"Yes... thank you. I'm glad, you know? I've been a pain every time we've spent time together before, so this is my chance to break the streak!"
scourgingstars: (when everyone's lost the battle is won)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2020-01-21 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
Hm...well, I fear I can't help you with much more than labor, or perhaps the funds for a larger home. I've no clue as to the quality of the replicator's work, or much else past that.

Regardless, the offer is open should you wish to make use of what little assistance I can provide.
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[personal profile] daikonrose 2020-01-21 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ Objectively, it's completely understandable that Nita would misread her, being crushed up against the doorframe and all, no expressions to make out, but Kyoko is still surprised. How could she feel anything but rage in this scenario?? ]

Of course... [ As she finally draws back, her glower is unmistakable. ] of course it's not my fault!! It's been their fault from the very beginning! Everything has!
hedgehogsdilemma: (Hercules and his gifts)

[personal profile] hedgehogsdilemma 2020-01-21 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
He's just worried bro! 8C

"I'll give it a good testing, then."

Get lots of omurice out of it until at least some of it ends up in Kai's mouth and then tum.

"We'll figure out what's going on, or at least how to fix it."
scourgingstars: (if you do believe in glory)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2020-01-21 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Ardyn followed a few steps behind, watching the sunrise in a sort of pensive silence. It was beautiful, there was no doubt of that; it had been an eternity since he'd seen actual sunlight that wasn't dulled by the overcast Niflheim skies or made harsh by the endless expanse of white snow.]

[Longer still since he'd been in sunlight without that persistent tingling ache of a daemonic body rebelling against it.]

[So to say he felt something watching even a false virtual sunrise would have been a transparent lie, but words in general seemed to be failing hi, It was simply...an unbelievably basic and straightforward thing he hadn't even realized he missed until that moment.]
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[personal profile] whenyouneedme 2020-01-21 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
"Please do."

A pause.

"Ah... I'll need to wipe it down first. Kinda..." He made a wobbly motion with his hand. "Might've left a mess when I got frustrated earlier."

A beautiful, shimmering mess.
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[personal profile] thewrightmoment 2020-01-21 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Honestly, Phoenix would have been terribly put out if Edgeworth hadn't offered him a place to stay. But all is well, he has a roof over his head, a replicator to churn out subpar food, and...well, not exactly many answers as to their situation, but it seems that Edgeworth's picked up on a few things over his supposed months here.

(Time still didn't make sense in regards to that.)

He's used some of his starting funds to acquire a few changes of wardrobe. As fond as Phoenix is of his trusty blue suit, he definitely needed other clothes to wear. One such purchase is being worn by him now, a pair of soft blue long sleeved pajamas. Phoenix yawns loudly as he shuffles out of his bedroom, hand rubbing the back of his head, his hair disheveled and nowhere near the usual slicked back spikes that is his usual fashion.

His gazes falls onto his new roommate, and he can't help but grin a little.]


G'morning, Edgeworth. All ready for the day, huh?
thewrightmoment: (4)

It do!

[personal profile] thewrightmoment 2020-01-21 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Small lawyer, big panic. Is this some sort of bad dream? A nightmare within what he's still half considering a dream? All he knows is that he needs help, pronto. Before someone crushes him.

There's a girl sitting not that far away, and she seems harmless enough, so he jogs his way over. It's a small distance, but with how tiny he is, it takes him longer than he wants to get there. Once he's reached her, he reaches up to tug at her pant leg.]


Uh, miss? Miss, I could really use some help!
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[personal profile] whenyouneedme 2020-01-21 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
That was a whole lot of unbelievable things she just strung together! All at once! Geez! So much so that he had to look forward again before his face did anything weird as he attempted a flippant sort of shrug.

"You haven't been a pain," Kai tutted. There was going to have to be a whole lot more blood loss involved before they got to that point! "But it should be a nice change of pace."
hedgehogsdilemma: (Disappointed faces of your peers)

[personal profile] hedgehogsdilemma 2020-01-21 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
A completely understandable reaction to all of your food turning into a sparkly, inedible mess.

"That's fine," he won't actually expect Kai to clean up when he's rough shape, but that might be a thought better put to action when they actually get there. "I'm really more worried about getting you something to eat than the replicator being tidy."
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Rin | OTA | I am the MOST late

[personal profile] morality_pet 2020-01-21 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Your Yearly Mis Fortune - A

Rin's familiar with fortunes and so she's happy to line up to get one.

"Oooh." She sighs when she sees it. "Bad? That's no good." She reads it slowly, sounding the words aloud. "The... love of an... animal is almost as strong as the love of your fellow people. .... What does that mean?"

And then she looks up. "Um. Hello rats?" Why... are they all staring at her? Help?

Your Yearly Mis Fortune - B

"Help!" Rin comes tearing towards whoever is closest, pursued by a horde of animals. "Kyaaaaaaaaah!"

Save her please.

Memories of the Sun: CW some of Rin's memories are extremely violent and involve her dying, please say if you'd rather a good or bad one

Rin manages the 'climb' easily - she spent a year running around after a taiyoukai in feudal Japan, a small mountain like this is nothing. But she claps in soft wonder at the rising sun, and hugs whoever is closest.

Temple Celebrations aka Wildcard

Rin is always available to play games with anyone who asks, although she might shy a bit from adult strangers.
daikonrose: (168)

[personal profile] daikonrose 2020-01-21 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
Rather than get into another round of bickering, Kyoko just tipped her head to the side with a little sigh, and accepted that he was wrong. Maybe she could convince him later. It just didn't fit the mood, right now.

"Yes! Even putting aside rock climbing, I've never been on a proper mountain hike before. I guess this one would be a representation of this planet's mountains, though, not Japan's, or even the Alps or the Andes...."
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II

[personal profile] morality_pet 2020-01-21 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Kya!" Rin wobbles and falls, grabbing for him as she does - Ciel and her are almost the same size, so she's not exactly in a good place to STOP him falling.

"Ciel?"
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[personal profile] twistedempathy 2020-01-21 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
I guess that's fair. If it's not your cup of tea, there's no reason to keep going.

[Will reaches for his next card, humming at it.]

The most embarrassing moment last year..... Probably those Ariados monsters coming through the wall a few months ago. If I'd just been able to hold it together, I could've actually helped instead of being a liability.
unfavorableinstigation: Nita looking directly at the viewer, mouth slightly open, as if she's in the middle of an important or unamused expression. (Focused)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-01-21 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
[And Nita's just going to accept that. At least Kyoko being mad means she's not being hard on herself.]

And we're going to do what we can to get to the bottom of things.
twistedempathy: (See the stranger in yourself)

[personal profile] twistedempathy 2020-01-21 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Soft, helpful, and now quite cozy in the warmth of Pyra's grasp. This is what it's all about, he has no idea why so many people object to what they're being asked to do. Who doesn't like cuddles, once they stop being too proud or tsundere to admit it?]

Right! They say the first thing that ever existed was the egg he hatched out of. Then he used his thousand arms to create everything else, including all the other gods--

Although he's apparently just got legs instead of arms, according to the artwork? Not sure what that's about, but people explain it different ways.
unfavorableinstigation: Nita looking directly at the viewer, mouth slightly open, as if she's in the middle of an important or unamused expression. (Focused)

Re: It do!

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-01-21 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Nita has to blink herself back to full awareness, but once she starts looking around she spots tiny!Phoenix almost right away.]

Oh? Oh!

Need a hand up, there?

[It's not, precisely, intended as a joke. She'll put her devices away and offer a hand anyway.]
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[personal profile] whenyouneedme 2020-01-21 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Thanks," Kai mumbled a bit. "Just figure you should get a heads up before you see the warzone."

And get worried about the amount of tries that had been attempted before Kai finally gave up and left.
daikonrose: (110)

[personal profile] daikonrose 2020-01-21 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ That is the most reasonable response, but Kyoko is still fuming too much to properly appreciate it. Stepping back from the wall, she rears back to aim a kick at it--

but then she stops, knee still bent, standing on one foot. ]

... Shoes. [ Its. Not worth scuffing them over this. Yeah. Fine. Kyoko huffs and returns to a more normal grumbly tone, the hellfire fading from her eyes. ]
... Well. At the very least, I'm not gonna make you return my books for me.
twistedempathy: (How the stranger is inspired)

[personal profile] twistedempathy 2020-01-21 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
I don't..... Wait.

[He doesn't see anything like an apple in this line up. Except..... Is that blue thing supposed to be an apple? He'd thought it was an Oran berry or something at first, but the shape is wrong.

Maybe they'll have that trainwreck after all? Will reaches for the card.]


Is this supposed to be it? I don't know about any other world's, but I've never seen one like that.....