Miracle Country RPG

[While many major celebrations get ignored by Miracle Country, there's a few you can always count on. Valentine's Day, for example. And Halloween, of course! You could say what truly matters is candy. In any case, it's time for some Halloween style shenanigans.

Added to the recently carved pumpkins, more and more decorations start to show up throughout the days (you might've even seen a bunny here and there hanging little plastic bats around the place). The bazaar is now holding more themed items, like decorations for your own house, materials that could be used for costumes, some spookier movies and books, and of course, plenty of candy. You might be tempted to get swept up in the holiday spirit, but by the time the actual date arrives, you won't be able to pay for these the usual way. A new negative week has begun, and so for a while all the Usyagi will accept is the more rare, dark konpeito from your jars.



To help a little with this, there's a special holiday-themed quest! Play a prank of some sort on anyone else, and earn a few dark candy to use. And what better time for this than during the celebrations that night! Not quite such a formal scenario as the ballroom held the last time, it's more an assortment of little booths by the park, with all kinds of candy and drinks, even more items to dress up. No need to only be a jerk to others, you can show off your own costume, admire the carved pumpkins set out all over the place, or ignore the themed items and simply enjoy the abundance of candy. And even the Usyagi will join in!

You might get a visit from one of these little creepers, knocking at your door or seeking you out around the islands to try and get some candy as a gift. Should you not pay attention to them, or choose to deny them their request, well, expect a little "trick" in return. Just keep in mind that they're capable of doing much more than throwing eggs at your dome!]

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[[Obviously backdated to the fitting date! Take advantage of the Usyagi's candy-deprived revenge to do event replays!]]

[As October's days go by, people will notice the atmosphere changing to accomodate the soon-to-arrive Halloween. This is nothing out of the ordinary - Miracle Country has dressed up for holidays before, right? Except this year, it's not just the buildings and various locations that are looking a little spookier - although several of them start to get new decorations added up, and one might catch an Usyagi here or there hanging little paper bats from trees and other such things, or notice pumpkins growing on the farmlands, and so on.



No, but this time it's more personal. The tops of the jars everyone carries are looking darkened, as though smoke had been trapped inside. The reason for it will be clear once people try to do anything with them - suddenly the exchanges of colorful konpeito aren't accepted any longer, and instead it's the dark ones that are needed for any transaction. Of course, many people probably carry a few of these, it shouldn't be much of an issue... except the days go by, and they're still required to obtain anything, even to pay the usual rental fees for housing. Since this will go on and on until the first days of November, perhaps it's time to make sure you stock up on a few dark konpeito. And, well, looks like the Usyagi want to collaborate with this, too. There'll be a new quest set out, to scare people in order to earn some dark candy. Seems pretty in tune with Halloween, doesn't it?

Perhaps even under these circumstances, people won't want to do anything bad to others. Maybe they're even the type to start helping out when they see others are struggling with their earnings and usual things. Well, they're free to - but the world will focus its energy in them, to try and persuade them... You might come home to find your dome is now a large pumpkin, for example. Or find your cozy forest cabin full of bats, or get the feeling that some sort of shadow is following you. The resulting distress will only help gather more negative energy, enough to balance out those good heroic types.]

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[[Our first negative week! & Halloween shenanigans for all.]]