Who: Hanako (burntviolet) and ALL THE SIGYN MEMBERS, ALL OF THEM. Especially the ones she has good CR with!
What: Hanako has decided to actually practice her Growth powers, and for that, she needs something to train on. So she's going to use the House's yard area, at a time where a few people walk around- about the night time. Before that, maybe it's best to have a little exploration of the area! Whether you notice her from your rooms or just pass by, if you see her and try to talk to her, she'll be scared at first. But don't worry, that might dissipate soon if you show good intentions (and you don't ask about the scars).
When: Day 59, late evening.
Where: Sigyn's House, somewhere in the yard.
Rating: G, nothing bad should happen here. IT'S ALL ABOUT BONDING~

( SOCIAL LINKS GO! )

Who: Tsukiko Yahisa (starryguyed) and YOU
What: Sad girl in partly-cloudy temperatures
When: Day 59, any time of the day you so prefer
Where: Gefion Park
Rating: PG-13

[ so she's been smiling. It's nothing new; Tsukiko tends to keep a smile up, one as strong as possible, because she's had the habit ever since she was little. It wasn't as though she always forced it. Just, lately, she's been catching herself with a quick reminder to keep her lips turned up.

Except when she's alone.

And she is now, isn't she? She stands there, gazing out over the lake without really seeing it, probably close enough to fall in if she leans out any more. And Suzuya isn't there, and Tsubasa isn't there, and Kanata isn't there.

Why? She'd asked and one of the gods - pretty, long hair, Suzuya probably would have known which one - had answered. Those who left had either been lost track of, or hadn't been suited for the salvation of this world.

But Suzuya was incredibly kind and reliable, where you couldn't help but trust in him. Tsubasa, for all of his crazy explosions, had always been something of a genius in her eyes. And Kanata, who always fought and had been stronger than he - or she - might have realized-- why were they gone? Why was she the only one left? She wasn't anything special, and the only thing that had marked her as such back home had been her gender. But that shouldn't matter here.

There's a growing lump in her throat now as she presses her lips together and lowers her head to hide beneath her bangs. No. No, no, no, she isn't going to cry, she doesn't want to feel hopeless about this.

Approach, push into the lake, stare, ignore, your choice. ]

Who: OPEN TO ALL
What: Get yourself treated for sudden stab wounds! Heal people who have been stabbed! Can't do much about the betrayal, though, sorry. Feel free to interact with other patients and stuff. Bond over bleedy betrayal!
When: day 51+
Where: Sigyn district hospital
Rating: PG-13ish?

Momoka has managed to set aside an entire room for the sudden influx of stab wound victims, probably because most of the hospital workers are still blank and grey enough that they don't mind being ordered around by a ten-year-old. Anyway, this makes for easy interaction with everyone else going through the same thing as you. Make some stab friends!

Who: Watson, Tsukiko, Hatsuharu (open to patients of Zen's clinic, interested parties!)
What: Zen's gone -- the clinic staff (and patients) react.
When: Day 49.
Where: Yakuzen Hall, the clinic in Heimdall.
Rating: G!

( It was going to be one of those days. )

Who: Gau and ANYONE
What: Looking for food? A job? Come to talk to Gau? Come here. (Feel free to use action or prose!)
When: Day 36, afternoon
Where: Rainy Day Treats
Rating: PG, PG-13 for cursing at most, I'd say?

( Still gotta bake... )

Who: Tsukiko Yahisa (starryguyed) and Kanata Nanami (photographing)
What: An unintentional reunion.
When: Day 50, night
Where: The outskirts of the Sigyn District
Rating: PG-13, we'll see if Kanata watches his mouth--

( Come, please, I'm calling )

Who: Ranka Lee and anyone happening to like sweets
What: Running into each other while eating delicious things
When: Early afternoon
Where: A random dessert shop!
Rating: PG or so. Lord help us if you can defile the sanctity of a sweet shop.

( Sweets! Sweets! Sweets! )

Who: Ezio and ANYONE
What: The maestro is feeling restless since the ice fairies, and needs some time outside. He'll be parkouring around the city, so feel free to set up locations in the subject lines! Also, if you call out to him, he might just stop and talk to you. c: Maybe even teach a little parkour (if you're nice and won't use it for the wrong purpose).
When: Now
Where: Alllll over, see above.
Rating: PG? Maybe PG-13. iiiiidk

( Man still can own the sky if he tries )

Who: OPEN TO ALL! Tag everyone, treat it like a party log, except it's a hospital and people are injured so it's not much fun for the characters involved.
What: Get yourself treated at the hospital for frostbite! Heal people of said frostbite! Meet others in a sterile environment!
When: Day 39 & Day 40
Where: the hospital in Sigyn district
Rating: PG-13 at most, probably.

Given the sudden outbreak of dangerous frost fairies, the hospital is sure to be bustling pretty soon with both the grey people and the travelers! Stop by for some frostbite treatment or help those who need treatment out. The hospital can probably use a few extra hands, given the city's current situation.

Who: EVERYONE!
What: Valentine's Day Log!
When: Day 37, 8pm
Where: The Castle Ballroom
Rating: up to PG-13. Take NSFW things to a private log please!

Here it is: the moment you've all been waiting for! The Valentine's Ball has begun!

At 8pm, all characters will suddenly find themselves wearing formal wear to suit their tastes, and lights and music will begin in the ballroom. Characters are welcome to come and go from the ball as they'd like, except for the Ball Court members, who will be teleported to the ballroom and may not change clothes or leave until 9pm!

Ball Court consists of the following people:

ODIN:
Nathan Drake (smallbeginnings)
Terezi Pyrope (synesthesic

THOR:
Yuu Kanda (illusioned)
Rider (Alexander) (macedonian)

LOKI:
Shion Sonozaki (stungun)
Mephisto Pheles (undevil)

SIGYN:
Tavros Nitram (uncertainty)
Tsukiko Yahisa (starryguyed)

HEL:
Karkat Vantas (crabby)
Kaz (parasiteye)

HEIMDALL:
Ventus (wingblades)
Zen (poisonfeathers)

FREYR:
Souji Seta (verifies)
Chihaya Kisaragi (sora_wo_koete)

FREYA:
Gomez Addams (rabiduspatris)
Minako Arisato (orphean)

BALDR:
Juuza Amakusa (satisfies)
The Boss (bosses)

Court members were determined by number of Valentines received, and are the top earner in their respective Houses! :) We'll be unscreening the valentines tally comments momentarily.

At 9pm, the King and Queen of the ball will be announced. King & Queen were the highest Valentine earners in the whole city, and are:

Karkat Vantas (crabby) & Kaz (parasiteye)

Yes, Hel House dominated the Valentine Receiving by quite a bit, as did these particular characters.


The ballroom has dim but colourful lighting and plays a variety of types of music from classical to dubstep. There is a refreshments table including punch, various cookies, and small sandwiches, and a second table that, again, provides any kind of food or drink (even alcohol) the character could wish for, including things from their home worlds. Also, as of 8pm everyone's valentine receiving boxes will be unlocked! Open them up to see the valentines you received and who they're from! :)

Have fun and party hard, everyone!

Who: Anyone
What: People who signed up for the Date Auction as dates with be bid on by others as their dates of the day.
When: Day 36
Where: Draupnir Theater, Freyr District
Rating: PG-13

So there you were, doing whatever you normally do in a boring day like this: by chance was it reading a book? Talking to a friend? Exploring the shops in the district? It feels like nothing can go wrong in the meantime and you were off continuing your mundane life.

But that doesn’t matter, anyway – by the time you blinked, it looks like you were transported in the middle of the stage with bright lights blinding your field of vision. The only thing that you’re able to make out is the chatter of a very loud audience and someone announcing your name. And if you happen to look down, you would see a name tag attached to whatever you were wearing with the following:

NAME:
AGE:
SEX:
ORIENTATION (optional):
BLURB ABOUT YOURSELF:

Question is, do you remember writing all of this down?

((OOC: AUCTIONS ARE NOW CLOSED.

All right folks, here’s the date auction! Please note that the announcer for this event is Rikku and Tidus, who will announce the people being auctioned off and the starting price - these will be the under PARTICIPANTS with the character's names in the subject, along with the fill out form in the body in the sign ups. Remember, characters bidding are paying with chocolates they receive from Valentines day and that the auction ends after Feb 14 2:00 PM CST OOcly. Happy bidding everyone!

Edit: People have been asking, and yes, people getting auctioned off can bid on others as long as it's not themselves!))

It's that time! The riddles are up and your characters can get to ICly figuring them out and bringing in the items. Regardless of whether your character "won" a question or not, or whether you even submitted an answer, or even if you submitted a wrong one -- you can have your characters figure out or not figure out whatever you want in the log. The wins only count for who figures it out first.

Found items should be brought to the altar in the yard of each Welcome Hall. When one of the "winners" (a.k.a. the first person from each house to guess right) brings an item to an altar, a light in the colour of their house will pop up. It's just a hovering ball of light and any touches will pass through it. After that, there's no effect in bringing the same item to the same altar, but people are welcome to do so as much as they wish. Characters are welcome to keep any of the items they find, or leave them at the altar, in which case they'll disappear.

And now for the correct answers:

( cut for length! )


And as for the winners, here's the list of who "won" each question, sorted by house! This means that the characters listed under "ODIN" are members of Odin house. The houses listed with the names are the questions they were awarded. Therefore, Hanbei Takenaka is in Odin house and "won" Baldr's question. We gave some wins for "close enough" answers when no one else in the house got that question right. :) People are listed in chronological order within their house.

( another length cut! )

NOW! As you can see, not one house "won" every single question. However, since Heimdall House was the closest, they'll be awarded the big prize! Starting on Feb 4, the Welcome Hall will have a big spiral slide inside, next to the elevator shaft! There are openings on every floor, so characters can hop in and slide right down to wherever they want to go! They'll also find a new room on the main floor, containing, wait for it... a giant ball pit with climbable netting on the walls and ceiling! Still, since no one really won and everyone put in a big effort, every single house will have the slides installed. ;) Have fun with those!

In addition everyone who "won" a question will recieve a cute gift certificate for a free child's entree at a chain pizza restaurant that has a location somewhere in each district. Edit for clarification: This certificate will appear on the character's person when they cause the light to come on, so they'll get it immediately! Clearly, this is a very grown-up event!

Now that the "winners" and answers have been announced, let's have fun! Please wait for the mods to get a thread up for each district, then reply and mingle and do whatever you'd like. Threads don't have to stay in the district they start in, so feel free to have whatever kinds of shenanigans you'd like, and thanks for playing!

Who: EVERYONE.
What: CUPCAKE WARS.
When: Days 24 and 25 (January 19-22)
Where: Cupcake making within the individual houses, judging in the Castle Plaza.
Rating: Worksafe? IF THIS CHANGES, LET THE MODS KNOW? I don't really see why it would, but...

( Cupcake Wars! )