[MINGLE] Saints & Sinners Masquerade

[sixthiteration]

WHERE: Corn field next to the inn
WHEN: 31 October, all day and night
OPEN TO: ALL - MINGLE
WARNINGS: Please warn as appropriate in your subject lines
NOTES: Please make sure you have read and understand the event details! If you have questions, drop them here. RECOMMENDED BUT NOT REQUIRED: Put your SCRUBS COLOR in your OTA subject line for folks doing bingo. Time your OTA for the harvest feast, the masquerade, or both. Costume matches and details for folks who did not get matched are here.

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This morning, our intrepid villagers awoke to a surprise of the nicer kind: A bundle of clothing left at the foot of their bed, tied with a bow. There is also a note: Put on your new outfit and join the festivities in the corn field next to the inn.

You may be thinking, what corn field next to the inn? The one that sprung up fully-mature overnight, of course.

In the middle of the field, villagers will find an autumn feast: Tables piled with harvest time food and drink, warm and rustic decorations, the day's sunshine fending off any chill in the air.

Tuck in and enjoy, villagers, but take note: Things often look different in the dark, and you might be one of them.

Comments

[tosavecocoon]

That just sounds like the weirdest holiday to Vanille. It also sounds like something they would do on Cocoon, though. Life on Gran Pulse never afforded many luxuries like holidays revolving around candy. They had their own, both holidays and candy, but she has a feeling the things she's used to aren't what Cocoon is used to or what this girl is talking about.

"Is there a reason for all of that?" she asks, tilting her head curiously. "We are? What are we supposed to be?"

Her costume looks like it could be some kind of weird Cie'th, but she's not sure about the other girl's.

[copingskills]

"I'm sure there was at some point. I think it was originally called All Hallows Eve but whatever they used to celebrate back then has been totally changed over the years."

She's pretty sure the same thing has happened with most holidays. Christmas. Easter. They all were a little weird considering the original reason behind them.

"I'm a priest which is like a religious leader. You look like you're a demon or something that I would be trying to get rid of in a horror movie."

[tosavecocoon]

"I guess that makes sense," Vanille muses, lifting a hand thoughtfully to her chin. "Things do change over time, even if you're really good at keeping track of things." Especially if there are any fal'Cie nearby and there are always fal'Cie around, ready to make their little l'Cie to do their dirty work for them.

"Oh, is that like something you would watch on TV?" She's slowly getting the hang of Cocoon terms. They had electricity in Oerba, but not exactly at the same level as on Cocoon and nothing they had in the way of entertainment was ever like Cocoon's. "So I guess that makes us a matched pair. Wonder why we got these?" If there's any reasoning behind the choices at all.