#shadowhalloween18

So, what’s happening in town on Day 2?

We have several activities for citizens to take part in listed below. Feel free to post starters in any order which you like. For example, feel free to make a starter about a party and then later post one about a prank. The times associated next to each activity are just in case you want to describe if it was sunny out or your character is grumpy that it’s super early etc.

Clean up Crew/Silent Dance Party:

After all of the teepeeing and pranks that were pulled last night, the mayor has sent out a request for volunteers to help get the town’s streets prepped and ready for trick or treating. So if you’re an early bird or someone whose house was hit last night, make your way down to town hall to borrow some industrial trashcans, replacement decorations, and have some morning bagels, pumpkin spice lattes, and mini pumpkin pies all courtesy of the Pie Hole. Thanks to the Shadow Falls Public Library, the town will also be renting out headphones that you can pick up to par-take in a silent dance party of sorts in order to make the town clean up just a little bit more fun! So, jam out to some music and help get the streets all suited up for today’s activities.

When: 8 to 10 am.; Where: Town Hall

The Haunted House:

The corn maze and hayrides will still be running all today, as well as, the Spookfest Street Fair. But, with an added bonus of one of the largest Haunted Houses this town has ever seen. The entire Library (including the street outside of it which has been transformed into a zombie run inspired obstacle course that you’re welcome to go through) has been transformed into an incredibly interactive experience that is sure to give you goosebumps. All of the proceeds from the tickets will go to new books  and each floor of the Haunted House has a different scare level.

Participants: Don’t worry if you’re a scaredy cat, the first floor of the building is the part of the Haunted House that is for all ages from kids to adults. If you have the heeby-jeebies from only that, feel free to leave through the back entrance. But, if your a horror fanatic or a haunted house enthusiast, take the elevator up to levels 2 and 3. If you make it through all three levels, you’ll not only get a sticker and a pen that looks like a syringe, but bragging rights for all your friends.

Volunteers: If you have signed up to work the Haunted House, then you will be transformed into a scary monster of your choosing and be given a post where you can jump out and scare whoever is walking through. You can be a severed head in a fake dinning room table or one of the zombies in the zombie run. Just remember, you’re not allowed to touch the participants just as they are not allowed to touch you and don’t forget to say boo!

OOC: Because the SpookFest Street Fair is still going on, the added stuff about witches and sirens are still in effect today too.

When: 10 am to 7pm;  Where:  Shadow Falls Library

Trick or Treating:

No one can forget one of the most popular parts of Halloween being Trick o’ Treating! And it’s no secret that in Shadow Falls, the best street to hit during your candy run is Elliswood Avenue. This picture-esque street is dominated by upper-middle-class families who love to compete for the best-decorated homes each year. It’s famous for the elaborate decorations and king-sized candy bars. It’s a perfect street to take the little ones trick-or-treating. Your character could be a resident of Elliswood Avenue, someone who appreciates the effort, or a chaperone for some kids for part of the night. (For a better idea of the houses on Halloween, check out these links [x] [x] [x]). There is even a magnetic sword in a stone at the street sign where young and old can try to see if they are the ‘chosen’ one.

Temporary Freedom: Once again, every supernatural in town has temporary freedom. If a species would like to walk around freely with their wings stretched out, reveal their fangs, etc. The risk of being caught for indulging in supernatural pleasures and appearances is low seeing that many hunters and cops cannot distinguish the difference between species throughout the weekend. Yet, cops are still on duty, patrolling the streets more heavily than usual, so even though supernaturals won’t be arrested for wandering around in their true form, hunters and supernaturals don’t get the complete freedom they have during the Full Moon (aka killing and feeding on other people in the streets is a no, no).

When: 5pm to Midnight;  Where: Elliswood Avenue

The Monster Mash:

On night two, there are one again two separate parties you are welcome to attend:

Neverland: Neverland will be putting on an all out costume party. Come donning your scariest garbs, your sparkliest make-up, or your cutest couples costume. There will be THREE main categories: 1. Best Couple’s Costume (can be funny, extra spooky, or cute!) 2. Scariest Overall (the scariest costume of the night.) 3. Cleverest Clown (not actually a clown costume, but a costume that the judges deem hilarious or clever.) Tag your character’s costumes with #shadowinspos and #shadowhalloween18

When: 8 pm to 2 am  Where: Neverland Speakeasy

Saints and Sinners: For those looking to indulge in the more hedonistic aspects of the night, Saints and Sinners is the place to be. With live musical performances and generous bar tabs, this is the club to live out your dark fantasies. Bring your costume, or as others would put it “lingerie with animal ears,” grab a drink, and hit the dance floor.

When: 9 pm to 2 am  Where: Saints and Sinners Club

Open Carry

Open Carry: The open carry policy is still in effect, so after the clock strikes 9 pm, the open carry policy begins. This means that you are allowed to take whichever alcohol beverage you’d like the streets as you wandered through the night. And for Vampires, special drinks will be offered all weekend with blood infused in it thanks to the Local Blood Drive and to the Hamlin Group’s newest creation- blood tablets. Drop one tablet into a glass of water and it instance becomes artificial blood for you to enjoy.

When: 9 pm to Midnight. Where: All Over Town

The Siren on French Broad Spotting:

Last but not least, as the time ticks to midnight and the fog rolls in, make your way down to Elm Street, the Trails, and the Pier to catch the Siren show on the water and a glimpse of the ghost herself. The show won’t start until 2 am, but if you’re smart, you’ll try to get there early to grab a good seat and get some good old fashioned hot dogs, turkey legs, and other traditionally american style food from the Devil’s Diner food carts set up along the water.

Who was responsible for the contaminated blood?

The blood tablets were provided by a private conglomerate known as the Hamlin Group. You can find more information about them {here}. They have been working to create a commercialized, mass-produced blood substitute and were debuting a sample batch to a few locations nationwide during Halloween events to test consumer responses. Unfortunately, the batch sent to Shadow Falls had adverse side-effects after a few hours from consumption. Those who were declared, therefore wearing government-issued daylight rings, were simply made ill and docile. Those who were undeclared, and therefore had to find black market daylight rings, suffered illness but were closer to a feral state of mind. The illness sparked a need to feed to counteract the infection, allowing them to heal from the virus faster. It was a natural reaction to combat the foreign virus.

The government-issued rings are laced with a chemical to encourage docility and self-control. This is to help control the vampire population and minimize attacks or overeating. The black market rings, however, do not come with this chemical and leaves vampires in a more natural state, allowing more space for their predatory instincts. Your character may notice the difference in vampire reactions to the tablets. It’s likely (and encouraged!) that characters will start to speculate why some reacted violently while others remained in control. However, unless investigated properly, no one would immediately think it had to do with the daylight ring differences. If you would like to further investigate this plot and have your character research this mystery, please message the main.

Who were Logan Delaney and Skylar Monaghan?

Not much is known about the personal lives of these individuals, but they were volunteer test subjects for a study done by the Hamlin Group. The Hamlin Group has been secretly branching out beyond consumer goods for both human and supernatural customers, and been working on providing goods and weaponry for the government. Part of their research had been to create a serum to create super-soldiers.

While supernaturals are allowed to serve in some branches of the military in the United States, others have more or less power in foreign militia. In order to compete with foreign militaries, the United States secretly commissioned the Hamlin Group to create sample soldiers derived from the genes that made up organic supernaturals. They had been working on a serum for decades, starting with the one developed by Dr. Quinten Huskby that spawned sirens and harpies. Over the years, they were able to develop two separate batches that could turn humans into modified versions of supernaturals. Logan and Skylar were part of the third batch that were promised to be stronger than any supernatural of the species they were derived from. Skylar was derived from the werewolf gene and designed to be stronger than the most powerful wolves: alphas from long lineages of alphas. Logan was a modified siren, a strengthened and focused genetic make-up. He was designed with his abilities to leave humans unaffected but to target supernaturals. Only his powers still do not work on those with the siren or harpy gene, which the Hamlin Group is looking to remedy so that other sirens and harpies will too, be affected.

Why did Logan use his song to draw people into the lake?

Logan and Skylar were sent into Shadow Falls to test their abilities in a contained town and pull potential test subjects for future scientific endeavors. Logan was testing his song and creating a distraction for Skylar to finish his part of their mission.

It was to see how wide a net his abilities would cast. They were able to confirm a batch of randomized humans were unaffected by his song, but sirens and harpies were also unaffected. It also allowed for enough chaos for Skylar to isolate local alpha, James Armstrong.

What was Skylar’s mission?

The only way for Skylar to test his strength and abilities was to go against an Alpha with plenty of experience. The Armstrongs had been pack-minded and on the record since the 1800s, and had an alpha bloodline since the early 20th century. James was an ideal target to take down and see if he could overpower. There was a second part to his mission as well:

Should he succeed in overpowering James, Skylar was to inject James with an anti-supernatural serum. This is a remedy to cure the supernatural gene and is in its early stages still. They did not know its adverse effects, but decided it would be a good way to gain a specimen and do an autopsy to determine a cause of death to improve the next serum batch. Once James was injected, his body had a negative reaction and his body was left limp. Unfortunately for Skylar, he met an unexpected end at the hands of Kelsie Woods, who found him standing over her fiance’s body. She used a silver bullet laced with wolfsbane that she acquired illegally by Order of the Unseen member, Nikolina Skala. The combination of a werewolf’s true weaknesses was able to kill Skylar on the spot, thus demonstrating a flaw in his modified gene. 

What is happening with the Armstrong pack now?

When Skylar defeated and injected James, the title of alpha passed down to him. However, when Kelsie shot Skylar, she took the alpha title from him. Kelsie Woods is the new alpha of the Armstrong pack. Nicholas Robinson still holds his position as a pack beta and it is rumored that James Armstrong’s mother, Dianna Armstrong, is coming back to play a more active role in the pack in order to ensure its survival. The pack is still intact, but it grieving and reeling from the loss of their former leader.

What is happening with everyone else in town?

People are still recovering from any injuries or traumas they’ve endured from the event and trying to find their normal again. Several town residents have picked up their things and left. The Munroe family, who had always lived in the political middle when it came to supernatural versus human conflict, decided to wasn’t safe to keep their family in Shadow Falls and moved away. Tegan and Alexander Matheson followed suit, opting to find a new city to start anew and live a peaceful existence. Nina Skala took the first mission from the Order of the Unseen she could get her hands on and fled town.  In the aftermath, Mateo San Roman and his niece, Renata, also left for their own safety.

The Mayor released a cryptic statement, claiming the police in town were investigating to find who was responsible for such a madhouse. The Hamlin Group, because their name was tied to the blood tablets, footed any hospital bills of victims from the faulty product. They also sent gift baskets, large-sum gift cards, and, depending on the extremity of the case, awarded victims with a large sum of money to keep quiet (about $5,000.) As for the Siren on French Broad, there is no evidence or inklings to tie the Hamlin Group to the incident. As of now, local authorities are suspecting the Four Horsemen because higher-ups continue to push that narrative, despite a lack of evidence. Additionally, if your character is law-enforcement, they might be investigating this incident and find themselves gaslighted by NPC higher-ups. If you would like to explore this plot, please message the main for more details.

That wraps up our first plot-heavy event! We hope you feel inspired to engage in major plot-driven threads and plots with your characters. If this event inspired ideas for future ideas, canons for the world our characters live in, or ideas for smaller plots, don’t hesitate to message the main. Check out the gossip blog for a comprehensive recap of smaller plots and happenings with each character! Additionally, please check the OOC blog and be sure to take our post-event survey we will be posting soon.