October Catchall! (a Mix of Open and Closed)

[autumnrainrunaway]

Who: Dolly + you!
What: None Quests Threads first. Will be adding Quest Threads later on :3
Where: Southern Forest, Bay Town, Lum Berry Low Tier Housing, The Archives, and more to be added on as the month goes on.
When: Throughout most of October
Warnings: Animal/Pokemon death that comes with hunting, Wild Parties, and Nerd Violence. Will update more as it goes along.

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PokeClue: Lum Berry Party! (Dated: Oct. 31) (Open to all and Party Crashers heavily encouraged!)

[autumnrainrunaway]

1. Welcome to the Party!!!

It was supposed to be a simple little test run for game night at the Lum Berry Low Tier Housing, but with the rumors spreading, the infamously missing original Miss Scarlet Ribombee, Pierogis, and dress up with convincing characters, the whole thing has exploded. Some are already dressed up as characters from the 1985 film of Clue, others are clearly having a blast of things with a free food party, and others having decided to crash the Lum Berry Party to see what its like. In short order, it looks like a Pokemon version of Animal House.

Do you mingle with the party goers, indulge in pierogis, or have a wild party time? Well at least there is some form of socializing going on, that's a plus..right?

Well at least the game testing in Dolly's room is chilled out compared to the wild party scene going on outside the Lum Berry Low Tier Housing. Dolly is at the moment helping out with the instructions of the Clue board Game with the inclusion of apparently battle cards for the suspects and their weapons.

There's also the matter of the fully functional lethal mini murder weapons that are in use, Mr. Boddy has definitely seen far better days. There's a costume rack closely to dress up as the characters in the game as well as huge platers of pierogis opened to others to help themselves to. Oddly enough, all the Miss Scarlet costumes are missing and the figure for Miss Scarlet left unclaimed..how very odd.

This could be considered the place to mingle and socialize at without the craziness going on with the outside...for now anyways. It's probably for the best to not let Dolly know about the fraternity level party going on outside of the test run of the Clue game as she smiles brightly thinking all is well still!

"I'm so glad you made it to the Clue game! Please make yourself comfortable, we got a lot of pierogis to go around."

2. NERD VIOLENCE (or how Miss Scarlet became a banned game character)

It started as a heated argument, a petty bickering really over the clearly best player character ever made, Miss Scarlet. It wasn't too long before it quickly turned into an all out Pokemon battle over who can be the one and only Miss Scarlet. There can be only one Miss Scarlett and it wasn't going to be done through talking it would seem.

If one were to walk in, they would see a group of Lum Berries in Miss Scarlet's dress having an all out brawl over the quickly becoming infamous character.

Do you try to break it up, stir the pot, or jump right on in as you too want to be Miss Scarlet as all these losers could never do her justice? Dolly clearly did not have the foresight of this unfolding as the Pokefights rages over the fictional character...

1. One unintentional crasher, coming right up

[cedricthegreat]

Since his chat with Bigby regarding the Archives (if one can really call them that), Cedric the Murkrow decides he ought to check out the place himself in the hopes of discerning whatever little information they have - or, better yet, find someone with access to the elusive "special collections". It's Halloween, surely that means it won't be busy, right?

He can't carry a map in flight, however, which means he somewhat misses the mark and winds up in the wildest holiday gathering he's ever seen. What is this, Hexley Hall graduation? He doesn't recognise anybody and therefore has no interest in joining what he presumes is a costume party. Though, he must admit, the aroma of whatever food they're serving is incredibly enticing, and he finds himself wandering in its direction as he attempts to slip out of the event unnoticed.

He will likely fail, since the smell leads him right into one of the houses where he stands out like a sore thumb even more. He's not dressed up, after all (though if he had his robes, he'd make a perfect Professor Plum).

Re: 1. One unintentional crasher, coming right up

[autumnrainrunaway]

It certainly was a wild party for sure outside of the room that has the incredibly enticing scent of pierogis. The door is unlocked, making it easy for Cedric to enter inside of, a rather nice little townhome where Dolly perks up upon seeing Cedric come inside. Costumes were lined on a rack for those wanting to play dress up for the game, small game board, a tiny skeletal doll that's seen some nicer days for sure, and of course, the huge platter of pierogis

Oh! This is a new face for sure! Dolly goes to trot up to Cedric, happy to greet the new comer to the first test run of the Clue game. Then again, there have been a lot of new faces tonight at the Lum Berry Housing, not entirely sure why though. Good news for Cedric, this is the far more calmer scenery than the current wild party outside of the housing units.

"Hi there! I take it you're here to test run the board game with us?"

[cedricthegreat]

It is impossible to ignore that platter as soon as it's in sight - he's never had such dumpling-looking things before, but there's a first taste for everything. He's about to beeline for a closer look when some pink fox suddenly starts talking to him-

"Gah! Oh my, this isn't the Archives, is it? So sorry, I must have taken a wrong turn and wound up in this lovely... house! Well, I won't disrupt your splendid little party, so I'll just be on my way-"

Somehow, it's not until he's threatening to swoop over and snag a pierogi anyway that her question finally registers, causing him to swing back.

"Did you say 'board game'?"

[autumnrainrunaway]

Well...that was incredibly brazen right there! Dolly was a bit shocked for a moment, but recomposed herself. Not sure what party Cedric was talking about, but he did seem curious, might as well introduce a newcomer to the wonderful game of Clue!

"That I did, I had a quest earlier on recreating this board game back where I came from as a form of entertainment once winter hits. Would you like to join in?"

Dolly goes to show the little makeshift game board with the game pieces and costumes that come with it. It looks to be a fun little murder mystery game of sorts.

"You may also help yourself to some of the pierogis, we ended up with a lot of them and plenty to share."

[cedricthegreat]

He picks up on her distress and immediately feels bad. That wasn't meant to be a rejection, he was just trying to slip out unnoticed. Now the opposite has sort of happened, but he'll play along if only to please the friendly fox lady. Not to mention those things apparently called "pierogis" do look delicious.

That being said, he just stares blankly at what she shows him. The game seems very alien to him; costume parties, he knows, but mystery games are lost on him.

"If there are game pieces, then why do we need to dress up? And how exactly does the... 'murdering' happen?"

[autumnrainrunaway]

So far Dolly is learning, some of the former humans can be wild than the ones back in Cheddarburg. Upside for Cedric, he has manners and isn't a feral former human, unlike the musical dino dragon kid. Those were huge pluses for Dolly in her book.

"Well for some folks, they like to play out the character's role in the game. Dressing up is just one of the fun features, sort've like an improv theatre game if I had to describe it." Dolly thinks over carefully on how to explain the make believe murder...that one will be a challenge. After some considerations, Dolly picks up the Mr. Boddy doll to show.

"The set up for the murder scene with Mr. Boddy here as our stand in for this game. The goal is to figure out who of the suspects murdered the Millionaire before the culprit escapes."

[cedricthegreat]

"Hmm, well I do have a knack for the theatrics." We know, Cedric. "I suppose I could give it a go just this once."

He observes the board, the nearby costumes, and the figure Dolly's holding up; yep, he's definitely getting engrossed. The names of the characters are quite obvious, but then again, drama is rarely ever subtle. "And how does the murderer know they're the one who must escape?"

[autumnrainrunaway]

"Wonderful! I'll help you get situated then and you can help yourself to the pierogis, we ended up with to many of them somehow."

It is an incredibly well set up game and so organized too, just very meticulous organizational skills for the game ready for the testing. Dolly's existence is drama, this is pretty much her natural environment of sorts as she smiles. "Oh it's through deductions of the murder weapons laid out as well as where the characters were at during when Mr. Boddy was murdered." She holds up Mr. Boddy the fossil doll in full glory.

1) Welcome

[dripdrive]

Anasui has little interest in mingling (He left the Low Tier housing because he didn't want to interact, not because he wanted to make friends!). He's only here to participate in game night, though it's less for fun and more so he can make sure his game pieces work as intended.

Still, despite what Anasui thinks he's there for, he's still dressed up. The Espathra is wearing a simple yet stylish necklace that matches a blue blanket over his back and a blue feather in his hat. Mrs. Peacock (Mx. Ostrich?) has arrived!

After pointedly ignoring the party downstairs and heading up to where Dolly is, Anasui enters the room. He nods his head, acknowledging the Sylveon's welcome.

"You look like you've worked hard on this." That... might translate to Anasui's version of 'hello, how are you?'

Re: 1) Welcome

[autumnrainrunaway]

Oh boy, Dolly was very much for the socializing! She beamed merrily as she goes to greet Anasui, her winter coat fully in with a bit of a Tinkerbell level of fluff going on. "Thank you Anasui! Your costume looks great too! How've you been?"

It's pretty clear Dolly has no clue about the raging party outside or the soon to be Miss Scarlet brawl that was brewing. All Dolly knew was it was going to be a fun time testing a game to see how well it works and the entertainment value it brought. Yep, it'll be fine, so totally fine, nothing wrong to see here...

Derailing the rather concerning background stuff, Dolly goes to point out the big thing of pierogis that was made for it...Dolly hadn't foreseen just how much Pierogis Sanji was going to make at all, but they sure do smell delicious!

"We also got a lot of pierogis for the game test too if you'd like any?"

[dripdrive]

Anasui smirks and stands up a little bit straighter, suddenly feeling much more amicable than when he was a few seconds ago. Anasui isn't vain but he does appreciate a good complement as much a the next person.

"I've been fine, thank you. Just keeping busy with quests and work at the clinic - same as always." Anasui's eyes follow Dolly's ribbon and he nods. They do smell delicious. With her encouragement, Anasui uses his psychic powers and levitates a pierogi over to his mouth and takes a bite.

"MMmm... That's pretty good. Thanks." He glances at the gameboard. "So how does the game test work?"

[autumnrainrunaway]

"Same, I ended up baking gingerbread earlier for the baskets thing. It's honestly been a while since I last baked something like that."

There's a bit of a popcorn bounce from Dolly as she goes to show Anasui the testing set up. From the look of things, Dolly has it pretty well organized from the player figurine pieces to the horrifyingly functionally lethal mini murder weapons close by to Mr. Boddy.

"So what we're doing is to see if the game has the entertainment value that'll be fun to revisit during the winter months ahead and if there's anything that'll be needing adjusting." Dolly looks at her Mr. Boddy doll for a moment in consideration.

"My money is on encasing Mr. Boddy's boney frame in a ballistics gel of some kind."

[dripdrive]

"Finding it's easy enough to bake and do things in this form?" Anasui asks as he follows Dolly over to the game, occasionally nibbling on his pierogi. He's incredibly impressed with the game board. He knew his murder weapons would be good but they match everything else perfectly, opposed to being a cobbled together mess of pieces. Seems like Dolly organised things pretty well.

"Hmm..." Anasui pauses as he also looks at the Mr. Boddy doll. A normal person may think that ballistics gel is overkill in protecting a game piece. Anasui is not a normal person. "The problem with ballistics gel is that it has a relatively short shelf life. It may be more practical to make more than one Mr. Boddy than preserving this one. Or using rubber."

[autumnrainrunaway]

"The ribbon feelers have been coming in handy so far, though still a bit of a challenge when using scissors with them. I think if I get a bit more practice in, I should be in good shape to work with them." Dolly is feeling pretty happy with how things have turned out for the game recreation. It was a bit of work to hammer through the details, but it was worth it in the end.

Hmmm...Anasui did make an excellent point about the ballistics gel, that'll make a bit of a stink with the short shelf life. Upside was that Dolly did keep the molds she used when making the Mr. Boddy skeleton doll, so making multiples would be easy. "I wonder, do you think there's a para rubber tree here that we can get the sap to make the rubber body with? Its something I can fix up a mold with to cast the bones in."

[dripdrive]

Anasui nods. It makes sense to struggle with them, especially if you're used to hands but it seems that Dolly's figured things out. Anasui would be jealous if he didn't have such fine control over his psychic abilities and was able to move things through the air.

"I'm sure there is... We'll have to ask around or check the Archives to see where we can find it. But even if there isn't, we definitely have wax. That should be a reasonable substitute, right?"

[autumnrainrunaway]

It was something Dolly had to learn early on, adapt, blend in, or else bad things will happen. It was pretty hard drilled and goodness, Dolly went fully in with the ribbon feelers in learning how to use them the moment she knew they were functional limbs. Still, the dread bane, the scissors stands pretty firm.

"Wax would be a great substitute if there's no Para Rubber Trees here. It's been a while since I last used wax in a doll crafting project, but I should be able to work well with it. Plus, it gives a really nice realistic look when done right for the hide."

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[paperceptive]

Parties are not, generally, Odile's strong suit. She hadn't really planned to attend at all. But the noise has made even her own room an insufficient sanctuary, and so she's deigned to tuck herself away in Dolly's room instead. A bit quieter, easy enough to tuck herself into a corner and sample one of these "pierogi". Dolly is someone she already knows and rather enjoys anyway, so why not?

Anyway, the game building might be interesting. The Weavile has certainly not donned her own costume, but she does come over to peer at the makeshift board. "And this is...a game from your home?"

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[autumnrainrunaway]

Surprisingly Dolly's room was really calm despite everything going on outside as she goes to greet Odile. Dolly was pretty glad to see Odile, especially after the rather less than stellar run in with the Pumpkaboo and Gourgeists. Upside, this was a nicer gathering for a game testing along with pierogis, those are the best comfort food in the world. Downside, no London Fog tea lattes to enjoy them with.

"It was, we had many other games back where I came from like Connect Four or Potions and Poisons. I figured Clue would be a fun for the season, nothing like a good ol' fashioned murder mystery for Halloween."

[paperceptive]

"And the same for the food?" Sorry, Dolly, Odile is still focused on matters of cultural exchange. Such things have always been interesting to her, even before she finally took that trip to Vaugarde. Pretty much everywhere she's ever been had a variation on this type of food - dumplings are truly universal.

[autumnrainrunaway]

No offense taken on Dolly's end, she was on a similar boat with Doriene some months back during its own major holiday. Dolly's still puzzling over the concept of gingerbread lasagna, such a weird thing it was for sure along with the Woozel Worm and the Goose on the Roof.

"For the cold weather, definitely. Pierogis are more or less a comfort dumpling for cold weather to enjoy. Sometimes there's bacon inside of the potato stuffing mixture that's really fun to bite into."

[paperceptive]

"More like Vaugardian cuisine than Ka Buan..." Odile muses to herself. It's not the same, of course. These feel as though they should come from farther north, maybe someplace like...

...

Anyway, she finishes her pierogi and leans forward to actually peruse the game board. Is there any sort of rulebook yet...? "We have several similar dishes, but they're usually filled with pork and vegetables."

[autumnrainrunaway]

Vaugardian? Ka Buan? Oh, those might be names of places from where Odile is from. That definitely has Dolly's attention though, she was curious about it. Dolly smiles as she shares information. "It was one of my favorites back in the midwestern states. They originally were from Poland that got pretty popular over time. It's honestly been a long time since I last had something like it."

That was a pause, wonder what for? Was it too abrupt?

Oh wait, the focus is back on the game board as Dolly relaxes a bit that it wasn't something she had said. Good news for Odile, there is in fact a rulebook for the game thank goodness! "That sounds incredibly good, like we had a pretty huge variety too from where I was at before the big 'move' happened, one of them had soup inside. I honestly missed dumplings, they're a really good dish."

[paperceptive]

She nods along, even as she hooks the rulebook with a claw and pulls it over for closer inspection. "Soup sounds interesting...ah, it's a logic game." Keeping track of things, and outmanuevering others to gain information faster. Odile thinks she might be fairly good at this.

[autumnrainrunaway]

"It is, like you have to snip the dumpling first to let the broth cool down a bit before eating." Dolly's attention returns to the real star of the moment, the recreated game of Clue. "It is, deduction and logic plays a huge role in Clue in solving the fictional murder and which character has done it. It's fun as the suspects changes from game to game, so its something new each time."