boys and girls of ev'ry age~

[innocentloveholic]

[ With all the hubbub Aligula's been up for few weeks now and especially today, it should really, really not be a surprise that closing in around the evening, flyers start appearing pretty much everywhere, in true Aligula tradition.



There's an extra notice slipped under everyone's doors as well: i made costumes and you're not allowed to tell a ghost story unless you wear one!!!! they'll be in the bar with everything else so don't worry it's all taken care of~~~~ ♥

...yeah.

8pm sees the bar decorated with a lot of toilet paper—mummies were here, obviously—as well as cut-outs of cats, bats, ghosts, owls, and a few freaky looking things that are probably native to Aligula's world. Additionally, the bar counter is laden with dozens of treats, ranging from slightly overdone cookies (sugar, chocolate chip, double chocolate chip, snickerdoodle) roughly shaped like popular Halloween motifs like bats, ghosts, and something attempting to be a pumpkin; thumbprint cookies with some sort of raspberry jelly on them that's a little too sweet, thick, and sticky; to somewhat lopsided chocolate and vanilla cakes, topped with whipped cream frosting and mixed berries. There's hot chocolate and water for people who prefer not to take any of the alcohol that's naturally in the bar, and...

True to her notice, there are costumes laid across several tables and chairs that have been pushed together: bedsheets with fancy embroidery around the hem for some expensive-looking bedsheet ghosts, witch costumes, robes for every monster occasion, cat-ear headbands + tail combination and a marker for whiskers, the same except dog-themed, black capes with red insides for vampires...

If you told her a preference and let her measure you, your costume set aside with a piece of paper with your name attached to it! If not, well. Bedsheet ghosts and capes are one size fit all, though she attempted to eyeball (ha) most everyone, so maybe one of these other ones fit you? Or maybe you don't care and you're not going to tell a ghost story anyway, so whatever.

The ghost stories, by the way, have their own little throne—there's one table pulled away from the others that's covered with a blanket and has a pillow and a few of those cute Cerberus plushes that come out of the machine with it. Take a seat and share something spooky—tis the season in this room, after all. ]

Comments

[bloodisthicker]

Yes, there is. Well... technically, a second person may be capable of it, given her past life was, but she's... a little inexperienced, shall we say.

[heritrix]

[Reincarnation, huh.]

You say that like it's alright if she figured it out.

[bloodisthicker]

Well, I can't say that I know whether she'd be responsible with it, but I'm fairly certain Avatar Aang only did it in cases where it was entirely warranted. Also, it might be possible to reverse whatever Amon did to remove the bending of various innocent benders throughout the city through the same process, so... yes?

[heritrix]

...Alright, I can see the logic in that.

[That... YEAH. That tracks.]

So if I'm following you right, basically the Avatar is an authorized user. [Rin tilts her head. Hm.] It would be useful if you could train up others, to help the victims more quickly.

[She frowns at the mask in her hands. If the person who wears this can do it, that would logically mean there should be others too then, you'd think.]

[bloodisthicker]

That would be nice, definitely, but as far as I know, the only people with that sort of power are the Avatar and this Amon person, and we've got no idea where he figured out how to do it. He says he was a non-bender who was given his ability by the spirits, which... well, we don't know anything about the man other than what he says about himself. Perhaps he's being truthful.

And, well, if he isn't, he's not about to tell the method to anyone who wants to restore people's bending, given that it's his mission to purge bending from the world.

[heritrix]

Then how did the Avatar get it? [We've not had this conversation.] There has to be more to it than past lives.

[bloodisthicker]

The story I always heard was that the previous Avatar, Aang, encountered a phenomenally ancient and wise spirit known as a lion turtle that taught him how to do it so that he could find a way to defeat the Fire Lord without killing him.

[forget it, rin. it's a deus ex machina.]

[heritrix]

[Like the saddest part is Rin just accepts that and is more confused at what the Avatar is, because Fate/bullshit.]

That sounds like something out of a mythological quest. [So Tarrlok is still in the Age of Gods or something? Where spirits will talk to people?? Then...] I wonder if he'd qualify as a Heroic Spirit...

[bloodisthicker]

...a what.

[LIKE YEAH IT KIND OF DOES BUT WHAT IS THIS TYPEMOON SHIT]

[heritrix]

It's just like it sounds. They're the spirits of heroes who, through their deeds, achieved greatness during their lives.

[bloodisthicker]

Oh, I see.

[...kind of.]

Well, the past Avatars' spirits are essentially permanently connected to the current one, so I think they're probably their own thing.

[heritrix]

Reincarnation is a trickier subject.

[AND WE'RE JUST GONNA LEAVE IT AT THAT, instead of going into whatever the fuck I heard is happening in like Strange Fake where someone was their own catalyst to summon a Servant who was one of their past lives.

Does that conflict with previous canon? You betcha! And now we're moving on~ Korra summoning Aang for the next Grail War meme tho.]

I can tell you more about Heroic Spirits some other time, if you're interested. For now, what would you like me to do with this?

[She waves Amon's mask.]

[bloodisthicker]

[type-moon: we have rules, but then we break them when we think of something slightly cooler.]

...

You could always hang it on the dart board.

[heritrix]

[Pfft.]

Wouldn't all the darts bounce off it? If you're going for cathartic, try tossing it in the incinerator.

[bloodisthicker]

How am I supposed to keep it as a trophy if I burn it, though?

[heritrix]

Oh, well if you want it as a trophy, you should crack it and sprinkle some red paint on it, then hang it on a wall to intimidate your enemies.

[bloodisthicker]

...That's a thought. I may just do that.