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Have you given your advent souvenir a close inspection?
The glow in its eyes seems to be... pulsing.
"And what, pray tell, do you think you'll find?" a cold, smooth voice suddenly echoed out from each Dark Magic Griffin statue in unison, sending simultaneous trembles throughout Ay.
Some statues began to shake violently, others shattered or split in two. A dark essence seeped out from their insides and floated into the air, first forming an aimless, sparse black phantom, which soon began to take a definable shape.
"Oh, did my little trick frighten you?" She paused, quite pleased. "My apologies, I'm taking some of your credit. Each one of you that collected a Griffin statue today have helped summon my power, and it will only continue to grow as more collect my charms. So, thank you," she ended with a taunting snicker.
"Do you like flowers? I think I've seen some of you peering into my windows."
Her accusatory glare quickly dissipated as she clarified, "The windows of my garden, I mean. I suppose I should properly introduce myself. I'm Minerva, and I am the caretaker of the Witch's Garden."
If you dare tread onto the garden grounds, every 15 minutes you will be able to harvest a plant (as long as the witch doesn't spot you!).
You will receive one of ten possible plants of varying rarities, all depicted above.
These herbs might come in handy soon, so I'd stock up!
Not too far off from the garden lies the famous Pumpkin Patch!
Want to start trick-or-treating early? You can fill your favorite pumpkins up with items, BP/GP, pets, a silly Halloween or other holiday/seasonal message, or anything else (appropriate) that you like!
The instructions are simple: deposit a pumpkin in order to collect a pumpkin; you can collect one every ten minutes. (Note that all pumpkins must contain a minimum of 1,000 BP.)
If you were impressed by Minerva's parlor tricks and are tempted to be an evil trickster yourself, I want to remind you that while the pumpkins are anonymous, we are able to track every single action in the patch. Keep it fun and PG-13, friends.
Speaking of Minerva... did anyone else just notice a bunch of Dark Magic Griffins crowding around?
"They don't bite--unless I tell them to. I won't tell you not to worry, because I make no assurances about what I'll say when I get in one of my moods. However, I will tell you that my Griffin friends are here to escort you to the Spooky Forest. A tip for our newer folk--you might want to stay along the path in your adventures." And with a wink, she vanished just as quickly and inexplicably as she had arrived.
The Spooky Forest is open from now until the end of October and is filled with new pets and collectables, but our old familiar pumpkins!
They're baaaaaaack!
If you're newer to the Aywas Halloween scene or this is your first big event, listen up!
The above items (Melo Pumpkin and Halloween Pumpkin) will be used as exchange currency in our Seasonal Shop that will open at the end of the month. Both pumpkins can be found in the Spooky Forest, but it won't be scarily easy!
We typically price some items in Melo Pumpkins, but most are in Halloween Pumpkins, though we offer an exchange option so that you can trade in your MPs (example: 5 Melo Pumpkins = 1 Halloween Pumpkin). The official trade-in rate has not yet been decided.
But there's a lot more in the Spooky Forest than just silly pumpkins!
You will encounter 10 collectables that can be turned in at the Museum in the Spooky Collection. What's your incentive for parting with these haunting trinkets? This pretty cauldron:
The Ornate Cauldron is something you want to hang onto.
Not only is this item necessary to participate in the Giant Cauldron during our end of the month finale, but for those of you that don't end up using it to snag a random custom, it will turn into a goodie bag! Pretty neat, eh? We like magical things. ;)
Even after you obtain your cauldron, I would suggest holding onto the extra Spooky Forest collectables your pets dutifully gather for you. Like the plants from the witch's garden, these items will be coming in handy!
And what would a Spooky Forest be without pets popping up around every corner!
We will be adding a pumpkin LATTE more pets to this region and other features that haven't opened yet (like Frankenstein's Lab).
FYI: I'm not done accepting pets from the Halloween submission thread either, so stay tuned on news for that. I will make an announcement as soon as I'm done so you know which pets will be used, when to expect your payment, etc. :3
For all your seasonal October needs, you can use this central Halloween 2013 link! It has quick access to the Spooky Forest, Pumpkin Patch, Garden and more! We'll be adding this to the navigation for your quick reference.
Here's to a happy October!
Hang on, and enjoy the ride!
- Eri
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(#17) on Tue Oct 1, 2013 5:51pm
- Rave
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Posted on: Tue Oct 1, 2013 6:32pm
My pets that I forgot to get in last years Frankenstein's Lab are there *w* awesome!
- Saketah
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Posted on: Tue Oct 1, 2013 6:37pm
This is Sym's first real Aywas holiday. So much stuff x.x I'm overwhelmed, but this is awesome! Thank you, Aywas and crew, for being so amazing! :D
- Evie
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Posted on: Tue Oct 1, 2013 6:41pm
My first October on Aywas. I am white-knuckling it here, but having a blast so far!
- Rabbit Gone
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Posted on: Tue Oct 1, 2013 6:42pm
coooll. Eri dear , can we please have what we had on the Easter field? a list of what we've given in pumpkins and what we've gotten? it was so helpful then, for when people accidentally missed what they got.
- Eri & --
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Posted on: Tue Oct 1, 2013 6:46pm
Oh you know I actually forgot we added that list for Easter, I'll ask Yasu if we can get it added to the patch too. :3 - Eri
- Lady Cassidy
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Posted on: Tue Oct 1, 2013 6:49pm
YAY!!!!!
- autumnmyst
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Posted on: Tue Oct 1, 2013 7:03pm
I just received a Primrose from the Witch's Garden, which I think was from last year. Would that be a glitch?
- Eri & --
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Posted on: Tue Oct 1, 2013 7:18pm
autumnmyst - You are correct! Yasu is removing/should have removed those by now, so let me know if you continue to get any old plants. :) - Eri
- FreddyCenobite
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Posted on: Tue Oct 1, 2013 7:21pm
Am I the only person with weird event issues? A pet will come up and when I go to get my net it reloads itself away... when I didn't push "continue exploring."
Posted on: Tue Oct 1, 2013 6:31pm
Yay! The greatest Aywas month EVAH!