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"Kekekeke, Aketchy~" The mischievous Lunaris taunts the Apocalypse unus once they finally find her. "Sleep well?" she purrs
Aketch grinds their teeth as they stare at the floating woman, "We had a deal! You owe me every piece of that candy you gave away!" They slam their cane down with an echoing thud.
"Aww... how about we make a deal? This year, if I gather more candy than you... You will gather candy for me every year from now on!" Greta giggles and does a flip in mid air, grinning menacingly.
The Unus pauses in thought before nodding, "Very well, Imp! However, if I gather more candy than you... you are never allowed to eat another piece again!"
Greta giggles and grins "Fine~ But I have the lovely little Aywans who will help me, they love me now, I gave them candy" she nods and glances over, "That is how that works... right?" she questions, ignoring the snort from Aketch.
It is time to join sides!
Will you aid Greta in proving that she is more loved than the Apocalypse Unus of Famine? Or will you join Aketch in getting a permanent revenge on the Lunaris!? The decision is yours... however there is a few noteworthy pieces of information:
- This event focuses around Candy! All the trick or treating you have done will help to earn you a place in our high score board. Turn in candy to aid your Team Overlord! (They chose the title, not me.)
- You give candy to your leader on their Trick or Treat page, so when you go to Knock under "Site Characters" in the world tab.
- Users on opposing team can try to steal from the other Team's Overlord, and if successful it will effect the overall score of both teams.
- Candy will still be a shop currency as well, so spend wisely. There will be less pets and items for sale for candy this year, however there will be 2 big ticket items.
- There will be special "tasks" that take place every other day, during this task period you cannot join a new team. You can only do so during the "inactive" time.
- If you do quit your team, your Candy score gets reset to 0.
- If your team wins the "task" your team will get a special bonus or reward. Don't worry, the one big ticket reward will be available in the shop as well. All members of the team will get the bonus, whether they participated or not. (This may change for one of the tasks but we will announce it beforehand)
- The team with the lowest member count will receive a multiplier based on the size difference of the two teams for the tasks. This will help to balance the tasks in case one team is substantially larger than the other.
- The first task will not start tonight, we want to give a little bit of time for everyone to pick a team.
- If you are not on any team you will not be able to interact with Greta or Aketch, they're too busy for that.
The top 50 users of both teams will get a very special, unique title! The title that you get will be based off of the highest Karma you achieved during the event.
One final tidbit... I am happy to announce, that after many, many, maaaany user requests, we have forum vistas! Once you unlock them you can find it under Account-Settings-Edit Account- Forum Settings.
At this point we only have one available, and it can be found in the USD Shop! If you would like a preview of it come and see One of my posts! It will remain in the USD Shop until October 31st at 11:59pm.
Note: I know a bunch of you are gonna ask for a way to turn off your HA's now to show off the super awesome Vista, it will be coming shortly <3
Posted by ๐ผKaiyo๐ผ
(#489) on Wed Oct 18, 2017 8:55pm
- Jormungandr
(#31948)
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Posted on: Wed Oct 18, 2017 11:53pm
I can't decide ;w; Aketch was so evil last ear! And he hasn't given me any candy this year either, only Greta ever gave me any... But I don't like people not keeping their deal, but I still kinda like her?? The pain of choice!
- Grace
(#31172)
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Posted on: Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:08am
I will hate Aketch until the day I die! D:< TEAM GRETA FTW!!!
(This sounds like a lot of fun, I'm excited~!)
- Mjauare
(#67702)
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Posted on: Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:22am
Trick the trickster, and feed the hungry!
- VarietyShow
(#73199)
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Posted on: Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:44am
This sounds like a pile of fun! :3c
Only question I have, I saw mention of a bar of some sort, should everyone who is on a team have one....? How do I check it?
- โ Astra โ
(#16365)
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Posted on: Thu Oct 19, 2017 1:34am
"They love me now, I gave them candy. That is how that works... right?" YES that's how it works! Hah. Maybe it's been explained before, but why does Aketch use they/their pronouns? Is Aketch actually a multi-consciousness being? Otherwise, Aketch would have to be a "he," "she," or "it." The Grammar Nazi in me is having a fit! For instance, it should be "grind their teeth" or "grinds its teeth," not "grinds their teeth," but then right there in the same sentence is "they stare" instead of (grammatically incorrect but consistent) "they stares." Argh. I know I should let it go, but it's driving me crazy having to read a plural pronoun applied to a singular noun, hah.
- Aberrance๊ง๐๊ง
(#77201)
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Posted on: Thu Oct 19, 2017 2:09am
โ Astra โ (#16365) 'They' and 'their' are pronouns for various gender neutral / non-binary ... entities, in this case. From typing 'they' into google, the second definition is: [used to refer to a person of unspecified gender. "ask someone if they could help"]
You can probably find more about it by searching around, but it is a valid grammatical usage. c:
Also, unrelated to that, but man. This is going to be an interesting time. New, and naive of the year before, I'm going to have to help the Hunger Horse. Tricking a trickster is too good (though the tricky sorts always have ways out of their deals, kinda like now . . .)
- ๐ηววเคฐเธช๐
(#31140)
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Posted on: Thu Oct 19, 2017 2:31am
I consider Famine to be a representative of an ideological phenomenon that transcends social constructs such as gender, or that such constructs and power roles cannot be appropriately allocated to it (also, I'm a gender abolitionist myself but that is irrelevant in this case). They may choose to identify as any gender but I suspect that detail is trivial for such a character (Aketch). It (Aketch) is Unus (therefore assumed to be biological or something parallel to it on Aywas), but that doesn't mean that it necessarily has sexually polymorphic qualities unless the staff have assigned them to it because it is their creation, after all. I will respect that. But I think that they have chosen to leave those details unknown to us.
But the idea or phenomenon of Famine is abstract (and it is more than just endless hunger!). I deeply respect that ideology because, frankly, I'm a delusional lunatic. However, the Unus is biological and may have biological properties such as sex, and perhaps an identified gender as well. I suspect that it doesn't have those traits, in the case of this Unus - which is the avatar of Famine. Famine (Aketch) clearly isn't caught up about trivial details like that, but if the rest of us wish to fret about it, I guess we're free to do that at our own discretion.
I get really, really excited about Halloween. I've been passionate about Aketch since I got the Unus from my favourite even many years ago. I like to pretend that it never ends. It's Halloween all year long!
- Kayu ๐ Pai
(#70951)
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Posted on: Thu Oct 19, 2017 3:03am
Looking to get the forum vista but I can only pay in GP :3
- ๐ผKaiyo๐ผ
(#489)
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Posted on: Thu Oct 19, 2017 5:25am
moyaofthemist (#53849) No but that would have been an awesome little addition lol
Coryn (#71366) I am askng Yasu to include this
Zenko (#58939) Good catch, he's been updated
Diprosopus (#36539) I unfortunately can't, I had mentioned it earlier but it will be based on the average of candy when the shops are open. Right now I am estimating 100-400 candy but that is just a ball park, it may be higher or lower.
๐ฌ Atalantra ๐ฌ (#71079) Oh thankyou! I'll get Yasu to update that one, it won't happen immediately as he is out today.
Witchy Witch High (#39846) Yup, that is called a Vista, we will eventually have ones that go a bit further down, ones that fade out, special limited ones, etc. It's just a cosmetic item
DelennDax7 ToT Yes (#67503) I'll be honest there was a reason for this I just don't remember that reason lol. I'm so helpful, I know <3
Kanein TrickTreat (#49712) You get the mark if you leave a team, they know
Ocean (#57119) Saphire is correct, it would be spending the candy like in a shop, so it does take it from you if you give it to the Overlord.
Verd ! Treats (#7493) Shhh, Aketch needs love too.
Shinya Treats~ (#31948) Flip a coin lol
VarietyShow {Treats} (#73199) I don't believe the bar is created yet, but it will be.
โ Astra โ (#16365) The others already answered but their correct. We are using "They" as a pronoun in this because that is how Aketch identifies. Neera ๐๐ (#31140) Is pretty much spot on with how Aketch feels, they pretty much just don't care about genders and really just focus on their hunger and now getting revenge on Greta for being a giant jerkface
Posted on: Wed Oct 18, 2017 11:53pm
I can't decide ;w; Aketch was so evil last ear! And he hasn't given me any candy this year either, only Greta ever gave me any... But I don't like people not keeping their deal, but I still kinda like her?? The pain of choice!