#Shafter; Event: Spectacular Halloween

[not-a-ghost-town]

Event; Spectacular Halloween!

The air has gone crisp and the mornings are dense with fog. While the days are ending earlier and earlier, the sun sets to a town glittering with the golden glow of hundreds of grinning pumpkins on every stoop from the smallest resident to the police station and everyone in between. Warm cider is passed out by giddy student volunteers from the local school while the rugged ranch hands help set up the many tables, booths, and games that indicate its time once again for 

Each year the local businesses and residents set up along the main street to provide a safe and sane week long Halloween Trick or Treat experience for the youngest among Shafter's residents. So come along, come along, space is limited! Squeeze in and prepare yourselves for merriment! The Shafter PD would like to remind everyone not to wander outside the town limits after dark without an appointed escort. A list of escorts can be found at the main info booth, or by asking one of the uniformed police officers, firefighters, or volunteer militia identified by their green arm band that are standing patrol for this event. And as always, good citizens Beware the Crooked Man

Welcome to our Halloween Event!

We know this is a busy time for many people offline, therefore this event will be fairly low stress. There's no major plotline to follow, only treats to be enjoyed and tricks to be played! Everyone will receive several items to pass out to ToTers. In order to curb cheating or favoritism, we will be using a dice to decide who gets what! To Trick or Treat we will be invading each other's inboxes (No Spamming!) and  when an ask comes your way, we will be using: http://dice.virtuworld.net to roll three (3) dice with six (6) sides. Even Number: Treat Odd Number: Trick Lucky Number 13: Puzzle peice We encourage you to save everything you gather! Prize titles will be given out for the luckiest and unluckiest at the end of the event, as well as a special title to be revealed later on! There is a puzzle to be assembled as well! If you do not have an art program, you can compile these pieces in https://ipiccy.com/ Don't worry about making it neat or tidy, so long as I can see you got all of them.Each of us has unique treats and puzzle pieces to be collected, so be sure to knock on everyone's door!

[not-a-ghost-town]

Spectacular Halloween: End of Part 1

"For me?" Xochitl beams, taking the taped together puzzle offered to her. 

All around she sees eyes shining with excitement, sugar addled fidgeting intensifying despite the late hour. "Oh, I see.. You want to know the story of the Crooked Man, do you? I think an old woman has energy enough for that." "Come now, mijos y mijas, sit around the bonfire with old Xo and and lets have one last cup of cocoa before bed. Let me tell you the story. It's about time you all know about the Crooked Man..." "Fifty years ago, or so, when we were still just a few tasked with re-settling the land, he came. The Crooked Man with his crooked grin and twisted soul. "Halloween had snuck up upon us- Our babes, just a few, had no candy or sweets, but we had plenty of food to share. It was enough. We celebrated. They donned their masks of painted paper and found feathers from the land, running person to person and shouting 'Trick or Treat!' We gave them what we could. Nuts and dried fruits, jerky, sparkly rocks from the mines, riddles, and hand puppets. Our Mayor had left to the city with the promise to bring back apples, bananas, and sweets on her return and so they eagerly awaited her after supper, playing with their puppets and telling stories around the fire. "One bye one, we drifted off. The air was warm and the town secure, so after little fussing, we allowed our babies to set up camp right here in the main street and sleep among the stars. The night was perfect. We were safe. "Until the Crooked Man come. "While his mask was gruesome- crookedly grinning from a knife gash of a mouth, skin stretched taut, eyes and teeth yellowing with age- he seemed a kind fellow. He shared his rations of beans and bacon, gave pennies when the children came calling, so little was thought of when he begged stay a single night. "I'll take second watch over the children," he said. "I need but three hours of sleep, and you have been so kind to me. Why, I have children of my own, waiting on me at home. They will be safe with me." "So off to slumber land we fell, dreaming of spooky masks, penny sweets, and apples. "The next morning did not dawn, so much as it did arrive with a thunderous crack and a furious torrent of rain. In our sleeping clothes, we ran to fetch our babes only to find .. no one. The bonfire, like this one, stoked by magic untouchable by the elements, had been extinguished. Their little cots and blankets were peeled apart, shoes left behind leaving bare foot prints of running and joyous playing being washed away by waves of blood running down from the edge of town. "Masks, toys, and sweets wrappers littered the path we ran along, slipping on thick, red mud and calling the names of our children and their nighttime guardians- Mateo! Amanda! Nicole! Maria! Carlos! Dominic!- over and over and over. Even when their bodies had at last been found, we continued to call their names. We pleaded with them to wake, but their eyes opened no more. "As for the Crooked Man, he was gone, though he left behind just one thing. In the blood of our babes, scrawled upon the largest boulder outside of town. A single word: "BEWARE."

Event Wrap Up

Status: End of Part 1

No major property damages have been reported, although Lt. Tarak Bhalli did apprehend some mischief makers attempting to egg the police dormitories, directly across the street and in plain view of the police station. Perpetrators were laughed at and sent home without enjoying night one of the Halloween festival.

No major personal injuries have been reported.

Nurse Winter Storm Sinclaire of Shafter General Hospital has given out leaflets to your trick or treaters with instructions on how to treat the impending too-much-sugar tummy ache. Among his tips are chamomile tea before bed, mint tea in the morning, hot water packs for the tummy, and lightly burnt toast- the carbon of which are said to absorb the toxins causing the ache. He cautions to not flood the hospital resources with your concerns unless the stomach ache is accompanied by high fever lasting more than two days, or persistent vomiting.

OOC: 

The puzzle was completed via collaborative effort. Congratulations! 

One last shot at personal glory to come. Prize titles to be given out at the end of the event.

Part 2 will be announced shortly

[not-a-ghost-town]

Shafter: Event: Update

Giggly and drunk on blood and moonshine, the Vampire Queen has abandoned her booth to run amok with the rest of the festivities, leaving behind a rather annoyed looking Raeesah to tend to the booth by herself. "Just take it," Raeesah sighs as she sets out the first puzzle piece for everyone to snag.

//OOC: Please remember to save the puzzle peices as transparent .pngs so we don't break the game lmfao -- Also yes, its deliberately this large.