A Mingle!

[cobanpcs]

Who: YOU!!
When: Early Day 9 and onwards.
Where: A city corner!
What: WISHING WELL(s?)

At some point during the night a wishing well appeared in the corner, maybe it was a garbage can a second ago and you saw it blur, maybe it was a fire hydrant, maybe you just hadn't seen it before, but there it is!

There's a sign next to it reading: "Toss a coin, make a wish!"
(WISHES NOT GUARANTEED TO COME TRUE)

Maybe you don't have a coin, but Coba's got your back; there's a pail full of coins next to the well.

So go on, make a wish. Or spy on other people making wishes (Or steal the coins). Surely nothing can possibly go wrong.

Comments

[mrlivingskull]

[Weird is what I'm all about, sonny-boy.]

Nope, just a friend from outta town. Doin' me a solid by makin' me lucky.


[Saul are you sure that's what's happening here.]

[entertainheir]

Is he really making you lucky?

[He's not sure what word is appropriate, but it doesn't seem like "lucky" is it. But either way--]

That's some friend you have.

[mrlivingskull]

See all those coins? That's too many coins. Too many t'not not get lucky. Make us some wishes for all th' good folk a' the city, spread that love around...! We's gonna have us a good time. Nothin' can go wrong with it.

[fwoosh! completely out of nowhere, Saul's body catches fire.]

Yessiree bob, things can only be right when ya roll in the best of circles.



[he...doesn't...seem to notice said fire, though.]

[entertainheir]

[Well, Yuya sure is noticing it.]

H-hey! Fire! Fire!

[He frantically grabs for the edge of the well and leans over--except of course, the water is out of reach and it's not like he has anything to scoop with anyway. Still, there's a guy in flames right now, so he runs around in circles panicking and not being quite as effective as he could be.]

We need to find some water!

Sorry for taking so long, RL was ...well, RL. |D

[mrlivingskull]

Hey, hey. Hey. Whatchoo gettin' excited about? Ain't nothin' goin' wrong over here. [And then the fire starts spreading - and by that we mean spreading more of him, covering more body.]

Yer gonna scare away the citizens, you keep that riot act up.

[Oh, and you're not? Did you even hear what Yuya was saying?]

Hits like a truck!

[entertainheir]

I'm going to sca--you're going to die!

[Still running around, calling out to the citizens.]

Hey! Please, give us some water!

doesn't it just, sometimes... |'D [1/?]

[mrlivingskull]

...Kinda rubbish is that, anyway? 'I'm gonna die.' These kids, I swear - they're gettin' goofier every year...


[But it might be right about now that...he does finally see...]

[yep, that sure is a fire. and it sure is on his body. okay, the kid's panicking makes a bit more sense now.
But only a bit. This's nothing we can't fix.]

[2/2] - decided structuring it like this was better

[mrlivingskull]

[what happens next... is this, pretty much]

[entertainheir]

[Uh. Well, that's more effective than panicking to be certain. Just...is that even safe? Yuya peers down into the well nervously, afraid of what he mind find, and calls out.]

Are you all right down there?

[mrlivingskull]

[Well, he did splash and flail around a bit, just as in the linked video. That could've given you an answer, provided you were in time to see it. But even if you weren't-]

[In real life, in real size and time, a Sierra-style death message - again, like in the linked video - manifests over the well; the main difference is that the Restore/Restart/Quit buttons are grey-dummied out.]

[And the specific message that plays? This one, and you hear the same voicebyte, too.]

[Cheeky, ain't it?]

[entertainheir]

[Is that the work of the guy who just jumped? Yuya's no stranger to images in the air - all part of his work, after all - but he's not sure what to make of the message as a whole. That tone sure ruffles his feathers a bit, though.]

If you put up that thing, you can come up now!

[/2]

[mrlivingskull]

[You're actually pretty close to the truth with that one, Yuya.]

[But nope. There's nary a response from the bottom of the wishing well; the guy doesn't surface. Nothing changes at all.]

[Well, with one exception.]

[darkshooter]

[That exception is this lady. Who knows when she appeared there, but-- yes, she's looking down into the well too. And looking at that...thing floating in the air, there, though she may not know exactly what it's meant to represent.]

[For that matter, she pretty well (heh) obviously does not know what to think of all this.]

[entertainheir]

[It takes a moment for Yuya to notice her there, but when he does he lets out a startled noise. Has she come because of all his yelling? Chances are she's probably looking after that guy too...]

Did you see that?

[darkshooter]

I saw it.

...you needn't be concerned for him. He'll be alright.


[Okay, so maybe she does kinda know what to make of it, but it was...still a thing.]

[entertainheir]

All right?

[Excuse him if he sounds a little dubious.]

How is he going to get out?

[/2]

[darkshooter]

['Dubious' describes so much with that masked man, you don't even know. Trust me.]

He'll find a way. This is a mere inconvenience for his kind.

[darkshooter]

...But I still...am surprised he jumped.

[Straightforward way to put out a non-electric fire, but obvious risks...?]

[entertainheir]

Y-yeah...

[No kidding. Hang on a minute, though.]

Wait! What do you mean, "his kind"?