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[STATIONARY_FRICTION] Has Started Stream "Darkest Night and Legends Investigation. Stories Welcome."

The camera is far too close to her face. She's rather awkwardly fiddling with it and her headset, before she realizes it has already started the broadcast for her. How odd.

"...Oh? Hello. I didn't think it would turn on with that...I suppose it at least has signal out here."

She backs off. It's a dark night. The sky is off. There's an oddly red sort of borealis and white stars in odd patterns. Strangely enough, tcp scale trees are in the distance, coniferous, but this is a clearing where she set up a campfire of twigs and bark, surrounded by pebbles. There's a makeshift sort of table, by a small tent a bit further. A tea set is placed on it...though the cup is empty. Aesthetic, likely. There's also a small book with a ribbon and a own nearby.

"Right. I headed here early...though it was far normal when I started my trek...to get my eyes on a subject of many interesting stories early...and well. The sights and odd...seeming shift and scale are already fascinating..."

The legend type points the camera more clearly at the sky, before turning it around to get footage of the trees beyond the clearing, and then returning it to standing, pointing towards her.

"Ironically, I've never been especially attached to legends, but...folk perspectives are an integral part of history and places...so, I figured...and was practically told, to try to round out the archives a bit..."

She grumbles...sighing heavily.

"Do you know how hard it is to get tcp size broadcast camera? While I'm glad to be able to get out and about for a bit...I had to find a specialty place to get this...luckily it wasn't too much and. Since I bought it on my own, I can at least reuse it for personal work too, but...it's honestly a bit odd. Not like the sort of stuff I'm familiar with, though it seems to work just fine and I'm sure I'll get the hang of what some of these dials and lights and meters do...the antennae are clearly quite effective..."

The camera is quite an odd one. It's a moderately sized video camera, with a couple little screens on a tab the flips out, a good few dials and meters with needles and lights and tubes and antennae sticking out of it. Bits of crystal and other bits and pieces and functional greebles are also present. It has a well loved design, that isn't quite the corporate style most would be familiar with.

"I almost think. I maybe should have omitted where I was going and what rumors I was looking to investigate and ask people about...it almost seems like...hm. Well, unless I seemed especially experienced I don't think they would have sold me that sort of equipment. It's probably just well made, stuff this size can be a bit odd sometimes, depending on how it was put together, after all. The headset compatability is quite nice too. I'll have to thank the friend of a friend who reccommended the place to me..."

She paces back and forth, before realizing she hasn't properly introduced the premise.

"...right, right. I suppose partly in honor of this place and the time of year and partly for a wonderful debut piece...I'd like to start with stories. Ghost stories, fairy tales, whatever you want to call them, feel free to discuss in the chat...or if you're a local or in the area...well. Then you can join the campfire if you find it, I suppose. I'll take a stroll around a bit later to get some other footage. Though honestly, I'm. A touch surprised I was able to get this far into the woods anyhow. Even if it were the right scale...it feels like I've gone much further than its size on the map..."

Happy Darkest Night, everyone! I'll probably clean this up to be clearer a bit later, but feel free to ask questions or comment if anythings unclear or you have thoughts or suggestions!

Have you ever accidentally became a paranormal investigator? Chire (STATIONARY_FRICTION) is about to. Chat with her about ghost stories and the like, and watch as she goes around the spooky scary woods. Or also be there. Seasonal fun!

Anyhow this is kind of a two part concept. First of all, in person and digital ghost stories and the like! Second...being in the spooky woods!

Here's how it'll work I think.
- Stream
It's just a chat. Slap a username down and add text after it. Attachments if you want. It might be a bit silly but a stream chat with attachments could be fun. Have fun with reading and writing little stories and rumors and the like, or seeing a new one play out.

- In person Campfire and Woods
So. I want to have an opportunity for some mischief here. Other than the opportunity for others to show up (Which, given the nature of the season, need not be intentional or likely.), I'll also be taking suggestions for things in the woods and other weird phenomenon here! It'll be fun, I think. Chire can experience some horror up close. It'd also be kind of funny if any visitors in person experience the woods at their scale. Which could have some funny experience of tcps and complexes being on the same footing, where they wouldn't normally.

This is pretty loose so, just. Have fun. Remember forum rules and all. Be nice etc etc. The IC thread will be up shortly and I'll cross link the two a bit later.

DISCLAIMER IM ADDING IMAGES LATER IM VERY TIRED AND DO NOT HAVE SPOONS FOR IMAGE DESCS THIS WILL HAPPEN!!!


oh, god. there's people here. are you new? well, either way, welcome to the block party. you may have been doing stuff around the forum, maybe you're just looking around. but...if you have some forum cash you want to spend on special prizes for the season, we're giving this a shot.

most of this shop will be open from October 1st, 2024, to November 5th, 2024. Morbtober prizes will be available until the end of the year, so don't worry about participating late.


GOODIE SACKS

at the base price, you can ask for:
- tricks
- treats

or an even mix of both. these can be for you, they can be for you to hand out to people during events, whatever you like- but they will be randomized graphics of tiny items/food/etc using grandma simulator, in a zip file sent to wherever you prefer to receive them (email, discord, etc), same as any of the other grandma packs. they will be a randomized mix of simple + patterned.

you can also get CHARACTER PACKS, namely:
- TCPs (x10 a pack)
- tinies (x50 a pack)
- critters (x25 a pack)

these will pull from SPECIFIC POOLS of any of the respective categories....all of which will be eligible for the Homunculi Factory forum event (eventually set up). if you're looking for ideas...maybe this could be a good avenue?

your prices....you can buy multiple in one go!

GOODIE SACKS: 50 FC for a x50 goodie pack
CHARACTER PACKS: 100 FC per pack

sounds pretty good, right? well...it's a good enough start, anyway. we have some other plans, but we want to see how participation goes first. maybe more things will unlock over the month...


and then we have... THE MORBTOBER TABLE. are YOU participating in morbtober? even a little bit? i think you should. it's fun!

for EACH milestone you reach on your morbtober completion, you unlock cool, special prizes.


EVERY THREE DAYS: you may add a new sentence to Aether's, this year's featured community TCP, lore...this sentence can be anything, as long as it doesn't break the rules. god help us all.
EVERY WEEK:  you may ask a canon character a question and we have to answer it askblog style. we will put effort into these.
EVERY TEN DAYS: you may request a custom darkest night costume done for one of your characters. this design will be a quick sketch, Not a fully lined comm because we have so many things to do sorry. we are open for those though, and due to working with a sketch, we do not necessarily need to work with a base etc.
ALL THIRTY ONE DAYS?: custom, artistic liberty, 2-type hybrid commission of your choice or a 35 dollar adopt voucher (waow)

AETHER'S CURRENT LORE:

oh my god, it's a halloween special!

we're planning on doing TWO halloween-themed grids next month- one paid, and one FREE RAFFLE!!!!  thank you huge to ace for funding the paid one, please give them five million high fives.

the theme of these grids is trick or treat- you can submit any types you think would fit that theme. once everyone's put in suggestions and we finish our current grid (or a week passes, whatever comes first), we'll lock in the choices and start working on the paid grid. the raffle grid will come after! choices will be raffle-selected!

you get 8 choices each, and dupes are allowed. any types canon to the TCPdex are permitted. have fun!

each of the TCPs listed here is 35 USD. i will be making graphics eventually, but i'm procrastinating enough right now. each TCP is 35 USD, and you can post either here or on Discord to claim. you can purchase however many you like- There Will Be More- and gifts are allowed.

each TCP will have an individual image, ability, and flavor text, with a description for each underneath for screen reader purposes.  thank you to astariaisagoner, cheet, and aceofnothing for the description help!
 

 


jack o' lantern/bear trap (+plush modifier)
image description: a jack o lantern/bear trap type TCP hybrid. its build is short and round. it has stitches running up its body. its head is a jack o lantern with button eyes. at the back of its jack o lantern head sits a stem with a green root at the end. it has neck ruffles that resemble the ground. its body has a zig-zag pattern across its chest, and it's two feet. the color palette of this TCP is purple, orange, light brown, green, black, and white.

this TCP can sacrifice health to create a jack o' lantern-shaped bear trap- though highly ineffective due to its plush nature.

"cmon, it just tickles a bit!"





jack o' lantern/meeple (+plush modifier)

a jack-o-lantern/meeple type TCP hybrid. it is very short and fat with a chubby face. it has a wide, jagged grin, and its left eye is x-ed out. it has visible stitchwork on its torso, arms, neck, and legs. it is solid pink in color, and its stitches are a slightly darker pink.

this TCP can sacrifice health to create or transform things into jack o' lantern-shaped meeples, made out of plush materials.

"it's festive."



jack o' lantern/costume (+plush modifier)

a jack-o-lantern/costume type TCP hybrid. it has a pumpkin-shaped mask over its head with a wide, wobbly grin and eyes pointing in different directions. its body is plush with visible stitchwork on its arms and legs and a large zipper down the middle of its torso. it is mostly bright pink in color, but the zipper is yellow and lime green and the mask is off-white.

this TCP can create costumes with jack-o-lantern heads, all made out of plush material.

"darkest night has never looked so good!"




desire path/bear trap (+plush modifier)

A desire path/bear trap TCP hybrid. It has two arms and two legs and a path like tail starting at the base of the head. It's head is boxy and brown, with two small pointed ears, a jagged toothy mouth, and two eyes slanted outward. The right ear is a stitched on tan path, outlined with a darker tan. It's feet each have a stitched on path resembling boots, and there is a path across its shoulders and upper torso. Faint Stitches go down the center of it head, body, and limbs. It's color pallete is green, brown, and two shades of tan.

this TCP can create plush bear traps at the cost of health, always with desire paths leading to where they are set.

"why don't you take a little walk?"



desire path/meeple (+plush modifier)

image description: a desire path/meeple type TCP hybrid. its build is overall short and round. it has stitching up its body and wavy patterns across its left ear, right arm across its chest, and its right thigh. its eyes are relaxed. its color palette is blue, green, and dark green.

this TCP can create, remove, and redirect desire paths- often with plush meeples indicating where they go along the way.

"it's about the journey!"


desire path/costume (+plush modifier)

image description: a desire path/costume type TCP hybrid. this tcp has stitching markings up its body. it has wavy desire path markings, which are stitched onto its body. from its chest to its lower stomach is a chunky zipper. its head looks like a mask, which fans out over its tiny shoulders. its eyes are black, with two white dots. on the right side, the white dot points down. on the left side, the white dot points up. its color palette is blue, dark aqua, and white.

this TCP can create desire paths with target traveler(s) in mind (including itself) and a destination, the path taking its route based on what those targets wish to become.

"watch your step."



horse/bear trap (+plush modifier)

a horse/bear trap type TCP hybrid. in place of a head, it has a hear trap roughly in the shape of a snout. it has two pointed earnubs on the back. the hinges of the bear trap are oblong shapes that are tapered at each end. it has cotton stuffing forming a collar around its neck and a long tail behind it. the top half of its body and the bottom half of its legs have zig-zag patterns that alternate between light and dark stripes. it has a plush body with visible stitching. its head and hooves are light blue, while the stuffing is cream-colored and the body is various shades of brown. the stitchwork is blue.

this TCP can sacrifice health to make plush bear traps that are only set off when kicked.

"hey, you fuck around and find out."


horse/meeple (+plush modifier)

a horse/meeple type TCP hybrid. it is much shorter than the average TCP, with somewhat stubbier proportions. it has dark sock markings on its arms and legs, and its snout and mane are a lighter color. it has visible stitchwork on its torso, arms, face, and legs. it is mostly a warm grey in color, while its markings are brown and light grey. its stitches are dark brown.

this TCP can create or turn things into plush, horse-shaped meeples, with living beings becoming inherently better at kicking things in the process.

"it's just a kick in the head, isn't it?"



horse/costume (+plush modifier)

image description: a horse/costume type TCP hybrid. this tcp has two arms and two legs. up its body are stitches, a result of the costume type. it has a zipper down the front of its body, from chest to lower stomach. it has straight hair on its head, swooping to its left side. its color palette is purple, orange, and green.

this TCP can create plush, horse-shaped costumes that enhance the wearer's kicking ability.

"everything's a party when you're a horse, of course."