[TCPDEX] TCP Research Initiative

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(A pile of disorganized printouts and photographs, held together by a star-shaped paperclip and written in varying colors and speeds - was this added to over time?)

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DN 1-1:

Darkest Night is a favorite around here, with the city almost buzzing with activity and lights strung everywhere. Everyone gets so excited for the holiday, telling fantastical stories or partying on the night of, that I hear there's many, many more TCPs running around right after. It's a shame that so many TCPs disappear beforehand that it balances out.. I'd love to make some new friends. Enough people come to visit Merit that I assume Mercy’s cities celebrate much more! 




We all helped with decorating beforehand, too! It was pretty tiring, but using my ability was a lot easier than getting new fabric to use.. 

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DN 1-2:
Kids seemed to wear anything they could get their hands on, dressing up colorfully and for fun, but the trends in costumes were either dead things, monsters and creatures comfortable in the dark, OR costumes with a lot of lights! You either blend into the dark and hide, or make your own safety. I tried out a few costumes, starting with a blanket ghost! Some of the others dressed up too.

 

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DN 1-3:

Special Potin
8 oz. food-type fluid 
1 ½ cup carbonated water
¼ cup sugar
dry ice

comes out different every time! liquid TCPs highly recommended

Food types are in high demand - both TCPs giving part of themselves willingly to celebrate the holiday with others, and a rash of disappearances starting the week before.. the TCPs I talked with were tentatively excited for the holiday, but unless they feel really safe in their neighborhood, almost all of us celebrate only with other TCPS, just in case. Mercy extended an invitation to anyone who didn't feel safe being out in the city over the holiday, even if just for the night! 

 

**Abstract (purple) types spawn most rarely and have a slight rise on the week of the holiday; form (blue), machine (gray), and nature (green) types second most and staying fairly stable, rising a bit during and falling a bit after. Body (brown) and creature (fuchsia) types spawn next most frequently, rising during the holiday but not losing many after, and food (red) types spike sharply beginning before the holiday, and dip to under or equal the original baseline. 

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DN 1-4:

The kids around here seem to be really brave! I found out about another 'test of courage' they take place in for the holiday: they'll hide out with as few lights as they can stand for the length of the night, trying to stay awake and not scared! I like this one a lot more than waiting around for TCPs.. 
There are some scary stories about disappearances into the dark, but I don’t think it counts as an urban legend if it really is true for the TCPs here? The other species are scared of it extending to them, but we’re not getting taken by the darkness, they’re grabbing new spawns.. 
Mercy was busy leading up to the holiday, but we all celebrated together with the TCPs who moved in temporarily! She wanted to do the test of courage, too, I didn't realise how young for a god she is.. an anxiety type who moved in a few weeks ago, Xanax, had some trouble with the low lighting though and I got pretty worried. I made the biggest blankets I could, and we all camped out in a blanket fort to keep out the night!