Arda Episode IV: The Pumpkin Menace November 2016
Arda becomes Pumpkin Town of MURDERArda's very first festival took place the second half of October! From Ghastly Games to a Monster Ball, spoopy was the theme around Arda those two weeks. Gathering almost 1500 posts, the festival was considered a huge success! Read below for some Halloween highlights:
A House of Haunting“A group of friends on a weekend away together decide to explore an old mansion surrounded by legends about ghosts and spirits. But when they enter the house, they find themselves locked in, with no means of escape. And it soon becomes clear that there is more going on than meets the eye, as people start dying in suspicious circumstances…” That was how one of the Halloween Festival’s most popular events started: The Haunted House game – based on the popular party game Mafia/Werewolf. Several people got possessed by the evil spirit of the house, and claimed a nightly sacrifice, leaving their victims in the most horrific conditions, having feasted from heir flesh as the others slept fitfully. The unpossessed had a stroke of luck the first day, with psychic Aynia discovering the evil within Jazzy, Consumer of Souls. And so Jazzy was shot, taking with her another possessed, Vixy, who had fallen madly in love with her. But two possessed remained, and the following nights were marked by death while the days were marked with indecisiveness. The exorcist Akillian, the priestess Lil, the watchwoman Nightshade… they all died one by one. Eventually, Aynia identified another possessed – her own beloved fiancée, Lucinda – but she was too late… and ended up being voted out, her life terminated by a shot to the chest. Her death also brought with it a victory for the possessed, whom outnumbered the unpossessed, driving them to insanity, a state in which they all ended up taking their own life. Although the possessed won, they too ultimately met their demise by overeating on the remains of their victims. Oh well, some stories just have no happy ending for anybody.
The Murder Ball
"You exit the ghostly coach driven by no one but the skeletal horses and follow the walkway up to the doors, where atop a grand stair case heading towards a rather elegant, if not dark, ballroom, you are announced by a disembodied voice. Welcome to the Murder Ball."
Drinks and drama abound at the one and only Murder Ball! Citizens danced through the night, sharing gossip and good times in their best Halloween costumes. Did you see what Fox was wearing? How scandalous! The ball was coined a marvelous success, culminating the the engagement announcement of Willow Nightshade-Riket and Dominic Von Bismark. Congratulations!
The Macabre Marketplace
A highlight of the festival was taking a stroll through the macabre marketplace. Whether you fancied a new costume, some super spoooookyy music, or one of Fuzzy's world famous cakes, you could find it in the marketplace. You could even go for a drink in the Pony Tavern, but don't question the name! If you don't get taken out by evil deer head you may may just find a knife in your gut!
The End of the Yacht?I am sure you have all been sitting on the edge of your seats throughout the past month, wondering if the Arda crew finally managed to hunt down Angel the Megalodon? It will probably come as a great surprise that, eventually, they succeeded in doing just that! At first a glittomic bomb was considered, but a lack of volunteers to deliver the weapon of mass destruction led to that plan being ditched. That’s when Vixy mentioned that she had, naturally, injected explosive nanobots into Angel’s bloodstream, just like she did to all of her pets (news that was received with horror by Jazzy). After a lot of exasperated chiding, followed by angry demanding, and eventually desperate pleading, Vixy eventually caved and activated the nanobots… spraying the boat with Megalodon remains. And so comes an end to the tale of the yacht. But do not fear, the Estelians are already off on another boat trip in Bali, and who knows what might happen there… perhaps you will find out in next month’s update!
Major Elections, a Not So Major EventMajor elections happened this month with little fanfare. Sacul Astoria was elected Consul of Culture, Akillian Talleyrand took over as Consul of Interior, and Aynia was reelected as Foreign Consul. The Senate was in a hot race, with everyone calmly sitting near the middle of their seats, not anxiously awaiting the results. In the end seats were won again by both Sacul Astoria and Lil' la Luna!
Newsflashes!
- Arda now has a comprehensive Criminal Code, after lengthy discussions in the Senate.
- Post count is halfway to sextuple digits! *giggle*
- Rumour has it that the Arda Discord chat houses a secret bunker, where the most unspeakable acts take place...
- The Cult of Metal Wolf spreads to Arda, how will the Hreater Good react to this abominable heresy?
For the Hreater Good!
