The Harvest Faire: October Catch-All!

[loveskulls]

[ As the sun rises at the start of the month, a forest of colorful tents arises outside the city gates. It is not an enemy encampment, though, unless you hate fun. Then yes, it is an enemy encampment. Fun is assaulting the Kingdom in full force, as Harvest Faire fever sweeps across the nation. ]

[ You may join crowds of eager people on the initial days, or wait until the mania has died down to a more casual flow—but either way, there’s a lot to see and do at the faire. It all has to do with people trying to sell you on their religions by showing you their October Best in holidays, but the people of the Kingdom know that if they’re boring or too hard with their sales, no one will come back. So expect a fun, full immersion experience into this or that cult! Food, beverage, and substances will be provided, along with any props you may need to participate. ]

[ Or, I guess, find opportunities to get paid to be a carny, if money is more your speed than fun. ]

[ Cults are on a rotating schedule, so they won’t be the same every day, but eager acolytes will be glad to tell you when they’ll be back in the tent again, so you’ll be welcome to come back again. Maybe even bring a friend along with you? They’re often all smiles on the advertising side, no matter how macabre or dark their faith may be. ]

[ And hey, look, on some days, there’s empty tents... ]

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Tent Experiences (with NPCs)

[loveskulls]

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Definitely A Very Real Harvest Holiday | OTA

[ignisvulpes]

[Oh, hey, who's in this tent here? Looks like a handful of hapless-looking men and women dressed in loose, flowing robes (which, upon closer examination, look an awful lot like strategically-tied blankets), as well as... Oh Jesus fuck no it's that obnoxious asshole with the green hair again. He gets to sit in a comfy chair with nice fluffy pillows on the seat. All the other poor locals have to stand, even though there appear to be plenty more pillows lying around on the floor.

You may come in just as one of the robed people is monotonically reading from a scroll for what is clearly not the first time that day:]

Legend tells of a mystical, distant land where, once every year, one champion is chosen by the gods of harvest, and others are encouraged to pay tribute to them in return for blessings of fertility and plenty...

[And if any listeners seem particularly skeptical, Kaphlar goes on to explain:]

Well, sure, I'm standing in for the champion here, but obviously, I'm only holding the position since I started this little tent here! It's perfectly reasonable and within the spirit of the festivities to hold competitions of wit, cunning and strength to choose a proper champion. What do you say?

[Pay no mind to the mirrors laid out here and there or to the blanket-covered crates that almost certainly aren't concealing ways for him to ensure he always comes out on top.]

OTA Questing!

[crimsonlight]

[Yenh has already been through a number of tents on a number of days, by the time she gets around to taking up work around the faire. Deciding she should wear some kind of uniform for this work, she is clad in the swag she accrued from the wealthier cult tents that did giveaways (or at least, items that she asked if she could keep and they said 'sure'). She is wearing an ill-fitting knee-high dress painted like a tree trunk, a flower crown, and various cheaply made trinkets on strings. And, of course, her boots. She isn't going to trudge around in this mess otherwise.]

[Despite her very "fashionable"-looking outfit, Yenh is busy sweeping: sweeping debris into piles and then into buckets, sweeping dirt and sawdust over vomit, sweeping angry idiots away from each other, and sweeping the inebriated out of harm's way when they inevitably stumble out of a tent. Honestly, she doesn't appear to mind any of it.]

[This most fashionable janitor-bouncer-friend might end up needing to perform aforementioned tasks in your company—be you a bystander, or be you giving her something to sweep up.]

OTA Harvesting

[shieldofrohan]

[This is more the kind of thing Eowyn is comfortable with! She's helped with harvests before - Rohan isn't exactly agrarian, but when there is a crop harvest, it's only proper to pitch in, even if you are a princess - and frankly, this is some hard work she's been sorely in need of.]

[She's out in the fields for most of the day, most days. She's switched out her guard uniform for something a little more comfortable - her shirt and pants are very tight and rather sheer, but at least she's not getting wheat chaff all over her tits - and tied her long hair into a knot at the back of her neck, and she's honestly having a really good time. Sweat sticks her shirt to her like a second skin, and she's bright-eyed and cheerful, singing under her breath as she works.]

[She doesn't look like a princess just now. She does have a certain... rosy-cheeked peasant girl look, instead.]

[Once in a while, she'll take a break, coming to lean against a haycart with a flask of water, to drink and to cool herself off with. Maybe you find her at one of those times, in which case she'll turn to you, nod in acknowledgement, offer her flask.]

The weather holds well, does it not? Long may it last.

OTA harvest and Halloween

[hauntpadour]

Hauling veg- NPC

Egon considers himself a helpful and hard working man at the best of times. If someone needs help, he can learn about the culture and this fair specifically by doing that. The doctor will hear the call for a helper and show right up, in something good for working in, and probably a little sexy because that's what he can get his hands on.

"You needed help moving your crop?" He approaches the farmer, looking fine and happy and not like he just wants fresh vegetables and information.

Halloween for everyone

It's october, and he absolutely can't believe that they don't have Halloween. Egon takes a tent as soon as he can, and starts his lecture.

It really is more like a lecture than anything interesting, except there's candy. If you wander in, you have to talk to Egon to get said sweets. He's just chatting away in front of the bowl, a man between you and your sweet reward.

"You see, humans swore that they would remember the worst of the demons, in order to banish them to the other realm-"

OTA Questing!

[heiresy]

[Aymeric's mouth dried as he looked at his ledger. It would absolutely be advantageous to take on this job. It wasn't necessarily more humiliating than what he was used to, and it paid about a half months' wages.]

[He went directly to the pantysmith, and had a pair of panties smithed for him. They were a tasteful black with gold accents on the hips. The panties were indeed that, bikini cut and very flattering. He put on his tall leather boots and looked himself in the mirror. He had never tried to coordinate an outfit around being in his skivvies before. Maybe... A pair... of gloves? Or would that be silly... He settled with his regular undershirt- which. was just a pair of sleeves buckled together. It was a bit chilly of course, so after a little debating, he put on the gloves and a scarf.]

[He walked out with the town crier, and as he called attention to Aymeric's very half naked form, Aymeric felt that he may as well play the part. He silently prayed that no one he knew would walk by as he was bent at the waist, showing off his ass mid-stretch. At least the underwear was very, very comfortable.]