MONDAY Evening, Across Fandom-Town

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As people fell asleep randomly and others huddled together for safety, something new appeared in the streets of Fandom. Tiny, floating crystal spheres bobbed along in the night, following the air currents and the will of he who made them. At a casual glance, they looked almost like soap bubbles, easily capable of fitting in the palm of the hand. But for their small size, they held an enormous amount of magic. They were the supports and buttresses for the illusion that now held the dreamers deep in sleep. For all that the spheres were beautiful, showing ever-moving images of masked dancers, delicious foods, and the familiar faces of the students and townsfolk of Fandom, anyone who drew near enough to see those images would be assaulted by the odor of rotten peaches and a feeling of cold malevolence. Lovely things, but dangerous. As long as they still floated, whole and unbroken, through the night air, the dreamers would remain forever trapped.

The crystals weren't the only things out in the night. Throughout the day, the buildings on the island had been twisting and turning, transformed by his will. Random walls sprang up and landmarks shifted, being absorbed into the Labyrinth itself. With the expansion of the Labyrinth, goblins of all stripes prowled the streets. There was no one else to be snatched away, but that didn't mean they couldn't have fun with the folks that were left!

[Open for anyone who did not eat the peaches! Feel free to mod your own goblins or ask for an NPC, though please remember as per this post, Ludo and Sir Didymus are non-moddable. OCD UP!]

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Around Fandom: The Park

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So the little guys who had come into the shop had behaved once Maki had bribed them, but something had been giggling and following her all the way home, until some blasted fairies bit her.

The moment the sun went down, Makita, her hammer, and her sickle were out stalking the wilds of the Park. Some sparkly-fairies were going down.

Re: Around Fandom: The Park

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"The way forward," a creaky old voice said behind her, "Is sometimes the way back."

Re: Around Fandom: The Park

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Makita whirled around, aiming her sickle at the man's throat. "And sometimes the way forward is through creepy old men following young girls in the dark," she retorted. "Salaam, and who are you?"

Re: Around Fandom: The Park

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"I told you not to surprise people, but do you ever listen to me? No, because I'm your hat," the creature on his head said.

The old man just jingled his coin box at Makita.

Re: Around Fandom: The Park

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"I don't got any money, grandfather." She'd lower the pointy-thing, but Makita hadn't gotten this old by being a sucker. "You lost?"

Re: Around Fandom: The Park

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"I believe that you're the one that's lost, young lady," he replied, rolling his eyes upward at his hat. "Sometimes the illusion is the reality."

Re: Around Fandom: The Park

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"So it's an illusion that I got jumped by a bunch of nasty bugs with big wings?" Makita deadpanned, holding up the bitten and scratched arm she'd used to ward the fairies off. "Wow, I won't worry about this scarring, then."

She didn't usually worry about stuff scarring anyway.

Re: Around Fandom - the Park

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Leia had gotten her blaster out of the weapons locker when she'd heard about the kidnappings. She hated being cooped up and just waiting, so she was taking a look around town for herself.

She fully expected a lecture from her father later.

Re: Around Fandom - the Park

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That might be true, but her father wasn't around now, was he? Nope, he was off probably blowing up planets or something and it was just Leia and the darkness and surely no one else!

Really. No one out here but us chickens!

...Ignore that stealthy sound off to your left, Leia. It's just more...chickens. Yes. Doing innocent and chickeny...things.

Re: Around Fandom - the Park

[likes_scoundrels]

Leia aimed her blaster into the darkness. "Show yourself," she demanded. "I want to talk to someone about the people missing from Fandom."

Diplomacy first, then shooting.

Re: Around Fandom - the Park

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"Do you know anyone who is missing?" one shadow asked another.

"Nope, everyone I know is exactly where they're supposed to be," giggled another.

There was the sound of padding footsteps and rustling leaves as a few more shadows darted behind and around Leia, hiding just out of sight.

"Maybe we should go out!" the first voice said from an entirely different location.

"Or maybe she should come in," chimed a third voice.

Re: Around Fandom - the Park

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"Come in where?" Leia said warily, moving her aim from voice to voice and trying to keep at least one direction clear for escape if needed. "You're not going to find it as easy to drag me off as you did the others."

Re: Around Fandom - the Park

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"Maybe, but we don't want you," cam the first voice again.

That's right, Leia. You've been rejected by a goblin. Err, chicken. Whatever. Either way---harsh.

"We have the ones we want."

Re: Around Fandom - the Park

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"What's so special about them?" Leia asked carefully, managing to get over that sting of rejection. How could someone not want her? She was a princess and looked fabulous in a golden bikini!

Re: Around Fandom - the Beach

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It was cold on the beach but at least there weren't quite as many places for things to hide. As she pulled her army jacket tighter around herself Dru wondered once again just what she was doing out here.

Looking for answers most likely, even if she wasn't quite sure of what the questions were.

Although she did have one possible question. What were those spheres she kept getting glimpses of and why were they making her skin crawl.

Re: Around Fandom - the Beach

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And another question! What was the scurrying over to her left? The shadows seemed to be giggling and whispering to each other, which wasn't really the typical M.O. of shadows. Not even in Fandom.

Re: Around Fandom - the Beach

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That wasn't a particularly fun and cheerful sounding giggle. Dru point her back to the ocean and reached into her pocket, fingers closing around the grip of her gun.

"Who's there?"

Re: Around Fandom - the Beach

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As if on cue, the giggles stopped. The whispering would need a few more seconds before it followed suit.

"Nobody," called out one voice. "It's just the wind."

Silence, again, except for rustling. And another goblin picking that moment to add, "I don't hear any wind."

Re: Around Fandom - the Beach

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If people weren't missing, Dru would almost be amused. Slowly she pulled her hand from her pocket and thumbed the safety off. After a quick glance behind her to make sure it was clear, she fired a single shot over the water.

"And now there's thunder."

Re: Around Fandom - the Beach

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The bullet zinged right through one goblin's hat, leaving a round, smoking hole clear through it.

As one, the others screamed and hit the sand, covering their heads with their hands.

"Throw some rocks!" one hissed.

"I don't see any!" said another.

Re: Around Fandom: Fixer-Uppers

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After discovering that both the ice cream parlor and the coffee shop had been eaten by the maze, Ben stomped back towards Fixer-Uppers and sat, sulkily, on the stoop.

The crystal bubble floating past like some kind of children's plaything just added insult to injury. He reached into the Force to shoo it away telekinectically...and it didn't budge.

"Great," he grumbled, hauling himself to his feet and going over to get a closer look. Inside he saw Karla and Ender laughing and dancing together and he frowned, tapping gently on the bubble. It felt like crystal, and the people inside it ignored him completely.

He blinked, and the scene shifted--still Ender, but now smiling (when had Ender gotten so smiley?) and dancing with a blond boy Ben could only vaguely place.

Unconsciously, his grip on the bubble tightened. He'd been worried and Ender was...wherever this was...dancing and SMILING? And he didn't even call? Fine. Whatever. Ben wasn't sure why he was this upset about it anyway: the shifting scene to Karla flirting with someone who looked a bit like Raven didn't faze him nearly as much.

The bubble flickered back to Ender and Ben didn't even look twice, just tossed the bubble as hard as he could at the ground, where it shattered.

A tiny smile flickered over Ben's face, despite the horrible stench of peaches he was now enveloped in. That had felt...right somehow.

The Last Sphere Shatters

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Across Fandom comes the noise of a great booming grandfather clock, striking thirteen times. The goblins all scatter, not wanting to be caught outside when their master's anger is unleashed. In dorms, common rooms, and various other places about the island, the sleepers awake, confused and disoriented about what just occurred.

You said "I WISH!"

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Ping here either for a helpful goblin (one that can give you a hint about what to do) or a hostile one (for fighting!)

OOC

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There's no set number, so feel free to attack and shatter as many or as few as you wish