-EVENT!-

[lucetimods]

In the spirit of Halloween -although this won't be extending to it- we give you a spooky event.



Basically, you guys are gonna get haunted. Some of you, anyways. If your character has ever had a loved one die (of course, this means that it would have had to have happened in their canon BEFORE the point you took them from) then your character will be haunted by that ghost.

How many ghosts can our character be haunted by?

Even if your family and friends that number in the thousands have died, we're setting the bar at three. Choose carefully!

Can everyone see/hear the ghosts?

No, only your character can see/hear the ghosts they are being haunted by, unless they give permission. For example: Character A is haunted by Dead Mom. Character A tells Character B about Dead Mom; Character B can now see and hear Dead Mom. This does not work for unintentional revelations, aka: "Why the hell are these ghosts following me?!" kind of posts.

What do the ghosts look like?

As for their form, they are wispy and colorless, classically ghost. They are intangible, and their voices sound as if they are coming from through a wall, or sound like they've echoed through a canyon before reaching your character's ears.

They will also appear in the condition they were in before they died. For example, if a person was shot to death, then he or she will be riddled with bullet holes pouring blood. If a person died of a disease, then they will appear sickly and frail, however the disease affected them. If a person dies from being crushed into a tiny pulp...well okay, obviously they can't be a mound of flesh, but they'll probably have crushed bones, bleeding orifices and the like. Be imaginative.

Hold the phone, my character's chosen ghost died, but s/he's here in Luceti!

That so? Well, guess what; yer gettin' haunted anyhow. For example, Zack is here in Luceti, but Cloud's still gonna see Zack. So yes, characters can also interact with ghosts of themselves, provided they've been told about said ghost.

So are we gonna have to play these ghosts?

If you want to log with another character, presumably yes. However, the ghosts can't interact with the journals at all, so no posting with their voices or anything of the like.

What do the ghosts act like?

Their old selves, they aren't vengeful or anything (unless, of course, they were vengeful in canon). They might seem a little distracted, however, like they can't keep themselves focused.

When's this thing over?

The event begins tonight, 12:00 EST, and will come to an end next Sunday, the 26th, at noon.

Any additional questions may, as usual, be asked here! I'm sure there's plenty I've missed, since that's apparently my reoccurring trend with these event posts.

EDIT!

What kind of people can haunt my character?

Anyone that impacted your character's life; enemies, family, friends, anyone that significantly changed your character can haunt him or her.

Comments

[alliance-marine.livejournal.com]

Does it have to be loved ones, or can it include people the characters have killed?

[lucetimods]

The people close to your character. Say, if they had a rival that they respected, that would work...but I don't think someone they don't regret being dead would count.

[lucetimods]

I LIED. Scratch that; anyone that impacted your character's life is up for grabs.

[nicknaming.livejournal.com]

...Kairi's going to have a boat load of people that are going to haunt her CoughOrgyXIIIcough

[missrs.livejournal.com]

Sora isn't going to be happy to see Saix again. >:(

[knightofratatosk]

... ohhhhhh boy, this is so going to throw a wrench into Emil and Richter's relationship. X3 This should be fun!

[judge-evening.livejournal.com]

YOU MIND READER, YOU!

[mutsukabezaka.livejournal.com]

Oh lord, wow, this is gonna be hell for Rohan...and Ukitake...and Sasari.

[laifan.livejournal.com]

Hey~ TRC!Subaru mun here. Hm I know Emil mun asked you about people seeing Doppio in this event already. So can I just make a voice post with Subaru seeing him? Oh boy he'll really break down now =/

[kyosuke]

Okay, here's a question.

As you've stated, only your own character can see the ghost, unless they 'give permission' to another character.

So, here's the question. What if the person the ghost is of is in Luceti? And the first person told the second person about the ghost? Would that second person then end up seeing their own ghost? Because I have a particularly DEVIOUS idea regarding it~

[lucetimods]

Yep, that's exactly what would happen. Say if Luke was haunted by Ion's ghost, and he said to Ion "hay yo i gotta ghost of u all up in my brainspace" then he'd see his ghost self and go "o mai, is ghost. yo ghost self"

...to put it mildly, anyhow. o/

[ombra_lira]

So I'm assuming characters that don't have that don't get haunted?

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Although if you have someone that obviously is gone -aka someone's mother that's never shown in canon or something- then they can be haunted by that person. As long as they've met, naturally.

[sing-thrush.livejournal.com]

.... Al is screwed. He doesn't even know how his dad died. He's going to have a nice little hoard of horribly bludgeoned ghosts ( Hohenheim, Marta, his mom, Nina, Hughes..)... And Quatre's gonna flip shit because of Iria and his pancaked, exploded dad...

Okay, but, question, what if you aren't SURE if the character is dead in canon? My case: Dave Nails, Badou's brother, was bleeding profusely and fell into the lower strata and presumed dead years ago in his canon, but it was never confirmed.

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Too bad you can only have three. I'd pick the ones that are the most horribly maimed, but that's just me. :D

If you aren't sure, you should probably not do it since that's technically not true to canon. I can think of an example to this, but it would be spoilerish for D.Gray-man, so I won't say it.

[knighted-lion.livejournal.com]

Hokay, so I'm pretty sure Ultimecia and possibly Adel would show up (much to Squall's disappointment) but what about dead family members that he met once in a flashback?

If it helps, he doesn't know for sure (if at all) that she's his mom.

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's cool! It's heavily implied she is, so.

[chained-dog.livejournal.com]

Oh god. Talk about a trip. Lilyyyyyyyyyyy~♥

And yay for dead moms! Funtimes for Ichigo~

[silviteadvocate.livejournal.com]

Oh no.

Actually, I have a question. If you want your character to be haunted, does it have to be the entire event, or can you have the ghost appear say a few days into the event?

[lucetimods]

Like most events, you can choose to have your character affected whenever, as long as it starts before the event ends, obviously.

dont mind the journal

[yasashiikiba.livejournal.com]

So, here's a tricky one (lol maybe): since subaru and kamui hardly have any canon background can they still be haunted by...say their parents' ghosts or smthg? Of course we'd have to assume how they were since we have no idea in canon who their parents were. Hm maybe just a vague description so that we're not contradicting canon if CLAMP ever decides to tell us anything at all >_>

[lucetimods]

Vague works! I think a lot of people will have to sort of make it up as they go along (ie. Simon's parents were shown a grand total of 2 split-second image flashes and I know nothing about what they're like, but they can still show up), so don't worry too much about it. It's all for fun, after all!

[judge-evening.livejournal.com]

This. Is. Awesome.

Yuan's known so many people who've died, it's not even funny anymore. But I think I can limit it to three, because when it actually comes down to impact... XD

Oh, question. Does the great Deku Tree count as a ghost for Navi? I mean, it's a sentient being and all, but it's still a tree.

[saltprince.livejournal.com]

THE GREAT DEKU TREE HAS TO COUNT.

[riding-the-sky.livejournal.com]

What if the character themselves died in canon but were resurrected - could they haunt themselves? O_o

[lucetimods]

I'd say just the people close to them, as it would be awfully weird to be haunted by themselves.

[guidetoanuprising]

What about characters that didn't technically die; such as in G.U.'s case where several people had their game sprites PKed (player killed) and their players were placed into comas because of it. Could those people haunt Ovan? Or should it only be those that actually died?

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...yeah, go ahead. o/ Of course, it would be the avatars that haunt him, not what the players looked like.

[fortunefail]

Another question; Can the ghosts interact with each other? Can they start arguing and stuff?

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Aye!

[knightofratatosk]

Ahaha, another quick question from me too... can they be haunted by people who died here in Luceti?

[isshoniyume.livejournal.com]

Yeah yeah! I wanna know that too! *totally thinking about Doppio*

[themoonuplifts.livejournal.com]

About Kadaj, Can he have Jenova and Sephiroth? I know, technically, he doesn't know either of them, but they are the most prominent figures in his very short life.

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

You can say he knew them in the Lifestream, since AC is shit for explanations doesn't specify!

[book-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

Is it possible for a person not to be haunted? I mean, if no one significant died in their life (they're too young, too indifferent, or whatever), would they just not be affected by the event?

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they just wouldn't be affected. o/

[riding-the-sky.livejournal.com]

Mkay, another pest of a question - what about people who were already dead/spirits when the character knew them in canon - or from canons where everyone is technically a ghost already, anyway? (I can't think of an example for the second one specifically, maybe Nightmare Before Christmas? But the first I'm asking for purely mostly maybe selfish reasons.

Also, what about a person that the character never met, but who died during their lifetime and had a profound impact on shaping their life in the future...? I guess that's kind of a question of: Do they pick their own ghosts, or do their ghosts pick them...?

[lucetimods]

You, as the mun, picks the ghosts your character interacts with.

If you're talking about Aang -which I, being the genius I am, am assuming you are- and the previous Avatars, then that's cool if he has them haunt him.

[turbulent-seas.livejournal.com]

Can ghosts affect each other? I'm planning on having a couple of ghosts for one of my characters that would...uh...kill each other dead if they had met in canon.

[lucetimods]

They can screech at each other, but they obviously can't kill each other dead, lol. The ghosts can talk to each other, but for the sake of keeping things simpler they can't touch each other. Intangible even for other ghosts.

[coorhagen-vamp.livejournal.com]

I was wondering how this sounds: Kain haunted by his human self. Few people meant anything at all to him and how one becomes a vampire in his world is a little complicated(No one bit him), a necromancer came onto his spirit in hell and resurrected him.