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The Destiny City Holiday Fair is usually jam-packed with people -- close enough that it can, during the busy hours, be hard to get into some of the booths, people waiting their turn to slip in to look at that selection of spoon rings or hand-knitted scarves, to buy the speciality cocoa to drive off winter's chill.

Where better, then, to collect energy?

General Ilmenite decided that this year, clad in heavy winter coats to obscure their uniforms, armed with holiday cheer, sweets and hot drinks, the Negaverse will take advantage of the crowds to fulfill their quotas -- and even, perhaps, to surpass them...

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This is an ORP training event that takes place at the Destiny City Holiday Fair! It will begin at 6pm EST on December 6th and end at 11:59pm on December 13th. Unlike the Come as You Aren't event ran back in August, this event will allow for interaction with civilians if desired, more lengthy back-and-forth RPs -- or, if preferred, you could simple stick to solo-style interactions with NPCs!

Negaverse Characters, both Officers and Corrupt Senshi, were asked to sign up in our previous sign up thread. This time around, however, sign-ups are not closed! If you missed the window but are still interested in joining in, please just post in the sign up thread before you leap into this thread, so that I can easily keep track of who's in the running for the Mystery Grand Prize.

Here are the participating agents of Chaos:



Order characters and civilians are allowed to participate as well, wandering around the Holiday Fair, making purchases at various booths, but they will not be allowed to power up, as there will be eyes on everyone at all times, allowing no opportunity for privacy. Anyone is welcome to post in this manner; no sign ups were required!

Dark Moon Senshi can come, but must come in civilian form, as their energy gathering methods won't work in this setting. They'll be given black flower pins to keep anyone from draining them. Anyone is welcome to post in this manner; no sign ups were required!

The Rules

Unlike in the Come as You Aren't event that happened over the summer, there are no rounds this time around, nor any limits on how often you post. Instead, the only limitation is that you can't post twice in a row, you must wait for at least one other person to post before you can dive in again! Also, please make sure to have a generous number of words per post, to go along with your roll.

You welcome either to make up an NPC that you're draining a bit of energy from each time you post, or you can RP with anyone else who happens to be in the thread -- that is up to you!

Please note that greater participation might mean you're more likely to win, but it could also mean that you're more likely to get bounced...

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As with the Love Bites and Come as You Aren't events, participants have three options --

Low Risk/Low Reward: Collect chocolates, cocoa, or cookies from Ilmenite at booth 42 for this option, and hand them out as 'free samples' to people at the fair. As you pass them out, gather a bit of energy from your victims...

• Roll 1 20-sided die. 1-4 means you've been flagged; 5-20 means you successfully drain 1 energy point.

Medium Risk/Medium Reward: Pick up one of Ilmenite's pre-printed carol books and sing to bring in some victims. Gather from them as they get closer, and hope your voice is enough to keep them distracted...

• Roll 1 10-sided die. 1-4 means you've been flagged; 4-9 means you successfully drain 3 energy points.

High Risk/High Reward: Who need gimmicks? Walk around the fair and gather from people without any kind of aid in doing so, and just hope that no one thinks it's strange you're not buying anything.

• Roll 1 5-sided die. 1-3 means you've been flagged; 3-4 means you successfully drain 5 energy points.

If you're flagged three times, total, then you'll be bounced from the event, because you've acted like creep in some way. Bounced officers will be asked to write an exit post and leave the premises.

Please link to past rolls in every post you make as part of the contest, so that blue can more easily see what you've been doing, and more easily tally your score.

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In addition to your dice roll, you must write an RP post that roughly gives an idea of what you character is doing.

At the end of the event, the person with the most energy points will be crowned the winner. Bounced officers will still be in the running, but will be penalized 5 energy points.

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Any civilian characters or DMC Senshi can post as often as they like to participate, but absolutely do not roll! You guys are just, basically, on a fun shopping event, meeting people you've never met before. DMC or out of uniform officers can come get free cocoa and cookies if they'd like...