August Event for Kaisou

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Dominant Element: Fire
Waning Element: Wind
Full Moon: August 1st - August 3rd AND August 29th-31st (blue moon alert!)

August has arrived and with it less rain than July, though it's just as miserably hot. Be sure to stay hydrated, especially if you're wind aligned as you'll be dealing with exhaustion and a general lack of energy or inspiration all month. Everyone who's fire aligned, meanwhile, will be full of excess energy!

That doesn't explain the weirdness this month with the moon, though. The first full moon of the month occurs early in the month, but whenever it passes in front of the Spirit Vein in the sky...I'm sure that's fine. Thankfully this only occurs with the first full moon. Yes, first. August has the rare blue moon at the end of the month, meaning everyone with a monster change gets to suffer twice. Have fun!

The Great Kaisou Gathering

It is once again time for the Kaisou County Fair, and that means fried food as far as the eye can see. It's honestly a bit absurd how much fried food there is, especially since at least half of this should not be fried. They have, among other things, Fried Soul Food Egg Roll, Cheese Curd Stuffed Pizza Pretzel, and Deep Fried Honey. Aside from the fried foods, though, there's local entertainment such as concerts, bull-riding, and a lot educational exhibits; livestock contests and cooking competitions; and carnival-esque games for all ages.

If you're not inclined to go to the fair, of course, there's plenty of other things to do around town, like hit up those back to school sales! And if that isn't your speed either, there's plenty of ways to keep cool such as the city pool and the beach!

Chicken, Run

Now, with the fair in town one might expect to see some chickens but only a few and only in the vicinity of the fair itself. But no, because that would make sense.

For some reason there are just flocks of roving chickens everywhere in the city, and no one seems to know where they came from or why they're here. They seem pretty chill for the most part, content to roam the city like a tiny furry gang of troublemakers, but if you upset them...oh dear.

Attacking, insulting, or otherwise provoking the chickens (extremely easy to do, they'll attack you if they see you eating fried chicken or chicken nuggets) will result in them swarming you. With roughly six to ten chickens per flock, being swarmed by these chickens is akin to be attacked by hundreds of very sharp flying rocks, accompanied by a sound that can only be described as "unholy" and "as if a thousand off-key trumpets sounded at once". They won't do any serious damage, but they still hurt! As a note, these chickens are unkillable. Sorry.

Once the chickens stop attacking you after about a minute (or you just pass by a flock without provoking them), you'll find brightly colored plastic eggs at your feet. Upon picking one up and opening it, you will find it somehow contains the most random shit that should not at all fit inside those eggs. First plants a few months ago, now random chickens laying plastic eggs. What is going on here?!

EXTRA AUGUST SHIT



CONTENT WARNINGS: The following log will involve discussions of kidnapping, stalking, and human experimentation. Proceed with caution.

Thanks to the work of many people in Kaisou, from regular app users to POKEGO specialists to members of the Black Order to even a warning from Zodiac themselves, a snake has been found in your nest. Krusnik, a long-time specter in the supernatural community, is in the city. Known for taking children no one would miss and other such people to do God only knows what to them, it would seem they've settled on Kaisou as the latest target. If they happen to get their hands on one or two escaped prisoners in the process...well. So much the better.

Like hell they will.

In Kaisou

What started as a one-man operation has grown into a proper, albeit small, crew. There's several operatives scattered throughout the city. Alba himself is no where to be found, but plenty of his lackeys are. They primarily target the young (or young looking), though it's possible they may go after some slightly older people if they have particularly strong magical energy. It's never very many of them at a time, usually only one to three, and they seem to be focused in areas with a high concentration of supernaturally inclined people (except, notably, the Zodiac apartments).

Though the groups are small, they are powerful, or are at least annoying to fight. Almost all of them have magical abilities in some form, spells and magic weapons, and they lean more towards stealth tactics than anything. Some will run before they fight you properly, but others will stand and fight to the death (or near death, as it were).

If you manage to follow the ones fleeing or get information from the ones you defeat somehow, a picture starts to form. How many Krusnik goons are here, who's leading the charge, and perhaps most importantly where their base of operations lies.