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MISCHIEF NIGHT



The air is getting crisp and the leaves are turning! It's the time of year during which all things spooky and sneaky are at their most powerful.
Last year, it was ghosts and psychics that stole the show with a terrifying nightmare forest (to disastrous effect, at least for everybody's psyches)... but this time, this time, it's someone else's turn to shine!
... Or, like, whatever the opposite of shine is. Unshine.
Whatever! DARK-TYPES ARE RECLAIMING HALLOWEEN!! TRICK OR TREAT, SUCKERS!
TIMELINE:10/24 (today!): OOC Announcement goes up! 10/25: IC event log is posted for forward-dated IC threading! 10/30: Last day to post claims for tricks and treats! 10/31: MISCHIEF NIGHT! Mods will roll for tricks/treats!


OH MAN WHAT'S HAPPENING??
To elaborate, your character’s Dark-type pokemon (including dual-types!) will collectively start itching to get out and wreak a little havoc. Pokeballs cannot contain them, and neither can a human's orders! You're not the boss of them! IT'S HALLOWEEN! Regardless of their personality, they'll be feeling frisky and will take off for a night on the town, even if it means disobeying their trainer!OOCly: Starting tomorrow, a log will be posted so that everyone can get a good head-start on their IC Halloween shenanigans! ICly: Starting at sundown on October 31st, Dark-types are gonna run the night!
"A NIGHT ON THE TOWN"?? WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
See, that's not so bad! ... Probably!
GASP!! BUT MY POKEMON WOULD NEVER!!
But remember, Halloween is a big deal to Dark-type Pokemon this year... the rowdier ones might see your goodie-two-shoes Sneasel sitting at home as a party pooper who deserves to be pranked extra hard!
WHAT IF MY CHARACTER DOESN'T HAVE ANY DARK-TYPE POKEMON?
ALL OVER THE MAP, trainers will be able to find Alolan Meowth, Poochyena, and Murkrow swarming in particularly impressive quantities!
Additionally, any dark-types already present in the local wild population (see the Pokemon Availability Pages) will be much more common regardless of their usual rarity. Which means... trainers, if you're currently eligible and have been hoping and dreaming of finding a shiny Dark-type in your area, Halloween night might be a good time to pop over to the Shiny Request page and see what you get! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
HOW MANY OF MY CHARACTER'S DARK-TYPE POKEMON CAN PARTICIPATE?
Just remember, you must link to them on your roster at the check-in posts to get the goods. If you want to include Dark-type Pokemon captured that night from the Halloween swarms, make sure you update your rosters to include them!
WHAT KINDS OF TREATS CAN MY POKEMON BRING BACK?
The more Dark-types your character has, the more chances they have to roll for treats!
In order to claim the rewards, there will be a check-in thread where you can tell us which of your Pokemon went out looking for treats. You will be required to link to each member of your roster who trick-or-treated. We will use a RGN and a prize table to reward each Pokemon for their efforts!
For example if your two Murkrow, your Umbreon, and your Alolan Meowth went out for goodies, we will roll four times and you will get four treats!
WHAT KINDS OF TRICKS CAN MY POKEMON PLAY?
Just like with the treats, you can tell us in your check-in thread which of your Pokemon are out causing havoc and, if desired, we will type you up a special report on what they got up to!
THAT SAID, this is optional and does not overrule or take precedence over your own ideas for pranks if you have them! You can 100% have your Absol arrange a grisly Calvin and Hobbes-style pumpkin massacre in somebody’s front yard with or without our input, but if you're interested we can tell you about how she also filled somebody’s house with glitter-filled balloons. That stuff gets everywhere!
CAN MY POKEMON DO BOTH?
WHAT ABOUT MY NON-DARK POKEMON, OR MY CHARACTER THEMSELVES?
All Pokemon can cause mischief or seek out yummy treats, but only the Dark-types will feel The Call and be able to roll for special treats or receive custom pillage reports.
WHAT IS THE PHYSICAL SCOPE OF THIS EVENT? ARE THE POKEMON/CHARACTERS LIMITED TO THE GENERAL VICINITY OF WHEREVER THEY ARE AT THE TIME?
This means that your unruly flock of Vullaby can ditch quiet, boring Azalea and head to Saffron to raid a goth fashion store. But on the other hand, it also means you can pursue them even if you've never been there yourself-- though good luck catching up, you'll need it!
At the end of the night, most of the wayward Pokemon will start drifting home of their own volition, and the warp system will be restored to its normal state a little after sunrise (thanks to the frantic efforts of lots of technical support workers throughout the night, possibly while having their offices egged and TP'd by roving Dark-types).
Because of how haywire the system went, unfortunately no locations warped to during the event will register to anybody's trainer IDs, so afterwards everybody will still have to travel the map like normal to obtain warp privileges!
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE TIMELINE OF THE EVENT?
On the OOC side of things, the event post will go up on October 25th so that you can start playing out your Halloween fun. This post will include the check-in Trick and Treat threads!
If you want to claim tricks and treats, you MUST reply to the check-in threads before midnight on October 30th or we will not be able to roll for prizes or write up summaries of your Pokemon’s adventures. The prizes will be rolled on Halloween night!
I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS!
Questions!
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Let's say a computer whiz Sableye belonging to some Pokemon Center worker hacked into the mainframe and tweaked the warp system so that Pokemon can use them by themselves to better spread the chaos.
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