AUGUST EVENT - UNICORN STAMPEDE

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Welcome to the Wild West! The year is 1881 in a hot, desolate corner of the Arizona Territory. Soon it will become the site of one of the most infamous gunfights in history. But today, it’s not the Cowboys or the Earps that have the town buzzing with gossip. It’s the strange events that happened this morning.

Thanks to the Head Librarian’s efforts, the unicorns that invaded Tombstone seem like nothing more than herd of wild horses that have stampeded through town and decided to graze nearby. For some, this is merely a curiosity that adds to the local chatter but other see it as a moneymaking opportunity. Those pretty, white horses don’t seem to belong to any of the locals and even if they did, there’s a few horse thieves in town that will be tempted by the herd outside of town.

Your team will enter through the blue white portal and step out into the desert mining town of Tombstone. It is rough, wild place with few rules. There’s a feud brewing between the law and the Cowboys but these events cannot be changed without altering the history of many worlds. Although patrons can interact with the citizens of Tombstone, they must be careful. Strangers and drifters are expected in town but behavior that is beyond what is expected of normal might find themselves facing an angry mob or locked up in the local jail.

Although some might be tempted to meet Wyatt Earp and friends, and may see the famous lawmen, the Librarians discourage the kind of interactions that could lead to prison time.

Find the unicorns and bring them back while ensuring that the locals don’t notice anything unusual in town. Remember that the creatures are intelligent and wary of those who are not pure. Not all of our patrons may be seen as friendly by the ‘horses’. Do not hurt them or be offended it they seem to object to your life choices. Make sure that none of Tombstone’s citizens keeps any of the wild horses and make sure that no one learns of what will happen at the OK Corral.

 

 

[OOC: This is for Team: Unicorn Stampede only. You will play out rounding up the unicorns, and returning them home. This is ONLY for team work and getting things done. If you have questions, you can call for Bob the Skull or The Cat to help you. Bob will be running communications. Once you finish the event (or at the same time if you will), patrons may use this time to use portals to enter Tombstone, go shopping, or interact with the locals as long as they do not upset the events that are destined to occur. But not in the team log.]

 

Update!  To help the event conclude, options are being provided to help organize the groups.  These can be tagged meme style to help give more structure to the tasks.  Current threads can be completed and new ones started. 

Options

1.   Distracting the locals - This could be keeping any curious residents from noticing anything strange about the 'wild horses' or it could be keeping any potential horse thieves from stealing a pretty pony or two.

2.  Bait! or Unicorn Roundup - Remember that unicorns are picky about who they want to befriend.  They may not like some people in the group.  This could be hinder the roundup or be used to help get the unicorns back home.

3.  Safety First! - The unicorns might not be as tranquil as expected.  That means that there is a possibility of injury to a patron or one of the residents of Tombstone.  Please make sure that no one important gets injured and history is rewritten!

Comments

Poor Tony. He's not the only one in the Steve fanclub now

[likeagerbil]

Steve wasn't paying attention to his team as much as he normally would. Making sure that he wasn't attacked or trampled had been his priority once he realized that the unicorns were interested in him. He wanted the others safe but he couldn't do anything to protect them if the unicorns decided to attack him. Not that it seemed likely with how much they seemed to like him.

They acted more like puppies than what Steve assumed how horses would act. A few of them bumped into him, causing him to stumble a few steps but other than that they were careful to make sure that he wasn't hurt by them.

Looking past one of the overly friendly unicorns, he flushed slightly when he saw Tony. The Avengers had assumed he was a inexperienced but Steve had never really commented on it. What he had and hadn't done with Peggy was no one's business but theirs. "I'll start moving. I just wanted to make sure they weren't going to be aggressive before I tried herding them in the right direction."

Fighting back a smile at Tony's reaction to the cranky unicorn, he managed to keep his expression basically Cap-like. Slowly he started walking in the direction they needed the 'horses' to go, relieved when they started to follow. "They're not that bad, Tony. It's not their fault they're only drawn to some traits."

[legacyofiron]

"What? You mean the purer than snow aspect? The unsullied? You are adorable." Smirking over at Steve, he stopped to send another Unicorn a glare that seemed intent on nuzzling more places than Steve's chest or neck. What was WRONG with these things? "Hey! Watch where you put that nose you lecherous pony."

In all his life, he did not expect to be yelling jokes about getting heads out of the gutter to unicorns. He looked at the one next to him and frowned. "What are you looking at? Don't tell me you fart rainbows, too." The horse bit at him and snorted before walking away. And yes... the jerk flicked his tail just in time to hit him in the face with it. "Punk."

Rolling his eyes, he called out. "They're like nasty old men... or women!" Another tail hit his face. Yeah. He normally wouldn't get so angry about this nonsense, but it really seemed to be getting under his skin.

[likeagerbil]

"I am not adorable." That would sound better if he sounded more like Cap than Steve but it was difficult to feel like Captain America while surrounded by creatures that looked like they were from a kid's cartoon show. Having Tony teasing him about the unicorns made it even more difficult to sound serious. Or, more correctly, his boyfriend teasing him about it.

Tony wasn't going to freak over this... right? Morals might have changed while Steve was in the ice but there wasn't anything wrong with still being a virgin.

It wasn't any different than the Howling Commandos teasing him about his inexperience. There was no reason to worry about it. "They're not doing anything wrong." Well, most of them weren't. Tony might be right about one or two of them being lecherous.

As he continued guiding the unicorns, he gave Tony an innocent look. "You mean like the old ladies and men that you leave me with at those charity parties? The unicorns are more polite than your guests."

[legacyofiron]

"Oh, you're perfectly adorable. Especially when you scowl like that." He started to smirk then laughed softly. Only he could break when teasing Steve Rogers. So what if he had a ridiculous soft spot for the blonde. Could anyone really blame him for that?

Not that he liked the idea of what those Unicorns were doing. "Steve. Darling. They are sniffing in places their muzzles should not be. They steal pretty little virgins with their lies and deceit. Do not listen to their lies... DO NOT DRINK THE KOOL-AID." He stressed the last part dramatically... and that was when a hoove stomped down on his foot.

A string of indignant curses left him as he hissed sharply. "You did that on purpose you... you cradle robbing horse! I don't care if he is technically insanely old."

Then he stopped and gave Steve the strangest wide eyed look. "Wait... were the old people copping feels on you? Because I might have to kill them... humanely.. but kill nonetheless."

[likeagerbil]

"Captain America is not supposed to be adorable." But Tony really didn't seem him as Cap unless they were on a mission and even then it wasn't constant. "I might have been adorable when I was tiny but not now." He would have groused over it worse back then but it would have fit more than it did when he was over six feet tall.

Darling? Tony normally used nicknames and some of them might have slipped into pet name territory but that was new. That was... what Tony had promised when Steve had asked about coming home from the war. For a few seconds he ignored the unicorns and their questionable attention to give Tony a brilliant smile. "I'd like it if you called me that again later." The others could decide if he meant 'adorable' or 'darling'.

"I'm not a silly little virgin to be stolen and there's no Kool-Aid here." He accompanied the comment with a bewildered look that was completely fake. Steve knew what the reference meant but he could see if Tony figured that out.

When Tony made that pained noise, Steve glared at the offending unicorn. "You will not hurt him." Either the unicorns wanted to keep the virgin happy or his Cap voice worked on them too. The unicorn glared at Tony but moved away. The others seemed to be willing to keep a wary distance from Tony so Steve began to relax as he lead them toward the portal.

"Not just the old people. They were the polite ones. They just wanted a little thrill for old times' sake. The others..." There was a reason why he usually was the wallflower at those parties. It was harder for people to grope him if he was in the background.