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GAMEPLAN: JANUARY
Hey there Beacon bits! Hopefully you're all having a good end to the month here amidst this strange set of long-distance holidays and new online family gatherings. January will mark the start of 2021, and also the start of a stretch of endgame-related events. Let's see what's in store!

JANUARY 01-15

On January 2, we will have our monthly item restock! (ICly, this will occur on January 1 - but your mod knows she will be busy that day!) Don't forget to make your requests for the requisitioning crew at Solis' lab to handle. Once again, the spirits have decided it's time to ring in the new year for you all with their wild mix of traditions they've been introduced to and just absolutely love, so watch out as they scurry everywhere, smashing plates, providing apple core fortune readings, and dyeing your underwear red.

They also have something they'd like you all to share in, and for that reason, the item restock will include an event log. With the help of the spirit known as Lush Green, the forest spirits have selected a beloved tree and will haul it to Bonfire Square for a week for everyone to decorate. They ask that you all place or tie at least one object with personal meaning on the tree, and/or to make a wish by hanging a note on one of the branches. While that's happening, other spirits will be hard at work breaking through the ice on the lake's surface so that a team of them can plunge into those freezing depths and drag the tree down below. Hopefully that will bring you all lots of good luck for the upcoming months!

JANUARY 16-31

Wow, it really took those spirits a lot of work to break through that ice, didn't it. Did the lake freeze that solidly last year? It is really cold. And abnormally dry, too - no new snow falls all month in these bone-chilling temperatures, and the resulting static electricity makes your hair stand on end and your friends get zapped when you try to hug them.

By January 16, the torches start to flicker occasionally and grow noticeably dimmer. Many of the spirits cluster close to town, quiet and nervous, while other familiar masked faces seem impossible to find.

Needles fall from the evergreens, then entire branches, plummeting to the frozen ground and shattering with a sound that echoes through the forest.

Well, it isn't like you weren't warned.

Then, on January 18, Weaver will post to the network to describe some of her latest research and help everyone organize what needs to be done. This will be accompanied by an OOC post for similar planning purposes. Ultimately, the results of both of these posts will direct what happens in February and March with the plot, so don't miss it! We'll be able to help handwave and determine outcomes of explores that need to be done but that people haven't had time for, and as with the cat herd posts, there will be a baton pass if you have ideas that you or your character are not fully able to see through but that someone else might like to follow up on.

This gameplan post is a great place to make suggestions ahead of time if you know your character wants to do something. It's never too early to coordinate! And don't worry - January is the last month that we will have AC, and participating in the upcoming coordination OOC post to help decide the remainder of the game will count toward that AC.

ooc news

Don't forget: because of the New Year holiday, December check-in closes on January 4 - so you all have a few extra days this time.

In the comments below, you'll find the LOOKING FOR GROUP header. If you're interested in doing any kind of exploration in the coming month, go ahead and fill out the posted form under that header, and then comment amongst yourselves to make arrangements! Of course, this isn't required—it's just another way to plot stuff with other players. Maybe you've already got a plan and want some brave souls along on the journey with you, or maybe you're just looking to toss your character into an existing group. Whatever you're interested in, feel free to hit up the LFG thread if you'd like to plot exploration stuff for the month!

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As always, players are welcome to use this post for OOC event plotting! In fact, please do, as not everyone in the game has access to each other's plurks! If you'd like, you can use the small form below to kickstart your plotting plans:

player: (feel free to put your contact info here if you like!) character(s): plans: (have any plans already? or do you have plans you'd like to make? let the world know!) notes: (anything else worth mentioning, like permissions/opt-outs/hiatuses/etc.?)

the tl;dr

January 2: All the Trees of the Field event begins

January 4: December check-in ends

January 9: All the Trees of the Field event ends

January 16: Torches and trees begin to show signs of what's to come

January 18: Weaver NPC post; OOC coordination post

January 22: Activity Check begins

January 31: Activity Check ends

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