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EVENT INFO: A GIRL, A BOY, AND A GRAVEYARD

the basics

The time of relative safety in Beacon is drawing near, and for the last month, people have been starting to make plans. Now it's time to double down on those preparation efforts - while making the most of the remaining time you have left with your friends, because no matter how solid the plan, surviving contact with a thing that eats worlds is not guaranteed.

the details

We'll have three main prompts for this event:

Characters can put in final requests with Weaver in order to retrieve items from their home worlds, and can work with (or without) her and the others on anything that needs to be done from the Helix Station. The station has weapons labs and the means to test them, as well as other tools for creating armor or whatever helpful devices your hearts can dream up. Or perhaps you want to hang out here and discuss emergency plans - for if things go awry and people want to evacuate, there had better be a way to get them down here to the portal and quickly, and know who is in charge of operating it.

Alternatively, characters can go with Clara to Dr. Solis' labs. Some of the equipment there is similar, and the portal here doesn't seem quite like the safest way to leave based on what happened to Solis herself, but maybe it's a little more comfortable working from the labs than under the lake. Additionally, those who head out this way might find themselves approached by a green-eyed visitor who is willing to make one last attempt to speak with you all (and note that engaging in conversation does still come with abundant and very real risk - but perhaps the reward is worth it?).

Finally, a prompt for those around town who might want to try and prepare or organize defenses or roles there, or on the frozen surface of the lake, which for some distance is solid enough to walk on from shore. Here, the spirits will be serving up their special cookies for all who wish to partake!

So, what's with these cookies?

The spirits have many times shown themselves willing to make an effort to make you all feel at home by presenting holidays they might kind of sort of remember from their own fragmented memories, or things they've picked up from previous Beaconites who threw holiday parties. Many of the spirits have, by now, begun to retreat into the darkness to who knows where and for who knows what purpose, but the remaining ones can sense that things are tense and that you all probably need a pick-me-up. It just turns out they're not very good at the common tongue or at knowing how to make someone feel appreciated. Or exactly how candy hearts are even supposed to look. They've baked sugar cookies and then in piped icing or maybe etched with the end of a toothpick, they've written messages and will make piles of them available in any indoor area as well as around the bonfire.

No tricks, this time, they promise: they'll be straightforward with you. All these cookies are going to make you feel a little funny, but funny-good. They're not sure which ones do what, however. Have a few yourself, share them with your friends, or decline; it's up to you. The effects are all entirely your choice as well (so long as the effect is intended to be a positive one), as is the strength of those effects - it can be a subtle, pleasant buzz or a single-minded dedication to hug every person in town. They might make you talkative, cheerful, affectionate, generous, or honest. You might remember your fondest memories with extra clarity. A few rare cookies might even cause slight harmless physical changes - think the opposite of the red lantern effects - and you may temporarily get taller, change your eye or hair color, or take on characteristics of the plants and animals that once thrived here and now remain only as shades of themselves in the forest spirits. Maybe that's not exactly what they were going for, but hey, it's fine, right?

Above all, they urge you all to use this time to be together, to tell people how much they mean to you, and to take advantage of the time you have left. If it's important, don't leave it unsaid - you might not get many more chances.

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Additionally, 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

February 14: Cookies are baked, preparations are underway

February 22: Well if you don't eat all the cookies by then, the spirits sure will.

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