logsinthenight | EVENT LOG: THE NIGHT WE MET

EVENT LOG: THE NIGHT WE MET

characters: everyone.
location: the path from downtown beacon to the harbor; all over town.
date/time: february 16-21.
content: the forest spirits send off their friends to join the aurora. memory opals drop from the eerie green lights above.
warnings: n/a.

i had all and then most of you, some and now none of you.

For most of the day on February 16, all of the town's forest spirits can be found along the stretch of road between downtown and the harbor, clearly setting up for, uh, something. They're piling snow onto the pathway, creating a miles long sled trail that starts outside the Landmark Inn and ends at the very end of the harbor's dock. Not only that, but the forest spirits are also not super willing to explain what they're up to! They're busy, you lantern-havers.

By the time evening rolls around, the spirits have set up wooden railings alongside the snowy path, as well as a warming tent, hot chocolate booth, and announcer stand outside of the Landmark. Oh, and a starting banner for the race! It's dogsled time!

Throughout the event, Beacon's downtown and harbor areas will be completely overrun with forest spirits, all there to bear witness to this holiday celebration—this holiday is for them, though, not you weirdos with your naked faces. Point is, none of the spirits will be hostile at this time! They're more interested in interacting with each other than with Beacon's residents, though if pressed, a kind spirit might be willing to explain what's going on:

The aurora arrives in Beacon for about a week each year, and the forest spirits believe it to be "friends in the sky". The lights are old friends of theirs, it seems! And each night while the aurora shines above the town, the forest spirits send off a handful of friends to join the aurora! The spirits ready to join the aurora build sleds of their own and assemble mighty sled teams, sometimes comprised of dog spirits and sometimes... other stuff. Then, when the aurora is at its peak in the wee hours of the night, the sled teams will ride off one by one, racing down the snow-covered path all the way down to the harbor, where they'll finally rocket off the dock and out over the lake, picking up more and more speed as each team gallops wildly over the water before arcing up into the sky. Once the spirits are barely a speck, they'll hit the aurora and burst into a shower of light. Beautiful stuff!

See, since the aurora is made of light, forest spirits launched into it are killed on impact! Isn't that wonderful! The forest spirits seem to think so! What is death to a dead thing!

All of this information can be learned through handwaved/played-led interactions with the forest spirits during the event. They'll all be focused on saying goodbye to their friends and cheering them on as they stream through the sky, but they're happy to welcome lantern-havers to join in the celebrations. The hot chocolate is free and only tastes a little bit like mud, so. Enjoy!

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For the entire duration of the event, the aurora will dance in beautiful silence overhead, lighting up the whole town with its eerie green glow. Every so often, handfuls of opals will rain down like meteorites from the lights above, and these opals each contain the memory of someone currently in Beacon! They can be found all over town, landing on paths and atop buildings and maybe even rocketing straight through your ceiling to crash into your living room. Perhaps a forest spirit decided to hide some shiny rocks in your cereal box or under your pillow... Better hope the Postmaster General doesn't find your opals before you do, though. That spirits sure does love their rocks. Point is, who knows where the opals might turn up?

On that note, if you signed up for a random event, we'll be RNGing characters to receive these random events throughout the event! The event may happen in response to a toplevel on this event log, or we might turn up in your IC inbox... 👀 These events will be entirely random, meaning we could dole out any number of them at any time, so it'll be a fun surprise for all of us.

If you missed signups and would still like to toss your name in the ring, go right ahead! Signups will remain open throughout the event, though we can't promise everyone who signs up will get something.

And finally... Each day, we'll post a list of the forest spirits joining the aurora! What, did you want to know in advance? The forest spirits have never been a particularly organized bunch, so they're winging this—which means more surprises for you. :)

Enjoy the races and the lights and the opals, residents of Beacon, and remember: WHAT IS DEATH TO A DEAD THING!

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[ Kylo finally looks over at Hux, watching him watch the aurora, noticing how the expression on his face changed when talking about Starkiller. He was so proud of the weapon, still is, and Kylo can tell. It changed the galaxy, that's for sure, did far more than the Death Star was ever capable of doing. ]

It's a shame we don't have the resources we once had.

[ Sure, Kylo has the Force, but that only gets one so far. The only reason both he and his grandfather were able to do what they did was with the resources provided by the Empire and the First Order. ]

Instead we have [ He waves a hand toward the spirits flying to their death ] this.

[Hux snorted with bitter amusement as he looked back at Kylo.]

It must be some sort of twisted punishment for what we've done. We've sacrificed so much for the galaxy but I'm sure there are those who will celebrate our deaths. And here we are, stuck on a primitive planet without any escape.

[Hux was quiet for a few moments as he looked back up at the sky.]

The frustrating thing is that we have so much more to accomplish back in our galaxy.

It's frustrating, indeed, that we can't further our accomplishments. I have so many things left unfinished to be wasting time in this afterlife. [ He pauses ] I'm sure most of the galaxy celebrated our deaths. I can't imagine anybody, with the exception of my mother, who would be upset with my passing.

[ It's a sobering thought, knowing the entire galaxy wanted both of them dead, but it's the path he chose. He made the decision to turn away from the Light and let the Dark Side fully consume him. The only person who would mourn his passing would be Leia... And, even then, she would likely do so in private as she was the face of the Resistance.

They sit in silence for a few moments, watching the aurora, before Kylo speaks again. ]

I found one of your opals. The memory was about your father, specifically you watching him die. [ A corner of his mouth turns up in a bit of a smile ] He looked like a hutt in his final moments.

[Hux knew that no one would mourn his death but he didn't need to say that to Kylo.

He said nothing until Kylo spoke again, glancing at him sharply when Kylo mentioned finding the memory of Brendol Hux's death. He knew that Kylo would have never done anything to him if he had known for certain that he and Phasma were behind Brendol's death.

He smirked, giving a short laugh at Kylo's comment. Brendol hadn't made any secret of what he thought about Kylo after their encounter though Hux was certain that despite his bluster, Brendol was terrified of Kylo.]

Wasn't it disgusting? He deserved every moment of sheer terror of knowing what was happening to him as he lay dying.

[There is no hint of remorse or pity in Hux's expression or tone. He was delighted in how his father had spent his final moments.]

I wasn't a fan of your father.

[ He wasn't a fan of 99% of the people he encountered on a regular basis who served the First Order. He had his own agenda and most of them stood in the way, Hux included.

Kylo turns the opal over in his hand, looking down at it before before offering it to Hux. He knew it belonged to him before he even picked it up. Given that he has worked closely with Hux for the last five years, he didn't need to look, but he was curious. ]

Take the opal, I have no need for it.

[Hux looked at the opal for a moment before closing his hand around it and tucking it in his pocket. There was no need to talk about Brendol further. It wasn't a pleasant topic and he didn't want to discuss it right now. He did appreciate that Kylo was willing to turn over the opal to him and didn't seem like he was going to use the memory against him.

That was a surprise but he didn't comment on it.]

I should return yours as well.

[He took out a jagged black and red opal from his other pocket, holding it out for Kylo to take. If Kylo wasn't going to use Hux's memory against him than he would do the same for Kylo.]

Luke Skywalker deserved to be destroyed.

[ Kylo looks at the opal in Hux's hand and takes it, tucking it under his belt. He had no need to hold the opal as leverage against Hux. Should he need anything to use against him, he could take it whenever he wanted. A memory about Brendol Hux on his deathbed wasn't worth keeping in his opinion.

He snaps his head to the side, eyes narrowing when Hux mentions Skywalker. Kylo couldn't find him, died before he got the last piece to the map, so knowing that Skywalker was finally gone does him no good in the afterlife. He never got to experience it, never got the satisfaction of ending the Jedi himself. He wonders what memory Hux saw that made him bring up his uncle. ]

Tell me what you saw.

I saw Skywalker standing over you with his lightsaber. He wanted to kill you.

[He was sure that Luke Skywalker was afraid of Kylo. Kylo's powers most likely were greater than Skywalkers and Skywalker wouldn't want another Vader. Hux didn't look away from Kylo, meeting his gaze evenly.]

I saw you kill him on Crait.

Again, tell me what you saw. I can only read minds if I force my way in and I know you'd rather me not do that.

[ It pains Kylo to know that Hux saw one of the moments that started his true descent into the Dark Side. He had been giving his mind to Snoke for years, but that moment was the one thing needed to push him over the edge, causing him to fully turn his back on the Light. He brought the temple down, burned it to the ground and never looked back. ]

I was in the shuttle overlooking the salt plain. You sparred with Skywalker for a few moments before running him through with your blade. He was there one minute and the next he was gone.

[Hux wasn't going to ask what happened after what he saw with Luke, he didn't need to know. He just knew that it was the reason Kylo left the Jedi Order to join the First Order.]

[ He slams his fist into the ground upon hearing Hux's explanation of Luke's final moments. He knows the man did it simply to fuck with him for one last time, knowing he won and Kylo lost. It was a final fuck you for going to the dark side. Luke, unlike his mother and father, had completely given up on Kylo. He knew what Kylo had become, knew that he was no longer Ben Solo, and was content in letting him continue down that path.

So... he left, becoming one with the Force. And Kylo is incensed.

He knows Luke wasn't even there standing against him on Crait, not if he just disappeared like that, leaving behind absolutely nothing. ]

I didn't kill him, then! Don't you see that? Even a Jedi will have a reaction to lightsaber blade going through them, but you say nothing about him falling to the ground or grabbing his midsection, nothing.

[ He wishes he could see exactly what happened for himself, but he knows there's no way to do that without forcing his way into Hux's mind... And, even then, he's not sure he'd see what he needs to. Everything would be from Hux's point of view. ]

If he just vanished and left nothing behind, he wasn't even on Crait.

[Hux didn't flinch when Kylo slammed his fist on the ground. He knew Kylo's rage wasn't directed at him at the moment. But Luke Skywalker wasn't here and Kylo needed to direct his anger somewhere.]

I was watching from far away, I couldn't see clearly.

[And it didn't help that he had been feeling woozy after being tossed into a console.

He didn't know how someone could project their presence by the Force across the galaxy but he didn't question if it was possible. He had given up trying to understand anything about the Force.

He said nothing. There was nothing he could offer, no reassurances. If Luke Skywalker was alive, he was sure that they would hunt him down eventually but he wasn't going to offer insincere reassurance to Kylo.]

Everything we've been striving for and fighting toward is meaningless here. We're both dead and have nothing to show for it.

[ Kylo turns his attention back to the aurora, fist still clenched at his side. It amazes him that these spirits are joyful to fly toward their deaths like this, something he can't imagine at his age and status. ]

And it's not as if we can rule this galaxy. You know little about where we're stuck and I know less, and we have no resources. [ He pauses, looking back at Hux ] It's like we're stuck on some backwater planet like Dagobah or Jakku.

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I'm sure it's some sort of cruel punishment for what we've done.

[Hux knows what some of what he's done is wrong. But it was all necessary, it was all done for the greater good. The galaxy was better off without Brendol Hux. The New Republic had to be destroyed.

He had done everything he had to in order to survive and to establish order in the galaxy.]

We've spent so much time and effort to establishing order t the galaxy, developing the most advanced technology beyond what anyone could have ever imagined...and now we are here. Without anything.

[ Kylo has spent the better part of the month trying to get acclimated in this new life and it's been difficult, to say the least. He doesn't like that the only sources of light are their lanterns and torches, there's no technology, nothing he's been used to since birth - it's primitive. He misses the sterile, cold environment he had become used to while living on a star destroyer. ]

We've worked under the same leader for five years, yet you've never shown anything but disdain toward me.

[ They worked together, but spent most of the time actively trying to take the other down. Snoke pitted them against each other and Kylo knew it; it was obvious. ]

Has death changed you that much?

[Hux snorted with amusement, barely resisting the urge to roll his eyes. Death had changed him but he hardly allowed himself to get emotional about it. There were days when he refused to admit that he had truly really died.]

Don't get sentimental on me, Ren.

[Even in death Hux wasn't going to tolerate that. He wasn't going to indulge that in Ren even now.]

What would be the point of fighting you now? You have no authority over me and I'm your only ally here now. We have to work together now.

[Hux didn't have to say that he would plunge a knife in Kylo's back as soon as they got home though. That throne would be his.]

Sentimental?

[ As Kylo knows him now, he never had any authority over Hux. They were equals as far as Supreme Leader Snoke was concerned, though Kylo had always thought that he was far more important and valued by the Supreme Leader. He hasn't experienced life being the Supreme Leader himself, having command over the entire First Order, Hux included, so not much will change in that regard.

Hux does have a point - he is his only ally here. Kylo doesn't know anybody, doesn't know if he wants to know anybody. He's not sure how he'll be received, especially considering he plans to continue life as he knows it, using the Force, using his lightsaber.

He hates the thought but has no other choice, it seems. ]

When have I ever been sentimental?

I'm just making sure. This place is strange.

[He knew that no one else would know them better than they knew each other.

He looked back at the sky, deciding to leave it at that. It seems that they will always be stuck together, even in death.]

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