EVENT LOG: THE NIGHT WE MET

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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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[reigniter]

Pheromone coffee...

[It's good that he says 'debatable' because Ignis instantly thinks that the shop keepers were putting some kind of drug in it. He'd be very concerned (he still kind of is) otherwise.

It wasn't as alarming to Ignis as it could've been- he's witnessed Noctis summon Astrals in a fight before and used unorthodox weapons; he was just legitimately curious and worried that this somehow hurt the guy and was the cause of his premature death.]

It is the first time I hear of such a thing. Yes, please, I would love to hear more. [He sits down, crossing his legs, but his body is angled towards the boy to listen.] A 'Persona'?

[afoolshope]

I promise it tastes good.

[ He couldn't help the chuckle at the skepticism. He waited until Ignis was seat, using that time to formulate a start. ]

Are you at all familiar with the term? A persona being a role someone assumes, whether in real life to get through hardships or actors to assume a character, things like that?

[reigniter]

[Ignis nods.]

Yes. It is a facade one makes to show themselves to the others; regardless of how honest one is, a persona of one person will always appear depending on the surroundings- coworkers, friends, family.

[This is taking a curious, deep turn and Ignis is interested.]

[afoolshope]

The being you saw behind me was the actualization of one of those masks. I'm not entirely sure what it is about the Dark Hour that allowed us to manifest it, but by accepting death and learning not to fear it, we can evoke those persona.

[ He mimicked a gun and placed his fingers at his temple. ]

The Evoker acts as a sort of medium to do that, but I don't think it's actually required at all times. There those I know who didn't need one.

[ Aigis came to mind, whose evoker was built in, and Koromaru, who used one built into a collar. Takaya used nothing at all. So there was a way to summon them without using one. If Minato couldn't get his back, he would like to figure out an alternative way, to help better protect himself and those here. ]

[reigniter]

The Dark Hour?

[Would Ignis get this 'persona' if he were ever to use an evoker? He had very willingly walked into his own end- probably the only one that had arrived here with a calm mind and without panic. That is until he realized that this afterlife isn't what it is supposed to be.]

Did everyone from the place you're from have this ability?