logsinthenight | 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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Since July. First batch after the last reset.

[Aside from like, Will. For a while he was able to keep up with new people as they came in, but it's been a while since he had the time. There's too much turnover.]

You were offering mechanical creatures over the network, right? Think I saw that. Are you an inventor?

Yes, I'm an engineer. Though, droids aren't something I build often back home.

[Building the droids had given him something to do with the newfound free time that he had here.]

It's give me something to do especially while the weather has been cold. I'm not used to snow...and the such.

Yeah? Not from somewhere cold, then. I guess I don't mind it much.

[The wear of the winter is emotional, not physical, though months of this now have lessened some of its impacts. He died in the snow. But he refuses to let that memory taint the weather for him, because despite the aching chill, the snow is beautiful and quiet.

An engineer, though. Neat. Lots of use for people who can build and repair things here.]

Have you had a look at those things downtown? The big square... gaps in the walls. I guess people say batteries are supposed to go in them. Do you know anything about that kind of engineering?

I'm used to the temperature being regulated carefully.

[Space was cold but the environment on star destroyers was always the same. He wasn't used to the sharp chill of actually being outside in the snow itself. ]

I have. I went into the brewery but didn't find much of interest aside from bar areas. I did find a gap in the wall though like you mentioned. I could build something that interfaced with the gap but finding a steady, stable power source will be difficult. If you can find one, I can work on it.

I'll keep an eye out, but I've had pretty bad luck finding technological leftovers here.

[And he sure has tried. Sure is disappointed. He wants to get Will's tablet back up and running, but without spare components he's pretty out of luck.]

What kind of thing should I be looking for? I don't know what would qualify as steady and stable enough. Batteries the size of those gaps probably can't be easily substituted, right?

Not easily but still possible with the right materials. Though the right materials would be difficult to obtain here. Unless we can get them through the Night Market or something.

[He frowns, already turning over ideas in his mind.]

A steady power source is something that can easily be contained and regulated. Most unstable power sources can be contained where I'm front but it takes a lot of work and more advanced technology that we have available here. Not to mention there really isn't a remote place where testing can take place without all of Beacon being affected if something happens.

Right. Well, I'll keep looking for anything that might be useful, and I'll let you know if I find something. Glad there are people here who can work on the science stuff.

[Seriously, they are sure fortunate that the portal has brought in those it has. It's one more point in favor of it not being random - because surely a random sample of dead people across so many worlds wouldn't be so skewed toward those who are relatively young, and highly skilled in things like combat, science, and magic.

Then again, maybe it's just that there are enough people here where every skill has a use. Even those who are cooks and musicians contribute in important ways when they have to collaborate to live successfully.]

Of course. If you're able to find anything, it would be nice to have a project to work on while I have free time. It's not something I'm really used to.

[Building small droids were one thing but he needed to do something that actually was challenging.

It was frustrating not to have the technology he was used to working with but that just made things more challenging.]

I didn't get your name....?

Oh, sorry. Rosinante.

[He holds out a hand to shake, angling it low so it's in easy enough reach.]

If you think of anything else you could use, feel free to message me any time. I'm "silent" on the network.

Armitage Hux.

[He still wasn't used to the custom of shaking hands but after a moment he took Rosinante's hand politely. He appreciated the other man reached down low so he could actually reach.]

Of course. And likewise.

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