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♥ January (Lasra) Event Log

a winter scene showing a line of houses, each a different colour, and a church in the background

January (Lasra) Event Log
Are you feeling free of last year's burdens, offworlders? The natives certainly are after spending the final month of the year at Rawna's temples. Now it's time for a new beginning even as the cold deepens, leaving snow drifts piled along Havenwell's streets. Industrious robots are hard at work keeping the city clean and removing any ice from the stone roads, leaving only beautiful winter scenery behind. The city sparkles under the snow and the silvery white decor brings out of their temples the priests not only for Rawna, but all of the gods.

❥ PROMPT I: The Temple Celebrations

lights decoring trees in front of a church

As noted in the Intro Log, the residents of Havenwell have been invited to help with the decorations in order to incorporate your worlds' cultures with their own, and to assist in celebrating the new year's coming. Residents are encouraged to visit any temple at their convenience or pleasure and join in the design process. There are craft tables, ranging from basic (for the younger or less skilled, such as kites or papercraft) to intricate and advanced designs (like glass lanterns or embroidery). Those less creatively-inclined are welcome to use their various skills, magics, or just ladder-balancing talents to help with the decoration installations around town. Many hands make light the work, after all.

Each temple has music playing and all of them have their associated animals not inside the temple like normal, but spread all over the temple grounds and surrounding areas. They aren't lost for once, but seem to be beckoning people toward their respective homes which are bedecked with holograms of dark green leafy boughs, ribbons, and ornaments all in the temple's colors. Diacht has red and white striped ornaments, Ohma has blue and gold, and Ainea is bringing up the cute factor with pink and purple. But Rawna is looking especially resplendent with rainbow sheened silver ornaments hung in the air, mixed in with real ones that are suspended from wires so thin they look as if they're hanging in midair. The dragonlings fly through the air, trailing silver ribbons behind them that make the temple really seem to shine this month. At each temple, simply by showing up, you can receive a small gift from the priests regardless of whether or not you're an adherent. And they invite you to play the temple games or dance along to the festive music playing from speakers. Each temple has something different to offer, so grab a friend and make your first visit of the year a special one!

Ainea:

Rawna:

Ohma:

Diacht:

❥ PROMPT II: Your Yearly (Mis)Fortunes

a hand pulling a fortune in front of a set of temple drawers

At each temple along all the other celebrations and games, you can also find a separate booth that has a strange and unreadable Aellyn script on it. The robot sitting behind the booth has their face covered with a strip of fabric that obscures it completely, but it calls out to you when you walk by. It offers you an ancient-looking wooden container with a single small hole at the top. If you take it, it mimes shaking the container and tipping it over. Do as they say and a wooden stick pops out of the top with that same strange script on it. The robot takes a look at what you got and takes the container back, passing you a single strip of paper with reverence. "Keep your fortune close or learn to let it go," it says, and then looks to find another patron. Turn your paper over and discover what your fortune holds for you.

Big Luck:

Medium Luck:

Small Luck:

Bad Luck:

Terrible Luck:

OOC: If you wish to roll for a random fortune, leave an comment with your character's name in the Request Thread. The mods will randomize for you and give you your fortune. Your character can only claim 1 fortune, no matter how many times they attempt the fortune-teller's game. Feel free to choose your own fortune instead, if you would prefer a set result.

❥ PROMPT III: Memories of the Sun (VR)

This seasonal VR simulation is especially popular with the natives for the fact that it lets them see their world as it used to be. Load into the simulation "Memories of the Sun" and you'll be transported along with all others who are currently logged in to make a pilgrimage up Aellyn's most sacred mountain. Although its peak is rocky and somewhat barren, it has a serene beauty as it reaches up through the cloud layer and you climb upwards through the dark. The path is clearly lit by small lamps embedded into the ground, but you might find it easier to take the climb if you hang onto someone else. Once you reach the peak, whether you're alone or with someone else, you'll be treated to the sight of a gorgeous sunrise peeking over the thinning clouds. It's a sight to remember, and a sight that brings memories. As you watch you're overcome with a very real vision of your home, a place you remember, or people you know. This vision is typically of a better time in your life, something to bring you hope and peace as the new year dawns - but not always. Is this a vision of your past? Your future? Of your present? If you came here with someone else, they can also choose to share in your vision and you in theirs. Are you brave enough to face what the mountain has to show you?

❥ PROMPT IV: All the Ups and Downs

And while the celebrations continue, there seems to be something a little awry with Havenwell. Here and there throughout the month, gravity has gone utterly haywire. You can be walking from temple to temple or going about your everyday life when suddenly you feel yourself lifted off the ground or heavier than you have any right to be. Havenwell's natives aren't immune to this effect either, and you might see a robot go shooting up into the sky suddenly to hover a good five to ten feet in the air. Or they might take a step and suddenly fall flat on their faces, their gears whirring with the strain as they try to pick themselves up. Thankfully the other natives are quick to jump up and grab their companions if they're flying overhead or pull their friends out of the well if they're stuck to the ground. If you find yourself caught up in these gravity wells, you'll need someone's help to do the same. Be sure to pay it forward because you'll never know when it could be you in this awkward position.

This event will run from January 15 to January 31. Click on each prompt's title to see the text. If you have any questions, feel free to direct them to the FAQ or to the Mod Question thread below.

This post is meant to act as a catch-all for convenience, but feel free to make your own posts if you prefer!

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Yep. That sure was a rough-looking punk ass sitting right there, bent over a few sheets of paper. Looked like he was really focused on his folds. Or, he had been. It seemed like now he was really focused on Zenitsu, gold eyes having raised to level a scrutinizing stare at the other boy.

... It'd been a minute since someone had backed off before he'd even said anything. It was weird to think he'd almost gotten used to that not happening. Huh!

"Looking for someone?"

Oh, yeah, he heard him.

[Will wraps his arms around Kiwi, nuzzling into the Bard's hair. He can definitely hear what you're thinking there, Kiwi, now that you've got him actively listening..... But now really isn't any time to scold over it, either. That's just one more negative feeling they're allowed to have, no matter how much he wishes otherwise.]

You don't have to make everyone happy here all the time, Kiki. We'll do okay muddling through for a while on our own power--and we'd probably do even better if we can figure it out with you at the same time.

Whoever said you had to take care of everyone, and do it all by yourself, even if they didn't say it out loud..... They're not here.

[Is that allowed...!?

Yes is what he'd like to say, but-] No- [is what comes out, to his own chagrin. He's not a coward! ...Or a sore loser, in this more specific instance, since bravery isn't really applicable when it comes to getting your face drawn upon.

...Stupid. He huffs a breath.]

Whatever, it's fine. The priest looks like they're about to chuck that ink pot at both of us if we don't go over there.

[ Carefully dropping the scarf down again, she tips her head to one side for a giggle, sheepish but still cheerful enough. ]

Yes! I've had to redo it at least six times before I could even get this far, but I think I'm getting the hang of crocheting now! It's nice when hard work has results~

[They lean into his arms without resistance. Arche is free from her cuddly prison for now, as Kiwi just goes limp, putting their dead weight into Will's shoulder as their own shoulders shake.

Did anyone really say that? Nobody they could think of. They just loved the way people's eyes lit up when they helped. It was better than standing by watching everything fall apart. It was better than letting hurting people like Marcus take his pain out on others. It was better than their own mother pretending not to hear them unless they declared everything was beautiful and wonderful. It was better than helplessly shouting to the wind how they hated it in Chismest - and they didn't use the h-word lightly. If they could just be happy, and make others happy, everything else would be fine.]

It's all I know...it's why I became a bard. All I ever wanted was to make the world happy. If I can't do that...who am I, Will?

Zenitsu jumps for a second, almost wanting to immediately run away, a little too familiar with that look. But the moment the other opened his mouth to say something, he blinks at the sound he hears. This guy may look rough, but his sounds say otherwise, and that makes Zenitsu's scardy-cat nerves relax a little.

"Uhm..." Zenitsu starts, wondering how much of his dumbass mumbling was heard. "Do you happen to know Shinji-kun...?"

At times like this, Zenitsu wished he'd have the communication skills like his teacher, or even the friendly persona Tanjiro has.

[ Honestly, Kyoko hadn't thought much of the fact that she hadn't run into Zenitsu again since that first encounter. It wasn't like she was Havenwell's biggest social butterfly, herself.

So everything's good. She waves weakly at him as she looks up from the spot she had let herself sink to her knees on after that impact, dazed and angry at her fate. ]

Ah... I didn't hear any bones cracking, so it's all fine....

[ She does take his hand, though; letting people help her up is the one thing Kyoko has finally settled on as way too rude to refuse. Besides, it doesn't feel super important right now. ]

I was stronger before, but these 'gods' stole away many memories. I have so few, and yet they took them still. [ Part of why she hates them so much. ] My partner told me I was almost as reknowned for healing as heroics.

[ She thinks it would be nice, to remember that. And it makes sense, given the entries she found in her old digital journal and how much she loves medicine.

But, regardless—]

I have already surpassed them. Now I need to keep refining and creating new spells.

...Mostly, yeah.

[He lifts a hand up to his head to indicate his height, something she's clearly already surmised.]

Think I could hitch a ride with you a while?

["Upgraded"... Cid would have a fit if he heard her say that. Noctis summons his blade into his hand, holding it up so she can see.]

This is the upgraded version, actually. ...And it's a sword, not a dagger.

[Even if probably it looks more like a toothpick at his current size...]

I can't even have a little hint?

[There's so many things she could ask for... especially with her so squirrely that he hardly knows anything about her. What does she like! What are her hobbies!
What does she do besides hold hands!?]

A... hint? [ With a finger to her chin, she makes a show of debating something.

After a few more steps up the path, she reveals a clue: ]

It's something that you always have, but do not always show.

If it did, I'd be amazed. It's never said anything to me, no matter how many times I poked at it.

[He offers up a wry half-smile, trying not to squirm at the tickle of her tail around his arm. (Lucky he didn't drop her when he felt it there.) He didn't spend a lot of time in the Crystal's chambers, but he'd visited a few times, out of some misplaced duty or curiosity about where his powers come from. He'd received no message or vision or even so much as a hint of what his eventual destiny was to be, so there was little point in trying often.]

...Thanks, though. We'll get ourselves there eventually, somehow.

[Even if she can't do anything, to know there are so many people willing to help and support them isn't without meaning.]

Nodding along about cool flying lizards, Kyoko's about to continue on that topic--but what if it's too cold for them up there, what if someone crashed a baby dragon into a building with their clumsy human hands??--when Tamaki brings her back to reality.

"Ohh, wishes, huh! So yours is up there right now?" She beams. "Good job getting it that high! You'll smack the gods' faces with it in no time."

[ Another nod. ]

And there is only so much I can alter its shape... Even as Garuda-egi it would be too large. At best it could aid you in flying a lure.

[ She feels bad for the bird, really. ]

It's unfortunate that he's trapped here.

[ Nothing to be done for it now, however. What's done is done. All anyone can do is try to enrich Horus' life as much as possible when they're all so limited. ]

I will leave you to it then, Somnus. Hopefully Horus' luck remains fair and he will remain uninjured by these fluctuations.

[ NOOOOOOO!! Zenitsu's pretty sure Somnus is going to be the winner here. With how stern Somnus is with how he speaks and the sounds Zenitsu is picking up, the chances of getting away from this game is now close to zero.

You can run away! He remembers his teacher saying. Maybe he'll do tha—

And then he sees the serve happen. Too late! ] WAAGGHH!!!

[ He frets a little too much and completely misses the shuttlecock. ]

[ Potions... so those are what those concoctions are called. She had been shown how they were made by another, recently.

With one final, soft laugh through her nose, she turning her eyes from him to the expansive view the virtual world allows them. The light of the dawn catches in her eyes, and her hand that holds his slackens softly in his grip. ] Mm... Prompto?

May I ask you a question.

[ If that's the case, he'd want to be 10 feet tall and be super popular with the ladies, thanks.

Either way, Zenitsu lets a small smile when the offer's accepted. Yeay! ]

Yeah! That sounds like a good idea!

[ Zenitsu moves to give some space between the two so Tamaki can do the first serve.

At least the serve is a clear-cut sign of when the match would start, so he doesn't have to freak out. ]

Edited (there was an extra enter...) 2020-01-25 05:19 (UTC)

My mother is a crystal far larger than yours, filled with such Light and life even when weakened that She is awe-inspiring. [ She thinks of Ardyn and Hades both, then amends: ] ...Or perhaps terrifying beyond measure, dependent on one's perspective. With my Blessing perhaps I could make a difference, but...

We are worlds apart, and such idle musings are of no use here.

[ Era moves her tail in a facsimile of a reassuring pat, hands too preoccupied with keeping warm to offer such comfort themselves. ]

You will. And if I can help change things for the better, I will do my utmost to aid you.

[ Ardyn will be her priority, of course, but Noct will be a close second — at least in terms of those from Eos.

Thinking of Ardyn... ]

We are near your granduncle's now, aren't we?

[ Admittedly, Era isn't all that familiar with it. It's always been Carbuncle chasing the man down while she meets up with him in other districts, or at her own residence. ]

[ That didn't last long.

Well, he said that this was an authentic round. Somnus lowers his paddle and promptly walks over to the table with the ink brushes, fully expecting Zenitsu to follow suit. ]

"Oh," Kai said with unspoken understanding behind the syllable. This situation was very understandable, if they were talking about Shinji. Of course he had a friend that would talk about how nice Shinji was.

There was a slight shift in Kai's voice for super-hearing ears only, a softness indicating that maybe Kai would have done the same. "Shinji? Yeah, he'll probably be by later if you wanted to hang around."

Good job, Shinji! Expanding your social circle!

They do push at us, to shape us for the parameters of their world.

[ Era must be quite powerful indeed, to be so meddled with on a greater scale. To be limited and to feel your limits... yes, she understands this very well. Though in her own case, she wonders if her own limits are for the better. Not so, for this Era, who feels less herself for them. ]

Memory... is precious. I am sorry that has happened to you.

[ Lose enough and you become someone else. ]

[ Rather than interrupt and guess at her thought process, he continues to walk beside her even though her words have stopped. She's proven time and again to be both analytic and learned; for that, she has his attention and regard. What she has to share, he would hear first. ]

[ at that, somnus extends a hand between them. if reyson is willing, he would initiate contact. ]

The restoration of this world requires more than one.

[ It just brings so much warmth to her chest to see him speak so fondly of him. ]

I'm glad you had someone like him. I can see where you get it from - blood-related or not, he's definitely Zenitsu-san's family.

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I'll do a Cyan memory next if there's nothing else.