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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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[ Drowsiness is setting in again so it's doing more of the talking than Zenitsu's usual thought process. ]

...Mmm...it'd be nice to be able to sleep on a comfy bed again...

[ All the while he keeps nibbling at his food out of habit. Maybe he can just get into unconscious battle mode and eat on auto pilot...

He nods off again. ]

Ah-

[ He lightly shakes the blond. ]

You can't sleep just yet, Zenitsu! You need to eat before going to bed, you'll end up with a cold. Finish eating even for just a little bit, please?

[ The shaking does bring him back a little, but at this point he's just wanting to go to sleep. ]

Nnnghh, I'm way too sleepy now...

Just a little bit, please? Pretty please?

[ MOMMY IS WORRIED ZENITSU. ]

I'll even feed you.

It's...it's fine... I'll eat it myself.

[ Even if he's sleepy that sort of thing is done between a girl and a boy! Couples!

Zenitsu forces himself awake by slapping at his cheeks, and goes to finish the rest of the food. But by the time dinner's finished, Zenitsu feels like he should just go to sleep on the floor again, even though he knew well enough that his light sleeping is going to keep waking him up during the night. ]

Nngnghh... This is the worst...

[ Tanjiro keeps a hand on Zenitsu's shoulder at all times as he guides the blond to his bedroom. No way is he going to sleep on the floor when there's no futon, he'll see to it that he's resting on the bed.

That was the plan, at least.

When he gently manhandles him to the bed, the bed suddenly shrinks before his very eyes. ]

How...

[ DANGIT... Zenitsu thought something was wrong with his bed, but if it even shrunk Tanjiro's... ]

...Sorry...I must be cursed or something... Now your bed's all shrunk too...

[ He's too sleepy to even properly cry about this ordeal. He'll slowly move to get up and go back to his own room. ]

I'm hoping it'll wear off eventually, so... I'll just go to sleep in my room.

[ There was no way he was going to let Zenitsu sleep on the floor again, not when he knows he's out of options of a real bed because it keeps shrinking.

But then a thought crosses his mind. They could just share a bed, couldn't they? And if it shrinks, at least Tanjiro could be a makeshift bed or cushion for Zenitsu to sleep on. He turns his friend around before placing another hand on his shoulder. ]

I have an idea, why don't you sleep with me, instead?

Huh? Why?

[ das gay Tanjiro. ]

It's fine, I don't wanna trouble you. I'm pretty sure you got used to the smell, but you wouldn't want someone else's smell so close, right...?

[ Even with that, though, a yawn escapes Zenitsu's mouth. ] ...Imma go sleep now...

[ The drowsiness is overwhelming, maybe he can actually sleep soundly even on the floor this time! ]

Ah, Zenitsu--

[Oops, he's knocked out cold. Tanjiro could smell the scent of deep sleep mixing neatly with the strong air of exhaustion emitting from Zenitsu.

Well, he still isn't going to leave his friend asleep on the floor. Carefully, he hoists up the blond in his arms as he slowly walk to one of their guest rooms, untouched and free from Zenitsu bizarre curse. It isn't a problem for him, lately he can't help but compare Zenitsu to Takeo, he had carried his younger brother once despite his tired protests. Trying so hard to stand on his own, not wanting to burden Tanjiro for their own reason. So kind and sturborn.

The two enter the spare room and Tanjiro forgoes turning on the light. With careful precision, as the oldest of six rather than a demon slayer, he maneuvers them so that Tanjiro sits on the bed first before Zenitsu, this way hopefully the curse won't take effect.

And it didn't, so it has to do with the number of people in the bed, Tanjiro wonders by himself. With that in mind, he pulls a pillow and place it between Zenitsu and the bed underneath them. ]

[ Even while being out cold, Zenitsu still is able to pick up the kind sound from Tanjiro. The sound that he'd always end up depending on... He instinctively curls up against the other as if he's trying to get closer to the sound, and his usual loud snoring becomes a little softer. It's when the bed creaks that he groggily opens his eyes and finds the both of them on a normally unused bed.

What happened to the curse, etc? His sleep-deprived brain struggling to focus on the surroundings, he doesn't register the fact that he's now sharing a bed with Tanjiro as he blinks his already-closing eyes towards the other. ]

...Hnuh...? Bed's not shrunk...?

Nope, I figured out how to keep it from shrinking.

[ Tanjiro's lying face to face against his sleepy friend. He keeps his voiced hushed and gentle as possible, he could only imagine that he might still be too loud for Zenitsu's ears.

It's a temporary solution to say the least, though he doesn't mind sharing beds with Zenitsu in the mean time, he has no idea how long this curse will last. Or if it can be reversed to begin with. ]

[ Even with his brain that's not fully functioning, he could at least tell the only difference was that his friend was on the bed with him. Zenitsu's struggling to keep his eyes open, mainly because he feels bad that the other is taking time away from whatever else he could be doing being on the bed with him so he could get some sleep. It feels bad, man.

Instead of voicing his thoughts, though, Zenitsu shifts to move closer to the other, burying his face into the other's chest, curling up a little as he does. It makes him feel like the gentle and kind sound Tanjiro's making surrounds him, drowning out any other sounds that may be around and pulling him deeper into sleep along with the exhaustion. And as he's so close, every time he breaths in he could smell Tanjiro's scent that he'd normally not even think about when clinging onto the other out of anger or fear. ]

Thanks, Tanjiro... I really like your sound.

[ It's definitely the drowsiness doing the talking, but his brain's not working enough to even it's something he'd never say even when he's being shameless. Zenitsu would definitely regret it's not with a girl if he were still fully awake, but the drowsiness tells him this isn't such a bad feeling at all, but somewhere in the back of his mind he thinks that he's never going to experience this ever again.

Anyways, he'll stay curled up right next to Tanjiro, because if the other isn't pushing him away, it probably means it's okay... Right? ]

[ Just as he was about to reply back, he likes Zenitsu's scent too, the other boy had drifted off to slumber. The strange scent of sweets, copper and salt is blanketed by a heavy air of sleep. Relief rolls over his shoulders as he gently strokes Zenitsu's back, something he would have done to his younger siblings. He's glad that his friend can finally sleep in peace, the scent in the air indicated that it was a much deeper rest, something long needed after consecutive days of exhaustion.

Tanjiro briefly debates whether to greet the boy to bed, but he remembers his mother's own gentle voice guiding him to bed and he sees no reason to the same for his friend. ]

Goodnight, Zenitsu.

[ With that, he continues gently stroking Zenitu's back until he too drifts off to dreamland thanks to the warmth and comfort of being next to another person. ]

[ To be frank, this was probably the very first time Zenitsu shared a bed with someone else, being basically alone all his life after all. Even with the fatigue from the past week, Zenitsu himself thought he'd cause trouble to Tanjiro with his loud snores he'd have from the usual light sleep he'd have.

When he wakes up the following morning still in Tanjiro's arms, he feels unusually refreshed. At the same time, the warmth is still a little too comfortable for Zenitsu to actually get out of bed.

It doesn't seem like Tanjiro's awake yet. It was obvious that Tanjiro had been homesick, and him previously mentioning about being used to giving hugs with his family members, Zenitsu decides he should stay in his spot until the other woke up. It was the minimum he could do for his friend, at least. ]

[ It doesn't take long for Tanjiro to wake up, it's just impossible for him to sleep too long unless ran to the point of complete exhaustion. He stirrs awake with a small, nearly inaudible grunt. It's been long since he slept so close to someone that briefly considered going back to sleep.

However, the thought quickly disappears as he reminds himself of the sweet and coppery scent near him. As he grows more awake by the second, he realize that the sleepy scent isn't as strong as the night before. His friend must have been awake, maybe he had been waiting for Tanjiro to wake up first? Tanjiro had been holding Zenitsu in his sleep after all. ]

Good morning, did you sleep all right Zenitsu?

[ And with that, the redhead gets up while gently pull himself away without disturbing Zenitsu too much. ]

...Yeah.

[ Zenitsu responds, slightly absentmindedly at first as he watches the other move. He stays still himself, but feeling the other's warmth leaving from his side feels a bit lonely for Zenitsu after feeling it over the night, especially when he feels the cool morning air brush by as the other moves away... ]

[ ...But the loneliness lasts only for a split second as he actually shivers from the cold, and without thinking he latches onto Tanjiro. ]

It's cold! Come back, Tanjiro! Give me warmth!! [ Immediately whining. The fatigue he was feeling last night is definitely gone if Zenitsu's whining and being noisy. ]

[ It's that lonely feeling again-- though Tanjiro had only a second to think about it before he lets out a surprise yelp as his friend clings onto him again.

He seems to have a good night's rest, at least! ]

But we'll have to get up soon, so we can start the day by training and then making breakfast.

Whaaat, we gotta train now??? I barely got sleep for the last few days! Let me sleep in a little more!!

[ He complains for the sake of complaining, because he'll finally let go and start getting ready as he grumbles under his breath. ]

We'll just build up the difficulty as we go, so long as your muscles are stretched out and loosen over the course of training.

[ Sorry Zenitsu, it's better to keep on the routine rather than stopping at any given moment. You never really know. ]

[ Yeah, he knows what you mean. He knows... At least Tanjiro's being kind enough to start off simple. ]

Fine, fine... We do need to keep in shape even while we're here anyways...

[ There's no guarantee what might happen, really. It sucks to think that way, but it can't be helped. ]

Even just going out for a run would be good, right?

Yeah, and think of it this way, even with running we'd still have to practice our breathing as we run. So we could just start with that.

[ And by regulating breathing, he means running to the point they're circling around the walls of the city several times. RIP Zenitsu, but that's just how much they have to keep in tip top shape. ]

[ And Zenitsu will remember this day and will forever curse himself for even agreeing to training with Tanjiro.

gdit you training nerd ]

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