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♥ December (Ranir) Event Log
December (Ranir) Event Log
As another year winds to a close, the air grows sharp with a wintery chill; the perfect weather for curling up with someone under a cozy blanket with some warm hot cocoa. To contrast the cold weather comes a distinctly festive warmth to the city itself; it's some holiday season, even if the natives still can't quite grasp what. While recovery from the recent worm-based catastrophe is still an ongoing thing, the natives are going through with the festivities as they've learned to celebrate: Decorations strung about the city are a bit haphazard and in all manner of colors both holiday-themed and simply colorful in general, the spirit and enthusiasm are certainly there.
❥ PROMPT I: See You Next Level
Residents who venture past the wall to the northwest of the arena to visit the fishing pond might find an unusual sight this month: it's frozen over. This is kind of a big deal, because the city hasn't had a substantial amount of open water in- well, no one quite knows how long! It seems to have totally frozen overnight, which is definitely unusual, but hardly the strangest thing to ever happen in Havenwell. Examining the ice will find it sturdy and solid, a good 6 inches thick at minimum. It is safe to walk on, and more importantly...
Excited for a new experience after all the glum and gloom, some local metalworkers are creating skate attachments that can be adjusted for size and connected to the shoes (or the feet, in the case of the local robotic population) of anyone who wants to give skating a try. Visitors to the area will find a booth set up, occasionally manned but mostly left as a trust exercise, with a collection of these devices that are free to use. Please take as many pairs as your party requires and skate to your heart's content! As a courtesy, borrowers are asked to return the skates once they're finished with them, but if you're really itching for a pair, the booth has the equivalent of a QR code you can scan with your communicator and commission a personalized pair.
It seems that part of the city is extra cold this season, because an influx of snow has practically drowned the arena, leaving a thick layer across the entirety and high piles along the sides. Locals have cleared the entrances and done their best to keep it functional, but those wishing to use the facility might find the ground far less sturdy than usual. You can use it as extra training, or maybe just give in to the urge and have fun with it instead. Go sledding, have a snowball fight!
Excited for a new experience after all the glum and gloom, some local metalworkers are creating skate attachments that can be adjusted for size and connected to the shoes (or the feet, in the case of the local robotic population) of anyone who wants to give skating a try. Visitors to the area will find a booth set up, occasionally manned but mostly left as a trust exercise, with a collection of these devices that are free to use. Please take as many pairs as your party requires and skate to your heart's content! As a courtesy, borrowers are asked to return the skates once they're finished with them, but if you're really itching for a pair, the booth has the equivalent of a QR code you can scan with your communicator and commission a personalized pair.
It seems that part of the city is extra cold this season, because an influx of snow has practically drowned the arena, leaving a thick layer across the entirety and high piles along the sides. Locals have cleared the entrances and done their best to keep it functional, but those wishing to use the facility might find the ground far less sturdy than usual. You can use it as extra training, or maybe just give in to the urge and have fun with it instead. Go sledding, have a snowball fight!
❥ PROMPT II: Fresh or Frozen
Purveyors of the fishing part of the new rink might be unhappy to have lost their hobby, but hey, no one's stopping you from carving a hole in the ice and giving it a go regardless. There's bound to still be something down there, though perhaps not what you'd expect. While you're out at the lake with another person, if you should happen to look into the water through a hole or the ice itself, you might occasionally see a series of dancing lights flitting around beneath you, mysterious but innocuous. Sometimes they disappear if you stare at them too long. Sometimes they follow you. If curiosity gets the better of you, maybe you ought to try dropping a line - or a hand - in to see what it is. If you're feeling really brave and don't mind the cold, you could even take a dive in and see what's going on up close. (Funny: it's not nearly as cold as you'd expect it to be, considering the frigid circumstances.) And there's no reason to worry about the rink, either. Likely through whatever actually turned the pond to ice, any holes carved into the ice somehow manage to freeze again overnight, as though it was never broken in the first place.
Whatever method you choose, these dancing lights will swirl around hook or hands, pulsing gently, until that light bursts and manifests into something familiar. Something you've been wanting, perhaps, or something you once had and have missed dearly. Maybe something you hadn't thought about at all, but would bring you delight. You can pull it from the waters and find it intact and undamaged by the cold or the water, alive if it is a living creature, though it appears to be hibernating. Dry it off, take it home, and check on it in the morning; you will find your gift as whole and well as if you'd plucked it from wherever you'd find it back home. Do with it what you choose, it's yours now. For those who might have the clever idea to try fishing more than once, surprises may await in the form of...a waterlogged old shoe? An empty tin can? A broken fishing lure? The possibilities are as endless as the objects are useless.
For those who may not have any creature or object of note they need or want, it is also possible for fishing to produce a small crystal, faintly glowing with some form of magic. Leaving the crystal by one's bedside overnight will result in a peculiar but pleasant dream; fulfilling one's heartfelt desire. Whether it's wanting to see somewhere back on your homeworld, getting closure with someone not in Havenwell, or hang gliding off of Everest, you will be able to see your desire in a dream and awake comfortable and well-rested in bed the next day.
This is a regain event! One regain is allowed per character, and it can be anything (within reason) that would fit within the Item Regain: Medium (100 point) category on the Activity Rewards page. Like with AC Rewards, regains must be approved by mods prior to regaining them, so please use the form below and comment to the Regain Request thread.
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Whatever method you choose, these dancing lights will swirl around hook or hands, pulsing gently, until that light bursts and manifests into something familiar. Something you've been wanting, perhaps, or something you once had and have missed dearly. Maybe something you hadn't thought about at all, but would bring you delight. You can pull it from the waters and find it intact and undamaged by the cold or the water, alive if it is a living creature, though it appears to be hibernating. Dry it off, take it home, and check on it in the morning; you will find your gift as whole and well as if you'd plucked it from wherever you'd find it back home. Do with it what you choose, it's yours now. For those who might have the clever idea to try fishing more than once, surprises may await in the form of...a waterlogged old shoe? An empty tin can? A broken fishing lure? The possibilities are as endless as the objects are useless.
For those who may not have any creature or object of note they need or want, it is also possible for fishing to produce a small crystal, faintly glowing with some form of magic. Leaving the crystal by one's bedside overnight will result in a peculiar but pleasant dream; fulfilling one's heartfelt desire. Whether it's wanting to see somewhere back on your homeworld, getting closure with someone not in Havenwell, or hang gliding off of Everest, you will be able to see your desire in a dream and awake comfortable and well-rested in bed the next day.
This is a regain event! One regain is allowed per character, and it can be anything (within reason) that would fit within the Item Regain: Medium (100 point) category on the Activity Rewards page. Like with AC Rewards, regains must be approved by mods prior to regaining them, so please use the form below and comment to the Regain Request thread.
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❥ PROMPT III: Snow Problems
As the weather shifts to something seasonally chilly, on occasion some small patches of clouds can be seen in Havenwell--specifically, hovering over the heads of offworlders. These localized little clouds find people to stick to and follow them a couple of feet overhead to shower them with a gentle dusting of snow, so hopefully you have an umbrella handy. And while the snow can be just snow and nothing more, to others it might have one (or even several at once) effects to it.
Cheers To You: No matter how much one drinks or how they choose to mix their cocktails, they will find themselves completely impervious to the ill effects of alcohol. No hangover, but also no fun to earn it in the first place.
Hand it Over: Some with their own personal snow clouds may feel nothing odd except for a slight tingle in their dominant hand. Whether one stumbles upon the actual effect or not, it is a very simple change: the power of their unarmed punch becomes superpowered and several times stronger than normal.
Sticks and Stones: Still others may feel completely normal and go about their usual day's business with absolutely no awareness of any change but a persistent snowfall overhead. However, should they meet with anything that might ordinarily hurt, they will find that they have twenty-four hours of complete invulnerability starting from when their snow cloud latched on to them.
Time and Tribulation: Perhaps along with the slight chill comes a sudden awareness that one is a bit shorter than usual. Or taller? It would seem that yet another odd side effect of the little snow clouds is that one has aged an entire decade–in either direction, rendering them either younger or older. Luckily, the changes seem to stop at only physical…at least this time.
Cheers To You: No matter how much one drinks or how they choose to mix their cocktails, they will find themselves completely impervious to the ill effects of alcohol. No hangover, but also no fun to earn it in the first place.
Hand it Over: Some with their own personal snow clouds may feel nothing odd except for a slight tingle in their dominant hand. Whether one stumbles upon the actual effect or not, it is a very simple change: the power of their unarmed punch becomes superpowered and several times stronger than normal.
Sticks and Stones: Still others may feel completely normal and go about their usual day's business with absolutely no awareness of any change but a persistent snowfall overhead. However, should they meet with anything that might ordinarily hurt, they will find that they have twenty-four hours of complete invulnerability starting from when their snow cloud latched on to them.
Time and Tribulation: Perhaps along with the slight chill comes a sudden awareness that one is a bit shorter than usual. Or taller? It would seem that yet another odd side effect of the little snow clouds is that one has aged an entire decade–in either direction, rendering them either younger or older. Luckily, the changes seem to stop at only physical…at least this time.
This event will run from December 15-31. 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. You can also use the Havenwell Status page or the General Plotting Comment to give you other ideas for original prompts!
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[You be the most expressive wolf on the block. Kai can’t say he’s had much experience with wolves-- or like any-- so he’s not sure if this is really a weird exchange or not. Probably it is, right? There’d normally be more boundaries or something but… Eh. Kai shrugged to himself, readjusting his hold on the rod.
Don’t mind when he started humming a nameless tune to himself.]
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...Of course, Cliff doing Cliff means that he's getting dangerously bored just laying about by the time Kaito starts humming, and his ears perk at the new stimulus, eager for it. He listens for a bit, but it isn't long before he's getting to his feet to make little hops and steps vaguely along with the music. Not exactly made for dancing along to... Maybe that's why it isn't long before he stops again, looking down at the ice and furrowing his brow. Hm...? Are those some moving lights? There weren't weird lantern fish in this pond, were there? It wasn't deep enough!
scratch scratch scratch at the ice. squint. scratchscratchscratchscratchscratch-]
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All good things must come to an end though-- not that frantic ice scratching was that much less entertaining. Kai lifted his head to look at him more obviously this time, nodding.]
Found ‘em, huh? I’m seein’ if I can fish any of ‘em up.
[They could very well be a weird lantern fish. Magic alien ponds didn’t have to play by Earth rules.]
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The explanation gets him to give a loud sigh through his nose, but his scratching slows to a stop. So that's what he's doing, huh? Then...! Cliff returns to Kaito's area, circling the hole while he does some estimations. Then he remembers that he's not great at math and it's much faster to just do something -- and he ducks his head down so he can reach across the hole and clamp his jaw around the side to try tearing more of it up. Make! It! Bigger! Or he's just destroying things, in which case, that's still fine, come help. The piece is free! Big ice chunk go away -- oh dear, his tongue is stuck and now he's trapped walking around with this mouthful of ice forever. Heck.]
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That sure was a problem. Kai did actually laugh that time.]
Oh, no. That’s rough, bud. Don’t go ripping your tongue off.
[He said, as if wolf could actually understand him. Everything else had probably been coincidence (Unless…?). Let him check his bag though, did he still have soup with him? Was it still warm? Hmmm.]
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Maybe you're in luck.
[Cuz his fingers had just brushed that coveted thermos. At least one fishing venture was proving fruitful. Let's just pull that out and get a nice cap full of soup poured up.]
... Maybe. If you like miso soup.
[It was still a little warm, at least. Kai reached himself over the ice, setting the cap down an arm's length away for mr. wolf to investigate at his leisure.]
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The wolf considers the cap, stealing a glance at Kai before inching the last bit over to it and lowering his mouth. The tip of his tongue dips into the broth, but he strangely doesn't lap at it, just hovering to let the ice start melting. Once he feels it start to slip, he bites to catch it again and toss it away. Stupid ice!!! Okay, now to...sniff at this again. The bit he tasted wasn't bad! And he was...a wolf. Still, it's weird to not be picking it up and putting his lips to the rim. But he eats! The wolf has accepted the offering. Mission: success.]
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So consider him completely charmed to see that it was a solid success! A part of him did note that the thawing here was very... deliberate in a way he wouldn't have expected, but that was still largely overshadowed by just being pleased it'd worked at all.
So pleased in fact, his fishing rod was halfway towards the widened fishing hole before Kai realized something was tugging it away in the first place.]
...Woh--!
[Scramble time.]
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Cliff's ears shoot up just before he jogs over as well, pacing along the other side of the hole. What is! What is!!]
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There were more important things at hand though (probably). Scrambles and pacing and fish and all that. Kai was bracing himself to really give the line the ol' heave ho approach, because wow this thing was really putting up a fight? Truly it had to be some kind of alien creature fighting to keep itself below the ice. He had half the mind to let the thing go on it's merry way when suddenly there was a flash of light and the line went slack. All of his efforts sent the thing flying to whack him right in the face.
Down Kai went, mostly in surprise, and down went the object with a clatter on to the ice. Wow check out that extremely alien
cell
phone???]
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He has to stop himself from laughing, which makes it come out more like a sneeze as he watches Kai get absolutely destroyed by whatever it was he was fighting against. The wolf doesn't bother to check if his buddy's okay, instead plodding over to the Mystery Object, which earns a tilt of his head. He paws at it to check if it's real, though it really just looks like a really big dog investigating something in the hopes it might be a toy, then looks over at Kaito with a flat expression. What was with the dramatics, dude? No way it was actually that hard to pull it up? It's a phone! That he skates over to the older boy, clonking it into his head.
Aaaand back to the hole to look for another one. Not fair! He wants his, dammit! Either of his!]
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He'd been rubbing his forehead as he looked over at what his new wolf friend was playing with on the ice. A... phone? It kind of looked familiar? Huh! Just as he was hoping for a closer look, it was graciously gifted to him with another hearty clonk on his head.]
Hey!
[But also, like, thanks. Pushing himself up and picking up the phone, he paused. Oh. It was familiar, even if it was a lot more scuffed than he'd last seen it. Let's just... flip that open then.]
... Oh. I get it. Rawna's takin' a break this year.
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Clifford's pacing around the hole and contemplating the possible benefits of sticking his head underwater in this kind of weather when Kaito mentions Rawna. He looks up, brows knitting a bit in a silent question. What the heck does one of the gods have to do with this?]