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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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[He scratches idly at an eye, feeling a bit sheepish in the aftermath. He's not sure how many dreams like this might tilt this feeling more towards sad than the gentler, bittersweet sensation that it is now. Would many more make him miss what he's lost too much? Would he end up sleeping more than he does already, not out of tiredness but out of a desperate hope to see her again?
He wonders if he should tell his dad.]
Sorry if I worried you- waking up all weepy like this.
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I think I can handle a few morning tears if they're happy ones.
[ It's a good thing she hadn't woken him up from his dream at the time. He had seem so disappointed to see her, and not his mother, when he did.. and she can only imagine how rare dreams like that would be. ]
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Finally he makes an affirmative noise, reaching up to tuck a strand of her hair behind her ear.]
Well... what about you? Any good dreams?
[Maybe it's hoping for too much that she'd also been sent something nice while she slept (or even bittersweet), but it doesn't hurt to ask, surely.]
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[ Her voice, naturally soft, carries a little more emotion with it. She's not struggling to speak, but it's clear that she's effected by the contents of her own dream. ]
I saw... my other "brother". Not Malos. The one who vanished from my world.
[ The gesture of her lifting her hand to her own crystal is one Noctis might have seen plenty of times before. She does it when she's thoughtful, or when she needs to calm or comfort herself.
She does the same right now, her fingers curling over her crystal. ]
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[The gesture is recognized, of course, and he moves his hand to cover her free one, twining their fingers. If she needs comfort, he'd like to contribute, suddenly curious about the context and worrying for her. He's hoping she had a positive experience too, but with her complicated sibling relationship, maybe it's hard to say.]
How did it go? Are you okay?
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[ She smiles wistfully, closing her eyes. Long ago, the three of them could enter each other's spaces, the realms that they constructed for themselves. When he vanished, it had only been Malos and Mythra for the longest time. Feeling his presence again had been both strange and nostalgic, another missing part of them found-- that hadn't been missing, just. She hadn't known where to look. ]
He's doing well, or I'd like to believe so from this dream.
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[He can't recall if she mentioned it before, but he'd like to commit it to memory. It's important to her, he can see by her body language and tone- and why wouldn't it be? He understands what it means to have a small family: the few you do have can be all the more precious and difficult to lose.]
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[ Hesitance prevents her from speaking right away again, but after she takes a moment to gather herself, she continues. ]
He'd asked me if I wanted to change the future. [ Another pause, and then: ] I said... I don't know.
[ Her eyes open.
She and her siblings are connected in ways that go beyond something subconscious. Should one of their crystals be damaged, another has all the power to restore it to full use-- as if a reserve, a copy of their "sibling's" memories and data are each stored in each other's. While they are different entities, they are inextricably tied.
Perhaps it is because of that connection that, even though this was a dream, it felt very real. ]
...But he said he was going to allow someone else do so.
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Allow someone else to... change the future?
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He's... not limited, like Mythra, me, or Malos. And he can do that. [ She looks up, thoughtful. ] Although I don't know what his reasons are... Or how safe he believes he is.
[ Turning her head, she looks back at Noctis, and her gaze lowers to his crystal. ] ...But I do think it means that he finally chose someone, too.
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Maybe... someday, you'll get the chance to see him again. And then you can ask him.
[What future he might allow, who he might choose to do so, whether or not it's safe. Things he knows are important to Pyra, especially in light of the vision she'd received before and the fears she's carried about what her presence might do to her world someday. Maybe- if someone like that could reassure her in a way that he, clueless of her home and without answers or solutions, never could- maybe then, thinking about her world and its future would give her more comfort than it does now.]
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[ Her reply is quiet, and then she meets his eyes, scooting closer to him. ]
Because-- I'd like to introduce you to him.
[ It's not just her being a part of his family. It's him being a part of hers. That includes Malos and this other, third, sibling whose name she's yet to recall. Pyra is proud to be with Noctis, and she would be proud to let others who are important to her also know who she considers as a loved one (or also in this case, a chosen one). ]
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[A chance to meet her family properly, not simply through altered visage or shared memories, but the way she's gotten to meet his. It's the sort of 'normal' interaction he suspects she might appreciate, and he wants to, besides. She'd know his name. Perhaps he might even help her remember her own lost third identity, someone else he'd like to meet. Would they support her? Would they be unkind, and his presence needed to help defend her against unfair expectations as family so often can bear? He hopes it's the former, but otherwise he'd be glad to stand by her side. At least this one seems... if not kind, then at least well-meaning.]
How do you think it'd go? I mean- for you to be with me... is it okay?
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He's helped reassure her through many such insecurities. Now he's asking the opposite, if it's okay for him to be with her. For all of his patience with her, his quiet moments of reassurance and embraces and words, he deserves nothing less than what he's given her.
When she speaks again, it's with conviction, a sureness born in her heart that could only be so certain when it comes to him. ]
Of course it is, because I say it is.
[ She leans down, kissing him upon his forehead.
Although there can be something said about a being like her favoring him, there's no real rule preventing her from being with him, not on her end. ]
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[That brings a smile back to his lips, his head tilting subtly into her kiss. It's not often that he's on the opposite end of that question - 'worth' isn't something that's come to mind for their relationship, mostly because it isn't a priority for him in other people but also because Lucis has no law or custom regarding who one should be with even for the Lucian dynasty. The council might kick up a fuss, but they held no sway to stop a royal engagement if neither side bowed to pressure. And this wasn't Lucis, besides. He could be with whomever he chose, and to hell with any consequences.
It isn't a surprise, but it still warms his heart to hear out loud that she feels the same way. He has nothing to worry about in that department.]
Hey, Pyra... do you think there's a way to, uh. Unbury those lost names, somehow? If that's something you'd want, at least.
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His question does cause her to pause. ] To... unbury those names?
[ And to restore her memory, to unlock whatever it is that is holding her back...
Would it be more dangerous, if she did that? Or would it actually offer the clarity and completeness that she so seeks, that's been missing for so long of her waking existence.
If the dream is any bit correct of her brother, he's moving forward to whatever future his chosen brings. He's giving a mortal his power and-- that's dangerous. Terrifying. At the same time, he's doing something, he's causing a change, taking a risk and allowing the future and the world to be placed entirely back in the hands of man...
He's unlimited, he probably knows his true name, and with a clarity like that, perhaps she could-- ]
I would like that. I don't know how, but... I would like to remember.
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I don't know where to start either, but... we can work on that. You helped me figure out so many of my problems, and we nailed them all. No reason why we can't do the same with yours too, right?
[He's not the smartest when it comes to problem-solving, but he's learning, and he loves her. Reason enough to try. And who knows, maybe the solution will end up as something totally unorthodox. How does one figure out a true name? Explore locked memories? With that at least he has experience, but there'd been no control. For her, the problem is more likely the lock itself.
They have a goal, though- that's a good start.]
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[ Which occurs to her that she had been thinking of something similar for him. She hesitates before she continues, seeing as the beginning topic of this conversation had involved him reacting to something very personal and heartfelt. ]
....Ah, and maybe we could do the same for you, one day, if you'd ever wish to see more of your mother, with all of the memories you've received.
[ If he wants to, of course.
That they maybe both have some sort of desire to explore a past unknown to them, and a similar solution, comforts her. They are uniquely capable of helping each other, indeed. ]
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I... don't know. I'll have to think about it. Last night was different- it wasn't a memory, I was still me and Mom was Mom. But before, when I got memories, I... I was someone else. I felt everything they felt, I had their thoughts... it...
[He doesn't want to feel like a thief, invading the memories of another person, and he doesn't want to feel like another person either. His biggest worry had been that the memories would drown him and overwhelm his mind, turn him into someone he's not. Too many memories belonging to someone else, and an inability to separate their experiences, thoughts, or feelings from his own. It happened in moments after the memories hit him and thankfully faded quickly, but too many of them, and it could become permanent, couldn't it? She'd saved him from that. The thought of inviting it, however carefully, gives him pause. If they searched and stumbled upon a memory of his mother from his father, the love he'd feel for her would be very different, and that would be an invasion of his father's privacy, besides.
It's not a never, but... for now, he closes his eyes and shakes his head.]
...We can explore yours. They're- they're yours, so it's different, right? So let's start there.
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Okay. Mine first, then.
[ .... ]
Just not today. We shouldn't be stuck in memories and dreams for too long, right?
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[Like him, she too has a choice of how to handle this. His curiosity and concern is nothing compared to her peace of mind and comfort.]
Whenever you're ready, I'm here for you.
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What a wonderful way to start a morning. [ She murmurs, smiling to herself-- and it truly is a wonderful morning. No matter what dreams (or nightmares) they may have, she wakes up each day with him. She couldn't ask for anything more comforting than that. ]