Day 5: Evening

[wizardseason]

Evening: 5:00pm until Midnight

[ IRL Timeframe: October 15th - October 23rd October 31st, 2019 ]

Evening is calm, evening is serene, evening is-- a time for everyone to catch up with all the nonsense that just happened today. For anyone checking social media, there are a number of significant events that went down to catch up on:

• Gyre's head straight-up fell fucking off. Somehow he's not dead.
• Gyre and Luka fought each other.
• Gyre punched Luka in the face.
• Terrence posted a Photoshop Phriday contest on the Hopeful Hearts homepage in the morning, when the Wizard was KO'd. It's finally gone viral.
• Two hospital rooms are out of commission due to the floor collapsing.
• The hospital's main lobby is inaccessible via the main doors, good thing the side doors work.
• Rory is missing. Where did the Tiger knight go? Social media fears the worst.
• The child teleported off of the pier, leaving anyone with them behind as they boarded a tourist boat. If the side is to be believed, it's headed back to Bamborough, but with the child at the helm where would it be going?

That's... quite a bit of bad stuff. Thankfully most of the afternoon events are still ongoing, so there's plenty of opportunities for the heroes to unwind in each others' company. The evil-allured knights get their own chance once they fall asleep for the night.

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The Weather

• Birds are chirping again.
• 59°F / 15°C
• It shouldn't be this chilly?

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Prompts:

• 5:00pm Onward: Hospital, Far Haven: After the rooms were destroyed and the lobby floor was ripped up, the Hospital is hardly in tip-top shape. Any heroes can drop by to try to gather clues with others, to try to help pick up the place, or of course drop by to get medical attention.



• Most Evening Times: Gyre's Camp, Forest between Craydon and Bamborough: Gyre can be found in his camp for most of the evening. It's taking up a little clearing in the trees and it's extremely nicely kept even at first glance. There's a fire pit dug into the ground, and lined with rows of gently polished rocks. There are three delicately carved wooden figures sitting on the rocks, one per rock. There's a little boar, a curved antler that very nearly looks real and uh a wizard hat.
  
  Off to the side, there's a canvas tent that's just barely big enough for a Gyre-sized bedroll and his emptied backpack. It's been zipped shut except for a couple inches opening left at the top. There's a little pile of chopped wood beside the tent, and a bowl filled with a dark purple dye and a few folds of leather. In front of the tent is a boot with the sole coming off, partially unsewn.
  
  Across from the fire, there's a rack set up with one cleaned rabbit? skin, and a deer skin hung on a pole to dry. The deer's skull has been set on a pike up high to bleach the bones.
  
  At least one person has promised to visit, but will he even after their fight? But perhaps he won't be the only one to drop by tonight.



• 5:00pm Onward: Unlimited Tacos, Bamborough: Even after the rails are fixed in Bamborough, the unlimited taco deal didn't come to an end. If the princess or any knight drops by, they won't even have to ask because there are free tacos for the rest of the day! Any hero may show up and sit down to dine on tacos of all types and flavors. Unfortunately this taco shop only specializes in flour-shell options, but their flavors are on point! Dine in with your fellow heroes and discuss all the nonsense that's been happening... and it's only day five.



• 5:00pm Onward: Free Drinks, Far Haven: If your hero is just tired of everything having to be So Much All The Time, they can drop by one of Far Haven's brightest night life bars called "Reach". They're offering free drinks all night to celebrate the Wizard getting put in the hospital. Things are looking pretty easy for the team this year! The special drink being offered is the "Wizard Bomb" which drops a blue shot into a bubbly red drink. It's pretty tasty and, best of all, free! Which heroes will find each other here before the night crowd shows up? Sun's going down fast!



• 5:00pm Onward: Free Admission Meditation, Craydon: Heroes need to take a moment to breathe, and one of the locals in Craydon has realized that. They've offered any hero a free meditation session in their garden room. Incense will be lit, hot towels will be offered, and the gentle serene environment of their garden room (complete with the carefully-combed and designed zen sand pit) will make sure any stress just melts away. Does your hero run across someone else while walking in or leaving? The Wizard can be found sitting outside, staring up at the sky, for the rest of the evening.



• 7:00pm Bed & Breakfast Helping Hand, Craydon: The owner of the Helping Hand Bed & Breakfast needs a helping hand! They threw their back out after carrying a large stack of firewood in for the wood oven. Looks like they're down for the count for at least the rest of the day. Care to lend a hand, perhaps with your fellow heroes, to get things taken care of? The laundry needs to be done, more firewood has to be cut, the food has to be cooked, the guests have to be checked in and out... Who's going to do all this if they can't even get up off the ground? They're in a rough spot! Social media was kind enough to report on what happened, but now that night's falling, things have to be closed up for the night. After the events of the day, Ten can be found here helping out. Looks like he's doing a little bit of everything!



• 8:30pm Protector Meeting, Far Haven: After the events of the day, the Protector sought out Olivia and spoke with Luka before he handled his own evening tasks. They both received a card from him with an address on it and a request to bring one knight that they trusted along with them. The address, not strangely at all, will take them to the center of a small local park in the middle of the business district. When they arrive, the Protector will be sitting on a bench overlooking a fountain. All around him are screens that are showing the events of the day, and he appears to be reviewing what happened.
  
  Of course, this isn't his dream space so he can be found by just about anyone at this point. But will anyone else find him? Before or during the meeting? Will they spy on the meeting or make themselves known?

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Procedure:

Reply to the appropriate toplevel comments for events below. Indicate if a post is a private conversation with "Private" in the subject otherwise all threads should be open to interaction with others. Plan OOCly how you'd like to toss everyone around.

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Activity Check: October 2019

[ IRL Timeframe: October 1st - October 31st, 2019 ]

Comments

[sustainer]

[He does his best )8]

Out in the world, everyone thinks you all kill people for fun. If they just took rumors for fact... maybe that could be why. [It's not his place to say honestly. Even talking about people he's never met like he's got a single clue makes his skin crawl, but he wants to offer her some kind of sounding board for her thoughts]

[wizardseason]

[ His answer is good enough. She scrunches up her face when he says that and makes a scoffing sound. ]

I'm glad we don't want to live in that dumb world with those dumb people.

[sustainer]

[Immediate head tilt!]

Where do you want to live?

[wizardseason]

[ She sighs. ]

The Wizard says she has a place, but this is my home. I don't know what the answer is. [ She shakes her head. ]

But we can't stay here, too many people know we're here.

[sustainer]

[He looks... incredibly sad for a moment, looking off to the side]

You don't want to try to change peoples' minds?

[wizardseason]

[ She shakes her head. ]

You saw the Princess earlier. He won't be convinced. No one will be. It's easier to believe a lie. Bunch of dummies.

[sustainer]

That's not true. [He offers them a weak smile, shrugging very slightly]

But you all should do what you think is best for each other. Maybe that does mean going somewhere else.

[wizardseason]

[ She narrows her eyes at him, doubt written across her face about the princess. But he'd said that other thing, and she nods. ]

Yeah. I don't know what's best, but we'll do whatever it is.

[sustainer]

Okay. [He tilts his head slightly, watching her in silence for a few long beats]

Are you going to take the animals with you?

[wizardseason]

[ She grows increasingly squinty at him as he continues that silence. Why is he silent! What the heck, Gyre! But when he follows with that question, she suqints harder. ]

Animals? They're pieces like us, so yeah, dummy, we will.

[sustainer]

[...extremely thinking face]

Are you going to stay pieces? You seem like separate people to me? [Or are they all gonna get slurped into one thing? What a weird thought]

[wizardseason]

[ She recoils slightly, looking particularly offended. ]

I don't ever want to share a body or mind or anything with them ever again.

[sustainer]

[He brings his hands up in a pacifying gesture, making a short amused sound]

I was only curious. I wouldn't want to share a body with anyone either.

[wizardseason]

[ Incredible squinting!! ]

Yeah! No one would! It would suck! I don't want to hear Ten talk about food! Or trains!

[sustainer]

[...THONKING]

Does Ten talk to you?

[wizardseason]

[ She throws her arms in the air, what do you think Gyre!! ]

No!! And I don't want him to!

[sustainer]

[LMAO FIVE. She's so cute. He actually almost laughs about her weird overreactions, snorting and smacking his leg in amusement]

Okay, okay! I was just curious! I don't know how it is for all of you. Whether you're... close or not.

[wizardseason]

[ She has to suppress the urge to grab and lift him again!! Stop being a jerk, Gyre! ]

Gee, let me think about that! Would I be close with the animals paired with a bunch of murderers killing me every year? Hmm, I wonder what I will think about that! Hold on, let me think! Hm! No! [ Grumps!! ]

[sustainer]

[...damn it's hard to be amused when you bring up murderers, Five!! He sombers up pretty quickly, glancing down at the ground]

Do you... live? For the rest of the year? Or do you only remember these two weeks?

[wizardseason]

[ Good! He should be somber about it. She puts her hands on her hips, staring at him. ]

When we die, we wake up next year. That sucks, right? The animals are killed every year. They can't skip like we do sometimes.

[sustainer]

[He lets out a slow exhale, glancing at his little board figure. He's going to have to scritch Fen tonight or something ugh]

Is that why Fen seems so much more childlike then you?

[wizardseason]

[ She watches his weird reaction and then nods. ]

Yeah probably. Me and most of the ones higher than me have skipped years so we're older. The animals are all just kids.

[sustainer]

[...his mind turns to the first three monsters and he is suddenly very distressed, his chest getting tight]

The first three of you, too? Would they be like you if they lived longer?

[wizardseason]

[ She squints at him as he asks that awful question. ]

We're never gonna know, they die every year. Don't talk about them.

[ She says it definitely with both pain and annoyance in her tone. She doesn't want to theorize about that awful idea he'd brought to her thoughts. ]

[sustainer]

Okay. Okay.

[He falls silent, also shaken by the idea. There is a growing horror dawning on him, and he slowly folds his knees up to his chest, collapsing over them. Did he spend the first part of this week killing babies? He's absolutely sick to his stomach]

I... I'll do my best to make it better. I want to help.