May Mini Event - You Just Missed Him

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Yorick whistles pleasantly as he hangs up a new main announcement on the central bulletin board in town. There is an advertisement posted, bearing bold lettering. It reads:

For Health's Sake!

To ensure that proper care continues to be available for all in our growing community, we are pleased to announce a drive to increase supplies for medical use. No contribution is too small, and anything is appreciated. If you want to contribute but are not sure how, ask! Additionally, please see an attached list of dates and times at which various courses on first aid will be available. CPR is a highly valuable skill--- save lives! Please direct all inquiries to Cpt. Johnathan Tuttle.

The signature of one Captain Tuttle emblazes the bottom of the flier, along with that of Mayor Poe to indicate her approval of the project. There is also a date and time listed.

When did the ferry come? Why hasn’t this Tuttle gentleman been at any other events, like the job fair? (Wait, was he at the job fair? Suddenly you’re not sure.) If you ask Mayor Poe, she’ll tell you she can’t remember when she signed the paper but she remembers it happening, and she remembers that “John” (a surprising amount of familiarity from Hellen) stopped by a few days ago with it. What did he look like? What do you mean, what does he look like? Everyone knows what he looks like. But if you somehow managed to miss him, he’s a tall, fair-skinned man with auburn hair who looks like a soldier.

The rest of the people around town will all say the same. Dahlia, Neil, Degas, Yorick, Ambrose, Juniper, Dottie down at Empty Pockets, even Mr. Pennyburrow--- they all met him at one point and describe him the same way. He evidently came by recently, but you just missed him.

If you need something signed by the Captain, leave it with Dahlia. It will be signed in a timely manner, always just a bit before you come to pick it up. Anywhere you’re told you can find him, he just left. Oftentimes the reason he’s missing is to address an emergency, and the victims of said emergencies always recall the exact same man described by Mayor Poe having rescued them. You begin to feel like you probably have seen him, and your mind is just playing tricks. Surely you must have, right?

And of course, right as the drive is set to begin, all medical personnel in town (including the retired Agnes Winterbottom, the folks working at the apothecary, and even Anders, the local veterinarian) will wake up with a gift basket. They’re simple things containing mostly fruit and wrapped pastries, perhaps a book or candle or other small, pleasant item, each one incredibly thoughtful as if he knows the recipient personally. There is a signed thank you card in each one, with the same signature.

Captain Tuttle. Who is he? You must know, lest you go mad. Spend the days leading up to the charity drive investigating, or confront him at the drive itself--- surely there’s some way to see him!

Bonus Activities!

Speed Dating

Looking for love? On one of the days leading up to the healthcare charity drive, town square is set up with tables for a speed dating event! Entry costs 10 Brass per person, and all proceeds go to help the charity drive.

When you sit down with your partner, you will have 10 minutes to each discuss one icebreaker question of your choice. Here’s a list of ideas:

1. What is the best gift you’ve ever received? What did you love about it?
2. What is something that you’ve tried once but will never do again? Do you regret doing it?
3. Do you find it more fulfilling to create things that are practical or things that are beautiful?
4. What is the strongest animal or monster that you think you could defeat in unarmed combat?
5. Do you have any pet peeves?
6. Describe your dream home.
7. What is your most prized possession that you have ever owned? Do you still have it?
8. How do you prefer to spend a rainy day?
9. How would you describe your clothing preferences?
10. What is the dumbest thing you’ve ever spent money on?
11. How long do you think it would take you to realize that you were permanently cured of hiccups and would never have them again?
12. What is something that you wish you could be good at immediately?
13. If you could have a magical item that performs one function that is customized specifically to your needs, what would it do?
14. If you suddenly had infinite money, what’s the first thing you would do with it?
15. Between the two, would you prefer to go to a black tie formal party or a silly costume party?
You can also pick your own topic, if you have one! To participate, please reply to the speed dating toplevel below and tag out to at least one other speed dater. You are strongly encouraged to seek out those with fewer tags to keep things even. You may tag out as many times as you would like. Please include your age and preferred age range in your comment title and speed date appropriately. Have fun!

Town Council Elections

A member of the Pumpkin Hollow Town Council is retiring in a few months. Elections are opening for one new member! Interested in getting in on your local government? Start your campaign here! On the comment below, create a flier (either through formatting or just a narrative description of how it looks) with your information! In the title, put your name, age, and length of residency. The flier itself should discuss your experience, your values, and your ideal policies.

Elections will be held in September. Both PCs and NPCs will vote, so you will need to appeal to the townsfolk in general as well. Good luck!

Comments

Claude von Riegan | 24 | preferred: any gender, 18+

[inaurate]

It's for a good cause... and with the very novel for him concept of having to campaign, there's all the more reason to do it. Besides, he enjoys meeting new people! It should be fun.

He puts on his best charming smile for each person to sit across from him, dialing the cheese up a notch for anyone who looks particularly nervous with a cheeky wink.

[psalmofseasons]

A freckled woman with wild red hair and a whole mess of freckles clomps over in what must be the loudest shoes in the entire world, but it's hard to see what they are underneath her long skirt. (Seriously, she sounds like a horse.)

But she is very pretty, and has an air of mischief about her.

"Afternoon to ya!" She takes her seat across from Claude, offering a handshake. "Name's Sera. And if you don't mind me sayin'--- you've got the eyes of an archer. How's your aim, handsome?"

[inaurate]

The woman is not someone he's seen around town, and that already has him curious-- he'd definitely remember if he'd seen her before. "To you as well. I'm Claude." He shakes her hand, meeting her smile with his own. He's got the calluses of an archer too, and he assumes it's that that actually gives him away rather than his eyes. "You're spot on, Sera. My aim has to be pretty good if I'm going to hit anything from the back of a wyvern. I take it you're an archer yourself?" Like recognizes like, and all.

[psalmofseasons]

"That I am!" She grins proudly. "We ought to have ourselves a wee tournament sometime, just for fun. You hunt much or are you mainly a combat archer? Do any trickshots?"

[inaurate]

"A tournament sounds great." Claude's smile brightens a little, talking about something that has been a staple in his life since he was a child. "Oh, definitely combat. If I had my wyvern here, I could show off my best tricks, but I suppose the ones I can do with my own two feet will have to do."

[psalmofseasons]

"I mostly just hunt now, but I've done combat archery with the best of 'em, when I was needed," she boasts. "A flier, are ya? My sister would like you."

[tisnotthehouse]

Well Claude, if you want to be in town leadership then you need to get used to conversing with all kinds of people. So how about starting with a giant spider? Tarantulas is purple, eight-legged, and currently roughly the same size as a cattle dog as he climbs into the chair on the other side of Claude's table.

"Good evening," he says in a hoarse, somewhat scratchy voice. "Would you like to go first?"

[inaurate]

Before his recent Bug Trauma™, Claude would have admittedly been surprised at the giant talking spider, but ultimately unperturbed. Now, there is an instinctual shudder of fear down his spine. Consider him perturbed. It weirdly helps that Tarantulas is very large? A small spider would have been worse.

He looks down at the sheet of paper as a cover, quickly rallying himself. "Sure, no problem." By the time he looks up again, the social mask is fully back in place. "How do you spend your rainy days?"

[tisnotthehouse]

"Hm, it was only since arriving here that the weather made any real difference to my activities," Tarantulas admits. "Usually I just stay inside and work on one of my inventions -- or, even more recently, play with my infant daughter. She's growing so fast," he adds proudly.

[hate_gettin_older]

This one doesn't look particularly nervous; he grins back at the charming smile as he sits down.

"Do they have this game where you're from? First I've ever seen it."

[inaurate]

"Not that I know of; it's been a fun time so far, though." Definitely a game better suited to social butterflies like Claude, though he's not really looking for a date so much as just enjoying having varied conversations with a bunch of different people.

[hate_gettin_older]

Edgar's mostly looking to make friends himself, though if an actual date comes of it, well ...?

"What's the best question anyone's asked you so far?"