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pumpkinhollow ([personal profile] pumpkinhollow) wrote in [community profile] ph_logs2024-05-26 09:02 am
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May Mini Event - You Just Missed Him

Concept and majority writing for primary event provided by Nimbus. Please shower them your praise and adulation for their work! Thank you!

Pumpkin Hollow Community Bulletin
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!
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[personal profile] crushed_pearls 2024-05-27 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"Lass I am so hoping to not stop at ten if I get what I want tonight," Erin greets in answer as she sits, her smile all sharp mischief and Diabolical Plans. "You're smooth as hell, Music, and it's very sexy of you. Let's fix that: dumbest thing you ever did to impress someone you were attracted to, go."
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[personal profile] battlebyballad 2024-05-28 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Music's tongue sneaks past her teeth as she takes in Erin's opening remarks. "Many more thanks for the compliments, but, to undercut them as I've been asked; I once agreed to clear a mine shaft of imps because the man helming the endeavor was quite handsome. I put on my bravest face against the little devils for two days and two nights before I learned he only had eyes for older, mine-owning men."
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[personal profile] crushed_pearls 2024-05-30 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Erin laughs, and laughs, a bright and merry laugh that rises and falls like bells. She leans in with her arms on the table, grinning sharp, and lowers her voice: "You got me beat, never did anything that coulda killed me just for a pretty girl." Beat. "Emphasis just. A lot of the relationships in my life were pretty short, had to be since I was on the road so much, so I think the dumbest thing I can muster up was trying to teach myself the board game Diplomacy inside of two days to impress a very intellectual lass. Which worked but mostly because I failed so hard she found it charming."
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[personal profile] battlebyballad 2024-06-07 09:24 am (UTC)(link)
"Nothing sexier than effort! Anyone that learns something for me has me for a day and a night at the least, and I can say that from experience." She leans forward, reaching across the table to touch a hand to Erin's. "I had a boy learn to play the flute just so he could ask me to bed with a euphemism."
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[personal profile] crushed_pearls 2024-06-09 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a brief tension in that hand, a tightening of muscles, before Erin turns it over to hold Music's, still smiling that easy smile. "Y'know, I'm done with boys, did my time there, but I gotta give that dude credit for doin' the work. And his good taste."
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[personal profile] battlebyballad 2024-06-11 11:57 am (UTC)(link)
Music feels that tensing against her hand, notes it. "Forgive my forwardness, dearie, I can get a touch overexcited talking with handsome women. It's a miracle I've kept my jaw off the table this whole conversation."
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[personal profile] crushed_pearls 2024-06-11 01:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Warmly, but with a soft note of warning, "Try again. Being hot ain't something I've got simple feelings about."
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[personal profile] battlebyballad 2024-06-12 08:26 am (UTC)(link)
Two back to back mistakes. She’d be more nervous if she knew about baseball. She takes a moment to drop her performance and visibly recenter herself. “Sorry, truly. It’s easy to fall back on simple surface compliments when you rarely meet anyone a second time. You deserve better than that.”
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[personal profile] crushed_pearls 2024-06-17 09:42 am (UTC)(link)
"I do get it, and I ain't above being a hypocrite about when a lass is cute or sexy or dangerous, 's just..." Erin shrugs, a sort of 'what can you do?' gesture. "It is what it is. This'd be when I tempt you to compliment my fashion choices but uh." She gestures at still being in the clothes she arrived in, "that's gonna have to wait until my ascension. Or for money, one of those."
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[personal profile] battlebyballad 2024-06-27 12:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"I guess I'll have to settle for complimenting your wit, then, and your manner. You've been nothing but clear and direct with me, and never without charm. Every time I've been lost in you, your words have been a map to show me exactly where I stand." She smiles again, looking down briefly to where their hands meet. "It takes a kind of courage a coward like me often lacks."