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

[listenforbirdsong]

"Yeah! That's about right. Cimbar is where I grew up, it's a city-state that's kind of wedged between the ocean and some marsh forests. I lived on the outskirts in the more foresty area. In the city, there were these huge symphonies you could go see, and big theaters, but out in the rural parts of Cimbar we mostly just entertained ourselves, y'know? So someone with a fiddle and someone else with an ocarina and someone else with a hand drum would form a band for the night, and sing songs that told stories around a bonfire. Stuff like that, very casual." Hopefully this makes way more sense. Sometimes when a topic is exciting, it's easy to forget she's not in Faerun anymore.

"Then I started adventuring and one of my travelling companions, a dwarf, took us to his hometown in one of their underground cities, and they like to play stuff that reverberates off the cave walls. So heavy drum beats and these really deep, almost a little eerie vocals? It was cool."

Mairi leans forward with interest in Jamison as she concludes. "What about you? What kind of music do you like, and what kind of place did you come from?"

[dynamiteabs]

          As she told about where she was from, Jamison attempted to picture it in his mind. It seemed cozy and possibly even wholesome, the opposite of where he originally came from. ❝ Gotcha'. Sounds like ya' had a nice community there. ❞ Street bands were rare in Junkertown unless guards had been stationed around and decided to do their job.

          His brows jumped. ❝ Wait, ya' mean a real-life dwarf? Ya' wasn't just talking about Lord of the Ringsesque type music? We only had dwarves in movies and video games where I'm from, so that's pretty excitin'! ❞ Gimli was one of the best characters in the movie, for sure, and how neat would it have been to meet him.

          As for himself, Junkrat didn't want to bring down the mood, so he'd choose his words carefully. ❝ Grew up in basically a desert. Our technology was behind a bit. Tough ta' get the latest parts sent out there. But we did have radio; got my music fix that way. Once I was recruited by Overwatch, things were better, and I was able to install a mini computer in my arm. Could play any music I wanted, anytime I wanted. ❞ As for what he liked, that was tougher to pin down. ❝ I'd have ta' say my favorite is punk, but just about any genre is fine with me. Well, don't care for the depressin' stuff or the stuff where they're all the time screamin'. Like, chill, mate, gonna' give me a headache, ya' know? ❞

[listenforbirdsong]

"I don't know what Lord of the Rings is, but yeah, Dorin is a real dwarf. They're pretty common where I'm from. I'm a water genasi, which is a little more uncommon," Mairi explains, chuckling lightly. It's always funny to see reactions to these normal parts of life from people in non-magical worlds... What a strange way to live.

She also doesn't know most of the music he's talking about, but she can surmise what "punk" means.

"Have you heard any of the bands around here? There's some good ones. I feel like Cormac and the Banshees would be up your street."

[dynamiteabs]

          ❝ Water genasi, ❞ he repeated, probably butchering it with his accent. Jamison opened his mouth to ask more about her species but then realized she'd admitted she didn't know what Lord of the Rings was. After blinking a few times, debating if it would be a good idea to narrate the epic story to her with voice acting and everything, he decided to go with his original plan because they probably didn't have enough time for the whole trilogy reenactment. ❝ That like a water fairy... or maybe a mermaid, or goddess, or somefin'? Like, do ya' have magic powers? ❞

          As for the bands around there, Junkrat slowly shook his head. ❝ There was a lady I met in the bar, name was... um, sounded like a sword... She looked kinda' like a Stepford Wife, and told me about a musician named Jeff, if I'm recallin' correctly. But, I haven't spoken to him yet. Not very good at bein' social. But would he be part of that Cormac band ya' talkin' about? ❞

[listenforbirdsong]

"I do have magic, yes! I guess the best way to explain it is like--- one of my ancestors was a water elemental spirit? It would have been a long time ago. But I have some magic inherently, and some from practicing nature magic as a druid." Demonstrating, she creates a water orb midair using Shape Water, and offers it to him.

"Oh yeah, I know Jeff! No, he's not with Cormac. There's a couple of bands and musicians around. There's this bar called Empty Pockets with a big stage--- a lot of them play there."