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May Mini Event - You Just Missed Him
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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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Erin leans in, her voice lowering to a murmur: "You wanna skip out for a bit and think real hard about mine?"
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"Ooh you smooth bitch."
She deserves to get laid, right? It's been so fucking long and, for all her petty desire to make him feel at least a twinge of jealousy, she's not actually under any such illusion as Sam actually still being into her. It's been ten years. They broke up. He's into girls like Celia now.
(Ugh, when did she get this pathetic...)
...fuck it. Fuck it! She's allowed to get laid! She huffs dramatically and— "—fuck it, yeah, alright."
BY TRADITION -
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Jesus fucking christ help her. "—leave me with enough of my soul left in my body, alright, I did pay for this."
Nudity
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Maybe three minutes to Erin's place, and twenty or so of passion later, Erin spoons Alice from behind and kisses the back of her neck. It feels really nice, to bring someone else pleasure...
The hickies on Alice's neck and chest are a great bonus too.
"We should probably dress," Erin murmurs, making less than no move to do so. "You're fun when you're being genuine too, y'know that?"
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It really has been a while and frankly Alice doesn't even know how to process the post-fuck spooning properly right now, nor does she know how she's going to retain the shreds of her dignity dropping back into the square hickied up, but also—
"'scuse you. Y'say that like you're not always getting the hundo-percent unfiltered Alice Dyer experience."
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Dryly, "I was raised on lolcats and tumblr humour, it's welded onto my personality like a big fancy decoration."
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"I've never nya'd someone in bed."
Probably. She can't actually promise she didn't do so to fuck with Sam at some point, she's done a lot of stupid things in bed before.
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What can she say, Erin does like proof she's been with a girl.
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Pause of consideration. "Is it an all or nothing dealio 'cuz I don't mind the stuff my shirt covers but the rest might be a bit much for strollin' back into a square full of people, yeah."
It's going to be obvious to some people what happened anyway, but...
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Beat.
"Won't reverse any surgeries so like, keep your mind away from fuckin' body horror, if you had a disc fixed or something you're still good."
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Without missing a beat, "You're telling me I don't even get a free replacement appendix? Rip off."
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"Girl what the fuck how much shit can you do?"
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Mild face scrunch whilst her hair's ruffled. "Eh, my appendix would just shit the bed again within a year probably. Soul burning should probably be saved for organs that actually do something."
Wrap soon? For thread load and closure if nothing else
yeah give it the next round to hit 10 and wrap
Alice dramatically splays her arms. "Yeah go on, gimme back what few shreds of dignity I can reclaim."
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And Spring, the Waking Land, sayeth: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA -
Erin's Mantle, all sex and gunpowder, expands to include Alice. It's warm, like an April afternoon with just a hint of rain. Where it touches, all hurts and exhaustion are soothed, as if Alice has had all the time in the world to heal naturally, and when the aura fades Erin is smiling almost shyly.
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Wow, huh, that's more obvious a feeling than she was expecting. Alice stops being spread out like a weird starfish. "Daaaamn, that is a nice trick."
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and wrap
That specification raises more questions about how Erin's everything work, but that's also the exact kind of detail Alice has trained herself not to poke too hard at, so for now it goes unremarked on as she sits up to hunt down her fuckin clothes.