[text] @keeper; EVENT POST: LIGHT UP THE NIGHT [open]

[beaconkeeper]

Hi everyone!! I've got some exciting news!!!! O:

Oh, wait, hold on - a couple weeks ago Peter pointed out that you guys like super don't know what I look like or anything since I'm not around town. Whoops! I forgot! I'm sorry! So, like, here's a little selfie to dispel the ~mystery~...

[She attaches a picture!]

That's meeee. :) Super cute, right? But OK!!! Moving onto the fun stuff.

You should all head down to the beach like right away! I got some reeeeeeally neat stuff off the ferry this month to put on a little show for you guys... You might be able to see it a little bit from town, but your best bet is gonna be the beach! Keep your eye on the lighthouse!

And then after that, I have a cool event planned for you guys! I was thinking, like, the bonfire is still pretty contained in one spot, right? Rastus was telling me there's only a handful of torches around town, and I get that? I get that you want to like conserve this resource and all, super glad you're taking it real seriously, but like! It's meant to be USED, you know? Don't be that guy that hoards a buncha potions in Pokemon because "oh no what if I need all 99x of them one day!!!" but like, you're already fighting the Elite Four, you know?

My point is, Rastus is gonna be handing out torches like frickin' candy over the next couple days! You can take as many as you want, BUT you gotta make sure to place them around town to light this place the heck up! Put 'em in buildings or your houses or like, hell, you can light up paths and stuff to make traveling around easier! Put some on the beach to help with the dock you guys are building! IDK just put 'em in places! Use! The! Resource!

Sound good? Great! Come check out my little show down on the beach 'cos it's starting super soon! And then go DECORATE~ :) And be nice to Rastus since, like, between you and me? Talking him into a bonfire free-for-all was NOT easy. I owe him like a billion favors. You're welcome! Byeee!

Comments

@freddie1967

[sauntered_downward]

Nice picture. Are you going to let us go?

[beaconkeeper]

*SIGHS* This question again...

I'm stuck here just like you. If I knew how to get us all out of here, I would've pulled that trigger a loooooong time ago.

@missprincessmary, voice

[withsadness]

You're beautiful and I want us to be friends forever!

[beaconkeeper]

AWWW Miss Mary!!! You're so sweet! ❤❤❤

Let's definitely be BFFs! We can stay up too late and eat ice cream and do each other's nails and gossip about boys. :)

@kingsknight

[broplaints]

Why do I get the feeling you've never gone into a boss fight with two potions to your name and no healer?

[beaconkeeper]

Cos I haven't! I come PREPARED. 💃

@Crow

[justcawse]

We're allowed to use the torches? From the information I gathered, those were closely monitored.

[Not that he's complaining. Light would be nice for what little amount of time they could have it.]

What kind of 'show' can we expect?

[beaconkeeper]

Oh yeah! You're always allowed to use the torches! They're a resource for you guys, after all.

Rastus DOES monitor where all the torches are, but that's not because we're hoarding them. They're just reeeeeeeally important to our survival, so it's important to keep track of em!

A fireworks show!! I got a BUNCH. :D 🎇🎇🎇

text | @kol

[unpredict]

[ so this is the great lighthouse keeper. ]

Who took that lovely picture of you?

[beaconkeeper]

Oh, I did! I just had my tablet on a stand, lol.

@purrsona

[survivaltricks]

So you're Robin-san. I read about you in the new arrival primer.

What happens when we run out of torches?

[beaconkeeper]

Robin-san!!! That's so cute! 🥰🥰🥰

Well, good news and bad news? Bad news - the bonfire is a limited supply. There SHOULD be more of it scattered out in the woods, like in places you guys haven't discovered yet, but MOST of the bonfire is already in town. So, like, it's a finite resource.

BUT the good news is that the bonfire is pretty stinkin' big! And it's not like you can't move torches around and stuff later if you change your minds. The only time you reeeeeally gotta be careful with it is when you take torches out on explorations, since like, if something happens while you're out there and you have to leave the torch behind? Someone's gotta go get it back before we can return it to the bonfire. That stuff doesn't happen automatically.

@Grandmaster

[paletteswap]

If you had to work to convince Rastus to agree to this plan, it seems like it may be a poor idea.

He likely has his reasons for not wanting to do so.

[beaconkeeper]

LOL nooo it's nothing like that! He's just all fussed about the bookkeeping side. He's, like, a total control freak, LMAO... I just had to swear on my un-life like 90283724 times that I'd make super extra sure the forest spirits took good notes for him.

I'm the Lighthouse Keeper, yeah, but HE'S the Bonfire Keeper. He's got final say over what goes on with the bonfire. If he wasn't on board with this, it wouldn't be happening.

@regina

[itselbitch]

you're certainly very cheery for someone locked up in a lighthouse

is this like a Tangled situation?

[ and also having earned the ire of several people around beacon, but details. ]

[beaconkeeper]

Did you expect me to just be up here woefully sighing over my miserable, lengthy existence?

Bruh the key to surviving in this place is not taking your work home with you. Be anxious about the looming world eaters and solving the town's mysteries and stuff from 9-5, and then take a break to, like, be a person.

@darkness

[evulsed]

Won't that bring them faster?

[beaconkeeper]

Spreading the bonfire around doesn't actually change the amount of light we're generating. In fact, it might even make it duller since it won't all be concentrated in one spot.

@dr; text

[donttalktome]

They sure are good at reading comprehension, aren't they?
In any case, I don't suppose you'd be willing to tell me about these friends of yours?
I've been here over a year and only heard vague mutterings about anyone out there besides us.

[beaconkeeper]

!!!

OMGGGG. What's THIS? His honor, his grace, DOCTOR 👏 WILLIAM 👏 J. 👏 INGRAM has been REDUCED to the PALTRY KNOWLEDGE BANK of the MASSES???????

I know something you don't know~~~ :) :) :)

(they'll be around in december. :^) nerd.)

[savingthrows]

youre very pretty

will it be a show like firesnatchers

i didnt like them taking things

[beaconkeeper]

Awww thank you!! :) I certainly think so, LOL! 💃

Oh, right, the forest spirits did their little play for you guys, huh? Nahh, this has nothing to do with the Firesnatchers, dw. It's fireworks!!!

@imadeyoureadthis

[antiwhat]

Uh, hi, Robin! It's nice to meet you.

Why don't you come to town?

[beaconkeeper]

Hiya!! It's good to meet you, too. What's your name?

I would loooove to come to town, but I can't leave. :/ Someone's gotta man the lighthouse at all times, not to mention it's my lantern these days.

@cuttingedge; text

[knifecollecting]

[It's nice to have a face to go with the name. Jo won't comment on it though.]

How many games did you play as a kid?

You're not going to tell us what the surprise is?

[beaconkeeper]

LOLLL I didn't actually play too many myself!! I watched my brother play though. :) He was super good at Donkey Kong!

The surprise is...................... FIREWORKS!!!! *airhorn noises!!!*