[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

@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.

[paletteswap]

I see.

The fire from the bonfire is irreplaceable correct? Should any of these go out or fall into the river, that light would be lost forever?

[beaconkeeper]

Well, yes and no.

The bonfire is, like, impossible to extinguish... So far as I know, anyway!! Let's not TEST that theory, but so far, it holds up.

But, yeah, if a torch gets yeeted into the lake? Wood floats, so that's great, but someone would still have to go get it.

[paletteswap]

So the light would remain but the torches themselves could be lost?

Curious.

[beaconkeeper]

Yeah. It's ~*~magical fire~*~ or... something. Doesn't go out even in the worst of conditions, lucky for us.

[paletteswap]

Do you know where the bonfire came from initially? All magic has a source.

[beaconkeeper]

I'm not so sure it's magic, but I'm not really sure... It's something I've wondered for a long time, too.

Do you have any ideas?

[paletteswap]

I've seen similar fire in my realm where it doesn't truly burn nor consume any fuel. But there's always a way to snuff it out.

If it has a magical source than there should be a way to conjure more of it.

[beaconkeeper]

You think so?? That'd be... well, great! But also risky. With the World Eaters, and all.

People have tried to do stuff like that in the past and it never really works out, but we should still keep trying, you know?

[paletteswap]

What have they tried previously so we are not simply retreading the same steps that have come before?

More light may be potentially hazardous, but we're vulnerable either way. More light allows us more freedom of movement and visibility into using our surroundings.