[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?

@missprincessmary, voice

[withsadness]

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

[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.

[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. :)

[sauntered_downward]

And we're supposed to believe you because...?

[beaconkeeper]

Frankly? Because we don't have a choice but to work together.

Believe me or don't, but it doesn't change facts. :/

[sauntered_downward]

This place has taken quite a bit away from me, but it hasn't taken away my choices. I don't have to work with anyone I don't want to.

[beaconkeeper]

Of course. Because you're doing super duper great on your own.

Or did you find a magical portal to the outside world hidden under the dock when you rammed the ferry into it?

[withsadness]

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

[Those all sound great! Even if she doesn't know why they'd talk about boys.]

But I have to be able to come say hi, first. When do you think I can do that? Can't I just ask very nicely to all the spirits?

[sauntered_downward]

Still mad about that, are you?

Can't figure out what we're going to do this month, but I'll work something out to keep things interesting.

@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?

@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?

text | @kol

[unpredict]

[ so this is the great lighthouse keeper. ]

Who took that lovely picture of you?

[beaconkeeper]

You shouldn't talk to me like that.

Not because *I* give a shit, but because a lotta people around here seem to think I've got my finger hovering over the RESET button at all times, just waiting for some poor soul to trip my hair trigger temper.

Going out of your way to be a dick to me is gonna get people worrying.

[beaconkeeper]

Cos I haven't! I come PREPARED. 💃

[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 🎇🎇🎇

[beaconkeeper]

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

[beaconkeeper]

Aw, hon, I wish you could... :(

The spirits are pretty firm on their rules about people coming out here, sorry to say. But, hey, that's all the more reason to see about fixing this place! Then we can hang out, like, all the time!!

[unpredict]

It's a nice picture for a selfie. Do you take a lot of them?

[beaconkeeper]

Errr not really? Why?

[unpredict]

Just wondering what it is you do to preoccupy your time in your lighthouse. When you're not sending us on fun scavenger hunts, do you spend your time taking selfies? Read? Netflix and chill?

[withsadness]

I wish that could be right now...

[Why does everything have to get fixed, first? Her pouting is obvious through the sound of her voice.]

I wanna get to see you.

[beaconkeeper]

🙄 You know, you can try just like, asking outright. I'll just tell you stuff.

I'm the data hub. There's all kinds of funky instrumentation up here that generates data, and then my time gets spent trying to interpret it. Thing is, I'm not a quantum physicist or a theoretical mathematician, I'm not a mechanical engineer, etc., so it's pretty hard! I haven't had a lot of instruction in all this.

BUT then there's operating the portal, which I'm getting pretty good at these days! But only with stuff, not people. Never with people. But, like, all that stuff that shows up on the ferry each month? That doesn't just poof outta thin air!

This past month, y'all headcases crashed the goddamn ferry! So a lot of my time was occupied sorting that mess out! Have you ever had a conference call in Morse code??? I suffered through HOURS of crippling boredom for you guys.

And on top of all THAT... I'm a person. :/ I do person things, like reading and Netflix and trying to breathe a little life into this place because I know firsthand what a bummer it is to be stuck here!

[unpredict]

For the record, I did want to know what Robin the Person was interested in.

[ and all the other stuff! a+ reading between the lines that she obviously has to read between with half of these goons. his picture of robin had been less... rounded. going off of the paranoid descriptions of others has left very little humanity in someone who has to have it. ]

No one gets Morse code right. I tried it once and I'm pretty certain it started a very bloodied battle.

Other than data, code and portal manuals, what kind of books do you like to read?

[sauntered_downward]

I shouldn't talk to you like that because you're so worried about what everyone will say?

Aren't you such a caring sort?