[text] @keeper; cw: character death [open]

[beaconkeeper]

Heyyy everybody. I'm the LH Keeper. I know you guys probably got some questions for me but like sit tight first OK? I promise I'll answer eeeeverything you wanna know in just a sec. There's a couple things I wanna say.

The first one being, hi! I'm Robin. It's SO good to finally get to chat with you all, like jeez I've been hella bored over here. That party you guys just put on looked really fun. :( I'm sad I missed it! But that's kinda how it goes when you're the Keeper. Rastus said there's been a lot of talk about like fulfilling our roles and stuff, and this is mine! I'm in the lighthouse because it let's me do a bunch of stuff to manage the town and help keep the world safe, but it means I'm stuck out here all by myself and I don't get to do the fun stuff I want to do sometimes. Which is why I'm so so SO happy that you guys and gals got me hooked up to the network again! Thank you so much!!! ❤❤❤

Oh right, and you guys have had a lot of questions about what I'm protecting the town from, haven't you? Me and Will talked and he's super sure it's best if HE gives you the skinny on all that since he said he would and he wants to make good on his promise, you feel? So he's gonna do that after the ferry gets here so all the new people can get the info too. Sound good? Sorry you gotta wait just a liiiittle bit longer but there's something else I think we should talk about first...

The forest spirits are still reporting the numbers so I don't know exactly how many we're up to yet but... A lot of people went missing and probably died from how things went down after the party. I'll put all the names in the next bulletin (sorry I didn't do one this week btw! things have been kinda crazy...) but if you want to ask about your friends and stuff in the meantime, I'll do my best to tell you what I know. Maybe some of them will come back? We just have to wait and see.

But... you guys probably saw this in that post Rosinante and Riku and Peter did, but just in case you didn't: Captain Winters died, and so did Five. I didn't see what happened exactly but I saw the spirits starting to come for them all and I tried to stop them but they didn't listen. They get really angry about people coming to the lighthouse or me trying to leave, even the ones that are usually really nice.

I hope they'll both come back but I don't know if they will, so, just in case... Winters would want you all to take care of the town for him and move on you know? He won't be around when the ferry comes so make sure you all fill the new people in on what's happened and how to survive here. All that really important stuff he's been telling people is up to you guys to spread around now.

*BIG SIGH* OK WELL I don't want to end on that super negative note but now I'm all sad sooo ask me questions and stuff, and Will will tell everyone about what I'm keeping the town safe from real soon. It really is nice to meet you all!!

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[necromantiae]

it's good to meet you, robin.

it sounds like you've been here a long time. i have a little experience being stuck in one place for a little while.

is that by choice, you being here, or did someone force you?

[consecrates]

and the bonfire's being guarded too so i also think there's something going on there.
does the lighthouse use some kind of fire similar to how the lanterns are?

i can do different kinds of magic like spells for protection, pain infliction, locating people/stuff, etc.
it's just that some of them don't really work properly here.

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[beaconkeeper]

Ummm maybe? I play music a lot of the time and I think they like it but they don't seem to, like, get it? Kinda liiike have you ever seen those videos on youtube with people talking in your accent but saying nonsense words so you can hear the accent? I think it's like that! Lol I don't really know though.

I can't understand them or talk to them myself any better than you guys. I just have the equipment for it over here.

I'm OK. I feel bad because I maybe made things worse and I'm gonna miss Winters a lot. But I'll be OK.

2/2

[beaconkeeper]

[There's a pause before her next message.]

It's hard. I miss people a lot. I miss sunlight too.

That's why I'm hoping you guys can find a way to fix this place.

[reigniter]

That is what I am trying to figure out myself.
The only thing we have from you is your word
But with events that unfolded, it doesn't mean much

We clearly cannot understand what the sounds of the foghorn mean, only you do.
You say that you used it to calm the spirits, yet it did the opposite

There is nothing to back up your claims, that is all.

Worry not, most of the people will not take it this way.

[He's just been trained to be wary and suspicious of anything that doesn't add up.]

[broplaints]

So you did something to make them attack everyone?
You know that's the opposite of being helpful

I get it
It sucks watching people struggle and not being able to anything about it
But sometimes you have to
More people and spirits probably got hurt because of it

@lancelot

[silvercrusader]

How long did you know Winters?

[ordinaryannie]

why did you agree to do it?

so if no one can get out there without being torn apart, how do you get supplies? do the spirits bring you care packages from the ferry?

[equinoctials]

maybe we're going about it wrong. maybe it isn't about the right words.

[ Maybe it's a different way of speaking from the heart. The way everything from the wind in the boughs of trees, to the blades of grass bending underfoot was represented by instrumental music in that world, the slumbering Symphony of Sorcery.

Maybe he's just looking for patterns where there aren't any, like by solving something he might balm the aching hole where Kairi once was. Where Dawn was. And Daylight. ]

We're gonna try, Robin. Together.
how long has it been since there was sunlight in this place?

[catholicisms]

Right, I am. Sorry, I should have started there.

That sounds like quite the choice, death or staying alone in the dark. Is this the first time you've been disconnected, or does it happen after every reset?

[beaconkeeper]

Good. Thank you. ❤

Oh wow really? I guess that explains why I keep seeing people out on the water. Let me know before you go OK? That sounds really dangerous.

I have maps! But they're of like the town and stuff, not really the lake, so I don't know if they would help you all that much.

@kingofwei

[pure_havoc]

you do the news bulletin? how do you know what's happening here? how did you get all of that information without being connected to the network?

[hella suspicious but of all the questions he has that one bothers him the most]

[beaconkeeper]

Oh! Hi Mary! I've heard you're super duper cute. :)

Did you have a good time at the party?

[callada]

Care to tell me about why it's so dangerous so we can be prepared?

There's a lot of the town we probably don't know about yet, though we've been pushing into the woods as far as we safely can. We only recently found a way to the village across the river, and a few other old wrecked bridges. Anything you have might help.

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[darkeyed]

_{[This is worth breaking his moratorium on privately following activity on the network--]}

This is idiotic. Something brought us here, but you won't say who or why. We're supposed to do something, but you won't explain what, and we're risking our lives against creatures you know more about than you're saying.

A lot of people just died for you. Does that mean anything, or are you just going to keep spouting bullshit?

@jtodd

[mind_blown]

alright, robby
you sure know a lot and nothing at all
i don't need to ask you how many people died because of your antics
do i

@bestimmt

[mutterseelenallein]

Besides the announcement that will be made upon the arrival of others: What are the questions you can't answer, whatever the reason?

[ aislin thinks she might as well figure out what can and can't be asked. ]

[beaconkeeper]

Good to meet you too! You're Ambrose?

Umm it's sort of by choice. I knew what I was getting into when I chose it but when it's this or dying permanently, this sounded like a wayyy better gig.

What about you?

[beaconkeeper]

Guarded? By RASTUS? I know he talks a mean game, honey, but he wouldn't be able to stop you if you really wanted at that fire. He's not a guard, more like a bookkeeper.

It sure does LOL. The lighthouse is my lantern.

Oh, hmm, yeah I've heard of stuff like that happening. Magic not working like it's supposed to. Still, it's better than nothing, isn't it? I wish I could do magic.

[beaconkeeper]

:/ Well they will NOW since you brought it up!

I never said I tried to calm them. I was trying to order them not to attack and to tell them everyone was leaving the forest. Have YOU ever had your boss chew you out over a loudspeaker? It leaves you pretty shook.

Or are you one of those types that have never worked retail? Luckyyyyy.

[beaconkeeper]

Wait, you seriously think I MEANT to get them to attack??? You've got to be kidding me. What sense does that make?

Bruh you can't play the sympathy card right after implying this was intentional! I really thought I could get them to leave. Trust me, I know plenty about having to make a tough call. Maybe my trying was a mistake, but it wasn't something I did without weighing the risks.

[beaconkeeper]

Since he showed up here, which was liiike almost two years ago, I think? He got here pretty early in that last batch.

Like I mean I never MET him and we didn't talk a ton, but he was someone I tried to keep an eye on as soon as he got off the ferry. Not that he made it easy! He didn't hang out on the network very much.

Why?

[beaconkeeper]

I mean, it was do this or die. It sounded like a good decision at the time.

Wait, that's not what I mean. I still think it was a good decision. This is better than dying forever, you know? But it's not GOOD, either.

They do, actually! Was that a good guess or did you catch them in the act?

It feels like it sometimes, but they're really not my, like, jail wardens or anything. They take care of me too, and not just because they gotta keep me alive. They do their best to make sure I'm comfortable and all.

[beaconkeeper]

What do you mean?

Oh, wait, do you mean like, if you sing them a song that makes YOU happy, maybe that'll convey the right message? Hmmm. Maybe it's something like that. That's a good place to start, anyway!

Man, that's a tough question... Weird as it sounds I don't think anyone's got a super good grasp on that? There's like no one left from Ye Olden Days, but I think everything went dark like... Maybe 100 or so years ago? Maybe a little less, but no more than 100.

[silvercrusader]

cuz that's a hell of a thing, losing somebody you've known in a place like this for two years, even if it wasn't that well