[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!!

Comments

[beaconkeeper]

Yep!

Well, not ME personally. I can't understand them any better than you guys can, but I have some technology here that translates for me. It's super useful.

[pure_havoc]

yes, I can imagine that it would be.

[and he means that with all the sarcasm he has in his arsenal even if it really doesn't come across in text at all. that's a thing he's learning]

how utterly convenient that this technology exists in only one place and it's the one we're told not to go to. at risk to being attacked by spirits, I assume.

[beaconkeeper]

OOOOK I get that this is sarcasm, but actually, it's pretty inconvenient. I wish I could give you guys this tech, but it's not like a program I can just upload to the network. It's this phonograph-looking thing. If I could even begin to understand it, I'd pass it along, believe me. And if I could have house parties, I would!

I didn't set this system up. If I had, I would've designed it WAY differently.

[pure_havoc]

oh, you understood that. that's a point in your favor.

[of course he's not going to admit that he doesn't know what the fuck a phonograph is so...]

I can believe that you've inherited something ridiculous but reading some of these other queries, there is a lot that still doesn't add up to my satisfaction. you'll understand if I remain entirely wary of someone who can decide to wipe the rest of us out with a simple signal to the spirits.

[beaconkeeper]

So what doesn't add up??

I get that me being in charge of stuff is freaky, but like, maybe that's a good reason to be nice to me? Everything is gonna go a lot smoother if we're allies.

[pure_havoc]

really. we're going to go that route? 'play nice with me because I could technically wipe you all out' is the oldest trick in the book, and I won't be surprised if others read a threat into those words.

[beaconkeeper]

SIGHS everyone already thinks I'm super threatening because I'm in the lighthouse in the first place. I'm stating a fact. It doesn't make a lot of sense to come at me guns blazing!

You didn't answer my question.

[pure_havoc]

you are correct, I did not.

[and still won't? he likes to play the dangerous game, keeping his cards close to his chest, insert additional chess metaphor here]

for now all we have by which to learn anything about you is your words, so I would use them carefully. they have the power to shape images and inflame minds, you know.

[beaconkeeper]

????????

So you're all assed because I won't tell you stuff or the info doesn't add up or whatever, but you won't tell me what's up so I can address those things?

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.

[pure_havoc]

you have already told others that you can't tell us certain things, so I felt no need to repeat the same questions they asked. that would be a waste of both our time. yet we ended up here anyway, so perhaps I should leave off for now.

[beaconkeeper]

Suit yourself. Later.