Hey all!

Because of some birthdays and a holiday, the beginning of November has been SUPER frontloaded as far as activities go in IRL Land. So rather than keeping you guys waiting for the nice coded plotting post, I'm gonna just do a shitty one. We're also going to hold off on a State of the Game, since most of what is worth covering was already on the AC change post.

Having had two VERY heavy events, this month we're going to keep it as light as possible using a suggestion from Blue, inspired by one of their favorite scenes from RWBY. On the way up to the Dance of Celestine, characters have a chance to step into a subtle fairy ring on the ground, trapping them in a pocket dimension ostensibly within the Faewilds--- with a puzzle to solve, and a single companion to solve it with.

It can be any sort of puzzle, something simple or complicated, but the key gameplay element will be that you need to have an important discussion in order to advance. The primary concept for this was that it'd be between two characters who have existing CR and something long overdue to discuss--- repressed feelings, unresolved conflicts, long kept secrets. But it can also be used to create CR by pairing off characters who have something meaningful in common to discuss, closely guarded secrets that they need a neutral party to talk to, or might have valuable advice for the other. Feel free to do whatever you like with it, as long as it's two characters who have something of value to discuss that would further their character development.

Once they've reached some form of catharsis, closure, or other resolution, they will be released from their trap at the top of the mountain, and can enjoy the rest of the festival in peace! I'll talk more about what the Dance of Celestine entails in the post itself, but it's good fun.

Because the fairy ring traps are ICly random, this event is inherently opt-out friendly, and very strictly limits each character to ONE heavy thread a piece, which should make it easier to manage thread loads during the slower season and keep backtagging the absolutely MONSTROUS October event. We have this event slated for November 22nd, which is the weekend before Thanksgiving, to hopefully allow people to both get some things started before they start to travel while also taking advantage of any holiday downtime they may find! (I know I spend HOURS after Thanksgiving dinner just doing nothing while my parents watch sports.) Plus, our December event will be a bit later in the month and will mostly just be an open forum for personal plotlines and seasonal gatherings.

Anyways, I hope you all have fun with this one! 'Tis the season for keeping things light!