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[beaconkeeper]

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[equinoctials]

A friend and I were training together. For a moment I thought I saw
It was like someone had grabbed my arm. A gloved hand. It looked
It felt familiar. But no one else was there.

[beaconkeeper]

I hate to say it, but that sounds like a hallucination to me... The tricks this place can play on you are pretty convincing. :/ I'm sorry.

But you said you couldn't control your body...?

[equinoctials]

Where I was grabbed. Have you ever heard of something like this in any of the previous resets?

[beaconkeeper]

Hmm. Not this exactly? But I've seen a LOT of weird crap happen over my years here.

It doesn't sound... THAT out of the ordinary, I can say that much.

[equinoctials]

Do you know what causes these events to happen?

[beaconkeeper]

If it's not something put on by me or Rastus or whoever, it's forest spirits.

[equinoctials]

How can you tell what's something you or Rastus puts on over the spirits?
Besides Rastus giving us a bunch of glowing rocks.

[beaconkeeper]

Hey, don't knock the glowing rocks!!!! :P

If one of us does something for you guys, we'll tell you about it. I will, anyway, and I know Rastus would... Jury's out on Will! But I can't see him having the motivation to put on an event, anyway. :/

Another important distinction is that I'm not gonna try to screw with you guys. I wouldn't be behind something like this. It sounds like it's upsetting a lot of people.

[equinoctials]

Wouldn't dream of it. Rastus is a total sap, but his heart's in the right place.

Thanks, Robin. I can't speak for everybody. I feel better knowing you'd tell us. That you wouldn't screw with us.

You can tell, right? So many of these people have been through so much. Now even our senses are unreliable.

[beaconkeeper]

Hehe, you've got his number!

It's not always accurate, but I can sometimes gauge how things are going down in town by how the forest spirits are acting or what they're saying to each other. They got quiet and sort of scared not long before this started, which is why I put my light on. Wasn't sure what was up, but it was something.

But, good, I'm glad that makes you feel better! Not to sound too Zefron, but we're alllllll in thiiiiiiis togeeeeetheeeeerrrrrr~~~~!!!

[equinoctials]

If only you, Rastus, Will or the spirits will pull off an event and none of you seem to be doing this one, then someone or something else is doing it right?
How do you put on an event?

[beaconkeeper]

Well, this one's probably the spirits. Just, like, the angry ones. :/ The green-eyed ones that messed with stuff at the party, most likely. Hallucinations are kind of their signature...

But, uhh, you just kind of... do it? Like organizing a party, I guess? Put out some FB invites, make some flyers... IDK.

The scavenger hunt was just me coming up with a list and collecting all your pictures!! It wasn't that hard. And me and Rastus kinda put the boat thing together as a team. I coordinated stuff with the forest spirits and he organized all the stuff on the ground.

[equinoctials]

[ He meant the mysterious supernatural stuff, but now she's pointed out that these "events" could literally just be anything happening, and he feels like an idiot. ]

Oh. So if it's something other than your usual gathering, it's probably the spirits.
Can you tell me a little more about these green-eyed ones?

[beaconkeeper]

[Look, sometimes you're seventeen going on fortyish and you forget that what's obvious to you isn't obvious to the people that, like, basically just got here.]

Yep! That's a good way to put it.

What do you want to know? They're mean, green, hallucination-inducing machines.