[MINGLE] Saints & Sinners Masquerade

[sixthiteration]

WHERE: Corn field next to the inn
WHEN: 31 October, all day and night
OPEN TO: ALL - MINGLE
WARNINGS: Please warn as appropriate in your subject lines
NOTES: Please make sure you have read and understand the event details! If you have questions, drop them here. RECOMMENDED BUT NOT REQUIRED: Put your SCRUBS COLOR in your OTA subject line for folks doing bingo. Time your OTA for the harvest feast, the masquerade, or both. Costume matches and details for folks who did not get matched are here.

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This morning, our intrepid villagers awoke to a surprise of the nicer kind: A bundle of clothing left at the foot of their bed, tied with a bow. There is also a note: Put on your new outfit and join the festivities in the corn field next to the inn.

You may be thinking, what corn field next to the inn? The one that sprung up fully-mature overnight, of course.

In the middle of the field, villagers will find an autumn feast: Tables piled with harvest time food and drink, warm and rustic decorations, the day's sunshine fending off any chill in the air.

Tuck in and enjoy, villagers, but take note: Things often look different in the dark, and you might be one of them.

Comments

[locum_tenens]

Interplanetary travel is at least three decades away from getting off the ground, by Niska's best estimations of the governments around her, which means that it's likely not going to happen for the people in her world, though it does happen at some point.

How very interesting and curious.

"What sort of books?" she asks, because while she has her particular interests, beggars can't be choosers and to continue learning anything would be a welcome thing at this point. "My preference is non-fiction, particularly philosophy."

[ethnobotany]

"Lots of non-fiction. I haven't had the time to sort through all of them, but there's an impressive amount of books there now." It wasn't always like that. The schoolhouse was destroyed a long time ago and only a few months ago was restored by the Observers. Now it's one of the only places that has a decent amount of books and though they are a bit "old school" to the Starfleet officers, books definitely have their uses.

[locum_tenens]

If that's the case, then Niska already has a new destination in mind. She's not one for parties. With no reason to consume food and no desire to socialize with people in such a setting, she thinks she ought to take advantage of the privacy there while she can.

"In that case, I don't think I'll delay," she says, but she does offer Beverly a small smile, perhaps warmer than Niska might have anticipated giving, but she's enjoyed their talk and the direction to books. "Thank you," she says, and means it.

[ethnobotany]

Beverly's smile warms considerably. She's happy she could offer anything at all that might make Niska's stay here a little easier. "You're very welcome. Enjoy the books and hopefully we'll see each other again."