[SWE] mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful

flowerbirth The longest night comes to an end and the sun peeks its face above the horizon to shine, crisp and bright, onto a Caido in full Flowerbirth bloom.  Of course, for buds to flower and seeds to sprout, there needs to be a spring shower or two to encourage them. This season, though, those showers - particularly for regions already predisposed to a little rain - are a lot more frequent than expected.  The drumming downpours melt away much of the snow in no time, at least, but with that, naturally, comes a lot of mud. And if the snow was memory snow, well... you can see where this is going. Memory Mud (see the F&F Encounters page for a full description) is out of control, especially in The Hollowed Grounds, The Greatwood and King's End where things are a lot more wet and muddy in general! Where memory snowmen and other merry creations once stood cheerfully amid buildings or against roadsides, now these are oozing, lumbering mud critters, and they're going nowhere fast. (Mostly because they're really slow, but also... you get it). Welcome to Flowerbirth 320 PC! If you're interested in the weather for your region during this time, please visit our SEASONS page! Bear in mind that The Hollowed Grounds, The Greatwood and King's End are a lot more wet and muddy this season! This event will run from November 1st to December 31st. All requirements must be met to complete the event. Multiple characters can participate, but the threads do not carry across! (I.E. Both characters must complete all threads to gain +2 stats each). Please use the Seasonal Event prefix in your thread titles. Once all requirements are met, post them here with your OOC account, linking the necessary threads and where you'd like your +2 stats to be allocated! Threads must be archived before the end of the season in order to be accepted. 1. Complete a thread encountering and dealing with memory mud! 2. Complete a thread in either The Greatwood, The Hollowed Grounds or King's End helping to deal with all the mud OR complete a PQ in your home region cleaning up after LongNight. 3. Prepare for the upcoming year! (e.g. Plant some seeds, plan hostile takeovers, set goals, spring clean, etc.) 4. Attend the Hot Air Balloon Festival(!!) [SE][SWE] up, up and away and post 3 times in the thread. HOUSEKEEPING! <3 1. For this season, Memory Mud can be found in ANY region! 2. SE threads must be at least 6 posts long (3 posts from each person). Threads can, of course, continue past where the SE requirement has been 'completed', but 6 posts minimum should be about the requirement. 3. Please remember that SE threads must be focused on completing the SE - we're really looking for these threads to be intentional creative writing prompts, and so they shouldn't really be combined with quest reqs/training/etc. unless it makes sense to do so! The overall point of an SE thread should be earnestly completing the SE, not simply mentioning it in just a post or two and moving on. Threads where minimal focus/effort is spent on the actual requirement will not be accepted. This isn't to stifle your creativity by any means, but rather as a point of fairness, as SEs are entirely optional for you to complete but you do get stat rewards for them! As always, please don't hesitate to speak to an admin if you have questions about your thread. <3

Iskra +2 ARC
1. Complete a thread encountering and dealing with memory mud!
[SE] it's a mud, mud world Mel and him beat up memory mud in KE and worked to dry out some of their mud

2. Complete a thread in either The Greatwood, The Hollowed Grounds or King's End helping to deal with all the mud OR complete a PQ in your home region cleaning up after LongNight.
[PQ][SE] spring it on them cleaning up Halo w/ Deimos and Marcus post LongNight with thawing ice nd dealing with mud

3. Prepare for the upcoming year! (e.g. Plant some seeds, plan hostile takeovers, set goals, spring clean, etc.)
[SE] Sometimes you need the rain to know you miss the sun Zavien and him planned for rebuilding the tower and Iskra's date

4. Attend the Hot Air Balloon Festival(!!) SWE (link to follow) and post 3 times in the thread.
[SE][SWE] up, up and away posts #5, 36, and 55

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Colt +2 DEX
1. Complete a thread encountering and dealing with memory mud!
[SE] You can't love without the loss and that's the cost fixed up memory mud overrun roads w/ Nova in KE using magic and horses/equipment

2. Complete a thread in either The Greatwood, The Hollowed Grounds or King's End helping to deal with all the mud OR complete a PQ in your home region cleaning up after LongNight.
[PQ][SE] like the first pioneer PQ in KE cleaning up the mud

3. Prepare for the upcoming year! (e.g. Plant some seeds, plan hostile takeovers, set goals, spring clean, etc.)
[SE] Call me coffee the way he grinds that bean talked about plans for the KE fair and visiting Vesper or not w/ Thorn

4. Attend the Hot Air Balloon Festival(!!) SWE (link to follow) and post 3 times in the thread.
[SE][SWE] up, up and away posts #7, 23, and 48

Vesper, +2 ARC

1. Complete a thread encountering and dealing with memory mud!
[SE] that's fucked up Fights off some mud following he and Jack around

2. Complete a thread in either The Greatwood, The Hollowed Grounds or King's End helping to deal with all the mud OR complete a PQ in your home region cleaning up after LongNight.
[SE] come on in, here's your key Cleans mud off a sign in the Greatwood

3. Prepare for the upcoming year! (e.g. Plant some seeds, plan hostile takeovers, set goals, spring clean, etc.)
[SE] maybe then you'll get a little heated too Tells Jack he's thinking about staying in the Greatwood and asks if Jack would move there too

4. Attend the Hot Air Balloon Festival(!!) [SE][SWE] up, up and away and post 3 times in the thread.
Post 10, 17, 59

Jack +2 ARC

1. Complete a thread encountering and dealing with memory mud!
[SE] that's fucked up Fights off some mud following he and Vesper around.

2. Complete a thread in either The Greatwood, The Hollowed Grounds or King's End helping to deal with all the mud OR complete a PQ in your home region cleaning up after LongNight.
[PQ][SE] like the first pioneer Worked with Sunjata, Colt and Alys to clear the mud away from the streets and buildings of New Haven

3. Prepare for the upcoming year! (e.g. Plant some seeds, plan hostile takeovers, set goals, spring clean, etc.)
[SE] come on in, here's your key Talks about potentially relocating to the Greatwood in the next year.

4. Attend the Hot Air Balloon Festival(!!) [SE][SWE] up, up and away and post 3 times in the thread.
Posts 11, 42, 56

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Danta +2 END

1. Complete a thread encountering and dealing with memory mud!
[SE] its denser now than ever Fights off some mud in the shape of an old snowman that's wandering through the Outer Brambles.

2. Complete a thread in either The Greatwood, The Hollowed Grounds or King's End helping to deal with all the mud OR complete a PQ in your home region cleaning up after LongNight.
[SE] love you 'til I rust Helps to free a wagon from the mud and clears the way for it to start travelling again. 

3. Prepare for the upcoming year! (e.g. Plant some seeds, plan hostile takeovers, set goals, spring clean, etc.)
[RA][SE] my cup runneth over Decides on plans for the Grounds with Kiada, including the next RQ and the allocation of regional assets.

4. Attend the Hot Air Balloon Festival(!!) [SE][SWE] up, up and away and post 3 times in the thread.
Posts 13, 40, 50

Deimos (no stats - just turning in for leveling purposes!)

1. Complete a thread encountering and dealing with memory mud!
[SE] let's mud-itate on this Setting memory mud on fire

2. Complete a thread in either The Greatwood, The Hollowed Grounds or King's End helping to deal with all the mud OR complete a PQ in your home region cleaning up after LongNight.
[PQ][SE] spring it on them Cleaning up Halo after LongNight

3. Prepare for the upcoming year! (e.g. Plant some seeds, plan hostile takeovers, set goals, spring clean, etc.)
[SE] botany plants today Planting seeds in the greenhouse with Amhran

4. Attend the Hot Air Balloon Festival(!!) [SE][SWE] up, up and away and post 3 times in the thread.
Posts 2, 26, 37, 60

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Melita (could she have a +1 to Luck and +1 to Arc? Thank you!)

1. Complete a thread encountering and dealing with memory mud!
[SE] mud-ify your expectations Beat the shit out of memory mud

2. Complete a thread in either The Greatwood, The Hollowed Grounds or King's End helping to deal with all the mud OR complete a PQ in your home region cleaning up after LongNight.
[SE] it's a mud, mud world Helped clear out mud in King's End

3. Prepare for the upcoming year! (e.g. Plant some seeds, plan hostile takeovers, set goals, spring clean, etc.)
[SE] a clean getaway Discussed goals with Kaisel

4. Attend the Hot Air Balloon Festival(!!) [SE][SWE] up, up and away and post 3 times in the thread.
Posts 4, 28, 39, 62

Flora, +2 LUCK

1. Complete a thread encountering and dealing with memory mud!
[SE] Facials gone bad Cleared mud out of a spa!

2. Complete a thread in either The Greatwood, The Hollowed Grounds or King's End helping to deal with all the mud OR complete a PQ in your home region cleaning up after LongNight.
[SE] collaterally righteous Helped Sunjata clean mud off the walls in the Houseo of Midnight

3. Prepare for the upcoming year! (e.g. Plant some seeds, plan hostile takeovers, set goals, spring clean, etc.)
[RA][SE] trust us, just us Added Ronin to TL's council and talked about upcoming RQ plans.

4. Attend the Hot Air Balloon Festival(!!) [SE][SWE] up, up and away and post 3 times in the thread.
Post 9, 24, 32

Kaisel +2 Luck

1. Complete a thread encountering and dealing with memory mud!
[SE] Facials gone bad Cleared mud out of a spa!

2. Complete a thread in either The Greatwood, The Hollowed Grounds or King's End helping to deal with all the mud OR complete a PQ in your home region cleaning up after LongNight.
[SE] It's a mud, mud world Ronin and him helped unstick wagons in HG and dry up and even out their roads

3. Prepare for the upcoming year! (e.g. Plant some seeds, plan hostile takeovers, set goals, spring clean, etc.)
[SE] Pero cada que no estabas, lo arreglabas con rosas Mateo and him planted an herb garden

4. Attend the Hot Air Balloon Festival(!!) SWE (link to follow) and post 3 times in the thread.
[SE][SWE] up, up and away posts #6, 22, and 31

Thalassa SE Flowerbirth 320 PC (+2 Luck, please!)

1. Complete a thread encountering and dealing with memory mud!
[SE] hitch a ride with someone else - Cleared mud out of the harbor!

2. Complete a thread in either The Greatwood, The Hollowed Grounds or King's End helping to deal with all the mud OR complete a PQ in your home region cleaning up after LongNight.
[SE] mud we waste time - Fought a mud monster with fire/siphon.

3. Prepare for the upcoming year! (e.g. Plant some seeds, plan hostile takeovers, set goals, spring clean, etc.)
[SE] our chaos goddess - Planned how to get closer to Dygra/herself.

4. Attend the Hot Air Balloon Festival(!!) SWE (link to follow) and post 3 times in the thread.
3 posts done!

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Zavien SE Flowerbirth 320 PC (+2 Luck, please!)

1. Complete a thread encountering and dealing with memory mud!
[SE] mud castles - Used his sword against mud.

2. Complete a thread in either The Greatwood, The Hollowed Grounds or King's End helping to deal with all the mud OR complete a PQ in your home region cleaning up after LongNight.
[SE] Cold shoulders ain't no good for crying - Added mulch to mud to firm it up.

3. Prepare for the upcoming year! (e.g. Plant some seeds, plan hostile takeovers, set goals, spring clean, etc.)
[SE] Sometimes you need the rain to know you miss the sun - Planned for the Tower to be rebuilt and other SB goals.

4. Attend the Hot Air Balloon Festival(!!) SWE (link to follow) and post 3 times in the thread.
3 posts done!

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Nova SE Flowerbirth 320 PC (+2 Luck, please!)

1. Complete a thread encountering and dealing with memory mud!
[SE] last minute change of plans - Freezes/solidifies mud.

2. Complete a thread in either The Greatwood, The Hollowed Grounds or King's End helping to deal with all the mud OR complete a PQ in your home region cleaning up after LongNight.
[SE] You can't love without the loss and that's the cost - Freezes/breaks apart mud.

3. Prepare for the upcoming year! (e.g. Plant some seeds, plan hostile takeovers, set goals, spring clean, etc.)
[SE] strut when you're bluffin' - Plans to get a quest from Safrin/make the Sunbean mobile!

4. Attend the Hot Air Balloon Festival(!!) SWE (link to follow) and post 3 times in the thread.
3 posts done!