[SWE] you're invited

Notices appear everywhere. (Imagine they did, it would be too much effort to actually write them on every Notice Board). The Hollowed Grounds; the Greatwood; Halo; Torchline; Stormbreak. Even places where there are no people find papers pinned to trees or buried in the sand or floating, bobbing in bottles along the Arclight ocean.

You are invited to a party! Meadowreach, King's End. Sunset.

And when you arrive? Why, there is a party! Stalls have been set up for games and food and drinks, and music warbles from somewhere, though you aren't quite sure of the origin or the type. The dying light of day casts a beautiful and warm light over everything, casting the meadow of sweet grasses and flowers in shades of yellow and amber.

Already the smell of cooking meats fill the air, of spun sugar and caramel, of spices and crackling fires. Children weave between the legs of those already present - and there are a lot of people already present.

Meadowreach is a bustling harmony of life and cheer - and You Are Invited!

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Welcome to the LongHeat SWE! This will run until the end of the season. Feel free to have your character show up and enjoy the party - however they decide to get to Meadowreach is up to you.

longheat

you're my guiding light, when there's no guiding light left inside

They arrive on a mix of nimbus and wings. His cloud will only hold two, so the Lullaby and the Star take it in turns sitting with their son. But one way or another, Mateo is going to the party, and that means Remi and Ronin are coming as well. As they touch down, the boy is already distracted by the sights and sounds, wriggling as Ronin lifts him off the nimbus to set him down. "You know the drill," he tells Mateo - he stays in sight of either Ronin or Remi, and if anything goes wrong, scream blue murder and they'll show up.

With Mateo on solid ground, Ronin straightens up and smiles over his shoulder at Remi "Want to pretend everything is fine for the day?" he asks, holding out a hand for him. "We can try all the food, sit in the grass, and I can flirt with you obnoxiously?" He doesn't know about the alchemist, but it suits him just fine.

RONIN

i want to taste you again

Jack has never been this far into King's End before. The Ark has been anchored somewhere just beyond the Boondocks, where she'll be safe from the same fate that befell the other shipwrecks in the area, and he - along with all the others who have decided to hitch a ride with him - are free to make their way to Meadowreach from there.

It might be a party, but it's all too fucking wholesome for his liking, and his first stop is at a drinks stand where he can get something cold and with a high liquor content to make this remotely worth it. Next, he finds a shady tree to sit beneath and a deck of cards to shuffle. If anyone wants Jack, he'll be making his own fun - and watching everything like a hawk - until something more interesting happens.

like a secret or a sin

JACK