april 2025 | event iii

[pareidoliamods]

april 2025 event

The month ahead...

A new moon welcomes the month, and characters are becoming familiar with one another's bad habits. Palamedes can't stop touching anything suspicious in the name of science, Kaz appears to be trying to make an enemy of everyone stronger than him, and Riot followed his brief and mysterious visitor without question. All that, and only three dead!
She does not count. You know this. - ⚳

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broken meats

content warnings: alochol

The air has grown steadily colder, each day duller than the last. The drizzling rain has stopped, replaced by white flakes that drift steadily from the sky, dusting rooftops and melting in the muck of shallow footprints. The garden has produced enough meager rations under Ademnet’s careful direction to keep the hunger at bay. But just barely.

Something new has appeared in the kitchen: preserved meat, boneless and desiccated, heavily salted and hardened with age. The meat is odd and difficult to identify: too large for the hare or squirrels or birds that slip through the trees at the edge of town; too lean for the deer that pass through the grove. Each cut of meat has a small hole at one end and a symbol seared into the flesh. The same symbol appears on each.

A keg of rum sits on the ground beside it, the partial word R HAB stamped into the side in broken, barely legible letters. The barrel itself is ancient, swollen and warped, salt caked into every crevice of its woodgrain. Inside, the centuries and brine have aged the rum to something near malicious in its potency. The first sip sears your throat; the second warms your chest and dulls the edges of the world. To drink it is to let a fever burn through you. Drink more than a little, and you risk doing or saying something you ordinarily might not.

tl;dr

☠ A limited quantity of preserved meat is available in the kitchen. The source (and type) of meat is not clear from normal observation alone.
☠ A keg of unsettlingly potent, centuries-old rum has also appeared there. Be careful how much (if any) you imbibe.

stuff of nightmares

content warnings: nightmares, sleep deprivation, blood

As the temperature drops, the starless nights grow longer. Even with a belly full of food and a chest warmed with rum, your sleep this month is restless, haunted by a single, recurring dream.

Every night, it begins the same. You find yourself facing down a long, dark hallway, with no choice but to walk forward. The stub of candle in your hand drips hot, painful wax onto your fingers, its light swallowed by the void of black ahead. Behind you, a malicious presence lurks, waiting for you to stumble. Perhaps the presence is something you recognize. Perhaps it isn’t. Either way, you know it wants to destroy you. It knows exactly how to make you hurt.

You cannot run.

You cannot turn around.

As you walk, the dirt under your feet begins to catch the candlelight. Something glistens there, almost colorless in the low light, and as you continue, the ground begins to soften. The marshy ground sucks at your feet, slowing you, trying to trip you up completely. Unseen voices begin to taunt you: mocking your fears, naming your failures, claiming this is the fate you deserve. The further you walk, the louder they get, and the more the tide of blood rises around you. The dream only ends when you inevitably drop your candle into the muck, freeing the presence to descend on you in the dark.

Some wake paralyzed and breathless, as if a weight were crushing their chest. Some wake screaming, blinded by their fear of impending death that does not come. Some find themselves with shaky hands and red-rimmed eyes, unable to sleep at all for fear of what will come for them behind closed eyes. However the dreams fall apart, no one wakes rested.

There is no way to defang the nightmare except for one: it only torments those who fall asleep alone. If another person is in the room with you when you sleep, the floor of your nightmare stays solid and the voices silent. If you allow the person to sleep close beside you, your candle casts enough light to see where you are, and the malevolent presence is absent. Touch banishes the dream entirely, and gives you both a dreamless sleep.

tl;dr

☠ Characters’ sleep is deeply disturbed. Closing their eyes leads to violent nightmares with themes of dark rooms, wax candles, and blood, and terrifying episodes of sleep paralysis.
☠ This is alleviated by sleeping in the same room as another person.

blood in the water

content warnings: blood, gore, corpse

The stream that cuts through town has always run clear, its gentle babble an almost comforting backdrop to the eerie noises that come from deeper in the mist. But this month, the water runs red. Bathing in it will leave ruddy, foul-smelling residue on your skin, and drinking it will leave an unpleasant, metallic taste in your mouth. Perhaps you shouldn’t use it to water down that newfound rum.

If you choose to investigate the sudden change, the answer waits upstream. A mile past the sanctuary, a dead woman’s body sprawls across part of the creek, the bank around her a mess of slipping footprints and broken branches. Her skin is pale and even, pristine even around the gash where her throat has been carved open and the crushed ruin of her chest. No matter when in the month you find her, the wounds look fresh; her blood is wet and unclotted and warm. Her long, mousy hair is caught in the flow of the stream, discolored by the gory water.

Vines and lichen from the forest floor have crept over her muddy fingers, seeking to reclaim her — yet the crows that cluster in the surrounding trees make no move toward her. They do not descend in a mad frenzy. They simply perch there, ruffling their feathers, and watch her bleed.

tl;dr

☠ The stream that runs through the heart of town runs red.
☠ Following the stream up the mountain takes you to the corpse of a woman. She has been brutally murdered. Her body is not rotting; the crows will not go near it.

take the plunge

content warnings: drug-like mental alterations, drowning

Upstream of the corpse, the water is clear and pleasantly warm, steam begins to coil over the water’s surface. Only a few steps further, a cluster of three small, secluded hot springs comes into view. Each spring’s edges are rimmed with smooth, even stones, and the air around them is thick and damp, the warmth clinging like a second skin and seeping into the very marrow of your bones. The mist that coils on the surface of the water moves in patterns that seem meaningful, growing clearer the closer you get. Almost a face. Almost a memory. Almost, but never quite.

It’s easy to stare.

It’s so easy to stay.

Stare at the surface of a hot spring long enough, and you’ll see the hazy reflection of a dark-haired woman behind you, her expression impossible to read. If you turn to look for her, you find yourself alone, save for a lone crow tilting its head to study you before flying away for good.

Touch or step into the water, however, and a wave of languor washes over you, a strong temptation to close your eyes and fall asleep. Anyone who falls asleep in or beside a hot spring will have beautiful dreams — dreams of home, of hope, of family, of getting everything their heart desires — but they come at a terrible cost. The warm water slowly, steadily drags each sleeper under, until they wake up frantically choking on water... or don’t wake up at all.

tl;dr

☠ Following the stream past the corpse leads you to a cluster of secluded hot springs.
☠ Spending time in the hot spring makes you sleepy and tired. Falling asleep in this water will give you pleasant dreams, but will also kill you unless you wake up in time.

Comments

QUESTIONS & FEEDBACK

[pareidoliamods]

[107hours]

can the dead woman be (1) touched; (2) moved; or (3) buried?

[fateripper]

Is the woman in the spring the same one that spoke to Riot?

[fideline]

would there be anything noticeable about the smell of the (surely Totally Normal) meat and/or rum other than age, for fidelio's very sensitive sense of smell?

[black_light]

would the rum affect alex? or anyone else who usually cannot particularly get drunk, for that matter, i guess

[hellonspectacles]

Time for the question you knew was coming!!! Can Pal tell if the meat is human, and if it has been in any way infected by a pathogen?

Given how few animals there are in tlt, I don't think he could narrow it down much beyond human/not human, though he might also be able to broadly tell if it was mammal/bird/fish/whatever. I leave that part up to you. :D

Re: QUESTIONS & FEEDBACK

[hellonspectacles]

Additional questions!

Before it’s buried, Pal will want to inspect the corpse to figure out how she died (assuming it’s not from her obvious wounds) and who she was! Anything in particular that he could figure out? I’m happy to ask more specific questions if you need, or you can riff. :D

Is there anything Pal could find out when inspecting the new book in the library? Particularly, when it was written in and anything about the people who did the writing?

[black_light]

remembered that i need to ask this here also:

what, exactly, would the effects of alex's logging attempts (which are avoiding the glade) be? would anything happen to the fog? would anything happen to him? would a nasty tree creature manifest and start throwing rocks at him?

APRIL HAPPENINGS

[pareidoliamods]

What did you get up to this time?

Everyone is stuck together on a tiny mountain town, so everyone knows everything... If something happened publicly, or if your character is being weird enough someone could notice, or even if you just want something noted for posterity, let everyone know about it here.

<b>Where:</b> <b>When:</b> <b>What:</b>

cw: desecration of a corpse, cannibalism

[black_light]

Where: the corpse!
When: end of the first week, dead of night
What: during the witching hour at the end of the first week, something very palpably disturbs the crows. if anybody inspects the corpse after this, the head is noticeably lighter (about 3 pounds) and a closer look would reveal a penny sized hole in the back of it. reaching in would reveal the skull is empty.

[hellonspectacles]

Where: Garden, community center, around town in between the two
When: Starting at the end of the first week, continuing throughout the month
What: After snagging a couple bones from the mystery corpse, Pal created some servitor skeletons to help with the gardening! The servitors look like generic human skeletons and act like pre-programmed robots: they dig for potatoes and carry them to the community center, and can't be communicated with or redirected to any other task. They can be broken or destroyed by brute force, if you feel like being rude. :D

[harborborn]

Where: everywhere
When: in early April
What: Kaz's gang is growing in membership! it currently contains Ademnet, Klonoa, Xingchen, Kyubey, Ms. Casey, and Fidelio. That's two whole new additions since last month, although Ms. Casey is on probation and Kaz may have been seen yelling at Kyubey in a hushed voice in the gathering hall early in the month.

cw: stalking

[black_light]

Where: all over town, around Ademnet
When: all throughout the month
What: someone has a stalker! namely, Alex is trailing after Ademnet, following after him through alleyways, roofs, and treetops, like a second, more distant shadow. there's decent odds that if you see or talk to him, you might catch a momentary glimpse of Alex or some unknown stranger before they disappear into the fog when you look again.

[sinkingstars]

Where: All around
When: Any Crow meeting
What: Xingchen is convinced that Alex has the most rancid vibes of everyone he's ever met, and he'll make sure all his friends heed caution when it comes to the guy. He's especially wary for Ademnet and tries to keep him company when he can.

Riot | OC

[fateripper]

Player: Mango
Character Name: Riot
Permissions

Event Plans: There will be a party involving the booze keg, partly because he wants to reestablish himself as a cool guy after the fiasco of the tree-burning, mostly because it's free alcohol and drinking is a beloved pastime. He didn't even drink enough to figure out that this drink could be bad news. He just sampled it. Come here. Riot wants to be your friend.

[107hours]

i think this party would be an excellent time for riot and ms. casey to come together after their scuffle. idk if it will have 2 girls drunk in a bathroom energy but in my heart i hope it does

ms. casey | severance

[107hours]

Player: floral
Pronouns: she/they
Contact: plurk @ moonlanding; discord @ yuriofabsence

Character Name: Ms. Casey
CR Preferences: All of it!
Permissions: here. This post also doubles as my Severance spoilers opt-out, so please let me know if you'd like to avoid spoilers from season 1, season 2, or both! As a heads up, I plan on including vague season 2 spoilers in the broken meats prompt.

General Plans: Ms. Casey is continuing on her journey of self-actualization! She needs to practice exercising her autonomy, convince a fantasy tsar to apologize to Kaz, also convince said fantasy tsar to develop class consciousness so that they can still be friends, not show up late for tea with Xingchen, all while being the most and least popular 40 year old teenager in school. She and Ademnet will also host their own funeral at some point :) timing TBD

Event Plans:

Broken Meats: Ms. Casey will eat a little bit of the meat, but not a lot. She thinks it tastes weird and can't choke down enough of it for it to be as filling as the humble potato. She'll wind up having a little more of the rum than she should. Spoilers for Severance season 2: in addition to the general compulsion for sharing secrets, intoxication will mess with the severance barrier, allowing bleed-through between Ms. Casey and her other self. Excited for Ms. Casey to share secrets and to hear secrets in turn!

Stuff of Nightmares: It'll take Ms. Casey a little longer than some to realize that these nightmares might be more town fuckery - she already has recurring, frightening nightmares of a long, dark hallway. That said, because she has some experience with nightmares like these, I'm very open to have Ms. Casey comfort characters/help them to sleep/etc.

Blood in the Water: Thanks to Ademnet, Ms. Casey is developing strong feelings about death and funeral rites! While going near the corpse will make her deeply uncomfortable, she and Xingchen will be attempting to bury the body. All are welcome to the coolest burial of the season, and this will likely happen late in the month after everyone else has gotten to interact with the corpse as much or little as they like.

Take the Plunge: Up for Ms. Casey to rescue someone or be rescued! Otherwise I'll probably just play this prompt by ear.

Anything Else: gonna be so real with you all i wrote most of this late last night so i'm out of memes. consider this plotting comment an extended riff on the homestuck corpse party bit i guess crisis averted meme located

Ademnet | OC

[lord_daigonis]

Player: Tzvia
Pronouns: she/her
Contact: tzviaariella on Plurk and Discord

Character Name: Ademnet
CR Preferences: Any
Permissions: Here

General Plans: Ademnet will continue to harvest potatoes until they're gone, no matter how much mystery meat gets left in the kitchen. He doesn't waste food, and he doesn't trust that anyone else will continue to feed them. He will also be hosting a joint self-funeral with Ms. Casey this month to help cheer her up about the fact they're both doomed. It should be great healthy fun!

Event Plans:
Broken Meats: Ademnet generally has a high tolerance for alcohol, so he will chug the mystery rum thinking he can handle it and wind up very drunk. Expect loud singing and general stupidity in the gathering hall, especially during Riot's party.

Stuff of Nightmares: Once Ademnet learns that having company neuters the nightmares, he will go looking for someone who needs/wants a roommate. Xingchen or Ms. Casey would be at the top of his list, but if anybody seems to be struggling, he'll be happy to offer.

Blood in the Water/Take the Plunge: Ademnet would help bury the body if asked--he's dug graves before, and he's not squeamish about corpses. He'll also dutifully trek upstream to where the water is clear at least twice a day to get clean water for cooking/bathing, so if anyone winds up in hot spring danger, he can potentially offer a rescue.

Anything Else: He's going to find an axe this month and will proceed to carry it with him everywhere. He also may be benevolently stalked by Alex, so hurt this boy at your own risk.

[107hours]

ms. casey would absolutely ask ademnet to help with the burial! he's her funeral buddy she can't leave him out. also very down for roommate things!

Tsar Mirnatius | Spinning Silver

[tsarmirnatius]

Player: Tzvia
Pronouns: she/her
Contact: tzviaariella on Plurk and Discord

Character Name: Mirnatius
CR Preferences: Any
Permissions: Here

General Plans: March was not a great month for him, to say the least. Luckily, the town has taken pity on him and given him a gift: his childhood hunting bow. He'll likely keep small game for himself/the few people he cares about staying on good terms with (Rownan and Ms. Casey, mostly), but if he manages to bring down a deer, he'll offer it up for the general food stores. Whether this is a peace offering, an attempt to prove himself useful, or a reminder to certain people that he's skilled with weapons is up to the observer.

His hunting forays will also lead to him getting snagged by vines in the forest per the TDM prompt. If you want to catch him in a physically vulnerable moment, either to be a dick to him or to offer him help/try to get on his good side, that will provide an excellent chance.

Event Plans:
Broken Meats: Mirnatius will attempt to be cautious with the rum, but he will drink it. If you want your character to catch him in a less guarded, more honest moment, this may be your chance.

Stuff of Nightmares: On the one hand, Mirnatius is kind of fucked on the "convince somebody to co-sleep" front, and getting magically knocked out from dusk to dawn every night means he'll be spending a lot of time dealing with this one. On the other hand, Rownan being around will mitigate it some--and the fact the demon will also be experiencing the nightmares may provide some leverage to persuade it to be on good behavior and let Mirnatius have a (Rownan and Riot supervised) evening or two out.

Blood in the Water: This woman is not Mirnatius's problem. He'll just be using some of his magic allotment toward water purification this month.

Take the Plunge: Mirnatius's sleep situation and general taste for luxury will make him highly susceptible to what the hot springs have to offer. It's inevitable that he'll try to bathe in one and pass out. Rescuing him might get you on his good side, maybe...but if someone would rather point and laugh as he comes up choking, hey, that's an option, too.

Anything Else: I would love for him to interact with Pal and Kyubey again, now that his situation is no longer a secret, and to follow up with Ms. Casey now that she's gained class consciousness. I'd also love for him to interact with Xingchen and Alex for the first time!

[sinkingstars]

Xingchen really wants to help him with this possession problem he's got going on, seeing as this was Xingchen's entire job. I'd love to find an excuse for them to talk!

Kaz Brekker | Six of Crows

[harborborn]

Player: Meg
Pronouns: She/them
Contact: memegod420 on discord

Character Name: Kaz Brekker
CR Preferences: anything!
Permissions: here

General Plans: Kaz will be holding a second Crow gang meeting to discuss this month's developments. He will be continuing to find a way to deal with the Mirnatius Problem. He will also be attempting to continue growing the gang and increasing their influence (in normal person words: making friends?) He does have his cane back which means anyone expecting him to be as hopeless in a fight as he has been might get a sad surprise.

Event Plans: He will be eating any and all suspicious meats he can. He will be against drinking, but will fold at even the slightest bit of peer pressure under the belief he can handle just a bit without getting drunk. He will not be going anywhere near any corpses or making any contact with them whatsoever. He will see the corpse and immediately go straight in the other direction! He will not make the discovery that sleeping with other people will fix the nightmares, but if someone brings it up to him he will suggest going back to group sleepovers. He will NOT be making physical contact with anyone else about it though, that's for sure. Oh! And I’m drowning him, as a treat.

Anything Else: i'm on my death bed (hyperbole) so my responses may be slower for a bit!

[107hours]

mr. brekker please stop dying it's literally scary every time

[girlbossedtoohard]

Player: Meg
Pronouns: she/them
Contact: memegod420 on discord

Character Name: Nova
CR Preferences: any!
Permissions: here

General Plans: Nova's here now, and she'll be making up for lost time trying to people please and make friends with anyone who doesn't somehow manage to get on her bad side. She'll be helpful wherever she thinks she can be, and will be nice to anyone who's nice to her.
Event Plans: She will definitely drink the potent alcohol, and will eat the mystery meat with no questions. She wasn't here for the potatoes only era so she won't even realize how good they have it with the meat. She's also no stranger to nightmares, but as soon as she finds out how to solve them she will be taking applications to anyone interested in being her human teddy bear.
She doesn't know how to swim, so she won't be getting in the water, but she will be more than willing to save anyone she sees might be struggling.
She will also talk to the corpse like it's a friend, it's her emotional support corpse now. She'll go there often just to hang out and monologue at it.
Anything Else: nope, just ready to fuck around and find out

[tsarmirnatius]

Talking to a corpse is weird. Come talk to a magical prettyboy disaster king instead.

[fideline]

Player: specter
Pronouns: he/they
Contact: specterthief @ discord
Permissions: here!

General Plans: generally trying to be more active, fill in any CR gaps and get fidelio on track with everything going on around here.
Event Plans: meat is meat, whatever it is has been dead and preserved long enough that it's not like not eating it is going to make it any less dead, fidelio is eating the mystery meat. he'll also drink in moderation, because he's stressed to hell, and while he'll limit himself he's probably going to overestimate his tolerance. he'll take part in trying to bury the woman, given the opportunity, and will suggest drinking party round 2 to follow up (as funerals are joyful all-night parties in celebration of the person's life in his culture and he'd like to try and share this.)

he'll be in favor of returning to sleeping in groups once everyone starts figuring out the functions of the nightmares, and while he'll be reticent about touching anyone, he'll probably reluctantly agree once it's clear it gets rid of the nightmares completely. he's probably going to remain cautious about the hot springs and will not go back in after first realizing the water makes him drowsy, but can swim and is available for potential rescues.

[lord_daigonis]

Drinking at funerals is not a custom Ademnet is familiar with, but it's one he will endorse with great enthusiasm. Multiculturalism is great.

Alex | [PROTOTYPE] (cw: cannibalism)

[black_light]

Player: dg
Pronouns: he/him
Contact: scream at me on discord

Character Name: Alexander J. Mercer
CR Preferences: any and all, looking to get him more established!
Permissions: bwaa

General Plans: alex will be starting a logging project, that will swiftly turn into a tapping and general harvesting project in addition to that, as well as construction work to try and fix up some of the buildings! his motivation for this is that he really hates the forest and the fog.

Event Plans:

-broken meats
the meat and the rum are both of no material interest to alex; the meat isn't something he can infect on account of it being dead, and alcohol does nothing for him since he is a Giant Nasty Virus Creature

-stuff of nightmares
alex does not sleep! he also, considering his "not eating human flesh" resolution, really does not dig the idea of being touched. he might be willing to watch over someone like a hawk while they sleep, but that might not be comforting at all

-blood in the water
by the end of the first week, alex broke his above resolution. it's fine, anyways, isn't it? she was already dead, and he found some stuff out. and he left the body overwhelmingly intact. the brain is barely anything at all. really, this is a stellar display of self-control on his part. generally, he'll be acting fairly disinterested in the corpse, but if pressed would be willing to offer his medical expertise (after rooting around for the relevant disciplines in his head).

-take the plunge
alex will not be going into the water, but he will be spending a decent amount of time here watching the steam rolling around in the air.

Anything Else:

Re: Alex | [PROTOTYPE] (cw: cannibalism)

[girlbossedtoohard]

are you ready for nova to latch onto him like a leech

Rownan | OC

[gloomstrider]

Player: Nat
Pronouns: they/them
Contact: crow47

Character Name: Rownan Gloomstrider
CR Preferences: Up for most anything. Your best shot at befriending her is to be friendly to Riot, and your best shot at making an enemy of her is to be mean to Riot or positive about Kaz.
Permissions: here

General Plans: Rownan will be continuing her nighttime babysitting of Mirnatius and his cohabitant, and this month will be attempting to train it not to eat people, which will be fun for everyone involved, I'm sure. Success TBD.
Event Plans:

Broken Meats: Rownan doesn't drink, but she'll be vaguely chaperoning the party in an effort to keep Riot from doing anything... stupider than usual, so she'll be there to be found wallflowering. Otherwise, she'll avoid the newly arrived food and drink, but will be interested in the markings on it.
Stuff of nightmares: Rownan doesn't sleep -- but she's babysitting Mirnatius at night, and the nature of her magic means she's experiencing his nightmares, and whatever nightmares Riot has. No stars there. Mirnatius is probably about to be the recipient of an awkward conversation. What's new.
Blood in the Water: Shocking news, one of the resident necromancers will be interested in the immaculately preserved corpse! She will attempt to take blood and bone from it, which could open up some fun conversations with CR with less disturbing magic systems.
Take the Plunge: Rownan will visit the spring repeatedly in an attempt to catch the crow, so she can pull people out of the water if needed, so long as they don't mind being berated by wet cat necromancer.

Anything Else: she'll save people from drowning unless they're kaz at which point she'll study the death energy release like he's a bug

[tsarmirnatius]

Awkward conversations! His favorite!

Mirnatius will probably bring her some fresh game this month, especially if he notices her not touching the preserved meat. This is his attempt at a thank you/apology. Enjoy.

Camilla Hect | The Locked Tomb

[vischolar]

Player: Nat
Pronouns: they/them
Contact: crow47

Character Name: Camilla Hect
CR Preferences: Cam is ICly searching to make allies, particularly to solidify them with anyone in Kaz's gang, but OOCly I'm up for anything!
Permissions: here

General Plans: Cam spent the first few months glued to Pal's side, and the string of pvp murders didn't do much to dissuade her. This month, she'll continue to be a ghost behind him, but she'll be more or less just as likely to be found working away at helping Ademnet in the garden. Cam is also working on a map of the town with Kyubey.

Event Plans:

Broken Meats: Cam won't be drinking at the party or otherwise, but as Pal will confirm it's fine right off the bat, she'll have no hesitation eating it.
Stuff of nightmares: Cam's not going to realize this is happening until other people report it. Cav-necro relationship with benefits pays off sometimes.

Anything Else: about to roll up to the corpse investigation like

[107hours]

hi cam do you want to hear about garden facts. ms. casey learned several new garden facts recently they're really cool

[hellonspectacles]

Player: Becca
Pronouns: she/her
Contact: historein on plurk and discord; plurk preferred!

Character Name: Your pal Palamedes Sextus
CR Preferences: Anything and everything! Palamedes is feeling pretty protective towards just about everyone, even those who have been jerks to him. That doesn’t mean he’s going to be nice to everyone, but he’s determined to keep everyone physically safe whether they like it or not, which I’m sure will lead to plenty of fun interactions.
Permissions: Right here!

General Plans: What I said above about feeling protective of everyone and wanting to keep them all safe whether they like it or not! Pal has been pointedly staying out of the Kaz/Mirnatius rivalry, even while 1) working with Rownan to find a solution to the Demon Issue and 2) working with anyone interested in maintaining the food supply. This month he’ll be constructing some servitor skeletons that can do menial tasks like digging for tubers or carrying them around. It’s fine, he promises!

Event Plans:
Broken meats
Pal will be carefully inspecting the meats and discover that they are…just normal animal jerky! He’ll be pretty free with this information because he doesn’t want y’all to starve, even if you’re annoying him. He probably won’t do much rum drinking because he’s a nerd it’s not his style.
Blood in the water
Pal will be attending the funeral, but beforehand he’ll be doing a thorough inspection of the body and will be discovering some interesting information. I’d love to use this as a chance for him to start piecing together wtf is going on in this place.
Nightmares
Won’t notice until someone else says something because he’s attached at the hip to Cam. But once he finds out that people are having weird dreams, he’ll be very interested.

Anything Else:
Pal to all of you rn

[gloomstrider]

rownan doesn't normally sleep. i think pal should find out about the nightmares because she comes to him like. how do i make this stop. it is very annoying.

maybe she comes to ask him this after he's made the mistake of trying the rum. they deserve a non-serious interaction i think