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faderift2022-11-06 11:29 am
incaenstrix) wrote in faderift2022-11-06 11:29 am
SATINALIA
WHO: Everybody!!
WHAT: SATINALIA!!
WHEN: Backdated to the first day of Firstfall
WHERE: Gallows courtyard
NOTES: Drunkenness and shenanigans. HALLOWEENMAS!!
WHAT: SATINALIA!!
WHEN: Backdated to the first day of Firstfall
WHERE: Gallows courtyard
NOTES: Drunkenness and shenanigans. HALLOWEENMAS!!
This Satinalia is, perhaps, less grand than in years past. Blockades are still limiting access to luxury goods, after all, so the fine liquors and dainty foods that have been featured before are nowhere to be found. And Tertia, the temporary Morale Officer, doesn't have the connections or deft touch of organizers past, so things are rougher than they've been before - the musicians are less polished, the ale a little more watered-down, the decorations somewhat haphazard.
But you know what? It's still Satinalia. Nothing can really screw up Satinalia. Especially because there are some rather lovely touches, the best of which might well be the ice skating rink. A section of the Gallows Courtyard has been roped off and frozen over with magic, leaving a (largely) smooth sheet of ice covering it. Skates are available to borrow if you don't have a pair. Of course, some injuries are definitely going to result (if you skate off the edge, you're smacking into stone instead of a soft snowbank, which can be disastrous), but hey, it's fun.
Other perks are the bonfires, with mulled wine and cider being served out of cauldrons around them, where people might sit and reflect while watching the flame. There's also dancing, of course, with the musicians basically being any band that's been recommended by members of Riftwatch - so there are lots of half-competent cousins-of-friends playing here. What they lack in skill they make up for in enthusiasm; this is the first gig for a lot of them, and they're thrilled to be here.
One thing that's missing is the Satinalia fool being named ruler. Tertia wasn't familiar with this tradition and didn't arrange it - so there's a last-minute campaign being held, in which people can either nominate others or self-nominate to be named Riftwatch's greatest fool to be celebrated.
Enjoy yourself. Exchange presents. Get drunk. Have a blast. Don't lose any teeth.
bonfire!!
Leaning halfway in (but not in her space, Maker forbid), he whispers, ]
Morale seems improved, I think.
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[ She lifts her eyes to his and tucks her hands tighter around her mug. Equal parts seeking out warmth and nervous fidget. ]
Do you think so? I'm afraid I don't even know what the normal level of morale is, which does make it a little more difficult to figure out whether I'm helping or not.
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[ He tips his mug her way. ]
And I am definitely having a great time, which is what really matters.
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Definitely the most important thing.
Do you think there's something more behind it? These things happening on Satinalia?
[ The question seems an honest one. Not teasing, but not really paranoid, either. The speculation of someone who's open to the idea of the universe falling into some grand design, but who isn't about to argue that that's the case. ]
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Practicality. I think. That's behind it. A night we are distracted—maybe inebriated—and most of us in the same place, unarmed and unarmored. If I wanted to attack us, that would be my first choice, at least until I found out how many people had already tried it. Now it's unoriginal.
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[ She scratches the back of her hand pensively. ]
At least - until we start assuming it's safer, and let our guards down again, I guess.