Event Log: A Hope for the Future

[hadrielmods]

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for the A Hope for the Future event
Where: All over the city!
When: April 15th-April 19th
Warnings: Stealth Rock

It's finally time to reap the rewards you've earned from all that hard work collecting and returning the Hope orbs! Be careful walking the streets during the small earthquakes, but feel free to admire the scenery as your beautiful city reassembles its way back into its former glory.

There are new houses where the destroyed buildings once were, and they're perfect for a single person or pair of lovebirds. In addition, you'll find that the electricity to these new houses, and all other homes and shops in the city is restored. The food is better, the monsters are gone- hey, this city might be livable again!

To cap it all off, we've got a feast waiting for you on the 19th! Come one, come all, and enjoy all of your favorite foods, drinks, and party games. It's been awhile since we've all gotten together to celebrate something good, so get your party on and toss all your troubles away!

► This log covers April 14th-April 19th.
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Comments

[bythewaves]

It might be more practical to leave behind the past to address his present. You are here now - and you are not leaving, eh?

[swiftlet]

Not so long as I have a say in it.

[bythewaves]

Good. [ Maglor smiles at him fondly ]

Try not to dwell too long in the past with him. Draw him into the now.

[swiftlet]

That's far easier said than done. He's lived so long in the past, I'm not sure he knows how to be any other way.

[bythewaves]

It's always hard. [ Maglor nods ]

But one day at a time.

[swiftlet]

I think I might be impatient.

[bythewaves]

No shame in that!

[ Maglor says wryly ]

But such hurts go very deep. You do help him Swift - do not doubt that!

[swiftlet]

I'll try. This isn't like anything I've ever had to handle before.

[bythewaves]

No. [ Maglor sighs ] It is not something MOST would have had to handle! But you do very well, Swift. Truly you do.

[swiftlet]

I'm...glad. To hear you say that.

[bythewaves]

I wish I could do more. [ He says sadly ]

But there are some things that only time and hope can heal.

[swiftlet]

What if that isn't enough?

[bythewaves]

It will be.

[ Maglor says firmly ]

Don't fall to despair!

[swiftlet]

You sound so certain.

[bythewaves]

[ Malgor chuckles wryly ]

I am very old, Swift. Old enough to have seen how the patterns in the story unfold, and that alone gives me hope, even though I cannot see the ending.

[swiftlet]

I suppose there are worse things I could do than try to trust you.

[bythewaves]

[ For a moment, shadow clouds his eyes ]

And better things, also.

[ He says softly and then shakes it off ]

But in this, at least, I suppose I have had some experience.

[swiftlet]

[There's a story behind that too, but Swift isn't sure he even wants to hear it this time.]

I appreciate it. I never thought I would need it, and I'm just glad someone else can give it to me.

[bythewaves]

[ A very good idea ]

I am glad I can give you some hope, at least!

[swiftlet]

It's more than I had before. Thank you.

[bythewaves]

Small enough! But small things sometimes add up into large ones.

[swiftlet]

Eventually, with enough of them, I suppose.

[bythewaves]

One can hope.

[ Maglor smiles wryly ]

Little enough that it is, at times.

[swiftlet]

It's more than nothing. Not much more, perhaps, but still more.

[bythewaves]

[ Abruptly he laughs, softly ]

'Little by little, one wanders far'. A wiser man than I said that. I suppose he was right.