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Though it's been a year for us OOC, that timeline isn't necessarily something everyone thinks to celebrate, especially in the midst of all that's going on. What they are thinking about are more solutions to the food rationing for two very key reasons: 1. the winter solstice will be spent in Elphame next month, and food from the fae lands cannot be consumed by non-fae or there are very terrible side-effects, the details of which seem ominously vague. 2. winter is coming and with a lot more mouths to feed, the usual preparations likely weren't enough for everyone to remain healthy and happy. This has lead a cadre of likeminded mages to gather together and perform a ritual at Merlin's Step (past info here) to temper the rains and extend the harvest season a couple of weeks to reduce crop loss. Unfortunately, the magic flu is still at large, and someone thought they were above it all and attended the ritual, which has made things go... awry.

Winter was coming.. and now it's here. Right now. The ritual has gone south thanks to the magical flu and a snowstorm has rocked Camelot overnight. There's about 6 feet deep of snow so those on the first floor of their buildings may have some trouble getting out. The snow stays heavy throughout the day, and around sunset the power goes out in Camelot. Anyone who can is sharing a magical spell from olden days before electricity, (Spell) Candlebloom. Candlebloom can be cast by putting out a plate, bowl or anything and chanting the spell over it until a flower-shaped piece of wax begins to grow upward out of the surface.
Keep chanting, the petals will bloom, and then "melt" down to form the sides of a candle and fill in with wax. You can cast this on as many dishes as you have to create multiple light sources! They don't self-light though, so good luck! Thankfully, living so close to the storm sprites up in the Ash Mountains has given Lestari's people ample knowledge about how to deal with sudden weather and living buried under plenty of stuff. They've got a special spell to dig tunnels under the deepening snow, so you may find yourself able to get to and from different locations through snow tunnels.. if you have a little bravery and faith to travel through them. It's kind of reminiscent of crawling through the tunnels of a fast food PlayPlace as a kid, especially since at the end of one of the tunnels, all of that missing snow is piled up in enchanted balls of snow that create a large (snow) ballpit, the magic keeping the snows bunched up into balls unless they are explicitly thrown (then they turn back to normal snowballs and will burst on contact).
	Within the next days, the snowstorm evens out to alternating between snow and rain in the final weeks of the month. The Elphame Traders arrive in Camelot early, having rushed their journey and skipped a few of their usual stops on orders of the Fairy Queen to bring a special item for free distribution to all of the otherworlders in Camelot. Delivered to everyone is what appears to be a totem, woven together with a variety of dried plants pulled into wings held together with twine. At the end, a fragment of moldavite smaller than half your pinky nail. With it, a small half-inch wide scroll of paper that simply says: "The Fairy Queen permits you safe travel to the Land of Maidens. Burn in December. We will bring the newcomers to us."
The totems are enchanted to be unburnable before December starts, so if your character tries, they will find themselves very frustrated and likely catching whatever is next to the totem on fire (including their own hand if they're foolish enough not to follow directions). The totem will only work once and does not include a recipe or a totem back to Camelot, so make sure you find someone who has one or you'll find yourself on the scenic route back. The Elphame Traders plan to stick around the last two weeks of December to make sure everyone receives their Land of Maidens Totem. During this time, they have a "Sorry You've Been Stuck for a Year and Thanks!" Sale with some very intriguing free samples. Their new flavor of their hottie sauce that causes illusions of flowers and sparkles to form around your head when someone gazes upon you for the first time is a hot item! Try the Wuh-Woh Wrench, a small alan wrench that causes a non-fatal accident within earshot when you drop it. They really seem to be trying to get rid of the Snek Tunics, which just appear to be shirts with pictures of a cartoon snake on them. There are no disclaimers that when you get water on you in this, you turn into a Naga until you are able to completely dry. There's also a special free (Spell) Cool Firework donated by Merlin to help you celebrate, or commiserate-- with this spell, you can shoot rocket fireworks out of your fingers into the sky!

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Oh--

[But she does hear that hungry-sounding growl, and tilts her head with a wry smile barely showing at the corners of her mouth. Ah, so he's like that...]

Are you sure? You sound at least a little hungry.

[ shut up lady!!! you don't know him!!! he's a big scary mean minotaur :((( ]

I do not need it. Save it for yourself.

Nonsense.

[Having none of it, Jane crouches down beside where he's sitting and pulls the thermos of soup out of her bag. She pours some out - a creamy soup with some vegetables by the looks of it - and offers it to him.]

Take it. I have other food with me.

[ ... she's not going away until he drinks it is she.

grunt.

Fiiiine. He takes it, his giant hand nearly dwarfing her own, and then downs it in one shot. He winces - yeah, that definitely burnt his tongue - but he then hands the empty cup back to her. ]

Here. Take it back now.

[She is not.

But she doesn't expect him to gulp it down all in one go like that either, and visibly winces at the sight.]

Goodness-- [Jane takes the cup, though her eyes are still on his face.] Didn't that hurt?

... I've been through worse.

[ Huuuuge understatement. But now he's drunken the soup, his belly is warm, so she can go now. ]

Hmm.

[Jane hums out thoughtfully, putting the thermos back together and pushing it back into her bag. She does not, however, just get up and walk away.]

Why are you sitting out here by yourself? [She asks instead, looking up at him curiously. Does it occur to her that he might just want to be alone..? Yes, but she's sure that there are more comfortable places to do that than out here in the snow.]

[ Ugh. She's one of those types - too nice, too caring, too naïve. ]

It is where I belong. Not among humans. Not among people.

[Wouldn't be the first time someone had called her those things...]

Oh? [She tips her head, curious as she looks up at his face.] But you're a person too, aren't you? Why don't you belong?

... I am a monster.

[ And then he holds up a hand, because he knows her type 'awww why would you say that, you're not a monster, blah blah blah'. He means this literally. ]

An actual monster. Real monster. Not human. Never human.

[In fairness to Jane, she wasn't planning to say that... but what he says has her tilting her head in slight confusion regardless.]

There are a number of non-humans in Avalon. Even living in Camelot. [She sounds curious here, nothing more.] You don't feel comfortable there?

Not comfortable around anyone. Not safe for me to be there. I am better off here. We are all better off, if I am here.

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