Today Indigo and Ayella were both out of the library at the same time I was, so we decided to try hunting jade arachnoids at their lair in the marsh, with Shere Khan along to heal us. Unfortunately the arachnoids proved too much for us--Indigo and I fell, and were eventually rescued by Yazza. With the hunting party strengthened by rescuers, we decided to try again, but this time Indigo and Yazza both fell (as did I, of course). Indigo and Yazza were too badly injured to be healed on the spot, so we returned to town.

Indigo had to study at this point, so Ayella and I, together with Ebony and Blaise, headed for the regular (much easier) arachnoid cavern in East Forest. We hunted there successfully for a time, until Richard announced via sunstone that Bawkmas lights were going up in town. We all rushed back to town to see the lights.

This year two Sylvans, Seth and Jonathan, were putting up Bawkmas decorations around Puddleby. They asked the exiles who were watching to help them as well--in this sketch, Ayella is helping put lights in a tree.

I helped as well; in this sketch I had just hung a bunch of mistletoe over the door of the Temple. Unfortunately, Malkor was given some lights to place in a tree. Rather than doing so, he ran off and decorated Junko's dump with them, to the considerable dismay of Seth and Jonathan.

After helping spread Bawkmas cheer throughout the town, Jonathan and Seth headed home to rest. The exiles who had helped them headed for town center, where Ayella, Coriakin, and Xepel put on a concert.

Today I saw Leathe in town--she had escaped from the library after an extended stay. We went hunting in South Forest and Brambles, meeting with some success and only falling twice. Along the way I stumbled over a bunch of mistletoe, a sure sign that Bawkmas is almost here.

Kani has been announcing the upcoming wedding of Relkin and Stinkfist on the 35th of Autumn at around 2:30 PM (ooc December 27th at 11 AM PST), at the lack on Dal Noth Island. I thought it interesting that the announcement came from Kani--perhaps he is starting a new business as a publicist or a wedding planner.

Apparently there was an orga invasion today while I was studying in the library. After I came out Wave and I killed three orga shaman in the vicinity of Puddleby, and I found two more while hunting. There was still heavy fighting going on in the Orga Camp, if the calls for healers were any indication.