#asuevent013

[sumskellington]

Summer had spent all morning babysitting, taking some of her favorite charges around to compete in swimming and canoeing contests while their parents had fun. Now, though, the Westerly Festival had reached the ‘lunch’ break, and she was excited to spend time with people her own age for a change. “Oh my gosh, you’re the first person over the age of seven that I’ve gotten to spend time with today, save me,” Summer giggled as she latched onto the first friend she could find. “Or more importantly, feed me. What do they have around here that’s not macaroni and cheese? I’ve had enough of that thrown up on me by campers this summer to never want it again.”

[scarlettcorazons]

Scarlett hadn’t planned to be back for another few weeks so when she’d gotten back to Auradon to find the dorms practically empty and everyone gone to Westerly, she’d hopped on the next bus. It was some kind of weird nostalgia given how different things were around this time last year. Not to mention, it was weird to be on the Sherwood kids home turf given she’d never been particularly close with any of them. She watched with a turkey leg as kids threw back eggs back and forth at each other with one particularly unfortunate kid taking an egg right to the face and winced.

“They should really get rid of the egg toss and go with the Wonderland pie eating contest instead. I mean it helps that I’d demolish everyone, but it’d really be a public service for everyone given how many people end up accidentally yolked because these kids can’t aim. I mean even an egg and spoon race would be better.”

[lyra-k]

Lyra wasn’t entirely who she was any more. So much had changed during the past year, and she felt like she had lost a fair bit of her muchness along the way. She had finally plucked up the courage to meet with her biological father for breakfast that morning, and it hadn’t gone well. To make matters worse, her mother had found out about her plans and currently wasn’t talking to her. 

She had never in her life felt so desperate for someone to talk to, so she made her way over to the area where people were getting ready to partake in the karaoke and feeling foolish, she added her name to the ever-growing list of names, hoping that they would be going in list order so that she would at least have time to prepare. This had so much potential to go wrong, but not much could be worse than being rejected by a parent. “I can do this...” She mumbled uncertainly to herself.

[scarlettcorazons]

Scarlett was beyond thrilled to see Leilani again. She felt like no matter what weird things life threw her way, she could always count on Lei to be there and to be ready with a hug and some rational life advice she desperately needed. Currently Scarlett wasn’t mid-disaster though, she just needed to actually find her best friend. When she did she smiled, watching as Leilani read for a second before texting her and saying “Look up.” She was usually so bad at surprises but she’d actually pulled this off. As soon as Leilani raised her eyes from her book, Scarlett tackle hugged her.

[auradonstatehq]

Get excited, Auradonians! Those of you who were here last year remember that August 11th is Robin Hood and Maid Marian’s anniversary, and in the Westerly region, this is celebrated every year with an annual field day and archery contest. Attendance at this field day is totally optional, but in case you wanted to post threads of your characters attending, please use the asuevent013 tag.

Here’s a timeline/outline of the day:

From 9 a.m. to noon will be our morning activities. These include:

Archery (Beginner’s Bracket)

Archery (Intermediate Bracket)

Archery (Advanced Bracket)

Badminton

Horsebackriding

Swimming

Canoeing

There will be a break from competitions from noon to 1:30 pm, where people can get lunch and enjoy the ren-fair like booths set up in the area without worrying about missing out on participating in or watching the games.

At 1:30 p.m. will be the “main event” – the expert archery contest. Nothing else will be taking place at the same time as this, although all food booths, etc. will still be open.

From 3 to 5 pm will be the more traditional field day team games – things like tug of war, sack race, egg toss, etc. Feel free to get creative with what kind of silly activities are in this part of the day! I’ve seen talk on the dash of families competing in this, but friend groups are also welcome.

At five p.m. will be the two eating contests – pie eating for those who love sweets, and hotdog eating for a more modern-day competition feel.

At 7 p.m., a banquet (kicked off by a toast to Maid Marian and Robin Hood’s 26th anniversary) will take place, followed shortly after by karaoke and a bonfire for the duration of the evening. If you have any questions or want any activities added to the mix, please let us know!

[auradonstatehq]

when is Westerly Festival taking place?

I just looked at least year’s event and it should be taking place on Sunday, August 11th! We’ll get info posted up this weekend so those who want to participate can, but we’re planning for it to be a more lowkey event, like this year’s King’s Day.