#summerfest 2023

[aquicat]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

@tes-summer-fest Day 2 of TES Summerfest!!! (Prompt: beloved)

So, this is a little story about Teldryn Sero and Cicero falling in love after the Dragonborn's unfortunate demise. There's nothing explicit, but a whole lot of cuddling!

(shoutout to @your-talos-is-problematic for alerting me to the existence of TES Summerfest.)

[pluttskutt]

Welcome To Lemon Tree Lane

Event: Summerfest @writeblrsummerfest

Prompt: Write your minky (or other character!) as they first encounter the house at Lemon Tree Lane. This will be an ongoing challenge! Every day, we’re going to see a little bit more of Lizzy’s story and get a new Lemon Tree Lane prompt. Let’s explore the haunted house together!

Haunted houses aren't often haunted, which isn't that much of a comfort when you're searching for them. Ghosts, spirits, demons, phantoms, whatever name they got they weren't easy to find.

Maybe this one is different, Saga thinks to herself and looks at the abandoned house in front of her. It's old enough to be, but that hospital in York had also been old and nothing came out of that. Expect disappointment, and you can only be glad at the outcome. If you're right, well, huzzah, and if not, 'ey!

With windows so filthy it's impossible to even peek a glimpse, this house feels promising. A way out at last.

She turns her back to the house and looks out into the woods. Wind grabs her hair and pulls, but she can't feel if it's cold or not on her skin. Maybe it's a warm summer evening or it's got people curled up at home with blankets and a good strong cuppa in their hands.

[moonluringfrost]

Ok, last one! How do all of the SG cast enjoy horror movies (clinging, laughing at the characters, entranced, etc)?

Sylv is either the best or the worst to watch movies with depending on how you feel about people talking during movies. He explains the symbolism, shares trivia about how it was made, talks about what other movies the director, screenwriter, and actors worked on, ect. He likes most types of horror.

All of this is fine by Theo, who is Very afraid of horror movies and is the type to cling and hide his eyes for half the movie, depending on the subgenre of horror. Sylv's talking tends to break the tension a bit, which helps. Theo doesn't dislike horror though.

Pat is picky about horror movies, especially if there are ghosts involved. They also tend to dislike movies that are heavy on gore. It's just not their thing. They tend not to get particularly scared by horror movies, and can watch very calmly. Except jump scares, which get them every time, causing them to jump and yelp. They do not appreciate being laughed at for this.

Thank you so much for the ask spam, Moshke! this was a lot of fun :D

[moonluringfrost]

Get ready to be spammed with summerfest OC questions! Starting wiiiiiith: in a world where ghosts are real, does Pat enjoy fictitious ghost stories or do they think they're silly? Which kind are their fav/least fav?

Hello my friend! Thank you so much for the ask spam!

Before Pat knew ghosts were real they could take them or leave them. But now that they do know, such stories mostly make them sad. Or angry depending on How Wrong the authors are about ghosts. Pat does have a little bit of nerd rage in them, haha. Pat likes the sort that are sympathetic to ghosts and dislikes ones where ghosts are portrayed as inherently evil. (shocking, i know) Pat also dislikes urban legend styles stories because those ones are always like. In a quantum state of true/untrue and that freaks them out.

[moonluringfrost]

The House On Lemon Tree Lane (2)

Part 1

The man standing in the doorway looks tired, dark circles under his bloodshot eyes.

"Geeze, it's cold out here. Sorry to keep you waiting. Are you the investigator..." he pauses as if trying to remember something, "Gilroy, was it?"

You nod. "You can call me Pat if you like."

"Alright Pat. Come on in," he says, stepping to the side and gesturing for you to enter. "I'm Kent, though I think I told you that when we spoke on the phone?"

"You did, it's nice to meet you, Kent." You step into the warmth of the house. It's quite a nice place. Nice foyer with a staircase leading up to the second floor and an ornate looking hanging light fixture.

"Take off my shoes here?" you ask. You don't want to step off the gray entry rug and get the nice hardwood floor dirty with slush.

Kent nods, so you put your boots neatly next to the other pairs of shoes by the door. There's one pair that looks like it belongs to Kent, and a few pairs that look like they belong to a child.

Kent leads you into another room off the foyer that looks like a living room. The furniture is a bit sparse for the size of the room, but Kent mentioned that he had moved in recently, so he's probably still working on getting things set up. It looks nice so far, the green of the couch echoed in the leaves of the floral patterned area rug.

"Sorry about the mess," Kent apologizes as he picks up some dolls and sets them on the coffee table to be dealt with later. "Tif is usually better at picking up her stuff, but..."

"Tif?" you ask, choosing not to sit until invited.

"That's my daughter. She's the reason I called you. If it was just me, there's no way this fake haunting would work. I know ghosts aren't real and there's no way I'm going to get scared away," he says, sounding frustrated. He sighs. "But Tif is still just a kid. Of course she's going to be scared. Even someone breaking into the house to fake the haunting is a scary as hell possibility for her."

"Yeah, having strangers in your house with bad intentions isn't something a kid should have to deal with. Why don't we go over the facts of the case one more time so I can get started," you say.

"Sure," Kent nods. He gestures at the couch for you to sit down. He sits on the opposite end from you once you do.

"So, when did the 'haunting' start?"

[moonluringfrost]

The House On Lemon Tree Lane

You pull your long coat closer against you as you navigate the snowy front walk. 404 Lemon Tree Lane looks like a fixer-uper, its yellow paint peeling, a shutter on an upper window hanging loose.

Something shining in the corner of your vision catches your attention. You turn to look at the big tree that's stretching its arms to take up most of the sky in the yard. There's something caught in the lower branches.

Getting closer, you see it's a bit of tinsel. Christmas is still a while off, but you figure this must have blown off of a decoration in the yard of someone who puts their decorations out early.

Unfortunately you cant quite reach it in order to remove it. Maybe another time.

For now, you've got a case to take.

The snow on the walk is that slushy sort that might turn to ice if the temperature drops again. You hope it waits until after you've left the house to do so.

There's not an immediate answer when you knock on the front door.

You had scheduled your visit in advance, so the residents should be expecting your arrival, so you just wait on the front porch, watching the way your breath turns to fog and then dissipates as you wait.

After some time, you decide to knock again, a little louder this time. Perhaps they didn't hear you?

"I'm coming, hold your horses," comes a call from inside.

So you wait. The cold air stings to breathe just a bit.

Finally, the door opens.

[mkeblr]

Working at summerfest like I truly am the most milwaukee-est tumblrina

[vonfetch]

The Peach Floatie is a cute inflatable tube for all your swimming needs this summer.

The floatie comes with a texture HUD to change the colors to suit your preferences.

1 land impact at current size but will change depending on the size you make it.

There is a demo HUD at the venue so you can see all the different color combinations