#wtnhevent01

[bearcaught]

@ursabear

zyair was supposed to meet up with a friend at the festival today. it was his first in new haven & he'd been looking forward to getting out more, to meeting others, because without work - or without knowing anybody really in new haven, he'd been quite lonely. liam tried to keep him company, but he had a newborn & mate to take care of & trenton, he'd found lived quite an eventful life that didn't involve being family. not that he'd expected him to be when he offered himself to the other. never did he think this would be his future. he'd dreamt of escaping for so many years, yet his actual escape had been nothing like how he dreamt it to be. new haven was great, it was allowing him the life he'd always hoped for. in freedom.

he was going to get ready to go out, which meant shower & getting dressed, but when he tried.... the water refused to get warm. he waited a little while at first, but even after an hour, he got nothing. he'd been given a list with important numbers upon arrival & a phone to use them with. he was .. familiar with phones .. a little. he didn't remember a lot from before, but he'd had plenty of time to himself that gave him the opportunity to learn. handyman was called, thankfully he said he'd come over despite the festival going on, so zyair had just been waiting. he had had breakfast, set the dishes in the sink to clean later & after that he just rested on the couch. he was getting tired quickly these days, his body clearly at its limit. it wouldn't be long now. he had no idea how to raise children - he didn't even know how to function outside of a cage, least of all on his own, but he assumed he'd find out. he didn't have a lot of options.

soft knock announced another person's presence - zyair got up slowly, hand on his belly out of habit & made his way over. unlocking the door with practiced ease, he pulled it open, the scent that hit him bringing warmth with it. bear. he always felt most comfortable in the presence of his own kin. "hello, thank you so much for coming today." it was beltane, a festival celebrating their kind - he felt guilty for calling on a free day, but to his defense he hadn't known the handyman would be a bear. "come in. thirsty?"

[omegadreams]

Friday afternoon, Beltane Fire Festival

The Festival was officially open. They were a council member short, but they would make do for now. The different pack leaders were sharing the responsibilities of the Ursa pack while they found someone suitable for the position.

Either way, he was going to enjoy the festivities this weekend and try to make some friends while he was at it. He passed by the recently opened stands and eyed the figurines and arts bear-themed displayed around. He ends up buying a gorgeous necklace with a bear head decoration at the center and puts it on. He’s fiddling with it when he bumps into someone. “Sorry,” he says looking up and smiling softly. “I know I wasn’t looking where I was going.”

[wolftracked]

@balisrivera

elias never expected to be so involved in the town's matters, be it their search for travelers - or travelers existing in the first place, the police's security systems or how to set up a community network with broadcasts from council to townsfolk. with that, his own work & trenton constantly chasing his tail ... one could say elias was struggling. he should be working through the weekend, use the fact nobody else was working to catch up on lost time, but ... he was exhausted - mentally, from work. never did he think that possible. the festival came at just the right time, really & he already knew what he'd do first. well, second. first had been poking trenton about coming with him. he had yet to succeed, but he had all day, night & tomorrow.

personally, he was all about celebrating the bears of town, hence why he wanted trenton to tag along. he'd celebrate his favorite bear's existence on his own, too - he had no qualms about that & when he got home in the night, all tipsy, he'd make sure said bear felt as appreciated as he possibly could. that said,he was really hoping to get trenton to join him for the bonfire at least, maybe the play. one thing he knew though, was that balis - his new favorite little feline was somewhere at the festival - he'd been the one to nudge council into checking out his skills & potentially hiring him for the weekend - or longer. it just took him a little while to find him. when he did, balis was drawing an older couple, so elias waited - in sight, shooting the other a little grin when their eyes met. he'd finally get that drawing of himself today - balis had nowhere to run this time.

[lionguarded]

@balisrivera

silas knew the bare minimum of cultural holidays - he did back in the day & he knew even less now, but the ruckus in town because of the village had piqued his interest & so he'd investigated ahead of time, found out that work was off the entire weekend for everybody unless they worked at the festival & that there would be twenty-four-seven celebrations, which was quite interesting, actually. they said there would be food, fun & alcohol to be had - on top of other festivities, like a theatre performance (or something?) & a big bonfire, which definitely caught his interest. bonfires felt a little like home, he .. remembered his last in willowshire with dante chasing him around the town square in fricken public.

he thought about some sort of family trip, but wasn't quite sure to what extend he could ask all of them to go anywhere together. well, silas mostly worried about taj & dante, who were still being incredibly stubborn. well, taj was. part of him appreciated his concern, but .. there was no need. balis had seemed a lot more relaxed when it came to dante, but then again he'd never met him before new haven, so maybe that was why. still, he wanted to at least take balis & sammy while it was early, they'd meet up with dante there as he'd been at the shop in the morning. "balis, you comin'?" silas was waiting by the door, little sammy was seemingly unhappy with her boots, but silas had already dropped to one knee to fix whatever issue she might had while they waited.