Equinox Arriveth, by Charles Matthias

Story name: Equinox Arriveth
Author: Charles Matthias

Date: Good Friday (the Equinox), 706 CR
Location: Metamor Keep

Overview

Matthias takes Kimberly through the shops in the festival.

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Summary

On the morning of Good Friday, Matthias tidies himself up and invites Kimberly to accompany him to the festival. After being briefly disrupted by a bee at the Ivy Causeway, they enter the fields where the pavilions are set up. At the baker's booth, Gregor has gone back to bake bread and left Brennar to tend it. Brennar and Kimberly introduce themselves, and Matthias and Kimberly buy some day-old bread.

Kimberly is excited to see the craftsmen, and Matthias hopes to see Hector there. They find him, fresh and cleaned-up, at a stand with a variety of woods available. Kimberly begs Matthias for a sculpture, and Matthias promises Hector to pay him back. Kimberly is amazed by the quality of the work. Kimberly eagerly asks to put it in her room.

Characters

Main Characters:

• Charles Matthias: Headmaster of the Writer's Guild, a rat morph. He did not bring any money, but he assures Hector he will pay him back later for his sculpture.
  • Matthias notes that Father Hough is possibly the last human friend he has. Apparently he has few gendermorph or pedomorph friends.
  • When Matthias came to the Keep, it was a difficult choice, but necessity drove him, and the chance to live right solidified it.
• Kimberly: A rat morph, Charles's beloved. She receives a wooden bust of herself.

Supporting:

• Hector: A sculptor and rat morph. This is his first time publicly sculpting since his change. He carves a bust for Kimberly.

Minor Characters:

• Brennar: The baker's apprentice, a tabby cat morph.
• An elephant glassblower. One of his notable works on display is a glass sculpture of the Keep. He is nervous about people touching his work.

Important Mention:

• Nahum: A writer and fox morph. He is apparently one of the older members of the Writer's Guild. He played Magus during last year's play by the Writer's Guild.
• Zhypar: A writer, a kangaroo morph. He played Nasoj during last year's play by the Writer's Guild.
• Gregor: The Keep baker. He has a pavillion at the festival, but he is not present, leaving Brennar to run it.

Referenced:

• Pascal: The Keep alchemist.
• Raven: The Keep Lightbringer priestess.
• Magus: One of the most powerful mages at the Keep, noted for defending the Keep during the Battle of the Three Gates.
• Nasoj: The nemesis of Metamor Keep, responsible for laying the three Curses at the Battle of the Three Gates.
• Saroth: The Keep's weather mage, a dragon morph. He has noted that the weather should be good for the festival.

Points of Interest

• Pascal explained one aspect of the Curse: the effects of staying at the Keep are not cumulative and wear off if the Curse has not activated.
• Matthias has not broken any furniture in the past two weeks.
• There is no specific place of worship for the Followers, so a large hall is being set up for the Death of Yahshua.

Matthias's First Cycle
Stories	Stories in yellow are not part of the cycle proper, but give important context for other stories.
	Metamor Keep · Writer's Guild · The Fight That Never Happened · Support Group · Facing Knight · Confession · Evening Stroll · Especially Disappointed · Escaping · Escalation · Errands and Editors · The Secrets in Truth · A Small Repair · Equinox Arriveth · Entertaining Thoughts of Eucharist · The Effects of Rising Too Early · Eating at the Duke's Table · Easter Endeth · Early to Sleep
Characters	Charles Matthias · Kimberly · Channing · Elliot · Goldmark · Hector · Father Hough · Julian · Loriod · Michael · Nahum · Phil · Saulius · Tallis · Thalberg · Duke Thomas · Zhypar Habakkuk