The Spring Festival
About This Event
The Undergrowth's Spring Festival is an (admittedly slightly belated) event meant to celebrate Hatching-tide, the Spring Equinox, and the end of yet another muggy, cold Shroud winter with music, games, food, and fun!
| Location | Dynamis DC, Maduin, LavBeds, Ward 14, Plot 36 |
| Event Run Time | 6PM ET to 10PM ET |
| Egg Turn-in | 630PM ET to 8:30PM ET |
| Mead Races | 6:15PM ET, 7:15PM ET, 8:15PM ET |
| Food & Drink Stalls | 6:00PM ET to 8:55PM ET |
| Concert | Starts at 9:05PM ET |
| Lighting of the Bonfire | 9:30PM ET |
Rules & Guidelines
Please treat this as a teen rated event. While The Undergrowth continues to focus on being a 21+ venue, this is being held in a largely-public space.
Please reserve use of /yell and /shout for our staff and volunteers.
Bigoted (racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, etc) behavior in and out of character will not be permitted. You will be asked to leave the premises.
Additionally, rude or unkind behavior, even if not explicitly bigoted, is expressly discouraged. If you want to get into a fight, wait til May.
Volunteers & staff for this event will have a LFM icon - for open RP, please tag with RP. If you do not want to be approached for RP, please keep your tag off.
Any and all transactions are IC gil only - no actual gil is required. However, staff and volunteers can accept tips. Any donations sent to management (Naid, Martin, Mimi) will be dispersed amongst staff & volunteers.
Food
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Buscaroon’s Pretzel Braids | The Undergrowth’s signature buttered pretzel recipe is braided into a wreath, complete with parchment paper to keep your hands clean and your choice of honey mustard or gooey warm cheese, in case cleanliness isn’t that much of a concern. Certified vegan! |
| Imp's Spears | Devilled egg-style egg salad served in a pickle half. Briney, sour, and savory, this delectable treat has enough protein to keep a Happy Bunny running all season long. |
| Hatching-tide Puffs | Three small carrot-shaped croissants filled with cream cheese and a mix of onion and garlic flavoring and chives, these lightweight snacks are perfect for the warmer weather. |
| Hot Cross Buns | A sweet treat that’s a little lovebaby between a cinnamon roll and a dinner roll, this cinnamony nutmeggy raisiny bun is sure to satisfy. |
| Magically Meltless Hatching-tide Chocolates | A boxed collection of 6 chocolates. 2 chocolate eggs (milk chocolate with peanut butter, dark chocolate with hazelnut), 2 chocolate bunnies (ruby chocolate with freeze-dried rolanberries, milk chocolate with crispy rice), and 2 chocolate chocobos (white chocolate with lemon zest, ruby chocolate with chili crisp). Bring a box home today! |
Drinks
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Still & Strings Classics | Alcoholic. The Blue Bee Mead (a blueberry based honey mead) OR Shadedark Black Cherry Cider (dark cider with apple base and cherry finish) |
| Final Sting | Alcoholic. A mixture of Carrin honey mead and dry cider, shaken with extra hot bloodpeppers muddled in a honey lemon syrup. |
| Shroud Spring Sangria | Alcoholic. A white win sangria made with Bel Canto's Pinot Gris mixed with peach brandy and nectarine juice, and fresh slices of peaches, rolanberries, and nectarines. |
| Carrot Cake Espresso Martini | Alcoholic. A sweet treat of vanilla vodka shaken with carrot cake syrup, almond liqueur, coffee liqueuer, and a shot of espresso. Served into a chilled coupe glass and garnished with a dollop of cream cheese whipped cream. |
| Matronade | Non-alcoholic. A fizzy mix of orange juice, ginger, and seltzer mix, finished with candied ginger on the rim. |
| Ms. Fujimori’s Lavender Lemonade | Non-alcoholic. Lemonade sweetened with a perfect mix of lavender syrup and honey, garnished with a candied lavender stalk. |
| Iced Rosehip Tea | Non-alcoholic. This fruity, tart, and aromatic tea comes sweetened or unsweetened, and your choice of lemon or no lemon. |
| Hot Coffee or Tea | Non-alcoholic. Comes with your choice of cream, sugar, and others. Teas offered are black or green. |
Crafting Corner
Egg Painting
Didn't get around to painting eggs while Jihli was here? Don't worry! We have blank porcelain eggs for you to paint, dye, and decorate to your heart's content. Ran by Martin Freepaw!
Effigy Making
Bundle up all of your past year's frustrations, tragedies, and woes into an effigy made of sticks, rope, and a lot of imagination. Try not to get too attached - these should be burned at the end of the night, unless you want bad luck following you.
Effigy Burning?
At the end of the night, a bonfire will be lit to burn the effigy or effigies you've made throughout the festival as a way to let go of the winter and the misfortune you might've suffered along with it.
Mead Races
Rules
Must sign-up with the game runner near the bridge.
Participants will be given two options for mead, but these do not impact their chances. Everyone will drink at the exact same time.
Once the race begins, the race will be broken up into 4 rounds.
Participants will roll each round to determine whether they make it to the next round and can cross the bridge. They will drink a tankard each round and spin, with the difficulty increasing each time.
If participants fail to meet the goal, they are out of the race – and if they aren’t careful, they might fall into the river below - oh no! (Don’t worry, Mimi Fujimori will have towels.)
Drink, spin, 1st cross: roll over 200
Drink, spin, 2nd cross: roll over 400
Drink, spin, 3rd cross: roll over 600
Drink, spin, final cross: roll over 800
If multiple people make the final cross, the winner will be determined by the highest roll. Happy racing!
Egg Hunts
Rules
Plenty of colorful eggs have been planted all around the Undergrowth's yard, and you'll need to bring your bounty to Naid Carville for judgement!
Either as an individual or as a group, you will have one roll to determine how many eggs you've found and what your prize is:
450 & Under: It looks like you weren't eggstremely lucky! You still get a Consolation Prize, though.
451-750: You're getting there! For your eggscellent efforts, you've earned a Bronze Prize.
750-900: Absolutely eggsceptional! You've done as well as you can without finding the Golden Egg, and win a Silver Prize.
Over 900: You may have found plenty of colored eggs, but more importantly: you found The Golden Egg! One of them, at least. Congreggulations on winning the Grand Prize.
Special Thanks To...
In no particular order...
For their continued partnership during the Undergrowth's flagship year, and for helping to fund events like this!
Our Performers,
Thank you for the music, and for the songs you're singin'!
For regularly letting us make use of your meads, ciders, and other fares, and for keeping the music playing even when it feels like the ship is sinking.
The Bel Canto,
For letting us use your wine menu, long after you've closed, and for being the inspiration for events like this. All these things I'd treasured, the ones I'd loved the best, were the things that I'd left behind.
Erah'sae Zhwan & The FFXIV RP Calender,
For helping events like these flourish through years and years of service, and for being a pillar of the XIV community.
Martin Freepaw,
For being a close friend and one of the best managers I could ask for and regularly enduring my manic nonsense at insane hours of the day, and for your enduring support in event organization. I wouldn't know how to do this without you!