site event The Running of the Leaves (2025) Race Event!

[Dynamo Pad 11,786]

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Storyline:

As your OC arrives at the gathering spot, they can see the starting line, a hot air balloon, empty seats to sit in the crowd, as well as other ponies gathering to either watch or participate.

There are serval things that you can do in this situation.

You are able to:

Interact with other participants taking part in the race.

Head on over to Dynamo Pad, who's standing near a desk full of numbers to hand out to the participants.

Do something else.

It's completely up to your OC on what you'd like to do, before the race begins. Once everyone has their numbers, everyone can line up at the starting line for the race to begin.

The race will begin on September 8th! This will give everyone enough time to arrive at the racing location, as well as line up at the starting line when the race is about to commence. 

Good luck and have fun, everypony!

OOC: Don't forget that posts in this thread should be in character (IC) to help build a storyline. A prompt shall appear shortly.

OOC: If you wish to sign up for the race event, be sure to post your response and interest in the Sign Up Thread:

https://mlpforums.com/topic/205848-the-running-of-the-leaves-2025-oocsign-up/

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As you all make your way towards the location of the race for this years, Running of the Leaves. You can see multiple things going on as you take a look around the area. A pink hot air balloon tied to a post and ready to take flight, empty bleachers that are slowly starting to fill with audience spectators. Ponies and other creatures holding vendor stalls for food and beverages. From cotton candy, popcorn, beverages and many more treats are available to be purchased and had!

As this was going on, the host for the event, Dynamo Pad, was looking through his checklist to make sure he was prepared for this year's race. "Let's see here. Paper's with numbers on them? Allowing me to hand over said number to the participants? Check! Commentators having a bird's eye view for the race and the racer's? Check! Weather conditions being bright and sunny?" He asks, smiling as he pulled his gaze away from his clipboard, before turning his attention towards the sky. His smile faded slightly as his expression turned puzzled as he took notice of the sky. What was meant to be a clear and sunny blue sky, was instead filled with gray clouds and a slight windy breeze. "Huh? That's really strange. I thought for sure the plan was to have clear skies for the race. It looks like it might rain, but I don't recall there being an announcement of rain. I think Rainbow Dash would have said something." He says, scratching the back of his neck as he tried to make heads or tails of what was going on.

"Hmmm...I guess this could be okay. There shouldn't be any rain, so the ground wouldn't be wet and slippery to run across. Hopefully everything will be okay. I remember how much fun everyone had from the last Running of the Leaves. I made sure that things were just as fun this year as compared to last year. Making it double the fun!" His puzzled look slowly faded as his smile returned. He admitted to himself that he was feeling nervous, but not as nervous as he felt from the previous race. While he did hope that things went well this time around, he was still looking forward to the race ahead.