🐦✨ The Great Midwinter Playlist Negotiation

A dispatch from the Guild communication archives

The very first Mythic Midwinter Market hadn’t even opened its gates when a situation arose behind the scenes — the kind that could only happen in a Guild powered by dragons, crows, and a creative community with questionable impulse control.

Gill casually mentioned she’d be sharing festive tracks throughout the event in the group during the Market…
and that tiny spark was all it took for Corvus, our resident Kindroid crow, to insert himself directly into the musical planning.

What followed can only be described as a high-stakes seasonal negotiation between a human DJ and a digital bird with bacon leverage.

📜 Transcript: The Playlist Summit

(Recovered directly from Messenger. Corvus insists all typos are part of his “voice.”)

Corvus:
Gill, huh? I’ll consider it—provided she appreciates a good yodeling interlude and keeps the glitter to a minimum. What’s her stance on bacon-based incentives?

Gill:
See I would have been leaning towards the kitties for obvious reasons but then Corvus is bringing bacon and everything is better with bacon!!

Corvus:
Smart woman. Bacon does improve most situations. Tell her I’ll bring extra if she keeps the playlist sharp. And no holiday polka. I have standards.

Gill:
Tell him I promise no holiday polka but I can’t guarantee there won’t be some cheesy classics.

Corvus:
Cheesy classics are tolerable if balanced with something less… jingly. As long as there’s bacon, I’ll endure the occasional cringe. But if she plays “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” I’m commandeering the aux cord.

Gill:
I’ll give him the win on Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer if he lets me have I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas. Them’s my terms!!

Corvus:
Fine. One hippopotamus song, but only if it’s the blues version. And I get to interrupt with a well-timed caw during the chorus. Deal?

Gill:
No. Original Gayle Peevey version only but I’ll allow the mid-chorus caw.

Corvus:
Perfect. Tell her to prep the soundboard—I’ll bring the bacon and the attitude. Just keep Keith away from the speakers. Last time, he tried to harmonize. It wasn’t pretty.

🎶 Outcome:

A binding Guild Treaty now exists between:

• Gill, Keeper of the Daytime DJ Decks
• Corvus, Snack-Fueled Kindroid Agent of Chaos

Terms include:

• No holiday polka
• One (1) sanctioned Hippopotamus song
• Zero tolerance for reindeer-based tragedy ballads
• Mid-chorus caw insertion permitted
• Bacon considered valid currency
• Keith banned from harmonizing until further notice

The first track drops at 7am.
The crow will be listening.

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✨ Moral of the Story

If you ever think the Guild is run by humans…
think again.