Elf Laser-Eye Day

**Elf Laser-Eye Day**, sometimes abbreviated to **ELD**, is a holiday on Ventureworld. Taking place on the eighth Tuesday of every year, it centers on a contemporaneous phenomenon in which elves project laser beams from their eyes, the color of which is said to match that of their soulmate.

## Information and traditions

For the duration of the eighth Tuesday of every year, all elves on Ventureworld project laser beams from their eyes, following their line of sight. This is involuntary for the elves - the only way to suppress the lasers is to close one's eyes. Though the beams are most akin to laser pointers, and as such have no true damaging capabilities, they can still potentially blind those that make eye contact with them, and so magically protective eyewear is commonplace.

The color of the beams varies from person to person, and is culturally the most important aspect of Elf Laser-Eye Day. Each elf's laser beam color is said to be unique to them and their soulmate, and so Elf Laser-Eye Day has become a prominent romantic holiday. This phenomenon is not limited strictly to elves - should an elf's supposed soulmate be a non-elf, that person will also gain laser eyes for the day. Specialists exist to judge the exact hue of an elf's lasers, and distinguish them from, or match them to others; those with lasers often travel to different cities each year to broaden their search for a match.

Festivals celebrating Elf Laser-Eye Day are held worldwide; though largest in and around the elven lands, they are also held in most large cities. These festivals are typically where laser colors are compared en masse. As the holiday is widely observed and celebrated, not solely by elves, it is common for the local royalty or government of a city to make a speech at these festivals. Since elves' spontaneous development of tastebuds in the year 698 P.D.F., Elf Laser-Eye Day festivals have also prominently featured food stands, often serving highly unusual combinations of foods and flavors, such as fig-and-pickle alcohol and steaks marinaded in mint.

## History

### *Episodes on the Disni Channel*

Elf Laser-Eye Day was first mentioned in *The Training Arc* by Abbott Abad, after Redryn and Rah'Mee misunderstood his mention of "Paz's vision."

### *Stories on the Subjugated Straits*

*SoSS 3.9* took place on Elf Laser-Eye Day 700 P.D.F. During Paz's brief visit to Avi, she was revealed to have tomato-red eye beams, but expressed disdain for the holiday. Back in Elmore, Nati awoke to find herself with intense blue eye beams. Later, the others noticed beams of the same color displayed in Val's reflection, prompting Lynx and Lemon Mint to help her plan how to confess her crush on Nati. These plans culminated in an elaborate fireworks show that they intended to set off for Nati after the festival. However, when Nati returned from the festival drunk and fell asleep early, and Voy brought Val to tell them to call it off, Lemon Mint mistakenly set it off anyway. Despite Val's disappointment, upon returning to Nati's room, it was revealed that she saw the display through her window, and thought it beautiful.

## Trivia

* The intensity of an elf's laser beams varies with its color, with blue and violet beams being the brightest, and requiring even stronger eyewear to counteract.
* In the case of half-elves and their soulmates, only one of their eyes will project a laser.