In honor of the harvest and the beginning of winter, Head Cook Nium instigated a cook-off in his Grilling Barn. He's got a whole pig and herdbeast roasting in the pits and is grilling up sausages, steaks, and the like on the smaller grills. The other cooks and bakers have chopped, arranged, fried, roasted, and baked up dozens of fruit, vegetable, bread, and pastry dishes. Additional trestle tables have been set up in the grilling barn to hold the fruits of their labor and for Academy residents to eat at.

Around the outside of the Grilling Barn, small tables displaying odds and ends produced by the inhabitants are set up with small boxes and slips of paper. Each box is a silent auction for that object. Bidders put their name and how much they'd be willing to pay for the item on a slip of paper and stick it in the box; at the end of the evening, the boxes will be collected and the sellers will sift through the bids and the highest bidder will receive the object for the price they listed on their slip. The Crafters were also taking special orders for Turn's End gifts and clothes.

The adjoining Recreation Hall has additional trestle tables as well as round gaming tables and the pool table. One end has been taken over by the resident Harpers and musicians and music is delivered intermittently; a section of cleared space is open floor for dancers.

H'lee loved roast days. In a way, he hated how much he loved them because it exposed a weakness to his weyrlings, but he took too much pleasure in Nium's cooking to really care if his charges saw him scrambling off Seeth's back and moving as quickly as his injured leg could go to be the first in line for a slice of freshly-roasted pork and herdbeast. He also collected a sausage and bun, on which he slathered mustard. Then he scurried off to one of the side tables where there was a box of dominoes set up. It wasn't one of the more popular games, so he figured he'd be safe sitting there to eat, out of the way of the youngsters on the trestle tables.

The silent auction items were across the hall from him, so he used peering at them from his seat as an excuse to keep an eye on things and make sure none of the weyrlings or other children got too rowdy.

Silvara had finally pulled herself out of the healing hall and to the gather. She knew it was a rest day but she liked spending time in the healing hall on rest days as few people went there. She had been working on her lesson plans for the different Gifted students now in her care to learn to control their gifts as well as her lessons to give as a Master Healer to think of as well. She still needed to speak with H'lee about that but it could wait till latter.

For now she would join the feast and see if there was anything in the auctions she would like. As she walked along in her black and silver clothing she took note of the items on the auction block while heading towards where the food was. She also took note of H'lee's position thinking to maybe sit and talk with him a little if only to know if Alina had threatened him yet with marriage. She knew her friend was deeply attached to him. It made Silv smile as she hoped her friend had good luck with that.

As her eyes traveled the tables she found herself drawn to the chandelier with its lovely cool colors drawing her. She nibbled on her lip thinking she would put a bid in for it then go and get some food.
A small (3-glow/candle) stained glass chandelier in cool colors (greens, blues, and purples)