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Who: Anyone
When: Day 146, morning
Where: Portals
What: A not-so-long awaited return

[So for those who were curious about that counter that said "6 days" a couple days ago in the portal room next to the level 3 baths, the numbers on it have been jumping around the last couple of days, up and down, as if giving a live update of the haggling that's been going on behind the scenes.

Today the numbers run all the way down to zero suddenly and then is replaced with the following:

"Duration: approx 2-3 days"

With that the portal surface starts to ripple in the way that indicates that it's become permeable, and those who wander by the area may start to get the distinct smell of salty ocean air coming through it. Those on this side who try to push through it will find that although their hand disappears through the shadow layer of the portal, something that feels sort of like saran wrap blocks their hand on the other side, stretching under their weight but not letting them through.

Not so for the other side though, and if people stick around long enough they might get a surprise.]

((ooc: OK. Pre-visit threading if you're so inclined! Otherwise everyone is free to comment to this post (normal residents too, of course)! Good-enders, please indicate you're visiting in your header so people can spot you easily. You will be allowed to visit and post freely for 2-3 IC days, which translates to maybe a little more than a week OOCly.

Questions go here.))

hoards_it_up

Who: Anyone
When: Day 122, noon
Where: Out on the hill
What: Letters, Draftees, lots of junk, and Good-Enders

[Out on the grass today there seems to have been a junk explosion. Littering the area is baskets of all kinds of jerky and salted meats, coils of cords and rope, a collection of hatchets, leather skins, bundles of sticks in all kinds of lengths, more containers of assorted nuts, piles of cleaned bones, carrying bags of all kinds, matches and flints, swiss army knives, various canteens filled with water, or in unfortunate cases, urine... and on and on.

Amongst the assortment of items, there may be some that seem out of place, carefully picked out from the rest of the objects and left in their own pile. Bits of paper or carved slabs of bark, perhaps other objects that are less about having a use and more about conveying a message...

Off to the side from all this sits a pile of grass, some cheerful flowers sticking out of it here and there. The pile of grass seems to have finally found amongst its collection a couple lists of people: one written up as physical descriptions for the most part though some have names accompanying them, the other just a bunch of slightly crinkled photos, much like some print out version of the list of draftees in the God Directory.

He flips through the pages, muttering to himself.]

Hrm hrm, too wimpy. Too independent. Still in trainin'... This one's too nomadic. No good, no good, no good. This one's usin' skills that can't be taught ta others... Hrmmmm...

Guess we're gonna be startin' real small.

((ooc: DRAFTEES that didn't end up playing in the draftee visiting event but want to leave something like a letter or a gift for CR active in the game can do so HERE. Feel free to do so at any time while this post is still on the first page of the network, even after the event ends. It would be best if they marked it with their own name or the name of the person it's meant for.

Anyone trying to take his other stuff will be cursed with a feeling of paranoia about one's survival: e.g. not having enough food stored up, not having a secure enough shelter even if their apartment is plenty secure, needing to carry water on them at all times, etc. This effect will get worse the more stuff they take, but will wear off in about a day or two unless it is truly wanton thievery. They do keep the item they stole.

If anyone wants Dathusropi I will respond SLOWLY when I have the time, as I have a paper to write. This post will be used later for our first two good-enders, Noric and Xavier.))

untempered

Who: Noric and Xavier
When: Day 121, late morning (slight backdate)
Where: Upsilon
What: a new stage

[When Noric comes back from hunting in the fields today, he's far more pensive than he's been in weeks. He calls out as he enters the apartment.]

Xavier, are you here? We need to talk.

oi_theoi

Who: You!
When: Day 115, Evening
Where: Level 3, baths and common area.
What: POOL PARTY -- sort of...

[So you may hear some firecrackers going off on level 3, loudly. But just to get your attention! When you arrive you will find a that the tables of the mess area have been moved near the baths, and the whole section seems to be obscured from the rest of the common area with glass beaded curtains (floating without string) for the sake of those who are modest.

The tables have been laid out with a bunch of ingredients: some kind of creamy fish salad (like tuna), slices of meat in various flavors and textures, leafy greens, sprouts, slices of some sort of fruit or vegetable that tastes a bit tangy, there are even some cheeses, and bread. Lots of bread, already sliced up and ready for sandwich making. On some of the tables are a few tabletop grills and more cuts of meat (someone has even managed to introduce burger meats to Thusia at some point, though it's not beef). These are raw and arranged with various condiments, sauces, and seasonings nearby to barbeque with. For those less inclined to making food, there are bowls of cut fruit of various kinds (careful, some of those might be gummelons--aka zen melons).

Within the baths themselves, many towels have been provided, some wicker furniture to relax in as well, and the water itself is running clean and cool in the river, with the hot tubs steaming pleasantly beside.

Dellen's script has been left on the wall nearby:]

It's good to relax now and then.

((ooc: FOOD SHENANIGANS!

Eating food that you prepared yourself is basically safe. You might feel a bit of an energy boost but not much else will happen to you.

HOWEVER, eating food prepared by someone else will temporarily influence you with one of the personality traits of the person who prepared the food! It will generally be a personality trait that the cook considers to be positive about themselves (friendly, organized, commanding... being a sexy bombshell... if they're that sort of person...), but that can be pretty subjective. Those affected can choose either to play the personality trait as the cook sees it or as their own chara would see it.

Cooks and/or sandwich makers, be sure to list a few personality traits people can take on if you do a top-comment offering food.

Eaters (or.. whatever I should call you), you can either replace a personality trait you picked up if you eat from a different cook or have the effects stack on top of each other. Effects can last from half an hour to a whole day, depending what you want to play with.))

untempered

Who: Noric, Tempest, Xavier
When: Day 113, evening
Where: Apartment Upsilon
What: alas for Kalidas's booze supply

Now, hm... how much do you have, Tempest? I only have a bottle and a half left myself.

oi_theoi

Who: Everyone
When: Day 112, late morning and on
Where: Headed Northward
What: A bit of normalcy

[Having switched routes from the preset course that was previously taking everyone southwest, the HQ now drifts steadily northward on manual navigation.

If one sticks their heads out onto the balcony and looks back, they can see the shape of a great feathered beast, her blue, green, and red feathers gleaming along a strangely serpentine body as she glides down on wings that dwarf the HQ. A few blasts of wind and a deep rumbling sound buffet the building, vibrating it a bit as she lands in the distance, followed by a haze of red shapes that rise off her and spread out over the area that the HQ once occupied.

There may be a tense moment while one waits to see if any of those red spots in the distance change course to pursue, but after maybe about half an hour of watching it becomes clear that for the time being none of those particular lizagons are interested.

The HQ drifts on, the jungle moving by below like a sea of green. It seems for now the HQ can finally have some peace. What will you do with the rest of the day?]

((ooc: A MINGLE TO BRING US BACK TO NORMAL PLAY. The HQ will be traveling at about 20-25 mph and take at least 4 or 5 IC days to clear the jungle, so in that time everyone is free to go back to regular posting! We'll be doing a more thorough summary and announcement stuff later on to catch everyone up to where we're at. Thanks to everyone who participated!))

oi_theoi

Who: Anyone!
When: Day 109, Morning
Where: Anywhere!
What: Mingle!

[ Good morning, Thusia. So much has been happening lately: monkeys, meetings, and more! This morning is blissfully quiet, and you might even catch a ray of sunshine coming through the canopy outside. Have errands to do? Clothes to wash? People to tend to? Breakfast to make? Friends to visit? Or stuff to gather? It seems like a good time for anything. ]

ritualistic

Who: EVERYONE
When: Day 106, All Day
Where: Everywhere!
What: An overflow post for : THE FIRST MEMORY POST.

cloakanddaikon

Who: Zexion and other HQ inhabitants
When: Day 104, early afternoon
Where: 4th floor, by the fountain
What: Information and socialization

Community Meeting
This afternoon
4th Floor
by the Bulletin Board

Good afternoon.

I realize it has been some time since we last gathered to speak together, but current events—the infestation, these past electrical instabilities, the amounts of dust and debris accumulating in the lower halls—would suggest another gathering would not be amiss.

Those who do not wish to bring matters forward personally are more than welcome to put postings forward anonymously.

(( Have a topic or idea you'd like to share or discuss? Comment with the topic in the subject line! For general conversation, just leave the subject blank. ))

untempered

Who: Noric and Xavier
When: Day 102, early evening (slight forward-date to presumably when the lizagons have been beaten down)
Where: level 3 windows
What: romansu

[two men are looking out the windows into the gloom.]

Well... it doesn't look so bare, in the dark.

oi_theoi

Who: Everyone
When: Day 99, evening
Where: Floor 4
What: Beach party (bring your own party). Also mingle

[So, how many of you are using the threat of curious lizagons to stay inside? How many of you re bored yet?

[Maybe that's why Leedin has carted in a bunch of sand, and it's covering half of the clear floor on the north side of the floor. There's even plenty of colors -- white, grays and black, reds, oranges and yellows, pink and even a few patches of olive green and purple. ]

[OOC: Leedin will probably let this persist until tomorrow.]

supraliminally

Who: errybody
When: Day 97, noon-afternoon
Where: all over!
What: MINGLE

[Just because there are a bunch of dragons hanging around doesn't mean life does not go on.

Yukari, for one, is going to take a nap. Not in her room, because she doesn't want to be unavailable for, you know, whoever. Just around. Around somewhere. On the fountain. In the kitchen. Outside your door. In the service buildings. Everywhere.]

best_ended

Who: Whoever
Where: 3rd Level Common Area/4th Level at the bulletin board
When: Day 91, afternoon to evening
What:

[This afternoon, you may notice a new notice posted up for all to see:

WARNING!!!

THERE MAY BE AN INFESTATION OF A MAN-EATING INSECT BEING INTRODUCED TO THE ECOSYSTEMS.

( Rest of the message goes here )

So how's your day going, Thusia?]

((Pecha is Sir Not Appearing In This Post Unless You Go To Building Room E-9. feel free to use for mingle or what have you...))

untempered

Who: Noric, anyone
When: Day 90, late morning
Where: windows on level 3
What: good decisions

[You know what's really kind of difficult? Attempting to cut your over-long hair with a knife in the reflection of the large windows with a distracting flying monkey making faces at you from the other side.

But damned if Noric isn't giving it his best shot anyway.]

...damnable pest.

[shifts to another section of window.]

oi_theoi

Who: Anyone
When: Day 89, morning
Where: Wherever
What: Mingle

[With the directory back up and working again, some people checking it may notice that two new pages have appeared in the directory, with pictures of the faces of all the people who are currently with Dathusropi, either surviving in the wilderness or people he has discovered taken by the jungle and added to his cache of unconscious people. Apparently one of the more info-oriented gods finally tracked him down and had him organize something for them.

Otherwise, it's a quiet morning. How were your dreams last night?]

oi_theoi

Who: Anyone
When: Day 88, Morning
Where: Shrine Area, Anywhere
What: Mingle & Intros

[ There's a light misty fog outside this morning, perhaps from the seasons gradually beginning to change. The headquarters is still filled with the yapping of those puppies unless you've figured out how to quiet them, and the directory is back up, with a new entry in it. Also, is that the smell of brownies hovering around Apartment Theta? It's a new morning, Thusia, and it looks like some new arrivals in the shrine area. ]

[[ Cain ]]

once_bitten

Who: >8U
When: 87 All damn day
Where: anywhere they could find an open door
What:

[ SUDDENLY: Puppies!(?) Dozens of them!

Yes there are many many adorable lapdog sized creatures with fluffy coats, poofy tales, and sharp little tusks getting into anything in HQ they can reach and they are mad as hell. Running up and down the halls, barking up a storm. Probably peeing on the walls a bit.

Must be Tuesday. ]

((OOC: NPC runners welcome to ping Lady for more info if desired!))

untempered

Who: anyone
When: Day 85, nightfall (forward-dated)
Where: Level 5
What: The Long Night

[if you head upstairs this evening, following the directions of the message on the noticeboard or just as a happenstance, the sun's last rays of light disappear from the sky and as darkness begins to fall, you will find that not all light has fled from the topmost level of headquarters. down amongst the edges of the floor that still have nature clinging to it, a space has been cleared, and is now stacked high with logs and vines, blazing with a bonfire. the glass dome has not quite been covered over here, so the smoke escapes into the night without hindrance.

Noric is there as well, in his full Ophiuchus clothing, throwing one last piece of wood into the fire.]

((OOC: The Long Night event! This will be open to mingle for about an hour or so before Noric formally opens it, and then there will be a thread for personal speakings-into-the-void.))

ETA: formal opening | thread for personal words

untempered

Who: Noric, Xavier, Tempest, anyone
When: Day 83, afternoon
Where: outside Sparkles
What:

[well, a COUPLE of Sabrans managed to miss all the commotion, but having heard whispers of it in the halls and such earlier, they are now heading downstairs to ask what's up.]

I just think we ought to check. You can stay out here, if you don't wish to run into anyone.

[Noric knocks on Sparkles' door.]

untempered

Who: anyone
When: Day 82 (backdated)
Where: level 4 noticeboard
What:

[at some point during the day (probably before all you kids started murdering each other), a notice has appeared on the notice board. it reads thusly:

On the night of ((October 13th)), a service will be held for the living to call out to the dead, and for those of us who've died to call out to those beyond our reach. Anyone who wishes to participate, either in earnest or in spirit, or merely to attend, is welcome. I'd like to request that if you do attend, please bring some purified wood or vine, suitable for burning.

The rite will be held on Level 5, under the uncovered part of the dome.

Any queries can be directed to Noric Pellaeon in Apartment Upsilon.

so, there's that.]

((Pretend 'October 13th' says whatever Thusia date it will be ICly at the time! If you'd like to talk to Noric please tag his thread, otherwise this is an IC notification/mingle.))

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