This is the holiday week coming up for the majority of our players, one way or another. Because of all the things that are going to be happening for me, and I’m sure most of you, in the next week, my replies are going to be slow and spotty. I have a feeling they will be for you guys too. Which is more than okay with me, because I have a bunch of cookies to make, presents to wrap, trees (yes, plural) that STILL need to be decorated, a holiday dinner to plan and cook, and after that, woohoo, the New Year! What I’m saying is I’m going to be slower than usual, at least for the next week, possibly into the new year, please don’t hold it against me. I promise I’ll return the favor. ;-)

And I sincerely hope, however you choose to celebrate or not, that all of you have a wonderful, joyous and safe holiday season.

-- Kate

Philotes, Kratos, Bast, Njord, Hera, Namtar, & Dysnomia

Hey Everyone, Its the new guy Ian with a second character. This time instead of being a love deity or something mushy and squishy like that I chose Hermes my favorite of the 12 Olympians. I probably told some of you about picking Hermes up from the needed list or I probably only told Ali and imagined myself telling other people. So without further ado:

If you had important interaction with this character in the past, please reply to this post and tell me about the history of those interactions.

And someone correct me if I'm wrong but aren't Hermes and Peitho married? Talk to me about plots people! Yay second character!

Bwahahahaha!

I believe I am back to the land of the living and the sane. The work rush has finally subsided, and though I'm sure I'll be busy with holidays and all I am trying to catch up and keep up. Let me know if I've forgotten you or you have ideas for my guys.

Ken
Dionysos/Odin

OMG.

Frigg is buying Hermod underpants.

No wonder the guy has a complex.

So kidlets, here’s the dealio. We are changing the way we do activity checks. You are still required to have activity once a month for each of your critters, but rather than post a big long list of who posted where and when and what their last activity was, we’re going to try it this way instead:

We’re going to let you know if you should have gotten an e-mail from us regarding your character’s activity. If you didn’t get the e-mail, let us know. If you think we’re in error for sending you the e-mail, let us know and show us the log to prove us wrong.

We are also including a warning list for those that are getting rather close to that limit, one that will definitely be getting an e-mail on the next round if they don’t post right quick.

For this month, we have sent out e-mails for ladyvictory and peitho_dot_com.

And bathesinblood, you already know you need activity soon because you’re getting close and are looking for it, so we’ll skip giving you a swift kick in the pants.

We want to remind people, yet again, if you have a RL issue and you need to take some time off, you NEED TO LET US KNOW. We are not mind readers. Nor are we babysitters. We are not going to trawl through your personal journal to find out what’s going on with you. It is your responsibility to let us know if there’s a problem that will keep you from making activity. We are reasonable, and we feel we’re pretty generous, as long as you keep us in the loop and let us know what’s going on.

On that note, we also want to remind people that if you’re taking a hiatus, we’d consider it a courtesy if you would e-mail us as well. Preferably first, so it doesn’t feel quite so much like a public Dear John letter. We have MUCH love for da Fae for doing exactly that, and she will be squished and fondled upon her return.

And finally, because we’ve had several comings and goings in recent weeks, you ought to be updating your friends list. To aid you in that, you can use the wicked awesome Friends List Button. It is friends-locked, and you will have to log in with each of your characters to update their individual lists, but it’s the fastest way to update your characters’ friends lists.

as fae, whom morpheus is in a thread with, has just taken her leave...

can someone play with dream?

i've got another app in the works, here, but he's my only character, and no fae means no writing. :(

Hey gang, Bill here. I know a lot of you from my first run here, and to those who have joined since I left, well.. greetings. I had a number of characters before, but this time around I am going to start out small. Phobos here is a guy I played briefly, who had a lot of amusing plot in the works that I never got around to putting into action (fight with Deimos that was set up by Styx, interaction with Harmonia that never finished, etc) that I would like to finally do (that is, of course, once the beloved players behind the deities I mentioned are able to return!).

Until then, I am open to new interactions with Phobos. After the way in which Styx left him, he's not been particularly pleasant. I'm pretty much open to anything. And though I have played this character before, lemme roll out the tag line:

If you had important interaction with this character in the past, please reply to this post and tell me about the history of those interactions.

It's good to be back.

x-posted liek whoa

Hey Everyone,

I need to be gone for a month-ish, while I get my living situation sorted out and ready to go. I'll try really hard to reply when I can - so you may be getting some replies regardless - but please don't count on me and don't wait in threads for me. I just can't do it right now. I want to, but I just can't.

I'm sorry.

Hope to see you soon.

Fae
(Nanshe, Arianrhod, Styx, and soon - I hope - Bia)

I'm at my parent's house right now, which means replies are scarce. I'll be down here until some time tomorrow, then it's a drive home and a nap before I likely get to my reps.

10 year class reunion tonight. Ugh.

I'll try to get some replies in here and there, but my Dad is a busy body. Which means he has the whole day all planned out.

Love you all, I'll get to the rest tomorrow.

~ Dawn
Enyo (who needs plot), Frigg, Harmonia, Hedylogos, Iris, Loki, Skadhi

( Dear Harmonia, )

Alright kiddies! Cary and I roused ourselves from turkey-induced comas, sat down this morning and pulled names and activities from a hat. It was primarily random, though we did divvy things up in a way to make sure you weren’t going to write with yourself. Thank you all for your fantastic suggestions for the activities for these threads. Some of them turned out to be a riot with the characters involved.

Before we reveal who got who and what they’re doing, here’s the dealio: You and your writing partner have between now and Christmas Eve Eve (December 23rd) to get your thread started. We recommend you start it early so you have something to keep your critters active through the holiday season. If for any reason you cannot start or follow through with a log, let your writing partner know. That way they can at least come up with a narrative. Don’t just leave them hanging, that’s not in the holiday spirit, folks.

That’s it. We hope you guys have fun. We’re planning to! And now, ( your Merry Missions. )

Thank you to Marty and Ali for providing a couple of real doozies to play with. Get writing, and Happy Hollydaze!

- Kate

That's right! I bring you the god of sexual desire! Hello everyone, my name is Ian and i am very excited to announce the arrival (or return) of Himeros! I believe Himeros has been played in the past because there was a asterisk by his name soo...

If you had important interaction with this character in the past, please reply to this post and tell me about the history of those interactions.

I look forward to having fun with all of you and hope we get along. Oh and Hebe, me and you will get along just fine.

-Ian

So my house is like holiday central, which means for the next couple days I’ll be cleaning, cooking and prepping like a mad woman. Replies are going to be a bit sporadic if they happen at all. I’ll try to pick away at them, but I’m not making any promises until Friday. Sorry, and thank you for your patience.

- Kate
(Philotes, Kratos, Bast, Njord, Hera, Namtar & Dysnomia)

Happy early turkey day to those here in the states - I'm heading out of town for a bit so I won't get to my pending replies probably until Sunday. Sorry :(

Enjoy your holiday!
Lisa

I apologize to anybody waiting for me on posts. My head has gone underwater with regards to work, and I just haven't had the time or ability to post I have them marked to get onto, and whenever my head comes back up for a moment I will get to them.

Ken

Dionysos/Odin

If you were in plot chat, you got teasers about this. Now here it is! Just in time for the holidays! (Which is convenient, since we planned it at a holiday challenge.) So just what it is, you ask? Let us tell you! (Like you have a choice if you want to know what it is.)

You’re going to be assigned a writing partner to do a thread with, and a scene to play out.. In order for us to bring you this gingerbready goodness, we are going to need a couple things from you, kiddies.

A.) You need to sign up. That’s right, we need to know you want to play in order to include you. So you sign up here, by midnight EST on Thanksgiving Eve (Nov. 25th). And we will scramble things up and give you your assignments on Black Friday (Nov. 28th)

AND

B.) We want you to submit some generic holiday scenes to be tossed into the shuffle. You know, like wrapping presents, visiting the Island of Misfit toys, abominable snowman hunting, etc. The things everybody does every year, nothing character specific. (I.E. no asking Loki to give Frigg mistletoe.) Keep it fun and creative.

That’s all you need to do now. We’ll let you know the rules and how things are going to play out when we post the pairings and scenes on the 28th.

That’s it, boys and girls! Go ahead and sign up, and let’s get started!

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So we’re thinking of doing a plot chat on Friday. We realize it’s a bit last minute, but Cary and I realized we’re both free that night, and since the auction is done we thought folks might like the chance to plot a bit.

What do you guys think? Do you want a plot chat on Friday? 10-ish? 11-ish? No-ish?


EDIT: Plot chat will be held Friday, November the 13th, 2009 at 10:30 PM Eastern, 9:30 Central, 8:30 Mountain, 7:30 Pacific.