vallo

Oh. Um. That was... unexpectedly... awful. Jon and Martin in the same week?

[tim + georgie]

Hi. Checking in, loves. What do you need?

Now that I'm calmer and understand a bit more of what's going on (or what I'm able to understand, at least)... hello? I'm... Sasha. I think. I was told this was a good way to reach out to others.

This has probably been debated thoroughly knowing how things work here, but -

Your best tips for getting bloodstains out of clothing, GO.

archive squad + georgie.

Definitely avoid the spooky new hotel. I just had a less than pleasant evening. But I got to pay our dear friend Orsinov another compliment. So it kind of balanced out.

jontim.

Danny was there. Like. Like nothing had happened. He was fucking excited about the damn building. It was just so real. It was like I never lost him. And then... Then they made me watch. Again. I think I'm going to be sick.

katetim.

I can't turn it off. I'm burning too hot, and I can't stop it. And I had to kill you. I couldn't save you, and I had to kill you instead. And I can't I know you'd never actually be captured like that But it felt so real And I can't It's angry that I failed, and I think it's making me suffer.

Oh no This place certainly does have an odd sense of humor when it comes to the things it brings here from our homes.

archives gang + georgie.

So, I found some tapes today.

So I may have taken a nap and woke up with something napping on the pillow next to me. This place seems dead set on giving me some kind of pet, so it settled on fire-breathing hedgehog/echidna. Because that's definitely the most logical choice.

Even if this is like my childhood fantasy like 25 years late.

katetim.

At least this gives me an excuse to fireproof the apartment without raising too many questions.

Well, shit. That's... a lot. I can only imagine a lot of people lost someone, so if anyone want to get a drink and commiserate later, misery loves company.

[ Archive Squad (+Georgie) ]

Everybody good?

[ JonMarTim ]

I'm really fucking sick of losing friends.

[ Kate Pryde ]

Hey. This going to be sound pathetic Are you I was wondering if Suck it up, Stoker

You wanna come over?

Does Vallo have a library? Or a museum?

I'm trying to find a job. I'm good at filing, have a decent knowledge of the supernatural. I make excellent tea and I'm pretty tidy.

What is the point of having a currency based economy if you are just going to be angry at people for counting out their coins to purchase something?

[...] That is not a specific rant against any of you unless you were the ones to spew curse words at me while I was paying for my coffee, but Kiri was taught new words and I am not sorry for her yelling "go fuck yourself" at the patron behind me.

At any rate Chastity's Nook is open all weekend and if you would like a mystery book delivery, inquire below. I have a second delivery companion so I am able to handle a larger volume of orders.

[ Archive Squad (+Georgie) ]

There's a fair. I totally checked it out already, and it seems to be free of any and all spooky and/or dangerous circus-like things. So who's up for losing a vast amount of pocket change for cheap toys from China and eating themselves sick on fried foods this weekend.

And I remind you, it has been nearly two solid years since I've forced us to we've done any constructive team building so we're more than overdue. I miss

So who's in? I'm not above begging

Oh, for fuck's sake. Are we preparing for a full Koopa Troopa take over? Someone get Bowser on the phone and tell him this is unacceptable. I will not be subjected to this! I refuse!

The only comfort I can take is that they're not six feet tall mushroom headed monstrosities wearing paramilitary uniforms. The movie is noncanonical confirmed.

After much hard work preparing that everything is ready, and getting the staff ready and the menu perfected, I am pleased to say that Cerberus Books will finally be read to open this Saturday, August 29th. We will be open from 9 AM to 6 PM. Free coffee and cookies will be available, and we will have a full menu of drinks, snacks, burgers, soups, salads, and sandwiches available for purchase, as well. All books will be buy two, get one free. We will also be showing classic horror films in the viewing area all day long.

I am also looking to hire a few more staff members, and will be doing on the spot interviews.

I would like to thank all of my staff for working with me to help this happen. I truly appreciate each and every one of you.

I hope to see many of you there!

[Spellmans]

It would seem that I have been gifted with the family fortune. Zelda and I have set it up in a shared bank account, for us all to have access to. I do trust that it will be used responsibly.

[Archive Gang]

So I like having flatmates. It does get a bit lonely without Melanie but if you all want your space, I'll understand that. I feel we should all stick together though.

Greetings, fellow kidnapped denizens! Alexis Rose, here to make your day just a little bit brighter so put on your cheap Wal-Mart sunglasses because it's time for...

SPEED DATING

Or as I like to call it, Booty Camp.

In honor of Beyoncé's glorious entrance into the world, yes, that Beyoncé whom I once met in Mykonos, there will be a speed dating event on September 4th. Hosted by moi, the event will begin at 6:00 PM and will be held at Ásynja Meadery. Food and drinks available for purchase, but try not to get too sloppy or lose your top too early.

There will be a $10 registration fee, and all proceeds go to benefit the Chakrabarti Clinic, because we all have to take care of ourselves and get those pap smears if that applies to you. If you're interested in signing up or signing up someone else who is too shy to sign up but is sitting around sad and lonely, eyeliner flaking off as they listen to Creep by Radiohead, let us know!

And if there are questions or concerns, direct them to Alexis Rose (that's me), PR Leadership for the DOA, owner of Alexis Rose Communications, and current babysitter of Rose Apothecary.

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On to some lighter news. So whatever gracious thing goes on in this place, it also saw fit to give me some Podcasting equipment. With that I can officially state that What The Ghost will be back in business. I can't give a definite date just yet because I'm still figuring out the last bit of logistics which are (but not limited to):

Sponsors god: back in London I did at least three shout outs per show so if you have a business and would like it to be mentioned let me know and we can work out details. For people who don't know what that is, that basically explains it, but it also involves giving out a small discount to attract people. There's a bit more to that, in all fairness but that we can talk about.

Topics: so I realize that not everyone knows the legends of home so I can obviously talk about those, but I could also have guests who talk about specific legends and spooky stuff from their own homes (whether that's another Earth that sentence or a different world) and perhaps I could give a bit of details about the various things that pop up around here. Enough where they could be 'this is what this specific thing from home looks like/how they act/how you may want to deal with that'. I don't want to step on any toes though, or make the podcast too heavy but that is an option. I'm also going to be looking around Vallo for spooky stories. Those who have been here longer are welcome to give me pointers to where I should look and who I should talk to.

So those are the two things I still need to hammer out. Once I've got those I'll have to look into a streaming service, and I'll have to figure out how often I'd want to do shows which is another question to pose. Would people be interested in a weekly thing, or should I spread it out a little more?

[Jon]

So...old format, new format?

Isn't this just typical? Here I was, looking forward to being dead and expecting to maybe get some rest for the first time in years, and what happens instead? I get pulled into some sort of bureaucratic hellscape with the formality and the explanations.

Shit. I kept expecting Elias to pop his head up the whole time and be like, "Forever means forever, Tim," with that smug, punchable face of his. At least that would have given me some stress relief.

I'd half thing none of it had ended if there wasn't so much order to this place. But no. This doesn't make sense as anything but what they said it was. As much sense as that makes.

And least I've gotten used to rolling with the punches.

So! For the assembled masses, whomever or whatever they be, this is Timothy Stoker, at your service. Openly resigned to whatever sort of fate this is.

Now that she's settled in, it seems only polite to introduce Professor Iris Blackwood.

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She's very comfortable and seems to get along quite well with the Admiral.

Guess who is gainfully employed!
Or will be come tomorrow.
I'm picking up celebratory Thai
Requests?

Hey! So I heard this rumor that you met with Caroline about Gainful Employment™ and that you're also something of a Communications person, so, I'm here to make you an offer you can't refuse. Or I guess you could but that's not as much fun and you wouldn't get to stock up on fun gel pens or cute pencil cups shaped like cacti.

I'm in need of an Assistant, especially since I have Rose Apothecary to look after. This would entail market research, sending out surveys, some light filing, and maybe putting together some press kits to help out during a pretty spectacular dumpster fire (we have a lot of those).

If you're interested, let me know? Alexis Rose is me, PR and Communications Rep for the DOA.