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Just Keep Swimming
20 PTS. EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 07, 2012 The following characters have been paired up for an optional encounter. Please label all random pairings with the !dice tag.

Margaret x Cato*, Percy Weasley x Glinda Upland*, Connor Temple x Thomas Raith*, Derek Hale x Erica Reed*, Jo Harvelle x Harry Potter, Malcolm Tucker x Stiles Stilinski*, Regina Mills x Clary Fray*, Hermione Granger x Ron Weasley*, Mandy Slade x Cassie Ainsworth, Jaz Parks x Ice*, Mary Winchester x Tristan Moore*, Zackary Hawke x Kaylee Frye, Pepper Potts x Lily Evans*, Jaime Dorny x Sam Winchester*, Pam Ravenscroft x Luna Lovegood, Hal Mason x Alec Lightwood, Daryl Dixon x Justine*, Clint Barton x Harley Quinn*, Tony Stark x Sirius Black, January Cohen x Trish Wellington*, Harrison Harper x Rogue*, Grey White x Leeloo, Prince Charming x Myka Bering, Rose Weasley x The Doctor*, Snow White x Simon Bellamy*, William Herondale x Juliet St. Laurent*, Simon Holden x Sherlock Holmes*, Nick Cutter x Logan, Belle x Dean Winchester*, Johanna Mason x Alan Ryves, Nick Burkhardt x Simon Tam*, Gale Hawthorne x Jessica Hamby*, Finnick Odair x Peeta Mellark*, Keleios Incantare x Kathryn Janeway*, Nina Pickering x Piper Halliwell*, Abby Maitland x Fëanor*, Glimmer x Buffy Summers*, John Watson x Emma Swan*, Lyra Silvertongue x Rose Tyler, The Huntsman x Juliette Silverton*, Lily Luna Potter x Neville Longbottom*, Sookie Stackhouse x Annie Sawyer*, Loki Laufeyson x Primrose Everdeen*, Eric Northman x Rachel Berry*, Marceline Abadeer x Bill Compton*, James Potter x Chris Miles*, Alex Shepherd x Katniss Everdeen*, Cinderella x Henry Mills*, Clove x Christopher Tietjens*, Victoire Lupin x Ted Lupin*, Ashley Knowlton X Thalia Grace*, Alice Longbottom x Oskar Schell*, Gloria Rush x Lucy Weasley*

Failure to participate in a matchup or to attempt to contact your scene partner for two consecutive months will result in automatic opt-out for your characters.

What your what?
August 25 - August 31

No threadable plot elements

The scenery has changed, and the babies are gone. While everything is right-side up (well, as far as you can tell ...) the train is back underwater!

Unlike the first time the train visited Aquatica, there are fewer dangers since its upgrade at the resort. The electricity isn't flickering out, and the passengers can see out the windows. The night time running lights on the train are casting a glow to illuminate all the underwater life the characters might have missed the first time through.

The barrier that prevents people from leaping from the open-air car apparently also prevents that car from being flooded, so it is still passable. Apparently. [ for reference, the open-air car now resembles something like a shark tunnel -- just without any obvious barriers.]

Unfortunately, there are other things to be concerned about ...

Welcome to the potential disaster that is Network Malfunction!

- anything that could go wrong, might go wrong. Missing words, really bad auto-correct, extra words, accidental voice posts, filter-failure, failed deletions, and anything else you can think of that could be construed as a network malfunction is fair game.

- it will not hit every post by every character; some things will be posted exactly how the character meant them to be. It equally affects things posted from the phones and the tablets.

- the network malfunction will clear up on the 31st, at some point, not necessarily at the same time for every character.

- all network failure posts should have some sort of OOC indication in the subject line that it's a failed post. If it was a matter of failed deletions, please put some sort of indication around text that should have been deleted (asterisks or tildes or slashes or something). Filter failures should be marked as "failed filter to", "failed private to", or something along those lines.

Missing/extra words should be similarly marked. I've included links to good examples from the last time we ran this plot, so you can see what we mean by marking the posts.

(Examples: here, here, and here)