Lechance

Hi all!

Thing the First -- Plot! So! Now that Jonas' thread has finished up (and thank you for running that Jonas!mun) we're declaring time "caught up." If you still want to do posts around that time, please make sure they are marked backdated. Since the patrol has come back and reported in to Leroy, Leroy has disseminated the information. Therefore, all the townfolk know that the patrol found the former sheriff's watch, went to the fissure and found it blocked. Leroy has asked the inventors and those with construction skills, etc., to work on a machine that will clear the rocks safely. He's also asked everyone to think of why those rocks might be hot to the touch and if it has anything to do with the various warm spots in town. Feel free to have any and all of your characters talking about, working on it, etc!

Thing the Second -- Spiders! (Dun, dun, dun!). There have been two spiders caught in the traps set earlier. They are both being kept under lock and key in an empty storage room in Leroy's salon. All of the townspeople know about one: It's dead and available for study under guard. The other, one that's live, is not known about. It's being kept in a solid glass storage box. (Ben!mun -- if you want Ben to have had a hand in this, please ping us). We will put up a post here in a minute describing the dead spider and what your characters can learn from it if they choose to study it. If you have any questions about what is appropriate to know about the creature, please ping us on that thread, do NOT just make things up. We've created them to achieve a specific goal.

Thing the Third -- Singles! There will be a singles "mixer" (think dinner dance) this week. All singles are invited to intend. There will be chaperones there. It's just a chance for them to get to know each other in a less formal atmosphere than a match visit. If a married couple or one of the Two Spirits would like to host the mixer in their home, please ping us. Otherwise it will be held at the hotel.

Also! Please remember to add the tags for your characters when you participate in a thread. We try to go back and add those that are missing before we do activity checks but we don't always catch every one. (We're only human!) We don't want to send out naughty letters to people have been active, so please help us not to do that!

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please holler!

P.S. Also, also -- Please remember that IJ doesn't send notifications when you send us a PM, so please let us know that we've got one coming in the mod OOC contact thread in Leroy's journal!

The dead spider is in pieces. Each fragment is separated into other boxes, set on a wooden table. Each box is without a lid.

The limbs are separated into their own boxes, each needle thin and pointed, sharp enough to puncture. They're jointed half way down and one of them is jammed.

The body's tiny, but observation under the available microscope shows a detailed interior of gears and a tiny, tiny radio transmitter. That is no longer transmitting.