Mar Luna

WHO: James, Faihan, and Elisa
WHEN: May 16 (Morning)
WHERE: La Estrella Hotel, Taboga Town
SUMMARY: Feefee is still processing the Titus reveal and wondering about his qualifications as a leader; James is just trying to get Elisa to eat some breakfast.
CW: Self-doubt. Hints of Depression.

( ''Have you ever eaten stardust?'' )

WHO: The Weirdos
WHEN: May 15 (~9 P.M.)
WHERE: La Estrella Hotel, Taboga Town
SUMMARY: Joaco endeavours to explain it all, and the helmet comes off.
CW: Mentions of major character death.

( Opening Statements. )
( The Dark Knight. )
( Three Brothers. )
( Nero Revealed. )
( A Static Past. )
( Next Steps. )
( Lost Memories & Time. )
( The Seal. )
( End of Meeting. )

WHO: Santi & James; Faihan, Eli, Mateo + Joaco & Alejo
WHEN: May 15 (Afternoon)
WHERE: Biomuseo Mar Luna; Akane's Forest Property
SUMMARY: Faihan recalls that the magic was pointing in two directions...and there might be a third stake out there. With a hint from the youngest Araki, he assembles two more teams to go and investigate...there is success and failure—and a reunion.
CW: Fantasy Violence; also, Faihan's emotional state is poor.

( ''It's the receptor to her magical siphon.'' )

WHO: Mateo, Juliet, James, Eli, Kaveh, and Faihan
WHEN: May 14 (~10 P.M.)
WHERE: Central Park
SUMMARY: Faihan assembles a team to take on the tree. It does not go as hoped, but they learn more and decisions are made.
CW: N/A

( An interesting development. )

[1] The tree has to go.
[2] Meet me in the park tonight after dusk.

[Kaveh]
I hope you aren't in too much trouble. Sorry that was almost little more than a bust.

[Icchi]
Your mother is a wee bit domineering, isn't she, meine schnecke?

[Weirdos]
If anyone is curious, I have a list of some curious items currently being housed at the university. Might be of interest. Who can say!

Several crystals, stones, a sword, a lance, an odd contraption that could be a sort of [...] computer, bits of fabrics....

[Faihan]
I
You know, this is all quite
Does "a book with strange symbols" mean anything to you?

WHO: Kaveh and Jameson
WHEN: Last week
WHERE: A cafe
SUMMARY: Kaveh and Jameson agree to work together.
CW: Paranoia, Paranoia

( Between you and me, I always thought it a waste to keep such things in shadow )

TO: Jameson Sulzbach
FROM: Kaveh Karimi
SUBJECT: Artifacts

Jameson,

Hope you are well. I have seen you attend the meetings.

I was curious, as an archaeologist, what is your access to the university's artifacts?

Sincerely,

Kaveh Karimi

WHO: Icchi and James
WHEN: The evening of the film festival
WHERE: A nice restaurant
SUMMARY: I guess it's a date? Though the longer they try to decide what this is, the more tense things get...
CW: Brief mentions of grief, but nothing really.

( That was what he had aimed for, and that’s what he had succeeded at. But he disliked it. )

[1] What if you hired that babysitter again?
[2] We can sit in the back and spy on people.
[3] There's life to be lived above water, too, you see.

Well, yes, happy International Whale Shark Day, I suppose. And so it is whale shark migration season all over again. Or, rather, it is the height of the season, but not for us, sadly. I took these last year near the Yucatán Peninsula, where on any given day, you may be able to see anywhere between 100 and 400 whale sharks. The season over here is a bit shorter, I'm afraid, and ends in April. I'm doing some work over on Las Lajas this year, and haven't had the time to travel.

For the curious, the closest you may get to one of these beauties is 5m/16ft. Which is to say that, no, I am not a shark-whisperer. I simply used a selfie stick and zoomed in a bit. They really won't allow anything more than that, I can promise you. (And, if they do, you shouldn't be taking advantage!)

In any case, welcome back, students! And hello to the incoming classes. You'll no doubt be excited after reading all this (or, at the very least, intrigued) to know that we offer a discount on diving lessons through the university to any full-time or part-time students. This goes for faculty and staff as well. I cannot guarantee a whale shark encounter, even at the height of their season on the Caribbean side, but there is never a shortage of wonderful things to see and discover in these waters. Scuttlebutt on the mainland is the months of June through October might even bring orcas and humpbacks to the Pacific side.