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I've been doing a lot of thinking since our time jumping adventures and while there is still a lot I don't really understand and more that I have a hard time putting into words, the one thing I definitely know I need is more training. It's not really something I like to admit, but I'm not going to get better if I don't.

Anyone in need of (or want for) a werewolf as a sparing partner?

I've been looking at the college and university here and have a question if anyone has tried to do the same. Do you have to pick a major and work towards a degree or can you just take classes that interest you?

[FILTERED TO FRIENDS]

Serious question - is a tableside sushi/book reading/chocobo cuddling engagement party too much?


Oh uh. This is me "officially" announcing the guys and I are getting married. Sorry. Specs probably has fancy announcement cards on the way to the printer.

[ Filtered to People She's Been Friendly With, Feel Free to Assume! Except You Darlington; Keep Out ]

I know this is a breach of the "I don't know you people that well yet" contract, but I need to cosplay as a responsible adult on Friday, so pretend we're besties.

I'm having dinner Friday, somewhere relatively nice. The vibe is straddling the line between "dinner date" and "just friends doing friend things in the wake of unspeakable horrors" and I need an outfit that can pivot. Ordinarily I'd let Mercy dress me but Mercy isn't here, and I haven't had time to buy anything suitable, so. Bestie, help a girl out. Do I go with a black dress or something like top + jeans + heeled boots?

And don't fucking tell Darlington.

Filtered to Friends, please assume! Filtered specifically AWAY from Nadja and Laszlo
Now that things have quieted down a little, I have a question.

How do you turn down an invitation to a vampire orgy without being rude? Do you think I can say "I'm sorry, I have a boyfriend"?

Also, what do I do with a sign that implies I love wine and don't like my husband?

I always thought it would be cool to be friends with vampires, and they do seem nice in their way, but now my main goal is to not get eaten. Is it true that they really like virgins?

[The note is written in very neat, deliberately-small penmanship, and the ink is purple]
Dear Ms. Nadja and Mr. Cravensworth,

I'm sorry to hear about your friends going back, especially when you were already having a bad day. It's not much of anything, but I know you like pictures of yourselves, so I thought I'd send you a little pick-me-up.

Sincerely,
Abigail Blyg

[Beneath the note is a detailed 8x10 ink drawing of Laszlo in his bat form, flying mightily into the sky]

HELLO THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION YOU WILL EVER READ IN YOUR SHORT TINY LIVES

LASZLO CRAVENSWORTH AKA JACKIE DAYTONA AKA JACK THE RIPPER HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM ME BY WINGED DEVILS

(not the sexy scrumptious kind of Mr. Lucifer)
(unless this is Mr. Lucifer playing a very fun game in which case you cheeky horny little fox)

THIS IS VERY SAD FOR ME AND I WILL ACCEPT ANY AND ALL SUPPORT AS I WAIL AND MY BOSOM HEAVES

also Nandor and Gizmo are COMPLETELY IGNORING MY WAILS FUCKING USELESS I TELL YOU

[Filtered to FF House 2023]
Hey, does anybody have a minute to come out to the art building on campus and help me with a little problem? I'm so sorry to be a bother, I know everybody's busy, but there's this goose, and I think maybe it's possessed by demons or it's a vicious weregoose or something??? If it IS a vicious weregoose I'm in trouble, because the darn thing bit me.

Or maybe this is just what normal geese are like? I don't know, I'm from the city, we don't just have geese hanging out. But I tried to just get out of its way, and it CHASED ME, and now it has me cornered by the dumpster behind the sculpture studio and it won't let me leave. Every time I try it starts flapping and snapping and HONKING.

Anyway, the point is, please come help, this is really not cool.

>> Wanna go get some cocoa while Christmastown is here?
>> Because I think maybe I'm dead in the future
>> And I could use some cocoa

What's up, assholes. Using these things so you folks in the past are up to speed on where the fuck we're at with all this stuff. I'm not apologizing for my handwriting.

So the info that our time traveling wizard duo was able to pull from 2023 (with the help of you fine nerds back there too, thank you for that) was actually good shit, because as of a bit ago we were able to use it to figure out where the weapon is at that we can use to take down Interitus once you folks in the past destroy the simulacrum. It's in the city, because of fucking course it is, hidden away.

Naturally this means we have to put a group together to extract it. We've got our secret hidey hole way into the city to get in, but we're going to need a mix of Sneaky Shits and Fighty Fucks to do it, so ivolunteerastribute.gif and all that shit below, visitors and our regular crew alike. As always, this isn't a guaranteed safety sort of situation, but we'll need to get a lay of the land ahead of time to at least mitigate. They're a bunch of dicks, though, so no doubt something will come up so know that before you step up.

More details incoming once we have a better idea as to the group we're looking at and once we've got it secure, that's one step closer to getting this asshole fucking gone.

Hello from 2033.
I know there are some anxious people on your end wondering what's been going on - everyone who decided to travel forward with Caleb and Essek have arrived safely and are now situated with us.

As you can see we are able to communicate across the timelines at the moment using the journals some of us managed to keep over the years. If you'd like to check in with your friends and family who travelled feel free to use this entry to do so.

While the journals will be usable for the next while here we are asking for everyone to refrain from spamming too much. All magic usage is a risk, this included. We are also asking that no one mentions any specifics to the plan, the journals on our end will not leave our safe zone, but should we be ambushed here we do not want any details falling into the wrong hands. As well please keep in mind our journal stock is limited and we are all sharing only a handful, your conversations may be viewed by others.

If someone can give me a quick "hey I see this" that would be great. We are fairly confident this should work but let us know for sure.



(( note: timeline wise today this will be written once everyone is back at the outpost and has had enough time to get sorted, so late afternoon/early eveningish ))

Does anyone else just really, really hate being here with no idea how things are going in the future?

[OOC - Please note that in any visuals, Essek has longer hair and an eyepatch over his left eye with visible scarring on that side of his face/ear/head k ty bye.]

This is so awkwa Figured out time travel, but did not plan how to

Hello. It feels odd to introduce myself as many of you already know me, but I am Essek Widogast and I'm here with Caleb (also) Widogast. If my husband's perfect recall can be relied upon, which I am willing to stake most everything on it, the versions of us that you know normally should still be deep within the Aeor that was brought to Vallo, being very much themselves while surrounded by ancient Exandrian magic and technology.

Which is to say, and I'm doing a poor job of getting to the point, we are from a different timeline and time. A few hours ago, we were in 2033 within a branch of the future that is hopefully not your own. The Temporal Concurrence and the aligning of the leylines does, it seem, allow for some otherwise so-called impossible magic when one(s) puts many months of work into entirely too many sleepless nights their wizard mind(s) to it.

I cannot promise to keep a long story short as there are many moving parts and I tend to be accidentally verbose in the best of times, but I think many of you may remember the attack from Interitus that happened in August of 2021. He was not as gone as we had all hoped and is now wreaking havoc upon my and Caleb's timeline. Thanks to the concurrence and the influx of magic, our intel is advising that he is planning on ascending beyond his current form into something akin to godhood. Should he do so, his powers will be made more or less limitless and there will be no stopping him from traveling freely within timelines to destroy every version of Vallo, as has been his will all along. Our version has just been practice for him.

As for why we have broken through literal time and space to visit the past, we are seeking aid. This has already been discussed with the DOA, but there are a few things that we are here for specifically.

First, Interitus is using a simulacrum of sorts as a power focus, which has allowed him to bide his time in our world and eventually build up enough power in secret to take over. We believe that this simulacrum had already arrived in March of 2023--in February, specifically. We do not know where, but our hope is that you fine people will be able to locate and destroy it, specifically at the height of the concurrence to not give away our plans.

Second, Caleb and I are in search of a very specific tome from the Great Library. We unfortunately do not have access to the Library in our time as you do now, but we believe that the tome we are looking for has information regarding locating the object needed to pierce through Interitus's magical defenses. If any librarian friends are willing to volunteer to help with that, as we do need this before we return to our time tomorrow, it would be greatly appreciated.

Finally, and I realize that this is the largest ask of them all, a vision from one of the Prigany psychics has shown us that there are specific people in the future that aid in the efforts. Our understanding is that these people come to us from your timeline and travel to our own. We have a list of those people, who I will be filtering separately with more information. Please know there is no expectation. We are not here to force anyone to help, regardless of psychic visions.

This is long and a great deal of information for a Monday, I understand. Caleb and I are here to answer any questions that we can--at least those questions that do not pose more harm to the timelines than our being here already might.

FILTER TO AURORA MORNINGSTAR, BILLY KAPLAN, BO DENNIS, COBB VANTH, DANIEL ARLINGTON, GALADRIEL HIGGINS, GANSEY, GLADIO AMICITIA, IRIS AMICITIA, KATOU YUE, KELLACH DONNALLEN, KRATOS, LAN XICHEN, LILA PITTS, LYDIA MARTIN, ORYM, OSTYIA RABALSKA, REMUS LUPIN, ROGIER, SAM WILSON, SARA LANCE, STEVE HARRINGTON, TALLY CRAVEN, TENNAL HALKANA, THOM SUMMER, TYLER LOCKWOOD, VEX'AHLIA + CALEB WIDOGAST

( OOC cut because I know this is getting long I AM SORRY. )

Marika protect me from students who hear "five page minimum" and take it as the bare minimum.

Twenty-two pages! On Vallo jury practices! I've only just come up for air.




What's this about Valentines Day, then?

[ FILTERED TO FRIENDS & FAMILY OF WILL LAURENCE & LAN XICHEN + FINAL FANTASY FAMILY ]
Hello friends! Sorry for the short notice, but I've lovingly insisted on throwing an engagement party for our favorite couple to celebrate them and their love. 🥰

So please join us at 7 PM on February 21st at Cloud Recesses to celebrate William Laurence and Lan Xichen and their upcoming marriage! Yes, we're crashing the Longtaitou Festival.

Fancy dress! Bring a big appetite! And Temeraire??? Could use your help if you have time!

I have been doing a lot of research, and actually the amulet is very interesting, it is almost like a riddle. You have to say the words differently depending on what phase the moon is in (this seems silly to me, but I suppose it is appropriately mystical and the sort of thing you get in myths anyway). In any case I can now change back and forth whenever I like, so long as there are some clothes conveniently nearby. Or even not, if it is an emergency? It is less hassle to go the other way, but there are so many things I can do in a man shape, so do not be surprised if I wear it a lot from now on.

I have been very busy and not writing here, so there is a lot I have not mentioned - my pavilion has been finished, with a roof at last, and also Emily is here now, who was one of my best officers even if she is not actually mine anymore, she is Excidium's, but since he is not here I am sure he would not mind if I borrowed her occasionally.

So... where's the big New Year's Eve party going to be, then? It's my first NYE in Vallo and I'm like... at least 40% less sad than I was when I arrived and I'm also still an idiot with poor impulse control, so hey. Shots!

I'll bring something. Not a freeloader.

I need everybody's best "destress yourself" ideas, please!

My Pictureworks project looks hideous, all the algebra has fallen out of my brain, my final paper for Composition is only half done, I screwed up my bibliography on the other paper, and the end of the semester is SO SOON. I need options other than "cry more" and "swear at a computer" and "eat every snack." Pls halp.

Also if anybody is good with word processing programs and can figure out what the hell I did to my bibliography to make the indents do what they're doing, I will draw literally anything you want for you.

WHO: Abi Blyg and Blue Sargent
WHAT: Girl Hangout Time
WHEN: Backdated to a few weeks ago
WHERE: A playground near an elementary school
WARNINGS: Reference to food policing by a parent toward the end.

( Luckily, Abi knew of at least one person who was in as much danger of death by testosterone poisoning as she was. )

As far as I'm concerned, Spooky Season began last month, but Bossman made us wait until October to let start hosting fun events at the Art of Expression. SO, along with my lovely co-host Abi, I will be hosting "Too Cute to Spook." Each Tuesday from 5 PM to 7 PM will feature a different event for kids and their adults, free of charge for admission, but donations to charity encouraged and accepted!

10/4 - Face Painting & Creepy Baking - Featuring the talents of our various art instructors and the very handsome Ignis Scientia.
10/11 - Haunted Mini-Carnival - We'll have a merry-go-round, Ferris wheel, and bumper cars! EDIT: And I've gotten our AMAZING bossman, Lan Xichen, to agree to sit for the dunk tank. Come give it your best shot!
10/18 - Find Your Inner Boo - This is a chance to create your costumes from scratch with Abi Blyg directing you lost souls.
10/25 - Monster Parade - Kids will get to enter a costume contest and walk a runway. Photos taken by yours truly! Everyone goes home a winner with a custom made superlative, but be sure to hit up the food booths for ghoulish brews and sandwitches before you head home!

We're hoping for a great turn out, so please spread the word to your Valloian friends!

[ FILTERED TO CHOCOBROS ]
HI. Camping one of these weekends soon, before it gets too cold?

[ FILTERED TO SOPHIE DEVERAUX ]
Why are you quiet?