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June 4th was would have been my one-year wedding anniversary. I will start by saying this: I'm not devastated, and I have obviously not turned half of Vallo into a sitcom starring myself. I am fine. Truly. For those who do not know me, Vallo took away my husband. [...] And then my boyfriend, technically, but he was the boyfriend I had back home that was murdered by Thanos. That is slightly confusing

Anyway, this post is not about grief and I am not alone on this boat. This is more about... hope, I suppose? A lot of us know well how chaotic Vallo's nature is, bringing in the people you love only to take them away later. Or they bring you someone who is not from your world but you bond with them regardless. You learn to love them. Then there is the opportunity to take the plunge into something deeper, and you should. It does not matter what Vallo can do and don't hesitate because of Vallo.

If you want to, then do it. Make the memories. Date that person, marry them, try to make a family if that is what you want. The what if thoughts might always do the worst damage to you than this place could.

That is my one post for the year. Goodbye.



Oh! Iced tea weather. We have a lot of refreshing, fruity blends at my shop. [INSERT ADDRESS HERE hello] Cold tarts as well. We have a wall of books for people to browse there is erotica if you know where to look, and anything on the menu is available for delivery. Tommy will get them to you in less than five seconds. (Is less than five seconds insulting my son's speed? I'm sorry.)

Where's Orym of the Air Ashari? He's from Emon (where's that?) and he's dwarf-height or shorter, and he kicked enough ass to be worth 10,0000 gold, apparently.

Not asking because I'm turning him in; do I care about mortal currency? I do NOT. I'm just impressed. That's a lot of theft. There are wanted posters up in the forest for him, which was new. Thought you guys should know that that's a thing now in case someone's looking for him.

Unrelated to all the crime: summer. I'm going to really hone my shirtless basking skills this year. If you need something blessed, wear shades, because the glistening is gonna be real.

Guess what! Since we have so many more kids than usual, Art of Expression is launching a special session of ART CAMP!!!

Instead of our usual signups, this time we're just doing show-ups! Starting this morning, kids from 5 to 12 will be with me in The Big Classroom at Cloud Recesses, and we'll have a super great time playing with all kinds of media, including paints and pastels and clay! There's room for all ability and experience levels, so if you want to make art, just come on up the mountain!

If you're bringing a kid, make sure they wear something they can get messy, and pack a lunch. If they need any special accommodations, just let me know and I will make it happen.

And if there are any kids who see this and want to come but don't have an adult yet, just pipe up! We'll find someone to show you the way here and make sure you've got a good lunch.

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Annnnnnnnnd any of our suddenly-teenagers need stuff to do (or our regular teenagers, for that matter), I wouldn't mind an extra hand child-wrangling, so like...hmu if you need extra activities. I already had like a half dozen regular Vallo moms and dads responding that they'd be coming when I sent the message out to our standard mailing list.

While the threat may be gone there are quite a few places in rough shape after recent events. A lot of farms are struggling with cleaning up to get back on track for spring planting coming up. If you have some spare time over the next little I'm sure they'd appreciate any help they can get. I'll put names/coordinates in this post.

I GOT A JOB!!

AT THE GAMES STORE!!

LIFE DREAM ACHIEVED!!

So yeah, friends, come see me after school at Wicked Games, where they pay me money to be, because I am employable! Goodbye being broke because I have no job, hello being broke because I'm gonna spend my whole paycheck at work!

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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.

Alright Vallo, back me up here. When you're twins, there's no such thing as an older sibling or a younger sibling because you're twins. The whole point is that you're the same age, right?

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Right so... we had a toddler. For like twenty minutes. And then the girls barreled in and I guess she got inspired and now we got three wolves tearing around the yard and Monty all surprised Pikachu face from the window. It's been a fun afternoon.

Beware, there are sweets falling from the sky with instructions. A roof does not seem to matter. If anyone would like several bags full of "sing in the street" sweets, I appear to be collecting more every few hours.

So now that things have calmed down, I wanted to say I've started teaching a class about Jötnar painting methods at the Art of Expression. If anybody's interested in painting directly on wood and making paints and generally getting your hands dirty. Oh and listening to a person who usually only teaches tricks to four-legged creatures? That should be fun! Or a disaster? A fun disaster!

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Um. So. My house is here? Jalla just carried me right there by scent. It's a little off in a corner but still on Sanctuary land. You're all welcome of course! I mean assuming Loki doesn't need this corner for something else in which case I can figure out how to move my house. Maybe I can give it legs! I hear that's a thing around here.

I am looking for two things.

First: with Scorpia being gone I'm searching for someone who can manage the front of the house when it comes to the tea shop. Looking for someone who will not murder the difficult customers with violence but with kindness and help other employees. I can do this to an extent, though my patience with the general public thins with every interaction.

Second: the owner of a glowing sword that seems to have its own mind? Reminds me of Clo I don't sense any threatening energy and it seems oddly cheerful. It followed me home after an early walk around the forest this morning. I'll let it stay at my cottage until someone claims it.

All right, let me tell You something. Perfuma -- she's my new best friend. Did you KNoW? She's great, just great. Actually, nO. You're all great. This place, Vallo, it's like a dream sometimes. One of the good ones. Not one of the creepy prophetic ones, but A GOOD DREAM.


Thanks for having me here, it's really nice

While I can't say I'm entirely displeased by the overnight additions to my garden it is still a little disconcerting how things appear from thin air on the whims of a magic that none of us know how it works. I can't imagine getting used to all that anytime soon.

I guess Glimmer was always meant to be at home, given Shimmer was obviously from home where she and Bow are still together, but you still suck, Vallo.

On another note, New Year's resolutions:
1. Keeping up with Team C bonding-outside-of-work things (sorry for falling down on the job there, guys).
2. Skydiving. I don't know why, I just want to try it. Anyone want to join me?

More to be decided, maybe.

So there’s a lot of things I don’t know about, in the grand scheme of things, but I really feel like I’d have heard that there was a tenth realm on the Yggdrasil.

You know? Feels like that might have come up before. Once, twice… you know. Sometime!

tw: discussion of pregnancy in comments

Things I didn't miss:

Nearly burning down the house trying to make a Thanksgiving dinner.

Things I am missing:

Black Friday. I need new boots and do not want to pay full retail thank you very much.

((pls to ignore the tag dump on this))