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Good afternoon, my new friends! I have only been in your world a very short time (such a shock this morning--do you know how truly unfair it is to be lounging oh so comfortably on the coast in sunny Feolinn with a glass of their very best diamond plum wine only to be deposited unceremoniously in a forest of all places? I cannot), but I have made the most wonderous discovery and it is gelato. I am currently eating it with the tiniest of spoons and it is as delicious as it is wonderous and I suggest you all try it immediately.

That out of the way, hello, good day, it is lovely to meet you all.

Now, I can't help but notice that I am rather stuck here. I have been informed that not even the most fair and advantageous (for both parties, obviously) deal made with a hapless group of adventurers can create for me a little doorway to hop back to the Menagerie Coast and my glass of wine, so I have decided to view this as a grand opportunity for growth and excitement and I am beginning to bore myself, so I'm going to just let this paragraph come to an end now.

Ah, and of course: I have been told there is a blue tiefling about. I would so very much like to be reunited with her, should someone be able to point me in her direction.

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Caleb, I need to trade phones with you.

Who the hell sends an envelope full of glitter.

Now you've all seen the impressive wedding invitation that Jester created for us, whether you through a reply to her or not. Guess what, we don't need RSVPs, because catering and all that is a non-issue. I just want to reiterate that anyone who wants to come is welcome to attend. No gifts necessary, this island just makes us all basically family under the same circumstances and that means you're all invited. If we've battled together, drank together, healed up together, saved the day together, got stuck in a giant frog's mouth together, ended up in a murder mansion together, partied together, fished together -- whatever, we're friends. So please, come join us on our special day. We'd love to see you there.


[ooc | I am writing up a large monster attack plot for this event, so if you'd like your character to be involved in the monster attack - this is the best way to preemptively get involved, FYI!!]

Well, now that the D&D game has saved this world, I can make my own proper introduction here. I'm Nancy Wheeler. The ones who played the D&D game are my brother and his friends.

We come from the 80s and so this being a 2022 is a bit of a shock, especially because a lot of theories on what we would have invented by the year 2000 seemed to have not panned out at all. (I'd say The Jetsons had it wrong but I think they take place in the 2060s so there is still time.) I also never thought I'd be seeing the year 2022 while still a teenager but I guess stranger things have happened.

What I do see and do appreciate is that there seems to be less sexism in this world which is always a plus for someone who tried to get a journaling job in her town and was just treated like the secretary fetching coffee for The Men. So, if there is any kind of journalism job that exists here, I'd love to talk to whoever is responsible for hiring. Also, maybe look into the colleges in this area.

Ideally, I'd really like a trip back to where I came from because there's a lot left I need to do but already learned that's not really a choice. So might as well do something here.

FRIENDS*

It didn't feel right putting these out there while Vallo was at it again, but now that there's a slight reprieve HELLO, PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS.

You're seriously going to love the party favors.

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* Feel free to assume

Wow, gosh, I'm still just absolutely blown away by the birthday party that Catra and Perfuma threw me on Tuesday! I've never really had a real birthday party before (the Horde wasn't really big on birthday parties, but I used to save up my ration bars so I could make myself a cake and me and Scorpy would celebrate together).

It was just really nice getting to bowl with everyone, and then the slumber party afterwards! I love slumbar parties, and pillow forts, and all the rest of it, and who knew that I glowed under blacklights! How exciting!! If anyone saw me crying, don't worry, they were happy tears! You guys are just the best. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

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act normal time Kind of last minute but considering it's pretty casual - Scorpia's birthday's tomorrow and we're gonna do some blacklight party bowling and capping the night off with a slumber party at Darla's if anyone's interested. We'll do cake and snacks and some ~refreshments~ and if you find brownies, just ask to make sure they're not those kind of brownies.

Gifts and/or money required for Scorpia. Non-negotiable.

Coming from a place where acceptance regarding love and identity is largely the norm--it comes easy, I think, when so many powerful people do not know who they might be from lifetime to lifetime--I cannot fully understand what it is like for some to have a weekend like this to celebrate oneself in. Nevertheless, it is a good thing to see and I cannot help to feel that it is yet one more celebration that ought to replace one of the many praising of the light holidays I had to endure back home.

It will not be long before my heretical views (apologies to my brother) on holidays will have them all checked off the list and replaced with festivals and celebrations I have learned about only due to Vallo, but alas. I have certainly done worse.

FRIENDS

If you find yourself needing aid getting home during any of the weekend's festivities, please text your location for wizard teleportation services. Payment is dependent on how late it is when you reach out.

Wow, I have not thought of the Heliscorpter in ages, but would you believe that it showed up at Castle Bright Moon today! I can hardly believe it!

Does anyone want to go for a ride with me? I might be a little bit rusty, but I'm sure flying a heliscorpter is just like riding a bike! Not that I know how to ride a bike either so it should be fine!

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Everybody doing ok? Anybody want to babysit a rowdy toddler so I can steal Yasha and go punch ooze monsters with my magic fists? We'll pay. Or trade time or whatever I don't know. I'm just itching for a real fight. The library is great, amazing really, but fuck. I miss that sweet pop pop. Nothing has tried to eat my face in weeks. Maybe months!

Took a few sessions but we finished it up last week so I get to show it off (thanks Brigitte for the pic):

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Ronan does good tattoo work, go pay him money to get some badass body decorations. A phoenix~ be cliche or whatever, I don't give a fuck, it looks rad, and it's healed in time for my photoshoot so double bonus.

I have been working on a spell for several weeks and it is beginning to dawn on me that should I ever want to cast it, I am going to need so very many diamonds.

XHORHAUS FOLKS

Caleb and I will be away this weekend. Try not to create any emergencies.

That being said, would someone in the house be willing to feed Frostbite while we are gone? She needs a scoop of food during the morning at around 7AM and then another come evening by no later than 6PM. If it is beyond either time, she will find someone in the house and create a demanding fuss. It involves an escalation of yowling, putting paws on faces, and shredding silk shirts.

She has also grown used to receiving treats when either of us return from school or the shop in the afternoon, so she may grow demanding then, too.

Also, Yasha, would you be willing to check on and water my plants, if needed?

Ah--sorry to anyone that might have been following me around before I realized it, but I'm creating some kind of trail of, uh. Poison ivy? And stinging nettle, maybe? There also seemed to be an abundance of dandelions, but at least those aren't too much of a rash creator.

It only happens when I walk around on grass, so I guess I'll be sticking to the city today or just doing some leaps about. Or piggy backing

Anyway, sorry again. This is very new.

I woke up this morning to discover that my family's library somehow attached itself to Sutton Cottage. I'm not complaining -- I'd missed it rather a lot, actually -- but it is a little strange how it attached itself so seamlessly. I even went outside to see if I could notice an added extension, and had I not known where to look, I don't think I would have noticed at all.

I wish I could I suppose it's a good thing I have a job, so I wouldn't just hole myself up here for the next few weeks making sure everything's in place. As much as I'd like to. Now if I could be so lucky to get Flora Sutton's research journals as well.

[Gansey]

You work for the Magic Department as well, don't you? How do you find juggling the time between that and the library?

I have never looked forward to a summer of free time more than I am right now. I have no doubt that I will change my tune in a couple of weeks, when I get through my pile of books I've been putting off and realize I need additional hobbies.

EXANDRIANS

I have been so wrapped up with the end of the semester that I just know I've missed the arrival of a good number of people from home, so I wanted to both apologize and rectify that as well as I can. I'm Cassandra de Rolo and I'm from Tal'Dorei, specifically Whitestone. I've spent more or less all of my life there, though my brother and Vex had been nudging me into doing more travel for myself--I think that they meant somewhere like Marquet, not an entirely different world.

That said, given that there is such a population of us, I thought that we might be overdue an opportunity for getting to know one another in person so I am suggesting: potluck dinner at the Xhorhaus (apologies to my housemates; I promise to do the cleaning afterward) on this coming Friday, May 20?

Good morning ☀️ hunnies!! 🤗🥰😘 Remember me? 👋👋

It was a little over a year 📅 ago that (❗️❗️ THIS IS HUGE ❗️❗️) my interest in gardening 🌱💮 was sparked 💥 thanks to some sudden 👸💆‍♀️💅 memories from home 🧝🔮. It was a bit later on in the season, so while some plants 🌿🌴 were still able to thrive (❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️), many of those more suited for spring 🍃 had to be skipped. This year 📅, however, is a different story 🎉🥳🙌 and it has been quite nice to leave the house 🏡 in the morning 🌄☕ to see so many blooms 🌼🌻🌹, those practical for components ✨ and simply for aesthetics 🧐 alike.

UMMM! 😱😱😱 Not that I can claim all credit for them, of course. 😇🤫 I think it is fair to say that Yasha 🌩️🌷 is far more gifted 🎁 in that area than I am.

So any boss babes 🤸💁💅 wanna join my amazing team ✌️ and change the world?? 🌍👯‍🤗

[...] This is what I get for hoping 🤞🤞🤞 whatever has been happening on here was over. 🤣💀 How ridiculous. 🤪

CALEB

Hey hottie~ 🔥💖💋 random question for you! 💓🔎📝

😊😊😊 Your birthday 🎂🎈 is in a few weeks 📅❗️❗️ and I thought that rather than plan an event 🥳 for you without asking permission again 🙊🤷🙃, I would see if you wanted to do 😏 anything in particular. I thought asking might also prevent any of our friends 🍭💥🌊⚡ from making potentially unwanted 🙅⛔ plans, as well. 😅

[...] I am so sorry. 🙇‍♂️🤦

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Hi! So the baby bison aren't so BABY anymore and they need to practice flying with passengers more. The problem is they're VERY easily distracted so their flights tend to be uhhhhh erratic?? I'm doing my best to get them all some air time each week when I'm not at the Sanctuary, but I could use a little help. Anybody with flying experience would be great! The ability to float or control the elements would probably work well too. Or just even anybody who won't DIE if they fall from the sky?? Not that you will for sure fall from the sky! Boshay hasn't dropped me at ALL yet. He does really like to dive though haha ANYWAY.

Thank you?!

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What? Oh, thank you! Yeah, I've been told that before. Really I think it's just a misunderstanding. Sure, I might be a pretty dwarf, but beauty's in the eyes of all the Beholders, you know? That's a saying. It means something about persp- Oh?

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