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So I've only been here about five months, but plenty of weird shit has happened and it got me wondering: what's you're favorite weird as hell thing that's happened to you in Vallo while you've been here?

Personally, big fan of the giant mushrooms. It was a pretty fucking good welcome, particularly for my hammer.

BELLS HELLS

Realized I didn't do this already and I don't want to fucking hear any ooo's or aww's about me saying it now, but thanks for taking care of me when I was a punky teenager. You're good friends and all that sappy shit.

Remind me to fork over the money to whoever paid my bail.

Well... that was fun? Nothing like waking up in pajamas' many sizes too small for you.
I think I have a hangover, but like a time hangover. Is that a thing? It feels like a thing. It's definitely a thing.

YOUTHS FILTER [AKA AGES 16-22]

Look, I know a lot of us aren't supposed to be this age normally but we are and we're here for fuck knows how long so I think we need to have some kind of get together. A party, as it were.

Thing is, I have plenty of money for things like food and drinks and shit, but I don't really have a place. I'd say at the place I've been staying, but there's an old as all hells gnome, an anxious bard that probably needs a fucking nap, a literally tiny child, and FCG and while most of them are fine, they still kind of, you know, cramp some style.

So: party tonight, I can make sure there's drink and all that, but anyone have a suggestion on the where? Don't know how long we'll all be here so might as well fucking enjoy it while we can.

OLD AF GNOME, BLUE BARD-IN-CHARGE, & FCG

I have plans tonight.

This is me showing some fucking growth and not just disappearing so I think that means you're supposed to show you trust me by not following me around.

helLO

Doreein said that people I know arent here but I want to make sure. Can you say if you are

Will (best friend)
mama (mama)
Derrig (Will's dad)
Nel (Will's mama)
Berenie or Lita or Maeve

thank you



Also I climbed a tree and Dorein doesn't know yet so don't tell him okay?

💐🌸🏵️🌺🌻🌹🌼🌷☘️🌱🪴

( Got some more satisfying content for my tick tock. )


I gotta give some shouts out to my number sign wolfpack followers who have things like the number sign short king challenge. Getting real hard to walk into a pub with some anonymity, but every once in awhile someone shows me something they've been crafting with their own two hands and I gotta tell you, it brings a tear to this strangely ripped old man's eye.

An old man who can still kick your asses, don't you forget it.

Also, someone explain to me this online dating application thing namely how do I let the ladies (but love is love don't let anyone tell you otherwise and if they do, you tell me and I'll take 'em out at the knees with a chisel) know that the Chetney Company Inc. is open for business? That this game is ready to play? That werewolves are good all night long?

What's a thirst trap and how do I make one?

If you just saw me with arguably more bagels in my arms than one person should probably carry walking down the street, no you fucking didn't.

BELLS HELLS

There's a bunch of fucking bagels and topping shit in the kitchen so I don't want anyone whining about me leaving empty cartons around for a while but also I just spent the night at a casino and I don't want to talk about the whys or hows or what-the-fuck-Ashtons, but instead focus on that I am now in possession of a fuckton of money and tonight we're going out and we're going to get sloppy and I'm not accepting no for an answer.

Except yeah, obviously I'll accept no for an answer because I'm not a total fucking tool, except then I'll provide the counterargument that after all the weird ass stuff and shitty BS stuff that's happened the last handful of weeks, we deserve a night out using my pile of not at all ill-gotten winnings as a distraction. It's team-building shit right here, okay. Let's fucking go.

Just, you know, after I get some sleep because fuuuuck

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 don't think I'll ever get used to that.

DORIAN, CHETNEY, FCG, ASHTON

You're all still here, right? Just making sure there wasn't a glitch or something before I get back to the house.

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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 ))

[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. )

FILTERED TO TEENS + CHETNEY (MINUS WEDNESDAY):

Hi friends! I have A TOTALLY HYPOTHETICAL situation and I would LOVE to hear your advice. 💗 SO LIKE say you go out with a friend to a musical! And ahead of time you don't specify it's a "date", you're just out with your friend having a good time!

AND THEN at the end, they call it a "date". And you internally have a little spasm and freak out but don't say anything because maybe they just mean "date" like, friend-date, right? 🤔

But then like, you still continue to do regular things together! Occasionally go shopping! Mani/pedis! Hang out all the time! Go out for dinner! And the occasional handholding!👩🏻‍🤝‍👩🏼But no kissing. No other moves! VERy mixed signals.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Should I the person on the confused end make a move?? Hypothetically?? Should they just ask? But what if they ask and then the person was like "Relationships and feelings are meaningless." and then they get utterly heartbroken and have no one to talk to after that?? Does this feel like FRIENDS or something MORE?

FILTERED TO WEDNESDAY:

Hi did you know there are like TWO death covens in Vallo? 💀💀 I scored us an invite to the Ankou celebrations this Saturday to kick off the magical thing or whatnot and I wanted to know if you wanted to come with me?

Good Tuesday morning, Vallo.

About a year and a half ago, by my memory, I was introduced to pie for the first time by force, thanks to a very enthusiastic Byroden woman. The whole day was pretty great and not just due to pie, but because I also got to see my friends take part in some sort of pageant (ask Dorian why, if he were to be any gemstone, he would be a diamond) (I'm sorry and I love you, Dor), and it was a nice break in what was the start of my very wild adventures to come.

Anyway, all this to say that I have a healthy appreciation for pie and it's been brought to my attention that today is some pie-based holiday. So, if you're coming to "sword yoga", the usual more healthy breakfast spread has been replaced with a variety of pie. Enjoy, but don't enjoy too much because I'm bringing home the leftovers.

(Also, know that I realize it's actually a math-based holiday, but math was never my strongest suit when I was a kid so we're focusing on dessert.)

FILTERED: FRIENDS/FAM
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.

FRIENDS

I have a job interview this afternoon. I don't really want to go into what for well, Dorian knows but because I'm kind of nervous it won't work out, but I wouldn't say no if you wanted to wish me luck.

Also, I've never had to go through this process before. It was different with the Tempest Blades, since I don't expect my sword and shield skills will be tested or anything, so. If you have luck to spare, I'll take it.

Alright, so here's the thing. I've been here a fucking second now and I've got my people, but there's a lot of you people out there that I'm damn curious about. And, you know what, no matter how long you've been squatting here, be it fucking forever or you got here yesterday, you are damn curious about some people, too. So it's time for a drinking game, just without the drinking unless you are drinking on this weird exchange of a Da'leysen afternoon, in which case, fucking great, you're my kind of people.

Anyway, the game is simple. Point out something that you're curious about the person, then follow it up with a hearty what the fuck is up with that. (Don't actually have to say that, but it's highly encouraged and you're open to judgement if you don't.)

For example, someone could look at me and go: You're green, asshole. What the fuck is up with that? And then I'd answer.

And that's the game. Real fucking simple.

Also, I don't fucking know everyone around, so feel free to chime in so other folks can reply to you and get nosy. It's a gods damn free for all, okay. You reply, people ask questions, you ask questions, just fucking ask questions alright, go.

The kids yesterday made a bunch of Valentine's Day cards and drawings and we put them out on the fence this morning. If you need a last minute card - there's very questionable declarations of love (ie: I love you even though you fart) for your significant other, or a lot of just fun pick me ups for any friends (or yourself, we don't judge) who might need a little love today. They were all super excited about this and I'm really hoping it gets cleared out for them so come on by and grab something.

atreus.
Two for one laser tag later? I can even awkwardly finger gun you for old time's sake.

We don't have a holiday like today's back home, but I have to say that I kind of like it. Love is a nice thing to see worn on sleeves. This might make me a sap, but that's all right. Guilty as charged.

And sure, maybe you shouldn't really need a holiday to tell someone--romantic or platonic or somewhere in between--that you care, but it's nice to have the added excuse.

Also, they had heart-shaped hand pies at the bakery today, so...breakfast is on me, Hells.

DORIAN

Hey, can I get your opinion on something? I know we could just talk about it later in person, but it's on my mind and I wanted to talk to you about it first before bringing it up to anyone else.

Oh--this isn't Valentine's Day related, in case that matters.

Alright, someone explain whatever the hell Valentine's Day is to me. I'm getting mixed fucking messages on the search thing and you all seem to understand in this place's charm.

BELLS HELLS

Any of you know what's up with that one guy from home?

That probably doesn't fucking narrow it down, huh. He's the one with the--fuck, I don't know. A face? You know who I'm talking about. The human looking one.

BELLS HELLS

So, no offense or anything, but you all have a bunch of issues. How's everyone doing here with this shit?