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hello vallo it is me vax'ildan vessar and i lost my sorcerer so if anyone has seen a very handsome tall man with impeccable facial hair could you please tell him that his undead roguish paladinish druidish boyfriend is looking for him.

also i have maybe been drinking a little lot again.

also while i have you here you're all really great and i love you all and am glad we were able to meet those of you i don't know back home even if this place is fucking weird as hell sometimes. but i'm glad to have met you anyway.

that's it

anyway happy pride 🌈

As an update regarding the Zeph'aeratam classes, for those that were interested: starting the first week of July I'm going to be doing morning classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 7AM and Thursday evenings at 6PM at the training grounds. I know that for some that's very early (hence the evening option), but I always start my mornings with it and just think that's the best time to get those exercises in. I think that if you come to one of those morning sessions, you'll agree with me--but no judgement if you choose the evening, because I know not all schedules allow early morning wakeups.

Anyway, feel free to come, if you're interested. Bring a weapon if you want, but it isn't required at all.

BELLS HELLS

Anyone thinking about going to any of those celebrations this weekend?

Hello and good evening to you! It's Rogier Caria, this time neither actively dying nor writing in what I now know to be "haiku" form (that was a bit of a bear, wasn't it?). As it appears as if I'll be staying here rather than returning to The Lands Between (for the best, as much as I'll miss people), I've been trying to learn what I need to in order to live a productive life here. I'm sure I'm not the first person to come from a very different realm.

So for those of you who have been here a little while, I request one thing: one hint, one tip, one lesson, one bit of advice that might make someone who is wildly out of his depths (and frankly, a little homesick) have an easier go of it?

For example, yesterday someone taught me about hot chocolate and marshmallows, and that was rather lovely. Granted, I made my hot chocolate over the fire in the fireplace, but one bit of technology at a time. I'll get there eventually.

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BELLS HELLS + DARIAX

In case you guys didn't see what Lance said earlier about the jello monsters, just be aware that they're kind of infesting the forest right now. They were basically my entire day during patrol and then I had a little run in while coming back to the inn afterwards. I know you're all real capable and can handle yourselves, but it might be a good idea to try to make sure that whenever one of us is out and about while this is going on that we stick to pairs, at the very least?

We've had pretty good luck in this area since we all got here, so anything to keep it going.

In an effort to remain accountable for progress, I'm leaving my first attempts at pottery for my summer class public. This is to fulfill my gen eds because apparently, I can't just take another math class, and to keep a promise to not take a "soul-sucking" class for one semester.

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If someone else wanted to leave their first bad attempts at some hobby here too, you're more than welcome. Please.

Hello, good morning--happy Thursday? Take your pick of greetings, I suppose. A friend (hello, Dorian) made a suggestion to me yesterday that's been on my mind, so I wanted to see if there would be any interest before I considered it too thoroughly.

For those of you that don't know me, my name is Orym and back home, in another life, I was at one point a guard for the leader of my people, the Air Ashari. We practiced the Zeph'aeratam, which is a form of exercise that involves a lot of fluid movements and poses, practiced breathing, and also incorporates your weapons of choice--for me it's a shortsword, but there were others who had greatswords, longswords, even daggers. The exercises were a mixture of flexibility training and a source of calm. As an example, I greet my mornings this way, and sometimes end my days, depending on how trying a day it happened to be.

To make an already long story a bit shorter, would there be any interest from others to learn this? If there isn't, that's fine, but on the off chance that there is, I wanted to get an idea of numbers before I tried scheduling anything official. It might be once or twice a week, probably more late morning than the very early that I get up for myself. It can also be weapons optional, too, so don't feel like you need to take up arms if you're interested.

I have a bit of a confession, people of Vallo! I've been acting a bit strange this week, and you know those fun little powers everyone is getting?

Well, it turns out that whenever I look at someone, I can tell how attractive they find me. Weird, right? And flattering! I have a lot more people who approve of my whole thing than I thought I did. And everytime Imogen looks at me it's

But don't be weird about it! I promise it's far from the worst I've gleaned from people. But it is amusing if you think about the fact that I've never even really dated much.

If it helps, we can just skip right to a few of my house renovations being done! There's still the upstairs to finish, bedrooms and the like, and then I have two other projects in the works that should both be done within the week. My services are available for june!

( Cut for pictures! )

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.

Damn fine farm and market you people got going on, went there Tuesday. Ain't a farmer myself, but I got kind of an eye and an ear for animals, and those are some are some content ones.

Anyway, miss, didn't catch your name, but you made a damn fine knitted hat and I made you something in return, just cause I got a lot of respect for people who create things and love their craft.

( Credit to Jimmy's Art Wood Carving )

I let the wood speak to me, only way to do it. Otherwise, shit, you might be using maple when really, you need a black walnut, and then you're up shit's creek and you ain't able to whittle your own paddle.

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?

   

        

   

   



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Look, you're probably bored and scrolling on your uh, little scrolly thing, looking at cats (which is cool) and funny videos (which is also cool). I have a great idea, though. You should hop up and run down to the theatre tonight. Or tomorrow night. Or the next few nights.

Why? Because you can come see me star in Moulin Rogue. (I don't know what a Moulin is, no one can tell me, but I do know what a Rogue is)

[...] little sounds when I touch the screen, that's really cool. Hah oh man, look now it's writing down what I say. Bubble Ziggurat Public Dorian Vermissitude Fireball Volcano. Fashion Poodle Glorious Ocean Lollipop. Wow, it got all that!

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?

Uhm, I don't know what a movie is, but you mean you'll pay me to just take my shirt off? It's like the video they showed me inside? That was pretty amazing. Cool, cool. There'll be other people there too? Okay. Give me the address. Hah! Yeah, I want to be rich off easy work, man you get me. Thanks! I'll see you tomorrow!

Oops, forgot to turn this off. ... forgot HOW to turn this off. Ah hah, there's a SEND button, bet if I tap that, it'll [...]

It will have been a month since Laudna and I arrived here. I know that is a very short amount of time compared to some of you, but it is probably the longest that I have been stationed in one place since I left my home several years ago and that feels like quite something. Who knew that it would take being pulled into another world to do it?

Oddly enough, I'm not complaining despite the circumstances. I've been trying to hedge my expectations, but it's proven to be an expect the unexpected sort of place. That isn't necessarily a complaint, either. I have always liked flower crowns.

DEFENSE TEAM A

Uhhh Hey, I'm Orym. I just signed myself up to help out with defense and was assigned to your team, so--I wanted to officially introduce myself before I start showing up to stuff. I'm looking forward to meeting you all.

FILTERED TO BELLS HELLS

I don't mean to sound paranoid or anything, but I think someone here may be following me.

I first noticed her when I went for a walk this morning. Then I saw her again later outside the Crossed Quills. Then I noticed her again when I stopped by the library.

She hasn't done anything. Just seems to be following me around. But I tried to read her thoughts and something real nasty shoved me out. I don't know what she is, but it's got me a little worried.

I have been here in Vallo for a little over two weeks and while I know that isn't a long time in comparison to many of you, I'm all too aware of how much a life can change in two weeks--the last two weeks of my life back home being evidence of that.

That being said, everyone has been really kind and welcoming to me and my friends so I just wanted to say thank you for that. This situation is still real weird, but it's easier with people being so nice.

BELLS HELLS

On top of the money that I won during fight club, I got a notification on this thing that I'd had some money put into my account out of nowhere. I made sure it was real, but apparently it's a thing that just happens sometimes? They said it was a Vallo magic quirk.

So, anyway, we've got 1100 more gold dollars to play with. Will that help with house things, Laudna?

GILMORE + DORIAN

Hey, Mr. Gilmore. I hope you're having a good start of the week so far. Dorian and I were wondering if we could make good on your offer for tea, if you have some time? We know you're a busy guy and that you don't know us yet back home, but it'd be nice to see you and catch up.

We'd also like to meet your friends in person too, but I know our group can be a bit overwhelming in the best way sometimes, so thought it might be good to just start with the two of us? Just let us know!

And thank you!

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I'M TELLING YOU THIS THING AIN'T ON

--if I trust some fucking MACHINE here I got my two hands and THUNDER AND LIGHTNING AND I JUST BROUGHT THE STORM

Hey this looks like good wood here can I just--

NO WAIT WATCH THIS


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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))