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Hey, it's Halloween next week and apparently I've made it my mission in this place to throw parties as we've done some pretty good Halloween parties at the Keep so guess what: doing it again.

So, details:

Halloween, starting at 7PM (Yes, I know it's a Thursday. Drink responsibly or don't, I'm not your dad and it's your Friday hangover.)
Greyskull Keep
Come in costume or I'll give you shit

PS: This is not associated with the Youth Center (off the hook, Storm) so I don't have to be professional.

GILMORE & VEX

Hey guess what, I'm going to throw a party if you want to help.

DOA FOLKS

Hey, hope you all had a good Monday so far. Before Brenda finds out and tells everyone it gets around, I wanted to just let you all know that after a lot of thinking and considering, I put my notice in today. I'll still be doing defense as usual, but I put in my notice today for my job as the Outlander rep.

That said, it will be a bit before I'm fully gone as I'm going to stick around to help with finding a replacement and getting them onboarded, so it's not an immediate thing but I know that news can spread and I wanted you all to hear it from me first.

Anyway, I brought in some pie and it's in the break room if you're interested or want to take some home with you.

BELLS HELLS

Okay, it's officially official. I put in my notice at work. It will be a while before I'm fully done, but after spending so much time thinking it over the last month, it feels good to have taken the first step.

CHETNEY

Unrelated to that, I was wondering if you'd help me with something.

I keep wishing that Aelwyn would have been there for the tournament, but at the same time it may be for the best as I think the teasing would have been top tier. Though, I also miss the teasing? Which brings me back around to wishing she was still here.

It was good to have a visit, but it's hard being separated again. Someday a bit more from home will stick around that isn't a building.



Oh, that's sad sounding, isn't it? I'm blaming that on it being Monday and the coffee shop being out of chocolate croissants.

DORIAN

Hi, Mr. Storm. I had a question for you, if you had a moment?

Bells Hells

Alright now. Don't you all be hiding or shoving your face in pie. Let's talk about this like a real family.

Champio Vax'ildan

You up?

Please for the love of whatever fucking god actually listens tell me that I'm not the only one seeing a FACE on the FUCKING MOON because frankly I've had enough MOON BULLSHIT to last several lifetimes

and also would prefer my loss of mind to take this kind of shape because FUCK me.

I don't know how common bulettes are across worlds, but I am now two for two days in getting wrapped up in a fight with what I assume is one? I'd only heard and read stories about them back home, but both were massive (which I know might seem sketchy coming from me, but really), had big claws and a massive jaw, and really hurts when they get a hit in on you. Thank you to everyone I got to fight alongside, or I'd probably be.

Anyway, I don't know if it's just coincidence that it happened two days in a row or if they're going to be a thing, so just keep an eye out, I guess. As good of an eye as you can on a creature that burrows around underground and bursts out of nowhere on you.

Also, lost most of the groceries I was bringing back for dinner in the scuffle, so it might be a Taste of Tal'Dorei kind of night, people that live with me.

Just wanted to shout out that if you see me around at any of the Pride events and would like a flower crown to add to your look, don't hesitate to ask for one. I make them with magic, so they last until I more or less forever without wilting and I can do them in whatever flowers or colors you like. It's really my one magical party trick, so I'm happy to do it and share the festivities.

For examples of what I can do, here's mine and Dorian's: ( Cut for images! )

Though, as an FYI, I might look a bit different so don't be too alarmed if you see me on the regular? I'm bigger, I mean. It's weird and I don't know what's up with it or how long it will last, but—yeah. It's a thing.

TEXTS TO DORIAN

-- Hey
-- Hi
-- I already said that
-- Sort of, I guess it's different
-- [...] Anyway
-- Hey

Thanks to Chet, my goal in having more vegetables be eaten per person living in this house is closer to happening: ( Cut for a picture! )

That's mostly broccoli in there, as was requested. Greens are going to be eaten, or so help me.

That threat aside, we've had some coming and going over the last handful of months so I just wanted to issue a reminder/make an announcement, especially now that the weather is pretty consistently beautiful in the mornings: Zeph'aeratam aka Sword Yoga classes continue, if you're so interested! You don't need a sword, you don't even need a weapon, but I guide you through some positions and breathing exercises. There's also breakfast foods for the morning folks and snacks for the evening, if you're interested in such things. It's not even always pie.

Anyway, if you want to see what we're about, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7AM and Thursdays at 6PM, all at the training grounds and totally free.

And if you're just looking for someone to help with sword training, let me throw my nonexistent hat in there, too. If you want a reference, I warn you my main one could be biased.

This is a lot of words, so wrapping it up. Happy end of the week, all.

I was going to come on here to say that everyone should come down to the Crossed Quills to see Dorian perform tonight (and you still should, especially if you haven't seen him already, because he's damn talented), but also—uh. There might be a dress code that I wasn't aware of, because a lot of people are dressed up in full suits of armor?

Not just leather armor of any sort, but metal armor. Helmet and all. I'm not really complaining as it makes the place feel even more like home than normal, but this is also new?

Anyway, more importantly: come and watch a handsome bard sing and play a lute.

Okay, so I have a small problem. Literally.

El and I made this map we’ve been calling Vallo Village, right? And we got Billy to do some magic to make it look a little more realistic, which worked, but maybe worked a little too well. Or not exactly. Ms. Maximoff says it seems like sympathetic magic from Vallo got involved because I based some of the map on an old part of the city.

Anyway the point is I just got a prayer? from the village? for help from mighty adventurers?.

It looks like my campaign is happening whether it’s finished or not, so basically I really need some people to come down and save a tiny village from [...] okay I can’t type it, wtf. Call it certain peril. I need people to go into the map and save the village from certain peril. I can’t tell you what the peril is for some reason, probably the magic again, but the peril is bad and it’s going to ruin the lives of all these people who were supposed to just be fictional and now are real.

So, uh…who wants to be an adventurer? Ms. Maximoff says she can work with the magic that’s affecting the map using my extra miniatures, if we can get people to volunteer to be bound to them for a little bit. You’ll just have to kind of be a character while you’re in there - you’ll have whatever powers the miniature’s class comes with, and you should probably come up with a name.

Anyone? Please, I know this sounds stupid, but that little town is a real little town now, and they need our help.

The sun not setting makes being an early riser its own kind of painful this morning. Even with the curtains closed, I'm not sure I got all that much sleep last night so I apologize if you have to interact with me between bouts of coffee today.

This is weird, yeah? Hasn't happened before? I've been here two years and nothing like this has happened before, outside of Moon Day. And that's, you know, the opposite of this.

I've never really had trouble with springtime and the sneezing and runny nose that some folks can get, but apparently my luck ran out. Not too helpful when half your house is full of plants and flowers that you've grown yourself, but here we are.

I also keep Has anyone else been
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The sneezing is getting a bit out of control and in the way of my typing.

[...] And I'm also being rather blunt, which I don't know if that is just me being tired or something more than that, but I apologize in advance if I'm more frank than usual. Not that I'm not always klgflklk usually honest, I just am usually pretty good at um diplomacy.