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I'd prefer not to bring this to the public, but I'm tired of the arguing so you all get to help put it to rest.

Do you side with Enid, in that a hand doesn't count as a pocket, regardless of how it's being used to hold things.

Or do you side with Thing, who simply states that he can be a pocket if he wants to be and that's the end of the argument?

Ugh. Two things to consider - Thing is an animated hand. And this argument has been going on for three days and if it continues, I'm going to bury them both in the cemetery outside of Adaine's castle.

[Filtered to The Mage, The Bard, The Banished, Bat-Man, The Band Geek, My Sister, and My Girlfriend's Dad*]
Guys, I think something's wrong with me. I got stung by a plant with pretty flowers that smell good and now I can't remember the right names for things. Or for people. I don't even know if this filter is going to work. Do I need to go to the magic doctor?


*if one of these labels could also apply to you, feel free to decide you can see this filter

Who pushed me into the blood pool last night? I am not mad, I swear.

Follow up: Who told the children about the blood pool?

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.

I am in need of two things:

1) To be returned swiftly to Syngorn before I get in so much trouble my father sends someone to maybe murder me or, worse, bring me back for a lecture retrieve me as soon as he notices my absence which might be never but maybe this time he'll.

2) For someone to come collect their children so they'll stop following me around giving me Looks.

Wait, no, three things--

3) To find my brother, Vax'ildan. He's going to be so worried

P.S. I'm keeping this bow and the pastries I found because Father would never I can.

I awakened this morning to discover that my husband is thirteen years older and has no recollection of Vallo. Is anyone experiencing similar difficulties?

( Thank you food pun gods for getting it right!! )

Needless to say, I'm buying a million packages!

Hi friends. :))))))) On the 14th we're hosting our Mother's Day event! We're hosting breakfast that's free for moms and moms to be (mom-figures too!!!) (I have the BIGGEST dreams of a waffle bar you guys don't evem KNOW) and then there's a small cost if you want breakfast too! OR you can buy things at the market and have breakfast included! I've seen a few of the cards Ronan's made and I say it all the time but even STILL, these are GREAT cards. Three are some great fiber art things too! And the flowers are already top notch, it's going to be SO good, you guys, honestly, A+++++.

When the market first opened, Ro and I talked about how our mom would have loved it, how she would have welcomed everyone, really loved getting to know people and showing off our home. She was so kind, so loving, and just so proud of literally everything we did. I miss her everyday. So if you're missing your mom or mother-figure too, or if your relationship with that person/people is a little complicated, that's okay! I understand. Please come and hang out if you want! And I'll have an extra hug for you. (maybe some s'moreos too, we'll see how generous I'm feeling lolololololololol)

( These guys want to see you too! )

I need to know I’m not gonna be alone in this.. who else is going to be taken summer college classes? Potential study group formation time when it comes to starting it?

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Hold the FUCK UP. How is it April when it was just January? 😭 I mean, I know, it's fucking Vallo, but it feels like I remember being here like yesterday??

Where are my people at? Adaine? The Hangman was here like five seconds after I left the DOA, and it's honestly kind of rude that he didn't bring you with him if you're still here.

I've been looking at the college and university here and have a question if anyone has tried to do the same. Do you have to pick a major and work towards a degree or can you just take classes that interest you?

I would like to request all the cute animal pictures, please and thank you.

[ TEXT TO ZUKO ]

» Did you see the disappearance notification?

FRIENDS

I know that a lot has been going on and we've all had a lot on our minds, but I was wondering if anyone might be available tonight for possibly some pizza, ice cream, maybe games or watching something together? Um I'm 19 as of a couple days ago, so I thought maybe it would be nice to spend time with you all, especially after all that just happened.

Anyway, I also understand if you're still recovering from everything, but if you're up for it and free?

We've found the location of the simulacrum. Between access to books, connections with the local covens, and feet on the ground we were able to narrow it down and then confirm its location on Surtr's Sword. We've shared our research with the defense teams so they can begin to coordinate retrieval so we're ready for the 6th.

Huge thank you to everyone who has been working tirelessly to track this down.

Some other things to note.
- We found magic dead zones deeper in the forest. Patches of area where magic isn't working anymore.
- There are theories that the Temporal Concurrence is what originally started to bring Outlanders to Vallo (not confirmed, just thought it was interesting).
- During the height of the Temporal Concurrence there's probably going to be some Big Magic being worked here. This may lead to nothing, it may end being a big pain in the ass, but it seems to be the day to try and pull of the more impressive spells if you couldn't do it normally.

How are you holding up in 2033?

EDIT: I forgot to tell everyone in 2033 that yesterday was the return of the Geese from a few years ago. The violent ones that kidnapped people. Everyone is okay, but there was chaos. And probably geese on the menu for the next several days.

Hello.

At approximately 0830 I was taken prisoner by geese.

In accordance with best practices in hostage situations, I attempted to establish a rapport with my captors. I did not get into an ideological or philosophical debate with them (mostly because I can only understand maybe every other word they are saying/honking) but I did provide them with sound, logical, reasonable issues that I think they haven't considered. I am not complaining or being belligerent with them.

I have made MANY observations about them, even though I do not have my notebook. And I know the exact way to get to where we are from where I was, because I was taking notes in my head about the directions.

Also, please do not comply with their demands, because that only rewards VERY bad behavior.

Thank you!

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 FRIENDS:

Ja hello, if you did not know, Essek and I are departing tonight on a short belated honeymoon to Aeor. We wish to experience the leyline aurora there and study how the magic affects it.

We plan to return home on Tuesday. Kir and Kiri are under the care of Vax and Gilmore but please feel free to borrow them if they are willing. They are on a long weekend school break and Kir has his homework done for the next three months, as far as I am aware.

We have our sending stones for emergencies but will not have our electronic devices, so do not get into too much trouble without us. Oh! Ah- the Wizard tower will be going with me, so it will not be available for those days. I am sorry for the inconvenience.

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?

Back home, there was this really lovely man named Basrar. He owned an ice cream shop, because he had been cursed to only be able to use his magic to grant ice cream related wishes; he was an ice djinn, hence the wish-based magic. I was able to free him from his curse and the process ended up being a highly graded final paper for school, but the important part was that he was free to do as he wished--which happened to be to continue owning an ice cream shop, just because he wanted to, rather than because he had to.

All of this to say, I just saw the shop. It's in the city and while Basrar isn't there, everything else looks the same. This was a very unexpected visit from home, but also a very welcome and timely one as I was feeling a bit homesick. Though, there seemed to be leprechauns (I think they were leprechauns?) swarming it and I didn't have time to wait in line before work, but at least it's getting good business? I hope they were doing business. Oh boy.

Anyway, all this to say: Matthew and El, it might not be a theme park or animal rescue, but I think we should probably check it some time and try too many items on the menu.