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[ sent is a selfie, Yrsa's head under his chin and both of them flashing peace signs at the camera. he's got a bit of a sheepish smile on his face. ]

Sooooo.... what'd I miss?

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Hey, Catra...

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So things have been chaotic with the memory issues and now pumpkins attacking students among other things, but I haven't forgotten my husband's birthday, I promise. I just forgot to say anything about it. That's different.

Anyway, anyone who's free to come out to the cabin tomorrow for a barbecue around 6 is welcome. I set up a glow in the dark paintball course outside. It has swords that can land a paint splatter if you'd rather sneak up on the people that prefer guns.

Since he's not a fan of surprises, I'll let him see all of this. Kipp says he wants to help make your cake so uh. Sorry ahead of time. Love you.

🫣 I've been here for almost five years (which is wild in itself!) and for the first time this conversation happened:

Person A: So you're like, a furry?
Me: Oh, no, I'm a shapeshifter!
Person A: But you shapeshift into animals.
Me: Uh, yeah...?
Person A: The definition of a furry is someone who enjoys and identifies as being an anthropomorphic animal.
Me: But I'm just a wolf! Not anthropomorphic.
Person A: You're still human under it all, counts, dude. Furry. It's cool!


🥺 Help

It would seem the Elven Oracle was correct. To avoid confusion until this is resolved, be aware that I am actually Kratos and will not be flirting with you.




[ooc | for the purpose of this plot, Andrea and I have switched journals for Kratos and Atreus to save on having to upload icons etc]

Excuse me ghost pirates but this is not the welcome I was expecting, at the very least you could bring me some sort of tropical drink.

The water elemental cheerleaders are doing their best but they were previously used to flirt with stupid people so if they try with you then--no, Aelwyn so if you see one and they're a bit distracted, just point them towards the dirty ghost pirates and try not to take too many pompoms to the face.

Do I receive another bagel? I mostly know what it is now Adaine, you are on the clock, I'm waiting.

Are any of the plant people missing a potted uhh- okay so he says he's a Venus Fly Trap but he's bigger than any I've ever met and well, he's talking. That's SO not the mushrooms I ate this morning.

Pretty sure.

OH anyway he vomited some whole turkeys at my feet and then told my kid she's "one cool motherfucker" so I'm just curious if this is a Vallo thing or an Outlander thing. I'm definitely taking him home if it's a Vallo thing.

Hey make sure you assholes come to the market so Declan can see what a goddamn SUCCESS I am it is. It was way fucking better with Syd around but I can't do anything about that part. If it's only the Donaldson twins arguing with me about the price of ice cream (which has not fucking changed in three years!) I'm going to be pissed tho.



Also uh. Our surrogate's pregnant so. Nora's on the way. Wish us luck and shit.

Uh hey so like, shit's creepy out there? The power keeps flickering at the camp so maybe it'd be good to all group up at the main building with some flashlights and candles and just hang out, yeah? I've got cards, we could play some strip poker?

Real creepy vibe out here, mates.

hope everyone's real fucking comfy because the bridge is out.

tried alerting folks on the mainland but it was a real garbled shitstorm of a mess on cell and the landline in the gen store so hang tight, i guess.

[TW: talk of death in comments]

Catra and I took Finn outside to feed Molly this morning and noticed a bunch of flowers around the backyard that weren't there before - really bright red and this pretty purple. We didn't really think a lot of it - because the forest does what it does - until we noticed it start to move when we got close.

So, basically, I think we might have found another one of those dragons Orym mentioned yesterday. Not exactly the same, but the same level of nature-y? But super skittish!

Has anyone else spotted more?

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It's that time again. Don't make any plans for the 15th. This one is going to take some pre-planning and it involves everyone in Defense.

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My entire firehouse has decided they're chocobo racing shirtless today. Enjoy.

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Thinking about building an outdoor ring while the weather is nice. If you have an suggestions on where, feel free to throw them my way. So far I'm thinking down by the harbor, near the quarry, or just right on the beach. The sand might make everyone cranky, though.

It is Solstice.

It's been "exactly one whole ass month" (in my wife's words), and today is the day we get to celebrate our sweet baby, Finn, turning ONE YEAR OLD!

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Everyone should have gotten their invites for the party on Darla today, but anyone can feel free to stop by! We're running from noon to four o'clock, and there'll be lunch, cake, and a lot of fun but safe activities - including a baby-sized bounce house, a ball pit, and a seriously insane amount of bubbles. 🫧🫧🫧🤗

So totally hypothetical situation! Say you take the waypoint to go into the city and instead you end up in a weird magical island where some freaky purple haired lady speaks in a language you don't know and suddenly I have ... Magic?

Okay so not hypothetical this happened to me and it's weird. I'm not great at it but I did just accidentally clean an entire barn with some weird hand waving. Anyone want to duel?

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.

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Hey so. We've got an appointment with a few specialists to get the ball rolling on making a baby. Idk how long it's all going to take and I only halfway understand what a surrogate coordinator even fucking does, but I figured I'd share the good news and shit. Parrish said I couldn't wear a "call me daddy" shirt to the market so. Look at that. Using my ~words~.

Not to brag, but in exactly one whole ass month we're celebrating the fact that we've kept this little gremlin alive for a whole ass year: ( cut for image! )

Anyway, Adora and I have done a lot of trial-and-error smash cakes so I think we're ready for that part. We haven't hashed out party details or anything yet, but obviously friends and anyone else here with their own gremlins are invited. Probably something outside of Darla? We have Big Cats to pet? And not in that fucking Joe Exotic way, that guy can choke.