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I have a very important announcement, everyone. As of last night, one Catra Applesauce Rainbowfist-Meowmeow (yes, that is her full, official name) has decided that she... wants to have a birthday party this year.



(I know, I was also shocked.)

In order to make my beautiful wife's dream come true, I'm going to book a room at Level Up Lounge in the city for Friday, October 27th. They've got a big room that holds fifty, so I think I'm going to grab that one because we know how weird Vallo likes to get in October. I'm looking into either a buffet set-up or catering, but there will definitely be food and lots of cake. They have plenty of kid-friendly games so bring your little ones!

Let me know if you're planning to join us!

[OOC: Posted around 4:30PM Vallo time, an hour after the blackout.]



Hello, testing the network? We've been told that it has been restored, so please chime in if you see this.

In case it's working: from what we've been told, there was a widespread power outage across all of Vallo. Communication was key to restore first, but work is being done to fix the rest of the electricity by the experts. No ETA just yet on when it will be back up, but the word is that it may take some time as the source of the outage has yet to be pinpointed.

We are working on putting together basic supplies to help, in case this goes into the night. Feel free to stop by the DOA, as we've got some candles, flashlights, blankets, easy to prep food, and such here to hand out.

BELLS HELLS

Are you all okay? I guess this isn't that different than home, but I wanted to check in since we've gotten kind of used to modern conveniences and all.

SENDING STONE TO DORIAN

Hey, you okay? Check the network or just let me know here. I know you're probably fine, but you know that I worry. Love you.

This is important, hello, defense people, unless the Great Library appears to have gone all out with Halloween decorations early and violently, there is what appears to be an army of very mobile and animated skeletons amassing out front.

I intended to comment about the soup place being out of those grilled cheese tomato croutons and it makes for a much less enjoyable tomato soup experience, but that seems less important now.

I know its frowned on to drink at work but I will give pretty much anything you can think of if someone will bring me a bottle of something. Because it is way too early in the week for this much chatting.

Filtered to DOA and Library Staff:

A book was stolen from the Great Library’s Special Collections section about twenty minutes ago. I made an attempt at apprehending the thief but was unsuccessful in doing so. I am hereby requesting an investigation by the DOA, as I suspect this is part of a pattern.

Additional relevant information:
- the stolen volume is The Art of Control, a study in mind magic that is forbidden in nearly every world where it exists
- the thief was dressed in ancient Assyrian style, Neo-Assyrian Empire period
- the thief seemed to disappear in the alley behind the library

So I'm like 99.8% sure I didn't end up here through some kind of quantum entanglement or anything. The welcome was definitely better than the last place. Plus, you know, no one is trying to catch me or kill me or stop me or- yeah, I'm gonna stop there. So this is like NextDoor for Superheroes or something?

Oh hey, I'm Miles. Go easy on the new guy?

If anybody gets any embarrassing pictures of the bride and groom on their phone, you're required by Barns Law to share them immediately. If they're REALLY good, I'll give you a finder's fee. If they're hilariously BAD, I'll give you a finder's fee and, I don't fucking know. A wheel of cheese. There.

[FILTERED TO ADAM]

The bartender says we're out of the old man's favorite fizzy juice somehow so I'm gonna be a minute but I just want you to know that your ass looks criminal in those pants. If you love me even a LITTLE, you'll keep the jacket off and roll up your sleeves before I get back.

Okay. So funny story. I found an injured? basilisk in the forest, and I was helping it and making it a friend, when it's mate came up behind me and hey it's a good thing I have really good reflexes cause I dodged at the last minute and managed to mitigate some of it! It wasn't even that bad, just on my side.


But then I started turning uh to stone? So for the last hour I've been in the forest kind of stuck here because I figured Fen would come looking for me and I didn't want to admit this to Lance but then another wolf came up? Not one of mine! He's friendly and helped me get my phone out of the not-stoned pocket with my free hand and I think he's looking for his friend? He says his name is Torgal.

Don't tell dad about this post please.

Not only does Vallo decide to be a dick and send Rory home, but this morning skeletons got into Hell and decided to try and steal some books. Thankfully Maze caught them and now has a tasty treat, but wtf is going on?

[Defense]

Patrol report - I've got a number of what I'd call earth elementals here near the edge of the forest. I've managed to communicate with them enough to encourage them not to play 'toss' with the fully grown bear they were passing around and use a boulder instead. They seem harmless, if a little lacking in common sense.

I don't think it's anything to be too heavily worried about but heads up if there are still any elemental concerns.

She's my only conne At lea Sorry about the giant teleporting wolf. he goes a little wild when he gets stressed and was standing next to me when I got the notification so I couldn't hide it from him for a little while.

[OOC: If you want your character to be accidentally knocked over, have their lunch knocked out of their hand, or surprised by this sad big boy, feel free! He's teleporting around Vallo causing chaos.]

Good morning, Outlanders. Well done, yesterday. It's always encouraging to see what can be accomplished by this group of talented folks when we put our minds to it.

That said, recovering from the last handful of days will be a process. If you need aid in clearing out your residence or business or whatever else, please don't hesitate to reach out to the DOA. We've got connections that we can hook you up with to get added support, either magical or not. Hopefully clean up efforts will go quick and smoothly, so life can go back to some shade of pre-kraken normal.

And, of course, if you have magic or skills that might lend to help in those efforts and are willing to lend them to this cause, we'd love to hear from you and get you in touch with the right people.

Though I personally will not be in the office today, because I'm listening to people who know more about medical things than me and will be resting in bed, like I promised--so don't yell at me, those people in particular.

[FILTERED TO DEFENSE INCLUDING RESERVES]

Defense Team training tomorrow, just in case anyone is going to pretend they didn't see my texts last week. For the newbies, we try to do these once a quarter and they're generally themed to fit the season, so dress for hot weather and being out on the water. If you're bothered by the ocean or swimming at all, send me a private message and we can talk about it. We're not looking to traumatize anyone. This is for team building and a bit of fun tension relief. This job can be draining and we need everyone at their best.

Oh and we'll feed you, so don't worry about bringing anything but sunscreen. Well, that and a good attitude. I'm not saying you can't complain, but I am saying it's annoying. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

[FILTERED TO KOGANES]

Hey, Tex, are you good with watching Kipp tomorrow for defense training? We can bring him with us. It'll be tricky, but we can make it work. Or you're welcome to bring him out with you so you can watch us make idiots out of ourselves. It's usually a fun time.

Happy birthday, Lance. Even if you lock me in jail cells, you're still pretty cool.

Bonfire on Lance's tropical island (because Vallo clearly has favorites) this evening to celebrate. Everyone's welcome but you have to smash a bit of cake in Lance's face if you show up.

Sorry, that's the rules. 🤷🏻

Since the talk about them has sort of died down, just wondering if the shapeshifting doppelganger thing sorted itself all out? Did anyone get any info on what they were or where they came from?

I've been here long enough to know sometimes things just come and go and are mysterious because that's just Vallo, but I'm just curious. You know, no reason.

Right. So....

I beat Keith when we took the lions out this morning and when we landed he told me it was because, and I quote "the better pilot". And then he told me my hair looked good. Anyways, long story short I've got Keith in a holding cell in the Castle. He's fine. It's just debatable if it's really him.

Will the real Keith Kogane please stand up?

[FILTERED TO FRIENDS & FAMILY]
Thank you to everyone that came out to support us and Kipp. All of you that provided some kind supporting document/video to speak to our characters and ability to raise Kipp or showed up in court to present it - it helped us become more determined to make sure it happened and increased our chances of a smoother process now.

We still have a week full of stuff coming up, but it sounds like we're not going to have to run away with Kipp. So stand down, Lance and Atreus, we're not making off to dino island yet.

( Fun new things found in middle of our walk to Darla today. )

So, uh, keep an eye out for tree attacks potentially? This one did nothing to us though, so it just might just be a really creative artist out there making tree art. Adora, Catra, left food in your oven. You guys were passed out in Finn's room and we weren't going to wake you because I'm not that much of an asshole. Today.

Nice place you have here.

This is all real new and might be easier to handle with a full stomach so. Any recommendations? I've been mostly just eating variations of cooked mushroom and apple for a while so give me your wildest suggestions.



Oh, I'm Link. Hi.

There's a Sunwing from my world that showed up, I'm not sure how long it's been here. But for those of you who were here when a whole Cauldron showed up, this is not that. At least as far as I can tell this seems to be an isolated machine. One I can override and fly around on, which feels more like Vallo being nice than Vallo being mean and dropping a bunch of out of control machines on us.

Unfortunately an animal interrupted my attempt to override it earlier today and I've since lost track of it. I'm hoping someone might have seen it? Please do not approach. As long as you give it space it should not become aggressive, but will defend itself if you approach too close.

Photo for reference.