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!event,
!mod post

Dead In The Water

Who: Anyone who's invited to (or snuck aboard) the S.S. Aria
Where: Temporarily Vermilion and Olivine, then the Sevii Islands and the open ocean
When: October 4-15
Summary: It's a lovely little cruise... until it's not.
Rating: Mark your threads if necessary! But at a minimum: gambling, sinking ship peril, and hostile wild Pokemon
OOC Info: here!

( Prepare for your Dhelmise. )

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4th Wall Update + Dead In The Water OOC Info

First of all, a quick note re: the upcoming Fourth Wall. Votes for a date ended up being remarkably even. Like, remarkably.

As such, we’ve decided to split the difference between the two top votes and made the following decision: the Fourth Wall event will be run in late November. December will have no additional event. The next event after that will be in January, and the bi-monthly schedule will shift accordingly (so that Decembers are never an event month)!

And now, for the main feature…

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September Activity Check Summary

Activity Check Results

The following characters have not responded to AC:

~~Keldor | behindblueskin~~
Edward Elric (Manga) |

milkisgross

You have two days to respond to the Activity Check comment and respond to this post, linking your AC. Otherwise you will be swept.

Please remember that:

If you are on hiatus for less than half the AC month, you must still fulfill AC.
If you are on hiatus for more than half the AC month (but not the entire month), you need to respond to AC and link your hiatus comment.

If there's been a mistake, please contact us immediately. Thank you!

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test drive

Test Drive Meme - Fall 2025

➞ Post with a character you wish to test drive in this game's setting.
➞ Tag other people's starters and thread out shenanigans!
➞ Invite your friends! Try out new characters! Come play with us!
➞ Have fun!

NOT SURE WHERE TO BEGIN YOUR TEST-DRIVE JOURNEY?
CHECK OUT ALL THE LOCATIONS WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN:
JOHTO | KANTO | SEVII ISLANDS
Feel free to make various prompts in multiple locations!
✭ ✭ ✭

OTHER USEFUL LINKS:
NAVIGATION | RESERVES | APPLICATIONS

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epic 7: vildred

[netbook] how do you explain food to a holy boy?

[In fancy-ass calligraphy absolutely not befitting the question:]

This is Vildred. Can I ask a favour of you all?

I need help explaining human food to Ras, specifically their categories. I've just come to the realisation that categorizing certain foods requires a lot of knowledge of human culture and that "it just is that way" isn't helpful to him.

This is because I told him that the difference between a stew and a drink was simply the use of a spoon, and I know this is going to bite me later when he starts eating milk with a spoon and calling it a soup.

Specifically I need help with: stew vs soup vs drink, but anything else (sandwich vs calzone vs pastry vs ravioli vs pasta) would be useful.

Thanks.

[netbook 01] before roseroot

[in the middle of the night, hastily scribbled words come across the netbook with the urgency of someone who really doesn't want to forget something.]

blizzard — cave in the mountains — nearing the peak? campfire dying, supply wagon visible but no one here

important:

sword, snapped, broken glaive stuck in ground

flowers blooming in the snow

glass ball, broken — crystal ball??

tree with unshed leaves

scarf, shimmering thread — looking at this prompted inhuman shrieks in the distance

skull, bestial, tentacles stuck into the eye sockets

orb of light — one of the few sources of warmth in the cold

golden scale, shielding the area from the storm

objects depicting a sun, moon, and half black sun — floating in the blue glow of a staff ending in a dreamcatcher — growing dim — trying to stay lit

[there's a period of time before an addition is added]

Hello— for those who have met me, this is Astrid. I have been known to have prophetic dreams; some straight forward, some less so. This was one of the latter, and I didn't want to forget the details upon waking up.

Unfortunately, I haven't been here long enough to accurately interpret what I've seen. Maybe we can all come together and figure this out? I'm worried it could spell ill fortune.

((ooc: absolutely feel free to threadjack around and discuss among yourselves as necessary!))

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!event,
!tdm

EVENT & TDM 029

stupid netbook post feat. Elsword

[ For those of you who have seen Genesis Elsword's horrible, child-like handwriting and atrocious spelling, you may be unsurpsied to find out this new Elboy is Not Much Better. Perhaps even worse! ]

Hi! I hav sum info for the new peepul who got here.

1. ms. Yedaler will give u a new notebook if u loos yors, but try not to loos it
2. the big scary monstr lady is not a monstr and she eats flowurs. be nice to her. her name is moder.
3. dont go out in the forrest with out going to see the store. theres stuff there to guide u saftly thru the forrest :)
4. visit ain at the tayler shop! he makes close!
5. i am elsword and if u need help or need to fite sumthing or spar let me no :)

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video;

[Min-Gi looks so depressed as he holds up a heavily gnawed wire. Given everything, there probably doesn't need to be an explanation of how it got that way. Behind him Ry the Plusle stands, shuffling guiltily. His ears are flattened, and he looks unsure whether he wants acknowledgement or would prefer to melt into the ground.]

Has anyone figured out a way to keep the Tandemaus at bay that isn't constantly battling them? We've kept them out of our equipment this long, but it only takes one slip up.

[Maybe that has something to do with Ry's demeanour. He sinks down further.]

I can replace it, but getting one compatible with my synth isn't exactly the cheapest. Especially when this could just happen again tomorrow.

[Ry is practically a puddle.]

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post-event blues ; rt 35 [text/possible action]

[ He hasn't been great. For a couple days in a row after the raid he stuck fast to chore duty and didn't venture out into the city at all– too afraid that he'd come back and something else would have gone horribly wrong in his absence. This is about the furthest he's been from home since then, soaking his bare feet in a pond on Route 35. ]

[ The egg sits in his lap, cradled carefully. He made sure to cushion it with all his old clothes in his bag on the way here. Meanwhile, all now-three(!) of his lizards are lounging around the bank at various intervals; by all accounts it's a beautiful autumn afternoon outside. ]

[ They all look over in unison, though, when he pulls out his PokéGear and begins to tap at it with shaky fingers. Clearly their Trainer's mood is keeping them from fully relaxing. ]

[ Soon uploaded to the public network: a careful photo of the egg, and some text to accompany it... ]

Any advice pleasse. For tsking care of ond of these.

Can thy be out in the eveninf or should i head in doors soon so it stays wadm. Warm.

// note: anyone is free to have their character run into him in person! i've been particularly wanting to try my hand at a battle scene, especially with treecko so close to evolving...... maybe someone thinks a brawl would be a good pick-me-up for a random sad old mall goth man

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drop

-1 time loop tutorial

I've been struggling with VR motivation for a bit, so I'm biting the bullet and taking a break for now. If we still have a thread going I'm happy to keep tagging it for a bit as long as you don't mind me being slow, I've just been having a hard time starting new things... and while I could stay in the game with just AC summaries, that doesn't feel fair/fun for Loop's CR. (Or for me honestly!)

If anyone would like to end up with one of Loop's Pokemon while they're gone, all the ones that aren't eggs are up for it, just let me know on this post! Doesn't necessarily even have to be close CR; we can always say that your character ended up with them during the warp pad mess and there wasn't a chance to reunite yet.

(Cali is taking Alfinse, for now all the others are unclaimed.)

(I will also still be here modding for you and writing your events and silly Pokemon shenanigans! You aren't getting rid of me that easily)

001 🔥 — Netbook

HELLO CITIZENS OF THE GROVE. I HOPE YOU ARE WELL, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE EVENTS OF THE CARNIVAL! IF WE HAVE NOT MET, MY NAME IS KYOJURO RENGOKU AND I AM CURRENTLY ON BEDREST! PLEASE BE SURE TO THANK YOUR HEALERS AS THEY DO EXCELLENT WORK AND PREVENTED ME FROM BEING IN WORSE SHAPE.

BUT ALL THAT IS TO SAY, I NEED PEOPLE TO TALK TO! YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING HERE! TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT! WHAT ARE YOU EATING! WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT EXERCISE ROUTINE! ASK ME QUESTIONS IF YOU SO WISH! ANYONE IS ALLOWED TO SAY ANYTHING.

EXCEPT FOR AKAZA :)

01 ❆ netbook

so what do humans eat these days? the faster preparation and less fragrant the better (kyojuro don't interact)

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!plotting

OOC PLOTTING: did you guys know silent hill f is out?

SETTING UPDATES:

Autumn rolls in full force, bringing fallen leaves, the constant scent of chai coming from Ydalir’s tent, pumpkins growing out of control out of the roofs and walls — wait what
The circus is there one moment and gone the next, with not a trace left behind, including the labyrinth of kidnapped cities underneath it. That patch of the woods remains empty for a while, until a house springs up there mysteriously. A sign on the door says “BONE-JANGLES HAUZ! COM IN GET FUD”. Inside the house is Mr. Bone-Jangles, his bone wife, and their six bone kids who are full-grown adults. They will make you any meal you want, including things from your homes or others homes. As you leave, you get a bag of microwave popcorn and a large chocolate bar. Trick-or-Treat! The treat is being loved.
It’s October though, so that means: The Plot™.

PLOT UPDATES:

The truck that crashed through the forest last month remains, and the people driving will help you pack supplies for the trip. They warn you to pack light, as the truck has limited room and will have to make multiple trips no matter what. Those of you who are particularly fast (i.e. can run at truck going through difficult terrain speeds, or can fly/float) might be able to keep up with it if you’d rather.
- The truck can seat up to six people; two in the back seat and four in the bed of the truck.
- Once you’re at the destination, there will be no return trips for a while as others are brought here, and you’ll generally find it hard to return the second you arrive even despite the truck coming back. Not impossible, but hard. You’re given free run of the area, though. Speaking of where you are…
Welcome to Roseroot (source needed)! Roseroot is a beautiful city north of the mountain range that Zonari gets all her rocks from (you do not remember passing through the mountains) (that is a mystery for another day, friends). It’s a wealthy, affluent area where those of you who have past-life memories of being from here may know as “bougie” and “well-developed”. Per its name, it is covered in roses, all bright and beautiful and in all sorts of colours, including colours that don’t actually happen in Earth roses. All the houses and businesses are empty, though the businesses in particular will still serve you via mysterious means that are impossible to figure out. You go to a restaurant and the food spawns in front of you, the clothing stores basically allow shoplifting, etc etc. Per our JRPG-ish vibes, there’s nothing super technological (it’s nothing like Neo Eden), but it’s still well-developed.
- You can sleep wherever you want in the city — reclaim someone’s house as yours, sleep at the park, go to a hotel, etc.
When you go to sleep — and you will, you will go to sleep, even those of you who can’t/don’t need sleep — you dream, and every time you dream, good or bad or traumatic or nonsensical, something pulls itself from your memories and manifests somewhere in the city. These are monsters made of your traumas. Yet again, our Trauma Monster Generator™ will be operating (pats Amity on the back) for player ease.
- The traumas have a range of behaviours; some wander and try to hunt you down, some stand perfectly still and only move if approached, some stalk, some wait in place for you to find them. Some hate the light, some hate the dark. All of these traits depend on you and what you bring to the table.
As the days pass and you dream, the city becomes more and more dilapidated, with many buildings and shops crumbling, others cracking at the foundation, and most if not all buildings will be largely reclaimed by plantlife by the end of your stay. It’ll be colder, dirtier, with the showers refusing to work for those who are particularly unlucky and food getting harder to come by when the stores suddenly experience mass rot.
(sighs) YES THIS EVENT IS BASED ON SILENT HILL YES WE HAVE RECEIVED ANOTHER CEASE AND DESIST NO WE HAVE NOT CEASED OR DESISTED
After the first night of people sleeping in Roseroot, which is totally the real Roseroot and not at all a fake planted by our BBEG, the city will become more difficult to leave. The more monsters are around, the more the entrances to the city get obfuscated, move locations, or completely disappear. Characters within the city will have to deal with them somehow. Luckily, they’re killable, unlike the fear monsters.
Characters will be able to leave on their own and find their way back to the Grove once they either a) find an exit or b) kill enough trauma monsters to allow a natural exit to exist.
- For now, we ask that people hold off on “after escaping Roseroot” type prompts/logs, because of the Situation With The Mountains. :) We will elaborate on that during a mini-event mid-month.
- “Where are the NPCs?” Oh, you see, the situation with the mountains… :)

OOC UPDATES:

At some point in the future Wolfie will run Ydalirquest. For our new people, our quests are sign-up based, plot-heavy explorations, and usually have a hard limit to how long we let people take between responses (normally 24 hours per mod response to keep everything moving, unless something happens to the mods or the players). If you don’t reply in that 24-hour period, the mod response comes and the thread moves on without you. They are often large group threads, and we politely advise that if you doubt your ability to keep up with them, that you do not sign up. This is for the future but just a note: it’s being thought about finally. Get Ready™.
This is your last TDM for the year! TDM AC applies to both September and October. November and December will be check-ins to account for the holidays. Go freaking crazy, take a nap, enjoy life, throw rocks, kidnap a duck… the world is your oyster.
Please remember to do your AC/Hiatus comments/Check in comments for September because Wolfie gets sad when she has to chase you down.

Please use the following form for plotting:

Character:
Canon:
CR: Who is your character? Any special powers or things they have going on? Any specific CR you want to kickstart?
Plans: What’s on the agenda for this month? Any interactions with the monthly event? Other things you want to do?
Not Seeking: Anything you'd like to avoid.
Anything Else: A permissions post, opt-in for a character-specific power or whatever else.
Recent Posts or Toplevels: For things you posted that you want additional tag-ins on or that might’ve gone missed.
Past Life Plotting Toplevel: From ye olde post.
Meme: Make us laugh.

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cookie run: white lily cookie

beach buds

Who: White Lily Cookie and You!
What: Vacation! And more?
When: Early-mid September
Where: The beach, more tba?
Warnings: talk of death, coping with a new disability
( or something like that. )