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Hello everyone, it's Steve Rogers back with the news. I hope everyone had an enjoyable week off, and I look forward to seeing you all at the picnic tomorrow!

But first let's get to the news! There wasn't anything in classes or the dorms, but over in town, even a week off of classes isn't enough to knock Liz off stride on her month reports. Prompto had her check on his--the squirrels have 'excessive' but I'll say 'comprehensive' packing list for his weekend trip away in years. Luma was refusing to stock sweaters--bad news, but September starts Monday--and to really drive that home, it's pumpkin spice coffee season at the Perk, even if Kitty stuck to an iced mocha.

And that's everything! Have a great Labor Day weekend, everyone. Thank a union member.

afraid_of_marshmallows in

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Arden hadn't made a terribly big deal about it, but today was her twentieth birthday. Kind of a shock that she'd only been on the island and out from Callista's thumb - mostly - for only two years now.

Originally, she'd planned to have her party in Midnight, but after everything with Illyana the other day, it felt...rude, almost. To throw a party so close to where she was grieving. Maybe she was just being overcautious and weird? But since she could throw the same kind of party she'd been thinking about in town as easily as she could Midnight, she was going to just be overcautious and weird.

So, welcome to the Holoscene! It was currently configured to look like a cabana on a tropical beach, though the interior of the cabana was a karaoke setup. Again, things she could have had elsewhere, but this ocean wouldn't be whispering Come away, come away... in anybody's ears, and this karaoke setup didn't involve zombies, both of which seemed a perfectly valid reason to use a holodeck program to recreate them, okay?

There was, of course, a whole smorgasbord of (real) food off to one side, with real proper barbecue, along with party platters from Sushi Station, Taste of Thai, and El Burrito Loco, as well as a bunch of pizzas from Pizza Planet and a whole Build Your Own Waffle station, courtesy of Over Easy and there specifically because Gray would never have forgiven her if she hadn't included it. There were floats and kayaks and jetskis out by the water, but no sunscreen because who needed it with a fake sun?

And Arden was just chilling in a beach chair for now, in a bikini, enjoying the view of a glittering ocean in front of her, waiting for people to show up.

[Open! If you have ever, even one time, had a conversation with Arden, then you got an invite!]

mostnonheinous in

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Billie perched on top of a pile of luggage that looked suspiciously like it could have come out of the back of an upscale garage band's van. (It . . . kind of had. She'd managed to pack a few non-musincal essentials, but they were all shoved into the corners of the various road cases. She had her priorities, okay?) She had her phone out, scrolling through her latest playlist, when a video call request came in and she grinned.

"T!" she greeted.

( This got long, sorry )

Billie deflated slightly as she hung up with her ~~soulmate~~ ~~other half~~ best friend, then went back to tooling around on her playlist, one ear of her massive, audiophile headphones slid back so she could hear if/when anyone else came to join her in the lounge. Or when the shuttle eventually arrived.

"Righteous," she muttered, bopping along to the music on her headphones. "First day of grad school playlist complete." She kept bopping, then looked around at her stack of luggage in the otherwise empty lounge. ". . . Now what do I do?"

[open! And a little earlier than normal, perhaps, because I managed to completely forget that I have an event tonight. :P]

thatwaslucky in

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Rey's old assistant at Stark's, aka one of the Starbucks gremlins, was in the warehouse, chatting? with the woodchucks and a porg when she got there. He was very friendly, gave her an enthusiastic wave, it was very cute if gremlins don't worry you.

And then she could run some drills while being slightly distracted wondering how they all a) knew each other and b) could communicate.

[Open!]

what_big_teeth in

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Where there had been peaches (millions of peaches) in the common room last week, Eleanor had found a big basket of lemons, and, well, you know what they say...

Well, she wasn't about to make lemonade, she didn't have time for that, but she'd added lemon slices to her tea when she got into work, and she worked through some things she could use lemon for, and she also felt it just matched really well with the collection of short stories she'd coincidentally brought in with her to read that day.

The fact that they made everything smell so nice and bright didn't hurt, either!

Plant Parenthood is open!

totalwildcard in

fandomtownies

After the previous night's ~~ongoing~~ efforts, and a little bit of bribe-induced carrying help from various rikshaw drivers much too early in the morning, Needful Things was no longer empty! It also had no sense of order, as of yet, but that was what Harley was working on throughout Friday, taking things from the big pile of an entire van's worth of stuff in the middle of the store and putting it in displays, one by one.

She had not yet gone to sleep since waking up at whatever time she'd woken up on Thursday morning. But she had had a couple of pots of coffee and an energy drink, so she was fine and also kind of vibrating right out of her skin! Which was fine!

There was also an insistent background hum of... instincts, in the back of her brain, that kept making her pick up her phone only to put it right back away again. Like an itch she almost kept scratching while flurries of thoughts, including some things Frenchie had said, bounced around in her skull. But she had a handle on it. So also fine!

Also, there was a hastily scrawled GRAND REOPENING NEXT WEEK!! sign on the window, because someone did not yet know what chaos the following week was going to be.

(open post, semi open store!)

thatsmysword in

fandomtownies

The Neuhof investigation did not leave Henry with a great deal of time to waste, as pleasant as last night had been (and how horrid the hangover currently torturing Henry was). His best lead was Reeky from Ledetchko, a small hamlet not far from Rattay, so come morning, with his head aching like someone had hit him over the head repeatedly, Henry saddled Pebbles and rode out through Rattay's lower gate.

Down the path, past the bathhouse (was Hans still there? He had said he'd happily stay there for days) and across the river, past the grasslands, and...

The change wasn't instant enough for Henry to notice immediately. It was the noise that alerted him to the new reality: the oddest of bird noises, a sort of... honking. He brought Pebbles to an immediate stop, and glanced down, realizing that the path had been replaced by something rather more unnatural, and around him...

"Well," Henry muttered, as he stood there, head thrumming, still seated on his dappled grey mare, who seemed utterly unaffected by the change around her. "Can't say I saw that one coming..."

Kurva. Would God allow him to return home in time? And was he doomed to keep skipping like a stone between these two places?

[[ open ]]

thatsmysword in

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throughaphase in

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The employees at the Perk reeeeally wanted to make sure you know it was pumpkin spice latte season. There were several ads. There was a life si3 (for a human) cardboard cutout of a PSL. Someone had stuck a scarecrow in the corner with a cup in its hand, which, calm down, it was t even Labor Day yet.

And boy, did they not expect anybody to order a regular iced mocha.

Kitty got her drink, took her seat, and tried to ignore the judgmental and confused glances from the workers. She even got up to move to the other side of her table so they could at least be confused at her back.

[It's been too quiet. Open!]

sith_happened in

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Attention incoming students! We need a volunteer to put up the shuttle post so that Anakin can whisk you away in his Minibus of Dubious Driving Choices! The post goes up tomorrow, dated to Saturday morning, and gives you a chance to meet each other before the picnic post!

Any volunteers?

even_bigger_teeth in

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If anyone asked, Luma would insist that her refusal to have anything to do with the boxes of sweaters that had arrived that morning was out of some stubborn refusal to admit that summer was almost over and they'd be moving into fall soon. As if not putting out the autumnal collections would somehow pause time and prevent it from marching forward.

This was, of course, not the reason at all. In fact, Luma found fall to be much more preferential. But the other members of the staff didn't know that.

Nor did they need to know that the real reason she refused to associate with the sweaters was that they were all red.

But she would be at the counter, painting her nails in summery jewel tones, if anyone needed her for anything else.

Pixie Dust is open!

wrongkindofsith in

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I don't see why you needed me in even earlier than usual but, much as well get this over with. Hand over the notes.

*chittering*

No notes? None at all? Nothing of note happened around here yesterday?

*chittering*

Leroy, you have until I get out of this booth. I suggest you start running now.

flamesburned in

fandomtownies

It was the last Thursday of the month, so Liz was spending the morning busy working on making sure that the final end of month report was finished and that the spreadsheets were being finalised. Once the end of month admin work was finalised, she thought she'd get a head start and work on setting up the spreadsheets and reports for September so that she could get them ready as well.

[The Photo Hut is open!]

imafuturist

They'd spent time in Dublin and it'd been great, but Tony had an idea and that idea involved a bakery that they clearly needed to own in Paris. Which made sense only to him. But, unfortunately for everyone else, Steve was indulging him on this whim.

Which mostly ended up meaning visiting a baker's dozen (ha) of them to try out the wares. Well, Steve was trying out the wares because Tony was but a mortal man. Who had a cup of coffee at each place and whichever treat that Steve deemed the best of the bunch.

"Okay, next up..." Tony muttered, looking at the street signs to get his bearings again as they exited the last stop.

[for the husband!]

stykera in

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Good morning, it’s Wednesday, I’m here, and there aren’t many notes. It’s a quiet sort of week, I think. For now.

Nothing from the school because new classes have yet to start. Nothing from the dorms. Only from the town.

Ignis had miso in all of the specials at the diner and Liliana arrived with a gift and…the usual distractions.

Gladio found a musical yoga class happening at Atlas Gym but decided not to join in because the music was metal and the gremlins were headbanging. Okay.

National Dog Day was being celebrated by Prompto at Furnado. With hats and treats and I stopped in to visit with the dogs. And offer treats.

And finally I have a note that Raiden was putting up flyers for a party next week to celebrate the end of summer with a fish fry and a seafood boil. If Raiden is providing the food it will all be good and there will be so much of it.

That’s all I have for today from yesterday. No need to avoid the park today!

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I am stupid tired after work today and I need to read some meta to get me back on my feet. Please donate to this charity.

Pose a question (or as many as you'd like, and they don't all have to be in one comment, so you can come back later and add more if you want) to your fellow players about the game or their characters, and they will Wall-of-Text if they want to, look, I know how some of you are answer them. They can be personal or silly. You don't have to answer all of them! Nothing counts in game, of course and etc.

Questions might include "Which of your characters are you the most like?", "Which BDE was your favorite?", "What music do you RP to?", etc.

Check in throughout the day to add questions/answer questions that have been added! And be nice, as always.

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This time around we need three teachers to help our new students adjust, readjust, or continue to adjust to Fandom's little quirks (you know, the squirrels, the raccoons, the sometimes everyone turns into a child...).

Please volunteer if your teacher will be the following:

Non-antagonistic about helping out someone (ICly, your character can be signed up against their will, but, please don't sign up if they're not going to be helpful to a newbie).
You have the time to field questions from a newbie, and your character will be around consistently for the first few weeks of the semester.
The new students arrive Saturday, August 30th, so online availability for at least part of that day

carbsliftthespirit in

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Raiden had initially planned on throwing a Labor Day/informal last day of summer beach bonfire party, but ~~Gluttony probably shouldn't host a party on the day everyone has a flavor unless we want an awkward cannibalism incident~~ he had run into a few logistical difficulties.

No matter! He could pivot, and thus today he was putting up flyers around town, whistling Taylor Swift songs (off key) in celebration of her good news as he went:

ONE MORE DAY OF SUMMER!
Beach Bonfire/Fish Fry/Seafood Boil
Tuesday, September 2
The Beach, Afternoon Through Evening
Contact Raiden For Details

He was trying to make sure to put some of the flyers at more like, say, Gray's eye level, so most people could read them. How successful he was being was anyone's guess.

(Mostly establishy, but open if anyone wants to bump into Raiden!)

hashtag_chocobro in

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Prompto usually came in to do his work at the animal shelter on Wednesday, sure, but there was no way he would have missed the chance to celebrate a good number of Furnado's denizens on National Dog Day! Sorry, cats! But today was all about those good old boys, those peppy puppers, the delightful doggos, and Prompto, as a big canine fan himself (he'd even actually been one several times!), was going to go all out.

They had a big old banner outside and there was a big old dog-friendly cake, plenty of treats and toys and anything he could think of to celebrate dogs for their day, while giving copious amounts of apologies to the cats and promises to do the same when their day came around in October (which was close to his birthday, too, so that was cool, right?), and, besides, didn't they pretty much have every Caturday? It wouldn't hurt to give their other furry brethren a bit of a special day, right?

Right!

Also, puppies wearing party hats was a good reason to do anything, really, if you asked him!

Furnado is open!

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When Gladio saw a Musical Yoga class on the schedule for that day, he almost considered dropping in on it. It made, he supposed, some sense; he kind of liked the quiet connection with the world when he did yoga, but he could see how maybe some soft music, some nice calming classical or new age stuff could help people with their forms and meditation.

The thumping metal music that was spilling from the classroom door once they got started, though? That, he was a little less sure of, but then he remembered his last yoga instructor here on the island, and it made a little more sense.

He did check in to see if Diaz actually had stopped in to teach this particular musical yoga lesson, but alas, it was just some gremlin with some surprisingly impressive headbanging hair (did they even grow hair?) at the head of the class this time.

Not exactly what he'd have gone with for the concept, but, hey, if it worked for them, it worked for them.

Atlas is open!

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