[It's Friday the 13th. Thankfully it's not October, because combining those two would be kind of freakish. Unthankfully it's a cold November night for Louisiana. For the night owls in Camp, not much is going on.

There's a neurotic albino girl out in the woods tonight, returning from a late night mission. A little blood and monster gunk splattered on her clothes, but otherwise she looks like she blends right in with the snow.

What are you up to, campers and counselors?]



((ooc: mingle post. Ping Dancy in IRC if you want me to tag you, otherwise use the post for your Night in the Life needs. ♥))

I think that's enough of that. Let's begin.

[the area around you warps and changes: you are now standing in a wood. here and there, there are computer consoles embedded into the trees.]

Poll #1484670
Open to: Friends, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 0

Record your suspicions, no more than one at a time.

If you haven't already, you might wish to check your party posts for your game assignments, hm?

There will be a short activity regarding your equipment later.

[YURIEV out for the evening, equipment to be dealt with in the morning/early afternoon PST.]

[there is a little girl with a big stack of books, sitting in the library. she is taking notes. Some of the books appear to be trying to creep away while she isn't looking.]

...there's no such thing as a flux capacitor.

((OOC: Library post! Violet is deaged! Go ahead and use it for whatever day-in-the-life type stuff you wish.))

—This place again!? I don't think it's gonna work as an excuse for being late twice . . .

((As Final Fantasy IX turns 9 tomorrow, Zidane is aged up 9 years for this post o/!))

( * )

[itp two boys are standing by a microwave in the mess hall]

It's not that tough -- you press the button and it starts. Easy.

[the microwave goes up in spectacular flames]

(( Ganymede is on her way out! ))

All right. Counselor applications will be opening in a little less than a day at this point. They will be open tomorrow at 6 PM EST and will be closing at 8 PM EST.

People generally know how this goes. Leave your betaing style (thoroughness, what canons you might be comfortable with, etc.) with your E-mail address, and people should feel free to just send your apps. If you're new to sending someone a random app, anyone who comments to this post is generally open like being "on call" until the app window closes (or when they say they won't be around). Everyone here wants to help you!

Also, I've seen a few concerns about whether or not people would be able to have someone send their app for them. If you will be around during the window and would be willing to send someone's app off, add that in to your comment. That way, everyone has a chance to app if they really want.

*oh god a mob of really easy to kill zombies are attacking a helpless old woman what has this world come to!*

At least... I could hear music...

...what on.



I'm afraid I must disagree with the sentiment, computer. But it does beg a series of questions.

What positive aspects are there to being here, for you? Negative, besides the obvious of being trapped in a place with monsters and restrictions on one's lifestyle?

Personally, I find that people here are much more accepting and open-minded. Helpful, as well, at times, with a few notable exceptions. Still, I would prefer not to be trapped -- and if I must be, for there not to be various liquids falling from the sky. Tangentially, if anyone knows where I could acquire waterproof clothing, I would be quite obliged.

For the newcomers; no, I am not ill, yes, I am always this color. I prefer to think of it as 'verdant.' Although not normally a proponent of conformity, I do recommend that you think similarly.

We've made some additions and improvements to Notes!

The Notes feature has been added to two action-taking pages:

• You can now add a Note directly on the Add a friend page - handy if you'd like to mark down where you met them or another name you know them by!
• On the Ban and unban users page (under Account -> Privacy) you can now add a Note, including to a group of users all banned at the same time (so that next year you won't need to ask yourself "hey, why did I ban these guys?")

Other changes:

• When you're viewing your existing Notes they're grayed out; click in a field to activate it to change the text (this page can be found from the header by using Profile -> Manage Notes)
• Changes to editing:
  • When you're going to create a new Note but one already exists, you'll get a warning that you're editing an existing Note
  • You can now delete a note from the "Edit note" pop-up in the hover menu
  • You can now delete notes for multiple selected users on the Manage notes page
  • When you change Notes on "Ban|unban users" page, they can be edited and saved with "Save Changes" button

[So, just outside the Mess Hall this evening, there is one girl standing underneath a tree. The nearest branch has to be five meters above her head, but this isn't stopping her from jumping for it and failing miserably.

Jump. Fail.

Jump. Fail.]

Chii can't reach...

[Of course, Chii's dilemma might be explained by her colour palette swap and new-found human body, but she hasn't noticed that yet.]

((Status effect: Turn human! Chii looks physically identical to her normal self, except she's lost the ears, and her eye and hair colour has changed from ivory and orange to blonde and amber))

Guy passed 1000 comments sometime this week, so he has a First Impressions/Relationship Meme over on his journal, and since he's been such a busy little bee, he has quite a few impressions!

So this is not a complete waste of space, and because it's topical, a Serious Poll: Do your characters work better under a deadline, or do they prefer an open schedule? Are they terrible procrastinators? ...How about player habits? |Da

It is a bit early but because the Spreadsheet We Offer Our Virgin Sacrifices to requires time and so forth.

SECRET SANTA*

We'll be putting up reminder posts later too and all through the month and by the end of it you will be sick of us :Db


* - or other commercial or noncommercial holiday deity of your choosing!



oh right questions and concerns can be asked here or pm'd or gchatted or sent by telepathic interpretative dance messenger unicorn pigeon.

*In one corner of the mess hall, a fashionable seamstress has set up a table lined with scarves of every color, type, variety and styles! They're rolled up carefully and are practically glittering with that new scarf glow!*

I'm handing out scarves if anybody wants one! It's cold outside!

((the scarves may or may not have camp effects on them -- watch out for the chloroform scarf is all I'm saying...))

[At the edge of the pool, Casshern is sitting and throwing pieces of fish at a squid who has his tentacles playfully entwined around his ankles]

Eat slowly, Friender. There is plenty of food.

((I'm out. I'll pick up later!))

Aaaand Ramza is dropped. Final Fantasy Tactics remains my favourite FF game and Ramza is an amazing character, but he never completely clicked with me.

♥ Thanks to all who played with him.

"I'll surely play this weekend!"
"Tomorrow, definitely, I've got so much free time tomorrow."
"Monday for sure, I don't have any projects due or tests to study for."
"I am le tired; surely two days from now I'll have time."

...Three weeks later! orz Sorry for the unannounced hiatus, and unfortunately it is not quite over yet. I expect it to be sometime next week, probably Thursday because that is the due date for the 80 drawings that I have not started yet. :|a Will probably pop in for counselor voting rounds because I feel guilty about missing the last voting round entirely.

[RED AND BLUE STREAKS LIGHT UP YON EARLY MORNING SKY, even with the snowy weather. However, it is likely the giant explosion, in the sky above a relatively uninhabited part of camp, as the aforementioned red and blue streaks come together that you, dear camper, likely have noticed.

For reference, it looks a little something like ( this. )

Once the explosion disperses, you'll also note the two men duking it out, one with six swords and one with two spears. They are manly, shut up. Despite the snow, they appear to be enjoying it. Yes, even the one with no shirt.

Surely they must be insane. It's fucking cold out.]

((and Yukimura is asleep /o/))

[Somewhere that's sort of close to the middle of the camp, you will find many large bookcases. And on these shelves? You just might find your own biography. Upon closer inspection, though, you'll find that the biographies are totally fake and make up ludicrous stuff about your life.

There are two men standing next to one of the bookcases. One of them appears to be reading Percival Fraulein: The Ninja Who Became a Space Pirate, while the other seems to have Byakuran Gesso: Does a Body Good in his hands.

Do you join them by the bookcases?]


((ooc: Both Byakuran and Percival will be out and about! Byakuran is taking a break! Percival is... picking at anything left at a leisurely rate.))

*Off to one side of the center of Camp, a young woman is trying to remove and/or deflate a pair of blow-up clown shoes. You know, the red kind. Nearby, there are juggling pins and other things you'd associate with clowns.*

B-but I'm not cheerful enough to be a clown!

ETA: Find yourself in clown shoes! Juggle! The misery probably shouldn't be Mio's alone.