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!npc: aurora

un: aurora | text

Hello, citizens of Etraya.

Our next mission will begin on Friday, January 16th.

You will be visiting a planet called Mesa for two weeks. This planet has been used as a sanctuary for countless different species, set up centuries ago by a society that no longer exists. The universe has been crumbling for some time, and Echo had to make the difficult decision to let it go. However, many of the species residing on Mesa are ones that have not been replicated across other universes, and Echo would like to preserve what they can of them.

You will be placed into teams and given assignments around the planet of DNA and items to gather. I will drop all of you off outside a facility a few of my companion bots have been working to outfit for your safety. This building has lights surrounding it, and I would like for all of you to be aware how important light is on this planet. There is no visible moon, and after the sun falls, the darkness is dangerous. Do not linger in shadows. Do not venture beyond where you are able to bring light.

Please stock up with as many survival supplies as you believe you would need for these two weeks. I will be opening the portal large enough to bring mid-sized vehicles through, so you may take with you any cars, motorcycles, chocobos, and other means of transportation.

Thank you,
Aurora

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mission plotting

Mission 13 Plotting

Mission Summary

Genre: Survival / Spooky / Mystery

Premise: Mesa is a wild, lawless land of megafauna, from feathered dinosaurs to redwoods soaring stories high. Etrayans must document what remains of a world on its way out and then get out alive, surviving in the wilderness for two weeks while fighting off a hostile environment. Most importantly of all: beware the dark.

Tone: Dark and philosophical. Is this a world worth saving?

Objectives: Take samples and record for posterity what happened on Mesa. Demonstrate appreciation of what is lost and the capacity to preserve it.

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marvel comics: sophie cuckoo

(open) i am not a martyr, i'm a problem

WHO: sophie cuckoo & others
WHEN: january 9th-11th
WHERE: she'll be at the white palace, in snake island
WHAT: sometimes, you try to get mcdonald's, and you get faced with a gigantic, spikey diamond mansion where you lived with your identical clone sisters and identical gene donor mother. sometimes, that makes you really, really sad.
NOTES\WARNINGS: sophie's stuff tends to consist of the following themes: mutant genocide, cloning, lack of identity and autonomy, enmeshment, toxic sibling relationship, sororicide, codependency, repression, groupthink, self-censorship and low self-esteem. anything related to the above might show up in this log.

@: un. cc, un. Superman2, un. GustaveEiffel, un. Stendhal.

hey, guys, i am not coming to nyx for the next three days, hold the fort out there, alright? chrissy, seriously girl, close at 2pm. don't stay there all day. i'll know if you do, do not test me. and everyone else, if there's an urgent demand, i don't know, think really fucking loud, alright? see you guys in a bit.

(Sophie will not be reachable via earpiece; all messages will bounce back. She can still be spoken to if someone thinks loudly enough while saying her name, like calling on a friend on a loud party, but whether she'll answer is up in the air.)

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fruits basket: shiraki mayuko

UN: tsundoku | Video | Subject: New Location?

[Mayuko can be seen pacing outside of the Dhaliwal-to-Wall Bookstore in high spirits, as a quartet of chocobos observe the proceedings.]

You all, I cannot believe--I can't believe it! Hahhhh... okay, first of all! Happy New Year, if I haven't seen you in a few days. I occupied myself with a warm kotatsu and four days worth of auspicious-food-in-a-box, as one does. But then I ran out of reading material, which is why I started out here! BUT THEN!!!

[She gestures back at the large birds.]

These all started kicking up a fuss and wanting me to follow them and-- it's not the most impossible thing, I know, but we're going to head to the east of the bookstore, east of Mollymarlin's trolley stop and you're going to see something pretty great.

[She flips the camera away from her and begins walking towards some of the low hills that border the mountains of Mollymarlin. After some time, approaching the bordering river, she pipes up again.]

I guess this is going to be a heads-up, if you have been brought to other places before Etraya? Things from there can show up. For better or for worse.... OK, walking, we're walking and--

[She points to an opening in the hillside and goes up to it.]

( It's a Surprise~ )

Are you afraid of heights? (closed)

WHO: Vax and Sciel
WHEN: January
WHERE: Various
WHAT: Searching and catching up
NOTES\WARNINGS: Will update if needed

( Two pairs of eyes search better than one )

Announcement about location rewards

We will be closing location requests bought by AC reward points one week from today, on January 15th 12 AM PST. The locations and activity pages have been updated to reflect them being closed, but we will accept any requests through that date.

New location requests will remain available for free for any character who has been in game at least 6 months, with 1 request per lifetime of the character allowed.

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catch-all.

WHO: Scott Summers and others
WHEN: during the month of January
WHERE: Various spots
WHAT: A collection of things throughout the month of January, couple of OPEN prompts available
NOTES\WARNINGS: tbd in threads

( we're doing this tonight )

This ordeal, this trial to survive; closed

WHO: Bucky Barnes (

bracchium) and Steve Rogers (

pursuitofcappiness)
WHEN: Return to Etraya
WHERE:The hospital
WHAT: Bucky and Steve come back and have a much needed conversation
NOTES\WARNINGS: Likely talks of violence

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Activity Check Updates

Please take a look at our revamped activity page -- we have added a new option for getting reward points that does not require counting tags or threads.

Let us know if there are any questions!

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Whisper to iron (closed)

WHO: Vax'ildan Vessar, Dion Lesage
WHEN: January
WHERE: Near the apartments
WHAT: Thief lessons
NOTES\WARNINGS: None.

( Showin’ a silk-blood how to whisper to iron )

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you are alive; so live (closed and open)

WHO: Hob Gadling + others
WHEN: Between missions Dec - Jan
WHERE: Various
WHAT: Various encounters and catching up
NOTES\WARNINGS: None but will mark threads. Hob has just returned from a canon update.

Closed threads but open Wildcard. Any encounters are welcome. Just start a thread at any Etraya location or DM for plotting.

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it's just the rain that wasn't brave enough to fall (closed)

WHO: Vergil + others
WHEN: Between missions 12 & 13
WHERE: Various locations
WHAT: Some emotional talks. Some yeeting of children. It's a little bit of everything.
NOTES\WARNINGS: No open prompts this go around, but if you are wanting something, feel free to slap down a starter or request one. There will be discussions pertaining to complex family dynamics (particularly between siblings) that may also further include topics such as loss/death of parents and/or siblings, assumed fratricide (of the accidental variety), and grief pertaining to aforementioned losses. Warnings will be in headers, but will update this as able to/needed!

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you hear i'm declaring war; open-ish

WHO: Jason Todd (Titans), Bruce Wayne (The Batman), Jason Todd (WFA), Chrissy (Stranger Things) and others
WHEN: January, right after his canon update to post-death
WHERE: The Tower, Nova City, will update as needed
WHAT: Jason experiences his death and has Feelings about it.
NOTES\WARNINGS: DEFINITE mentions of violence and death, paranoia, fighting, etc.

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!sweeps and drops

December Sweeps & Drops

( SWEEPS AND DROPS )

Привет! LiveJournal imports may be slow

Привет and welcome to our new Russian friends from LiveJournal! We are happy to offer you a new home. We will not require identification for you to post or comment. We also do not cooperate with Russian government requests for any information about your account unless they go through a United States court first. (And it hasn't happened in 16 years!)

Importing your journal from ЖЖ may be slow. There are a lot of you, with many posts and comments, and we have to limit how fast we download your information from ЖЖ so they don't block us. Please be patient! We have been watching and fixing errors, and we will go back to doing that after the holiday is over.

I am very sorry that we can't translate the site into Russian or offer support in Russian. We are a much, much smaller company than LiveJournal is, and my high school Russian classes were a very long time ago :) But at least we aren't owned by Sberbank!

С Новым Годом, and welcome home!

EDIT: Большое спасибо всем за помощь друг другу в комментариях! Я ценю каждого, кто предоставляет нашим новым соседям информацию, понятную им без необходимости искать её в Google. :) И спасибо вам за терпение к моему русскому переводу с помощью Google Translate! Прошло уже много-много лет со школьных времен!

Thank you also to everyone who's been giving our new neighbors a warm welcome. I love you all ❤️

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Chirper

CHIRPER
Welcome to our bi-monthly CHIRPER post!

There are a few ways to interact with CHIRPER:

Characters receive a notification to please fill out the form, which is fully optional. There is a character requirement of two characters per answer field. This is to discourage leaving the spaces blank.
When forms are not filled out, they can be filled out by the companion bots of Etraya, or by other characters on behalf of their friends! This includes the Q&A section.
Characters can either like or dislike others' CHIRPER profiles. These responses are public.
This is voluntary on an OOC basis; if the character doesn't have a profile completed by themselves or anyone else, nothing shows up for them on CHIRPER.
For those who do post a top level, profiles are worth 5 extra points regardless of if they are put up willingly by the character themselves. These 5 extra points do apply to the 25 maximum per month.

This month there is a special ✨ HOLIDAY SEASON ✨ addition: instead of ✓ or ✕ for like or dislike, it's 🎄 and 🔪. Whatever the character has the most votes for shows up appended to their username on the network for the next month, as in, un: aurora 🎄.

Please feel free to switch out any of the Q&A questions with those listed here!

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