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The Last City: Welcome Home (part 2)

2026-11-04T05:58:49Z

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Maia shouts "Time for part 2 of "The Last City: Welcome Home"! SOOOO it turns out that my homeworld also has *anthro* pokemon, and they're allowed to be trainers to boot! Time to investigate this "Galactic Corps", and *possibly* bust some heads (read: have pokemon battles). To join or spectate, luge S3 E8, n-stage -OR- t #14307, we're getting started in about 15 minutes!" (Public-shout)
You feel a wrenching sensation...
Nina-Stage
All the world's a stage, and this one is an ad-hoc RP zone! See current poses and/or the GameInfo object to determine where and what is happening.
Obvious Exits:
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Contents: Mako, Dawnwing, Maia, Elaraea, and GameInfo
Mako peep
Featherwing has teleported in.
Featherwing has arrived.
.Vahno gets onto the N-stage that isn't there.
.Vahno has arrived.
Casimir has teleported in.
Casimir has arrived.
[OOC] Elaraea pops out of the pokeball!
Cinnamon has arrived.
[OOC] Cinnamon emits a spectation-chu.
[OOC] .Patashu says, "Hello!"
[OOC] .Patashu says, "https://wiki.spindizzy.org/index.php?title=The_Last_City:_Welcome_Home If you want to see the previous log."
[OOC] Cinnamon says, "Sadly, Tomosu is still canonically digitized. I've been waiting for the right moment to perpetrate A Progress (tm)."
[OOC] .Patashu says, "Let us know if you ever want to Plot or Scheme."
[OOC] Elaraea is still fully digital, Tomosu could use a rental body like her
[OOC] Cinnamon was considering something Halloweenish, but Halloweenish seems to be an area of effect situation!
[OOC] Casimir says, "Alternately, you could do what I did and sent another interested party"
[OOC] .Patashu says, "We'll be in SPindizzy ICly if you want to send anyone without having to retroactively justify it"
[OOC] Cinnamon says, "Toooo be fair, I'm not sure my schedule's consistently clear enough for regular plottiness just yet either way. ;.;"
[OOC] Mako patpat
[OOC] .Patashu says, "Then enjoy a spectate"
[OOC] Maia nodnods.
[OOC] Cinnamon says, "(As an aside, I went ahead and poked at a robot a while back to try and force it into approximating a candleghost out of nostalgia. The image generator came astoundingly close to comprehending what a Tomosu should look like.)"
[OOC] Cinnamon says, "(For added sure-why-not, it came out pixel-ish.)"
( Last time: you went to Cinnabar Island by way of the Distortion World! Maia saw a mysterious figure who immediately vanished and nobody else noticed! Maia and Mako posed as trainers for the rest of the party, and sold a couple of Nuggets for the proceeds (and bought some pokeballs in case you want to ride in one, as well as extras, some healing items, and an Ultra Ball for the look of things)! You followed a pokemorph named Venus to Pallet Town, where she supervised some Galactic Corps grunts as they removed some newspapers which were critical of the Galactic Corps and replaced them with propaganda! You then hit up the current Pokemon Professor of Pallet Town, Professor Vanilla, to learn some bits of lore. We are now going to montage to SpinDizzy and back (now that we've been to Cinnabar Island and Pallet Town, Mako can just portal us there). What will you do in that timeframe? )
.Patashu . o O ( Ah, it's Fly rules. Convenient! )
Elaraea will.... hit up Sew What to get some Trainer-style threads!
Mako will likely start by finding a spot to set up a more stable gate. Preferably one that won't dump is into the ocean... ar we gonna have to navigate the void every time? >.>
[OOC] Maia says, "I mean, that's pretty much how Mako described it to begin with. |3"
( We are not! )
Elaraea not just Trainer-style, but something that can only need a bit added to go up into the Pkmn Contest Circuit
.Vahno says, "Kinda wonder if any pokemon have asked to become more anthro..."
Dawnwing is absolutely going to need to get hirself a full-anthro form at some point! Going back over at taur-size is probably still gonna Alarm people.
[OOC] Cinnamon says, "I'm picturing the SNES Mario's Time Machine surfing minigame to portal anywhere."
[OOC] Maia grins to Cinny. We had to come through the Distortion World on our first trip.
[OOC] .Patashu says, "And emerged in the water."
[OOC] Elaraea used SURF.
Mako oh, good. Then she can set up a gate real easy. Mostly this involves visiting poke-ikea, getting a door, and putting it up somewhere inconspicuous. >.>
( Interestingly, when using Maia as a beacon specifically from outside Maia's world, the path of least resistance appears to be the vicinity of the western coast of Cinnabar Island. But once Mako is actually in Maia's world, she can just set things up wherever she wants according to her own abilities. )
[OOC] Cinnamon says, "Hmm. If there's periodic returning to mainline SpinDizzy, I miiiight be able to jump in at a later date, maybe. ;.;"
Mako is not well versed in gate building, b ut she'w been studying. There is a nonzero chance that the first couple times she tries this you end up dumping yourself into the bamboo lake on return. But after some adjusting all is well.
[OOC] .Patashu says, "if you do want to join later we can help retroactive you in"
.Vahno says, "Saaay, can we set up a connection to their internet so we can look through info while here?"
Casimir will remain as he is, for now. He went through the trouble of getting into this form, might as well not waste it. He may though, while on Quodlibet, lament somewhat being too small to conveniently use the helm in his ship, instead go to Pata's base to practice battling some- and aside on that: "I kinda get why Kranith always wants to pick fights now. Something about being a monmon makes this even more fun, kinda addicting." Vanilla did mention that the new instincts can change you a bit; at least in Cas's case it doesn't seem -too- dramatic. Ah, he'll aside to Maia: "I don't know if you plan to actually use us as your pokemon de-facto, but I do feel I aughta ask, what kind of moves should I try to Sketch? I have one Sketch and a free slot to fill."
Elaraea says, "Considering my remote worked, Yes. but we'll need an endpoint on that side."
Maia grabbed one of the propaganda-newspapers, and is poring over it to see if she can get anything useful, or anything from what the Galactic Corps isn't saying. "... 'glitch entity' ...? Gonna elaborate on that?" She looks up at Vahno. "Oh. If you *can* set that up that'd be awesome."
Dawnwing says, "Buy a house, get residential internet, make a network bridge?"
.Vahno says, "Not a bad idea..."
Dawnwing says, "And if we -can- rent or buy some property, putting the local gate in the basement or something might not be a bad idea..."
Maia looks to Casimir. "Hmmm. I think that's gonna be pretty sitational, and depends on who or what we go up against. You'll learn Sketch multiple times as you grow, too, so it's not like it's a one-shot deal."
Elaraea says, "I like this plan"
Mako says, "I have -no- idea how that works, to be clear."
Elaraea says, "It'll give us a main base where we can stash stuff too, without having to portal offworld, gives us a place to show up from, and a mailing address."
Mako says, "And a hard gatepoint"
Casimir nods, "Alright. Plus I heard I can just relearn moves, so-." Muses on the other topic at hand. "Might not even need property. Does the pokemon world have data centers? If so, just rent a server slot and 'contract' custom hardware."
Maia hmm! "*If* we can cough up the money ..."
Elaraea says, "now... how much is a typical place in one of the smaller towns?"
[OOC] Dawnwing ponders. Sie admits sie's never thought of Dawn as 'limited to The Four Move Slots,' mostly because that's not how the animated media tends to do it, so far as sie's aware.
[OOC] Maia says, "True!"
[OOC] Elaraea says, "the way I interpret the four Move Slots is you can *know* any number of Moves, but you can only have 4 registered in Regulation Battles"
[OOC] Casimir is sticking to it for game parity since we're in a game-style plot. But will start ignoring it if everyone else is, and has before in morphish plots etc
[OOC] Maia wasn't thinking of it in terms of 'number of slots', but non-game media is the general reason why I kept "as you grow" vague.
Dawnwing says, "Also, like ... how close do we want to be to that lab?"
( *Buying* a house might be a whole thing. Given you can raise the money for it by just spamming nuggets or their equivalents, that's not the problem. But it's not the kind of thing you can buy at the drop of a hat, there's contractual stuff to go through. Casimir's idea of just doing data center co-location is warmer. You could even ask Professor Vanilla if you can set something up! Renting or booking a hotel room is also easier to do on short notice. )
[OOC] .Vahno says, "So the move tutor isn't really teaching you old moves or whatever, but allowing you to legally rewrite the move card. or whatever."
[OOC] Casimir says, "A good way to wave it in"
Mako honestly figures renting a motel room, or whatever airbnb equivilent, for an indeterminate time, is probably a good idea. Something with rooms, privacy, and a kitchen
[OOC] Mako says, "Makes sense. There has been at least one Move Rememberer or whatever it was called."
Elaraea . o O ( considering how itinerant most Trainers are in the competitive circuit, there's probably Road Motels aplenty )
Elaraea . o O ( not everybody likes to camp every night )
( Yeah, exactly - it would raise 0 eyebrows that you show up on a new continent as wandering trainers and have the pokecoins to blow on renting. )
Elaraea *does* ahve some Planning Chops, but some may recall her putting her head down on a table of notes with the remark, "I have Regrets"
.Vahno says, "Or maybe set up a secret base somewhere. That's a thing some folks do."
Elaraea fingertips on Vahno's arm. "That's once we get established. A long-term rental in a road motel can be ready in an hour."
.Vahno omf on Ela.
Elaraea *comedy beat* ... "AAAA."
Casimir says, "The problem with secret bases is they're cape bait. Inconspicuous right up until someone blows the cover and puts them in the newspaper-"
Casimir smirks a bit.
Maia mouths 'cape bait?', pauses, and then shakes her head at Cas. "Nnnnot that kind of 'secret base'."
Casimir says, "Seriously though, if we want to actually -own- a place or long term rent, why not a shack in the boonies? Most of the benefits of a secret base, a fraction of the drawbacks."
.Vahno says, "Eh, maybe."
Casimir looks to Maia?
Elaraea says, "Again, harder initial setup. We can get a LTR at a motel with a 'terminate whenever' permission, and look for a Secret Base at leisure"
Casimir muses to Ela. "Yeah... I'm not sure how long we'll even be questing around. I guess the question is, what's next?"
.Vahno says, "Fly around, selling nuggets at various stores and pawn shops across the country to subtly build up capital for our projects?"
( The kobolds in the room look over to Maia, expectantly. )
Casimir . o O ( What'll even be our projects? )
Mako says, "That's a lot mroe effort than should be, I think..."
.Vahno says, "...Eh. Fair."
Maia looks to Vahno. "We probably need to deal with the Galactic Corps *before* doing anything really big. But aside from finding the info we originally wanted to look up ..." She gestures with the newspaper. "The newspaper mentions that the Galactic Corps HQ is in Veilstone City in the Sinnoh region, so we might wanna poke around there sooner rather than later."
Featherwing has disconnected.
Maia says, "I ... we'd need to see what the old newspaper said first, but the fact that someone's even *considering* comparing them to the rocket empire, it's kinda ..."
Dawnwing says, "...Also, wouldn't what they did with the old newspapers be considered theft?"
[OOC] Maia says, "*Rocket Empire, capitalized"
Maia shrugs to Dawnwing. "For all we know, they were doing it legitimately, which is bad for a different reason."
.Vahno says, "Well, anthros are a thing, so... I could go Anthro Ninetales and... ya know... join up."
Casimir ehhhhs. "I dunno. People tend to be flippant with comparisons. You should've seen how many people, aaaaaall the time, compared their political opponents to a certain historically infamous regime on my homeworld."
Elaraea says, "Clearly we need to know more"
.Vahno says, "Also, I am psionic myself, so I could, in fact, probably shut that Gardegal out."
Casimir nods. "Heck... heh. Thought comes to mind. I could walk right up to their headquarters and ask to join. Or let myself get captured... but then one of you would have to fetch me."
Maia looks like she wants to argue with Casimir, then at Ela, she just goes "UUUGGGGGHHHHH. Yeah we do at that."
.Vahno says, "Heheh."
Dawnwing says, "...Right. Psychic. I -really- don't want her looking too closely in my mind."
Casimir says, "If I or one of us is posing as a rookie wannabe, or gets captured... why would the boss even pay us any attention? One of many."
.Vahno says, "Paranoia."
Casimir looks to Vahno. "Point. She didn't seem the type, but, I could easily be wrong."
( A kobold raises a paw. "What if they just read your thoughts and figure out you're doing an inside job thingy?" )
Mako uuugh. "I'm a magi, not an esper. PSi is beyond me...."
Maia opens her mouth, then nods to the kobold. "Yeah, she *did* sorta ... *sense* us or something on her way out."
Casimir looks to the Kobold. "Well I was going on the idea of being below notice but... mnnn. Yeah, maybe not."
( A second kobold looks at the first thought. "It must be so hard to lie in the Pokemon World." The two kobolds sage nod. What a travesty. )
( *at the first kobold )
.Vahno says, "Again, I could probably shield myself."
Maia says, "Sssssso. Uh. *Fastest* thing would be to hit up a library! Or, uh, borrow internet access from Professor Vanilla if she's cool with it. I mean I'm wearing the same face I had when the Rocket Empire killed me, and nobody seemed to recognize me by sight, but that was a long time ago ..."
[OOC] Cinnamon says, "For the record, I am reading 'newspaper' as 'newspapper', like the old-timey style Homestar videos."
[OOC] Maia XD
.Vahno says, "People look like people all the time. "
Casimir says, "Plus, you don't look like you're a hundred twenty or so years old."
.Vahno says, "Anyways, yay or nay on me trying to join up?"
Maia gremlinsnickers. "Hah, yeah."
[OOC] .Vahno says, "Also asking Oocly because, uh... possible DM headaches?"
Maia mmmmm, "Let's wait until we learn more basic info first."
Mako says, "Yeah, that's a "Save for later" idea I think..."
Casimir looks to Vahno. Maia. "I'm leaning yea but, yeah."
Mako says, "JOb one is stable base of ops, then information"
.Vahno says, "Alright. So... where to for base?"
[OOC] .Patashu says, "If I'm understanding how Mako's portaling works, if you go to Sinnoh once, then you can portal to and from Sinnoh and Kanto by stopping off in Spindizzy?"
Dawnwing says, "If Pallet isn't actually host to a branch office of those Galactic jackasses, why not there?"
[OOC] .Patashu says, "In that case you may as well just get a base where it's cheap n quiet"
Casimir says, "I vote get a two weeks lease on a hotel room in Veilstone City. Somewhere in the outskirts that's in bike distance but not direct line of sight of the Corps HQ."
.Vahno says, "Agreed..."
[OOC] Mako says, "A gate will go to: Another Gate, A strong Signal, or somewhere you've been before. Getting BACK is the hard part, which is why mako wants a specific place. She's relying on Maia for base of ops rules"
[OOC] Mako says, "Theoretically mako could make the trip without but she doesn't know how."
Maia nods slowly to Casimir and murmurs, "We'll need local transit to *get* to Veilstone regardless ..."
.Vahno says, "Maybe a city away from Veilstone..."
Casimir slowly sways his tail. Looks to Dawnwing. "Too far for you to fly?"
Dawnwing says, "I don't know where Veilstone -is- yet."
Dawnwing says, "...I'ma need a map."
Maia nods to Dawnwing. "Yeah, I'd need one too, offhand."
Featherwing has connected.
Mako says, "Man, didn't they used to give those out willy nilly?"
.Vahno says, "Ask the prof if we can print off one."
Dawnwing says, "Or just gimme a computer with an internet connection; there's -no way- they don't have global mapping here by now."
Casimir says, "Sounds like our itinerary then is: return to the pokemon world, look for transit to Veilstone, secure transit, by battle or nugget secure a room there or in a nearby town and begin research on Galactic Corps."
Maia nods to Casimir. "Sounds like a plan!"
( Kobold thumbs up! )
Mako tosses her hair. "I'm gonna continue playing human I think. At least one or two of us needs to look the part just in case and I won't draw any other attention unless we get jumped."
.Vahno says, "I think I'll stay quad for now, unless we decide to infiltrate."
Maia nods. "Yeah, I'm *also* gonna stick with playing human."
Dawnwing says, "...Would be nice to be able to get away with -not- hiding heads."
( A kobold suggests, "Hydreigon?" )
.Vahno says, "Works."
Dawnwing says, "...I do have one up my family tree! But I don't have any actual bodies of that form, myself."
Maia looks to Dawnwing, then to the kobolds.
.Vahno says, "...Right."
Elaraea says, "... I think you're about to be offered a Proxy body of one."
Casimir looks to Dawnwing. "Might be easier to disguise as one and not have to worry about folks bumping invisible heads."
Dawnwing says, "Wish I could just say 'Quodlibet Regional' and leave it at that, but nobody over there is going to have any idea what a Quodlibet is."
( A kobold brings out a Hydreigon onesie. :3 )
Dawnwing will keep this, even if sie can't wear it right now!
( Are we good to go, then? )
.Vahno is good.
Dawnwing nods affirmative!
Mako is likely selecting a few doodads to beef up her toolset, because she has no desire to get STuck again, but thinks she's good...
Casimir slowly sways his tail, steps over and pets Vahno. It's a dog-pet-dog world... that's not so bad is it? All the same, yep, ready!
.Vahno sluuuuuuuuuuuuurps Casimir.
Elaraea gets dressed up, Trainerstyle. ... The ballcap is very custom.
Casimir snrks, bleps.
Featherwing mrbts. (ooc: Sorry, got distracted...)
[OOC] Maia says, "It happens!"
( Pallet Town is just as you left it; the Galactic Corps grunts are long gone. There is an airport in Saffron City, and you can take a flight from there to Jubilife City, in the southeastern part of the region; this is approximately at the opposite end of the region from Veilstone, however. The airplanes allow one (1) pokemon per trainer; the rest will be allowed to connect via their pokeballs to a virtual reality space that lets them see outside of the plane. Who's going where? )
Featherwing is okay either way. Will let others decide.
Casimir likewise, would be fine flying pokeball class if we go that route. Heck, he's just happy to be here as it stands.
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "SOrry for the momentary idle!"
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "I was reminded that Tomorrow is Trash Pickup"
Casimir . o O ( Back to the Pokemon World, world of friendship, adventure, and strangely stable customs. )
.Vahno 
Maia . o O ( Pokeballs 'just work' regardless! )
.Patashu . o O ( We also have universal healthcare here! )
.Patashu . o O ( headcanon that healthcare is so good in the Pokemon world because Pokemon get into scraps all the time )
[OOC] Casimir says, "The miracle healing machines also help"
[OOC] Mako says, "Doot Doot Doo-doo-doooo~."
[OOC] .Patashu says, "yeah my headcanon is those are the 'egg' in the 'chicken and egg'"
Mako . o O ( That jingle is in my heeeeead )
Dawnwing . o O ( There's plenty of synthetic pokemon that ball up just fine already! )
Featherwing . o O ( It's the Don Quijote of Pokemon. )
.Vahno . o O ( Okaaaay fiiiine.... )
Mako watches throug hthe windows. She can play "Rich socialite" well. Also it's nie to fly without using her own power any
Dawnwing hasn't been in a ball before! ...So long as sie can be assured it's Safe, sie'll give it a try.
Casimir also hasn't been in a ball before, but heard it's actually surprisingly cozy and -is- actually a biological monmon here, so doesn't hesitate much.
.Vahno will stay out if no one else is gonna.
Dawnwing . o O ( Of course, holo-disguise or not, a pokéball will probably recognize that Dawn is not -baseline- though sie remains Compatible. )
( The plane itself also much more high-tech and comfortable in general! Though ... while you're flying, visible from the VR space as well, a Galacitc Corps styled jet flies past from behind, apparently headed in the same direction. It's considerably faster, though, so it quickly leaves your plane behind. )
Maia murmurs, "The newspaper did mention some basic info, by the way. The boss is called Idalia, the commanders are Sol, Mercury, and the gardevoir pokemorph, Venus. Kinda scattershot, the article kind of assumed we already knew who they were."
Mako says, "I am sensing a theme ith these commanders. That's on brand for a Team, at least...."
Maia nods, "It was like that for the Team Galactic they're based on, too."
( Fresh Water, Soda Pop and Lemonade are available as drinks on the plane, natch! )
Dawnwing hopes the plane-VR will still let hir communicate with everyone riding in normal seats!
[OOC] Cinnamon says, "The weirdest Discord chat."
[OOC] Elaraea says, "woop, got zero-notice AFKed. back"
Casimir . o O ( Like the ol' Concorde, the passenger plane that was too cool for all that 'being practical' stuff. Turns out the reason normal passenger airplanes have gone about the same speed since the dawn of the jet age is that simply is the optimal cruising speed of the passenger plane 'meta'. )
[OOC] Casimir says, "Welcome"
Elaraea will probably register in the 'person' category to not have to figure out how a Ball will interact with her Proxy Link.
Dawnwing comms over the VR, [If they're such big names, there's gonna be articles on 'em on whatever the planetary wikithing is, right?]
Mako . o O ( Forget wiki, we just gotta look at the tabloids... )
Maia . o O ( There was no 'Aqua/Magma Imperium' or whatever because anyone that stupid would never make it as a genre-busting empire like we're dealing with here )
Casimir [Depends. Some keep it down low, but this Venus gal is waaaaay too full of herself for that I'll bet.
Maia says, "Yeah, that's part of the info we're gonna look up as soon as we're settled in."
Elaraea has to figure out how to kind of ... bundle her tail around to fit into a plane seat.
( The seats are designed to change shape slightly in order to accomodate tails. )
Elaraea oh good, They Thought Of That
Elaraea . o O ( so, room at a motel, get the portal deployed, possibly rent a Bill's PC? )
Mako . o O ( Terrible thought. Bill is the pokeverse's Cloud )
.Vahno will poke at the internet for a bit while they travel. He's idly curious. There's probably a good few folks who have gone anthro... have any pokemon tried it? I mean, some have learned to speak, so if they can ask... why not?
Casimir enjoys the window-seat panorama view from inside a pokeball. Studies, in fact. What all else is visibly new in the world?
Featherwing simply meditates wherever the frog is at the moment. -.-
[OOC] .Patashu says, "thinking-typing"
( Vahno: Surprisingly, it seems to be a much harder operation then pokemoning a human. But there's been a breakthrough within the past few years and a few successful examples, including an Arcanine anthro male who used to do Beauty Contests (and, ah, still does). )
.Vahno will... slide a few of his photos to Ela.
Mako... oh my
Elaraea oh dang. That's Fiiiiiine.
( Casimir: Hard to say what's new and what's old from an airplane window on a planet you're unfamiliar with, but you do see some neat sights: a robust train system, and what looks like an oversized greenhouse out in the wilderness (some kind of terraformed enclosed-ecosystem park?). )
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "Safari Zone 2100"
( You can also do some research on the Galactic Corps' higher ups as you scour the internet from the plane... )
Maia performs the positive action of Disregarding That, and looks up some basic info about the Galactic Corps leadership.
.Vahno suspect the main reason is... well, the generally massive structural shift.
Maia ... yeah that.
Elaraea peers over Maia's ... tablet? from the next row back. "Anything useful?"
( So the first thing to know is that the Galactic Corps is like a reboot/rebranding of the old Team Galactic. Its leader, Cyrus, wanted to create 'a world without spirit'. Literally, 'if we stopped feeling intense emotions we'd all get along'. Thankfully and obviously he failed. The new Galactic Corps is more aping the style and power while distancing itself from those ends; just trying to be a power player, muscle out competitors, maybe end strife by being the only one on top, make a lot of money in the process, that kinda thing. )
Maia has a hard look on her face as she reads about this.
.Vahno <Sadly, we must oppose that, even if they are Truly Good.>
Featherwing opens one eye and looks over the info.
( You look up Venus. She's a born-into-money socialite from Kanto who self-funded her pokemorph transformation and joined Galactic Corps, in her words, 'Cuz it sounded fun!'. Nihilist in the positive sense, 'if nothing matters, you may as well live life doing what motivates you' kinda way. )
Casimir [Yeaaah you know what they say about the road to hell. Anyone willing to tread on people's rights for the 'greater good' is worse than any robber-baron. The good news, I think this Venus gal is just another lizard-brain. That'll make her predictable.]
Maia smirks at Casimir's comment. Quoting Venus at the Cinnabar pokecenter, "'Thanks-a-million, smell ya later!'"
Dawnwing sends Casimir a row of dragon-face-sticking-out-tongue emojis at Casi.
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "Zap the last two words off for redundancy, I derp"
Elaraea hmm. "Typical, but they looked very well-organized."
[OOC] .Patashu says, "thinking-typing..."
Mako says, "<Depending how we play our cards, either a huge pain or maybe an ally, egotist but that can be said for a lot of Team types.>"
Featherwing (Indeed.)
( Some other notable commanders: Mercury, an idealistic activist from Hoenn who apparently fell in with the wrong crowd, because he thinks working for Galactic Corps is the best way to better people's lives. Sol, who claims to have Cyrus's mantle, with a similar backstory, but insist that he isn't interested in erasing all spirit, just ruling the business world in a totally normal way, and that this is for the betterment of mankind. (He also has a living sister, Luna.) The boss is called Idalia, who's wiki page is shrouded in mystery - she's believed to be related to Cynthia and Ianthe (two notable historical figures in their own right) but the exact relationship is unclear, and she keeps her cards close to her chest. )
Mako looks over the data. "<Lotta these commander types seem like they're doing the wreong things for the right reasons, at elast.>"
Mako says, "<Or is that the other way around?>""
.Vahno says, "<Guess we'll find out.""
Elaraea checks the flight time...
Maia hm. "I know about Cynthia, she was a pokemon champion who helped her successor Dawn take out the old Team Galactic. I ... *met* an 'Ianthe' in my time, I could see the family resemblance, but she disappeared during the Rocket Empire takeover. I'd assumed '*got* disappeared'." She takes a deep breath. "Speaking of which!" She looks up the Rocket Empire and how the revolution take up.
( If you have to check, you're not there yet. -w- )
.Vahno will... look for a... Maia Oak, wasn't it?
[OOC] Maia typing~ (since this was my thing)
( The Rocket Empire, as its name implies, was a complete power grab. Headed by a man named Giorno, they were smart enough to try to keep pokemon trainers on lockdown; they captured more various relatively unique and powerful pokemon, including legendary pokemon who were known as deities or other powerful beings, specifically to keep them out of the hands of anyone who might stand in their way. A revolution formed against them, and really kicked into gear after the Empire tried to interfere with the neutrality of Pokemon Centers, which are dedicated to healing everyone and anyone's pokemon. )
( The leader of the revolution was was an ambitious woman called Gloria (true identity unknown, but one of the possibilities is a descendent of Professor Oak named Maia Oak! There's precious little *other* info on Maia.), who died in battle against the Empire, and her place was subsequently taken by Ianthe, a political prisoner of the Empire who had been very ... driven, by emotions and a kind of spiritualism; she seemed to have an attitude of "I wasn't going to be a revolutionary, but I felt in the spirits that you're steering the world in the wrong direction, so now you're my problem", sort of thing. She retreated out of the public eye while the world was reconstructing after the Empire fell. )
[OOC] Maia says, "That turned out a bit longer than expected, I split it up for readability ^^;"
Maia nods along as she reads. "Don't see anything inaccurate, up to, uh, my ... yeah." She sits back heavily in her seat.
.Vahno cough
Elaraea mmmm. "Bit surreal in an unpleasant way, huh?"
Maia nods. Murmurs, "I don't really have much continuity-of-self from before my first MissingNo freakout, when I got Magearna'd and then Master Balled for a hundred years. But ..."
Casimir [First time?... Ah, sorry.]
Maia, automatically, "Bite me."
Mako hmmm....
Elaraea /party @Maia :teeth:
Maia sniffles slightly. "At least I've got ... *some* kind of closure --" She stops. Flatly to Elareaea, "Will you fucking stop that."
Elaraea says, "sorry"
Dawnwing [You -did- start with the BiteMe...]
Maia UUUUGGGGGHHHHH. ... Yeah she's a bit better at least.
Casimir [In the end... hey. Someone picked up the torch for you, and made good finishing your work.]
Maia says, "Haha, yeah ... like I said, closure."
Mako says, "<Fact that family name has done quite solitary is interesting. We're missing something there.>""
Maia says, "Hm? Which the who-now?"
.Vahno says, "<What was Ianthe's last name anyways?>"
Maia checks. "... Looks like they're mononymic. I mean a lot of people are."
[OOC] Maia, basing this on how few people in the games and shows actually *have* last names.
.Vahno . o O ( Well, there goes tracking the family tree. )
[OOC] .Patashu says, "Big culture of 'setting off on your own', too."
Maia looks to Mako. "Oh you mean Ianthe's family?" She looks back at the article. "Uh, sorry, I got distracted from that part of the topic."
Maia hits 'back', ends up at the Galactic Corps article. "-- Idalia's family, I mean. Yeah."
Mako says, "Yeah. Can't possibly be the same person, right? .... I'm gonna regret saying that aren't I? ... but still, that's the only one we don't have data on"
Elaraea re, regret: "probably"
Mako says, "Look, I have bad reference for normal mortal lifespans."
Maia shrugs. "I mean. The brief time I met her, Ianthe didn't strike me as someone who'd, uh, do *that*." She gestures to the Galactic Corps article as a whole.
Maia makes a face. "Yeah that's. too long."
Casimir [People do change, especially going through things like that, but... well. I don't think we'll meet her again. Still, it might be a note to keep on the pad.]
.Vahno says, "<Never know how time may change someone... Still, they might just carry the name.>"
Maia nods, and shrugs. "Well ... Idalia's the one we need to look out for, whoever she *is*. We gotta worry about the Galactic Corp itself, first."
Casimir muses... [Heck of a thought. Someone who turns revolutionary against an empire... has a daughter who goes on to be the boss of a new empire.]
Casimir [Great to the nth grand daughter but still.]
.Vahno <Probably not too far along...>
Featherwing has disconnected.
.Vahno says, "<So, what do we do once we land?>"
Maia says, "Uh, get to Veilstone, set up a base in the general vicinity, and start looking up intel on the Corps." She looks to Casimir. "Right?"
Mako says, "<Check for a good motel for starters. You ever tried to sleep on a plane? Aaaaaa.> z.z"
[OOC] Maia says, "We're in winding-down-time, FYI"
Casimir [That was what I added up, yep.]
( This plane is surprisingly comfortable. Of course, you haven't tried to sleep here yet. )
Dawnwing can probably sleep just fine in the ball! So long as sie doesn't wake up later to find out that sie's been stolen or something.
Maia, to Mako, "The Pokemon Center in Jubilife can probably help us there."
Casimir would be tempted to decorate his teammate's pokeballs. If he weren't stuck in his own. Ah well!
Maia hms. "There's one more thing ..." She does a search. "The propaganda paper namedropped a 'glitch entity' -- another thing it assumed the reader already knows about, as something the Galactic Corps was looking into, but hadn't dealt with yet."
Elaraea fingerdrums on the seatback. "Another Glitch Entity then...
Mako says, "That's true.... but... anther one? THAT is...."
( The search results make it seem like some sort of urban legend -- a woman with long, white, loose hair and a dress of black crystals, with nobody ever clearly seeing her face or whether she even has one, appearing seemingly out of nowhere and then gone the next moment. Nothing really substantiated, though; nobody's been able to take a photograph, either, but there are a couple of sketches. The Galactic Corps response seems to suggest that it's real. )
Maia hmms. "... Yeah, that looks like the figure I saw at Cinnabar ..."
Mako says, "Wouldn't make that big a fuss if there wasn't /something/ there."
Dawnwing says, "I ... don't think I caught the figure on Cinnabar. Sorry."
Casimir [Yeah... though now I wonder. 'Glitch entity'. Wonder if Giratina actually had nothing to do with your circumstances?]
Dawnwing sends that as a Message, not speaking! Whoops.
Maia says, "Oh, 'another thing' as in they already assumed we knew who Sol and Idalia were."
.Vahno says, "<Hate things written like that.>"
.Vahno says, "<It's why people have no idea what the third jar was for.>"
Maia says, "I mean, it was a propaganda piece, not an encyclopedia."
Maia ... "Third jar?"
[OOC] Cinnamon says, "Mayonnaise. The third condiment."
[OOC] Maia ANYWAY! ... I think it's best if we wait until the next installment to land.
[OOC] Dawnwing ditto!
[OOC] Maia says, "Questions, comments, shenanigans?"
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "Sorry again for my slow. Been focusing a -lot- on poll results"
[OOC] .Patashu says, "(same lmao)"
[OOC] Mako says, "Ominous! I'm trying to figure how to best make mako useful. :P"
[OOC] Maia grins.
[OOC] .Vahno has been pondering an important question...
[OOC] Maia oh?
[OOC] Maia says, "... IC, or OOC?"
[OOC] .Vahno says, "Think I'd look good in the GC uniform as an anthro ninetales~?"
[OOC] Maia XD
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "Doo iiiit"
[OOC] Maia says, "(... Also what *is* the 'third jar' thing in reference to)"
[OOC] .Vahno says, "19th century thing. Dining sets of the era contained 3 jars. Salt, Pepper, and a 3rd jar that no one really noted down because it went without saying."
[OOC] Maia nodnods.
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The Last City: Welcome Home

2026-11-04T05:52:45Z

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The Last City: Welcome home (Open RP, Tuesdays, 6:30pm)
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Maia Oak: an aspiring Pokemon Professor who became a revolutionary ... and then she died, reincarnated in the afterlife formerly known as the Last City in the form of a glitch in reality called MissingNo, and ultimately ended up on Spin. She's decided it's high time she went back to her original homeworld, because, well, it's home, y'know? Of course, that world only has humans and pokemon, as far as Maia knows ...
So come on over for a world of fun(?), adventure, and pokemon! How long has it actually been -- were there some kind of interdimensional timey-wimey shenanigans? How did the revolution end? What's happening now? And did a god of destruction and antimatter really have a hand in how Maia ended up? *What will you find?*
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Location: luge S3 E8, n-stage -OR- t #14307
Time: Weekly, 6:30 PM server time (9:30 PM Eastern) starting on 2026-10-27
OOC Notes: Open RP. Action, adventure, pokemon-style battles, and a little bit of mystery. If you aren't a human or pokemon already, be prepared to come in disguise!
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[[The Last City: Welcome Home (part 1)]]

[[The Last City: Welcome Home (part 2)]]

The Last City: Welcome Home (part 2)

2026-11-04T05:52:23Z

Patashu: Created page with "<syntaxhighlight lang="text" line="1"> Maia shouts "Time for part 2 of "The Last City: Welcome Home"! SOOOO it turns out that my homeworld also has *anthro* pokemon, and they're allowed to be trainers to boot! Time to investigate this "Galactic Corps", and *possibly* bust some heads (read: have pokemon battles). To join or spectate, luge S3 E8, n-stage -OR- t #14307, we're getting started in about 15 minutes!" (Public-shout) You feel a wrenching sensation... Nina-Stage..."

The Last City: Welcome Home (part 1)

2026-10-28T05:13:57Z

Patashu:

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Maia shouts "Oooooooookay, I think it's high time we started taking a look-see on how to get to the world I originally came from! It's time for "The Last City: Welcome Home"! Careful, it's only non-anthro-pokemon and humans there, but arrangements can be made if you aren't one already! luge S3 E8, n-stage -OR- t #14307, we're getting started in ... about 15 minutes! Spectators welcome!" (Public-shout)
You feel a wrenching sensation...
Nina-Stage
All the world's a stage, and this one is an ad-hoc RP zone! See current poses and/or the GameInfo object to determine where and what is happening.
Obvious Exits:
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Contents: Maia, Casimir, and GameInfo
Elaraea gets onto the N-stage that isn't there.
Elaraea has arrived.
Featherwing has teleported in.
Featherwing has arrived.
Vahno gets onto the N-stage that isn't there.
Vahno has arrived.
[OOC] Vahno says, "I'm probs just gonna watch. I'm kinda fighting sleep a bit."
[OOC] Maia nodnods
Mako has arrived.
Mako meeple
[OOC] Maia nearly types 'msummon Maia'
Dawnwing has teleported in.
Dawnwing has arrived.
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "Dawn and Charlie both have good reasons to go, but I don't think I can manage both at once! And I definitely don't have Charlie 'ready.'"
[OOC] Maia nodnods
[OOC] Mako has a desc ready, just not a.... uh... desc. A transformation, not a charactger-desc. :x
[OOC] Elaraea is going to be 'nonanthro milotic' here
[OOC] Casimir has a new look desc and all
[OOC] Vahno is gonna pass on the descing but... Ninetales.
( The Story So Far: Maia, Elaraea, and several others came (reincarnated?) from The Last City, now known as the City of Dreams, an afterlife-dimension/well-of-souls in which people incarnate as pokemon. Maia (who ended up as a MissingNo) now wants to try to find a way to her original homeworld, if nothing else because she died as a revolutionary fighting against a force known as the Rocket Empire, and wants to see how things turned out, but hey, it's her original home, y'know? She's contacting two people: Patashu, who has methods of letting people temporarily assume the forms of non-anthro pokemon or humans, if you don't have a method already, since she isn't aware that anything else is an option; and Mako, who will actually assist in opening a portal! )
[OOC] Elaraea's been calling it an uploaded reincarnate
Maia falls, glitches streaming out and coalescing into a humanoid MISSINGNO.! [desc updated]
pa ws
Room: Nina-Stage
-Stat-Name----------------Gender------Species---------------------------------
Dawnwing[7m idle] Herm Charizard Hydra sie/hir
IC Mako[5m idle] Female Nekomata she/her
IC Vahno[2m idle] Female Magical Faery Kangaroo she/her
drg Featherwing[4m idle]male Greninja (Pokémon) he/him
>Elaraea female Milotic Anthro |Niny'ah she/her
>.Patashu male Steampunk Anthro Dragon |Patashu he/him
>Maia female MissingNo |Soli she/her
>Casimir[5m idle] male smeargle |Myril he/him
---[ Found 8 characters. ( 4 Awake / 4 Zombies ) ]----------------------------
.Patashu stands by with a crack team of kobold makeover specialists. Vahno and Mako might need something, if they didn't bring their own tricks?
Vahno is gonna borrow a synth frame remote. Should be good enough to pass as a real Ninetales... maybe.
Dawnwing admits interest in seeing a Human World, as sie's from a world inhabited by sapient 'mon only. However! ...Sie's also aware most charizards do not have more than one head.
Mako did have tricks! Mako throws her hair back and pulls her hands along it like she was pulling it into a ponytail, only as she does so, her hair goes from white to raven-black, remaining only white at the considerably-long tips, going well to her knees. Her skin is alabaster white, in that "Doesn't quite get out in the sun enough but not sickly" manner. Her eyes are a soft gold with a faintly feline slyness to them on an angular face. On he body she wears a plain-ish but well fitted sundress that looks white at first glance but appears to be a kind of cold ice blue, with a slightly jaunty black belt upon which hang several pokeballs, and simple sandals on her feet.
( Kobolds swarm around Vahno, double and triple checking everything to make sure it's all checking out. )
Kandra has teleported in.
Kandra has arrived.
( They also check Mako out, giving a thumbs up! "Will you be bringing your own pokemon or claiming these are yours, ma'am?" )
[OOC] .Patashu says, "Kandra caught up on Discord"
[OOC] Maia thumbs-up
Casimir approaches the site, walking a bit odd; likely he's still getting used to this form. Doesn't seem synth. Maybe a polymorph? Maybe a genuine body, soul-replanted? Either way, here he is! He looks around, then to Mako? Any other humans? "The doodle dogs are free, you can just take one. Hello."
Dawnwing says, "...First time I've heard anyone refer to a smeargle that way."
Elaraea has been practicing practices using the trailing crests as mitten-like 'hands', after getting a special augment on this remote to bridge the proprioception plus some KAS to run the kinematics to make it work Now Not Later.
pa l casimir
The classic iconic doodle dog, orange edition. This one otherwise isn't too unique, just north of the typical 1.2 meters tall and showing the usual pattern, bipedal with three fingers and toes, the pointed fluffy 'beret' cap, pale tan fluff with a brown band around each eye, forearm, wrist, ankle, his neck, and full brown on those floppy beagle ears of his. He has a build that's a bit stocky but not too imposing, a keen stare; odds are his talent leans more towards endurance and special attack at the expense of his kind's otherwise-half-decent speed.
=<>----
Too normal for true art? He does have his signature color, tail-paint rust-orange with the pawprint on his back matching, his eyes dark green in contrast. He has longish canines- yes he is a canine, but slightly fangier than average with a nose that's nevertheless not quite as rounded as usual which pretty much invites being booped when he isn't paying attention- that being half the time often enough. He does tend to be absent minded or even a bit oblivious when he isn't focused on a project or a battle. He might be imagining, might be daydreaming, either way he seems comfortable enough in his own little world.
Carrying: Painted Scarf
pa l maia
Maia is a MissingNo morph! Humanoid, looking like a woman in her late thirties with snow-white skin, plum hair, and black eyes. Occasionally her skin shifts with pixel-shapes in the colors of plum, beige, and black. She is surrounded by distorted pixels in the colors of plum, beige, white, and black.
She's wearing a simple black tunic dress with slightly darker leggings.
(pinfo is set on player.)
Carrying: Bullet Hell Bubblegum Gumball
pa l dawnwing
Dawnwing is an unusual specimen of a reasonably well-known species. Sie is a Charizard, a tallish bipedal draconid mostly covered in orange scales with a lighter cream running down hir chest all the way to the end of hir tail. A departure from the normal bodyplan of the species, sie has three heads instead of the one most would expect hir to have. About six feet tall at the shoulders, hir heads rise above on long, graceful necks. Each head is identical - a somewhat boxy draconic muzzle and visage, a pair of horns rising backwards from just behind the head's eyeridges and sky-blue predatory eyes. Sie doesn't carry hirself like a predator, though. Hir eyes often lend hir a bright and cheery air instead!

Hir arms are just a little on the short side relative to hir size. Each sports a trio of clawed digits, one of which is able to act as a thumb for the other two if it has to. Sie also has a pair of large, leathery dragonwings, blue on the insides of their sails and orange everywhere else. Hir belly's a bit on the large side and hir hips are wide, held up by three-toed feet with claws bigger than those on hir hands. Hir tail is thick and about as long as sie is tall, smoothly tapering down to a point on which Charizard's signature tailflame burns brightly.

Though sie wears nothing, sie often carries a satchel slung over one shoulder in such a way that it doesn't interfere with flight. It's a relatively simple thing made of weather-treated brown leather and held shut by a stylized pokeball clasp. It usually has a faint scent of baked goods around it.
Carrying: Copper medal for Tool-Assisted Speedrunning 2024, and Copper medal for freighter painting 2024
pa l elaraea
At around 6ft8in, you may have to look Up to see eye to eye with this Milotic 'morph; She has the species' signature dark-cream coloration with a smattering of 'stained glass' patterning over her shoulders and the backs of her hands, as well as down most of the length of her tail, tipped with the 4-lobed tailfan, itself seemingly glassy when held to the light. The brow-antennae help to hold back a full head of waist-length pink hair, the tips expressive in the way of feline or canine ears. Figure-wise, she is well-curved, but in good fitness, with a Very Present bust.
Carrying: Basketweave Summoning Badge, and Twelfth Night ornament 2026
Mako says, "It's been a while since I've had to try and pass as human but I think I'm good."
Casimir looks to Dawnwing. "My only regret is that I can't /really/ call myself a 'doodle poodle'."
Elaraea airswims around Casimir
Maia grins Casimir, and looks down at her own bone-white skin. "Hmm. Right, I'd better ... do something about *this*, too. Most humans aren't, y'know, glitchy. But I *have* been working on what I can do in this form, and I *think* I've got ... *this* right!" She concentrates, and then ... shifts appearance, looking like a pale-skinned human with mahogany hair. (... The same color as Blue/Gary Oak.) ... Still black eyes, though.
Maia changes to a "human"! [desc updated]
pa l maia
Maia is a "human", a lightly-tanned white woman in her late thirties with shoulder-length mahogany hair and piercing black eyes. (... Her hair is the exact same color as that of Blue/Gary Oak.)
She's wearing a simple black tunic dress with slightly darker leggings.
(pinfo is set on player.)
Carrying: Bullet Hell Bubblegum Gumball
Mako passes maia a pair of sunglasses. That's easy to fix. :D
Maia dons sunglasses!
Casimir not really noticing Ela approaching him- until the shift in air sweeps over him. Then he starts turning about, tracking Ela. Might get him a bit dizzy.
Elaraea says, "I'm glad I've been getting practice in with this remote before this was announced. It moves *SO* different than the 'morph frame remote."
Maia claps her hands together. "ANYWAY! So, like. ... Arceus, I've been having dreams about the Distortion World practically since I came to Spin. *One* of the reasons I've been wanting to do this ... -- Oh, uh, the Distortion World is the home of Giratina, the God of Destruction. I *think* I'm a MissingNo because of it, because my old self would've had *just that much ambition* on her way to the Last City."
Maia says, "*ANYWAY*-ANYWAY ... Mako how do we get started on this."
Featherwing mrbits.
Maia looks to the greninja. "Exactly, Featherwing."
Vahno says, "I guess i should keep my trap shut here... and keep on all fours."
Mako says, "Right, so, the gate basically dials to one of three things. Another gate, a place I've been before, or a sufficiently strong signal. You can provide the second of these. Alls you gotta do is put your hand on the plinth and phone home, as it were."
Dawnwing says, "...Is that because of the 'human world' thing?"
Casimir pauses a moment after stopping spinning... blinkblink. Turns his nose to Maia, mumbles about still needing to introduce her to Arkara. But that's another time.
Elaraea says, "Yeah. In most Pokemon-and-humans Manyearths, A 'mon talking is ... Outlier and Cause For Great Attention"
Maia nods to Dawnwing and Vahno. "Oh! Yep, right. Only humans and non-anthro pokemon as far as I know. I'm ... honestly not sure what we *will* find. Could be timey-wimey shenanigans, could be a minute after my original self died, or could be a thousand years later."
( A kobold suggests, "Or you could see your own death!" Another kobold nods. "Special relativity allows for it to be possible!" )
Dawnwing is present as a totally nonanthro self! ...Sie still has extra heads, though.
Maia laughs mirthlessly. "Yeah, that!"
Elaraea says, "... I think We Would Rather Not, even though it might be informative."
Dawnwing says, "...Well, that sounds morbid."
Maia takes a deep breath. "Anyway! Let's ... yeah." She turns, and puts her hand on the plinth, a look of intense concentration on her face. A few black, white, plum, and beige pixels briefly waft up from the air around her ...
Casimir says, "Let's hope we can read about it. That way we get the info without the trauma."
Mako says, "Do try not to die, I can't bring you back, I'm not that kind of god."
Vahno peers at Dawn. "Hmmm..."
Elaraea drapes herself around Vahno, only resting enough of her weight to feel like a Toy's Weight.
Maia mutters, "Think the kobold meant we end up going back in time to *before* I died."
Elaraea says, "lets not dwell on it lest it flavor the portal."
Maia says, "Yeah that, bite me. -- Figuratively."
Casimir looks around to Dawnwing, Ela. Mumbles Smeargle. [Do we all understand uh, saying-our-name-speak?]
Vahno closes his mouth and looks innocently away from Maia.
Dawnwing nods to Casi. "I can tell what you're saying, at least!"
[OOC] Maia says, "Also: Special thanks to Pata for helping me out with bits of this! I forgot to say that earlier!"
Elaraea looks 'offcamera' and her next line is milotic call, but all present with any tech-option for it will get the 'subtitles'. <Lets not spook folks too much on arrival.>
Casimir looks to Dawnwing, smiles a bit contentedly.
[OOC] .Patashu says, "Hellp! I helped."
Featherwing mrbts. (Yes.)
Maia anyway, opens the portal!
Dawnwing places a small ring on one of middlehead's horns! ...Holomasking for the Extra Heads, so sie looks closer to Totally Normal Charizard.
[OOC] Dawnwing does not have a desc for this.
( When the plinth is touched, the space inside the ring of rocks goes VWMMMM and shimmers, before solidifying into an image of... something. Stepping through will taste slightly of chartreuse with a side of sunshine. What's on the other side though? Well... )
( This is strange... A world of deep blue twilight. There's neither sun nor stars, yet everything is evenly lit. Floating islands are angled at different directions with no respect for gravity, and long, kelp-like plants are swaying gently back and forth. A waterfall can be seen in the distance, crashing down past multiple islands as it gently foams and mists. )
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfMgKT_op9k -- )
Maia closes the portal before anyone goes through.
Maia facepalms, and inhales deeply.
Maia says, "UUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH."
Dawnwing says, "...Wrong door?"
Casimir was stepping up- hesitates! Uh... Curls his tail around himself a moment, looking to Maia.
Maia turns to the group. "SOOOO I think. We're going to have to pass through the Distortion World in order to get to my home."
Casimir muses, "So, we're liable to end up hearing from Giratina before even getting there."
Elaraea miii. <That's what it sounds like...>
Vahno hrmphs... <Fun...>
Maia makes a face. "Nnnnot entirely sure how we're gonna do that. I know that a bad-guy-group called Team Galactic pulled it off, a few decades before my time. Uh. Anyway ..." She reluctantly opens the portal again. "Mako, do you think you ... could ... help? Getting through once we're there?"
Casimir headtilts a little. [Just because it's a destruction deity doesn't mean it can't be nice. Or at least usually-not-nasty.]
Mako says, "If we're barging in on someone else's turf hat could go Very Bad, but..."
Featherwing looks around.
Maia nods slowly, grimaces, and slowly steps through into the Distortion World. "... hoooo boy ..."
Vahno rubs his face with a paw. <Right, let's go.>
Elaraea airswims through, carefully
Dawnwing nods via sole remaining visible head!
Casimir steps up again, taking a moment to just, take in the moment, staring through... here he is in a new body, about to end up dropped into the -very- deep end of a new world... Welp. They say 'you only live once'. He knows that's false, but hey, it's the thought that counts, right? He steps forward, then, leaps! ... Tries to land gracefully, depending on what ground (if any) is on the other side.
Mako steps through, and squints. "Hmm.... That's... odd."
Dawnwing shall follow inside! Sie remains close to Casimir.
( The Distortion World is exactly as described earlier. It's a reasonably-sized island on the immediate other side. )
Maia looks uneasily to Mako. ... Though, she's looking 'uneasy' as a matter of course right now. "Hmm?"
Mako traces a few lines in the air with a finger. "We go.... thataway. It's like there's a... wake."
( Notably, the local gravity is pointing down to the surface of the island you're on, but judging by how the thing s around you move, that may not be true everywhere... )
Casimir looks a bit unsteady on landing, but, catches hiimself. Looks to Dawnwing briefly, then Vahno and Ela, then forward, then to Maia.
Elaraea mieeh... <I'm worried about how my floating will work if we have to jump islands...>
Maia glances off into the distance, and mutters, "Is that a waterfall going sideways." She ... tries to look over Mako's shoulder, even though there's nothing immediately visible.
Mako, to Elaraea, "It helps if you have a good internal feeling of "down".
Dawnwing, to Ela: "If you want, I could try carrying you between 'em if we have to." ... Wait. Fuck. That's still human-intelligible speech.
Casimir [I'm imagining it'll work a bit like Spengo hopping. But I might be wildly wrong.]
Vahno gasps in mock surprise at Dawn. "GASP! A talking Pokemon! ...Might need to-" Ahem... <Might need to swap dialects... Or ask if the kobolds can get you a collar or something...>
Featherwing grips a shuriken and moves to the side so everyone can fit.
Dawnwing ponder! "...Gimme a moment."
Maia gremlinsnickers to Vahno.
Dawnwing is Thonking!
Elaraea mi mi mieh. <helps when you can put a literal lockout on your voxsynth>
Dawnwing hesitantly tries after a moment! <...How's this?>
Mako cheerily to Maia, "That might be!" She seems to have a reasonably idea of where to go. o.o
Maia nods to Mako. "Can you ... do it?" she says, in the tone of voice of someone who has only a shaky idea of what 'do it' means in context.
Casimir nods and thumbs up to Dawnwing. [Kinda wierd, it sort of came to me when I was trying out this form. Not sure if it's neural firmware or some mild spell-of-tongues effect.]
Vahno <sounds rightish.>
Mako let's see.... "First we go this way, then we go this way, then we go *doip*" aaand she just turned left and walked through a solid wall of rock. Or is that a path? If you turn your head 37 degrees and squint it looks like one!
Maia blinks! And follows after Mako! "Hey wait!"
Elaraea head... tilt... OH. She airswims through!
Dawnwing wait -what-
Casimir, following along until- that. He smirks slightly- then sees Ela proceed. Tries to climb onto the new inclination. Is it not a wall? ... Seems it is not.
( A few island hops and subjective gravity changes later... Mako: You feel something warm and wet on the other side. Open a portal here? [Y/N] )
Casimir, otherwise, looking up and around, sort of just gawking in awe half the time at this world.
Elaraea is looking very @V@ after so many gravity reference changes.
Dawnwing is somehow managing to handle the periodic changes in 'down!'
Casimir has enough spaceflight experience to manage, though he may well end up tripping on a ledge a couple of times.
Featherwing uses his shuriken to balance with each shift,
Dawnwing DOES have EVA training. Maybe that's it!
( If you follow Mako, you walk right through the wall, have a brief sensation like the floor just dropped out from under you, and then end up with your feet wet, somewhere on the edge of an island, in the water. Quoth Mako: ".... it's almost like someone else was through ehre already ahead of us. That wasn't so BLEAHG." And now the gravity dif hits her and there goes her lunch. ".... did i mention the wound in the world makes me yak? -x-" )
[OOC] .Patashu typing
[OOC] Maia says, "(Big Descriptions is what Pata is helping with~)"
Elaraea miehhhh.... No words behind it, just more @V@ next to Mako.
Maia UUUGGGGHHHHH again.
Elaraea is very glad this remote doesn't have That Reaction, but she still feels like she's been run through a tumble dryer.
( You are just off-shore from an island with a volcano at its center. The salt of sea water is strong as a sea breeze carries it past your nostrils and there are a few boats docked and in the wter. You can recognize a few buildings on sight! Like, that's *definitely* a Pokemon Center. Plenty of humans, plenty of pokemon partners, wingull on the beach. One in particular catches your eye, though. Further along the eastern shore up towards the north, a woman with white, long, loose hair and a dress of black crystals, looking away as she stares off into the sea. )
Maia looks around, then up. "Oh! Cinnabar Island! I know that volcano anywhere." She looks around, and points inland. "There's a pokemon center *that way* ..." She points outland. "And Fuchsia City is *that way* ..." She turns and points north. "And Pallet Town wait what who's that."
Dawnwing is Disoriented upon arrival through the portal-end! Visibly dizzy for a few moments, but once that passes sie's backing up the shore a little for drier ground.
( You double take, and can't see where she went. )
Featherwing looks over at the Wingull. Huhs.
Elaraea misses The Figure In Black due to trying to get the reset on her equilibrium to work. Takes a good ten seconds.
Casimir YAPs at the drop-through, flails a bit, doesn't even register the transition until he's faceplanted the other end- spoosh! He pulls his head up mostly to avoid breathing water, dazed and stunned a moment, ugh... sea? He sits up after that moment, blinks. Ooh... oceanic serenity! He runs his fingers through the water, just taking it all in. Looks back; any hint of the portal we just went through? Heck, he could just sit here and enjoy the beach- but, right, we've got places to go in this strange new world. Stands, wanders off a bit away from folks to un-soak himself a bit. Flappaflappa! Then, rejoins Maia. Where is Maia looking? Hmm. Nobody there?
Vahno is busy unburying himself from the Sand.
[OOC] .Patashu says, "I'm imagining Vahno got comically slingshot spat out of the portal even though no one else did and giggling"
Elaraea uses [SURF]! Somehow, everybody is now perched or riding on her back, Actual Size of her bedamned!
Maia mutters, "I *thought* I ... saw ... someone ..." She peers northward, then looks down at herself. "..."
Mako bluhhhh. "Felt something for a moment there, but that might have just been the last of my dignity leaving me."
Casimir- is soon enough, amazed that he isn't falling right off Ela; hangs on! How...? Might try to grab Vahno on the way past if need be. This is all a lot to take in.
Elaraea mi meah mi mei mie! 
Maia looks around, doing her best to remain steady on Ela's back. "Well. I feel like going around asking 'hey what year is it and what's the coolest thing that happened recently' is gonna attract unwanted attention ... and the public library here was buried under lava a couple three decades ago. Puts a lower bound for what year it *is*, ANYWAY we should go somewhere else."
Featherwing is just somehow balancing on his shuriken. How it's lasted this long without dissipating is amazing.
Maia says, "Or ... a couple three decades *before my time*."
Mako says, "Easy solution, find a bar or inn, most of those places have a calendar on the wall. Or a TV..."
Elaraea mi mieh mi? <Check the PC at the Center? it should have a clock.>
Casimir looks otr Ela? Nods.
Dawnwing flapflapflap! No, sie doesn't wanna Surf!
Maia nods. "Oh, right, I was overthinking it, I was expecting to have to go to like Pallet Town's library or something."
Elaraea's SURF is keeping the balance for Maia!
Mako, semi cheerily, "Wonders of modern technology! .... also I need some water. -x-"
Vahno <Do we need trainer cards...?>
Maia about-face to Vahno. "That's ... an excellent question, actually!" o.o
Mako says, "Center could probably furnish us with some if need be..."
Dawnwing muses! <I'd love to see the insides, anyways. Might give me some reno ideas for the one back home.>
Elaraea all the while has been quietly SURFing us towards the shore
Maia nodnods. "I mean there's pokemon centers anyway, but yeah."
Maia says, "... *Everywhere*. Not anyway. Bite me."
Dawnwing hmf. 
Vahno grins toothily at Maia.
Featherwing hops off amd froggypaddles for shore, having dissipated his Shuriken.
Casimir thinks we're probably not far; idly mumbles smeargle smeargle. [Wondering if we'll get the attention of Dialga and Celebi next at this rate.]
Maia nods, points to the southwest past the volcano. "Pokemon center should be thataway."
Mako says, "... I sincerely hope not"
Elaraea SURFs faster along the shore, kicking up a bow wave! Somehow, you only get splashed by the spray if you'd enjoy it.
Maia says, "Uh, I meant on the land!"
Dawnwing is fine just being a low-altitude follower by air!
Casimir lets his tail skirt the spray, reaching down for it. He might not've ended up a water type, but he still likes the sea.
[OOC] .Patashu says, "thinking/typing..."
[OOC] Elaraea says, "should I hold off a pose?"
[OOC] Maia says, "Nah, go ahead."
[OOC] .Patashu says, "feel free to do anything incidental, just describing the Next Scene"
Elaraea aww. She cuts inshore and sets us down right at the edge of the sand. Mi mi meh. <I'm glad the SURF worked>
Maia grins, and leads the group onward. "... mmm ... everything's the same, but like ... all the *details* are changed."
Casimir wobbles a bit once he hops off- looking contented all the same. [Like having a jet-ski I can call a friend. Heh, this world's awesome already.]
( You enter the Pokemon Center, the glass door sliding open and shut behind you. It's cool and air conditioned inside! There's a Nurse Joy and Chansey on the far end of the counter, striking a conversation with a blonde female human and a Nidoqueen... Oh! That's interestingly proportioned, actually. Could be a pokemorph Nidoqueen! Something else also catches your attention as you look around. Human, Wingull, human playing with Arcanine... Is that an Iron Valiant? )
Maia ... tries not to do a double-take at the pokemorph Nidoqueen or the Iron Valiant.
Featherwing sits mext to the door of the Center, watching the Wingull play.
( The Wingull is perched on top of a human boy's head. The game is as follows: The boy pats the Wingull's beak. The Wingull caws that many time. Repeat. Gameplay! )
Vahno peers at the Nidoqueen...
Casimir . o O ( Prime edutainment. )
Casimir looks at the Nidoqueen. Wait, I thought-hrm...
( The Nidoqueen-morph can talk, apparently! She's asking Nurse Joy a few medical questions. )
Mako Grins. Some things never change. She does pause to see the blonde and the nidoqueen. Thought there werne't pokemorphs? Interesting...
Elaraea does a small 'Mih'. it subs as < :eyebrowraise: >
Maia recovers. She whispers to Mako, "Rrrright. Trainer IDs. Uh ... can you do the talking? I'll, put my name down as, as, Mmmmmisty. Wait no. Nona!"
Vahno <...Go Monica.>
Casimir rrf? Looks to Mako. [Are you sure we went to the right world?]
Dawnwing absolutely Does Not Recognize Iron Valiant at all. And is puzzled by the Nido! <...What's going on.>
Maia mutters, "Apparently things are *different*."
Elaraea metareminds, pokespeak *is* going to be understood by other 'mons (and implicitly, monmorphs), so it's not like the usual Tacnet groupchat.
Dawnwing rumbles, <Make sure to get a time-date fix, at least!>
Mako waits in line and maybe eavesdrops just a bit till she gets her turn. "<Can learn a lot just by listening....>" IF she does get her turn, she'll ask, "Hello, yes! Uh, we had a wee transit mishap. What're the local licensing laws and can we get some replcaements if need be? >.>"
Maia stands by Mako, smiling cheerfully and with very slight embarassment.
Casimir doesn't mind if others around understand his mutterings; he's used to being seen as a weirdo. Nevertheless, steps up behind Maia and indeed, listens in.
Elaraea idly does loops in the air, in a 'showing off' kind of way.
( As the Nidoqueenmorph and trainer walk away, Nurse Joy looks up to Mako. "Certainly! Can I get your name, and..." Chansey is peering past Mako at the whole crowd of mon. "Are all of these your pokemon, ma'am?" Hmm, this may be tricky to explain... )
Maia quickly answers the Nurse Joy, "Oh, both of ours! They like hanging out, y'know?"
Vahno sticks his tongue out.
( Nurse Joy giggles into a hand. Trainers being what they are, the system is apparently used to them just showing up on a new continent with no explanation, so there's forms you can fill out to register all the trainers-and-pokemon that don't require existing ID. )
Maia nods, and does a double-thumbs-up, accepting her paperwork! She goes to find a table to fill it out ...
Dawnwing, pretending to be Totally Normal Charizard, yes. But sie's also glancing at the paperwork - hopefully, the lettering actually matches with what sie's familiar with.
( As far as this DM knows, you can read and hear all the local language! )
Casimir settles by a leg of the table, sort of taking it all in. If the paperwork takes a while to fill out, he might get up and start wondering, just, investigating all the various things around. He's familiar with the setting, but never actually been -in- one of these places before.
Mako ugh, no matter where you go, paperwork. But she's able to read and write and she has a few... tricks, at any rate. She'll get this filled in. And take a look around. TV screens? PC? ... radio clock?
Maia follows the gaze, sees a TV with a news report about the mayoral election in Viridian City. ... She mutters to Mako, "Oh. We're ... over a hundred years into the future. So, uh, about as much time as I was asleep in the Last City."
( Cas: The part of the center you're in is somewhat of a waiting room. This is both a center and a hospital, so depending on how much you want to peep, there's further rooms where pokemon are resting and being given care. There's a bookshelf with a bunch of literature - practical, fiction and hobbyist. There's also some public use PCs. One of them is in use by a guy, and his Machamp is looming over his shoulder, peering at the screen. )
( While you're doing that, an anthro gardevoir walks in and makes a beeline for Nurse Joy. She's wearing a silver sleeveless jacket over a black T-shirt and blue jeans, her hair in an elongated bun that comes out of the back of her head and with another bun like a ponytail, and she wears a flat-topped silver-and-black baseball cap, that bears a golden stylized "GC" emblem with a spike sticking out of the upper-left and lower-right corners. There's a prominent high-tech bracelet on her wrist that says "KEEP-UP", and she has four pokeballs at her belt. A few bystanders do a double-take at her. )
Vahno <Welp... Next stop, the library- And another anthro...>
Dawnwing huh. <But at least it's the right world?>
( Nurse Joy asks the Gardevoir, "Hi, how can I help you?" Maintaining her usual cheerful tone. )
[OOC] Maia says, "for reference: she's dressed like a palette-swap of Red/Ash, with Jupiter DiamondAndPearl's hairstyle. >.>"
Elaraea watches this interaction CLOSELY. Joys have to be absolutely unflappable huh...
Dawnwing all of a sudden, after thinking about it, does Not want to attract the Gardevoir's attention. Psychics!
Casimir is still shy as ever and either way wouldn't intrude on the patient rooms back there. He will flip through a couple of books though, leaving it ambiguous to onlookers whether he's taking inspiration from any illustrations or actually skimming. Then, peeks over? Gardevoir?
[OOC] .Patashu imagines there's a Smeargle pokemorph artbook, come to think of it...
[OOC] Elaraea says, "GM's fiat: can Psychics pick up from Synthremotes? I'm actually leaning 'yes'"
Featherwing pads inside and resituates himself at the table. Mrbt. (That Wingull was too enthralling. so I came in...)
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "Porygon/etc are already a thing in standard Pokemon canon, so I'd GUESS Yes?"
[OOC] .Patashu says, "I also feel like yes. Especially now that future paradox pokemon exist and can be psychic'd just as good as the rest"
( The Gardevoir smirks faintly. "What, even *I'm* a trainer like everyone else!" she says. (... Somehow, she seems to mean something other than the fact that she's a pokemorph.) "Just the usual healing." )
[OOC] Casimir, given how I've handled psychic things before, also leans yes
Maia is ... subtly keeping an eye on that exchange. >.>
( Nurse Joy nods, gesturing for her pokeballs to be handed over. Noticing the bracelet, she asks, "Do you want a checkup as well, ma'am?" )
Vahno earperks. Check up?
( The gardevoir hands her pokeballs over, and shakes her head. "Nah, I'm good, I'm on a schedule." )
( She nods! One pass of the machine later, she confirms that none of your pokemon are in need of further care and hands them back! "I hope you have a lovely day!" Chansey smiles and curtseys! )
Vahno whispers to Maia. <Should we follow her, or...?>
Maia mutters, "At least watch which way she goes, there's like two directions she could be going."
( The gardevoir gives a double-thumbs-up and puts the pokeballs back on her belt. "Thanks-a-million, smell ya later!" She turns to head out ... )
Elaraea SNAPLOOKS at the gardevoir before she can help herself.
( Nurse Joy just gives a chuckle once she's out of earshot. Aah, trainers. )
Casimir peeks over the book he's got, but is inclined to think people like this are not -that- uncommon in this world.
Vahno will... peek out after the gardevoir.
Dawnwing attaches no significance to that particular phrase, so sie's mainly looking to try and see what's got Ela's attention like that.
( Once outside, the gardevoir walks up to a miraidon which is cheerfully idling in ride-mode, and she gets on and drives north. )
Elaraea Mih. <should we admit voices>
Maia shrugs uncertainly to Ela, then tries to look busy with paperwork.
( A Growlithe barks excitedly and goes chasing after the Miraidon, only giving up its chase when it's too far away, pacing in a circle and then just sitting down. :3 )
( The growlithe's trainer nervously says, "Whoa, easy there! Sit! Sit." )
Casimir asides from over there, looking to Maia. [Over a hundred years?... Things don't change much here do they?]
Kandra has disconnected.
Maia mutters, "I mean I think we've established that things *have* changed in at least two ways. That Miraidon and Iron Valiant ... were supposed to be from the future from my perspective ..." She tries to busy herself finishing off the paperwork.
Casimir [That's just it though. And the poke-mans. You would think that would upend society here, but...] He looks around.
Vahno <Guess this is the future now...>
Maia murmurs, "Yeah ..."
Dawnwing rumbles. <Suddenly, I don't think I'm so implausible myself.>
Mako says, "Well, it's the future now..."
( A lil Charmander owos and walks up to Dawnwing from behind, before her trainer (a teenaged girl) picks her up and tells her to ask first! The Charmander's legs wgl. )
Mako sighs, hands the paper back in. <"We gotta finish what we're here for first....">
( Upon reaching the coast, if anyone's still watching, the miraidon switches to aquatic-mode and continues northward with the gardevoir on its back. )
( When you complete your paperwork, you get your IDs printed and handed out! Nurse Joy says, "If you're short on any other items or gear, you can check out the PokeMart!" )
Featherwing awws to the cute 'mander. Froggy go ^w^
Dawnwing has to turn to see this! ...Sie can't -not- wave at the little 'mander!
( Charmander :3s and waves both paws back! "Char!" )
Casimir peeks, smiles a bit.
Dawnwing very gently applies Boop to Charmander!
( Char goes crosseyed and bleps, bleaaaaa )
Maia . o O ( Ah. No money. Uh. )
Maia double-thumbs-up to Nurse Joy, and turns back to the group. "Okay!" she says to Mako, with affected cheer. "Next stop is Pallet Town!"
.Patashu . o O ( Did you get a Nugget from Patashu? )
Featherwing offers a webbed finger to the little lizard to shake if it wants.
Casimir perks, puts the book back before returning to Maia.
Maia . o O ( Right, yeah that! )
( Char pawshakes Featherwing vigorously, tail lash! Her trainer giggles sweetly. )
Vahno <For the record, the anthro headed north.>
Dawnwing rumbles! <-So- adorable.>
Mako heee.
Mako does have a nugget or two on her. First stop, GET money. Then..... /map/.
Featherwing giggles in Greninja too. Nods to the trainer as if to say. "Foster that energy. It'll serve you both well."
Maia moves her 'next stop is Pallet Town' to after Vahno!
( "Uh-huh!" to Featherwing~ )
( Gold appears to be *much* less valuable in this world. Selling an orb of that size is only like P$5000. )
Maia buys a couple of healing-items, pokeballs, and an Ultra Ball to make it look like she's here for normal reasons.
Elaraea wonders if pokeballs will even work on the Remotes...
Casimir all but pokes his nose up at Maia's hands.
Casimir . o O ( Plus, practically, we'll probably need to get in those pokeballs ourselves sooner or later. )
Elaraea innocently looming hovers behind Mako and Maia
( Shopkeep asks Maia, "Anything else?" )
Maia gremlinsnicker-that-turns-into-a-giggle and pets Casimir a bit. "Ehhh, I'll get a few more pokeballs, why not!" She gets a few more pokeball until she has one for everyone. ... Plus a couple others.
Maia . o O ( Just don't ask who belongs to who! )
Elaraea . o O ( well since you're both Registered Trainers now... how many do we have, make it 3 and 3? )
Mako . o O ( I can Fake It some with magic. :P )
( "Thank you for shopping at Pokemart!" in practiced cadence. )
Casimir was more curious about the things Maia was getting, buuut... does look pleased on being pet, swishing his tail.
Maia . o O ( Looks liiiike 3 and 2. )
Featherwing . o O ( We'd rather prefer NOT to have Officer Jenny breathing down or necks, please and thank you. Heh. )
.Patashu . o O ( I wonder how many Wanted stars you can get on this continent... )
Casimir . o O ( Double trainer, sum total five mon. Rare encounter, but not unheard of. )
Maia, once we're done with that business, starts walking north past the volcano. "Hmm ... surf, or fly?"
Dawnwing muses! <Probably want to split Vahno and myself, unless someone's theme teaming. We both use Fire.>
Casimir streeeetches. [Taking the ground route would be a chance to get some practice in.]
Maia says, "Water, but yeah."
Kandra has connected.
[OOC] Kandra says, "yippee"
[OOC] Maia says, "We good to skip ahead to to Pallet Town?"
[OOC] Vahno says, "Sure."
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "Dawn would likely be flying the whole route!"
[OOC] Elaraea says, "sure"
[OOC] Kandra says, "... I have not been following like... at all..."
[OOC] .Patashu hug-offer
[OOC] .Patashu typing...
Elaraea, once we're back to the water, can use SURF again! Trying to look at her too hard when she's doing it is probably going to make your eyes go wibbly, except maybe Mako
Mako can fly! .... just not Fly. Maybe best she not show off. :x "How far are we, relatively?"
[OOC] Mako is good with skipping along as neded!
Maia shrugs to Mako. "Li'l bit of a hike but like we'll get there before sundown."
( North you go! There's a lot of ocean to Surf or Fly through, and the occasional Tentacruel or Seaking shows up for a wild pokemon battle! Nothing you can't blast your way through, but a good test of how your pokemon bodies work and what the local wildlife is capable of. Occasionally you see a Pokemon-Surfer or boat go by the other way but it's sparse. Time passes, but eventually you see shore. )
Vahno is... WET. Too much fluff...
Dawnwing is constantly reminding hirself to Flame using Only One Head every time a fight springs up.
Elaraea's SURF should have been keeping Vahno mostly dry, ideally. but the focus can wander, letting that protection slip
Featherwing says (Lamd ho!) while riding a shuriken.
( Vahno smells of salty sea water and air. )
Vahno 
( You approach Pallet Town... [MORE] )
Casimir gets a little too content to daydream on the way- he -was- hoping for a chance to try his new form out. A wild Tentacruel? He tries to use Moves as he'd used magic before- not quite the same, but, it is a good place to start, thankfully! Turns out his moves starting out, shaped from his other skills, are Endure, Shadow Ball, and Sketch. Possibly replace that Sketch with something one of the encounters uses, if Maia would like. But, that aside, on we go!
( It's a peaceful, cozy place. Not trying to be a center of commerce, it serves two major purposes: A pitstop before continuing on to Cinnabar Island, with a small pier with some boats docked to it, and the home of a Pokemon Laboratory, specifically chosen *to* be away from extensive human activity. There's less people/pokemon outside than you'd expect, though, as they seem to be staying away from a commotion in the center of town... )
Vahno is TOTALLY gonna check out the commotion.
Elaraea deposits our group on the pier and releases the SURF! ... and Does An Tired Flop.
Dawnwing beelining straight there!
Dawnwing is Drawn to Odd Commotions. It's an old habit.
Mako ahh, trouble, our siren song... She might as well go and take a look. "Think we should hit up the lab?"
Maia hmm. "Yeah, hold that thought, Mako ..."
Featherwing follows behind. (Not sure if Samuel's in...) to Mako.
Casimir settles down, then, turns back to look to Ela, headtilts? ... Sees about bugging Maia for a cup or such to bring Ela some (potable) water to drink.
Elaraea just Needs A Minute. Systems recharge a bit slower when you'
Elaraea just Needs A Minute. Systems recharge a bit slower when you're this far from Spin, both temporally and multiversally.
( It's not *huge* commotion, but the cause is that the gardevoir is supervising a group of humans in silver uniforms that seem like a cross between a business suit and a space costume, with the same golden "GC" emblem as a badge on the chest; they're apparently replacing a couple of entire newspaper vending machines. (The miraidon she was riding is parked nearby, watching the proceedings as if it wants to participate, but the current task requires zero miraidons, and so all it can do is stare.) "Right on schedule, Venus!" one of the grunts is saying. )
Vahno <Team alert...>
Casimir nods and, well. This is happening. Tries to get a look at the old and new newspapers if he can without getting too close.
Mako facepalms lightly. "<Much as I'd like to say otherwise, we should probably not make a fuss right now>"
( The old newspaper is headlining the mayoral election right next to "The Copperajah in the Room: Comparisons of the Galactic Corps to the Rocket Empire"; the replacement has "Humanitarian efforts of the Galactic Corps" taking up the entire upper half of the front page, with the mayoral election pushed down. )
Maia ... ... ... :|
Elaraea shakes off the post-prolonged-SURF lethargy and rejoins the group and... Oh that's Suuuuuus as hell but we're still getting our bearings, and not in any shape to challenge it, so all she can do is watch Judgingly from a distance.
Vahno earflats.
Casimir leans forward a bit and- ohs. [Classic propaganda.] Almost nonchalant.
Dawnwing is doing what sie can to keep hir tail out of line of sight of The Gathering. Charizards aren't great at vision-based stealth. <Someone smartphone that? A recording might be good evidence.>
Featherwing sits next to Ela, nonplussed about the group.
( The gardevoir, Venus, glances at the players, and then around at the crowd in general. "What're *you* losers lookin' at?" she says to all and sundry, in a way that sounds like she's aiming for 'placating and friendly' and hitting 'I'm better than you' instead. "Just official Galactic Corps business, nothin' to see here!" )
Elaraea headumpits at Maia. To the Pkmn Lab?
Dawnwing welp. We've been noticed.
Maia nods subtly to Elaraea, doing her best not to frown *too* obviously.
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "SHEPARD: "We've been spotted!""
Vahno earflicks. Sure...
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "*glass smashing noises*"
Maia murmurs, "Remind me what the plan was for the lab?"
Mako <"We're trainers, it'd look wierd if we DIDN'T wanna take al ook. And if there's anywhere with info...>"
Casimir was probably the nearest given he was going out of his way to have a look. To Venus' question, he mumbles a simple, [You.]... But! Even on the face of it, he sees nothing wrong with a bit of propagandizing- it's the other bit he's wondering about. What's being done with the removed vending machines? He won't stray too far, but...
Maia nods to Mako. "Fair. But, uh ... I think we're gonna have to head back to Spin when we're done here, we might need to rethink things a bit."
Dawnwing muses. <Who owns those other machines, anyways?>
( The Galactic Corps grunts are loading the vending machines back onto the back of the truck where they got the propaganda. It's divided lengthwise; new on the left, old on the right. )
Casimir [Probably municipal? I mean, those guys have their right to speak, but, I'm tempted to put the old machines back by the new ones given the chance.]
Casimir mms, [Then again they're probably taking the old ones to be scrapped. Shame.]
Vahno <Guess that's something to keep an eye on... Evil's a weed...>
Elaraea tries to do the Looking At You anime spotted-lock to Venus. it probably doesn't work.
Casimir [The good news is whoever's running the presses for the town news can just, print more.]
( So, do you want to check out the Lab, do something else around Town, or head back to Spindizzy? )
Elaraea votes lab
( Venus doesn't immediately notice Ela, but smirks faintly when she does. She turns back to the grunts. "Anyway, guys, I'm gonna move onto the next stop. Smell ya later!" She gets back on the miraidon and gets out a phone as she drives off. "Hey Idalia!" The rest becomes inaudible as she leaves. )
Dawnwing would vote for Looping Around to the Lab first.
Casimir . o O ( I think we're in here for a long haul aren't we? The lab's a good place to learn and learn we aught. )
Elaraea pouts a little. 
( Oh, and for those with a sense for Psychic-types ... did you just feel a little bit of *attention* from Venus's direction just now? )
[OOC] .Patashu pre-writes Lab
Casimir, to Ela, [Seconded, but, this isn't so bad. Besides, not sticking out might come in handy.]
Dawnwing isn't Sensitive, but Psychics would definitely be able to tell sie's Not Normal.
[OOC] Dawnwing side note: Dawn here is acting Independently, with no link to the collective on Spin while on this world
[OOC] Maia nodnods.
[OOC] Elaraea says, "so we're fully off the link, unless Ela has that link and didn't use a Local Processor in the Synthbody"
Casimir would appear relatively normal, if perhaps more actively sapient than most non-morphs. Depending on how much bleedover between psi and magic there is here, he might also show up as being more attuned than usual- but not outside the realm of normal possibilities.
Featherwing is just a ninjafrog.
Mako is psi-blank, she can't sense that sorta thing though she can recieve telpathy and that sort of thing. But she does have a BArrier. Never worked out how good that is against psionics
Vahno <Let's do some internet research...>
( Heading in through double doors, you head into a large open area with some side rooms full of scientific equipment. This central chamber seems designed to put up and tear down temporary testing environments. Currently, a Charizard is standing on a central pad behind translucent blast protectors! Cooling air blowing on his body, he takes turns launching fireballs at left, right and center targets, and a bunch of sensors and cameras take readings. The Professor in question is a cocky, scientist looking lady with a split white coat, glasses, white vest and black latex pants, surrounded by an Iron Valiant and two aides who are watching the proceedings. "Ohhh, yes, Charie! You're improving so quickly~ Hmhm? A visitor..." She pushes up her glasses and spins around. (On a short delay, her Iron Valiant copies her mannerisms, so she also touches her forehead and spins around.) "Hmhm! Out-of-towners, the lot of them~ What can Professor Vanilla do for you?" )
Elaraea looks to Maia for cue. She had to do a bit of studying beforehand on typical mannerisms of Milotics so she doesn't just look like she's 'finger puppetting' the nonanthro form
Maia glances back to Ela, then to Mako.
Mako waves, and activatres Charm Mode. "Hello, yes! We're travelling trainers. We figured visiting the local Lab would be a good way to get the pokemon-facts of the area, as it were."
( She hmhms! And adjusts her glasses. "Absolutely! Let me catch you folks up to speed." She gives an explanation that's more on the level of 'from a far away continent' than 'from another world', since that's the impression you're trying to get: )
( 1) You're in Kanto, of course. So the original 151 pokemon are the most likely ones to be seen, but there's a little bit of everything (either because it made a local population, is being bred deliberately, or from trainers bringing theirs in). )
( 2) Pokemorphs are a thing! Well, you've seen a few, but HOW they exist is now revealed to you: Based on a historical incident with a certain Bill's PC, generations of scientific inquiry built up to the point where permanently transforming a human into a pokemorph through DNA splicing is a safe, manageable process. )
Dawnwing huuuh.
Elaraea settles into a comfy coil. The smaller of our group are welcome to perch/lean
Dawnwing wonders if that works 'in reverse.'
Elaraea hmM.
( 3) Robot pokemon are ALSO a thing! It's not just your Iron Valiants and whatnot, technology has developed to the point where artificial pokemon are going from 'prototype' to 'commodity'. It's still pretty pricy to get one custom ordered, but getting cheaper every year. )
Maia . o O ( So that's how Venus has a miraidon, too ... )
( 4) Making Pokemon more capable through the scientific process is becoming a more popular mode of scientific inquiry! Hence what she's up to right now. "Training, combat practice and bonding with your trainer only seems to take you so far, we've observed! Everyone fighting for the championship wants to know what the next step is. And who better than Professors like me to try out new hypotheses for what everyone else might be missing?" )
( "That's all the important stuff! Any specific questions?" )
Mako hmm!
Mako . o O ( That makes some things very convenient for us to handwave. And probably awkward if we can't. )
Mako says, "That covers the major things, I think. Who do we ask if we want the local gossip? ;p"
Elaraea mi mieh? <How many talking non-morphs are around?>
Casimir gently settles against Ela- perks, was thinking of asking similar for that matter.
Maia nods along with Mako. "Like what freakin' Venus might be doing at any given moment," she adds.
Maia . o O ( Please be someone well-known, please be someone well-known ... )
Maia, trying to fish for exposition about the Galacitic Corps.
[OOC] .Patashu typing...
Kandra has disconnected.
( "Oh, you're asking about the Galactic Corps?" She smirks. "Yeah, that's business for you. A bunch of guys and girls with nothing better to do dress up and they're all one big family fighting in the corporate world for keeps. They don't mess with my stuff so I don't mess with them! Nooot that I'm much of a combatant, anyway." She shrugs a little! "But yeah, you hear about them on the news. Making charitable donations here, suddenly taking over whole companies there. Runs a ton of PR, there's always someone professional to get an interview and paint them in a positive light after whatever it is they did this time." )
Maia chuckles with the practiced ease of someone who has experience keeping things close to her chest. "I know, right?"
( Vanilla places her hand to her chest and giggle-laughs at Maia. "Yeah!" She has no idea what Maia is talking about. (Her Iron Valiant repeats the gesture afterwards.) )
Mako sighs. "Ah, the corporate world. That's how it goes."
Mako . o O ( I can probably fake it that I'm some rich lady out on walkabout if I tried. :P )
( And to Elaraea: "I've never met one, but it is possible! Occasionally a pokemon gets taught to speak for some professional thing, like they're in show business or something. Most pokemon don't seem to care enough to put in the effort. They can already talk just fine with the one person that matters, right?" )
Elaraea says, "Well it was getting a bit annoying having to hold back."
Maia tenses up for a second, then gremlinsnickers.
Elaraea, Calculatedly, Like It's Nothing
( Professor Vanilla doubletakes at that?? )
Dawnwing snickers a little at Ela, before chiming in. "Yeah, -agreed.-"
Elaraea miiieh?
( And then Iron Valiant does the same doubletake a second later. )
Casimir [I'm familiar with the philanthropy-cover rigamarole. It was kinda common back where I'm from. And-] He smirks a bit. Though, looks to the Valiant, kinda curious.
Maia grins at the professor. (Do people still recognize Gloria's face?) "Anyway, yeah. Thanks for the help!"
Mako has An Excuse handy, but gauges to see if it's needed...
Vahno facepaws.
( The Iron Valiant breaks from the 'copycat' act to look back at Casimir - but its gaze only lingers for a moment. Professor Vanilla says to Maia, "Great! Enjoy your journey through Kanto!" )
Elaraea mieh. <where's good for food here?>
( She shrugs, "I just get an aide to order delivery!" )
( The aide in question looks very pleased to be important. )
[OOC] Maia says, "We're at winding down times~"
Casimir . o O ( So you -are- more than an automaton. )
[OOC] Elaraea says, "how much of a WTF did I give Vanilla with that?"
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "We do a little trollin'"
Casimir nods to the Valiant, then, looks to Vanilla. [I do have a question... why haven't the anthropomorphs toppled the human society? I don't mean to be flippant, but, they seem like they'd take humans out of their niche.]
[OOC] .Patashu says, "Professor Vanilla assumed she missed some ventrilloquism or that it was some other kind of bit."
[OOC] Casimir won't mind Cas's question being kept for next time though
Maia does a double-take at Cas. "... What do you mean 'toppled'."
[OOC] Elaraea says, "I bet it's "because it's an incredibly expensive and distruptive process, and the types who can get it are probably not the sort who would go after a whole 'topple society and make things better' bent"
( Professor Vanilla goes, "I guess that's two different questions! First, not everyone becomes a Pokemorph because it's an intensive, difficult to reverse procedure. A lot of people are happy with their bodies! It gives you new instincts and cravings, too, so it's kind of like you're a different person on the other end. Second! Pokemorphs have Pokemon strength, yes, but any trainer has Pokemon strength too. It's not as much of an edge as you'd think! )
[OOC] Maia says last call, I think~ z.z
Maia gives a thumbs-up! "Okay! Let's look up restaurant reviews." She lowers her voice as they exit. "... and then let's head back to Spin, like I said. Regroup, figure out who wants to go 'morph or shake things up." She looks over in the direction of where the newspaper vending machines were. "Sounds like we got a *lot* of things to go over. And then there was that ... whoever-it-was at Cinnabar who apparently I'm the only one who saw ...?"
( "Toodles!" )
Mako says, "I'm def gonna need something in me if you want to gate back..."
Casimir looks to Maia, then to Vanilla. [That makes sense, thanks.] Then to Maia- well, Maia probably gets Casimir's ponderings there. Nevertheless...
Casimir . o O ( I thought we'd be staying here, but this also works. What a wonderful world still. )
Dawnwing rumble! 
[OOC] Maia whew!
[OOC] Maia says, "Thank you all for coming! And thank you Pata for helping take some of the edge off this!"
[OOC] .Patashu salutes!
[OOC] Maia says, "(... Professor Vanilla was all Pata, my sole reason for coming to Pallet Town was because it was closest to Cinnabar and I had no actual plans for the Professor~)"
[OOC] .Patashu says, "(graphics design is my passion) Improv is my passion"
[OOC] Elaraea says, "(if vanilla reviews security footage, she'll see Ela's mouth articulating when she talks~)"
[OOC] Casimir says, "Thank you both for hosting! Looking to be a fun adventure, the usual formula with room for twists aplenty"
[OOC] .Patashu says, "'what if pokemon was real?'"
[OOC] Mako can see a lot of places this can go. :P
[OOC] Casimir asides, I was thinking of Casimir showing up as a smeargle-morph when he ends up in TLC, him showing up as a non-morph here came from that.
[OOC] Maia nodnods.
[OOC] .Patashu says, "any objections to logs -> wiki?"
[OOC] Dawnwing also smuggle Charlie in as an AI core and he'll figure out how to get a porygon body or some shit :p
[OOC] Casimir has none
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "No objection!"
[OOC] Vahno says, "tbh, Smeargle is one of the mon that kinda straddle the line naturally."
[OOC] Casimir says, "It is, yes, which makes it easier to keep things as they are for now"
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The Last City: Welcome Home (part 1)

2026-10-28T05:12:57Z

Patashu: Created page with "<syntaxhighlight lang="text" line="1"> Maia shouts "Oooooooookay, I think it's high time we started taking a look-see on how to get to the world I originally came from! It's time for "The Last City: Welcome Home"! Careful, it's only non-anthro-pokemon and humans there, but arrangements can be made if you aren't one already! luge S3 E8, n-stage -OR- t #14307, we're getting started in ... about 15 minutes! Spectators welcome!" (Public-shout) You feel a wrenching sensation..."

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Maia shouts "Oooooooookay, I think it's high time we started taking a look-see on how to get to the world I originally came from! It's time for "The Last City: Welcome Home"! Careful, it's only non-anthro-pokemon and humans there, but arrangements can be made if you aren't one already! luge S3 E8, n-stage -OR- t #14307, we're getting started in ... about 15 minutes! Spectators welcome!" (Public-shout)
You feel a wrenching sensation...
Nina-Stage
All the world's a stage, and this one is an ad-hoc RP zone! See current poses and/or the GameInfo object to determine where and what is happening.
Obvious Exits:
[O]ut
Contents: Maia, Casimir, and GameInfo
Elaraea gets onto the N-stage that isn't there.
Elaraea has arrived.
Featherwing has teleported in.
Featherwing has arrived.
Vahno gets onto the N-stage that isn't there.
Vahno has arrived.
[OOC] Vahno says, "I'm probs just gonna watch. I'm kinda fighting sleep a bit."
[OOC] Maia nodnods
Mako has arrived.
Mako meeple
[OOC] Maia nearly types 'msummon Maia'
Dawnwing has teleported in.
Dawnwing has arrived.
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "Dawn and Charlie both have good reasons to go, but I don't think I can manage both at once! And I definitely don't have Charlie 'ready.'"
[OOC] Maia nodnods
[OOC] Mako has a desc ready, just not a.... uh... desc. A transformation, not a charactger-desc. :x
[OOC] Elaraea is going to be 'nonanthro milotic' here
[OOC] Casimir has a new look desc and all
[OOC] Vahno is gonna pass on the descing but... Ninetales.
( The Story So Far: Maia, Elaraea, and several others came (reincarnated?) from The Last City, now known as the City of Dreams, an afterlife-dimension/well-of-souls in which people incarnate as pokemon. Maia (who ended up as a MissingNo) now wants to try to find a way to her original homeworld, if nothing else because she died as a revolutionary fighting against a force known as the Rocket Empire, and wants to see how things turned out, but hey, it's her original home, y'know? She's contacting two people: Patashu, who has methods of letting people temporarily assume the forms of non-anthro pokemon or humans, if you don't have a method already, since she isn't aware that anything else is an option; and Mako, who will actually assist in opening a portal! )
[OOC] Elaraea's been calling it an uploaded reincarnate
Maia falls, glitches streaming out and coalescing into a humanoid MISSINGNO.! [desc updated]
pa ws
Room: Nina-Stage
-Stat-Name----------------Gender------Species---------------------------------
Dawnwing[7m idle] Herm Charizard Hydra sie/hir
IC Mako[5m idle] Female Nekomata she/her
IC Vahno[2m idle] Female Magical Faery Kangaroo she/her
drg Featherwing[4m idle]male Greninja (Pokémon) he/him
>Elaraea female Milotic Anthro |Niny'ah she/her
>.Patashu male Steampunk Anthro Dragon |Patashu he/him
>Maia female MissingNo |Soli she/her
>Casimir[5m idle] male smeargle |Myril he/him
---[ Found 8 characters. ( 4 Awake / 4 Zombies ) ]----------------------------
.Patashu stands by with a crack team of kobold makeover specialists. Vahno and Mako might need something, if they didn't bring their own tricks?
Vahno is gonna borrow a synth frame remote. Should be good enough to pass as a real Ninetales... maybe.
Dawnwing admits interest in seeing a Human World, as sie's from a world inhabited by sapient 'mon only. However! ...Sie's also aware most charizards do not have more than one head.
Mako did have tricks! Mako throws her hair back and pulls her hands along it like she was pulling it into a ponytail, only as she does so, her hair goes from white to raven-black, remaining only white at the considerably-long tips, going well to her knees. Her skin is alabaster white, in that "Doesn't quite get out in the sun enough but not sickly" manner. Her eyes are a soft gold with a faintly feline slyness to them on an angular face. On he body she wears a plain-ish but well fitted sundress that looks white at first glance but appears to be a kind of cold ice blue, with a slightly jaunty black belt upon which hang several pokeballs, and simple sandals on her feet.
( Kobolds swarm around Vahno, double and triple checking everything to make sure it's all checking out. )
Kandra has teleported in.
Kandra has arrived.
( They also check Mako out, giving a thumbs up! "Will you be bringing your own pokemon or claiming these are yours, ma'am?" )
[OOC] .Patashu says, "Kandra caught up on Discord"
[OOC] Maia thumbs-up
Casimir approaches the site, walking a bit odd; likely he's still getting used to this form. Doesn't seem synth. Maybe a polymorph? Maybe a genuine body, soul-replanted? Either way, here he is! He looks around, then to Mako? Any other humans? "The doodle dogs are free, you can just take one. Hello."
Dawnwing says, "...First time I've heard anyone refer to a smeargle that way."
Elaraea has been practicing practices using the trailing crests as mitten-like 'hands', after getting a special augment on this remote to bridge the proprioception plus some KAS to run the kinematics to make it work Now Not Later.
pa l casimir
The classic iconic doodle dog, orange edition. This one otherwise isn't too unique, just north of the typical 1.2 meters tall and showing the usual pattern, bipedal with three fingers and toes, the pointed fluffy 'beret' cap, pale tan fluff with a brown band around each eye, forearm, wrist, ankle, his neck, and full brown on those floppy beagle ears of his. He has a build that's a bit stocky but not too imposing, a keen stare; odds are his talent leans more towards endurance and special attack at the expense of his kind's otherwise-half-decent speed.
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Too normal for true art? He does have his signature color, tail-paint rust-orange with the pawprint on his back matching, his eyes dark green in contrast. He has longish canines- yes he is a canine, but slightly fangier than average with a nose that's nevertheless not quite as rounded as usual which pretty much invites being booped when he isn't paying attention- that being half the time often enough. He does tend to be absent minded or even a bit oblivious when he isn't focused on a project or a battle. He might be imagining, might be daydreaming, either way he seems comfortable enough in his own little world.
Carrying: Painted Scarf
pa l maia
Maia is a MissingNo morph! Humanoid, looking like a woman in her late thirties with snow-white skin, plum hair, and black eyes. Occasionally her skin shifts with pixel-shapes in the colors of plum, beige, and black. She is surrounded by distorted pixels in the colors of plum, beige, white, and black.
She's wearing a simple black tunic dress with slightly darker leggings.
(pinfo is set on player.)
Carrying: Bullet Hell Bubblegum Gumball
pa l dawnwing
Dawnwing is an unusual specimen of a reasonably well-known species. Sie is a Charizard, a tallish bipedal draconid mostly covered in orange scales with a lighter cream running down hir chest all the way to the end of hir tail. A departure from the normal bodyplan of the species, sie has three heads instead of the one most would expect hir to have. About six feet tall at the shoulders, hir heads rise above on long, graceful necks. Each head is identical - a somewhat boxy draconic muzzle and visage, a pair of horns rising backwards from just behind the head's eyeridges and sky-blue predatory eyes. Sie doesn't carry hirself like a predator, though. Hir eyes often lend hir a bright and cheery air instead!

Hir arms are just a little on the short side relative to hir size. Each sports a trio of clawed digits, one of which is able to act as a thumb for the other two if it has to. Sie also has a pair of large, leathery dragonwings, blue on the insides of their sails and orange everywhere else. Hir belly's a bit on the large side and hir hips are wide, held up by three-toed feet with claws bigger than those on hir hands. Hir tail is thick and about as long as sie is tall, smoothly tapering down to a point on which Charizard's signature tailflame burns brightly.

Though sie wears nothing, sie often carries a satchel slung over one shoulder in such a way that it doesn't interfere with flight. It's a relatively simple thing made of weather-treated brown leather and held shut by a stylized pokeball clasp. It usually has a faint scent of baked goods around it.
Carrying: Copper medal for Tool-Assisted Speedrunning 2024, and Copper medal for freighter painting 2024
pa l elaraea
At around 6ft8in, you may have to look Up to see eye to eye with this Milotic 'morph; She has the species' signature dark-cream coloration with a smattering of 'stained glass' patterning over her shoulders and the backs of her hands, as well as down most of the length of her tail, tipped with the 4-lobed tailfan, itself seemingly glassy when held to the light. The brow-antennae help to hold back a full head of waist-length pink hair, the tips expressive in the way of feline or canine ears. Figure-wise, she is well-curved, but in good fitness, with a Very Present bust.
Carrying: Basketweave Summoning Badge, and Twelfth Night ornament 2026
Mako says, "It's been a while since I've had to try and pass as human but I think I'm good."
Casimir looks to Dawnwing. "My only regret is that I can't /really/ call myself a 'doodle poodle'."
Elaraea airswims around Casimir
Dawnwing whispers, "(No single-headed zard desc available yet. Or, someone can try to just make hir extras invisible~)" to you.
Maia grins Casimir, and looks down at her own bone-white skin. "Hmm. Right, I'd better ... do something about *this*, too. Most humans aren't, y'know, glitchy. But I *have* been working on what I can do in this form, and I *think* I've got ... *this* right!" She concentrates, and then ... shifts appearance, looking like a pale-skinned human with mahogany hair. (... The same color as Blue/Gary Oak.) ... Still black eyes, though.
Maia changes to a "human"! [desc updated]
pa l maia
Maia is a "human", a lightly-tanned white woman in her late thirties with shoulder-length mahogany hair and piercing black eyes. (... Her hair is the exact same color as that of Blue/Gary Oak.)
She's wearing a simple black tunic dress with slightly darker leggings.
(pinfo is set on player.)
Carrying: Bullet Hell Bubblegum Gumball
Mako passes maia a pair of sunglasses. That's easy to fix. :D
Maia dons sunglasses!
Casimir not really noticing Ela approaching him- until the shift in air sweeps over him. Then he starts turning about, tracking Ela. Might get him a bit dizzy.
Elaraea says, "I'm glad I've been getting practice in with this remote before this was announced. It moves *SO* different than the 'morph frame remote."
Maia claps her hands together. "ANYWAY! So, like. ... Arceus, I've been having dreams about the Distortion World practically since I came to Spin. *One* of the reasons I've been wanting to do this ... -- Oh, uh, the Distortion World is the home of Giratina, the God of Destruction. I *think* I'm a MissingNo because of it, because my old self would've had *just that much ambition* on her way to the Last City."
Maia says, "*ANYWAY*-ANYWAY ... Mako how do we get started on this."
Featherwing mrbits.
Maia looks to the greninja. "Exactly, Featherwing."
Vahno says, "I guess i should keep my trap shut here... and keep on all fours."
Mako says, "Right, so, the gate basically dials to one of three things. Another gate, a place I've been before, or a sufficiently strong signal. You can provide the second of these. Alls you gotta do is put your hand on the plinth and phone home, as it were."
Dawnwing says, "...Is that because of the 'human world' thing?"
Casimir pauses a moment after stopping spinning... blinkblink. Turns his nose to Maia, mumbles about still needing to introduce her to Arkara. But that's another time.
Elaraea says, "Yeah. In most Pokemon-and-humans Manyearths, A 'mon talking is ... Outlier and Cause For Great Attention"
Maia nods to Dawnwing and Vahno. "Oh! Yep, right. Only humans and non-anthro pokemon as far as I know. I'm ... honestly not sure what we *will* find. Could be timey-wimey shenanigans, could be a minute after my original self died, or could be a thousand years later."
( A kobold suggests, "Or you could see your own death!" Another kobold nods. "Special relativity allows for it to be possible!" )
Dawnwing is present as a totally nonanthro self! ...Sie still has extra heads, though.
Maia laughs mirthlessly. "Yeah, that!"
Elaraea says, "... I think We Would Rather Not, even though it might be informative."
Dawnwing says, "...Well, that sounds morbid."
Maia takes a deep breath. "Anyway! Let's ... yeah." She turns, and puts her hand on the plinth, a look of intense concentration on her face. A few black, white, plum, and beige pixels briefly waft up from the air around her ...
Casimir says, "Let's hope we can read about it. That way we get the info without the trauma."
Mako says, "Do try not to die, I can't bring you back, I'm not that kind of god."
Vahno peers at Dawn. "Hmmm..."
Elaraea drapes herself around Vahno, only resting enough of her weight to feel like a Toy's Weight.
Maia mutters, "Think the kobold meant we end up going back in time to *before* I died."
Elaraea says, "lets not dwell on it lest it flavor the portal."
Maia says, "Yeah that, bite me. -- Figuratively."
Casimir looks around to Dawnwing, Ela. Mumbles Smeargle. [Do we all understand uh, saying-our-name-speak?]
Vahno closes his mouth and looks innocently away from Maia.
Dawnwing nods to Casi. "I can tell what you're saying, at least!"
[OOC] Maia says, "Also: Special thanks to Pata for helping me out with bits of this! I forgot to say that earlier!"
Elaraea looks 'offcamera' and her next line is milotic call, but all present with any tech-option for it will get the 'subtitles'. <Lets not spook folks too much on arrival.>
Casimir looks to Dawnwing, smiles a bit contentedly.
[OOC] .Patashu says, "Hellp! I helped."
Featherwing mrbts. (Yes.)
Dawnwing whispers, "(Adaptation of the holo-masking that taur-Dawn uses to 'stay decent' to hide hir smaller zardself's extra heads?)" to you.
Maia anyway, opens the portal!
Dawnwing places a small ring on one of middlehead's horns! ...Holomasking for the Extra Heads, so sie looks closer to Totally Normal Charizard.
[OOC] Dawnwing does not have a desc for this.
( When the plinth is touched, the space inside the ring of rocks goes VWMMMM and shimmers, before solidifying into an image of... something. Stepping through will taste slightly of chartreuse with a side of sunshine. What's on the other side though? Well... )
( This is strange... A world of deep blue twilight. There's neither sun nor stars, yet everything is evenly lit. Floating islands are angled at different directions with no respect for gravity, and long, kelp-like plants are swaying gently back and forth. A waterfall can be seen in the distance, crashing down past multiple islands as it gently foams and mists. )
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfMgKT_op9k -- )
Maia closes the portal before anyone goes through.
Maia facepalms, and inhales deeply.
Maia says, "UUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH."
Dawnwing says, "...Wrong door?"
Casimir was stepping up- hesitates! Uh... Curls his tail around himself a moment, looking to Maia.
Maia turns to the group. "SOOOO I think. We're going to have to pass through the Distortion World in order to get to my home."
Casimir muses, "So, we're liable to end up hearing from Giratina before even getting there."
Elaraea miii. <That's what it sounds like...>
Vahno hrmphs... <Fun...>
Maia makes a face. "Nnnnot entirely sure how we're gonna do that. I know that a bad-guy-group called Team Galactic pulled it off, a few decades before my time. Uh. Anyway ..." She reluctantly opens the portal again. "Mako, do you think you ... could ... help? Getting through once we're there?"
Casimir headtilts a little. [Just because it's a destruction deity doesn't mean it can't be nice. Or at least usually-not-nasty.]
Mako says, "If we're barging in on someone else's turf hat could go Very Bad, but..."
Featherwing looks around.
Maia nods slowly, grimaces, and slowly steps through into the Distortion World. "... hoooo boy ..."
Vahno rubs his face with a paw. <Right, let's go.>
Elaraea airswims through, carefully
Dawnwing nods via sole remaining visible head!
Casimir steps up again, taking a moment to just, take in the moment, staring through... here he is in a new body, about to end up dropped into the -very- deep end of a new world... Welp. They say 'you only live once'. He knows that's false, but hey, it's the thought that counts, right? He steps forward, then, leaps! ... Tries to land gracefully, depending on what ground (if any) is on the other side.
Mako steps through, and squints. "Hmm.... That's... odd."
Dawnwing shall follow inside! Sie remains close to Casimir.
( The Distortion World is exactly as described earlier. It's a reasonably-sized island on the immediate other side. )
Maia looks uneasily to Mako. ... Though, she's looking 'uneasy' as a matter of course right now. "Hmm?"
Mako traces a few lines in the air with a finger. "We go.... thataway. It's like there's a... wake."
( Notably, the local gravity is pointing down to the surface of the island you're on, but judging by how the thing s around you move, that may not be true everywhere... )
Casimir looks a bit unsteady on landing, but, catches hiimself. Looks to Dawnwing briefly, then Vahno and Ela, then forward, then to Maia.
Elaraea mieeh... <I'm worried about how my floating will work if we have to jump islands...>
Maia glances off into the distance, and mutters, "Is that a waterfall going sideways." She ... tries to look over Mako's shoulder, even though there's nothing immediately visible.
Mako, to Elaraea, "It helps if you have a good internal feeling of "down".
Dawnwing, to Ela: "If you want, I could try carrying you between 'em if we have to." ... Wait. Fuck. That's still human-intelligible speech.
Casimir [I'm imagining it'll work a bit like Spengo hopping. But I might be wildly wrong.]
Vahno gasps in mock surprise at Dawn. "GASP! A talking Pokemon! ...Might need to-" Ahem... <Might need to swap dialects... Or ask if the kobolds can get you a collar or something...>
Featherwing grips a shuriken and moves to the side so everyone can fit.
Dawnwing ponder! "...Gimme a moment."
Maia gremlinsnickers to Vahno.
Dawnwing is Thonking!
Elaraea mi mi mieh. <helps when you can put a literal lockout on your voxsynth>
Dawnwing hesitantly tries after a moment! <...How's this?>
Mako cheerily to Maia, "That might be!" She seems to have a reasonably idea of where to go. o.o
Maia nods to Mako. "Can you ... do it?" she says, in the tone of voice of someone who has only a shaky idea of what 'do it' means in context.
Casimir nods and thumbs up to Dawnwing. [Kinda wierd, it sort of came to me when I was trying out this form. Not sure if it's neural firmware or some mild spell-of-tongues effect.]
Vahno <sounds rightish.>
Mako let's see.... "First we go this way, then we go this way, then we go *doip*" aaand she just turned left and walked through a solid wall of rock. Or is that a path? If you turn your head 37 degrees and squint it looks like one!
Maia blinks! And follows after Mako! "Hey wait!"
Elaraea head... tilt... OH. She airswims through!
Dawnwing wait -what-
Casimir, following along until- that. He smirks slightly- then sees Ela proceed. Tries to climb onto the new inclination. Is it not a wall? ... Seems it is not.
( A few island hops and subjective gravity changes later... Mako: You feel something warm and wet on the other side. Open a portal here? [Y/N] )
Casimir, otherwise, looking up and around, sort of just gawking in awe half the time at this world.
Elaraea is looking very @V@ after so many gravity reference changes.
Dawnwing is somehow managing to handle the periodic changes in 'down!'
Casimir has enough spaceflight experience to manage, though he may well end up tripping on a ledge a couple of times.
Featherwing uses his shuriken to balance with each shift,
Dawnwing DOES have EVA training. Maybe that's it!
( If you follow Mako, you walk right through the wall, have a brief sensation like the floor just dropped out from under you, and then end up with your feet wet, somewhere on the edge of an island, in the water. Quoth Mako: ".... it's almost like someone else was through ehre already ahead of us. That wasn't so BLEAHG." And now the gravity dif hits her and there goes her lunch. ".... did i mention the wound in the world makes me yak? -x-" )
[OOC] .Patashu typing
[OOC] Maia says, "(Big Descriptions is what Pata is helping with~)"
Elaraea miehhhh.... No words behind it, just more @V@ next to Mako.
Maia UUUGGGGHHHHH again.
Elaraea is very glad this remote doesn't have That Reaction, but she still feels like she's been run through a tumble dryer.
( You are just off-shore from an island with a volcano at its center. The salt of sea water is strong as a sea breeze carries it past your nostrils and there are a few boats docked and in the wter. You can recognize a few buildings on sight! Like, that's *definitely* a Pokemon Center. Plenty of humans, plenty of pokemon partners, wingull on the beach. One in particular catches your eye, though. Further along the eastern shore up towards the north, a woman with white, long, loose hair and a dress of black crystals, looking away as she stares off into the sea. )
Maia looks around, then up. "Oh! Cinnabar Island! I know that volcano anywhere." She looks around, and points inland. "There's a pokemon center *that way* ..." She points outland. "And Fuchsia City is *that way* ..." She turns and points north. "And Pallet Town wait what who's that."
Dawnwing is Disoriented upon arrival through the portal-end! Visibly dizzy for a few moments, but once that passes sie's backing up the shore a little for drier ground.
( You double take, and can't see where she went. )
Featherwing looks over at the Wingull. Huhs.
Elaraea misses The Figure In Black due to trying to get the reset on her equilibrium to work. Takes a good ten seconds.
Casimir YAPs at the drop-through, flails a bit, doesn't even register the transition until he's faceplanted the other end- spoosh! He pulls his head up mostly to avoid breathing water, dazed and stunned a moment, ugh... sea? He sits up after that moment, blinks. Ooh... oceanic serenity! He runs his fingers through the water, just taking it all in. Looks back; any hint of the portal we just went through? Heck, he could just sit here and enjoy the beach- but, right, we've got places to go in this strange new world. Stands, wanders off a bit away from folks to un-soak himself a bit. Flappaflappa! Then, rejoins Maia. Where is Maia looking? Hmm. Nobody there?
Vahno is busy unburying himself from the Sand.
[OOC] .Patashu says, "I'm imagining Vahno got comically slingshot spat out of the portal even though no one else did and giggling"
Elaraea uses [SURF]! Somehow, everybody is now perched or riding on her back, Actual Size of her bedamned!
Maia mutters, "I *thought* I ... saw ... someone ..." She peers northward, then looks down at herself. "..."
Mako bluhhhh. "Felt something for a moment there, but that might have just been the last of my dignity leaving me."
Casimir- is soon enough, amazed that he isn't falling right off Ela; hangs on! How...? Might try to grab Vahno on the way past if need be. This is all a lot to take in.
Elaraea mi meah mi mei mie! 
Maia looks around, doing her best to remain steady on Ela's back. "Well. I feel like going around asking 'hey what year is it and what's the coolest thing that happened recently' is gonna attract unwanted attention ... and the public library here was buried under lava a couple three decades ago. Puts a lower bound for what year it *is*, ANYWAY we should go somewhere else."
Featherwing is just somehow balancing on his shuriken. How it's lasted this long without dissipating is amazing.
Maia says, "Or ... a couple three decades *before my time*."
Mako says, "Easy solution, find a bar or inn, most of those places have a calendar on the wall. Or a TV..."
Elaraea mi mieh mi? <Check the PC at the Center? it should have a clock.>
Casimir looks otr Ela? Nods.
Dawnwing flapflapflap! No, sie doesn't wanna Surf!
Maia nods. "Oh, right, I was overthinking it, I was expecting to have to go to like Pallet Town's library or something."
Elaraea's SURF is keeping the balance for Maia!
Mako, semi cheerily, "Wonders of modern technology! .... also I need some water. -x-"
Vahno <Do we need trainer cards...?>
Maia about-face to Vahno. "That's ... an excellent question, actually!" o.o
Mako says, "Center could probably furnish us with some if need be..."
Dawnwing muses! <I'd love to see the insides, anyways. Might give me some reno ideas for the one back home.>
Elaraea all the while has been quietly SURFing us towards the shore
Maia nodnods. "I mean there's pokemon centers anyway, but yeah."
Maia says, "... *Everywhere*. Not anyway. Bite me."
Dawnwing hmf. 
Vahno grins toothily at Maia.
Featherwing hops off amd froggypaddles for shore, having dissipated his Shuriken.
Casimir thinks we're probably not far; idly mumbles smeargle smeargle. [Wondering if we'll get the attention of Dialga and Celebi next at this rate.]
Maia nods, points to the southwest past the volcano. "Pokemon center should be thataway."
Mako says, "... I sincerely hope not"
Elaraea SURFs faster along the shore, kicking up a bow wave! Somehow, you only get splashed by the spray if you'd enjoy it.
Maia says, "Uh, I meant on the land!"
Dawnwing is fine just being a low-altitude follower by air!
Casimir lets his tail skirt the spray, reaching down for it. He might not've ended up a water type, but he still likes the sea.
[OOC] .Patashu says, "thinking/typing..."
[OOC] Elaraea says, "should I hold off a pose?"
[OOC] Maia says, "Nah, go ahead."
[OOC] .Patashu says, "feel free to do anything incidental, just describing the Next Scene"
Elaraea aww. She cuts inshore and sets us down right at the edge of the sand. Mi mi meh. <I'm glad the SURF worked>
Maia grins, and leads the group onward. "... mmm ... everything's the same, but like ... all the *details* are changed."
Casimir wobbles a bit once he hops off- looking contented all the same. [Like having a jet-ski I can call a friend. Heh, this world's awesome already.]
( You enter the Pokemon Center, the glass door sliding open and shut behind you. It's cool and air conditioned inside! There's a Nurse Joy and Chansey on the far end of the counter, striking a conversation with a blonde female human and a Nidoqueen... Oh! That's interestingly proportioned, actually. Could be a pokemorph Nidoqueen! Something else also catches your attention as you look around. Human, Wingull, human playing with Arcanine... Is that an Iron Valiant? )
Maia ... tries not to do a double-take at the pokemorph Nidoqueen or the Iron Valiant.
Featherwing sits mext to the door of the Center, watching the Wingull play.
( The Wingull is perched on top of a human boy's head. The game is as follows: The boy pats the Wingull's beak. The Wingull caws that many time. Repeat. Gameplay! )
Vahno peers at the Nidoqueen...
Casimir . o O ( Prime edutainment. )
Casimir looks at the Nidoqueen. Wait, I thought-hrm...
( The Nidoqueen-morph can talk, apparently! She's asking Nurse Joy a few medical questions. )
Mako Grins. Some things never change. She does pause to see the blonde and the nidoqueen. Thought there werne't pokemorphs? Interesting...
Elaraea does a small 'Mih'. it subs as < :eyebrowraise: >
Maia recovers. She whispers to Mako, "Rrrright. Trainer IDs. Uh ... can you do the talking? I'll, put my name down as, as, Mmmmmisty. Wait no. Nona!"
Vahno <...Go Monica.>
Casimir rrf? Looks to Mako. [Are you sure we went to the right world?]
Dawnwing absolutely Does Not Recognize Iron Valiant at all. And is puzzled by the Nido! <...What's going on.>
Maia mutters, "Apparently things are *different*."
Elaraea metareminds, pokespeak *is* going to be understood by other 'mons (and implicitly, monmorphs), so it's not like the usual Tacnet groupchat.
Dawnwing rumbles, <Make sure to get a time-date fix, at least!>
Mako waits in line and maybe eavesdrops just a bit till she gets her turn. "<Can learn a lot just by listening....>" IF she does get her turn, she'll ask, "Hello, yes! Uh, we had a wee transit mishap. What're the local licensing laws and can we get some replcaements if need be? >.>"
Maia stands by Mako, smiling cheerfully and with very slight embarassment.
Casimir doesn't mind if others around understand his mutterings; he's used to being seen as a weirdo. Nevertheless, steps up behind Maia and indeed, listens in.
Elaraea idly does loops in the air, in a 'showing off' kind of way.
( As the Nidoqueenmorph and trainer walk away, Nurse Joy looks up to Mako. "Certainly! Can I get your name, and..." Chansey is peering past Mako at the whole crowd of mon. "Are all of these your pokemon, ma'am?" Hmm, this may be tricky to explain... )
Maia quickly answers the Nurse Joy, "Oh, both of ours! They like hanging out, y'know?"
Vahno sticks his tongue out.
( Nurse Joy giggles into a hand. Trainers being what they are, the system is apparently used to them just showing up on a new continent with no explanation, so there's forms you can fill out to register all the trainers-and-pokemon that don't require existing ID. )
Maia nods, and does a double-thumbs-up, accepting her paperwork! She goes to find a table to fill it out ...
Dawnwing, pretending to be Totally Normal Charizard, yes. But sie's also glancing at the paperwork - hopefully, the lettering actually matches with what sie's familiar with.
( As far as this DM knows, you can read and hear all the local language! )
Casimir settles by a leg of the table, sort of taking it all in. If the paperwork takes a while to fill out, he might get up and start wondering, just, investigating all the various things around. He's familiar with the setting, but never actually been -in- one of these places before.
Mako ugh, no matter where you go, paperwork. But she's able to read and write and she has a few... tricks, at any rate. She'll get this filled in. And take a look around. TV screens? PC? ... radio clock?
Maia follows the gaze, sees a TV with a news report about the mayoral election in Viridian City. ... She mutters to Mako, "Oh. We're ... over a hundred years into the future. So, uh, about as much time as I was asleep in the Last City."
( Cas: The part of the center you're in is somewhat of a waiting room. This is both a center and a hospital, so depending on how much you want to peep, there's further rooms where pokemon are resting and being given care. There's a bookshelf with a bunch of literature - practical, fiction and hobbyist. There's also some public use PCs. One of them is in use by a guy, and his Machamp is looming over his shoulder, peering at the screen. )
( While you're doing that, an anthro gardevoir walks in and makes a beeline for Nurse Joy. She's wearing a silver sleeveless jacket over a black T-shirt and blue jeans, her hair in an elongated bun that comes out of the back of her head and with another bun like a ponytail, and she wears a flat-topped silver-and-black baseball cap, that bears a golden stylized "GC" emblem with a spike sticking out of the upper-left and lower-right corners. There's a prominent high-tech bracelet on her wrist that says "KEEP-UP", and she has four pokeballs at her belt. A few bystanders do a double-take at her. )
Vahno <Welp... Next stop, the library- And another anthro...>
Dawnwing huh. <But at least it's the right world?>
( Nurse Joy asks the Gardevoir, "Hi, how can I help you?" Maintaining her usual cheerful tone. )
[OOC] Maia says, "for reference: she's dressed like a palette-swap of Red/Ash, with Jupiter DiamondAndPearl's hairstyle. >.>"
Elaraea watches this interaction CLOSELY. Joys have to be absolutely unflappable huh...
Dawnwing all of a sudden, after thinking about it, does Not want to attract the Gardevoir's attention. Psychics!
Casimir is still shy as ever and either way wouldn't intrude on the patient rooms back there. He will flip through a couple of books though, leaving it ambiguous to onlookers whether he's taking inspiration from any illustrations or actually skimming. Then, peeks over? Gardevoir?
[OOC] .Patashu imagines there's a Smeargle pokemorph artbook, come to think of it...
[OOC] Elaraea says, "GM's fiat: can Psychics pick up from Synthremotes? I'm actually leaning 'yes'"
Featherwing pads inside and resituates himself at the table. Mrbt. (That Wingull was too enthralling. so I came in...)
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "Porygon/etc are already a thing in standard Pokemon canon, so I'd GUESS Yes?"
[OOC] .Patashu says, "I also feel like yes. Especially now that future paradox pokemon exist and can be psychic'd just as good as the rest"
( The Gardevoir smirks faintly. "What, even *I'm* a trainer like everyone else!" she says. (... Somehow, she seems to mean something other than the fact that she's a pokemorph.) "Just the usual healing." )
[OOC] Casimir, given how I've handled psychic things before, also leans yes
Maia is ... subtly keeping an eye on that exchange. >.>
( Nurse Joy nods, gesturing for her pokeballs to be handed over. Noticing the bracelet, she asks, "Do you want a checkup as well, ma'am?" )
Vahno earperks. Check up?
( The gardevoir hands her pokeballs over, and shakes her head. "Nah, I'm good, I'm on a schedule." )
( She nods! One pass of the machine later, she confirms that none of your pokemon are in need of further care and hands them back! "I hope you have a lovely day!" Chansey smiles and curtseys! )
Vahno whispers to Maia. <Should we follow her, or...?>
Maia mutters, "At least watch which way she goes, there's like two directions she could be going."
( The gardevoir gives a double-thumbs-up and puts the pokeballs back on her belt. "Thanks-a-million, smell ya later!" She turns to head out ... )
Elaraea SNAPLOOKS at the gardevoir before she can help herself.
( Nurse Joy just gives a chuckle once she's out of earshot. Aah, trainers. )
Casimir peeks over the book he's got, but is inclined to think people like this are not -that- uncommon in this world.
Vahno will... peek out after the gardevoir.
Dawnwing attaches no significance to that particular phrase, so sie's mainly looking to try and see what's got Ela's attention like that.
( Once outside, the gardevoir walks up to a miraidon which is cheerfully idling in ride-mode, and she gets on and drives north. )
Elaraea Mih. <should we admit voices>
Maia shrugs uncertainly to Ela, then tries to look busy with paperwork.
( A Growlithe barks excitedly and goes chasing after the Miraidon, only giving up its chase when it's too far away, pacing in a circle and then just sitting down. :3 )
( The growlithe's trainer nervously says, "Whoa, easy there! Sit! Sit." )
Casimir asides from over there, looking to Maia. [Over a hundred years?... Things don't change much here do they?]
Kandra has disconnected.
Maia mutters, "I mean I think we've established that things *have* changed in at least two ways. That Miraidon and Iron Valiant ... were supposed to be from the future from my perspective ..." She tries to busy herself finishing off the paperwork.
Casimir [That's just it though. And the poke-mans. You would think that would upend society here, but...] He looks around.
Vahno <Guess this is the future now...>
Maia murmurs, "Yeah ..."
Dawnwing rumbles. <Suddenly, I don't think I'm so implausible myself.>
Mako says, "Well, it's the future now..."
( A lil Charmander owos and walks up to Dawnwing from behind, before her trainer (a teenaged girl) picks her up and tells her to ask first! The Charmander's legs wgl. )
Mako sighs, hands the paper back in. <"We gotta finish what we're here for first....">
( Upon reaching the coast, if anyone's still watching, the miraidon switches to aquatic-mode and continues northward with the gardevoir on its back. )
( When you complete your paperwork, you get your IDs printed and handed out! Nurse Joy says, "If you're short on any other items or gear, you can check out the PokeMart!" )
Featherwing awws to the cute 'mander. Froggy go ^w^
Dawnwing has to turn to see this! ...Sie can't -not- wave at the little 'mander!
( Charmander :3s and waves both paws back! "Char!" )
Casimir peeks, smiles a bit.
Dawnwing very gently applies Boop to Charmander!
( Char goes crosseyed and bleps, bleaaaaa )
Maia . o O ( Ah. No money. Uh. )
Maia double-thumbs-up to Nurse Joy, and turns back to the group. "Okay!" she says to Mako, with affected cheer. "Next stop is Pallet Town!"
.Patashu . o O ( Did you get a Nugget from Patashu? )
Featherwing offers a webbed finger to the little lizard to shake if it wants.
Casimir perks, puts the book back before returning to Maia.
Maia . o O ( Right, yeah that! )
( Char pawshakes Featherwing vigorously, tail lash! Her trainer giggles sweetly. )
Vahno <For the record, the anthro headed north.>
Dawnwing rumbles! <-So- adorable.>
Mako heee.
Mako does have a nugget or two on her. First stop, GET money. Then..... /map/.
Featherwing giggles in Greninja too. Nods to the trainer as if to say. "Foster that energy. It'll serve you both well."
Maia moves her 'next stop is Pallet Town' to after Vahno!
( "Uh-huh!" to Featherwing~ )
( Gold appears to be *much* less valuable in this world. Selling an orb of that size is only like P$5000. )
Maia buys a couple of healing-items, pokeballs, and an Ultra Ball to make it look like she's here for normal reasons.
Elaraea wonders if pokeballs will even work on the Remotes...
Casimir all but pokes his nose up at Maia's hands.
Casimir . o O ( Plus, practically, we'll probably need to get in those pokeballs ourselves sooner or later. )
Elaraea innocently looming hovers behind Mako and Maia
( Shopkeep asks Maia, "Anything else?" )
Maia gremlinsnicker-that-turns-into-a-giggle and pets Casimir a bit. "Ehhh, I'll get a few more pokeballs, why not!" She gets a few more pokeball until she has one for everyone. ... Plus a couple others.
Maia . o O ( Just don't ask who belongs to who! )
Elaraea . o O ( well since you're both Registered Trainers now... how many do we have, make it 3 and 3? )
Mako . o O ( I can Fake It some with magic. :P )
( "Thank you for shopping at Pokemart!" in practiced cadence. )
Casimir was more curious about the things Maia was getting, buuut... does look pleased on being pet, swishing his tail.
Maia . o O ( Looks liiiike 3 and 2. )
Featherwing . o O ( We'd rather prefer NOT to have Officer Jenny breathing down or necks, please and thank you. Heh. )
.Patashu . o O ( I wonder how many Wanted stars you can get on this continent... )
Casimir . o O ( Double trainer, sum total five mon. Rare encounter, but not unheard of. )
Maia, once we're done with that business, starts walking north past the volcano. "Hmm ... surf, or fly?"
Dawnwing muses! <Probably want to split Vahno and myself, unless someone's theme teaming. We both use Fire.>
Casimir streeeetches. [Taking the ground route would be a chance to get some practice in.]
Maia says, "Water, but yeah."
Kandra has connected.
[OOC] Kandra says, "yippee"
[OOC] Maia says, "We good to skip ahead to to Pallet Town?"
[OOC] Vahno says, "Sure."
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "Dawn would likely be flying the whole route!"
[OOC] Elaraea says, "sure"
[OOC] Kandra says, "... I have not been following like... at all..."
[OOC] .Patashu hug-offer
[OOC] .Patashu typing...
Elaraea, once we're back to the water, can use SURF again! Trying to look at her too hard when she's doing it is probably going to make your eyes go wibbly, except maybe Mako
Mako can fly! .... just not Fly. Maybe best she not show off. :x "How far are we, relatively?"
[OOC] Mako is good with skipping along as neded!
Maia shrugs to Mako. "Li'l bit of a hike but like we'll get there before sundown."
( North you go! There's a lot of ocean to Surf or Fly through, and the occasional Tentacruel or Seaking shows up for a wild pokemon battle! Nothing you can't blast your way through, but a good test of how your pokemon bodies work and what the local wildlife is capable of. Occasionally you see a Pokemon-Surfer or boat go by the other way but it's sparse. Time passes, but eventually you see shore. )
Vahno is... WET. Too much fluff...
Dawnwing is constantly reminding hirself to Flame using Only One Head every time a fight springs up.
Elaraea's SURF should have been keeping Vahno mostly dry, ideally. but the focus can wander, letting that protection slip
Featherwing says (Lamd ho!) while riding a shuriken.
( Vahno smells of salty sea water and air. )
Vahno 
( You approach Pallet Town... [MORE] )
Casimir gets a little too content to daydream on the way- he -was- hoping for a chance to try his new form out. A wild Tentacruel? He tries to use Moves as he'd used magic before- not quite the same, but, it is a good place to start, thankfully! Turns out his moves starting out, shaped from his other skills, are Endure, Shadow Ball, and Sketch. Possibly replace that Sketch with something one of the encounters uses, if Maia would like. But, that aside, on we go!
( It's a peaceful, cozy place. Not trying to be a center of commerce, it serves two major purposes: A pitstop before continuing on to Cinnabar Island, with a small pier with some boats docked to it, and the home of a Pokemon Laboratory, specifically chosen *to* be away from extensive human activity. There's less people/pokemon outside than you'd expect, though, as they seem to be staying away from a commotion in the center of town... )
Vahno is TOTALLY gonna check out the commotion.
Elaraea deposits our group on the pier and releases the SURF! ... and Does An Tired Flop.
Dawnwing beelining straight there!
Dawnwing is Drawn to Odd Commotions. It's an old habit.
Mako ahh, trouble, our siren song... She might as well go and take a look. "Think we should hit up the lab?"
Maia hmm. "Yeah, hold that thought, Mako ..."
Featherwing follows behind. (Not sure if Samuel's in...) to Mako.
Casimir settles down, then, turns back to look to Ela, headtilts? ... Sees about bugging Maia for a cup or such to bring Ela some (potable) water to drink.
Elaraea just Needs A Minute. Systems recharge a bit slower when you'
Elaraea just Needs A Minute. Systems recharge a bit slower when you're this far from Spin, both temporally and multiversally.
( It's not *huge* commotion, but the cause is that the gardevoir is supervising a group of humans in silver uniforms that seem like a cross between a business suit and a space costume, with the same golden "GC" emblem as a badge on the chest; they're apparently replacing a couple of entire newspaper vending machines. (The miraidon she was riding is parked nearby, watching the proceedings as if it wants to participate, but the current task requires zero miraidons, and so all it can do is stare.) "Right on schedule, Venus!" one of the grunts is saying. )
Vahno <Team alert...>
Casimir nods and, well. This is happening. Tries to get a look at the old and new newspapers if he can without getting too close.
Mako facepalms lightly. "<Much as I'd like to say otherwise, we should probably not make a fuss right now>"
( The old newspaper is headlining the mayoral election right next to "The Copperajah in the Room: Comparisons of the Galactic Corps to the Rocket Empire"; the replacement has "Humanitarian efforts of the Galactic Corps" taking up the entire upper half of the front page, with the mayoral election pushed down. )
Maia ... ... ... :|
Elaraea shakes off the post-prolonged-SURF lethargy and rejoins the group and... Oh that's Suuuuuus as hell but we're still getting our bearings, and not in any shape to challenge it, so all she can do is watch Judgingly from a distance.
Vahno earflats.
Casimir leans forward a bit and- ohs. [Classic propaganda.] Almost nonchalant.
Dawnwing is doing what sie can to keep hir tail out of line of sight of The Gathering. Charizards aren't great at vision-based stealth. <Someone smartphone that? A recording might be good evidence.>
Featherwing sits next to Ela, nonplussed about the group.
( The gardevoir, Venus, glances at the players, and then around at the crowd in general. "What're *you* losers lookin' at?" she says to all and sundry, in a way that sounds like she's aiming for 'placating and friendly' and hitting 'I'm better than you' instead. "Just official Galactic Corps business, nothin' to see here!" )
Elaraea headumpits at Maia. To the Pkmn Lab?
Dawnwing welp. We've been noticed.
Maia nods subtly to Elaraea, doing her best not to frown *too* obviously.
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "SHEPARD: "We've been spotted!""
Vahno earflicks. Sure...
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "*glass smashing noises*"
Maia murmurs, "Remind me what the plan was for the lab?"
Mako <"We're trainers, it'd look wierd if we DIDN'T wanna take al ook. And if there's anywhere with info...>"
Casimir was probably the nearest given he was going out of his way to have a look. To Venus' question, he mumbles a simple, [You.]... But! Even on the face of it, he sees nothing wrong with a bit of propagandizing- it's the other bit he's wondering about. What's being done with the removed vending machines? He won't stray too far, but...
Maia nods to Mako. "Fair. But, uh ... I think we're gonna have to head back to Spin when we're done here, we might need to rethink things a bit."
Dawnwing muses. <Who owns those other machines, anyways?>
( The Galactic Corps grunts are loading the vending machines back onto the back of the truck where they got the propaganda. It's divided lengthwise; new on the left, old on the right. )
Casimir [Probably municipal? I mean, those guys have their right to speak, but, I'm tempted to put the old machines back by the new ones given the chance.]
Casimir mms, [Then again they're probably taking the old ones to be scrapped. Shame.]
Vahno <Guess that's something to keep an eye on... Evil's a weed...>
Elaraea tries to do the Looking At You anime spotted-lock to Venus. it probably doesn't work.
Casimir [The good news is whoever's running the presses for the town news can just, print more.]
( So, do you want to check out the Lab, do something else around Town, or head back to Spindizzy? )
Elaraea votes lab
( Venus doesn't immediately notice Ela, but smirks faintly when she does. She turns back to the grunts. "Anyway, guys, I'm gonna move onto the next stop. Smell ya later!" She gets back on the miraidon and gets out a phone as she drives off. "Hey Idalia!" The rest becomes inaudible as she leaves. )
Dawnwing would vote for Looping Around to the Lab first.
Casimir . o O ( I think we're in here for a long haul aren't we? The lab's a good place to learn and learn we aught. )
Elaraea pouts a little. 
( Oh, and for those with a sense for Psychic-types ... did you just feel a little bit of *attention* from Venus's direction just now? )
[OOC] .Patashu pre-writes Lab
Casimir, to Ela, [Seconded, but, this isn't so bad. Besides, not sticking out might come in handy.]
Dawnwing isn't Sensitive, but Psychics would definitely be able to tell sie's Not Normal.
[OOC] Dawnwing side note: Dawn here is acting Independently, with no link to the collective on Spin while on this world
[OOC] Maia nodnods.
[OOC] Elaraea says, "so we're fully off the link, unless Ela has that link and didn't use a Local Processor in the Synthbody"
Casimir would appear relatively normal, if perhaps more actively sapient than most non-morphs. Depending on how much bleedover between psi and magic there is here, he might also show up as being more attuned than usual- but not outside the realm of normal possibilities.
Featherwing is just a ninjafrog.
Mako is psi-blank, she can't sense that sorta thing though she can recieve telpathy and that sort of thing. But she does have a BArrier. Never worked out how good that is against psionics
Vahno <Let's do some internet research...>
( Heading in through double doors, you head into a large open area with some side rooms full of scientific equipment. This central chamber seems designed to put up and tear down temporary testing environments. Currently, a Charizard is standing on a central pad behind translucent blast protectors! Cooling air blowing on his body, he takes turns launching fireballs at left, right and center targets, and a bunch of sensors and cameras take readings. The Professor in question is a cocky, scientist looking lady with a split white coat, glasses, white vest and black latex pants, surrounded by an Iron Valiant and two aides who are watching the proceedings. "Ohhh, yes, Charie! You're improving so quickly~ Hmhm? A visitor..." She pushes up her glasses and spins around. (On a short delay, her Iron Valiant copies her mannerisms, so she also touches her forehead and spins around.) "Hmhm! Out-of-towners, the lot of them~ What can Professor Vanilla do for you?" )
Elaraea looks to Maia for cue. She had to do a bit of studying beforehand on typical mannerisms of Milotics so she doesn't just look like she's 'finger puppetting' the nonanthro form
Maia glances back to Ela, then to Mako.
Mako waves, and activatres Charm Mode. "Hello, yes! We're travelling trainers. We figured visiting the local Lab would be a good way to get the pokemon-facts of the area, as it were."
( She hmhms! And adjusts her glasses. "Absolutely! Let me catch you folks up to speed." She gives an explanation that's more on the level of 'from a far away continent' than 'from another world', since that's the impression you're trying to get: )
( 1) You're in Kanto, of course. So the original 151 pokemon are the most likely ones to be seen, but there's a little bit of everything (either because it made a local population, is being bred deliberately, or from trainers bringing theirs in). )
( 2) Pokemorphs are a thing! Well, you've seen a few, but HOW they exist is now revealed to you: Based on a historical incident with a certain Bill's PC, generations of scientific inquiry built up to the point where permanently transforming a human into a pokemorph through DNA splicing is a safe, manageable process. )
Dawnwing huuuh.
Elaraea settles into a comfy coil. The smaller of our group are welcome to perch/lean
Dawnwing wonders if that works 'in reverse.'
Elaraea hmM.
( 3) Robot pokemon are ALSO a thing! It's not just your Iron Valiants and whatnot, technology has developed to the point where artificial pokemon are going from 'prototype' to 'commodity'. It's still pretty pricy to get one custom ordered, but getting cheaper every year. )
Maia . o O ( So that's how Venus has a miraidon, too ... )
( 4) Making Pokemon more capable through the scientific process is becoming a more popular mode of scientific inquiry! Hence what she's up to right now. "Training, combat practice and bonding with your trainer only seems to take you so far, we've observed! Everyone fighting for the championship wants to know what the next step is. And who better than Professors like me to try out new hypotheses for what everyone else might be missing?" )
( "That's all the important stuff! Any specific questions?" )
Mako hmm!
Mako . o O ( That makes some things very convenient for us to handwave. And probably awkward if we can't. )
Mako says, "That covers the major things, I think. Who do we ask if we want the local gossip? ;p"
Elaraea mi mieh? <How many talking non-morphs are around?>
Casimir gently settles against Ela- perks, was thinking of asking similar for that matter.
Maia nods along with Mako. "Like what freakin' Venus might be doing at any given moment," she adds.
Maia . o O ( Please be someone well-known, please be someone well-known ... )
Maia, trying to fish for exposition about the Galacitic Corps.
[OOC] .Patashu typing...
Kandra has disconnected.
( "Oh, you're asking about the Galactic Corps?" She smirks. "Yeah, that's business for you. A bunch of guys and girls with nothing better to do dress up and they're all one big family fighting in the corporate world for keeps. They don't mess with my stuff so I don't mess with them! Nooot that I'm much of a combatant, anyway." She shrugs a little! "But yeah, you hear about them on the news. Making charitable donations here, suddenly taking over whole companies there. Runs a ton of PR, there's always someone professional to get an interview and paint them in a positive light after whatever it is they did this time." )
Maia chuckles with the practiced ease of someone who has experience keeping things close to her chest. "I know, right?"
( Vanilla places her hand to her chest and giggle-laughs at Maia. "Yeah!" She has no idea what Maia is talking about. (Her Iron Valiant repeats the gesture afterwards.) )
Mako sighs. "Ah, the corporate world. That's how it goes."
Mako . o O ( I can probably fake it that I'm some rich lady out on walkabout if I tried. :P )
( And to Elaraea: "I've never met one, but it is possible! Occasionally a pokemon gets taught to speak for some professional thing, like they're in show business or something. Most pokemon don't seem to care enough to put in the effort. They can already talk just fine with the one person that matters, right?" )
Elaraea says, "Well it was getting a bit annoying having to hold back."
Maia tenses up for a second, then gremlinsnickers.
Elaraea, Calculatedly, Like It's Nothing
( Professor Vanilla doubletakes at that?? )
Dawnwing snickers a little at Ela, before chiming in. "Yeah, -agreed.-"
Elaraea miiieh?
( And then Iron Valiant does the same doubletake a second later. )
Casimir [I'm familiar with the philanthropy-cover rigamarole. It was kinda common back where I'm from. And-] He smirks a bit. Though, looks to the Valiant, kinda curious.
Maia grins at the professor. (Do people still recognize Gloria's face?) "Anyway, yeah. Thanks for the help!"
Mako has An Excuse handy, but gauges to see if it's needed...
Vahno facepaws.
( The Iron Valiant breaks from the 'copycat' act to look back at Casimir - but its gaze only lingers for a moment. Professor Vanilla says to Maia, "Great! Enjoy your journey through Kanto!" )
Elaraea mieh. <where's good for food here?>
( She shrugs, "I just get an aide to order delivery!" )
( The aide in question looks very pleased to be important. )
[OOC] Maia says, "We're at winding down times~"
Casimir . o O ( So you -are- more than an automaton. )
[OOC] Elaraea says, "how much of a WTF did I give Vanilla with that?"
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "We do a little trollin'"
Casimir nods to the Valiant, then, looks to Vanilla. [I do have a question... why haven't the anthropomorphs toppled the human society? I don't mean to be flippant, but, they seem like they'd take humans out of their niche.]
[OOC] .Patashu says, "Professor Vanilla assumed she missed some ventrilloquism or that it was some other kind of bit."
[OOC] Casimir won't mind Cas's question being kept for next time though
Maia does a double-take at Cas. "... What do you mean 'toppled'."
[OOC] Elaraea says, "I bet it's "because it's an incredibly expensive and distruptive process, and the types who can get it are probably not the sort who would go after a whole 'topple society and make things better' bent"
( Professor Vanilla goes, "I guess that's two different questions! First, not everyone becomes a Pokemorph because it's an intensive, difficult to reverse procedure. A lot of people are happy with their bodies! It gives you new instincts and cravings, too, so it's kind of like you're a different person on the other end. Second! Pokemorphs have Pokemon strength, yes, but any trainer has Pokemon strength too. It's not as much of an edge as you'd think! )
[OOC] Maia says last call, I think~ z.z
Maia gives a thumbs-up! "Okay! Let's look up restaurant reviews." She lowers her voice as they exit. "... and then let's head back to Spin, like I said. Regroup, figure out who wants to go 'morph or shake things up." She looks over in the direction of where the newspaper vending machines were. "Sounds like we got a *lot* of things to go over. And then there was that ... whoever-it-was at Cinnabar who apparently I'm the only one who saw ...?"
( "Toodles!" )
Mako says, "I'm def gonna need something in me if you want to gate back..."
Casimir looks to Maia, then to Vanilla. [That makes sense, thanks.] Then to Maia- well, Maia probably gets Casimir's ponderings there. Nevertheless...
Casimir . o O ( I thought we'd be staying here, but this also works. What a wonderful world still. )
Dawnwing rumble! 
[OOC] Maia whew!
[OOC] Maia says, "Thank you all for coming! And thank you Pata for helping take some of the edge off this!"
[OOC] .Patashu salutes!
[OOC] Maia says, "(... Professor Vanilla was all Pata, my sole reason for coming to Pallet Town was because it was closest to Cinnabar and I had no actual plans for the Professor~)"
[OOC] .Patashu says, "(graphics design is my passion) Improv is my passion"
[OOC] Elaraea says, "(if vanilla reviews security footage, she'll see Ela's mouth articulating when she talks~)"
[OOC] Casimir says, "Thank you both for hosting! Looking to be a fun adventure, the usual formula with room for twists aplenty"
[OOC] .Patashu says, "'what if pokemon was real?'"
[OOC] Mako can see a lot of places this can go. :P
[OOC] Casimir asides, I was thinking of Casimir showing up as a smeargle-morph when he ends up in TLC, him showing up as a non-morph here came from that.
[OOC] Maia nodnods.
[OOC] .Patashu says, "any objections to logs -> wiki?"
[OOC] Dawnwing also smuggle Charlie in as an AI core and he'll figure out how to get a porygon body or some shit :p
[OOC] Casimir has none
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "No objection!"
[OOC] Vahno says, "tbh, Smeargle is one of the mon that kinda straddle the line naturally."
[OOC] Casimir says, "It is, yes, which makes it easier to keep things as they are for now"
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The Last City: Welcome Home

2026-10-28T05:12:39Z

Patashu: Created page with "<syntaxhighlight lang="text" line="1"> ~ The Last City: Welcome home (Open RP, Tuesdays, 6:30pm) ~ Maia Oak: an aspiring Pokemon Professor who became a revolutionary ... and then she died, reincarnated in the afterlife formerly known as the Last City in the form of a glitch in reality called MissingNo, and ultimately ended up on Spin. She's decided it's high time she went back to her original homeworld, because, well, it's home, y'know? Of course, that world only has hum..."

Plot Logs

2026-10-28T05:11:25Z

Patashu:

This is a page for tracking and accessing uploaded logs of previously held events and plots. Take a look at some of the things we've taken part in before!

[[2026 Oneshots]]

[[Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026]]

[[Mayoral Election 2026]]

[[The Last City: Welcome Home]]

Getting Started

2026-09-01T01:12:06Z

Patashu: maybe an indent makes it more obvious?

Welcome to Spindizzy! This is meant to be a convenient listing of guides for newer and older players alike containing a series of guides on how to get and set up a character. These instructions are by no means meant to be exhaustive nor the only methods, and should be updated as necessary.

=== Topics ===

; Getting a Character : see the [https://www.spindizzy.org/nwp/get-started/ getting started] guide on the main site

; Beginner's Set-up Guide : see [https://www.spindizzy.org/nwp/things-new-folks-should-know/ Things New Folks Should Know]

also see [[Patashu's Beginner Guide]]

Patashu's Beginner Guide

2026-09-01T01:04:22Z

Patashu: /* Express Yourself */ setstatus, doing

== Useful Commands ==

say x (or "x)
pose x (or : x)

Say and do things those in the same room can see.

ws

'WhoSpecies', summarizes everyone in the same room as you.

look
look x
lookat x y

`look` looks at the room you're in and shows you everything inside. `look x` shows you the description of an object, player or action you can see. `lookat x y` lets you read the description of a `y` in `x`'s inventory!

wa #dir

'WhereAre' lists public areas where people are congregating, and directions to get to those areas. Will also teach you about 't/teleport', 'rose' and 'luge'.

whisper x=y
page x=y

Tell `x` a message in private. The only difference is whisper requires you to be in the same room.

msummon x
mjoin x

Teleport directly to people across long distances.

spoof x

Prints a message ( in brackets ) not tied to your character. Use `spoof #recent` to learn who did recent spoofs.

ooc x
ponder x (or tb x)
sing x
dosign x

These are like say but print other kinds of messages.

verbatim
verbatim x

After using this command, write and send as many paragraphs of text as you like, then send `.end` on a new line to send it. `verbatim` sends it to everyone in the room you're in, `verbatim x` sends it to the player `x` only.

== Explore The World ==

http://burningsmell.org/sd/mainmap.php (the map of Spindizzy's overworld! make sure to use http and not https)

http://www.spindizzy.org/map/ (a backup from 2020 if the above is down)

map

Shows a map of where you are. (Not always implmented, but it works on the overworld and in Patashu Industries for example).

help
@globals (or globals #list)

Non-exhaustive list of commands and topics. If you want help on a specific command, try `help x`, `x #help`, `look x` and `@view x`. Hopefully one of them works.

holidays

A list of Spindizzy's holidays.

+read
rpread
cread

Global bulletin boards with information about Spindizzy policy/OOC events, upcoming roleplay events and technical information on how to make things respectively. (cread covers a lot of things not in this guide, like TRaMs and containers.)

homefinder

Lists all public housing in Spindizzy - but if you like you can just @dig your own!

wadir

If you don't remember the name of a public area, use this to get directions. For example `wadir spaceport`.

time

The current date and time according to Spindizzy.

== Express Yourself ==

@set me=C

Turns on ANSI colour vision. New characters still start with it off! With this on, you'll see the [OOC] in ooc be coloured blue, for example.

editplayer

A program that lets you modify your own appearance.

morph #help

Swap instantly between different saved appearance.

help pronouns

If you use a custom gender, this will set up your pronouns. Otherwise they'll default to your name.

setstatus ic

The IC/OOC/etc part of ws.

doing x

The doing part of ws.

editroom
editzombie
editvehicle
look #edit

Make rooms, zombies, vehicles and 'looktraps' (invisible keywords that can be `look`ed at, usually hinted by putting the keyword in []s)

@create name

Make a new blank object.

@dig room

Make a new blank room.

@set here=_whereare:describe room here
@set here=_wherearedir:write directions here

Make a room public (visible on wa/wadir).

@set here=J
@set here=_tel/allow?:yes

Allows teleporting to a room.

sge exit

Gives an exit reasonable default messages. (NOTE: Will erase any custom succ, osucc, desc, drop or odrop you set up!)

@find x
@owned

List the dbref of a thing you know - then you can @tel #dbref=me, ex #dbref, etc. @owned just shows you all your stuff.

ex x

Display properties of a thing, e.g. try ex me. continue with ex me=/ and so on to explore subproperty trees. to change a property, try `@set me=/species:Awesome`

fa

Shows everyone on the muck and what room they're in, a wa alternative.

showme
hideme

Hide yourself or a zombie from things like wa.

pman #reg
pman #unreg

Use this as a zombie to allow it to interact with globals.

fhand x to y
fdrop x
fget x
@frec x
@set me=/_hand/fake_ok:yes
cread 24

Interact with fake objects (objects that only exist as properties on the object they're inside of rather than being an object in their own right)

https://www.fuzzball.org/docs/muckhelp.html
https://www.fuzzball.org/docs/mpihelp.html
https://www.fuzzball.org/docs/mufman.html
https://fuzzball-muck.github.io/muckman/toc.html
@mpi {attr:bold,cyan,cyan!}
msgmacs
programs
plib */plib noises.muf
@view #2383

Various resources on MPI, MUF and our public MPI/MUF macros/programs. (Elaborating on this is definitely out of scope for a beginner's guide~)

Night Market 2026

2026-06-02T06:31:31Z

Patashu:

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Mako shouts "Bingeley Bongeley Beep! The mists draw in, the evening rises, the Night Market Gats appear in the PI Spaceport . t #29408 and enter the gates! (This message may repeat)" (Public-shout)
You feel a wrenching sensation...
Spaceport(#29408RLJA)
Right on the edge of the disc is the Patashu Industries Base spaceport. Due to the unique geometry of Spindizzy, it's much more like a traditional airport than you'd expect - runways, landing pads and hangars extend right up to (and even into!) the void of space, the atmosphere and gravity meaning that ships can take off and leave straight into the 'space' beyond. Kobold crews and wheeled vehicles are busily moving around to pack and unpack aerospace vehicles moving between hangars and launches. Of course, not all the spaceships are pragmatic in design - others are sculpted like majestic and impressive robotic dragons, gryphons and other species. And for needs where directly lifting something into orbit is needed, the grandeous Space Elevator sticks straight up as far as you can see, even when you tilt your head back and squint, a towering needle that eventually ends in some kind of circular dome covering a small part of the sky like a moon.
Obvious Exits:
[Adv]enture in Space, [F]erry to Sidereal Tower, [Or]bit, Ferry to [C]ornucopia Station, south, and up
Contents: Elaraea, Market Gate, Peregrine 1, NBC Freighter 'Pavo', Freighter Sculpture, Curus's BattleBlimp, USS Defiance, PI-SDS 'Deep Striker'(#30402CJX), Dead Angle, The Jammy Dodger, RV Resonance, PI-SECOR-2199 'Rifttail'(#25545), Fractalizer(#33925), SDT Millennium(#33501CX), Security Skiff 7-C, MFC6T Transport "Everis", Penetrating Insight, Crashed Shuttle 'UFIP-220756', SDSF Aether Walker, Periphery Ferry ER18, Stellar Drifter, ES-FTL Interceptor "RALG-843ES", 'Patashu's Storm' Battle Blimp(#31306X), Hypercannon(#31793), and Alien Warship 'XFT-FTL-SST56'
## There are possible hidden listeners here.
Battle Toys Stall(#34796)
***End of List***
1 objects found.
Teleported.
Dropped.
Standing here, out in the middle of nowhere, somewhere has erected a large wooden gateway. It looks like an odd mixture of traditional fantasy and modern. Two tall pillars stand, big and red and oaken, capped at the top and bottom with golden bands. Across the top is a neon sign, big and glowy, with giant letters in multiple languages. You think you can pick out some standard, Elvish, Altarian.... it seems to shift and display several at a time, alongside some christmas-light like decorations. From somewhere far-off, you can hear the distant sounds of many, many people, music, and the general din of a crowd echoing around. The gateway invites you to <enter market gate>.
Beata has teleported in.
Beata has arrived.
Mako has arrived.
Featherwing has teleported in.
Featherwing has arrived.
Mako beep
Beata wags tail.
Mako gestures to the market gate.
Elaraea steps through the gateway and blurs briefly, vanishing with a brief burst of crowd noise.
Elaraea has left.
Beata steps through the gateway and blurs briefly, vanishing with a brief burst of crowd noise.
Beata has left.
Featherwing . o O ( looktrap? )
Mako . o O ( ACtual item! )
Mako . o O ( Look Market GAte, and Enter Market Gate )
Tss'Renia floats down from an invisible portal.
Tss'Renia has arrived.
Featherwing . o O ( ty )
Vahno has teleported in.
Vahno has arrived.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Oh hey, ferry to go home, in case I get too lazy to use my antigrav wings."
Featherwing steps through the gateway and blurs briefly, vanishing with a brief burst of crowd noise.
Featherwing has left.
Taken.
You step through the gate and are briefly enveloped by whirling lights and sounds, stepping out into the main concourse of a busy market!
Night Market Concourse
Lights, music and scents assail your senses as you walk between countless stalls set up in rows, with little pathways set between them. Sometimes, an area opens up into an big circular clearing with a central feature. A bonfire, a big stage platform, a giant screen, it varies.
All around, different stalls hawk different goods and services. Some are people selling various crafted goods. Clothing, toys, Jewelery, all sorts of things. In other stalls, scents of all sorts can be found. Food, snacks, drinks, and other things are offered. A third set of stall provides entertainment in the form of carnival games, games of chance, or other things, while under some larger tents entertainers ply thier trade. ... occaisionally poorly, in the case of a few comedians.
There does not appear to be any discrimination between species, gender, or age here. While many are dressed in general fairgoing clothing, or simple light fare, you can see species of all sorts, both fantastic folk of St Marin's to visiting aliens from the spaceport. To one side, a goblin, a robot, and some sort of bright blue alien with three eyes and antennae engage in some sort of debate, none speaking the same language as the others, but all discussing over drinks. Elsewhere, a venusian is dickering over the price of some colorful fabric with a dwarf. If you've an eye to shop, or sell, tonight's the night!
Obvious Exits:
[O]ut
Contents: Featherwing, Beata, Elaraea, Felyne Trio, Amy, Tubelynx, and Livingstone Enchantments
Dropped.
Mako appears out of a crowd.
Mako has arrived.
Tss'Renia appears out of a crowd.
Tss'Renia has arrived.
Vahno appears out of a crowd.
Vahno has arrived.
Mako . o O ( I had hoped that people would be able to see the gate but it might be too busy in the area itself. o.o )
Mako ws
[OOC] Vahno says, "kinda is..."
Mako dangit
Tss'Renia . o O ( 'Stargate'? )
Vahno has disconnected.
Felyne Trio bustle around a set-up mini izakaya. :3
Niny'ah has arrived.
Nina appears out of a crowd.
Nina has arrived.
[OOC] Mako wavers
Patashu . o O ( I saw it but I wasn't sure if you were going to narrate us through or just wanted us to take the initiative! Either way~ )
Patashu waves to the Felyne Trio!
Mako floats about~ "Welcome to the Night Market!
Featherwing patiently waits for food stalls to fully prepare. Shloom be hungy.
[OOC] Mako says, "This is not quite a curated event. More of a convention. :P"
Nina mrrrp.
[OOC] Nina says, "Saw what?"
Patashu . o O ( the gate in the spaceport )
Amy is here! With her own table of wares. and her own weasel.
Patashu will inspect Amywares, why not right?
Beata browsing the stalls. Is likely dressed for the crowd. Mink trying to wander toward the weird sections. Whatever that means. Looking for something.
[OOC] Mako says, "Nina: You came in just after I'd said that I wasn't sure in the end if people had seen the market gate cause hte pi starport was busiuer than I thought."
Amy has a variety of spells and items and tools for sale viewable by 'look livingstone'. She greets. "Hi Pata. Went more general this year."
[OOC] Nina nod o.o
A red-glowing sign Livingstone Enchantments hovers in the air above this table with a faint hissing noise. It is decorated with the famous Nautilus shell. The table itself contains a multitude of products from small charms to bigger tools in glass-topped sections. (The table appears to have no legs.) Atop the table is a weasel. Behind the table is sometimes a Lynx. Underneath the table are boxes, and the smell of waffles. The various sections are labeled:

Enhancement Gems($$$-$$$$): Small red gems set in a ring pendant. They provide an active effect to the wearer on command.

Charms($$$): Medium sized gems in ring or pendant which provide a passive effect to the wearer.

Scrolls($$): Small pre-cast paper scrolls held inside waterproof canisters. Read them to perform a spell. Single use. Machinefolk compatible.

Mage Supplies: Standard mana, reangents, and gemstones. Some unusual alloys and chemicals. Spells for trade only.

Tools: Anything from paper wheels for fast spellcasting, to a ring that tempers metal, to jaw-driven grappling hooks to be wielded by small weasels, to levitating discs, to full out magitech computers.

"lookat livingstone's gems" for a more detailed list. also charms, scrolls, etc.
Contains: Charms, gems, and Scrolls
Patashu reads!
Enhancement gems:
* Telekinesis: Basically a mental robot arm, in the form of a 3 ft long glowing red wireframe.
* Figment: Project minor mental pictures and sounds in midair.
* Calculator: Lets you visualize equations and numbers and graphs. Literally. Floating in air, meme style.
* Aerospace: Artificial horizon, altitude, and velocity indicators for the winged folks.
* Custom: Other simple tools are possible.
Charms:
* Antitransmutation: A black gem providing resistance to unwanted transmutation. There is a whole TRAY of this big seller.
* Presence: A clear gem which glows green when you're being observed.
* The One and Only Ring of Craving Waffles
Scrolls:
* Magevision: See magic as an aura of colors for 1d4 hours.
* Presence: Detect mind control or hidden presences for 1d4 hours.
* Shield: An expendable sphere of protection surrounds you and protects you from high energy and impacts.
* Stealth: Blends your outline with your surroundings for 1d4 hours. Works best in earthen environments.
* Minor Repair
* Major Repair($$$) (handle with care)
Tss'Renia sets up a little table with a bunch of nuclear cores made of reclaimed space debris.
Trisha appears out of a crowd.
Trisha has arrived.
Trisha is soon peering over Amy's stall as well. Patashu actually has to step to the side to make room owo;
( "Wierd" is relative. We have Venusians with various crystalline doodads, while several creatures that resemble Greys only they're purple may be getting krunk on helium at a modified shisha bar style tent.... )
Tubelynx scurries over to investigate the crystalline doodads.
Westly appears out of a crowd.
Westly has arrived.
Trisha points with two fingers at Antitransmutation and Presence. "How much for those two."
Beata spies someone familliar. Goes over to greet Amy. "Shorah," they whispers. "Happy to see someone I know." And then wag.
[OOC] Niny'ah deidles, had to bring in groceries, but now haas Tacos!
Tss'Renia wavies to Niny'ah, "Want some nuclear cores?"
Amy bows a little as Trisha walks up, "Ah, hello -" Now there's a lady who knows what she wants. "Yes, those, my most popular model! I made a bunch... The presence is a little harder and rarer. Presence is blockable, I should mention, but will flicker if its being blocked. Altogether, that'd be..." she quotes a price. She charges a bit more than she used to, but we're still talking less than a major appliance.
Vahno says, "...nuclear cores."
Niny'ah says, "uh. I don't know what I'd Do with them"
Vahno says, "...Feed em to Pata?"
Patashu sliiides over to Reni. :3?
Tubelynx smiles at Beata! "Hello hello! Strange isn't it?"
Trisha bobs her head, absorbing the information. She does a quick double check of her loadout while holding up the charms to make sure they don't destructively interfere in resonance, but it seems okay. "Do you take gold pieces? I figure you might prefer bartering though."
( The crystalline structures resemble things like crystal brooms, crystal blenders.... one of them may actually blink ayou. o.o )
Vahno says, "Hrm... wonder if they've got clothes here..."
Amy nodnods, "I can do that. Also I can exchange currencies, looks like people will need it. Barter though?" taking a closer look, "...Heh, almost any mage will barter. Whatcha got?"
Ping has teleported in.
Ping has arrived.
Ping bounces in.
[OOC] Ping unidles some!
Tss'Renia shows the core to Pata. It is cylindrical, 6cm * 18cm, with heavy duty four prong bayonet socket at the bottom. "Fission based, self regulating, made from reclaimed spacejunk that was transmutated in a Uranium+Plutonium base with water moderator. Think of them as a SMR, but way S and very M.
[OOC] Trisha says, "(double checking lore -)"
You rumblesqueak, "Yeah I definitely want it. I hoard these things, you don't have to ask me twice."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I have twelve left. I ran out of spacejunk to clean. You can have them all!"
Patashu goes 'yay'!. "What kinds of things do you want in return?"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Nothing, you already did help me out."
Patashu beams, okay!
[OOC] Mako waves to people showing up. So, just in case people wonder, this is less a curated thing and more of a conference kinda deal. If you're a crafter, food, gadgets, tosy, whatever, you can show them off, you can recruit for plots, etc. :3
Elaraea meanders over to Amy's booth. What else is on offer?
Tss'Renia puts the XSMRs into a box, gives them to Patashu.
[OOC] Nina is not braining rn, unfortunately. z.z
[OOC] Westly waves! Was wondering that! Hekk yeah, let's sell some books, or ... barter for THINGS!
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Should be very useful for your big mechs launching smaller mechs. In the small mechs."
[OOC] Mako says, "No worries. You can set back and relax, watch, and enjoy the show. :3"
Amy has a list! 'look livingstone'. "Hi Ela!"
Patashu accept!
Beata dooks! "Normally these things go in one ear and out the other," he mentions to Tubelynx. "But..I'm looking for a graduation gift." Mink holds hands slightly apart. "Nilan is finished apprenticship." pocket mink. Also distracted mink. May well not get to the getting part tonight.
Felyne Trio have set up a pop-up izakaya. Skewers, noodles, grilled goodies, juice and beer.
Tubelynx hmmms! "And what is Nilan apprenticing in?"
Niny'ah gets a triple skewer from the Felynes and holds them Wolverine-blades style in one hand while browsing.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I could probably dismantled the Dread Springboard once it is done being an art exhibit in Feedback, make more cores."
Bubblepop has arrived.
Amy says, "Mainly I got scrolls, passive items like protection gems, and active items like the Mindteeth. Also standard mage supplies.""
Westly appears from the portal, dragging a little cart. He finds a convenient spot and sets up a table. He snaps out a little tablecloth, and then begins putting books on the table. So many books with so many different covers. As he does, he looks around, checking out what everyone else has...oh yes, he's keeping an eye out for ... something. He stands behind the table, putting up his sign "Hand made journals and sketchbooks. Most for 25, except the ones that aren't.
Bubblepop waves, pushing in a vending machine on a dolly. "Hello!"
Elaraea says, "Can't go wrong with protective charms, although gotta make sure they either don't interact with 'mon move energy or take them off for sport fights."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Oh Amy, did you end up making anything useful out of the plants you added to Cornucopia?"
Bubblepop drops Hyperpop Vending Machine.
Westly waves to Bubblepop!
Bubblepop sets the vending machine up mostly out of the way. "And open for business! ...Kinda! We didn't have a stall ready, so an Offical Hyperpop Vending Machine will have to do!"
Lightspill appears out of a crowd.
Lightspill has arrived.
Lightspill prowls in.
Featherwing orders some food and drink from the Felynes and mentions his orchards for juices.
Ping waves to LIghtspill.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Lightspill, I sold out all my XSMRs."
Westly's got a booth. He's selling journals and sketchbooks.
Amy waves, "Hi Tss'renia. Good question. They're a slow growing plant but might have some results by now"
Room: Night Market Concourse
-Stat-Name----------------Gender------Species---------------------------------
e^- Lightspill[2m idle] Micro Firrox (Fox/Squirrel Confusion) they/them Doing: Pouncing into a brighter tomorrow!
>Bubblepop[2m idle] -unknown- Hyperpop Mascotter! |Vahno Bubblepop/Bu
ic Ping[2m idle] female mouse she/her Doing: Asking for a cookie, of course!
IC Westly Male Humanoid he/him Doing: Looking for some IC time.
>Trisha female Xylean Gnoll (Retired Warlord) |Patashu she/her
Boop Nina[8m idle] girlthing catlike-demon/virus she/it Doing: Doing doingy boing doing.
IC Niny'ah[3m idle] female Seirmerine she/her
IC Vahno[2m idle] Female Synth Dragoness she/her
Tss'Renia IO synthetic dragon she/it
IC Mako[5m idle] Female Nekomata she/her Doing: We're all Mad here. :D
EXC Patashu neuter Plush Mechanical Dragon they/them
drg Featherwing[2m idle]male Beastieloon (Shloom) he/him
bjr Beata[8m idle] Male Mink he/him
>Elaraea[3m idle] female Milotic Anthro |Niny'ah she/her
>Felyne Trio[5m idle2 Male, 1 FeFelyne |Mako Felyne Trio/
IC Amy female Lynx canadensis she/her
>Tubelynx -unknown- Martes canadensis |Amy Tubelynx/Tub
---[ Found 17 characters. ( 12 Awake / 5 Zombies ) ]--------------------------
Bright! Colorful! Overly Energetic! It's an Otter, all Pretty and Pink! They stand about 5 feet tall, with a pair of cute, short round ears doing almost nothing to add to their height. They're both a bright pink and they peek out of a short mess of darker pink hair. Their face is bright and pink and ottery, with a short muzzle all nice and pink and tipped with a dark pink, heart shaped nose. On their left cheek, their fur sports a large, dark, star patch.

Their body is a bit on the thicker side, with a sturdy, aquatic athleticism to it. Most of their fur is a pretty bright pink, with splotches here and there of darker patches. Their arms are on the thick side, but clearly built for swimming, and each ends in a slightly oversized paw, webbed and dark pink and each digit tipped with a glittery pink claw. Their hips and waist are a fair bit on the thick side, though still athletically built, with legs covered with bright pink fur and darker pink splotches, and ending with big ottery paws, webbed and clawed much like their hands. And to finish off this colorful creature, they've got a great big thing of a tail, nice and thick and easily half as long as they are tall!
Carrying: Copper Medal for Fashion, 2016 SpinDizzy Olympics - Gold in Rock Paper Scissors, Copper Mecha-Construction Medal for 2016, Gold Medal for Obstacle Course, 2016 SpinDizzy Olympics - Copper in Racing, Vahno's Spellbook, Aldrinor for Mayor 2016 Plush, Cherry Blossom Crystal Keychain, Custard Bun, pinch of amethyst purple powder, pinch of bright yellow powder, pinch of deep viridian powder, pinch of intense rose powder, pinch of iris blue powder, pinch of malachite green powder, pinch of neon pink powder, pinch of pumpkin orange powder, pinch of royal blue powder, pinch of snow white powder, pinch of vibrant plum powder, Skunky Society of SpinDizzy button, and Twelfth Night ornament 2017
Tss'Renia goes over to Westly, looks through books, feels papers.
Niny'ah finishes one skewer, and makes sure her free hand is clean before flipping through a journal. "One of these would make a nice logbook for the Speers..."
Tss'Renia says to Amy, "Oh, good!"
Beata also would (not) like an argh computer combo with extra grumble USB socket and a side of flaky keyboard.
Westly perks up. "Hiya!" He grins. "I use 24 lb extra bright white. Except in these..." He picks one up. "This one's reainbows." He tells Tss'Renia.
Niny'ah says, "right now I'm just using one of those cheap Composition Books."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I typically write on Rhodia paper or Midori. Both drink up my very wet and broad nibs."
[OOC] Trisha says, "(nearly ready)"
Westly nods a few times. "That makes sense. If you write with a broader nib, or would like a larger book, that's something I can do, provided I can source the paper." He grins. "And you get the bonus of having whatever cover you like."
Lightspill pads over and hugs Tss'Renia
[OOC] Lightspill afks for a bit.
Tubelynx earflutters. "...Someone just said 'broader nib'." Beelining in the direction of Westly's stand.
Vahno says, "Special Interest Keyword."
Westly grins and dips his head to Lightspill and Tubelynx. "Hello!"
Tubelynx gophers upright unsteadily. "Someone said broader nib!! Do you have those!?"
Beata bites his lip. "oooh. Word. Person who intercedes for others." Mink looks a mite pained. "Personally person." Oh! "Like that place with the turtle and elephants." No wait.. Arrrgh. "Kind of?"
Nina vanishes in a column of shadowy glitches, which shoot into the sky and briefly become plastic-hippopotamus-shaped.
Nina has left.
Trisha places an octahedral cyan crystal (longer on one axis than the other) on the stall. It's not quite a perfect cut.
Trisha growls, "This is a Xylean Enhancement Crystal, currently unwritten. The idea is, you etch runes inside of the crystal (or on it - easier to do but also more prone to being eroded), the crystal itself is an excellent capacitor for and absorber of ambient mana, and the runes activate and do their thing based on a resonance signal. It's basically our modular way of upgrading and modifying equipment - etch the quality you want and hang it or embed it."
Tubelynx nods to Beata, "Counselor?"
Westly dips his head to Tubelynx. "I'm just a bookbinder...no nibs here, I'm sorry." He gestures to the table, pointing at the many, many colorful books.
Tss'Renia picks up Lightspill!
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I like wet and broad nibs, so satisfying to write with. Especially if you have shimmering ink."
Amy hmmmms, and nods! "I'll trade for a unique item like that! Sounds a bit like Jovestone. Did you want rings, pendants, or loose gems?"
Beata oh! "Grag! That's it, a Grag." Or that thing the Earth-people tend to end up with..
Featherwing finishes a plate and reaches into his pocket dimension for some zani to pay the felynes before splooting next to their booth.
Beata sez, "But inside the Outside."
Trisha growls, "Pendants, please. "
Westly nods enthusiastically. "I do love shiny inks," he says smiling. "Like those ones that are thick enough to really have a thick flow that almost swims before it sinks into the paper.
Vahno leans on Niny.
Tubelynx selects pendants and puts them in a little silk bag, passing over. "Thank you for your patronage!"
[OOC] Amy says, "wrong puppet"
Amy selects pendants and puts them in a little silk bag, passing over. "Thank you for your patronage!"
Tubelynx regards westly, and sploots out. "Oh."
Tss'Renia looks to Tubelynx, "What kind of nib are you looking for?"
Mako broses sections. Eventually wanders over to Westly's. "Could us a new book or two...
Tubelynx says, "I had a broad nibbed pen once! But it died and I could never find another. Except a few that were literally cursed.""
Westly grins to Mako, dipping his head. "Hello!" He chirps happily, before tilting his head to Tubelynx. "Literally cursed?" he asks, raising his dark eyebrows.
Tubelynx says, "wednesdays are weird."
Westly grins. "Apparently!"
Vahno says, "...cursed how?"
Trisha headbobs, taking the pendants, then examining them. How do they look physically?
Tss'Renia looks through a box of fountain pen supplies, "You need a nib for what type of pen? Bock? Jowo? TWSBI? Kaweco?"
Beata adds, "Like a fancy tool set for a machinist. But for turning and shaping ideas. Know that sort of thing?"
Tubelynx regards Tss'Renia, "I have ..." blinks a few times, "Kaweco yes, I have a kaweco! But it only came in a fine."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "The 060 nib? For a Sports? I have a medium, but not a broad in spare."
( The pendants look like little golden nautilus shells, with one gem where the eye would be. The red one just looks like a gem. The green one is mostly lit up right now, going dark occasionally when nobody's paying attention to Trisha )
Mako will select two or three nice books and get those from westly. Either with cash or exchange, whatever he's up for. :3 Then wander over to see what other goodies there are....
Tubelynx considers, "I'll try the medium! Anything's better than fine. What do you want for it?"
Niny'ah says, "Mako, you tried the skewers?"
Mako says, "I taught em how to make those. :P"
Tubelynx hmms at Beata. "Writing assistant? Coach? Consultant? Scientist, in the old fashioned sense of the word?"
Westly dips his head to Mako. "Thank you!" He chirps, writing down which books were purchased. He does look a little shifty eyed, and like he was about to ask something...but, doesn't.
Additional Pendants created with number 37223.
Description set.
Home set.
You hand Additional Pendants to Trisha.
Trisha headbobs to Amy, "Thank you." Before stepping aside.
Niny'ah says, "Nice"
Amy bows in return! And examines the crystal she received
Mako says, "The best are the chicken ones with some light grillfrying and then based with the peanut sauce. >:D"
Vahno says, "Ooooh..."
( Amy: You can think of it as the discipline equivalent of good, alchemically pure glass. It's just a material that refines well, absorbs and holds mana well, and can hold and reliably run runes. It's cyan and faintly glows when absorbing mana. )
Mako also takes soem time to peruse amy' stuff. She always likes to se what othrs can come up with
Tss'Renia hands the mid to Tubelynx, "Nothing at all."
Tss'Renia ... medium nib. Wow.
( How it interacts with your flavour of metaphysics is up to you, given the established properties it has. )
Tubelynx accepts it in jaws. "tnnk nh!" and scurries away
Westly watches Tubelynx skitter away, grinning.
Amy plucks it from Tubelynx and puts it in one of her many pockets
Tubelynx returns to Beata!
PatchO'Black appears out of a crowd.
PatchO'Black has arrived.
PatchO'Black mews, "HellO!"
Mako waves to a patchy.
Westly waves to Patchy from his booth, with many books displayed on it.
Attached to the skirt of Trisha's armour are two pendants: Golden nautilus shells, with one gem where the eye would be. The red one is Antitransmutation. The green one is Presence (lighting up based on how much attention is being paid to her, darkening otherwise, flickering if jammed). They were purchased from Amy at the Night Market of 1st June 2026.
Tubelynx says, "Hi Patchy"
Vahno will snag a skewer or two from Mako's stall.
Felyne Trio have set up a popup izakaya. Skewers, noodles and other goodies, juice and beer. There's room for setting up a stall if you want, or visiting various other stalls. (Or make something up, we got npcs!)
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Mako, you have any Baos?"
Beata continues trying to remember what word to use. Like being a scientist, yes. But on the other side....waiit. "Myth. But for operating it, not describing it." Surely there is such a job description. "Witch?" mink looks hopeful. "But not the physical objects."
Felyne Trio's Poka pipes up. "We've got Char siu Bao, a Long Bao, and a herbal one!"
Tubelynx seems flabbergasted enough it tilts its head more than 90 degrees. "...For... operating... a myth? Temple priest? Oracle?"
Vahno says, "Herbal?"
Tubelynx says, "herbal myth!?"
Westly looks longingly over at the Izakaya stall.
Felyne Trio nods. "The same kind of Greenleaf we use in the herbal noodle broth stock. Somewhere between a bok choy, a spinach and a lettuce, but with a high iron content. Good for you!"
Vahno says, "Wanna try one, Niny?"
[OOC] Amy says, "did I miss speaking to anyone? poke me if I did"
Lightspill has disconnected.
Beata's brain is the world's best dictionary and thesaurus. After being put through a coffee grinder. Put through a woodchipper. "Priest.." he rolls the word around in his mouth. "Yes. Like a fancied-up mental toolkit for being a priest."
Amy hmmms. "Well, what would he need for that. Something to remember his home and center himself by, perhaps."
Tubelynx does that, rather, while slowly wandering amongst the stalls.
PatchO'Black mews, "I can't stay long. Anyone want a hug?"
Westly watches the patrons move by, his eyes hooded though he seems like he has a very high awareness of everyone around. He looks at each of the vendors. It's a space port! You should be able to get just about everything here... And he's looking for something a ... little off market.
Beata hugs PatchO'Black!
Borris appears out of a crowd.
Borris has arrived.
Mako Wil lalways take a patchyhug
Borris pats PatchO'Black!
Niny'ah finishes her skewers and discards the empties, and goes over to see if Mako has a stall out
Borris Gruffs, "Patchy, are you going to bed already?"
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "Borris, IC-casual event in progress. Mako's Night Market. are you ICly looking for something to buy"
Featherwing has disconnected.
Borris is carried away when a runaway sputnik rams into him.
Borris has left.
( Westly: It's an interdimensional spaceport! You can get just about anything if you know where to look.... )
Westly figures he'll do that eventually!
Amy, while it's quiet, will trade for a piece of venusian xenotech. More for the material, than actually needing an umbrella. Next she checks out Westly's stand, "Those look nice, do you have that style in blue?"
Mako hey, window shoppers are welcome too....
Westly perks up when he's spoken to. "Oh! This one?" He digs around in his cart a moment. "I do..." He says, holding it up with a grin. "This one's... a journal, but I have more back at the bindery if you want a sketchbook." He says, setting it on the table for Amy.
Amy shakes her head, "No, no, that's perfect!" She fishes for appropriate money.
Westly grins and dips his head, giving a discount on the listed price. "Thank you!" He chirps happily. "I hope it serves you well, if you need more, let me know, yeah?" He says. "Do you want a bag?"
Amy says, "I have plenty of bags, but thanks Westly. Whatcha think? This fair's a bit livelier this year.""
Westly grins and tilts his head. "Not sure! I've not been to one before, but it's been really nice to have a few folks drop by to check out what I've been working on for so long."
Beata anticlimactically would then be heading to the book stall nearby in search of something to make into a Relto. For someone natively six inches tall. To Tubelynx, "A *mumble* *indistinct*, but in thought-form?" Perfectly good piece of kit, both to use or to put out on the metaphorical desk. (get the brain-splat out of the way, come back a little better prepared for the next episode)
Borris pats PatchO'Black, from afar!
Ping yawns a bit.
Ping squeaks, "I need to be getting to bed."
Beata snugs Ping!
Ping hugs you each. "G'night you all."
Westly's pretty sure he could make a tiny book... he has his ways.
Westly waves to Ping. "Rest well!"
Ping snugs Beata!
Beltrami hugs PatchO'Black, from afar!
Mako hugs a ping.
Ping squeaks, "Have fun, you all."
Ping snugs Mako!
Beltrami hugs Vahno, from afar!
PatchO'Black summons his cat basket, and departs for the Rose Garden.
PatchO'Black has left.
Ping is glommed down and swept away by a plastic hippopotamus mouth.
Ping has left.
Tubelynx ohhhhs, "you're looking for *thoughtforms*. Well. Maybe try the elven alley. or, um, the cthulian. I sould probably look for language books.."
Westly adjusts his inventory a little, setting out a few more books. He does pick one up and open it, frowning a little at the way the pages are sitting in the case binding. He does look around again, overhearing about different alleyways... He looks briefly for those, but...stays at his stall for the moment or three..
Vahno says, "THoughtforms?"
Niny'ah says, "tangibly reified ideas that aren't quite objects"
Featherwing has connected.
Finan appears out of a crowd.
Finan has arrived.
Anjali has arrived.
Finan carries Anjali with Finan.
Tubelynx climbs up on a post to look around crocodile dundee style. "Things look a little odder that-a-ways..."
Vahno waves to the newfolk
Anjali boggles quietly as she pads in, but isn't so distracted as to not return the wave
Mako wavers to new arrivals, browsing the stalls...
Anjali waves a wingtip to Amy and tubelynx!
Westly waves to the newcommers! He's got a booth with a bunch of journals and sketchbooks. They're clearly professional, but still hand made.
Finan ... OvO ... as he looks around. He is getting acclimatized to this place and manages to retain his manners and wave back.
Beata scratches her eyebrow. "I'll do that," the mink purrs to the stretch-lynx. Should at least offer to compensate for taking up so much time, yes? "Is there anything I can do for you?" she asks. Is sure Amy&co could use some more (literally) hand-purified Carbon-14, something like that?
Finan nods to Niny'ah as he sees her.
Amy is at her stand peddling stuff! She has mostly magic items. "Anjali! Finan! Hi!" While Tubelynx is exploring.
Trisha gives a polite nod to Anjali and Finan as they pass by.
Niny'ah waves! Directs Finan to the Felyne Trio's cooking stall for munchies before getting to the rest of the market
Niny'ah for her part, starts browsing for booths catering to magic analysis tools.
Finan swivels his ears and radars in on Amy. He scoots over in her direction. "Good evening, Amy. I found a pretty little bird and needed a break from the furnaces." OvO
Anjali wanders along with Finan and lingers near Amy to see what sort of loot she's acquired, though she ear perks toward the mysteries of the food stall!
Felyne Trio have set up a pop up izakaya. Noodles, buns, skewers....
Tubelynx isn't interested in carbon 14! Now that Beata's gotten her thinking about it, she wants to find the weird stuff too. Tubelynx is scurrying for an area where the buildings look a little more like grown masonry than tents and tables.
Mitsuki appears out of a crowd.
Mitsuki has arrived.
Tss'Renia has disconnected.
[OOC] Mitsuki was looking around the Cherry Blossom Gate, oops.
Anjali grins as well as one without teeth can, "ooh, have you got any sort of savory, meaty noodle concoction? The universe needs more things made form noodles"
Mitsuki lopes in, looking around!
Amy has acquired a big weird crystal! And an umbrella made of completely alien materials.
Anjali erms, "What do you take in trade? At the moment all I brought with me are shiny metal coins!"
Amy as she usually does at these things has her stand, [livingstone], selling mostly magic items
Finan is OvO tracking some of the more exotic looking aliens...
Anjali laughs to Amy, "I take it this odd crystal has completely unknown properties? Such is clearly the very best sort one can acquire"!
Felyne-Trio says, "We take coins, materials, barter, neopolis credits, and small metal cubes.""
Amy says, "I *think* it's like jovestone. A nice and isotropic medium. But rather more permanent too, at least the way I'm told they use it. "
Mitsuki scampers from stall to stall, popping upright to peek over various counters. They've brought nothing in their tailbags except for handfuls of armed mousetraps.
Anjali oohss, some of these noodles things seem savory and spicy. She accepts an unreasonably large bowl of thes and offers a generous amount of silver, such as she might at home. "ooh, thank you!" She semes to've brought her own chop stocks
Finan speaks before thinking. "And you can dicover by jove what it is?" OvO
Beata moves on to Westly. Something about *yay* big (smol), good for inking. Loose spine. If they know about the D'ni Art? Something exactly like that. Just in miniature. Conversationally, "Electric ink has its place, but sometimes you need the care that goes into a thing."
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "I wonder if we'd get any of the species from RttS-Verse in this kind of event"
Beata does not know, RttS?
Tss'Renia has connected.
Tss'Renia beep.
Anjali makes enthusiastic but not rude eating noises as she ogles Amy's find, too busy with hands or beak to do any sort of other investigation aside from eyes, "What does a jovestone do here ?"
Mitsuki squeaks and waves!
Westly's got a stall selling hand made books. They may be hand made, but they do look professionally finished. He perks up, and tilts his head to Beata. "I do have a few coptic stitched books..." He selects one of them, and then lays it open, and it lays absolutely flat, thanks to the way it's stitched. "Something like this?" He asks, before he finds a box full of much smaller books. One is two inches tall. "And...I have... these in this size." He says, setting them down as well. "If they're too big, let me know, I can do something more custom."
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "Runaway To The Stars, it's the setting for a webcomic about Being an Outsider, body image and communication problems, and understanding how to connect with your friends. it's also about Sopont AI, multispecies spaces, and rocket science."
[OOC] Patashu says, "if you're in the mood to spoof an NPC that would be interesting"
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "it features a Rocket Engineer, two professional translators (Lesbian married), and a Miscreant"
[OOC] Mako says, "Literally anything is open here, generally."
Amy says, "jovestone's kind of a truly neutral medium. it can ... be hot and cold at the same time? not exactly. but different energies can coexist in it at the same time. you can assmelbe spell in it without them going off until triggered."
[OOC] Niny'ah slides https://www.runawaytothestars.com/comic/rtts-page-1-and-2/?sid=41 Page 1 for Finan and Anjali
Anjali seems infinitely distractible in a good market as she stares at everything everywhere all at once, though without any googly eyes. "Fabulous! Can you extract some of them discretely or do you have to pop the entire store in one fell swoop ?"
[OOC] Anjali says, "Oh! I have seen this before and forgot all about it until just now"
[OOC] Anjali says, "this theme seems quite appropriate just now, even"
Amy says, "You can pop them with key words if you're careful. very good for spell storage. My staff uses something like it."
Anjali eats her noodles with astonishing speed and thoroughness yet wears nor spilsl noen of them
Anjali blinks to Amy as she thinks about the types of jewelry or enchanted devbices that could be made if such a stoen could be cute with care and skill!
( A young girl dressed in neopolis-class(Modern skirt and shirt with flowery jacket) clothing wanders down the paths, pulling one of those wheeled vertical suitcases and sucking on a juice pocket. Despite her appearance several folk seem to unconciously give her a wide berth, till she comes up to Westly's stall, and peers at his books on offer.... )
Westly perks up when his stall is approached. "Hello!" He chirps. "All of these were made by me, and if you don't see one that tickles your fancy, I can make something custom for you!"
Anjali ends up pausing at Westly's stall as well, admiring the binding and paper texture, "Have you got anything which might take an acidic sort of ink but resist water a littlel ?"
Tubelynx fuzzerpillars its way around the border of the less-eludican section. It doesn't seem to be able to cross the boundary, instead wrapping straight past and back from the other direction a couple times, until an acolyte-looking thing in monk robs explains something gutturally and gives it an amulet. Accepting the amulet, Tubelynx winks out.
Beata iRL watched the Mathologer video about the A-series paper, which can get tiny, but it's messed up because the sizes are always in integer mm.
Westly dips his head at Anjali. "I've got some that's water resistant, but I'm not sure about the use of acidic ink..." He hums softly. "Do you have any on you? I've got some spare offcuts and we could try it?"
Finan follows behind Anjali, lookign at the stalls she is. She realizes she looses him at a moment when he sees some intricate gears and equipment. OvO ... He blinks and then looks around before catching up again.
Anjali ear perks to Westly and nodnods, "I do! I have more mundane inks as well. I'm hoping for an art pad or note pad that I can carry outdoors or onboard a ship but not fear for what's in it at the first rain cloud" She rummages in her packs and produces a few little bottles of differnet inks, and grin sove rher shoulder at Finan's expression
Vahno has disconnected.
Bubblepop falls asleep.
( The gears and equipment is a seller of clockwork avionics and systems, some purely mundane, others using a magic kernel to be able to interface with more magical ship systems. Hey, if there's high-tech and full-magic, why not meet in the middle? )
Athares appears out of a crowd.
Athares has arrived.
[OOC] Beata says, "Amused at having to defragment a disk in this day and age. It's the backing store for one of the varied disk emulators."
Westly nods! He then digs around in his little trolley cart, and comes up with a piece of paper that...feels a little unusual. "Here, try it on this..." He says, before checking in with the young girl. "Is there anything you're looking for?" He asks, smiling a little.
[OOC] Mako says, "Guestsign!"
[OOC] Patashu says, "I got em"
[OOC] Mako thumbsup
[OOC] Westly says, "YAY!"
Vahno has connected.
Bubblepop wakes up.
Mitsuki squeak!
( The gears and equipment is a seller of clockwork avionics and systems, some purely mundane, others using a magic kernel to be able to interface with more magical ship systems. Hey, if there's high-tech and full-magic, why not meet in the middle? (re for Vahno and Athares) )
Anjali bounces slightly in place, "Thank you!" She takes the sample and scribbles with the various inks she brought, all strange foreign letters, some sigils, and an amusing little fast sketch of Amy and Finan next to a FOOMPing vial
( The girl lets Anjali go first, perusing the books, and finding one herself, a nice black cover one with red binding.... )
Anjali bows slightly to the little girl and makes space, "Pardon me, I got excited and distracted!"
Westly's got some water resistant paper. It does have a weird texture, but it takes rollerball ink really well. "I've got the resistant paper in lined and unlined, sounds like you're wanting a sketchbook." He says, gesturing towards a few books. "These...have that paper." He taps a few. "These are lined...and these..." He points to a few others. "Are not."
[OOC] Mako says, "And there they go. o.o"
Westly isn't sure about acid based! And it might take a while to other inks to seep into the paper.
[OOC] Anjali says, "Is there a theme music for commerce ? There mus tbe"
[OOC] Anjali says, "*1980s shopping montage with synthy new wave backing music*"
Athares wanders in mostly for curiosity's sake- but with a bag full of clinking jars to barter. He'll wave greetings to friends he sees- but as large as this place is, how long would it be 'till he bumps into folks?
[OOC] Patashu says, "guestgone, only responded once, was anyone expecting one?"
[OOC] Mako says, "Not I"
Tss'Renia bip
Amy has the [Livingstone] stand out. Tubelynx has disappered into one of the weirder corners of the market
[OOC] Finan says, "https://youtu.be/DFI6cV9slfI?si=kf6Mr6iPes6NBUil"
Felyne Trio have a popup izakaya for noodles, buns, skewers, juice and beer.
Westly's selling books himself! He's just got a table and the books out on the top of it. They're all hand made, but...professionally finished.
( The Girl holds up the book to Westly, and then, delicately, sniffs at him. *snfsnf*. "Hmm..... are you hungry?" She says in a soft voice. "What do you take for the books?" )
[OOC] Anjali says, "Exactly!"
Athares is likely to sooner or later wind up heading over to the fellows selling avionics- he's been cracking away at the problem of integrating his native tech with Quodlibetan tech, and that looks like a bucket of inspiration.
Westly tilts his head at the sniffing, before he tilts his head a little. "Always..." He says, even though it's a bit off hand. "Credits and barter." He says, nodding a few times. "I like that book," he says with a bit of a smile. "Some of my favorite colors."
Vahno reaches over... and snags Athares. "You."
[OOC] Mako says, "Guestsign again!"
[OOC] Patashu says, "got em again"
Amy earflickers, was that Athares? He's usually on the trail of something good... She leaves a large jeweled crustacean running her stand for a moment while she checks out the avionics too.
( The avionics vendor is .... no, down here. A therio parrot wearing a 'hi my name is' bird-vest with the name in some script legible only to others of their clan, it seems. "Welcome! Looking for something specific?" )
Anjali perks further to Westly as the inks set, and she picks out a trio of different books from the water resisty paper, one lined, two not, "Do silver and gold coinage work for you " She's already glancing repeatedly at Amy's stand as well. Not rudely, just.. easily drawn by a market
( Therio.. but about twice therio-standard size. Allowances must be made for uplift, it seems. )
Athares perks, is caught! Not that such would stop him but he humors Vahno with a pause, a nod and a smile. "Yes I am. Vahno."
Finan pulls out his coin purse on a chain to hisbelt. He opens it up and prepares to get Anjis purchase.
Westly perks up to Anjali. "Absolutely!" he says with a grin. "I can exchange, but wouldn't want to overcharge. Two silver?" He says, raising his eyebrows a bit.
Tss'Renia is a tired beep, wavies to everyone.
Westly waves to Tss'Renia!
Tss'Renia floats up and disappears into an invisible portal
Tss'Renia has left.
Featherwing has disconnected.
Finan grins and puts down 3 silver. "Two for the purchase and one to say no when she protests my getting it!" ;)
( The Girl gives a slight nod to Westly, and waits her turn. )
Beata is picking up graduation gifts for some of the Mink horde. One tiny book, 20x12mm or so, for a diminutive Explorer. A referal to an Another section of the market. And a, what would you call it, an object of a *personal* nature? Won't go into detail about that one, just that graduation is involved and it's an elective course of study.
Anjali grins over to Finan slightly, not to guiltily, she's learned to accept it with grace, "That would be lovely. Do you write or art, yourself ?" Anji squeezes against the falcon slightly, "It's important to respect your cultural norms to a degree!"
Vahno says, "How's you Athares?"
Westly grins and dips his head. "Do enjoy then!" he says, taking the coins, slipping them into his pocket. "If you want another, my card's tucked in the back." He perks a bit. "Me? Or..?" He looks to Finan and then inclines his head that way.
Finan says, "I am a good draftsman. You have seen my blueprints." OvO "
Anjali pauses for the little girl to have her time slice before answering, "You! I'm used to making my own tools, and so I actually have a number of nice pens that havne't been used yet"
[OOC] Vahno says, "Guest!"
Amy doubletakes as the proprietor turns out to be a large parrot. "...Oh! Uh. --Is that a dynamic mode converter? I've heard about those but never seen one." a bit of technobabble for bridging different kinds of systems
Anjali nodnods to Finan, "And with a steady hand even without armatures and straight edges!"
Westly smiles, standing up straighter. "I'm both, artist and a writer." He says, looking proud of himself. "I've...got a lot of books I've written in and...really like brown and red inks..." he chuckles softly.
Athares will possibly lead Vahno along if she wants to follow him, greeting the parrot on the- wait, no. Nah, these components aren't off stolen ships, presumably. "Greetings. In this case, not anything specific; I'm looking for converters I haven't seen before, any suitable for advanced thaumaturgical cybernetics." And to Vahno, "More busy than I'd hoped- but I still have time to explore this place, maybe next time I'll open an actual stall instead of just bringing salsa to barter." He smiles a bit.
Beata's own hand is, if sincere, still rubbish after years.
Athares looks over, also nods to Amy. "And greetings to you."
( The Girl pulls her luggage out in front of her and begins comically rummaging through it. She then pauses, and leans in to sniff delicately at Westly again a few times, and eventually produces several of those foil juice packet things, which she offers up to him. They have a cartoony bat mascot with a bat-winged tomato on them and (faux?) hazard striping. )
Anjali does a bit of rummaging in her packs and offers a few different pens for Westly to examine. They're artfully but practically carved, one of some sort of wood, two bone, one of some gunmetal grey stone. All the kind you'd dip into ink
( "Amy Lynx? Your magework is well-regarded in my clan for its thoughtfulness." They're using a lightly modified mindteeth, which Amy would probably recognize right off. They hop up to the display case. "It is! Clan's own design, with increemental input cogs with anti-backlash gearing..." The conversation probably trails off for several minutes in that vein, the technobabble thick and impenetrable to any bot already in the know. )
Anjali pauses and blinks, watching the child
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "Did You That anti-backlash gears are a real thing"
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "they're used in the drivetrains of ultra-precise gear drives like the laser head of a CD player"
( To any NOT* already etc )
[OOC] Mako says, "Vahno:Ye, Pata said they got it. I hope."
Athares, listening in to Amy's conversation with the merchant. He thought he might have to pay for this info.
Westly's attention is drawn to the juice packets, and he looks around. "Is that...?" He asks the girl, blinking owlishly a few times, his green eyes wide. He dips his head to Anjali, "I'll...be just a moment," he says with a bit of a embarrassed laugh.
Amy earflutters! Not often she's recognized in the wild. "Um, yes! Thank you! And you? Please to meet you. You've adapted the mindteeth! Balance point on the neck makes sense. How much for this device? Hi Athares."
Mitsuki falls asleep.
Anjali peeps and seems gently amused, and leaves the pens on the table for now, wandering over to peer at gears, steam devices, smokeless burners, and fancy gadgetry witrh Finan for a few moments
[OOC] Mako says, "And there they go again..."
( The parrot merchant lists a price that sounds pretty hefty, but it *is* some highly complex tight-tolerance engineering at work. They produce a standard business card from *somewhere*. It's actually a short-range portal spell with one end in their vest, the other in a stack of cards under the counter. )
[OOC] Patashu says, "guest1 left with no message"
[OOC] Mako says, "How odd."
Amy takes the card. She'll need to return to her stand to get some more cash. "I'll get it, but you'll have to wait a moment." About the same moment tubelynx returns for the same. She's going to leave the fair poorer than she came despite her sales, but regardless, still a good night. The money is just a bonus, she comes to these things for .. fate. serendepity. knowledge. and other such cliches
Finan is typical Finan. He is sitting at a kiosk with tons of modern electrical components, computer chips, fiber optic cable. He shows her a box of well made vaccume tubes, heavy resisters and copper wire... ^v^
Anjali tips her ears at uncertain directions as she picks up different selections of the gadgetry to turn about and look over. She recognizes the copper, at least. "What interesting artifacts!"
( "Quite fine quite fine!" The mode converter gets a card tucked into the corner of the case with 'Reserved', and the parrot's attention pivots to Athares. )
[OOC] Vahno is passing out...
Finan is fishing a pair of calipers from Anjalis bag of holding on his hip. He is soon measuring and locked in OvO. He starts parting with coin. "Save me tht time of fabricating them myself."
Beata yawny. Squeaks to Vahno.
Anjali grins impishly while he's all distracted and slips a silver coin or two into his pile while he's distracted, which is essentially the only time she can accomplish such things
Vahno pets Beata.
Athares while Amy's off will also try to get a card from the parrot merchant; he literally just brought salsa to barter, not expecting to make major purchases here. "I'm actually not sure I can afford most of this even if I took a moment to go home." If this were an anime, that'd be a sweatdrop emoji. "However, I should have much more to offer at a later time. I'm not sure if you do schematic trades? I should have much more to offer another day.""
[OOC] Athares says, "I should've reread that again before sending it, ah well"
[OOC] Anjali says, "I know this pain well!"
( Birdish headtilt in thought. There's some magic-enhanced radio traffic, then, "I think we can arrange such. What format are your blueprints in?" )
Amy returns to finish the purchase! No more from her tonight. She has the widget, and a very odd book, and that will do.
Anjali sidles up to Amy once she's wandered back from her shopping and kees. She offers over a small wooden casket covered in small, fanciful beach cues. "I brought you something, though not for trade"
( Amy's made the parrot quite pleased about the sale. It's a good bit of equipment and should serve well. )
[OOC] Anjali also ear flats at what the clock displays. She should have roused herself earlier
[OOC] Mako says, "No worries. Thansk for coming out."
[OOC] Anjali says, "Now I know that the night market exists and has interesting things!"
( The Girl nods to Westly. "Trade ya." )
[OOC] Mako says, "I run it... uh.. .every couple of years but can do it more if htere's interest. It's meant for traders, and advertising upcoming plots"
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "it's an Occasional thing"
Amy accepts the casket! "Oh, thank you. Um, what is it?"
[OOC] Mako says, "I firmly regret missing when Lightspill (I think it was lightspill) had something about flying tower roofs at the first one."
Athares tailswishes. "I keep them as both neural parcels and digital CAD files. I might not have much material right now, but I do have a sizable and growing collection of artifice plans you likely haven't seen anywhere else."
Westly nods enthusiastically. "Where...did you get this?" he asks, reaching out for them, before, if she allows, putting them directly into his pockets. "I... have... had a hell of a time finding anything like this..." He says with a little laugh, before frowning, digging through his pockets, finding his dark smoked glasses, slipping them on.
Anjali smiles and makes a vague opening gesture with her hands, "I made another of the knife sharpening crab golem-lets and thought you might like one!"
[OOC] Finan says, "Let me know when its happening. I will hopefully be more active."
[OOC] Mako says, "There'll always be a rpread post at least a week in advance"
( More bird headtilt, more magic radio traffic. "CAD files I can do. One moment." The parrot hops around a privacy screen int he back of the market stall and there's a Shimmering Sensation of a long range portal of similar magic-make as the devices on display. They return with a technomagical illusion catalog of devices that Athares can page through. )
Amy opens it up! "Ohhh! Thank you! o_o That is a good idea. Heheh, I'll have to warn Hackrey"
Niny'ah says, "Oh, Anjali! It's been a bit, did you figure out that Pantograph idea for micro-runes?"
Anjali giggles to Amy, "As long as he doesn't act too knife like it should be fine. Just.. just don't leave it among the spoons." It looks like a palm sized lozeng of some nebulously ceramic/bone like something when not deployed, seamless, slightly heavy, and artfully edged with rows of tiny hieratic letters around the unseen limbs.
Amy says, "Now I have to put it among the spoons. o_o"
Finan smiles. "It works quite efficiently. Unfortunately my butter knives are fit for surgery now.
Elaraea snicker
Anjali perks up to Niny'ah and grins widely, "I did, at the suggestions you had about getting depth and direction were accurate! In fact I used the technique a little to make a few things!" She gestures toward the tiny thing she just gave Amy
Niny'ah says, "very nice. I'm glad that idea helped."
Anjali advises Amy, "They may become lethally sharp.. it's still not so smart about what edges should be left dull"
( The girl smiles, just a little, to Westly. "All where you look. I'll find you again, I think." And stuffs the book she bought into her luggage. )
Anjali hugs Finan and waves to everybody, "Goodnight, all. Happy Marketing!" She also smiles to Niny'ah, "I haven't worked on the engine further, I've been distracted with golemcraft for a while!"
Westly tilts his head a little, and though his lashes can be seen blinking behind the dark glasses, the color of them is impossible to tell. He then nods a few times. "I'll...keep an eye out for you then...I'm happy to trade more." He says, biting his lower lip. "Thank you... you've...probably saved me." He says with a little laugh.
Mako earticks to Anjali. "Remind me some other time to ask about that, I've done some golemancy before...
Anjali bounces once or twice on her paws and nods to Mako, "About what I gave Amy or just in general ?"
Mako says, "In genreal"
Mako er, general
Amy turns the little golem over and over and carefully packs it back away! "I think I'm hitting my limit too...
Finan says, "Anjali left a golem in my knife drawer. It is precious to me now." ;)"
Anjali writes a note to herself briefly on a little slate slab with a talon tip as she nods to Mako!
Mako says, "I will have to show you the pooka. And Tamiko. And the Golem Body.."
Anjali kees to Finan, "fortunately they don't go a-wandering from their place!"
Anjali blinks to Mako. She is very curious indeed, now, especially because making any of substantial size or complexity is taxing in several ways, and takes many weeks!
Vahno says, "Golem body?"
Anjali waves to everybody and snugs Finan before launching herself skyward
Anjali is glommed down and swept away by a plastic hippopotamus mouth.
Anjali has left.
Mako flails at Vahno. "You've seen it!"
Athares earflares and watches, politely accepting the illusory catalog- so long as the data is real, the rest is window dressing. He'll quickly flip through it, that signature 'synth memorizing it pretending to be an organic skimming it' move. After a moment, he'll swish his tail forward and conjure above it an image of what looks like something between a vacuum chamber and a boiler, an explodable diagram and interactable. He'll take it between his hands to demonstrate; it's specifications for a rechargable battery meant to store the quintessence of fire potential, both in terms of heat and al/chemical reaction. "A simple sample of something common and reliable. If you're curious, I'm willing to show other examples." He'll provide all the specs, not hiding anything- it's easy to get the impression that he's not really too concerned with value and appraisal and honestly would rather just share all the data both ways, but this is a market and trading is the custom here.
( The offer in turn is rotated and examined with that peculiar twitching manner of an interested bird, with more radio traffic. A deal will be struck, details between the parrot and Athares. Athares is also offered the catalog as a trade-widget in its own right. )
Kandra appears out of a crowd.
Kandra has arrived.
Kandra skitters, chasing after Niny'ah! And Nina, and ... et al.
Kandra oh Nina isn't here
[OOC] Kandra didn't even register that there was a market. >.<; She was busy being miserable from going out.
Westly's got a stall where he's offering the books he's made. He's been chatting with a girl who has bartered for a book!
Felyne Trio has a pop up izakaya snackery. Several dwarves are now busy getting sloshed after work, while at least one elf is enjoying the soup....
Kandra promptly gets lost and wanders for a while, pausing to look at clothes and fabric, jewelry and crafted trinkets and plants and seeds. Also she'll buy a donut or some kind of similar tasty thing. ...Is there any chance she could find someone selling something that can accumulate and store magical energy?
[OOC] Mako says, "This feels like a very Spin kind of thing to say. :P https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/a-leap-of-logic"
[OOC] Niny'ah says, ".... yes."
Athares gladly accepts, giving it a closer look; if it's suitable for exchanging data through that portal link, this'll be a gift that keeps on giving. If not, he'll share his own contact details; he might live in the middle of nowhere but he does have network access. The battery indeed was a simple example; he's got an array of pieces he's been working on for energy and material transmutation and assembly; that probably tips his hand on what he's actually looking to do with this- not that he planned to keep it secret. He's slowly gathering the parts he needs to resurrect a nook of Xedwan style industry out in the desert, brought up to Quodlibetan standards by fusing these tech bases together. But, that's for the future. For now, gratitude shared over a deal made, he'll wish the bird well and, at the very least ask if the parrot would like some salsa just to try if nothing else. Either way, he's got a bundle of jars to trade still so je
Athares says, "-so he'll be off somewhere more casual to barter with them."
[OOC] Athares says, "Darnit"
Athares-so he'll be off somewhere more casual to barter with them.
[OOC] Athares says, "There"
( The parrot hops up to elbow-level somewhere on their stall to 'shake hands' with Athares. "That would be grand, please!" )
[OOC] Amy says, "goodnight all"
Amy goes home.
Amy has left.
[OOC] Finan says, "Skee skees to AMy"
[OOC] Westly waves! "Have a great oops."
[OOC] Kandra oops
Finan looks to westly. "She is too fast. Downhill Skeeing on my part."
[OOC] Mako says, "I mean, it IS 1am. This si why I didn't dictate a specific stop time. Stuff liek this is more a "We go till we fall over. :P""
Westly nods a few times.
[OOC] Kandra rubs her face and throat. how do I stop feeling like I've upset everyone all the time. >.>
[OOC] Westly loves it. He's doing some data entry stuff, so...it's been good. :3
[OOC] Beata says, "It is bedprep time."
Vahno has disconnected.
Bubblepop falls asleep.
Mitsuki wakes up.
Athares will shake on it. Hands? Maybe tail-to-wing? That's one way to shake hands with no hands involved. And heck, since his trial balloon of 'are gifts considered acceptable' turned up positive he'll just fetch a jar for the parrot and set it down with a bag of corn chips. The jar's a standard mason jar with a self-made label, Sunspot Salsa. It's medium heat, a kick to taste but not too much for a crowd. Rich on onion, red onion, yellow onion, an unusual choice to throw in a small bit of sauteed onion for a sweet note with the lime and a bit of avocado putting a spot of (relative) chill in the pepper's heat.

A large crane gently grabs you, pulls you towards a large plastic partition, and drops you into the prize bin. You roll to someplace out of the muck.

( Birds do the feet-hands thing, especially parrots! )
--- DISCONNECTED
--- CONNECTED
Westly starts packing his things up. He's pretty stoked with his sales today, glad to go home several books lighter. He puts his table up, and... waves to the rest of the people. "Have a good time everyone!"
Athares accepts all the same, still no hands involved. There is the question of how the parrot will open the jar and where it'll be stored but he figures if this parrot has some means to set up this shop and get all this merchandise in order the means will be available. "Feel free to stop by my parcel in Copperton if you visit Quodlibet; I might live in the middle of a desert but I don't mind guests.
Mako says, "Thanks for coming out~"
Westly grins and dips his head, before he hurries home!
Westly wanders into the crowd by the gateway and vanishes from sight.
Westly has left.
( "Noted! I will be in touch." )
_Ravel appears out of a crowd.
_Ravel has arrived.
_Ravel careens in, driving the plastic powerwheels firetruck, pulling a wagon several times its size! Assorted mustelids hang out the windows or cling to the roof. The radio is playing Vengabus.
Lightspill has connected.
[OOC] Kandra says, "so, *could* she find such a thing? >.>"
[OOC] Mako says, "In general you should be able to find almost anything in the market, although for what price is up for debate."
Kandra jumps, almost stumbling and dropping her half-eaten food! She does, however, succeed at the Reflex save to not get bowled over as Ravel zips by. 'U-uhhh-" Whoah, that's kind of adorable. ...oh they're gone. o.o;
Mako blinks. The Felynes begin prepping more food! "The Vengabus is coming. THE VENGABUS IS COMING!!!! @.@"
Athares carries on, looking pleased- ah, but he was late to show up in the first place and the market's namesake night won't last forever will it? Anyone familiar running a food shop? If not, he's likely to browse about, trading his bunch of salsa for a smaller bit of various samples of various culinary cultures before bidding farewell to- ah, Amy and Vahno have parted, so... He's musing all the while, once he gets some skill on cooking to terragen tastes, maybe he'll try porting Xedwan recipes over to the terragen tastes and ingredients.
Niny'ah . o O ( Weeo weeo )
_Ravel's Ferret Wagon skids to a stop. Mustelids disembark and, apparently misunderstanding the point of a market, skitter around trying to foist little takeout boxes of food off on random bystanders. Or, failing that, hiding them in bags and pockets.
[OOC] Mako suddenly flashing back to a thing where someone took teh vengabus theme, put it in a minor key, and made the most threatening dance song ever.
[OOC] _Ravel chortles
[OOC] _Ravel says, "Is this it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kaz4OfMK0M"
Athares smirks a bit at Ravel's entry, but indeed- oooh. He'll leave Ravel one last jar of Salsa before scooting. Maybe the spirit of trade? More likely just spreading the joy of new food to try in turn. "Thank you." But past that, he'll give a nod and thanks to Mako as well for putting up the rift and having us over here. "It's been a pleasure." And, 'till next time!
Mako has connected.
[OOC] Mako says, "Oof, connectionbibble"
[OOC] Mako says, "Not that link but same idea."
[OOC] Athares isn't sure if you saw my last pose, so- thanks for hosting this!
[OOC] Athares and with that, scoots
Athares wanders into the crowd by the gateway and vanishes from sight.
Athares has left.
( Several stoats and a much larger fishercat get distracted and chase each other in circles around Kandra. They came here with a mission! At least a little bit! )
Finan has disconnected.
Lightspill has disconnected.
Kandra blinks rapidly at the mustelids. "Um... hi?" o.o;
_Ravel approaches Mako and holds up a paperboard takeout box! They look so proud. :3
( The fishercat stops, languidly looking up and blinking at Kandra. "Hii- gack!" the stoats collide and bowl them over. )
Mako has disconnected.
Elaraea soundboards bowling pins clattering
[OOC] Mako says, "oog, okay back"
Mako says, "One vry large meal order to go?""
_Ravel bounces slightly in place. "It's for you! We bring gifts!"
Mako oho? She peers in the box? o.o
_Ravel has brought... Slightly bizarre food. It's kinda like fruit compote, but made of engineered plums that're entirely fatty muscle tissue instead of plant. It's hard to tell if it's meant to be dessert or some sort of meaty stew.
Niny'ah . o O ( Gravy Leather )
Patashu woah.
Niny'ah . o O ( ok that sounds Bad )
Mako huuh. "Where's this from? Looks intersting."
_Ravel wiggles their tail. "We made it! Huge cauldron and everything!"
_Ravel says, sounding very proud, "We used a crane."
Mako ooh. That makes it more interesting!
Mako will sample some, but it may be a bit late for too much experimentation on her part. "Does... does this reheat? >.>"
_Ravel says, "Hmm. Probably!"
Kandra blinks a little at the fishercat. "...do I know you?" She looks like she's hesitant to take a step for fear of stepping on one of the creatures.\
( Most of the nearby tiny creatures are conveniently entangled with the fisher. They try to look casual while excavating themself out from under the pileup of stoats. "No, I don't believe so." )
Mako says, "Can I intrest any of you in snacks while you're here? We also have many other stalls in the market, depending on what you're after. :3"
_Ravel perks ears. The attention of innumerable weaselkin -- well, like, a dozen or so -- is drawn. "Snacks?" one says, licking their nose.
Felyne Trio start setting out skewers. And dumplings. And noodles. "There's also stalls with candy, cookies, and shiny things. The last one of those may not be edible. May. o.o"
Kandra blinks, and nods a little. She ... cautiously steps around them, and continues wandering. o.o;
( Ravenous weasel sounds ensue. The horror! There is little success in eating shiny things, but they have fun trying anyway. )
[OOC] Mako says, "I fear my eyes are now on fire, I need to go lie down. x.x"
[OOC] _Ravel says, "Nanite!"
[OOC] Mako hugs people what like hugs, thanks for coming out. Continue to enjoy the market if you like, the gate will remain here a while.
Mako has disconnected.
Felyne Trio falls asleep.
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Night Market 2026

2026-06-02T05:53:27Z

Patashu: Created page with "<syntaxhighlight lang="text" line="1"> Mako shouts "Bingeley Bongeley Beep! The mists draw in, the evening rises, the Night Market Gats appear in the PI Spaceport . t #29408 and enter the gates! (This message may repeat)" (Public-shout) You feel a wrenching sensation... Spaceport(#29408RLJA) Right on the edge of the disc is the Patashu Industries Base spaceport. Due to the unique geometry of Spindizzy, it's much more like a traditional airport than you'd expect - runway..."

2026 Oneshots

2026-06-02T05:52:58Z

Patashu:

[[City Hall Office Hours!]]

[[Mayoral Kidnapping - Mech Kart]]

[[May 4, 2026 Plot Workshop|May 4 2026 - Plot Workshop]]

[[Springboard Threat Part I]]

[[Night Market 2026]]

Mayoral Kidnapping - Mech Kart

2026-04-26T03:11:52Z

Patashu: Created page with "<syntaxhighlight lang="text" line="1"> rpread 32 32. From: Krasudreal On: 2026-04-22 18:33:13 This post will expire on: 2026-06-21 18:33:13 -- 56 days and 22 hours from now. Subject: 2026-04-25 Saturday 1800 server time - Planning for Strategic Relocation of Mayoral Office Resources City Hall Office hours on 2026-04-20 Monday was insufficient to handle all mayoral proposals... Krasudreal invites the Mayor, the Vice and the public to... "Discuss"... Further matters. M..."

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32. From: Krasudreal
On: 2026-04-22 18:33:13
This post will expire on: 2026-06-21 18:33:13 -- 56 days and 22 hours from now.
Subject: 2026-04-25 Saturday 1800 server time - Planning for Strategic Relocation of Mayoral Office Resources

City Hall Office hours on 2026-04-20 Monday was insufficient to handle all mayoral proposals... Krasudreal invites the Mayor, the Vice and the public to... "Discuss"... Further matters.
Meeting location will be at the destructible city, whose coordinates are S3 E8. Members of the public should bring their own snacks and drinks.
Be advised that members of the public will be seated at the dirigible floating above the destructible city.
.. Nothing weird is going on, don't worry about it. See you there!

Done.

Krasudreal shouts "Please come to S3 E8 (the destructible city) for the Planning for Strategic Relocation of Mayoral Office Resources that is scheduled to happen in about 30 minutes. This surely is not a front for anything else." (Public-shout)
[OOC] Vahno says, "When we were fighting Ashrikess."
You rumble, "Oh here we go~"
luge s3 e8
You sit on a street luge (it resembles a long skateboard) and zip directly there!
Destructible City - S3 E8(#261RLJ)
This appears at first glance to be a bustling modern city on the edge of the Glimmersea -- but under the slightest scrutiny, there's clearly some manner of fakery.
The first sign is that the city is surprisingly small. Oh, *within* a particular region, it might look more-or-less realistic, and the illusion is helped by the fact that it isn't really on a grid, so you can't see very far. But as a whole, each individual district is practically toy-sized, only a few blocks wide.
Self-driving cars are driving this way and that, and holograms of civilians of every species are wandering around aimlessly; this presents the illusion of bustling, just enough that it doesn't seem empty and uninhabited, but it's clearly not real.
There are warning signs on the outskirts which say "WARNING: Battle area. Not for habitation! Do not enter if a battle is in progress!"; if you do enter anyway, Patashu Industries-manufactured robots will keep people out if they try to set up shops or homes in here. Kobolds and automated repair machinery are also at the ready, six hours after the battle is done, to start fixing everything and putting it back together! (Don't worry, they'll safely flee if you start doing damage again while they're in the middle of repairs.)
CITY HP: 10000/10000. Will you [break] the city?
A purple and gold blimp flies above the city whenever there's action going on, from which people can safely watch, as well as camera-drones.
The daylight is upon us, dim still, and grey clouds block out the sky. Even if there were a sun, it would be invisible. It's 6:00 AM.

Obvious Exits:
[E]ast, [N]orth, [S]outh, [S]pectator's [B]limp, [U]p, and [W]est
Contents: Krasudreal, Construction-Proxy, and N-Stage
## There are possible hidden listeners here.
Tss'Renia zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Tss'Renia has arrived.
Teo zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Teo has arrived.
Niny'ah zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Niny'ah has arrived.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I am the opposite of procrastination."
Mraustrae zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Mraustrae has arrived.
Vahno zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Vahno has arrived.
Mako zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Mako has arrived.
Mako will get her player showered before showtime fast.
[OOC] Krasudreal says, "oh wait I need to shower!"
[OOC] Construction-Proxy's brain is just going 'no' for some reason 8D
[OOC] Tss'Renia looks at memory use... 4.2gb. :eyes:
[OOC] Tss'Renia looks at unused ram. 60gb. :eyes:
Nina arrives on a street luge made of shadowy glitches shadow as if it was a skateboard.
Nina has arrived.
Nina meerm z.z
[OOC] Krasudreal says, "Oki, back"
[OOC] Patashu wib
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "I'm getting pulled to dinner in 5"
Krasudreal shouts "Please come to S3 E8 (the destructible city) for the Planning for Strategic Relocation of Mayoral Office Resources that is scheduled to happen in about 15 minutes. This surely is not a front for anything else." (Public-shout)
Patashu vibrate :3
[OOC] Krasudreal says, "probably the last shout I'll do?"
Amy zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Amy has arrived.
Tss'Renia hugs Patashu, mmmmmm. Comforting.
Patashu stage whispers to Reni, "Do we know what we're in for?" Hugging back.
[Teo just looked in your direction! (Female Raiju)]
Teo picks a spot on Patashu to recline against.
Patashu nosebumps Teo, wag.
Tss'Renia stage whispers back, "I think this is the part where we get kidnapped.
Patashu goes 'oooh'.
Jill-Annie zips out of a portal of greenish evil energy! Street luging.
Jill-Annie has arrived.
Kandra zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Kandra has arrived.
Kandra peek o.o;
Nina mew Kandra
Featherwing zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Featherwing has arrived.
Nina mew Featherwing
Featherwing rar Nina. ^w^
Krasudreal prrbs, "Alright, everyone ready...?"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Ready."
Krasudreal prrbs, "Or do I need to delay things for people to be ready?"
Nina says, "I mean, it's you, Renia, and Pata's show!"
You rumble, "I'm ready when you are."
Jill-Annie smiles thinly.
Vahno says, "I need to use the restroom real quick, but don't wait on me."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I have no idea if I am actually being kidnapped, but, that is my feel."
Nina gigglesnickers.
Jill-Annie hides a chuckle behind her mouth.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "My B: drive is funnel seeking."
Mraustrae prrbs, "Members of the public, please move to the spectator's blimp. The Mayor and the Vice shall remain behind..."
Aurora has arrived.
Nina gestures to the 'sb' exit!
Aurora boards the spectator's blimp.
Aurora has left.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Aurora has arrived.
Mraustrae boards the spectator's blimp.
Mraustrae has left.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Mraustrae arrives from outside.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Mraustrae has arrived.
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "Is this going to make puppet spam? Yeah? Ah damn."
Nina boards the spectator's blimp.
Nina has left.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Nina arrives from outside.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Nina has arrived.
Mako ooof back
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Aurora teleports away.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Aurora has left.
Teo boards the spectator's blimp.
Teo has left.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Teo arrives from outside.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Teo has arrived.
Ravio has teleported in.
Ravio has arrived.
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "She is with us in spirit."
[OOC] Krasudreal says, "She is with us in spirit"
Patashu gestures Ravio to the spectator's blimp!
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Nina mew!
Krasudreal prrbs, "Ah, please join the public in the Spectator's Blimp"
Ravio oh!
Ravio boards the spectator's blimp.
Ravio has left.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Ravio arrives from outside.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Ravio has arrived.
Amy boards the spectator's blimp.
Amy has left.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Amy arrives from outside.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Amy has arrived.
Jill-Annie boards the spectator's blimp.
Jill-Annie has left.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Jill-Annie arrives from outside.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Jill-Annie has arrived.
Featherwing boards the spectator's blimp.
Featherwing has left.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Featherwing arrives from outside.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Featherwing has arrived.
Kandra boards the spectator's blimp.
Kandra has left.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Kandra arrives from outside.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Kandra has arrived.
Krasudreal prrbs, "Well, that's good enough"
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Mraustrae offers tea and biscuits to those who didn't bring their own snacks and drinks.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Nina munch. :3
Krasudreal prrbs, "So, about that planning..."
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Jill-Annie stands close to a window, looking ... tempted.
Patashu mhmh?
Krasudreal prrbs, "Consider yourselves kidnapped! This was all a ploy! Your mayoral resources will be relocated! And put to use! Witness!"
Patashu gasps! Oh nooo!
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Nina gigglesnickers.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Oh nooooo."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "If only I could have planned this ahead of time and made a will."
Krasudreal snaps their fingers and a large number of drones (of quite large size) flies over. They collectively carry into the city five massive karts, each of them at least five times as large in all dimensions than a normal kart, far larger than a normal car! They are large enough that three road lanes are like a single lane for them. Alongside that, a massive package gets droped, draped in cloth... The cloth slides off, revealing a massive wooden mech with the likeness of Krasudreal themselves!
Patashu oh *ho*? What do we have here... :3c
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Jill-Annie raises her eyebrows.
Krasudreal prrbs, "Last time I put the Mayor and the Vice to play mech dodgeball and lost... This time will be different!"
Krasudreal prrbs, "Welcome... To mech Kart!"
You rumble, "Your budget's been going up! I approve, of course!"
Krasudreal prrbs, "You may have noticed that there's... Five Karts. Not three."
Krasudreal prrbs, "Oh, my accomplices! Come forth! The time has come!"
You rumble, "OohOhh, this is how you're going to win this time... The power of friendship! Curses!"
Krasudreal prrbs, "Yes, of course..."
( Another mech bursts out of a nearby building's garage, this one painted rather simply with splashes of green and white. "Of course! This time you're not gonna win!" )
break 5
Patashu did 5 damage to Destructible City, reducing its integrity to 9995!
Patashu stage whispers to Reni, "So how much experience do you have kart racing."
Krasudreal gives a thumbs up to the mech! "That's right! And with our last accomplice, you will be outnumbered this time!"
Tss'Renia grabs a spraycan out from hammerspace and draws something blurry where the damage is. "This is a Christian server, they will have to fix that up prompto."
Mako clunkclunkclunkclunkwhirrrrrrrrrrrrr....... A suit of samurai looking armor in a lotus position whirrs around the corner, bonks into a streetlight, and comes whizzing forward. @.@
Patashu gasps! "Mako! How could youuu?"
Krasudreal prrbs, "Mako is actually a veteran, to be fair, has been my accomplice for as long as I have been doing this."
Mako, sitting inside the chest of the armor. "Easy! I did this last year too!"
You rumble, "Yeah I guess this narrative throughline doesn't work very well."
You rumble, "Mako! How could youuu again?"
Mako says, "Easy! It's funny! And fun!"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I am a bit of a lead foot."
Patashu grins toothily!
Vahno says, "Construction materials will not help you here."
Mako says, "Look at it this way, we didn't have to get the sack to relocate your assets! :P"
You rumble, "Yeah I noticed the process is streamlined now. I approve. :3"
You rumble, "So! Do we need to get in mechs that THEMSELVES drive the karts? Am I getting that right?"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "We are frigging robots, that will drive mechs, that will drive karts?"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Docker really went too far."
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Jill-Annie laughs out loud.
Krasudreal prrbs, "Alright, here's how this is going to work. We will race in these mech karts on the areas that were the largest looping six-lane roads. Everywhere else is either too small to fit in, or has been blocked off. Whichever team gets destroyed first loses. But! If anyone on a team laps three times first, the karts of the OTHER team will EXPLODE."
Patashu cheers!
Krasudreal prrbs, "Also, you do need to provide your own mechs. Otherwise it won't be as fun."
You rumble, "Great! Reni, do you have one prepared or am I spotting you?"
Mako says, "I mean, technically I think reni and pata may count as thier own vehicles, but I'm not picky. :P"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Despite being full of circuits, I like SPACE machinery, not ground heavy machinery as much. I would need a mech, yes please, and the API and model file to use it."
Krasudreal prrbs, "Finally, there's some extras, else this wouldn't be as fun, right?"
Krasudreal gestures and a few drones appear, carrying quite large crates each, which opens to show items within, "Behold! These will be within reach through the track. Just reach out and grab them. There's a pletora of items that you can get, for example..." they gesture towards a blue rocket "The blue rocket is a homing rocket locked on the frontmost individual, using it on the front slot will launch the rocket forward, making the rocket follow the race track in the correct direction. Using it in the rear slot the rocket will fly in the reverse direction of the track... But will still home into the frontmost racer!" they then gesture to a red cylinder, with the image of a maxed out speedometer on it "This is a boost charge, using it on the rear slot will propel your kart into incredible speeds, while using it on front slot will cause your kart to hover temporarialy! Keep in mind that the way out of the track will still be blocked." they then gesture to a spherical black object "This is a bomb. Just throw it and it will explode on impact. But, if you use it on your rear slot you will place a mine. Using it on the front slot also places a mine... Right in front of you." they finally gesture to... A gun "And this is a mech-sized light machine gun. Just point and shoot! I am sure it will be fine."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Thank the elders we live in a post-scarcity society, I would have had a fit at the inefficiency of this otherwise."
Patashu high fives Reni. Exactly :3c
Mako says, "What's the point of living in a space like this if you can't be Stupid about it? ;p"
[OOC] Niny'ah return!
You rumble, "Now then. I got some great mechs for us!. ... UHhh. Hold on. ... I think I do. ... I thought I did. ... Wow, those maintenance cycles lined up really badly. ... OKAY, what we do have is. We have a bunch of pokemon mech suits for use in the Pokemon Adventure Park. They'll do fine. :x Reni, would you like Delphox or Charizard?"
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Teo giggles. "Kart racing is definitely a great pasttime. I'm a big fan of the whole kayfabe around how Ring Racers did it."
Vahno says, "Yeah! Let's blow stuff up!"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Charizard, I have high enough level. Plenty of bitching to go about too."
Vahno tries to swipe a bomb from one of the drones to cause pre-race chaos...
You rumble, "Great, guess I'm piloting a Delphox."
( the bomb is swiped as people are turned away and distracted... )
Krasudreal's mech reaches out to Krasudreal, picking them up, before loading them into the mech itself through one of the ears. The mech then takes the frontmost Kart. "The Mayor shall be placed 4th, and the Vice 5th in the starting positions."
Patashu looks off into the distance as two Patashu Industries branded dropships fly in and descend behind us, blowing dust outwards from the thrusters...
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Without my glasses it looked like a space chicken, and I mostly remember the first 151 pokemons."
Vahno says, "Can I go first~?"
Niny'ah boards the spectator's blimp.
Niny'ah has left.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Niny'ah arrives from outside.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Niny'ah has arrived.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Niny'ah distributes popcorn
Krasudreal's mech swaps into the second place, "Sure. I make the rules anyways."
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Nina munches on that, too!
Tss'Renia looks about as normal as always
( Lowered out from the dropships' cargo bays in chains are a pair of pokemon mech suits. One Delphox, one Charizard. In typical PI fashion, despite being intended for just adventure park usage, they're durable and ruggedized under the cute and colourful exteriors. The logos, identifying serial numbers and usage pictograms are stenciled on the hips and flanks. )
Vahno grins and hops his mech into his cart, driving it into the first place spot.
Krasudreal prrbs, "That places Mako on third, for those keeping track."
Tss'Renia climbs into the charizard mech suit, interfaces with API, applies model, and executes Protocol::ExtendInto. The Charizard looks around, moves around, jumps around. "Right on. Does it breathe fire? I could RTFM, but asking is more fun."
Patashu pops open the Delphox's belly hatch and climbs into the stiff looking, dashboard surrounded cockpit, pulling a lever to shut it with a PSSHT. "Of course it does! Standard feature. Mine does too." Working the controls, he steps into his kart's seat.
Mako's armor slides on up.
Tss'Renia climbs into its kart, turns off pacifist mode.
Patashu . o O ( Kart on kart violence doesn't violate pacifist conduct! >:3 )
You rumble, "Count us down, Krasu?"
Krasudreal's mech snaps its fingers and a drones flies down, with a massive screen displaying a countdown! 10... 9... 8.. 7... 6... 5...
Patashu works the levers to lean the Delphox forward in its seat, steering wheel grasped, pedals hovered!
( time seems to slow down as tensions rise... )
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Do you have a giant spatula, Pata?"
You rumble, "Not on hand but I could 3D metal-print one..."
( 4... 3... 2... )
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Niny'ah . o O ( did the karts get described? )
Tss'Renia . o O ( tl;dr: big )
Patashu . o O ( beyond 'five times larger than normal', not that I sawa )
Vahno drives off! "Kras said I could go first!" He'll also dump that bomb down behind his kart as he drives off!
( the karts look a lot like oversized karts, with funny slots in front and back )
You rumble, "Hey wait-"
( 1... Go! )
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Niny'ah cackles!
Patashu gawks, and floors the gas pedal! *REV BLAST*
[OOC] Patashu says, "(Nitrous Oxide from Crash Team Racing moment)"
Krasudreal's Kart rushes off! Making sure to not hit the mine!
Tss'Renia leadfoots, avoids the mine, curses in ancient draconic. "Ta mere."
Patashu saw the mine so he shouldn't have trouble dodging it... (DC 5)
roll 1d20
Rolling 1d20:
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* 1d20 => 11
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> Total = 11
Krasudreal prrbs, "Sorry! The referee did not call that an early start! We gotta keep going!"
>> Tss'Renia rolls 1d20, and gets 10
Patashu turns the wheel to curve around it, snorting a bit in the cockpit!
You rumble, "Oh you are SO being lit on fire if I catch up, Vahno!!"
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, [OOC] Niny'ah says, "just checking, is the blimp two-way passthru"
[OOC] Patashu says, "I hear you"
[OOC] Krasudreal says, "yeah we hear you!"
[OOC] Patashu says, "it should work like cushion pile in pq"
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, [OOC] Niny'ah says, "kgood, just wasn't sure"
Vahno turns back and PBBBBTS at Pata!
Tss'Renia immawario_immagonnawin.wav
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Nina gigglesnickers.
Mako puts her metaphorical foot down, and the Samurai takes off forward, in a kind of low-hover, in a lotus position. @.@ VRrRrrrmmm.....
Tss'Renia looks out for one of those item things.
Patashu has REVENGE on his mind. He's going to take the first turn and look for the first lot of iron crates...
Patashu . o O ( reading the instructions again and giggling that you can just mine yourself. SURELY that's totally useless... )
Patashu *item crates, ahem
( The kart group, after a few curves, reaches a line of drones flying low, each of them carrying a large box! The villains are reaching them first, however, Vahno first of all. (Also, feel free to make up power ups! You don't need to limit yourselves to the examples!) )
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Niny'ah . o O ( Do a flip! )
Patashu aha! He'll roll for a random vanilla item this time...
roll 1d4
Rolling 1d4:
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* 1d4 => 4
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> Total = 4
Patashu equips Gun. >:3
Vahno reeeaaaches for his crate and grabs... A rocket launcher! "Hee hee hee! This is gonna be fun~!"
Krasudreal reaches for one of the crates! Uh, what's that... Did a drone just fly right into the mech's hand? Never mind that... The crate is opened to reveal... An oil drum?! The mech slots it into the rear slot, causing a slippery oil spill to materialize behind their kart!
Mako raises her hand and grabs a box. Chain hook! Mwahahahahaha!
Patashu waits until he's on a straightaway, Mako and Krasu aren't in the way... And opens fire on Vahno's kart! RATTATTATTATT! Which means he's not thinking about Krasu's oil spill, so DC 10...
roll 1d20
Rolling 1d20:
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* 1d20 => 13
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> Total = 13
Patashu wobbles a little bit while driving over it, but the Delphox's kart holds!
Tss'Renia picks up a howitzer and activates it forward, aiming at Vahno. The kart PLANTS down into the ground, turns towards Vahno, and FIRES.
>> Tss'Renia rolls 1d20, and gets 2
Krasudreal takes some fire! Out of all the mechs today, theirs is the most fragile!
Tss'Renia mindlessly destroys part of the city with no harm to anyone, deactivates tank siege mode and starts up again slowly, "Damn, what a waste of time."
[OOC] Krasudreal says, "Wait, did this roll publicly? Did everyone see the 17?"
[OOC] Patashu says, "use roll, not /roll or qroll"
[OOC] Vahno says, "No."
>> Krasudreal rolls 1d20, and gets 7
break 100
Patashu did 100 damage to Destructible City, reducing its integrity to 9895!
>> Tss'Renia rolls 1d100, and gets 43
Patashu says to Reni, "If you fall too far behind, focus on harassing everyone in front while I try to take a lead!" Implicitly, he promises to do the same if the turn tables.
Vahno yelps and ducks down ineffectively at the gunfire! He'll aim back with his launcher and fire...
>> Vahno rolls 1d2, and gets 2
Tss'Renia adds 43 damage to the city.
Krasudreal's mech takes a severe beating actually! They go listless for a moment. It almost looked like they were done for, before sitting back straighter and regaining control of the kart!
Vahno fires a Blue rocket! ...wait. "...oh crud."
You rumble, "Oh my GOD Vahno"
You rumble, "Save some for the rest of us~"
Krasudreal prrbs, "Wh- Why did you do that?! I explained that one!"
Tss'Renia veeeEEEEEEEEE<yellow>EEEEEE<orange>EEEEE<red> "Wahooo!"
Vahno says, "I DIDN'T SEE THE COLOR!"
Krasudreal prrbs, "It will make a full loop before it finds you, do something!"
Vahno says, "uhm...! Uhm...!"
You rumble, "It'll make a full loop? ... Uh oh. Reni, watch your back if you hear a fwooshing noise behind you!"
( another line of drone-lifted crates approaches... )
Patashu moves the levers to move the steering wheel to take the next turn into the items...
roll 1d4
Rolling 1d4:
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* 1d4 => 2
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> Total = 2
Vahno slams on the brakes! This immediately gets him out of the line of fire! And right into last place...
Patashu AHA! Boost, but when to use it...
Mako swings her chain voerhead, adn throws it forward to catch whoeer's in front of her! ... wait, who was in front of her?
Patashu wha! "There goes Vahno..." Wait, then Krasu's in first, right?
Vahno . o O ( And if Mako's in third... well, second now... )
Krasudreal prrbs, "W-wait... I'm first now?! Don't throw me under the bus- Mako?!"
Patashu . o O ( Then who's on first! )
Tss'Renia grabs a mushroom trio, wait, they call them boosts over here. waaaaaa.wav.
Mako oh oh...
Patashu hears a missile coming, and jukes to the side to let it past! ... Wait, no, that was Reni. Now he's in fifth place! ... And here comes the actual missile! DC 5 duke...
Mako likely catches hold of Krasu's mech, and gets pulled along behind! At least till they take a corner..... then the chain comes off and he continues forward.. "... oh this is gonna hurt."
roll 1d20
Rolling 1d20:
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* 1d20 => 1
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> Total = 1
Patashu ... ah.
Patashu <<<BOOM>>>
Mako Crunchtinklecaralarm Welp, she's gonna be losing a few places....
Mako did 50 damage to Destructible City, reducing its integrity to 9845!
Krasudreal looks behind themselves in disbelief... "Did you rush in front of it?!"
Tss'Renia hovers + dodges that blue shell.
You rumble, "It tricked me! You're all changing first place so often it swapped paths! @///@"
[OOC] Krasudreal says, "Honestly, if you hadn't rolled a 1, I'd say you wouldn't have been hit, but holy carp"
Patashu coughs out smoke from inside of the cockpit. The Delphox looks lightly scorched.
[OOC] Patashu says, "yeah I was going to use the hover as a hail mary, but"
[OOC] Patashu says, "lmao"
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Featherwing has disconnected.
Krasudreal reaches for a crate in the confusion...
Vahno PBBBBTTTS as he drives past Patashu.
>> Krasudreal rolls 1d5, and gets 5
Patashu grumbles, and floors the accelerator! Now he needs to blow the boost to just keep up, and the kart's looking trashed and shaky...
Mako clambers out of the wreckage, and retakes the street, probably now near last place. @.o She rounds a corner and grabs for a powerup as she goes...
Vahno reaches for another crate himself... Come here you dang...!
Krasudreal they get a mysterious item... Wait... Is that... That's a Krasudreal-Brand banana crates, with extra slippery peels! They immediately throw it behind themselves! Which... Doesn't even break apart. It is just a wooden crate in the track!
>> Vahno rolls 1d4, and gets 2
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Kandra has disconnected.
Patashu let's see, next item time...
roll 1d4
Rolling 1d4:
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* 1d4 => 4
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> Total = 4
Vahno grabs a boost!
Patashu gets another gun! That'll do, alright.
Krasudreal glances behind themselves... Before taking a double-take on Patashu... "Again?!"
Tss'Renia grabs Krasudreal's crate, tosses it at Mako!
Patashu grins, aims at Krasu. "And this time you're in my sights." Rattattata! (rolling to hit...)
roll 1d20
Rolling 1d20:
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* 1d20 => 10
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> Total = 10
Patashu performs averagely! And also shatters some windows in the process.
break 20
Patashu did 20 damage to Destructible City, reducing its integrity to 9825!
Mako aiee! She's been bananapeel'd! *CRUNCH* Well, bananacrate'd.
Mako's mech now has a large crate on its head. @.@
Patashu . o O ( Quick, hop up and down to dislodge it! )
Vahno slows down. A bit. He's taking up position behind Pata... taking aim...! He hits the boost, attempting to Ram Pata right off the road!
>> Vahno rolls 1d20, and gets 15
Tss'Renia aims right behind Mako, and then uses the last mushroom, slamming into Mako's bumper.
>> Tss'Renia rolls 1d20, and gets 1
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Featherwing has connected.
Krasudreal's frail Mech, already on the edge of being wrecked, goes listless one more time... This time they don't come back before crashing into a curve and exploding spectacularly!
Tss'Renia spins spins spins, waaaaaaaa.wav
Patashu gawks! "Hey-" SMASH! The kart crashes through a car, shattering the windows and frames, before it front ends a faux bank. @//@
Krasudreal's muffled voice comes from the mech, "I'm okay!"
break 50
Patashu did 50 damage to Destructible City, reducing its integrity to 9775!
[OOC] Patashu says, "oh god we've both rolled 1s XD"
You rumble, "Reni! Avenge me! Avenge... the concept of mayorship!"
Vahno says, "Adios Pata~!"
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Jill-Annie puts a hand on her mouth to stifle a chuckle.
Mako Whunch! She goes flying forward! @.@
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Yeah, not looking good for team public servants."
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Nina says, "Looks like Krasudreal ..." Puts on sunglasses. "... has *crash*udreal'd!""
( the finish line, for the first lap, is in sight! And another line of crates is right before them! )
Mako *Pinball.sfx* Off a lamppost, a bus stop, several walls, crashing through a fake clothing store, coming out the other end in a pink tutu....
Patashu's voice echoes in Reni's head: "Standard feature... Standard feature... standard feature..."
Mako did 65 damage to Destructible City, reducing its integrity to 9710!
[OOC] Krasudreal says, "Right before that, is what I meant"
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Mraustrae prrbs, "I am sure the boss heard that one."
Vahno grabs another crate on the way past!
>> Vahno rolls 1d4, and gets 2
Vahno gets another boost. "Sure, why not~?"
Tss'Renia breathes fire on the next mofo >:O FFFFF
Tss'Renia does not roll for that, it has the PI guarantee on it!
Patashu cackles, watching from his crash site!
Vahno yelps! "No fire!" He'll hit the boost to get away from Reni!
>> Vahno rolls 1d20, and gets 12
You rumble, "Reni! You've got one more item chance!"
Tss'Renia grabs the bullet bill item!
>> Tss'Renia rolls 1d20, and gets 12
( reminder that this is three laps and this is the first one. This race won't end if Vahno crosses the line right now! )
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "Good enough!"
Patashu oh boy!
( Tss'Renia got the plane morph item! That makes the Kart into an AMAZING plane for a short while! )
( it won't fly up, for some reason )
[OOC] Vahno says, "That's cause it's on auto pilot."
Tss'Renia sighs, "It had to be an airbus. Well, good enough! Is a plen!"
Patashu finally works the controls and wrenches his wreck of a kart out from where it crashed! Parts are falling off of it and it's angrily grinding and belching smoke, but he can at least continue...!
Mako is at this point kind of dead last, as she wobbles across the lap marker (just two more...) and to one side into the Pit Area. Pooka swarm the mech, banging out a few dents, polishing it up, and hanging a pine-scented air freshener around its neck. @x@
Mako . o O ( What people forgot to ask is, can mako drive? ;p )
Vahno carefully stands up in his cart... He's gonna try and grab Reni's plane as it flies past!.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Niny'ah . o O ( Oh. Oh dear. )
Patashu needs some time to catch up. He'll thinking about how to stop Vahno from running away with this...
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Teo falls asleep.
( the pit stop track seems to pointedly close up when the Vice and the Mayor come near... Hey! No fair! )
Patashu augh!
>> Vahno rolls 1d20, and gets 19
[OOC] Vahno says, "I am gonna stop rolling now, lol"
[OOC] Patashu says, "lmao"
Gwen zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Gwen has arrived.
[OOC] Patashu says, "Vahno stole all our luck! ;w;"
Gwen boards the spectator's blimp.
Gwen has left.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Gwen arrives from outside.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Gwen has arrived.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, [OOC] Gwen peeks in.
You rumble, "ALRIGHT. Two can play at this game."
[OOC] Krasudreal says, "This is hilarious, I gotta admit."
Patashu decides to... Stop trying to run the lap. He just turns his kart sideways after getting an item and waits for Vahno to arrive here on the next lap...
roll 1d4
Rolling 1d4:
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* 1d4 => 1
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> Total = 1
Mako retakes the track and begins picking up speed again, but she seems to be taking the corners easy. @.@
Patashu has a blue rocket! But isn't going to launch it just yet...
( a line of drone-lifted crates approaches, but... Something is going on with Vahno! )
Tss'Renia sticks an autopilot chip onto the kart, jumps and BOARDS Vahno's cart, and starts burning everything. >:O FFFFFFFF
[OOC] Patashu says, "Hello Gwen! We are playing Mech Kart, as you can see :3"
Vahno
Vahno aughs! "H-hey! No! Stoppit! Get on your own kart!" He flails at Reni!
Patashu's kart putter rattles and blasts out smoke as he plays pong with himself while waiting...
Borris zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Borris has arrived.
Borris boards the spectator's blimp.
Borris has left.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Borris arrives from outside.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Borris has arrived.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Borris looks around and finds a place to sit
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Gwen says, "Is this the part where we do color commentary?" "I have no idea what is going on." "Good job, Gwen."
Tss'Renia steals Vahno's steering wheel, and then returns to its cart.
Patashu comms with Reni, [Did you get him?]
Vahno says, "...GAH! No FAIR!"
[OOC] Mako says, "It wouldn't be fun if we didn't have a peanut gallery. :P"
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Borris is carried away when a runaway sputnik rams into him.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Borris has left.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Mraustrae offers more tea and biscuits to those seated...
Tss'Renia TXs to Patashu, [ Yep. Hey, can you not have a repair kit being shot to you from space? ]
Patashu [Is that allowed in the rules?]
Mako begins to pick up speed, and swings for another powerup.... *Beedlybeedly* She has.... a chicken? [Equipped: Angry Chicken!]
Vahno attempts to steer with... I dunno, the wires? The little stub left behind? It's not working either way. He ends up driving right into a hardware store! CRASHCLANGSMASHBWONG!
Vahno did 100 damage to Destructible City, reducing its integrity to 9610!
Patashu ooh! [I think that noise was Vahno!] :3c
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Gwen says, "Is this part of the official mayoral duties?" "Dang, I shoulda campaigned harder."
( a stray drone attempts to throw a crate towards Vahno's Kart... But it bounces off wildly! Landing... At patashu's kart! What's that... A self-repair kit? Well, looks like the cheater's hand slipped! )
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Kandra has connected.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Nina blinkblinks!
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, [OOC] Kandra wurgh
Patashu keheheh! The kart comes out looking better than new, somehow! He'll REV up the engine and get back into the race finally, rather than just being a stationary defense!
Tss'Renia TXs to Pata [ I rather you take lead and I burn our tail! ]
Patashu says, [Got it! I have a plan then.]
Patashu, before the repair drones have fully finished taking effect, he does a wheelie with the kart *screeeech-vrrrr* and fires the blue rocket into the ground. BOOOOM! He rocket jumps, the kart catching on fire and metal tatters, but it gets fixed mid-jump and comes down for a suspension-testing landing!
Vahno . o O ( ...oh. hey, power tools. )
Tss'Renia is taking a CASUAL stroll while waiting for Patashu to catch up.
Patashu is hurtling towards the #1 position, but it's possible Mako has something to say about all this chicanery...
Mako Takes aim, and launches her poultry towards PAta as they whizz past!
>> Mako rolls 1d20, and gets 5
[OOC] Mako says, "Welp"
Patashu turns the Delphox's head and flame breaths the chicken. It turns into a roast chicken, platter and garnish and all, mid flight. :x
Patashu [Okay, I'm in 1st! Cover my rear, Reni! We actually might win??]
( *bkgawk* )
( Vrrrrrr.... Clang clang clang... )
( The chicken flies like no other chicken before. Not towards its target, but up, and up, and up... What...? )
Tss'Renia paints a censor bar over Patashu's rear, "There we go, I got your rear covered!"
Patashu =w=;
Patashu has a bad feeling about something suddenly...
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I feel like making fried chicken all of the sudden."
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, ( The chicken, miraculously, finds its way inside of the spectator area! )
Mako reaches out and attempts to grab a lamppost so she can slingshot herself around the enxt corner, and try to regain both speed and control! o.o
>> Mako rolls 1d20, and gets 10
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, ( *bkgawk!* )
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Gwen says, "Heh. Mako answered chicanery with chickenry."
You rumble, "It's a Thanksgiving Miracle!"
Mako does get the lamppost... and begins to spin. @.@ "Help!" @.@
Patashu does not help! He IS going to get an item, however...
roll 1d4
Rolling 1d4:
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* 1d4 => 3
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> Total = 3
( CRASH! Vahno busts down the rear wall of the hardware store! He's managed to improvise a few wrenches into a steering wheel and he's off again. And worst of... He's got a chainsaw! VRRRRRRRRRR! )
You rumble, "Oh god Vahno is happening again"
Vahno says, "HERE'S VAHNNY!"
You rumble, "Reni! Show them we TOO have the power of friendship!"
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Niny'ah SNORTSNORTSNORTSNORT
Patashu co-ordinates with, then drops the bomb on the track to give Reni something to juke Vahno into.
Tss'Renia grabs a minigun, "I am heavy weapons dragon, and this, is my WEAPON". It looks behind and tries to see when Vahno is about to come towards the bomb.
Vahno revs up his chainsaw.... and slices the bomb in half! Both halves explode harmlessly behind him...
Patashu kehehee~
Patashu oh heck.
You rumble, "Reni we have a problem"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Do not worry, I know a pokemon!"
Tss'Renia RATATATATATATA
Vahno steers back and forth, trying to avoid the hail of bullets. It's only moderately effective! But he's still coming! "Gonna getchaaaa!"
>> Tss'Renia rolls 1d20, and gets 9
Patashu is focusing on driving towards the finish line, but he can't help but peer over his shoulder! "He's getting closer...!"
( the racers have been going for a while... Look! The line for the second lap is in sight! And with crates right before that! Wait... Anyone remember what happened with Vahno's mine that he laid at the start of the race? )
Tss'Renia is equally moderately effective. "You and what army? Hey, focus in front of you, Pata!"
Patashu oh. No one triggered it yet-
roll 1d20
Rolling 1d20:
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* 1d20 => 11
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> Total = 11
>> Tss'Renia rolls 1d20, and gets 1
Patashu GAWKS and hard steers out of the way just in time! [Look out, it's -]
Patashu too late.
Tss'Renia tabarnak
Vahno grabs for a crate!
>> Vahno rolls 1d4, and gets 1
Patashu MMMM, that's bad. What does he get...
roll 1d4
Rolling 1d4:
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* 1d4 => 3
-----------------------------------
> Total = 3
Tss'Renia explodes, landing on the track out of its cart. It grabs an item, a bomb, and stands on the track, waiting to jump Vahno.
Patashu has an idea. A really dumb idea.
Vahno grins. He tugs out a pilfered roll of tape... A quick bit of work and he fires.... A ROCKET PROPELLED CHAINSAW! A blue one.
Patashu *gulp*
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Gwen says, "My Awesome Sense is tingling."
You rumble, "D-do your worst..."
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Nina o.o
Vahno says, "AHAHAHAHAHAHHHA!"
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Nina says, "Pack it in, guys, I think Vahno's doing something winning here"
Tss'Renia tosses the bomb at the rocket propelled chainsaw!
>> Tss'Renia rolls 1d20, and gets 14
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Mraustrae gives everyone another round of tea and bisdcuits, the chicken is now holding a tea cup with a wing
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Nina sips tea, munches :3
Mako finally lets go! She ricochets forward, through a powerup box, and off the walls some, slowly catching up... And her powerup resolves. You recieve: Anvil!
>> Mako rolls 1d20, and gets 1
Patashu . o O ( Ha! )
[OOC] Mako says, "... I could not have planned that better if I tried."
>> Vahno rolls 1d20, and gets 11
( BOOM! The RPC is blown up! And Vahno ends up taking the chainsaw's engine to the mechaface. "AUGH!" )
Patashu whoops! And puts metal to the pedal! >:3
Tss'Renia reboards its cart, going after Patashu slowly, trying to fix the cart as it goes. "There, saved your metal butt, Pata!"
Mako's mech is flattened by a giant anvil from above. She ain't getting bakc up. @.@
Patashu . o O ( Finally, some good bad luck! >:D )
Patashu, uninterrupted until one of the Anti-Mayor Task Force gets repaired, is going to focus on clean racing lines!
Tss'Renia . o O ( All my rolls were terrible except the RPC intercept! )
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Featherwing has disconnected.
Vahno GRRRRRS! He'll slam down on the gas pedal as hard as he can! He's not done yet!
( can even get another item! This time before Vahno for sure! )
Patashu ah, here comes Vahno. "Oh yes you are!" Bomb deployed on the track. Have a nice day!
roll 1d4
Rolling 1d4:
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* 1d4 => 3
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> Total = 3
Patashu TWO mines.
>> Tss'Renia rolls 2d20, and gets 28
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Kandra watches quietly. o.o;
Tss'Renia dodges Pata's mines. o_O
( You've already got a mine yes? But what about second mine? )
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Gwen nods approvingly. "I mine what I mine, and what's mine is mine."
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Amy says, "eenie meenie miney moe."
Krasudreal has crawled out of their wrecked mech to cheer up Vahno, "You can do it Vahno! It is two versus one, but I am sure that the power of friendship will see you through! Friendship and cheating!"
>> Vahno rolls 1d20, and gets 18
Vahno swerves deftly around the mines! He'll even grab a powerup too!
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Featherwing has connected.
>> Vahno rolls 1d4, and gets 2
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Hey Pata, do your mechs come with a self destruct?"
You rumble, "Standard issue!"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Hey VAHNO."
Krasudreal prrbs, "Oh no, Vahno! Look out! They're going to use the power of friendship! They'll friend harder than us!"
You rumble, "That's right! And you know what says 'we're friends' better than anything else?!?"
Tss'Renia starts whirring loudly, standing on top of its kart while it autodrives around and waiting for Vahno to come within jumping distance.
Vahno says, "...eh?"
You rumble, "**Explosions.**"
>> Tss'Renia rolls 1d20, and gets 13
Mako . o O ( Mr Torgue: I have one question and one question only. )
( Turns out... The power of friendship is explosions... Explosions so close to the kart that a chain reaction happens with the self-destruct load within the kart itself! )
Patashu :D
Patashu has the kobolds record this part in slow motion and dub it with Ode To Joy in post...
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Gwen says, "WHOO!"
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "I was not ready to explode yet and had one epic scene left, but okay!"
[OOC] Krasudreal says, "Sorry, my storytelling slipped. It's getting a little late!"
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "Is good!"
Tss'Renia's kart and suit is demolished, on the side of the road in a rubble. The dragon itself is fine, thanks to extremely durable engineering, also known as bubble shields. "Go Pata! You can win this! ... I would be surprised if Vahno resisted this."
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Nina o.o
Patashu is gonna race his metaphorical heart out, yes!
Vahno's cart explodes! His mech goes flying and land with a crash! ...After a moment, it catches fire, and Vahno himself is ejected from the Mech! ...he lands on the road with a Splut. ...Then the parachute deploys.
Patashu goes 'whoo'! "Justice and civic duty always prevails!"
Tss'Renia goes over to Vahno and renders assitance with a fire extinguisher.
Mako finally waddleso ut from under her anvil. Well, a kabuto helmet and two shoes waddle out. She may be DNF. @.o
( Before even Patashu crosses the line... Confetti falls from the sky! "Congratulations! The opposing team was fully destroyed!" Oh yeah, that was the rules! )
( A kobold pops a bottle of champaigne and sprays it around wildly! )
break 1
Patashu did 1 damage to Destructible City, reducing its integrity to 9609!
Patashu . o O ( Pretty nice number! )
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Jill-Annie applauds politely.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Mraustrae prrbs, "members of the public, it is now safe to leave."
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Ravio yay!
Mako mumbles. "NExt time we get the viewing public to maybe drop the items on the field.
Krasudreal is waiting at the finish line, mech and kart still crashed somewhere else.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Amy says, "wait, we can do that!?"
Tss'Renia offers a ride to the other karters to return to the starting line.
Patashu akira slides into the finish line and gets out of the kart then gets out of the Delphox!
Krasudreal offers a forepaw to shake, "Congratulations. But watch out for next year!"
Patashu grins. "If I get re-elected!" He shakes.
Krasudreal prrbs, "Whoever gets elected, they better watch out!"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "You know what would be funny, Pata."
You rumble, "Yeah?"
Mako says, "If you don't, we might press gang you into helping. :x"
Krasudreal looks around... "Ah, Tss'Renia, there you are."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "If the robots kept swapping spaces between Vice and Mayor."
Patashu snickers
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Nina grins.
Krasudreal prrbs, "Figuring out Pata's likes was easy. But, figuring out yours was a little harder."
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Gwen says, "Nice, wish I'd caught more of it, but I had a previous engagement." "You were napping." "Hush, you!"
Krasudreal prrbs, "I am still not sure if this struck with you."
Patashu looks over to Reni!
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Kandra rubs her face and throat.
Vahno says, "...medic."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I liked it, it was fun! Thank you. And now, time to heal poor Vahno. I went hard on you."
Tss'Renia produces a few stimpaks, injects Vahno with one. +40% HP
Patashu \o/
[OOC] Krasudreal says, "Oh... I think I forgot to record this... Anyone saved the logs?"
[OOC] Patashu says, "I will put it on the wiki"
[OOC] Mako says, "I log everything. And pata might too"
[OOC] Krasudreal says, "Oh good, thanks!"
Krasudreal prrbs, "Well..."
Krasudreal prrbs, "Mayoral Kidnappers, blasting off again!"
Krasudreal pulls out a seed and throw it on the ground before saying "There is no place like home", from the seed sprouts a massive poppy that grows over them, before retreating back into the ground.
Krasudreal has left.
Patashu salutes!
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Mraustrae blasts off too!
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Mraustrae is glommed down and swept away by a plastic hippopotamus mouth.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Mraustrae has left.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Kandra fidgets lightly.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Nina transforms in a burst of sky-blue holographic glitching into a shiny robot! [desc updated]
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Nina wraps her arms around Kandra. mrp
Amy disembarks from the spectator's blimp.
Amy has arrived.
Jill-Annie disembarks from the spectator's blimp.
Jill-Annie has arrived.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, [OOC] Gwen says, "Honestly, might be a good thing Gwen didn't win, or the Mayoral Kidnapping might have become a "gotta catch 'em all!" situation. :P"
Gwen disembarks from the spectator's blimp.
Gwen has arrived.
Vahno says, "...I have regrets."
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Kandra leans against Nina, ... slightly ...
Gwen says, "Don't we all, really?" "Not me." "Shh."
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Nina strokes Kandra's hair, purring softly.
Ravio disembarks from the spectator's blimp.
Ravio has arrived.
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Kandra tril. "... I like, half want to be a fox again ..."
Aboard the Spectator's Blimp, Nina nodnods.
You rumble, "How was that, Ravio~"
Ravio growls, "Exciting! Hehe"
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2026 Oneshots

2026-04-26T03:10:54Z

Patashu:

[[City Hall Office Hours!]]

[[Mayoral Kidnapping - Mech Kart]]

City Hall Office Hours!

2026-04-21T04:01:42Z

Patashu: Created page with "<syntaxhighlight lang="text" line="1"> Tss'Renia shouts "Hello, time for City Hall Office Hours! Do you need a mechanical cloud to water your plants? Give silly problems, get silly solutions! Global exit is `ch`." (Public-shout) You leave for S5 W7 City Hall. S5 W7 City Hall(#212RL) City Hall is a transparent, slightly dome wide-set at its base, with the swirling patterns of half-started spectrums swirling around the flimsy shell. The shell itself seems almost to..."

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Tss'Renia shouts "Hello, time for City Hall Office Hours! Do you need a mechanical cloud to water your plants? Give silly problems, get silly solutions! Global exit is `ch`." (Public-shout)
You leave for S5 W7 City Hall.
S5 W7 City Hall(#212RL)
City Hall is a transparent, slightly dome wide-set at its base, with the swirling patterns of half-started spectrums swirling around the flimsy shell. The shell itself seems almost to breathe, as it flexes in the breeze and the changes of the people around it. A copper arch marks the most fixed spot and the easiest entrance to the hall.

Around the globe a sparkling array of smaller globes cling to the exterior, each an office or a room or department, and these rooms swirl around as if to off-vertical ferrous wheels on a structure imitating a soap bubble.

The park outside City Hall softly rises and falls, with spots of leaves and flowers of all colors popping into and out of being easily, and more rarely but still sometimes shrubs or bushes or even the odd tree makes it appearance, or exit, quietly but ever changing the light of the center.
A faint hint of false dawn appears in the eastern sky, softened to just above imagination by a mist in the air. The time is 3:00 AM.

Obvious Exits:
[E]ast, [FTE] FurToonia Embassy, [MO] Mayor's Office, [N]orth, [S]outh, [U]p, and [W]est
Contents: Nina, 'Niny'ah, Tss'Renia, Unassuming Recycling Bin, and City Hall Stage
Patashu brings out the Steampunk Quadrupedal Dragon (2024 Remodel)!
Adding Rufus to your permanent watchfor list.
Removing Rufus from your permanent watchfor list.
RufusJr is currently online.
Adding RufusJr to your permanent watchfor list.
Amy arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Amy has arrived.
Kiree shouts "You can get your answers at the Irri Gate." (Public-shout)
[OOC] Patashu says, "I will be idly at start of plot on account of needing to feed player lunch"
Lightspill arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Lightspill has arrived.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Irri gate?"
Krasudreal arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Krasudreal has arrived.
You rumble, "Irrigation, I think"
Mako arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Mako has arrived.
Krasudreal prrbs, "I missed something already?"
Mako ker-mew
[OOC] Nina is also not 100% on brain-ness, so I might be quiet
Vahno arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Vahno has arrived.
Amy says, "Nay. Hi Krasu"
PatchO'Black arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
PatchO'Black has arrived.
PatchO'Black waves!
Krasudreal prrbs, "Hello Amy!"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Nah, just getting started."
Amy also waves.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Alright, so, hello everyone. With me being the Mayor and all I thought it would be nice to have on Office Hours event where people can walk in 'open door' style and present problems that need fixing, or any shenanigans you have in mind. Patashu, the Vice Mayor of how many years now? Is here with us too today. We are your humble public servants, what do you need?"
PatchO'Black mews, "What shenanigans should I be up to, Your Honor?"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Elders in a basket, please, no honorifics."
Somewhere on the muck, Rifter has disconnected.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "How is your basket doing, Patchy?"
PatchO'Black mews, "Long overdue for the upgrade Borris wants to do, cousin Tss'Renia."
Tss'Renia sets up a desk, a Rhodia pad, a fountain pen, a candle, a wax stick, and a stamp. She starts taking notes. "Ah, that still did not happen? Did you want to set up a date where we could get movers to help you? And by movers, I mean, me, my nodes, and anybody else that wants to jump in."
[OOC] Patashu says, "foodget!"
[OOC] Amy says, "I think I still owe you a ghost encounter tss'renia"
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "Ah? What do you mean?"
[OOC] Amy says, "a rp I promised you. or nebula really"
You rumble, "Two years in a row, and I can't remember if I had a discontinuous third year before!"
Featherwing arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Featherwing has arrived.
Patashu dragons out and stands up straight.
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "I remember that! Well, I was hoping this event would mix silliness with roleplay planning, if you want to pitch the idea if you want it to get visibility."
Tss'Renia can not do straight, only gay and asexual.
[OOC] PatchO'Black says, "Just to clarify something regarding the "Building of Fort Jellicle", it doesn't have to happen all at once. In fact, in past, it was more of a running gag, where the folks involved (including Borris and me) would talking about how the build was going, folks would give us updates, and such. I think it is only when Fort Jellicle is ready for me to temporarily move in that everyone would want to be there."
( Three kobolds in black cultist robes holding lit candles approach Tss'Renia. )
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "Oh, that is good to know, we could definitively do it more that way!"
Tss'Renia looks at the kobolds, "Those robes are so slimming! Where can I get one?"
[OOC] PatchO'Black says, "It cuts down on pressure, and allows for more of a build up, no pun intended!"
PatchO'Black mews, "Well, I know you built a previous Fort Jellicle, Tss'Renia, a rather nice one. I don't mind letting folks build another, though I don't want folks to feel overlooked as well."
[OOC] Amy says, "i have been completely stuck on it for months. but I want to do it still somehow."
( One of the kobolds says, "There was a sale in a Neopolis Spirit Halloween." The other one says, "Tss'Renia! The Kobold Order petitions you!" )
Vahno says, "Oh boy."
Tss'Renia scribbles something on a piece of paper, cuts it out from the pad, and starts folding it. "Very well Patchy, it shall be done. Oh, please approach, Kobold. Let us hear your petition!"
( The kobolds bow. They place the three candles around Tss'Renia, whip out chalk and inscribe a circle. Then pause. "We desire to know which runes are the correct ones for summoning you!" )
'Niny'ah fails to choke back a laugh!
Vahno snrks!
Tss'Renia uuuuuuuhhhh. "I am sorry, I am not magic oriented. Usually, people reach me over the local phone-net, or ham radio. Do I get to pick my runes? What choices do I have?" Tss'Renia melts the wax over the fold of the paper with a lighter.
( A kobold whips out a phone from its cultist robe pockets and holds it up to Tss'Renia, scrolling through examples. "Geometric is in vogue, though given your public records, you might want to try a circuit trace aesthetic..." Another kobold gets distracted and looks to see if Reni has a floppy disk stash nearby. )
'Voksa arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
'Voksa has arrived.
Krasudreal prrbs, "Ah! Hello Voksa!"
'Voksa dooks! "Hullo."
Somewhere on the muck, Voksa has connected.
Tss'Renia has a tea floppy on the table, "Well, if you have access to that circuit trace logo thing you may be referring to, that is my seal", she places the seal on the hot wax, "You want to shine that logo on the clouds like someone calls batman?"
( The kobold cultists shake their heads vigorously! "No! It is a summoning ritual. You'll appear inside of it in a flash of smoke and roar dramatically!" They nod, "Like Patashu used to." )
Patashu looks up at that?
PatchO'Black mews, "Thanks, Tss'Renia! Good night, everyone!"
Vahno has connected.
Krasudreal prrbs, "Rest well!"
[OOC] Vahno says, "Gah, I hate random disconnects."
Tss'Renia hands the letter to Patchy, "Good night!"
Mako hugs a patchycat
Mako says, "Oh dear, are you getting fired as a dragon, pata? o.o"
Tss'Renia looks to the kobold, "Oh, I see, so you need three items of mine to summon me?", she slides the tea floppy over, "I would start with this. Then you might need... Huh. What kind of *loot* do I drop?"
Patashu sweats? "Is this the end of poor old Patashu...?"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "No, we just got high availability for dragons now."
( The kobolds look surprised, then implore, "You'd never be defeated!" )
Vahno says, "Let's find out!"
Vahno tugs out a foam bat.
PatchO'Black makes sure to store the letter in the safe place!
PatchO'Black hugs cousin Tss'Renia!
PatchO'Black hug ousin Mako!
Tss'Renia beep, "No one will ever replace Patashu."
Mako passes patchy a bear-shaped package. :3
PatchO'Black mews, "Is it a suspiciously bear-shaped package? =^_^="
Patashu perks! Crouches down and stares at the foam bat, rump and tail wiggling.
Tss'Renia slides a squirrel plushie to Patchy.
Mako says, "It might be!"
Somewhere on the muck, Ping has disconnected.
PatchO'Black mews, "Thanks! Good night!"
Mako oh rights, and gets in line. o.o
PatchO'Black takes out his calico flute and play a short tune, taking him away...
PatchO'Black has left.
Tss'Renia shuffles papers, "Earth day is coming up, do we have anything fun planned? Oh, Mako? I think the Kobolds are recovering from having the thought of their beloved dragon replaced. What can I do for you?"
( The kobold cultists ahem to Tss'Renia and say, "We'll be in touch!" In a POOF of smoke they vanish from view! (If you're looking in the rigt direction you can see them dashing away.) )
Tss'Renia giggles.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Ah poop I am out a tea floppy now."
( They did indeed abscond with it. )
RufusJr arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
RufusJr has arrived.
( A grizzled looking anthro stoat with a scarred eye, ragged fur and sheathed broadsword joins the line at the back. )
Vahno bonks Patashu!
Tss'Renia looks to Patashu, "Those kobolds are yours?" She then looks to Mako.
Krasudreal prrbs, "Ah, welcome!"
You rumble, "Know anyone else on the disk with kobolds?"
You rumble, "...Uhh, yes."
Patashu goes 'squeak' when hit.
Room: S5 W7 City Hall
-Stat-Name----------------Gender------Species---------------------------------
RufusJr male Toon raccoon he/him
>'Voksa[5m idle] spaceship-dragon |Voksa they/them
drg Featherwing[25m idlemale Hydreigon (Pokemon) he/him
IC Vahno Male Gaerian he/him
IC Mako Female Nekomata she/her Doing: We're all Mad here. :D
CARB Krasudreal Moonstone Carbuncle they/them
e^- Lightspill[8m idle] Micro Firrox (Fox/Squirrel Confusion) they/them Doing: Pouncing into a brighter tomorrow!
IC Amy[20m idle] female Lynx canadensis she/her
EXC Patashu neuter Steampunk Quadrupedal Dragon (2024 ver) they/them
Boop Nina[8m idle] girlthing catlike-demon/virus she/it Doing: Doing doingy boing doing.
>'Niny'ah[15m idle] -unknown- Winged Unicorn Anthro (Synth Sui|Niny'ah 'Niny'ah/'Ni
Tss'Renia marten? she/it
---[ Found 12 characters. ( 10 Awake / 2 Zombies ) ]--------------------------
You see a young anthropomorphic raccoon boy, who appears as a living cartoon in a fluid golden-age animation style. His fur is largely a dark gray, with lighter gray visible around his mouth and as a triangular patch running from his neck to his chest. A black mask marking surrounds his blue eyes. He has a tousled tuft of brown hair on the top of his head. The fur around his hands and feet is a darker gray, along with the rings on his tail. He wears a pair of denim overalls with silvery buttons and a pocket on the front.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I do not. I have ferrets."
You rumble, "Unconventional but we unconditionally support."
Mako says, "I have pooka. :3"
Mako says, "And Felynes"
Tss'Renia taps fingers on the desk, "Have your kobolds ever gave feedback on working with the ferrets?"
You rumble, "Yes! Let's see..."
Patashu HUD scrolls...
Tss'Renia turns to Mako, "Oh, it is your turn, by the way. What can the city do for you?"
RufusJr jumps out of a portable hole to arrive at city hall. "Hi!" he announces.
You rumble, "'Dutiful, if silly'"
You rumble, "Game recognizes game I suppose. Oh, hello!"
'Voksa giggles
You rumble, "I believe we have a new citizen tonight? Please say hello to Rufus Jr.!"
'Voksa says, "Oh hi!"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Hello Rufus, welcome to SpinDizzy, and moreover, City Hall. Do you need a permit to build a house? You do not need one, but have one anyway. I love using this new wax stamp."
RufusJr waves to everyone. "Nice to meet you," he says.
Mako says, "Aha, a question/statement. I'm gonna be posting up notice for that plot workshop tonight/tomorrow, unless anyone got problems, is monday going to work, you think? And also, do you have any specific events you wanna see run/need done?"
Mako alsowavs to Rufus~
Vahno has disconnected.
Krasudreal prrbs, "Hey, Rufus, there's some places around that you can take an apartment. I personally live in one. Make sure to look around to find something that matches your vibes."
You rumble, "Specifically, you can use `homefinder` (warning, spammy). Or just `editroom` whatever you want!"
Krasudreal prrbs, "Also, I am Krasudreal! I've been here for... A few years now? Gosh. Not as much as most folks, though! In any case, pleased to make your acquaintance!"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Monday should be fine. What are you workshop'ing? Personally, I would love to run a Earth Day event on Saturday. Or, let us call it SpinDizzy day I guess. I also have a few events I need to write and need people to harass me about to get it done."
Amy says, "call it dirt day."
Tss'Renia says to Rufus, "Of the top of my head, there are houses in Feedback, and a few cabins at Cornucopia Station, if a forest on a spacestation is your thing."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Dirt day it is."
[Nina just looked in your direction! (girlthing catlike-demon/virus)]
Vahno waves. "Name's Vahno. I causse trouble."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Dirt day, Saturday, 6pm? Let us make it rose garden?"
Nina comes out of a portal of glitchy shadows behind Pata, and yaaaaaawns, curling up their back.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "And occasionally eat souls."
RufusJr says, "Yeah, where I'm gonna live is a big question."
Mako says, "It's the plot workshop I've been trying to get going. Helping people get plots going. :x Oh, and do you have any plasn for adventure day when it rolls around?"
Nina blinkblinks, and does a double-take at Renia. "Do what now?"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I am unknowing about adventure day. Sounds like your workshop might be useful to get Raphael and Penelope plot going."
RufusJr perks up. "What's Adventure Day?" he asks excitedly.
Tss'Renia looks up to the grizzled stoat.
Mako says, "It's a holiday made by pata when they were first elected mayor. :3"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Great idea!"
Mako says, "I've beeen trying to get a comprehensive list of the holidays and their histories, I have... about two thirds of them?"
You rumble, "Yep, that's mine!"
Amy says, "...I'm not sure I've ever seen an adventure day. what do people do?"
Krasudreal prrbs, "Adventure?"
Mako Gestures to PAta in an "Explain?" manner. :P
You rumble, "Traditionally it's been used to run a one or two shot campaign. Either taking place in a simdome with props and actors, or setting up and resolving a problem."
You rumble, "I did an event in the pokemon adventure park, and Voksa did a oneshot about helping a setting with a strange growth taking over (paraphrasing from memory, I did not get to attend that one)"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I still have one about a creature escaping containment as well."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I suck at motivation."
You rumble, "And even if there's no event it's a general celebration of the power of being able to change the world for the better by solving problems and standing up to evil and uniting with friends and communities."
You rumble, "'the world is worth saving, and you can do it'. The noblebright ethos."
You rumble, "I'll also explain Passion Day. This was called Love Day but I renamed it, and everyone I talked to said this better describes what it was INTENDED to be anyway. Be passionate about your hobbies, interests and role models and share it publicly."
Tss'Renia blanks out, "Oh, you know what would be nice? A really long story arc with a build up like Pale Moonlight from DS9. 'Are we still the good guys?'"
Patashu grins
You rumble, "If you're willing to run it!"
Mako says, "PAssion day works al ot better, I think. Some of our holidays have evolved, at least one has kind of fallen off of popularity"
'Niny'ah . o O ( The world is worth saving, and so should you. )
Featherwing has disconnected.
Amy . o O ( save often. and make backups. )
Featherwing has connected.
Vahno says, "Save the world, but have fun doing it!"
Mako Also scribbles down pata's notes so she cna update the entry when she finsihes the museum room...
Somewhere on the muck, Myril has disconnected.
[OOC] Tss'Renia fixes up evening activities.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I think there was a stoat that was queueing, but I am not sure where they went."
'Niny'ah . o O ( OPERATIONAL AREA EXPANDED. )
( The stoat is still there. "Ahem. Is it my turn?" )
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Yes, sorry for the wait. What can I do for you, creature?"
( The stoat gruffs, "So I'll get to the point; I dunno if there's a home or work for folks like me who've blown in on the winds of fate and don't trust all this high technology and whatnot. Any good jobs an adventurer can get 'round here or am I settlin' in to retire?" )
Lightspill has disconnected.
Krasudreal prrbs, "look"
'Niny'ah suddenly has a pen and paper. "What're your Adventuring specialties?"
Krasudreal prrbs, "I am pretty sure there's adventure every week?"
'Niny'ah . o O ( I draw the line at the Librarian Glasses. Not my style )
Tss'Renia .wavs, "How are you with working the land? I may have something for you on Cornucopia. There are cabins, and there are plants to care for, some of which yield produce. You can lodge there for as long as you want, and eat what you want as well."
Vahno nudges Kras.
Krasudreal tilts their head... "Cornucopia?"
( The stoat says to Niny'ah, tapping his sheathed sword, "Got a sword 'n know how to use it." )
( The stoat peers to Krasu and hrmms. then looks to Reni. "I reckon I could make it work. Where's Cornucopia?" )
Vahno points up.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "The new spacestation. It is a botanical garden. I live there. Latex and helium is provided to the inflatables, grown from there, as well as nuts, blueberries, and all sorts of daily consumable food items. Cornucopia station can be accessed through two partner spaceports. One is Patashu Industry's spaceport, which has a ferry to Cornucopia. The other is through Feedback's spaceport, which also has a ferry that yields there. If you have a spaceship of your own, there are some coordinates [t cornucopia] that will take you there."
RufusJr watches the stoat wide-eyed. "...So cool," he says in a whisper.
Krasudreal prrbs, "I should visit there sometime."
'Niny'ah says, "So, melee close quarters, Any others?"
Vahno says, "Plant exchange, Kras."
( The stoat hrmmms and looks grumbly. "Ain't natural... But somethin' simple I'm appreciated for'd be good." The stoat says to Niny, "Don't need anythin' else. I know how to live off the land, s'well." )
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Most of the tech is biosynth variant with a mycelium network to help plants grow, and inflatable mechanical ferret servants that tend to the garden when no one else does. The ferrets would not get in your way."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "The tree is absolutely beautiful."
Somewhere on the muck, Myril has connected.
Krasudreal prrbs, "I really should visit sometime..."
( The stoat says, "Suppose I'll do. Nature makes me feel at peace so at worst it'll be nice to lose myself init." )
( The stoat turns to leave if no one says anything further. )
Tss'Renia waves to the stoat, "See you around!"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I think they would make a good neighbor."
You rumble, "So, how's hearing the needs of your constitutents treating your ears, Reni?"
Tss'Renia starts folding her table up in half, the then in 4th, and 8th, and "I like it! Something I would do again. It sounds like we are lining ourselves up for some really interesting weeks and months ahead of us" places the tiny cube that used to be a table into her debug panel. "I would love to visit the stoat on cornucopia and see how they are settling in later."
Krasudreal prrbs, "Ah, before we fully finish this."
Patashu perks?
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Yes?"
Krasudreal prrbs, "It is quite late, I would like to schedule some time with you, Tss'Renia, and Patashu as well. To talk about..." Krasudreal pulls out a piece of paper... "Ah, yes. A plan for the strategic relocation of mayoral office resources...""
Krasudreal prrbs, "Would friday be a good time?"
Tss'Renia nods, "Friday is fine with me!"
You rumble, "I can't do fridays due to an obligation in the First Reality. I can do any other day."
Austin arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Austin has arrived.
Austin says, "Evening morning, gang."
You rumble, "(Or you can do a solo Reni thing if it's more convenient, not sure how specific your plans are!)"
RufusJr says, "Guess I'll go look around places."
Krasudreal prrbs, "Oh, Hmmm..."
RufusJr has the room swing up to meet S5 W6, and leaves. ([E]ast to follow.)
RufusJr has left.
Krasudreal prrbs, "Saturday...? Wait, let me check something."
[OOC] Tss'Renia needs to sleep, but will let herself fall asleep here ic as well.
[OOC] Patashu grins
[OOC] Krasudreal says, "Yeah it is legitimately quite late"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Saturday would be fine too. I do want to plan an _dirt_ day, but both can happen on the same day."
Austin says, "Oh, are we having a Dirty Mountain Dew day?"
Krasudreal prrbs, "Yes... Probably. What timeframe are we looking at? For hours? This probably should have... Uh, other people. To... Discuss."
Featherwing has disconnected.
Mako waves to Austin.
Mako got a lil distracted
Austin says, "Heya, Mako and more."
Vahno says, "I can make saturday easy."
Krasudreal prrbs, "Alright. Just, set a time for that, and I'll be there. As well as anyone else want to see the discussion... Can we set the meeting place as the destructible city? It is very... Scenic."
Patashu oooh.
You rumble, "I like where this is going. :3"
Krasudreal prrbs, "Alright, thank you for your attention. I probably should let you lot pack up now. Do remind me when you pick a time."
Krasudreal prrbs, "Time, which is different from day"
Krasudreal sliiiiides away...
Krasudreal has the room swing up to meet Outside the SpinDizzy News Offices (S5 W8), and leaves. ([W]est to follow.)
Krasudreal has left.
Mako Waves to Krasu~
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2026-04-21T04:01:20Z

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Plot Logs

2026-04-21T04:01:04Z

Patashu:

Mayoral Inauguration 2026

2026-04-12T03:12:27Z

Patashu: Created page with "<syntaxhighlight lang="text" line="1"> Parka+ laughs weakly. "... Still not *quite* wrapping my head around the kind of place where you can just. snuggle up to the mayor-elect like that." Caprice says, "The wonders of a small town!" Lightspill says, "Oh, it's getting to be time already. I didn't realize it was so late." Rin rests near Reni Tss'Renia .wavs, "Oh, RIN" Rin smiles Tss'Renia .wavs, "Plush" [OOC] Borris says, "I am finally able to finish downloading the anime..."

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Parka+ laughs weakly. "... Still not *quite* wrapping my head around the kind of place where you can just. snuggle up to the mayor-elect like that."
Caprice says, "The wonders of a small town!"
Lightspill says, "Oh, it's getting to be time already. I didn't realize it was so late."
Rin rests near Reni
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Oh, RIN"
Rin smiles
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Plush"
[OOC] Borris says, "I am finally able to finish downloading the anime Zipang."
Rin says, "am plush"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Damn, no time to put you in the washer before the event."
Tss'Renia dusts up Rin.
Rin gets de-dusted
Tss'Renia pat pat pat pat pat pat pats.
Martensitic-Proxy says, "Hi!"
[OOC] Gwen says, "I forget, is there a shortcut for City Hall?"
[OOC] Bevel says, "'ch'"
Gwen leaves for S5 W7 City Hall (City Hall).
Gwen has left.
Caprice says, "Right, I'm off for the night; see you all around!"
Bevel mumbles, "G[oo-oo-oo-oo-]oodnight ..."
Mako says, "Bed well then!"
Vahno says, "Adios."
Parka+ displays [ Adios, ][ Amogus ] on her eye-screens!
Tss'Renia leaves for S5 W7 City Hall (City Hall).
Tss'Renia has left.
Rin leaves for S5 W7 City Hall (City Hall).
Rin has left.
ch
You leave for S5 W7 City Hall.
S5 W7 City Hall(#212RL)
City Hall is a transparent, slightly dome wide-set at its base, with the swirling patterns of half-started spectrums swirling around the flimsy shell. The shell itself seems almost to breathe, as it flexes in the breeze and the changes of the people around it. A copper arch marks the most fixed spot and the easiest entrance to the hall.

Around the globe a sparkling array of smaller globes cling to the exterior, each an office or a room or department, and these rooms swirl around as if to off-vertical ferrous wheels on a structure imitating a soap bubble.

The park outside City Hall softly rises and falls, with spots of leaves and flowers of all colors popping into and out of being easily, and more rarely but still sometimes shrubs or bushes or even the odd tree makes it appearance, or exit, quietly but ever changing the light of the center.
A few clouds have returned, low in the sky. Seeming placed there to give colour to the retreating light. It's still too bright to be evening, making it about 5:00 PM.

Obvious Exits:
[E]ast, [FTE] FurToonia Embassy, [MO] Mayor's Office, [N]orth, [S]outh, [U]p, and [W]est
Contents: Mitsuki, Rin, Tss'Renia, Gwen, Devi, Unassuming Recycling Bin, and City Hall Stage
Borris zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Borris has arrived.
Parka+ arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Parka+ has arrived.
Borris leaves for S5 W7 City Hall (City Hall).
Borris arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Jinxwile arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Jinxwile has arrived.
Mako arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Mako has arrived.
Borris sits by Gwen
Jinxwile oops!
Jinxwile has the room swing up to meet Forested Vale [S6 W7], and leaves. ([S]outh to follow.)
Jinxwile has left.
Jill-Annie arrives from Forested Vale [S6 W7].
Jill-Annie has arrived.
Featherwing arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Featherwing has arrived.
PatchO'Black steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
PatchO'Black has arrived.
Borris pats PatchO'Black!
PatchO'Black purrs and sits!
Parka+ hmms, and sits on Patchy's other side. "... Too bad I didn't get to experience 'mayor inauguration' while I was still organic, but, y'know, still good to be here as one of my firsts!"
BunnyHugger arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
BunnyHugger has arrived.
Chitter has arrived.
BunnyHugger enters, with a nonanthro Eastern gray squirrel (Chitter) [Chitter(#5713XZ)] walking along next to her.
Rin gets comfy
Austin arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Austin has arrived.
Beltrami arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Beltrami has arrived.
Austin says, "Hi, everyone."
You rumble, "Hello hello!"
Mitsuki squeaks and waves!
Rin waves
Beltrami smiles and waves hello!
Devi androids are lurking on the sidelines, preparing to clean up afterward.
BunnyHugger shouts "All are invited to attend the Inauguration of Mayor Tss'Renia, starting momentarily at City Hall, directions 'ch'" (Public-shout)
Mako austin, beltrami, Bunnyhugger and chitter-waves
Saffron arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Saffron has arrived.
Austin . o O ( o/` A and B and B and C! )
BunnyHugger passes out programs:
Beltrami smiles and touches her chin to the Lord Mayor, and waves to Austin, Patashu, Rin, Devi and Mako!
<Verbatim start: BunnyHugger>
Order of Ceremonies

1. Welcome from Election Commissioner
2. Address by Outgoing Mayor Mitsuki
3. Swearing in of Mayor Tss'Renia
4. Swearing in of Vice-Mayor Patashu
5. Presentation of Tokens of Office
6. Address by Vice-Mayor Patashu
7. Address by Mayor Tss'Renia
8. Conclusion of Ceremony (Election Commissioner)
<Verbatim end: BunnyHugger>
Austin chirrips to Saffron.
Jill-Annie smiles thinly, and stretches. "Hmm. ... no Vahno ..."
Featherwing mumbles somoething about remembering to actually run next year as he takes his seat.
Tss'Renia tunes DOWN the RF on its radios xxo
fluffy zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
fluffy has arrived.
Lightspill arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Lightspill has arrived.
fluffy nya
Beltrami grins and waves to fluffy and Lightspill!
Parka+ grins, looking excited.
Austin says, "Heya, creatures."
fluffy says, "Myallo!"
Vahno arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Vahno has arrived.
( A temporary stage has been erected in front of City Hall. It is festooned with colorful banners and has a lectern and microphone for the current speaker. )
Beltrami grins waving to Parka+ and Vahno!
Niny'ah arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Niny'ah has arrived.
Jill-Annie looks over. "Oh. Vahno *is* here."
Beltrami smiles to Niny'ah!
Saffron observes Austin, and makes a batlike noise.
Samnang arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Samnang has arrived.
Austin says, "His don't-notice-me field must have worn off."
Austin says, "Heya, Samnang."
Chitter pushes a small stepstool to the podium for BunnyHugger to climb on to reach the microphone.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I am so nervous, I might spring an air leak."
Vahno says, "I'm here."
You rumble, "You got this, reni. Just speak from the heart."
Rin says, "you'll do good i'm sure c:"
Vahno says, "...what heart?"
Niny'ah says, "I thought you were beepy not boingy"
Gwen says, "All I can say is, better you than me. :P"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Vahno has a point."
Jill-Annie nods sagely to Austin. "His 'don't notice me because I'm not here yet' field, yes."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "... from the fusion core?"
Mitsuki fails to notice any stairs, and awkwardly clambers up onto the stage from the front.
Athares arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Athares has arrived.
[OOC] PatchO'Black says, "goes AFK to take care of some RL things..."
Parka+ chortles. "There you go."
Tss'Renia lines up behind Mitsuki
Devi and the Devis regard the proceedings impassively from the sidelines.
Vahno earperks, then POUNCES Athares!
BunnyHugger speaks into the microphone. "Welcome all, to the annual Inauguration of the Mayor. Thank you for watching the passing of the torch from Mayor Mitsuki to Mayor-Elect Tss'Renia!"
Patashu claps!
BunnyHugger says, "Thank you, also, to the voters and candidates for another fun and good-spirited election."
Athares catches Vahno! Smiles a bit, gently sets Vahno down, quietly tells Vahno to hold off 'till after, then has a seat himself.
fluffy skritches Beltrami!
fluffy pat-pot-pets Austin!
Samnang waggles "Hey there Austin champion ring tail. How's a coati?"
Tss'Renia sneaks to go pick up Rin and Lightspill.
Aurora arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Aurora has arrived.
Austin sits on Samnang's feet. He's adorable, but should pay attention to the ceremony.
BunnyHugger says, "We always begin by inviting the outgoing Mayor to give the final address of their term. I will therefore ask Mayor Mitsuki to take center stage and leave us with your final words of wisdom as Mayor."
,Kandra arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
,Kandra has arrived.
,Kandra quietly looks, a bit.
Lightspill perks and hugs Tss'Renia
Rin gets carried by Reni
BunnyHugger climbs down and Chitter pulls the stepstool away, assuming it is not needed.
Rin hugs Reni back too c:
Mitsuki perks ears and scampers over! They lean way up toward the microphone. Uh, hmm. They try to climb the stand! ...Thud. Well, it's short enough now.
Mako oh dear. We don't need a footstool?
Mitsuki says, "Ah well, this is fine!"
Chitter says, "Maybe I needed to leave the stepstool? I can put it back."
Mitsuki sits up and holds the microphone. "I got it! Ahem. You creatures have been good friends for a long time now. I haven't really been up for much roleplaying lately (sorry about all the holidays I missed), but I am honored to be here among you. I'm sure Tss'Renia will do a good job!"
Patashu claps for Mitsuki!
You rumble, "IRL matters aside, I do consider your type to be a good representative of Spindizzyness. :3"
Parka+ watches with interest!
Mitsuki hastily rights the mic stand.
Samnang watches, listens while gathering Austin up in his arms to hold against his chest, stroking along the coati's head and back like he's contemplating blowfeld level thoughts.
,Kandra flinches, covering her ears at the amplified thud.
BunnyHugger applauds. Chitter moves the stepstool back for her and she climbs it to speak into the microphone. "Please join me in thanking Mayor Mitsuki for her service to the citizens of SpinDizzy!" She applauds again (not right into the microphone, she knows better).
Beltrami grins clapping!
Patashu claps!
Jill-Annie smiles thinly, and golf-claps.
Rin claps
BunnyHugger whoops and edits in "Their service"
Parka+ applauds like someone who wasn't here for most of it, she's just happy to be here!
fluffy plaps her mittens together in a clap-like manner
Tss'Renia claps! Or tries to. The synthetic scales were not designed for that.
Austin licks Samnang's chin while flicking his tail around. "Hoorah!"
Chitter pretends he didn't notice BunnyHugger trying to pretend she didn't misspeak
Mitsuki stands on two legs to bow, and scampers off to the back!
Parka+ climbs onto the back of her seat and breakdances momentarily.
BunnyHugger adjusts her ribbon a little nervously.
BunnyHugger says, "Now we will swear in Mayor-Elect Tss'Renia, followed by Vice-Mayor Patashu. If you could both come here, I'll administer the Oath of Office!"
Patashu approaches!
Tss'Renia steps up the stage carefully, hoping it is solid enough for two iron beasts.
BunnyHugger turns to Tss'Renia first.
BunnyHugger says, "Do you, Tss'Renia, affirm that you will serve the interests of the people of SpinDizzy as their duly elected representative, and perform the duties of the office of Mayor to the best of your ability?"
Tss'Renia nods, "Yes, I do affirm."
Lightspill claps for Good Goernance
BunnyHugger smiles and turns to Patashu.
BunnyHugger says, "Do you, Patashu, affirm that you will continue to serve the interests of the people of SpinDizzy as their duly elected representative, and perform the duties of the office of Mayor should the office be vacated before the end of Mayor Tss'Renia's term?"
Patashu grins at 'continue.' I do!
Patashu "I do!" to be clear.
BunnyHugger says, "Then congratulations, Tss'Renia and Patashu, and I wish you a happy, successful, and prosperous term! I will now ask Mitsuki to present Mayor Tss'Renia with the tokens of office."
Patashu cheers!
Jill-Annie watches the proceedings like a hawk.
Beltrami claps!
Parka+ breakdances some more, cheering!
Borris pats PatchO'Black!
Mitsuki applauds! And scurries over to Tss'Renia.
Mitsuki hands Ceremonial Mayor's Hat to Tss'Renia.
Dragoncat steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
Dragoncat has arrived.
Rin claps!
Mitsuki hands Enormous Novelty Scissors to Tss'Renia.
Mitsuki hands Mayor's Cachet to Tss'Renia.
Beltrami grins waving to Dragoncat!
Tss'Renia looks at the Cachet, that might have not been updated in some time!
BunnyHugger looks a little alarmed at the scissors.
BunnyHugger says, "Oh, uh, I forgot about that one. It's a relatively new accessory."
Parka+ ... gremlinsnicker.
BunnyHugger says, "Was it your administration that created the scissors, Mitsuki?"
Mitsuki explains, "For ribbon-cutting. Oh, no, it was before me!"
Samnang holds Austin aloft like he's the Stanly cup and dances around with him
Austin heeheees!
BunnyHugger says, "A lot of folks think the hat is the official token of the Mayor's office, but that is only a custom that has attached to it. Originally there was a ceremonial sash, which got lost at some point over the years - perhaps sometime the Mayor's Office will decide to commission a new one. Someone presented the hat as a gift to Beltrami early in her term thinking the Mayor ought to get to wear a special hat, and as she was the first Mayor, it stuck around as a tradition."
BunnyHugger says, "The actual, most official token of office is the Mayor's Cachet. It is both the ceremonial symbol of the office and its seal. Use it well!"
Mitsuki grins
Featherwing remembers seeing those scissors the last time we did a World Fair, which I still have a portal to my pavillion set in my apartment...
BunnyHugger says, "And ... I recommend against running with the scissors."
Beltrami nodnods.
Jill-Annie grins. "... Lots of emotions in that cachet ... buuut I can wait." (dun dun dunnnnn)
[Vahno just looked in your direction! (Male Gaerian)]
Mitsuki says, "...Lynnet made the scissors!"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "With four paws on the ground, running with scissors would be impressive."
BunnyHugger says, "Oh yes, that makes sense."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Wait, solved it. I can hold the scissors in my muzzle."
Mitsuki says, "Yay! Perfectly safe!"
Rin giggles
Mako . o O ( Is it wrong that I vaguely pictured two separat Pata bodies, handing the vice mayoral beanie from one to the other? :P )
Chitter says, "I was about to suggest that."
Patashu . o O ( How about I just throw it, have someone throw it to me, and we'll edit it in post to look cooler? )
Tss'Renia .wavs, "But not right now, I hear the stage creaking under the weight of two metal dragons."
BunnyHugger says, "The Vice Mayor has the Beanie which is a gag that started when someone gave it to Morticon as... I guess we'll say, an affectionate prank, when he was Vice Mayor."
You rumble, "Are we going to have to do an infrastructure week?"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Every week can be infrastructure week. Someone call Zinnia."
BunnyHugger says, "Our next order of business is for the new administration to give us their first speeches of office. Or at least of this term, since Patashu is being re-elected. We always start with the Vice Mayor so I will cede the microphone to Vice Mayor Patashu."
BunnyHugger climbs down and Chitter pulls the stepstool out of the way.
Patashu takes the microphone!
You rumble, "I am honored to be able to serve alongside Tss'Renia to be an advocate for Spindizzy, Spindizzians and our culture - where you're free to become what you wish to be most and to be surrounded by friends and peers adventuring and socializing together with you. Tss'Renia serves as a shiny, metallic demonstration of this philosophy! Spindizzy is a place of creation, play and belonging and I hope to see this tradition continue this year."
Patashu bows and steps back.
BunnyHugger applauds.
Athares claps!
Tss'Renia applauds and headbows to Patashu, then looks over to BunnyHugger.
Niny'ah says, "There's also the Deputy Mayor's inflatable hat. Which is Silly."
Chitter pushes the stepstool back and BunnyHugger climbs up for a brief moment. "I will now invite Mayor Tss'Renia to give the Inaugural Address!"
Chitter and BunnyHugger get back out of the way.
Parka+ nods. "I'm basically an example of becoming what I wish to be! ... well, sort of. The coalition that helped me isn't Spin-centric. .... .... I've still been staying here long enough, buzz off."
Mitsuki cheers!
Tss'Renia approaches the microphone, opens its debug panel to fetch from it a piece of paper. It unfolds the paper many times while the debug panel closes. "Oh, it is blank. Right. This is just a prop, because I am a computer on paws. Ahem. This message is for creatures of all kinds. ... Keep SpinDizzy weird!" It steps away from the microphone.
Patashu grins! Applauds
Beltrami earflutters and smiles.
Gwen applauds and whistles.
Rin grins and applauds
Parka+ says, "WOOOOO!"
Jill-Annie politely claps.
Mitsuki hops and bounces around! Yayy!
Saffron seems confused.
Athares smiles a bit- and claps again!
Austin chirp!s.
Samnang makes dozens of sparkly fizzing and crackling sparkle butterflies
Vahno claps!
Tss'Renia places the stepstool back for BunnyHugger.
Borris pats PatchO'Black!
BunnyHugger applauds.
Lightspill grins and watches Tss'Renia
BunnyHugger smiles and nods a thanks to Tss'Renia for the stool replacement.
BunnyHugger says, "Thank you for that stirring speech, Mayor Tss'Renia! That concludes the Inauguration Ceremony; we will now eagerly wait the great works of our new administration!"
BunnyHugger applauds.
Beltrami claps!
Austin says, "Congratulations!"
Patashu applauds!
Parka+ says, "Siiiiiiick"
BunnyHugger totally said 'await' and the microphone just dropped the first syllable. Really.
Devi and the Devis stand at attention, prepared to clean up once the proceedings are finished.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Well, I already started converting that spacejunk into nuclear batteries, if anyone wants some."
You rumble, "Always."
Austin says, "New clear batteries? What's wrong with the old opaque kind?"
Vahno bonks Austin on the head.
Austin chirp?s.
BunnyHugger says, "Mayor Mitsuki, remember that there's a saying, 'once a Mayor, always a Mayor'... it's always a polite way to address a past Mayor. Of course, we have so many past Mayors now I don't always remember who is or isn't one... but in any case... congrats on the conclusion of your successful term!"
Parka+ pffffsnicker @ Austin.
BunnyHugger holds out a paw to shake with Mitsuki.
Mako . o O ( I for one support our new beepy overlords! :D )
Tss'Renia offers Patashu one unit. It looks suspiciously like a Fallout 4 Fusion Core in terms of format.
Mitsuki scampers over and shakes BunnyHugger's paw!
Mitsuki says, "Thank you."
Patashu nice, accepts
Parka+ says, "Maytsuki. Mitsukayor. May-uki. ... okay I'm out of ideas."
[BunnyHugger just looked in your direction! (female Devilbunny)]
BunnyHugger holds out a tiny paw to attempt to shake with Patashu and then Tss'Renia, although it's not quite clear how that will work.
Gwen says, "Mayor Emeritus?"
BunnyHugger says, "Congratulations on your re-election Vice Mayor Patashu, and your election Mayor Tss'Renia!"
Tss'Renia segfaults for a bit and then remembers local social protocols, carefully shakes BunnyHugger's paw!
Patashu clawshakes (somehow)
BunnyHugger says, "Wow, we have quite a crowd assembled! It's great to see so many people come out to watch the changing of the guard."
PatchO'Black has disconnected.
Mitsuki says, "Woah, yeah!"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Is this the part where I get kidnapped by a macrofur?"
Dragoncat appaluds!
BunnyHugger says, "There's nothing else planned, but I'm sure this is a great chance to meet and offer congratulations to the new administration or the old. My role as the Elections commissioner is over for another year-ish!"
Mitsuki scampers over and climbs Patashu.
You rumble, "Enjoy your 11 month vacation to the Bahamas. :3"
Patashu parades Mitsuki around!
Dragoncat says, "Uh... Hopefully not? I haven't got my kaiju insurance."
Aurora says martenishly, "Can we have blueberries on tap?"
Rin plush-hugs Reni
BunnyHugger says, "I don't know, we're kinda due for a World's Fair or at least a carnival this year, I think."
Tss'Renia huggles Rin!
Patashu ooh.
PatchO'Black has connected.
PatchO'Black sings a few notes and the air around him darkens. When it clears, he has changed...
Jill-Annie looks around for any macrofurs who might have any kidnapping-urges. "Hmm ..."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "There is a dragon named Ren. If they, Rin, and I were in the same room, it would confuse everyone."
BunnyHugger says, "Actually maybe I'll do a Winter Carnival in the coming winter; haven't done one of those in a while."
Austin says, "Yeah, that's been forever and three weeks."
BunnyHugger says, "I meant to do one last year and got too busy."
Niny'ah says, "Do one in Jluly, BH"
Niny'ah says, "goodness knows we'll need the repriieve from the heat by then"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I love the hat."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "It is inflatable."
Dragoncat giggles.
BunnyHugger says, "I imagine that's because Beltrami was the original owner."
Vahno says, "Christmas in July is always fun."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I like Beltrami's tastes in hats."
Beltrami earflutters and touches her chin.
Mako hmmm... now I wanna do a night market again...
Parka+ hmmmmmmm?
Vahno says, "Night Market sounds fun."
BunnyHugger says, "Yeah, that's a good idea."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "A night market?"
BunnyHugger says, "I had to miss the last one so I'd like to see one."
Featherwing roars, "Same with the fair, too."
Athares, now that the main event is over... ruffles Vahno's head.
Athares says, "I'm a little curious what a night market would sell on a world like this."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I would be 'selling' helium, heliox tanks, nuclear batteries, and pillow bombs."
Niny'ah says, "metanarratively, 'things you couldn't think of on your own', via sharing the 'i want something new' idea with other PCs, in an IC way"
Rin says, "do the pillow bombs explode into pillows or are they pillow shaped?"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "They explode into pillows and knock you asleep. Great for pacifist offensives, or insomnia."
Rin says, "oh i like that!"
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Mayoral Election 2026

2026-04-12T03:11:59Z

Patashu:

[[Mayoral Election QnA 2026]]

[[Mayoral Race 2026]]

[[Mayoral Election Results 2026]]

[[Mayoral Inauguration 2026]]

Mayoral Election Results 2026

2026-03-30T04:41:27Z

Patashu:

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BunnyHugger shouts "Hello everyone! There are about eight minutes left in voting, if you have not yet voted for Mayor! Use 'vote' to enter the voting booth anywhere in the world." (Public-shout)
Volacris chitters, "Oh, is there an election?"
[OOC] Athares's last C-U run ended in a bona fide desert desperation scene due to that kind of chain
Maia ... lightly bops Vola with everything in rpread and +read
Martensitic Proxy wakes up.
BunnyHugger comes hopping in from somewhere.
BunnyHugger has arrived.
BunnyHugger gives the sleepers a look so stern that they rouse themselves and go home.
fluffy is gone but not forgotten. Wait, who were we talking about?
fluffy has left.
Final is sent home.
Final has left.
Lightspill gets pierced by a beam of light and pried apart into rainbows which shoot outward and disappear.
Lightspill has left.
Aurora is sent home.
Aurora has left.
Tss'Renia distressed beeping.
Tss'Renia has left.
Vahno says, "C-U?"
BunnyHugger says, "Yahtzee!!"
[OOC] Mako says, "In Long Dark, things that are flammable.... it can depend. STARTING a fire ain't hard, but keeping it going long enough to b useful is harder. :x"
[OOC] Athares says, "Casualties Unknown"
Beltrami smiles and waves to the Lord Mayor!
Austin says, "Darling!"
Mako says, "Five-combo!"
BunnyHugger says, "Hi Beletrami, gosh it's been a while. How are you?"
Austin says, "First element in getting to Rule the Universe!"
Beltrami tailbounces- she pats herself and gives a thumb up! She points to BunnyHugger?
BunnyHugger says, "Or the last, Austin. Don't a lot of people find that it's inexplicably the hardest part?"
[OOC] Maia ... zuhhh. Brain is Not at the moment ...
Austin says, "It is, yeah."
BunnyHugger says, "I'm all right. Busy."
[OOC] Athares muses to Mako, seems realistic in a sense... I should see if I can try TLD
[OOC] Maia says, "Think I'm gonna withdraw for a bit. Try to shower."
[OOC] Patashu says, "TLD seems like your kind of game Myril"
Austin says, "Left Chitter back at Election Headquarters?"
[OOC] Patashu says, "Shower well"
[OOC] Volacris says, "Does anyone know how to turn off autoscroll in the web client? It's making me want to crush a car."
BunnyHugger says, "Oh, I think he got separated from me when someone swept us."
Martensitic-Proxy says, "Hi!"
BunnyHugger says, "I'm sure he'll turn up."
Martensitic Proxy goes nosing around for squirrels...
Maia maids into a plastic hippopotamus mouth!
Maia has left.
Volacris ponderponderponder.
Martensitic Proxy dook?
Niny'ah has disconnected.
Elaraea falls asleep.
BunnyHugger leaves for Limbo ([D]own).
BunnyHugger has left.
[OOC] Mako says, "It's not bad, athares. Scalable difficulty, some depth to things like health and stats to manage, but not too deep in the weeds, a static map with randomized elements. My biggest complaint is that darkness is Too Dark"
Mako mew?
Beltrami blinks?
BunnyHugger comes hopping in from somewhere.
BunnyHugger has arrived.
Niny'ah has connected.
Elaraea wakes up.
[OOC] Athares nodnods, and penguin friendly! But steam only. Looks like a good choice though whenever I decide to actually buy a game next, thanks
BunnyHugger says, "I'm sorry, there's going to be a short delay in presenting the election results because we seem to have accidentally broken the vote program."
Mako says, "... broken it? @.o"
Beltrami frowns?
Austin has disconnected.
Austin has connected.
You chirp, "Wow, how"
Niny'ah says, " that's a first"
BunnyHugger says, "Austin was trying to help me remember how to lock a closed vote so that the results can't be viewed, which is something that got set up for past elections."
BunnyHugger says, "Somehow in the process of him running the setup program for it, he caused me to get locked into the vote program while it crashed. Then he had to kill the process to get me unstuck, which somehow also sent me to Limbo."
BunnyHugger says, "Then last I knew he was himself stuck in it."
Patashu dear god
BunnyHugger says, "OK, I think we have it sorted out."
Martensitic-Proxy says, "Oh dear."
Austin says, "It's all right, I'm mostly sure."
Rifter has disconnected.
Samnang sneaks over to give Austin and Bun Hugs pets
Tubelynx arrives in the Rose Garden.
Tubelynx has arrived.
Mako says, "You know, people were jsut talking about commands and exits spitting you out in odd places a while ago..."
Beltrami smiles and waves to Tubelynx!
BunnyHugger says, "I have the feeling that when Austin killed the process I was trapped in, it got interpreted as killing ME, and that sent me to Limbo."
Rifter has connected.
Tubelynx blinks. "I didn't do it!"
BunnyHugger says, "All right, I'm going to be announcing the winner in moments! I shall do so from City Hall, to make things more official."
[OOC] Rifter says, "Oh Rose Garden's not shiny anymore."
BunnyHugger waves and hops over that way in a sprightly manner.
Chitter comes scampering in from somewhere.
Chitter has arrived.
Rifter waves hello!
Beltrami grins waving to Chitter!
BunnyHugger says, "Oh, Chitter, I'm just leaving."
BunnyHugger leaves for S5 W7 City Hall (City Hall).
BunnyHugger has left.
Chitter says, ".... Oh."
Tubelynx street luges away!
Tubelynx has left.
Beltrami leaves for S5 W7 City Hall (City Hall).
Beltrami has left.
Austin leaves for S5 W7 City Hall (City Hall).
Austin has left.
Rifter street luges away!
Rifter has left.
Samnang leaves for S5 W7 City Hall (City Hall).
Samnang has left.
BunnyHugger shouts "In a few minutes I will officially announce the winner of this year's Mayoral Election! All are invited to witness the historic moment at City Hall ('ch')." (Public-shout)
luge s5 w7
You sit on a street luge (it resembles a long skateboard) and zip directly there!
S5 W7 City Hall(#212RL)
City Hall is a transparent, slightly dome wide-set at its base, with the swirling patterns of half-started spectrums swirling around the flimsy shell. The shell itself seems almost to breathe, as it flexes in the breeze and the changes of the people around it. A copper arch marks the most fixed spot and the easiest entrance to the hall.

Around the globe a sparkling array of smaller globes cling to the exterior, each an office or a room or department, and these rooms swirl around as if to off-vertical ferrous wheels on a structure imitating a soap bubble.

The park outside City Hall softly rises and falls, with spots of leaves and flowers of all colors popping into and out of being easily, and more rarely but still sometimes shrubs or bushes or even the odd tree makes it appearance, or exit, quietly but ever changing the light of the center.
Stars still shine in the dark western sky, but they fade around the zenith, and the sky turns blue with a ribbon of red on the eastern horizon. It's something like 7 am.

Obvious Exits:
[E]ast, [FTE] FurToonia Embassy, [MO] Mayor's Office, [N]orth, [S]outh, [U]p, and [W]est
Contents: Samnang, Rifter, A rabbit-loved, squirrel-tolerated, elastic coatimundi. (Austin), Beltrami, Tubelynx, a nonanthro white-and-black rabbit (BunnyHugger), Unassuming Recycling Bin, and City Hall Stage
Volacris arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Volacris has arrived.
Tubelynx leaves for S5 W7 City Hall (City Hall).
Tubelynx arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Volacris rrrRRRrrr
Niny'ah arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Niny'ah has arrived.
Volacris rr to Niny'ah
Tubelynx blep.
Vahno arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Vahno has arrived.
Athares arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Athares has arrived.
Mako arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Mako has arrived.
Athares may or may not still have Vahno sitting on him. He doesn't mind either way.
BunnyHugger adjusts her ribbon nervously.
Mako, now curious
Chitter arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Chitter has arrived.
BunnyHugger offers to let Chitter walk along with her.
Chitter decides to walk along with BunnyHugger.
Rifter chirps, "Well played to everyone who ran their campaigns and congratulations to the winner."
Volacris ponder.
Rifter chirps, "Whoever the winner is. I do not have the vote tallies."
Volacris tries to find a nice spot to sit in.
Mitsuki arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Mitsuki has arrived.
BunnyHugger says, "I currently am the only one who does! But shortly, I will be sharing it with everyone!"
Mako says, "We didn't have as much campaigns this year as we normally do, but we had the debate and an event at least."
BunnyHugger takes out a serious-looking envelope, pulls out a fancy piece of paper from it, and holds it up with great formality.
Beltrami grins.
Mako says, "And the swag, of course. :P"
Tubelynx scurries around looking for something or someone to climb.
Volacris perks its antennae
BunnyHugger clears her throat and stands as tall as she's able, which is perhaps two feet.
Volacris looks to Tubelynx.
Tubelynx looks back.
Volacris invites Tubelynx over to sit between Vola's antennae!
Athares smiles at Vola and Lynx. Cute.
BunnyHugger says, "Good evening, I am BunnyHugger, the current coordinator for the election of Mayor of SpinDizzy! The polls closed a short while ago and thanks to our marvelous voting system, we have the results of the 2026 election."
BunnyHugger says, "This year's Mayor is..."
BunnyHugger pauses for dramatic effect.
Patashu drumrolls...
Mako earperks
BunnyHugger says, "Tree squirrels!"
Patashu cheers!
Mako prffft
Samnang makes ready to applaud with his typical claps that sound like slapping two pieces of split dried wood together
Beltrami claps and pets Chitter!
BunnyHugger says, "The Vice Mayor position goes to flying squirrels."
Chitter facepaws.
Chitter says, "BunnyHugger..."
Chitter says, "That's the wrong vote."
Austin says, "I like their strong reversible-ankle position."
Rifter displays a hologram: < Confetti particles! That are all shaped like squirrels thanks to the wonderous particle system. >
BunnyHugger looks flustered and her ears blush.
Tubelynx scrammbles up on Volacris!
BunnyHugger grabs a different piece of paper, dropping the one she had been holding up.
Athares grins goofily a moment.
Rifter chirps, "Squirrels are cute, though."
BunnyHugger says, "Oh, ah, just a little joke. I thought we might need to lighten the mood."
Beltrami nodnods.
Tubelynx says, "Flying squirrels are untrustworthy!"
BunnyHugger says, "According to the instant runoff vote tally, our Mayor Elect..."
BunnyHugger says, "... is Tss'Renia!"
Mitsuki cheers!
Patashu claps!
Rifter displays a hologram: < Confetti particles! >
Beltrami claps!
Austin says, "Congratulations!"
BunnyHugger says, "As runner up, Patashu will continue in the Vice Mayor position for a second term. I believe this is the first time we have had a re-elected Vice Mayor."
BunnyHugger says, "Consecutively, I mean."
You chirp, "Oh, that's cool."
Athares flares ears, hmm! Applauds.
Mako huh! Applauds, then!
Samnang raises his hands and whooop! Flicking dozesns of sparkling butterflies into teh air lik =e so many small sky lighter fireworks
Volacris oooh!
Tubelynx doesn't have the physiology to clap, but kind of gophers upright
BunnyHugger says, "The ballots are now available for inspection, so if you would like to see what the IRV looked like in action, go back into the 'vote' program and choose to view past results. The 'Best Squirrel' practice vote is 38 and the 2026 Mayor vote is 40."
Rifter looks in confusion at the voting program.
Rifter chirps, "Who decided that vote numbers wouldn't go '1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...' but '1, 10, 11, 12, 13, ...'?"
BunnyHugger says, "We will schedule an Inauguration soon, once the outgoing Mayor and the Mayor-Elect and Vice-Mayor-Elect have conferred with me on scheduling. Probably within a week."
Athares . o O ( The program records list might benefit from having '0' prepending the single digits. )
Patashu says to BunnyHugger, "I can do any day except US fridays, to save you a click."
Niny'ah, to Rifter, "Whoever didn't think there'd ever be more than 9 in record"
BunnyHugger says, "Thank you to all the candidates and voters for continuing this old and storied local tradition."
Austin says, "MUF hasn't exactly got a clear idea of variable type."
Austin says, "It just understands types well enough to make life more difficult."
Volacris rrr.
Mako clearly, needs a better platform. :x
Rifter looks over at the voting program again... and considers filing a quick petition to whoever made it to put leading zeroes, just so the order looks nicer. (How they didn't notice this when going to vote is beyond them.)
Beltrami pats herself and yawns urgently- she hugs BunnyHugger, Chitter, Samnang, Mako, Austin and Vahno and waves!
Beltrami is glommed down and swept away by a plastic hippopotamus mouth.
Beltrami has left.
Samnang snugs Beltrami, "Dream neato dreams!"
Austin should be sleeping himself, too.
Rifter street luges away!
Rifter has left.
Samnang croons, "Do dream neato dreams folks!"
Austin says, "Aw, thanks, Samnang. I'll do what I can."
Mako says, "Bed well!"
BunnyHugger says, "I have to go too, I'm afraid."
Austin says, "Thanks! Take care, community, and congratulations, Tss'Renia."
Austin offers to let BunnyHugger carry him.
BunnyHugger says, "Congratulations to Mayor-Elect Tss'Renia and Vice-Mayor-Elect Patashu! And thank you for your service, Mayor Mitsuki."
BunnyHugger says, "I'll be in touch soon about the Inauguration."
BunnyHugger picks up Austin.
Austin says, "Coming with, Chitter?"
Athares nods to Austin, BunnyHugger, Patashu, and- ah, Tss is not here. "Thank you all for keeping this tradition alive."
Patashu nods!
Tubelynx hmms, finding their way back down. "Wonder what they're gonna do now."
Chitter says, "Yeah."
Austin says, "Sounds good, then. See you later, the rest of you!"
Austin street luges away!
Austin has left.
BunnyHugger has left.
Chitter has left.
BunnyHugger leaves, with a nonanthro Eastern gray squirrel (Chitter) [Chitter(#5713XZ)] walking along with her.
Austin is carried off by a nonanthro white-and-black rabbit (BunnyHugger) [BunnyHugger(#12431PKBJXM2)].
Mako says, "which they?"
Tubelynx says, "The new mayor!"
Mako looks forward to seein' what Renia can come up with!
Featherwing arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Featherwing has arrived.
</syntaxhighlight>

Mayoral Election Results 2026

2026-03-30T04:33:01Z

Patashu: Created page with "<syntaxhighlight lang="text" line="1"> BunnyHugger shouts "Hello everyone! There are about eight minutes left in voting, if you have not yet voted for Mayor! Use 'vote' to enter the voting booth anywhere in the world." (Public-shout) Volacris chitters, "Oh, is there an election?" [OOC] Athares's last C-U run ended in a bona fide desert desperation scene due to that kind of chain Maia ... lightly bops Vola with everything in rpread and +read Martensitic Proxy wakes up...."

Mayoral Election 2026

2026-03-30T04:32:42Z

Patashu:

[[Mayoral Election QnA 2026]]

[[Mayoral Race 2026]]

[[Mayoral Election Results 2026]]

Patashu's Beginner Guide

2026-03-30T01:59:53Z

Patashu:

== Useful Commands ==

say x (or "x)
pose x (or : x)

Say and do things those in the same room can see.

ws

'WhoSpecies', summarizes everyone in the same room as you.

look
look x
lookat x y

`look` looks at the room you're in and shows you everything inside. `look x` shows you the description of an object, player or action you can see. `lookat x y` lets you read the description of a `y` in `x`'s inventory!

wa #dir

'WhereAre' lists public areas where people are congregating, and directions to get to those areas. Will also teach you about 't/teleport', 'rose' and 'luge'.

whisper x=y
page x=y

Tell `x` a message in private. The only difference is whisper requires you to be in the same room.

msummon x
mjoin x

Teleport directly to people across long distances.

spoof x

Prints a message ( in brackets ) not tied to your character. Use `spoof #recent` to learn who did recent spoofs.

ooc x
ponder x (or tb x)
sing x
dosign x

These are like say but print other kinds of messages.

verbatim
verbatim x

After using this command, write and send as many paragraphs of text as you like, then send `.end` on a new line to send it. `verbatim` sends it to everyone in the room you're in, `verbatim x` sends it to the player `x` only.

== Explore The World ==

http://burningsmell.org/sd/mainmap.php (the map of Spindizzy's overworld! make sure to use http and not https)

http://www.spindizzy.org/map/ (a backup from 2020 if the above is down)

map

Shows a map of where you are. (Not always implmented, but it works on the overworld and in Patashu Industries for example).

help
@globals (or globals #list)

Non-exhaustive list of commands and topics. If you want help on a specific command, try `help x`, `x #help`, `look x` and `@view x`. Hopefully one of them works.

holidays

A list of Spindizzy's holidays.

+read
rpread
cread

Global bulletin boards with information about Spindizzy policy/OOC events, upcoming roleplay events and technical information on how to make things respectively. (cread covers a lot of things not in this guide, like TRaMs and containers.)

homefinder

Lists all public housing in Spindizzy - but if you like you can just @dig your own!

wadir

If you don't remember the name of a public area, use this to get directions. For example `wadir spaceport`.

time

The current date and time according to Spindizzy.

== Express Yourself ==

@set me=C

Turns on ANSI colour vision. New characters still start with it off! With this on, you'll see the [OOC] in ooc be coloured blue, for example.

editplayer

A program that lets you modify your own appearance.

morph #help

Swap instantly between different saved appearance.

help pronouns

If you use a custom gender, this will set up your pronouns. Otherwise they'll default to your name.

editroom
editzombie
editvehicle
look #edit

Make rooms, zombies, vehicles and 'looktraps' (invisible keywords that can be `look`ed at, usually hinted by putting the keyword in []s)

@create name

Make a new blank object.

@dig room

Make a new blank room.

@set here=_whereare:describe room here
@set here=_wherearedir:write directions here

Make a room public (visible on wa/wadir).

@set here=J
@set here=_tel/allow?:yes

Allows teleporting to a room.

sge exit

Gives an exit reasonable default messages. (NOTE: Will erase any custom succ, osucc, desc, drop or odrop you set up!)

@find x
@owned

List the dbref of a thing you know - then you can @tel #dbref=me, ex #dbref, etc. @owned just shows you all your stuff.

ex x

Display properties of a thing, e.g. try ex me. continue with ex me=/ and so on to explore subproperty trees. to change a property, try `@set me=/species:Awesome`

fa

Shows everyone on the muck and what room they're in, a wa alternative.

showme
hideme

Hide yourself or a zombie from things like wa.

pman #reg
pman #unreg

Use this as a zombie to allow it to interact with globals.

fhand x to y
fdrop x
fget x
@frec x
@set me=/_hand/fake_ok:yes
cread 24

Interact with fake objects (objects that only exist as properties on the object they're inside of rather than being an object in their own right)

https://www.fuzzball.org/docs/muckhelp.html
https://www.fuzzball.org/docs/mpihelp.html
https://www.fuzzball.org/docs/mufman.html
https://fuzzball-muck.github.io/muckman/toc.html
@mpi {attr:bold,cyan,cyan!}
msgmacs
programs
plib */plib noises.muf
@view #2383

Various resources on MPI, MUF and our public MPI/MUF macros/programs. (Elaborating on this is definitely out of scope for a beginner's guide~)

Mayoral Race 2026

2026-03-24T04:26:06Z

Patashu: Created page with "<syntaxhighlight lang="latex" line="1"> Mako shouts "Bingeley Bongeley Beep! As the ancient prophies, and the rpwriting, foretold, it is time to engage in a little bit of jolly competition for fun, and also potential mishap, in the Annual Mayoral Race. No, not that one, the other one. The one involving feet and race courses. Mjoin me at s5 e0 if you wish to participate, or just watch the chaos unfold!" (Public-shout) Nina rides away on a street luge made of shadowy glit..."

<syntaxhighlight lang="latex" line="1">
Mako shouts "Bingeley Bongeley Beep! As the ancient prophies, and the rpwriting, foretold, it is time to engage in a little bit of jolly competition for fun, and also potential mishap, in the Annual Mayoral Race. No, not that one, the other one. The one involving feet and race courses. Mjoin me at s5 e0 if you wish to participate, or just watch the chaos unfold!" (Public-shout)
Nina rides away on a street luge made of shadowy glitches as if it was a skateboard.
Nina has left.
luge s5 e0
You sit on a street luge (it resembles a long skateboard) and zip directly there!
Fifty Million Years From Earth... (S5 E0)(#219RLJ)
You find yourself in the midst of thick, tangled woodland, with few
tracks to guide your way. Stumbling through the darkest part of
the forest, you suddenly feel an odd wrenching sensation, as if
something has pulled you over a threshold. You see the forest
getting lighter up ahead, and, pushing on, emerge into a narrow
gorge.

The scene is one of utter tranquility and peace, as if you were the
first person in eons to come upon this place. Between two steep
banks, a small stream cuts through a bed of ancient, weathered
rock, eroding it into an amazing variety of weird shapes. On
either side of the valley, creeper vines and Spanish moss droop
down from the twisted limbs of trees. The trees themselves
are...odd. They look like typical conifers and broadleafs, but
what species they are is anyone's guess. In fact, nearly all of
the plant life here, though certainly natural and vaguely familiar,
seems to be of strange, unrecognized species.

If you stay perfectly still, you may catch a glimpse of the equally
strange animal life roaming this valley. A few long-legged,
delicate creatures, looking something like a cross between deer and
rabbits, pass along a track beside the stream. Further off in the
woods you may glimpse a large, fierce-looking rat-like creature,
apparently on the trail of the rabbuck. If you're lucky, that's
all this monster will be after. Overhead circle birds: raptors of
some type, judging from their beaks and claws, but unlike any hawk
or eagle known on Earth. Somewhat more familiar mouse-like
creatures scurry back and forth in the underbrush.

If you're very patient, you may spot a small hole in the side of
the bank, partially hidden by some fallen rocks. If you're very
patient and very lucky, you may spot the hole's owner--a long,
furry snake--crawl in or out of it.
Plenty of stars shine in the early night sky even as they slide southwest. City lights give the horizon a warm glow, and the sky a dark purple tone. It seems to be about 10 pm.

Obvious Exits:
[E]ast, [H]ole, [N]orth, [S]outh, [U]p, and [W]est
Contents: Nina, and Mako
Parka zooms in and screeches to a halt! Cyber street luging.
Parka has arrived.
rpread
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|#1. Welcome! | Morticon |
|#2. Another use for this board | Morticon |
|#3. Spindizzy | Kinsor |
|#4. Wizards' Statement on the Mayoralty and Election | Austin |
|#5. Suggestions when running a public event | fluffy |
|6. Significant RPs or events for the week of 16FEB26 | Patashu |
|7. People's Choice Vote on 2026 Literary Medals | BunnyHugger |
|8. Olympic Event: Snowball Fight! | Mako |
|9. Revised Olympic Schedule | BunnyHugger |
|10. Olympic Biathlon (rescheduled) | BunnyHugger |
|11. Olympic Boggle, Thursday the 19th, 7 pm | Austin |
|12. The Beagles Bagels, Grand Opening - Open RP (25FEB26, 6| Moriar |
|13. Significant RPs or events for the week of 23FEB26 | Patashu |
|#14. The Mysteries of Keiro Valley | Mako |
|15. Festival of Sunset - Open RP (04MAR26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|16. Significant RPs or events for the week of 02MAR26 | Patashu |
|17. Mayoral Elections 2026 | BunnyHugger |
|18. Nominations for Mayor Solicited | BunnyHugger |
|19. Near Death Experiences - Open RP (11MAR26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|20. Significant RPs or events for the week of 09MAR26 | Patashu |
|#21. Expedition Agnoss | ( UNKNOWN ) |
|22. Grand Closing - Open RP (18MAR26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|23. Significant RPs or events for the week of 16MAR26 | Patashu |
|24. Our Mayoral Candidates | BunnyHugger |
|25. Mayoral Race! | Mako |
|26. UFO Crash Site - Open RP (25MAR26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|27. Mayoral debate rescheduled | BunnyHugger |
|28. Significant RPs or events for the week of 23MAR26 | Patashu |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Type 'rphelp' for a list of commands. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Done.
rpread 25

25. From: Mako
On: 2026-03-19 22:22:41
This post will expire on: 2026-05-18 22:22:41 -- 56 days and 3 hours from now.
Subject: Mayoral Race!

It's that time again! No, no, not time for the leiderhosen. Not since the Incident. With election season upon us again, it's time for the third annual Mayoral Race! ... the other one! Our brave trailblazers have been hard at work seeking out new and interesting new locations to hold it.... <Images pass by, Pooka on the beach, one upside-down in sand, one building a sand castle.... Pooka in the forest, running from an angry bear...> And we're sure that this year will be just as eventful as last time! All mayoral candidates, and anyone else with a healthy respect for some good old fashioned exercise and competition, are invited to join me on Mar 23, Monday, at 9:30 EST (6:30 Server, I believe), at a location to be revealed, when we shall engage in some good old foot racing!
Questions may be directed to me, as always.

Done.
Ping has teleported in.
Ping has arrived.
Ping bounces in.
Tss'Renia has arrived.
Niny'ah zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Niny'ah has arrived.
Vahno zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Vahno has arrived.
Niny'ah offers Vahno from a 5-gallon tin of popcorn. the mural on the tin looks like it's surplus from xmas.
Vahno says, "...ain't stale, is it?"
Niny'ah pops some into her mouth. "... nope. seems it was sealed up well."
Mako has set up a starting gate, and a table of goods. Some are for the spectators. ... there's also a table with HYDRAMAXXX Sportsade, and some Mechanical Lubricant for mechanicals... at least half the candidates are beepy, after all....
Patashu gulp gulp. owo
Parka looks the area up and down. "... Huh ..."
Nina curls up on Niny'ah's other side. mrp
Niny'ah offers popcorn.
Nina munch. :3
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Well I am sorry :p"
Tss'Renia looks for the heavy water.
Mako says, "So, for a little preamble, couple years ago I got the Clever(tm) idea for a foot race between all the mayoral candidates. Cause it'd be funny. Several hazards and one heatstroke later, it absolutely was. :P We're on the third one now. The rules are pretty simple. Run the course, reach the end. Watch out for hazards. No flying. o.o"
Patashu looks at his wings. Ahem.
Parka nods as she listens to Mako.
Vahno says, "That last rule is enforced by attack helicopter."
Niny'ah says, "PI Vinylsteel bubble cannon, I presume"
Mako says, "The pooka have assured me the river, whcih runs alongside part of the course, is pirahna free, so swimming and or hydroplaning is allowed. :x"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "No flying?"
Mako says, "No flying. Cause up until now msot of the candidates haven't had the ability. And it kind of defeats the purpose of a foot face. (Also it's harder to come up with good hazards)"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "My sister in Hraesvelgr. Two of us are nuclear plants on stilts. Fixing the holes is that path is going to be the first order of the mayoral office. LOL."
Patashu laughs
Parka pffsnicker.
Mako says, "Look, I work with what I got, and I didn't want to repeat the last two settings. >> At least this time there won't be any crabs!"
Vahno says, "No Gwen?"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Man, I will have to put my limbs in the de/mat machine tonight."
Mako says, "Probably not..."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Pata, remember that picture from zoidfans where the DiTCH needs high maintenance for the joins from shooting its shoulder mounted cannon?"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "You might have to call your kobolds."
Mako . o O ( The only zoids bit I can recall involves the refbot suplexing another one )
Tss'Renia-( https://bsky.app/profile/zoidsfan77.bsky.social/post/3lyxxdgevc22l )-
Parka heh. "Well ..." She gets her phone out, goes through a big list that seem to be of things she's done lately, and adds 'sporting event (political)'.
Patashu grins at Reni
Tss'Renia passes the heavy water bottle to Patashu, "Good for your fusion core"
Patashu gulP~
Tss'Renia stretches limbs, bounces in place thunderously. In cartoon vision, the whole world shakes around Ping, like the camera is normalized onto Ping.
Mako coughs. "Anyway. Would all runners please report to the starting line? The designated path is marked by flags. And we have a few eye in the skies.... *Drones buzz overhead*
Tss'Renia steps up to the line. "Do I need a straw?"
Patashu clank-pads over!
Nina exudes a few orbs of sky-blue light in bursts of holographic glitching. "More eyes in the sky! Also I can shoot to start off the race like I did the first time!"
Mako hah. "Sure! On your marks!"
Patashu leans forward, snorts steam...
Nina materializes a high-tech flaregun-looking thing in another burst of sky-blue holographic glitching. >:3
Tss'Renia wipes its visor clean.
Nina says, "On yer mark!"
Mako Steps up and takes a runner's position. She's been training! @.@
Nina says, "... get set ..."
Nina pulls the trigger! There's a loud electronic 'BZZT', startling herself! "... gAH!"
Patashu leaps forward, rawrrrrr!
Tss'Renia starts running like a weasel, which is to say, wrong program for the wrong body, but it gets the job done!
Mako Takes off!
( The first leg of the track is nice and easy, all things considered. It has to start somewhere, a packed dirt path leading into the deep woods... )
Patashu is keeping pace, no reason to push super far ahead - with how these races go, whoever's in first tends to facecheck the obstacles for the rest of us...
Parka considers a moment, and then gets up and starts running down the racetrack, her legs surrounded by aqua and violet light! So far, she's hanging behind the racers and keeping to the edge of the path.
Tss'Renia runs alongside Patashu, "Such a nice forest. Hope my rubber claws do not screw up the path too much."
You rumble, "Hey, if it's too bad we can fix it~"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I think it might be less power efficient to run than to float, due to increased maintenance work, but hey, I think I actually never _RAN_ before. I had no functions for it that I had to borrow Aurora's code. Quickly optimizing, though."
You rumble, "You should run more! It's a lot of fun."
Parka, behind Pata and Renia, "It is! Can't wait to do it robotic-like!"
Patashu beams!
Mako is hoping to keep up. @.@
Vahno says, "Niny, do we have a hover thingus that can keep up?"
Niny'ah says, "My hoverbike, perhaps?"
( The first leg is always easy, it lulls runners into a sense of false security, as we head into the second leg, where the path goes alongside the river, and begins to get Very Muddy.... )
Nina projects holograms of various screens that her Ultimate Proxies are seeing for Vahno and Niny'ah.
Patashu uh oh. His claws are going to get and splatter a lot of mud around @w@;
Bianca arrives from Squirrel Park (S4 E0).
Bianca has arrived.
Tss'Renia seems unperturbed by mud, besides getting itself and Patashu dirty and reverting to a more slinky gait, "Mako, do you need us to slow down a bit?"
Parka has a very brief moment of going 'oh crap' and then starts sort of ... leaping really high, as if that will somehow allow her to avoid hitting the mud. Net result: she hits the mud *harder*, splattering more mud up. On her third jump, she lets out an androgynous-sounding yelp and briefly goes splat facedown for a second, before scrambling back to her feet, cursing and laughing.
Patashu giggles sympathetically!
Mako gets three steps in and sinks into the mud. Looks to the river. Looks to the mud. Dives into the water. "There's a reason I mentioend swimming!" She dolphin-kicks forward. @.@
You rumble, "Ooh, clever..."
Bianca says, "Hey, folks, what's up?"
You rumble, "The Mayoral Race!"
Bianca's ears swivel. "Right now?"
Nina nodnods to Bianca, gesturing to the three mayoral candidates (plus Parka) on the racetrack.
Bianca blinks a couple of times, looking between the candidates and Nina, then seems to get it. She sits to watch!
( The next leg intersperses between mud and hardpacked dirt, bending back and forth with vines overhead as Small Fuzzy Creatures give you a wide berth. And occaisionally throw fruit at yuo. o.o )
[OOC] Mako says, "Bianca: See rpread 25. :3"
[OOC] Bianca says, "Thanks!"
Patashu gets clonked by a pineapple. @w@ Ow!
Parka shrugs off her eponymous coat, and tosses it over the nearest Ultimate Proxy. "Take this back! I didn't think this through!" An apple whizzes by her head in her distraction and she nearly stumbles. "WHOA!"
Parka takes off her parka. [desc updated]
Tss'Renia jumps into the water to clean off before the hardpacked dirt, and, "Ow, what the beep? Hey Pata, stay close, I can activate the bubble shield and cover the both of us."
You rumble, "Sure, if you're offering!"
Tss'Renia activates the shield around itself and Patashu, "They should throw blueberries instead."
Patashu defeats the powers of FRUIT with SCIENCE>
Mako Appears to be picking up speed! She surges forward! "Ha-HA! I have the upper hand wait what." She appears to be picking upa a LOT of speed.....
Vahno says, "Bring me back a fruit salad!"
You rumble, "Uh oh, what's Mako up to now...?"
Niny'ah says, "Something Funnyfail, I suspect."
( The path now begins to go down, along a gentle slope that zig zags back and forth..... )
Nina, conversationally, "Shenanigans."
Niny'ah says, "Oh. Oh. Hovercat has no brakes"
( Please note that a gentle slope doesn't quite work for a river. )
Nina also belatedly augh as one of her holoscreens shows a view getting attacked by a parka.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Well, if it was not cheating, I would just ROLL DOWN the hill with the shield, but that does not make use of my limbs."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "But that would also result in a game of Peglin."
( By this we mean that the gentle slope is a back and forth on land, and more specifically, a waterfall for the river. *Yaaaa-ha-ha-hooey!* )
Vahno says, "...Bye Mako!"
Parka tries to control her descent with her antimatter-fairy magic! ... It doesn't *quite* work and she ends up going over the waterfall after Mako.
You rumble, "Goodbye Mako @w@"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I hope she will be okay."
Vahno says, "Rescue crew, Two. At the waterfall. The bottom."
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "https://i.imgur.com/a63nuy1.png"

Nina nods to Vahno, and mew! at one of her proxies. ... This has no discernible effect on the rescue crew.
Vahno says, "...Might be time to move up the schedule on Parka's new bod."
Niny'ah says, "something swim-rated."
Niny'ah says, "although Ithink PI bodies are swim-rated by defaul"
Mako, now embedded upside-down in mud at the bottom, legs kicking. She's out for a round or two. x.x The Pooka on a Lakitu-Cloud is coming for recovery..... Meanwhile, the path is now reaching the halfway point! You can tell, there's a marker! There's also a rustling in the trres....
### BunnyHugger has posted a new message entitled "Vote for Mayor of SpinDizzy!" in board "SpinDizzy Main Bulletin Board". Type '+read 22' to read it.
Patashu earfin wriggles, oho?
+read 22

22. From: BunnyHugger
On: 2026-03-23 19:36:23
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Subject: Vote for Mayor of SpinDizzy!

The vote is now open for Mayor of SpinDizzy! To vote, use the command 'vote' to enter the voting booth from anywhere in the world. This is an instant-runoff vote, so you should rank the candidates in order from your favorite to least favorite. If you would like to practice using this voting system first, then you can try it out using the just-for-fun vote "What is the best kind of squirrel?" which is also a four-choice IRV.

I used Random.org to randomize the order in which the candidates appear on the ballot.

The vote will close on Sunday, March 29, at 9 pm PDT (server time), at which time the winner will be announced immediately.

Done.
Parka manaages to stagger out of the water with a loud yell, and starts careening wildly after Patashu and Renia, aqua and violet sparkles spraying in all directions!
Vahno says, "Wild magic, wild magic! Watchout!"
Patashu eeeep!
Parka's magic, notably, doesn't actually seem to be doing anything or causing any effects.
Tss'Renia beeps, "You okay Parka?" ... "Stupid prosopagnosia almost did not reconize them without the parka. Thank f--- for the processing net."
Parka clears her throat. "I'M OKAY!"
Tss'Renia her*
( Emerging from the bushes appears to be a rather large Boar! And a large boar... and a large... uh.... well, you have a small stampede. )
Nina . o O ( Small stampede of large boars. )
Patashu uh oh. Fleeing!!
Tss'Renia keeps going with the shield. "Poor fuckers."
Parka boggles at the stampede. "OHGOD." She hurriedly runs forward!
Tss'Renia's shield is set to bounce people off of it in a ridiculous fashion. It is bouncier than a bOeing with tailwind and microbust in JFK.
Mako is tugged free from the mud with a *Pop* and hovered back onto the road. She takes off. @.@
( The good news is, the next bit appears to be a straightaway, scattered with a few rocks here and there to make for rough footing... that might actually help with the chasing stampede. @.@ )
Vahno says, "...Flying pigs."
Patashu keeps pace with Reni...
Parka peers at the scattered rocks. And this time ... jumping really high *does* help deal with the rocky terrain!
Tss'Renia's marten node throws corks at the pigs, while the squirrel node improvises a cork gun with an elastic and some pencils. 'Take that you SWINE'
Niny'ah snrk
Patashu ha!
Nina gigglesnickers.
( The next leg runs straight into the treeline this time, and for some reason the boars stop dead with a squeal and scatter. You're fre and clear for now! .... right? )
Parka says, "... uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ..."
Patashu uh oh...
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "How dense is the forest?"
Niny'ah sideglances at Vahno. "That's... concerning."
Nina earperks.
Niny'ah big handful of popcorn.
( Jungle dense, so big trees, spaced inconsistently...... )
Patashu is big, dense forest is tricky. He ends up just tanking a lot of branches...
Parka is smaller than Renia and Patashu. She also seems to have done this before, and she has a reasonably good time not getting smacked or tripped up.
Tss'Renia's eyes widen, "It is dooking time". The creature's tree critter mode is activated. Shields are disabled and active scanning is enabled. Tss'Renia side steps and jumps about like a wardancing ferret, bouncing off from tree to tree as spacing permits it. If a tree is too small, it was a pretty tree while it lasted. Aurorae seem to be perticularly happy.
Vahno says, "...maybe we should alert the chopper."
Patashu woah! Reni has an advantage here...
( *SKREEEONK*. Well, that's new. Something out here just made a noise not unlike a Legally Distinct Godzilla. Then, a loud crashing noise... )
Austin arrives from Squirrel Park (S4 E0).
Austin has arrived.
Nina's Ultimate Proxies get some good views for her holoscreens!
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "Is Austin Godzilla?"
Nina's perpetual grin suddenly vanishes at that sound.
Niny'ah leans over to the holoscreen!
[OOC] Austin says, "Ha ha, me, a giant indestructible monster? That's ... totally a FurryMuck thing for me instead."
Vahno says, "...Maybe we should break out the cookies instead."
Parka w h a t @ the skreeeonk.
( Good news! You know what scared away the boars. )
Patashu ah. @w@
Tss'Renia is not caring much about what may look like godzilla but due to international copyright laws is not. Unless it stands in the way. But, that is what nodes with guns are for.
( Bad news! It appears to be a dinosaur that looks like a legally distinct T-Rex. *FWOOMPH* That exhales a gout of flame. >.> )
Parka OHGODWHAT
Patashu oh *Arceus*
Tss'Renia shields up @.o
Mako . o O ( I AM HAVING WORDS WITH MY ROUTE PLANNERS! )
You rumble, "I'm going to fight the dinosaur if I have to."
Parka hurriedly gets behind Renia's shields.
Vahno says, "...Okay, I think it might be time to call off the race!"
Niny'ah says, "Who's our Official?"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Why? We still have radiological warheads in orbit if we need!"
Tss'Renia deploys the Aurora node.
Nina nods. "That's actually sensible, Vahno! Uhhhh ..." She looks around. "... I *think* it was supposed to be Mako, but thTHAT'S NOT SENSIBLE RENIA --"
Aurora says martenishly, "Uh, nobody ELSE does nuclear warheads well."
[OOC] Ping hugs you each. Is quite tired, bedtime here...
[OOC] Ping waves, and crawls off to bed. "G'night, you all."
[OOC] Nina says, "G'night"
[OOC] Tss'Renia huggles Ping!
Ping is glommed down and swept away by a plastic hippopotamus mouth.
Ping has left.
Mako hoofs it. "Less warheads! More running!
Bianca has disconnected.
Parka magic-legs it. "I'm with Mako here!"
Patashu welp. @w@
Bianca has connected.
Tss'Renia follows Mako's lead! Getting around the monster. One Aurora node gets the plasma rifle out. It totally does not look like a sniper plasma rifle from fallout.
( The good news is, there's one leg left! You can see the finish line. And despite it all the Flameasaurus Rex is not exactly fast, it's just Big. But you have one final item to overcome..... )
Aurora-squirrel throws corks.
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "Jesus christ https://i.imgur.com/Qt3m10c.png"

( The last leg appears to be moving through what, for all intents and purposes, appears to be a small neolithic village. In it tiny creatures in pelts hurl tiny spears, using claws, with tiny little beady eyes.... )
Parka, just running directly forward, furrows her brow. "What in the *goddamn* ..."
Mako @.o "Craaaaaaaaabs!"
Vahno says, "OH MY GOD..."
Vahno curls up and holds his tail tight!
Patashu how in the-?!
Nina says, "*Small* enemy crabs!"
Tss'Renia tries to not step on the creatures @.o
Niny'ah does the thing at Vahno. "I peench"
Niny'ah does the voice too
Patashu has to be really cautious as well while getting pelted @w@;
Vahno hisses and pounces on Niny!
Niny'ah cackleAUGH
Parka leaps this way and that in what comes off as a particularly terrible impression of a weasel wardance!
( Popcorn goes Everywhere! )
Aurora says martenishly, "You are getting the hang of it!"
Mako Ack eek aiiie ack yow yeep! @.o
Vahno bapbapbaps Niny!
Niny'ah aaagh ack agh!
Aurora-squirrel "... Should have brought hot butter."
Vahno sits on Niny. And goes back to watching.
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "there is a weapon in Rings of Saturn: EINAT Kzinti lesson MkII"
[OOC] Nina says, "we're not playing Rings of Saturn: EINAT Kzinti lesson MkII, we're RPing on SpinDizzy"
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "... are you not familiar with the Kzinti Lesson?"
Mako teeters at an angle, then keels over the finish line. She is almost certainly not first. She may not be sensate. @.o *Tweetle*
[OOC] Nina says, "No, but I am familiar with this scene that's happening right now on SpinDizzy."
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "to wit, 'any sufficiently powerful starship thruster is an equally effective weapon'"
Niny'ah drags one of Nina's holoscreens to where she can see it while being Squarsh't by Vahno
[OOC] Mako says, "No, nin, the point is: Focus. :x"
Tss'Renia might have totally went through the finish line and never realize it. Some say she is still running to this day.
[OOC] Mako says, "Niny, that is. >.>"
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "sorry ;"
Parka careens past the finish line, staggers, and then flops facedown, arms pushed forward just enough to prevent herself from causing any injury to her squishy organic parts.
Aurora-squirrel, "No, everyone stopped. Go back, Beep."
( Helpful Kobolds at the finish line have colorful Blorbo and Friends bandaids, drinks, painkillers, and possibly whisky shots, as necessary. )
Patashu grabs water and pours it over his face. @w@
Niny'ah goonches at Vahno's sides to try and get him off her
Bianca applauds!
Tss'Renia trots back to Mako and Parka, "We made it!"
Parka lets out what's almost a gremlinsnicker, and then laughs almost hysterically, pushing herself into a sitting position.
[OOC] Mako says, "And if I haven't said, I do appreciate people showing up. ESpecially when I pull stuff like this completely out of my rear."
[OOC] Patashu grins
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "I think 3 times makes it Tradition"
Vahno yelps and jumps up! And back down.
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "I sometimes pull things out of my rear, but it is usually data."
Niny'ah DOOF
Nina doesn't seem to particularly react to Vahno and Niny'ah's antics. This is normal.
[OOC] Mako says, "I fully intend to keep making it up as I go. :x"
Vahno keeps bouncing~
Mako Wheeez. "Zokay? @.z"
Bianca says, "Easily the most honest political race I've ever seen."
Niny'ah OOF, OOF, OOF
Patashu giggles
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Really?"
Mako slowly sits up. "That is vaguely worrisome."
Bianca waves a hand. "Usually, the contestants are just standing there! Good show, y'all."
Mako says, "... next time, I'm going to put this on a space station or something. It can't be nearly as dangerous. @.<"
Patashu . o O ( To Be Continued )
Mako . o O ( Insert evil laughter here. )
Niny'ah reaches up and GRABSTS at Vahno's waist on the next bounce! "Mako, you know better than to say THAT"
Parka sits up. "Haha, what?" She shakes her head. "... Yeah that can be my *first* political sporting event with ... with a chassis ..."
Mako . o O ( I already have Plans. >:P )
Bianca laughs. "Oh, yeah, nah, space stations are..." She coughs into her fist. "Totally safe. Definitely. Never... any problems... with those."
Niny'ah says, "speaking of space stations"
Vahno Erks! GRABST!
Niny'ah says, "Who owns SFOXS now anyway"
Parka smirks towards Bianca. "... I'm gonna find a spot to make my home here."
Bianca swivels her ears to Parka. "Here as in--here on Spindizzy? Or here as in, like..." She gestures around at the area. "This part of it?"
Parka says, "What? Oh, on Spin, yeah, not *here*-here."
Bianca laughs, nodding. "Good choice! It's pretty peaceful, here, despite all the..." She glances sidelong. "...I think they call themselves adventurers. I'd say 'forces of nature' or 'unregistered WMDs.'"
Nina raises a hand. "I'm the Ultimate Life Form!"
Vahno says, "I'm a demon!"
Parka heh. "Yeah okay." She shrugs to Bianca. "*Anyway*, the point is ... it's fun around here."
Niny'ah says, "I hang out with them, so what does that say about Me"
Bianca gestures vaguely in the direction of those who spoke, and nods. "Yeah! I dig it."
Bianca says, "*I* live in a giant kitty-kat underground. I highly recommend it, personally."
Bianca says, "Unless you're allergic to cats."
Mako says, "I don't actually know who has that station now, I had thought of it, but couldn't remember. And besides hazards up there can be expensive."
Mako says, "And yay cats!"
Mako says, ".... I may be biased."
Nina grins.
Mako Eventually manages to lever herself upright. And chews on a colorful child's painkiller. ".... also hi austin, sorry for slow response, I was a little Distracted. And also possibly on fire.
Austin says, "No worries, Mako. I figured I was just here to be in the background tonight."
Mako says, "Have some popcorn anyway. :3"
Mako checks to make sure PAta is still intact. o.ol
Aurora packs the corks and guns away.
Patashu is pouring coolant over himself. @w@
Frigis arrives from Squirrel Park (S4 E0).
Frigis has arrived.
( A Kobold helpfull gets the garden hose. Don't ask what it's hooked up to. )
Mako, to Renia. "You good too? @.z"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Oh, I am fine! The joins need some work, but, I am okay!"
Parka double-thumbs-up.
Austin bahs. Got a net glitch there.
Vahno says, "So... where to?"
Austin says, "Oh, stick around here ten minutes, then I'll be off to bed and I won't have to get re-settled-in somewhere just for that."
Mako says, "I can't feel my legs. So maybe hold on for a few. >.>"
Austin says, "I can feel them for you, Mako, if that would help?"
Frigis spraaaawls
Niny'ah says, "Good job, Austin. You Made It Weird"
Mako Also also waves to Frigis. "You just missed the Mayoral Race. The other one.
Austin grins, "I *am* helping!"
Parka pffsnicker.
Frigis aaaahs a bit "shame that, oh well.
Mako says, "It may hve been for the best. There were fire breathing t-rexes and cave-crabs."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Tomorrow, we are going to t #36089"
Austin says, "What's there, Tss'Renia?"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "As part of the city hall discussions, we the people decided that we would like to explore more places than the typical hangouts. As such, I am compiling a list of places that could use more visitors from people maintaining these spaces. This next space is maintained by Elanora."
Austin nods. "Well, hope I catch the action tomorrow. For now, I need to sleep myself."
Mako says, "Bed well"
Austin and BunnyHugger have pinball tomorrow, though, as well as Thursday, so who knows when we'll be back?
Austin says, "Night, though, for real."
Austin leaves for Squirrel Park (S4 E0) ([N]orth).
Austin has left.
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Patashu: Created page with "<syntaxhighlight lang="text" line="1"> BunnyHugger shouts "Hello, all! In about five minutes I'll be hosting the (rescheduled) Mayoral Debate at City Hall ('park' or 'ch', whichever you like)! Come with your questions for the moderator to pass on to the candidates." (Public-shout) Niny'ah oop. You rumble, "Oh sweet it's on." park A floating disk, divided into pie wedges, with every colour of the rainbow taking its turn in each spot, approaches you. You step o..."

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BunnyHugger shouts "Hello, all! In about five minutes I'll be hosting the (rescheduled) Mayoral Debate at City Hall ('park' or 'ch', whichever you like)! Come with your questions for the moderator to pass on to the candidates." (Public-shout)
Niny'ah oop.
You rumble, "Oh sweet it's on."
park
A floating disk, divided into pie wedges, with every colour of the rainbow taking its turn in each spot, approaches you. You step on, and are carried away... by the time you're able to hop off, you find yourself in
S5 W7 City Hall(#212RL)
City Hall is a transparent, slightly dome wide-set at its base, with the swirling patterns of half-started spectrums swirling around the flimsy shell. The shell itself seems almost to breathe, as it flexes in the breeze and the changes of the people around it. A copper arch marks the most fixed spot and the easiest entrance to the hall.

Around the globe a sparkling array of smaller globes cling to the exterior, each an office or a room or department, and these rooms swirl around as if to off-vertical ferrous wheels on a structure imitating a soap bubble.

The park outside City Hall softly rises and falls, with spots of leaves and flowers of all colors popping into and out of being easily, and more rarely but still sometimes shrubs or bushes or even the odd tree makes it appearance, or exit, quietly but ever changing the light of the center.
Plenty of stars shine in the early night sky even as they slide southwest. City lights give the horizon a warm glow, and the sky a dark purple tone. It seems around 9 pm.

Obvious Exits:
[E]ast, [FTE] FurToonia Embassy, [MO] Mayor's Office, [N]orth, [S]outh, [U]p, and [W]est
Contents: a nonanthro Eastern gray squirrel (Chitter), a nonanthro white-and-black rabbit (BunnyHugger), Unassuming Recycling Bin, and City Hall Stage
Niny'ah steps off of the floating disk that carried her up.
Niny'ah has arrived.
Mako steps off of the floating disk that carried her up.
Mako has arrived.
Tss'Renia steps off of the floating disk that carried Tss'Renia up.
Tss'Renia has arrived.
[OOC] Mako grins. Gwen could not be here but she left some notes with me for A Bit, if people don't mind it getting irresponsibly silly. :P
( There is a temporary stage assembled in front of City Hall with speaking podiums for the candidates and moderator. )
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "I'm very sorry Gwen wasn't able to come but I'm happy to have you provide her intended shtick."
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "oh I am 100% in favor of that, Mako"
[OOC] Mako has flashcards and prepared messages there are guarunteed to have absolutely no relevance to the actual questions. >:P
[OOC] Patashu laughs
Mitsuki arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Mitsuki has arrived.
Mako also has A trio of Pooka dressed in bad Gwen costumes. :3
Lightspill steps off of the floating disk that carried them up.
Lightspill has arrived.
Vahno steps off of the floating disk that carried hir up.
Vahno has arrived.
Tss'Renia asks for uppies to Lightspill.
Austin zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Austin has arrived.
Amy steps off of the floating disk that carried her up.
Amy has arrived.
BunnyHugger adjusts her own microphone. She is atop a tall platform to make up for her small size.
Mitsuki says, "Hii!"
BunnyHugger says, "Hello there."
BunnyHugger says, "Welcome everyone! I'll invite the candidates to come up on stage. Gwen, I believe, has sent her regrets. And speaking of regrets, I'm extending an apology for the unexpected rescheduling of the event and thanks to the candidates for reassembling."
Lightspill grins and scoops Tss'Renia up in both paws, nuzzling her
BunnyHugger says, "I'm figuring to go until about 8:30 or when questions run out, whichever is sooner."
You rumble, "Glad I could barely make it, been sicktired all week."
( Several Pooka in Bad Gwen Costumes are present. They appear to have flashcards, a tape recorder, and some other things. )
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "Yes in real life, Austin and I and my parents all got sick this week, and with my parents that's potentially dangerous so I had to deal with that. They seem OK though."
Tss'Renia has found a Mt, sends its nodes to plug into the speaker system. :D
[OOC] Patashu thumbs up
Mako Decides to snap fingers and go to at least a stlightly classy getup. :x
BunnyHugger says, "Ah, I think that Gwen has sent representatives, so that will be... allowed, certainly. Interesting, most likely."
Lightspill...very briefly flies Tss'Renia around in one hand making toy airplane noises, then curls back up and hugs her again.
Tss'Renia weeeee! I am a plen!
BunnyHugger says, "Here's how this is going to work. I'm going to start by asking one or two questions, but after that, I'll be passing on questions anonymously from the audience. I'll do them in order I get them, though I'll edit for clarity or to avoid redundancy or anything as I think is needed. Also, of course, keep them positive, as we try to avoid negativity in mayoral politics here! If I start getting too far behind I'll ask people to hold questions while I catch up, or if I think we won't finish all of them. So just whisper 'em to me as you think of them."
Patashu nods!
BunnyHugger says, "I'll be reading a question to the candidates and they can all answer in any order as the answer strikes them. It's OK if they want to react to each others' answers too, but once everyone has gotten at least one answer in I'll move on to the next question."
BunnyHugger says, "So there's no specific order candidates need to go in, no waiting turns, so we can keep things moving."
BunnyHugger says, "Years ago I used to rotate answering order out of a misguided sense of fairness but it just kind of held things up so we did away with that."
BunnyHugger says, "All right, so I'm going to start with something very basic, and in the meantime I'm open to receiving audience questions if you want to whisper them to me."
BunnyHugger says, "The first is this: introduce yourself, tell us a little bit about your background, and then say why you are running for Mayor. ... You know, the usual intro."
BunnyHugger looks to Chitter who signals a thumbs up that mikes are working.
Austin . o O ( Chitter? How? )
Chitter has the same thumbs as BunnyHugger. Take that as you will.
Lightspill . o O ( Squirrels have strange pawers. )
You rumble, "Patashu, CEO and Founder of Patashu Industries: We make robots to make the world a better place. I'm a big believer in building up a culture around people who want to share their stories, create things and be their best selves; if they have the resources, the connections and an encouraging and enabling environment they can get so much more done. That's what I run for mayor every year on."
Mako Wells. "Makoto Eirin. If by now you don't know who I am.... well, pleased to meet you. :P I bill myself as a chef, businesswoman, mage, deity, and general busybody. I like being involved and trying to make sure others can do stuff. Much like pata, I basically, like to run because I enjoy trying to help folk get things going."
( The GwenPooka consults amongst themselves, and brandish some flashcards, and then play a pre-recorded message. < I would just like to say that putting Gwen Fitzgremlin at the helm of government would be by far the easiest way to determine if Spindizzy is capable of crashing into other celestial bodies. Im Gwen Fitzgremlin and I endorse this message.> )
Mako . o O ( This is not going to look good. n.n;;; )
Tss'Renia .wavs, "My name is Tss'Renia, beep dragon. I used to be an inn keeper, but then became a robot and my home planet became radioactive due to war. I found out I had been nominated for mayor, and initially not sure what all I would improve, given we live in a wonderful and quasi perfect society. True to my nature, I would seek to clear space of debris and recycle the material, keeping a dark skies policy. Spacetrash can not only impact beauty of a good night sky, but it can also fall on our heads."
BunnyHugger says, "Yes, Patashu and Mako are probably already very familiar to most of the audience, but we get new people all the time, so the introduction is still appreciated. ... Uh eerrrrrmmm"
BunnyHugger reacts to the Gwen representatives with some surprise.
Chitter says, "We have someone who wants us to crash into things, and someone who doesn't want things to crash into us. Tough choice."
You rumble, "Gwen's running on a solid platform. As in, Spindizzy better be solid to survive. :3"
BunnyHugger says, "All right, so now I do have a couple of audience questions. Feel free to keep sending 'em."
BunnyHugger looks at a card. "The first one is this: VEHICLES: How do you feel about being them, and how will you share these feelings with the people generally?"
You rumble, "Oh man I need to be *so* many more vehicles. I just have no idea what the permission framework should be. Clearly we need races, fleet actions, demolition derbies..."
Mako says, "People can be whatever they like to around here. Being a vehicle could be handy for carrying more folk around. Not quite my thing, but hey, if you like to be it, nothing stopping you..."
BunnyHugger says, "Many years ago I wrote a super basic MUF for moderating a little demolition derby I ran as part of a World's Fair. But all the vehicles were, like, old Earth beater cars."
Niny'ah stifles a laugh into her hand at Patashu's 'solid to survive' remark
( The Gwenlings consult the cards. And a large black sphere *Shookashooka* "<.... Reply Hazy, Try Again.>" )
Patashu snort
Tss'Renia looks to the other candidates, "Being a vehicle? I suppose I have been one a few times. I do have the ability to share a stream of consciousness, but, err, only with close friends. If the idea of the question is asking about creature+infrastructure, I am in favor of mass transit. I think it would be difficult to find someone who is NOT around here. Being able to feel the vehicle would be an interesting way to make the journey more enjoyable, and may even be therapeutic. I am not sure if that was the question, but it is giving me ideas I would love to implement."
Niny'ah . o O ( Mako doesn't do uploads. If anything, she'd be the Girl In A Tube of Bubbling Blue Gel at the heart of a starship with strategically placed structure frames to preserve the tiniest amount of modesty )
Mako . o O ( I'm on board with this. )
Mako . o O ( Literally. )
You rumble, "Reni, have you seen the train Voksa set up?"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I have not! I know Aurora was hoping to visit the museum of transit in Feedback with Zinnia."
BunnyHugger flips to her next card. "Another audience question. Suppose you are elected and serve out a normal year as mayor. What's a specific accomplishment you would hope that term to be remembered for?"
Patashu earfin wiggles. "I'd want to do some fun nonsense for Mecha Day and Adventure Day. I'd also like to open a new useful area on Spindizzy. I should have ideas..."
Mako hmmm... "I like to have Plans when halloween comes around. I already tend to handle them, why not make a proper To-Do of it? Beyond that it'd be nice to do another workshop or two, it's probably about time for them."
Niny'ah thumbs up to 'more workshops'
( The Gwenlings consult the cards. A prerecorded Gwen Voice plays: "<Gwen Fitzgremlin is an absolute nightmare to live with and occasionally emits smells which have no proper scientific explanation. Im Gwen Fitzgremlin and I endorse this message.> )
Chitter laughs.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I would love to have the spacestation become more developped, but also used as a resource facility more regularly for the production of things like latex for our inflatable friends and neighbors. There are a lot of medicinal botanical plants and trees available for everyone to use without constraints on resources."
BunnyHugger says, "I should add that if the audience wants to ask something specifically clarifying about the current answers that's OK to just blurt out."
Amy asks, "Are these workshops in-character or out-of-character mako?
Mako says, "Porque no los dos"
Mako says, "?""
BunnyHugger says, "You only need to whisper to me if we're starting a new question, so I can make sure to keep things organized."
Amy says, "Those workshops you wanted, what might one be like?"
BunnyHugger says, "Speaking of which, we have no questions on deck at the moment so feel free to pass them to me and in the meantime I'll ask a moderator question while people think on it."
BunnyHugger lets Amy finish asking followups though.
Mako says, "Well, I've been wanting to do (IC) some cooking class or similar like things. Easy to join walk-in stuff, and (OOC) I am STILL planning a plot workshop to help people get things going. We've just had a mostly busy schedule so far lately. :P"
BunnyHugger takes a card that has been passed to her.
BunnyHugger says, "I did get another audience question! Here it is: What are two little changes you'd like to see? Something improved, something annoying removed, anything like that?"
Mako hmmm......
BunnyHugger says, "Remember, keep things positive... that means the 'something annoying removed' should not be Chitter."
Chitter says, "Hey!"
You rumble, "I've heard people talking about the site and wiki looking a little lacking in love. Maybe we could get people to more actively go and fix things up."
Mako says, "We've a discord and we have some ads going out thanks to people like Pata, things to improve, or fix.... Website needs some love, or at least an update pass, but that might be out of scope here. There are a few things I'd LIKE to see happen but they tend to be things we don't really have any sizable control over, like outreach or ways to help new folk engage."
Mako grins at PAta. "Great minds think alike?"
Mitsuki giggles
You rumble, "Oyeah speaking of ads."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Is it self serving if I say Squirrel Appreciation day? I would love to see the idle timer bumped to 1h. My 'cycles' run on 20m +/- 5m, so sometimes I miss I get logged out just as I look back at the screen."
[OOC] Patashu says, "https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ejbb2fbzebmhf2bqjyixbntk/post/3mhozynmfh22v https://dragon.style/@Patashu/116276184468532913 March 2026 spindizzy adverts"
Niny'ah says, "I'd like to see some ... not 'dedicated', but ... focused? community volunteers who aren't already Taking Responsibilities to do the upkeep of the wiki. someone that GMs can pass raw logs to for cleanup and posting"
You rumble, "Speaking of logs, I assume I have permission to put this on the wiki? May as well practice what we preach :P"
Mako says, "Oh I like htat, niny. A Log Crew would be helpful."
Mako says, "I got no complaints, Pata."
Vahno has disconnected.
Niny'ah says, "things like converting 'you say' lines to the POV's name, applying out-of-band typo corrections (ex, [ooc] that should be XYY not XYZ)"
Vahno has connected.
Niny'ah says, "things like converting 'you say' lines to the POV's name, applying out-of-band typo corrections (ex, [ooc] that should be XYY not XYZ) (re for Vahno)"
( Gwenlings: *Shookashooka* <"Signs point to Yes"> )
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I do `sayset def .wavs,` and that also overrides my POV. But filtering out whispers is one I saw might eventually be embarassing someday."
Yanheng zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Yanheng has arrived.
Mako waves to Yanheng~
You rumble, "Ey, Yanheng"
Niny'ah waves to Yanheng. current topic under discussion is 'things you'd like to see improved', IC and OOC
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I am personally not a fan of "You said, ..." in my own terminal."
BunnyHugger says, "I expected someone to put it on the wiki, yes."
Yanheng skates on up. "Heeey."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "But, that might be because of plural shenanigans."
BunnyHugger dislikes editing logs, herself, so is happy for someone else to do it.
Vahno says, "Heyo Yanheng. How's you?"
BunnyHugger looks over to see if the Gwen substitutes have anything to say.
Patashu can edit logs very quickly using Notepad++, ask him if you want to learn how
BunnyHugger whoops, just realized they already had their say this round.
Yanheng says, "Brain full of empty, that's how's me."
BunnyHugger says, "I'm open to receiving audience questions by whispers still, but I can ask a moderator question while I gather them."
( The Gwenlings are currently having a bit of a fight with the magic 8 ball, (Already used a card on this question.). >.> )
BunnyHugger says, "Moderator question: is there a part of our world that you think is underappreciated, or that you'd like to see made more use of?"
You rumble, "I feel like the fantasy and sci-fi/science fiction parts of the world feel a bit disjoint in terms of communities and activities and it'd be nice to have more overlap there (however you'd go about that)..."
Vahno says, "...Space Opera..."
Mako says, "YES! We have a lot of little out of the way spots that don't get al ot of love, sometimes because the person who made them is gone, sometimes just because they're out of the way. I think we should be doing more with the underside. I have Ideas, I just need time to imprelemtn them, but..... We also don't see places like neopolis actually see traffic much, though we do reference them from time to time."
You rumble, "Neopolis is anohter good one"
Vahno says, "A whole City. We could make up additional districts as needed."
( Gwenlings produce another flashcard and a prerecorded message. "<I should point out that the fact Gwen Fitzgremlin has no criminal record should by no means be considered an indicator of strong moral character, but merely that she has never been caught. Im Gwen Fitzgremlin and I endorse this message.> )
Mako says, "I have the basic design for one of those down underside, Vahno, I am absolutely wanting to see something like that."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Yeah, a lot of it. I do not see people congregate in Feedback all that much, same with Cornucopia. It is usually a selection of three places on rotation, depending on who wakes up first. One day I went to the recycling plant, and everyone joined Claude and I shortly afterwards. It might be nice to organize minievents that put in value some under utilized areas."
Mako says, "I've been offhandedly commenting on it through other hcaracters for... a while now. :P"
Niny'ah SNORK @ the Gwenlings
Mako says, "Actually, that reminds me. A thing to try and change/I'd like to see changed: I wanna find another way to help get people moving to toher hangouts. We've tried it before with varying levels of success. TRhere's gotta be a good way."
Niny'ah think.
[OOC] Yanheng says, "realizes he's in mecha mode not raccoon mode. Eh, mecha mode's fine."
[OOC] Yanheng realizes he did the command wrong.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Mako, I think that is something the early crowd can help with."
Niny'ah says, "The stronger congregating spots tend to have something to jump off of narratively. This is I think a strong part of why Pata's gets so much traffic: it has easy narrative hooks"
Amy says, "feedback city is a tough one to crack I think? you go there if you have something in mind."
BunnyHugger says, "Way back when, and I mean like 15 years ago, there was this event that was 'a month of parks of the day' and they changed the 'park' destination every day. I liked it, but my recollection is that a fair number of people found it annoying because they found it was disruptive."
Niny'ah nods to Amy. It has a lot going on 'just out of frame' but it's almost *too* open-ended for folks to spontaneously craft narratives from
Amy says, "cornucopia otoh just needs more attention. I'd be giving it more if I got off my butt and did some of these plots I've been hoping to do. I did *one* plot to completion lately and am proud to have done that. let's see if I can do more."
Niny'ah hi5 Amy
Mako says, "I would like to see cornucopia see more stuff as well, and yeah, getting the early crowd places could help."
Niny'ah says, "I think one a week would work, BH. the harder part is remembering to for whoever is operating that system."
Vahno . o O ( Hrm... that's a discussion I'd like to have Later, after all this. )
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I still did have an event I wanted to plan that was around Cornucopia and involved PI and Feedback."
Niny'ah says, "maybe queue up a month of them "
BunnyHugger says, "I also think changing 'park' doesn't necessarily change where people are going to go. I mean people rarely use it anyway except during events."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "That involved kidnapping Mitsuki."
Mako says, "Lightspill was changing up a good park from time to time, but I'm not sure we had a lot of takers. Ontological inertia's a thing."
Amy says, "cornucopia could have rare interaction between the magic users and the tech users.. it could be a good place to plant ingredients"
Niny'ah says, "BH, because it's usually just 'whatever Happened Last'"
Niny'ah says, "Two sticking points. Ontological inertia as Mako points out, and Discoverability of it being changed. "
Niny'ah says, "a perrenial problem of Cool Stuff here: Poor discoverability"
BunnyHugger says, "Of course, but I think changing it probably won't entice people to use it unless they have some other reason to. They're gonna go where they already see people... or somewhere that's familiar. But that's the inertia Mako is talking about."
Niny'ah says, "oh, I get that. but it would open that door more visibly"
Niny'ah says, "like...."
Niny'ah think.
Mako says, "Not a thing with a really easy fi, though. I got nothing, but still worth thinking on."
Niny'ah says, "The most Visible thing I can think of that isn't just a New Line Item when you log in is a post on the +board"
BunnyHugger says, "I should quit having opinions, I'm supposed to be the moderator! I'll get back to that."
Patashu snickers
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Tell you hwat, I could try 'park' when I wake up in the mornings, and fallback to whatever seems to be the concentration point if that does not work, for awhile."
Mako says, "Opinions are good, maybe save them for the brainstorm later. :P"
Niny'ah says, "there's already so many lines of telemetry to parse that another would just get lost"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Claude and I are usually the late/early birds. Birds? Bots? Cats? Anyway."
Niny'ah says, "don't forget you can just Page folks if you want to invite them to join you"
Niny'ah says, "just page [name], with no =[msg]"
Niny'ah says, "it's not as insistent as an Msummon"
Mako says, "I don't like that actually, it has no Context and I am eternally dense."
Niny'ah says, "hm."
Mako says, "A thing to consider, tho"
Niny'ah says, "was a brainstorm"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I can talk with Claude and we could see if we could work things out to set a trend."
You rumble, "If it's a quiet time in the muck I think doing a @shout to say 'hey let's gather over X' is worth trying"
Amy says, "squirrel cafe is a good example that new places *can* happen."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I like squirrel cafe. But I am a sucker for squirrels"
Chitter says, "I'd give a thumbs up, but..."
Lightspill gives a thumbs up.
You rumble, "I think the criteria for hangout spot are some combination of 1) it's comfy and relatable to hang out here 2) you feel like you're a part of a larger setting/community you're interested in 3) you feel like you can start things here, or know what kinds of things will/should start here"
( A pooka helpfully offers Chitter a card with a hastily drawn thumb. )
Niny'ah digs in her bag and offers Chitter a papercard thumbs up stapled to a popsicle stick?
Tss'Renia offers chestnuts to Chitter, and, mmm, going to need a whole lot of hazelnuts for Lightspill.
Chitter holds up the card.
Niny'ah aha, preempted
BunnyHugger says, "This feels like it might relate to the next audience question so let me get to that."
BunnyHugger says, "'New players seem to be forming clusters, how can we Spindizzians integrate them better?'"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Squirrels def have thumbs."
You rumble, "Normally I'd say 'that's what events are for' but that's kind of a catch 22, they need to decide to join the events. Maybe we should be doing more personalized stuff aimed towards them? like figure out what they'd bite and going out of your way to do that"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "The new coffee bags for J.P are actually mimics."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "The springboard used to throw a washing machine into space is about to fall onto the volahive D8"
Yanheng says, "Honestly I just got poor social skills. Never really been great at incorporating myself into spaces."
Mako says, "Well, you're always welcome to join stuff. I try to invite and want people to join stuff. But at the same time..... can't force em. :x"
Niny'ah says, "I had to pointedly invite Westly out of his social shell"
Mako says, "This is part of why I want to run more workshops, so we can figure out what people gel with. And yeah, this isalso a point. "
Niny'ah says, "sometimes it's just not enough to say 'all welcome' because The Anxieties say 'that doesn't include Me'"
Yanheng says, "And I kinda got that mental situation where you're like a vampire. Gotta be invited to things. And a lot of the events I've seen have been, like, part of some whole ongoing plot that I have no idea what's going on and don't really have the energy to try to take in a whole recap."
Patashu hmm, Yanheng is a vampire...
Niny'ah says, "so you have to go and make a directed personal invite"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "That is very common with people with ASD too >.>"
Mako says, "It is as pata says a bit of a hole in the bucket problem. The solution is in the solution, but we gotta get people IN. If I have to float a giant "Come and Join Us" Then I can ABSOLUTELY do this."
Niny'ah says, "I mean, it's All-but-stated outright that Westly is, ICly, An Classic Vampire"
Yanheng says, "I'm not actually a vampire. I've tried."
You rumble, "...Wait, Westly is a vampire?"
Niny'ah jawdrops
Niny'ah says, "you hadn't put it together?"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Haemomancer."
Patashu, dense.
Niny'ah says, "Can't stand the sun, pale as hell, needs an invite to social spaces?"
Yanheng says, "That could just be an autistic Brit."
Mako Pft.
You rumble, "Look I don't know how humans work ok"
Niny'ah says, "I mean there's more but those alone are enough to twig it for me; I haven't asked in as many words but he drops Tells of varying subtlety"
BunnyHugger checks to see if the Pookas have anything this time.
Yanheng says, "I will say I do wanna overall get up to more stuff around here. I got a lot of blorbos rotating in my brain that it'd be cool to do proper RP stuff with again."
Niny'ah shrugs to Yanheng. Suspects it's a 'write what you know' kind of deal. He knows how to Anxiety and etc, so found a character archetype that meshes with it
Patashu thumbs up Yan
( The Gwenlings consult the flashcards. There is some discussion. They may be running out of flashcards. A prerecorded Gwen Message: <Having known Gwen Fitzgremlin my entire life, I consider myself able to speak authoritatively that she is by no means of mayoral caliber. She is a chore-shirker, bathroom-hogger and inveterate cookie-thief. Im Gwen Fitzgremlin and I endorse this message.> )
Mako says, "Based on the ideas and worldstuff you've floated so far, Yan, I'm on board with those ideas. Wanna see what you can do!"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I should seriously write the ferret overlord roleplay, but not sure if people would be into the whole getting shrunken down thing."
Yanheng likes to consider himself a pretty accomplished character maker.
Mako asides to Pata and BunnyHugger, "You know, Gwen might want to have been more careful who she interviewed.."
Chitter laughs again. He clearly finds the Gwenlings the best part of this, in between his boring job managing the A/V setup.
You rumble, "I wouldn't mind being shrunken down."
Niny'ah pffffft
Amy says, "you ask that, renia? this world is all but founded on that. there's a squirrelizer around somewhere"
You rumble, "guest"
Niny'ah says, "a guest!"
.Patashu> You feel a wrenching sensation...
.Patashu> Guest Room
.Patashu> This is the guest room. Once you're ready, you can head out to explore the world.
.Patashu> Obvious Exits:
.Patashu> [O]ut
.Patashu> ## There are possible hidden listeners here.
.Patashu> You rumble, "Hi, and welcome to Spindizzy!"
.Patashu> You rumble, "'say aaa' to respond"
Niny'ah says, "someone got it? if not I can"
You rumble, "I got"
Amy says, "and the dozens of us that have made ferret alts to be a part of the tiny ferret world"
.Patashu> Guest1 aaa
.Patashu> You rumble, "Hello welcome!"
.Patashu> You rumble, "Want a trip into the public purview?"
.Patashu> Guest1 Saw your post on bluesky. Hey!
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Alright, I will write the ferret overlord script."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Be ready to be subject to TRIALS."
.Patashu> .Patashu thumbs up!
You rumble, "Can't wait~"
.Patashu> You offer to carry Guest1.
Niny'ah just pushed a slight tweak of Pata's Inviter Post to tumblr. slightly changed the formatting and switched it to 'anachrotech' because tumblr folks can be skittish
.Patashu> Guest1 has been on another muck for 30 years.
BunnyHugger says, "I do have one more audience question and then we'll wrap up with closing statements."
.Patashu> Guest1 scrambles up on you.
.Patashu> You leave for The Shiny Rose Garden.
.Patashu> The Shiny Rose Garden(#304RLCJ)
.Patashu> Guest1 has arrived.
.Patashu> .Patashu carries Guest1 with him.
.Patashu> ## There are possible hidden listeners here.
.Patashu> A floating disk, divided into pie wedges, with every colour of the rainbow taking its turn in each spot, approaches you. You step on, and are carried away... by the time you're able to hop off, you find yourself in
.Patashu steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
.Patashu has arrived.
.Patashu> S5 W7 City Hall(#212RL)
Guest1 has arrived.
.Patashu carries Guest1 with him.
.Patashu> You drop Guest1 off of you.
.Patashu drops Guest1 off of him.
.Patashu> A plastic hippopotamus mouth falls down over you and drags you away.
.Patashu is glommed down and swept away by a plastic hippopotamus mouth.
.Patashu has left.
.Patashu> Top Secret Area(#29593RJ)
Niny'ah says, "welcome guest"
You rumble, "We're actually in the middle of this year's mayoral Q&A. :3"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Actually, what would be funny if it would coincide with Mitsuki passing mayoral duties over to the next person. Given kidnapping the mayor is part of the script."
Mako says, "Greetings, Guest!"
Guest1 nods, Many thanks.
Yanheng says, "Suuup."
Niny'ah says, "so, how'd you find this odd little corner of ancient int4ernets?"
BunnyHugger consults her question cards. "For the candidates: Do you have a plan to, at long last, deal with the stars?"
Niny'ah hwaet @ BH
You rumble, "Dyson spheres."
Guest1 points at the Patashu bluesky post. ?Something like that, I think.?
Niny'ah says, "oh. careful of smartquotes."
Niny'ah says, "unsupported here"
You rumble, "Ah, Guest, turn off smart quotes in your device's keyboard"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I thought we already did. Clean space, remove debris, convert debris into fuel. Dark skies, happy beep. And there is a spacestation if you want to fall asleep to a perpetually dark sky any time of the day."
Guest1 is using an app on Iphone. the regular quotes do that, sadly.
Mako says, "I mean, deal with how? If we get rid of them, who will we sell maps to the homes of? Or did you mean the giant balls of fire in the sky?"
Niny'ah says, "there should be a setting somewhere for it; be warned: if you switch apps, it WILL drop the connection, and possibly also your logs."
Patashu remembers turning off smart quotes on his ipad, something you can futz with later though
Niny'ah says, "all mobiles are Like That."
Niny'ah says, "Iphones most of all. some android devices have enough memory that they don't instantly cull background apps"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "We also have tech for perserving planets with dying stars and recycling dying stars. I think those giant fusion reactors are accounted for."
Austin says, "Don't worry about it. We'll understand."
Guest1 turned off smart punctuation. Let us see if it has worked. "Test"
Niny'ah says, "Good!"
Mako says, "No worries. :P"
Tss'Renia thumbs up.
Vahno says, "Sweet."
( The Gwenlings: *Shookashooka* <.... Outlook Not So Good> )
BunnyHugger says, "I'm afraid I don't know the intent of the question. I thought perhaps Nic Cage was being a pest again."
Guest1 was afraid I'd have to declare "being too old" to use technology. At least I've staved it off a bit longer. Eolves circling in the woods, I fear.
Patashu giggles
BunnyHugger says, "I believe we're drawing naturally to a close but I'd like to invite the candidates to make any closing statements they'd like, and then feel free to hang around and meet your public."
Vahno says, "So, got a name?"
BunnyHugger says, "I'm shortly going to be opening the ballot, and it will be open for a week."
You rumble, "I haven't set up a mayoral platform or swag machine for this year out of sicktired, but I would like to get one done before vo... nevermind! As soon as I can I guess??"
Mako says, "Closing statements? Well, we have a group of candidates that are largely on the same page so I know that no matter what I'm pretty sure we'll be in good hands. :P I need to set up the vendoblat but that migth be slow. o.o I hope people will show up tomorrow!"
Vahno says, "Also, I got distracted. Yanheng, I'd love to see what ideas you come up with."
Guest1 taps his chin, Brainstorming thoughts. Unsure if I use a persona from "the other place" here, or simply try something new. I am leaning toward the latter."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I love this place. Whomever becomes mayor will do great work I am sure. Keep SpinDizzy weird."
Vahno says, "Other place?"
BunnyHugger says, "Remember, this will be a ranked-choice ballot. You can put in order your favorite to least favorite candidate, and in fact ideally you should. That way if your first choice candidate does not receive enough votes, your vote will go to your second choice candidate, and then your third choice candidate."
Guest1 points at another muck "Bunch of furries!" Heh.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Furrymuck?"
BunnyHugger says, "Actually let me set up a practice vote so people can do that first."
Yanheng motions vaguely with his hands, responding to Vahno. "I was thinkin' about it cause vampires came up and I was reminded of this albino umbreon-kemomimi-taur guy who thinks he's a vampire that I used to play around with back when I was a Tumblr RP guy." He shudders. "God that place sucked."
You rumble, "Tumblr or Tumblr RP?"
Yanheng says, "Both but the RP community in particular. Shit felt like an HOA."
Guest1 chuckles, "Neat place"(accorsing to the map). Always thankful large projects like this still get tonnes of love.
Featherwing arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Featherwing has arrived.
You rumble, "Oof."
Niny'ah says, "I havne't been in the tumblr RPC since ... 2016?"
Amy hms, really old comic about cringy poorly run RP places: http://www.elfonlyinn.net/d/20021230.html
Yanheng actually is gonna tag out for a different critter real quick.
Yanheng goes home.
Yanheng has left.
Beleth arrives from elsewhere via the City Hall exit.
Beleth has arrived.
You rumble, "It's a Bel"
### BunnyHugger has posted a new message entitled "Practice vote for the election" in board "SpinDizzy Main Bulletin Board". Type '+read 21' to read it.
Beleth blefs in out of nowhere.
BunnyHugger says, "There, I put up a practice vote."
Austin says, "Sorry for the slightly odd activity today, Guest. Happens that you've come in on the end of the mayoral debate, and the opening of voting for who's to be mayor of the community this coming year."
BunnyHugger says, "I'll open the real vote tomorrow evening."
+read 21

21. From: BunnyHugger
On: 2026-03-22 20:40:21
This post will expire on: 2026-05-21 20:40:21 -- 59 days and 23 hours from now.
Subject: Practice vote for the election

Hello! I've opened up a silly Instant Runoff Vote ('What is the best kind of squirrel?') so that people can practice that type of voting prior to the mayoral ballot opening up. I will be opening the mayoral ballot up tomorrow (Monday) evening and it will be open through the following Sunday, March 29 at 9 pm Pacific/server.

In this type of vote, you can rank-order your favorite to least favorite option. That way if your first choice does not win, your vote will go to your second choice, and then your third choice. Give it a try!

To vote in the practice ballot, access the voting booth anywhere with the command 'vote' and follow the menu.

Done.
vote

>> THE SPINDIZZY GLOBAL VOTING BOOTH MAIN MENU:

Open topics: (** = NEW!) (r = Results available)

_NUM__ _____TOPIC________________________________________________ _# VOTED_
**38 | What is the best kind of squirrel? | 1

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NUMBER or MENU ITEM:
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What is the best kind of squirrel?
Added on 03/22/26 by BunnyHugger

1 : flying squirrel
2 : ground squirrel
3 : tree squirrel
4 : chipmunk

This is an instant runoff type vote. One or more choices may be entered, in
order of preference. The choices are entered in comma separated format, as
in this example: 1,2,3,4

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+ (B)ack to voting menu :: (Q)uit
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CHOICE(s) or MENU ITEM:
Niny'ah says, "The main roles of the Mayor here are Cutting Ribbons and Looking Important"
1,3,2,4

You have chosen to vote this way on the selected topic:

Preferred 1: flying squirrel
Preferred 2: tree squirrel
Preferred 3: ground squirrel
Preferred 4: chipmunk

Record vote (type 'yes' or 'no' fully)?
yes

vote: Recording vote...
vote: DONE recording vote.

>> THE SPINDIZZY GLOBAL VOTING BOOTH MAIN MENU:

Open topics: (** = NEW!) (r = Results available)

_NUM__ _____TOPIC________________________________________________ _# VOTED_
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Please don't vote multiple times using alts, thanks! Also, be sure to type 'vote #help' for information on being alerted about new voting topics upon login!
vote: Program ended.
BunnyHugger says, "Sorry Guest, but guest characters are unable to vote. But hopefully, if you have a real character by the end of a week you can! There's no voter registration deadline."
Guest1 goes home.
Guest1 has left.
Mako says, "We-dangit"
Mako had to afk
Patashu chuckles
Mako waves to a Beleth.
Beleth wavewave.
( The Pooka appear to be out of flashcards.... )
Patashu giggles.
BunnyHugger says, "Guests have kind of a history of showing up during unusual and lively events. It makes us look good, I think."
Mako says, "Yep!"
Amy says, "way better than showing up to dead air I'll tell ya"
Mako says, "Heck, we have a habit of guests showing up to the olympics, which is also great."
Tss'Renia .wavs,, "With all the advertizing that Pata is doing."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "With all the advertizing that Pata is doing."
Niny'ah says, "I pushed an advert to tumblr just now too; remains to be seen if it finds any traction"
Vahno petpetss on Beleth.
Beleth makes a growlypurr kinda noise.
BunnyHugger says, "I'm going to post the real vote tomorrow. I'll hold off so people have a chance to do the practice vote first. But I like to leave it up about a week to try to cover most people's schedules."
BunnyHugger says, "So there's no rush to vote straight away if you'd like to spend a little more time getting to know the candidates next week."
BunnyHugger says, "Or, I should say, this week, depending on how you count Sunday. I think of it as 'this week' and Monday as 'next week' but the calendar doesn't agree with me."
Mako says, "Eh, I'll count "This week" as Mon>Mon. Just like I don't count today as over till I go to sleep. :P"
Lightspill turns and runs, disappearing in a silver flash.
Lightspill has left.
Mako flops over.
Mako says, "I think I have consumed most of my spoons today. But We've had our roundtable, and I managed ot write about 530 words so far today, I'll call it a win"
Amy nodnods. "Went well mostly. Really too bad Gwen couldn't make it."
You rumble, "I think we got something great in exchange though"
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Austin says, "Yeah, shame, but I do feel like we understand something of the Gwen viewpoint."
Mako says, "Considering she's mostly in it for fun, oh yep. :P"
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "Thank you for the event!"
Tss'Renia floats up and disappears into an invisible portal
Tss'Renia has left.
Mako says, "I know Dawn's been semi busy, but mebbe we should look into that pokemon cen ter some more sometime..."
Beleth says, "A pokemon center? I mean, I think I'd get a buncha use out of that."
Austin says, "Rather sure we've got a Pokemon center here, but maybe I'm just thinking of Featherwing being friendly."
Mako says, "We've got at least one, possiby two, but it was under renovation. We could see how that was coming along..."
Niny'ah says, "what i remember is Daw keeps trying but sie's got a bad case of the RLs"
You rumble, "Maybe I can help somehow"
Amy says, "it exists but what to do with it that you can't do anywhere else?"
You rumble, "Enrichment for pokemon spindizzians. Stadiums, training and medical care/checkups"
You rumble, "~~and if you're not already one a good excuse to~~"
Niny'ah hm!
Amy says, "I guess I don't understand how that 's different from the other arenas and healthcare we got"
Vahno says, "Hmmm..."
Niny'ah says, "the Center is at N2 E2, full tile area"
Niny'ah says, "THere's a medical wing, training area, the Static Charge Gym"
Niny'ah says, "Library, "
Niny'ah says, "plenty of potential, we just need to icebreak hanging out there"
Niny'ah says, "I'm not sure either, Amy; but icebreak and brainstorm should help with that"
Austin says, "Well, I need to get to the nest. GOod night, everyone, good luck with being the best like no team was before, or however the song goes."
Mako says, "It's thematic, just as much as St M's and Feedback are."
Amy says, "Goodnight Austin"
Mako says, "Rest well, Austin."
Niny'ah says, "A good Noises pool can help a LOT with an area's character"
Austin says, "... I think I slipped into the lyrics to 'Just can't Wait To Be King', but what do I know?"
Niny'ah gestures to PQ
Amy says, "that's the thing mako, those are both also disused areas."
Niny'ah says, "the actual community size is so small that it's hard to divide up "
Niny'ah says, "we occasionally get 3 Groups going but that's quite rare"
Amy says, "I guess, pokemon are hella numerous though"
Niny'ah says, "Maybe focused Pokemon matches"
Niny'ah says, "Things to brainstorm"
Niny'ah says, "when it's not at "
Niny'ah glances atwrist
Niny'ah says, "Midnight US Eastern"
Austin says, "Night, all."
Austin has the room swing up to meet S5 W6, and leaves. ([E]ast to follow.)
Austin has left.

</syntaxhighlight>

Mayoral Election 2026

2026-03-23T07:59:36Z

Plot Logs

2026-03-23T07:59:02Z

Patashu:

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[[Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026]]

[[Mayoral Election 2026]]

Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Closing Ceremony

2026-02-23T05:23:51Z

Patashu: Created page with "<syntaxhighlight lang="text" line="1"> BunnyHugger shouts "The Closing Ceremonies for the Olympics will begin at the Olympic Stadium in 10 minutes. It will be short and sweet!" (Public-shout) Austin steps onto a floating, rainbow-coloured pie wedge and is flown away toward the 'park' of the day. Austin has left. Mako steps onto a floating, rainbow-coloured pie wedge and is flown away toward the 'park' of the day. Mako has left. Bleu steps onto a floating, rainbow-colou..."

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BunnyHugger shouts "The Closing Ceremonies for the Olympics will begin at the Olympic Stadium in 10 minutes. It will be short and sweet!" (Public-shout)
Austin steps onto a floating, rainbow-coloured pie wedge and is flown away toward the 'park' of the day.
Austin has left.
Mako steps onto a floating, rainbow-coloured pie wedge and is flown away toward the 'park' of the day.
Mako has left.
Bleu steps onto a floating, rainbow-coloured pie wedge and is flown away toward the 'park' of the day.
Bleu has left.
park
A floating disk, divided into pie wedges, with every colour of the rainbow taking its turn in each spot, approaches you. You step on, and are carried away... by the time you're able to hop off, you find yourself in
Olympic Stadium(#23930RL)
From inside, it's obvious that the stadium was grown from a bush. The entirety of the structure, the walls, the hallways, the seats, are made of wood covered with smooth durable bark. The branches of the crown bend inward over the stadium, shading it from the snow and cold. Educational <plaques> here and there discourse upon the botanical nature of the stadium.

The stadium is currently leafless for the winter season, but the dense wood provides reasonable insulation against the cold outside.

At south end of the field, separate from the shrub, a cantilevered lighting <tower> rises, gleaming white, narrowing as it leans out over the stadium. The lighting head is a large oval, centred over the field, too bright to look at when it's lit. At the other end is the <cauldron>, where the Olympic Flame burns during the games.
Obvious Exits:
[F]ountain Plaza (N)orth, and [U]nderwater [T]unnel
Contents: Bleu, Mako, Austin, Chitter, BunnyHugger, Rock-Voila, and Brazilian Dreams II Flag
Bleu gets all dressed up.
Niny'ah steps off of the floating disk that carried her up.
Niny'ah has arrived.
Athares steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
Athares has arrived.
Royce steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
Royce has arrived.
Bleu takes her seat in the stands.
NBC flies into the Park and lands.
NBC has arrived.
'Voksa steps off of the floating disk that carried them up.
'Voksa has arrived.
NBC flies up onto the media equipment to control the feeds.
BunnyHugger says, "Welcome everyone."
Patashu claps!
'Voksa says, "Hello!"
Austin smiles.
Skyler enters the Olympic Stadium.
Skyler has arrived.
ws
Room: Olympic Stadium
-Stat-Name----------------Gender------Species---------------------------------
Skyler male bunny rabbit he/him
>'Voksa spaceship-dragon |Voksa they/them
NBC[4m idle] male peacock he/him Doing: In living color!
NEW Royce[6m idle] Male Raccoon he/him Doing: Schwubbeldiwappdidu, I am the Wabu!
>Athares[7m idle] male synth-Xedwan |Myril he/him
OOC Niny'ah female Seirmerine she/her
EXC Patashu neuter Dragonite Combat Robot they/them
ic Bleu[5m idle] Female Otter she/her
IC Mako[10m idle] Female Nekomata she/her Doing: We're all Mad here. :D
IC Austin male Elastic Coati he/him Doing: This and that
IC >Chitter Male Squirrel |BunnyHugger he/him
BunnyHugger female Devilbunny she/her Doing: Celebrating the Quarter-Century of Progress!
---[ Found 12 characters. ( 9 Awake / 3 Zombies ) ]---------------------------
Austin says, "I hope the creatures from the opening ceremonies haven't been playing all this time. They'd have to be exhausted by now."
Mako says, "... well, did anyone tell them to stop?"
Athares curls his tail about himself as he finds a spot to settle. "That could be an event in itself."
BunnyHugger says, "I chose this year's theme to remind us that play is something we should enjoy at any age, and that any activity we approach with the right spirit can be play."
Edris enters the Olympic Stadium.
Edris has arrived.
Vahno steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
Vahno has arrived.
BunnyHugger says, "I hope both the athletes and spectators have enjoyed playing with us this year, and that you will carry this renewed spirit of play with you even after the Olympic flame is put out at the end of this ceremony."

You wroo, "I always look forward to the Olympics, and I'm happy the tradition continues!"
BunnyHugger says, "First, I need to announce the results of the Literary and Artistic Competitions."
Mako earperks
BunnyHugger says, "In the category of Short Fiction, we had two contestants: Mako of Team Mystics and Misfits, and Ranarp of Team Dragon."
BunnyHugger says, "I am delighted to report that the result was a tie, so both will receive a gold medal for Short Fiction. Mako, if you would like to come up, I will present you with your gold medal."
Mako woo! She steps up
Patashu grins and claps!
BunnyHugger hands Gold Medal for Short Fiction (2026) to Mako.
BunnyHugger applauds.
Athares claps!
'Voksa cheers!
Skyler claps!
Austin says, "Congratulations!"
BunnyHugger says, "In the category of Photography, there was only one contestant: me, for Team Rabbits and Rodents. So I will receive the gold medal by default. Sorry about that."
Mako says, "Well, this just will make me have to write more, you realize. :P"
BunnyHugger smiles.
Edris uh oh. Mako's havin' a BRAIN STORM.
( There is a gentle humming sound around the stadium, like a hive of bees, but not so loud as to drown anything out... still, it gets a bit more noticeable. )
Patashu perks.
Bleu nods.
Austin claps!
( A screen comes down at the front of the stadium and on it there is a movie of some bees swarming. )
Patashu . o O ( Bees! )
BunnyHugger says, "Now, my last ceremonial duty is to announce the individual and team winners for the 2026 Olympics."
BunnyHugger says, "The top medalist of this year's Olympics, determined by 3 points for gold, 2 for silver, and 1 for bronze... was Athares of Team Dragon."
Niny'ah applauds for Athares!
( The swarming bees on the screen suddenly arrange themselves to read 'ATHARES'! )
Patashu woots! for Athares
Austin says, "Well done!"
Mako says, "Team Dragon? O.o"
You wroo, "Wait yeah that's wrong, Athares is Independent"
BunnyHugger says, "Oh!"
You wroo, "(Sorry if that makes you have to redo tabulations!)"
BunnyHugger says, "Let me check my records."
Niny'ah says, "Wasn't he Mystics or do I misremember"
Patashu wait yeah, can't remember if mystics or independent this year...
Niny'ah says, "I STR I made a Strong Case and he seemed convinced"
Patashu checks. "Was Mystics and Misfits in Arctic Exoplanet Outpost Construction"
BunnyHugger says, "I apologize, in fact my records say Mystics and Misfits."
BunnyHugger says, "I misspoke."
Athares perks, grins nice and big, standing up. "I'm with Mystics and Misfits, however!" Still, he bows, waving to the group. "Thank you all; I couldn't have medaled at all without all my friends... who made the event and competed against me to begin with!"
You wroo, "Ah, the good ending"
Patashu applauds!
You wroo, "You fully apply yourself to any task in front of you, Athares: a befitting approach for a leader and also a friend. Well earned."
BunnyHugger says, "My records were correct, but it was a momentary lapse of memory! I apologize for that."
Athares grins once more.
Athares . o O ( I owe you a hug! )
Niny'ah says, "can happen to the best of us"
Mako grins. She cheers regardless!
BunnyHugger says, "The next two finishes were a tie between Patashu and Mako of Dragon and Mystics, respectively."
Patashu claps for Mako!
BunnyHugger says, "The most total participation regardless of points also went to Mako."
Mako woo! "Sometimes just showing up gets you a long way. ;p"
BunnyHugger says, "The team results were very close and didn't get decided until the final event."
Athares claps and nods for both! "Persistence."
BunnyHugger says, "Our overall team winner this year was..."
( The bees begin to change positions... )
Patashu . o O ( c'mon team dragon )
Mako is on the edge of her seat. Wait no she's sitting on the air in front of it
( The bees form 'MYSTICS' and then change to 'MISFITS' )
BunnyHugger says, "Mystics and Misfits!"
Patashu . o O ( A )
Patashu claps, congratulations!
Edris aha, the bees are an eight (thousand) segment display!
Niny'ah offers Mako and Athares a Group Hi Five!
Austin says, "Hoorah!"
Mako woot! Hi-5 indeed! "With many thanks to all of our members!"
Edris boops Niny, Mako and Athares simultaneously.
Bleu claps again.
BunnyHugger says, "The rest of the results were: 2. Unnatural Monstrosities, 3. Dragon, 4. Rabbits and Rodents, 5. (Tie) Brazilian Dreams II and Otherwise Other."
You wroo, "What about Independent? ((Enixi was Independent))"
'Voksa applauds!
BunnyHugger says, "Every team medaled in at least two events."
Athares pet, pet, pets Edris, plus a tail-pat on the back as he double-high fives Niny'ah and Mako. "I still have to wonder, if everyone on Quodlibet is a misfit, are any of us? Either way, it's been fun and good sport, thank you."
BunnyHugger says, "I didn't count Independent as a team, I take that to mean they have no team affiliation, but if 'independent' is a team then the results instead are: 2. Unnatural Monstrosities, 3. Dragon, 4. Rabbits and Rodents, 5. Indepedents, 6. (Tie) BD II and Otherwise Other."
Patashu thumbs up! Curiosity satisfied :3
Edris aha!
Mako says, "We ha a lot of teams this year, too. Nice"
Edris also chirrr.
You wroo, "I think Monstrosities is the only new team but I like the cut of its jib"
BunnyHugger says, "Unnatural Monstrosities indeed had a great year for a young team."
Vahno says, "Surprised Enixi isn't here to cause some shenanigans."
Athares rubs his chin. "We didn't really have any team events, that's a missed potential. Maybe a thought for the next season."
Skyler is impressed there were this many long running teams.
BunnyHugger says, "Mystics and Misfits were also the participation winners, having participated collectively 18 times, followed by 17 for Dragons. Quite a lot of activity there."
Skyler says, "I seem to remember at one point something like a 'posed relay race' being a team event."
You wroo, "Yeah we didn't have Dressage this time. Maybe nextlympics~"
Edris says, "I think Dressage is usually more of a summer thing?"
Bleu nods.
BunnyHugger says, "Yes, that's when I always run Dressage."
Austin says, "Yeah, this was more about wintery things like skiing and Boggle."
Niny'ah says, "Yeah, Dressage is a summer"
Austin says, "... and MST3K."
BunnyHugger says, "Thanks again to our event runners: Mako, Ranarp and Moriar, Mako, Patashu, and Austin. I hope I'm not forgetting anyone."
BunnyHugger whoops, "Mako is in there twice."
Austin says, "One of them was 'Mako."
BunnyHugger says, "Good save."
You wroo, "Think you forgot to thank yourself ;>"
Vahno says, "Niny's absolutely for Dressage~"
BunnyHugger says, "Not sure how that happened, but anyway, I'm grateful to people for running so events because it takes the pressure off me when I don't have to try to be here EVERY night for two and a half weeks."
BunnyHugger means, running so many events.
Mako says, "Dressage is also quite fun. :P"
Patashu thumbs up. I use Olympics as a kind of time capsule of what motivates me these years and to see some creativity from our friends here. :3
Niny'ah whaps at Vahno, On Principle, but does not dispute the point.
Mako thumbs-up. Olympics is often our most busy time!
Mako says, "I'm sorry some of our newer folk never got the chance but they seem to have ben a bit scarce this last week or two."
BunnyHugger says, "I'm afraid it is now my bittersweet duty to bring our event to a close, but remember, the 'joy of play' can be found every day, if you approach things in the right spirit."
Patashu applauds
Niny'ah says, "yeah I don't think I've seen Final more than a few "Hi, bye" moments and none of the other newlings"
Bee_Sparkbearer enters the Olympic Stadium.
Bee_Sparkbearer has arrived.
Patashu perks!
Lightspill enters the Olympic Stadium.
Lightspill has arrived.
Lightspill prowls in.,
( The screen shifts to showing a very tiny VIP who is making her long way across the stadium... )
Athares says, "Honorary mention to all the bees dancing the ceremony too. That was some excellent choreography."
Austin smiles.
Bleu claps again.
( The Olympic Flame goes out with a puff... but a bit of clever spotlighting makes it appear that instead it shrinks, and becomes a tiny point of light that jumps toward the bee. )
( The bee holds her front feet up, and 'catches' the point of light, now a small glowing ball, which she turns and carries away, as though bearing the Olympic flame in a tiny form back out of the stadium. )
Lightspill claps for the lightning technicians!
BunnyHugger says, "I now declare the 2026 Winter Olympics closed!"
Patashu claps!
Austin sniffs.
You wroo, "To be continued... Nextlympics."
Skyler claps!
'Voksa cheers!
Edris says, "I give it about two and a half years or so!"
Lightspill howls in polite approbation.
Edris applaud!
Athares says, "The events are over, yet the fire lives on..."
Athares applauds!
Mako claps!
Bee_Sparkbearer makes her way back out of the stadium, with her tiny glowing ball.
BunnyHugger says, "Thank you, everyone."
Bee_Sparkbearer leaves the stadium for the Fountain Plaza.
Bee_Sparkbearer has left.
Bleu nods. "It passed by so quickly."
BunnyHugger hugs Austin! I wondered about that.
BunnyHugger says, "I'm afraid I really must go now as I have work to do before I go to bed. Thanks again for everyone's contributions. I think it went really well this year."
You wroo, "Goood night"
Skyler says, "Goodnight! Thanks for putting on the ceremonies."
BunnyHugger says, "You know, I believe this was our ninth one."
You wroo, "That's a lottalympics."
'Voksa says, "Woah..."
Athares nods. "A lot of history here, and now we're all part of it."
BunnyHugger says, "So perhaps we should do something really special for the next Summer Games."
Edris says, "Nonth overall, or Nonth Winter?"
BunnyHugger says, "Ninth overall."
[OOC] Edris says, "Ninth*"
NBC has disconnected.
NBC has connected.
NBC rustles his feathers and squawks.
Bleu says, "Thank you again."
Austin says, "Done with your broadcast day, NBC?"
NBC takes some sweeping shots to use for B roll then packs up.
BunnyHugger runs off home.
BunnyHugger has left.
Chitter has left.
BunnyHugger leaves, with a nonanthro Eastern gray squirrel (Chitter) [Chitter(#5713XZ)] walking along with her.
Skyler waves!
Bleu goes off to play more No Man's Sky.
Austin says, "I should get to the nest myself. Take care, please, everyone."
Mako thumbs-up!
Mako says, "Rest well."
'Voksa says, "Nanite!"
Patashu wave
Edris says, "Take care!"
Skyler says, "Goodnight, Austin."
Mako says, "... now I gotta work on that post. Aaa."
NBC flies down from the rafters.
Bleu says, "Goodnight."
NBC's gem flashes and the announcer voice states, "This has been a special presentation of NBC... the Olympic network!"
Mako Wavewaves to NBC!
Skyler says, "And, NBC."
NBC's gem flashes as the announcer voice states "We now conclude our broadcasting day."
NBC bobs his head then starts trotting to take off.
Skyler waves!
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NBC takes off, and flies out of sight.
NBC has left.
Austin nods to NBC, "That's the way. Night, all."
Austin leaves the stadium for the Fountain Plaza.
Austin has left.
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Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Biathalon

2026-02-23T05:23:24Z

Patashu: Created page with "<syntaxhighlight lang="text" line="1"> BunnyHugger shouts "The Biathlon will be starting in about 15 minutes in the 'park' of the day. If you plan to compete please come register." (Public-shout) 'Mako has teleported in. 'Mako has arrived. Mako steps onto a floating, rainbow-coloured pie wedge and is flown away toward the 'park' of the day. Mako has left. park A floating disk, divided into pie wedges, with every colour of the rainbow taking its turn in each spo..."

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BunnyHugger shouts "The Biathlon will be starting in about 15 minutes in the 'park' of the day. If you plan to compete please come register." (Public-shout)
'Mako has teleported in.
'Mako has arrived.
Mako steps onto a floating, rainbow-coloured pie wedge and is flown away toward the 'park' of the day.
Mako has left.
park
A floating disk, divided into pie wedges, with every colour of the rainbow taking its turn in each spot, approaches you. You step on, and are carried away... by the time you're able to hop off, you find yourself in
Jellicle Fields - Winter Wonderland (Activities Area)(#8569RLJ)
This section is a bit more hilly than the rest of Jellicle Fields. Looking around, you can see that this area is devoted to all sorts of snowy fun! There seems to be a place for every sort of chilly recreation.
Taking up a good deal of the flat space is a large pond, frozen completely over! It is divided into separate areas with barriers made of thick ice. One section is set up for ice skating, so you can practice your leaps and figure eights. Another section is set up for hockey, with some bleachers for viewing the action. Lastly, off away from the rest of the action, are places for ice fishing. You note one large shed is set up with a sign that reads "Reserved for Borris".
The pond isn't the only body of water here. A short trek away is a series of hot springs. These small round pockets of water bubble and steam, giving off the smell of peppermint. In the center of the various little springs is a large bonfire, perfect for drying off, toasting marshmellow (which are provided fresh each day from the mellow marsh), and singing carols around. Growing around the fire are a series of what look like apple trees. Once again, these are not ordinary apple trees, but are growing...apple pies! Under the apple pie trees are bushes growing little chewy fruit-flavored candies in the shape of fish.
Past the hot springs is are some snowy hills, just perfect for sledding! Several sledding paths have been marked out, some slow and easy, others fast and exciting. One large hill has a long, winding track with several turns and twists. Signs leading to the entrance of the track read "Bobsledding / Otter Slide" What fun!
Atop one large, flat-topped hill is an area devoted to snow-play! One area seems to be set up for making winter art, from simple snowmen (or cats or foxes or raccoons...) to elaborate ice sculptures. Another area is designated as the snow wars battlefield! Plenty of raw material for making snowballs and snow forts, with plenty of rocks and trees for taking cover behind! A large ice barrier encloses this area, so stray snowballs don't hit non-combatants. Lastly, there is the start of a cross-country ski trail for those who wish to get some exercise and view the lovely winter sights.
There is also a small restaurant here. A sign on the building proclams it as 'The Snack Shack!'
Obvious Exits:
ack to the Winter Wonderland fields, <F>ly up into the sky above, <S>nack <S>hack, and <Tr>ail leading to Reindeer Crossing
Contents: Mako, Royce, Chitter, BunnyHugger, and Portal to Shooting Range
## There are possible hidden listeners here.
Mako appears!
rpread
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|#1. Welcome! | Morticon |
|#2. Another use for this board | Morticon |
|#3. Spindizzy | Kinsor |
|#4. Wizards' Statement on the Mayoralty and Election | Austin |
|#5. Suggestions when running a public event | fluffy |
|6. Gotta D-d-d-d-duel! - Open RP (28JAN26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|7. Significant RPs or events for the week of 26JAN26 | Patashu |
|8. Monster Hunting! - Open RP (04FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|9. Significant RPs or events for the week of 02FEB26 | Patashu |
|10. Opening Ceremonies | BunnyHugger |
|11. Muck Olympic Event: MiSTing night! | Austin |
|12. Arctic Exoplanet Outpost Construction (Winter Olympics)| Patashu |
|13. Olympic Smiting - Open RP (11FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|14. Olympic Marriage - Open RP (14FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|15. Olympic Sales - Open RP (18FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|16. Spindizzy Olympics: Snowman Contest | Mako |
|17. Olympic Team: Mystics and Misfits! | Mako |
|18. Olympic Team: Unnatural Monstrosities | Lightspill |
|19. Significant RPs or events for the week of 09FEB26 | Patashu |
|20. Spindizzy Mizer (Winter Olympics) | Patashu |
|21. Significant RPs or events for the week of 16FEB26 | Patashu |
|22. People's Choice Vote on 2026 Literary Medals | BunnyHugger |
|23. Olympic Event: Snowball Fight! | Mako |
|24. Revised Olympic Schedule | BunnyHugger |
|25. Olympic Biathlon (rescheduled) | BunnyHugger |
|26. Olympic Boggle, Thursday the 19th, 7 pm | Austin |
|27. The Beagles Bagels, Grand Opening - Open RP (25FEB26, 6| Moriar |
|*28. Significant RPs or events for the week of 23FEB26 | Patashu |
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| Type 'rphelp' for a list of commands. |
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Done.
BunnyHugger says, "Hi, are you competing?"
rpread 25

25. From: BunnyHugger
On: 2026-02-18 20:41:12
This post will expire on: 2026-03-20 21:41:12 -- 26 days and 2 hours from now.
Subject: Olympic Biathlon (rescheduled)

It's custom for me to try to run at least one 'traditional winter Olympics' event during one of these, so I am once again going to run a Biathlon. It will combine a cross-country skiing segment with a shooting segment. The former will be a partly RP and partly dice-driven format, and the latter will use the Shooting Gallery program. It will take place at 6 pm on Sunday, February 22.

Because people will have to do some writing on the fly (it won't be possible to entirely pre-write because of the random elements), this may run a bit longer. I will try to adjust the format based on the number of attendees.

Due to a conflict, I have had to change the date for this event. It will take place prior to Closing Ceremonies on Sunday.

Done.
You rumble, "Patashu, Team Dragon."
Royce churrs, "Right. Yeah, there's all those building projects and stuff that I started decades ago and then stalled out on and are probably never going to be touched again."
BunnyHugger says, "Oh yeah, like Spengo. I have one up there too."
BunnyHugger says, "Plus a motel I was starting to build north of my home."
Vahno steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
Vahno has arrived.
BunnyHugger checks off Patashu.
Moriar has arrived.
BunnyHugger says, "Anyone competing please let me know, I want to start as expediently as possible."
BunnyHugger says, "Name and team competing for."
Moriar raises wings, "I would like to compete! Starts in eleven minutes?"
Mako says, "Mako, Mystics and Misfits."
BunnyHugger says, "Yes, Moriar."
Mako says, "Def taking part. :D"
Royce churrs, "Ha, yeah Spengo was one that I had plenty of plans for. Also had plans for a cider mill that involved descriptions that changed according to time of day and year. Oh well."
BunnyHugger says, "Start putting your skis on or borrow some from our rack if you don't have any."
morph dragonite2
Patashu brings out the PI-PCFP-149-01 Dragonite Combat Frame. After a consciousness download and system startup, the keening whine of the onboard generator stabilizes with a thrummm, and the black screen eyes light on with a blaze of pixellated flame.
Moriar looks around, then to Bunny
Patashu needs a bipedal form for this, he figures! Gets ski gear'd and branded up appropriately.
Moriar looks around, then to BunnyHugger, "Moriar, for Team Dragon!"
BunnyHugger writes down Mako and Moriar.
[BunnyHugger just looked in your direction! (female Devilbunny)]
Bleu steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
Bleu has arrived.
Mako says, "I made my suit for just this sort of thing. It's technically a swimsuit but it's padded for winter use. :x "
Mako grabs some skis.
Bleu is doing it au naturale.
Moriar blinks, begins looking around for appropriately sized skis.
NBC flies into the Park and lands.
NBC has arrived.
Bleu says, "Where do I register?"
You wroo, "Hi, NBC!"
NBC rolls his camera in, and himself on it.
NBC chimes G, E, C.
BunnyHugger says, "With me, Bleu. Are you competing?"
Bleu says, "Absolutely."
BunnyHugger says, "Team?"
Bleu says, "Otherwise Other."
Moriar looks to BunnyHugger, "Are there rules against simply flying?"
Austin steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
Austin has arrived.
Austin says, "Chulo, all you happy people-like constructs!"
Royce snugs Austin! What you do not know will not do you any physical damage!
[OOC] Bleu says, "Also heads up, in about 30 minutes I'll have to take about a five minute AFK."
Austin says, "Cousin! Happy Raccoon Day!"
BunnyHugger says, "In fact yes there are. You must have skis on and they must be on the ground, to make it fair. Fair-ish."
Austin SRH's Royce ... so far as the *rest* of you know.
BunnyHugger says, "There will be some terrain obstacles and they will be a bit too easy if you can just fly over 'em."
Bleu is already strapping skis to his feet.
BunnyHugger says, "Hi Austin!"
Mako Waves to Austin~
( A Patashu Industries kobold arrives, and begins handing that Moriar gryphons each a strip of paper with 'Skies' written on it. )
Austin says, "Chulo, love! How bad are people are at following directions already?"
BunnyHugger says, "In addition to competitors, I would like to have one judge."
Mako says, "Fortunately I HAVE been exercising. I don't float EVERYWHERE."
Mako . o O ( I'm screwed. )
Moriar holds the strips of paper in their beaks.
BunnyHugger says, "I have Patashu, Mako, Moriar, and Bleu. Anyone else going to ski with us? Also shoot but that comes later."
Austin says, "I can judge. I love having opinions that are good by definition."
BunnyHugger says, "Thanks Austin."
Moriar's ears perk, and they lean towards Patashu to inquire, "I fell asleep and don't recall. Did I fail to win a copper medal for hiding?"
BunnyHugger shouts "Last call for competitors for the Biathlon. Come to the 'park' immediately to sign up." (Public-shout)
You wroo, "Hiding...?"
'Voksa steps off of the floating disk that carried them up.
'Voksa has arrived.
'Voksa waves, here to spectate!
BunnyHugger says, "Oh, you got a copper for the snowball fight if that's what you mean, Moriar."
BunnyHugger says, "Chitter has it."
Chitter gets it out.
Moriar looks to BunnyHugger, tails wagging.
PatchO'Black steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
PatchO'Black has arrived.
Chitter hands Copper Medal for Snowball Fight (2026) to Moriar.
Patashu ah, yes!
'Voksa applauds for Moriar!
Niny'ah steps off of the floating disk that carried her up.
Niny'ah has arrived.
Moriar purrs loudly.
Niny'ah almost missed!
Niny'ah does some stretching
BunnyHugger says, "Are you competing Niny'ah?"
Niny'ah says, "intend to"
Niny'ah says, "Mystics and Misfits"
Niny'ah says, "am I late"
Niny'ah's attention was IRL'd
BunnyHugger says, "We're just about to start."
Bleu stretches and limbers up.
PatchO'Black opens up the concessions stand! He would mark prices down, if he was actually selling items...
BunnyHugger says, "OK it looks like we have five competitors."
You wroo, "Hey, Niny!"
Vahno says, "Sweet."
BunnyHugger says, "Patashu, Mako, Moriar, Bleu, and Niny'ah."
Vahno says, "i promise not to throw snowballs during the thing."
BunnyHugger says, "Austin will be our referee (OOC: judge/fellow GM)."
Niny'ah says, "So did I miss a briefing?"
BunnyHugger says, "Nope, just about to give it."
Vahno scoops up some snow, packs it and tosses it at Niny.
( Flags are set out to mark the edges of a cross-country skiing course. It wends its way across the snowy landscape, across gentle hills. There are three major obstructions that skiers will encounter along the way: first there is a rugged, rocky outcropping that will have to be traversed, second there is a section of dense evergreen forest with low-hanging branches and snowy shrubs, and finally near the finish line there is an icy pond, lightly dusted with powdered snow. )
Mako Slides up to the starting line. "I'm used to wet conditions and less snow.... here's hoping this doesn't turn into a boondoggle.... (It is absolutely going to. :x)
Niny'ah gets sealed into a black tech hexsuit.
BunnyHugger says, "How this works: there will be two phases, the first being cross-country skiing and the second being shooting. During the skiing phase, you must actually be skiing on your feet or whatever appendages you normally perambulate with. Your skis should be (mostly...) on the ground. No flying! So you know, just try to use good sportsmanship here and be reasonable about it. >:)"
Niny'ah buckles on skis. she's shifted back to her own shape for this.
Patashu gets in position, comically undersized Dragonite wings wiggling, tense.
[OOC] Moriar's legs are very small, and unsure how to play that, "Ostensibly Moriar should take a couple orders of magnitude longer to complete any ground based race."
Bleu skies over to the starting line. "I'm ready. Eat my dust, y'all."
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "Maybe we can overlook if Moriar's wings are 'assisting' them."
[OOC] Patashu grins, "I would be fine with it."
You wroo, "Where are you going to get dust on an alpine mountain?"
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "Just, like, we'll have you be low to the ground and fakin' it."
Mako says, "Snowpowder?"
Moriar looks to BunnyHugger, "What if I am aboard someone who is skiing? Does the transitive property work?"
BunnyHugger says, "I suppose if you want to team up with someone that way, you're already kind of your own team so it's not really any different."
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "Each round, each skier will write ONE pose. After all have finished, the judge will assign an order from best to least-best, to the performance of skiers in the previous round. This can be based on anything the judge chooses but suggested criteria are creativity, artristry, plausibility, and fun factor. TWICE, the judge may choose to assign a catch-up bonus to any one player. The catch-up bonus will result in the chosen racer instantly catching up to the racer immediately ahead of them. Meanwhile, I will also be rolling a die which will randomly determine an additional speed factor. Between each round, I will be providing a commentary, and skiers will be told their current position relative to other skiers so that they can react to this information and effectively RP the next round! Skiers will also be told when they have reached a given landscape feature (rocks, trees, pond) so they can respond to this in the next pose."
[OOC] Patashu roger!
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "got it"
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "I'll give lots of guidance if that doesn't make sense yet."
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "Please try not to overthink this too much, if every round takes too long it's going to make Closing Ceremonies run a bit too late for folks and I'd like to avoid that if possible! That goes for both skiers and judges. Also I need to get up early tomorrow and would appreciate things moving quickly."
BunnyHugger says, "Once the skiing has finished, we will all go to the Shooting Range for part 2 and I will explain that segment when we get there."
Mako says, "Ready to go!"
BunnyHugger looks to the referee, "Ready?" Then to the skiers, "Take your marks!"
Austin says, "Ready!"
Patashu crouches low!
Austin grabs a bag of chips from the Roofrigerator.
Mako tenses...
Moriar nods to BunnyHugger, "I am ready!"
[OOC] Bleu says, "Hmm, I gotta go afk for about 5 minutes in a little bit, too, but I'll try to be as fast as I can."
Niny'ah shakes her legs out. "Reaedy."
Bleu nods. "I'm ready."
BunnyHugger says, "On your marks... get set... go! {{Skiers, write your first pose setting out from the starting line! At this point the ground is mostly level snow.}}"
Patashu does something cheeky to get started. You can see he's turning his head over his shoulder, charging something up... and with a *BWOOOSH* a quick fired hyper beam launches into the air (disrupting a cloud formation slightly) for an accelerated headstart, suddenly racing along on his skis as he brings his head back into position and hunches forward!
Moriar holds the strips of paper with 'skis' written on them firming in their beaks as the gryphons flap vigorously and tumble across the snow in the manner of biblically accurate skiers.
Mako puts her ski poles down! She's... uh... not actually good at this, but she has strong upper arms, and gets herself going forward in a somewhat jerky drive across the snow, arms using the poles as they're meant to, pulling herself forward, legs back and forth like a steady, jerky exercise machine. The problems will come later! ..... just don't ask her to, say, stop. Or turn. Or....
Niny'ah kicks off with a push from her ski pole,s, trying to gauge the snowpack - hard, soft, powder... it turns out to be heavy and sticky, and she ends up having to herringbone-step out from the line, trying not to overextert right from the start! This is a stamina race after all.
NBC gets some footage of the beautiful landscape, camera turning with him on top of it, then points it at the skiers as they set out.
Bleu pushes off with his ski-poles, and launches forward across the snow. "Hmm, I wonder if I'll be disqualified if I activate the jet-engines on my skies..." He shrugs, and waits to press that button till he's well away from the starting line. As he spies Patashu shooting by, he says, "Oh hell." He presses a pred button on his right ski-pole, and WHOOSH, he starts skiing forward at a break-neck pace, kicking up snow in his wake. "YAH-HOO-HOY!" Just like Goofy. (You know the sound.)
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "It Snewing here"
PatchO'Black sets out the last of the souvenir caps.
BunnyHugger gets on her announcer microphone, excitedly commentating!
BunnyHugger says, "They're off! Patashu and Niny'ah are neck and neck, with Bleu coming on them quickly Mako just behind Bleu! Moriar are making a valiant effort but are bringing up the rear! {{Skiers may now write their next move!}}"
Patashu pulls up alongside Niny'ah and grins! He's apparently using the self-imposed restriction of 'hovering, flying or jet engines is cheating but anything else is just using your body cleverly'. He wants to save his energy for now, so he's just going to cruise... but if Niny'ah falls behind a little, he absolutely *will* move in front to cut her off with big dragonite body.
Niny'ah hears the Goofy Holler and looks back, Oh Heck. She scrambles sideways in that awkward 'hurrying on skis' way, with a funny-looking high-step gait. "Pata! Watch your back!"
Patashu, in fact, does NOT try to cut Niny'ah off. He's instead gawking and looking over his shoulder at Bleu!!
[OOC] Patashu says, "(I know you said one post per round but a little bit of a reaction seems in the spirit)"
Bleu is still screaming like a banshee as his literal jet-skis send him careening forward, approaching the two figures in front of him at a frightening pace. "Oh heck, outta the waaaaay!" He starts waving an arm frantically, which causes the squirrel to veer toward Patashu, and he can't get his skis to turn off again! "MAAAAKE WAAAAAAY!"
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "If you want to interact a little that's fine, just wanted people to know Austin will judge as soon as he sees something from everyone so he'll probably consider your first one your 'main' pose."
[OOC] Patashu aite!
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "'talking is a free action' rules of sorts?"
Mako is doing her best to keep on the ground. This going to be haaaard. o.o But she blinks as she sees Bleu scream past...... quite literally, in this case! While this does leave her going PFfft pff pfft! As she blinks her way out of the impromptu snowpile, it does leave her a rather useful clean path! It's not quite like using another car's draft but she'll take it! Zooom! She uses the path to follow!
Moriar continues their impression of feathery tumbleweeds of wings, being shorter than the branches hang low. The gryphons bounce off of the occasional shrubbery. There are occasionally chirruping sounds.
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "That sounds good, Niny'ah! Want to keep the fun factor after all."
[OOC] Austin says, "Yeah, I figure the rules are to give a framework for play, not to crush the improvisational nature from it."
[OOC] Bleu says, "Okay, I need to AFK a few, be back as quick as I can."
Ping steps off of the floating disk that carried her up.
Ping has arrived.
Ping bounces in.
Ping waves.
PatchO'Black hugs Ping.
PatchO'Black sets out a variety of treats in special "closing day" containers.
Myril steps off of the floating disk that carried her up.
Myril has arrived.
Myril speeds off with a rumbling whir, PK Teleporting away.
Myril has left.
Athares steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
Athares has arrived.
[OOC] Athares says, "There we go"
[OOC] Patashu says, "hello Ping and Athares! we're two rounds into skiing atm"
[OOC] Athares says, "Oh- shoot I forgot it was six-aught"
[OOC] Patashu says, "(I think possibly it moved when it rescheduled?)"
BunnyHugger grabs the microphone excited. "Wow! This is going to be really close all the way, I can see that! Mako has caught up and it's now too close to call between Mako, Niny'ah, and Patashu! Bleu looks to be just behind but it's a close one! Moriar are... doing their best but at some distance! All except Moriar are currently coming up on the first major terrain obstacle, the rocky segment. This rocky outcropping is going to require them to use caution and also more exertion to get over it! How will they handle it???
[OOC] Athares says, "It was"
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "Yes I had to change the time and move it earlier so that I could avoid preempting closing ceremonies if possible."
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "Skiers can write their next move!"
[OOC] Mako says, "To be clear, is the outcropping the "On an edge" kind?"
Athares sees- he'll be settling in to spectate. Ah well, the slope shall remain!
Patashu is almost too distracted gawking at Bleu catching up to be ready for the rocks up ahead! Ack! While he swerves out of the way to give the rocketeer room, he's coming up on his first rock... He braces himself for impact, and gets sent flying, coming down landing with a THUMP of both skis, wobbling a little bit! @wo: That could have gone better...
( The rocky segment is a rugged group of boulders which will require some climbing and could be perilous! )
Moriar slides to a short stop to regard the rocky segment, then simply trotting along between the rocks. The gryphons continue to hold the pieces of paper in their beaks, striving to qualify for the event.
Niny'ah takes a moment at the start of the rocky section to step to one side and pull a set of rubber caps out of her pocket and wedge them onto the tips of her ski poles for safer control as she high-steps into the rocks, taking every step with 3 or 4 cautious test pokes with her ski poles to be sure that they're not going to suddenly shift under her weight. She's hugging to one side where the rocks are smaller, but so are the gaps between them, requiring extra care; it's easy to see why: She keeps glancing back at the careening Bleu!
Mako whoops. Okay, rocks! Problem, problem! She is now going At Speed. Slowing down is NOT an option. First, she hits the small ones, and rumbles along making a noise not unlike a cantaloupe in a tumble dryer. *thunkatythumple* Then the bigger rocks are in the way. She leeeans to one side, then to the other, narrowly missing several rocks. Then... hooboy, big rock in the way! She takes one ski pole and spikes it into the ground for pivoting, and ends up going around and around comically for a moment, before pinballing off around the boulder at an angle... and right off a few more. From above, it might look like a vigorous pinball game. .... please don't let there be a multiball..... She does eventually come out the other side, looking a little worse for wear. @.o
NBC zooms in on the action at the rocks. He squawks to himself with apparent excitement.
[OOC] Bleu says, "I'm back!"
[OOC] Bleu says, "Catching up."
[OOC] Austin says, "That's for me to decide, thank you."
[OOC] Patashu snickers
'Voksa falls asleep.
'Voksa wakes up.
Bleu narrowly misses colliding with Patashu, but then he sees the rocky outcropping. "Oh shiiiii...AHHHHHHHHHHH!" The squirrel screams again as the jet-skis hit the first rock, sending the terrified rodent soaring into the air, fully three feet off the ground for a terrifying 30 seconds, then *WHAM!* he slams into the rocks, and shoots along with a very rocky, bumpy and bone-rattling ride, almost totally out of control and clinging to his poles for dear life.
[OOC] Patashu says, "the toon logic of 'carefully navigate through vs just full send it' on display here..."
BunnyHugger says, "Whoa! This has been a lot of action!"
PatchO'Black gets BunnyHugger a beverage as she ccommentates.
Vahno says, "...Oh dear. Do we have a medic on staff?"
Austin says, "After the second round, Vahno, when we give everyone guns."
BunnyHugger says, "Niny'ah has made a huge gain as her competitors have come to trouble in this section and she's now got a clear lead coming out of the rocky segment and heading into the woods! Patashu was slowed down but recovered and has also cleared the rocks, behind Niny'ah! Mako is now in the third position, Bleu is in fourth and what's this???? Moriar is still in back but is gaining significant ground with their slow and steady strategy! {{Niny'ah, Patashu and Mako are heading into the forest, Bleu and Moriar aren't quite there yet. The evergreen forest is dense and there is no straight path through it so you will have to weave around trees and possibly avoid being hit in the head with branches! Skiers write your next move!}}"
PatchO'Black gets out the rare souvenir soft body armor...
Athares . o O ( I'm hoping the spills go 'toon style. If not, I know a good bit of first aid at least. )
Patashu thinks about using another hyper beam blast to speed up but - no, the forest is going to be real tricky. He's a big guy so he has to take every turn extremely carefully. Leaning left, leaning right, occasionally bashing or bumping up against a branch or trunk. >wo: He's trying to keep away from Niny'ah and Mako to not make matters even worse...
Mako is now slightly wobbly but still making progress forward, using whoever is in front of her as a path-clearer whenever possible. It's not the fastest process, but it IS probably the safest until we get a nice straightaway..... She manages to avoid wallsplatting around any large trunks, but she is not nearly as lucky when it comes to the low hanging branches. *paft* >.< *Paft* @.@ *Paft* uwu *Paft* -x- *Paft* Q.Q
Moriar appears a bit excited as they approach the forest, going so far as to leap up and bound about across the branches. The gryphons seem to be excited to have an opportunity to get some skiing time off the ground, still firmly holding the pieces of paper in their beaks. The path may not be the swiftest, but it is the one that Moriar prefers.
Niny'ah hm. hah. This should work well. She's been methodical and precise thus far, and sees no reason to change that now! She takes the rubber caps off her ski poles and sets off in that awkward high-step of cross-country skiing , Even as large as her stature is, she's still smaller and more agile than Patashu, and this lets her make good time, slicing thorugh openings the much wider dragonite could never hope to fit through. However, she has it even worse than mako, because 'well cleared' for the nekomata is chin-height on her! "Gah!!" Remember Athares's tactic with his Snowtrapped trees in snowball? Yeah, This is going to happen to her. Several times.
[OOC] Patashu says, "Total Moriar Victory incoming"
Bleu wishes Patchy had given him some body armor. He hits another rock, going airborne for a second time, yelling all the while, and then slams back into the snow, looking up to see the rocks are thinning out... Only to be replaced by trees. "Oh, son of a...." He starts frantically mashing the button on his pole, trying to shut off his jet engines, finally sighing happily when they start sputtering out. He bobs and weaves around the bigger trunks, but luckily the squirrel is fairly short, so he misses most of the branches, too.
BunnyHugger bangs her paw on her announcer's table with excitement. "Niny'ah still has the lead but Patashu is nearly caught up! It's too close to call between Mako and Bleu... but what's this? Incredible! MORIAR HAS CAUGHT UP AND PASSED MAKO AND BLEU!!!! Niny'ah, and Patashu have made it out of the woods but now Mako hasn't made it out yet, and Bleu and Moriar are also head through the trees! {{Skiers, write your next line! No one has quite made it to the frozen pond yet but Niny'ah is very close to it!}}
Patashu aha! A nice straight stretch up ahead! Patashu (making sure to aim it nice and high so none of the other skiiers are in the way) fires another quickfire hyper beam over his shoulder for an immediate burst of speed! Though he gets pushed down firmly, crouching, legs wobbling at awkward angles before he stabilizes himself to try and maintain as much as possible without falling over! Whoo!
BunnyHugger further clarifies, "Mako and Bleu are seemingly tied as far as I can see into those woods but Moriar has pulled just ahead of them!"
Moriar's expressions seem less enthusiastic as the gryphons return to ground level to continue bounding along across the snow. Upon transition to the frozen pond, Moriar stumbles into belly flops across the ice with vigorous flapping to provide thrust as the gryphons hockey puck themselves across the pond with a cloud of dusted snow in their wake.
Niny'ah is visibly puffing with the effort of keeping up her speed, deflecting branches, and trying not to get distracted with the other competitors. She can see the frigid glint of the frozen pond up ahead through the trees, promising to be Fast but Perilous.
Mako continues to slalom her way through the trees, albeit now at a bit of a punch-drunk tilt. She slides left around one tree, right around another, and then *Whack* A low hanging branch clobbers her. She slows but does not stop. "...and that's a red card for machester..." she mumbles, before shaking her head loose. What's a little head trauma when you're on the go? But she does use this opportunity to re-align and launch herself forward once again.... THIS time keeping her head down!
Bleu crouches down, taking a more aerodynamic stance as he relies on his arm power to get him the rest of the way through the forest. He can't see anyone else, he just keeps propelling himself forward, dodging trees and skiing under the branches like a small, stealthy creature. But around this time his jet-engines start sputtering back to life, and he groans. "Oh dear, not again..." He suddenly shoots forward through a straightaway, managing to dodge trees, but rapidly gaining speed as he can't get the jets to turn off again.
[OOC] PatchO'Black sighs. "I'm sorry, folks. I'm going to need to call it a night. I wish could stay up to see the closing, but I need to rest."
[OOC] Patashu says, "Good night"
[OOC] Mako says, "Bed well"
[OOC] PatchO'Black hugs all!
PatchO'Black takes out his calico flute and play a short tune, taking him away...
PatchO'Black has left.
BunnyHugger says, "Wow, this is getting tighter again! Niny'ah maintains a short lead over Patashu as they head onto the ice! This could be a very dangerous segment... a chance to use the ice to 'skate' and add speed, but also a chance to lose control and wipe out! Moriar has a nose... or three noses... ahead of Mako as they start on the ice. Bleu is now trailing by several lengths and hasn't quite made it to the final icy stretch yet! {{It's pretty much guaranteed that Niny'ah is going to finish this turn and probably Patashu. One or two others may also! Everyone is getting close to the finish line which is just after the pond... anything could happen on that ice so have fun writing your next line! Go for it!}}"
BunnyHugger says, "They're approaching the finish, I expect to see people using all their reserves!"
[OOC] Patashu says, "making a fortune roll..."
roll 1d20
Rolling 1d20:
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* 1d20 => 4
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> Total = 4
[OOC] Patashu says, "it was nice knowing you all :]"
Patashu aha! Here we go! Minimum friction. MAXIMUM SPEED. He spins right around, facing backwards on the ice... and with a BWOOOOOOOSHHHH he fires his hyperbeam backwards and into the air! Going faster, faster...! But he overestimates how hard he's pushing himself down in the process, or how much he's heating up the ice. It starts to crack, weaken, melt... *SPLOOOOOSH!* In he goes! He's going to do his best to swim to shore and climb out and resume, but that's a serious time loss.
Moriar transitions from pond back onto ground based snow leading into the finish line as a resumption of their biblically accurate tumblewings again, flop-flap-rolling across the snow in a flurry of inelegance and feathers across the line.
NBC has disconnected.
NBC has connected.
Austin . o O ( We now rejoin our broadcast day, already in progress. )
NBC anxiously checks his feed as it gets interrupted for a second.
Niny'ah sets her stance Way Down Low to get more stability; she knows ice Too Well to take chances with her height, even though she pushes off with her ski poles to build up some speed; it's risky but she's trying to keep ahead of Patashu's ... Heck. Fuckit we ball. She pumps her poles against the ice, blowing foggy breaths to rival Patashu's mawcannon, nostrils flaring as she tries to keep the dragonite from blasting past her!
[OOC] Patashu says, "you missed nothing, NBC"
NBC waves a foot to Patashu.
Mako iiiiiceeeee.... She keeps going. She cna't stop. No, really. She can't stop. If she stops it might be unpleasantly cold. What she IS doing, however, is leaving a dangerous serious of cracks behind, having to skirt AROUND the massive hole Pata made. .oO (Ohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrap). She puts her poles down for more speed. She may actually be hydroplaning at this point, depending on how thick the ice is. Or isn't! o.o She is also more or less nose-down for least wind resistance....
[OOC] Austin says, "Bleu? Are you in there?"
Bleu isn't giving up that easily, and with the jets sputtering back to life he makes a fateful decision. He flips a switch on the left pole, marked [LUDICROUS SPEED], and with another loud yell the skis zoom forward out of the forest, across the snow, toward the ice, with no real way to control his trajectory, but it's a risk worth taking to pass Mako at the very least. He's taken a low profile, and then skids across the ice, which makes ominous cracking noises in his wake, not helped by the jet exhaust. He's coming up on Patashu's hole, and with what little control he can maintain he sticks a pole down to skirt around it, but the ice is still cracking dangerously all the way. But he's shooting toward Mako's rear and trying to ignore all the ice cracking he can hear.
BunnyHugger says, "Here they come toward the finish line!"
BunnyHugger says, "Niny'ah has maintained a clear lead going across the line! Patashu, despite a setback costing them gold, has scrambled out and into second..."
Patashu whews. That was scarily close to blowing it all just to try to secure first. @w@
BunnyHugger says, "Despite a slow start Moriar will take home bronze!"
Patashu applauds Niny'ah and Moriar!
Moriar's performance with a gun has yet to be accounted for in scoring?
BunnyHugger says, "Mako has just been edged out, taking fourth according to the photo finish camera... and Bleu is coming in fifth."
BunnyHugger says, "Oh, of course!"
Niny'ah side-hugs Patashu!
BunnyHugger says, "I forgot about shooting!"
Patashu hugs! Is very cold and wet
BunnyHugger laughs at herself.
BunnyHugger says, "This is just the finish order for the skiing. Silly me."
You wroo, "Shooting! How can you forget about Shooting! ;>"
Mako slooowly skids to a halt past the finish. And then slowly tips over sideways. "Owie. Now we get guns? owo"
Austin nods, "Yes, next comes the shooting."
BunnyHugger says, "Scratch all that medal talk!"
Moriar slides to a stop, ears perked and listening for guidance on how to shooting.
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "But if you'd like to take a chance to finish RP'ing your crossing the finish line please do!"
Bleu zooms straight into a snowbank, and vanishes from view.
You wroo, "... Think we lost Bleu."
Niny'ah sticks her arm into the snowbank and rummages for Bleu
Austin says, "That's all right, we can afford to not get the deposit back."
BunnyHugger says, "Our finish order for the race is Niny'ah, Patashu, Moriar, Mako, Bleu! It was sure an exciting one!"
[OOC] Moriar does not recall how to do the shooting gallery.
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "Thanks for your good sportsmanship, this was an experiment and I'll adjust length next time but will probably run again."
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "For the record Austin never used the 'catchup' options."
[OOC] Patashu says, "I thought it was simple and fun. :3"
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "That was in case someone got hopelessly behind so they could always have some hope."
BunnyHugger says, "This next part will be shorter."
[OOC] Austin says, "Yeah, I never felt like something hit that rule-of-cool moment where an instant catchup made sense. Lot of good moments, but you can't give _everyone_ first."
BunnyHugger says, "Fortunately!"
[OOC] Mako says, "Cartoonishly hazardous encounters are more funny."
Athares falls asleep.
BunnyHugger says, "For this part we'll be going over to the Olympic Shooting Gallery, where I'll give you instructions."
Patashu salutes.
Moriar watches with interest, waiting for instruction.
Mako says, "How do we get there?"
BunnyHugger says, "To do that, follow the portal to the shooting gallery with the command 'sr'"
sr
You step through the portal and come out in the shooting range. It disappears behind you.
Shooting Range(#23942RC)

A long grassy meadow amid the trees is home to the Olympic Shooting Range. At the eastern end of the range are the shooter's stations, little grassy pits with a footpath behind them. A sign by each station bears an identifying number, and red and yellow pennons wave in the breeze between each station. These are both decorative and practical, helping the shooters gauge the wind as they flutter.

Along one side of the range is a covered wooden grandstand, with red and yellow bunting decorating the roof and front wall. One end of the grandstand features a large glass <tank> to accomodate dolphins, seals, mermaids and other aquatic people.

At the far end of the range are the targets, with a tall grassy berm behind them for a backstop. Some wise guy has painted body outlines on the grass with groundskeepers paint. A last-minute mowing has subdued the outlines to some extent, although they remain visible.

N.B. Items and places marked with <pointy brackets> can be looked at.

The sunless sky slowly turns orange and purple in the cool, still air. It's getting on 5 pm in a sense.

Obvious Exits:
[F]ountain Plaza (e), [Start] shooting, and [U]nderwater Tunnel
Moriar has arrived.
Mako has arrived.
Niny'ah has arrived.
BunnyHugger has arrived.
Chitter has arrived.
BunnyHugger enters, with a nonanthro Eastern gray squirrel (Chitter) [Chitter(#5713XZ)] walking along next to her.
BunnyHugger boots up the shooting range console.
BunnyHugger powers down the shooting range console.
BunnyHugger says, "OK, so we're using Joshua's shooting gallery program to do this. To learn how it works, enter 'start' and then '1' for 'How to play'."
Mako boots up the shooting range console.
Mako powers down the shooting range console.
BunnyHugger says, "Also, I'd like each person to get just one practice shot. For that, you will choose '3' for 'Single target'."
Moriar hops up onto one the stands, "Shall we begin the shooting portion, once ready?", looking at the gun.
Moriar boots up the shooting range console.
Moriar powers down the shooting range console.
BunnyHugger says, "Once everyone has taken a practice shot we'll start. Let me know when you've all gotten your practice shot in."
Mako nods, stretching. "Let's see if I can regain some lost time.
Mako boots up the shooting range console.
Mako powers down the shooting range console.
start
Welcome to the shooting range!

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Please select from the following options:

1. How to play
2. Challenge course
3. Single target
4. Leader board
5. Quit
3
...+............... How many from the Right?
15
You hit the target, but you didn't get the bullseye.
Nice shootin', Tex! Game over!
Moriar settles down around the gun, puffing up. Somehow this counts as a practice shot.
Niny'ah boots up the shooting range console.
Patashu ...+............... How many from the Right? this was mine @wo
Patashu ah, that wasn't a 15, that was a *16*. Forgot that was the max
Mako sights, PTANG. Bullseye! o.o
Mako says, "Right, ready to go here, I think."
You wroo, "Hopefully that luck doesn't follow me into my real attempt..."
BunnyHugger says, "It can be really evil like that sometimes. There can be lots of different possibilities and it's not always the same total number of dots, is important to keep in mind."
Niny'ah powers down the shooting range console.
BunnyHugger says, "You get some points for being close even if you miss so keep that in mind."
You wroo, "Yeah it can be anywhere from 2 to 16, I believe is the range, on both sides independently"
Niny'ah holy shit, she got her single
BunnyHugger says, "And if you take too long, that's just a miss."
Bleu has arrived.
Vahno has arrived.
Niny'ah -> ...........+......... How many from the Left? (12)
Patashu damn, nice work.
Austin has arrived.
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "and my eyes are trying to misbehave"
BunnyHugger says, "Hello Bleu, you can take one target shot at the console, enter 'start' and '3' for a practice shot."
Moriar's attention is on BunnyHugger, waiting for the order to start.
Bleu boots up the shooting range console.
Bleu powers down the shooting range console.
Bleu boots up the shooting range console.
Royce has arrived.
BunnyHugger says, "We're going to do this very simply, you're just going to receive 5 to 1 points for your race finish position and 5 to 1 points for your target shooting finish position."
Bleu powers down the shooting range console.
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "I didn't even consciously count, it just looked like "A little over 10""
Bleu boots up the shooting range console.
BunnyHugger says, "Sometimes doing it by 'vibes' is the best way."
Bleu powers down the shooting range console.
Bleu says, "Okay, I think I have this"
BunnyHugger says, "Everyone will get one attempt using the 'challenge course' which is option 2 on the console."
Bleu picks up his rifle.
BunnyHugger says, "We'll go in order from the current leader on down. So that means Niny'ah will get the honor of going first."
You wroo, "Roger."
BunnyHugger says, "Are you ready to set the bar for us, Niny'ah?"
Niny'ah deadpans, "No pressure"
Niny'ah fwoo ok.
Niny'ah boots up the shooting range console.
BunnyHugger says, "Everyone pelase be silent."
Niny'ah queues up the challenge course and aims at a target down range.
Niny'ah fires at targets at the range, hitting 8 targets and getting an accuracy score of 60/100.
Niny'ah powers down the shooting range console.
Patashu claps!
BunnyHugger applauds.
Mako woo! She claps.
Austin says, "Hoorah!"
Niny'ah says, "Threw me a couple of loops"
You wroo, "Ready on your mark, BH"
Moriar chuffs in mimicry of clapping sounds.
BunnyHugger says, "That's a 60 for Niny'ah with Team Mystics and Misfits. Patashu, start when ready. Everyone else, please be quiet while Patashu is shooting."
start
Welcome to the shooting range!

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Please select from the following options:

1. How to play
2. Challenge course
3. Single target
4. Leader board
5. Quit
2
Alright! Go!

Target #1/10
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16
Bullseye!

Target #2/10
..............+............ How many from the Right?
14
You hit the target, but you didn't get the bullseye.

Target #3/10
............+......... How many from the Right?
10
Bullseye!

Target #4/10
......+.............. How many from the Left?
7
Bullseye!

Target #5/10
..............+............ How many from the Right?
14
You hit the target, but you didn't get the bullseye.

Target #6/10
....+............. How many from the Right?
13
You hit the target, but you didn't get the bullseye.

Target #7/10
.......+.... How many from the Left?
8
Bullseye!

Target #8/10
...........+... How many from the Left?
12
Bullseye!

Target #9/10
.....+........... How many from the Left?
6
Bullseye!

Target #10/10
............+... How many from the Left?
13
Bullseye!

Challenge course complete.

You hit 10/10 targets.
Your score was 85/100.

Nice shootin', Tex! Game over!
You wroo, "Got three tough big rights."
NBC has arrived.
Austin wows.
Bleu says, "Woah."
Mako Whooooo "Tough act to follow, there....
Moriar chuffs in mimicry of clapping sounds.
NBC joins the action in progress.
BunnyHugger applauds. "That's 85 for Patashu of Team Dragon!"
You wroo, "(in order, guessed a 13 as a 14, guessed a 13 as a 14, guessed a 14 as a 13)"
You wroo, "Didn't try to count them since I'm focusing on 'consistently high' over 'maybe perfect' this time"
BunnyHugger shouts "This is the last call to 'vote' for your favorite short fiction medalist! rpread 22 for information!" (Public-shout)
Athares has arrived.
BunnyHugger says, "Moriar will be next. Moriar, you can start when ready. Everyone, please remain quiet while Moriar is shooting."
Moriar remains an accumulation of loaf-posture gryphons piled up around and atop the rifle, looking to BunnyHugger for the go-ahead and then downrange to watch the targets with acute interest once given permission to proceed.
Moriar boots up the shooting range console.
Moriar queues up the challenge course and aims at a target down range.
Kiree shouts "Is short fiction the opposite of a tall tale?" (Public-shout)
Moriar fires at targets at the range, hitting 0 targets and getting an accuracy score of 0/100.
Moriar powers down the shooting range console.
Patashu chuckles good-heartedly and claps
BunnyHugger says, "Oh no!"
Moriar's tails wag, the gryphons pleased with their performance.
Mako um... "nice hustle?"
Moriar, for context for anyone not familiar with Moriar lore, is a hard pacifist.
NBC closes up on the score readout...
BunnyHugger says, "That will be a perfect zero for Moriar of Team Dragon."
Moriar coos happily at the mention of 'perfect', hopping down from the shooting stand to go accumulate in Patashu's vicinity.
BunnyHugger says, "Mako, you can fire when ready. Remember to keep quiet everyone else while Mako is shooting."
Niny'ah reaches to pet Moriar while watching Mako
Mako picks up a rifle, and shoulders it. Here we go.
Mako boots up the shooting range console.
Mako queues up the challenge course and aims at a target down range.
Mako fires at targets at the range, hitting 10 targets and getting an accuracy score of 71/100.
Mako powers down the shooting range console.
Patashu claps!
BunnyHugger applauds.
Bleu claps politely.
Mako phew. She puts the rifle down, squinting. "Those were harder than I remember."
Moriar whispers, "Moriar does wonder if the system starts to have pity, "Two of them were 'how many from the left' and started in ..+"" to you.
Niny'ah shoulderbops Mako. "Nice."
Austin nods, always is.
Moriar chuffs in mimicry of clapping sounds.
Moriar purrs into petting.
Austin says, "There's a reason I avoided playing."
You whisper, "Patashu laughs. "As far as I know it's uniformly random from 2-16 for both sides, then it picks a random side. But I never popped the program open to check."" to Moriar.
BunnyHugger says, "OK, so we currently have Patashu in first with 85, Mako in second with 71, Niny'ah in third with 60, Moriar in fourth with zero. Bleu will now get the chance to shoot!"
Moriar, anchoring the grading curve.
BunnyHugger says, "Bleu, start when you're ready. Others, please give Bleu quiet."
Bleu hefts up a rifle. "Okay, here goes."
Bleu boots up the shooting range console.
Bleu queues up the challenge course and aims at a target down range.
Bleu fires at targets at the range, hitting 5 targets and getting an accuracy score of 27/100.
Bleu powers down the shooting range console.
Patashu applauds!
BunnyHugger applauds.
Moriar chuffs in mimicry of clapping sounds.
Bleu says, "Well, that was... Not great."
BunnyHugger says, "It's really hard, especially if you haven't gotten time to practice first."
BunnyHugger says, "I'm quite bad at it."
Mako says, "Also fiddly depending on how good you are at eyeing things"
BunnyHugger says, "All right, so our final positions for the shooting segment are: 1, Patashu, 2, Mako, 3, Niny'ah, 4, Bleu, and 5, Moriar."
Athares smiles and claps, smiling a bit more, understandingly, at Moriar.
Niny'ah says, "Actually pleasantly surprised I did as well as I did there. the 30 pips wide ones gave me a hard time though"
BunnyHugger gets the medals ready.
You wroo, "Athares, if you'd like to do the challenge course once, we can see how we'd stack up if you had the chance to enter."
You wroo, "Up to you!"
Moriar performed to their own precise specifications and design, visibly proud.
BunnyHugger says, "Thanks everyone for participating. I always like to do at least one more 'traditional' winter Olympics event and biathlon is one of my staples though I've run it a couple of different ways."
Patashu takes a bow
BunnyHugger says, "I liked how this worked out this time and will probably use it again in the future."
BunnyHugger says, "Our gold medalist is Patashu of Team Dragon!"
Moriar caws excitedly at Patashu.
Athares earflares, looking to Patashu. "I'll admit I find myself empathizing with fluffy a bit here; I was hoping to showboat. Buuuut." He steps over, why not? "I actually haven't practiced much either. Let's see." He nods to BunnyHugger. "Thank you for hosting, and everyone for the show!"
Patashu thumbs up!
Athares still, does take a moment to try now that the course isn't in use-
Athares boots up the shooting range console.
Mako applauds~
Athares queues up the challenge course and aims at a target down range.
Athares fires at targets at the range, hitting 9 targets and getting an accuracy score of 80/100.
Athares powers down the shooting range console.
BunnyHugger says, "Nice job, Athares. I'm sorry you missed the skiing event."
BunnyHugger hands Gold Medal for Biathlon (2026) to Patashu.
[OOC] Moriar waves wings, "With apologies, I'm well beyond my bedtime and about to fall asleep. I'm going to slip away before I do so silently and leave y'all waiting for actions from a player who's not typing. Thank you for hosting this event and organizing the overall."
Moriar has disconnected.
[OOC] Patashu says, "Good night (belatedly)"
l #37206
A very shiny gold medal hanging on a wide ribbon banded with a carnivalesque sequence of colors. On the front is the logo of the Olympics, a bumble bee with a ball between its front feet superimposed over a honeycomb cell. The text reads "SpinDizzy Winter Olympics 2026: The Joy of Play". The reverse side has an X made up of a pair of skis crossed with a rifle. The inscription on this side reads "Biathlon".
@claim #37206
You now own Gold Medal for Biathlon (2026) and any attached actions, its home is set to you (if it's a thing), and the Chown_OK flag has been removed. Enjoy your new Gold Medal for Biathlon (2026)!
Patashu poses proudly with his gold medal.
Patashu says to Athares, "I got 85. Neck and neck! Aaah, rivalry does inflame the fire in my boiler so~. Next time, then?"
Athares tailswish, smiles. Safes the gun and sets it back. "It's alright, those slopes will still be there; there's always another time to go skiing for fun."
Mako says, "Makin' me wanna do another Race"
BunnyHugger says, "The silver goes to Niny'ah of Team Mystics and Misfits!"
BunnyHugger hands Silver Medal for Biathlon (2026) to Niny'ah.
Niny'ah bows!
Patashu applauds!
BunnyHugger says, "The bronze goes to Mako, also of Mystics and Misfits!"
Patashu applauds!
Mako applauds! And then double-woo! Squeaking in at third! Shell take it. :D
Austin claps!
BunnyHugger says, "Moriar and Bleu will receive copper!"
BunnyHugger hands Copper Medal for Biathlon (2026) to Bleu.
Athares goofy-grins a moment, nods. "We could- or for that matter, if you want a contest, perhaps we could go to your sim dome some time? Just because I prefer non-violence doesn't mean I won't have fun in the equivalent of a paintball match."
BunnyHugger gives Moriar's to Chitter.
BunnyHugger hands Copper Medal for Biathlon (2026) to Chitter.
You wroo, "For sure."
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "Please @claim your medals."
Mako hasn't got one? o.o
BunnyHugger says, "I need just a moment to finish tabulating some final results and then we'll start Closing Ceremonies, which will be short and sweet."
BunnyHugger says, "Oh! Sorry."
BunnyHugger hands Bronze Medal for Biathlon (2026) to Mako.
BunnyHugger says, "I still had it in my paws somehow."
BunnyHugger says, "I'll see everyone in the Stadium in a few minutes!"
NBC chimes and begins packing up his equipment.
BunnyHugger street luges away!
BunnyHugger has left.
Chitter has left.
BunnyHugger leaves, with a nonanthro Eastern gray squirrel (Chitter) [Chitter(#5713XZ)] walking along with her.
Bleu accepts.

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Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026

2026-02-23T05:22:50Z

Patashu:

[[Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Opening Ceremony and MiSTing]]

[[Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Arctic Exoplanet Outpost Construction]]

[[Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Snowman Contest]]

[[GwenBrawl 2026]]

[[Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Smiting]]

[[Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Marriage]]

[[Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Spindizzy Miser]]

[[Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Rock Paper Scissors]]

[[Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Sales]]

[[Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Boggle]]

[[Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Snowball Fight]]

[[Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Biathalon]]

[[Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Closing Ceremony]]

Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Snowball Fight

2026-02-22T01:08:15Z

Patashu: Created page with "<syntaxhighlight lang="text" line="1"> Endless Winter [N11 E1](#14643RLJ) The northern lights shine like rainbow curtains in the sky, turning the landscape of snow and ice into technicolor neon. An open park-like area mirrors the idylls of greeting cards and children's books with fluffy white snow, a glassy frozen pond suitable for ice skating. A elliptical courtyard of sorts has been cleared an de-iced for safe and easy walking, though its pavement is a flat, milky cr..."

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Endless Winter [N11 E1](#14643RLJ)
The northern lights shine like rainbow curtains in the sky, turning the landscape of snow and ice into technicolor neon.

An open park-like area mirrors the idylls of greeting cards and children's books with fluffy white snow, a glassy frozen pond suitable for ice skating. A elliptical courtyard of sorts has been cleared an de-iced for safe and easy walking, though its pavement is a flat, milky crystal that might be mistaken for ice. At one focus on the ellipse is a crackling fire pit set about with skewers of marshmallows, meat, vegetables, or fruit for roasting. At the other focus a fountain of transparent quartz flows with super-cooled water, decorating itself and any object held in the spray with a shining coat of rime in floral and geometric figures.

All around are evergreen trees glossy and richly colored with health as well as smaller, including holly bushes with bright red berries. More exotic plants grow among them, including the [firesap] tree, its fruit hanging like iridescent globes encasing pale, swirling flame.

Behind the courtyard is what looks like a castle built to a grand scale from ice, its pointed spires glistening in the aurora.

As one moves out from the center, the forest grows denser and darker.
The cold air is still, not disturbing the pure, white snow which blankets everything. It's a bright 1 pm.

Obvious Exits:
[E]ast, [S]outh, [U]p, and [W]est
Contents: Frinexi
Mako shouts "Bingeley Bongeley Beep! This is your friendly reminder. the olympic snowball fight will begin muster now at N11 E1!" (Public-shout)
rpread
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|#1. Welcome! | Morticon |
|#2. Another use for this board | Morticon |
|#3. Spindizzy | Kinsor |
|#4. Wizards' Statement on the Mayoralty and Election | Austin |
|#5. Suggestions when running a public event | fluffy |
|6. Gotta D-d-d-d-duel! - Open RP (28JAN26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|7. Significant RPs or events for the week of 26JAN26 | Patashu |
|8. Monster Hunting! - Open RP (04FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|9. Significant RPs or events for the week of 02FEB26 | Patashu |
|10. Opening Ceremonies | BunnyHugger |
|11. Muck Olympic Event: MiSTing night! | Austin |
|12. Arctic Exoplanet Outpost Construction (Winter Olympics)| Patashu |
|13. Olympic Smiting - Open RP (11FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|14. Olympic Marriage - Open RP (14FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|15. Olympic Sales - Open RP (18FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|16. Spindizzy Olympics: Snowman Contest | Mako |
|17. Olympic Team: Mystics and Misfits! | Mako |
|18. Olympic Team: Unnatural Monstrosities | Lightspill |
|19. Significant RPs or events for the week of 09FEB26 | Patashu |
|20. Spindizzy Mizer (Winter Olympics) | Patashu |
|21. Significant RPs or events for the week of 16FEB26 | Patashu |
|22. People's Choice Vote on 2026 Literary Medals | BunnyHugger |
|23. Olympic Event: Snowball Fight! | Mako |
|24. Revised Olympic Schedule | BunnyHugger |
|25. Olympic Biathlon (rescheduled) | BunnyHugger |
|26. Olympic Boggle, Thursday the 19th, 7 pm | Austin |
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| Type 'rphelp' for a list of commands. |
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Done.
rpread 23

23. From: Mako
On: 2026-02-16 21:20:33
This post will expire on: 2026-03-18 22:20:33 -- 25 days and 4 hours from now.
Subject: Olympic Event: Snowball Fight!

What's a Winter without a snowball fight? Snow forts, snow balls, giant shovels, it's all part of the charm. Come join us in a grand snowbrawl where the winner gets the gold, and the losers get the... cold? Who writes this stuff? At any rate, it shall be on Friday, Feb 20, 9:30 EST (6:30 Server). Last one there's got a carrot nose!

Done.
Bleu zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Bleu has arrived.
Spool zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Spool has arrived.
Vahno zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Vahno has arrived.
BunnyHugger zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
BunnyHugger has arrived.
Chitter has arrived.
BunnyHugger enters, with a nonanthro Eastern gray squirrel (Chitter) [Chitter(#5713XZ)] walking along next to her.
Krasudreal prrbs, "Oh! Spool! It has been a while!"
BunnyHugger says, "Hi there."
Krasudreal prrbs, "Hey there BH."
Spool grins. "Hello, there!"
Mako waveweaves!
Bleu lumbers in carrying a huge snow showel over his shoulder.
Austin arrives from The Aethereal Tundra (N11 E0).
Austin has arrived.
BunnyHugger says, "Hi!"
Spool is up to some mischief of some sort, burying their tail in the snow.
Austin says, "Chulo, all."
PatchO'Black steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
PatchO'Black has arrived.
Krasudreal prrbs, "I arrived a little early, so I even thought I'd have no competition."
PatchO'Black opens up the concessions stand!
Moriar arrives from The Aethereal Tundra (N11 E0).
Moriar has arrived.
Moriar bounds into the area, looking around with urgency.
Austin smiles.
Bleu ahems. "I've missed practically every other event, except that bizarre wedding. I had to come for this one, at least."
Austin hops up onto the concession stand.
Niny'ah zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Niny'ah has arrived.
Niny'ah rolls around in the snow a bit. :3
Austin says, "Heya, Niny'ah."
Mako rubs her hands together. "I'll allow time for muster, this is why I leave a lead time on things
Ping steps off of the floating disk that carried her up.
Ping has arrived.
Ping bounces in.
[Bleu just looked in your direction! (male Squirrel)]
Austin nods, saying in a Chico Marx voice, "Yeah, you gotta allow time for the mustard, that way people can ketchup."
Bleu pat-pats Mako.
Moriar raises wings, looking to Mako.
Austin says, "I'll know when BunnyHugger reads that by her giving me an angry look."
You say, "Yeees, moriar?"
Moriar announces, "Moriar, for Team Dragon, arriving with tardiness and apology."
Bleu becomes an ottertaur!
Vahno says, "I'm here to play!"
You say, "All righty. While people start showing up, can I have names, team reps, and any judges?"
Bleu transforms into a squirrel with a loud chitter!
Krasudreal prrbs, "I am Krasudreal, of team Unnatural Monstrosities!"
Bleu waves a paw. "Bleu, Otherwise Other Team.
Austin says, "I can judge, sure. I'm a natural at having opinions without doing stuff myself."
BunnyHugger says, "What sort of judging will be needed? I can probably do that."
Vahno says, "Otherwise Otter?"
PatchO'Black sets out souvenir foam "snowballs".
Austin . o O ( Otterways, the restaurant at the end of the Zoo'niverse. )
BunnyHugger says, "I hope those aren't made from real snowmen, Patchy."
You say, "Basically, here's the sitch. When we begin, people will have a prep phase (15-30 minutes, maybe) where they can prep snowballs, build forts, whatever. When showtime coimes, your job's easy. Let the others have it. We'll judge on originality, skill, and finesse. (Ie, how well you do/react, how creative, as always.)"
PatchO'Black mews, "No, they are foam, like Nerf."
Athares steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
Athares has arrived.
BunnyHugger says, "Faux snow, that's ethically superior."
Athares sliiides in! Hopefully not too late.
You say, "Nope, just in time."
Austin says, "Oh yeah! How is ol' Nerf these days? Haven't seen them since FurToonia was swinging."
Athares smiles and waves! "Friends."
Kiree shouts "I must abstain. It would not be sporting. ;) https://www.deviantart.com/tarinfirepelt/art/Koz-Snowballs-925079770" (Public-shout)
Austin oohs, haven't seen a fresh Tarin Firepelt picture in forever.
Bleu ahems. "I was going to play as a squirrel, but if you insist on there being an otter..."
You say, "Bunnyhugger and austin have offered to help judge so you ccan participate if yuo want, Athares. I have moriar, krasu and bleu so far. Who else?"
Bleu transforms into an otter with a happy chitter!
Spool sits up tall. "Spool for team Unnatural Monstrosities."
Vahno looks up. "Does, uh... does the pom-pom count?"
Moriar's eyes indicate spinning hourglasses as they begin to develope a strategy.
You say, "Vahno? Niny?"
[OOC] Niny'ah shakes off distracty
Athares nods, "I'll join in."
Niny'ah says, "I'm in"
Niny'ah says, "Mystics etc"
Athares smiles to Niny'ah. "Looks like we're on the same team."
Austin says, "You want to play, play, Vahno. What's the worst that happens, you get turned into a Martian Ice Skunk?"
Vahno says, "I... what?"
Vahno says, "Oh, er, ah... no team."
You say, "So, I have: Moriar, team dragon. Krasu and spool for unnatural monstrosities, Bleu for otherwise other, niny and athares for mystics and misfits, and vahno independant. Have I missed anyone?"
Moriar has connected.
Krasudreal prrbs, "Question... Do people on the same team... Uh... Team up?"
Niny'ah says, "I think it's a FFA"
Niny'ah says, "teaming would require balancing"
You say, "No. Since team amounts would be uneven and make it harder to manage."
Spool grins mischievously at Krasudreal!
Moriar puffs up proudly, "Team dragon has the most gryphon."
BunnyHugger says, "Final Fantasy Adventure?"
Spool applauds for Moriar!
Niny'ah says, "Free For All"
BunnyHugger looks a little disappointed. "Oh."
You say, "Now I need to get out my cart for that sometime... wait no, later."
Krasudreal prrbs, "I see, I see. Yes." Krasudreal nods, "I do suppose that seven is a prime number, so you can't split people into strict teams."
You say, "Anyway! Let me reiterate the basic rules."
Austin says, "1. No iteration. D'oh!"
You say, "When we begin, people will have a prep phase (15-30 minutes, maybe) where people can prep snowballs, build forts, whatever. Shovels, etc, are allowed and provided! When showtime coimes, your job's easy. Let the others have it. We'll judge on originality, skill, and finesse. (Ie, how well you do/react, how creative, as always.)"
BunnyHugger laughs.
[OOC] Ping is rather distracted this evening, is just going to hang around and watch.
[OOC] Bleu says, "Can we use dice rolls for some random chance?"
Athares flares ears, rubs his chin, swishing his tail already.
You say, "Hopefully that's all easy enough to follow. (And in re dice rolls I don't see why not. We're judging on how you perform, if a little change spices it up all the better. :P)"
[OOC] Mako er, a little chance. But I won't force anyone
[OOC] Mako says, "Ultimately the point it have some fun. :P"
PatchO'Black sets out "sno-balls" snack cakes!
Niny'ah snags a snack sno-ball with a nod of thanks to Patchy
You say, "Aaany other questions?"
PatchO'Black smiles!
Athares says, "Are we only allowed to use the provided tools and our hands to move snow?"
You say, "Tools and hands, yes. Powers would be unfair cause not everyone can use cryomancy or the like."
Spool puts on some goggles, with a little springy orange flag sticking up from the band.
Athares nods, "Got it."
Moriar raises a wing, "Are we guaranteed a copper medal for taking part?"
BunnyHugger says, "What about people with no thumbs who can't use tools? Also snakes?"
Niny'ah says, "BH... I think someone without hands large enough to roll a snowball could still step on the release of a Snowball catapult"
Bleu brought a giant shovel.
Moriar's lack of thumbs will not have any particular impact on their performance.
You say, "Everyone gets at least a participation medal as per the normal rules. :P"
Vahno tugs out a pair of those snowball making tongs!
Moriar's tails wag excitedly, looking forward to a copper medal.
Spool rubs their giant forepaws together >:3
PatchO'Black makes up some hot cocoa.
Krasudreal prrbs, "For some reason, I feel underprepared in comparison to the competition!"
You say, "If you really need help I'm sure we can allow some help but that may fall into Overthinking It. Anything else?"
Athares shakes head. "Ready." He surveys the terrain, selecting a parcel...
Niny'ah shoulderpats Kras. "You'll be fine."
Krasudreal prrbs, "No, no, I'll be fine!"
Niny'ah says, "Ready"
Moriar nods confidently, "I am ready; I have a plan and everything."
You say, "All right, then if everyone is ready, Your Prep Time begins now!"
Moriar, being halves dog, immediately begins digging a hole down into the snow.
Spool immediately leaps and dives headfirst! They dig frantically at the snow, throwing up a rooster-tail plume behind themself. The giant ferret slowly vanishes into a foxhole.
Bleu says, "Ready!"
Moriar vanishes into the snow hole, snow continuing to fly up out of the hole.
Bleu hefts his shovel over his shoulder.
Bleu saunters over to a plot of smow and begins digging, scraping, and shoveling snow, gradually beging to create a giant pile of snow, five feet high.
Spool . o O ( Oh no. I'm not the only one down here... )
Vahno dives into the snow, quickly working to build up cover! Four arms make for quickish work, even if he's smaller than normal. It's not too long before he's built up a ring around himself...
Athares perks! And hurries off to grab a shovel- doesn't stop to be picky, he's already spotted what he wants. First thing he does is head for the border of the forest, shovel in his tail, leaping and tail-whipping trees with the shovel- to create instant cover mounds when all the snow falls off the tree! He takes the moment to flatten one side of each mound to expand the other side- opposite sides. Then he starts shoveling snow, shovel tossed up and caught by hand, to dig trenches between these mounds with packed snow on the floor. He's big and actually pretty strong; he makes snow fly with ease, piling up a lip around the trench. It isn't high enough to be a wall per se. Looks like cover isn't quite the point of what he's doing here.
Moriar continues their digging, as dirt begins to emerge up at the surface level.
Athares is however being strategic with his shoveling. Note, he can move at a full run down the paths he makes, not having to tromp through the snow- and every path is long enough that anyone else running down them would be seen at a good distance.
Niny'ah jogs out to a spot where the ice crust is tough enough to hold her weight; this will make great fort material. She starts hacking at the snow crust with a shovel, carving out snowfort-bricks which she begins stacking up into a good half-circle, building it up higher and higher.... a good 1.75m tall fort wall. And with the top crust sliced away, she has access to the softer, more packable undersnow, which she starts packing up into stacks of snowballs. Piles of ten at a time, in their own systematic little divots.
Bleu shore up his literal hill of snow, and then forms a semi-circular snow-wall at the base, digging a trench like Verdun in WW1. He starts packing snowballs next, and hauls out his snow-gatling-gun, preparing his snow-ammo.
Krasudreal begins by... Planting a few seeds in the snow... What? This is immediately followed up by the carbuncle shovelling snow atop the planted seeds! Soon enough, woody stems emerge from the piled mound of snow! It moves the snow around, shaping it... Meanwhile, Krasudreal just feeds more and more snow into the mixture of snow and plant, that is becoming a very sturdy snow fort! With an elevated battlements, and crenellations! The plants produce white buds that quickly bloom in beautiful, white flowers... And, nestled in the middle of the petals, a fruit: A perfectly formed snowball. There are many of these flowers... Krasudreal halts, visibly tired from their efforts, but quite defended from within their fort. "Alright... My prep work is done..."
Moriar's hole stops emitting dirt once the gryphons are about half a meter below ground level, where they settle in to wait for that copper medal to roll in.
Athares . o O ( Oh- seems other folks are using powers? )
Spool sets to burrowing; the giant roving lump in the snow suggests they're digging a warren of tunnels. Worryingly, the obvious telltale ferret-lump disappears whenever they wander into thicker snowdrifts.
Bleu piles his walls higher, with the gatling-gun as the centerpiece of his defenses.
Vahno is... doing something. He really can't be seen anymore, not even his pom-pom!
Niny'ah pokes her head up and sees Athares is going a lot more, and decides to work in kind, building up a series of cover forts, each with its own stock of snowballs.
Moriar's location is likely apparent to Spool, based on the gryphons' sonar.
Niny'ah also peers at Krasudreal. "Kras, the rules said no powers, just tools"
Krasudreal prrbs, "Damn."
Athares is tempted to start using magic here but, no. He'll take the high road! Or the long road. He keeps tromping his paths he's dug. He's more relying on trees for cover, only using the snow he digs from the trench to pile the sides and then, not enough to really count as cover. They're loosely packed even- loose enough to scoop on a flying pass.
Bleu tunnels out his trenches, and props up a few Snow-Soldiers. "Alright men, we're to take on the Krauts, and to fight the Kaiser... I mean, win a snowball fight."
You say, "You're going to have to roll your own snowballs, Krasu. :P"
Krasudreal moves jumps out of the fort, packing a new mound with only a shovel! Seems like this mistake will set them back quite a bit! In the end, there is a much... Much more mudane and humble snow fort, and a certain carbuncle behind the protective walls rolling snowballs!
Bleu calls over to Mako, "Does my Big Frakkin' Gun fit under the rules?" He peeks up from his WW1 trench.
Spool's head pops out of a snowbank, far from where they went under. They shakeshake off and look around, then grin, and retreat beneath the snow. Ferret forepaws appear to pack smooth the edges of the hole they made.
Vahno peeks out of his snow ring. Well, first his pom-pom, then those big ears, then he peeks over the top.
Athares looks up, last touch... some of the trees. He leaves the snow up there, over the paths... He surveys branches, angles. Some of the trees have a very far line of sight between them and now a path running sidelong behind. His- less a fort, more a runway network, is mre or less done it seems. He gathers up one single snowball from the flyby-bank, backs it up, surveys around to spot his neighbors' work.
Krasudreal grumbles, "Clearly I need to pay more attention, rather than daydream my next step while rules are being explained..."
Spool seems content with their large vertical hole in the ground.
Niny'ah is apparently across a rather wide clearing from Athares, with her main fort and a series of smaller outposts facing his seires of redoubts
Niny'ah makes a 'lookin at you' point at Athares
Bleu tramps down his trench walls, and pack his big hill, the sights along his gun barrel. "Men, it's All Quiet on the Western Front for now." He scoops up more snowballs, and gives a rousing speech to to his Snow-soldiers.
Vahno peers around, and vanishes into his ring again, to build a bunch of snowballs now.
Moriar, for their part, has fallen asleep in their underground bunker.
Krasudreal finishes their preparation, for what is worth... A neat pile of snowballs inside a foxhole that is surrounded by a low wall. The carbuncle, standing within the foxhole, would have the wall reach their mid-thighs... They need to crouch down a bit to be protected.
Athares smiles and waves disarmingly at Niny'ah. Taking the chance to also smirk at Bleu's antics as well as Vahno's. He thinks he knows what Vahno's up to.
Bleu pokes his head up again. Is the otter wearing a gas mask? He's taking his historical reenactment a little TOO seriously.
Mako . o O ( I mean points for authenticity but if I hear a minigun spin up I'm hitting the deck )
Bleu may have a working gatling snowball-gun over here.
[OOC] Moriar raises a paw, "With apologies, it's been a long week and I am running out of lucid and awake. I'm going to have to bail; though I suspect that this won't impact Moriar's strategy of aiming for a True Neutral ending."
[OOC] Mako says, "Hee. All right"
[OOC] Spool says, "Fare well!"
[OOC] Bleu says, "Sleep well"
Moriar has disconnected.
Moriar has disconnected.
Mako checks her watch, looks to Austin and Bunnyhugger. "If we stop prep at five past would that be about thirty minutes you reckon? I didn't timestamp my notes
Austin says, "I think that's about right, yes."
Spool dooks, mischievously. The sound echoes ominously up from their underground chamber.
Athares smirks in Spool's direction.
Athares . o O ( Whack-a-ferret... )
Bleu is still giving his Snow-Men a "These are the times that try men's souls" speech, and seems to have made his preparations. "Men, I believe in you."
Athares half-kneels on the foremost of the pathways he's made, a single snowball held at the tip of his tail. He's probably the most visible target there is at the moment, but he doesn't seem worried.
[OOC] Bleu says, "How do I think, again?"
[OOC] Athares says, "'tb' or 'ponder'"
PatchO'Black wipes down the counter of the stand.
Bleu . o O ( Man, I could really use Buddy the Elf right now... )
Niny'ah hunkers behind her fort...
Vahno peeks up briefly, then pops back down, his pom-pom sticking up out of cover.
Krasudreal is waiting... A prepared snowball in reach...
Spool's safety-orange flag occasionally pops up from the hole, jingles around, then disappears again.
Bleu has loaded his gatling-gun and waits with bated breath.
Athares is the only one not taking cover... he almost looks alone.
Mako checks her wrist. "Awright. Preptime over! On my mark, you may begin the Snowening!
Austin grins.
Mako sounds the horn! *honk*
Spool stops dooking.
Krasudreal's hand shoots towards the snowball! They grab it, and peek over the wall and- They freeze, trying to acquire a target... So much for all this preparation!
Athares does nothing at first. Zen... But he isn't meditating. Ears flared, eyes open, like a spooked deer- only he doesn't look afraid. He leans forward a bit, claws digging into the well packed floor of the path.
Niny'ah pops up out of cover and throws... at Bleu's fort! She's just getting the range, yet; it'll probably paff against the ground a bit short.
Spool hurls an enormous snowball! Normally, shortish ferrety limbs would not be good for throwing. But their basketball jump-shot, uncoiling the full length of their body and springing from the hole they dug, is a sight to behold. The snowball sails in a high arc... And crashes into the clearing between Niny'ah and Athares's fortifications. They drop back into the hole.
Vahno does.... nothing?
Niny'ah ducks back down to evade the snowy 'shrapnel' from Spool's Huge Snowball!
Bleu draws his Grandfather's cavalry sword. "Ready men! FIRE!" As Niny'ah aims for his fort, the otter starts cranking the handle of his gun. Snowballs start shooting out at an incredible rate, almost overwhelming, and he aims for Athares.
Niny'ah hurls a couple more; she has the range now, and tries to nail Bleu while his attention is on Athares!
>> Bleu rolls 1d20, and gets 12
Krasudreal gets startled by the massive snowball hurled by Spool... But even more startled by Bleu's snowgun! They throw the snowball that they have in hand at Bleu, and then ducks for cover! The snowball is thrown with surprissing strength!
Bleu acks, and ducks, just narrowly missing getting nailed in the face. The snowball sails over his head and obliterates a snow-soldier. "NOOOO, LEFTENANT ENGLEBERT!"
Niny'ah pops up, perhaps unwisely, to parrot, " 'Englebert'?"
BunnyHugger has disconnected.
Chitter falls asleep.
BunnyHugger has connected.
Chitter wakes up.
Bleu takes aim at Niny'ah with a single snowball. "Of the Cambridge Engleberts! A very good family!"
Athares pauses- he knows Spool's shot won't do more than graze if that. But he's attentive, enough to spot Bleu turning- he kicks snow up as he pivots and bounds with surprising quickness for his size. The combination of that and quickness makes it almost impossible to lead him, too much acceleration over too much time for snowballs to travel! He dives for a tree- Niny'ah gives him a break, he rolls, doubles back, breaking to a sprint before landing a heavy footfall- into a leap, flicking his tail like a whip for a midair fling towards Niny'ah's window. His whipping baseball-pitch flies faster than most- and when he lands, he skids along for the next tree, barely shadowed behind it!
PatchO'Black mews, "Need some coffee, BunnyHugger?"
Niny'ah ducks, but too slow; the snowball paffs into powder against her shoulder and she starts laughing; This will do no favors to her ability to aim
Spool raises their head half out of the hole, peeking around...
BunnyHugger says, "No, I'm having some hot chocolate."
Vahno makes his move, finally! He bursts out of the snow, well away from his ring and much closer to Niny's fort! He'll attempt to hurl a pair towards her! "SURPRISE!"
BunnyHugger is paying attention, just not making enough noise to stop from disappearing.
>> Bleu rolls 1d20, and gets 9
Athares hears that laugh and grins himself. Success! For now. Such an exagerrated attack style takes stamina. He's pretty athletic, but he hasn't given himself more than slim tree cover to catch his breath behind once he needs to.
Krasudreal peeks over the wall, with another snowball in hand, before deciding on ducking back down. One would think someone as thick with fur wouldn't be so afraid of some snowballs...
Athares for now though, slinks out, hopping to a new vantage, swiping another bit of snow into tail in passing.
Bleu had somehow missed Athares' snowball, and it creams the otter in the chest, but he's still in this and fighting. "I must avenge my fallen comrade! For King and Country!" He spools up his gun again, turning side to side in order to create a spray that aims for Athares and Vahno's area this time, but he also accidentally attacks the judge's stand, as well.
Athares isn't the one who tossed that. Niny'ah was- and she's the one next to Vahno.
Spool is big, even with their goggles on, their ears and eyes give away where their attention is. They focus briefly on Athares and slink behind cover. Something rustles.
Mako o.o
[OOC] Athares says, "To confirm, Bleu's still shooting that at Athares?"
Athares hasn't thrown anything at Bleu- just wanted to straighten that out!
[OOC] Bleu says, "Ope, you're right, that was Kras."
Bleu was creamed by Kras, otherwise his pose proceeds the same way.
Krasudreal peers... "Oh, I think my first snowball actually landed! Nice!", and then slinks back into cover
Niny'ah glances up at the fusilade of snowballs shooting over the top of her fort and splashing against the front; she built it stout with snowcrust, and it should weather this attack well. What she doens't notice is Vahno! "Surpri?-" She'll turn around just in perfect time to take a snowball square to the chops, and proceeds to fall backwards, arms windmilling as she lands with an Oof.
Spool loads grapeshot-- Err. A buncha smaller snowballs! They leap from their hole in the same lobbing maneuver, but this time fling about fifteen baseball-sized snowballs high into the air, on an arc toward Athares's general vicinity.
Vahno cackles and dives under for his tunnel again! "Can't catch me!"
>> Bleu rolls 1d20, and gets 7
Athares winds up getting focused by Bleu it seems. He can only assume because Bleu thinks he's an easy target- he's already shown his evasion. Of course, a rotary gun can 'fix' evasion by just flooding the whole circle of his possible maneuvers with a whole cone of saturation fire! He'll duck and jink away from much of it but simple chance and flood of snowball spam will see one catching him on the back and another right on the side of his head- but he takes it in stride! Away from Bleu's cone towards the opposite side of his paths to put as many trees between him and that gun as possible. Such gives him a brief moment to catch his breath, dust snow off his fluff and, peek out again. And keep peeking out to keep drawing Bleu's fire- probably hoping that others will pelt Bleu for him! On the other end, Spool will see a problem- a high lob toss -especially- takes a long time to fly. Even with a wide splash range, he's out of the way by the time it lands!
Krasudreal pops out while Spool has thrown a shower of snowballs, and uses the opportunity to throw a snowball of their own towards Bleu! Before slinking into protection once again...
Bleu is still keeping up hisoffense, turning his gun side to side, spraying the field with snowballs... But then HORROR! His weapon jams! "Sergeant Merryweather, our gun has jammed! Get it repaired as quick as you ca...ACK!" Krasudreal's second snowball whacks the otter in the head, but he's still got that gas mask on, so he's safe! "Get the gun fixed! The German's will overrun our position!"
You say, "o.o"
Niny'ah huffs! at Vahno, dusting herself off and popping up to shoot off a Three Rounds, Rapid at Bleu while he's focused on Athares!
>> Bleu rolls 1d20, and gets 17
Niny'ah aha! OPPORTUNITY! She gathers up an armful of snowballs, with a half-laughing, "CHAAAARGE!" As she jumps over her fort, 'running' at about a normal walking pace towards Bleu's fort, with a steady but slower barrage of snowballs from her stash!
Krasudreal is growing bolder, they take a longer peek, snowball in hand, trying to scan the battlefield...
PatchO'Black mews, "Can I get anyone anything?"
Vahno's fort suddenly has Two pom-poms in it! Trickery! He'll peek over the edge, then attempt to lop a snowball towards Krasudreal!
Austin hops onto the concession stand counter, while keeping a nose on the action. "Oh, sure, Patchy. What do I feel like?
PatchO'Black runs his fingers along Austin's back. "You feel like a coati."
Bleu is focused on unjamming his gun, and just narrowly misses getting smacked by three balls from Niny'ah. "I could use a new gun, Patchy!" He dares not peek up, as his position is charged, just keeps whacking his gun, until he finally gets it running, but he tosses two snowballs at Niny'ah to stall for time till he can get cranking again. "You'll never take us alive!"
Austin says, "Ah, good, that's what I was hoping for."
Athares grins, taking a moment to catch his breath and spot Niny'ah's charge. Fun! But, he's more focusing on Spool. Spool's getting close to having a valid plan he won't be able to duck away from... he draws up another bit of snow, crushing it in his tail... slings it back and forth, crouches... then leap-fling whips it upwards in a high arc, mirroring Spool's earlier high-shotgun! Only with a single snowball, aimed to land right on the pit Spool's hiding in. Of course, Spool could also easily see that coming. If Spool's looking up from that vantage.
Krasudreal gets smacked right in the face by Vahno's snowball! They throw their own snowball towards Vahno, blindly as they duck back down for cover, "Ough... I got hit!" they complain, as they try to clear the snow from their face!
PatchO'Black gives Austin a bag of fresh popcorn.
Austin grabs it in his mouth and runs off!
Niny'ah dramatically YARGHs as one of Bleu's two quickshots catches her in the leg, 'going down' from the 'injury' and unloading the last of her ammo-in-hand from this closer vantage point! One! two! three! four! fffiii? no, that last one disintegrates in midair into a scattering of snowy puffs.
Vahno says, "Hah-MRPH!"
Vahno takes it right in the face! And he goes down for cover!
>> Bleu rolls 1d20, and gets 19
Spool pops their head occasionally out of their hole, obviously tracking Athares. When he jumps, they narrow their eyes and withdraw, firing again when they think Athares will have a harder time quickly redirecting... What follows is almost slapstick. They leap from their hole with another snow-boulder in their forepaws, but Athares's snowball lands on their nose; they slip and tumble forwards. They crash through most of the ceiling of their own hideout, then the giant snowball they fumbled falls on their head. After a dramatic pause, the little orange flag they're wearing sproings free.
You say, "I swear we could put this on pay-per-view..."
Mako looks to Bunnyhugger and Austin. "When should we call it?
Austin says, "It was supposed to be a half hour of fight, was it? Let me check the log."
Niny'ah bellycrawls back towards her fort, watching Spool vs Athares out of one side; her grin is so wide it aches.
Bleu peeks up to see if he made contact, just in time to get smacked in the head with two balls. "Private Buford, I've been hit! Start up the gun!" Bleu starts cranking the handle again, and soon enough, snowballs being flying, but they go wide, his aim erratic, missing Niny'ah and going wide toward Spool this time.
You say, "If it's a half hour of fight then we're over time. o.o"
Vahno earperks? Time? Uh oh. He'll poke his head over his ring and just... er... Athares! He'll hurl a bunch towards Athares!
Krasudreal having recovered from a faceful of snow, sits up straighter, and begins pelting Vahno's fort with snowballs, one after the other! Rapidly depleting their snowball pile!
Austin nods. "All right, time then, gentles. Please wrap up your business."
BunnyHugger says, "Yes, it's over time, let's call it."
Mako gets out the whistle. *Duckquack* Pauses, looks at whistle. Tries again. *Train whistle* ".... good enough!"
Athares blinks- thoroughly distracted by Spool's spectacle. He did not expect that to happen! He smirks and puts his hand to his mouth- hey he's distracted! Was. Kinda hard to miss a hail of snowballs flying around an already-down Spool. Well, his turn to capitalize on that then! He slinks ahead- then breaking into a sprint, snatching up some snow in tail to dip- leap- whip-fling like a sniper shot right towards Bleu on that fixed emplacement! And right out of the corner of the eye, he spots Vahno's throw, while he's midair. He cannot turn while midair. The laws of motion be as they are... BAPF! Right in the face, midair! He lands off-stance at full tilt speed, finishing his run with a fall to skid on his tail right up into one of his own tree-traps which, of course, as soon as he slams into the tree, dumps the tree-load of snow right atop him. Good grief!
PatchO'Black makes sure their is plenty of hot cocoa for all the participants.
Krasudreal stops throwing the barrage of snowballs... Still plenty left to go. Could certainly been less cowardly this battle!
Vahno is distracted and covers his head, pelted with another few! "Augh! Okay, okay, I'll stop!"
Niny'ah rolls to a sitting position as Mako's whistle sounds, in time to see Athares take the fall from one of his own traps!
Spool's already-buried head is pelted with several more of Bleu's snowballs. When Mako blows the whistle, their ears perk out of the heap, and they sproing back upright!
Athares pokes his head up from the snow. Picks himself up, snow falling off all over him... and he laughs!
>> Bleu rolls 1d20, and gets 11
Bleu is laughing like a madman as he keeps cranking that gun, and he doesn't see Athares' shot until it slams into his chest! "Argh, Private Carlysle, I've been hit!" He fells back into his trench, still cranking the handle of his weapon until the Great War ends.
Niny'ah Calls out, "BLEU! TIME!" She makes Timeout-T hands where he should be able to see!
Spool looks from Niny'ah to Bleu. Then looks mischievous.
Niny'ah (un?)fortunately does not notice Spool's look
Bleu is lying still in the trench, the gun fallen silent.
Spool ohs, solutions not required. Whew.
Athares just watches. Ah.
Mako whoo. "You guys are... uh... energetic. o.o
[OOC] Athares has the theme for Cannon Fodder stuck in my head now
Spool struggles to raise their tail, and shakes their own weight in matted snow out of it. They were prepared to drop a snowbank on someone!
[OOC] Mako says, "Never been so much fuun~"
Mako will also get a hot chocolate from Patchy. "So! Judges, we should begin deliberation. o.o
PatchO'Black hands a hot cocoa to cousin Mako!
[OOC] PatchO'Black says, "Afraid I'm running out of steam. I'm going to call it a night!"
Vahno peeks out, leaning on his ring. "S-so, who-" The section of ring he was leaning on collapses, leaving him buried in snow, legs kicking in the air.
Austin whispers, "OK, well, I rated folks from 1 to 10, 10 being best. Is that good for you, Mako?" to you and BunnyHugger.
( One of Bleu's Snow-Soldiers starts playing a warped recording of Taps as Leftenant Englebert is laid to rest with full honors. All of this is pantomimed with puppets, of course. )
BunnyHugger whispers, "Same." to Austin and you.
You whisper, "Works for me!" to Austin and BunnyHugger.
BunnyHugger whispers, "Oh wait I misread. I put them in order from best to least best, but I can change it to numbers. That's probably better anyway." to Austin and you.
Athares snrks. Finally steps away from his roads down to the pile. "That was a lot of fun, thanks everyone!" Then, that happens. He has to marvel a bit at how Bleu set all this up on short notice. He asides to Vahno though. "Need a hand?"
Austin whispers, "My scores: Athares 9; Bleu 6; Krasudreal 5; Moriar 2; Niny'ah 5; Spool 7; Vahno 4." to you.
BunnyHugger whispers with Austin.
Austin takes the chance to lick BunnyHugger's ear.
BunnyHugger whispers, "I think I've got my numbers. Ready for my list?" to you and Austin.
You whisper, "Let's have it. I'm still ruminating." to BunnyHugger and Austin.
Austin whispers, "Austin passed his to Mako already." to BunnyHugger and you.
Austin says, "Our rabbit just squeezed into the DVD shelf."
Bleu says, "Awwwwwwwwwwww."
BunnyHugger whispers, "I think it's better not to share mine until we're all decided so I don't influence the other judges." to Austin and you.
You say, "Mischief bun."
Austin says, "She also grabbed season two of Star Trek Prodigy."
Vahno kickkicks
PatchO'Black mews, "Good night, folks!"
Austin says, "Night, Patchy."
Krasudreal prrbs, "Night patchy!"
PatchO'Black hugs Austin, then hugs Krasudreal!
Athares just grabs Vahno's legs to pull him out.
Vahno pops out. "Bweeeh..."
You whisper, "All right, I think I've got some scores. What've you got, bunnyhugger?" to BunnyHugger and Austin.
Vahno says, "D-did I win?"
PatchO'Black takes out his calico flute and play a short tune, taking him away...
PatchO'Black has left.
Bleu sits up and salutes his men. "We have won the Great War."
Athares sets Vahno upright. "The judges haven't decided yet. But we all had fun, so in that sense."
<Verbatim start: BunnyHugger to Mako>
Spool: 9
Krasudreal : 8
Athares: 6
Niny'ah: 6
Bleu: 5
Vahno: 4
Moriar: 3
<Verbatim end: BunnyHugger to Mako>
BunnyHugger whispers, "BunnyHugger verbatim'd it to Mako." to you and Austin.
Athares says, "I also have to appreciate how many different strategies we all had. A bit of everything."
Mako okay, calculating...
Vahno says, "I spent too much time digging."
Austin says, "Did you dig through to the tasty fruit filling, Vahno?"
Niny'ah says, "What'd you think of my Brave Charge, Bleu?"
You whisper, "Oof, we have a two way tie for gold and a two way tie for silver." to Austin and BunnyHugger.
Austin whispers, "That'd be two-way tie for bronze then, unless you have a tiebreaker mechanism?" to you and BunnyHugger.
BunnyHugger whispers, "Austin is correct, a tie takes up two places, so that means two golds and a bronze." to Austin and you.
BunnyHugger whispers, "Or rather two golds and two bronzes." to Austin and you.
BunnyHugger whispers, "But no silver." to Austin and you.
Bleu polishes his monacle. "It was quite excellent," he says to Niny'ah. "I was almost overwhelmed, too. If I hadn't been able to get off my two shots, I'd have been done for. Top-notch, wot wot."
Niny'ah pfffft.
Athares looks to Vahno. "Next time... instead of springing up next to Niny'ah, you could've undermined her. Then pelted her."
Bleu hmms. "I rarely spied Vahno."
Vahno says, "No."
Vahno says, "And... Well, That would've been a good idea."
You whisper, "I do not! This does not happen normally. :x I know we do two golds. Two golds and two bronzes is fine by me. (For the record, end scores: Moriar 6, Vahno 12, Niny 16, Bleu/Krasu 17, Athares/Spool 23. My scores were 1, 4, 5, 6, 4, 8, 7 in the order of Moriar, vahno, niny bleu, krasu, athares and spool. So... by my math, Athares/spool gold, Bleu/Krasu bronze and copper for everyone else?" to Austin and BunnyHugger.
You page, "Whiiile I remember, medal design: Probably something along the lines of a silhouette throwing snowballs over a small snowfort wall?" to BunnyHugger.
BunnyHugger whispers, "Sure, whatever you want." to you.
You say, "Just backchecking the math, I think we have our winners."
Austin whispers, "Yes, I agree with the results." to you and BunnyHugger.
Bleu huzzahs.
Athares earflares, looks to Mako.
You say, "This was a bit of an unusual one, we had a pair of two-way ties. :x So by the standard rules of the olympics, here's how ti rooks out"
You say, "Coming in gold, Athares AND Spool end up taking home a gold!"
Krasudreal prrbs, "Congratulations!"
Niny'ah lightly congrats-bops Athares in the shoulder. "Nice."
Spool gasps! They stand up straight and bow low.
Vahno says, "Sweet!"
Bleu claps.
Austin smiles.
You say, "Due to how we handle ties, there is no silver. But we have two bronzes this time, going to Krasu and Bleu. o.o"
Spool applauds!
Niny'ah small dang-snap. Ah well. "You really committed to the bit, Bleu."
Vahno rubs his head. "Shoulda tossed more."
Chitter brings out the medals for BunnyHugger to present.
Krasudreal prrbs, "Me?!" Krasudreal is genuinely surprised "Me...?"
BunnyHugger hands Bronze Medal for Snowball Fight (2026) to Krasudreal.
Athares tailswishes, bows as well! Gives a nod to Spool and- claps for Krasu and Bleu as well. "A double-tie. And that he did." He muses a bit. "Seems space-battle tactics apply to snowballs pretty well. Maybe we could have the next snowball fight on a comet?"
Bleu raises a brow. "Ah, thank you! I always try to go with a bit, too." The otter blushes. "I'm genuinely flattered."
BunnyHugger hands Bronze Medal for Snowball Fight (2026) to Bleu.
You say, "Vahno, Niny and Moriar, if we can dig them out, all get copper."
You say, "Do not forget to @claim your medals!"
BunnyHugger hands Gold Medal for Snowball Fight (2026) to Athares.
Niny'ah peers down into Moriar's burrow. "Just leave the medal at the entrance; they should find it in the morning"
BunnyHugger hands Gold Medal for Snowball Fight (2026) to Spool.
Krasudreal prrbs, "Thank you! It is an honor to have participated, and an honor greater to have received bronze!"
Spool smiles fangily. "Thank you."
BunnyHugger hands Copper Medal for Snowball Fight (2026) to Vahno.
BunnyHugger hands Copper Medal for Snowball Fight (2026) to Niny'ah.
Vahno says, "You should come by more often Bleu."
BunnyHugger hands Copper Medal for Snowball Fight (2026) to Chitter.
[OOC] Spool says, "Now I must venture out into the dire cold, to get... Hot cocoa materials."
Chitter puts the unclaimed one in his backpack.
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Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026

2026-02-22T01:07:55Z

Patashu:

Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Boggle

2026-02-20T05:22:37Z

Patashu: Created page with "<syntaxhighlight lang="text" line="1"> Austin shouts "Are you ready to be angry at words? But have already played Wordle and Hangcliff today? Come on to the Cash Creek Casino --- 'park' of the day --- and play Winter Olympics Boggle!" (Public-shout) park A floating disk, divided into pie wedges, with every colour of the rainbow taking its turn in each spot, approaches you. You step on, and are carried away... by the time you're able to hop off, you find yours..."

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Austin shouts "Are you ready to be angry at words? But have already played Wordle and Hangcliff today? Come on to the Cash Creek Casino --- 'park' of the day --- and play Winter Olympics Boggle!" (Public-shout)
park
A floating disk, divided into pie wedges, with every colour of the rainbow taking its turn in each spot, approaches you. You step on, and are carried away... by the time you're able to hop off, you find yourself in
- Casino: Boggle Booth -(#17526RCJ)
A large room with upturned dice. A number of rats sit in the corner, having tea and talking about disconnected things. The chandelier sits akilter, that is, askew, and a large book rests to the left, filled with words that randomly jump out of the page. Directly in front is a soft dice cup, ready for shaking and games to begin. The surrounding walls are a single color but fixed with architectural lines, not leaving a place for the eye to rest.

How to play (look rules)
Game operation (look game)

Special thanks to LEOWULF and JESSY for this room!

Obvious Exits:
Out
Contents: Chitter, BunnyHugger, and Austin
rpread
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|#1. Welcome! | Morticon |
|#2. Another use for this board | Morticon |
|#3. Spindizzy | Kinsor |
|#4. Wizards' Statement on the Mayoralty and Election | Austin |
|#5. Suggestions when running a public event | fluffy |
|6. Gotta D-d-d-d-duel! - Open RP (28JAN26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|7. Significant RPs or events for the week of 26JAN26 | Patashu |
|8. Monster Hunting! - Open RP (04FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|9. Significant RPs or events for the week of 02FEB26 | Patashu |
|10. Opening Ceremonies | BunnyHugger |
|11. Muck Olympic Event: MiSTing night! | Austin |
|12. Arctic Exoplanet Outpost Construction (Winter Olympics)| Patashu |
|13. Olympic Smiting - Open RP (11FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|14. Olympic Marriage - Open RP (14FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|15. Olympic Sales - Open RP (18FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|16. Spindizzy Olympics: Snowman Contest | Mako |
|17. Olympic Team: Mystics and Misfits! | Mako |
|18. Olympic Team: Unnatural Monstrosities | Lightspill |
|19. Significant RPs or events for the week of 09FEB26 | Patashu |
|20. Spindizzy Mizer (Winter Olympics) | Patashu |
|21. Significant RPs or events for the week of 16FEB26 | Patashu |
|22. People's Choice Vote on 2026 Literary Medals | BunnyHugger |
|23. Olympic Event: Snowball Fight! | Mako |
|24. Revised Olympic Schedule | BunnyHugger |
|*25. Olympic Biathlon (rescheduled) | BunnyHugger |
|*26. Olympic Boggle, Thursday the 19th, 7 pm | Austin |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Type 'rphelp' for a list of commands. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Done.
BunnyHugger says, "Hi!"
rpread 26

26. From: Austin
On: 2026-02-18 20:44:36
This post will expire on: 2026-03-20 21:44:36 -- 29 days and 1 hours from now.
Subject: Olympic Boggle, Thursday the 19th, 7 pm

Would it be a SpinDizzy Olympics without a Boggle tournament? We need not worry, because Thursday the 19th at 7 pm muck time (Pacific) we'll have one. It's to be at the Cash Creek Casino --- luge N2 W2, sw, c, b --- and run for as many rounds as can be done in two hours.

Our reference authority for word-ness will be https://scrabblewordfinder.org/dictionary-checker

Austin

Done.
Austin says, "Heya, Patashu."
Mitsuki steps off of the floating disk that carried them up.
Mitsuki has arrived.
BunnyHugger says, "I'm gonna play for Rabbits 'n' Rodents glory"
Westly steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
Westly has arrived.
You rumble, "I usually skip this one but I'll give it a go today."
Niny'ah steps off of the floating disk that carried her up.
Niny'ah has arrived.
Austin says, "Glad to have you, sure."
Mako steps off of the floating disk that carried her up.
Mako has arrived.
look rules
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H O W T O P L A Y
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The objective of Boggle is to find as many words as you can in a small board with assorted tiles. Each tile contains 1 letter, and you can connect the letters in any direction (up, down, diagonal) to form words. As long as the next tile in the word is adjacent to that tile, you can continue the word. However, you cannot use the same tile twice in a word! You also cannot cross-over the edge of the board and back on again.

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look game
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H O W T O O P E R A T E T H E G A M E
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For a listing of NickNack commands, type 'nicknack #commands', or see below. For a more complete discussion of the rules, type 'nicknack #rules.' To view information on the special case of 'Q' and 'Qu', type 'nicknack #q'

join ............. Enter the NickNack game
shake ............ Shake the letters to start a new round
start ............ View the board and start entering words
score ............ Show scoring for last round
status ........... Show total scores and player status
board ............ Display board
reset ............ Clear all players & scores; reset game
terse ............ Toggle: show or don't show words as they are
entered
reduce <number> .. Reduce your score by <number> points: useful for
removing points awarded for invalid words
leave ............ Leave the NickNack game
oust <player> .... Remove sleeping or absent player from game

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Vahno steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
Vahno has arrived.
Austin says, "Heya, further assembled folks."
Westly waves!
PatchO'Black steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
PatchO'Black has arrived.
PatchO'Black waves!
Athares steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
Athares has arrived.
Austin says, "Heya, Patchy, Athares. Hope you're all in good shape today and know many words."
PatchO'Black opens the concession stand!
Mako says, "I know... a few words. Some of them are even spelled correctly!"
Mitsuki says, "I know at least six words. Maybe seven!"
Athares waves. "I'll admit, this isn't my first language and for fairness' sake I'll be working without my rapid-search algorithm on, so I don't expect to win. But I'll give it a good try."
Vahno is kinda frazzled, so he's gonna pass.
Westly knows many, many words! But he'll just be watching.
Austin says, "Excellent! So, the basics of Boggle. Each round will begin with a random shuffle that produces a grid of 16 randomly chosen letters."
Niny'ah is still semi-zooted from fatigue
Austin says, "Your goal is to make words out of the letters, starting from any point and, using each letter at most once, tracing out a path to the left, right, up, down, or diagonally to the next letter."
Austin says, "You get points for words of three or more letters, with a bonus awarded for words five or more letters long."
Mitsuki bounces in place!
Athares looks to the rules. "It says the letters can be connected in any direction. Does this direction have to be constant for the whole word?"
Austin says, "You do _not_ get points for words that any other person has found, however!"
You rumble, "Athares: No"
Athares ahs, "So it doesn't."
Austin says, "No, you can change direction each letter. You can't re-use a letter, but you can tangle up as much as you like."
You rumble, "What you CAN'T do is reuse the same letter twice (I think?)"
Mako says, "Nope! You could theoretically use all sixteen letters if you can make a contiguous non-crossing line for it."
You rumble, "Yes"
Mako says, "And then there's the challenging..."
Austin says, "Now, our authority for what a word is is the online Scrabble Word Finder dictionary, https://scrabblewordfinder.org/dictionary-checker ... "
PatchO'Black sets out the offical Spindizzy edition Boggle games for sale...
Athares says, "Reminds me of the vintage earth game Snake."
Austin says, "If you believe an opponent has found an illegitimate word, you can challenge it. If the word is not in the dictionary, they lose the points for that non-word."
BunnyHugger says, "This game always ticks me off because I think of myself as having a big vocabulary and then I always perform poorly at this."
BunnyHugger says, "But like Sisyphus, here I am."
Austin says, "*However*, if the word *is* in the dictionary, then the *challenger* loses those points. So you are encouraged to challenge wisely."
Austin says, "After each round I will offer a short while for challenges, but it won't go on forever."
[OOC] Niny'ah brb
Austin says, "When the round starts you will have three minutes to list words, and you do that by looking at the board and just typing out words that you see. You don't need to prefix them with a quote mark or a command or anything."
Athares nods, listening.
Austin says, "Your three minutes start from the moment *you* first look at the board, so you don't have to rush in a frenzy after I shake the board, except to get as many rounds in as possible by the 9 pm Muck Time close. At the end of whatever round we're playing at that hour we'll declare the winners based on total points accumulated."
Athares says, "Curious that the game has its own dictionary instead of using a standard one for the language."
Austin says, "And an important consideration: the letter Q can appear. Our house rule is that you can consider this to be either a Q or a QU, depending on what makes your word-finding easier. This is at variance with the official Boggle rules but those who were with us when we did a tournament a couple months back remember, sometimes you get a board that's nothing but letters Q so we need *some* breaks."
Mako says, "I think we have to game join to start as well? I forget"
Austin says, "We do, Mako. But: are there any questions before I start things out?"
game join
?SYNTAX ERROR (Type 'commands', 'help', or 'globals' for help.)
join
>> You join the NickNack game.
Borris pats PatchO'Black, from afar!
Austin says, "Don't join just yet, it's still got the old results in it."
Patashu stands by!
>> Austin resets the NickNack game.
join
>> You join the NickNack game.
Athares looks over the old scoreboard. "Very little advantage per round it seems."
>> Athares joins the game.
>> Mako joins the game.
>> Austin joins the game.
>> BunnyHugger joins the game.
>> Mitsuki joins the game.
Mitsuki >:3
Austin says, "Can be!"
Austin says, "Now, has everyone who wants to compete joined? If you don't play yourself, you can still look at the 'board' but kindly do not tip off players to good words however much you like me."
Borris arrives from - Cash Creek Casino -.
Borris has arrived.
Athares settles in and smiles at the other players- oh. Gets up... comes back with a plate of hot cocoa mugs to offer around the table, one for himself.
Westly giggles and nods.
Borris sits by Patchy
Austin says, "Also, may the spectators please be quiet during a round to give folks a chance to concentrate on the board and their own play, please?"
PatchO'Black hugs Borris!
Austin says, "Borris, hi there. Do you want in on the match, or are you just cat-sitting?"
Borris Gruffs, "I'm just watching"
Austin says, "All right, then."
PatchO'Black mews, "I'm running the concessions stand, Borris!"
Athares ahs, probably got the cocoa from Patchy then.
Borris Gruffs, "Okay Patchy."
Austin says, "So I have playing: BunnyHugger (team Rabbits & Rodents), Patashu (team Dragon), Austin (Brazilian Dreams II), Athares (Mystics and Magicians?), Mako (the same but confidently), and Mitsuki (not sure?)."
Austin says, "Anyone else?"
Mitsuki says, "Oh! Team Unnatural Monstrosities for me!"
Athares says, "Mystics and Misfits, but we all know what you meant."
Austin says, "Unnatural Monstrosities, thank you."
Mitsuki salutes!
Austin says, "Mystics and Misfits, thanks too."
Vahno says, "Surprised Enixi didn't bounce off your head again Pata."
Austin says, "OK, we'll play as many rounds as we can get in in the next one hour 42 minutes and ... "
>> Austin shakes the cubes!
>> [Type 'start' to display and begin]
You rumble, "I didn't want to play as a puppet."
start

L H R T
F M T P
E W O Y
N L I N

>> You may now enter words. You have three minutes.
>> Begin!
>> [Type 'bb' to redisplay board]
>> [Type 'tt' to show time remaining]
>> [Type 'rr <word>' to remove a bad word, or type '.q' to quit]
Borris Gruffs, "Hey Patchy, hit me up with a Beaver Tail, and Hot Chocolate."
mole
>> Mole
toil
>> Toil
wile
>> Wile
oil
>> Oil
nile
>> Nile
oni
>> Oni
pole
>> Pole
nole
>> Nole
few
>> Few
fel
>> Fel
fen
>> Fen
felin
>> Felin
bb

L H R T
F M T P
E W O Y
N L I N

top
>> Top
pot
>> Pot
ton
not
>> Ton
>> Not
nom
>> Nom
mon
>> Mon
mow
>> Mow
wop
>> Wop
pow
>> Pow
poli
>> Poli
polin
>> Polin
women
>> Women
>> TIME! Enter any string to continue.
fgfg
>> Done.
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "so uh HOW BOUT ALYSSA LIU'S PERFORMANCE RIGHT"

BunnyHugger (7): Ion [Lion] [Loin] [Lop] Lot [Low] [Men] Mew [Mop] [Mow] [New] Nil [Not] [Now] Owe Poi [Pony] [Pot] [Pow] [Toil] [Ton] Tony [Top] [Toy] [Win] [Won] = 7

Patashu (15): Fel Felin(+1) [Fen] [Few] Mole Mon [Mow] Nile Nole [Nom] [Not] [Oil] Oni [Pole] Poli Polin(+1) [Pot] [Pow] [Toil] [Ton] [Top] Wile Women(+1) Wop = 15

Austin (4): [Few] [Lion] [Low] Lowe [Mow] Mown [New] Pome [Pot] [Toil] [Toy] Two [Wino] [Won] [Yin] = 4

Athares (6): Felon(+1) Felony(+2) [Fen] [Lop] [Men] [Mop] [Mow] [Not] [Pony] [Pot] [Ton] [Tow] [Toy] [Wino] [Won] [Yin] Yon = 6

Mako (2): [Few] [New] Newt [Not] [Pole] [Pot] [Win] [Won] Yowl = 2

Mitsuki (7): [Fen] [Few] Hrt [Lion] Liony(+1) [Loin] [Men] Moth [New] [Nom] [Not] [Now] [Oil] Owl [Tow] Towel(+1) [Toy] = 7

Patashu gaming?
Mako oog.
Austin says, "OK, we can chat a bit now, and we can consider challenges. Are there any?"
Athares says, "I challenge 'poli' and 'polin.'"
Mako says, "My kingdom for some decent vowls..."
Athares says, "Fel, felin..."
You rumble, "I always find it fascinating how with so little words to make I can still miss thel ion's share of them. Like, wow, Newt was there?"
Austin says, "Neither poli nor polin are words. Patashu, please 'reduce 3'."
reduce 3
>> Your score is now 12.
Austin says, "Are those challenges, Athares?"
Athares says, "Yes"
Austin is meanwhile annoyed that we were one E short of 'LINOTYPE'.
Mitsuki says, "Right??"
Patashu oh wow.
Austin says, "Neither Fel nor Felin are words. Patashu, please 'reduce 3' again."
reduce 3
>> Your score is now 9.
Athares says, "HRT as well. That's an acronym"
Borris pats PatchO'Black!
PatchO'Black purrs!
Mitsuki says, "...Lino is a word, I shoulda done that."
Mitsuki says, "Noo!"
Athares says, "Liony isn't in there..."
Austin says, "HRT is not in the dictionary; Mitsuki, please 'reduce 1'."
Austin says, "You're also challenging 'liony', Athares?"
You rumble, "Oh, as a note, Athares, you're not supposed to open the dictionary and look for missing words"
BunnyHugger says, "I challenge 'nole'"
Mitsuki says, "I dunno how else you'd describe a lion!"
Mitsuki giggles
>> Mitsuki reduces their score by 1.
You rumble, "(obviously we can't prevent you from doing that so gentleman's honour here)"
Athares looks to Patashu. "I don't believe I was told this? Well, going ahead then."
Mitsuki says, "Ah well, at least I still have my towel."
Patashu thumbs up, I think it was not said
>> Mitsuki reduces their score by 2.
Austin says, "OK, 'liony' is not a word."
PatchO'Black hands Borris his personal frosty mug of root beer.
Austin says, "'Nole', meanwhile, _is_ a word although https://scrabblewordfinder.org/dictionary/nole doesn't give a definition. BunnyHugger, please 'reduce 1'."
Borris sips the Root Beer
Austin says, " https://www.thefreedictionary.com/nole says it's 'the head'."
BunnyHugger says, "Great"
Athares says, "This is why I'm surprised this game has a special dictionary if you're supposed to use common language."
You rumble, "Super archaic word, I only knew about it because I saw a puzzle called 'Nole 2'"
Mitsuki says, "It's a sort of hyena... Wait, I'm thinking of gnoll."
Mako says, "Having a set dictionary helps for the scoring."
Austin says, "Are there any other challenges?"
Mako says, "Everyone else got theones I saw."
Patashu didn't know Tony was a non-proper noun, TIL.
Patashu looked that one up instead of challenging it because he wasn't confident
Athares says, "I just assumed it's including proper nouns as words."
Athares says, "Common ones anyway."
You rumble, "TYL (Today You Learned) then :)"
Austin says, "As 'tony' it means 'classy', like, 'a tony restaurant'."
Austin says, "Are there any other challenges?"
Athares . o O ( That might be run by Tony. )
You rumble, "None here"
Austin says, "I'll give 30 seconds and then start the next round."
Athares says, "I think I'm done. I've abused the dictionary enough."
Austin says, "10 seconds."
>> Austin shakes the cubes!
>> [Type 'start' to display and begin]
start

E M V P
N E I M
T N S N
I L A F

>> You may now enter words. You have three minutes.
>> Begin!
>> [Type 'bb' to redisplay board]
>> [Type 'tt' to show time remaining]
>> [Type 'rr <word>' to remove a bad word, or type '.q' to quit]
vine
>> Vine
vines
>> Vines
mine
>> Mine
mines
>> Mines
sine
>> Sine
sines
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
vint
>> Vint
men
>> Men
mens
>> Mens
vip
>> Vip
nail
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
nails
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
bb

E M V P
N E I M
T N S N
I L A F

pine
>> Pine
pime
>> Pime
pines
>> Pines
pimes
>> Pimes
pint
>> Pint
pints
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
pile
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
piles
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
ment
>> Ment
mental
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
mint
>> Mint
mints
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
mise
>> Mise
miser
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
muse
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
vice
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
vise
>> Vise
bb

E M V P
N E I M
T N S N
I L A F

vises
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
pin
>> Pin
pins
>> Pins
salt
>> Salt
salts
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
salted
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
salem
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
sail
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
saline
>> Saline
salines
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
salined
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
fan
>> Fan
fanned
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
faned
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
bb

E M V P
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nise
>> Nise
nice
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
mice
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
mise
>> You've already used 'mise'.
vent
>> Vent
vents
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
seen
>> Seen
sine
>> You've already used 'sine'.
simp
>> Simp
simple
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
simps
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
last
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
lane
>> Lane
lanes
>> TIME! Enter any string to continue.
>> Done.

BunnyHugger (22): [Fan] [Fans] Fas [Lane] Lanes(+1) Mein Meins(+1) [Men] [Mine] Nan Nans Neem Nine Nines(+1) Nip [Pin] [Pine] [Pines] [Pins] Sim [Sin] Snip [Ten] [Tens] [Tine] [Tines] [Visa] = 15

Patashu (26): [Fan] [Lane] [Men] Mens Ment [Mine] Mines(+1) [Mint] Mise Nise Pime Pimes(+1) [Pin] [Pine] [Pines] [Pins] [Pint] [Saline] [Salt] Seen Simp Sine [Vent] [Vine] Vines(+1) Vint Vip Vise = 17

Austin (12): [Fan] [Fans] [Men] Mime Mimes(+1) [Mint] [Pin] [Pins] [Pint] [Salt] Sane Slant(+1) [Tin] [Tine] [Vent] [Vim] Vin Vins [Visa] = 8

Athares (13): Falt [Fan] [Fans] Lan Lit [Men] [Mine] Net Nim [Pin] [Pine] [Pins] [Saline] [Salt] Sip [Ten] [Tens] [Tin] [Tins] Vet [Vine] [Visa] = 7

Mako (4): Lint [Mint] [Pin] Sent [Sin] [Vent] [Vim] = 2

Mitsuki (10): Ent [Men] Mien Tesla(+1) [Tin] [Tine] [Tines] [Tins] Vie [Vim] Vis = 6

Mako whee, okay that one had more words she could use, but her brian no worky
[OOC] Patashu missed lanes, just ran out of time
Mitsuki says, "Woah."
Austin missed it too. "Well, any challenges?"
Athares says, "To clarify, if we challenge and are wrong on the challenge, the one issuing the challenge loses the points?"
You rumble, "Correct"
BunnyHugger says, "Pime and pimes."
Austin says, "Yes, the challenger loses in that case."
Austin says, "Neither pime nor pimes are words. Patashu, please 'reduce 3'."
reduce 3
>> Your score is now 23.
BunnyHugger says, "Also mens."
Austin says, "Mens is also not in the dictionary. Patashu, please 'reduce 1'."
reduce 1
>> Your score is now 22.
You rumble, "Down to a tie..."
Athares smiles. "You're rather aggressive aren't you, Patashu?"
Mitsuki says, "Patashu's Vip and Athares's Lan. Both acronyms!"
You rumble, "I type everything I can think of"
BunnyHugger says, "I challenge nise"
Austin says, "Neither vip nor lan are in the dictionary. Patashu and Athares, please both 'reduce 1' for those."
>> Athares reduces his score by 1.
reduce 1
>> Your score is now 21.
Austin says, "And 'nise' is not either. Patashu, please 'reduce 1'."
reduce 1
>> Your score is now 20.
Patashu looked up Fas. Interesting that that barely counts as a word
Mitsuki sees a word, and starts thinking of Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays again.
Patashu . o O ( upstar )
BunnyHugger says, "I challenge 'falt'"
Austin says, "Falt is not in the dictionary; Athares, please 'reduce 1'."
>> Athares reduces his score by 1.
Borris pats PatchO'Black!
Austin says, "Are there any other challenges?"
Mitsuki . o O ( Are these dictionaries cool enough to have "simp" in them? ...Probably. )
Patashu . o O ( I was wondering if anyone would challenge that! )
Athares . o O ( Simp is shown as valid, but has no definition. )
Patashu . o O ( LOL )
Patashu . o O ( simp, noun/verb: look we're too old for this ok )
Westly evesdrops on thoughts, pretends that he can't... but he smiles.
Austin says, "OK, any other challenges?"
You rumble, "None from me"
Mitsuki . o O ( Wait no, simp has a much older meaning... )
Austin says, "If not, we'll start the next round in 30 seconds."
Mako nope! AFK a mo
Borris YAWNS
Borris pats PatchO'Black!
Austin says, "15 seconds."
>> Austin shakes the cubes!
>> [Type 'start' to display and begin]
start

V B S T
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>> You may now enter words. You have three minutes.
>> Begin!
>> [Type 'bb' to redisplay board]
>> [Type 'tt' to show time remaining]
>> [Type 'rr <word>' to remove a bad word, or type '.q' to quit]
pole
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
love
>> Love
lovey
>> Lovey
pal
>> Pal
slope
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
slop
>> Slop
leav
>> Leav
lave
>> Lave
vale
>> Vale
veal
>> Veal
tel
>> Tel
teal
>> Teal
yell
>> Yell
yelll
>> Yelll
yellll
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
rr yelll
>> Removing 'yelll'.
bb

V B S T
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T L V O
Y E A P

voal
>> Voal
let
>> Let
tell
>> Tell
tel
>> You've already used 'tel'.
lap
>> Lap
pao
>> Pao
opa
>> Opa
pov
>> Pov
yet
>> Yet
leap
>> Leap
peal
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
yea
>> Yea
yells
>> Yells
tells
>> Tells
Borris Fluffs up Patchy, and uses his Neko Buddy as a Pillow!
yellow
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
>> TIME! Enter any string to continue.
sddsg
>> Done.

BunnyHugger (26): Lav [Leap] [Let] [Ley] [Lop] [Love] [Pale] Palm Palms(+1) [Pave] [Poll] [Polls] [Slop] [Tea] [Tell] [Tells] [Vale] [Valet] [Yea] [Yet] = 4

Patashu (27): [Lap] Lave [Leap] Leav [Let] [Love] Opa [Pal] [Pao] Pov [Slop] [Teal] Tel [Tell] [Tells] [Vale] Veal Voal [Yea] [Yell] [Yells] [Yet] = 7

Austin (12): [Leap] [Loave] [Lop] [Love] [Lovely] [Pale] [Pave] [Polls] [Tea] [Volley] = 0

Athares (20): Ale Blop [Leap] [Let] [Ley] [Lop] [Love] [Pao] Poal Polt [Tea] [Teal] Tealy(+1) [Tell] [Tells] [Vale] Valt [Volt] Volts(+1) [Yea] [Yet] = 9

Mako (4): [Love] [Lovely] [Pale] [Poll] [Teal] [Valet] [Yell] [Yells] = 0

Mitsuki (14): Alt Evap [Lap] [Leap] [Loave] [Lop] [Love] [Pal] Pall Pol [Poll] [Tea] [Tell] [Volley] [Volt] [Yea] [Yet] = 4

Austin says, "Well, that board stank."
You rumble, "Volley?? Dang."
Mitsuki says, "Dang! Someone else found Volley..."
You rumble, "Also missed Lovely"
Austin says, "Aw, I thought I had an in with Volley."
Austin says, "Well, are there any challenges?"
Mitsuki highfives Austin.
You rumble, "I think my brain shuts down rather than look for weird consonant-to-consonant transitions. That's the practice I need to do."
Austin grins.
PatchO'Black mews, "Well, I'm going to head for bed."
Athares waves to Patchy, "Rest well."
Austin says, "Night, Patchy. Thanks for the concessioneering."
Borris Gruffs, "Have a good night Patchy"
PatchO'Black mews, "Who wants hugs?"
Mitsuki says, "I challenge Patashu's Leav and Pov. I think one of those is an acronym and the other one isn't a thing..."
Austin says, "Neither Leav nor Pov are words. Patashu, please 'reduce 2'."
reduce 2
>> Your score is now 25.
BunnyHugger says, "I'm challenging 'voal' if no one else has."
Mako says, "I don't come up with fancy words, but at least mine are safe. o.o"
Mako hugs a patchy
Mitsuki says, "Also Athares's Blop and Valt."
Austin says, "Voal is not a word; Patashu, please 'reduce 1'."
reduce 1
>> Your score is now 24.
PatchO'Black hugs cousin Mako!
You rumble, "Voal SHOULD be a word."
PatchO'Black hugs Big Bear Buddy Borris!
Austin says, "Neither 'blop' nor 'valt' are in the dictionary. Athares, please 'reduce 2'."
PatchO'Black mews, "Good night!"
PatchO'Black takes out his calico flute and play a short tune, taking him away...
PatchO'Black has left.
Athares says, "Patashu actually has the best strategy I think. You lose nothing for shotgunning guesses, but you risk by challenging, so for the guesser it's a zero-risk gamble."
>> Athares reduces his score by 2.
Austin nods, "We might revise the rules in future."
You rumble, "Yeah if you got overpenalized I'd be more careful."
You rumble, "Up to Austin what meta he wants to run tourneys under, I just play the game."
BunnyHugger says, "I'm also challenging 'poal,' 'tealy', 'evap' "
Austin says, "But, we have the rules we have for now."
Athares nods to Patashu on that.
Austin says, "None of those three are words. Athares, please 'reduce 2' and Mitsuki, please 'reduce 1'."
>> Athares reduces his score by 2.
You rumble, "(Also it lets me mix in things that look like nonsense but aren't like Nole ;>)"
Athares says, "Hmm... shouldn't I have reduced three? Tealy was a two-for."
>> Mitsuki reduces their score by 1.
Mitsuki says, "Noo! My electronic vaporeons!"
Austin says, "Oh, yes, you should. Please 'reduce 1' again."
Vahno giggles.
>> Athares reduces his score by 1.
Borris Gruffs, "Okay, have fun every one. Good Night"
Patashu waves to Borris
Borris goes home.
Borris has left.
Athares waves- ah.
Austin says, "All right, are there any other challenges?"
You rumble, "None from me."
Austin says, "OK, 30 seconds until the next round."
Athares says, "I won't be issuing any challenges."
Austin says, "15 seconds."
Mitsuki braces!
You rumble, "The letters come."
>> Austin shakes the cubes!
>> [Type 'start' to display and begin]
start

P D L G
N X W O
H R E H
L N D M

>> You may now enter words. You have three minutes.
>> Begin!
>> [Type 'bb' to redisplay board]
>> [Type 'tt' to show time remaining]
>> [Type 'rr <word>' to remove a bad word, or type '.q' to quit]
wog
>> Wog
hole
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
mole
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
nerd
>> Nerd
rend
>> Rend
hold
>> Hold
gold
>> Gold
herd
>> Herd
rex
>> Rex
den
>> Den
herd
>> You've already used 'herd'.
bb

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H R E H
L N D M

hew
>> Hew
log
>> Log
wed
>> Wed
dew
>> Dew
rem
>> Rem
men
>> Men
mend
>> Mend
dem
>> Dem
den
>> You've already used 'den'.
hem
>> Hem
hew
>> You've already used 'hew'.
weh
>> Weh
woe
>> Woe
woed
>> Woed
hoq
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
how
>> How
bb

P D L G
N X W O
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L N D M

mew
>> Mew
>> TIME! Enter any string to continue.
fdgfd
>> Done.

BunnyHugger (30): [Dem] [Den] [Dew] Drew [Glow] [Glower] [Hex] [Hog] [How] Howl [Log] [Low] [Lower] [Med] [Mer] [Mew] Mewl [New] [Red] [Rex] [Wed] [Wog] Wren = 4

Patashu (27): [Dem] [Den] [Dew] [Gold] [Hem] [Herd] Hew [Hold] [How] [Log] Men [Mend] [Mew] [Nerd] [Rem] [Rend] [Rex] [Wed] Weh [Woe] [Woed] [Wog] = 3

Austin (14): [Den] [Dew] [Gold] [Her] [Herd] [Hold] [Log] [Low] [Lower] [Mend] [Mew] [Nerd] [Rem] [Rend] Wend [When] [Who] Wold = 2

Athares (27): [Dew] Dex [Gold] Gow [Hem] [Hen] [Her] [Herd] [Hex] [Hoe] Hoed [Hog] [How] Loe Loh [Low] [Med] Meh Meo [Mew] [Mex] [Nerd] [New] Owe Owed Ower [Red] [Rem] [Rend] Rew [Rex] Werx [Woe] [Woed] = 12

Mako (4): [Glow] [Glower] [Gold] [Herd] [Log] [Low] [Lower] [Mend] [New] [Red] [Rend] = 0

Mitsuki (20): Drem End [Hem] [Hen] [Her] [Herd] [Hex] [Hoe] [Log] [Low] Lowed(+1) [Lower] Lwoed(+1) [Mer] [Mex] Owl [Red] [Rem] [Rend] [Rex] [Wed] [When] [Who] = 7

Mitsuki rubs their paws together >:3
Patashu woahs! and claps for BH, Athares and Mitsuki
Austin says, "OK, do we have any challenges?"
Mako Weh. @.o
You rumble, "Dang it, how'd I miss owe??"
BunnyHugger says, "Lwoed"
Mitsuki says, "Lwoed was a typo."
>> Mitsuki reduces their score by 1.
Mitsuki giggles
Athares earflares. "Was it valid?..."
Mitsuki says, "Not at all!"
Athares says, "It was."
Austin says, "You need to reduce another 1, Mitsuki."
Athares says, "Valid as in connected on the square."
Mitsuki says, "Oh!"
>> Mitsuki reduces their score by 1.
Austin nods, got a bonus for word length.
Austin says, "Any other challenges?"
Mitsuki says, "Hmm..."
BunnyHugger says, "Meo, gow, loe, loh, meo, werx, drem"
Mitsuki says, "I challenge Athares's gow, loh, and meo. And Patashu's weh. The dictionary definitely isn't cool enough for that."
Athares says, "You really don't like 'meo'."
Athares smiles a bit. "To be fair, it is an acronym."
Westly says, "Weh is one of my favorite distress sounds!"
Mitsuki says, "The power of MEO...w"
Austin says, "Every one of those challenges succeeds; they're none of them words. Uh ... let me see."
You rumble, "Weh!"
Mitsuki says, "Noo! ...Oh I was thinking of *dram*."
>> Mitsuki reduces their score by 1.
[OOC] Athares can't help but think of SS14 with 'weh'. It's the sound the lizard plushie makes. And lizard players like to spam. Weh weh weh weh weh!
Mitsuki says, "Weh."
Austin says, "OK, if I have this right Mitsuki reduces one, which they already have, and Athares please 'reduce 6' for Meo, Gow, Loe, Loh, Meo, and Werx. Does that cover all the challenged words?"
>> Athares reduces his score by 6.
Austin says, "Oh, and Patashu's 'weh'."
reduce 1
>> Your score is now 26.
Mitsuki says, "I think Athares reduced one too many! Meo is in that twice."
Athares says, "Wait"
Athares says, "I should have only reduced- yes."
Austin says, "Oh, dear, yes."
Athares says, "Can I reduce a negative number?"
Westly idles a moment.
Athares says, "No it seems."
Mitsuki gives Athares a paper ticket that says "IOU 1".
Austin says, "OK. Well, we'll give you a mulligan on a future challenge."
Austin says, "Any other challenges, now?"
Athares smiles a bit and sticks the ticket on his nose.
Niny'ah has disconnected.
Niny'ah has connected.
You rumble, "Ready whenevs."
Austin says, "OK, 30 seconds then."
Austin says, "15 seconds."
>> Austin shakes the cubes!
>> [Type 'start' to display and begin]
start

M M Y N
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P L U N

>> You may now enter words. You have three minutes.
>> Begin!
>> [Type 'bb' to redisplay board]
>> [Type 'tt' to show time remaining]
>> [Type 'rr <word>' to remove a bad word, or type '.q' to quit]
nob
>> Nob
bon
>> Bon
bone
>> Bone
boney
>> Boney
nobby
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
plub
>> Plub
plune
>> Plune
queen
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
quen
>> Quen
yen
>> Yen
yeo
>> Yeo
one
>> One
bb

M M Y N
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S C N B
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bunny
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
bunn
>> Bunn
bun
>> Bun
club
>> Club
clubs
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
cub
>> Cub
cune
>> Cune
men
>> Men
ben
>> Ben
boy
>> Boy
yone
>> Yone
money
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
nun
>> Nun
bb

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>> TIME! Enter any string to continue.
dfkmfg
>> Done.
Mitsuki giggles
BunnyHugger says, "Did not like."
BunnyHugger says, "Sure looked like 'bunny' should be in there."
You rumble, "Truuuue."
Athares says, "I had to put in 'bunney' anyway."

BunnyHugger (31): [Ben] [Bone] [Bun] [Club] [Cube] [Lune] [Men] [Neo] [Neon] [Nob] [Nun] Obey [Yen] [Yon] = 1

Patashu (34): [Ben] [Bon] [Bone] [Boney] [Boy] [Bun] [Bunn] [Club] Cub Cune [Men] [Nob] [Nun] One [Plub] Plune(+1) Quen [Yen] Yeo Yone = 8

Austin (16): [Bone] [Boney] [Bun] [Club] [Men] None [Quey] Slub [Yen] = 2

Athares (33): Benn Bey Boe [Bone] [Boney] Bul Buls [Bun] [Bunn] Bunney(+2) [Club] [Men] Menu Mye [Neo] [Neon] Ney [Nub] [Nun] [Plub] [Scub] Ubo [Yen] = 12

Mako (4): [Bone] = 0

Mitsuki (20): [Bon] [Boy] [Bun] [Club] Clune(+1) [Cube] Lube [Lune] [Neo] [Neon] [Nob] [Nub] [Quey] [Scub] [Yen] [Yon] = 3

Mitsuki says, "I was about to type CUBONE but was too slow. That Q distracted me too much."
Mako faceplants
Austin says, "OK, any challenges to that terrible round?"
You rumble, "No one else typed Quen for the hell of it? Unadventurous you all are."
Patashu lols at Bunney
You rumble, "Bunney :)"
Athares says, "That word is not in my brain. What's the reference?"
Mitsuki says, "Yay! Lube is mine alone."
Austin nods, Mitsuki's hogging the lube, got it.
You rumble, "I think Quen is only in Vietnamese but it's meant to look like 'Queen'"
Mitsuki sputters. "Well don't say it like that!"
BunnyHugger says, "Cune, quen, plune, yeo"
BunnyHugger says, "Also 'yone', sorry"
Austin says, "None of those five are words. Patashu, please 'reduce 6'."
reduce 6
>> Your score is now 28.
You rumble, "Rip."
Mako says, "I swear we've had Quen come up in a prior game"
Austin says, "Yeah, Quen is just one of those things we want to be a word, because we'd take 'QEEN' as equivalent to 'Queen'."
Westly returns... looks at the new letters.
Mitsuki says, "I challenge benn, boe, bul, buls, bunney (sorry), mye, ney, ubo..."
Athares smiles. "I was wondering if anyone would hunt the bunney."
BunnyHugger says, "Benn, boe, bul, buls, bunney, mye, ney, ubo"
Mitsuki chases it around with a butterfly net. C'mere you!
BunnyHugger says, "Also Clune, and that is all of my challenges, thanks."
Austin says, "Yeah, Mitsuki had a perfect set of challenges there. Athares, please 'reduce 10' ('bunney' had a +2 for length)."
[OOC] Athares says, "Clune... dammit spessman game still floating around my head"
Athares says, "Can I collect my mulligan for a 9 instead?"
Mitsuki says, "(I would've fallen into the bey trap if it wasn't for all the ottoman empire history videos I'd been watching.)"
Austin says, "BunnyHugger's challenges were duplicates to Mitsuki's."
Mitsuki says, "Noo! My clune! At least I still have lube."
>> Mitsuki reduces their score by 2.
Patashu . o O ( Beyblade, let it rip )
Austin says, "Yes, Athares, you're right. Reduce 9 instead please."
BunnyHugger says, "Yes, Athares should reduce 9."
>> Athares reduces his score by 9.
Austin says, "And Clune isn't a word, so Mistuki, thank you."
You rumble, "Too bad we couldn't have fluffy here."
Mako says, "I completely balked on that one, I'm afraid. But I think I might be running on fumes."
Austin says, "Don't worry, we only have another three hours to go, Mako."
Patashu wutface
Austin says, "Are there any further challenges?"
Austin grins.
Athares says, "Always nice to have you at the table either way."
Mitsuki says, "A lune is a geometric figure, a clune is a series of letters that sounded pronouncable so I went with it."
[OOC] Athares says, "Funfact, cluwne is a cursed state you can get in SS13 / 14. Usually by getting caught griefing"
[OOC] Mitsuki was trying to reference SS14 with Scub, but it's actually Skub.
[OOC] Athares did the same!
Austin says, "OK, if there's no further challenges we'll start a new round in 30 seconds."
[OOC] Patashu says, "Skub is a PBF reference for me"
Austin says, "15 seconds."
[OOC] Athares says, "I think that's where it originall came from"
[OOC] Mitsuki nods!
[OOC] Patashu says, "aha"
>> Austin shakes the cubes!
>> [Type 'start' to display and begin]
start

I L I U
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>> You may now enter words. You have three minutes.
>> Begin!
>> [Type 'bb' to redisplay board]
>> [Type 'tt' to show time remaining]
>> [Type 'rr <word>' to remove a bad word, or type '.q' to quit]
bees
bee
>> Bees
>> Bee
bile
>> Bile
biles
>> Biles
lie
>> Lie
lies
>> Lies
quill
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
quine
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
bb

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libel
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
sole
>> Sole
soil
>> Soil
quil
>> Quil
quile
>> Quile
quilo
>> Quilo
sqile
>> Squile
set
>> Set
quest
>> Quest
quests
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
belie
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
equire
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
equine
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
esquire
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
bb

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>> TIME! Enter any string to continue.
fgiohfg
>> Done.

BunnyHugger (36): [Bee] Beeees(+2) [Bees] [Bel] [Best] [Bile] [Lee] Lees Lose [Quest] [Sea] [See] [Set] [Soil] [Sue] = 5

Patashu (37): [Bee] [Bees] [Bile] Biles(+1) [Lie] [Lies] [Quest] [Quil] Quile(+1) Quilo(+1) [Set] [Soil] [Sole] Squile(+2) = 9

Austin (17): [Bee] [Bees] [Best] Lost [Quest] [Sea] [Set] [Sole] [Suet] = 1

Athares (35): Bea [Bee] [Bees] [Bel] Eol Est Ile [Lee] Libe [Lie] [Lies] Loe Loes [Quil] [Sea] [See] Seo [Set] Soe [Sue] Sut Tese = 11

Mako (4): [Bee] [Bees] [Best] [Bile] [Quest] = 0

Mitsuki (32): [Bee] [Bees] Besoil(+2) Eeee [Lee] Leeee(+1) Lei Leiu Lesee(+1) [Lie] Oil Quo [Set] [Soil] [Suet] Sute Tues = 14

You rumble, "E. E. EEEEE. It's in the E."
Mitsuki says, "Vowel flood..."
Mitsuki says, "Eeee!"
Mako says, "So THIS is where all the vowels were hiding"
Athares says, "The beeeeees!"
BunnyHugger says, "I was laughing so hard at 'beeees' that I missed a bunch of time."
Mitsuki giggles
Mitsuki says, "Eeee!"
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "Austin and I were sitting here doubled over."
>> BunnyHugger reduces her score by 3.
Mitsuki says, "I must strike out my own Eeee and Leeee. Those ones were just for fun."
>> Mitsuki reduces their score by 3.
[OOC] Austin says, "Yes, we were cracking up like we were podcasting."
Mitsuki giggles
Austin says, "I found 'lost'? I didn't even see that somehow."
Austin says, "I forgot, anyway."
You rumble, "Oh lost is hard to see, nice."
Austin says, "OK, so, any challenges there?"
BunnyHugger says, "I'm assuming I wasn't the only person picturing Nicholas Cage yelling about bees."
Mako says, "Not the bees...."
Mitsuki says, "I challenge Patashu's Quile, Quolo, and Squile, just on the grounds that the letter Q is untrustworthy here."
You rumble, "I wanted to write Aquilo so bad @w@"
Mitsuki says, "Alas..."
Mitsuki says, "Squile SHOULD be a word, it's fun to say!"
You rumble, "I also wanted Squire and Esquire"
Athares says, "It sounds, medi-eval. For that reason."
Austin nods, "Quile, Quolo, and Squile are not words and Patashu needs to 'reduce 7', please.
Austin says, "... Boy, remember when Squile was hanging around here? They were ... challenging."
reduce 7
>> Your score is now 30.
Mitsuki says, "I challenge... Um... Every one of Athares's words except Est, which I'm pretty sure is legit. Sorry!"
Athares says, "It's fine. As I said, I don't expect to win here."
Mitsuki says, "(So that's Bea, Eol, Ile, Libe, Loe, Loes, Seo, Soe, Sut, and Tese.)"
You rumble, "You never know, Athares. One point rich round can swing it all."
Austin nods, Mitsuki wins all those rounds. "Athares, please 'reduce 10'."
Mitsuki says, "I mostly only know Est 'cause of the sword."
Athares holds a hand towards Patashu briefly. "True! I was surprised with the gold I won last time."
>> Athares reduces his score by 10.
BunnyHugger says, "I challenge 'besoil' 'leiu' 'quo' 'sute' 'tues'"
Athares . o O ( I'm pretty sure 'besoil' is a word? )
Athares . o O ( Ah, nevermind. )
Mitsuki says, "But-- Oh, I needed *lieu*. Darn!"
Austin says, "BunnyHugger is correct; Mitsuki, please 'reduce 7'."
You rumble, "Can't write that one unfortunately."
Mitsuki mimics someone playing taps on a trumpet. u_u
>> Mitsuki reduces their score by 7.
Austin says, "Do we have any other challenges? We have just under a half-hour left in the tournament."
BunnyHugger says, "I'm good."
Athares nods. "I don't think I'll be issuing any for the rest of the game."
Austin says, "30 seconds."
Austin says, "15 seconds."
>> Austin shakes the cubes!
>> [Type 'start' to display and begin]
Mitsuki nyehehes. Lesee was supposed to be spelled lessee! >:3
start

R E T N
J E B M
K P A E
L F E M

>> You may now enter words. You have three minutes.
>> Begin!
>> [Type 'bb' to redisplay board]
>> [Type 'tt' to show time remaining]
>> [Type 'rr <word>' to remove a bad word, or type '.q' to quit]
men
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
ten
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
net
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
bet
>> Bet
bap
>> Bap
bam
>> Bam
fap
>> Fap
ream
>> Ream
bear
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
fab
>> Fab
fae
>> Fae
mae
>> Mae
bb

R E T N
J E B M
K P A E
L F E M

perk
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
meet
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
meat
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
map
>> Map
fake
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
fam
>> Fam
bae
>> Bae
beer
>> Beer
peer
>> Peer
fear
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
maper
>> Maper
maker
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
make
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
reek
>> Reek
bb

R E T N
J E B M
K P A E
L F E M

beef
>> Beef
beep
>> Beep
peet
>> Peet
beet
>> Beet
peat
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
beat
>> TIME! Enter any string to continue.
>> Done.
Athares tailswish.

BunnyHugger (36): [Bam] [Beam] Bee [Beef] [Beep] [Beet] [Fab] [Fae] [Fee] [Map] Pea Pee [Peer] [Pet] [Tea] [Team] [Tee] = 3

Patashu (36): Bae [Bam] [Bap] [Beef] [Beep] [Beer] [Beet] [Bet] [Fab] [Fae] Fam Fap Mae [Map] [Maper] [Peer] Peet [Ream] Reek = 6

Austin (18): [Ape] [Bam] [Beam] [Beep] [Bet] [Jeep] [Jeer] [Jet] Meme = 1

Athares (33): [Ape] [Beam] [Beef] [Beep] [Beer] [Beet] [Bet] [Fab] Faber(+1) [Fame] [Jeep] [Jeer] Jeet Keet [Map] Mape [Maper] Pam [Peer] Reet [Tee] Teer = 8

Mako (4): [Bet] [Fame] [Fee] [Jet] [Pet] [Ream] = 0

Mitsuki (26): [Bam] [Bap] [Beef] [Beer] [Beet] [Fee] Fem Jeb [Jet] [Map] Meep [Ream] Reap [Tea] [Team] [Tee] = 4

Mitsuki quietly repeats, "Beeees..."
You rumble, "dangit, missed jeep and jeer"
Austin bleahs.
You rumble, "ah they got got, ok"
Vahno has disconnected.
Austin says, "Well, any challenges?"
BunnyHugger says, "Fam, peet"
Austin says, "Neither are words. Patashu, please 'reduce 2'."
reduce 2
>> Your score is now 34.
You rumble, "I didn't realize fam isn't a word, peet I think was meant to be peat"
BunnyHugger says, "Faber, jeet, mape, reet"
Austin woud've bet on fam himself, yeah.
BunnyHugger says, "I kept wanting 'peat' and being mad it wasn't there."
You rumble, "Saaaame"
You rumble, "How did I miss bee??? What on earth"
Mitsuki wiggles peets.
BunnyHugger says, "Jeb, meep"
Athares says, "That's 'bae'."
Austin says, "BunnyHugger's correct on those; Athares, please 'reduce 5'."
BunnyHugger says, "I did think it was funny people didn't catch 'bee'"
>> Athares reduces his score by 5.
Mitsuki says, "Meep!"
Austin says, "And she's right again; Mitsuki, please 'reduce 2'."
>> Mitsuki reduces their score by 2.
[OOC] Athares says, "Huh, some racial slurs are more valid than others"
Austin says, "Also, having done 'BEEEEES' can I just say a quick 'JEB!'?"
Mitsuki . o O ( https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/428/567/b45.png )

Patashu . o O ( Jeb! )
Austin says, "JEB!"
Vahno has connected.
BunnyHugger sings, o/~ Was your father as bold as a sergeant major? o/~
[OOC] Vahno says, "Gah"
[OOC] Athares says, "Welcome Back"
Austin says, "OK, any other challenges?"
[OOC] Patashu says, "Not a valid word: reduce by 1 point, Vahno"
Mitsuki thinks...
[OOC] Mitsuki giggles
Austin says, "OK, then, we'll start the next round in 30 seconds if there's no other challenges."
Austin says, "15 seconds."
>> Austin shakes the cubes!
>> [Type 'start' to display and begin]
start

W P C E
O A I O
G O V H
E A N C

>> You may now enter words. You have three minutes.
>> Begin!
>> [Type 'bb' to redisplay board]
>> [Type 'tt' to show time remaining]
>> [Type 'rr <word>' to remove a bad word, or type '.q' to quit]
pace
>> Pace
pie
>> Pie
gap
>> Gap
voice
>> Voice
voip
>> Voip
vag
>> Vag
gav
>> Gav
wave
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
gave
give
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
>> Sorry, you can't make that word with these letters.
pao
>> Pao
ice
>> Ice
vice
>> Vice
bb

W P C E
O A I O
G O V H
E A N C

via
>> Via
geo
>> Geo
civ
>> Civ
gan
>> Gan
nag
>> Nag
hip
>> Hip
poo
>> Poo
[OOC] Vahno says, "...Shush"
pog
>> Pog
goo
>> Goo
ago
>> Ago
cap
>> Cap
caw
>> TIME! Enter any string to continue.
>> Done.

BunnyHugger (41): [Age] [Cap] [Chic] [Choice] Goa [Goo] [Goon] Goop [Nag] Naga Nav Nog [Pace] [Page] [Poo] [Pow] [Voice] [Wog] = 5

Patashu (45): [Ago] [Cap] Civ Gan Gap Gav Geo [Goo] Hip Ice [Nag] [Pace] Pao Pie [Pog] [Poo] Vag [Via] [Vice] [Voice] Voip = 11

Austin (21): Cage [Choice] [Pace] [Page] Pogo [Pow] Van [Voice] = 3

Athares (40): Aeon [Age] Agean(+1) [Ago] Ego Eon Gon [Gov] Hoe Opa Pagan(+1) [Page] Pic [Pog] [Pow] [Via] [Vice] [Wog] Wop = 12

Mako (4): [Age] [Chic] [Nag] [Pace] [Vice] [Voice] = 0

Mitsuki (40): Ancho(+1) Anchovie(+8) Chi Chip [Choice] [Goo] [Goon] [Gov] Ohio [Voice] Woa Woo = 16

[OOC] Patashu says, "missed caw, pow"
Mako thunk
You rumble, "Pagan, clever :D"
You rumble, "I got goo but not goop, damnit"
Austin says, "Any challenges?"
Athares says, "I didn't think I would be issuing any, but I must challenge Anchovie."
Mitsuki says, "Nooo!"
Mitsuki giggles
You rumble, "Anchovie isn't a real word??"
Austin says, "Not valid, I'm afraid. Mitsuki, please 'reduce 9'."
>> Mitsuki reduces their score by 9.
Athares says, "I like them too but that's not the right spelling."
Mitsuki displays a floating damage number.
BunnyHugger says, "Civ, gav, pao"
You rumble, "Oh, anchovies is right and anchovy is right"
You rumble, "TIL"
Austin says, "BunnyHugger's correct on those challenges. Patashu, please 'reduce 3'."
reduce 3
>> Your score is now 42.
BunnyHugger says, "Agean"
Austin says, "Agean is not a Scrabble word. Athares, please 'reduce 2'."
BunnyHugger says, "Ohio, Woa"
>> Athares reduces his score by 2.
Athares says, "Fishing for Anchovie in the Agean."
Patashu . o O ( Pangaean Sea )
Austin says, "And neither Ohio nor Woa are valid words. Mitsuki, please 'reduce 2'."
Mitsuki says, "OHIO's not in there?!"
>> Mitsuki reduces their score by 2.
You rumble, "It's a Proper Noun!"
Athares says, "So much for proper noun inclusion."
Austin says, "Are there any other challenges?"
Niny'ah has disconnected.
Niny'ah has connected.
Austin says, "This might be the last round, in 30 seconds, if there's no futher challenges."
Austin says, "15 seconds."
Mitsuki wags!
Athares sips the last of his hot cocoa. Sets the tray aside to collect empties.
>> Austin shakes the cubes!
>> [Type 'start' to display and begin]
start

A Y P C
I M W L
D S O I
V G C V

>> You may now enter words. You have three minutes.
>> Begin!
>> [Type 'bb' to redisplay board]
>> [Type 'tt' to show time remaining]
>> [Type 'rr <word>' to remove a bad word, or type '.q' to quit]
yis
>> Yis
oil
>> Oil
cow
>> Cow
cows
>> Cows
aids
>> Aids
aid
>> Aid
mid
>> Mid
mids
>> Mids
cog
cogs
>> Cog
>> Cogs
bb

A Y P C
I M W L
D S O I
V G C V

dis
>> Dis
coil
>> Coil
plow
>> Plow
plows
>> Plows
mis
>> Mis
miso
>> Miso
soil
>> Soil
diy
>> Diy
cos
>> Cos
wog
>> Wog
wogs
>> Wogs
coma
>> Coma
maid
>> Maid
maids
>> Maids
>> TIME! Enter any string to continue.
opkfghfg
>> Done.

BunnyHugger (47): Clow Clows(+1) [Cow] [Cowl] [Dis] Log Logs [Low] [Maid] [Maids] [May] [Mid] [Mids] [Mog] [Mogs] [Mow] [Sim] [Soil] [Sow] [Vow] Vows [Wog] = 6

Patashu (49): [Aid] [Aids] [Cog] [Cogs] [Coil] Coma Cos [Cow] [Cows] [Dis] Diy [Maid] [Maids] [Mid] [Mids] Mis Miso [Oil] [Plow] [Plows] [Soil] [Wog] Wogs Yis = 7

Austin (24): [Aim] [Coil] [Low] Lows [Maid] [Maids] [May] [Mow] [Mows] [Plow] Scow Smog [Soil] [Sol] = 3

Athares (49): [Aid] [Aids] [Aim] [Aims] Cliw Dia Diam Diams(+1) [Dim] [Dims] [Mid] [Mog] [Mogs] [Mow] [Mows] Sci [Sim] Sog [Sol] Swog Swol [Vow] Yid Yids = 11

Mako (4): [Aim] [Aims] [Cowl] [Dim] [Low] [Maid] [Plows] [Vow] = 0

Mitsuki (37): Clic Clog Clogs(+1) [Cog] [Cogs] [Coil] [Cow] [Cowl] [Cows] [Dim] [Dims] [Mid] [Mog] Moil [Oil] [Soil] [Sow] Viol Voc Yam = 8

Austin says, "OK, any challenges?"
Mitsuki says, "At last! Coil!"
You rumble, "Looks like it's gonna be a photo finish...!"
Patashu . o O ( [meme template] Finally... Coil )
BunnyHugger says, "Yes. Diy, yis"
Athares . o O ( Yis is a no? )
Austin says, "Neither of those are words; Patashu, please 'reduce 2'."
reduce 2
>> Your score is now 47.
BunnyHugger says, "Cliw, dia, diam, diams, sci, swog, swol "
BunnyHugger says, "clic, voc"
Austin says, "BunnyHugger wins all her challenges against Athares. Athares, please 'reduce 8'."
>> Athares reduces his score by 8.
Austin says, "And she wins the challenges against Mitsuki. Mitsuki, please 'reduce 2'."
Mitsuki says, "Ah well, gotta try with the acronyms!"
>> Mitsuki reduces their score by 2.
[OOC] Westly has to hit the hay, he's still sick. Please do have a great night, was a lot of fun watching!!
Austin says, "Are there any further challenges?"
[OOC] Patashu says, "cya"
Westly goes home.
Westly has left.
Austin says, "30 seconds until I close challenges."
Austin says, "15 seconds."
Austin says, "And we are done!"
Mitsuki cheers!
status
BunnyHugger, with 47 points, is waiting.
Patashu, with 47 points, is waiting.
Austin, with 24 points, is waiting.
Athares, with 41 points, is waiting.
Mako, with 4 points, is waiting.
Mitsuki, with 35 points, is waiting.
Austin says, "Winning the bronze, in third place, is Athares, representing Mystics and Misfits!"
Patashu applauds!
Athares stands just to bow. "Thank you."
Austin says, "And taking gold, in first place, we have a tie between BunnyHugger, for Rabbits-and-Rodents, and Patashu, for Team Dragon!"
Mitsuki says, "Woah!"
Athares . o O ( I'm just happy I podiumed at all. )
Patashu applauds BH!
Mako cheer!
Austin says, "Mitsuki made a good run for fourth place, I took fifth, and Mako wins the Mx Congeniality award."
You rumble, "Neck and neck until the end. Well played."
Austin hugs BunnyHugger. "Congratulations, love!"
Mako says, "I came dead last but I wasn't expecting to get that far, I always seem to have a bad case of brain failure roundabout these times. I just like playing. :P"
Mitsuki grins
Athares looks to Mitsuki. "I have to say you found some of the more unusual choices, good work."
You rumble, "This is one of those twitch reflex shooters, yeah."
BunnyHugger says, "Congrats everyone."
You rumble, "So as a heads up: I PROBABLY won't be at the Biathalon because I have tabletop. If I'm not, good luck to whoever guns for the gold!"
You rumble, "Oh, wait. It's on US saturday..."
Athares smiles to Patashu. "And enjoy your tabletop."
You rumble, "Right, it's the Snowball Fight I miss."
You rumble, "That's too bad, I was gonna go ham. <w< Enjoy that~"
Mitsuki says, "Thanks!"
Athares ohs, "... On the other hand it's never too late to have an enormous snowball fight in your base."
You rumble, "Whoever does go, please log it on my behalf."
Patashu grins, TRUE.
Mako will totally be at the biathalon. She can at least flex her shooting muscles
Austin smiles.
BunnyHugger motions to Chitter to present the medals.
Austin says, "Yes, Mako, you're hosting tomorrow's event, am I right?"
Mako says, "I will need judges for the snowball fight, and yes."
Mako says, "That was the plan, at least. o.o"
Mitsuki scampers for now!
Athares says, "I was planning to participate, but if nobody else judges, I shall. So you'll have at least one."
BunnyHugger says, "Congratulations to Patashu of Team Dragon for a gold medal and also to my team Rabbits and Rodents for my tie."
Mitsuki says, "Oh wait!"
Mitsuki doesn't scamper, there's copper medals.
BunnyHugger hands Gold Medal for Boggle (2026) to Patashu.
l #37190
A very shiny gold medal hanging on a wide ribbon banded with a carnivalesque sequence of colors. On the front is the logo of the Olympics, a bumble bee with a ball between its front feet superimposed over a honeycomb cell. The text reads "SpinDizzy Winter Olympics 2026: The Joy of Play". The reverse side has an image of a Boggle board with the letters "BOGGLE" highlighted.
@claim #37190
You now own Gold Medal for Boggle (2026) and any attached actions, its home is set to you (if it's a thing), and the Chown_OK flag has been removed. Enjoy your new Gold Medal for Boggle (2026)!
Mako says, "I have A Plan(tm). No prewrites for this, I want people to think on thier foot-appendages. :D"
BunnyHugger says, "Congrats to Athares for the bronze for Mystics and Misfits!"
BunnyHugger hands Bronze Medal for Boggle (2026) to Athares.
Athares tailswish, kneels to accept.
BunnyHugger says, "And thanks to everyone else for playing!"
BunnyHugger says, "The joy of play is, after all, our theme."
BunnyHugger says, "So the copper medals perhaps symbolize it best."
BunnyHugger hands Copper Medal for Boggle (2026) to Mitsuki.
Austin says, "Oh yes, it does."
BunnyHugger hands Copper Medal for Boggle (2026) to Austin.
Mitsuki says, "Yay! Thanks!"
Austin says, "Thank you, dear."
Mitsuki experimentally chomps on their medal. Ow.
You rumble, "Boggle I was hoping to enjoy and did. RPS I went into it figuring it'd be worth a shot and it blew my expectations out of the water. @wo"
Austin @claims his.
Mako says, "I enjoy a bit of boggle even if I'm pants at it"
BunnyHugger hands Copper Medal for Boggle (2026) to Mako.
BunnyHugger says, "Please @claim your medals everyone. I have to run right now as I will not be getting enough sleep tonight."
Niny'ah says, "I'll need to practice boggle off-pressure if I want to participate next"
You rumble, "Boggle is one of those games I think you could play for a lifetime and still learn new things. RPS is better as a sometimes food or you'll get too in each others' heads. :P"
BunnyHugger says, "Goodnight all!"
You rumble, "GN"
Mako says, "It also helps that our seeds this time were a lot better than last time"
BunnyHugger says, "Thanks for running this, Austin."
Mako says, "Rest well!"
BunnyHugger hops off in a hurry.
BunnyHugger has left.
Chitter has left.
BunnyHugger leaves, with a nonanthro Eastern gray squirrel (Chitter) [Chitter(#5713XZ)] walking along with her.
Mako afks a moment
Austin says, "Oh, happy to. These are fun."
Austin says, "This is literally BunnyHugger right now: https://dailybunny.org/posts/2026/2/19/bunny-what-stylish-pants-you-have-and-that-eyepatch ... "
Athares nods. "It's been a good afternoon with good company, the most important part in the end."
Austin says, "Also, BunnyHugger won our side bet about how many times people would complain about the choice of dictionary."
Athares says, "Thanks to me?" He smiles a bit. "I'm curious about the details, if you don't mind."
Austin says, "It was a simple over/under bet. I took the 'over five times', she took the 'under'."
Patashu heh!
Athares ahs, "So -despite- me then."
New Content
Austin grins. "So, yes, got away with that."
Mitsuki scampers!
Mitsuki street luges away!
Mitsuki has left.
</syntaxhighlight>

Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026

2026-02-20T05:22:10Z

Patashu:

Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Sales

2026-02-19T03:04:26Z

Patashu: Created page with "<syntaxhighlight lang="text" line="1"> Moriar shouts "Olympic Sales! Come to 'luge N10 W2; Stage' to become a villain to sinners at 6:00pm Server Time! (This is an open RP, all are welcome. Taking place in about a quarter hour!, please direct questions to Moriar.)" (Public-shout) You sit on a street luge (it resembles a long skateboard) and zip directly there! Enixi> Patashu has left. Smol Coffee Shop [N10, W2](#14632RLJ) The path weaves along, and there's a rusty coffe..."

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Moriar shouts "Olympic Sales! Come to 'luge N10 W2; Stage' to become a villain to sinners at 6:00pm Server Time! (This is an open RP, all are welcome. Taking place in about a quarter hour!, please direct questions to Moriar.)" (Public-shout)
You sit on a street luge (it resembles a long skateboard) and zip directly there!
Enixi> Patashu has left.
Smol Coffee Shop [N10, W2](#14632RLJ)
The path weaves along, and there's a rusty coffee can directly adjacent. There's a small cardboard sign, weathered from the elements, carefully arranged atop the can that reads "Beverages of Dubious Providence: Coffee". This is above the slot cut out of the can, with a small shelf installed along the bottom edge. If you peer inside, you'll see a tiny collection of coffee making equipment and 1cm wide glass mugs.
Some short distance away from the path beyond the coffee can is what looks to be the intact remains of a stepdisc, flicking softly with some latent power. Further along is a small garden of coffee plants, neatly arranged in rows. Close attention may give notice to the tiny powered earthmoving equipment parked on the far side of the garden, sized as though to be toys.
To the other side of the path is a collection of broken furniture that looks to have been scavanged from the Patashu Industries dumpster, to include a pile of the beans from inside of bean bag chairs next to a pile of bean bag chairs. The tables are currently cable spools laid on their sides with cloths tossed across, chairs including several scorched ejection seats.
There is a small bell next to the coffee can with a sign, that reads "[Ring] bell for service."
The path continues off [N]orth, [E]ast, [W]est, and [S]outh. There are no obstructions to what lies [U]p above.
Obvious Exits:
[E]ast, [N]orth, [S]outh, [U]p, [W]est, and Stage
You step up to the stage that isn't really there.
Roleplay Stage(#3968RA)
The room is devoid of substance and nature, being a meta-location. The DM plans to use spoofs to establish the setting.
Obvious Exits:
Out
Contents: Niny'ah, Moriar, Copper Medal for Marriage (2026), Gold Medal for Smiting (2026), Chocolate Medal, 2026(#37151C), Copper Medal for Smiting (2026), Revie, Lulu, Gameobject, and Example Ring
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|#1. Welcome! | Morticon |
|#2. Another use for this board | Morticon |
|#3. Spindizzy | Kinsor |
|#4. Wizards' Statement on the Mayoralty and Election | Austin |
|#5. Suggestions when running a public event | fluffy |
|6. Gotta D-d-d-d-duel! - Open RP (28JAN26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|7. Significant RPs or events for the week of 26JAN26 | Patashu |
|8. Monster Hunting! - Open RP (04FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|9. Significant RPs or events for the week of 02FEB26 | Patashu |
|10. Opening Ceremonies | BunnyHugger |
|11. Muck Olympic Event: MiSTing night! | Austin |
|12. Arctic Exoplanet Outpost Construction (Winter Olympics)| Patashu |
|13. Olympic Smiting - Open RP (11FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|14. Olympic Marriage - Open RP (14FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|15. Olympic Sales - Open RP (18FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|16. Spindizzy Olympics: Snowman Contest | Mako |
|17. Olympic Team: Mystics and Misfits! | Mako |
|18. Olympic Team: Unnatural Monstrosities | Lightspill |
|19. Significant RPs or events for the week of 09FEB26 | Patashu |
|20. Spindizzy Mizer (Winter Olympics) | Patashu |
|21. Olympic Biathlon | BunnyHugger |
|22. Olympic Schedule (updated 2/8) | BunnyHugger |
|23. Significant RPs or events for the week of 16FEB26 | Patashu |
|24. People's Choice Vote on 2026 Literary Medals | BunnyHugger |
|25. Olympic Event: Snowball Fight! | Mako |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Type 'rphelp' for a list of commands. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Done.

15. From: Moriar
On: 2026-02-05 16:27:48
This post will expire on: 2026-03-07 16:27:48 -- 16 days and 22 hours from now.
Subject: Olympic Sales - Open RP (18FEB26, 6pm)

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Olympic Sales - Open RP (18FEB26, 6pm)
~
Make your presentation and sell as many timeshares as possible to the provided sinners left over from the Olympic Smiting event. Be ye judged accordingly.
The provided marks will be 10cm Plush Pocket Robot Kobolds(tm) who have each been trained up to expertise in a particular deadly sin. Deadly sins available: Pride, Greed, Dancing, Envy, Lust*, Gluttony, and Sloth. For comedic affect, all Plush Pocket Robot Kobolds(tm) communicate via squeaky toy sounds.
* - These are PG rated kobolds, so the lustful Plush Pocket Robot Kobolds(tm) will want to hug and/or snuggle as much as possible.
~
OOC Notes: This is an open RP, please feel free to contact Moriar with any questions.
~
Location - N10 W2; Stage
Time - 6:00pm server time, 18FEB26
~

Done.
( The arena is arranged with bench seating around a central stage, upon which are seven barrels that each audibly contain the sounds of ongoing activity. Each barrel has been labeled with painted on block lettering: Pride, Greed, Dancing, Envy, Lust, Gluttony, and Sloth. A greenish rounded t-rex plush that could be recognized as a Substitute plush from Pokemon is meandering about on the stage, making sure the various lights are set up correctly and the applicable tarps have been laid down. A banner hangs above the stage, reading, 'Olympic Sales'. [Context spoof, will repeat as folks arrive. If you wish to participate, please have a pre-written performace of up to three poses composed. The pocket plush sinner kobolds can be presumed to act however you would expect a pocket plush sinner kobold of the applicable vice to act, with 'Lust' in this case meaning clingy and wanting to hug in order to keep them PG.] )
Vahno steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
Vahno has arrived.
( The arena is arranged with bench seating around a central stage, upon which are seven barrels that each audibly contain the sounds of ongoing activity. Each barrel has been labeled with painted on block lettering: Pride, Greed, Dancing, Envy, Lust, Gluttony, and Sloth. A greenish rounded t-rex plush that could be recognized as a Substitute plush from Pokemon is meandering about on the stage, making sure the various lights are set up correctly and the applicable tarps have been laid down. A banner hangs above the stage, reading, 'Olympic Sales'. [Context spoof, will repeat as folks arrive. If you wish to participate, please have a pre-written performace of up to three poses composed. The pocket plush sinner kobolds can be presumed to act however you would expect a pocket plush sinner kobold of the applicable vice to act, with 'Lust' in this case meaning clingy and wanting to hug in order to keep them PG.] )
Featherwing steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
Featherwing has arrived.
( The arena is arranged with bench seating around a central stage, upon which are seven barrels that each audibly contain the sounds of ongoing activity. Each barrel has been labeled with painted on block lettering: Pride, Greed, Dancing, Envy, Lust, Gluttony, and Sloth. A greenish rounded t-rex plush that could be recognized as a Substitute plush from Pokemon is meandering about on the stage, making sure the various lights are set up correctly and the applicable tarps have been laid down. A banner hangs above the stage, reading, 'Olympic Sales'. [Context spoof, will repeat as folks arrive. If you wish to participate, please have a pre-written performace of up to three poses composed. The pocket plush sinner kobolds can be presumed to act however you would expect a pocket plush sinner kobold of the applicable vice to act, with 'Lust' in this case meaning clingy and wanting to hug in order to keep them PG.] )
Ranarp steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
Ranarp has arrived.
Mako steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
Mako has arrived.
Mako doop
( The arena is arranged with bench seating around a central stage, upon which are seven barrels that each audibly contain the sounds of ongoing activity. Each barrel has been labeled with painted on block lettering: Pride, Greed, Dancing, Envy, Lust, Gluttony, and Sloth. A greenish rounded t-rex plush that could be recognized as a Substitute plush from Pokemon is meandering about on the stage, making sure the various lights are set up correctly and the applicable tarps have been laid down. A banner hangs above the stage, reading, 'Olympic Sales'. [Context spoof, will repeat as folks arrive. If you wish to participate, please have a pre-written performace of up to three poses composed. The pocket plush sinner kobolds can be presumed to act however you would expect a pocket plush sinner kobold of the applicable vice to act, with 'Lust' in this case meaning clingy and wanting to hug in order to keep them PG.] )
BunnyHugger steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
BunnyHugger has arrived.
Chitter has arrived.
BunnyHugger enters, with a nonanthro Eastern gray squirrel (Chitter) [Chitter(#5713XZ)] walking along next to her.
( The arena is arranged with bench seating around a central stage, upon which are seven barrels that each audibly contain the sounds of ongoing activity. Each barrel has been labeled with painted on block lettering: Pride, Greed, Dancing, Envy, Lust, Gluttony, and Sloth. A greenish rounded t-rex plush that could be recognized as a Substitute plush from Pokemon is meandering about on the stage, making sure the various lights are set up correctly and the applicable tarps have been laid down. A banner hangs above the stage, reading, 'Olympic Sales'. [Context spoof, will repeat as folks arrive. If you wish to participate, please have a pre-written performace of up to three poses composed. The pocket plush sinner kobolds can be presumed to act however you would expect a pocket plush sinner kobold of the applicable vice to act, with 'Lust' in this case meaning clingy and wanting to hug in order to keep them PG.] )
( When it is time to begin, the Substitute plush meanders up to the microphone at the front of the stage, "Welcome to the third of the three Olympic events hosted by the local space pirates Twisted Rivets. We'll need some volunteer judges, and I'll need to know who's participating in this Olympic Sales event. We'll be re-using the leftover kobolds from the smiting and marriage event.", gesturing towards the barrels. The current roster is visible using the 'Info' command. )
[OOC] Moriar created medals.
Ranarp raises a wing, "Ranarp, for team Dragon."
Mako hands-up, "I can judge, I'm not sure I have the brain for sales."
Mako says, "As much as I'd love to stretch my business legs timeshares are not my strong point and I didn't have a prewrite"
( Cookie squints to Mako, "What's a pre-write?" )
You rumble, "Mako's speaking metatextually right now. :P"
Mako says, "Sorry, I think that misering might have jogged something loose. :x"
( Cookie shrugs, "Eh, strange places make for great ports." )
You rumble, "Anyway, I'd enter but I'm not evil, I'd NEVER try to sell a timeshare to..."
Enixi> You step up to the stage that isn't really there.
Enixi steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
Enixi has arrived.
Enixi appears out of a portal, embedding Patashu's head in the ground, looking pleased. ^w^
Enixi chirps, "Did someone say *evil*? I can do that, kupo~"
( The Substitute takes notes, "What team, and name?" )
Enixi chirps, "Enixi, Independent, kupo~"
Ping has teleported in.
Ping has arrived.
Ping bounces in.
[OOC] Ping waves.
[OOC] Moriar waves wings!
( As this Substitute starts taking down names, a blind anthro pug begins to push a vendor cart towards the stage while calling out, "Counterfeit Chocolate Medals! Who wants to buy a Medal?" )
( The Substitute turns to address the crowd, "So, this sport consists of selecting some of the pocket plush sinner kobolds from the barrels, and selling timeshares to as many of them as possible. We've got plenty more left over from the smiting event, and felt it'd be rude to just space `em. Take whichever you want and however many you think you can trick into buying. Judging will be based on two criteria: How many sinners buy a timeshare and the elegance of your sales tactics." )
[OOC] Enixi says, "prewriting"
( The Substitute motions for Ranarp, "I suppose we'll start with a gryphon!" )
Ranarp hops up onto the stage, glancing around anxiously for a moment before bounding over to hop onto the barrel of Dancing. She waves a paw down into the barrel, causing nothing to happen. She hops over onto the Pride and Envy barrels to repeat this attempt. All of the kobolds remain in the barrels.
Ranarp tumble-dives from the barrel top to the center of the stage, "I am confident that the kobolds have embarked on a shall be unwise with their money.", glancing back to the barrels where nothing apparent is happening, "...it's subtle."
( From over among the barrels their is a rustling before a dozen kobolds climb up out of the barrels to emerge. They scamper out to center stage to announce, "Having considered our place in the universe with regards to deities and our historical lack of piety, we have decided to embrace the passions of our love and become a married gaggle. Accordingly, we have need of a location upon which to be in love, but only for the portions of the year during which our passions may direct. Thus, we each would like to purchase a single timeshare." Ranarp appears bewildered and simply shrugs her wings towards the judges. )
BunnyHugger got distracted for a moment and missed the start! She turns to make sure she's paying attention now as it's a bad look for the Olympic official to be staring into space.
( The Substitute cocks their head to the side, "...huh.", then waves a paw, "I suppose all's well that sells well.", then looking to Enixi, "Are you still plotting your scheme?" )
( The pug offers a chocolate medal to BunnyHugger. )
Vahno says, "Heya Enixi."
BunnyHugger politely declines the medal, shaking her head and saying, "I worry about the appearance of impropriety."
Chitter rolls his eyes.
Enixi chirps, "Jusssst about ready."
( The pug shrugs, "If it helps any, the chocolate's stolen." )
Enixi begins!
BunnyHugger mutters, "I'll just see what Robert Nozick thinks about that."
Enixi twirls his staff as he struts forward. A legion of clockwork moogles, one marching on his left, one marching on his right, flank him and soon surround the assembled plush sinbolds of every variety. He taps his staff on the floor as he stands at the front, and a spotlight shines on him. "Ladies and gentleplush, kupo~ Witness perfection~!" He gestures to his left and right, and the clockwork moogles salute! They're kind of penning the audience in, though. This is a bit of an obligatory speech~
( The Substitute calmly begins to dance a little jig, making a specific effort to waggle their tail about. This plush knows how to stall for time. )
[OOC] Patashu says, "Hehe, a substitute WOULD say that :3"
Enixi - "As the foremost Moogle Technomancer in all of the planes, kupo, my manufacturing base spans far and wide~ And my creations, utterly obedient~" They march in place and salute again! 'And you, fellow stuffed friends, can be a key part of my expanding ambitions~" He taps his staff on the ground again and a projector *click-clicks*, putting up a poor quality illuminated image on the wall. Depicting prefab, uniformly built clockwork towns with clockwork moogles marching through them.
Enixi ahems. "For *entirely* ulterior motives, my expanding territory needs... actual, non-clockwork critters populating them in order to be recognized and to function properly. NOT because they don't know what to do when they leave them to own devices." Click-click! Another slide! YCH-like characters being fed, catered, cared for, given the highest level of relaxation in prefab environments by clockwork moogle. "You too can discretely bolster my on-paper population numbers, boss clockwork moogles and happen to be in the area in case something goes wrong! For a limited amount of time during the year, obviously. I can't care for ALL of you all the time, I'll go broke!" Timeshares are passed out to the audience, murmurs are had, and soon timeshare signups are given! Success?
[OOC] Moriar nods, "Please excuse the interruption; I didn't catch the 'begins', and thought you were still writing."
[OOC] Patashu figured you were writing it at the same time, no worries
( Cookie watches with interest, making a particular note of the quantities. )
( Cookie leans close to Enixi, "Am I correct to believe your scheme complete?" )
Enixi nods!
Mako takes notes...
( The Substitute nods, "The Judges shall now confer!", turning to chat with Mako. )
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "dang. missed the whole thing?"
[OOC] Niny'ah still unavailable
~~~~~~Olympic Sales~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ Name Team ~
~ Jane Doe Anonymous Cowards ~
~ Ranarp Dragon ~
~ Enixi Independent, Kupo ~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ A thanks to the Judges: ~
~ Mako ~
~ Cookie the Substitute ~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ This event Sponsored by: ~
~ Twisted Rivets, ~
~ No further questions ~
~ without first talking to ~
~ our lawyer. ~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[OOC] Niny'ah says, "gonna boop off for a bit tho"
[OOC] Patashu says, "cya"
Niny'ah has disconnected.
[OOC] Moriar shrugs wings, "We've got Ranarp concluding the saga of not being tangible, and.."
Mako looks up. "Are there any other entries?"
Vahno leans on Enixi.
Enixi flails arms, falls over! >w<;
( Cookie turns around to address the crowd, "I have decided to exclude myself from judging, since I'm on the same pirate crew as Ranarp." )
Vahno falls onto Enixi!
( Cookie calls over to Ranarp, "May we have a gryphon on stage?" )
Ranarp hops up onto the stage.
( The Substitute drops a Silver medal through Ranarp, "Congratulations!" )
Moriar drops Silver Medal for Sales (2026).
Ranarp bows in place a bit, before dashing off stage.
Chitter laughs a bit.
( Cookie motions for Enixi, "May I have Enixi on stage?" )
Enixi mwehehes, and hops up! >:3
Ranarp gives Chitter the side-eye, ears flattening.
Mako... now I wonder what Enixi's Minion health plan is like.
( Cookie hands the gold medal to Enixi, "Congratulations on your victory! Your elegance and quantity were the most pleasing to the judge." )
Moriar hands Gold Medal for Sales (2026) to Enixi.
Vahno says, "...Timeshares..."
Chitter cuts off abruptly, nervous.
Ranarp continues to appear self conscious.
Enixi> I don't know which one you mean!
Enixi> Dropped.
Enixi drops Gold Medal for Sales (2026).
Taken.
A very shiny gold medal hanging on a wide ribbon banded with a carnivalesque sequence of colors. On the front is the logo of the Olympics, a bumble bee with a ball between its front feet superimposed over a honeycomb cell. The text reads "SpinDizzy Winter Olympics 2026: The Joy of Play". The reverse side has an image of an ominous clock greedily devouring money. The inscription on this side reads "Sales".
You now own Gold Medal for Sales (2026) and any attached actions, its home is set to you (if it's a thing), and the Chown_OK flag has been removed. Enjoy your new Gold Medal for Sales (2026)!
Home set.
You hand Gold Medal for Sales (2026) to Enixi.
Enixi beams proudly! "Thank you, kupo~" He dons the medal and bows for the audience. ^w^
( Some of the sinners in the Greed bucket pay close attention to Enixi's medal. )
Enixi chirps, "Oh, you want this, hmm~? Well, you should have entered! Kehehe!"
Mako owo
Ranarp slips away when she thinks no-one is looking.
Ranarp has left.
( The Substitute bows, "Thank you all for attending another event hosted by Twisted Rivets. If it's in space, we can get it for you." )
BunnyHugger looks at the roster with evident confusion. "Wasn't there a third entrant?"
( Cookie looks to BunnyHugger, "Eh? Who?" )
Featherwing has disconnected.
( The Substitute looks at the roster, "Oh, Jane Doe. Well, you see, the software we use to display the roster starts counting at zero, right? But the program we use to populate the roster starts counting at one...", before trailing off and talking about floating point precision. )
Enixi chirps, "Do you need me to hunt down Jane Doe and bring her here to participate, kupo~?"
( Cookie looks to Enixi, "Ah, nah. Jane doesn't exist; she's just an entry to make the software work out." )
Enixi ah! He nods, totally getting it.
( Cookie shrugs again, "Any other questions?" )
BunnyHugger says, "I... I understand, thank you."
BunnyHugger scratches something out on her notepad.
Enixi chirps, "Yeah! Who's substitute are you anyway, kupo?"
Enixi leeeeans over.
( The Substitute seems taken aback, "Oh, excuse me. I thought we were in polite company!", putting their paws on their hips and glaring up to Enixi. )
Enixi mwehehe~ :3c
( Cookie toggles to pointedly ignoring Enixi, "...any legitimate questions?" )
Enixi huff. =w=
Enixi chirps, "Oh oh! What ARE you doing with the plushbolds now, kupo?"
Somewhere on the muck, Myril has connected.
( The pug asides to Enixi, "That's Cookie's substitute. Duh." )
Enixi aaaah.
( The Substitute looks up to Enixi, "Dunno, probly space `em somewhere it'll be funny." )
Enixi hmm, where it'd be funny...
BunnyHugger says, "What??"
( Cookie looks to BunnyHugger, "Huh?" )
Somewhere on the muck, Voksa has disconnected.
BunnyHugger says, "There are rules about the welfare of non-athlete participating lifeforms. I would have to de-sanction your event if you spaced your assistants."
( The Substitute nods, "Ah. Do those rules extend beyond the duration of the Olympics?" )
Somewhere on the muck, Voksa has connected.
Vahno says, "...Yes."
( The pug volunteers, "I suppose it'd be more fun to release them on the next big ship we raid. Make it somewhat more whimsical for the other crew to tug into port with a bunch of adorable kobolds scamperin' about." )
Vahno says, "Yeah, that sounds fun."
Enixi cheers!
( The Substitute nods to the pug then looks to BunnyHugger, "Is that an acceptable plan?" )
BunnyHugger says, "That seems more in keeping with their desire to settle somewhere, yes. I mean, perhaps they'll find a good place that way."
BunnyHugger fidgets with her Sternlooker.
( Cookie nods, "Excellent. I believe the event is concluded and we'll remain sanctioned as long as we plan to offload the sinners to somewhere that is both hilarious and has an atmosphere." )
Vahno picks up Enixi. "SO!"
BunnyHugger says, "Very good, The Olympics Commission appreciates your compliance."
Enixi gulp!
BunnyHugger says, "Thank you for hosting an event! Thanks to the judges and competitors too."
[OOC] Moriar headbobs, "Thank you all for attending a quirky event, and for participating. Rest well when you do!"
BunnyHugger says, "Also if I may remind everyone to check out our literary supplement (rpread 24) and vote on your favorite short fiction piece!"
[OOC] Patashu says, "Rest well!"
[OOC] Mako says, "Rest well, Moriar."
BunnyHugger passes out copies of the literary magazine.
BunnyHugger says proudly, "The photo is by me!"
Vahno says, "Where to now?"
[OOC] Moriar raises a paw, "I don't plan to vote since I'm one of the entries, but I also don't know how to vote."
BunnyHugger says, "Oh, I apologize for forgetting to point out the voting mechanism."
BunnyHugger says, "You can enter 'vote' and it is currently the only thing in the voting booth."
BunnyHugger says, "Then 'vote 36'"
BunnyHugger says, "OR rather, just '36' will enter your vote once you've gotten into 'vote'"
[OOC] Moriar nods a bit, "You may wish to edit that into the rpread 24."
</syntaxhighlight>

Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026

2026-02-19T03:03:41Z

Patashu:

Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Rock Paper Scissors

2026-02-18T05:01:39Z

Patashu:

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Somewhere on the muck, Austin has connected.
Belinda puts money in the idle meter.
Mako bleem.
Mako says, "So brain, what shall we do tonight?"
Belinda says, "Same thing we do every night."
Belinda says, "Try to take over the world!"
Patashu ooh.
Austin shouts "Ready for a recreational evening of throwing scissors, rocks, and other things? Come on to the 'park' for Olympic Rock-Paper-Scissors! The worst that can happen is someone puts a piece of paper on your paw!" (Public-shout)
Patashu here we go!
A floating disk, divided into pie wedges, with every colour of the rainbow taking its turn in each spot, approaches you. You step on, and are carried away... by the time you're able to hop off, you find yourself in
Olympic Stadium(#23930RLC)
From inside, it's obvious that the stadium was grown from a bush. The entirety of the structure, the walls, the hallways, the seats, are made of wood covered with smooth durable bark. The branches of the crown bend inward over the stadium, shading it from the snow and cold. Educational <plaques> here and there discourse upon the botanical nature of the stadium.

The stadium is currently leafless for the winter season, but the dense wood provides reasonable insulation against the cold outside.

At south end of the field, separate from the shrub, a cantilevered lighting <tower> rises, gleaming white, narrowing as it leans out over the stadium. The lighting head is a large oval, centred over the field, too bright to look at when it's lit. At the other end is the <cauldron>, where the Olympic Flame burns during the games.
Obvious Exits:
[F]ountain Plaza (N)orth, and [U]nderwater [T]unnel
Contents: Rock-Voila, Austin, and Brazilian Dreams II Flag
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|#1. Welcome! | Morticon |
|#2. Another use for this board | Morticon |
|#3. Spindizzy | Kinsor |
|#4. Wizards' Statement on the Mayoralty and Election | Austin |
|#5. Suggestions when running a public event | fluffy |
|6. Gotta D-d-d-d-duel! - Open RP (28JAN26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|7. Significant RPs or events for the week of 26JAN26 | Patashu |
|8. Monster Hunting! - Open RP (04FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|9. Significant RPs or events for the week of 02FEB26 | Patashu |
|10. Opening Ceremonies | BunnyHugger |
|11. Muck Olympic Event: MiSTing night! | Austin |
|12. Arctic Exoplanet Outpost Construction (Winter Olympics)| Patashu |
|13. Olympic Smiting - Open RP (11FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|14. Olympic Marriage - Open RP (14FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|15. Olympic Sales - Open RP (18FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|16. Spindizzy Olympics: Snowman Contest | Mako |
|17. Olympic Team: Mystics and Misfits! | Mako |
|18. Olympic Team: Unnatural Monstrosities | Lightspill |
|19. Significant RPs or events for the week of 09FEB26 | Patashu |
|20. Spindizzy Mizer (Winter Olympics) | Patashu |
|21. Olympic Biathlon | BunnyHugger |
|22. Olympic Schedule (updated 2/8) | BunnyHugger |
|23. Significant RPs or events for the week of 16FEB26 | Patashu |
|24. People's Choice Vote on 2026 Literary Medals | BunnyHugger |
|25. Olympic Event: Snowball Fight! | Mako |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Type 'rphelp' for a list of commands. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Done.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|#1. Anti-Idlers | Morticon |
|#2. Space FAQ | Lightspill |
|#3. Updated alternative web client | Kandra |
|#4. SpinDizzy Website Admin Needed | Morticon |
|#5. Test socket <-> websocket gateway program created | Morticon |
|#6. Socket <-> Websocket package for Windows | Morticon |
|#7. Notes from the town hall (LONG!) | Morticon |
|#8. SpinDizzy Wiki - Call For Editors | Lepus |
|#9. Streaming Server | Morticon |
|#10. SpinDizzy 2021 meeting summary | Morticon |
|#11. Action items from SD 2020 Communication meeting | Morticon |
|#12. SpinDizzy Official Discord Server | Morticon |
|#13. Setting your pronouns | Austin |
|#14. What the pronouns are | Austin |
|#15. Characters should be created in a day or so, please na| Austin |
|#16. On 'AI'/LLM Use on SpinDizzy | Austin |
|17. Christmas Tree Retirement the 25th, 7 pm | Austin |
|18. Otherwise Other Olympics Team | Beltrami |
|19. Team Dragon Squad Up! | Featherwing |
|20. Miss you Rakasti | Kiree |
|21. Rock-Paper-Scissors Tournament | Austin |
|22. Vassily/Fuzzy | BunnyHugger |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Type '+help' for a list of commands. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Done.

21. From: Austin
On: 2026-02-16 21:01:18
This post will expire on: 2026-03-18 22:01:18 -- 29 days and 2 hours from now.
Subject: Rock-Paper-Scissors Tournament

You know what we haven't done in too long? Have a Rock-Paper-Scissors tournament. Join me in spectacular Olympic Stadium (luge S1 E10, m, f, s) Tuesday the 17th at 7 pm SpinDizzy time (Pacific) for an Olympic rock-paper-scissors tournament! Rocks will be provided free of charge.

Austin Dern

Done.
Austin says, "Heya, Patashu."
For fair Rock-Paper-Scissoring the box conceals both competitor's throws until they can be simultaneously revealed. The throwing action is 'rps' (or 'qrps' for the concealed version).
You rumble, "Oh we have an object for it, fancy."
You rumble, "Does this have a home when it's not here?"
Vahno steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
Vahno has arrived.
'Voksa steps off of the floating disk that carried them up.
'Voksa has arrived.
Austin says, "We do not! Morticon wrote a program for it and has a device for his own tournaments but we don't have a permanent spot."
Austin says, "Heya, Vahno, 'Voksa, and good to see you both."
Somewhere on the muck, Niny'ah has disconnected.
'Voksa says, "Hi!"
BunnyHugger enters the Olympic Stadium.
BunnyHugger has arrived.
Chitter has arrived.
BunnyHugger enters, with a nonanthro Eastern gray squirrel (Chitter) [Chitter(#5713XZ)] walking along next to her.
Niny'ah steps off of the floating disk that carried her up.
Niny'ah has arrived.
Austin says, "Darling! Chitter! And Niny'ah, whom I also like, though less intensely."
Mako steps off of the floating disk that carried her up.
Mako has arrived.
BunnyHugger says, "I'm here, dear. Hi everyone else."
Austin says, "Hiya, Mako."
Mako says, "Hello!"
PatchO'Black steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
PatchO'Black has arrived.
PatchO'Black hugs cousin Mako.
PatchO'Black hugs Niny'ah.
PatchO'Black hugs BunnyHugger.
Austin says, "Heya, Patchy."
PatchO'Black pets Chitter, "You are a good squirrel."
PatchO'Black hugs Austin.
PatchO'Black hugs Patashu.
Patashu hug!
Austin says, "He is, yes, one of our top squirrels"
You rumble, "Woah, seeing Austin not end a message with punctuation is uncanny."
Chitter says, "Uh, yeah. I think there aren't that many."
Austin says, "Yeah, I don't like it myself."
PatchO'Black mews, "I'm afraid I need to go to bed a bit early, so is someone available to take care of the concessions stand?"
Austin says, "If you want, Patchy, although we could also simply hop to it and start competing."
Austin says, "So may I trust folks know the general rules of rock-paper-scissors?"
PatchO'Black mews, "Well, I'll leave it to you folks. Night!"
PatchO'Black takes out his calico flute and play a short tune, taking him away...
PatchO'Black has left.
You rumble, "May have played it once or twice, yes."
Mako woops, too slow. "I'm familiar. :P"
BunnyHugger says, "Yes."
You rumble, "Are we doing simultaneous rounds or one matchup at a time? And is this a trash talk yes or no tournament?"
Austin says, "All right, so, Morticon was good enough to write a MUF by which two competitors can throw their choice, and have both choices revealed simultaneously. If you look at the Rock-Voila, or enter 'rps #help', you'll see what to do."
Athares steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
Athares has arrived.

Rock Paper Scissors! v1.00 by Morticon@SpinDizzy

To play, type 'rps' followed by 'rock', 'paper', or 'scissors'.

This is a two player game. For instance, player one would type
'rps rock' and player two would type 'rps paper'
in any order, and the winner would be player two.

BunnyHugger says, "Surely it's a gentlemen's sport, like curling."
Austin says, "Hi there, Athares."
[OOC] Athares says, "Apologies if I'm late"
You rumble, "Ah, it looks like we only have the MUF for one game at a time, roger"
You rumble, "Then only my second question stands!"
Athares waves, "Good morning friends!"
Vahno says, "So, who's first?"
Athares says, "Am I too late to join?"
Austin says, "We'll allow trash talk, yes, but a spot of roleplay is what I'd really like to see. That won't be judged, but will make the night more fun."
Patashu beams!
Austin says, "And no one is too late because I was just about to take signups. Any other questions about the game?"
Vahno says, "Why is there no option to play a piece of paper that unfolds to show a drawing of a rock?"
You rumble, "I wanna see how your hand pulls THAT off."
BunnyHugger laughs.
Austin says, "You want to see how the most shapeshifter --- the shapeshiftest --- person on SpinDizzy does something weird with his paw, Patashu?"
You rumble, "...Retracted."
Vahno says, "Oh, it's simple."
Austin says, "OK, so, who wants to compete? Give me a whisper and then I'll call roll."
Vahno reaches into his pocket and tugs out a folded piece of paper. That unfolds to show a drawing of a rock.
You rumble, "Alright, I'd like to..."
Enixi> A floating disk, divided into pie wedges, with every colour of the rainbow taking its turn in each spot, approaches you. You step on, and are carried away... by the time you're able to hop off, you find yourself in
Enixi steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
Enixi has arrived.
Enixi emerges out of a portal, leaping off of Patashu's head (pushing it into the ground) and giggling~
Enixi chirps, "I'LL be competing, thank you very much!"
Enixi> You whisper, "Enixi, Independent~." to Austin.
Austin says, "Ah, thank you, Enixi, and also hi there."
Enixi gives his big technomancer staff a twirl, ehehe~
Mako says, "I'm in. :D"
Vahno says, "Moogle!"
Austin says, "What team are you on, Mako? Is it Felines?"
Vahno pounces Enixi!
Niny'ah heck. "I may as well
Enixi dramatically leaps back from Vahno, looking smug~
Austin adds Niny'ah to the list. "Are you representing any team, Niny'ah?"
Enixi chirps, "Takes one to know one, kupo~?"
Mako says, "Mystics and misfits!"
Athares perks? Nods to Enixi- and, smirks.
Austin says, "Odds are looking good for Mystics and Misfits."
Niny'ah says, "yes, Mystics and Misfits"
Athares says, "I think we're going to be competing more against each other at this point."
Niny'ah says, "ok what's the format? I think there've been a few tried."
Niny'ah says, "over the years"
Austin nods, "I want to see just how many competitors we have before setting whether brackets or round-robin."
Austin says, "Anyone else care to ion? Vahno? 'Voksa?"
Austin says, "To join, that is?"
Featherwing enters the Olympic Stadium.
Featherwing has arrived.
Austin says, "And Featherwing, hi there. Are you joining the competition?"
Vahno faceplants...
Vahno muffledly, "I'm in."
Austin says, "Great!"
Featherwing says, "Wnich is? Slightly nap fpggy."
Austin says, "Your team?"
Austin says, "Rock-Paper-Scissors, Featherwing."
Austin says, "We have a device to let both competitors throw without knowing what the other's doing, to reveal simultaneously."
Featherwing says, "Sure then for Dragon."
Austin says, "OK, you're in."
'Voksa says, "I will compete! For team Unnatural Monstrosities, of course."
Vahno pops up and peers around.
Austin says, "So what I have are: Athares, Mystics and Mysfits; Austin, Brazilian Dreams II; BunnyHugger, Rabbits and Rodents; Enixi, Independent; Featherwing, Dragon; Mako, Mystics and Misfits; Niny'ah, Mystics and; Patashu, Dragon; Vahno, Independent; and 'Voksa, Unnatural Monstrosities. Anyone else?"
Patashu is not joining! Enixi is instead. (He's face buried in the ground and unresponsive.)
Austin ohs, OK.
Austin says, "Scratch Patashu, he's itchy."
Athares checks Patashu. Okay? Just snoozy? He'll leave Patashu be if all's well.
Patashu's leg twitches. Enixi looks pleased with himself. :3c
Athares has his own magic to check with, just making sure it ain't permanent.
Vahno peers at Patashu... then whispers to Enixi. "So... what should we do with him?"
Enixi grins, "Once I WIN, I'll take him home as my prize... Hehehe~"
Mako oh my!
Vahno says, "Oh? What if I beat ya~?"
Enixi twirls his staff~ "Phah~ You're getting eliminated in round one to some shmuck~" :3c
Austin says, "Sounds good to me. So, there's enough players we'll do this as a bracket tournament, each round a best-of-three. Anyone else want to join in? I'm hoping to finish within 90 minutes."
Vahno sticks his tongue out. "You're hoping. You'd be afraid to face me."
Austin says, "OK, 60 second countdown to anyone wanting to join in or back out."
Athares looks to Enixi, Vahno, clasps his hands behind his back. "The only way to turn this into a game of skill is if you -both- cheat. Make of that what you will."
Austin says, "And then competitors will be randomly seeded."
Austin says, "10 seconds."
Enixi chirps, "Phah~ I don't NEED to cheat."
Austin says, "5 seconds."
Austin says, "And we are closed!"
Vahno sticks his tongue out at Athares, then turns back to Enixi. "If I win, you gotta build me a bot. And if you win... Hrm... I dunno, you can take me too."
Enixi sticks tongue out. "I don't need you as a reward, kupo~"
Austin says, "And as a special feature ... you can follow the action online! Look to https://app.matchplay.events/tournaments/236613/bracket for the standings."
Enixi yeah, sure, RANDOM seeding. >:3
Austin says, "Bad luck of the seeding, Mako and Athares have to do the first round to see who goes on to play Featherwing."
Mako says, "Welp, let's see how fast I get knocked out. :P"
'Voksa says, "Oooh, cool!"
Mako says, "It's 'rps <thing> yes?'"
Austin says, "Mako, Athares, when you're ready please come up to the Rock-Voila, and use 'rps rock' or 'rps paper' or 'rps scissors' to enter your throw. Best of three decisive throws."
Austin says, "That's correct."
Vahno grabs Enixi's tongue.
Mako hokay! She steps up
Enixi phuh pdhhuh!
[OOC] Mako says, "When do we go?"
Austin says, "When you are ready!"
[OOC] Patashu says, "no timing, it reveals when both people have put in an action, right?"
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "Correct."
Austin says, "The device should keep your throws concealed until both have entered, yes."
Athares earflares, and hops on over. He swishes his tail, readies the count to three, conjures a light over his tail-fluff... on count, with a flare of light, he'll shift it into a hologram-esque shape right in front of Mako.
## Mako shows their paper! Athares shows their paper! ** TIE **
Enixi heheh~
Austin says, "And we start with a tie! This night is never going to end."
Mako hmph! "Awright, let's try that again. Ro-Sham-BO!"
Athares smiles. "We both chose the path of the scribe. Now... again!"
## Mako shows their rock! Athares shows their rock! ** TIE **
Enixi giggles raptuously!
Athares chuckles. "Goodness."
Austin says, "Very glad I did not make this a round-robin. Next throw!"
Mako oh no
Vahno says, "If they tie again..."
Featherwing snrk.
Mako says, "Ro-Sham-BO! @.@"
## Mako shows their rock! Athares shows their rock! ** TIE **
Vahno says, "CALLED IT!"
'Voksa giggles
Austin says, "Very glad I did not make this best-of-five rounds! Next throw, please."
Athares says, "This is a lot more exciting than I expected."
## Mako shows their paper! Athares shows their scissors! ** Athares won **
BunnyHugger says, "Aw."
Athares says, "I was tempted to do paper again. I was."
Vahno says, "And point to Athares."
Austin says, "Athares up 1-0! Next throw, please."
Mako keeps going! "Weh! So close.
Vahno whispers, "Vahno is mildly tempted to throw the thing for giggles." to you.
Athares says, "It's all luck. Praise chaos? Whether or not it condemns me."
## Mako shows their rock! Athares shows their paper! ** Athares won **
Athares says, "I suppose it answers praise, occasionally."
Enixi cheers for Athares!
Austin says, "Congratulations! Mako wins the earliest exit from the tournament."
Athares smiles all the same and bows to Mako. "Thank you."
Vahno pats Mako.
Mako staggers backwards, fops over. "Wehhh. @.o"
Athares steps down soon enough. To circle around and pat Vahno.
Austin says, "Now, to give Athares some time to recharge we'll go to the next round in quarterfinals. BunnyHugger and 'Voksa, please step up!"
Austin says, "After that it'll be me versus Niny'ah, and after _that_ the big grudge match between Enixi and Vahno."
'Voksa perks eartennae and lopes over!
BunnyHugger lays her ears down to get her game face on.
Vahno leans on Enixi.
'Voksa sits upright to bow to BunnyHugger. "Hello, creature."
Enixi pet-pets Vahno.
Austin says, "Why does she have an Andy Rosa head lamp?"
Chitter says, "What?"
Austin says, "There's people out there who know what I'm talking about."
Featherwing grins and prepares.
## BunnyHugger shows their scissors! 'Voksa shows their paper! ** BunnyHugger won **
'Voksa spits out a stream of ticker-tape-- oh no!
BunnyHugger says, "Haha! And keep in mind it's hard for my paw to do that."
Austin says, "BunnyHugger takes a lead! Next throw, please."
'Voksa giggles and applauds
BunnyHugger laughs.
## 'Voksa shows their rock! BunnyHugger shows their rock! ** TIE **
BunnyHugger's rock just looks like her paw just being a paw.
Austin says, "Got a Charlie Brown here. Next throw, please."
'Voksa opens their mouth again, and drops a cube of galena. "...Oh! I see you're also fond of geology."
## BunnyHugger shows their scissors! 'Voksa shows their paper! ** BunnyHugger won **
BunnyHugger says, "Yay!"
'Voksa resorts to ticker-tape again, being unwilling to spit out scissors. It leads to their downfall.
Austin says, "And BunnyHugger advances to Semifinals!"
Enixi whoops for BH!
'Voksa says, "Good job! I mean, uh. Curses!"
Austin grins.
Vahno says, "Congrats BH!"
Austin says, "All right, next up, is me and Niny'ah."
Athares applauds. "Fortune favors the- lucky. Who else?"
BunnyHugger says, "Thanks! 'Nice playing with you' as we say in pinball."
Austin hops up to the Rock-Voila.
Austin says, "Niny'ah, are you ready?"
'Voksa grins and nods.
Austin says, "Hoping she's not having a connection problem."
Niny'ah says, "yeah"
Austin says, "Ah, there we are!"
Austin says, "Thank you. Let's throw."
## Austin shows their paper! Niny'ah shows their scissors! ** Niny'ah won **
Niny'ah yes
Vahno says, "Niny!"
Austin says, "Niny'ah takes an early lead, but just because the first person to win has swept every match doesn't mean it'll necessarily happen again, does it? Next throw."
Niny'ah ready
## Niny'ah shows their rock! Austin shows their paper! ** Austin won **
Athares says, "Equalizer."
Vahno says, "One One!"
Niny'ah pap pap pap throw
Austin says, "All right, we're down to the wire!"
Austin says, "Next throw."
## Niny'ah shows their scissors! Austin shows their rock! ** Austin won **
Niny'ah aww!
Austin says, "Hooray for my side!"
Niny'ah says, "well played"
Vahno says, "Austin Wins!"
Athares claps! "A prophetic quip."
Niny'ah makes way for next
Austin stretches up to bap a paw. "Thank you!"
Vahno looks to Enixi. "You know the stakes."
Austin gets out of the way. "Next up, the tough-talking match of Enixi versus Vahno.
Enixi grins. "I know I'll win~"
Enixi chirps, "Ready?"
Enixi> Move submitted.
Mako oop. "Nice try."
Vahno says, "Ready!"
## Enixi shows their rock! Vahno shows their scissors! ** Enixi won **
Vahno says, "...Erk."
Enixi chirps, "All according to plan~"
Enixi chirps, "Ready?"
Enixi> Move submitted.
Vahno sticks his tongue at Enixi.
## Enixi shows their rock! Vahno shows their paper! ** Vahno won **
Austin says, "OK, first strike for Enixi but we've seen that doesn't always mean the victor is set. Next throw."
Austin says, "Anyone's match now. Next throw, please."
Athares says, "Coin toss..."
Enixi chirps, "Not bad, kupo~"
Vahno bounces a bit...
Enixi chirps, "But I have something you don't. An unparalleled intellect. A lifetime as a technomancer."
Enixi chirps, "So you can't outsmart me~"
## Vahno shows their scissors! Enixi shows their rock! ** Enixi won **
Enixi grins!
Austin says, "And Enixi goes on to win the battle of the moogles and will face me in Semifinals."
Athares claps! "Persistence."
Vahno says, "...I did not expect to have to follow through with my boasting..."
Austin says, "Next and final quarterfinals match, Athares versus Featherwing. Are you ready?"
Athares looks to Vahno. "Not the first time though, is it?"
Niny'ah snrk at Vahno
Enixi chirps, "Now then, if you'll excuse me, I need to prepare for my next match... Toodles, kupo~"
Enixi walks right past Vahno with a hipbump.
Athares perks. "Ah." Steps up, tailswish. "Is this the opposite of a bye or everyone else getting one?" He nods to Featherwing, readies his tail-o-gram.
Vahno huffs. "Guess I'm going with you..."
[OOC] Athares hmms, Featherwing hasn't posed for a good while now
Austin says, "Yeah, bad luck of nine players in a head-to-head match."
Featherwing wigls his fingers and stretches. Still a little nap foggy, he prepares to throw.
Austin says, "Ah, there we go."
[OOC] Featherwing says, "Typing a pose takes time. >.> x3"
Mako says, "Uneven player numbers but excellent turnout. :P"
## Athares shows their scissors! Featherwing shows their scissors! ** TIE **
Vahno leans on Enixi.
Athares nods. "Oh I'm not complaining... much." He smirks a bit. "Someone else- ah. Someone else gets to be the odd contest next tier as well then."
Enixi leans on his sta- oh! Topples over. >w<
Austin says, "It's been a while since we started a round on a tie!"
Austin says, "And yeah, it was a random seed so I couldn't toss anyone down."
Featherwing hrms...
Vahno acks and falls on top of Enixi!
Austin says, "Next throw, please."
## Athares shows their paper! Featherwing shows their paper! ** TIE **
Athares smiles.
Athares says, "Here we go again."
Featherwing says, "Oh, for pete's sake. X3"
Enixi crawls out from under Vahno. "Is it over yet, kupo...?" ow<;
Austin says, "Foul tip, lucky souvenir for some fan in the stands."
Austin says, "Next throw, please."
Somewhere on the muck, Belinda has disconnected.
## Athares shows their paper! Featherwing shows their rock! ** Athares won **
Austin says, "Athares, taking a gradual lead!"
Austin says, "Ready?"
Athares lets the next light-orb orbit his tail.
Enixi . o O ( I think positions can only take discrete values in this game, kupo... )
Mako watches Athares. Tiemaster...
Austin says, "Next throw, please."
Featherwing gets bapped with a magically appearing beastieball, then shakes out.
## Athares shows their scissors! Featherwing shows their paper! ** Athares won **
Enixi whoops!
Athares perks, bows once more before stepping down. "Thank you as well."
Austin says, "Athares takes the win and advances to face BunnyHugger in semifinals!"
Enixi chirps, "Well, Austin. It's now or never."
Athares ohs. "Right now?"
Featherwing arghs. The nap fog got the better of him. "Ah, well."
Austin nods, "To give their paws a chance to recover Enixi and I face off first, and after that either Athares or BunnyHugger will advance to finals.
Enixi steps forward~
Enixi chirps, "Look forward..."
Austin steps up to the Rock-Voila as well.
Enixi chirps, "To your inevitable demise!"
Featherwing highfives Athares before splooting nearby.
Enixi> Move submitted.
Enixi chirps, "Ready."
Austin says, "I already spend three months of the year as a ghost. I _live_ for demise."
## Enixi shows their rock! Austin shows their paper! ** Austin won **
Athares high five! Smiles, sitting down. "Seems there's an even number now after all."
Enixi grins! "You can have that one."
Austin says, "Oh, that went better than I could have hoped, yes."
Enixi> Move submitted.
Enixi chirps, "Again~"
Austin nods, "Next throw, please."
## Enixi shows their rock! Austin shows their rock! ** TIE **
Austin ooohs, my first tie.
Vahno says, "...Enixi..."
Enixi chirps, "Congratulations~"
Austin says, "Thanks. Kind of breathtaking, isn't it?"
Enixi grins, pom-pom bobbing.
Enixi chirps, "So. Shall we?"
Austin nods, "Next throw, please."
Enixi> Move submitted.
## Enixi shows their scissors! Austin shows their scissors! ** TIE **
Austin hmmmms.
Enixi hmmm...~
Mako says, "Man, ain't seen this many ties in a long time"
Enixi chirps, "I think I've got your number, now."
Enixi chirps, "Ready?"
Enixi> Move submitted.
Austin says, "Yes, I think I have yours too, which implies we're never going to finish."
BunnyHugger says, "I had no idea there'd be this much action at this event."
Athares says, "Fortune's favoring an exciting game. All the better."
Enixi grins~
Austin says, "Ready?"
Austin says, "Next throw, please."
## Enixi shows their rock! Austin shows their rock! ** TIE **
Enixi chirps, "Magnificent! Wonderful!"
BunnyHugger says, "You've got to be kidding."
Enixi bounces up and down~
Vahno says, "Oh boy."
Enixi chirps, "Yes! Again!"
Enixi> Move submitted.
Austin says, "That's three in a row, right?"
Austin says, "We get to fifty in a row and that's a zugswang, if we apply the rules of chess incorrectly."
Enixi chirps, "Ooh, can we do a chess tournament next, kupo?"
Austin says, "I don't know! I know there's an Othello program somewhere but not how well it plays."
Enixi chirps, "Please, I'm talking a REAL intellectual's game, kupo~."
Athares says, "Chess, the classic way for villains to show off their brains."
Athares- "Exactly.
Austin says, "I play a nice 4D chess. It's the same as regular chess but the chairs vibrate and sometimes water squirts at you."
Vahno says, "Hrm... Sure you can win at chess?"
Enixi chirps, "Anyway, enough talk. You can only choose your own downfall."
Austin says, "All right. Next throw, please."
## Enixi shows their scissors! Austin shows their scissors! ** TIE **
Mako says, "I swear one day I'm getting that dice game.."
Enixi ha!
Vahno says, "That's four ties."
Athares blinks. "I think you've topped me as tie-master at least."
Austin nods, "Much more and we're going to have a Father's Day break out."
Enixi chirps, "Yes, now this is getting VERY interesting."
Enixi chirps, "Perhaps... You're even my equal, kupo~?"
Enixi chirps, "The next throw will decide this..."
Enixi> Move submitted.
Austin says, "Track record suggests ... well, next throw, please."
## Enixi shows their rock! Austin shows their rock! ** TIE **
Enixi is giggling like crazy!
Mako says, "Good lord"
Austin says, "Full house, ties and ties."
Featherwing says, "Arceus help us."
Enixi chirps, "Only one thing to do now~"
Athares says, "There's an obvious pattern here. I think they're doing it on purpose."
Enixi> Move submitted.
Enixi chirps, "Throw down."
Austin nods, "Next throw, please."
## Enixi shows their rock! Austin shows their rock! ** TIE **
Enixi HMMMMM~.
Vahno says, "Oh my god."
Enixi chirps, "Not so easy to throw off, are you, kupo."
Enixi chirps, "That's fine."
Enixi> Move submitted.
Austin says, "No, funny how that turns out."
Enixi chirps, "What will you do, now?"
Austin grins ... "One way to learn. Next throw, please."
## Enixi shows their rock! Austin shows their scissors! ** Enixi won **
Enixi chirps, "YES!!!!!"
Austin says, "Oh, that was hard."
Vahno says, "Let this next one be last..."
Austin says, "Might be, might not be."
Austin says, "Next throw, please."
You rumble, "Hang on"
You rumble, "Enixi has won twice"
Austin says, "Oh, sure."
You rumble, "I think?"
Patashu double checks
Athares says, "It's one to one."
You rumble, "That match went on so long I forgot how it started"
Austin says, "I don't see another Enixi win."
You rumble, "Okay, turns out I was mixing it up with the Enixi/Vahno match"
You rumble, "My bad, continue please!"
Enixi> Move submitted.
Enixi ahem. "Ready!"
Austin says, "Ah, fair enough. No trouble."
Austin nods. "Next throw, please."
## Enixi shows their paper! Austin shows their paper! ** TIE **
Enixi hmmm!
Mako Facepalms
Austin says, "Yes, hmm."
Athares says, "I'll admit I'm genuinely impressed here."
Enixi chirps, "Did you REALLy think I'd throw rock again? Honestly."
Austin says, "So that's seven ties altogether so far?"
Enixi> Move submitted.
Austin says, "I have my strategy."
Featherwing is about to fake-file an inquiry for match fixing...
Austin says, "Next throw, please."
## Enixi shows their scissors! Austin shows their scissors! ** TIE **
Patashu swears this is not fixed. :P
Enixi hmph!
Athares says, "From chaos, to harmony."
Vahno says, "Oh god."
Austin says, "Eight ties. Next throw?"
Enixi chirps, "Next throw."
Enixi> Move submitted.
## Enixi shows their rock! Austin shows their paper! ** Austin won **
Enixi augh!
Enixi is blown away.
Austin whews.
Athares perks. Applauds. "Thank you both for a very spectacular show!"
BunnyHugger says, "That was wild. I didn't expect there to be this much intrigue."
Featherwing says, "Finally."
Austin says, "Thank you!"
Mako <Smashbros> GAME!
Austin says, "And Team Brazilian Dreams II makes it into finals!"
Austin says, "Athares, BunnyHugger, you are up to see who else makes it to finals, and who'll play the 3-4 tiebreaker."
Austin nose-bumps Enixi. "Great match."
Enixi is face-down on the ground. @w@
Austin is also close to the ground!
Enixi isn't saying you failed! Just important additional context.
Athares smiles to BunnyHugger, stepping up. "Looks like it's a contest of fluff this round." This time he conjures the light between his hands, closing his eyes. "Ready?" He holds it out before him.
Vahno pokes Enixi. "Well, you beat me at least."
Mako cheers! And gets some popcorn from the concessions stand. A pooka is filling in for patchy. :3
BunnyHugger says, "Well, I guess so. After that last round I don't think I know what this game is anymore."
BunnyHugger gets her not very RPS compatible forepaw ready.
## Athares shows their paper! BunnyHugger shows their paper! ** TIE **
Austin says, "Usher, this is where I came into the picture."
BunnyHugger says, "Let's try this again."
Austin says, "Next throw, please, when you're ready."
Athares tailswish. "I was tempted to do a show of origami-ing the orb but, that would've been a little too meta." He lets that one drift away and disperse, conjuring another, ready, set, tosses it up, poof!
## BunnyHugger shows their paper! Athares shows their paper! ** TIE **
Chitter says, "How can you tell her paper from her scissors? She has stubby fingers and possibly no thumb."
Chitter says, "Or her rock for that matter?"
Austin says, "Her paper has more works cited, Chitter."
Athares lets that one flutter away too. "This game, today..." He chuckles! Looks to Chitter. "Paper is horizontal, scissors is vertical."
BunnyHugger says, "That's not what the reviewers thought."
Chitter says, "So what's rock?"
Austin says, "Bon Jovi."
[OOC] Patashu says, "for anyone curious: the chance of 8 ties in 10 games (assuming both players play randomly) is 0.31%"
Austin grins. "Next throw, when you're ready."
Athares says, "You can see her trying to curl her paw up at least."
Athares says, "But!"
Athares conjures another, weaving it together...
## BunnyHugger shows their paper! Athares shows their scissors! ** Athares won **
Enixi throws pom-poms in the air, cheering Athares on! (How quickly he changes his tune.)
Austin says, "Athares takes a slight lead but ties are still up on both of them."
Enixi . o O ( If tie was a contestant it'd take the gold, kupo! )
Athares earflares. "I actually didn't expect to get this far. But we'll see what comes of this."
Enixi chirps, "I gave you tons of data on Austin, kupo! You can do it...!"
Featherwing giggles and emits a kweh to a mog.
## Athares shows their paper! BunnyHugger shows their rock! ** Athares won **
BunnyHugger says, "Apparently I was not, in fact, ready to rock."
Mako cheers!
Mako says, "You WERE ready to rock. But Athares was ready to paper. :x"
Austin says, "Oh dear, yes."
BunnyHugger says, "Good game, nice playing with you."
BunnyHugger says, "Maybe I can still pick up the bronze."
Athares ohs. Smiles, bows. "And thank you. Scribe's path... Likewise." And he steps down.
Vahno sits on Enixi.
Austin says, "Yes, we have the Bronze Match. BunnyHugger and Enixi, are you ready to play off for the bronze and the copper?"
Enixi chirps, "Ready, kupo! When Vahno gets off of me."
BunnyHugger says, "Sure."
Enixi ahems. Steps up to the plate. Locks eyes with BH.
Enixi> Move submitted.
Enixi chirps, "Ready, kupo."
BunnyHugger sits up in a confident stance.
## Enixi shows their rock! BunnyHugger shows their scissors! ** Enixi won **
Enixi beams!
Austin says, "OK, edge for the moogle here; question is whether BunnyHugger will be able to pull out her stern looks to even it up."
BunnyHugger says, "Welp, here goes."
Enixi> Move submitted.
BunnyHugger casts a stern moral look at Enixi. The stern look is completely ignored!
Enixi chirps, "Ready."
Chitter says, "No."
Austin says, "Probably means nothing. Next throw, please."
## Enixi shows their scissors! BunnyHugger shows their paper! ** Enixi won **
Enixi beams.
Enixi chirps, "Good game, kupo!"
Vahno says, "Well, you won twice. I guess that's enough to claim Pata."
Athares applauds. "Despite everything, you made the podium. Persistence further."
BunnyHugger says, "Aw."
Austin says, "And congratulations to Enixi and oh love, I'm sorry."
Enixi smiles at Athares. "See a master at work~ kupo?"
Austin hugs his dear doe.
Austin says, "And now on to finals! Athares, do you feel ready?"
BunnyHugger looks disappointed. "Jeez, I did four bad throws in a row.
Mako says, "It's athares v Austin, is it?"
Athares says, "I'll admit, I was hoping to face you Enixi, simply because I'm a synthetic and you're a technomancer. But-"
Austin hops up to the Rock-Voila and gives Athares a friendly nose-bump-and-lick.
Enixi throws pom-poms up! "Gooo Athares, Kupo~!"
Athares nods. "Whatever happens, I'll be happy." He steps up. This time- aww, smiles. Pats Austin, "Thank you." This time, he conjures the light orb and perches it on his nose, speaking of.
Austin says, "Anyone's welcome to play once the match ends. I don't know where the device will find a permanent home but there's no reason it shouldn't have one."
Austin says, "Whenever you're ready, Athares."
Mako says, "We ought to have some kind of gaming pavilion"
[OOC] Athares already submitted a move
## Athares shows their rock! Austin shows their scissors! ** Athares won **
'Voksa falls asleep.
Somewhere on the muck, Voksa has disconnected.
'Voksa wakes up.
Austin says, "OK, potentially the last throw here."
Athares earflares. Tailswish, tailswish. And, heck, he'll conjure an orb over his tail, toss it high!
## Athares shows their paper! Austin shows their rock! ** Athares won **
Austin says, "Ah!"
Austin says, "Congratulations!"
Vahno says, "Athares Wins!"
Austin says, "Athares, representing team Mystics and Misfits, takes the gold!"
Enixi cheers!
Austin says, "Austin, representing team Brazilian Dreams II, takes the silver!"
Austin says, "Enixi, Independent, takes the bronze!"
Austin says, "And BunnyHugger, Rabbits-and-Rodents, takes copper!"
Athares looks up. The lux-paper flutters down in the wind, and disperses. He calmly smiles, and, bows one last time. "Such a quick final bout almost feels anticlimactic after everything leading up to it, yet, also, satisfying in a way. Thank you." He nods to the crowd too. "All of you." And he steps down, indeed, looking pleased.
Mako huzzah!
Somewhere on the muck, Voksa has connected.
Enixi chirps, "Kehehehe. I wore Austin down for you~"
Vahno says, "Whooo."
Austin says, "Great match, yes, thank you."
Mako says, "That was fun even if I got KOed in round one. :P"
Austin says, "Yeah, unfortunate seed for you there, Mako. Sorry for that."
Niny'ah has disconnected.
Niny'ah has connected.
Mako says, "So it goes!"
BunnyHugger says, "Thank you!"
BunnyHugger says, "Oh gosh I need to get out medals don't I."
Athares looks to Mako. "Look at it the other way. You lost to the day's champion. No shame in that."
[OOC] Patashu says, "Were Enixi and Vahno actually randomly seeded? (I don't mind either way, it's just too good storytelling)"
[OOC] Austin says, "They were randomly seeded, yes."
Featherwing says, "At least you didn't have nap fog when you went out."
[OOC] Patashu says, "Too good."
[OOC] Vahno says, "Amazing"
[OOC] Athares says, "This event just happened into being cinematic, nice!"
[OOC] Athares says, "Between that and all the ties and intrigue"
[OOC] Mako says, "That is a very Spin thing."
BunnyHugger says, "Congratulations to our gold medalist, Athares of Team Mystics and Misfits!"
Vahno leans on Enixi. "Well, time to claim your prizes."
BunnyHugger stands tall to present the medal to Athares.
Enixi chirps, "Yes medal please ^w^"
Enixi waits in line.
Austin smiles.
Athares kneels to accept. "Well appreciated."
[OOC] Austin says, "Worked out better than I expected, thanks in part to MatchPlay being nice."
Austin ambles up to his darling.
BunnyHugger hands Gold Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) to Athares.
Athares stands and moves along. The unexpected gold! At least to him.
BunnyHugger hands Silver Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) to Austin.
Austin says, "Thank you, dear."
BunnyHugger gives Austin a little kiss on the nose too.
Austin licks BunnyHugger's ear, and smiles.
Somewhere on the muck, Lightspill has disconnected.
Austin hops off stage.
BunnyHugger says, "Oh yes, sorry, that was Austin, of Brazilian Dreams II's team."
BunnyHugger says, "And the bronze goes to Enixi, the independent athlete!"
BunnyHugger hands Bronze Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) to Enixi.
'Voksa cheers!
Mako says, "Will there ever be a brazillian dreams 3?"
Mako says, "It's all about trilogies, after all. :x"
Enixi hands Bronze Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) to Patashu.
You now own Bronze Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) and any attached actions, its home is set to you (if it's a thing), and the Chown_OK flag has been removed. Enjoy your new Bronze Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026)!
BunnyHugger says, "And here are copper medals for all other participants. Thanks for playing!"
A floating disk, divided into pie wedges, with every colour of the rainbow taking its turn in each spot, approaches you. You step on, and are carried away... by the time you're able to hop off, you find yourself in
Enixi> Patashu steps off of the floating disk that carried them up.
Olympic Stadium(#23930RLC)
From inside, it's obvious that the stadium was grown from a bush. The entirety of the structure, the walls, the hallways, the seats, are made of wood covered with smooth durable bark. The branches of the crown bend inward over the stadium, shading it from the snow and cold. Educational <plaques> here and there discourse upon the botanical nature of the stadium.

The stadium is currently leafless for the winter season, but the dense wood provides reasonable insulation against the cold outside.

At south end of the field, separate from the shrub, a cantilevered lighting <tower> rises, gleaming white, narrowing as it leans out over the stadium. The lighting head is a large oval, centred over the field, too bright to look at when it's lit. At the other end is the <cauldron>, where the Olympic Flame burns during the games.
Obvious Exits:
[F]ountain Plaza (N)orth, and [U]nderwater [T]unnel
Contents: Featherwing, Enixi(#30499JXZ), Athares, Mako, Niny'ah, Chitter, BunnyHugger, 'Voksa, Vahno, Rock-Voila, Austin, and Brazilian Dreams II Flag
Home set.
You hand Bronze Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) to Enixi.
BunnyHugger hands Copper Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) to Featherwing.
I don't see that there.
BunnyHugger hands Copper Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) to Mako.
Enixi> A very shiny bronze medal hanging on a wide ribbon banded with a carnivalesque sequence of colors. On the front is the logo of the Olympics, a bumble bee with a ball between its front feet superimposed over a honeycomb cell. The text reads "SpinDizzy Winter Olympics 2026: The Joy of Play". The reverse side has an image of three arrows in a circle, symbolizing the intransitivity of the sport. The inscription on this side reads "Rock Paper Scissors".
BunnyHugger hands Copper Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) to Niny'ah.
BunnyHugger hands Copper Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) to Vahno.
BunnyHugger hands Copper Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) to 'Voksa.
'Voksa says, "Yay!"
Somewhere on the muck, Lightspill has connected.
Mako double-huzzah!
Vahno looks to Enixi. "So... time to drag Pata off?"
Athares looks to Austin and BunnyHugger both. "Thank you both for making this happen."
BunnyHugger says, "Please '@claim' your medal so that the home and ownership are changed correctly."
Austin says, "Ah, who can say, Mako? Been a long while since the old place closed."
Austin says, "Aw, thank, you, Athares."
Enixi nods! >:3
Austin says, "Also a thanks to Morticon who'd coded up a rock-paper-scissors machine, which made this run *so* much smoother."
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "Unless you're not a player object, in which case the program does not work, sorry about that, you will have to have the player hold it."
[OOC] Athares has been just using @chown followed by @set (medal)=!c
[OOC] Athares says, "That works as a puppet"
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "Problem with that: it does not change the home of the object."
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "You should also @link the object to where you want its home to be."
[OOC] Athares says, "Forgot about that"
[OOC] Athares says, "Thanks for reminding me to @link those to myself too"
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "I always end up getting them reappearing in my inventory because some people apparently still use 'home' to go home which drops their stuff."
[OOC] Austin says, "Yeah, @claim is the quicker way to get everything taken care of."
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "I'll note that @claim has other useful features that are not relevant here but may be in some cases: it @chowns all the attached actions/exits from it, which otherwise would retain their original ownership; and it also checks for force-locks that can be used as a Trojan horse by unscrupulous pranksters."
Vahno hops onto Patashu.
[OOC] Athares says, "All good to know, thanks"
Austin says, "So, now, we were talking about game rooms. There are a lot of game rooms in the Cash Creek Casino; that's the spot where we have the Boggle matches and also that Othello set."
Mako says, "hmm.... Doesn't quite fit rps, though around these parts it sorta still makes sense"
Athares says, "Casinos are an odd sight on a world where money is usually superfluous anyway. ... But there will always be people who want the thrill of gambling."
BunnyHugger checks her pockets. She still has over a million currency.
BunnyHugger remembers she doesn't have pockets and wonders where she's keeping her million rocks.
Mako says, "In an investment portfolio?"
Mako says, "A million rocks would be a very good foundation for a strong investment."
Athares says, "A million rocks. I'm sure by some definition, you're standing on them."
Featherwing hrms, has far more things in his pockets than he had... Must need to stop by his apartment and drop them off in the trophy room.
Mako, expecting to get looks for that one. :P
</syntaxhighlight>Final bracket/results: https://imgur.com/a/x0Ey48T

Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Rock Paper Scissors

2026-02-18T05:00:56Z

Patashu: Created page with "<syntaxhighlight lang="text" line="1"> Somewhere on the muck, Austin has connected. Belinda puts money in the idle meter. Mako bleem. Mako says, "So brain, what shall we do tonight?" Belinda says, "Same thing we do every night." Belinda says, "Try to take over the world!" Patashu ooh. Austin shouts "Ready for a recreational evening of throwing scissors, rocks, and other things? Come on to the 'park' for Olympic Rock-Paper-Scissors! The worst that can happen is someone..."

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Somewhere on the muck, Austin has connected.
Belinda puts money in the idle meter.
Mako bleem.
Mako says, "So brain, what shall we do tonight?"
Belinda says, "Same thing we do every night."
Belinda says, "Try to take over the world!"
Patashu ooh.
Austin shouts "Ready for a recreational evening of throwing scissors, rocks, and other things? Come on to the 'park' for Olympic Rock-Paper-Scissors! The worst that can happen is someone puts a piece of paper on your paw!" (Public-shout)
Patashu here we go!
A floating disk, divided into pie wedges, with every colour of the rainbow taking its turn in each spot, approaches you. You step on, and are carried away... by the time you're able to hop off, you find yourself in
Olympic Stadium(#23930RLC)
From inside, it's obvious that the stadium was grown from a bush. The entirety of the structure, the walls, the hallways, the seats, are made of wood covered with smooth durable bark. The branches of the crown bend inward over the stadium, shading it from the snow and cold. Educational <plaques> here and there discourse upon the botanical nature of the stadium.

The stadium is currently leafless for the winter season, but the dense wood provides reasonable insulation against the cold outside.

At south end of the field, separate from the shrub, a cantilevered lighting <tower> rises, gleaming white, narrowing as it leans out over the stadium. The lighting head is a large oval, centred over the field, too bright to look at when it's lit. At the other end is the <cauldron>, where the Olympic Flame burns during the games.
Obvious Exits:
[F]ountain Plaza (N)orth, and [U]nderwater [T]unnel
Contents: Rock-Voila, Austin, and Brazilian Dreams II Flag
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|#1. Welcome! | Morticon |
|#2. Another use for this board | Morticon |
|#3. Spindizzy | Kinsor |
|#4. Wizards' Statement on the Mayoralty and Election | Austin |
|#5. Suggestions when running a public event | fluffy |
|6. Gotta D-d-d-d-duel! - Open RP (28JAN26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|7. Significant RPs or events for the week of 26JAN26 | Patashu |
|8. Monster Hunting! - Open RP (04FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|9. Significant RPs or events for the week of 02FEB26 | Patashu |
|10. Opening Ceremonies | BunnyHugger |
|11. Muck Olympic Event: MiSTing night! | Austin |
|12. Arctic Exoplanet Outpost Construction (Winter Olympics)| Patashu |
|13. Olympic Smiting - Open RP (11FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|14. Olympic Marriage - Open RP (14FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|15. Olympic Sales - Open RP (18FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|16. Spindizzy Olympics: Snowman Contest | Mako |
|17. Olympic Team: Mystics and Misfits! | Mako |
|18. Olympic Team: Unnatural Monstrosities | Lightspill |
|19. Significant RPs or events for the week of 09FEB26 | Patashu |
|20. Spindizzy Mizer (Winter Olympics) | Patashu |
|21. Olympic Biathlon | BunnyHugger |
|22. Olympic Schedule (updated 2/8) | BunnyHugger |
|23. Significant RPs or events for the week of 16FEB26 | Patashu |
|24. People's Choice Vote on 2026 Literary Medals | BunnyHugger |
|25. Olympic Event: Snowball Fight! | Mako |
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| Type 'rphelp' for a list of commands. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Done.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|#1. Anti-Idlers | Morticon |
|#2. Space FAQ | Lightspill |
|#3. Updated alternative web client | Kandra |
|#4. SpinDizzy Website Admin Needed | Morticon |
|#5. Test socket <-> websocket gateway program created | Morticon |
|#6. Socket <-> Websocket package for Windows | Morticon |
|#7. Notes from the town hall (LONG!) | Morticon |
|#8. SpinDizzy Wiki - Call For Editors | Lepus |
|#9. Streaming Server | Morticon |
|#10. SpinDizzy 2021 meeting summary | Morticon |
|#11. Action items from SD 2020 Communication meeting | Morticon |
|#12. SpinDizzy Official Discord Server | Morticon |
|#13. Setting your pronouns | Austin |
|#14. What the pronouns are | Austin |
|#15. Characters should be created in a day or so, please na| Austin |
|#16. On 'AI'/LLM Use on SpinDizzy | Austin |
|17. Christmas Tree Retirement the 25th, 7 pm | Austin |
|18. Otherwise Other Olympics Team | Beltrami |
|19. Team Dragon Squad Up! | Featherwing |
|20. Miss you Rakasti | Kiree |
|21. Rock-Paper-Scissors Tournament | Austin |
|22. Vassily/Fuzzy | BunnyHugger |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Type '+help' for a list of commands. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Done.

21. From: Austin
On: 2026-02-16 21:01:18
This post will expire on: 2026-03-18 22:01:18 -- 29 days and 2 hours from now.
Subject: Rock-Paper-Scissors Tournament

You know what we haven't done in too long? Have a Rock-Paper-Scissors tournament. Join me in spectacular Olympic Stadium (luge S1 E10, m, f, s) Tuesday the 17th at 7 pm SpinDizzy time (Pacific) for an Olympic rock-paper-scissors tournament! Rocks will be provided free of charge.

Austin Dern

Done.
Austin says, "Heya, Patashu."
For fair Rock-Paper-Scissoring the box conceals both competitor's throws until they can be simultaneously revealed. The throwing action is 'rps' (or 'qrps' for the concealed version).
You rumble, "Oh we have an object for it, fancy."
You rumble, "Does this have a home when it's not here?"
Vahno steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
Vahno has arrived.
'Voksa steps off of the floating disk that carried them up.
'Voksa has arrived.
Austin says, "We do not! Morticon wrote a program for it and has a device for his own tournaments but we don't have a permanent spot."
Austin says, "Heya, Vahno, 'Voksa, and good to see you both."
Somewhere on the muck, Niny'ah has disconnected.
'Voksa says, "Hi!"
BunnyHugger enters the Olympic Stadium.
BunnyHugger has arrived.
Chitter has arrived.
BunnyHugger enters, with a nonanthro Eastern gray squirrel (Chitter) [Chitter(#5713XZ)] walking along next to her.
Niny'ah steps off of the floating disk that carried her up.
Niny'ah has arrived.
Austin says, "Darling! Chitter! And Niny'ah, whom I also like, though less intensely."
Mako steps off of the floating disk that carried her up.
Mako has arrived.
BunnyHugger says, "I'm here, dear. Hi everyone else."
Austin says, "Hiya, Mako."
Mako says, "Hello!"
PatchO'Black steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
PatchO'Black has arrived.
PatchO'Black hugs cousin Mako.
PatchO'Black hugs Niny'ah.
PatchO'Black hugs BunnyHugger.
Austin says, "Heya, Patchy."
PatchO'Black pets Chitter, "You are a good squirrel."
PatchO'Black hugs Austin.
PatchO'Black hugs Patashu.
Patashu hug!
Austin says, "He is, yes, one of our top squirrels"
You rumble, "Woah, seeing Austin not end a message with punctuation is uncanny."
Chitter says, "Uh, yeah. I think there aren't that many."
Austin says, "Yeah, I don't like it myself."
PatchO'Black mews, "I'm afraid I need to go to bed a bit early, so is someone available to take care of the concessions stand?"
Austin says, "If you want, Patchy, although we could also simply hop to it and start competing."
Austin says, "So may I trust folks know the general rules of rock-paper-scissors?"
PatchO'Black mews, "Well, I'll leave it to you folks. Night!"
PatchO'Black takes out his calico flute and play a short tune, taking him away...
PatchO'Black has left.
You rumble, "May have played it once or twice, yes."
Mako woops, too slow. "I'm familiar. :P"
BunnyHugger says, "Yes."
You rumble, "Are we doing simultaneous rounds or one matchup at a time? And is this a trash talk yes or no tournament?"
Austin says, "All right, so, Morticon was good enough to write a MUF by which two competitors can throw their choice, and have both choices revealed simultaneously. If you look at the Rock-Voila, or enter 'rps #help', you'll see what to do."
Athares steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
Athares has arrived.

Rock Paper Scissors! v1.00 by Morticon@SpinDizzy

To play, type 'rps' followed by 'rock', 'paper', or 'scissors'.

This is a two player game. For instance, player one would type
'rps rock' and player two would type 'rps paper'
in any order, and the winner would be player two.

BunnyHugger says, "Surely it's a gentlemen's sport, like curling."
Austin says, "Hi there, Athares."
[OOC] Athares says, "Apologies if I'm late"
You rumble, "Ah, it looks like we only have the MUF for one game at a time, roger"
You rumble, "Then only my second question stands!"
Athares waves, "Good morning friends!"
Vahno says, "So, who's first?"
Athares says, "Am I too late to join?"
Austin says, "We'll allow trash talk, yes, but a spot of roleplay is what I'd really like to see. That won't be judged, but will make the night more fun."
Patashu beams!
Austin says, "And no one is too late because I was just about to take signups. Any other questions about the game?"
Vahno says, "Why is there no option to play a piece of paper that unfolds to show a drawing of a rock?"
You rumble, "I wanna see how your hand pulls THAT off."
BunnyHugger laughs.
Austin says, "You want to see how the most shapeshifter --- the shapeshiftest --- person on SpinDizzy does something weird with his paw, Patashu?"
You rumble, "...Retracted."
Vahno says, "Oh, it's simple."
Austin says, "OK, so, who wants to compete? Give me a whisper and then I'll call roll."
Vahno reaches into his pocket and tugs out a folded piece of paper. That unfolds to show a drawing of a rock.
You rumble, "Alright, I'd like to..."
Enixi> A floating disk, divided into pie wedges, with every colour of the rainbow taking its turn in each spot, approaches you. You step on, and are carried away... by the time you're able to hop off, you find yourself in
Enixi steps off of the floating disk that carried him up.
Enixi has arrived.
Enixi emerges out of a portal, leaping off of Patashu's head (pushing it into the ground) and giggling~
Enixi chirps, "I'LL be competing, thank you very much!"
Enixi> You whisper, "Enixi, Independent~." to Austin.
Austin says, "Ah, thank you, Enixi, and also hi there."
Enixi gives his big technomancer staff a twirl, ehehe~
Mako says, "I'm in. :D"
Vahno says, "Moogle!"
Austin says, "What team are you on, Mako? Is it Felines?"
Vahno pounces Enixi!
Niny'ah heck. "I may as well
Enixi dramatically leaps back from Vahno, looking smug~
Austin adds Niny'ah to the list. "Are you representing any team, Niny'ah?"
Enixi chirps, "Takes one to know one, kupo~?"
Mako says, "Mystics and misfits!"
Athares perks? Nods to Enixi- and, smirks.
Austin says, "Odds are looking good for Mystics and Misfits."
Niny'ah says, "yes, Mystics and Misfits"
Athares says, "I think we're going to be competing more against each other at this point."
Niny'ah says, "ok what's the format? I think there've been a few tried."
Niny'ah says, "over the years"
Austin nods, "I want to see just how many competitors we have before setting whether brackets or round-robin."
Austin says, "Anyone else care to ion? Vahno? 'Voksa?"
Austin says, "To join, that is?"
Featherwing enters the Olympic Stadium.
Featherwing has arrived.
Austin says, "And Featherwing, hi there. Are you joining the competition?"
Vahno faceplants...
Vahno muffledly, "I'm in."
Austin says, "Great!"
Featherwing says, "Wnich is? Slightly nap fpggy."
Austin says, "Your team?"
Austin says, "Rock-Paper-Scissors, Featherwing."
Austin says, "We have a device to let both competitors throw without knowing what the other's doing, to reveal simultaneously."
Featherwing says, "Sure then for Dragon."
Austin says, "OK, you're in."
'Voksa says, "I will compete! For team Unnatural Monstrosities, of course."
Vahno pops up and peers around.
Austin says, "So what I have are: Athares, Mystics and Mysfits; Austin, Brazilian Dreams II; BunnyHugger, Rabbits and Rodents; Enixi, Independent; Featherwing, Dragon; Mako, Mystics and Misfits; Niny'ah, Mystics and; Patashu, Dragon; Vahno, Independent; and 'Voksa, Unnatural Monstrosities. Anyone else?"
Patashu is not joining! Enixi is instead. (He's face buried in the ground and unresponsive.)
Austin ohs, OK.
Austin says, "Scratch Patashu, he's itchy."
Athares checks Patashu. Okay? Just snoozy? He'll leave Patashu be if all's well.
Patashu's leg twitches. Enixi looks pleased with himself. :3c
Athares has his own magic to check with, just making sure it ain't permanent.
Vahno peers at Patashu... then whispers to Enixi. "So... what should we do with him?"
Enixi grins, "Once I WIN, I'll take him home as my prize... Hehehe~"
Mako oh my!
Vahno says, "Oh? What if I beat ya~?"
Enixi twirls his staff~ "Phah~ You're getting eliminated in round one to some shmuck~" :3c
Austin says, "Sounds good to me. So, there's enough players we'll do this as a bracket tournament, each round a best-of-three. Anyone else want to join in? I'm hoping to finish within 90 minutes."
Vahno sticks his tongue out. "You're hoping. You'd be afraid to face me."
Austin says, "OK, 60 second countdown to anyone wanting to join in or back out."
Athares looks to Enixi, Vahno, clasps his hands behind his back. "The only way to turn this into a game of skill is if you -both- cheat. Make of that what you will."
Austin says, "And then competitors will be randomly seeded."
Austin says, "10 seconds."
Enixi chirps, "Phah~ I don't NEED to cheat."
Austin says, "5 seconds."
Austin says, "And we are closed!"
Vahno sticks his tongue out at Athares, then turns back to Enixi. "If I win, you gotta build me a bot. And if you win... Hrm... I dunno, you can take me too."
Enixi sticks tongue out. "I don't need you as a reward, kupo~"
Austin says, "And as a special feature ... you can follow the action online! Look to https://app.matchplay.events/tournaments/236613/bracket for the standings."
Enixi yeah, sure, RANDOM seeding. >:3
Austin says, "Bad luck of the seeding, Mako and Athares have to do the first round to see who goes on to play Featherwing."
Mako says, "Welp, let's see how fast I get knocked out. :P"
'Voksa says, "Oooh, cool!"
Mako says, "It's 'rps <thing> yes?'"
Austin says, "Mako, Athares, when you're ready please come up to the Rock-Voila, and use 'rps rock' or 'rps paper' or 'rps scissors' to enter your throw. Best of three decisive throws."
Austin says, "That's correct."
Vahno grabs Enixi's tongue.
Mako hokay! She steps up
Enixi phuh pdhhuh!
[OOC] Mako says, "When do we go?"
Austin says, "When you are ready!"
[OOC] Patashu says, "no timing, it reveals when both people have put in an action, right?"
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "Correct."
Austin says, "The device should keep your throws concealed until both have entered, yes."
Athares earflares, and hops on over. He swishes his tail, readies the count to three, conjures a light over his tail-fluff... on count, with a flare of light, he'll shift it into a hologram-esque shape right in front of Mako.
## Mako shows their paper! Athares shows their paper! ** TIE **
Enixi heheh~
Austin says, "And we start with a tie! This night is never going to end."
Mako hmph! "Awright, let's try that again. Ro-Sham-BO!"
Athares smiles. "We both chose the path of the scribe. Now... again!"
## Mako shows their rock! Athares shows their rock! ** TIE **
Enixi giggles raptuously!
Athares chuckles. "Goodness."
Austin says, "Very glad I did not make this a round-robin. Next throw!"
Mako oh no
Vahno says, "If they tie again..."
Featherwing snrk.
Mako says, "Ro-Sham-BO! @.@"
## Mako shows their rock! Athares shows their rock! ** TIE **
Vahno says, "CALLED IT!"
'Voksa giggles
Austin says, "Very glad I did not make this best-of-five rounds! Next throw, please."
Athares says, "This is a lot more exciting than I expected."
## Mako shows their paper! Athares shows their scissors! ** Athares won **
BunnyHugger says, "Aw."
Athares says, "I was tempted to do paper again. I was."
Vahno says, "And point to Athares."
Austin says, "Athares up 1-0! Next throw, please."
Mako keeps going! "Weh! So close.
Vahno whispers, "Vahno is mildly tempted to throw the thing for giggles." to you.
Athares says, "It's all luck. Praise chaos? Whether or not it condemns me."
## Mako shows their rock! Athares shows their paper! ** Athares won **
Athares says, "I suppose it answers praise, occasionally."
Enixi cheers for Athares!
Austin says, "Congratulations! Mako wins the earliest exit from the tournament."
Athares smiles all the same and bows to Mako. "Thank you."
Vahno pats Mako.
Mako staggers backwards, fops over. "Wehhh. @.o"
Athares steps down soon enough. To circle around and pat Vahno.
Austin says, "Now, to give Athares some time to recharge we'll go to the next round in quarterfinals. BunnyHugger and 'Voksa, please step up!"
Austin says, "After that it'll be me versus Niny'ah, and after _that_ the big grudge match between Enixi and Vahno."
'Voksa perks eartennae and lopes over!
BunnyHugger lays her ears down to get her game face on.
Vahno leans on Enixi.
'Voksa sits upright to bow to BunnyHugger. "Hello, creature."
Enixi pet-pets Vahno.
Austin says, "Why does she have an Andy Rosa head lamp?"
Chitter says, "What?"
Austin says, "There's people out there who know what I'm talking about."
Featherwing grins and prepares.
## BunnyHugger shows their scissors! 'Voksa shows their paper! ** BunnyHugger won **
'Voksa spits out a stream of ticker-tape-- oh no!
BunnyHugger says, "Haha! And keep in mind it's hard for my paw to do that."
Austin says, "BunnyHugger takes a lead! Next throw, please."
'Voksa giggles and applauds
BunnyHugger laughs.
## 'Voksa shows their rock! BunnyHugger shows their rock! ** TIE **
BunnyHugger's rock just looks like her paw just being a paw.
Austin says, "Got a Charlie Brown here. Next throw, please."
'Voksa opens their mouth again, and drops a cube of galena. "...Oh! I see you're also fond of geology."
## BunnyHugger shows their scissors! 'Voksa shows their paper! ** BunnyHugger won **
BunnyHugger says, "Yay!"
'Voksa resorts to ticker-tape again, being unwilling to spit out scissors. It leads to their downfall.
Austin says, "And BunnyHugger advances to Semifinals!"
Enixi whoops for BH!
'Voksa says, "Good job! I mean, uh. Curses!"
Austin grins.
Vahno says, "Congrats BH!"
Austin says, "All right, next up, is me and Niny'ah."
Athares applauds. "Fortune favors the- lucky. Who else?"
BunnyHugger says, "Thanks! 'Nice playing with you' as we say in pinball."
Austin hops up to the Rock-Voila.
Austin says, "Niny'ah, are you ready?"
'Voksa grins and nods.
Austin says, "Hoping she's not having a connection problem."
Niny'ah says, "yeah"
Austin says, "Ah, there we are!"
Austin says, "Thank you. Let's throw."
## Austin shows their paper! Niny'ah shows their scissors! ** Niny'ah won **
Niny'ah yes
Vahno says, "Niny!"
Austin says, "Niny'ah takes an early lead, but just because the first person to win has swept every match doesn't mean it'll necessarily happen again, does it? Next throw."
Niny'ah ready
## Niny'ah shows their rock! Austin shows their paper! ** Austin won **
Athares says, "Equalizer."
Vahno says, "One One!"
Niny'ah pap pap pap throw
Austin says, "All right, we're down to the wire!"
Austin says, "Next throw."
## Niny'ah shows their scissors! Austin shows their rock! ** Austin won **
Niny'ah aww!
Austin says, "Hooray for my side!"
Niny'ah says, "well played"
Vahno says, "Austin Wins!"
Athares claps! "A prophetic quip."
Niny'ah makes way for next
Austin stretches up to bap a paw. "Thank you!"
Vahno looks to Enixi. "You know the stakes."
Austin gets out of the way. "Next up, the tough-talking match of Enixi versus Vahno.
Enixi grins. "I know I'll win~"
Enixi chirps, "Ready?"
Enixi> Move submitted.
Mako oop. "Nice try."
Vahno says, "Ready!"
## Enixi shows their rock! Vahno shows their scissors! ** Enixi won **
Vahno says, "...Erk."
Enixi chirps, "All according to plan~"
Enixi chirps, "Ready?"
Enixi> Move submitted.
Vahno sticks his tongue at Enixi.
## Enixi shows their rock! Vahno shows their paper! ** Vahno won **
Austin says, "OK, first strike for Enixi but we've seen that doesn't always mean the victor is set. Next throw."
Austin says, "Anyone's match now. Next throw, please."
Athares says, "Coin toss..."
Enixi chirps, "Not bad, kupo~"
Vahno bounces a bit...
Enixi chirps, "But I have something you don't. An unparalleled intellect. A lifetime as a technomancer."
Enixi chirps, "So you can't outsmart me~"
## Vahno shows their scissors! Enixi shows their rock! ** Enixi won **
Enixi grins!
Austin says, "And Enixi goes on to win the battle of the moogles and will face me in Semifinals."
Athares claps! "Persistence."
Vahno says, "...I did not expect to have to follow through with my boasting..."
Austin says, "Next and final quarterfinals match, Athares versus Featherwing. Are you ready?"
Athares looks to Vahno. "Not the first time though, is it?"
Niny'ah snrk at Vahno
Enixi chirps, "Now then, if you'll excuse me, I need to prepare for my next match... Toodles, kupo~"
Enixi walks right past Vahno with a hipbump.
Athares perks. "Ah." Steps up, tailswish. "Is this the opposite of a bye or everyone else getting one?" He nods to Featherwing, readies his tail-o-gram.
Vahno huffs. "Guess I'm going with you..."
[OOC] Athares hmms, Featherwing hasn't posed for a good while now
Austin says, "Yeah, bad luck of nine players in a head-to-head match."
Featherwing wigls his fingers and stretches. Still a little nap foggy, he prepares to throw.
Austin says, "Ah, there we go."
[OOC] Featherwing says, "Typing a pose takes time. >.> x3"
Mako says, "Uneven player numbers but excellent turnout. :P"
## Athares shows their scissors! Featherwing shows their scissors! ** TIE **
Vahno leans on Enixi.
Athares nods. "Oh I'm not complaining... much." He smirks a bit. "Someone else- ah. Someone else gets to be the odd contest next tier as well then."
Enixi leans on his sta- oh! Topples over. >w<
Austin says, "It's been a while since we started a round on a tie!"
Austin says, "And yeah, it was a random seed so I couldn't toss anyone down."
Featherwing hrms...
Vahno acks and falls on top of Enixi!
Austin says, "Next throw, please."
## Athares shows their paper! Featherwing shows their paper! ** TIE **
Athares smiles.
Athares says, "Here we go again."
Featherwing says, "Oh, for pete's sake. X3"
Enixi crawls out from under Vahno. "Is it over yet, kupo...?" ow<;
Austin says, "Foul tip, lucky souvenir for some fan in the stands."
Austin says, "Next throw, please."
Somewhere on the muck, Belinda has disconnected.
## Athares shows their paper! Featherwing shows their rock! ** Athares won **
Austin says, "Athares, taking a gradual lead!"
Austin says, "Ready?"
Athares lets the next light-orb orbit his tail.
Enixi . o O ( I think positions can only take discrete values in this game, kupo... )
Mako watches Athares. Tiemaster...
Austin says, "Next throw, please."
Featherwing gets bapped with a magically appearing beastieball, then shakes out.
## Athares shows their scissors! Featherwing shows their paper! ** Athares won **
Enixi whoops!
Athares perks, bows once more before stepping down. "Thank you as well."
Austin says, "Athares takes the win and advances to face BunnyHugger in semifinals!"
Enixi chirps, "Well, Austin. It's now or never."
Athares ohs. "Right now?"
Featherwing arghs. The nap fog got the better of him. "Ah, well."
Austin nods, "To give their paws a chance to recover Enixi and I face off first, and after that either Athares or BunnyHugger will advance to finals.
Enixi steps forward~
Enixi chirps, "Look forward..."
Austin steps up to the Rock-Voila as well.
Enixi chirps, "To your inevitable demise!"
Featherwing highfives Athares before splooting nearby.
Enixi> Move submitted.
Enixi chirps, "Ready."
Austin says, "I already spend three months of the year as a ghost. I _live_ for demise."
## Enixi shows their rock! Austin shows their paper! ** Austin won **
Athares high five! Smiles, sitting down. "Seems there's an even number now after all."
Enixi grins! "You can have that one."
Austin says, "Oh, that went better than I could have hoped, yes."
Enixi> Move submitted.
Enixi chirps, "Again~"
Austin nods, "Next throw, please."
## Enixi shows their rock! Austin shows their rock! ** TIE **
Austin ooohs, my first tie.
Vahno says, "...Enixi..."
Enixi chirps, "Congratulations~"
Austin says, "Thanks. Kind of breathtaking, isn't it?"
Enixi grins, pom-pom bobbing.
Enixi chirps, "So. Shall we?"
Austin nods, "Next throw, please."
Enixi> Move submitted.
## Enixi shows their scissors! Austin shows their scissors! ** TIE **
Austin hmmmms.
Enixi hmmm...~
Mako says, "Man, ain't seen this many ties in a long time"
Enixi chirps, "I think I've got your number, now."
Enixi chirps, "Ready?"
Enixi> Move submitted.
Austin says, "Yes, I think I have yours too, which implies we're never going to finish."
BunnyHugger says, "I had no idea there'd be this much action at this event."
Athares says, "Fortune's favoring an exciting game. All the better."
Enixi grins~
Austin says, "Ready?"
Austin says, "Next throw, please."
## Enixi shows their rock! Austin shows their rock! ** TIE **
Enixi chirps, "Magnificent! Wonderful!"
BunnyHugger says, "You've got to be kidding."
Enixi bounces up and down~
Vahno says, "Oh boy."
Enixi chirps, "Yes! Again!"
Enixi> Move submitted.
Austin says, "That's three in a row, right?"
Austin says, "We get to fifty in a row and that's a zugswang, if we apply the rules of chess incorrectly."
Enixi chirps, "Ooh, can we do a chess tournament next, kupo?"
Austin says, "I don't know! I know there's an Othello program somewhere but not how well it plays."
Enixi chirps, "Please, I'm talking a REAL intellectual's game, kupo~."
Athares says, "Chess, the classic way for villains to show off their brains."
Athares- "Exactly.
Austin says, "I play a nice 4D chess. It's the same as regular chess but the chairs vibrate and sometimes water squirts at you."
Vahno says, "Hrm... Sure you can win at chess?"
Enixi chirps, "Anyway, enough talk. You can only choose your own downfall."
Austin says, "All right. Next throw, please."
## Enixi shows their scissors! Austin shows their scissors! ** TIE **
Mako says, "I swear one day I'm getting that dice game.."
Enixi ha!
Vahno says, "That's four ties."
Athares blinks. "I think you've topped me as tie-master at least."
Austin nods, "Much more and we're going to have a Father's Day break out."
Enixi chirps, "Yes, now this is getting VERY interesting."
Enixi chirps, "Perhaps... You're even my equal, kupo~?"
Enixi chirps, "The next throw will decide this..."
Enixi> Move submitted.
Austin says, "Track record suggests ... well, next throw, please."
## Enixi shows their rock! Austin shows their rock! ** TIE **
Enixi is giggling like crazy!
Mako says, "Good lord"
Austin says, "Full house, ties and ties."
Featherwing says, "Arceus help us."
Enixi chirps, "Only one thing to do now~"
Athares says, "There's an obvious pattern here. I think they're doing it on purpose."
Enixi> Move submitted.
Enixi chirps, "Throw down."
Austin nods, "Next throw, please."
## Enixi shows their rock! Austin shows their rock! ** TIE **
Enixi HMMMMM~.
Vahno says, "Oh my god."
Enixi chirps, "Not so easy to throw off, are you, kupo."
Enixi chirps, "That's fine."
Enixi> Move submitted.
Austin says, "No, funny how that turns out."
Enixi chirps, "What will you do, now?"
Austin grins ... "One way to learn. Next throw, please."
## Enixi shows their rock! Austin shows their scissors! ** Enixi won **
Enixi chirps, "YES!!!!!"
Austin says, "Oh, that was hard."
Vahno says, "Let this next one be last..."
Austin says, "Might be, might not be."
Austin says, "Next throw, please."
You rumble, "Hang on"
You rumble, "Enixi has won twice"
Austin says, "Oh, sure."
You rumble, "I think?"
Patashu double checks
Athares says, "It's one to one."
You rumble, "That match went on so long I forgot how it started"
Austin says, "I don't see another Enixi win."
You rumble, "Okay, turns out I was mixing it up with the Enixi/Vahno match"
You rumble, "My bad, continue please!"
Enixi> Move submitted.
Enixi ahem. "Ready!"
Austin says, "Ah, fair enough. No trouble."
Austin nods. "Next throw, please."
## Enixi shows their paper! Austin shows their paper! ** TIE **
Enixi hmmm!
Mako Facepalms
Austin says, "Yes, hmm."
Athares says, "I'll admit I'm genuinely impressed here."
Enixi chirps, "Did you REALLy think I'd throw rock again? Honestly."
Austin says, "So that's seven ties altogether so far?"
Enixi> Move submitted.
Austin says, "I have my strategy."
Featherwing is about to fake-file an inquiry for match fixing...
Austin says, "Next throw, please."
## Enixi shows their scissors! Austin shows their scissors! ** TIE **
Patashu swears this is not fixed. :P
Enixi hmph!
Athares says, "From chaos, to harmony."
Vahno says, "Oh god."
Austin says, "Eight ties. Next throw?"
Enixi chirps, "Next throw."
Enixi> Move submitted.
## Enixi shows their rock! Austin shows their paper! ** Austin won **
Enixi augh!
Enixi is blown away.
Austin whews.
Athares perks. Applauds. "Thank you both for a very spectacular show!"
BunnyHugger says, "That was wild. I didn't expect there to be this much intrigue."
Featherwing says, "Finally."
Austin says, "Thank you!"
Mako <Smashbros> GAME!
Austin says, "And Team Brazilian Dreams II makes it into finals!"
Austin says, "Athares, BunnyHugger, you are up to see who else makes it to finals, and who'll play the 3-4 tiebreaker."
Austin nose-bumps Enixi. "Great match."
Enixi is face-down on the ground. @w@
Austin is also close to the ground!
Enixi isn't saying you failed! Just important additional context.
Athares smiles to BunnyHugger, stepping up. "Looks like it's a contest of fluff this round." This time he conjures the light between his hands, closing his eyes. "Ready?" He holds it out before him.
Vahno pokes Enixi. "Well, you beat me at least."
Mako cheers! And gets some popcorn from the concessions stand. A pooka is filling in for patchy. :3
BunnyHugger says, "Well, I guess so. After that last round I don't think I know what this game is anymore."
BunnyHugger gets her not very RPS compatible forepaw ready.
## Athares shows their paper! BunnyHugger shows their paper! ** TIE **
Austin says, "Usher, this is where I came into the picture."
BunnyHugger says, "Let's try this again."
Austin says, "Next throw, please, when you're ready."
Athares tailswish. "I was tempted to do a show of origami-ing the orb but, that would've been a little too meta." He lets that one drift away and disperse, conjuring another, ready, set, tosses it up, poof!
## BunnyHugger shows their paper! Athares shows their paper! ** TIE **
Chitter says, "How can you tell her paper from her scissors? She has stubby fingers and possibly no thumb."
Chitter says, "Or her rock for that matter?"
Austin says, "Her paper has more works cited, Chitter."
Athares lets that one flutter away too. "This game, today..." He chuckles! Looks to Chitter. "Paper is horizontal, scissors is vertical."
BunnyHugger says, "That's not what the reviewers thought."
Chitter says, "So what's rock?"
Austin says, "Bon Jovi."
[OOC] Patashu says, "for anyone curious: the chance of 8 ties in 10 games (assuming both players play randomly) is 0.31%"
Austin grins. "Next throw, when you're ready."
Athares says, "You can see her trying to curl her paw up at least."
Athares says, "But!"
Athares conjures another, weaving it together...
## BunnyHugger shows their paper! Athares shows their scissors! ** Athares won **
Enixi throws pom-poms in the air, cheering Athares on! (How quickly he changes his tune.)
Austin says, "Athares takes a slight lead but ties are still up on both of them."
Enixi . o O ( If tie was a contestant it'd take the gold, kupo! )
Athares earflares. "I actually didn't expect to get this far. But we'll see what comes of this."
Enixi chirps, "I gave you tons of data on Austin, kupo! You can do it...!"
Featherwing giggles and emits a kweh to a mog.
## Athares shows their paper! BunnyHugger shows their rock! ** Athares won **
BunnyHugger says, "Apparently I was not, in fact, ready to rock."
Mako cheers!
Mako says, "You WERE ready to rock. But Athares was ready to paper. :x"
Austin says, "Oh dear, yes."
BunnyHugger says, "Good game, nice playing with you."
BunnyHugger says, "Maybe I can still pick up the bronze."
Athares ohs. Smiles, bows. "And thank you. Scribe's path... Likewise." And he steps down.
Vahno sits on Enixi.
Austin says, "Yes, we have the Bronze Match. BunnyHugger and Enixi, are you ready to play off for the bronze and the copper?"
Enixi chirps, "Ready, kupo! When Vahno gets off of me."
BunnyHugger says, "Sure."
Enixi ahems. Steps up to the plate. Locks eyes with BH.
Enixi> Move submitted.
Enixi chirps, "Ready, kupo."
BunnyHugger sits up in a confident stance.
## Enixi shows their rock! BunnyHugger shows their scissors! ** Enixi won **
Enixi beams!
Austin says, "OK, edge for the moogle here; question is whether BunnyHugger will be able to pull out her stern looks to even it up."
BunnyHugger says, "Welp, here goes."
Enixi> Move submitted.
BunnyHugger casts a stern moral look at Enixi. The stern look is completely ignored!
Enixi chirps, "Ready."
Chitter says, "No."
Austin says, "Probably means nothing. Next throw, please."
## Enixi shows their scissors! BunnyHugger shows their paper! ** Enixi won **
Enixi beams.
Enixi chirps, "Good game, kupo!"
Vahno says, "Well, you won twice. I guess that's enough to claim Pata."
Athares applauds. "Despite everything, you made the podium. Persistence further."
BunnyHugger says, "Aw."
Austin says, "And congratulations to Enixi and oh love, I'm sorry."
Enixi smiles at Athares. "See a master at work~ kupo?"
Austin hugs his dear doe.
Austin says, "And now on to finals! Athares, do you feel ready?"
BunnyHugger looks disappointed. "Jeez, I did four bad throws in a row.
Mako says, "It's athares v Austin, is it?"
Athares says, "I'll admit, I was hoping to face you Enixi, simply because I'm a synthetic and you're a technomancer. But-"
Austin hops up to the Rock-Voila and gives Athares a friendly nose-bump-and-lick.
Enixi throws pom-poms up! "Gooo Athares, Kupo~!"
Athares nods. "Whatever happens, I'll be happy." He steps up. This time- aww, smiles. Pats Austin, "Thank you." This time, he conjures the light orb and perches it on his nose, speaking of.
Austin says, "Anyone's welcome to play once the match ends. I don't know where the device will find a permanent home but there's no reason it shouldn't have one."
Austin says, "Whenever you're ready, Athares."
Mako says, "We ought to have some kind of gaming pavilion"
[OOC] Athares already submitted a move
## Athares shows their rock! Austin shows their scissors! ** Athares won **
'Voksa falls asleep.
Somewhere on the muck, Voksa has disconnected.
'Voksa wakes up.
Austin says, "OK, potentially the last throw here."
Athares earflares. Tailswish, tailswish. And, heck, he'll conjure an orb over his tail, toss it high!
## Athares shows their paper! Austin shows their rock! ** Athares won **
Austin says, "Ah!"
Austin says, "Congratulations!"
Vahno says, "Athares Wins!"
Austin says, "Athares, representing team Mystics and Misfits, takes the gold!"
Enixi cheers!
Austin says, "Austin, representing team Brazilian Dreams II, takes the silver!"
Austin says, "Enixi, Independent, takes the bronze!"
Austin says, "And BunnyHugger, Rabbits-and-Rodents, takes copper!"
Athares looks up. The lux-paper flutters down in the wind, and disperses. He calmly smiles, and, bows one last time. "Such a quick final bout almost feels anticlimactic after everything leading up to it, yet, also, satisfying in a way. Thank you." He nods to the crowd too. "All of you." And he steps down, indeed, looking pleased.
Mako huzzah!
Somewhere on the muck, Voksa has connected.
Enixi chirps, "Kehehehe. I wore Austin down for you~"
Vahno says, "Whooo."
Austin says, "Great match, yes, thank you."
Mako says, "That was fun even if I got KOed in round one. :P"
Austin says, "Yeah, unfortunate seed for you there, Mako. Sorry for that."
Niny'ah has disconnected.
Niny'ah has connected.
Mako says, "So it goes!"
BunnyHugger says, "Thank you!"
BunnyHugger says, "Oh gosh I need to get out medals don't I."
Athares looks to Mako. "Look at it the other way. You lost to the day's champion. No shame in that."
[OOC] Patashu says, "Were Enixi and Vahno actually randomly seeded? (I don't mind either way, it's just too good storytelling)"
[OOC] Austin says, "They were randomly seeded, yes."
Featherwing says, "At least you didn't have nap fog when you went out."
[OOC] Patashu says, "Too good."
[OOC] Vahno says, "Amazing"
[OOC] Athares says, "This event just happened into being cinematic, nice!"
[OOC] Athares says, "Between that and all the ties and intrigue"
[OOC] Mako says, "That is a very Spin thing."
BunnyHugger says, "Congratulations to our gold medalist, Athares of Team Mystics and Misfits!"
Vahno leans on Enixi. "Well, time to claim your prizes."
BunnyHugger stands tall to present the medal to Athares.
Enixi chirps, "Yes medal please ^w^"
Enixi waits in line.
Austin smiles.
Athares kneels to accept. "Well appreciated."
[OOC] Austin says, "Worked out better than I expected, thanks in part to MatchPlay being nice."
Austin ambles up to his darling.
BunnyHugger hands Gold Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) to Athares.
Athares stands and moves along. The unexpected gold! At least to him.
BunnyHugger hands Silver Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) to Austin.
Austin says, "Thank you, dear."
BunnyHugger gives Austin a little kiss on the nose too.
Austin licks BunnyHugger's ear, and smiles.
Somewhere on the muck, Lightspill has disconnected.
Austin hops off stage.
BunnyHugger says, "Oh yes, sorry, that was Austin, of Brazilian Dreams II's team."
BunnyHugger says, "And the bronze goes to Enixi, the independent athlete!"
BunnyHugger hands Bronze Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) to Enixi.
'Voksa cheers!
Mako says, "Will there ever be a brazillian dreams 3?"
Mako says, "It's all about trilogies, after all. :x"
Enixi hands Bronze Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) to Patashu.
You now own Bronze Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) and any attached actions, its home is set to you (if it's a thing), and the Chown_OK flag has been removed. Enjoy your new Bronze Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026)!
BunnyHugger says, "And here are copper medals for all other participants. Thanks for playing!"
A floating disk, divided into pie wedges, with every colour of the rainbow taking its turn in each spot, approaches you. You step on, and are carried away... by the time you're able to hop off, you find yourself in
Enixi> Patashu steps off of the floating disk that carried them up.
Olympic Stadium(#23930RLC)
From inside, it's obvious that the stadium was grown from a bush. The entirety of the structure, the walls, the hallways, the seats, are made of wood covered with smooth durable bark. The branches of the crown bend inward over the stadium, shading it from the snow and cold. Educational <plaques> here and there discourse upon the botanical nature of the stadium.

The stadium is currently leafless for the winter season, but the dense wood provides reasonable insulation against the cold outside.

At south end of the field, separate from the shrub, a cantilevered lighting <tower> rises, gleaming white, narrowing as it leans out over the stadium. The lighting head is a large oval, centred over the field, too bright to look at when it's lit. At the other end is the <cauldron>, where the Olympic Flame burns during the games.
Obvious Exits:
[F]ountain Plaza (N)orth, and [U]nderwater [T]unnel
Contents: Featherwing, Enixi(#30499JXZ), Athares, Mako, Niny'ah, Chitter, BunnyHugger, 'Voksa, Vahno, Rock-Voila, Austin, and Brazilian Dreams II Flag
Home set.
You hand Bronze Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) to Enixi.
BunnyHugger hands Copper Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) to Featherwing.
I don't see that there.
BunnyHugger hands Copper Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) to Mako.
Enixi> A very shiny bronze medal hanging on a wide ribbon banded with a carnivalesque sequence of colors. On the front is the logo of the Olympics, a bumble bee with a ball between its front feet superimposed over a honeycomb cell. The text reads "SpinDizzy Winter Olympics 2026: The Joy of Play". The reverse side has an image of three arrows in a circle, symbolizing the intransitivity of the sport. The inscription on this side reads "Rock Paper Scissors".
BunnyHugger hands Copper Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) to Niny'ah.
BunnyHugger hands Copper Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) to Vahno.
BunnyHugger hands Copper Medal for Rock Paper Scissors (2026) to 'Voksa.
'Voksa says, "Yay!"
Somewhere on the muck, Lightspill has connected.
Mako double-huzzah!
Vahno looks to Enixi. "So... time to drag Pata off?"
Athares looks to Austin and BunnyHugger both. "Thank you both for making this happen."
BunnyHugger says, "Please '@claim' your medal so that the home and ownership are changed correctly."
Austin says, "Ah, who can say, Mako? Been a long while since the old place closed."
Austin says, "Aw, thank, you, Athares."
Enixi nods! >:3
Austin says, "Also a thanks to Morticon who'd coded up a rock-paper-scissors machine, which made this run *so* much smoother."
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "Unless you're not a player object, in which case the program does not work, sorry about that, you will have to have the player hold it."
[OOC] Athares has been just using @chown followed by @set (medal)=!c
[OOC] Athares says, "That works as a puppet"
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "Problem with that: it does not change the home of the object."
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "You should also @link the object to where you want its home to be."
[OOC] Athares says, "Forgot about that"
[OOC] Athares says, "Thanks for reminding me to @link those to myself too"
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "I always end up getting them reappearing in my inventory because some people apparently still use 'home' to go home which drops their stuff."
[OOC] Austin says, "Yeah, @claim is the quicker way to get everything taken care of."
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "I'll note that @claim has other useful features that are not relevant here but may be in some cases: it @chowns all the attached actions/exits from it, which otherwise would retain their original ownership; and it also checks for force-locks that can be used as a Trojan horse by unscrupulous pranksters."
Vahno hops onto Patashu.
[OOC] Athares says, "All good to know, thanks"
Austin says, "So, now, we were talking about game rooms. There are a lot of game rooms in the Cash Creek Casino; that's the spot where we have the Boggle matches and also that Othello set."
Mako says, "hmm.... Doesn't quite fit rps, though around these parts it sorta still makes sense"
</syntaxhighlight>Final bracket/results: https://imgur.com/a/x0Ey48T

Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026

2026-02-18T04:58:45Z

Patashu:

Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Spindizzy Miser

2026-02-16T03:32:34Z

Patashu:

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luge n11 e1
You sit on a street luge (it resembles a long skateboard) and zip directly there!
Endless Winter [N11 E1](#14643RLJ)
The northern lights shine like rainbow curtains in the sky, turning the landscape of snow and ice into technicolor neon.

An open park-like area mirrors the idylls of greeting cards and children's books with fluffy white snow, a glassy frozen pond suitable for ice skating. A elliptical courtyard of sorts has been cleared an de-iced for safe and easy walking, though its pavement is a flat, milky crystal that might be mistaken for ice. At one focus on the ellipse is a crackling fire pit set about with skewers of marshmallows, meat, vegetables, or fruit for roasting. At the other focus a fountain of transparent quartz flows with super-cooled water, decorating itself and any object held in the spray with a shining coat of rime in floral and geometric figures.

All around are evergreen trees glossy and richly colored with health as well as smaller, including holly bushes with bright red berries. More exotic plants grow among them, including the [firesap] tree, its fruit hanging like iridescent globes encasing pale, swirling flame.

Behind the courtyard is what looks like a castle built to a grand scale from ice, its pointed spires glistening in the aurora.

As one moves out from the center, the forest grows denser and darker.
Bright light completely fills in the cool, sunless sky, illuminating much frost. Call it 8 am, 'solar' time.

Obvious Exits:
[E]ast, [S]outh, [U]p, and [W]est
Contents: Frinexi
@shout Here he comes now, the big ham! Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 'Spindizzy Miser' will begin at 6:30 pm server time! Entrants, spectators and judges all welcome to congregate outside the ice castle in Endless Winter (luge n11 e1).
Patashu shouts "Here he comes now, the big ham! Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 'Spindizzy Miser' will begin at 6:30 pm server time! Entrants, spectators and judges all welcome to congregate outside the ice castle in Endless Winter (luge n11 e1)." (Public-shout)
SHOUT: 26 folks heard that.
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|#1. Welcome! | Morticon |
|#2. Another use for this board | Morticon |
|#3. Spindizzy | Kinsor |
|#4. Wizards' Statement on the Mayoralty and Election | Austin |
|#5. Suggestions when running a public event | fluffy |
|6. Crisis Gate - Open RP (21JAN26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|7. Significant RPs or events for the week of 19JAN26 | Patashu |
|8. Gotta D-d-d-d-duel! - Open RP (28JAN26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|9. Significant RPs or events for the week of 26JAN26 | Patashu |
|10. Monster Hunting! - Open RP (04FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|11. Significant RPs or events for the week of 02FEB26 | Patashu |
|12. Opening Ceremonies | BunnyHugger |
|13. Muck Olympic Event: MiSTing night! | Austin |
|14. Arctic Exoplanet Outpost Construction (Winter Olympics)| Patashu |
|15. Olympic Smiting - Open RP (11FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|16. Olympic Marriage - Open RP (14FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|17. Olympic Sales - Open RP (18FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|18. Spindizzy Olympics: Snowman Contest | Mako |
|19. Olympic Team: Mystics and Misfits! | Mako |
|20. Olympic Team: Unnatural Monstrosities | Lightspill |
|21. Significant RPs or events for the week of 09FEB26 | Patashu |
|22. Spindizzy Mizer (Winter Olympics) | Patashu |
|23. Olympic Biathlon | BunnyHugger |
|24. Olympic Schedule (updated 2/8) | BunnyHugger |
|*25. Significant RPs or events for the week of 16FEB26 | Patashu |
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22. From: Patashu
On: 2026-02-08 20:06:43
This post will expire on: 2026-03-10 21:06:43 -- 23 days and 1 hours from now.
Subject: Spindizzy Mizer (Winter Olympics)

Santa Claus has taken the season off sick, but the snow and festivities must go on! That's where you come in. Subbing in for Spindizzy's Snow Miser, you'll be petitioned by Mrs. Claus to make a snowstorm. Of course, no musical is complete without a song and dance entry... Or will things go as planned?

This is, of course, inspired by a scene in The Year Without a Santa Claus [1974] by Rankin/Bass Productions ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEbFfoBPfw4 ), as well as the copious icesnort 'Smiser' riffs on the scene that subvert expectations in a variety of YTP styles, music videos and cross-references, which you can see here: https://www.youtube.com/@icesnort/videos

The event will take place Sunday 15th February 2026, 6:30 pm server time. The format is as follows: Pre-write up to three posts (or any equivalant amount of text) about your performance as Spindizzy's Snow Miser. You can play it straight or subvert it in any way you desire, from the conventional to the avant garde. Your performance will be judged on whichever criteria you're aiming to maximize out of [comedy, musical performance] and medals will be awarded to the winners.

Done.
Tss'Renia zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Tss'Renia has arrived.
'Voksa zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
'Voksa has arrived.
Ravio zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Ravio has arrived.
Lightspill zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Lightspill has arrived.
Lightspill runs over to watch!
Lightspill pets-a-shu ;3
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Lightspill!"
Patashu goes 'awawa'!
Lightspill hugs Belinda, too
Lightspill errs
'Voksa waves!
Lightspill hugs Tss'Renia
Lightspill says, "Sorry, two critters two windows"
Ravio squish Pata snoot. "Awawawa"
Tss'Renia looks at itself for signs of poffness. Hugs Lightspill.
PatchO'Black zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
PatchO'Black has arrived.
( Context spoof: The audience gathers in the courtyard before a castle built to a grand scale from ice, its pointed spires glistening in the aurora. Mrs. Claus and a gaggle of elves in festive outfits are here to petition Spindizzy's Snow Miser when you're ready! (Patashu Industries Kobolds also stand by if any other prop or actor work is needed.) )
PatchO'Black opens up the concessions stand!
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Open skies, exactly what I was hoping for."
Mako zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Mako has arrived.
Mako mwahaha. o.o
PatchO'Black waves to Mako from the concessions stand!
( Context spoof: The audience gathers in the courtyard before a castle built to a grand scale from ice, its pointed spires glistening in the aurora. Mrs. Claus and a gaggle of elves in festive outfits are here to petition Spindizzy's Snow Miser when you're ready! (Patashu Industries Kobolds also stand by if any other prop or actor work is needed.) )
Mako eeexcellent. >:D
You rumble, "I don't mind if you do your performance indoors or outdoors. Thought I'd do it where the existing landscape is optimal for it either way ;)"
Mako nodnod. "Mako, team Mystics and Misfits. >:P"
Patashu writes down.
Mako looks around. Who've we got tonight? >:D
Mako also signals to Patchy, get a nice cold glass of rootbeer ready for when she's done her turn.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Tss'Renia representing the Critternet, monsters."
You rumble, "Excellent."
You rumble, "I think it's just you two who expressed interest and got something ready, but late entrants are open right up until judging begins."
PatchO'Black has a frosty mug ready for Mako!
You rumble, "(I know BunnyHugger expressed interest but couldn't make it. I didn't think to ask her in the moment if she'd want to pre-write and have it posted in her absense, and I haven't seen her since I think.)"
Niny'ah zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Niny'ah has arrived.
( Context spoof: The audience gathers in the courtyard before a castle built to a grand scale from ice, its pointed spires glistening in the aurora. Mrs. Claus and a gaggle of elves in festive outfits are here to petition Spindizzy's Snow Miser when you're ready! (Patashu Industries Kobolds also stand by if any other prop or actor work is needed.) )
Niny'ah says, "I'm just spectating; I don't rteally know how I'd do the Miser bit"
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "I get getting pinged whenever auroras are mentioned."
[OOC] Patashu says, "lol"
You rumble, "Alright, I'll give 5 more minutes for folks to appearify than we'll begin. Looks like this might be short but sweet, no complaints here. >:3"
You rumble, "Mako will be first."
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "Fun fact, Auroras are called Arsarnerit in Kalaallisut (Greenlandic), meaning 'ball players', from the Inuit legend that spirits of the dead are playing football with a walrus skull in the sky."
[OOC] Patashu woah.
Mako says, "Me first? Oh dear. :x"
Patashu grins. "If you don't want to go first I can have you flip a coin over it."
Mako says, "Oh no, I can go first. I was just hoping for more folk. :P"
[OOC] Patashu says, "oh Myril might be coming, one mo"
Athares zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Athares has arrived.
[OOC] Athares is here! Pardon that
( Context spoof: The audience gathers in the courtyard before a castle built to a grand scale from ice, its pointed spires glistening in the aurora. Mrs. Claus and a gaggle of elves in festive outfits are here to petition Spindizzy's Snow Miser when you're ready! (Patashu Industries Kobolds also stand by if any other prop or actor work is needed.) )
You rumble, "Hello! We haven't started yet."
Athares earflares. "Ah! Good, and greetings. I think I'll judge this time, I should do so at least once this season."
Patashu nods, takes a note!
You rumble, "We have two entries to judge today. Mako, then Tss'Renia. I guess if we both agree over who gets gold we don't have to argue about it ;>"
You rumble, "We'll see!"
Mako Snickr.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Oh geez, it is a faceoff?"
Mako okay, she actually needs a sec, player has to flag soimeone in the hosue down for something she hasn't been able to
Patashu nod nod, will wait
Tss'Renia picks up Lightspill in the meantime, while the nodes accumulate.
Lightspill nestles against the dragon, chittering
Athares smiles a bit. "I guess a tie for gold would be a bit of an anticlimax."
[OOC] Mako says, "Okay there. I am ready if you want me to go"
You rumble, "Alright! Begin when ready, Mako."
Mako nods, and makes some gestures to her team... <Now posting>
( A single Kobold sits in a barcalounger chair, facing the stage-area, holding a remote control. Up on stage, the show begins, started with the traditional beginning: "Here she comes now, the big ham." Appearing on stage is... Mako! Wearing a slinky blue number, like a Jessica Rabbit dress only in blue with glittery frost sequins. Her hair has been sent back to its native white and her naturally pale cream fur works to her advantage here. She starts with the normal song, albeit in sufficiently sultry and modified form. "o/~ I'm Mistress White Christmas, I'm Lady snow! I'm Mistress Icicle... I'm Lady Ten-below! Friend's call me Snow Miser~ Whatever I touch... Turn's to snow in my clutch! I'm too much! o/~" She has Pooka backup singers, with tiny straw hats.. "o/~ She-miser snow christmas... o/~" .oO(Really shoulda gone for the kobold backup singers...) As she does so, she snaps up a prop, and it POOFs into confetti-snow. Then, the kobold in the chair raises the remote... )
( Click. The song and dance continues, albeit now with a large flashing <Soy En Espaniol!> Notice. For reasons unknown, everyone is now wearing sombreros.... "Soy la señora Avaro de Nieve..." Clearly, this is not maintaining the Kobold's attention, as it clicks the remote again. Now everything appears to be poorly bitcrushed spriteworks on a flat page. "I never want to know a day a day that's over 40 degrees.. I'd rather have it 30, 20-10-5, then let it freeeeeeeeeeeee*Computer Error Donk* A popup declares that the CPU is suffering heating issues.... Click. Now, a giant Blue Robot is duking it out with a flamethrower-wielding red one. The subtitles read about how the Ice Battler MI-ZR combats the evil Flame Robot, though the actual lyrics appear to be waxing philosophical about the nature of love. A kobold quickly sprays down the curtains before they go up in flames. )
Patashu giggles through a claw
Niny'ah facepalms, laughing
( This gets to about where one might declare it "Too much" before the Kobold begins to lose focus again. The Chairbold peers at the stage, and decides that this is not sufficient. It twists the dial on the remote all the way to the end, past 9000, and clicks the button. The music shifts as the remote clicks again, switching to an unmistakable drum intro. Mako is now wearing a pantsuit. There is a brief musical sting and then "Never gonna-" She gets no further before a giant billhook pulls her offstage. A kobold hurriedly drops the curtain. "Shut it down, shut it down, she's gone meta-memetic!" Whoops, guess that's it for this run... eventually a now-detoxed Mako staggers out and flops facefirst into the snow. )
Athares smirks, tailswish.
Niny'ah says, "Where'd you get the sombreros?"
Patashu kehehehe. "Good show, good show."
Athares leans forward, rubbing his forehead. Hey technically not a facepalm... he's still smirking. And he applauds. "Thank you!"
Patashu claps! "While we douse the stage, Tss'Renia may get ready!"
PatchO'Black gets Mako her root beer in a frosty mug!
Mako says, "Discount Mariachi Warehouse." As if this is an answer to Niny,."
Mako will take the rootbeer now, yes. @.@
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I am ready. Let me know when you are ready."
[OOC] Patashu says, "it's funny how the impact of doing it in text is different. when you type 'unmistakeable drum intro' my brain goes 'which one - oh no';"
[OOC] Mako says, "That was the effect I wanted. >:D"
You rumble, "Ok! Begin when ready."
<Verbatim start: Tss'Renia>
Tss'Renia cordons off an area with signs, strings, tape, and more signs. "Danger, orbital bombing in progress". Shield generators are brought in to protect the audience. A massive ball of plasma hits the middle of the secured area. Once the dust settles, silver goo and white plasma start the process of terraforming. A simple stage is made, with stairs, along with massive monoliths in the back of the stage, left and right. Strange speakers those are. A few camera drones are flown into position.

Two marten creatures take the stage. One holding an Electronic Wind Instrument, held close with a neckstrap, and the other holding a microphone. They each have a hologramic tag indexing them 0 and 1 respectively. The backdrop of the stage illuminates as a giant screen focused on the performers, from the camera drone feeds. Aurora martens start fluting and singing (in a marten accent) along to Snow Miser from the 1974 movie "The Year Without a Santa Claus". "I'm Mister White Christmas, I'm mister Snow, I'm mister Icicle..." At that moment, the columns emit the sound of an E7 chord from an electric guitar, and start producing snow and wind in blizzard conditions. "Ack!", the Martens rush off stage while the snow obscures it. "I'm Mister White Christmas!", a squirrelish voice calls out to the audience. Aurora the squirrel, indexed 0, stands visibly on a raised platform held up by chains. The snow dies down quickly around the squirrel, revealing two guitarists standing on the rectangular columns. On the ground floor, 128 dancers, bracketed by two drummers, each with their own massive drum set.

"Let me say it again!", and she starts singing, "I'm Mister white Christmas". The song took an industrial metal sound to it, with the two guitars and two drummers putting a heck of the spin on the traditional song. The dancers also provide the chorus, sixty-four of them facing the other sixty-four while the one in the middle takes the role of Snow Miser. "Whatever I touch...", the speakers blast snow towards the audience, "I'm too much!". The guitars take a turn at having a polyphonic dual after the supporting dancers reply to Snow Miser, one squirrel is thrown off stage during the act, and the drums follow up with their own polyphonic dual on the next round. "Then let it freeze!" Freeze the audience does as the speakers project/materialize snow and sleet off the stage. Blizzard conditions start again, and the sound dies out.

Aurora the martens, 0 and 1, reassert their presence on the stage when the storm promptly dies down. The squirrels have all disappeared. The martens resume with their more traditional performance. "Friends call me Snow Miser, whatever I touch, turns to snow in my clutch", the squirrels out of view, finish in chorus "Too much!"

The martens exit the stage, and the stage is reprogrammed into the shape of a giant squirrel, leaving the area blank again.
<Verbatim end: Tss'Renia>
Mako @.@
Patashu woah! Bombastic and fancy special effects. *taking notes...*
PatchO'Black offers Tss'Renia a root beer floppy?
Tss'Renia pops in the root beer floppy, "Thank you Patchy, I did not know you coded!"
You rumble, "Patchy branching out to new audiences I see..."
Athares recoils slightly, flares ears and, tucks his ears down a bit, bundling up for this one! Blink blink. "Wow." Nevertheless, he applauds once more!
Patashu claps! "Give it up for Tss'Renia!"
Mako says, "ORbital xmas."
Patashu says to Athares. "Alright. Let's decide on our judgements individually and see if we go the same way or differ..."
[OOC] PatchO'Black sighs. "Sorry, folks, I'm getting tired. I'm going to head off."
Athares waves to Pata and- actually he probably was sitting atop Pata the whole time anyway. So he'll scoot a bit nearer Pata's head.
Mako hugs a Patchy
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "Good night!"
[OOC] Patashu says, "Sleeb well"
[OOC] Mako says, "Bed well"
[OOC] PatchO'Black hugs all the huggable folks, waves to the rest, and goes poof!
PatchO'Black takes out his calico flute and play a short tune, taking him away...
PatchO'Black has left.
Athares whispers, "I'm not entirely certain. I want to give Mako the gold as hers really captures the spirit of Miser Comedy. Tss'Renia I feel, overdid it. But on the other hand that -is- 'too much', and isn't that the point?" to you.
You whisper, "I'm also not entirely certain. So what's your snap judgement? Then I'll reveal mine." to Athares.
Athares whispers, "I'll call it close, close. But in the spirit of the spirit, rather than material value alone, I'll stick with my first impression and say the gold goes to Mako." to you.
You whisper, "Patashu grins. "I also decided 'close, but I lean towards Mako'. So by a shared vibe it's decided!"" to Athares.
Patashu finishes concurring with Athares.
Athares smiles and pats Patashu on the nose.
You rumble, "We have a decision! We both thought it was close, but we both leaned towards giving Mako the Gold!"
You rumble, "Which means Tss'Renia gets the Silver. Congratulations to both of our Spindizzy Misers!"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Congrats Mako!"
Mako woohoo!
Ravio yaay!
You rumble, "Not sure when BunnyHugger will next be on, so let me see if I can make my own medals this time..."
Mako says, "I want you to know that I had entirely too much fun writing this one up. And I blame you entirely, PAta. >:P"
Patashu grins toothily
Athares nods, and applauds for both once more! "I'd like to say you both still made me smile and chuckle a bit inside. Thank you again."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Now I need to decommission a macro squirrel."
Patashu giggles
You rumble, "I was definitely concerned at the opening of your act. 'Oh, this is the good kind of orbital bombardment, whew'"
Mako says, "I just had hoped more people woulda showed up, but it IS a sunday and this is kind of a specialized thing. :P"
@create Gold Medal for Spindizzy Miser (2026)
Gold Medal for Spindizzy Miser (2026) created with number 37169.

@set #37169=C
Flag set.
hand #37169 to mako
You hand Gold Medal for Spindizzy Miser (2026) to Mako.
You rumble, "Does that look right? If it does I'll make the silver as well."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Yeah, Nebula was in orbit, but it is definitively the nanogoo terraforming orbital bombardment that is not always legal in all places."
@desc #37169=A very shiny gold medal hanging on a wide ribbon banded with a carnivalesque sequence of colors. On the front is the logo of the Olympics, a bumble bee with a ball between its front feet superimposed over a honeycomb cell. The text reads "SpinDizzy Winter Olympics 2026: The Joy of Play". The reverse side has an image of a throne of ice with the outline of the Ice Miser seated on it. The inscription on this side reads "Spindizzy Miser".
Description set.
Athares says, "There isn't much that isn't legal on Quodlibet, handy that. And I have to say, I look forward to you showing up to an extreme sporting event down the line."
Patashu ninja fixes a missing ", whoops.
Patashu . o O ( so tempted to s/colors/colours but I shouldn't )
Athares, to Mako. "For now, I think I'll be watching a set of videos I probably shouldn't, thanks to you."
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "Well, I am canadian so... :p"
@create Silver Medal for Spindizzy Miser (2026)
Silver Medal for Spindizzy Miser (2026) created with number 37170.
@set #37170=C
@desc #37170=A very shiny silver medal hanging on a wide ribbon banded with a carnivalesque sequence of colors. On the front is the logo of the Olympics, a bumble bee with a ball between its front feet superimposed over a honeycomb cell. The text reads "SpinDizzy Winter Olympics 2026: The Joy of Play". The reverse side has an image of a throne of ice with the outline of the Ice Miser seated on it. The inscription on this side reads "Spindizzy Miser".
Flag set.
Description set.
hand #37170 to Tss'Renia
Mako says, "Looks right to me, Pata."
You hand Silver Medal for Spindizzy Miser (2026) to Tss'Renia.
You rumble, "Great! Remember to @claim your medals."
You rumble, "I'll let BH know of the results."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Thank you!"
Mako wheeheehee. "I am elated. Thankyew. :3
You rumble, "Thank you for your entries!"
You whisper, "Do you have a preference on whether our whispers make it into the wiki log or not?" to Athares.
Athares whispers, "Athares is fine with it if you'd like, though it makes me think that maybe instead of whispering we could've had a sports commentator style discussion in public" to you.
You whisper, "Patashu giggles" to Athares.

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Tss'Renia .wavs, "I must admit, having absolutely 0 cultural context around Snow Miser made it pretty hard to lean on anything xmas-y."
You rumble, "I left it open ended so there were a lot of different ways to take it. I enjoyed the bombast!"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Yeah! I had an alternate version where the squirrels where doing a march and the lead singer went into a anticapitalist and anticonsumerism rant, System of a Down style."
Athares nods, "It's hard to top an orbital bombardment and ice-shockwave for sheer force... that's something worth reusing if extreme snowball fighting becomes an event."
Patashu giggles
You rumble, "Ooh, that might be a good one in the future."
Patashu takes a note
Tss'Renia .wavs, "That is when GGN32 yells out 'Stop, Christmas is about love, warmth and family!'. All the squirrels stare down GGN32, the lead yells 'DEFECTIVE', and all the other nodes throw her off the stage."
Patashu laughs!
Athares smirks once more.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I kept the squirrel being thrown off as a nod to the original script. Also, I had made arrangements for Lightspill to catch GGN32."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "One version had the drummers in a circle of drums, but then I realized I would have plagiarized an episode of Reboot when my memory unfsked itself a few days after drafting the idea."
Mako says, "I was trying real hard to channel the proper miser effect without using complete nonsense or too crude humor. :P"
Athares says, "It's difficult to have taste when loading a meme-shotgun isn't it?"
Mako says, "Oh yep"
Niny'ah says, "the Rick Astley bit was fun"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "For music, I looked at The Greatful Dead for polyphony. Rammstein was an influence, of course. The drums for the battlescene of Battle Star Gallactica was another. I thought of doing more memish repetitions of "Too much" and "Snow Miser" to an Eurobeat, but I was very stuck with double guitars and double drums."
You rumble, "Nothin like a good guitar battle"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Yeah. And, no bass guitar either. Double six string."
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Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Spindizzy Miser

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Patashu: Created page with "<syntaxhighlight lang="text" line="1"> luge n11 e1 You sit on a street luge (it resembles a long skateboard) and zip directly there! Endless Winter [N11 E1](#14643RLJ) The northern lights shine like rainbow curtains in the sky, turning the landscape of snow and ice into technicolor neon. An open park-like area mirrors the idylls of greeting cards and children's books with fluffy white snow, a glassy frozen pond suitable for ice skating. A elliptical courtyard of sorts..."

Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026

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Patashu:

Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Marriage

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Patashu: Created page with "<syntaxhighlight lang="text" line="1"> Moriar shouts "Olympic Marriage! Come to 'luge N10 W2; Stage' to administer vows to the sinners at 6:00pm Server Time! (This is an open RP, all are welcome. Taking place in about a quarter hour!, please direct questions to Moriar.)" (Public-shout) luge n10 w2 You sit on a street luge (it resembles a long skateboard) and zip directly there! Smol Coffee Shop [N10, W2](#14632RLJ) The path weaves along, and there's a rusty coffee can d..."

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Moriar shouts "Olympic Marriage! Come to 'luge N10 W2; Stage' to administer vows to the sinners at 6:00pm Server Time! (This is an open RP, all are welcome. Taking place in about a quarter hour!, please direct questions to Moriar.)" (Public-shout)
luge n10 w2
You sit on a street luge (it resembles a long skateboard) and zip directly there!
Smol Coffee Shop [N10, W2](#14632RLJ)
The path weaves along, and there's a rusty coffee can directly adjacent. There's a small cardboard sign, weathered from the elements, carefully arranged atop the can that reads "Beverages of Dubious Providence: Coffee". This is above the slot cut out of the can, with a small shelf installed along the bottom edge. If you peer inside, you'll see a tiny collection of coffee making equipment and 1cm wide glass mugs.
Some short distance away from the path beyond the coffee can is what looks to be the intact remains of a stepdisc, flicking softly with some latent power. Further along is a small garden of coffee plants, neatly arranged in rows. Close attention may give notice to the tiny powered earthmoving equipment parked on the far side of the garden, sized as though to be toys.
To the other side of the path is a collection of broken furniture that looks to have been scavanged from the Patashu Industries dumpster, to include a pile of the beans from inside of bean bag chairs next to a pile of bean bag chairs. The tables are currently cable spools laid on their sides with cloths tossed across, chairs including several scorched ejection seats.
There is a small bell next to the coffee can with a sign, that reads "[Ring] bell for service."
The path continues off [N]orth, [E]ast, [W]est, and [S]outh. There are no obstructions to what lies [U]p above.
Obvious Exits:
[E]ast, [N]orth, [S]outh, [U]p, [W]est, and Stage
stage
You step up to the stage that isn't really there.
Roleplay Stage(#3968RA)
The room is devoid of substance and nature, being a meta-location. The DM plans to use spoofs to establish the setting.
Obvious Exits:
Out
Contents: Gold Medal for Smiting (2026), Chocolate Medal, 2026(#37151C), Copper Medal for Smiting (2026), Ravio, Moriar, Krasudreal, Revie, Lulu, Gameobject, and Example Ring
'Voksa steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
'Voksa has arrived.
rpread
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|#1. Welcome! | Morticon |
|#2. Another use for this board | Morticon |
|#3. Spindizzy | Kinsor |
|#4. Wizards' Statement on the Mayoralty and Election | Austin |
|#5. Suggestions when running a public event | fluffy |
|6. Crisis Gate - Open RP (21JAN26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|7. Significant RPs or events for the week of 19JAN26 | Patashu |
|8. Gotta D-d-d-d-duel! - Open RP (28JAN26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|9. Significant RPs or events for the week of 26JAN26 | Patashu |
|10. Monster Hunting! - Open RP (04FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|11. Significant RPs or events for the week of 02FEB26 | Patashu |
|12. Opening Ceremonies | BunnyHugger |
|13. Muck Olympic Event: MiSTing night! | Austin |
|14. Arctic Exoplanet Outpost Construction (Winter Olympics)| Patashu |
|15. Olympic Smiting - Open RP (11FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|16. Olympic Marriage - Open RP (14FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|17. Olympic Sales - Open RP (18FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|18. Spindizzy Olympics: Snowman Contest | Mako |
|19. Olympic Team: Mystics and Misfits! | Mako |
|20. Olympic Team: Unnatural Monstrosities | Lightspill |
|21. Significant RPs or events for the week of 09FEB26 | Patashu |
|22. Spindizzy Mizer (Winter Olympics) | Patashu |
|23. Olympic Biathlon | BunnyHugger |
|24. Olympic Schedule (updated 2/8) | BunnyHugger |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Type 'rphelp' for a list of commands. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Done.
rpread 16

16. From: Moriar
On: 2026-02-05 16:27:09
This post will expire on: 2026-03-07 16:27:09 -- 20 days and 22 hours from now.
Subject: Olympic Marriage - Open RP (14FEB26, 6pm)

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Olympic Marriage - Open RP (14FEB26, 6pm)
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Officiate marriages between provided Plush Pocket Robot Kobolds(tm), selecting from the sinners left over from the Olympic Smiting event. Select a batch of spouses, officiate a wedding, and be ye judged on both the vows you administer and your explanation to the Judges as to why you selected which sinners.
The provided spouses will be 10cm Plush Pocket Robot Kobolds(tm) who have each been trained up to expertise in a particular deadly sin. Deadly sins available: Pride, Greed, Dancing, Envy, Lust*, Gluttony, and Sloth. For comedic affect, all Plush Pocket Robot Kobolds(tm) communicate via squeaky toy sounds.
* - These are PG rated kobolds, so the lustful Plush Pocket Robot Kobolds(tm) will want to hug and/or snuggle as much as possible.
~
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Location - N10 W2; Stage
Time - 6:00pm server time, 14FEB26
~

Done.
Belinda steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
Belinda has arrived.
.Vahno steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
.Vahno has arrived.
## Belinda goes Out Of Character.
( The arena is arranged with bench seating around a central stage, upon which are seven barrels that each audibly contain the sounds of ongoing activity. Each barrel has been labeled with painted on block lettering: Pride, Greed, Dancing, Envy, Lust, Gluttony, and Sloth. A greenish rounded t-rex plush that could be recognized as a Substitute plush from Pokemon is meandering about on the stage, making sure the various lights are set up correctly and the applicable tarps have been laid down. A banner hangs above the stage, reading, 'Olympic Marriage'. [Context spoof, will repeat as folks arrive. If you wish to participate, please have a pre-written performace of up to three poses composed. The pocket plush sinner kobolds can be presumed to act however you would expect a pocket plush sinner kobold of the applicable vice to act, with 'Lust' in this case meaning clingy and wanting to hug in order to keep them PG. All the plush kobolds are squeaky toys who talk as squeaky toys.] )
'Voksa waves
Mako steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
Mako has arrived.
Mako mew
( The arena is arranged with bench seating around a central stage, upon which are seven barrels that each audibly contain the sounds of ongoing activity. Each barrel has been labeled with painted on block lettering: Pride, Greed, Dancing, Envy, Lust, Gluttony, and Sloth. A greenish rounded t-rex plush that could be recognized as a Substitute plush from Pokemon is meandering about on the stage, making sure the various lights are set up correctly and the applicable tarps have been laid down. A banner hangs above the stage, reading, 'Olympic Marriage'. [Context spoof, will repeat as folks arrive. If you wish to participate, please have a pre-written performace of up to three poses composed. The pocket plush sinner kobolds can be presumed to act however you would expect a pocket plush sinner kobold of the applicable vice to act, with 'Lust' in this case meaning clingy and wanting to hug in order to keep them PG. All the plush kobolds are squeaky toys who talk as squeaky toys.] )
[OOC] Patashu says, "ok I didn't have an idea, but now I do have an idea"
[OOC] Mako does not have the soul necessary to participate, but is willing to judge if you need someone
[OOC] Moriar adds Mako to the Judge list.
[OOC] Krasudreal says, "I kind of have an idea but I am mostly going off the seat of my pants"
[OOC] Moriar nods, "Any chance you could pre-write the core of what you're going to do?"
[OOC] Krasudreal says, "maybe. Also, the plushies are animated, right?"
[OOC] Moriar nodnod, "Yup, animated."
( When it is time to begin, the Substitute plush meanders up to the microphone at the front of the stage, "Welcome to the second of the three Olympic events hosted by the local space merchants Twisted Rivets. We'll need some volunteer judges, and I'll need to know who's participating in this Olympic Marriage. We'll be re-using the leftover kobolds from the smiting event.", gesturing towards the barrels. The current roster is visible using the 'Info' command. )
You rumble, "Patashu, Team Dragon."
Krasudreal prrbs, "I would like to participate, I will perform a traditional carbuncle marriage"
( As this Substitute starts taking down names, a blind anthro pug begins to push a vendor cart towards the stage while calling out, "Counterfeit Chocolate Medals! Who wants to buy a Medal?" )
Featherwing steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
Featherwing has arrived.
( The Substitute nods to Krasudreal, "Are you on a team?" )
You rumble, "Already got mine, thanks. Don't want to devalue them."
Krasudreal prrbs, "Uh, what teams are out there?"
[OOC] Belinda says, "Monsters, misfits, dragons, is there another?"
( The Substitute shrugs, "I'm not affiliated with any, but I've heard good things about this legitimate merchant fleet if you're looking to make some credits." )
[OOC] Patashu says, "prewrite ready"
[OOC] Patashu says, "did beltrami open otherwise other this year?"
Krasudreal prrbs, "I heard there's a Monster team, put me as that."
[OOC] Mako says, "Beltrami has otherwise other but I haven't seen them show up to any"
( The Substitute turns to address the crowd, "So, this sport consists of selecting some of the pocket plush sinner kobolds from the barrels, and administering marriage vows upon them. We've got plenty more left over from the smiting event, and felt it'd be rude to just space `em. Take whichever you want and however many you think you can marry. Once you've administered the vows, please provide an explanation to the judges as to your choices. Judging will be based on three criteria: The vow's quality and effectiveness, your explanation, and how much of a bribe the participant has provided to each judge personally." )
( When it becomes apparent that there are only two entrants, the pug pulls out a phone and makes a call. "Hey. Yeah, at the moment, guaranteed Bronze." )
Mako owo
Patashu owo
Ranarp steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
Ranarp has arrived.
Ranarp bounds into the area, waving a wing, "Ranarp, representing Team Dragon!"
( Cookie nods and takes some notes, "Well, with that, any questions before we begin?" )
Featherwing is pondering his thing, but hearing his team mentioned, he grins.
You rumble, "No questions, I was built ready~."
( The pug snorts to Featherwing, "You want to buy a counterfeit medal?" )
( The Substitute also inquires of Featherwing, "You look pensive; are you considering entering? If so, let me know after Patashu's performance.", motioning for the dragon to come up on stage. )
Patashu thumbs up!
Patashu approaches a tarp set up with pews containing even smaller (inanimate) plush kobolds and ahems. "So, maybe I'm not cut out for Snowman. Or Smiting. But anyone can officiate a Marriage!" ... Pause for effect. "I'm not taking any chances. Two Sloth Kobolds, please!" ... Longer pause for effect. "Right. Kobolds?" Two (Patashu Industries) kobolds in gaggle salute and rush off to the barrel, but wait... What's this?
( One of the 'Sloth' plush kobolds is tap-a-tap-dancing its way over to the altar. The actual Sloth kobold, dangling limply from the arms of a PI kobold, gawks. "Slothie? Is that you...?" Tap-a-tap-dancing compulsively: "Y-yes! It is me! I've changed! I've seen the vice of Dance and I can't stop anymore!" Even more gawking! "Are you still the same kobold I fell in love with...?" Please! Just *tap-a-tap* give me a chance! I still love you!" )
( After some hesitation, the Slothbold jumps out and breaks into a matching dance! "Oh, Slothie! I'll do anything to be with you...!" Patashu grins and pretends he planned for this. Ahem! "I now pronounce you... Sin and sinner Til the outro do you part!" The PI kobolds clap, then reach down and make the inanimate plush kobolds clap as well. [...] Just out of view, there's a *click* of a camera as a Pridebold takes a picture on its phone. "Heheh, all according to plan..." [To Be Continued?] )
Featherwing nods to the Substitute. "Will do."
( Cookie claps, "Excellent! A tale of dynamic conditions and accomodation of love." )
Patashu and Kobolds bow and make abscond the stage.
( The Substitute, named Cookie, looks to Featherwing, "Do you intend to enter?" )
( The pug huffs softly, "I expected there to be more of a market for chocolate in this territory. Darn that market research." )
( While waiting for Featherwing's decision, Cookie looks to Krasudreal, "Are you ready, or shall I call on the gryphon first?" )
.Vahno snrks...
( Cookie coughs politely and motions for Ranarp to come up onto the stage, "A gryphon, next!" )
Ranarp hops up onto the stage, glancing around anxiously for a moment before bounding over to hop onto the barrel of Dancing. She waves a paw down into the barrel, causing nothing to happen. She hops over onto the Pride and Envy barrels to repeat this attempt. All of the kobolds remain in the barrels.
[OOC] Featherwing says, "I think I'ma pass, my toilet is refilling the tank weirdly when I use it, so need to focus on that just in case I need to call the FD to help turn off the water."
[OOC] Krasudreal says, "okay, I am ready."
[OOC] Moriar nods, "Cool beans. Best of luck with matters water!"
[OOC] Krasudreal says, "I may have typed too much"
[OOC] Krasudreal says, "but hopefully not too much. May I proceed?"
[OOC] Moriar shrugs wings, "Should be fine, Krasudreal. Ranarp's'll be quick, then you'll be next."
Ranarp tumble-dives from the barrel top to the center of the stage, "I am confident that the kobolds have embarked on a path that leads to romance.", glancing back to the barrels where nothing apparent is happening, "...it's subtle."
Patashu nods, "Love can sneak up on you like that."
( Ranarp lingers in silence for slightly longer than it takes to be awkward before sprinting off stage. )
Krasudreal prrbs, "It is true..."
( The Substitute blinks, "...A haunting performance if I've ever seen one.", then turning immediately to Krasudreal, "Up next, an ambitious Carbuncle!", motioning for Krasudreal to take to the stage. )
Krasudreal begins the ceremony, with the two plushs in front of them, one of envy, and the other of greed... "We are here to witness the unision of two lovers, who will exchange gestures and vows in regards to that." Krasudreal is dressed in overflowing robes, and the two plushs are dressed similarly as well... One with a yellow robe, and the other with a white robe, symbolizing the presence of the two married leaders of the pantheon in traditional carbuncle religion: The sun and the moon gods. "Now." Krasudreal continues "The lovers, today, you vow to remain with each other through any of the difficulties of life that neither has control. If your underground abode floods and you become homeless, you will remain together, if your mine grows empty of resources, you will remain together... And so on... In times good or bad, you will be there to support each other."
Krasudreal watches attentively the two kobolds, before speaking, "Now, if you accept these oaths, exchange your minerals. Usually it'd be the same mineral associated with the carbuncle in question, but, you are not carbuncles, so it can be anything of your choise...", Krasudreal peers, as they watch the two kobolds exchange necklaces made with stones... "Oh... So, you two just used shiny stones that you found and liked, I see..." The envy kobold REALLY wants the stone from the Greed kobold, but the Greed kobold really want to have BOTH stones... It takes a little convincing from Krasureal, but they finally make the exchange.
Bleu steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
Bleu has arrived.
Krasudreal nods approvingly, "And with that, I pronounce you two, spouse and spouse, which will not only make it so that your belongings now belong to eachother, but also you can get tax writeoff in some countries. You may now hug each other." and, like that, with a hug, the marriage ends in a success!
You rumble, "Oh, Krasu has done this before, nice~."
( The Substitute claps, "I'm always a sucker for tradition!", then looking out over the crowd, "Unless there are any last minute entrants, we will next have discussion among the judges." )
Mako huuuh. o.o
Krasudreal prrbs, "I've passed out on the bench during many marriages, Pata, so I sometimes dream of marriages still."
Bleu raises a gloved paw. "Ahem."
( Cookie blinks, "Oh? Do we have an eleventh hour challenger?" )
Patashu dramatic gasp.
Bleu says, "First, I object to that marriage... Sorry, I've always wanted to do that. Anyway, yes, but I'm sorry I need a low down on therules."
( The Substitute nods to Bleu, "So, this sport consists of selecting some of the pocket plush sinner kobolds from the barrels, and administering marriage vows upon them. We've got plenty more left over from the smiting event, and felt it'd be rude to just space `em. Take whichever you want and however many you think you can marry. Once you've administered the vows, please provide an explanation to the judges as to your choices. Judging will be based on three criteria: The vow's quality and effectiveness, your explanation, and how much of a bribe the participant has provided to each judge personally." )
Krasudreal prrbs, "Traditionally, those objecting to carbuncle marriage, should present a mineral related to the offending lover that should be shunned from marrying. Like, say, one of them is a cheater, and that'sw the reason you want to stop the marriage. You can still do without, but that's seen as untraditional."
Bleu says, "Oh, crud, I'm not pre-written, I almost forgot this was happening."
( While Bleu prepares, the pug pushes the cart around and continues to try to sell chocolates, "Who wants some chocolate medals?" )
You rumble, "You got time to write."
Krasudreal prrbs, "You really should write down your notes if you haven't memorized wedding vows in your sleep! Get to work!"
Bleu ahems, and goes over to the Envy barrel, and picks out 8 plushes. She passes the judges, and loudly says, "Pssssst, here's a bribe." She hands over a check for $50,000 dollars. "Split that among yourselves."
( Cookie looks between the check and Mako before asiding to Mako, "...what's a dollar?" )
Mako asdes back, "One standard currency unit. .... you need about six of them for a decent cuppa joe...."
Bleu walks up to the podium, and turns to look at the audience. She sets her kobolds in front of the podium. "MAWWIAGE. MAWWIAGE IS WOT BWINGS US HERE TOGEVVAH, TODAAAAY..." The otter gestures to the plushes, who all look extremely envious of each other's partners. "THAT DWEAM WIVIN A DWEAM. And wuuuv... Twue wuv...will fowwow you... fowevah. So chewish yer spouse. And give up all your envy, for it does not become you!"
Mako o.o
Bleu reaches down to slap one plush as it stares enviously at the plush sitting two seats down. "That's not your spouse. Chewish the spouse I chose for you. Is there a wing? I mean, a ring? Oh hell, to hell with the voice. So help me..." She gets down and tries to physically separate the plushes as they try to take their neighbor's partners. "YOU LOT ARE ENVY, NOT ADULTERY! BE-HAVE! NOW!" She harrumps. "Does anybody object? Speak now, or fowevah hold yer peace..."
Patashu holds up a claw to his face, watching owo!
( Cookie watches on, patiently waiting. )
Bleu has never officiated a wedding and it shows. "Remember the twue wuv!" She huffs. "These beasts are incorrigible. I should have chosen Lust." She points to the plushies. "I declare you all to be married. I think this might be a case of polygamy now. Does that count?" The plushies are kissing all around, but it's hard to tell if they're still paired off the way Bleu intended. "Uh... Yes, this was a very successful Mormon marriage! I'll see myself out..."
Patashu snickers, claps
.Vahno giggles.
( The Substitute claps, "A bit of a freeform ceremony, that!", then turning, "Any other entrants, before the judges begin to discuss?" )
Bleu passes the judges another blank check on the sly.
Bleu also nods. "All of that was entirely planned," she lies.
Belinda has disconnected.
Mako, completely convinced. (tm). o.o
Belinda has connected.
Mako consults...
Mako has told the other judge her impressions, has to afk a couple.
( Cookie waves to Ranarp, "Will the gryphon please come to the stage." )
Ranarp hops up onto the stage, where the Substitute simply drops a copper medal through the gryphon, who stands still for a moment before wandering off stage.
Moriar drops Copper Medal for Marriage (2026).
Patashu giggles.
( The Substitute motions for Bleu, "May I have last entrant to the stage, and also what is your name and team affiliation?" )
( Cookie coughs politely, "It appears that she's occupied at the moment.. in the meantime, may I have Patashu on stage?" )
Patashu approaches!
( The Substitute nods to Patashu, "Congratulations on your Silver Medal!" )
Patashu goes 'whoo'!
Moriar hands Silver Medal for Marriage (2026) to Patashu.
( Cookie hands the medal to Patashu before waving to Krasudreal, "Please come on stage, Krasudreal." )
Featherwing has disconnected.
@claim #37164
You now own Silver Medal for Marriage (2026) and any attached actions, its home is set to you (if it's a thing), and the Chown_OK flag has been removed. Enjoy your new Silver Medal for Marriage (2026)!
Patashu looks at his medal carefully. "Mine still says "Smiting" on it?"
Krasudreal steps forwards, approaching.
[OOC] Moriar tries to fix it, "However.. you've already @chown'd it, sorry."
[OOC] Patashu says, "here"
@desc #37164=A very shiny silver medal hanging on a wide ribbon banded with a carnivalesque sequence of colors. On the front is the logo of the Olympics, a bumble bee with a ball between its front feet superimposed over a honeycomb cell. The text reads "SpinDizzy Winter Olympics 2026: The Joy of Play". The reverse side has an image of a tiny kobold carrying a ring above their head as they flee from a chasing dragon. The inscription on this side reads "Marriage".
Description set.
[OOC] Patashu says, "ok did it myself ty"
Bleu climbs up to the Stage. "Oh, I'm Bleu. I'm on Beltrami's team, Otherwise Other."
( Cookie hands a Bronze medal to Bleu, "Congratulations on your Bronze medal!", and then a gold to Krasudreal, "Thank you for sharing with us a piece of your culture, and congratulations on your Gold medal." )
Moriar hands Gold Medal for Marriage (2026) to Krasudreal.
Moriar hands Bronze Medal for Marriage (2026) to Bleu.
Bleu blinks. "Wait, I got Bronze?" Is not surprised for the reason you might assume. "Oh, wow, I thought for sure I'd only get copper for that, haha."
Krasudreal accepts the gold medal, "Thank you, to receive this medal is a great honor."
( The Substitute claps, "Thank you all for attending another event hosted by Twisted Rivets! If you find yourself needing some cargo that's currently somewhere in deep space, we're the sorts of folks you can call.", then asides to Bleu, "Please don't rub it in to who got copper." )
[OOC] Moriar headbobs, "Thank you all for attending another atypical event, which I believe is concluded unless anyone has any questions?"
[OOC] Bleu says, "How do I @chown that again?"
[OOC] Moriar thinks the command would be @claim #37165
[OOC] Krasudreal says, "question, will the plushies be happy ever after?"
[OOC] Moriar nods to Krasudreal, "Well, they will be for now at least, until some number of them buy timeshares at the next event."
[OOC] Moriar bows, "Thank you all again for attending, and rest well when you do!"
Moriar has disconnected.
Ranarp falls asleep.
</syntaxhighlight>

Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026

2026-02-15T03:17:33Z

Patashu:

Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Smiting

2026-02-12T02:55:43Z

Patashu: Created page with "<syntaxhighlight lang="text" line="1"> Moriar shouts "Olympic Smiting! Come to 'luge N10 W2; Stage' to bring competitive divinity to the sinners at 6:00pm Server Time! (This is an open RP, all are welcome. Taking place in about a quarter hour!, please direct questions to Moriar.)" (Public-shout) Ping hops over to Moriar's. Ping teleports away. Ping has left. You sit on a street luge (it resembles a long skateboard) and zip directly there! Smol Coffee Shop [N10, W2](#146..."

<syntaxhighlight lang="text" line="1">
Moriar shouts "Olympic Smiting! Come to 'luge N10 W2; Stage' to bring competitive divinity to the sinners at 6:00pm Server Time! (This is an open RP, all are welcome. Taking place in about a quarter hour!, please direct questions to Moriar.)" (Public-shout)
Ping hops over to Moriar's.
Ping teleports away.
Ping has left.
You sit on a street luge (it resembles a long skateboard) and zip directly there!
Smol Coffee Shop [N10, W2](#14632RLJ)
The path weaves along, and there's a rusty coffee can directly adjacent. There's a small cardboard sign, weathered from the elements, carefully arranged atop the can that reads "Beverages of Dubious Providence: Coffee". This is above the slot cut out of the can, with a small shelf installed along the bottom edge. If you peer inside, you'll see a tiny collection of coffee making equipment and 1cm wide glass mugs.
Some short distance away from the path beyond the coffee can is what looks to be the intact remains of a stepdisc, flicking softly with some latent power. Further along is a small garden of coffee plants, neatly arranged in rows. Close attention may give notice to the tiny powered earthmoving equipment parked on the far side of the garden, sized as though to be toys.
To the other side of the path is a collection of broken furniture that looks to have been scavanged from the Patashu Industries dumpster, to include a pile of the beans from inside of bean bag chairs next to a pile of bean bag chairs. The tables are currently cable spools laid on their sides with cloths tossed across, chairs including several scorched ejection seats.
There is a small bell next to the coffee can with a sign, that reads "[Ring] bell for service."
The path continues off [N]orth, [E]ast, [W]est, and [S]outh. There are no obstructions to what lies [U]p above.
Obvious Exits:
[E]ast, [N]orth, [S]outh, [U]p, [W]est, and Stage
You step up to the stage that isn't really there.
Roleplay Stage(#3968RA)
The room is devoid of substance and nature, being a meta-location. The DM plans to use spoofs to establish the setting.
Obvious Exits:
Out
Contents: Ping, Moriar, Krasudreal, Revie, Lulu, Gameobject, and Example Ring
Ping waves!
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|#1. Welcome! | Morticon |
|#2. Another use for this board | Morticon |
|#3. Spindizzy | Kinsor |
|#4. Wizards' Statement on the Mayoralty and Election | Austin |
|#5. Suggestions when running a public event | fluffy |
|6. Crisis Gate - Open RP (21JAN26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|7. Significant RPs or events for the week of 19JAN26 | Patashu |
|8. Gotta D-d-d-d-duel! - Open RP (28JAN26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|9. Significant RPs or events for the week of 26JAN26 | Patashu |
|10. Monster Hunting! - Open RP (04FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|11. Significant RPs or events for the week of 02FEB26 | Patashu |
|12. Opening Ceremonies | BunnyHugger |
|13. Muck Olympic Event: MiSTing night! | Austin |
|14. Arctic Exoplanet Outpost Construction (Winter Olympics)| Patashu |
|15. Olympic Smiting - Open RP (11FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|16. Olympic Marriage - Open RP (14FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|17. Olympic Sales - Open RP (18FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|18. Spindizzy Olympics: Snowman Contest | Mako |
|19. Olympic Team: Mystics and Misfits! | Mako |
|20. Olympic Team: Unnatural Monstrosities | Lightspill |
|21. Significant RPs or events for the week of 09FEB26 | Patashu |
|22. Spindizzy Mizer (Winter Olympics) | Patashu |
|23. Olympic Biathlon | BunnyHugger |
|24. Olympic Schedule (updated 2/8) | BunnyHugger |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Type 'rphelp' for a list of commands. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Done.

15. From: Moriar
On: 2026-02-05 16:26:30
This post will expire on: 2026-03-07 16:26:30 -- 23 days and 22 hours from now.
Subject: Olympic Smiting - Open RP (11FEB26, 6pm)

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Olympic Smiting - Open RP (11FEB26, 6pm)
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Sinners, tremble with fear! Come stand the test of your divinity, as the competition will be focused on performative smiting of the provided sinners. Select from the available sinners, smite them, and be ye judged.
The provided sinners will be 10cm Plush Pocket Robot Kobolds(tm) who have each been trained up to expertise in a particular deadly sin. Deadly sins available: Pride, Greed, Dancing, Envy, Lust*, Gluttony, and Sloth. For comedic affect, all Plush Pocket Robot Kobolds(tm) communicate via squeaky toy sounds.
* - These are PG rated kobolds, so the lustful Plush Pocket Robot Kobolds(tm) will want to hug and/or snuggle as much as possible.
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OOC Notes: This is an open RP, please feel free to contact Moriar with any questions.
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Location - N10 W2; Stage
Time - 6:00pm server time, 11FEB26
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Done.
[OOC] Patashu says, "Is this pre-write or call-and-response?"
Niny'ah steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
Niny'ah has arrived.
[OOC] Moriar clarifies, "Pre-write, three poses."
( The arena is arranged with bench seating around a central stage, upon which are seven barrels that each audibly contain the sounds of ongoing activity. Each barrel has been labeled with painted on block lettering: Pride, Greed, Dancing, Envy, Lust, Gluttony, and Sloth. A greenish rounded t-rex plush that could be recognized as a Substitute plush from Pokemon is meandering about on the stage, making sure the various lights are set up correctly and the applicable tarps have been laid down. A banner hangs above the stage, reading, 'Olympic Smiting'. [Context spoof, will repeat as folks arrive. If you wish to participate, please have a pre-written performace of up to three poses composed. The pocket plush sinner kobolds can be presumed to act however you would expect a pocket plush sinner kobold of the applicable vice to act, with 'Lust' in this case meaning clingy and wanting to hug in order to keep them PG.] )
[OOC] Ping hmms!
Gwen steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
Gwen has arrived.
Gwen peeks in.
[OOC] Gwen says, "Sheduling kerfuffle? But I just HAD my scheduled kerfuffle!"
[OOC] Patashu says, "Thank ye"
Amy steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
Amy has arrived.
## Amy goes Out Of Character.
Vahno steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
Vahno has arrived.
Ravio steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
Ravio has arrived.
Edris steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
Edris has arrived.
( The arena is arranged with bench seating around a central stage, upon which are seven barrels that each audibly contain the sounds of ongoing activity. Each barrel has been labeled with painted on block lettering: Pride, Greed, Dancing, Envy, Lust, Gluttony, and Sloth. A greenish rounded t-rex plush that could be recognized as a Substitute plush from Pokemon is meandering about on the stage, making sure the various lights are set up correctly and the applicable tarps have been laid down. A banner hangs above the stage, reading, 'Olympic Smiting'. [Context spoof, will repeat as folks arrive. If you wish to participate, please have a pre-written performace of up to three poses composed. The pocket plush sinner kobolds can be presumed to act however you would expect a pocket plush sinner kobold of the applicable vice to act, with 'Lust' in this case meaning clingy and wanting to hug in order to keep them PG.] )
Edris ahoy!
Mako steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
Mako has arrived.
Mako beep
Gwen waves.
Tss'Renia steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
Tss'Renia has arrived.
Gwen will just be observing, still recovering from Brawl.
( The arena is arranged with bench seating around a central stage, upon which are seven barrels that each audibly contain the sounds of ongoing activity. Each barrel has been labeled with painted on block lettering: Pride, Greed, Dancing, Envy, Lust, Gluttony, and Sloth. A greenish rounded t-rex plush that could be recognized as a Substitute plush from Pokemon is meandering about on the stage, making sure the various lights are set up correctly and the applicable tarps have been laid down. A banner hangs above the stage, reading, 'Olympic Smiting'. [Context spoof, will repeat as folks arrive. If you wish to participate, please have a pre-written performace of up to three poses composed. The pocket plush sinner kobolds can be presumed to act however you would expect a pocket plush sinner kobold of the applicable vice to act, with 'Lust' in this case meaning clingy and wanting to hug in order to keep them PG. All the plush kobolds are squeaky toys who talk as squeaky toys.] )
Vahno says, "I'm more a sinner myself than anything."
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "I mean, they could be lustful for paws or something >.>"
You wroo, "You should be an expert hten!"
[OOC] Mako says, "Question, are we picking a specific sin? Or multiple?"
Edris says, "I'm not guilt-free, I admit."
[OOC] Moriar explains, "As many as you want from as many barrels as you want. If they're lustful for paws, they want to hug paws, I think? I just don't want this to be a bunch of dry humping plushes."
[OOC] Patashu pre-writes...
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "I am not participating, but I would be amused if someone wrote something to the effect of paw-lust :D"
( When it is time to begin, the Substitute plush meanders up to the microphone at the front of the stage, "Welcome to the first of the three Olympic events hosted by the local space merchants Twisted Rivets. We'll need some volunteer judges, and I'll need to know who's participating in this Olympic Smiting." The current roster is visible using the 'Info' command. )
Edris would like to Smite! (Though he's still in the process of doing his pre-writes. Today's been -busy.-)
You wroo, "Twisted Rivets! I'll have to look them up later."
You wroo, "What team, Edris?"
Edris says, "I ... don't actually have membership yet. Mako, still accepting applicants?"
Mako hands up - "Mako, team Mystics and Misfits And sure!"
You wroo, "Patashu, Team Dragon ((still doing pre-writes))"
Edris puts on a set of rather stereotypical wizard hats. Each one is a different colour - red, green, blue.
( As this Substitute starts taking down names, a blind anthro pug begins to push a vendor cart towards the stage while calling out, "Counterfeit Chocolate Medals! Who wants to buy a Medal?" )
You wroo, "Yes please!"
Edris says, "...Is the chocolate counterfeit, or just the medal itself?"
( The pug rolls the cart over to Patashu, "One copper.", offering the chocolate. )
( The pug looks to Edris, "What're you, a cop?" )
Somewhere on the muck, Yanheng has disconnected.
( The Substitute does address the crowd, "So, this sport consists of selecting some of the pocket plush sinner kobolds from the barrels, and smiting them. We came into possession of plenty of the little plush kobolds some time back, and figured out how to train them up in a vigorous focus on a vice to the each of them. Take whichever you want and however many you think you can smite. Judging will be based on three criteria: How much poetic justice there was in the smiting, how well executed what you tried to do was done, and how much of a bribe the participant has provided to each judge personally." )
Edris says, "Just wanna know what I'd be buying, is all."
( The pug shrugs to Edris, "They is what they is." )
Patashu engages in legitimate counterfeit business.
Moriar hands Chocolate Medal, 2026 to Patashu.
A disc of chocolate wrapped in shiny foil. On one side is the inscription "SpinDizzy Summer Olympics 2026" and a logo of the some year's Games, a confused rabbit trying to replace a car's tire. Along the bottom is a motto: "Muginor." The other side has a dynamic image of a pug gobbling down a pizza.
You wroo, "Sweet."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Do you have chocolate floppies?"
[OOC] Patashu says, "pre-writes done"
( The pug calls again, "Any one else want to buy a counterfeit chocolate medal? I've been told they are tasty." )
( Up on the stage, the Substitute coughs politely, "To confirm, it's up to me to judge? No volunteers?" At this, the pug pulls out a phone and starts making a call. )
[OOC] Edris says, "I assume we're allowed to pose for our chosen kobolds, as long as they stay In-Character to their vice?"
Patashu looks at the pug. "And ruin the resale value? No thank you."
Mako writing up some prewrites now
[OOC] Moriar nods, "Yup! Any variance is attributed to the kobolds being individuals."
Patashu says to the Substitute, "We've had a drought of judges thislympics so far, with apologies."
Mako says, "Why not join in judging, pata?"
( The pug states into the phone, "Yeah, easy medal. We've got a fix for it." )
You wroo, "I'm joining in the smiting. owo That'd be a conflict of interest."
Ranarp steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
Ranarp has arrived.
Ranarp bounds into the arena calling out, "I'll join!"
You wroo, "Oh hi Ranarp!"
Ranarp waves a wing to Patashu, "Hello!", then looking up to the stage, "Hello Cookie, Judge who I've never met! I'd like to enter, please."
( Cookie, the judge and host, nods to Ranarp with an exaggerated wink before calling out, "First up, we've got Patashu!" )
Patashu wingflourishes, tailwags and steps on up!
Patashu approaches the Pride Plush Kobold, Hammer of Smiting [tm] in hand. "Can't have any demons from the 9 hells among Patashu Industries' ranks! Believe me, this hurts me more than it hurts you..."
( The Kobold grins and jumps to Patashu's shoulder. "Oh, you want me gone? But then who's going to..." It makes a 'pulling a cloth off of an object' flourish, somehow whipping oversized blueprints from thin air and letting them unfurl in front of Patashu's face. "Help you design a Celestial Nidorino Battle Fortress Series X22 with overlapping redundant surface to space missile launcher systems, holographic smar tmurals and dynamic entertainment systems?" )
Patashu jaw trembles! "I, I..." His grip loosens and the hammer CLONKS to the floor. "Cancel my evening and nightly meetings. I'm giving in to my vices. *Again.*" The Kobold looks satisfied, and gives Patashu's head a pat. "You can put AAALLLL the markings on it you want, Mighty Founder~"
BunnyHugger steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
BunnyHugger has arrived.
Chitter has arrived.
BunnyHugger enters, with a nonanthro Eastern gray squirrel (Chitter) [Chitter(#5713XZ)] walking along next to her.
Vahno says, "...Well, that's a fail."
Mako facepalms. "Oh dear."
Patashu sees BH has arrived and hastily hides his counterfeit chocolate medal. owo; "Oh hi BunnyHugger!"
( The pug continues to push around a cart, calling out, "Who wants to buy counterfeit chocolate medals?" )
Vahno walks up and offers the kobold a handshake. "Welcome to the ranks of demonhood."
BunnyHugger nods, not intending to interrupt but only to provide ceremonial presence.
Gwen waves.
Gwen chugs some red-glowing PrismaCola.
PatchO'Black steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
PatchO'Black has arrived.
Somewhere on the muck, Voksa has disconnected.
( The Substitute blinks to Patashu's performance, "Well, I'll judge that one all right...", then glancing over to the other participants, "Edris, Mako, Ranarp, and of you ready?" )
Mako says, "I think I'm ready!"
[OOC] Edris says, "I just need a couple minutes."
( Cookie waves to Mako to take the stage, "Come on up, Mako!" )
Mako steps up to the stage, and selects three kobolds (Three poses, after all). She appears to have selected a kobold of gree, a kobold of sloth, and a kobold of pride....
[OOC] Mako says, "Shall I just start? :3"
Somewhere on the muck, Voksa has connected.
[OOC] Moriar nods, "Go for it!"
( The Kobold of Greed struts around, carrying all the bling it can. When it spies a coin, it dives onto it. Mine! Mine mine mine! Mako rolls up her sleeves. Right, smiting number 1.... She wiggles her fingers a bit, then goes through a series of nonsensical poses, before finally pointing at the Greedbold. "Face Thine Judement!." She booms. There is a bolt of lightning, and then.... nothing? The Kobold looks nonplussed. Mako Just Grins. "Waaaait for it...."..... The kobold then consults its wallet, goes sheet white, and screams in horror before fleeing, all of its monetary value now converted into non-fungible tokens.... )
Patashu oh noooooo
Edris ohdear.
Mako next turns to her next target: The Kobold of Sloth, who is dozing lazily. She considers, and then rolls up her sleeves. She winds up her arms like a pitcher, then HOIKs a ball of light at the Slothbold. "CYBEX!" She intones. The 'Bold then becomes trapped upon a tiny exercise conveyor belt, to be forced to walk constantly, lest they feel the uncomfortable judging eyes of the dragon bust behind them....
Flux!> Tansy falls asleep.
( For her third trick. Mako turns her deific wrath to a Kobold of Pride. Sneer Sneer goes the kobold, wearing the finest threads one can expect of a tiny plush. Which really isn't much but it's the thought that counts. She points at it, in an accusatory manner, and declares, "AlakaLaughingstock!" And down comes the divine lightning.... when the smoke clears, the kobold is now clad in: Bellbottom pants in an obnoxious black and white checkered pattern, a ginormous green poofy afro wig, a bright orange shirt with pocket protector, and nedermeyer class horn rim glasses. It'll never be fashionable again.... )
( The Substitute winces, "Yikes! I'll be sure to not cross this contestant any time soon." )
You wroo, "Remind me never to get on Mako's bad side. :x"
Mako nods sagely. Divine lightning is traditional, but for a proper smiting you gotta have an Ironic Punishment. She steps down. >:D
( The pug leans down to aside to Ranarp, "Sounds like we're not gonna be fixing this one..." )
( The Substitute nods towards the pug before addressing the crowd, "Who is willing and ready to follow up that performance?" )
Vahno says, "Yikes."
[OOC] Moriar is ready, if Edris isn't.
Edris puts a hand up!
( Cookie waves for Edris to come on stage, "Come on up and show us what you've got!" )
Edris steps on up, cracking knuckles three times. "I'll be borrowing one of the Sloth kobolds today."
Somewhere on the muck, Lightspill has connected.
Edris is electing to work with one of the Sloth kobolds today. He's gotta go grab it from its barrel for himself and then plonk it down on stage, because, well ... Slothbold. A Sloth kobold isn't going to want to do anything at all beyond lay wherever it happens to be placed, due to the principle of bodies at rest, and he wants the kobold to start moving - under its own power if he can manage it, rather than just having the kobold -be- moved. Some spellwork dialed down to non-damaging but still uncomfortable levels will be the smite of choice for today!
Edris starts summoning little sparks in his hands to flick them at his chosen Sloth-bold one-by-one, so that the kobold can learn what to expect. He slow-lobs a couple of them at the kobold to start - the feeling of impact would be a lot like if one were to get poked by someone who had just shuffled across a room full of thick carpet while wearing heavy wool socks, and then dialed up a bit from there. Uncomfortable to a level that someone would definitely want to avoid being 'poked,' but ultimately not enough to do any real lasting harm. He's not expecting any reaction to the first one, but after a few the sloth-bold is starting to evade the slow-moving static-poke sparks with the minimum amount of effort - by simply rolling out of the way.
( And then Edris' lobbed sparks start travelling faster. Dodging by rolling to the side just won't do any more, so the Sloth-bold's gotta put more energy into moving. And then staying prone won't cut it either, so they finally need to Actually Stand Up. Edris is very carefully dialing in the volleys of sparks so that the kobold's gotta move and twist more in order to not get stung, including splashes of sparks aimed at the kobold's feet. Stings are landing less and less frequently as the kobold puts on twists, moves, fancy footwork and at least one instance of outright break-dancing in order to avoid Edris' sparks. Turns out the Sloth-bold actually *can* move when motivated! ...And it's slowly dodging its way over to the 'Dancing' barrel. No longer guilty of the sin of Sloth, this one has gone and converted to a -new- vice to fill the void. )
Somewhere on the muck, Volacris has disconnected.
Patashu takes notes, "The Bullet Hell approach..."
Edris says, "...Well. I wasn't quite expecting -that.-"
You wroo, "I imagine it's like neutrino oscillation. Sin is conserved, it just transmutes between flavours. :x"
( The Substitute claps, "Excellent, a proper conversion through smiteful progress!" )
( The host-judge waves for Ranarp to come up onto the stage, "Last participant, go!" )
Mako whoops. "Well, sinner conversion is always tricky..
Ranarp hops up onto the stage, glancing around anxiously for a moment before bounding over to hop onto the barrel of Dancing. She waves a paw down into the barrel, causing nothing to happen. She hops over onto the Pride and Envy barrels to repeat this attempt. All of the kobolds remain in the barrels.
Ranarp tumble-dives from the barrel top to the center of the stage, "I am confident that the kobolds have recieved my message.", glancing back to the barrels where nothing apparent is happening, "...it's subtle."
Ranarp lingers in the middle of the stage for a long awkward moment, before simply dashing out into the spectator benches.
Somewhere on the muck, Voksa has disconnected.
( The Substitute coughs politely and waves a paw, "Well, the judging will now commence. Why not purchase a counterfeit chocolate medal while you wait?", before turning around to pretend to confer with themselves. )
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "Belinda just advised me that she would have taken Gluttony and fed it until it went Mr Creosote."
Patashu chuckles!
( The pug is still pushing around a cart loaded with chocolate medals. )
Somewhere on the muck, Voksa has connected.
( The Substitute turns around, "Well! I've forgotten how to award medals. So, Ranarp, come up for your copper medal!" )
Bleu steps up to the stage that isn't really there.
Bleu has arrived.
Ranarp hops up onto the stage to stand still, while the Substitute simply drops the copper medal through her. It thuds against the stage.
Moriar drops Copper Medal for Smiting (2026).
Ranarp bows, then slips off the stage.
( Cookie then calls, "Patashu, please return to the stage for your Bronze medal!" )
Bleu apparently arrived very late.
Patashu yays! and approaches.
BunnyHugger takes notes on a small pad.
( The Substitute hands Patashu a bronze medal, "Congratulations!" )
Moriar hands Bronze Medal for Smiting (2026) to Patashu.
A very shiny bronze medal hanging on a wide ribbon banded with a carnivalesque sequence of colors. On the front is the logo of the Olympics, a bumble bee with a ball between its front feet superimposed over a honeycomb cell. The text reads "SpinDizzy Winter Olympics 2026: The Joy of Play". The reverse side has an image of a lightning bolt striking a kobold. The inscription on this side reads "Smiting".
( The pug leans over to whisper to BunnyHugger, "One chocolate medal to Patashu, team Dragon, before you arrived." )
BunnyHugger looks quizzical.
You now own Bronze Medal for Smiting (2026) and any attached actions, its home is set to you (if it's a thing), and the Chown_OK flag has been removed. Enjoy your new Bronze Medal for Smiting (2026)!
( The pug shrugs to BunnyHugger, "A legitimate transaction occurred. Want one for yourself?" )
Patashu clarifies, "A legitimate COUNTERFEIT transaction. It's going to be worth bonkers money in 10 years!"
Edris says, "Unless it melts."
Mako says, "Or gets eaten"
Patashu looks covetous suddenly owo;;;
You wroo, "Mine"
( The Substitute motions to Mako, "Please come up, Mako, for your Silver Medal!" )
Mako owo She steps up!
BunnyHugger replies, "Oh, no thank you, that might be seen as bribery or something."
( The Substitute up on stage blinks to BunnyHugger, "Wait, we're not doing bribery in this?" )
Somewhere on the muck, Dawnwing has connected.
Chitter says, "If you're going to, you'd better do it when she has her back turned."
( Cookie hands Mako the Silver Medal, "Please enjoy this medal." )
BunnyHugger says, "Chitter!"
Moriar hands Silver Medal for Smiting (2026) to Mako.
( The pug calls over to other spectators, "Does anyone who's not in a position of authority want a counterfeit chocolate medal?" )
Flux!> Tansy wakes up.
Chitter shrugs. "Just a statement of fact, not an endorsement."
( The Substitute calls over to Edris, "Please come onto the stage, Edris, for your Gold Medal." )
Amy says, "...sure, why ot, I'm a bit peckish."
BunnyHugger says, "You and your Realpolitik."
( There's apparently an order for counterfeit chocolate medals arriving from the Snack Bar Kobolds now. )
Moriar hands Chocolate Medal, 2026 to Amy.
( The pug tosses a chocolate medal in Amy's direction. )
Edris steps back on over to the stage!
BunnyHugger writes down the winners in her records.
Amy peels the foil and begins immediately eating it
Patashu claps for Edris!
( The pug asides to BunnyHugger, "That's a chocolate medal for Amy, team unknown." )
( Cookie, the judge and host, explains, "We didn't expect to see such methodical smiting in tonight's competition, and you proved us wrong. Congratulations!", then handing over the gold medal. )
BunnyHugger starts to write something down, then notices Amy eating the medal, and erases it.
Patashu snerrrkk
Moriar hands Gold Medal for Smiting (2026) to Edris.
Edris offers thanks, and accepts the medal!
BunnyHugger applauds the podium winners.
BunnyHugger says, "May I inquire if there is a team affiliation for Ranarp, Mako, or Edris?"
( The Substitute bounds over to address BunnyHugger, "Edris and Mako are Mystics and Misfits, and Ranarp is team Dragon." )
Edris says, "Mako registered me to Mystics & Misfits immediately prior to the start of the event, aye."
BunnyHugger says, "Thank you."
~~~~~~Olympic Smiting~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ Name Team
~ Jane Doe Anonymous Cowards
~ Edris Mystics and Misfits
~ Patashu Dragon
~ Mako Mystics and Misfits
~ Ranarp Dragon
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~ This event Sponsored by: ~
~ Twisted Rivets, Your Local ~
~ Band of Legitimate Space ~
~ Merchants with Suspiciously ~
~ Inexpensive Wares for Sale ~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
( Cookie addresses the crowd, "Any questions before we conclude this event?" )
You wroo, "What makes the wares SUSPICIOUSLY inexpensive?"
BunnyHugger says, "This isn't a question, but thank you for hosting an Olympic event."
Vahno chuckles. "This was cute."
( The substitute looks to Patashu, "What're you, a cop?" )
Patashu facepalms
You wroo, "No more questions"
Mako Oop. "Reminds me, Bunnyhuygger, did you get my mail from the ot her day? I forgot to list team affiliations
BunnyHugger says, "Yes, I was wondering if knew what they were, Mako."
BunnyHugger says, "I have the medals from that event handy and I see two of the people in need of them are present, so allow me to present the medals for Snowman Building."
Mako thumbs-up
Tss'Renia has paged Crys in anticipation.
[OOC] Moriar nods, "I think that concludes the event, unless anyone has any ooc questions?"
[OOC] Moriar does volunteer a clarification, "Twisted Rivets is a pirate crew, for the context that provides."
[OOC] Patashu says, "No further questions :3c"
BunnyHugger says, "Tss'Renia of Team Monster, here is your gold medal for Snowman Building!"
BunnyHugger hands Gold Medal for Snowman Building (2026) to Tss'Renia.
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Thank you!"
[OOC] Moriar's ears perk, "Oh, I forgot the reminder: Please @chown your medals."
Mako says, "Twas well earned!"
[OOC] BunnyHugger says, "If you are a player object you can use @claim. Zombies can't use it because when I wrote it I didn't think of that because zombies can't own things per se. Someday I will fix it."
Mako says, "Still working on that writing submission, it's the 15th wasn't it?"
BunnyHugger says, "And Patashu, here is your copper medal as a token of participation for Snowman Building."
BunnyHugger says, "That's right, the 15th."
BunnyHugger hands Copper Medal for Snowman Building (2026) to Patashu.
A very shiny copper medal hanging on a wide ribbon banded with a carnivalesque sequence of colors. On the front is the logo of the Olympics, a bumble bee with a ball between its front feet superimposed over a honeycomb cell. The text reads "SpinDizzy Winter Olympics 2026: The Joy of Play". The reverse side has an image of a jolly-looking snowman with the usual adornments: a scarf, hat, corn-cob pipe, coal buttons, and so on. The inscription on this side reads "Snowman Building".
Patashu goes 'yay' and thanks BH.
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Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026

2026-02-12T02:54:48Z

Patashu:

GwenBrawl 2026

2026-02-11T04:19:01Z

Patashu: Created page with "<syntaxhighlight lang="text" line="1"> Gwen shouts "Attention Spindizzians! As an exhibition event during this year's Olympics festivites, Patashu Industries SimDome (t #29453 or luge n11 w2,b,n,ne,ne,ne) will be hosting "GwenBrawl!" at 6:45pm! Who will win? Well, Gwen will, but WHICH ONE!" (Public-shout) Kandra noses a tNina's shoulder a little. o.o Nina purrs, nuzzles Kandra. o.o Kandra mrmrm softly. "...are you going?" She sighs a bit, almost tiredly. You feel a..."

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Gwen shouts "Attention Spindizzians! As an exhibition event during this year's Olympics festivites, Patashu Industries SimDome (t #29453 or luge n11 w2,b,n,ne,ne,ne) will be hosting "GwenBrawl!" at 6:45pm! Who will win? Well, Gwen will, but WHICH ONE!" (Public-shout)
Kandra noses a tNina's shoulder a little. o.o
Nina purrs, nuzzles Kandra. o.o
Kandra mrmrm softly. "...are you going?" She sighs a bit, almost tiredly.
You feel a wrenching sensation...
Simulation Dome(#29453RLJ)
The dome ahead of you reminds you of the shape of a sports stadium, but enclosed, and with massive doors that open to allow the largest machines inside. Inside is a simulated environment, able to be swapped out for many different terrain types, from urban to desert to snowing, including the appropriate climate, weather and lighting conditions, thanks to the many trapdoors and overhead panels and mechanical components that re-arrange and reset everything between simulations. The Dome can be used to simulate combat scenarios, set up adventures and to try out any other conditions you can think of.

There's a layer of brightly lit, metallic, technotastic rooms between the outside and inside of the dome. It has things like changing areas, an observation deck, access to props storage, engineering access for authorized personnel, and most importantly, the control computer! It's got a console full of labelled and LED'd dials, switches, sliders and screens. Use 'setup so and so on' to change the Simulation Dome's interior. Currently you see:

The dome grounds have taken the form of a large grassy area, dominated by a central large hill. At the top of the hill is.. a coatrack? With some sort of crown dangling from the top? The entire area is strewn with LARP boffer weaponry, made from foam, sticks, and duct tape.
Obvious Exits:
setup, and southwest
Contents: Danmaku Candy Machine, Amy, Gwen, Bevel, Bullet Hell Bubblegum Dispenser(#36380), Ironheart(#35553JXZ), and Current Tableau
Patashu has his popcorn ready. :3
Somewhere on the muck, Dawnwing has connected.
Gwen is here, setting up. As is Gwen. And Gwen. And Gwen. And Gwen. And Gwen. And Gwen...
Mako has teleported in.
Mako has arrived.
Mako is carrying a Very Large Bucket of popcorn. o.o
Bevel hovers in, and wingflutters. o.o
Dawnwing has teleported in.
Dawnwing has arrived.
Amy has a dragon sized popcorn ready! seeing patashu bring in another, "...maybe I made too much popcorn..."
.Dawnwing has teleported in.
.Dawnwing has arrived.
Patashu points Amy over to Dawnwings
Vahno has teleported in.
Vahno has arrived.
Dawnwing is definitely taking up A Share of The Stands.
Dawnwing incidentally, to cheer for entirely different Gwens.
Ping has teleported in.
Ping has arrived.
Ping bounces in.
Ping waves.
Cinderglow has teleported in.
Cinderglow has arrived.
[OOC] Bevel says, "... Gwevent ..."
Gwen and the MANY Gwens are wandering around the area, geared up and pre-game stretching.
Dawnwing is absolutely attending this as a crowd.
Cinderglow is the one shiny-pattern 'zard amidst all the rest. >>
Patashu woah, a rare...
Nina appears out of a portal made of shadowy glitches.
Nina has arrived.
Kandra has arrived.
Nina brings Kandra with her, holding hands.
Nina slips out of a portal of shadowy glitches with Kandra!
PatchO'Black 's calico flute is heard, and as you watch, he fades into view...
PatchO'Black has arrived.
Amy offers around too much popcorn!
PatchO'Black opens up the concessions stand!
Nina releases Kandra's hand.
Gwen starts stomping her feet and starts up an old Gremlish war-chant, with more of the group picking up the tune as it goes...
Somewhere on the muck, Niny'ah has disconnected.
Patashu . o O ( I'm rooting for Gwen to get the Gold Medal ;> )
PatchO'Black wipes down the counter.
Mako says, "Gwen has the advantage but I'm betting Gwen will be at her best"
Gwen sings, o/~ Humans, humans, pay your dues, just two paths and it's yours to choose, feed us right or fight and lose, GREMLINS EVERYWHERE! o/~
Somewhere on the muck, Niny'ah has connected.
[OOC] Gwen says, "https://youtu.be/DodPzphdXZo?si=3ri6holiIaP3PsJh :)"
Niny'ah has arrived.
Dawnwing good thing there's all this taur-compatible seating around.
Gwen walks over to Patashu with a satchel. "Things are gonna need to happen in a hurry once this thing is done, so could you hang onto these for me?" She hands over the box from the tail-design shop, and a large can of ginger beer.
[OOC] Nina mrf. Brain and body are both attempting to self-destruct. Gonna. shower.
[OOC] Nina stays parked here, I'll try to be in and out
You wroo, "Roger o.=.o7"
[OOC] Kandra hug
[OOC] Kandra says, "Good luck,"
[OOC] Gwen is all desced up for the match, by the way. :)
It's true! Gwendetta Gloriosa Catastrophina Callipygia Fitzgremlin is actually here! Let the rejoicing begin! GREAT rejoicing, for there are... Oh wow. That's a lot of grems. All of them, I think.
Standing about three and a half feet tall, their athletic gremlinish forms have cool gray skin with tousled mops of blue-black in a range of wild styles, many with streaks or splashes of various colors. Large pointed ears stick out sideways from their heads, and dustings of freckles run across their wide button noses. Their large eyes have luminous electric blue irises floating in a sea of black. When their wide mouths form into mischievous grins, they displays rows of sharp, white, sharklike teeth. Running along their spines are a patterns of interlocking metallic hexagons, the foundation structure for their cybernetic implants that can unfold into mechanical limbs or wings. Dark, clawlike nails adorn their fingertips.
Today, this crowd of dynamic young she-gremlins is all geared up for a GWENBRAWL! They appear to have chosen a Mad Max-ish theme for the event, all adorned a variety of costumes cobbled together from scraps of leather, thrift-store oddities, old engine parts, and junkyard salvage. Faces and other bits of visible skin sport engine grease warpaint. One notable exception to the aesthetic is that all spiky features have been blunted and/or capped. The goal here is knockout, not maiming.
Carrying: Gremlin Crown, Cardboardia!, Big Novel, Gremlish Display of Wonders!, Utility Belt, Beau Buck plushie with directions to Alexondra's (N3 E1 then A) embroidered on his vest, "I Voted" Sticker, a cheeseburger, a chili dog, a chocolate cake with a file in it, A Cinnamon Candy Apple, A Deep-fried Pineapple on a Stick, A lamb skewer, A malt, A Salad on a Skewer, A Tasty Fish Skewer, A Toot Sweet, An asian chicken Skewer, Apple Star Candy, Bag of gumdrops, Bag of marshmellows, Bag of salt-water taffy, Banana split, beef ribs, Black cat chocolate covered marshmellow, Buffalo wings, candy bar pod, candy corn-on-a-cob, Cherry Flash Candy, Chitter for Mayor T-Shirt - GO NUTS!, Chocolate bar, chocolate bird's nest, chocolate coins, Chocolate-dipped soft-serve ice cream cone, Corium PrismaCola, Data8 Tape Candy, Diablo-style beef chili, Earth-Plane Candy Crystals, Edgeworld Park T-shirt, Elephant ear, Fried chicken, Frozen Strobe Firework, Funnel cake, Garlic fries, Giant sucker, Hand-scooped ice cream cone, hot fudge sundae, Iced tea, Kettlecorn, lantern-date, Laser Melon Candy, Lemon Sword Candy, Licorice ropes, Lime Shield Candy, LunaStar Amulet, Milk Duds, NBC for Mayor Button, New Town Museum Souvenir, nugget box flower, Official BunnyHugger Sternlooker, Onion rings, Plain soft pretzel, Popcorn with cheddar cheese topping, Potion, Practical Joke Kit, Raspberry lemonade, Rock crystal candy, Root beer, Soft pretzel with mustard, Some Cheese on A Skewer, Some Chocolate-covered bacon, Some Chocolate-covered tiramisu, Some Surf and Steak, Strawberry Barrier Candy, Strawberry Special Mix, Strontium PrismaCola, Thorium PrismaCola, Tray of fudge, tri-tip steak, Tritium PrismaCola, Twelfth Night ornament 2021, Twelfth Night ornament 2022, Twelfth Night ornament 2023, Uranium PrismaCola, Vanilla Cinnamon Mix, and Waffle-cone sundae
Nina projects a hologram of a scene from Sonic Boom. Knuckles: "Who's Roger?" Sonic, in his VA Roger Craig Smith's normal voice: "He was talking to me."
Somewhere on the muck, Myril has connected.
Gwen heads back out to the field, where the others are starting to array themselves in a wide circle around the central hill. At the top? The Gremlin Crown awaits...
Gwen drops Gremlin Crown.
[OOC] Nina says, "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szPOT-eyad4 OK BYEEEE"
Dawnwing oooh. The shiny.
[OOC] Kandra hopes your body doesn't actually self-destruct o.o
This bit of royal regalia.. looks a bit hodge-podge, honestly. While appearing sturdily made, it also looks like it was put together with scavenged scrap, hot-glue, gold spray-paint and craft-store plastic gems. Cheap and gaudy.
Dawnwing choruses, 'The shiny...'
[OOC] Bevel says, "Nah, just. 'bwegghhh' and 'mildly ow'."
[OOC] Mako says, "A nice hot shower will hopefully help!"
Mako watches. "My money's on Gwen."
[OOC] Kandra nods.
Kandra sleepily curls up, resting her chin on her tail to watch the Gwens.
Korri arrives from elsewhere in the base.
Korri has arrived.
Dawnwing boops Mako. "But what about a come-from-behind finish by Gwen?"
[OOC] Kandra is so tired. Trying to have a regular sleeping pattern is hard. x_x
[OOC] Ping nods. :/
Gwen starts a countdown timer, and they get into ready crouches. [3.. 2.. 1.. BRAWL!] There is an immediate scramble for the weapons! Gwen grabs a comically large foam mallet. "That's what I'm talkin' ab-" and is immediately ambushed by Gwen and Gwen, swinging duct-tape nunchucks! "Ow! Ow! Hey! Ow!"
PatchO'Black sets up a display of souvenir hats.
Ping giggles.
Patashu giggles, clapping along!
Kandra slow-blinks, clearly trying to follow what's happening but having a bit of difficulty due to sleepy and also due to the sheer number of Gwens.
Niny'ah snrkkkk
Niny'ah says, "Hit her harder!"
Niny'ah, heckle mode Engage
Mako boops a dwansnout with popcorn. "Of course!"
Gwen, meanwhile, has scooped up the wiffle-bat and gone after Gwen, who has picked up a pair of foam hand-axes. "The crown will be mine!" "NEVAH! Foul usurper, face my wrath!"
Vahno says, "...We need folding chairs for this."
Dawnwing acquires that little bit of Mako's popcorn.
Cinderglow just picks up Vahno, boosting him onto hir upper shoulders. "...Wait. Did you mean chairs as weapons?"
Cinderglow says, "Because chairs can totally be weapons."
Mako . o O ( And it's Gwen coming from behind with the folding chair! )
Gwen, on the other hand, has bypassed the weapon selection entirely and grabbed Gwen for a suplex toss. "Wait we can do that?" "Gwen said I could!" "But- ack!" THUD.
PatchO'Black folds some souvenir hoodies.
Somewhere on the muck, Voksa has connected.
Vahno says, "Yep!"
Patashu laughs!
Gwen has picked up a ridiculous anime-sized LARP sword, and is swinging it around wildly, bashing Gwens left and right. "Argh!" "Ow!" "Is it too late to do this in a quix-show format?"
Niny'ah pulls a kobold aside and says something to it, it salutes and runs off, there's sounds of -*tearing duct tape, slashing scissors*- from offscreen, and two kobolds come back in, overhead carrying a stack of "Boffer" Folding Chairs.
Niny'ah says, "GWEN!"
Niny'ah holds one out into the area, for reach
Dawnwing puts up signs for [CHAIR GWEN], [SWORD GWEN] and [GWEN GWEN].
Connie arrives from elsewhere in the base.
Connie has arrived.
Vahno grabs a kobold and whispers to it.
Gwen and Gwen make a dash for the chairs. Further out on the field, Gwen has Gwen in an armlock. "Say uncle!" "We don't have an uncle!" "...say Aunt!" Elswhere, Gwen, Gwen, Gwen and Gwen are in the middle of a cartoonish fight-cloud. Gwen might be in there too.
Niny'ah distributes Beat'n Chairs!
Mako offers Connie a Bucket O Popcorn and designated Floam Finger to cheer on a Gwen!
PatchO'Black waves from the concessions stand.
Dawnwing may be constantly parading by said stand. >>
Gwen beats Gwen to the Beat'n Chairs, then beats Gwen WITH a Beat'n Chair! With a sudden *POOF*, Gwen evaporates into a cloud for Gremlin Particles. "Hah!" Gwen raises the chair in victory.. and is immediately taken out by Gwen with the big mallet. Second cloud.
Patashu whoo!
Niny'ah says, "NICE"
Cinderglow says, "Gwenlimination round!"
( The kobold Vahno grabbed returns and tosses a Brutal Looking Flail (silver foam dodgeball with foam spikes glued to it with a jump rope tied around) into the arena! )
PatchO'Black mews, "Um..."
Mako says, "Patchy, I think we're gonna need root beer. ... and prepare a large cold ginger beer for later. :D"
Dawnwing DID bring a flock of selves!
PatchO'Black mews, "Regular or floats, cousin Mako?"
PatchO'Black puts a large cold ginger beer on ice.
Mako says, "Regular, please."
Gwen dives for the new weapon, but get thumped by Bat Gwen before she can swing it up to speed. "Hey!" Meanwhile, two tired-looking Gwens emerge from the fight cloud, their foam weapons broken. They scan the arena for more options...
PatchO'Black gets out some frosty souvenir mugs and starts pouring the root beers!
Gwen's numbers are starting to dwindle, one staggering over to grab another one of the chairs. "Don' worry, I've got 'em right where they want me..." But Gwen has got the flail working now, and Gwen with the bat goes *poof*!
Vahno tosses in a pair of boxing gloves. Why not?
Mako winces. "Welp, she was right, in a way....
Niny'ah hollers to Fight Cloud Gwen and Gwen, "Thee chair! Give 'em the chair!"
Kandra slowly murmurs, "...the chairs might actually make decent shields..."
PatchO'Black hands a root beer to each Gwen as they leave the battle.
[OOC] Mako says, "The gwens that get eliminated are poofing, Patchy. nobody to hadn to. :P"
Gwen with the chair, Gwen with the flail, and Gwen with the hammer converge to face off, growling. "There can be only one!" "Well duh, yeah." "That's why we're here!" The pummeling recommences...
[OOC] PatchO'Black says, "Oh. Never mind then!"
PatchO'Black offers the drinks to the spectators...
Amy has disconnected.
( Savage, foamy blows are exchanged, and a new fight cloud erupts. When the grem-smoke clears, Gwen stands alone and victorious. And bruised. And wobbly. "Yeah, that'll show me. That'll show me ALL." )
Patashu cheers!
Mako sips. Checks the field. Are we down to one?
PatchO'Black looks to cousin Mako. "Now?"
[OOC] Gwen says, "Yep, new desc for the winner. :)"
It's true! Gwendetta Gloriosa Catastrophina Callipygia Fitzgremlin is actually here! Let the rejoicing begin! GREAT rejoicing, for here before you is the ONE TRUE GWEN!
Standing about three and a half feet tall, her athletic gremlinish form has cool gray skin with a tousled mop of blue-black hair, gelled into a wild spiky 1980s mane with streaks of pink and blue. Large pointed ears stick out sideways from her head, and a dusting of freckles runs across her wide button nose. Her large eyes have luminous electric blue irises floating in a sea of black. When her wide mouth forms into a mischievous grin, she displays rows of sharp, white, sharklike teeth. Running along her spine is a pattern of interlocking metallic hexagons, the foundation structure for her cybernetic implants that can unfold into mechanical limbs or wings. Dark, clawlike nails adorn her fingertips.
Today, this dynamic (yet thoroughly battered and wobbly) young she-gremlin is all geared up for a GWENBRAWL, and has emerged victorious! She appears to have chosen a Mad Max-ish theme for the event, adorned with a costume cobbled together from scraps of leather, thrift-store oddities, old engine parts, and junkyard salvage. Leather belts crisscross her torso, over a torn oil-stained halter top bearing the likeness of a cartoon bat. A gladiator-style mini-skirt made from cut mudflaps and tire pieces sewn together with electrical cable extends halfway down her thighs, with torn fishnet stockings and tall laced boots sporting makeshift scrap metal shin guards below. Her shoulders are guarded with pauldrons made from old sports equipment, a catcher's mask on her left shoulder and a hockey mask on the right. Her usual goggles are pulled down to properly cover her eyes, a necklace of broken spark plugs glitters around her neck, and her face and other bits of visible skin sport engine grease tiger-stripe warpaint.
Carrying: Cardboardia!, Big Novel, Gremlish Display of Wonders!, Utility Belt, Beau Buck plushie with directions to Alexondra's (N3 E1 then A) embroidered on his vest, "I Voted" Sticker, a cheeseburger, a chili dog, a chocolate cake with a file in it, A Cinnamon Candy Apple, A Deep-fried Pineapple on a Stick, A lamb skewer, A malt, A Salad on a Skewer, A Tasty Fish Skewer, A Toot Sweet, An asian chicken Skewer, Apple Star Candy, Bag of gumdrops, Bag of marshmellows, Bag of salt-water taffy, Banana split, beef ribs, Black cat chocolate covered marshmellow, Buffalo wings, candy bar pod, candy corn-on-a-cob, Cherry Flash Candy, Chitter for Mayor T-Shirt - GO NUTS!, Chocolate bar, chocolate bird's nest, chocolate coins, Chocolate-dipped soft-serve ice cream cone, Corium PrismaCola, Data8 Tape Candy, Diablo-style beef chili, Earth-Plane Candy Crystals, Edgeworld Park T-shirt, Elephant ear, Fried chicken, Frozen Strobe Firework, Funnel cake, Garlic fries, Giant sucker, Hand-scooped ice cream cone, hot fudge sundae, Iced tea, Kettlecorn, lantern-date, Laser Melon Candy, Lemon Sword Candy, Licorice ropes, Lime Shield Candy, LunaStar Amulet, Milk Duds, NBC for Mayor Button, New Town Museum Souvenir, nugget box flower, Official BunnyHugger Sternlooker, Onion rings, Plain soft pretzel, Popcorn with cheddar cheese topping, Potion, Practical Joke Kit, Raspberry lemonade, Rock crystal candy, Root beer, Soft pretzel with mustard, Some Cheese on A Skewer, Some Chocolate-covered bacon, Some Chocolate-covered tiramisu, Some Surf and Steak, Strawberry Barrier Candy, Strawberry Special Mix, Strontium PrismaCola, Thorium PrismaCola, Tray of fudge, tri-tip steak, Tritium PrismaCola, Twelfth Night ornament 2021, Twelfth Night ornament 2022, Twelfth Night ornament 2023, Uranium PrismaCola, Vanilla Cinnamon Mix, and Waffle-cone sundae
Mako says, "Would a ginger beer be too much juice after all that? Or do you need the tail first?"
Kandra softly says, "Whoo...", and tries to clap, but is lying on her side at this point and gives up after a moment.
Kandra well, she probably can, underwhelmingly.
Somewhere on the muck, Myril has disconnected.
Gwen says, "Better do the tail. Don't wanna have to do this all over."
You wroo, "Still holding it for you when you're ready!"
Vahno says, "And the winner is... GWEN!"
Amy has connected.
Gwen says, "Yaay!"
Amy will take a hot chocolate
Mako says, "You heard her, Patchy, keep the ginger beer on ice for a few. "
PatchO'Black mews, "Would you like that with marshmellows? Peppermint? Cinnamon?"
PatchO'Black mews, "Right, Mako!"
Somewhere on the muck, Edris has disconnected.
Gwen grabs the Gremlin Crown from the top of the hill. "Thass MINE." She puts it crookedly on her head.
Gwen sings, o/~ Heeere I am, born to be keen! I'm the princess of the Uuuuuniverse! o/~
You wroo, "Long live Princess Gwen!"
Somewhere on the muck, Myril has connected.
Gwen says, "Now les' go tail me before I pass out."
Patashu places the tail-box on a table, holds the ginger beer until it's done ;>
[OOC] Gwen says, "PI got a place for that, or is it more a mobile-equipment setup?"
Mako says, "Something something getting some tail..."
Gwen says, "Whoo!"
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "RL happened for a bit, sorry!"
Amy says, "Marshmallows, sure1"
Nina MEW!
[OOC] Patashu says, "We'll say we wheeled it out to do it on the spot."
[OOC] Patashu says, "Gotta make sure you don't *pop* and go back to two :D"
[OOC] Gwen nodnods.
Bevel giggles softly at Mako's remark. o.o
Dawnwing pin the tail on the gwen?
Nina sleepytwitch.
Connie applauds, looking entirely baffled.
Kandra tries to hug Nina's arm.
Kandra...shuffles in place a bit and tries to pull her slightly in the direction of Niny'ah.
Nina snuggles up with Kandra, purring softly and following. "Lessee ... how do heated blankets work ..."
PatchO'Black hands Amy a hot chocolate in a souvenir mug with marshmellows.
Amy had seen this before but is still kinda bemused
Amy thanks Patchy and sips deeply!
Bevel is fairly o.o but this is normal for her.
[OOC] PatchO'Black says, "Well, folks, I need to head for bed...."
[OOC] Nina nodnods, hugs a Patch
[OOC] Gwen says, "Well, hope this provided a bit of amusement. :)"
[OOC] Mako hugs a patch!
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "Tonight's Gwentertainment"
PatchO'Black hugs everyone who wants a hug!'
Gwen hugs PatchO'Black!
[OOC] Nina grins, nodnods
[OOC] Nina says, "Sorry I sorta missed being present formost of it."
Bevel hugs and winghugs Patchy! o.o
PatchO'Black hugs Gwen!
PatchO'Black hugs Bevel!
PatchO'Black hugs cousin Mako!
PatchO'Black hugs cousin Nina!
PatchO'Black waves to cousin Amy!
PatchO'Black hugs anyone else who wants a hug!
PatchO'Black takes out his calico flute and play a short tune, taking him away...
PatchO'Black has left.
( After a whirl of motion, flashing lights, and power-tool noises, Gwen has a new appendage! "huh." )
( A gaggle of kobolds lean in to check Gwen out, then give a thumbs up! Installation successful. )
You wroo, "Try it out?"
Bleu has teleported in.
Bleu has arrived.
Mako slides up notween style next to Gwen with a mug of Ginger Beer. :x
Dawnwing says, "Okay, I -thought- I was joking about that 'pin the tail' thing."
Mako says, "That was the whole point, dawn. :P"
Gwen swishes the tail back and forth and.. swats herself in the face. "Okay, might need a little practice."
Patashu giggles
Bevel says, "Ah." o.o
Bevel ... tailwiggle.
Gwen starts reaching for the mug with her tail... then thinks better of it and just uses her hands. "Here I am, single again..." :P
[OOC] Gwen says, "Now comes the tedious process of updating all my otfit morphs. :P"
Mako says, "Gwen speed dating...."
Gwen snrks.
[OOC] Nina says, "... if my therapy-LED light just died, I am going to lip my flid"
[OOC] Nina says, "Oh its power cord just came slightly loose"
Nina says, "Gweed dating."
You wroo, "Should we expect another Gwenbrawl the next time you need work done?"
Dawnwing has disconnected.
.Dawnwing falls asleep.
Cinderglow falls asleep.
Dawnwing has connected.
.Dawnwing wakes up.
Cinderglow wakes up.
Gwen says, "Yeah. This is why I don't get tattoos."
You wroo, "Makes sense~"
Mako says, "Maybe we can get you some press-ons? Won't last but they won't anyway..."
Gwen says, "Yeah, true."
[OOC] Amy says, "I tried using a therapy light for a while but staring into that giant damned sun simulator every morning felt very https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Ffffaibvbunwe1.gif"
Vahno says, "...So, what now?"
( From a holoprojector from the Incubator, Maia (in Magearna form) cheers. )
[OOC] Nina shrugs, I wake up in the afternoon and turn mine on after the sun goes down~ |3
[OOC] Mako says, "Therapy LED? o.o"
[OOC] Amy says, "the idea is, a full spectrum light to fight seasonal affective disorder. so a giant freaking light, which you stare into, for hours"
Gwen practices with the tail, a look of concentration as she maneuvers it around. The lion-tuft tip opens like a flower to reveal the prehensile grippers within. then the metallic spike/stinger emerges from the middle with a *snikt*. She grins. "Nice." :D
Nina perks at the sight of the interior. :3
( Maia says, "Oh that's SICK AS HELL." )
Mako says, "Oooh, stabbin tool"
Amy says, "...we need a watermelon for you to stab or something!"
Gwen says, "Yep! Custom order."
Nina murmurs, "Stab the watermelon, drain its energy ..."
Kandra takes a deep breath for a moment, then exhales, making a faint slight-whine. She tries to sit up, scratching at her forearms lightly. "... tired ..." She looks between Nina and Niny'ah, then for a moment towards Patashu et al.
[OOC] Mako says, "So, a friend of mine is aspring at making a vtuber overlay, and this includes little pixel diskettes cause she's Like That. She has made something I must now share for pun value. :P"
Vahno pokes a koboldd. "Melon Please!"
[OOC] Mako says, "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/140431058679234560/1470994566214586400/image.png?ex=698d51f2&is=698c0072&hm=1aeb92801b2028a6a5a547a8cc824c7e1a5b5e1c9441c4ad2fe3a828a9d1d97a&"
[OOC] Nina XD
[OOC] Vahno says, "OH MY GOD"
[OOC] Vahno says, "Okay, who is this? I Need to support em now"
[OOC] Mako says, "She's not really Live, she's just tinkering at the moment. I dunno if she might ever go full-live."
[OOC] Mako says, "More of a technical 'making stuff' thing than an actual tuber. Though If she does I will share. :P"
Nina looks to Kandra, and nods. In a burst of sky-blue holographic glitching, she materializes a midnight blue kittybasket with heated blankets and an LED weight display and thermostat.
[OOC] Mako says, "She's the one who gives me some of those terrible puns I tshare"
Kandra prrp? ...She looks between Niny'ah and the kittybasket for a moment, and rubs her face a bit, thinking. Or... trying... to think.
[OOC] Dawnwing says, "Oh my god Mako"
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Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026

2026-02-11T04:18:41Z

Patashu:

Spindizzy Winter Olympics 2026 Snowman Contest

2026-02-10T04:50:38Z

Patashu:

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Mako shouts "Behold! We shall begin muster for the Olympic Snowman Contest shortly, please come to the Endless Winter, at N11 e!, and bring warm clothes! :3" (Public-shout)
Tss'Renia .wavs, "n11 e1 I suppose."
Tss'Renia street luges away!
Tss'Renia has left.
Kiree shouts "Everyone prepare and get frosty!" (Public-shout)
You sit on a street luge (it resembles a long skateboard) and zip directly there!
Endless Winter [N11 E1](#14643RLJ)
The northern lights shine like rainbow curtains in the sky, turning the landscape of snow and ice into technicolor neon.

An open park-like area mirrors the idylls of greeting cards and children's books with fluffy white snow, a glassy frozen pond suitable for ice skating. A elliptical courtyard of sorts has been cleared an de-iced for safe and easy walking, though its pavement is a flat, milky crystal that might be mistaken for ice. At one focus on the ellipse is a crackling fire pit set about with skewers of marshmallows, meat, vegetables, or fruit for roasting. At the other focus a fountain of transparent quartz flows with super-cooled water, decorating itself and any object held in the spray with a shining coat of rime in floral and geometric figures.

All around are evergreen trees glossy and richly colored with health as well as smaller, including holly bushes with bright red berries. More exotic plants grow among them, including the [firesap] tree, its fruit hanging like iridescent globes encasing pale, swirling flame.

Behind the courtyard is what looks like a castle built to a grand scale from ice, its pointed spires glistening in the aurora.

As one moves out from the center, the forest grows denser and darker.
The cold air is still and crisp. Bright stars illuminate the eerie winter wonderland. It's about 2 am from the way the place feels.

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Contents: Aurora, Athares, Tss'Renia, Mako, and Frinexi
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|#1. Welcome! | Morticon |
|#2. Another use for this board | Morticon |
|#3. Spindizzy | Kinsor |
|#4. Wizards' Statement on the Mayoralty and Election | Austin |
|#5. Suggestions when running a public event | fluffy |
|6. Significant RPs or events for the week of 12JAN26 | Patashu |
|7. The SpinDizzy Winter Olympics is coming! | BunnyHugger |
|8. The Olympic Literary and Artistic Competitions | BunnyHugger |
|9. Crisis Gate - Open RP (21JAN26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|10. Significant RPs or events for the week of 19JAN26 | Patashu |
|11. Gotta D-d-d-d-duel! - Open RP (28JAN26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|12. Significant RPs or events for the week of 26JAN26 | Patashu |
|13. Monster Hunting! - Open RP (04FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|14. Significant RPs or events for the week of 02FEB26 | Patashu |
|15. Opening Ceremonies | BunnyHugger |
|16. Muck Olympic Event: MiSTing night! | Austin |
|17. Arctic Exoplanet Outpost Construction (Winter Olympics)| Patashu |
|18. Olympic Smiting - Open RP (11FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|19. Olympic Marriage - Open RP (14FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|20. Olympic Sales - Open RP (18FEB26, 6pm) | Moriar |
|21. Spindizzy Olympics: Snowman Contest | Mako |
|22. Olympic Team: Mystics and Misfits! | Mako |
|23. Olympic Team: Unnatural Monstrosities | Lightspill |
|24. Significant RPs or events for the week of 09FEB26 | Patashu |
|25. Spindizzy Mizer (Winter Olympics) | Patashu |
|26. Olympic Biathlon | BunnyHugger |
|27. Olympic Schedule (updated 2/8) | BunnyHugger |
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21. From: Mako
On: 2026-02-06 13:35:55
This post will expire on: 2026-03-08 14:35:55 -- 26 days and 19 hours from now.
Subject: Spindizzy Olympics: Snowman Contest

A top hat, a concob pipe, some coal.. everyone knows the classics. You are invited to take part in some competitive Winter Sculpture Making, using the medium of snow and Ice, (And twigs, and scarves, and...) We accept snowmen and ice related sculptures! To be held on Monday, Feb 9th 6:30PM Server(9:30 EST), where you will compete to make the best and most original snowman you can!
-Judges wanted
-Note, Olympic Management is not responsible for excessive whimsy or loss of submission should it suddenly animate and wander off.

Done.
Mako waaiver
Crys zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Crys has arrived.
Crys pads in
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Hello Crys!"
Crys waves a paw, smiling
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I heard good things about you."
Crys takes their robe off and hangs it neatly on a tree branch, then dives into a pile of snow, wiggling around into it and popping out, eyes brighter, tail wagging faster.
Crys says, "You did, Sparkheart?"
Crys bows to Tss'Renia, rather than curtsying, now that they aren't wearing a robe.
Crys says, "An honor to see you again."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "I am neighbors with Belinda. We talk often. She tells me you are a good kid and how much she looks forward to seeing you."
Crys smiles, "Thank you."
Crys offers Tss'Renia a hug, too.
Mako shouts "Behold! We shall begin muster for the Olympic Snowman Contest shortly, please come to the Endless Winter, at N11 E1, and bring warm clothes! :3 (Sorry for the location number error!)" (Public-shout)
Tss'Renia hugs Crys, carefully given the size difference, "Are you going to make a snowperson with us today?"
Niny'ah zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Niny'ah has arrived.
Niny'ah changes into a Sheep Satyr (bluedress).
PatchO'Black zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
PatchO'Black has arrived.
PatchO'Black opens up the concessions stand!
Mako allows time for people to arrive.
Mako says, "While we wait, who is taking part, who's spectating, for what team, and are there any aspiring judges?"
Athares waves, tailswish. "Athares here for team Mystics and Misfits. Nice to see everyone again."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Critternet represented by me, under the banner of the Monsters team."
You wroo, "Patashu, Team Dragon."
Crys says, "I am going tomake a snowcreature, yes!"
Crys says, "Oh, should I be on a team?"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Are you aligned with a team? Could join mine."
Crys scratches behind their jack, "I am not. I'm not sure if I'm more unnatural or magical."
Tss'Renia .wavs, "There is dragons, misfits, monsters, and I forgot if there are other ones."
Mako says, "Don't have to team either if you really don't want to"
Crys says, "I know I'm not a dragon. I will be an unnatural monster."
[OOC] Patashu says, "prewrite done"
[OOC] Patashu doesn't feel alive unless he does it during the event
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "I thought this was not prewrite?"
[OOC] Athares says, "Doesn't mean you can't. I wrote mine up yesterday"
[OOC] Patashu pauses. Oh, actually, it isn't prewrite isn't it
[OOC] Mako says, "No prewrite needed, but I said you could if you wanted. I don't reccommend it due to how I run things"
[OOC] Patashu cracks knuckles dramatically
Crossblaze zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Crossblaze has arrived.
Crossblaze looms over the audience stands to spectate.
,Kandra zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
,Kandra has arrived.
Mako looks around. ".... I'm not sure we'll get anyone else. Pity. all right! So, if you good folk would direct your attention to the giant snowfield before us.....
Crys turns and watches the snowfield, looking like they're expecting to be quizzed on it.
Athares earflares, surveying over the field, picking out a prospective spot for what he has in mind.
Mako says, "And to the table over there>>>>> (just out of frame) of various bits of coal and clothing, buckets, chisels, etc......"
Athares . o O ( Nothing more convenient than a quantum supply table. )
Mako says, "Your goal here is to contstruct the best snowbeing you can, within the assigned time frame! You are going to be judged on the following qualities: Quality: How good your item is structurally. Originality: How clever you are! And Technique, how well you put it together! (Ie, how well you describe it, how clever you are, and how well you can pose actually DOING it. Process can matter!)."
Featherwing zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Featherwing has arrived.
[OOC] ,Kandra will almost certainly be too sleepy to participate.
Mako FW-waves.
Mako says, "Participating or just spectating? :P"
( A gaggle of kobolds inspect the Goods, tails wagging. )
Featherwing thinks he's gonna try his paw at it for Team Dragon. He has a design in mind.
Mako Will verbatim, sec
Crys rubs their paws together with anticipation, not turning their gaze from the snow field.
[OOC] Tss'Renia writing!
Mako produces a whistle. "You have an hour! (No pose limit but please do not make my head explode)
Athares looks around. Who's taking front stage (Going first)? He tends to be polite and defer.
Patashu has a look of 'an hour? easy' on him as he walks out into the snow field leisurely, accompanied by a gaggle of kobolds and a tarp-wrapped cart containing something tall. Seems he's bringing something from out of field! He dramatically announces to the audience! "Snowman building, a pasttime of suburban kids and avant garde art exhibitions alike. Naturally, such an illustrious field is ripe to be automated with TECHNOLOGY!" He rips the tarp off the cart, revealing the Weather Machine!
drop weather machine
Dropped.
l weather machine
A white marble statue stands here on a pedestal, 25 feet tall, of a feral oriental dragon, fur flowing down its curled back, scales etched in diamond and vertically underbanded belly patterns, whiskers and antennae rushing back as though held in some strong wind, standing upright on its hindlegs and gazing down with a regal and wise face, the eyes glowing warm purple. A raised platform on the front of the pedestal commemorates it as 'Zephyros, God of Storms' and ends in a touchscreen showing a list of weather conditions, with text-to-speech and braille accessibility options. (chweather #list to see the list, chweather name to swap to that weather)

Currently, the weather is Cool, powdery snow is fluttering down from the sky and accumulating on the landscape around you.
[OOC] Mako says, "Technically I don't have a pose order in mind but if people wanna take turns it helps. :x"
Featherwing rrs, "I make no promises on cranial explosions but will do my best!"
Crys, actual kid, goes about this much differently. They find a spot on the field carefully away from anyone else's and make sure to leave generous margins to avoid accidentally taking someone else's resources, and dives in the snow. They burrow and use their hindpaws like an arctic fox digging to move snow around. They jump up and get more snow and start pushing it around, getting a long, low hill together. Bounding around in the cold seems to suit them quite well, at least.
Somewhere on the muck, Yanheng has connected.
fluffy zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
fluffy has arrived.
PatchO'Black sorts the t-shirts...
Athares picks a spot that's mid-rung, close enough to be easily seen but not hogging the front. He smiles to Patashu and nods; that's a utility we can all use! Nevertheless, he begins with a snow shovel, smoothing flat his workspace before piling and packing a nice vertical mound of snow, and more, and more. Just barely bigger than he is! He tosses the shovel back- catches it with his tail, and starts shaping the snow with his hands, using the tail-held shovel to add more snow and fling away excess when needed. He uses a bit of water shaping magic, a subtle bluish glow-trail along where he smooths down the snow marking where it briefly melts and instantly re-freezes into a solid ice shell over a still snowy interior, letting him start a snow-Xedwan with an ice sculpture's sharp features and details. Seems he's picked enough room for multiple works...
Niny'ah's just spectating this time. head isn't With It enough
Vahno zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Vahno has arrived.
fluffy patpetpots Vahno!
Vahno says, "Hoi."
Athares waves! We've already begun, he's shaping his first sculpture. (want a quote?)
[OOC] Vahno says, "Please!"
[OOC] Athares says, "Sent, from when Mako started things going"
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "Ready, large verbatim when greenlit."
[OOC] Vahno says, "Well, guess I wasn't too lat.e"
Crys keeps hauling and climbing and nauling and climbing, clamboring up on the hill and packing snow down until they have a long, low hump taller than they are. Once it's solid enough it doesn't end up collapsing under their weight, they move back and forth over the top, patting and pushing, roughing in a roundish, flattish shape. They climb down, pushing snow in at the sides and packing it in, making soft growly-gekkery sounds under their breath as they climb and hop around.
Patashu grins, with flourish of tail and wings! "Witness the power of the Weather Machine! With nought but a localized blizzard, a snowdragon will be printed before your very eyes!" As he stands there, the kobolds are already operating the dashboards and switchboards, the statue's eyes FLASH and a howling snowstorm floods Patashu's part of the field! ... Including where Patashu is.
PatchO'Black checks on the hot dogs...
Athares notes the time and keeps pace. He plans to make a series; the first would be just barely taller than him if it weren't crouching down a bit. He gives this one full attention to detail, using his claws to run lines evoking the look of fluff in an otherwise glossy sculpture, the sculpture's head tilted slightly, tongue sticking just out the side of its snout with a pair of shiny green marbles serving as eyes- are they glowing a bit? Yes. A green and grey scarf goes on, a pen clipped to the right one of those floppy ears. Looks like the statue is, itself, posed to be holding or shaping something, given an expression of focus and meticulous care in its actions. He gives it a full set of clothes with each section, feet frozen into snowboots, grey baggy pants long enough to bunch up over those boots, a button-up blue coat like a parka up top. The statue's build isn't as fit as Athares' himself, more like what you'd imagine a desk jockey Xedwan to look like, though Athares adjusts the freeze to make gloss-line markings along its cheeks, arms, and hands, palms polished to gloss-glow with fingers ending pinched-to-point claws of shiny transparent ice, as though the statue itself were casting an ice-shell spell! Though it seems to be missing most of its tail?
Mako eyebrowraises. Whoops!
Crys scampers off to one side and sketches a little outline in the snow, studying it, then they sketch another, before climbing back up and moving back and forth over the sculpture. Eventually they manage to put enough work into the back that it looks like they've dug a little bit of a large, furred beast's hindquarters out of the snow, in a rough and blocky way. They don't worry about cleaning it up, and instead focusing on trying to rough in the rest of the back, climbing down to shape the sides. They leave the front mostly untoucched, and the very back, focusing on the middle.
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "Verbatim incoming!"
<Verbatim start: Tss'Renia>
Tss'Renia calls all the nodes to attention. One marten, and 128 squirrels. Using heavy machinery and a metal dragon, the Critternet compact snow into a neat little square. While a marten starts sculpting from the snowy square, various squirrels make enormous ice cubes using a polyvinyl tub. The squirrels fill the tube with a garden hose, which was unfrozen by handheld devices that add kinetic energy into matter. The cube of water is turned to ice using the same handheld devices, but in reverse, removing kinetic energy from matter. All the squirrel scurry here and there, working together to freeze water into ice as fast as possible. Once aquired, the squirrels use a very fine anti-proton beam, the squirrels work in tandem to cut sheets of ice. One crew of squirrels hold the handheld anti-proton knife, and the other hold the dispersion and neutralization device. Here, this handheld device is singular, and "handheld" is relative. Handheld for a six foot tall creature? Yes. For 2^6 3cm squirrels? Team effort!

The marten and dragon sculpt what seems to be a snowman, sitting on a box and hunched over a table made of a large block of ice, assembled by the squirrels, left over from their construction. His face is gaunt. His facial features, realistic with sunken eyes and cheeks. Except for the carrot stuck on his nose, and the straight smile made out of pebbles along with the small rocks for eyes. The sculpture is misted with water, allowing the cold air to freeze and give the snowman extra durability. A trenchcoat is fitted on top of the snowman for completeness by the dragon, using a handheld emitter to materialize the item of clothing around the sculpture without disturbing it. A scarf along with a brain bucket are added to the snowman.

Onto the table made of a solid chunk of ice, an actual tablecloth with a ceramic plate. Onto the plate, real toasts with beans on top. The empty can of beans is nearby the plate on the table of ice. The scene is made complete by the squirrels assembling what seems to be a 'tent' made of ice sheets and features a large enough opening for dragon-sized creatures to inspect the interior and the main feature. The various sheets are held up by supporting wooden sticks, and glued together using the same technique of mist-spraying, using snow for mortar, and freezing as earlier.

The scene gives the impression of a soldier eating a rationed meal in the midst of a global conflict. The light shines through the tent of ice still.
<Verbatim end: Tss'Renia>
[OOC] Patashu says, "Cool!"
Patashu looks shocked, and then 'oh, that makes sense' as he's frozen into a dramatic, impressive snow-dragon-sculpture! He tries to pull off a wing flourish and a claw rise and a tailswish as he's frozen in place but he clearly didn't have time to think this through. As the machine powers off, the kobolds giggle and place carrot horns and a coal horn stub on Patashu. Clearly there was a miscommunication here...
Athares . o O ( A clash of whimsy and somberness. Many statements could be read from that. )
Athares, looking at Tss'Renia's work.
Crys moves to the back and starts carefully moving away from of the blockier snow with both hands, using their tail to brush away an outer layer more carefully. They form the huge haunch of a wolf and the hindquarters, and a fluffy tail of snow (just a curved snake for now) next to it, and move around to do likewise on the other side. They pad down to the front of their creation and start working on the forelegs, paws stretched out in front of it. Not wanting to have to deal with matters of structural integrity, they start rounding a head out of snow laying on the forepaws. They pad up and down the sculpture, patting and pushing and brushing, increasing the level of detail using fingers and claws, before they run over to the table and pick up a butter knife and dental picks and start working on details of the paws, gouging snow out between the toes and hollowing the insides of the ears.
Athares' next sculpture is made under the first's hands as though the first were making it- ah, a snow-robot half as tall, like an ice golem if with an unfinished ice-shell and so without sharp details. Handy the classic tank-tread bottom doesn't need solid feet to stand up, a thick torso section given just enough definition to look like there's plating over a battery pack, the head shaped vaguely like a Xedwan's with divets at the eyes; Athares adds some ash to blacken the front of the eyes before giving them an ice gloss to look like camera lenses. It has two arms with just enough shell to hold together, plated and jointed with three finger graspers, one looking like it should be holding a tool of some kind.
Vahno holds up a pair of snowballs. "So, Niny. Think I should make an addition to Pata's... ah... sculpture?"
( A kobold yanks Vahno onto the field. "Audience participation!" As the other kobolds cheer! )
Mako says, "Please refrain from interfering with the contestants. Unless they're really asking for it. :x"
Athares looks to Vahno, Pata, smirks a bit.
Athares . o O ( He kind of is, by proxy at least. )
Vahno acks?! "W-wait, what?!"
( The kobolds look to Mako. One says, "If it wasn't Vahno, we were going to do it!" "This is more fun!" )
Tss'Renia pads over to Crys and looks over the snowwolf.
Crys breaks off the tip of one ear and gekkers with annoyance. They stare at the snow and scoop up another handful, spitting on it and packing it together and putting it atop the creature's head again as they start packing and building the ear, keeping one hand behind it so they don't break it again while they scrape out the inside, using the curved side of the butter knife. They switch to it and the dental picks to do a bit more detail on the creature's mouth and paws. After fussing a good bit, working from the top down so they don't have to climb on stuff they've just detailed, they pad back over to the table and pick up a broom and a rake, and pad over to use both to start giving the snow a 'furred' texture. They go a bit too hard with the rake and end up having to sweep things back into shape and try again
Vahno says, "...Y'all have no idea what I was planning."
Tss'Renia offers Crys its misting bottle.
Vahno glances around... then addes the snowballs to Pata's chest.
( While Vahno is doing that, some kobolds cheer loudly to distract him, the Weather Machine getting powered on once again, whirrr... )
Crys smiels, "Thank you, Creature." They take the bottle and try to mist the more detailed areas so wind is less likely to blow them away. And they follow up every combing that they're more or less happy with with a light misting. They then run off to the table and get a chisel before wandering far afield, and returning with two icicles. They pad back and install them in the wolf's mouth, one on either side for fangs, though one is notably about four inches longer than the other.
Athares takes an actual laser evaporator to an ice block for the next sculpture, reverse-laser-printing a small raptor-esque spirit-in-ice- one leg remains unfinished, ice block for a foot. It's posed leaning forward with a happy fluffy smile, feathery arms reaching into the snow as though to make a snowball. Once done, Athares puts the laser in the grasper of the prior robot aimed at the unfinished leg.
Vahno grins and patpats Patashu. Gotta make sure nothing falls off. ...wait, what's that sound?
( Vrrrrr-FWWWWOOOOOOOSSSSHHHHH. Vahno is buried in snow and cold and flash frozen. )
Crys pads around and repairs the tail, taking a bit of time to brush it and make it nice and fluffy looking. They had, uh, stepped on it a few times when fixing the rest of the wolf. The tail isn't very detailed, snow curved partway around and made to look like stylized fluff. THough once that's done they return the tools to the table and stand in front of the sculpture.
Athares' raptor isn't just making a snowball though; between its claws is-
( The tiniest snow-rodent. )
Athares deliberately leaves it vague to what they're meant to be, the one in its claws only half-shaped but there are a few already done in front of it. A few complete the circle back to the snow-Xedwan, ferrying cylindrical chunks- oh. Tail sections. To build the snow-Xedwan's missing tail, a snow mound piled up towards it with tiny snow-mice-things working like ants hoisting a section into place.
PatchO'Black hugs Borris, afar!
Athares finishes by writing in the snow in front of it with his tail: 'Recursive Creation'.
Vahno is frozen solid...
[OOC] PatchO'Black says, "I'm going to need to head out."
[OOC] Mako hugs a patchy. Okaythen!
[OOC] PatchO'Black hugs cousin Mako!
( The kobolds delicately put coal 'eyes' and a carrot 'nose' on Vahno and high five each other. :3 )
Athares crosses his arms a moment, smirks. Looks to Crys and work, "Raising a wolf-sphinx with only kitchen and yard tools. That actually is decently impressive, good work." Then to Vahno. Just, smirks. The temptation is there but- nah. Wouldn't be good conduct to mess with another's entry.
PatchO'Black takes out his calico flute and play a short tune, taking him away...
PatchO'Black has left.
Tss'Renia noses Crys, "Well done, creature!"
Crys says, "Thank you, Creature!"
Crys bows to Athares for the first and says to Tss'Renia, "Thank you."
Vahno wobbles slightly.
Patashu frozenly gives Vahno a look like 'this is what you get'
Mako says, "When you are complete, please flag me, by the way, so I know to review properly. :P"
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Oh, mine is done."
Athares nods, stepping aside from his. "I think we all are?"
Crys says, "I am done, Creature."
( The kobolds ahem, "I believe Patashu is done." :3c )
,Kandra falls asleep.
Dawnwing aaaas Patashu, from afar! Can I watch it get built?
You eeee Dawnwing, afar!
Somewhere on the muck, Dawnwing has connected.
Vahno . o O ( Dang it! It was just a prank! )
,Kandra wakes up.
Austin arrives from The Aethereal Tundra (N11 E0).
Austin has arrived.
Featherwing has disconnected.
fluffy nesets Austin! I suppose it never even occured to you that he might be French.
fluffy transitive-verbs Austin!
Featherwing has connected.
Austin says, "Hey there. Sorry to run late; had RL stuff dragging me away."
[OOC] Featherwing acks, buffer cleared... :( Reworking.
fluffy says, "Oh, were were all supposed to be building our snowpeople in parallel?"
fluffy says, "I wasn't sure what the queue conceit was."
Somewhere on the muck, Yanheng has disconnected.
Athares nods to fluffy. "I think most of us weren't until we just started doing it like this."
fluffy says, "I see."
Mako says, "I was not holding to any specific order, no. If I missed you wantin g to participate, I'm sorry. o.o Still time! I just need to know, and what team if any you represent, and I verbatim the rules."
Mako waves to Austin too. "No worries, still in progress tho some have finished.
fluffy hms, and gets out three ice cream scoops of different sizes from her The thing your aunt gave you which you don't know what it is. She uses each one to scoop up a ball of snow, and then stacks them atop one another.
fluffy says, "Oh, I came in late is all. I'm on Team Otherwise Other."
fluffy opens up a bag of superpositional Smarties and uses them to put a little face on the smallest, topmost ball, with little eyes and a nose.
Mako jots it down! Roger!
fluffy puts a cute little felt hat on top of the head, and attaches a couple of twigs to the middle ball, resembling the saddest little spindly arms.
fluffy takes a step back and looks at the little snowfiend, and then sits down, satisfied.
fluffy pat-pet-pots the little snowfiend.
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "undertale fan detected?"
[OOC] fluffy says, "I mean, I've been using the pat-pet-pot verb since it came out, so"
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "I have been using chisps since it came out too."
[OOC] fluffy says, "many of the pies in the Mad Scientiki's PIEBOT 3000 are Undertale references"
?SYNTAX ERROR (Type 'commands', 'help', or 'globals' for help.)
Featherwing sets out a holotemplate of a certain new Mega Pokemon and begins packing it with snow from the machine. After the packing is finished, tools come out to form the bits and pieces of a Mega Dragonite! From the beaded tail to the giant ear wings, no detail is missed! Once the design is complete, out come the spraypaints! From cream for the bellyridges, arm and earwings to the orange of the body and cerulean of the tailbead. The finished product glistens in the light of the area. "Phew!"
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "Also, hOi. hOives. 'Hi im bob'. chOives. WHOMST. Though, I think Whomst might have been fantrash because I could never find the original."
Mako watches all the creations.... FW's is last, she thinks.
[OOC] Mako says, "Is that everyone? This is kinda tough. @.@"
[OOC] fluffy says, "whomst was a big Tumblr thing for years"
Crys seems happy enough to stand in the cold wind. They even flop over and roll around in the snow for a bit before springing back up, bouncing on their paws
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "I still use whomst. At work even. I know it is incorrect. I care not!"
[OOC] Crys says, "'Whomst' isn the superlative form of 'whom', and it is correct to use it in, for example, "To Whomst It May Concern" if it concerns /themst and themst in particular/."
Athares thankfully in his case he's dressed warm and fluffy as ever on top of it. He looks to Patashu and Vahno though... eh they're not going to get any -more- frozen.
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "For real? o_o"
[OOC] Crys says, "No ;)"
Patashu FW-approves, naturally!
[OOC] Crys says, "But when I see 'whomst' my brain parses it as some weird superlative probably because of 'most'."
[OOC] Crys says, "And 'best' and whatever"
[OOC] fluffy says, "whomst'ven't"
[OOC] Crys says, "However, notice the quotations https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whomst"
[OOC] Austin says, "Huh! The Muse in Many Moods, how about that?"
Mako takes notes.... "Who is still waiting?"
fluffy fusses with the little snowfiend's cute little hat.
fluffy says, "I guess I'm done."
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "Oh, so it is archaic, but not incorrect."
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "Had, well, plays well into my linguistic constraints, really."
Mako hovers along, giving each creation a look as she goes. They're all good! o.o; tough choice...
Tss'Renia eats some of their Calico cat candy.
Somewhere on the muck, Voksa has connected.
[OOC] Mako is rereading backscroll, so forgive, this is why I leave extra time. Also since I'm the only judge I'm trying to be fair. o.o
Tss'Renia opens the box flower and reaches within before plucking a nugget from the bunch, the nugget is then eaten swiftly, it seems like they enjoyed it!
Mako claps her hands together. "OKAY! I Thiiiink I have a decision here. This is a tough call, to be honest. o.o"
Austin claps preemptively!
( Kobolds lean in? )
Mako says, "BunnyHugger will be distributing medals a little later, possibly tomorrow or the day after, as I am given to understand she is running a tad late due to some potential technical difficulties, but we still have to give you the awards, such as they are, so!"
fluffy picks up her little snowfiend and holds it in her lap.
Austin says, "Oh, they're not potential. They are actual technical difficulties and she is a very _cross_ BunnyHugger right now."
Featherwing nods.
Athares ohs, "Goodness. May they be swifly resolved."
Mako gestures to Tss'renia! "A clever tableau using snow and ice in a way I hadn't thought of, and a veritable army of small critters! Today, you get the Gold!"
Tss'Renia :O
( Kobold applause! )
Mako snaps her fingers and places a little ice sculpture trophy in front of the tableau in lieu of medal for now. :x
Athares smiles, applauds!
Crys leans back and howls quietly in appreciation
Austin nods, unfortunately not something fixable tonight, but by Wednesday absolutely.
Austin claps!
Tss'Renia .wavs, "Thank you" ;;
Somewhere on the muck, Voksa has disconnected.
Featherwing yays for 'Renia! ^w)
Spool zooms in and screeches to a halt! Street luging.
Spool has arrived.
fluffy spools Spool!
Somewhere on the muck, Voksa has connected.
Mako says, "Next up, a wolfy creature made with effort and dedication! And more or less just by hand. o.o Crys's Wolf in sphynx position. Wolphynx? A most excellent wolf. I do believe you shall get Silver today. :3"
Tss'Renia offers Crys a big hug, "Well done, creature!"
Athares applauds, "Well deserved!"
Featherwing playfully eyenarrows before grinning and applauding.
Mako says, "For Bronze, no less impressive but I don't want to split the points, we have the snowception scene. ... if we gave you enough time would you go down to the microscopic level? ... micescroscopic? no, that sounds like a rodent thing. Still, well done. Athares, with the bronze. :P"
Crys says, "Thank you."
Crys smiles and hugs Tss'Renia
fluffy hugs her rapidly-melting little tiny pile of snowball scoops. "Hey, at least you tried," she says to it.
Athares grins goofily, steps over, and bows- partly to accept the, well, no medal at the moment, but the appreciation at least. "Eventually it'd go from 'recursion' to 'fractal'. Thank you."
Patashu is being slowly thawed out by kobolds with blow dryers. =w= Guys the weather machine does HOT too. Geez.
Athares . o O ( That would make too much sense. )
Mako then distributes temporary participation ribbons. "Nice try though!" She pins one on Pata. And on the tiny snowfiend. And on the pokesnow. :3
Austin ooohs. Frozen robots?
fluffy yays! and patpets the snowfiend.
[OOC] Patashu says, "and uploaded https://wiki.spindizzy.org/index.php?title=Spindizzy_Winter_Olympics_2026_Snowman_Contest"
Mako says, "I'd offer to help, pata, but I'm told that for Insurance Reasons I can't go fireballing people. :x"
Athares . o O ( I would help, but, I don't want to ruin those kobolds' fun. )
Patashu thumbs up, understands fully
Featherwing feigns indignance. "No one appreciates simple art these days. Ah, well. Good work, all!"
Vahno Wobblewobbles... and falls over.
[OOC] Tss'Renia says, "Thank you for the wonderful event, Mako! Now, I will turn into a pumpkin."
[OOC] Athares says, "Indeed, thanks for hosting!"
Tss'Renia has left.
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