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taxonmods ([personal profile] taxonmods) wrote in [community profile] taxonooc2012-03-31 09:43 am

State of the Taxon: One Day Early!

Greeting Taxon! It’s April, time to shower you all with information!

CALENDAR: Located here as ever. Let us know if there are any events you’d like to have added!

APRIL FOOL’S: After March came in like a...horrible monster with fangs and claws and a thagomizer, the aliens have opted for April to begin on a lighter, whimsical note. For all of April 1st the city will be filled with harmless pranks like buckets of water or glitter balanced atop doors, cream pies left just sitting around waiting to be thrown in someone’s face, and whoopee cushions in the damnedest spots. Careful opening any containers today as “snakes” may jump out, and handshakes may result in mild electric shocks.

TAXIVERSARY: The Taxon Project begins its fourth year on April 15th! Stuff will happen! It is a surprise!

ANNOUNCEMENTS
→ First off, we want to thank you for all your feedback on the HMD. We’re assembling a modly response to it and will have that up shortly. Also we want to say that we’re thrilled with the overall response to the HMD and want to encourage further discussion if you feel the need to have it.

→ Taxon has a tumblr! Or a thing for Keri to waste time on at work! One thing that’s always been a frustration is being unable to really provide a proper visual example for what the city looks like. Hopefully Taxitecture provides the next best thing! Each image is set in a particular district (Central, Osten, Speares, etc.) and is further tagged with functionality. Or it’s just there to be pretty. If you’re looking for a place to set your next post you can check out public spaces, or if your character is in need of a home you can choose a residence. The tumblr’s there for inspirations, scroll through and see what you come up with!

→ As ever, we want to hear from you! Email or PM the mod account, hit one of us up on AIM, grab Keri on plurk, or you can always hit up the suggestions or complaints posts if needed.


AROUND THE CITY
Weather/atmosphere: The weather’s staying with Batumi and getting increasingly warm and pleasant!

Really, spring is bustin’ out all over with flowers and pretty floral bonnets and the introduction of songbirds and squirrels to the city’s wildlife. It’s a glorious season so long as you don’t mind the occasional wicked witch.

Freebies: Candy and the aforementioned bonnets will be available from the hatches and stores. If that seems cheap? Don’t fret, the aliens aren’t letting the project’s birthday pass without giving the citizens presents. They’ll have a blast.

Awesome, It’s A Party!: Down at the beach in Osten spring break is in full swing! It’ll be noticeably warmed at the coast, and anyone exploring that way will encounter a brand new five star resort as well as numerous skeevy dive joints and bass-thumping clubs. Take a break, play some volleyball, shake your groove thing, and


MEME
Here is your monthly CR meme! Jump in, tag around, have a grand old time!

sourcebloodaughter: (57)

[personal profile] sourcebloodaughter 2012-04-03 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
ooo yes, i'm not sure how. i know nothing about charles |D but yes to more cr~
loveawkward: (Shades of red)

[personal profile] loveawkward 2012-04-03 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
I have images of the clothes he wore in the First Slayer ep now. And I'm amused.

I can so put up a post. I've been meaning to actually put one up since his intro so shall do so tonight.
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[personal profile] loves_bitch 2012-04-03 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Sweet! I'll look for it.
hasaheart: (maybe not entirely IC but who knows)

[personal profile] hasaheart 2012-04-03 08:47 am (UTC)(link)
Tea with the Eunuch (why does that remind me of a book title of some kind? Maybe because it just does). :D Yes please! How do we do this?

Oh! Oh! :D You could tag into his post, but have Maddie be at the Northern Island when he returns from his shopping spree. Fresh and dried fruit! Nuts! He would be more than happy to share the spoils (and a teeny bit of gossip).
hasaheart: (smile)

[personal profile] hasaheart 2012-04-03 08:48 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, but he's a lovely bastard, or Mick wouldn't give him half as much time of day.

I'll be hitting the catch-all post for April Fools-ing about. Just have to think of something suitably awful. >:D
hasaheart: (maybe not entirely IC but who knows)

[personal profile] hasaheart 2012-04-03 08:49 am (UTC)(link)
More Scott and Mick :D Somehow! Somewhere!
hasaheart: (bitch plz)

[personal profile] hasaheart 2012-04-03 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
Cain: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF--!!!
no_rose_tint: (Running)

[personal profile] no_rose_tint 2012-04-03 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
Somewhen!

Pretend that's a word.

But yes, agreed.
skysung: (Aladar / I found a dinosaur / a perch)

[personal profile] skysung 2012-04-03 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
If Maddy ever wants to hang out with a dragon, Kitten has developed a huge fondness for telepaths. She can understand but can't speak human language, so she pretty much just goes, "Someone I can talk to, yay!" She really likes Charles.
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[personal profile] skysung 2012-04-03 11:31 am (UTC)(link)
SOMEDAY, teaching the dragon to play D&D must happen. And I want them to meet in person sometime, so Arthur cannot hide behind his texting. XD
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[personal profile] genequeen 2012-04-03 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I can do that!

(I suddenly like nu!Chekov! 'I kin do that!')
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[personal profile] genequeen 2012-04-03 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Kitten will likely remind her of Lockheed and that is a good thing. So, I'm all about a meet up.
thornandmoss: (joy)

[personal profile] thornandmoss 2012-04-03 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent. Kitten has an open location post up, or we can have them meet in a new post sometime this month. I'm looking forward to it! XD Kitten has met probably fewer than 5 people who can understand her words in her entire life, so telepathic abilities are by far her favorite possible mutation. She was stunned when Charles could, and she'll be positively gleeful upon finding out that he's not the only one in the city.
tothelightshown: (kansas farm girl)

[personal profile] tothelightshown 2012-04-03 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
About as well as DG and Glitch do, I expect.
tothelightshown: (flowers in her hair)

[personal profile] tothelightshown 2012-04-03 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I approve of the drama of that very much.
tothelightshown: (kansas farm girl)

[personal profile] tothelightshown 2012-04-03 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, me too! I particularly love the relationship building between Charles and Dru. She is very wary of him and his desire to help, but intrigued despite herself. It's fun.
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[personal profile] loveawkward 2012-04-03 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
He's a cowboy trope? A bastard with a heart of gold?

I need to do that. I considered Kool-Aid powder in the shower head. Turns your hair, and body, red. Washes off eventually but not always quickly.
genequeen: (Windswept)

[personal profile] genequeen 2012-04-03 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Let's look at doing something specific for them later. Maybe ... Hrmmmm. Let me think about it.
aintnoconvict: (having a few concerns)

[personal profile] aintnoconvict 2012-04-04 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Wary staring. And guilt about wary staring. Or maybe that'll just be him.
aintnoconvict: Icon by <lj site="livejournal.com" user="lovers-fade"> (omfg y'all)

[personal profile] aintnoconvict 2012-04-04 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
OH VERY BELATED but I ran it by Sofo this morning and it seemed plausible: any chance for Maddy to be the messenger getting the word out re: DG's fun new evil? It'd basically consist of Glitch giving her a coded message to relay to Cain, and then some puzzle-solving.
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[personal profile] genequeen 2012-04-04 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure. I could totally do that. Just point me in the right direction.
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[personal profile] smecker 2012-04-04 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[personal profile] smecker | Paul Smecker

Previously: Paul did not have a very good month in March, what with his boyfriend best friend getting haunted by his murderous dead wife and he himself getting haunted by The Brothers Saintly, Free PsychoDa included. He got shot, but Glitch and Wyatt saved the day, and Martha patched him up. Yay team!

Glitch Plans: Paul is going to get a pie in the face at some point and throw a temper tantrum.

Other Plans: See: throwing temper tantrums. He's still Recuperating from being shot and will therefore be in a splendid grump and snarl like the hissy cat he is.
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[personal profile] imperial_long 2012-04-04 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[personal profile] imperial_long | Mayland Long

Previously: Gosh, well, he died. Woops.

Glitch Plans: Long probably needs a bucket of water atop his head at some point, it would be good for him.

Other Plans: fallout with Gweeeeeeeeeeeeeen
-need to actually address Long being back and his books/rooms being gone
-he has to greet a crap ton of new people that he has missed, because he has been zoning out the last few weeks
skysung: (I'm listening)

Kitten and Briar

[personal profile] skysung 2012-04-05 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
[personal profile] skysung | Skysong "Kitten"

Previously: I did not do as well as I would've liked with flinging Kitten into things, possibly because I just... have trouble with network posts. So location things are happening and she's meeting Josef & Willow & Glitch, and that is good. Also, Arthur interests her. I never posted her reaction to Long's death (and am considering going back and just doing a standalone comment about that), but she did not take it well at all.

Glitch Plans: I... fail at glitch plans.

Other Plans: Meeting Madelyne, possibly moving in with Buffy and Willow (since they have her room from home at their place), all the location threads I can find time for? BRING ME YOUR CR. I WANT IT ALL. /flings a dragon at people



[personal profile] thornandmoss | Briar Moss

Previously: Haunted holo: still backtagging things there; Briar wound up in Gyongxe, which is the setting where his PTSD is rooted. So he's a mess. I'm hoping we can clue at least a person or two (Martha?) in on just how messed up he is. Rescued Jenna from her house before she bled to death & brought her to Martha for doctoring.

Glitch Plans: WHAT ARE PLANS!?

Other Plans: Dinner with James and Ashley, please! Also must get him back in touch with Party. I chose A HOUSE for Briar from the amazing Taxon architecture tumblr. I would love if anyone wanted to come visit, either by invitation or just stumbling over the house and meeting him. He'll be hanging out in the garden an awful lot. If I could find anyone for him to spar/train with, that'd be lovely too. He's good with a staff or knives.
thornandmoss: (amusement)

[personal profile] thornandmoss 2012-04-05 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
If Cain wants to come visit Briar, he's welcome anytime. Briar's got a nice garden set up now that I've finally gotten inspired and laid claim to a house for him.

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