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State of the Taxon
Hey kids! Dien here. February's over, and March is roaring in. AND NOW I SHALL FIRE BULLET-POINTS AT YOU ALL.
THE ARMOR-PIERCING BULLET POINTS
• Brrr.... Taxon, the weather's about to take a turn for the worse. We hope you have your thermals handy. See MARCH GLITCH, down below.
• Adventure Zone for March will tie into the Glitch, so... yes, see below. That said, you can offer suggestions/make requests for glitches and future Adventure Zones over here.
• Reminding everyone to fill out your character profiles, as per here. Many of you have already done so, and thank you for that! We will start editing the Taken list soon to include a link for the profiles. Even if all you have right now is a placeholder post, give us your link to that so we can put that link into 'Taken'.
• Reminding everyone to TAG YOUR POSTS. Older players are as guilty of this as newer ones! At the moment we've basically chucked a formalized AC out the window, but that's not to say it might never come back, so please stay in the habit of using those tags. Even aside from AC, it's a useful way for us mods to track down where your characters are and what they are doing... which is useful to us when we start stalking you with the hamsters, or dropping meta-plot hints for your characters.
• The new FAQ (basic FAQ and expanded FAQ) is up and implemented. We'll try and weed out references and links to the older FAQ, but the community's FAQ links should link to the new ones now. Please take the time when you can to familiarize yourself with the changes-- a lot of things are the same, but a lot of things have changed slightly. If you have any questions, ask away.
• As a footnote to the new FAQ that deserves its own mention, you have the option to submit your own Extras to be specific NPCs. Check that out over here at the Extras entry.
• As a footnote to the footnote, the Sheriff is being toned back doooown to be a very background character, and less of a nerfer. He may still get busted out if characters are engaged in wide-spread property destruction, but this will be handled on a case-by-case basis. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, ignore it, it's cool. Theft will no longer result in an auto-catch by the Long Arm of the Law.
• The Weather.... oh yeah, see that glitch below.
• If you have a location that hasn't yet been added to the City Map, leave a comment explaining where you'd like it and we'll add it in.
WINTER IS COMING
Taxon has had a fairly moderate winter, all things considered; that is about to change. For ten days in March, the City is going to get very... very... cold.
Starting March 7th and running until March 17th, the temperature is going to drop sharply and Taxon's current snowfall will fall thicker, and thicker, and thicker. The first day or so might seem pleasant enough-- picturesque, even-- but as the days pass and the inches start accumulating into feet, it'll start to become less about snowball fights and sledding and more about "I really hope the heat keeps working."
Water mains may freeze and burst; the trams will stop running and the shops will close up. Getting around an increasingly iced-over and snowed-under Taxon... and staying warm, and getting food... will be up to you, brave Taxonians. Still, as long as you all keep level heads, everything should be fine-- I mean, it's not as if that's wolves you hear howling from the direction of the bridge, is it...?
More to come as we go into the glitch proper, but those characters who have supernatural senses for such things/are strongly tied to nature/or are just super-observant as to things like animals stockpiling nuts-- you are are free to have such characters sense something of the coming storm.
Characters WILL need to do something to break the curse of winter, but we'll get into that later as well.
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ME AND MY PUPS
Fill it out! Post it inna comments!
THE ARMOR-PIERCING BULLET POINTS
• Brrr.... Taxon, the weather's about to take a turn for the worse. We hope you have your thermals handy. See MARCH GLITCH, down below.
• Adventure Zone for March will tie into the Glitch, so... yes, see below. That said, you can offer suggestions/make requests for glitches and future Adventure Zones over here.
• Reminding everyone to fill out your character profiles, as per here. Many of you have already done so, and thank you for that! We will start editing the Taken list soon to include a link for the profiles. Even if all you have right now is a placeholder post, give us your link to that so we can put that link into 'Taken'.
• Reminding everyone to TAG YOUR POSTS. Older players are as guilty of this as newer ones! At the moment we've basically chucked a formalized AC out the window, but that's not to say it might never come back, so please stay in the habit of using those tags. Even aside from AC, it's a useful way for us mods to track down where your characters are and what they are doing... which is useful to us when we start stalking you with the hamsters, or dropping meta-plot hints for your characters.
• The new FAQ (basic FAQ and expanded FAQ) is up and implemented. We'll try and weed out references and links to the older FAQ, but the community's FAQ links should link to the new ones now. Please take the time when you can to familiarize yourself with the changes-- a lot of things are the same, but a lot of things have changed slightly. If you have any questions, ask away.
• As a footnote to the new FAQ that deserves its own mention, you have the option to submit your own Extras to be specific NPCs. Check that out over here at the Extras entry.
• As a footnote to the footnote, the Sheriff is being toned back doooown to be a very background character, and less of a nerfer. He may still get busted out if characters are engaged in wide-spread property destruction, but this will be handled on a case-by-case basis. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, ignore it, it's cool. Theft will no longer result in an auto-catch by the Long Arm of the Law.
• The Weather.... oh yeah, see that glitch below.
• If you have a location that hasn't yet been added to the City Map, leave a comment explaining where you'd like it and we'll add it in.
WINTER IS COMING
Taxon has had a fairly moderate winter, all things considered; that is about to change. For ten days in March, the City is going to get very... very... cold.
Starting March 7th and running until March 17th, the temperature is going to drop sharply and Taxon's current snowfall will fall thicker, and thicker, and thicker. The first day or so might seem pleasant enough-- picturesque, even-- but as the days pass and the inches start accumulating into feet, it'll start to become less about snowball fights and sledding and more about "I really hope the heat keeps working."
Water mains may freeze and burst; the trams will stop running and the shops will close up. Getting around an increasingly iced-over and snowed-under Taxon... and staying warm, and getting food... will be up to you, brave Taxonians. Still, as long as you all keep level heads, everything should be fine-- I mean, it's not as if that's wolves you hear howling from the direction of the bridge, is it...?
More to come as we go into the glitch proper, but those characters who have supernatural senses for such things/are strongly tied to nature/or are just super-observant as to things like animals stockpiling nuts-- you are are free to have such characters sense something of the coming storm.
Characters WILL need to do something to break the curse of winter, but we'll get into that later as well.
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ME AND MY PUPS
Fill it out! Post it inna comments!
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What's been going on: In the months following the Second
COMINGRehaul, Cain's been exploring the new city and its surrounding forests. First day, he and Paul made some tentative investigations of the Lighthouse (and also talked about Stuff and Things, like teen!Paul's shenans with a certain blond vamp, and in true epiphany form, Wyatt realized that if that's something Paul sees as a potential Thing, the holy crabapple, he's probably been thinking that time he kinda pounced Glitch was a Thing and a half). World didn't end. Taxon kept Taxoning.First week, he nabbed Paul onto a miniature camping trip (mini in duration, not size, of course, lol words). More talking was had, leaving Cain a very happy camper indeed. He also welcomed Emma to the city, with mixed results (and a heavy heart).
More recently, he's side-eyed Nuada ("Creepy Fuck"), side-eyed Glitch for dealing with the guy, welcomed a newcomer vampire and told him way too much about his own coping mechanisms, and stood vigilant guard by the bridge leading across to the Adventure Zone...pretty much all of February. Two out of three Ozians think this is a not entirely bright idea.
Things to do this month: He's getting to be more of a proactive guy. Getting to know people would be good, rather than just hearing other people talk about them. Mhmm.
He'll hate this month with a white hot rage. And because he's a crankpot when it gets cold, he's gonna haul his ass over to the birdhouse and bitch and moan all about it. Or, you know, just take it like a man and be quiet about it (also known as "sulking"). He'll help out as much as he can with everything, including going out there in the snow to find stranded people.
I want moar CR! :D
Oh and hey Dien, if you wanna go there, I'm up for an epic lovers' quarrel, you know of what I speak.no subject
I do knoooowwwBirdhouse will be a small small place.
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Emma needs to meet Cain again, probably at the gathering.
...and I just remembered Glitch's birthday is this month, let's see if anyone (including him) remembers.
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Cain'll bake him a cake. Like, the best cake ever, as per Glitch's preferences and everything. And no one'll say anything about birthdays.
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look whatcha made me do
#gurl
gurlfrand, you mean