outofsticks | OOC PLOTTING: IT'S GONNA BE MAY

SETTING UPDATES

Kiera built us a barn. It lives in the north of the Grove, Wolfie will update the map when Wolfie has a second. You can house livestock here, as well as catch random biblically accurate animals and stuff them in here. Since the barn is owned by Kiera/Weasel, please ask Weasel’s permission before you start stuffing your own animals in there, unless Weasel wants to give blanket permission. Do not assume, do communicate, etc.
Heimr’s human now! Or human enough. He’s not sure. The name “Aldric” when referring to him is no longer garbled, but it’s also just not who he is anymore.
The Alpha Mart is gone, and the doors are unscrambled. Mr. Bone-Jangles returns to his cryptid status of only showing up during mod-mandated silly time. We miss you every day king.
? ? ? That’s it, we had a chill month last month and no one broke the setting. If we forgot something though… you know where we’re at, we’re happy to edit.

PLOT UPDATES

Spring is in its heights and flowers are blooming everywhere! Butterflies and bees are everywhere, plantimals have stared sprouting accommodating flowers if they haven’t already, and those who are Corrupted may find their flowers seem more vibrant and lively without their suffering.
The fruit trees and bushes seem more full of life as well, and relatedly, Rusty is taking it upon himself to bring residents of the grove baskets of fruits and berries… though you might have to keep him from eating the spoils of his harvest.
But it’s not Aldric’s Grove without something going… wrong. And come nightfall, every night, a shimmering purple mist wafts into the town. Though it doesn’t come into any buildings, looking at it makes you want to step into it, and stepping into it grants you a lovely vision- a perfect daydream, even! Where everything is as it should be.
In reality, as you move through the dream, you will be waltzing right into danger, only to be pulled from the brink of an imminent death at the last minute, with the dream fading. Maybe a Guardian saved you, or maybe you just managed to avoid stepping into Callan’s lake, but a death you would have happily walked into is only narrowly avoided.
The worst part is, with every venture into the mist, the stronger its pull the next night is. Good luck!
You’ve asked, and we’re answering: this month you’ll have prom! Not that… any of the natives know what Prom is. As what should be the equinox approaches, one night a friendly spirit will enter the grove to escort everyone to a secondary location. Fancy outfits, fresh food, a fountain, and even a dance floor under the most beautiful moonlight will be waiting. We assume you’re going to pick your own prom dates, but if you’re feeling unhinged, matchmaking services are available by pinging us in the mod discord.
If you play hankey pankey at Prom, you will be physically thrown out of the venue by a bunch of spirits. Do not do the horizontal tango on the dance floor, take that to the woods or your houses. Points at our eyes points at yours.
This month also doubles as a TDM month which means ? ? ? TDMers get Prom, congrats!

OOC UPDATES

We still have plothooks waiting for pickup!
As a reminder, summer is going to be full of fairly lowkey months save for player-initiated developments.

Please use the following form for plotting:

Character:
Status: Who is your character? What did they get up to last month and how is it impacting this month? Did they discover something? Are they harboring a clue? HMM
Seeking: Any CR or plot thread you want to kickstart!
Not Seeking: Anything you'd like to avoid.
Anything Else: A permissions post, opt-in for a character-specific power or whatever else.
Meme: you know you have one.

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coming soon when i stop being a lazy fu-

Character: Pure Vanilla Cookie

Status: PV spent the month of April realizing Clotted Cream was gone, finding said boy (or what was left), getting his soul back after doing something PV will always worry and fret and regret over, trying to Cope Over It All.... then having the child come back to life anyways. He's been having a not good time, truth be told! The man is spiraling. Not that anyone else is ever going to know until he goes and does something wild.

Like give his Souljam to the Gods.

Seeking: Which leads us into this. He is going to be joining Felicity in a Seance (and whoever else I guess) to the Moon Goddess, and he will portion out a bit of his Souljam to help strengthen her. Who wants to come to attempting to revive Moon Mom! But he is also going to give the remaining portions to Beiwe, and two others. His Souljam can technically be broken into 4 parts, so that's what he's going to do. So who wants to join him on that fun time adventure that surely wont have any consequences.

He'll also dance with whomever wants to dance at Prom, he's easy going and he once was a King so he at least knows how. Cut a rug with Jesus.

Not Seeking: There is nothing I am not seeking, because I'm available for everything.

Anything Else: Pure Vanilla's garden is doing well as can be with two naughty plantimals digging around in it. There are some things available due to sticks' weird time fuckery going on with growing plants - just please let him know you're picking some!
Available Fruit: Strawberry
Available Vegetables: Sweet Potato, Beets, Carrots, and Parsnips. Best time to grab them too, the cooler temps make the root vegetables taste better.
Available Flowers (for teas or jams or): Hibiscus, Rose, Lemon Grass
Not Available Until Quest Done: Grapes, Raspberries, Gooseberries, and Butterfly Pea.

OH YEAH. Pure Vanilla has taken over Add's Clinic while the other is away for now. He promises not to take your blood.

Meme:

Mashed Potato Time.

Edited 2024-05-03 01:08 (UTC)

Character: Beat

Status: Honestly, he's just been chilling. He had a blast in Alpha Mart and already misses it, tentatively feeling things out with Josh, and just trying to get used to country living. Cause this guy is a city guy and boy howdy living in the "country" is weird. Sure, he sometimes ran around in the wild as a Werewolf on the Peninsula but uh. Also he's living in the Inn still and that feels weird, he's used to a big house with many rooms.

He is planning something for! The Summer Equinox! Because! The Sun Is The Highest Then! It's going to be a Beiwe Bash. Something akin to the Tanabata he would throw in Ryslig, but strongly focused on Worshiping Beiwe (and to lesser extent Ourania and The Guardians) to empower her. There will be as much sun themed stuff going on as possible.

Seeking: Everything, honestly! People to help him plan the beiwe bash, people just to hang with, etc.

Not Seeking: N/A like I said with PV, I'm open to everything.

Anything Else: The Dog Is Bored. Someone please entertain him. Or he's going to start digging holes all over the Grove you might break your ankles in.

Meme:

Edited 2024-04-30 22:24 (UTC)

OOC PLOTTING: IT'S GONNA BE MAY

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