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WHO: x-men, new x-men, various others who might want to come by the institute for a visit
WHEN: june-july
WHERE: the institute for mutant education and outreach
WHAT: a mingle! for mingling of the mingle variety. feel free to use this for ~whatever!
NOTES\WARNINGS: there'll probably be some kind of drama in here.
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WHO: inara serra + jonathan crane
WHEN: 06/09 — evening
WHERE: inara's apartment
WHAT: tea + gossiping
NOTES\WARNINGS: none for now

a shame you seemed an honest man )

CHIRPER

Jun. 9th, 2025 10:42 am
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⏵ CHIRPER ⏴
Welcome to our bi-monthly CHIRPER post!

There are a few ways to interact with CHIRPER:
  • Characters receive a notification to please fill out the form, which is fully optional. There is a character requirement of two characters per answer field. This is to discourage leaving the spaces blank.
  • When forms are not filled out, they can be filled out by the companion bots of Etraya!
  • Other characters can be prompted to fill out their friends' profiles for them. This includes the Q&A section!
  • Alternatively, they choose not to fill out the form, and it remains unfilled! These unfilled profiles will not be posted live.
  • Characters either like or dislike others CHIRPER profiles. These responses are private between the characters involved.

For those who do post a top level, CHIRPER toplevels are worth five extra points regardless of if they are put up willingly by the character themselves. These five extra points do apply to the 25 maximum per month.

Please feel free to switch out any of the Q&A questions with those listed here! We have an example of a filled out form here.
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Netbook

Jun. 9th, 2025 12:20 am
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It is I, your ever lovable jester and clown, Shadow Milk Cookie! I've come to you all for a veeeeery important announcement!

We have a new resident! Some of you may have met him already! His name is Pavlova Cookie and he is an adorable, sweet little cherub who loves romance and gossip. He also happens to be my SON, so I expect that you will all treat him with kindness and respect and make him feel at home in our little prison.

Because if I find out that anyone has mistreated him, you will for the mercy of the Forest!



Netbook; pre-Nightvale

Jun. 8th, 2025 11:00 pm
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I've been a merman for a while now, and even though I still kind of enjoy it I think I'm ready to turn back. I'll miss the Seaborn, but I'm so far away in the river and it's not like I can't come back and visit.

Plus Ryan and I have our birthday in a few days. It would be nice if we could be together for all of it instead of him having to come out and visit me all the time.

The problem is I don't see any mushrooms I can use to turn back along the shore. I hate to ask, but if someone could help me out I'd really appreciate it. Please bring clothes. Ryan can help with that.

OOC Plotting: The Festival Of Bonds

Jun. 8th, 2025 05:21 pm
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Luca is worried about all of you, which is saying something considering the fact that he is like the king of depression. Thankfully, both he and Nightvale have a plan. Nightvale already has the rough framework of some strange rainbow-y festival in the works, while Luca is planning on incorporating the festivities into a holiday from home. The Festival of Bonds.



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Netbook…phones (Open)

Jun. 6th, 2025 04:51 pm
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I want to go just one month without being teleported somewhere

Is that too much to ask??

Also whoever said the weird shit usually wore off in a month lied because I’m still a fucking alien
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WHO: Scott, Julian, Quentin, Nate's comatose body, and any other mutant that wants to bother them
WHEN: A few days before Camp Etraya ends, after this thread
WHERE: Camp Etraya
WHAT: A comatose Nate and Scott return to the camp after the mission at Solmara
NOTES\WARNINGS: mutants being assholes

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[UN: philanthropist | Voice]

Jun. 4th, 2025 10:39 pm
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I need more wine. [There are bigger problems in the world(s) than his lack of good rice wine, but boy does he look put out!] I've found something called beer and it's disgusting. I can only stand it if I'm already drunk. I'm not sure what they fermented, but it has gone bad.

[Why is he getting drunk?]

I'm not up for lectures, either. [This is just how he is when stressed. He either kills someone or drinks himself stupid. Actually, he usually does both.]

My body can purify my blood after a single night, so don't fuss.

[UN: swordcandy | Text]

Jun. 4th, 2025 10:20 pm
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A lot of you are pathetic fighters. You also whine too much. All of this "technology" is shit, trust me. Relying on it is a mistake. [Says the man using said tech.] I can teach you the basics of survival. I'll come up with lessons, too. Just for you~ If you pass my class, as a reward, I promise I will never kill you.

[He never said he wouldn't torture said "students". He knows how to keep someone alive for awhile.]

Also stop going off on your own. It's stupid. Every body I find, I'm kicking into the nearest river. Or hole. You don't get mourners; you get devoured by fish or bugs, dumbass.

catch-all + network announcement

Jun. 4th, 2025 03:10 pm
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WHO: sophie cuckoo & you
WHEN: june
WHERE: nyx building
WHAT: nyx is sophie's community strengthening project. it provides daily home-cooked meals and other services that characters might give to the community in etraya! this log is to address that and allow characters to put up their own top-levels with their services if they so wish (cooking, teaching, sewing, whatever they're willing) and to get the ball rolling with it! her prompts will be in the comments, the body of this post is the network message announcement.
NOTES\WARNINGS: none! feel free to reach out to me on PM if you want something specific for your character in it, or talk to sophie icly directly. i'm at your service 💖

UN:FIVEINONE ; VIDEO
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Open Bar

Jun. 2nd, 2025 07:51 pm
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[Luca has spent a few days grappling with the concept of death. Again.

He didn't know Vash, but he knew people that knew him. Ain and Livio, two people Luca would call friends, cared for him. And Joshua, who had already lost so much, had loved Dion.

It's hard to deal with. Hard to swallow. And though Luca has made so much progress on himself, he still doesn't know how to handle grief like this.

So he does the only thing he can think to do.]


Free drinks. All month.
Food too.
... We shouldn't be alone right now.
Again.

002 | On Gestrals

Jun. 2nd, 2025 07:42 pm
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[The mood in the Grove has shifted. How could it not, when bodies of their own had suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Verso hadn't known either of the men, but it was clear that many had. Their grief is... difficult to stomach, leaves him feeling unpleasantly itchy and irritable.

Drinking doesn't help it. Neither does ignoring it. The grief permeates everything, until his ability to resist is worn away and he finds himself rambling away in his journal. Growing up, this had helped him. Maybe there would be some wisdom to be found for the citizens of the grove.]


You wanted to know more about the Gestrals, didn't you? You being the general Grove and not anyone in particular.
In addition to being broom-headed menaces, and pseudo-experts in engineering, they really seem to have it right.
They don't fear death. When they're lost, they enter what they call the queue. It's... a line to get into the "sacred river." Once they're bathed in those waters, they come back. They aren't always the same, children might become parents to their forebears, and so on. But they still come back.
And that's how it goes.
They play their games. Fight their fights. And when it's time to go, they go.
I never understood why we grappled so angrily with the concept of death. Why we let grief and loss change us so deeply, or do things we might regret. It's another journey. A trip down the river. And the comfort that you will find another again one day
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Hello, citizens of Etraya.

I have given Borealis temporary access to our network, as I was able to re-establish contact with him after Gorgug, Accelerator, Yuri, Charlie, Sevika, and Sameen were able to convince him to reach out to me.

With the help of our friends who offered to travel to Solmara, Borealis was able to take back control of his city from Alrys. Borealis did not have a way to remove abilities from individuals while they were residing on their home planet. Alrys has the ability to assert her will over others, and she had a preference for being in control. Borealis dislikes being told what to do and instead opted to ignore his residents in response to her demands.

We have spoken briefly on this subject, and he has agreed that allowing others to walk all over him causes more trouble than it's worth. I have told him that if this happens again, I will find a way to deliver the snakes off of Snake Island to his gardens to disturb the very precise pattern he has laid everything out in.

Thank you,
Aurora.
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Who: Passenger, Sesa, & You
What: Wedding party for two losers
When: Early June, before Night Vale
Where: The beach
Warnings: Well it's a party log so. Frat boy stuff I imagine-
happy pride month )

[Netbook] ♧ ♣

May. 30th, 2025 07:20 pm
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[Written ...surprisingly neat for someone who's hands are much different than they used to be. However, some might say the form Mayoi has been in has been not one of drastic change. Being awake at night, hanging upside down, siding in cool dark places, eating fruit...yeah.]

[Yeah not much has changed. Anyway.]

Ah, In light of the strange month we have all been having, and because I would like to discuss this topic while I am stuck in a form where I can do little about it, I would like to pose a question to the Grove, if ...if that is okay.

What is you relationship with music? What does it mean to you?

TDM 008

May. 30th, 2025 09:20 am
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TDM )
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SETTING UPDATES
  • The Divine Library has been unlocked! This is a permanent fixture, available through crossing the portal, a doorway standing within the Grove. The Divine Library will always feature a hint of randomness to it when used for explorations and settings on account of it’s very magical and ever-expanding. It’s also run by bibcoons and a mysterious spirit who is reluctant to show themselves.
  • As Summer hits in full swing, so too does the heat. Residents of the Grove will find it hot, humid and muggy- especially down by the beaches, which are just as pleasant as always. Should you seem like you’re going towards the beaches, the Dragon Hatchlings may bother you to come along.
  • The mushrooms continue to spread and spore, meaning that the monster transformations remain. This is purely optional, and will continue into July.

PLOT UPDATES
  • Joshua (Kiryu, not Rosfield), out at Fel's shrine in the forest, has caught glimpses of what's been going on lately with Mr. Bone-Jangles teleporting everyone to a futuristic city and with the efforts made to create a portal to the Library, and… well, let's just say he's intrigued! And inspired to try a bit of magic himself, empowered by his possession of a star shard. So, he tries to reach out to his own world. Naturally, this doesn't go as planned. This means that, surprise! Some of the Grove's residents are kidnapped. Unlike Mr. Bone-Jangles' portal back in April, this kidnapping is entirely random and not isolated to one particular location. Anyone caught in the spell will hear a sound like a staticky tuning radio, and then they disappear.
  • Meanwhile, throughout the Grove, old oak doors mysteriously begin to appear, some in walls like a door should be and others freestanding. Should a character enter a door, they will hear the same noise as those that have been kidnapped, and also disappear.
  • Whether they've been picked up by the spell or gone through one of the doors, congratulations! They are now in a small desert community where the sun is hot, the moon is beautiful, and mysterious lights pass overhead while everyone pretends to sleep. Welcome to Night Vale!
  • Night Vale is a weird place. Like, really weird. It looks like a normal town on the surface, but it's surrounded by an endless desert. If one were to try to walk out of town, they would find themselves walking a while through the desert and looping around and walking right back towards town again. Also, time doesn't work correctly there. In our situation, this translates as sometimes having been in Night Vale for a few days, but back in the Grove it's only been a couple of minutes, or vice versa. Or, time can just work on an even balance! Use this mechanic to your happiness, it's there for fun.
  • Which leads me to say, you can go back and forth between the Grove and Night Vale! You just need to find an old oak door in Night Vale to get back to the Grove. This is easier said than done, as if/when you enter Night Vale through one, it isn't behind you once you get there. But don't worry! You can find them. Notably, there is always a free-standing door in the Dog Park, but no one is allowed in the Dog Park, not even dogs. It's probably fine.
  • When entering Night Vale through one of the doors, it will drop you in front of one of several fun locations! This does not mean you are restricted to that location, though. Have fun exploring the town! A map will be provided in the IC log. Deposit locations are as follows:
  • Also, there are radios everywhere! Both old fashioned and newfangled. They're popping up all over the Grove, too. Most of the time they're quiet, but off and on during the day, a local radio show comes on. Even if a radio is turned off, it will turn on for the broadcast. If a radio is destroyed, a new one will pop up in its place. Apparently, you have to listen to it. And when you do, you might notice a familiar voice. Or don't, I'm not your dad.
  • If you do notice that familiar voice, though, you might recognize it as Josh! As the instigator of the situation, the world has drawn him in to be the Voice of Night Vale, so he is the voice of each and every broadcast. Which are, like Night Vale, notably weird. He also seems to know what people are doing at any given moment and will openly talk about it on the broadcast, so if you want your character/their behavior to be put on blast on live radio, there will be a submission area for that! I won't be making daily broadcasts ICly though because that's a lot, so the submission area will sort of serve as a collection of things everyone would hear.
  • There will also be an ultimate conclusion investigation! Because getting Josh out of his new profession is what will trigger the smooth separation of Night Vale from the Grove. Characters will need to break into the Night Vale Community Radio building, which will not be ICly possible until the end of the month, but I'll probably toss the log up for it mid-month or sooner. There are sign ups for this! One character per player, please.

OOC UPDATES
  • … All this to say, everyone thank Kaed for running this month’s event, a really fun Welcome to Nightvale episode!
  • Any and all questions and investigations relating to the Nightvale aspect of this event will be handled by Kaed as well.
  • As mentioned earlier this week, we will be making some minor tweaks to our AC policy:
    • Normal AC stays the same (2 threads of 5 comments from you with 2 different characters). However, we're adding something to incentivize helping TDMers. During TDM months, submitting a thread with a new character that reaches app length (5 comments from you, enough for a TDMer to complete their app) will count for your entire AC that month. This is only usable during TDM months, meaning the month the TDM goes up. (During November & December when we don't have TDMs, AC will stay as "check in" like it was last year.)
    • Any thread with a TDMed character will count for 2x the threads required for Bonus AC during any month it's redeemed - all you need to do is indicate to the mod team that it's a TDM thread in some way so we can make sure to count it properly.
  • With summer coming in real life as well, we expect a lot of weather nonsense. Please stay safe and make sure you stay hydrated!


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