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So IC relations between Zaunites and BatFamily members are turning towards an aggressive and potentially unfriendly manner thanks to a whole confluence of things. This might also affect others who have CR with either casts. This is what happens when magic nukes are involved, folks.

Because of how many characters are already involved and how many more this may affect, this post is for both recapping and plotting!

If your character is involved with this IC powerkeg in some capacity, comment here and link your relevant threads so that everyone is on the same page to what is happening with who! This post is also so that we may plot with each other as things develop. This is NOT restricted to just the Arcane and BatFamily casts.

[Closed]

Jun. 12th, 2025 08:45 pm
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WHO: Accelerator ([personal profile] levelshift) and his CR.
WHEN: June.
WHERE: Around Etraya.
WHAT: Closed starters for Accelerator and his cr throughout June.
NOTES\WARNINGS: There will probably be discussion of child death, abuse and experimentation in threads.

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[netbook] ambien (cw: drunk texting)

Jun. 12th, 2025 08:06 pm
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[In Night Vale, Flamebringer is drunk and texting... those of you who are still at the Grove may receive his sloppy handwriting instead.]

y wife kissedme

lips


[Underneath this is a blurry picture of Ezell he snapped on the phones. Netbook people get a full, immaculately-made gaussian-blur-too-high sketch instead.

They are not married. Yet.]
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Who: Stan Pines [[personal profile] charlastan] and YOU
What: June catch-all, recovering from Monster Mushroom Month hulking him into a different kind of Beast
When: All of June
Where: Probably mostly the Pines house, but it'll be good for him to get out and about.
Warnings: CPTSD, aftermath of breakdown, (deer country brand) corruption, mild body horror, hypervigilance, dissociation, amnesia talk, probably some self loathing/depression. Will add more if needed.
Are you tired of me yet? I'm a little sick right now, but I swear-- )

A. GET A LOAD OF THIS MONSTER - HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE (Pines House, Closed to the Pines)
[For all of May, a big fiery dog ran around the grove ruining garbage cans and trying to hide from any perceived threats it couldn't scare off or fight. Now, heading into June, that dog is gone and Stan Pines is left behind.

On a base level, he's fine - or, he should be fine. He's not a hellhound anymore! That's great, isn't it? Everything can just go back to normal and they can just sweep all of this under the rug like it never happened. He spent all month running away from everyone and he can run away from this too.

But then he gets a look in the mirror, and suddenly he gets why everyone's been looking at him like he's lost it.

His skin is ashy and his eyes are bright blue in an almost alien sort of way. There's also a lot more of them than usual, four vaguely tear-drop shaped things clustered around his right eye. Patches of skin are flaking off into ashes, revealing blue fire burning underneath. He can't feel any of it though, he can't even see out of the extra eyes, but what he does notice on his own is how he still has sharp fangs that feel too big for his mouth. No wonder they didn't give him back his dentures. He lifts up a hand, like he's going to be able to wipe away what's on the glass, but stops when he sees that hand has claws attached, sharp and black - a reminder of the creature he was, the Beast that's so close to ripping back out of him just by thinking about it. He tries to laugh it off, but for once no sound comes out.

Time skips.

He's in the bathroom, trying to scrub the black off his hands, but they won't come clean. They don't look like his hands, and the stupid fangs won't come out either. Fuck if he remembers how he got there or what he said to leave everyone in the dust, but he's there now. He closes his eyes, not sure if he's closing two or six, and tries to catch his breath, bring himself back to the moment. He can feel his beating heart, but he ignores it to listen for anyone lurking outside the door. God, this was a dumb move.
]

B. HIS MIND IS IN A DIFFERENT PLACE (Pines house, early-mid June)
[It get easier day by day. Talking about it still sucks, but he's been pushed into this weird corner where no one in this goddamn house is going to believe him if he says he's fine, so he's been tentatively letting people baby him in whatever ways they want. It's harder than when he lost his memories. At least then he didn't really know them and didn't remember any of the very valid reasons he definitely has to be ashamed of accepting help. Plus there was an obvious concrete goal back then - to put all the pieces of his brain back in order.

A lot of it though it just a weird amount of resting? That shouldn't surprise him - he's told Dipper the same thing when he was corrupted to near beasthood, but it's always easier to take care of others than himself. When it's him, it just feels like he's slacking. Shouldn't he be doing something else?!

He's kind of skittish about it at first. Napping is one thing - he's an old man, he's allowed to nap wherever and whenever he wants - but there's something embarrassing about getting caught doing other just for fun tasks when he wasn't expecting anyone to notice. It's hard to let go of being on guard all the fucking time, so if you see him with a book in hand that's immediately going behind his back where no one can see it. The glasses he's wearing are different though - an old pair he found when they were originally investigating the house.
]

...What? You didn't see anything!

C. WILL EVERYBODY PLEASE GIVE HIM A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE? (out and about, mid-late June)

[By the end of the month, he's getting out more. More specifically, he's looking for weird stuff to add to that art room he has. It hit him recently that he's barely touched it since he got here, even though all of the stuff is right there, waiting to be used. A part of him is always going to resist buying things when he could find them on his own, so he's going out for more walks and bringing home weird shit he found on the ground. He's kind of getting the hang of what he can and can't run off with by now. Fish bones are off limits for example but he can run off with a couple of good snowman-style sticks no problem.

He still startles a little when approached suddenly, but he's trying to be cooler about it now that it's been a few weeks. He's pretty sure his complexion's getting a little better already, but that doesn't mean anything when he has a stupid amount of eyes. So when some inevitably looks appropriately horrified, he just flatly answers:
]

What, is somethin' on my face?

[He knows damn well there is, but eh. Let the other person squirm about it for once.]

D. WILDCARD (Wherever, Whenever)
[If you want anything else, hit me up! Individual house calls are okay too, if anyone is worried and just wants to check on him. Will match format!]
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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 )

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