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Timmy’s instructions had not been particularly detailed. Henry had gone looking for the bandit camp early in the morning, and yet by noon he was hopelessly lost, Pebbles’ hooves clomping precariously through the deep wood. It was full of ruined cabins, leftover pieces of people’s lives - something horrible had happened here, and it had happened some time ago. No one had bothered to come pick up the pieces.

(Henry warded himself off from any comparisons to himself, thank you. Sir Radzig had given him a task, and while he hardly felt up to it, he would do his best.)

In the end, finding the camp was pure dumb luck. Pebbles had gotten herself stuck in a stream, and Henry had slid off of her to try and figure out how to get her out again. There were two more half-ruined cabins at the edge of the river, and he’d climbed up– only to see a Cuman clomping by in full armor just a few steps away.

( In which there are bandits, battle, trauma, and Henry gets friendzoned in the worst way. )

[[ nfb, nfi, and taken from Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018) and I can't believe I got through the battle at Pribyslavitz in just three hours of playtime this time. also last of the catchup posts for now, thank god. ]]

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Right. Continue as you meant to go on. Jon had spent much of the last few weeks holed up in his flat, cuddling Issa (who was about fed up with it now) and feeling sorry for himself for spending the holidays alone. That was enough of that.

Last night he'd made it to the party and actually talked to people, and today he was up early, dressed, laundry and cleaning done, and at the Perk.

And eyeing the drink the barista had given him a little skeptically. "Are you sure - I mean, I don't usually drink coffee if I can help it..."

"Pretty sure this barely counts as coffee. Just try it."

He did, albeit tentatively, and frowned. "I don't even taste any coffee."

She gave him a thumbs up and went to make the next person's drink.

Jon shrugged and sat down with his very much not tea (and not appreciably coffee, either) and a book.

[Open Perk!]

heroic_jawline posting in

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Happy New Year! We need seven men/women/talking cats/intern porgs with a translator to join us for the Spring to deliver us the linkdrops from the previous day! Bonus points are given for style, substance, and starting weird fake wars with imaginary wildlife.

Please sign up below either as a regular broadcaster or a backup (and let me know if you can continue with the trend of self-squirreling)! If you are a returning radio person, let me know if your current day works or if you'd prefer a new one. The new schedule will begin this coming Sunday, August January 4th!

wrongkindofsith posting in

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In news that I'm sure will surprise no one, there are a lot of hungover squirrels in the station this morning. So let's see what happened yesterday.

*loud slamming of paper*

*chittering groans*

Nothing much happened at the School or in the Dorms, sounds about right. Over in Town, Gladio was doing new year prep at Atlas Gym, while Nell liked to watch.

Kitty was in charge of the New Year's Eve party at Caritas, and my notes have a...vigorous discussion about just how many lights there were, so I'm going to go with many. There was a little stage action from Gregorith, but most people were in the back room where the party proper was going on. Except Tino. But he doesn't count as people. In attendance were Kitty, obviously, as well as Clint, Rey and Adrian, Vi and Steph, Gregorith, Summer, Stark, Jaina, Liliana and Ignis, and Jon. And I assume they all got drenched with glitter at midnight, because that's how this island works.

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Good morning, it’s Wednesday, and it’s the last day of the year as this place measures that sort of thing. Perhaps I’ll see some of you at the party tonight. I hope so. For now let’s read the notes from yesterday. There aren’t many.

Nothing from the school once more because it’s still break. Classes start again next week, I think? And nothing from the dorms but the porg seems distracted by his new top hat and not too sad about it. That’s good.

That means all I have are notes from the town and they are quite short.

Yesterday evening, Kitty was at Caritas getting things ready for today. Tonight, really. Unclear if Tino ever did remove at least some of the lights from the mechanical bull but I suppose we’ll find out tonight.

Earlier in the day Ignis was at Luke’s supervising a thorough cleaning of the place and set up the day’s specials. Of course, Liliana came to visit him. Of course.

And that is all I have. Enjoy the end of your year, everyone.

sword_chocobro posting in

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It was that time of year again, when Atlas seemed to make the most business, in the form of an influx of gym memberships out of absolutely no where from people who didn't even live on the island that he was likely to never see after January, although sometimes even mid-February. These Resolutioners found their way to Atlas in the hope of making the new year a much healthier and devoted one and eventually petered out of the habit, and Gladio didn't question it, but he did think it was a sort of fascinating phenomenon.

But of course he wanted to try to encourage as many people as possible to stick with it if he could, so today was all about making sure everything was ready to go and in good shape (heh) moving ahead, armed with a clipboard and a checklist, checking up on the equipment, on the stock of towels and cleaning supplies and stickers and Cup Noodle^TM, going over some class offerings with the staff, and overall just doing a lot of business-y stuff to prepare.

Not really the kind of thing he ever expected himself to be doing, much less kind of enjoying, but there was something kind of satisfying about it. Though he was mostly relieved when he got to the end of the list and could celebrate with a workout of his own.

Atlas is open!

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I refuse to accept the forward progression of time.

If you are NEW to the Friending List GO HERE FIRST and follow the directions!

If you have already used the friending list, here are the updates to remove inactive journals from your friends list and add our newbies!

Copy each list into the Admin Console and press the "Execute" button.

( Newbies! )

throughaphase posting in

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What day of the week was it? Who knew! Who cared! The important thing was it was the 31st, and everything else was officially next year's problem.

The bar was done up in a ridiculous amount of Christmas lights, which when paired with the usual metallic balloons and streamers, made for pretty good mood lighting. And sure, the mechanical bull still looked like sort of a lit up monstrosity but it added a certain something to the place.

SPECIALS
Confetti Champagne
Resolution Cocktail
Cranberry Gin Fizz
Frozen Espresso Martini
Apple Cider Spritz Mocktail
Peppermint Eggnog (alcoholic or non!)

Come one, come all, close out the year with significant others, friends, acquaintances, total strangers, and fun hats and glasses!

chef_chocobro posting in

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Oh, if anyone thought that Ignis's tyrannical bout of end-of-year cleaning would be restricted to just the mansion, they clearly hadn't actually met him. He also had a game plan to do the same for the diner, not nearly as extensive due to also operating under business as usual, but he suspected it would be more than slow enough for a bit of attention thrown in where they might otherwise have been lax.

Any objections would be met with a prompto assignment to the grease traps.

Today's Specials

Turkey Brie and Cranberry Panini with Rosemary Chips
Three Bean Chili with Jalapeño
Cornbread
New Year's Parfait

Luke's is open!

throughaphase posting in

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Today of course was the day for getting everything finalized for the party, including decorating. It was never anything too crazy (aside from the yearly fight over whether glitter would rain down at midnight), but Kitty had liked the idea of a lot of lights. Which she couldn't find.

At least until she went looking in the back room and found them all on the mechanical bull, lighting it up like some ungodly mechanized beacon, visible from space.

"Tino, I've got a project for you to undo!"

Nothing like trying to blind the patrons.

[Open!]

afraid_of_marshmallows posting in

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What up island? It's me, ya girl Arden Finch, coming at you with my last broadcast of the year. Once again, it's pretty quiet on the island--or so I'm guessing. I'm in California and basically got mugged on my way to the store by a bunch of drunk rodents with radio equipment. Either they can't find our house or they don't wanna run into Galen and Al and have to explain how they got into it, and either way, I can't blame them.

Anyway, no School or Dorms, but we've got a little bit of life in Town. Professor Vess was haranguing clocks in the Infinite Consortium before calling Mr. Argentum at the Photo Hut to talk to him about teaching Little Miss how to ride a pony. That's some bougie-ass...right. I can't talk smack about being bougie anymore considering I'm on my way to Erewon. Moving on, Professor James and the nurses were discussing New Years Eve plans at the Clinic. And...that's it! That's all the notes! Now if you'll excuse me, I have fifty bucks from Castor with which I'm hoping to be able to afford an entire smoothie and a mason jar full of chocolate-covered pomegranate seeds. Wish me luck!

This is ya girl, Arden Finch, signing off with PEGGY's Villains Aren't Born (They're Made) and if you think it's at all related to my destination, you're goddess-damned right. Bye!

hashtag_chocobro posting in

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As much as he really did love them, the holidays were pretty hectic and chaotic even before adding a newborn to the mix, so Prompto had been really looking forward to a chance to steal some peace and quiet down in the store that day. He might be just jinxing himself with that sigh of relief at the calm that awaited him when he opened up, but, hey, man, he was going to take it where he could get it!

He was also looking forward to taking the opportunity to start going through the...literal hundreds (if not thousands!!) of pictures he'd taken in the last month and a half or so.

Forget feeling cramped and running oit of space for the kids! If anything, thry mostly just needed more for all the photo albums.

The Photo Hut is open!

stykera posting in

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"I brought bagels today," Stark said. "To go with the coffee. In case anyone wanted a change from sweet things."

Not Stark, obviously. He'd been living off Christmas cookies and such for several days now. He probably ought to eat some real food at some point. Probably. Maybe a vegetable or two.

Stabby was unconcerned with vegetables, bagels, or cookies. Stabby was, apparently, trying on hats and ties for Wednesday night.

"He's thinking about going to the party," a nurse explained. "I think. He might have invited the lobsters? He's being a bit cagey about it all. You're going, right? To the bar?"

Stark shrugged.

"I haven't got anywhere else to go. So...I think so. At least for a bit."

The clinic was open, the crab was trying to look his best for the new year, and the alien was feeling a bit noncommittal about his holiday plans.

solo_sword posting in

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Morning, everyone. I'm pretty sure it's my day? The squirrels showed up late and confused and I can't tell them otherwise so I'm going to read the notes and hope for the best.

We have Rey getting back to town and cleaning at Stark's, and Gregorith got back and was at the museum, where Watts came by to introduce himself.

And that's all my usual notes so I'm happy to report that today is Monday. Take that knowledge with you today.

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The worst thing about teaching was that it forced Liliana to cognizant of time. She preferred to live her life beholden to neither clock nor calendar, and classes meant that there was at least one time per week when she had to be aware of both. Which meant that what many people considered the disorienting, dreamy no-time between Christmas and New Year's Day was her preferred state of existence. She did what she wished when she wished, as was right and proper. Even being at the shop today had less to do with it being Monday and more that Ignis and her steward had decided to undertake some kind of vast, mansion-wide deep cleaning and Liliana had chosen to decamp elsewhere rather than be roped into assisting with that endeavor.

All of which to say that today's delivery of clocks (in fact, several different kinds of clocks) was absolutely insulting.

"You can make me put you in the window, but you can't make me mind you," she informed the different chronology keepers before flouncing back to her seat behind the counter.

thatsmysword

Days passed in Rattay with the sluggish determination of an ox. Henry’s next target was Timmy, the soft-hearted muscle of the group. Timmy had worked at a mill between Talmberg and Ledetchko, Reeky had told him.

So after a full day’s rest - he’d escaped that fight with Runt’s men with his life, but not entirely uninjured - he saddled Pebbles again and rode her along the long, winding paths in the quiet in-between.

The grass and the trees were starting to blend into the background again, he noticed, somewhere in the back of his mind. He wasn’t sure if he felt sad about it, but he tried to force himself to pay attention. There was no knowing if Fandom would take him again, and if so, for how long, after all.

( The mill sat on a quiet hill... )

[[ nfb and nfi! taken from Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018) and god do I always fuck that bandit scene up ]]

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Rey loved Christmas, but being around when everyone was with their people and things were quiet got pretty lonely, and so she'd been at home. Learn some things, help some people, get into a fight that helped her feel better about her recent complaints about feeling rusty, it was a good time. She'd gotten back in this morning, so she figured she'd go in to work and be only a little bit late. It'd give her something to do since she was sure things were still on the slow side in town.

Except how there actually was nothing to do, which was pretty uncommon for after the holiday, sooo she was going to clean everything in sight. Yep. Totally worth coming in.

[Open!]

apologizeswithpie posting in

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The trip home had been refreshing. And exhausting. When he lived there he could space out socializing, but he'd had to cram all the visits and hang outs and get-togethers into one week and as much as he loved Bel, Lily, Sharkie, his mother and sister, Lucifer and even Asmodeus it had all been a lot.

So after a meeting with Lucifer and the other head deities, determining that a continuing presence here in Fandom would be useful, it had been a bit of a relief to get back to his quiet townhouse.

Even if the cold was uncomfortable.

Maybe some time in the butterfly room would do him good.

[The Museum be open]

mustbeawitch posting in

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Good morning, everyone! It is I, Miss Lydia Bennet, here to read all the...where are the notes?

*chittering*

There was an unfortunate eggnog incident, apparently.

*chittering*

Involving rum, of course. Well. Until next week, then!

heroic_jawline posting in

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Good morning, Fandom, and happy second day of Christmas!

*chittering*

Oh! It's also St. Stephen's Day--though spelled incorrectly for me--Boxing Day and the first day of Kwanzaa. Happy Holidays! The notes about yesterday are pretty thin on the ground, unlike the snow. Liliana was outside enjoying the weather, Lucifer, Duke, and Octavia set out on their ship, and Steven and Watts went for Chinese.

I'm heading back inside to enjoy the warmth there. Enjoy your time with family and friends, everyone.

solo_sword posting in

fandomhigh_ooc

I think I might be the actual only person in this office on my second week at this job where I don't know all of what I'm supposed to be doing, SO. MEME. We haven't done this one since- strangely- this time last year.

This is gonna work like a questions meme: Players respond ICly to questions about THIS LAST YEAR OR UPCOMING YEAR. For instance, "Who's someone you're glad you met this year?" or "What are your new year's resolutions?" or "What are you looking forward to in the coming year?" All answers are IC, nothing's gained IG from this but fun.

Please feel free to add your own questions! Seriously I came back to three emails and two were "so and so is trying to reach you on Teams to tell the office Merry Christmas."

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it was Christmas Day. Which of course Steven and Llewellyn did not celebrate as others did. But that didn't mean they didn't honor the 25th day of December in other ways.

Namely sitting down at Ching Tai for a lovely Chinese dinner.

"Mushroom dumplings look a treat," Steven told Llewellyn.

[open restaurant is open, though with SP caveat for the holiday]

my_own_advocate

The Cape Rouge had sat in Fandom's harbor for a long while now. Duke had been kidnapped from or with his boat by Haven too many times, and so taking her out had often felt dangerous. But those times were over, now. And so on Christmas Day, they finally faced the risk dead in the eye and took the ship out onto open sea.

Lucifer had made sure their fridge, freezer and hold was stuffed to the gills with food and drinks. They wouldn't have to come to shore for at least a week. The ship itself had gained more than its fair share of fairy lights, carpets and comforts, too.

This was going to be a romantic getaway without calamities. The multiverse owed them all that much.

[[ open for two and some date-related ocd... ]]

thatsmysword

The last few days in Ledetchko had been eventful, to say the least. The ride there had been both shorter and longer than Henry remembered; there was something about the familiar curve of grassy hills, the small paths without concrete or stone, the quiet among the trees– he’d rarely paid this much attention to it before.

But with so much time spent among the strange, man-made places of Fandom and its future, it was a welcome sight. A way to set his mind back to rights. He could now say he enjoyed the adventure of it all, but Rattay and its nearby villages was home, a soothing balm to his soul.

That feeling had stuck with him all the way to Ledetchko, and then it had fled him the second he saw smoke pouring upwards from behind the hill. Not a fire, no, just chimneys. But he had a job to do. He wasn’t just here to admire the scenery.

( It was a good thing he had his journal on him... )

[[ taken from Kingdom Come Deliverance (2018). CW for discussion of animal death. nfb, nfi! ]]

wrongkindofsith posting in

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*chittering*

Oh no, I would never have guessed you wanted that.

*chittering*

I'd never be sarcastic either. Just like I absolutely love spending this holiday with you.

Let's see, the only bit of news was in Town, where Illyana was in her room. Good for her. I know I'd rather be in mine right now.

gospel_of_oblivion

Illyana had...been going to classes. Even after everything. She had made it a few weeks into the semester, had started eating again besides just the bare necessities when her body forced her, started coming out of her room, instead of staring at the wall for hours on end, in a mechanical sort of way. As if she intellectually knew what she had to do to keep people from causing a fuss, but there had been no heart in it.

( And then she had felt the shield around the Dallas of Earth-18133 shatter, as every alarm spell she had cast on the place went off at once. )

Quietly, as the snow fell, the sign on the outside of her door quietly shimmered, changing over from 'The Sorceress is: OUT" to "The Sorceress is: IN."

stykera posting in

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Good morning. Wednesday, again. Another quiet day yesterday. A lot of those lately. Maybe that’s a good thing.

Nothing from the school because we’re on break. Nothing from the dorms because that happens most days. And we’re on break. And only a few things from the town. Because…it’s a break week. Those are always quiet.

At the Town Hall Jesse was dealing with gremlins singing songs. There were a lot of those yesterday. They stood outside my door all day singing about Last Christmas.

Kitty had more gremlins singing at Caritas while she was trying to wrap presents. And they sang with the zombies. Tino did not seem to be involved. A nice gift for Kitty.

And Lucifer also had singing gremlins bothering him at The Devil’s Nest until he convinced some of them to sing with him.

That’s all I have. Enjoy your Wednesday. Merry Christmas, tomorrow, if that’s your holiday. I’m going back home now to see what was in the box that was waiting when I woke up.

pocketpretzels posting in

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Sneaking this in before most of us disappear for the holiday, hopefully...

This time around we need two teachers to help our new students adjust, readjust, or continue to adjust to Fandom's little quirks (you know, the squirrels, the raccoons, the sometimes everyone turns into a child...).

Please volunteer if your teacher will be the following:

Non-antagonistic about helping out someone (ICly, your character can be signed up against their will, but, please don't sign up if they're not going to be helpful to a newbie).
You have the time to field questions from a newbie, and your character will be around consistently for the first few weeks of the semester.
The new students arrive Saturday, January 3rd, so online availability for at least part of that day

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"No, no, no," Lucifer had informed the gremlin carolers at the start of the night.

They had insisted.

He had yelled 'no' again, several times, and finally directed them to at least sing quietly in the corner.

But as the evening progressed, and he spent more time behind the piano-- well.

"Oh, fine," he called, near midnight. "Who among you knows 'Fairytale of New York'? Get on the piano."

The Devil's Nest was open, and the Devil was making lemonade out of an excruciatingly messy bag of lemons.

throughaphase posting in

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Kitty was not actually working. Well, she was, if anyone came in, but work was a good way to finish wrapping presents without a seven-year-old making up convenient excuses to come by. She'd commandeered a table I the lounge as a wrapping station and had at least confined her mess to there.

As for the caroling gremlins... well, they were onstage. With the zombies. They were current working through Little Drummer Boy and Kitty was wondering how fast she could possibly be done with this and flee.

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Pribyslavitz and Rattay, Henry's Bohemia, Thursday Fandom Time

The Perk, Thursday morning

Call for Broadcasters!

WTFH - Fandom Radio [Thurs, Jan 1st]

Fandom Radio, Wednesday 12/31

Atlas Gym; Wednesday [12/31].

Friending List! Spring 2026

Caritas- NYE!

Luke's Diner; Tuesday [12/30].

Caritas- Tuesday

Fandom Radio, Tuesday, December 30th

The Photo Hut; Monday [12/29].

Fandom Clinic, Monday 12/29

Fandom Radio- Monday, December 29?

Infinite Consortium, Monday

Henry's Bohemia, Sunday Fandom Time

Stark Industries- Sunday

Fandom Museum, Sunday December 28

Fandom Radio, Saturday, December 27

Fandom Radio, Friday, December 26, 2025

Meme: Year End Roundup

Ching Tai, Thursday evening

The Cape Rouge, Adrift, From Christmas Day And Onwards

From Ledetchko to Rattay, Thursday Fandom Time

WTFH - Fandom Radio [Thurs, December 25th]

Here and There and Back Again -- Midnight Manor, Room 1D. Fandom Island. Christmas Eve.

Fandom Radio, Wednesday 12/24

Faculty Advisors!

The Devil's Nest, Tuesday Night

Caritas- Tuesday

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