Well, it seems our time spent in this rather quaint little village is going to be over soon. That means I get to go shopping. While I already have a list of things we need, does anyone have any suggestions that might make another long stretch of road a bit more bearable?

This is a duck-billed platypus, correct?



Or just the community's idea of a joke because..... of the ducks?

Today in my world is a religious holiday called Ash Wednesday. It marks the start of a 40 day period of self denial in most variations of my faith, some with stricter restrictions than others. What's common is the practice of giving up some personal vice or habit until the 40 days are up -- as long as it's something that will be a challenge for the one who decides on it, it will do. I've decided to let my hair remain its natural color.

[Yes, he does mean the deep red is his real color instead of the blond he was until recently.]

What sort of things would you find easiest and hardest to give up for that long if you had to?

[OOC: If threads end up veering towards religious talk, please keep things civil OOCly even if there are IC conflicts.]

[Hungry James + Golden Apple = Older James. This one is sitting in robes too small for him, in his dorm, wondering what happened. It's quickly figured out by the open book to the community.]

I suppose. It could be worse.

 I am intimidating?  

[This is what happens when someone with no technical knowledge at all tries to filter a post away from one person.]

[If said person so much as sneezes, they'll probably find it. Great security, Lancer.]

Would someone explain to me in reasonable detail what modern humans do on a 'date'?

[Shijima is in a lovely school uniform today, leaning forward in a chair with her arms stretched out over a desk, fingers curled.]

School isn't so bad, as it turns out. It's interesting enough. The people are more interesting than anything else about it, though. [she yawns widely, her back arching for a moment.] The principal is dying, and there's going to be a ninja conference here very soon, so maybe that will keep things from becoming boring. Everyone is hurried. I've never understood rushing when there's always plenty of time.

There's something else, though.

If you had an opportunity for immortality, would you take it?

There's a person you like - are attracted to, at least, is probably more accurate - but you're going to just be friends with them for a while.

How do you quiet all of your signals and not flirt with them, at all?

I should be allowed to go hunting even though I'm a girl, shouldn't I?

[Have one slight bruised, exceedingly pale man. He adjusts his glasses and smiles politely at the camera, fully aware of himself unlike some newcomers.]

I seem to have gained access to a very strange forum without registering for it myself. Or perhaps I signed up during one of the recent days that I don't have good memories of. In either case, you all can call me Muraki. Are there any rules or other things I should be aware of before I explore further?

[ What you see now is the slender lower-torso of a man in front of the camera. Whoever he is, he isn't sitting down anytime soon. ]

It's been 12 hours. Twelve. And I am still unable to escape this page. Tell me: What kind of website-- virus is this? No computer technician from the entire precinct cannot figure it out. So why here. Why, out of all places, a dank office of a small town police station?

[ Then the figure bends down where Milton's face is all up in yo' screen. Pasty white skin, greasy short black hair, dead, beady black eyes. Not the kind of face you want to wake up to. ]

I will not let some prank stop me. Whoever you are. Your foolish shenanigans will stop.

[ He stands upright again. As if he was talking to the computer and not a camera. Huh, guess he doesn't realize he's being recorded. ]

[Oh, Ducks, it has been a long time. Frank has done his best to avoid the strange object that was once his building code book. And it has worked - up until now. The code book has decided that today it will pop on and show Frank working on some wiring in his 'house'. The ghosts are hanging around but, of course, only those who can see ghosts can see them.]

Time to be honest, guys. We're overdue for one of these anyway.

[ ANON MEME ]

- Drop your name here and if your character would not submit their name ICLY, just stick "SUBMITTED BY SHINJI" in the title, because he's a jerk.

- If your character wants to go anon, just put [ anon ] on the subject line while replying to others.

- Feel free to add new categories.

Let the drama begin, active participation is encouraged ~ ♥

[The video feed shows a much younger Shuten, probably around the age of six. He doesn't look too pleased. He looks awkward wearing clothes twice as big as he is. He frowns and crossed his arms. He appears to be in one of Nasuti's bed rooms set aside for guests. There are various scrolls and books scattered around the room. It looks as if he was in the middle of researching.]

I really despise the community and it's timing. Thankfully my memories are still intact...It's still going to prove to make things difficult. I have no idea how I'm going to explain to Nasuti what just happened...if this chooses to last long.

[ Ducky World meet a fairly drunk Rika.

Even with diluted Bernkastel wine, she has drunk enough to become intoxicated from her small statue. After eating the Golden Apple, she felt the dire need to drink her worries away. Holding a small juice glass in one hand, she held her device in one hand unbeknownst that it was recording. She'll give a strained smile and begin talking in a mature voice. ]

Ah.

...So the time of my death is drawing near.

The festival went well, however, I knew Keiichi missed my performance. He should be careful of the cats and dogs running around him.

I wonder how many days it'll take this time? In the last world it was about a week, but I wonder if it will take an even shorter amount this time.

...But the truth is. I don't want to die. I really don't.

I still want to see Satoko's smile and my fellow friends' faces during the club activities.

However at this point, it's too late as I roll snake eyes to the table.

...Heh. Looks like my glass is empty, I better pour some more.

[ And the feed shuts off. ]

I was looking back through old entries, and - well, it's been a year to the day since I found the community. It's more of a hassle than anything else sometimes, I think, but it's helped me make friends, to realize I was in love with my best friend - [This part is said hastily, a little rushed.]

Thank you, is what I think I'd like to say. To everyone. Even with what the community puts us through, I really think we're lucky to have it.

[Hey, DDD! Looks like the Boss has a question for you, and by the way she's sounding it almost seems like she's either irritated or offended.]

Okay, assholes. Who the fuck here doesn't know who the Saints are? And don't give me any "they're from God, in the Bible" bullshit, that's not what I'm talking about.

[ Yuri's... too tired to type right now and she's pretty sure it would be a little suspicious if she did voice. Because she never does voice. Might as well just be open about it.

So have a video of Yuri, still in the Ushiromiya mansion, but not a cat anymore. No, her uniform has clear cuts on it-- one across the stomach where she'd been gutted. Part of her sleeve was missing too, and there was a ton of blood all around her wrist in a clear-cut line, then her hand looked completely clean. New, even. There was blood in a straight line across her throat, multiple splotches of blood on her clothes where she'd been stabbed. There seemed to be blood between her fingers and all over her left hand, except on the fingers-- they also looked good as new. It didn't look like there were any actual injuries anymore though, just blood. Lots of blood. If she hadn't already been dead, it probably was enough to kill a living person four or five times over. ]

Can I get a worldhop back to the afterlife? I need to change clothes.

There’s been quite a stir in the art world lately, revolving around the famous statue: Venus De Milo. Naturally, it has caught my attention as well. It’s been said that the mysterious arms to the beloved statue, have been found. Soon the whole world will be able to see the Venus De Milo, or in other words, the Greek goddess Aphrodite whole as she should be…

Although, there’s enough evidence to judge how the arms have been originally positioned and what the statue may have looked like. The statue itself was designed to meet the time’s standards. A very classical approach, I must say. It’s believed that she was holding an apple and glancing in its direction.

However, with the missing arms it seems to cause a mysterious allure about it. Artists have been driven crazy by it. Amazing what piece of artwork can do. There's been a lot of criticism already upon this new find creating some heated discussions.

Do you think that the statue should be left alone? Or do you feel that it would be better to see it completed? How far would you go to see something like this completed? Or would you stop it?