PL: The EPIC OOC - closed thread

[Northwest Slobovia]

Still can't recall what book Thad wanted to pick up.

No problem. Make something up.

[Fvaarniimar]

North Warnborough
Business Directory

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Bollina China Shoppe
Business Type: China shop
Proprietor: Miss Dolores Bollina
Industry: Entertainment, Household Goods
District: Market District (northern, nearly bordering Downtown)
Description:

This shop offers a wide selection of clay-based dishes (wheel-thrown, handmade, and molded/machined; some comparable to Wal-Mart's fare, some unique and lovely but still utilitarian.)  Most are new, but gently used pieces purchased from any interested sellers are mixed in. A narrow selection of other household pottery, ie china animal figurines, drawer pulls, ashtrays, is also available; these are more likely to be secondhand, although new pieces exist.  There is a small selection (roughly three each of sixteen types on any given day, six types switch out seasonally) of glazable figurines and a moderate one of dishes, offered as a "paint your own pottery" sideline; employees are willing to watch kids whose parents have paid to glaze while parents shop, subject to employee availability, but no classes are offered currently.

 Mixed glazes and additives may be separately bought in small (single-session) quantities, as may kiln space.  Bollina also offers a small selection of silverware at a substantial markup, and a few large clay cooking utensils, cutting boards, etc. 

Specialties are: mixed red and white clay wares with clear glaze, screw-on-lidded containers (these need grease/wax to be watertight but will hold higher-viscosity stuff without an issue; small ones are provided with glaze/additive purchases), slip work, delicate pieces, and of course dishes in general.

Bollina's shop is a rather narrow two story converted brick house with a basement and attic. A ceramic plaque bracketed to the exterior wall right of the door depicts the logo: an oval shaded to look like a plate, on which a stylized bull holds a teacup, above "BOLLINA".  A fire escape goes up to the back of the second floor.   The interior is unrepentantly feminine, but not to an extent which alienates tomboys and macho men - light terracotta walls are stenciled with a glossy terracotta-and-white floral, and tables, furnishings, china cabinets, etc are rather ornate and either dark varnished wood or painted dusty pink. Linens and most upholstery are celadon, as is the ceiling. The thick carpet is a bluer, deeper green. A matching green chair rail runs the length of those walls without tall china cabinets: any items below its level are reasonably kid-friendly, ie will not break if knocked down. (Other doors, molding, etc are cream.)  Items are often arranged roughly by color, with the cheap wares towards the back.

Purchases: stoneware and terra cotta clay, related minerals/additives ie kaolin, mineral pigments, handmade/quality finished ceramics from artists, secondhand dishes/china (offers are low, and don't expect collectibles to hold much value unless technique impresses her.)

Miss Bollina herself has olive skin and warm bleach blonde hair perpetually streaked with terra cotta, but is not always available despite living in the attic. She works the retail side 2-6 pm seven days a week, spending much of her remaining time in a spacious second-floor studio/de facto office. Wren, a fairy, shows around customers, while a good-humored minotaur named Dave handles purchases. (Having hired Dave might well be why her shop was evacuated; Wren is a Burrows hire.)

For small purchases of the lowest cost items in the store (ie plain mold-formed plates), Miss Bollina accepts durable non-Gallimaufry currency at 60% of what she is told it is worth.  This is due partially to sympathy for fellow Gatejumpers, partially to a belief that she could be yanked out of a world again, and partially to an interest in incorporating unusual currency into pieces.  (Expect her to ask about composition so she'll know what not to do; she's one to tell quietly tell people why gold should be taken elsewhere.)

Creator: Fvaarniimar

[Cerillium]

Still can't recall what book Thad wanted to pick up.

No problem. Make something up.

That's my next post. Got to convince the damn fennec to go to bed so we can get up early tomorrow. A bat should suffice.

Fvaar, I'll transfer your info once I sit back down.

[Holy Lykos]

North Warnborough
Location Directory

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The Divine Skein Guildhall
Location Type: Guild Headquarters
Owner: The Divine Skein, Guild Master Ashe Undergraff (Vampire)
Services / Purpose: Headquarters for the Divine Skein Guild, meant to serve as a meeting place to discuss guild business and a public place for complaints and questions from the community.
District: Guild District
Description:

Largely styled after a classic Guildhouse in medieval European style, with visible timber framing and copious windows. Most of said windows display wares of the Guild, with upper floor ones being largely opaque from the outside. The outside is usually lit up with a series of lamps, and the area in front has ever changing displays of wares from guild-affiliated shops for perusal by the public. The main entrance leads to a lobby and public area, with a pleasant sitting room for those waiting for an appointment with guild personnel. Past the lobby on the first floor are the public meeting rooms and some offices.

The upper two floors are reserved for the more private guild matters, with a large meeting hall for general guild assemblies, offices of those higher up in the guild. The guild coffers are located here too, in a discrete part of the building tucked deep inside. Along with this there are workshops here for rent for members of the guild, who wish to put on lessons for incoming apprentices in their various trades. The decor matches the exterior, themed on medieval German furniture due to the preferences of those in charge of the Guild as a whole. Though Officers are allowed to customize their offices in any way they wish, as long as they pay for any changes and furniture.

The upper floors are protected by guards at practically all times, as the guild doesn't want any trade secrets out, along with the guild's finances. The whole building is locked up during the more sensitive guild assemblies, but these times are announced weeks before hand on a bulletin board outside of the front door.

Creator: Holy Lykos

[Cerillium]

North Warnborough
Business Directory

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Bollina China Shoppe
Business Type: China shop
Proprietor: Miss Dolores Bollina
Industry: Entertainment, Household Goods
District: Market District (northern, nearly bordering Downtown)
Description:

This shop offers a wide selection of clay-based dishes (wheel-thrown, handmade, and molded/machined; some comparable to Wal-Mart's fare, some unique and lovely but still utilitarian.)  Most are new, but gently used pieces purchased from any interested sellers are mixed in. A narrow selection of other household pottery, ie china animal figurines, drawer pulls, ashtrays, is also available; these are more likely to be secondhand, although new pieces exist.  There is a small selection (roughly three each of sixteen types on any given day, six types switch out seasonally) of glazable figurines and a moderate one of dishes, offered as a "paint your own pottery" sideline; employees are willing to watch kids whose parents have paid to glaze while parents shop, subject to employee availability, but no classes are offered currently.

 Mixed glazes and additives may be separately bought in small (single-session) quantities, as may kiln space.  Bollina also offers a small selection of silverware at a substantial markup, and a few large clay cooking utensils, cutting boards, etc. 

Specialties are: mixed red and white clay wares with clear glaze, screw-on-lidded containers (these need grease/wax to be watertight but will hold higher-viscosity stuff without an issue; small ones are provided with glaze/additive purchases), slip work, delicate pieces, and of course dishes in general.

Bollina's shop is a rather narrow two story converted brick house with a basement and attic. A ceramic plaque bracketed to the exterior wall right of the door depicts the logo: an oval shaded to look like a plate, on which a stylized bull holds a teacup, above "BOLLINA".  A fire escape goes up to the back of the second floor.   The interior is unrepentantly feminine, but not to an extent which alienates tomboys and macho men - light terracotta walls are stenciled with a glossy terracotta-and-white floral, and tables, furnishings, china cabinets, etc are rather ornate and either dark varnished wood or painted dusty pink. Linens and most upholstery are celadon, as is the ceiling. The thick carpet is a bluer, deeper green. A matching green chair rail runs the length of those walls without tall china cabinets: any items below its level are reasonably kid-friendly, ie will not break if knocked down. (Other doors, molding, etc are cream.)  Items are often arranged roughly by color, with the cheap wares towards the back.

Purchases: stoneware and terra cotta clay, related minerals/additives ie kaolin, mineral pigments, handmade/quality finished ceramics from artists, secondhand dishes/china (offers are low, and don't expect collectibles to hold much value unless technique impresses her.)

Miss Bollina herself has olive skin and warm bleach blonde hair perpetually streaked with terra cotta, but is not always available despite living in the attic. She works the retail side 2-6 pm seven days a week, spending much of her remaining time in a spacious second-floor studio/de facto office. Wren, a fairy, shows around customers, while a good-humored minotaur named Dave handles purchases. (Having hired Dave might well be why her shop was evacuated; Wren is a Burrows hire.)

For small purchases of the lowest cost items in the store (ie plain mold-formed plates), Miss Bollina accepts durable non-Gallimaufry currency at 60% of what she is told it is worth.  This is due partially to sympathy for fellow Gatejumpers, partially to a belief that she could be yanked out of a world again, and partially to an interest in incorporating unusual currency into pieces.  (Expect her to ask about composition so she'll know what not to do; she's one to tell quietly tell people why gold should be taken elsewhere.)

Creator: Fvaarniimar

Bollina added. Love the pun-in-cheek.

@Min. Could you add NS's guild to tomorrow's work list? viewtopic.php?p=29799649#p29799649 I'll forget to capture it otherwise. Must get Slos' post done before bed. I'm caught up with all others.

[Fvaarniimar]

North Warnborough
Business Directory

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Ronald's
Business Type: Restaurant
Proprietors: Vladimir Smith, Peregrine Spiros
Industry: Hospitality
District: Residential area north of downtown. It's being run out of what was Vladimir's perfectly ordinary home at the time of evacuation.
Description:
Many things are missing after one leaves Earth - but what of the comfort food?  Vladimir, a chef laid off due to being a vampire, was always rather partial to the simpler and greasier items.  When he and his longtime girlfriend Peregrine found themselves suddenly in a new, safe town with one more house than they'd frequently use, they decided to convert the extra to a fast food-style place. It opened on October 31, 2016 by their old calendar...

Exterior: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_ ... l_BW_1.JPG, (similar to the narrow central building, but without its first story.)

Interior: A pattern of yellow and orange diamonds with white borders adorns the walls, with two wide horizontal white stripes cutting the pattern at one and two thirds up the wall respectively; the flat ceiling is also white.  The floor is various sealed hardwood.  Old couches with new "wool" slipcovers take the place of booths at four recycled-wood tables, although five mushroom wood bar stools do sit at a counter against one side.  A small but efficiently gleaming modern kitchen with cutting-edge appliances stacked to the ceiling sits at the far end, along with a counter for ordering.  A wide banner advertises:

[We sell fast food made to order.  Request your items, and we'll see if we can make them!

The one pound menu (Items we absolutely can fix you)
Burgers (plain), fried chicken: pieces (2), plain sandwich (1), nuggets (6), tenders (3), fries/chips (large), salads (medium), soda pop (12 oz) and donuts (3 when available)

Ask about today's special!

Unlimited fries with two other items, soda refills 3 silvers each.]

The food is quite good.  House specialties are fries/chips and carbonated beverages; the latter are pricey as the carbon dioxide must be shipped from Ascalon.   

A "walk-through" labeled as such and built out of/off of the former back porch by the current kitchen continues the theme, with a long polished fungal bench along which patrons who'd rather sit may scoot. It's typically not used during bad weather, particularly as the interior with its yellow-toned lighting looks so much cozier.  In more pleasant weather, patrons and polite neighbors are  welcome to picnic on the neat lawn, which is rather large due to the building's small size.

The logo is an American-cheese-orange smiley face with two pointed green fangs and eight undulating/serpentine thick purple tendrils.  Even to the proprietors, it resembles a Halloweeny spider.  The fact that none of the symmetrical tendrils are below mouth level further reinforces this - but hey, the alternative looked like a fanged sun.

In the interest of accommodating both proprietors' taste in clothing as well as the fact that uniform anything is tough to come by on a modest budget, the uniform consists of a recognizably yellow-orange top, a wooden nametag, and a 4-inch felt logo pin.  Any top variety, including dresses, is fine.

Anything that even begins to look like discrimination earns a rather harsh scolding; the "ab" couple is thoroughly fed up with it.  Having posed as Muslim to explain her face covering, Peregrine is now particularly sympathetic towards those who often experience religious discrimination - to the extent that Cthulu followers are more than welcome unless they start misbehaving. 

As far as misbehaving goes, do enough of it and one will be kicked out.  Threaten anyone with lethal harm and Peregrine's mask comes off, meaning that (if the threat isn't part divine, undead, etc) she can turn it to stone with a quick veil lift.
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Ronald's financial backer and chief menial fryer, Peregrine is among the most recent scions of a family of gorgons who trace their lineage to Euryale - supposedly another world's Euryale, but the details are glossed over.  Proud of her heritage yet very aware of the responsibility which accompanies it, she wears pastel Ancient-Greek-style clothing when such is an option, with a light, opaque fitted mask under a colorful veil.  Her snaky hair tends to hiss loudly when she's annoyed.  As her ancestors include quite a few humans, her blood can cure or cause mild illness as opposed to resurrecting or poisoning fatally; however, she'll petrify involuntarily if a mortal sees both her bare face and meets her eyes directly. (One or the other will stun.)

Vladimir, born human, was turned because he introduced himself to a vampire, who - assuming that Vladimir was one as well - invited him to an all-vampire meeting with the best of intentions.  The results, however, were terrifying at first for the American culinary student - and then just surprising.  He's now rather laid-back if a little jumpy, and tends to wear casual clothing. He can enjoy his wares - he just isn't nourished by them. Vladimir brings his culinary talents to the partnership, along with an assortment of commercial-quality appliances.

Creator: Fvaarniimar

[Fvaarniimar]

North Warnborough
Business Directory

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Bollina China Shoppe
Business Type: China shop
Proprietor: Miss Dolores Bollina
Industry: Entertainment, Household Goods
District: Market District (northern, nearly bordering Downtown)
Description:

This shop offers a wide selection of clay-based dishes (wheel-thrown, handmade, and molded/machined; some comparable to Wal-Mart's fare, some unique and lovely but still utilitarian.)  Most are new, but gently used pieces purchased from any interested sellers are mixed in. A narrow selection of other household pottery, ie china animal figurines, drawer pulls, ashtrays, is also available; these are more likely to be secondhand, although new pieces exist.  There is a small selection (roughly three each of sixteen types on any given day, six types switch out seasonally) of glazable figurines and a moderate one of dishes, offered as a "paint your own pottery" sideline; employees are willing to watch kids whose parents have paid to glaze while parents shop, subject to employee availability, but no classes are offered currently.

 Mixed glazes and additives may be separately bought in small (single-session) quantities, as may kiln space.  Bollina also offers a small selection of silverware at a substantial markup, and a few large clay cooking utensils, cutting boards, etc. 

Specialties are: mixed red and white clay wares with clear glaze, screw-on-lidded containers (these need grease/wax to be watertight but will hold higher-viscosity stuff without an issue; small ones are provided with glaze/additive purchases), slip work, delicate pieces, and of course dishes in general.

Bollina's shop is a rather narrow two story converted brick house with a basement and attic. A ceramic plaque bracketed to the exterior wall right of the door depicts the logo: an oval shaded to look like a plate, on which a stylized bull holds a teacup, above "BOLLINA".  A fire escape goes up to the back of the second floor.   The interior is unrepentantly feminine, but not to an extent which alienates tomboys and macho men - light terracotta walls are stenciled with a glossy terracotta-and-white floral, and tables, furnishings, china cabinets, etc are rather ornate and either dark varnished wood or painted dusty pink. Linens and most upholstery are celadon, as is the ceiling. The thick carpet is a bluer, deeper green. A matching green chair rail runs the length of those walls without tall china cabinets: any items below its level are reasonably kid-friendly, ie will not break if knocked down. (Other doors, molding, etc are cream.)  Items are often arranged roughly by color, with the cheap wares towards the back.

Purchases: stoneware and terra cotta clay, related minerals/additives ie kaolin, mineral pigments, handmade/quality finished ceramics from artists, secondhand dishes/china (offers are low, and don't expect collectibles to hold much value unless technique impresses her.)

Miss Bollina herself has olive skin and warm bleach blonde hair perpetually streaked with terra cotta, but is not always available despite living in the attic. She works the retail side 2-6 pm seven days a week, spending much of her remaining time in a spacious second-floor studio/de facto office. Wren, a fairy, shows around customers, while a good-humored minotaur named Dave handles purchases. (Having hired Dave might well be why her shop was evacuated; Wren is a Burrows hire.)

For small purchases of the lowest cost items in the store (ie plain mold-formed plates), Miss Bollina accepts durable non-Gallimaufry currency at 60% of what she is told it is worth.  This is due partially to sympathy for fellow Gatejumpers, partially to a belief that she could be yanked out of a world again, and partially to an interest in incorporating unusual currency into pieces.  (Expect her to ask about composition so she'll know what not to do; she's one to tell quietly tell people why gold should be taken elsewhere.)

Creator: Fvaarniimar

Bollina added. Love the pun-in-cheek.

@Min. Could you add NS's guild to tomorrow's work list? https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopi ... #p29799649 I'll forget to capture it otherwise. Must get Slos' post done before bed. I'm caught up with all others.

TY Cer! You really aren't off the hook yet. I have two more locations to reformat.

I also have an important question.

I think the best way to "resolve" Kwa'a's story arc is to give her the Hunter treatment, demoting her to an NPC. She really was more fun to make than to play. I would expect her to have stayed in Bielefeld and passed as standard human, meaning that she would have been evacuated along with other ebs and dumped in N. Warnborough. She can meet up with Rmwtyliin occasionally and clean out her apartment; she's moved on from the Building. I can certainly declare all of her powers nerfed by reason of being in Galli, if needed, and that way I can play her tailoring and such occasionally; she's most pleasant to play if she's in a good mood.

If that's approved, I'll happily create a tiny little seamstress/weaving business for her and of course toss her in the Tailors' Guild. Is bringing her back as an NPC ok? This would give her story a very positive resolution instead of none at all, and the mass evacuation is obviously a prime opportunity.

*hopes you don't realize that approving this solution would sprout a new business for you to add*

[Mincaldenteans]

Bollina added. Love the pun-in-cheek.

@Min. Could you add NS's guild to tomorrow's work list? viewtopic.php?p=29799649#p29799649 I'll forget to capture it otherwise. Must get Slos' post done before bed. I'm caught up with all others.

Will do -nodnod-

EDIT: As well as Ronald's

[Fvaarniimar]

North Warnborough
Location Directory

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Crystal Caves Park
Location Type: Cave system
Owner: City of N. Warnborough
Services / Purpose: Entertainment/Recreation, conservation of a natural feature, common pasture and free fruit (Agriculture)
District: Agricultural District, Southwest
Description:

Crystal Caves Park consists of seven descending caves strung together, with a huge eighth chamber hollowed out by mining to their upper left. Shafts once led from the eighth chamber to all caves save the foremost (which is at ground level) but only the front and rear shafts are in use (the front having been converted to several rather nice slides, the rear to stairs) with all others plugged save for wiring holes. Small grottoes exist to the sides of several caves, but entering these is often risky. Small creatures might be allowed in, and one damaged grotto is floored for children.

As the miners who shaped them discovered to their chagrin, the caves are devoid of anything precious enough to be worth harvesting; even the crystals are unextraordinary, save when viewed as a unit. In their natural setting and well-lit, however, the effect is majestic and magical. Calcite is the primary mineral.

Admission is 3 silver per person, or 1 pound per family.

In all but the huge side chamber, walls are roped off for their protection - and sightseers', as crystals can be sharp. Most caves are spanned by a walkway, typically metal and wider in wider sections. The rearmost accessible cave is completely floored, with the tallest twelve stalagmites' tips protruding from the floor and three others flush with it. It is rentable at 30 (Runes) pounds per hour between late afternoon and late evening.  An okay wooden dining-type table is provided, along with 20 folding chairs.

The eighth chamber has a floor of carved out natural stone.  Stalactites hang from most of the ceiling, although many are damaged - the same is true of crystals on the walls, which stop several feet off the ground. Requests to make it available for renting are under consideration; some city and school functions have been held here. This chamber holds a fairly large amount of wooden seating with some stumplike stone tables.

The aboveground section is open to the public. Various hardy fruit trees dot a natural meadow, providing color in summer and a harvest literally free for the picking in fall. Weathered wooden benches are scattered throughout, and the park is cut by dirt trails. It is fenced against livestock, but accessible by lifting a latch; one day a week, it's used as a pasture. Littering is strictly prohibited and fined in all sections of the park, as announced by signs hanging from trees and at cave entrances; often trash cans accompany these. Officials would like to find a way of reinforcing the fence against Fiends...

Creator: Fvaarniimar

[Cerillium]

Bollina added. Love the pun-in-cheek.

@Min. Could you add NS's guild to tomorrow's work list? viewtopic.php?p=29799649#p29799649 I'll forget to capture it otherwise. Must get Slos' post done before bed. I'm caught up with all others.

TY Cer! You really aren't off the hook yet. I have two more locations to reformat.

I also have an important question.

I think the best way to "resolve" Kwa'a's story arc is to give her the Hunter treatment, demoting her to an NPC. She really was more fun to make than to play. I would expect her to have stayed in Bielefeld and passed as standard human, meaning that she would have been evacuated along with other ebs and dumped in N. Warnborough. She can meet up with Rmwtyliin occasionally and clean out her apartment; she's moved on from the Building. I can certainly declare all of her powers nerfed by reason of being in Galli, if needed, and that way I can play her tailoring and such occasionally; she's most pleasant to play if she's in a good mood.

If that's approved, I'll happily create a tiny little seamstress/weaving business for her and of course toss her in the Tailors' Guild. Is bringing her back as an NPC ok? This would give her story a very positive resolution instead of none at all, and the mass evacuation is obviously a prime opportunity.

*hopes you don't realize that approving this solution would sprout a new business for you to add*

This would work nicely, provided she's nerfed and doesn't mind not being able to jump out of time/dimension/etc.

The more shops, the better.

[Fvaarniimar]

North Warnborough
Location Directory

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Alice's Anthill
Location Type: Miniature petting zoo
Owner: City of N. Warnborough
Services / Purpose: Cares for small arthropods with housepet-level intelligence, Entertainment.
District: Market
Description:

Admission: 3 ounces of safe food, 1 thimbleful of dust.

For awhile, Alice's Anthill was one of Bielefeld's sillier urban legends: a spot where one could eat a mushroom and explore a buggy metropolis.  Yet, particularly in magical cities, such legends often have grains of truth...

Years ago in Dabfia's World, a few spells knocked over several potions with irreproducible timing, altering low-crawling cellar denizens and a few plants.  One succulent changed color regularly (and continues to), a potted mint exploded into a large shrub - and some parsley gained the ability to shrink people for just over 38 minutes at a time, by a factor of 98697388.  That is, just under 1000 times length/height wise, with typical humans finding themselves a little under 2 millimeters tall.

The bugs (arthropods) were somewhat more drastically altered: in addition to unusual coloration and (power level 4) magic resistance, their minds became similar to those of domestic animals and they gained various feline, serpentine, and batlike features.  They also gained petlike lifespans: 9-25 years.  (Fortunately for Lydia, the witch responsible, she was seated on a tall stool at the time.)

For some time, the aging witch tended her unexpected pets and their progeny, but eventually she grew too frail to handle interacting with them. She passed the duty to a reluctant friend, whose hopes of getting Bielefeld to take over the little zoo were dashed by increasing anti-ab sentiment. When she, the house, and the bugs were rescued, she renewed her plans - and hence Alice's Anthill and the house finally passed into government hands. A live-in keeper is assigned for several seasons at a time, doling out snips of shrink-inducing parsley from the former dining room.

The current colony consists mostly of ants, tiny beetles, and especially mites - those critters which had large enough basement floor populations for a colony to be sustained.  (Outcrossing is possible, but the offspring are feral and leave.) Each of these are cosmetically divided further, into catlike, batlike, snakelike, and various degrees of mixing.  All of them are dependent on humans, and psychologically need positive, snuggly interaction. 

To protect the rather-unequal capability pet bugs from each other they are in three separate enclosures, each surrounded by a concrete ring several inches deep, a foot in diameter, and protruding six inches above ground. Each such ring has a platform just wide enough to stand on, and a chemical spray that alerts any bugs or shrunk humans that they need to vacate it, which they usually will do within two minutes. Each bug wears a tiny spider's-silk nametag/collar; these comprise names from every culture known to Lydia's internet and then some. It's possible to "adopt" one and receive frequent updates on them. Harming any of them is absolutely not okay, especially as name tags, vertebrate-pet features, and standout coloring readily identify them as this park's domestic pets.

The ants, cheetah-sized relative to shrunk humans, live in a fairly typical anthill constructed in situ.  It's at two-forty-five from the back door threshold's right edge, starting 8.5 feet away. The primary attraction is the maze of ant tunnels; additionally, all ants can carry shrunk human riders and (purely) bat-type ones can do so while flying.  Ants' mandibles, however, are large enough to amputate an arm and effective. Much like well-trained pets, they will only bite if provoked. Don't provoke them.

The small beetles, large-dog sized relative to shrunk humans, live in a pile of leaf litter (starting 8.5 feet from the center of the threshold.) Leashes for walking them are readily available.

Clover and dust mites, kitten to small cat and mouse-sized respectively relative to shrunk humans, are definitely the least threatening. The cat-type ones are frankly adorable, as are many bat-types. The dust mites do still look quite weird, even monstrous, and may scratch. These critters live in an enclosure (starting 8.5 feet from the left of the threshold) consisting of wood planks surrounded by grass, with dust poured between the planks and small ladders provided for humans along with bridges for both humans and clover mites.

The parsley is pale green with veins of blue - the blue being a heavily altered cheese fungus imbued with a teleportation spell which deposits users on a small magitech moving sidewalk in the former living room 37 minutes after consumption.  The destination is absolutely fixed; barring moving the house and several feet of its soil in one unbroken, unchanged piece without shifting it it cannot move from its spot.  It does, however, have a very limited range: it will only function within ten feet of the back door's threshold. Provided that enough to taste is consumed (less has little to no effect), quantity does not affect the effect. Eat it next to the enclosure you'd like to visit to prevent a long, grassy hike. Tight fitting/next-to-skin clothing will shrink, although often a little less (ending up baggy.)

Creator: NATION NAME

[Tiltjuice]

North Warnborough
Business Directory

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Bollina China Shoppe
Business Type: China shop
Proprietor: Miss Dolores Bollina
Industry: Entertainment, Household Goods
District: Market District (northern, nearly bordering Downtown)
Description:

This shop offers a wide selection of clay-based dishes (wheel-thrown, handmade, and molded/machined; some comparable to Wal-Mart's fare, some unique and lovely but still utilitarian.)  Most are new, but gently used pieces purchased from any interested sellers are mixed in. A narrow selection of other household pottery, ie china animal figurines, drawer pulls, ashtrays, is also available; these are more likely to be secondhand, although new pieces exist.  There is a small selection (roughly three each of sixteen types on any given day, six types switch out seasonally) of glazable figurines and a moderate one of dishes, offered as a "paint your own pottery" sideline; employees are willing to watch kids whose parents have paid to glaze while parents shop, subject to employee availability, but no classes are offered currently.

 Mixed glazes and additives may be separately bought in small (single-session) quantities, as may kiln space.  Bollina also offers a small selection of silverware at a substantial markup, and a few large clay cooking utensils, cutting boards, etc. 

Specialties are: mixed red and white clay wares with clear glaze, screw-on-lidded containers (these need grease/wax to be watertight but will hold higher-viscosity stuff without an issue; small ones are provided with glaze/additive purchases), slip work, delicate pieces, and of course dishes in general.

Bollina's shop is a rather narrow two story converted brick house with a basement and attic. A ceramic plaque bracketed to the exterior wall right of the door depicts the logo: an oval shaded to look like a plate, on which a stylized bull holds a teacup, above "BOLLINA".  A fire escape goes up to the back of the second floor.   The interior is unrepentantly feminine, but not to an extent which alienates tomboys and macho men - light terracotta walls are stenciled with a glossy terracotta-and-white floral, and tables, furnishings, china cabinets, etc are rather ornate and either dark varnished wood or painted dusty pink. Linens and most upholstery are celadon, as is the ceiling. The thick carpet is a bluer, deeper green. A matching green chair rail runs the length of those walls without tall china cabinets: any items below its level are reasonably kid-friendly, ie will not break if knocked down. (Other doors, molding, etc are cream.)  Items are often arranged roughly by color, with the cheap wares towards the back.

Purchases: stoneware and terra cotta clay, related minerals/additives ie kaolin, mineral pigments, handmade/quality finished ceramics from artists, secondhand dishes/china (offers are low, and don't expect collectibles to hold much value unless technique impresses her.)

Miss Bollina herself has olive skin and warm bleach blonde hair perpetually streaked with terra cotta, but is not always available despite living in the attic. She works the retail side 2-6 pm seven days a week, spending much of her remaining time in a spacious second-floor studio/de facto office. Wren, a fairy, shows around customers, while a good-humored minotaur named Dave handles purchases. (Having hired Dave might well be why her shop was evacuated; Wren is a Burrows hire.)

For small purchases of the lowest cost items in the store (ie plain mold-formed plates), Miss Bollina accepts durable non-Gallimaufry currency at 60% of what she is told it is worth.  This is due partially to sympathy for fellow Gatejumpers, partially to a belief that she could be yanked out of a world again, and partially to an interest in incorporating unusual currency into pieces.  (Expect her to ask about composition so she'll know what not to do; she's one to tell quietly tell people why gold should be taken elsewhere.)

Creator: Fvaarniimar

Bollina added. Love the pun-in-cheek.

@Min. Could you add NS's guild to tomorrow's work list? viewtopic.php?p=29799649#p29799649 I'll forget to capture it otherwise. Must get Slos' post done before bed. I'm caught up with all others.

List updated.

[Ganonsyoni]

I'll have a post up by today. Also, gonna see about updating my business app to the new one and add some fluff.

[Swith Witherward]

Thaddeus is into Harry Potter books/movies? Now I've seen it all.

[Swith Witherward]

Torsi, I'll wait for Gio before posting for Marcus.

If you guys want to work on some character dev on your own, I can have him walk on. I'm not up to rapid posting, so I'll stall you guys. One post a day for me.

[Cerillium]

Thaddeus is into Harry Potter books/movies? Now I've seen it all.

Better than Hello Kitty.

[Giovenith]

Rache pondered the string with metaphysical eyes, and reflected upon the little pony's tattered remnants of humani- er, sapience? Yes, that'll do.

I laugh because I've run into this so many times. "Huma- wait, no. Pon... pony-nes... pon... poninity...? Poninity? No..."

[Cerillium]

Rache pondered the string with metaphysical eyes, and reflected upon the little pony's tattered remnants of humani- er, sapience? Yes, that'll do.

I laugh because I've run into this so many times. "Huma- wait, no. Pon... pony-nes... pon... poninity...? Poninity? No..."

I drew a complete blank while writing. Head-meet-desk moment. "Equinity". Somepony really should add that to the wikis.

Prim had planned to have Aegis test a theory that the creatures are turning conflict between ponies into bad weather. It's a good IC question. Would this be something Rache could have felt, thus he tells Aegis? Or should we go hunt down another possessed pony for Aegis to work his magic on?

[Giovenith]

I laugh because I've run into this so many times. "Huma- wait, no. Pon... pony-nes... pon... poninity...? Poninity? No..."

I drew a complete blank while writing. Head-meet-desk moment. "Equinity". Somepony really should add that to the wikis.

Prim had planned to have Aegis test a theory that the creatures are turning conflict between ponies into bad weather. It's a good IC question. Would this be something Rache could have felt, thus he tells Aegis? Or should we go hunt down another possessed pony for Aegis to work his magic on?

"They're winter spirits that feed off fighting and hatred. The more hate the spirit feels, the colder things become." -Clover/Twilight in the original episode

Basically, they first seek out populations that already have a high degree of conflict among them, use the pre-existing conflict to start the winter, then perpetuate the winter with the conflict created by the hardships of the winter itself as a self-feeding cycle. They only leave when there's not much left to feed on, i.e., when mostly everyone is dead. They'd probably be able to tell the difference between actual and staged conflict (what I told to Prim).

He might, but it's a bit moot considering Willow already explained to Rache how the windigos operate.

[Cerillium]

"They're winter spirits that feed off fighting and hatred. The more hate the spirit feels, the colder things become." -Clover/Twilight in the original episode

Basically, they first seek out populations that already have a high degree of conflict among them, use the pre-existing conflict to start the winter, then perpetuate the winter with the conflict created by the hardships of the winter itself as a self-feeding cycle. They only leave when there's not much left to feed on, i.e., when mostly everyone is dead. They'd probably be able to tell the difference between actual and staged conflict (what I told to Prim).

He might, but it's a bit moot considering Willow already explained to Rache how the windigos operate.

"That was the episode, right? Not IC? Did Gio include the tidbit in her post? Shit. Now I have to remember what wasn't said IC. Go find post! Must find post!"

I hate it when I insert player knowledge by mistake.

[Cerillium]

Nice post, Prim. I'll get a reply up shortly.

Several have noticed the discussion taking place in the announcement thread. We've had staffers from PL nominated for Modship before. There was concern back then that PL would die because of time constraints. I can't say they'd appointment me (I've been nominated as well as Swith) but, in the off chance they do, PL staffers and I have come up with a way to spread the workload so the game doesn't suffer.

I may open up a generic account to use as OP. We need to focus on PL being the place noobs can go to learn. Red labels might put them off. Meh. We could use one anyway. Done. Personification Life, the puppet nation.

I'd like to shift the God War to a back burner, perhaps put it off a good, long while. It's an extremely fluid story because all of you contribute to the setting. That takes a major burden off me. I won't have to track every story to make adjustments in my plot.

That doesn't mean the fun will stop. Demens wouldn't want his Chosen bored to tears. We'll continue to use the Gates, and we'll continue to have players run stories. We also have a revamped city - Freshly minted settings crave use. Players can be more zany in the Burrows, provided they don't destroy the play zone for others or mutilate the citizens. And Creepfest 2016 is just around the corner.

Our newer players might not be aware of all our history. It's mindbogglingly vast once we crunch all the numbers. Sure, megathread RPs aren't uncommon. Most have threads well under the 500 page limit (ICs and OOCs only having a hundred or so pages before being revamped) or have stopped for a short period and picked up again later.

Ours will celebrate its 4-year Anniversary in 9 days. Feats:

• 1,460 days straight with no breaks between, and at least one post a day in either IC or OOC
• 112 characters active IC at one time
• A total of 29 threads:
  
  4,792 IC pages
  4,575 OOC pages
  2 Archive pages
  24 battle arena pages
  26 Deus Ex Machina pages
  12 Crucible IC pages
  25 Crucible OOC pages
• A wiki
• A tropes page
• A website

We also have one crossover - Iridescent, a project between us and another megathread RP, Elfen High (15 IC pages, 45 OOC pages).

I think we just might be the oldest and largest perennial megathread in P2TM. I'm not sure if any other P2TM RP can claim that fame, nor boast our accomplishments, though I hope they will in time. Take pride in that. PL is your game. You breathe life into it every time you post - Thank you.


tl:dr PL isn't folding anytime soon. I'm not going to stop playing here. PL is family.

If there's anything you'd like to see added or changed, please voice up. Your input benefits us all.

[Giovenith]

I actually got good, colored, comprehensible character pics for once in this whole RP. Giovenith, Willow. Pippa will come along.

[Tiltjuice]

Nice.

[Cerillium]

I actually got good, colored, comprehensible character pics for once in this whole RP. Giovenith, Willow. Pippa will come along.

I'll add. Done. Also, very pretty!

My post is a recapture. Figured anything Rache did would steal Aegi's thunder.

[Mincaldenteans]

Heads up, I will be sporadic Wednesday thru Saturday Sunday.