Well, surprise to us! We didn't expect to turn over 25 applications in 25 hours, yet here we are! To our new characters, welcome back! To our returning characters, why the heck is Valhudor so overrepresented among you
When Does It Open?
NOW.
We'll have an actual event log in the beginning of August proper, but if you want to start making open posts or getting into trouble, go for it!
Is The TDM Canon?
Absolutely, if you want it to be.
This Month In Diatu
Hail becomes a concern around this time, thanks to some peculiarity of air currents and ocean evaporation up here on the floating island. Luckily, hailstorms are brief when they appear, but inevitably sudden and fierce for their short lives. Woe be unto the student who fails to protect themselves with a suitable shield when they spend any time out of doors!
Professor Ire has been the victim of mean-spirited but harmless pranks that truly represent just how harmless he is, considering the capabilities he surely has to address such pranking. In fact, the student body seems to be very slowly coalescing into pro-Ire and anti-Ire factions.
Bala-inlota Tryouts begin once classes are in swing. You may or may not be entered into them voluntarily; Captain Lominia is not exactly known for respecting consent when it comes to her student teams. Older students might trade or sell you the location of good places to hide from her.
This Month In Anastara
A Sphinx In Training has set up shop down by the docks, laying out on a large comfortable rug and challenging passers-by to riddle contests. None of the riddles are terribly original; the Sphinx explains she is more interested in studying the body language of her victims than in defeating them. She also promises she won't eat you if you get the riddles wrong, and thus far, no one has appeared to claim she has eaten them. On the other hand, she occasionally veers out of the acceptable sorts of riddles to launch scavenger hunts and quirky challenges, in order to see just what people will do under the guise of a riddle contest.
Adventures
As detailed on our Adventures page, you may sign up for an adventure by responding to the appropriate comment on this post. We will respond with your adventure setups as time and creative energy allow.
We can't wait to see you all subject yourselves to our whims WE MEAN start playing in our completely harmless and not-character-scarring game. Enjoy your RP!
One fine morning, Seto's familiar delivers to him a package marked "Anastara War Games Association". Should he open it, inside is an absolutely fantastic white coat! It has deep pockets on the outside, shallow ones on the inside the perfect size for a deck, and an enchantment that makes it billow out from his legs dramatically at all times!
Unfortunately, once he puts it on, it immediately collapses into a radiant blue ballgown. On the plus side, it flatters his figure immensely; on the minus, he really doesn't have the chest to fill it out. We recommend stuffing.
Naturally, the dress is cursed and cannot be removed easily, and if other clothing is worn over it, it itches fiercely. Good luck!
The challenge is simple: traverse ten pubs in one hour, enjoying three drinks at each one.
It IS possible. It has been done. But only rarely. Students tell of their efforts to plot out the perfect route, planning their venture down to the microsecond, only to have a slow bartender or a stray cat in an alley cost them precious moments. Wizards have attempted to shoot through the challenge with the aid of their spells, which turns out exactly how you'd expect once they're about nine drinks in.
But the reward? A free drink a night at every pub you visit, fame in Anastara, and a not-insignificant purse of money...
"In all my years, never have I seen the breath of a flower," the Sphinx says, watching you closely. In other words, bring her that to solve her alleged riddle.
Rumors have spread, half-accurate and cruel: the Sundered are the tools of a dragon! They're here to enslave us all! They have three heads and breathe fire!
So there you are, one night in Anastara, with a mob on your trail. They have pitchforks, torches, a sponsorship from Anastara Riots and Social Upheaval Co., and enough alcohol in them to make them forget that the alleged fire-breathing thing would turn out badly for them if true. Can you and your companions escape?
Sho:
A trickle of water is following you. Across campus, sloshing through the grass or trailing down the paths. Into your room, dampening your floor and soaking your socks. Into class, getting you into no small amount of trouble. Whatever you do and wherever you go, there it is, ruining your day. Looks like you've got some work to do to figure this one out!
Oh, if only Eleanora could catch the eye of that handsome gentleman, who strolls past the store where she works each day at noon. His smile, his courtesy, his fancy hat -- this is what dreams are made of.
She can't pay much, but she'll make you and your friends lunch any time you want. Just please find a way to stop that man in front of her shop, and get him to come in!
"The usual place, payment on delivery," the gruff man in the shadows says, shoving a box into your hands so hard it knocks you back a step. Turn to protest and you find him gone, disappeared in the blink of a successful Hide In Shadows roll. Now you're holding onto this box which is shifting and making an occasional ominous noise, not sure where it goes or just how much trouble you'd be in if someone caught you with it. Uh-oh?
Renowned artist Brank Cee just finished his latest masterpiece -- only for a sudden Valhudor flash mob to erupt just as he hung it up to dry! Now he's over here, the piece is over there, and the lead actor has come within a hair's breadth of skewering it with his sword prop three different times in one duel alone! He can't get through the crowd to recover it, let alone the performance. Oh please, rescue his painting and he will reward you!
The Anastara Afterlife Association, in between fielding callers who mistakenly believe they offer towing and jumping, has a problem: some do-gooder wizard keeps attempting to send them to the afterlife. This SEEMS kind and merciful, except many of the spirits of Ascelion have it really good, and they're pretty convinced whatever awaits them next doesn't have a theater anywhere near as good as Anastara does.
Your task: Stop this exorcist in a way that doesn't bring greater attention to the spectres of the city. That means no murder or anything! Ideally, make them a laughingstock!
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