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[personal profile] saxsongs
I have a few small announcements.

Unfortunately, I have to postpone the dance competition I had planned and move it to later this year. I apologize for the inconvenience.

I will also be unavailable for work related meetings at Shining Karaoke for a while or work in general. My staff will be able to help you out while I'm gone.




[Ooc: after pirates, some badly gone magic training and putting too much on his plate, Ren has finally reached a limit and is now forced to take it easier. This post is harder for him than he expected.]
phoenixwiz: (Down in the Dumps)
[personal profile] phoenixwiz
Hey there, for anyone who has known her for a long time now: Amy Rose is gone from Avalon. I used to work with her in the cafe, Helleste Cafe, as a co-worker, but just some days ago, I came to work to find her not around. There is nothing I can do about it.

(Harry could be seen trying to hold back the tears. It has been a while since he and Amy had seen each other at work or even personally, so it breaks his heart when he discovered that she wasn’t there at Helleste Cafe as usual.)

I’m really sorry to break this to everyone right now. It always hurts to know when someone you’re close with is no longer in this world. I hope that we always can find some closure soon.
localdeliveryboy: (thinking)
[personal profile] localdeliveryboy
Good day. Can anyone happen to recommend a good doctor? Not the kind with magic and the like, I've gone to see them and they were no help. I need a doctor to help with a condition I seem to have suddenly developed. I'm incredibly worried since the attacks come randomly, sometimes I even wake up in the middle of night because of them. It's a right problem since I can't go out and earn.
arf: (makin a parfait)
[personal profile] arf
Attention healers! Are you unable to make it to an expedition with your friends? I've figured out an awesome way to make a healing feast for large groups! Start with-- ta-da!

[ He holds up a hot dog ]

One regular hot dog! [ He puts it in a bun, then covers it in an evenly distributed drizzle of ketchup and mustard and a jalapeno relish. ] I like it hot, but you can use regular relish too. Make sure that you don't put too much though, there's a lot of water in it and it can disrupt the process. Don't put anything chunkier than relish in though or you'll lose the hot dog consistency! You want roughly these portions, then put it in the grindy bowl.

[ He puts the assembled hot dog in a pestle and mortar... and starts mashing it up with the pestle. ] Mash it into a thick paste, then roll it up into a hot dog like so and cast your most powerful healing magic on it while you do... [ He rolls it up.. into a new hot dog? Then cooks it in a skillet. Then puts it into a new bun. ] Then repeat the process until it's as many servings as you want it to be.

[ And so proceeds the video with Taichi just... mashing up and reforming a hot dog and cooking the new hot dog in a skillet... about 15 times... until he has no more room in the mortar and has to plop it onto a the kitchen counter. He mashes it into a volcano shape and plops two eggs in the center.... ]

If you get to this big, you have to add eggs to keep it together! If you don't have any really strong healing spells, add another one here too. [ Then he KEEPS GOING.. until it's roughly the size of a pound cake. Since he doesn't have anything to say, he puts this song on so that you know how glorious what is happening is?? This is amazing. It only cuts out when the final form is formed. ] Then it's best to put it in the oven for the final stage and you can use a brioche loaf for the final bun if you're feeling fancy, or any loaf will do!

[ Yes, Taichi is feeling fancy.

He puts the "hot dog" into the oven and while it finishes up, he takes out a loaf of brioche bread... and proceeds to cut it longways through the middle, parallel to the table, leaving the very edge uncut so it's like a hot dog bun made of an entire loaf... The video cuts to him taking the loaf out of the oven, putting it on the brioche bun. He proceeds to load it up with jalapeno rings, onions, and liquid cheese on top. ]


Don't forget to top it off with some vegetables so it's healthy! You can slice it and distribute it for an easy way to spread your healing spells out and feed an army! I'll be trying to make some for the journey ahead, so try it out if you see it!
cultivatingsin: (Thought I would be okay without you)
[personal profile] cultivatingsin
Since people are offering their services, I guess I need to be less selfish~ I'll be happy to sell my poisons and jinxes for the right price. Don't be shy! I'm not going to ask for an arm and a leg.

[His Daozhang has worn him down. His prices are probably ridiculously low. For him anyway. Not that selling poisons and jinxes really does anyone good.

Unless they are used on enemies, right?]


If you have questions or want to haggle, call for Xue Yang~
emet_sulk: (08 embarrassed)
[personal profile] emet_sulk
[ For the first time, Emet-Selch is trying out a video post instead of his usual text. The feed shows a man in his mid- or late-30s with long, dark brown hair that has been tied into a loose braid. His streak of white hair hangs free and frames the right side of his face.

He clears his throat and sits straight, looking at his device's screen (and therefore not into the camera, as the more tech-savvy would). ]


Greetings. I am-- My name is Hades. I am an alchemist...and a goldsmith. I manage a business known as Polydegmon's Lapidary and Brew within Camelot City. In light of the sudden surfeit of mushrooms this season, I would be willing to purchase any unusual or magical fungi you may happen across as you forage. I will also accept the more common varieties used in potion-making.

[ He pauses, glancing slightly off to the side as though reading something. In the background, something that appears to be a flying betta fish with iridescent scales glides past serenely. ]

Ah, I do take custom commissions on potions and jewellery, provided they are not used for nefarious purposes. And I have a grimoire that new alchemists may peruse should they visit. I do believe it is 'that time of the month' again.

[ With that, the video cuts off. ]
cantgetanyworse: (043)
[personal profile] cantgetanyworse
Ahhh, I never thought I'd be so happy to see the sun rising!

[It's been a few days, but seeing the sun coming up every morning is such a simple joy that she hadn't realised she missed so much. She's even been getting up earlier than usual just to watch it, which is why she might look a little... tired, right now, despite her usual levels of exuberance.

But she has something to say, so she clasps her hands together and gets straight to it.
]

Now that we have daylight again, I can finally put this forward. I know that there is a lot of space outside of Camelot that is tragically unexplored, and therefore there are a lot of creatures out there for study that haven't been properly studied yet. [Can you tell where this is going? If you know her even a tiny bit, you probably can.]

But I'm really not so reckless as to think I should be venturing out there by myself, so! [She smiles brightly.] I'm looking for people who might be interested in coming with me. Interest in what I'm researching is preferred but not essential, and it certainly won't all be terribly dangerous I'm sure.

Do let me know if you'd like to arrange something! I'm sure I can work out all the finer details, and I can pay you for your time if that's what you'd prefer.
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[personal profile] morns
looking for the following:

— parkour instructors
— cleaners
— bartenders
— dj
— dancers
— cloakroom / reception staff

that's all.


( someone is putting the final touches to a new business, while trying to staff her old one, if you're wondering why the weird mishmash of roles. )
morganknight: (a little somber)
[personal profile] morganknight
[Morgan looks vaguely serious today. That's weird.]

So with the sun and moon got, I'm noticing that the whole "end of the world" thing going on up in the sky, that's been hanging out ever since Morganna did her thing back when, is getting a lot more publicity and attention. And I thought I needed to say, as Ambassador to the End of the World... you guys aren't seeing anything yet.

What you're seeing now is what the view from the End of the World used to look like. Bad enough, then. But the view now is --

[You know, he THOUGHT he'd been prepared for this speech, but at this moment he realizes something rather contrary to that notion.]

--well, I don't think there are actual words to describe it. Primarily because it's the sort of thing that shouldn't exist in a universe that even has words in it. But if you're doubting our purpose here, if you're anything less than committed... if you have been sleeping entirely too well at night, even. My services as Ambassador remain. I'll take you there and you can see the calamity's advanced form. You probably don't want to see it. But you probably need to.
readytolearn: (hFztsTQ)
[personal profile] readytolearn
[The video is upside down and it's... very shaky. But it's clearly Elsa with a very, very wide smile.]

I HAVE ARMS...!!


[That's all she (???) has to say.]
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[personal profile] saxsongs
Hi~ii~ Now this is an experience, being in a human body. In a male body, even. [He chuckles.]

I'm Princess, Ren Jinguji's familiar. Usually the small fox fairy following him around. He gave me a permission to post here [Press X to doubt.] if I got bored and well, it's taking such a long time for him to come back I decided to check how you all are doing. Like, other familiars in human bodies?

[He shrugs.]

That is, if any of you are looking at the phones even. I'll talk to anyone, really. Tell me about yourself or about your familiars if you're just a human. I'm more interested in other familiars.
corpsewarblade: (This is like the worst (as Junko))
[personal profile] corpsewarblade
Heyyy all, Junko here!

Just a quick one, but like, this whole weird-ass calamity night thing is a total pain. If anyone has any advice on how to stop my houseplants dying on me until the sun comes back, that'd be grand. [And then a mutter: ] Pretty sure I just stink worse since then and this won't actually screw me over too?

...Uh. Or how to stop Freya and Frigg from freaking out, I guess.

[There may or may not be sounds of somewhat distressed guinea pig squeaking in the background.]

Mean I guess most normal people- guinea pigs, whatever- would get freaked out just staring at the apocalypse, huh? Still kinda weird just having that constantly hovering over our heads.
inkbled: (❝ ᴏɴᴇ ʜᴜɴᴅʀᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴡᴇɴᴛʏ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ❞)
[personal profile] inkbled
( Yes, she's getting to be a familiar face around here, but what's more interesting is that Rosa isn't broadcasting from her room, or Camelot, but from a wonderfully floral lake town. )

Hey, again!

So, I was, like, thinking, since we've been working so hard and stuff and it's summer. ... Uh. Well. Um, it's supposed to be summer.

( Right now it's just eternal dusk. )

... Where was I? Right! I wanted to invite everyone to Lord Taichi's town for a lake party! Something relaxing, y'know? There's gonna be food and music and glowsticks, but if you, like, wanna bring your own stuff along that's cool too!

( She takes a minute to show off the lake coast venue for the party before spinning the camera wildly back to herself, remembering the one important rule. )

Oh! Taichi told me that if you argue, you've gotta like, have an acting competition to settle your differences! Don't forget that!

( ooc: The log will be going up on the weekend, most likely! Definitely accepting characters' help in entertainment and food/drink, etc! )
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[personal profile] beewulf
Hm... stories of the beginning?

[He leaned back on his log, he was out camping alongside his familiar, the sun was setting and they currently had a fire blazing bright.]

That was a question posed earlier this month, stories about creation... [He thought for a moment longer.]

Would anyone like to hear it? The truth of how everything came to be? Or perhaps, the story of Ragnarok, the end of the world?

[An even wider grin formed on his face.]

Then there's also the story of how the mighty god Thor had to dress as a woman. Of course, I also have a few stories attached to my own name if any care to hear those.

[Someone is in a sharing mood.]
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[personal profile] writtendestiny
I don't suppose anyone will really be interested in hearing this--... [Poison doesn't say this with any bitterness. Perhaps Horus would be curious about it? But sometimes you learn something... and keeping it to yourself is just impossible.

The young woman shrugs.
]

I've worried for years that I'm not the true version of myself. That the reason I keep being moved from world to world instead of going home is that the original version of me is already home... but I was able to summon Morganna a while ago, and she was able to show me the truth.

[She doesn't trust the Fae, but when it comes to bargaining with them... she does at least trust that they will respond to a simple question with a truthful answer. Poison had been careful in her dealings with Morganna, and she's sure that she wasn't misled.

What would have been the point?
]

And I was wrong. Whatever the Technicians did to me back in that place, I'm still myself. And I know that it won't make much sense to anyone... maybe no one will even see why it's important, but I don't have many friends, and after everything I've been through I thought this was something worth... celebrating. Just a little. Even if it's only me celebrating it.
arf: (uh oh)
[personal profile] arf
I had a bunch to share since I guess I passed out and woke up and now we're going places and making terrariums and I used eggcellent spell on potato made with potato spell for terrarium.



Σ(°△°|||)︴ What now?!


[ (A bunny just wandered in while he wasn't paying attention. But Taichi is not smart.)

OOC: also open to any action threads! He's hanging out with a red slime (familiar) and an Arkan Sonney in piglet form in the Celliwig Ruins if anyone wants to pester for action. ]
rustyhonesty: (Geez)
[personal profile] rustyhonesty
Ah, yes. My favorite time of the day. The eerie dusk.

[It's probably not even dusk when he posts this, but the recent events have made it calamity dusk for a while... how joyous.]

They sure weren't kidding when they said Solstices are important. I wonder how we'll have to fix this one.

[They fix one thing and mess another. Story of their life.]
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[personal profile] verytired
Hello, everyone! Hypnos, local god of all things sleep here. I've officially been here just over a year -- yeah.

[ Amused smirk as he lifts one hand to count on his fingers -- to a whole one. ]

Over. It's almost unbelievable for me! A year's not really all that long, when you get down to it. Twelve simple months and 365 days. Something like that.

[ Lets out an easy - Hah. ]

So, I know we've had a lot of excitement going on, but this is for a bit of introspection. Since I'm such a thoughtful guy, you know? I was curious, what sort of things would you have hoped to learn in a year. Or if you've been here awhile - what have you learned since you arrived?

I learned about human food... especially sweets. I also learned about magic and dating. And that sleeping outside is probably not the like -- most ideal thing. I know for some people that doesn't sound exciting, but for a guy my age - that's really neat.

On another note... what's your favorite hangout spots around town? Even the people newer here probably have an answer.

I've talked plenty. You're probably sick of hearing my voice. But if you have any q's for me, you can ask.
morns: (ғᴀʟʟɪɴɢ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ sʜᴏᴏᴛɪɴɢ sᴛᴀʀ)
[personal profile] morns
( Sometimes, getting up early is a blessing because you get to see a wonderful dawn and enjoy the peace and quiet before everyone else starts to rise.

Sometimes, getting up early is a blessing because you run into Elphame's newest statue of the tournament victors. And, as it seems a terrible shame to not drag her friends (and the other three), Kate whips out her phone and does what any good person would do:

Start a slow, circling walk of the statue. Please enjoy the close ups of the loving detail in which every victor is rendered.

And please also enjoy the huff of laughter Kate lets out before she adds a;
)

Congratulations.

( You're immortal, victors. )
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[personal profile] saxsongs
Hello everyone. As most of you already know, I'm Ren, owner of Shining Karaoke and various other things. I have a few things to announce.

[Too many occupations to list. Busy man, he is. But apparently not busy enough.]

After the whole tournament in Elphame, I have decided we need a new sort of competition. Something with less magic and fighting and more other skills. Something fun.

[Imagine a drumroll here.]

So I have decided to host a Dance Competition. What I don't know is when it will be held or where, but I wanted to let people know ahead of time so they can start practicing if they want. And if you want to give suggestions for a time, that would also be appreciated. It can't be next month since we have the concert then.

Ah, I'm thinking there would be categories for single dancers, pairs and groups.

[Onto the other business though... he moves his camera to show a large rose garden outside his castle.]

My other business is an open invitation to visit my lands' gardens. We have herb gardens, but also this giant rose garden outside my castle. Both are open to visitors and you're free to practice your green magic here.

[An adress to his lands is left at the end of the video. It's located south of Camelot, near Taichi's lands.]