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[welcome_summer]

Happy 1st of November, everyone! We made it through another October--which in my experience tends to be the roughest month of year of us stuck in bubble cities. What with all the monsters and other fearful things that slip in through the barriers....

But anyways, now that we're in November, I've got the bandwidth to share some happenings that will be coming up before the next mission.

First off, Book Club! We hold a community book club meeting sometime between the day of Aurora's mission announcement and the mission start date. So that will be coming up; we usually hold it in the library in Alcyone's Wake. Anyone is welcome to hang out and talk books when the date is settled on.

Another event in the works is a community harvest/Thanksgiving feast, also to be held before the mission, just in case we get sent offworld again. Sophie has generously offered the NYX Community Center, located in the Charronway island, to be the venue. A key thing for a potluck-style feast is that people bring food for the group--you don't have to make a dish for 100 people, just make enough servings for 5-10. I know that NYX provides community meals with its kitchen, so it might be best to bring the ingredients and cook on the premise if your selected dish is served hot/warm. Around Etraya, there are stores with ingredients and stores that have premade goods.

If you would like to contribute, please let us know what you would like to bring so that I and the folks at NYX know how much WE need to cook up to make a well-rounded feast! Or if you can help cook, let us know as well!

Lastly, not attached to any particular event coming up. Now that Etraya's been around for some time, the library is interested in creating a public assistance directory. We do individually have a directory of usernames on our devices, true. But we want to build up a service directory--the equivalent of the telephone Yellow Pages for businesses, to go along with the White Pages of individual's listings.

"Business" is being used loosely, here--Culinary skills, medical skills, monster hunting, mediation, chocobo wrangling, science questions, the list can go on and on. Basically, if you don't mind helping out your fellow Etrayans with a skill you have, please let us know!

Sign-up available here: LINK REDIRECTS HERE

This is still a work in progress on the admin side as well, but I will do my best to answer questions.

Now to fix my inbox message and feed some chocobos! Thanks for your attention to this, catch you later!

Comments

[oblige]

Not the anomalies in particular, but additions to our surroundings are not uncommon. We may ask after them ourselves, or Aurora may add them on Echo's orders, or for reasons we've no way of knowing. If you sight a foreboding, dark keep, that was requested by Odin. The Mothercrystal near it simply appeared.

I can certainly choose something with meat in it. I'll send a list of anything I may be missing once I've found a suitable one to begin with.

[inimicitia]

I have to ask. What is a Mothercrystal? Far as I know, we've only ever had the one and only a handful of people have ever seen it. Is this thing something we should be worried about?

Works for me. I'm on my way back so I'd guess you have about 45 minutes to figure something out, otherwise I could help you pick once I get back and we can go from there.

[oblige]

In Valisthea, the Mothercrystals contain vast stores of aether associated with their element. Nations are built around them. My homeland's capital was where the light Mothercrystal was. They are not an inherent danger, but they may become thus, so a fellow named Emet-Selch is helping to monitor them.

His understanding and perception of aether surpasses any I have yet known, so I trust his counsel.

I shall send a list momentarily. There is a curry dish that should make a fine starting endeavor. While I have meat onhand, I could use more vegetables.

[ After he sends the message, he follows up with a short list. ]

[inimicitia]

Do you have an idea of what kind of problem it can turn into?

Curry sounds good to me. Never made it from scratch before, so I'm curious to see what goes into it.

[ After the list comes through. ]

Got it. Shouldn't take me too long to get all this rounded up.

(( ooc: i'm good with moving this to an inbox to continue it or handwaving the curry misadventures. just lmk! ))

[oblige]

Were it connected to that which it was a part of in my world, yes. Here, I worry its destruction would cause an aetherflood due to the confined nature of our surroundings.

I can further explain when we meet, if you wish.

[ ooc: If your tagload can accommodate it, I'm up for curry times! Otherwise we can handwave. ]

[inimicitia]

You've got me curious about it, yeah. Anything you're willing to share, I'd be interesting to hear.

Should be back at the apartments in a few.

(( ooc: i am totally down for curry (mis)adventures! did you want to start it, or shall i? ))

[oblige]

Then I shall tell you what I know of it.

I'll ready the equipment and supplies I have onhand.

[ ooc: Would you be good with hitting Dion's inbox? ]

[inimicitia]

I appreciate it. I'll return the favor if anything weird gets dropped in from my world.

Sounds good.

(( ooc: started it! ))