Frizz's posts

Oh absolutely! I'm delighted for him, it's a rare get together.
Mostly just worried about them getting squashed by all the Voltie foot traffic.
Don't want any tragedies this Solstice!

I did tell Bernard if he had any family to invite, he definitely could. True.
So I apologize for the current bugs right now within the event! He didn't
respond, he doesn't talk! I didn't think anything would go wrong.
We are all aware and trying to rally all the s into a nice safe space where
they won't be squished and you wont have to deal with bugs.
Sorry about that. Hehehe.

Please bear with us! We are working on it. :)

Edit: Good to go! Bernard's family is safe. 8)

Places, PLACES everyone!

Day 2: You can’t tell if Frizz's smile is shaky from the chill in the air, or the excitement
to sing her part.
On the second night of Solstice, Panthalassa gave to thee:
Many Children to Love!
Frizz gives a wink and a giggle as she is pleased with her own performance.

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[Found in a dusty old box stored in the attic of a hotel being renovated, alongside a bunch of lab coats. Dated post War on Realms but not exactly recent either.]

My therapist said I should keep a “journal” which is just the less girly way of saying diary. Sorry to whatever poor sap comes across this and actually takes the time to read it. My name is Dr. Kane Mardgeer, I was born and raised in the easternmost part of the Metal realm. I’m kind of a ‘big deal doc’ so I actually travel all around.

The only realm I hadn’t been to yet, was Ice. Guess where I am as I write this? Heh. If I may be so blunt in the privacy of these pages; Ice is a stuck up, independent, purist realm where Hell froze over. The chances of them asking for help from an outsider- are slim to none. Not that they usually need it, they aren’t exactly prone to illness…not too many infections can survive that frigid place. With all the magic they have pumping you’d think they were a different race entirely, you can tell they find themselves superior. So what do these scowl faces want from the rough doc from Metal?

Don’t get me wrong, when I showed up everyone was respectful. I didn’t feel outward prejudice- at most skepticism. Which I can respect! They were very to the point and lead me straight to the children’s division of a hospital. I was presented in a room with about a dozen unconscious kids. I asked for all medical charts and they seemed reluctant. First I was suspicious as they weren’t giving me much info, and this is some kinda cover up operation. But I was wrong, it was shame causing their hesitance. Their charts had all the essentials but they had absolutely no direction to tackle this case. Watching them seem genuinely perplexed and embarrassed at their own lack of answers definitely helped humanize the Ice realm to me.

Allegedly the children were on a field trip, ice fishing. “Something” lurched out and yanked a boy under. His classmates held onto him for dear life and the adults gave the final pull. Officials have since investigated the area but no fruit to bear on any more clarity. The first boy’s body is wrapped in black markings that are spreading. No adult has caught the infection, but every kiddo that came in contact with him has this ‘infection’ spreading too. First symptoms are painful tightness, followed by numbing of the extremity and within 12 hours the kid passes out unconscious, slipping into a coma. Get a load of this, if you try to take a needle to it to extract, the black marking MOVES away. So my first inclination was parasitic, but there’s not a underwater creature presently known to do such a thing? Disturbing case indeed.

Back to medical basics, since only the kids are infected and not the adults it’s obvious only a weakened immune system is susceptible. It took about a week of trial and error before I learned the only way to extract a sample was to unfortunately burn it off. It took several weeks thereafter to let it “bake” in the chemistry lab and from there we were able to determine this substance is a living venom. Thankfully, it didn’t take long to produce an anti venom. Within 24 hours of the dose the kids all woke up. I started physical therapy with them and we started to bond. They were back to good health in about a month with the exception of one thing….they can’t control magic anymore.

It was then my initial disappearing bias came back full throttle. I was politely informed these kids are seen as useless and doomed to be the lowest tier of society here. Instead of living out life bullied and forgotten, I did the irrational thing and adopted all the ones the families didn’t ‘want back’. Thankfully was less than half, at least a majority of them seem to care about their offspring. Now I got me five kiddos to take home to the gal. She can’t have kids and we were going to adopt a baby but…well…Surprise honey! I know we discussed one baby…but um. Five aged 8-9 works? Right? I make enough money, this will be fine. I have already bonded so well during treatment and waiting for them to walk again. I’m nervous. They’re nervous, a couple straight up heart broken. But I’m going to show them my awesome dad stuff. That doesn’t include ice fishing with whatever the heck THAT thing was. Hopefully if they run into this sea monster again, getting the anti-venom sooner will prevent this. Me and the boys set off for home tomorrow, there’s so much stuff to pack, I hope I don’t forget anything.

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We have put together an advent calendar for all of you that will have daily claimable EI’s!
The dates run from December 21st - January 1st, the new year!
Don’t worry, if you miss a day you can still claim the items at the Joyful Jamboree using our event currency: Bells!
Currency will continue to accrue, and items purchasable through January 12th.

These items center around our creation myth: Panthalassa
and are a solemn reflection on the history of the realms from a war that should have never been..
This thread will be updated daily with the journal entries you'd see from the advent calendar.
Any questions concerning the event should be placed here.
Keep your eyes out for other activity threads run by all of our lovely Shopkeepers.


Enjoy the holiday carol we all put together for you:
THE TWELVE NIGHTS OF SOLSTICE!

The weather outside is so delightful~ NOT! I hate the cold, brrrrrr! Spark on the other hand is having the time of his life…rolling around and making snow birds er whatever!...Which I guess is kinda cute, but still! We all need to huddle up and come together and share the warmth. Yeah, you too Virgil! Don’t need you becoming a brooding ice sculpture. Though I’m sure that would sell for a pretty penny, wouldn’t it? Haha, I tease, I tease.

Alrighty, now that we are all here it is story time! This is Voltra’s first Solstice so I have a duty to EDUCATE! Frizz passionately raises a fist to the sky, as she flashes a bold smile of determination. Who knows! Maybe after this, someone will want to hire me part time as an audiobook narrator. All the cute books I could read…oopsie off topic!

The creation myth, told in all of the realms with the slightest of variations.


Why do we celebrate Solstice yearly as a tradition?


Is there a genuine history behind any of this?


Event Currency and Items

In honor of our first Solstice, myself and my friends here
have made a holiday carol just for you delightful volties! We hope you enjoy! Come back daily to this thread to watch us perform!
You may also use this thread as an event discussion if you like! Feel free to ask any questions or leave comments,
I absa-tootely love to help!

Also, there will be lots of activities going on! Keep your eyes peeled for anything featured.

*How VK Ruined Solstice: [Daily update games] Dec. 21- Jan 1st
*Ribbons of Rebirth: [Ongoing raffle & contest] Dec. 21- Jan 1st
*Ask the NPCs: [Q&A with your favorite people] Dec. 21 - Jan 1st
*CROPPED: [Avatar Contest] Dec. 23rd - Jan 1st
*Warmth at the Animal Shelter: [Help Vivi choose which animal to Rescue] Dec. 28-29
*THE UNDERCURRENT NEW FORUM! Jan. 1st -forever and ever! For all you naughty kids who need a place to let it out.
*?????? bonus item and how to get it TBD :)

OKAY, it's time to sing and present modern and olden history pieces. PLACES EVERYONE!!

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