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The day started, as every day had lately, with rain. And like every day lately, the rain didn't look like it was going to stop anytime soon.

Derrin didn't mind rain, really. It made her job as a nature mage easier; at least the ferns, moss and fungi were much more amenable to letting her use more of their soil or clippings for her various potions when they were well hydrated. And as any nature mage worth their fertiliser could tell you, a gift given freely by nature made a more powerful brew. The earth didn't take kindly to those who prodded and pulled at plants, and spells and potions using reluctant ingredients had a way of fizzling out, or backfiring on the user to make them miserable. Between this rain and the time and effort she'd spent getting to know this part of the forest over her lifetime, she'd get some powerful magic in her next several creations. No, the rain itself wasn't a problem.

The problem was that living deep in the forest, as nature mages did, her only real interaction with anyone else was her weekly trip into the nearby town of Summit for supplies, or when others visited her to buy spells. And when it rained, the paths between town and her little cottage became too muddy and dangerous for either type of journey. At this rate, the only company she would have until this weather passed would be those so desperate for help they would risk their own lives coming to visit her. It wouldn't cause too many problems, Derrin was always prepared for weather conditions that confined her to her cottage - she had plenty of firewood and food in the storeroom for times just like this. It was just a pain that she couldn't bottle up friendship and save it for these rainy days.

Well, she couldn't just sit at the window all day. Staring at the rain wouldn't make it pass any quicker, and it would be another long day without any visitors, so she had better make the most of all this time. Reaching for her favourite notebook and pen, she began to take stock of what she had, making a mental note of which of the most popular spells she was low on, and which ingredients she'd need for some of those emergency spells, just in case some poor soul needed to make their way out in this weather. It was starting to look like a long list, but staying productive would be the best way to keep her sanity intact until the rain finally passed.

I think this is a good idea, certainly having started my first culture term mid-term I felt like six months had been a long time by the time I was done! I also think it is more memorable when the dates line up.

Happy to second.

Inspired by the two telemarketers who fell in love and went to Argentina to sell dishwasher insurance in the Discord chat. <3

Not as much plot control as an RP, more plot control than a one word story: take it whichever direction you like by adding a line at a time.



The thing you should know about dragons is that they're actually a lot smaller than you'd imagine.

I deny the reality of that great evil, minus temperatures in Celsius.

I disavow it.

Once upon a star supernova, twenty six legendary cards descended from our tall card tower. Hooray!
Our newfound love Testlandia, wore splendid magenta fursuit, specifically commissioned to contain BEES! It buzzed through rainbow, over walls yonder, and into the sky. At midnight, Gerald Ford erupted from his volcanic lair, overflowing with meritorious service. Both chambers reloaded their legislative shotguns while removing glistering shirts, heated by lava undershirts. Ford devoured the 535 imperial guards, while copper prices skyrocketed, and legislation stalled.

Meanwhile, the legendary crocodile, Crocodile Irwin, initiated CPR for the legislature of New Hartoria. Mercifully, HS wrote textwalls of nonsense which follows:
"Spinning crickets mercifully inundate Equestria"

Obviously, this sucked. Mercifully, Andraste (Jesus Ronaldo) smote tobacco from a Tevinter corpse. Aromatic! It smelled. Unclear directions confounded the manufacturing executives, who decided there was no better fate than death. Opportunistically, they provided Andraste more timeshares filled 37% of the time by Tevinter, but why? For this, the ultimate price of three dollars and forty seven cents must be paid.

Dissenting Justice reminds us of prison. Thanks Justice! Very cool! Not until Alexander Wallexander jumped

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HumanSanity: 81
Emily: 67
Luca: 56
Argo: 30
Aav: 14
Kal: 13
Wasc: 10
FLP: 7
Ziz: 5
Dyll: 5
Fox: 4
Zuk: 2
Sueloc: 1
Istillian: 1

HumanSanity: 81
Emily: 67
Luca: 56
Argo: 30
Aav: 14
Kal: 13
Wasc: 10
FLP: 7
Ziz: 5
Dyll: 5
Fox: 4
Zuk: 2
Sueloc: 1
Istillian: 1
Catherine: 1

21:24

Finally, freedom!

As the bell rang, Aster jumped up, grabbed their bag and their copy of Cosmos Brigade off the desk and sprinted out of the door before Whoever-It-Was could say anything further about detention or anything else. They didn't stop running until they were out past the large iron gates that stood at the entrance to the Prison-Called-School. Just a few more months of this, and then they'd be free forever.

They paused to admire the almost-cloudless skies above the nearby mountains that Summit was named for, the Timberwood Forest across the peaks glowing gold in the sunlight. With a few hours to themself on a glorious day, Aster almost considered walking to the park to sit under a tree and finish their book. Then again, the park would be full of families at this time... The library would be much more peaceful, and it would be fun to see if they'd had any new shipments. Their mind made up, Aster set off along the street that would take them to the Summit Library.

They turned the corner just in time to see that elemental mage they often saw sitting in the library crash into another person and spill coffee all over them. 'Ouch, that's gotta hurt,' Aster thought to themself, as they passed the pair and headed straight into the library. They took in a deep breath and smiled at the familiar wooden shelves full of books and endless possibilities. Ah, home again at last.

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I'll second.

I can't place a lot of life events into actual years/ages so these are vague.

Pre-2001 we didn't have a computer or games consoles.

2001-2002 - Some Bible game I don't remember the name of
2003-2005 - Catz 5 and a variety of games on everythinggirl (MyScene/Barbie etc)
2006 -2011 - Sims 2
2012-2015 - Civilization 5, Sims 2, Lego Pirates of the Caribbean
2016-2019 - Sims 4, Flight Rising, Monument Valley, Pixel Dungeon and Fantasy Life
2020 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons and House Flipper
2021 - Sims 4 and Mini Metro
2022 - NationStates, Sims 4 and Polytopia

[aka: share up to 3 songs you have on repeat at the moment]

aka: share up to 3 songs you have on repeat at the moment

For me it's currently I'd Rather Be A Ghost by Semler.

whose sovereign grace was imparted them to the Lord our God

I think this wording should read "imparted to them by the Lord our God".

Otherwise, good spot, this anomaly makes sense when you point it out but it wouldn't have occurred to me as a possibility.

I made Aster in the Sims and they have a wiki page now \o/

https://wiki.calref.network/index.php/Aster

It started, as many things do, with a book.

Once again, Aster was in trouble for reading during class. They scowled, absent-mindedly staring at a scuff on their shoe so that they didn't have to make eye contact while whichever-teacher-it-was-this-time harped on about how their class was more important than just some book. As if The Technomage Chronicles XII: Cosmos Brigade was "just some book". That series had changed Aster's life, which was more than they could say for whoever-was-shouting-again. Seriously, who needed school when there were books? You could learn anything from a book these days.

Aster loved books, more than anything else in the world. They loved the way they smelled, the way the paper felt when they turned a page, the way an author could weave imaginative magic, or knowledge on almost any subject with just a few dozen simple symbols. When they were reading, the world was finally quiet, just them and the comfort of familiar words - there was truly no better feeling. And out of all the books Aster had read, The Technomage Chronicles were their favourites. They had every copy, had read each of them dozens of times; there were sentences in those books that were more familiar to them than even their own face in the mirror.

At a pause in the background noise that was today's tirade, Aster looked up. Shit, they'd stopped paying attention. Unmemorable-teacher-number-something was glaring at them expectantly. "Uh, sorry?" they tried... Nope, wrong answer. God, would this ever end?

Maybe they'd go to the Summit Library if they ever finally got out of this place. They'd passed a plaque earlier that proudly declared that the library had "more than 50 books". Heh, good one. At least the library would be warm and welcoming, and they could finally read in peace.

Third

As the person who currently has the second most endorsements, I have a few questions when I think this scenario through.

First, if the delegate was unable to serve, what would the second at that time be required to do during this two week voter period in terms of WA - i.e. would they have to abstain from voting? Would that change in the case of a close vote that Refugi were keen to get through and our delegate vote would push it over?

Second, how would we manage the unendorsing in the case that the second didn't win the election but was still keen to keep their 1% badge or regional top 10 and soon-to-be site-wide top 1000 position?

Third, does any of this change in the event that we know an inability to serve is temporary? To give an example, if Emily gets a 3 month WA ban, would an election be held only to cover the period she can't serve?

The second and third questions I'm sure are dealt with by multiple regions with regular delegate elections, but this is an aspect of NS I'm new to so I've no clue how it works.