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2023/08/04 Hello loves! While I haven't been writing, I have been working on updating some issues that have been hanging around on the layout! The Character change box is now at the bottom of the page, beside the up/down arrows! Green and Gold dragon flight dates have been shifted to the bottom of the page, where the (useless!) discord widget was located. Where the dragon flights were in the header, is now replaced by a Monthly Event box! This will be updated at the start of each month, with a fun mini-event you can take part in, if you want to! Thistle!
2023/01/07 Welcome to the New Year! We are now ELEVEN years old! Thank you, all of you, for your love and writing! I am looking forward to spending another year with youall! In addition, a new Default colour scheme is in progress and will hopefully be available soon! All my love! ThistleProse
2022/07/29 Gold Malvayth and Bronze Xyxyth clutch is Hatching! Come and join the shenannigans 743.08.03 | NIGHT STALKERS HATCHING and bring the popcorn!
2022/05/11 Gold Malvayth has Flown, caught by Bronze Xyxyth of A'tay. Their Hatching will be PC, and take place in Telgar in August around the 20-22nd! Update your Candidate Applications and prepare for some fun!
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05/JUL It’s Hatching time!! Come take part in the shenanigans here
30/JUN Gold Thallyath of Ista Weyr has laid a clutch! More information here
27/JUN A bluerider, and then a greenrider, are found dead. More information here
25/JUN The Touching is up! Take part here
30/MAY After the Touching, many Candidates found themselves preyed upon in the form of their food. More information here
18/MAY Another goldrider - Ameris of Benden - is attacked. More information here
05/MAY Multiple individuals are attacked whilest out of the Weyr! More information here
04/MAY Take a chance OOC and guess who you think the murderer is! You can win prizes! More information here
03/MAY Goldrider Cazan and her twin brother Cazelarias are attacked. More information here
24/APR Goldrider Ashara of Fort is murdered by two brownriders. More information here
12/APR Searchrider B’jin was attacked at Telgar Weyr, surffering a slash to his throat. While in Benden, bluerider B’dor is found dead in his weyr. More info here
05/APRMore attacks occurred today. More information here
03/APRMultiple individuals found their death this day; more information here and here
28/MAR Tragedy has struck again! Across all the Weyrs, multiple people - primarily dragonriders - have fallen ill after eating muffins. There have been multiple deaths, and others are in criticle condition. More information here
24/MAR Weyrwoman Ameris and her son, Rislan, poisoned! More information here
18/MAR Benden’s Weyrleader M’ris and his children have been poisoned! Resulting in sickness and death. More information here
18/MAROn 18.03.742 Bronzerider A’dris of Vyaniorth was found dead in his personal bathing pool. He appears to have drowned after drinking an excess of alcohol. Afterwards it was realized that Machiya of Gold Cameth from Telgar Weyr had disappeared. Having never arrived at her destination, it is suspected she had an accident between.
11/MAR Gold Racoth of Donmaline went between taking Bronze Beruth of T’rel with her shortly after she had been caught, due to T’rel strangling Donmaline. He did not survive. more info
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2024-February
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Welcome to the Month of Lovetm! This month's Monthly Event is all about Romance, whether it is asking someone out on a date, or getting sweaty between the sheets! Anything and everything counts, if it even looks sideways like it could be related to Valentine Day -- including lover's spats, or breaking up, Flights Wins (or Flight Losses!). Honestly, this month has a huge opportunity for interpertation, so go wild!



2023-December
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Ahh, the fresh snow, the crisp air, the naked trees... welcome to Winter! Or, just the Colder Months for those in the more Northern Weyrs, while Ista is just... not as hot. But it is time to enjoy the end of the Turn, so folks should get together, spend some time gossiping, and drinking Hot Chocolate (alcohol and marshmallows opional)... does Pern even have marshmallows????? (they do now!)



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Feel like bitching? Wanna take part in a brawl? Or bet on someone? Take part in Brawls and Bitching this month! Boo-yeah!



2023-October
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Thistle flunked this month; You can still post until the end of November as a result <3
Experience, tell or hide from a Spooky Story!



2023-September
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The flu is running rampant, colds are clogging noses, and someone might have lost a limb?



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Partake this month by going fishing... or anything that occurs while fishing, or dealing with fish!



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[G] [P] 744.03.27 | Early Bird Gets the Cake
Early Morning | F'drel

Date of Birth
01.03.725 - 19 Turns Old,
Height
5' 11"
Eyes
Pale Blue, Pinkish Sometimes
Build
Average, Soft
Hair
White, Shaggy But Short

Threads
2
Posts
2

Written By: Ghast
#1
It wasn’t even dawn, yet, but nonetheless, it was time to get up and start the day. There were chores that needed doing; fires that needed stoking, rolls that needed baking, and a never ending mountain of dishes that needed washing. Such was the life of a kitchen drudge.

There were quite a few people in the Hold who looked down upon drudgery, but Corin was under the impression that it was a perfectly respectable occupation. Somebody needed to run the Lord’s household, after all, and although being a drudge wasn’t running anything, it was accomplishing the tasks that those running the household needed done. So, wasn’t that important? Somebody needed to do the actual work, and Corin was that somebody. At least he felt like he had a place in the world, however small that may be.

“Alright, enough lying there!” He gently whispered to himself, intending to coax his body out of bed. The boy sat up, slowly, with a yawning stretch. Peya was already up and in the kitchen, doing all the things it was that a Head Cook had to do. If she could get up early, so could he. He wouldn’t want to disappoint her, or anything, now would he?

“No, that wouldn’t do at all.” He whispered his response to himself, then swung his legs out of the bed and stood up.

Yawning again, the albino moved to pick out his clothes for the day — today, it was the blue shirt with minimal staining, and the brown slacks. Also with minimal staining. - and hurriedly began to dress in them. After that, Corin moved to the washbasin and washed his hands and face with the lavender soap he liked. Then it was time to go.

The walk up to the kitchen was brisk and uneventful; there were no people to pass him by on the way, nobody he had to force eye contact with (shudder!) and say hello to. However, though Igen itself seemed to still be sleepy, the kitchen was already bustling by the time he got there. He could see Peya, ordering the bakers around and plucking a wherry.

“Hello, Mama!” He approached the woman with affection, giving her a small hug from behind before looking for a broom to sweep up all those stray wherry feathers. He never got a chance to fetch, it, however, because as soon as she saw him, Peya was quick to assign him another task.

“Corin! Good, you’re up! I was just about to send someone for you…!”

 “Oh?” He squinted at her, curiously, a sense of unease coming over him. Had he slept in too late? Was he in trouble? “What’s the matter?” He asked, trying to sound innocent.

She laughed. “No, you’re not in trouble. I have a special task for you.”

Now he was still curious, but that nervous pit in his stomach instantly went away. “Oh?” He said, again, putting back the broom and joining Peya at her side. “Um, what do you want me to do?”

“It’s quite fun, actually. Lord Habraxel wants a cake.”

Corin couldn’t help but gasp with excitement. “A cake?!” He was getting giddy already. For once, Peya was giving him something fun to do. “And you want me to make it for him? Are you sure?”

 “The cake will actually be for Weyrleader K’dar,” she clarified, setting down the wherry for a moment and looking at him. “I wouldn’t ask you if I didn’t think you could do it. You’re good at cakes.”

The praise made him blush a little, but also smile a bit, too. It was good that Peya trusted him. “I won’t let you down!” He promised, although knowing that his cake would be leaving the Hold and going to the Weyr, as a gift to the Weyrleader, it made his heart flutter a bit.

“I know just what to make! Oh, this is so exciting…!” The albino mused, turning from his adoptive parent and heading towards the pantry. Chocolate cake! Everyone loved chocolate cake! And Corin had a secret ingredient that would really make the taste pop! Oh, this was going to be fun!

The boy grabbed an apron, put it on, and got to work immediately.

It didn’t take long for him to round up the ingredients — flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt, eggs, buttermilk, oil, vanilla, and of course, his secret ingredient: freshly brewed klah! - and it took him even less time to mix them together in the appropriate ways. Not that Corin was rushing this cake; a masterpiece took time and although he wasn’t going slow, he was being more careful than usual. K’dar was rumoured to be a late riser, so Corin knew that he had some time before the cake had to go. So, definitely no need to rush.

“Best not to make any mistakes, then, and do a good job.” He whispered to himself as he poured the batter into the pans, carefully, with the tip of his tongue poking out of his mouth just a little as he concentrated on what he was doing. Next, it was in the oven with the pans!

While the cake was baking, Corin started to whip up the icing. Chocolate, of course! He also planned to top the cake with real chocolate shavings, too. But, of course, he was getting ahead of himself. The cake hadn’t even come out of the oven, yet.

When it did, Corin was pleased to find that the cake had risen evenly and perfectly. He let the cakes cool, then spread icing between the layers, on the top of, and around the sides of the cake. The albino then smoothed the icing on the top and the sides of the cake, so that it all looked uniform. Lastly, he added the chocolate fleurettes before it was time to add the chocolate shavings.

Almost done, the albino paused, squinting at his work to make certain that it was up to par before he added the shavings. He checked every angle, every fleurette. So far? Perfect! Oh, he was so glad that things were turning out. Corin took the bowl of chocolate shavings in one hand and then sprinkled them evenly over the top of the cake with the other.

Finally finished, the boy stepped away from his masterpiece, admiring it while he wiped his hands on his apron. “That’ll do it!” He exclaimed, all smiles and over the moon that he had finished the cake without issue.

Now, just to get a box.

The albino started to turn around, towards the pantry, to pick up such a thing. But it could have been because he was going too fast, or maybe he just wasn’t looking hard enough (or both!), but Corin, instead of gracefully clamouring into the pantry as he imagined he would, gracelessly smashed himself into someone who had been standing behind him.

Corin was instantly mortified. Going beet red, the boy looked up at the person, to find somebody that he didn’t know looking back at him. Doubly embarrassed, Corin looked down at his feet and scratched at the back of his head.

“I-I”m, um, so, SO sorry! I didn’t, uh… I didn’t see you standing there.” The albino glanced up again, then quickly back down at his toes, still blushing madly. “A-are you, um…alright? I didn’t hurt you…?”

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