Hmm?

[Leon is just relaxing against a tree. He has a book in hand, teaching him about advanced physics. He figures he can relate this to the spells he uses, and maybe make him stronger. Bothering him is a good idea.]

Interesting...

[ooc: New Leon mun/muse here, enjoy messing with me/him~]

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Holidays provide a built-in excuse for indulgent entertaining. This all-purpose foodie community covers everything from homemade hangover cures to dinner party menus. Need quick advice? Get five-minute snack suggestions, low-fat ingredient substitutes, and even measurement conversions. Delicious recipes garnished with humorous advice. Yum.

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Always on the lookout for compelling images, we were delighted to discover this flourishing community of artists who share a love of nature. Honoring the subject with photographs, paintings, sketches, prose, poetry, and other creative works, you'll be simultaneously riveted to your monitor and inspired to run helter skelter towards the nearest wooded dale.

[[Well we haven't heard from daddy!Raven in a while. What's he up to?]]

[He's on the outskirts of town, picking flowers. Unfortunately the pickings are slim because, you know, it's cold and all. In fact it's pretty amazing this old man's even out and about.]

[[Are the flowers for his darling daughter Anise? Or someone else? Only way to know is to ask him~]]

Damnit, there's gotta be more than just these tiny ones...

[Lying on his back, just outside the village, is one of the resident Kratoses. Blood is seeping from fresh cuts all over his body and bruises will likely form in the next few hours. A puddle of crimson betrays the presence of a nasty wound on his back. His sword is lying nearby, also covered in blood. Is he conscious? Barely.]

Cho... Ngh.

[His face contorts into a grimace of pain. This poor Mercenary Kratos was sent home for a while and took a heavy beating, trying to protect Lloyd and everyone else from Yggdrasill. As for Colette, there's a good chance they lost her to Cruxis.

Defeat is bitter, indeed.]

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Want to embrace your wanderlust on the cheap? If you're tall on adventurous spirit, but short on funds, this community can help you plan a trip to anywhere. Offering plentiful tips on how to travel light, you can post about bargain hotels and hostels if you're into urban exploration or discuss camping gear and mosquito netting for the great outdoors. Hitch your backpack, pitch your tent, and carpe diem!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Norwegian_spiral_anomaly

Northern Lights variant my ass. We all know what this shit really is.

[enter a very serious looking Schwann, appearing in the middle of town mid stride]

...Strange.

[he looks around, but his expression does not seem to show any measure of surprise in it.]

[[This Schwann is from the same AU as notjustahealer and idealmagic . His journal has more detailed info. Anyone is free to poke him.]]

**FINAL EDIT Thu Dec 10 02:15:47 UTC 2009**

So there is the final update... Over the past day we have processed around 11 million jobs out of the 12 million that were in queue at that time. Please bear in mind that over this past day, more jobs for notifications are also created. So while the queue has been dropping, we are still not fully caught up at this point, due to backlog and new jobs. We have roughly 3 million jobs still pending that involve the notification system in some manner. We had hoped we could have fully cleared the queue in a day, but unfortunately we can't clear it too quickly, since we need the rest of the site to operate normally. From our current perspective on the amount of jobs that are left in queue, and how many it has processed thus far, we believe it will take around another 8 - 12 hours to process everything.

And finally some answers to some questions:

( Read More and Get Some Answers... )

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[Well, here's Vampire!Colette back from some random adventure in the mountains I decided to have her go on while I was busy with College apps! So she kind of vanished for a while there and has no idea what's gone on.]

That was nice! Refreshing! Who knew mountains could be so beautiful on the very top?

[She trudges through some snow in a woodland area, showing no signs of being cold, despite the freezing temperature and her wearing nothing but her usual light outfit.]

How long was I gone, though? I hope it wasn't more then a day! I lost track of time...

[Way more than a day sob]

[she trips, hits her head on a tree, and goes face first down into the snow.]

[help her? kick her? molest her? haunt her? talk to her? Your call! 8D]

Flyyyynn! Quit hiding and come out so I can copy your homework!

[The voice should be more familiar, but when you see the speaker something is definitely off. For one thing, Yuri is wearing a uniform.

Albeit a messy, wrinkled, shirt buttons undone almost all the way uniform. But it's still a uniform.

A private school's uniform.

His tied back hair is also a horrible indication of something gone amiss. He rounds the corner, hand cupped around his mouth to echo his yell as he suddenly stops because, hell, where did the school go?]

... okaaay...?

((OOC: High School senior Yuri Lowell is new to the world of Zelore. He hails from St. Vesperia, a private academy where, as you can imagine, everyone from the game attends/works at. Credit of the idea goes to the artists who drew the fanart.))