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✗CALENDAR
November 2009


3; Windows to the Soul
Citizens have the ability to soulgaze--to look into another person's eyes for a moment, and trade "views" of each other's souls. Are you a monster bound by the chains of self-control? Are you little and terrified, a bird among cats? Or are you an avenging angel, standing with sword at the ready? Be careful, what you see may be more than you wish to get, a most unforgettable image that can never be unseen, coloring your perception of that person forever! [Soulgazing will works over the network only via video post communication. In person it will work when direct gazes are locked, however covering one's eyes even with sunglasses can prevent soulgazing from working. And yes, this means depending on who has their eyes shielded, soulgazing may be one-sided.]

5; Anonymous is Legion
No names. No faces. Citizens affected by this curse have a chance to be completely anonymous for a day. They are unrecognizable on the network with voice distortion and image pixelation on their side. Those who are affected with anonymity in person will have a mask attached to their faces that affords them non-recognition by appearance and by voice. With this new found freedom of no consequences without identity what will your citizen do? [At the end of the curse, all network activity that was anonymous will revert back to the responsible characters' identities. Surprise!]

7; Tell Me A Story
Once upon a time there was a curse that made everyone narrate their own lives as though those ordinary lives were extraordinary stories. The elegant lady rises from her bed and glides gracefully to the Network where she tells her own story as a story. And the handsome and charming gentleman who answers her story will do so with his own story. And so the Network and the City streets will fill with stories told by the ones who live them. [Affected characters narrate their own stories in the third person, as excessively and as purple as they so like. A character waking up and going out shopping can make a network post detailing this dramatic event. The stories are narrated in the third person, as though the characters were metaphorically writing a log entry, and this can take place in normal conversation as well. Ex: She writes her reply full of eloquence, recounting the event in similes and metaphors because "It was fun." simply would not suffice.]

9-10; War of the Worlds
The armies have assembled! Citizens who have been in wars will find themselves drafted into an army or supplied with soldiers from their own world to do their bidding. Whether that bidding is for better or worse is really up to what lies in the heart of the citizen isn't it? They must decide what they're fighting for and quickly because chances are there's probably someone else who has a takeover on the brain, and there is much to take over. The sea around the City has receded considerably, granting more land upon which battles may occur, and the Deities don't seem to care who'll win. [Deaths that result from this curse are exempt from City!Death. Destruction of parts of the forests, beaches, fields, and the mountain are allowed, however the urban area of the City including main buildings (the twelve apartment complexes, the Hospital, the Academy, etc.) are off limits to fighting. They can be patrolled and small skirmishes can erupt on the streets but homes and buildings will not be destroyed. NPC soldiers are granted as platoons of 30 soldiers per 1 character who has held a leadership position in their canon. When the curse is over, the terrain left by the receding sea will revert to their unharmed forms (because no one likes a blood stained field) and stay as permanent fixtures of the game. Yes, the island is getting bigger. There will be a post in [info]poly_tldr with more information for players to organize cast-related armies and plot battles if they wish! Post here!]

13; Sadie Hawkins Day
Ladies, put on your best running clothes. Gentlemen, lace up those sneakers. Any boy caught by a girl during this all out City chase is obligated to marry his captor and be her spouse for a day. This says nothing about who wears the pants in the relationship because it's absolutely a woman's prerogative to make him do the dishes in an apron...and only an apron. [Tools like grappling hooks, scooters, superpowers, or magic are allowed to capture a boy. For characters who don't fall in either male or female categories or characters who don't fit traditional gender traits (female but looks/acts like a boy, male but looks/acts like a girl), players are free to put them in either the captor or captured roles.]

16; Crossing Over
Details from similar canons or genres begin to overlap on this day! Dracula finds he glitters whenever he walks in the sun while those ancient kingdoms may actually come from a book of a mysterious play. Exorcists only succeed in getting their demons to vomit pea soup and doctors who take their practice seriously suddenly burst into merry song--or did they? Perhaps a gundam is an autobot and all shinigamis carry scythes. Mix and match to your heart's content! [Please take care not to 4th wall or explicitly refer to specific events from another character's canon.]

19; Don't Blink!
It's another city-wide blackout, but this one didn't come with darkness alone. The sun will rise but electricity will be down from midnight to midnight. And today, citizens may want to keep a flashlight or candle nearby when night falls to see what's moving in those shadows. Those angel statues that were in the garden and on the buildings, weren't they a little farther back a few moments ago? These statues aren't your ordinary decorations. The Weeping Angels are the only creatures in the universe to kill you "nicely", and this day is no exception. Keep your eyes on them, don't let them touch you, and whatever you do, don't blink. [These statues can come in many forms besides angels, from gargoyles to garden gnomes. Characters touched by the statues will not go back into the past but simply be out of play by "disappearing" for the remainder of the curse. They can however in that time see their own lives flash before their eyes from birth to present. As always, network devices operate without fail!]

20-24; The Architect – Act I (Boxes)
Plain boxes containing a single red button have appeared at the doorsteps of many citizens. Each box contains a set of very important instructions pitting curses against souvenirs from home or maybe even a chance to go home all together. What will your citizen do when faced with such an opportunity? [Stay tuned for a mod post concerning this event! It will require some moderately intense player-to-player involvement in that characters will be given a chance to inflict curses upon each other. The results of this event will tie into another event in December, however players do not have to participate in both events. They may have their character involved in one or the other, both, or none.

Plot details here!
Player organization here!]

27; How's My Driving?
The seasonal HMD will follow the same format as before with posts for community members A-K and L-Z. For those who are new to the game, you can read more about [info]polychromatic's HMD here!

28-29; Grab Bag Weekend
See this post for a list of curses you can throw at your character. You may use a different curse for each day or one curse for both days. However curses should not overlap, ex. you cannot use gender switch and safari to turn your male character into a female kangaroo for a day. The grab bag list will be updated monthly. The grab bag weekend will remain on the same weekend for three months, then change weekends for the next season.

November Applications Shutdown: Please see here regarding the suspension of applications from Nov 2 to Nov 29!



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[info]neverendingbeat
2009-11-01 09:09 am UTC (link)
OH SWEET SASSY RASSILON MOLASSY.
THE 19TH.

I saw the title and thought: "No...it can't be...it's a homage in the title..."
BUT THEN IT REALLY WAS THE WEEPING ANGELS.
You win so many kinds of internets-cake.

Everything else looks very very awesome too: I'm excited to force the Master back into wartiems on the 9th-10th, plus, uh, The Architect? I have no idea what's going on or if it's a reference to anything (NO clue what the picture is from...) but it's a tie-in? YES. Um, this may be freaking-out overreaction eagerness, as this is my first encounter with a fresh new calendar. No matter!

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[info]velvetevoker
2009-11-01 06:26 pm UTC (link)
The picture is from the upcoming movie "The Box" which looks amaziiing

/ends geekery here

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[info]neverendingbeat
2009-11-01 07:06 pm UTC (link)
Ooh, it DOES. And now I can guess the concept and result a little bit more.
THIS IS SO EPIC.

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[info]berryfloss
2009-11-01 11:58 pm UTC (link)
There will be another event in December that's related to the November Box event, but participation for both is optional! As for the box, the reference to the movie is correct.

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[info]haleysings
2009-11-01 09:24 am UTC (link)
Oh my gosh, my birthday month is EPIC this year!! =D

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[info]velvetevoker
2009-11-01 06:15 pm UTC (link)
Holy crap, War of the Worlds ♥

AND A CURSE INSPIRED BY THE BOX ASSDKKFDDDFFFFFDDDFF

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[info]der_freischuetz
2009-11-01 06:19 pm UTC (link)
OMG, such an awesome calendar. <3 So much love.

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[info]itachi_kunoichi
2009-11-01 07:05 pm UTC (link)
Oh, my god.

OMG.

THIS CALENDAR.

I LOVE IT SO MUCH I CANNOT EVEN

EEEEEEEE

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[info]lady_wandering
2009-11-02 03:30 am UTC (link)
WEEPING ANGELS!!!!!!!!!!

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[info]reparateur
2009-11-05 07:15 am UTC (link)
OH MY GOD.

OH MY GOD.

THE WEEPING ANGELS GAVE ME NIGHTMARES FOR WEEKS.

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[info]misterblackbird
2009-11-05 02:47 pm UTC (link)
Another silly one from me--just for lulz and photoshopping!

It's Not Easy Being Green/Tickled Pink/I'm Blue (Dah Bah Dee)

It's not easy being green. I'm just tickled pink. I'm blue, dah bah dee dah bah dai~ Affected citizens suddenly find something about themselves isn't quite the right color... Maybe suddenly your hair is pink! Or everything in your closet is green! Or maybe your entire person (clothes, hair, eyelashes, and all!) is a lovely shade of blue~ Did someone go crazy with paint and hair dye or is there something else at work?

(I think this could work as three sequential days--green, pink, blue [or whatever order, but that's a lot of time for a lulzy curse. Maybe it could work all at once with everyone taking on one color based on personality or temperament, or even colors could change during the day based on mood. But it would be best if it was one color at a time--not pink hair + green clothes + blue skin. Of course, it's up to you and just a suggestions :3)

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[info]89letters
2009-11-07 03:01 pm UTC (link)
WANT.

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[info]betterthanthen
2009-11-20 01:40 am UTC (link)
want--although Sakura says :| stop copyin my style haters

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IN HONOR OF JAMES EVAN WILSON
[info]as_damaged
2009-11-10 12:52 am UTC (link)
No Pants Day

Woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across your head. Found your way downstairs and drank a cup, and looking up, you noticed you were late.

Unfortunately the second they rush out the door, all Citzens realize they've forgotten something. Something very important. And no matter how hard you turn that key, you are not getting to your forgotten pants. Not today. Just be glad you remembered the tighty whiteys.

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[info]dr_conscience
2009-11-10 12:53 am UTC (link)
hate.

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[info]worksmart
2009-11-10 12:54 am UTC (link)
LOVE.

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[info]dr_conscience
2009-11-10 12:55 am UTC (link)
HATE.

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[info]worksmart
2009-11-10 12:57 am UTC (link)

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[info]dr_conscience
2009-11-10 12:59 am UTC (link)

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[info]dr_conscience
2009-11-10 12:59 am UTC (link)




Well.

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[info]dr_conscience
2009-11-10 12:59 am UTC (link)
Maybe a little love.

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[info]thenormalsquint
2009-11-10 12:56 am UTC (link)
EXTREME LOVE.

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[info]dr_conscience
2009-11-10 12:56 am UTC (link)
EXTREME HATE.

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[info]thenormalsquint
2009-11-10 12:57 am UTC (link)
EXTREME SUPER FANTASTICAL AMAZING LOVE.

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[info]dr_conscience
2009-11-10 01:00 am UTC (link)










....... surrender

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QUESTION
[info]boobsorgtfo
2009-11-12 09:03 am UTC (link)
re: Sadie Hawkins curse--

Are girls allowed to Mormon it up and capture more than one "husband"?

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Re: QUESTION
[info]berryfloss
2009-11-13 07:47 pm UTC (link)
Yes. Absolutely XD

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idek.
[info]rhap_chan
2009-11-17 08:08 pm UTC (link)
All of the Other Reindeer
Your seasonal cold has morphed into something even worse-- a glowing red nose. Will you use your talents to blind strangers or will you simply be thankful that you didn't grow antlers as well? Glowing noses are not a sufficent replacement for a GPS.

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Re: idek.
[info]misterblackbird
2009-11-21 05:58 pm UTC (link)
This is a super awesome kind of awesome and I would like to see the wtf that ensues >:3

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[info]rhap_chan
2009-11-22 04:43 am UTC (link)
So would I. :3

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[info]acceptingeyes
2009-11-18 05:15 am UTC (link)
WEEPING ANGELS!

I will be there with my most innocent characters.


And yes...I will have nightmares afterwards xD.

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New possible curse idea
[info]favoritetraitor
2009-11-21 05:47 am UTC (link)
The basic gist is that:

A character finds themselves to be a part of some canon organization complete with uniform (if applicable), accessories, and knowledge of said group (even basic secrets that only members would be aware of...). Examples of a few groups might be: a shinobi from naruto, Millennium from Hellsing, a host from Ouran High Host Club, a student of Hogwarts, a priest of the Vatican from Trinity Blood, an Exorcist from D. Grey Man, etc. As long as it is an established group/organization.

Actual members of these canon groups can respond as they wish. (If cursed they might go "oh, he's the new recruit." or "Yes, Father Naruto, here's your next task.") And of course non-cursed members could respond with 'wtf?' or demanding proof that they really are a part of it, and if so why haven't they been informed. Or deny the whole thing "Oh you are SO not!!!"

Hilarity, hi-jinks ensue as the cursed character goes about their day in typical organization/group standards. They could believe they have a new assignment or task, or maybe just want to meet with their 'new superior' or teammates.

And at the end of 24 hours, they WON'T remember any secret details of the organization/group (to protect any canon secrets that they were privy to during the curse) but only have vague memories of being a part of it.

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[info]89letters
2009-11-23 04:45 pm UTC (link)
This! Want.

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[info]favoritetraitor
2009-11-24 01:05 am UTC (link)

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[info]child_radical
2009-11-24 06:07 am UTC (link)
Friends call me Heat Miser/Snow Miser

Are you Mr. or Ms. White Christmas? Are you Mr. or Ms. Green Christmas? Well during this curse, people affected with this curse are for either a cold Christmas or a green Christmas. And to pull that off they'll be compelled to do so by either going out into the cold to play or setting up huge space heaters outside to give off a tropical feel for starters. Residents who happen to have magical abilities relating to these two extremes are more compelled to use them to affect their surroundings as well.

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Curse Idea:
[info]neverendingbeat
2009-11-24 09:28 am UTC (link)
I haven't a clever name or the knowledge if this sort of thing has been done before but the idea has been whacking me about the back of the head.

A sort of...Selective Hearing curse. Those cursed with it, when speaking to someone in any way only hear what they either EXPECT or WANT to hear the other person say, the choice of the mun. This could work out like...if one character has always wanted to have a declaration of love from another one, they'll hear the other person declaring and respond as such. Even if the other person is actually there, their body language will correspond with what the cursed person thinks they are saying, even if their actions don't. Therefore, the uncursed person who is not actually declaring love will look as if they ARE, but if they're repelled by this, they won't kiss the cursed person, and will still run away if they want to do so. Of course, the cursed person is still able to take this as a coy chase...

Am I making sense? I hope so.

Also, the curse can manifest as the cursed person hearing what they EXPECT to hear. i.e. If an uncursed person who secretly loves the cursed person but, until now, has only outwardly expressed loathing decides to come clean and admit their love, the cursed person will only hear them being nasty as usual and react accordingly.

Sorry to only use examples of love and also sorry that I'm being long-winded and possibly confusing.

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