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Author: S.M.F.
Posted on: 2019-10-21 18:41:30 UTC

(Kidding. ;) )

The Young Wizards series by Diane Duane is about (to start) two kids who find out there's a language used to talk to the universe, and everything in it.

It's also about coping with and growing beyond loss, setting twisted things right again, and learning how to break cycles of violence - alongside slowing down the death of the universe.

And also about more alien aliens than you could shake a stick at!

It's a long-running series, and it's still going! You can check out some of the books here.

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*wanders in five years late with a mug of Butterbeer* by Cassie on 2019-10-19 11:47:16 UTC Reply

Wow. Hi everyone! Most of y'all probably won't know who I am... I used to be a PPCer and Permission Giver back in the day. (The day was years ago.) I heard from Huinesoron that the old place was closing down, came to take a look, and decided this was as good a time as any to come back in and take a look around.

So howdy! Nice to meetcha.

Hey, at least you brought drinks. (nm) by Grundleplith on 2019-11-01 01:04:31 UTC Reply
Wow welcome back! by Elcalion on 2019-10-22 11:05:54 UTC Reply

Great to see some familiar names coming out of the woodwork!

Likewise! by Cassie on 2019-10-22 15:15:20 UTC Reply

It's amazing how many names I do still recognise :D

Cassie! by Huinesoron on 2019-10-21 14:25:44 UTC Edited Introduction Reply

Welcome back. :) I'm so glad someone saw, and it's great to have you back (even if it winds up only being for a little while).

hS

Aloha! by Cassie on 2019-10-21 15:27:31 UTC Reply

When I saw your post on facebook I got hit very hard in the nostalgia and decided to come back to my first real internet home to see how it was. I'm glad I did. I can't believe it's been over eleven years since I first found the PPC!

Hello, returnbie. by Hardric on 2019-10-21 14:04:50 UTC Reply

Well, I have an overload of gifts sitting there, so you get them all: a bag of black-hole chocolates, and a pot of black-hole coffee. Hope you'll find the new place to your liking, and nice to meet you.

Oooh, gifts! by Cassie on 2019-10-21 15:25:52 UTC Reply

Thank you very much! To be honest the new place feels pretty familiar. I like it. ^^

Dai Stiho! =D by S.M.F. on 2019-10-20 19:30:35 UTC Reply

I missed the last time you popped in by a scant few months - always glad to meet someone who knows their way around the PPC!

/passes you some chocolate bark/

In any case, what's something that's happened in your favorite canon you want to share with the Board at large?

Aww, thanks! by Cassie on 2019-10-20 19:49:16 UTC Reply

Nice to meetcha too!

Hmmm... wait, I have to pick a favourite? D: But that's impossible!

XD Fair enough! by S.M.F. on 2019-10-21 01:01:05 UTC Reply

In that case: do you happen to know Young Wizards? /obligatory plug

Uhhhh... by Cassie on 2019-10-21 10:08:44 UTC Reply

The name sounds very vaguely familiar, but I know nothing about it. >.>

TEXTDUMP INCOMING.... by S.M.F. on 2019-10-21 18:41:30 UTC Plug Reply

(Kidding. ;) )

The Young Wizards series by Diane Duane is about (to start) two kids who find out there's a language used to talk to the universe, and everything in it.

It's also about coping with and growing beyond loss, setting twisted things right again, and learning how to break cycles of violence - alongside slowing down the death of the universe.

And also about more alien aliens than you could shake a stick at!

It's a long-running series, and it's still going! You can check out some of the books here.

I'll second this plug. Knowing your fandoms, I think you'd like it! (nm) by Neshomeh on 2019-10-23 16:11:01 UTC Reply
Huh. by Cassie on 2019-10-22 20:05:50 UTC Reply

That sounds like a lot XD and right now I have a fair bit on my catch-up plate as it is, but they can go in the "investigate at some point" file.

Cassie? by Scapegrace on 2019-10-20 18:57:26 UTC Reply

But... but I am Cassie!

Only one is permitted!

YOU IMPUGN MY HONOUR! DEFEND YOURSELF!!!

[muffled Duel Of The Fates playing in the distance]

I am the original! THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE! by Cassie on 2019-10-20 19:47:14 UTC Reply

gently places blanket over you Shhh, it's cool. No fighting necessary. ^_^
*grabs popcorn and starts cheering* FIGHT! FIGHT! TATAKAE! (nm) by Neo Skater on 2019-10-20 19:15:56 UTC Reply

Greetings and salutations! by Aurora Morningstar on 2019-10-19 22:55:02 UTC Reply

Oh, hello! Have... uh... have a portable antigravity device! I've got lots of those lying around, definitely, even though I'm the newest newbie (most newbie? newbiest?) around here.

Howdy! by Cassie on 2019-10-19 22:59:52 UTC Reply

Thank you very much! You never know when you might need to turn off gravity.

Welcome back! by Delta Juliette on 2019-10-19 16:18:56 UTC Reply

There's a few of us from the Elder Days still about! Five years ago, I was mostly lurking and getting less and less comfortable with the alias "Techno-Dann". Still hereabouts, and much happier now!

Wait, you're Techno-Dann? by Neo Skater on 2019-10-19 17:41:32 UTC Reply

I'm getting kind of confused now.

Anyway, welcome back, Cassie! I'm Neo Skater. "Neo" is the prefix, "Skater" is the base name, but you can call me by either. I'm 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don't smoke, but I occasionally drink. I'm in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I'm trying to explain that I'm a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn't lose to anyone.

As for returnbie gifts, have a Fortune MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM diamond pickaxe! It's only got one durability point, so use it wisely!

I was! by Delta Juliette on 2019-10-19 19:18:22 UTC Reply

Once upon a time, I was known upon the internets as Techno-Dann. And that name didn't fit me, and that gender really didn't fit me, so I found a more comfortable way to be. And now I'm Delta Juliette instead.

I would make a Kamen Rider Blade reference, but you've probably never heard of it and I only know th by Neo Skater on 2019-10-19 20:59:08 UTC Edited Reply

e memes, anyway.

Wow, I feel... kind of honored to be in the presence of such an oldbie. I had no idea...

insert joke about Pokémon and evolved forms here

Edit: Now that I've posted it, it feels kind of tasteless. Did you think it was a bit rude of me?

Hi there! by Cassie on 2019-10-19 17:45:54 UTC Reply

Nice to meet you! I'm probably just gonna settle back in nice and quiet, and get to know the place again. ^_^

Aaaaaah! Hi! by Cassie on 2019-10-19 17:12:36 UTC Reply

Awesome to know you're still here, and I love the new alias :D

Welcome back! by Mattman The Comet on 2019-10-19 13:32:38 UTC Reply

~~Sweet Christ when was the last time I replied to one of these.~~

Welcome back! I doubt we met, but I present the gift of the Obligatory Discord Link, come join if you miss the IRC!

Thank you! by Cassie on 2019-10-19 13:54:51 UTC Reply

I don't think I ever popped into the IRC more than once, but thank you! XD

Greetings, returnbie! by Snowblaze on 2019-10-19 13:04:25 UTC Reply

Welcome back! I definitely don't remember you as I've only been here a year and a half, but either way, have an edible hairbrush for some bizarre reason.

Howdy! by Cassie on 2019-10-19 13:20:10 UTC Reply

Nice to meet you! I'm so glad the tradition of odd welcoming gifts is still around. ^^

{= D Hi, Cassie! by Neshomeh on 2019-10-19 12:59:22 UTC Reply

Oh man, I'm glad hS said something on Facebook. It actually crossed my mind, too, but I'm hardly ever on there, so I worried that it might be weird. ^_^; Guess not! Reckon I'll go boost that signal to anyone I've friended that he somehow hasn't.

Meanwhile, welcome back! It's great to see you again. Would you care to get back into the swing of things by joining the Halloween RP, perhaps? I fondly remember the birthday party RPs we did with Henry and Stephanie years ago. Those kids are ten years old now. {X D Which is to say, they should reconnect!

~Neshomeh

Oh, wow, hi! by Cassie on 2019-10-19 13:18:40 UTC Edited Reply

Neshie! XD I didn't know who was still kicking around apart from hS, but it's lovely to see some familiar faces!

Good grief. The tiny toddlers are ten years old D: I may just have to check out the party with my collection of kidlets...I think I have at least half a dozen by now XD

[Edit]: I just checked the dates... Stephanie is actually 13 now! :O Where has the time gone?

Whaaat. by Neshomeh on 2019-10-19 14:50:07 UTC Reply

Ahh, I'd just glanced at the top of her wiki page before and assumed that was her birthday. Oops! Well, being a few years older certainly makes her cooler in Henry's opinion. He thinks he ought to be in the same league as the bigger kids already, please and thank. I need to update his TYH story (he has a little half-brother now!), but that much holds true.

I think of you as one of the first (or at least most enthusiastic) people to create massive networks of relationships and families and things going on with your agents behind the scenes, by the way. I never understood it until I started getting drawn into that sort of thing myself. Now I do, and I'm sorry for ever side-eyeing it, because it's very fun!

As for me, the PPC will probably never be rid of me. It's entirely too late. ^_^

~Neshomeh

I know! by Cassie on 2019-10-19 14:59:11 UTC Reply

It's scary how time flies and kids grow when you're not watching. XD And to be fair, the wiki entries haven't bene touched by me in years either. :P

I found all my old PPC notes on a drive and am rummaging through them... it's amazing how much stuff I developed behind the scenes.

It just felt like if the PPC was a real community, then things were obviously going to be going on beyond missions. It feels more... I don't know, grounded? Which is a bizarre thing to say about an organisation that exists in between assorted realities, I know, but it's like things that Pterry holy horns mentioned in his work sometimes - it's all very well to have the big important things happening, but who does all the little things that make the big things go smoothly? Where do the background characters come from and where do they go* after the event's over?

It's always good to know there's pillars of the community around. <3

*Where do they come from, Cotton-Eye Joe~

Cassie! by Iximaz on 2019-10-19 12:47:01 UTC Reply

I think we exchanged a few emails back when you were last around! Welcome back. :)

Hiii! by Cassie on 2019-10-19 13:14:30 UTC Reply

Yes, I remember your name :D Thankee!