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I don’t know much about your interludes or Missions sadly, however I am willing to go the extra mile and read your previous Missions.

My Gmail is toorandomperson@gmail.com

Edit: Wait I did read one of your missions! It was the one where Kat killed the Sue before they could charge her completely.

~SomeRandomPersonAccount

Because yes, I've finally got around to finishing it. It's about 1200 words long. Familiarity with my previous missions and interlude would be helpful.

Thank you!

Found another beta, so hopefully we're good now.

but did you get another person to look at it, too, like I suggested? Told you, I can spot the more obvious errors but you do need someone better than me for grammar and cohesion.

I think that Daja’s book sounds very interesting, because she creates a metal plant.

Edit: Since schools have now been closed in Singapore, I think that Thursday will be alright. However, if the popular vote is some other day then I will be willing to listen on that day.

~SomeRandomPersonAccount

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I haven't been around too much but that's mostly because I've been kept busy by work -- nice to meet you and welcome (back)!

Both series are nice (although, Protector of the Small seems slightly more interesting to me), as long as we start at the first book of whatever series chosen, because I am not familiar at all with the story and it would be less confusing if we start from the beginning.

As for the date, both Monday and Tuesday work for me.

This is mostly based on the number of people who said they weren't familiar with Tammy's work, because some stuff can be sort of confusing if you start in the middle. I also have a preference for First Test over Sandry's Book.

I would prefer to avoid Will of the Empress however.

As for days of the week, Tuesday works better for me than Monday.

Protector of the Small or Sandry's Book, to be clear. Probably in that order, though I'll be happy either way. {= )

Monday is best for me, but Tuesday also works.

~Neshomeh

Okay! So, we're officially doing this at 10 AM EST.

For days--Monday or Tuesday would work best for me in this coming week, as the other half of the week will be busy and I have a conflict on Sunday. Can you all do one or both of those days? Any preference for one over the other? Let me know!

Book poll, since we should absolutely decide this ahead of time:

I did find Will of the Empress; turns out it was hiding, as I'd thought. This makes our choices the following:

Protector of the Small series: (please be aware that the old covers were so much better, wow)

-First Test

-Page (linking to a different site here for a book summary that isn't full of spoilers--for whatever reason, the version on the author's website is more of a synopsis. This one still has the option to read an excerpt--just scroll down.)

-Squire

-Lady Knight

Winding Circle series:

-Sandry's Book

-Tris's Book

-Daja's Book

-Briar's Book

Circle Reforged:

-The Will of the Empress

I've linked to descriptions of each, for general information purposes. Said links are (almost all) to Tamora Pierce's website, which also gives series summaries and the option to read an excerpt.

Let me know which sounds best! You can choose a few different ones, if you'd rather (though please rank them, if possible). Remember, if everyone says they don't have a preference, we're going to have to start rolling dice or something ;) (...also an option, technically, if no one has a preference).

Conversely: if there's a book you don't want read, speak up. Most of these deal with at least some heavier topics, including war, bullying, children in bad situations (generally in the past, or changing onscreen, though not always), and, rather topically, epidemics (Briar's Book; and Sandry's backstory includes being hidden during a smallpox outbreak, though there's only very minimal focus on the disease itself). These are generally handled pretty well--among other things, the author studied social work and psychology and was once a housemother in a group home (and a martial arts movie reviewer, which explains so much)--but if you want or need to avoid a book because of this, please say so.

~Z

It looks strangely familiar. And by 'looks', I mean 'doesn't look'. Have you seen the detail on this place?

{Obviously. So much detail!}

[[You're both idiots. There's nothing here. Not again! Quick, write us in some--]]

Hey, there's some writing over there. It says...PPC Posting Board? Wait, I think I have been here!

{Where's a link when you need one?}

Maybe the author just needs some direction. Let's see, let's see...this was two years ago, right?

[[Definitely 2018. March, though, I think.]]

{Great! So that means--eeek! What was that?}

[[Don't be such a scaredy-cat, it's just a little link.]]

Hey, wasn't this place kind of different back then? It seems...smoother.

[[I think there are backlogs now. Giant ones.]

Ooh, I see tags. And is that Markdown I detect?

{Don't touch the tags! What if they change us?}

[[Tags can't change you.]]

They look like fun. I wonder what happens if I click...this one?

[[RP? Yeah, that makes sense. I'm sure we could be open to some roleplay.]]

I'm always open to roleplay! Except when I'm not. Ooh, Introduction!

{We were here in 2018, though. This is a stupid idea.}

New place, new people, new introduction! I'm clicking it.

[[Just don't do Serious business. This definitely isn't that.]]

{I think we should do Writing.}

[[Okay, I guess this counts as writing.]]

Writing it i--whoops.

{Whoops?}

[[Oh God, you clicked Permission request.]]

{Why would you click Permission request??}

My hand slipped! It isn't easy making this all happen while leaning out of a text box, you know!

{Fix it! Fix it!}

...

[[...Beta request. You hit Beta request.]]

I told you this was hard! Besides, obviously the author's going to want to know if any of this sounds really off or could be improved. She doesn't write me much, does...she...hey, I remember this one! I was going to find her some chimichangas! I think.

{This was a baaaad idea.}

[[I don't know about that, but it's a mess.]]

Hey, if you're so clever, you try ticking the right boxes!

[[...]]

{...}

[[...]]

{...it helps if you grow hands.}

[[Shut up.]]

Aaaand, live from New York, it's Saturday Night! Jazzy outro! Classic intro! Monologue!

[[This is obviously a dialogue. Trialogue. Something.]]

Shh, I'm trying to think of a musical guest. Who do I know who's in a band?

on getting into his ex-girlfriend's back door. It is, in fact, a perfectly innocent video about picking a door open, but also ruining the joke

Don't read any further than this. Turn away from the screen, or bad things will happen.

Guess what, if you're already at this point, then too bad. You should not have continued reading after the first sentence. After all, I did say "Don't read any further than this."

Well, it's too late anyway. So here you go, I guess.

~ ~ ~

“There’s a customer out here looking for Instant Darkness Powder, Mr. Weasley and Mr. Weasley,” Verity poked her head around the curtain and said.

Fred and George shifted their attention momentarily from the experiment they were conducting to their magenta-robed employee. That one second of not focusing made the cauldron they were looking after explode. Verity flinched back a little. It was a big improvement from what she did about a month ago, when she saw her first explosion at the Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes. They had to forcibly silence her with magic so she wouldn’t scare away all the customers.

“Ow,” Fred muttered as he brandished his wand, making the smoking substance on his face disappear. George did the same.

“Right,” George said after he vanished the melting cauldron with a wave of his wand. “Instant Darkness Powder, is it?”

“Yes, Mr. Weasley. Although I am not entirely sure you should be the one to…” Verity eyed Fred and George’s singed hair warily.

“Don’t worry about it,” Fred ran his fingers through his hair absentmindedly, “It fits with the theme.”

“That’s right,” George grinned at the young witch, “Happy April Fool’s, Verity.” he winked.

Merlin’s beard, it was April Fool’s! She had forgotten! And that wink… Oh no, that couldn’t be good.

Verity’s looked down at herself. Her robe looked the same. Her hands and arms looked the same. Her legs and feet looked the same. She took off her robe and examined the back. It was perfectly intact. What could be wrong?

Wait…

Verity ran as fast as she could to the nearest mirror. Along the way, she could hear snickers from the customers as they looked at her. Uh oh. This was bad.

The mirror confirmed that fact mercilessly. Her eyes widened in terror as she saw what had been done to her neck and her face. The skin there had been turned into this weird mixture of light yellow and white, so it looked like it was made of smashed eggs. Just because she said she liked eggs that one time more than a week ago.

But what truly made her mad was what had been done to her hair. It should be noted that her short, spiky, light blonde hair was her proudest physical feature. It was her trademark. It made her stand out. Now, it was sloppy and stuck to her scalp with no intention of spiking up again anytime soon, and it was dyed a shade of green that looked like, of all things, spinach. Yes, it still made her stand out, but she thought she would rather not at the moment.

Verity stood still for a long while in front of the mirror with her mouth hanging open. Then she resolutely turned around and screamed.

Meanwhile, the culprits were directing their trademark grins at a girl standing before them.

“Was it you who asked for Instant Darkness Powder?” Fred asked.

“Yes,” the girl averted her eyes and smiled nervously.

“Very good choice if you are in need of a quick getaway,” George said in an approving tone, “Over here.”

“Hey, you look the right age to be in school,” Fred looked her over, “We are most honored that you would skip…”

“No no no, I didn’t skip school,” the girl sighed, “this is going to be awkward, but… just pretend I’m a squib, okay? I mean, it’s a fine role to play. I am familiar with the wizarding world, but I cannot cast magic. You know what, I’m a squib. There.”

“Oh, well,” Fred scratched his head awkwardly, “Still, you can have some fun, right?”

“You’re in luck. This place is full of fun stuff. Oh, we’re here,” George said, taking an evil-looking package from a shelf and handing it to the girl. She handed him a few coins in return.

“Thanks,” she said, holding the package close. She looked up for a split second before directing her eyes at the ground again. If she had the physical ability to blush, she would have. Instead, she just muttered, “Happy birthday, Mr. Weasley and Mr. Weasley.” Then she fled from the shop, but not before casting a pained glance at the twins. It was meant to be directed towards Fred, but since she honestly couldn’t tell them apart, it was directed at both of them instead.

After she was gone, George turned to look at Fred.

“Well, that was strange,” he remarked, “How did she know it’s our birthday?”

Fred shrugged. “I had almost forgotten myself. But since she so kindly reminded us, we should hold a celebration, shouldn’t we, Forge?”

“That is a magnificent idea, Gred. But first, let’s check on Verity,”

The word “Verity” was barely heard over the long scream from the approximate position of the mirror.

“Yes, let’s check on Verity.”

~ ~ ~

I told you something bad would happen. And it did.

It's April Fool's Day! That means it's time to give Blanca a face! (For reference, this is an Animal Crossing character who doesn't have a face, for the purpose of being given a face by the player.)

Just open up your favorite image editor and draw away. Even if your art skills aren't great, I'm sure that Blanca would appreciate it.

I'll go first.

Depending on the day (because all of us are on lockdown we have no schedule) my online D&D group might be playing, so it'll largely depend on what day it'll be held. Don't worry about rescheduling for my sake—either I'll be there or I won't, but I'm sure there will be more in the future I can join. :)

Essentially, I want someone to help me s̶̛̫͔̻̟̱͍̥̩̮̄͒̑̾̊̈́͛̾̌̍̊a̴̡̛͉̞̱̮͎̘̞̮͉̹͙͕̮̜̩̋͌̔̽̋͋̍̈́͒̓͂̆̈̅̚͝ÿ̸̡̺͔̟̱̗̥̩̞̼̠̣͌̊̌̐̑̏͘ͅ h̸̯͕͕̬͍͓̖̲͕͎̦͔̞̫͗ớ̶̛͚̳̭̦̮̲̪̑́̓̓͐́̾̇̓́͂̔̎̒̽̈́w̴̨̢͉̬̳̖͙̦̮̻͕̙̟̦̯̯̜̹̽̃̀͘͠͝ͅ ȧ̷̯̱̰͐͌̈̆̓͛͊͗̈͘̚̕͜͝w̵̥̟̗̄̆̏͒͋̐͌͑͐̏͐̾̌͜ȩ̴̨̡̛͈̭̻̬͙͖̠̳̝̹̘̳̾̔̀̾̀͆̓͌̅̽͐̃̆͜͠͝ş̶̧̡͙͚̼̳̜͈͔̥͖̳͙̤͓̮͜͠ơ̵̧̨̧̮͚̥̮͈̝̰̦̰̪̻͍͉̟̭͌̃͐͊̃͑̀̅͋͐̌̓͊̀̚͜ḿ̷̨̡̧͇̠̘̳̳ͅẹ̶̜̏̊̎͐̊̄͐̓͒͊̽͆̉̔ the Nameless Admin ḯ̷̥̜͇̯͖͎͙̞͓̆́̀͜s̷̻̗͙̝̗̲̄͋̀̄̍̓̈́̔͛̎̑̄̕͜. I am very willing to pay anyone who p̷̩̲͓͍̖̞̗̃̀̑̽͝͝r̷̦̊͌̒͊̊a̸̤̙̙̼̥̟͒͛̑̍́̈̈́͘͜i̷̫̍̋s̶̺̠̖̦͖̗̈̂́̚ͅe̶̡̛̯͓̙͛͊̀̾ṡ̵̖͆ him/her, by giving you ą̷̛͍͍̝̫̭͈̰́͆͗͌̽̚l̷̺̤͍̙̣̄͒͝͝l̸̘̠̗̫̼̜̩͊̃͌͜͝ ̴̜͇̣̳̞̃̅͠m̷̨̡̧͖̲͊̎͆̓̃͗͜ͅy̶͎̺͗̇̍̈́͌ ̵̨̖̫͚̟̅̍̇͊͜ͅe̷̝͉͔̣̻̺͐̆̇́ͅv̶̡͇̻̼͉͙̞̀̋e̴͕̦͙̣͍̻͛͋̿̉͒r̴̘̙̊̌͊͂̐͆ÿ̴̢̨̞͓̙̮͆̅̾̍̕t̴̮̤͙̅̾̐́̀͒̚͠h̶̲̠̣͂̃̕i̷̲̲̣̪̳͍͛̈́̓n̵̩͌̍g̴̯̙͆̎̈̅͌̈́̊̕ as payment. There is no due date, so don’t worry if the Nameless Admin becomes missing o̵̫͉̖͙̩̙̣̺̊ŗ̵̖̱͈̙̯̱̌̽ ̵̯̱̞̝͓̝̓͋͌̚e̶̞̦͚̯͍͕̍͑͑̈͜ͅv̵̮̦̫̝̭̋̎͛͋̂̓̕͘ȅ̵͈̭̭̙̦̘͒̆̔̉̕͝n̸̨̢͎̝͖̲̠̏̓͘ ̷̧̨͔͉̹̹͒̋͊̚͝ͅa̵͉̮͙̙͔̳̅̅́͘͜w̵̢̯̤̬̻͔͝ͅe̸͜͠s̷̢̩̼̘̯̝̅̀̌̄̀͌͘͝o̴̰̓̑͋̈̍͂͛̕m̶̧̝̿̐͆̀̏́͋͜e̷̲͍̮͓̹͉̙͛ȑ̵͕.

Happy hunting and April fools! À̶̢͓̤̤͇͍̿̃͂͘̚ͅl̸̖͐̐̑̈́̈́͘s̵̗̯̲̑̉o̵̧̧̧̻͍̼̮̎͊̈́̍̒̃̚͘ͅ ̸̨̢̛̥̺̮̻̋̈́͒͒͘͝ṱ̶̟̔̀̈́̔̒h̶͓̮͒̔̍ḯ̷̡̘͚s̸̢͖̤̘̰̿́͐̇͑̉ ̵̻̖̠̺̠̭͖̺̔p̷̢̛̤̬̋͐̎̃͛͗ơ̸̠̪̞̪̯̣̻͑͆̐̈́̓̚s̶͇̭̭̃͌͆͒̀̏͠t̷̨͇̜̞͊͑̆̂̒̚ ̶̨̛̬̮͕̘͖̐̍̄̕ḯ̵̛̻̀̑́̚ș̵͉̲̳͓̈́͗̈́͝ ̷̨̩͔͙̰̏̏̉͝ç̸̨̧̨̨͈̻͉͚͍̝̘̻͕̘̜̘̪̣̲̞̳̝̗͖͗͑̄̎͒̆́̈́̍̊̅̓̈́̈́͗̓̿̃͐̈̀̈́ó̷̳͆̍̾̔͌͌̈́̋̎̈́͋̑̐̈́̂̌̋̊͘͝m̷̛̝̦͍͎͚͕̻̰̂́̀́̿̀̒̈́͊̏̌̈́̈͂͒̓͋͘̚͠p̵̢̨̩͓̩̘̠͓̠͉̼̹̥̹̦͕̼͍͍̯͇̠͋͆́̓̌̃͋͘͜ļ̴̧̧̯̜̗̞̭̤͉͖̦͐͂̈e̷̝̠͓̪̿t̵̢̨̡̻̗̬͕̠͓͍̜̼̩̳̳̟̍͛̑̒̋̀͋̈́̐́̽̀̋͋̇̅́̔̄̐̾̓͠e̶̡̨̛͍̭͉̫̙̺̱̝͇͕̱̮̼̯̲̙̫͚̳̺̯̟͓͛̽̃̐͒̏̑͛̿̔̏̔̇̾̅̒̑̃̋̆̂͒̐̑̈́͑̕̚͜͝ͅͅl̸̨̨̛͍͎̤̯̜͎̫͖͎̱̗̥̠̱̳͖̹͉̳̦͛̽̈́̐̽̑̑̈́̇̏͂̆̂̉̒̇͑̊̊̊̾̕̕͠͠ỳ̸̧̢͈̦͇̳͈͓͓̭͎̹̙̜̞̫̯͉̳͚̻̘͎̯̖̾̏́͛̆̀͗̀͐̇͜͝ͅͅ ự̵̢̨̧̱͎̰̳͉̰̲̦̬͚̟͖̮̠͎̰͎̫̞̬̤̼̖̮̘͐̄͗͒̓̐̓̀̒̾͋̾̇͛̀͑̃̐͌̒̾̃̅̏̕͜͝͝ņ̷̨̧̡̧̡̡̜̲͍̖̝̝̪̬̼̬̹͔̣̻͈̗̩͓̎̄̓͐̔͘͜͝ḛ̶̢̢̞͚̫͍͖̤͊d̶̛͎̞̥̼̲͇̏̀̑̌͑̏͑̎̎̀̄͒̒̇̽͛͂̎̾̓̓̄͒̒͑̎̌̀͛̓͗͐̉͊̈̅̽̄͆̂̽̕̕͝͝͝ĩ̸̛̻̘̫͎͔̤̠̖̮̯͎̊̀̿͋̈́̾̾̃͋͐̎̄͊͋́͂̊̑̽͐̑̀͂̈́̆̾̈́̋͋͌̽̔͑̄̓́͑̾̚̕͝͠͝t̴̢̛̜͓̫͓͙̘̭̦̪̹̣̮̟͙͍̬̀̀̏̈́́̂̾̅͊̆͐̅̈́̀̎̄̕̕̕͝͝͠ͅͅe̷̢̨̩͙̜̮̗͈͇̲͋̑̊̂̓͌̃͊̀͑́̎̕͜d̴̨͉̻̯̟̫̫͕̫̻̻͓̭͈̮́́͆̂͆̉̄́͗̒̈́̒̎͊̂̾̓͌̈́͆̀̐͆́̃́̎͋̅̽̊̐̃͆͌͘̕͘͜͜͝.

~SomeRandomPersonAccount

Never gonna let you down...

Oh, and it's a good one...

You might think that, by telling you about it, I've kind of ruined it, but you couldn't be further from the truth (which, I understand, is Out There). In fact, this particular prank works all the better because I've told you about it.

Yes, it's like the opposite of the placebo effect (isn't there a name for that?). By now you're probably looking up and down the post to find it, but I'm not worried - you'll never spot it. Not before it gets you.

You're honestly not going to believe this one when I tell you. Maybe I should give you a hint...? --but no. If you're going to spot it (you won't), you should do it all yourselves (Use the Force, PPC).

I think that's all I need to say. Happy April Fools' Day, Protectors (and may your eyries receive you at the journey's end).

Oh, and:

Gotcha.

hS

Hi!

Does the suggested time work for you? :)

~Z, who's going to have to set up a book poll, hm...and find the hiding book, too, come to think of it. Might be good to do that first.

To quote my opening post:

I'm thinking this could be done on Zoom or something, to make it more accessible (not everyone's on Discord or wants to be!) I've used it for a few things so far; you can keep video and/or audio off (I'm pretty sure you can join without video; I can test that tomorrow), and set your name each time you join a meeting, so keeping general anonymity/using screen names should be pretty easy. I'm also inclined to send out the link via email rather than posting it on the Board, which would be simple enough to set up.

Re: the locked server, as far as I know it got temporarily locked down due to Bram resurfacing and possibly spamming the server. It should eventually be unlocked again.

At any rate, I deliberately chose for this to not happen via Discord so as to be more inclusive of Boarders who are exclusively Boarders and don't want to change that. You don't need access to Discord or the PPC Discord server in order to participate.

As far as I remember, there is a download connected with Zoom, and you may need an account? I'm not sure. Both are free, in any case. I'll try to get more information on this; I made an account the first time I used it because the person hosting the event asked us to set up accounts in advance just in case, so that's what I've been using. I'll see what I can find out about that (if anyone here knows, please share! I first used Zoom all of about two weeks ago).

~Z

(Yes I am going to oversimplify this because I don’t want to open a can of worms.)

Essentially I left the server because I was feeling angry and upset. Later that day, I looked at the wiki for the link back to the server and it was gone!

Delta Juliette must have locked the server from outsiders because there was a user who did “things”( I don’t know what he/she did but he/she was banned).

And I have realised that I don’t have any friend requests by Zingenmir, so now I don’t know how to join the stream.

~SomeRandomPersonAccount