It's Squirrel Appreciation day!

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Yes! It's the most wonderful day of the year! Spread the love by sharing rum and roasted acorns with our furry friends.

Oh! And reveal your gifts to your secret squirrels.

All you need to do is post a comment under "My Secret Squirrel is..." and put your SS's name in the title (ie, "My Secret Squirrel is Gumboy!"). From there, just post all the goodies you've compiled, or links to them. And you are all more than welcome to reply to each other and say thank you, etc.

And speaking of thank you's, thank you all for participating and sharing the love with your fellow players!

Bodyswap Weekend!

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From the creative minds that brought you sliced bread and Toaster Strudel*, here comes another cracky weekend!

It's Bodyswap Weekend, bbs!

On February 18th and 19th, if you choose to participate, characters will wake up randomly inhabiting the bodies of other people on the island. This means they'll also have the fun of waking up in the other person's bed/blanket fort/underwater shack/wherever they happen to have slept the night before! Hooray!

Here are some questions that you didn't ask, but might want to! And answers too. This is how generous we are, guys.

Who can my character switch with?
They can swap bodies with people they're friends with or people they've never met, whatever. Equal opportunity wacky! (Though we would prefer students stick with students and adults with adults, for plz-no-squicking's sake.)

What about powers?
We'll keep it up to your discretion whether character powers translate along with the mind-swap. Obviously it'll vary on a case-by-case basis, but in most instances, more physical powers will probably translate to the characters taking on their body (so, say, Warren's ability to fly), while powers that are more mind-y (like Tara's spells, etc.) won't. The bodyswap is purely a physical thing – no feelings or memories will be exchanged, so a character's control over the powers they've inherited will probably vary case-by-case, too. Topher might end up with Warren's wings. That doesn't mean he'd know what to do with them.**

How do I decide who to switch with, omg?
There are some options here! You can choose your own partners, which won't require any kind of sign-ups, or if you'd prefer, there is also a thread below for RNGing partnered pairs in a one-to-one arrangement (so if Topher wakes up in Warren's body, Warren also wakes up in Topher's). If you choose the RNG route, you have until Friday, February 10th to sign up in the relevant OCD thread below, and pairs will go out on Saturday the 11th to give you time to grab icons and communicate with each other about your plans. (Please remember that if you do sign up for the RNG, to have your contact information on your profile page, because we'll need to email you to let you know who you end up with!)

If you have any other questions, feel free to drop them in the relevant OCD below, or email either of us (Shannon or Michelle) at thane (dot) incarnadine (at) gmail (dot) com or watcherwesley (at) gmail (dot) com! We'll also have a brainstorming thread set up if you want to choose your own partner, as well as a thread for RNGing if you'd rather be surprised! Woo!

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* We did not actually bring you any of these things.
**Besides chew. Om nom nom.