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Hello, Fandom! Are you feeling nice and secure on your weirdness-free island? Well, too bad. Because from Monday, July 7th, through Friday, July 11th, Fandom is experiencing a LAUNDRY STRIKE.

That means that none of the washers or dryers will work all week - while temperatures rise and the amount of Clothing Incidents (tm) increase rapidly. Yes, there will be random mud pools around the island, and flocks of birds with GI problems, and - of course - the pizza is extra drippy this week.

And just to improve everyone's tempers, Friday night will see an island-wide fire drill. (Posted in the AM on Friday, so everyone can play all day.) Hope you still have some decent PJs left, everyone.

my_own_advocate

Hey folks!

Blame Navaan for this one. This Wednesday, Fandom's telecommunications systems will have gotten so... confused... hot... bothered... other adjectives... that they don't know where to carry your messages anymore.

Yep, all day, should you wish to participate, any voicemails, texts or calls you try to make to any other person on the island will wind up in completely the wrong place. Time to vandalize the voicemail posts of characters you don't (or do) usually interact with!

Please do try to link back and forward to other messages in the chain, so everyone can read the whole thing and enjoy it. And have fun!

my_own_advocate

Hi, folks!

Next (so this upcoming, January 25th) Wednesday, Fandom's communications server farms everywhere will go a bit nuts. You know what that means: every message, DM, or, hell, even old-fashioned voice mail you send to anyone will wind up anywhere but at the intended recepient.

So go forth! Menace each other's voicemail posts! Or make things interesting and send someone a misdirected DM in their work post. You do you. And don't forget to pay it forward and link back so people can follow the chaos back to its source!

my_own_advocate

Hey all! Hope you're having a nice, sunny day with not nearly as much physical exercise as I was just forced to engage in.

We've got two random events upcoming in the next two weeks. First, this Thursday, May 26th, we'll have a good ol' Truth Day! That means that from 00:01 in the morning to 23:59 at night, affected characters cannot lie. At all. Everything they do say, must be the whole truth.

Then on Wednesday, June 1st, we will have a KRAKEN DRILL in the early hours of the morning. What's a Kraken Drill? Well, the town administration has realized that fires are by far not the only disasters Fandom may have to deal with. So they're trying to prepare you for other calamities. Like Krakens.

Sirens will go off early in the morning, and the island-wide PA system will inform all citizens that KRAKEN! KRAKEN!, PLEASE GO TO TOWN CENTER, AWAY FROM THE SHORES, AND TIE YOURSELF TO THE NEAREST AVAILABLE OBJECT.

It will then inform you that this is a drill. Ahem.

We will toss up a city center post on that Wednesday for you all to boggle, sigh, groan to each other, demand caffeine delivery, or refuse to tie yourself to anything BUT the Dite's mascot. If you so wish.

heroic_jawline

Because things have been far too normal around here, on Thursday, January 20th, instead of picking your own amazing icon to decide what a character's reaction to a conversation is, you hit the handy "random" button and then play it from there! Did they randomly turn into a different gender, different species, different age? Kiss someone super inappropriate? Well, these things happen. Play it out in the thread!

This is also you warning to make sure you have some weird icons in your mix. Cough. Have fun, kids!

sith_happened

On Wednesday, June 2nd, instead of picking your own amazing icon to decide what a character's reaction to a conversation is, you hit the handy "random" button and then play it from there! Did they randomly turn into a different gender, different species, different age? Kiss someone super inappropriate? Well, these things happen. Play it out in the thread!

This is also you warning to make sure you have some weird icons in your mix. Cough. Have fun, kids!

heroic_jawline

Do you know what we need in February? A time to confront our myriad issues!

Well, our characters' myriad issues. So tomorrow we're bringing back Emotional Baggage Day! Characters will be gifted with the appearance of random extra luggage labeled with descriptions of their personal issues that are just a little too on-point.

No one hurt themselves on McGarrett's giant abandonment issue shipping locker, okay?

sexy_giraffe

Next week we are bringing back the Laundry Strike!

After a day with nothing but lemonade out the faucet, Fry, why are you mods so cruel?

To which we respond, "Mwahahaha."

So:

Monday, July 6: Laundry strike! None of the washers or dryers will work. And a July heatwave begins, so the temperature is hitting at least 100 (38) for the entire week. Again, we say "mwahahahaha."
Tuesday, July 7: Laundry strike continues, plus the squishee machine at T&C malfunctions, pouring a two-foot pile of lemon squishee in front of the store. (Which also attracts bees.) The clothing you are not currently wearing begins disappearing from your room at an alarming rate. ~~Tahani and Alexis have nervous breakdowns.~~
Wednesday, July 8: More laundry, more striking! But the island has helpfully provided swimsuits for all, hanging from trees. No guarantees on how fashionable they are, of course.
Thursday, July 9: The heatwave finally breaks the electrical system, so now nothing turns on if you don't own/make a generator. Guessing Luke's and the ice cream shop are going to make a loooot of money the rest of the week.
Friday, July 10: Heatwave, black out and laundry strike continue! Your clothing is probably mostly gone at this point.
Saturday, July 11: Last day of the heatwave, black out, and laundry strike. Do you know what is a really good idea when everyone's tempers are frayed like this? TRUTH DAY. (Everything that comes out of your character's mouth is the truth as they see it. Subject, as always, to your discretion/wanting to play it.)

All clothing will be returned safe and sound on Sunday, and the washing machines and dryers will also be working!

No need to thank us.

heroic_jawline

To start July off right, we have random events from tomorrow through Sunday!

Like Christmas in July, only summer-themed and annoying!

Wednesday, July 1: Happy Canada Day! Throughout the day and into the night, you hear the cry of the common loon. Pretty the first few times, not so awesome at 11pm.
Thursday, July 2: You get a kiddie pool, and you get a kiddie pool, and you get a humpback whale! Just kidding. You get a kiddie pool too.
Friday, July 3: Water balloon attacks! From nowhere, all day long. It's all water, though, which makes it better than a weekly Shenanigan day, right?
Saturday, July 4: Happy Fourth! Rocket pops everywhere! Find them before it's sticky piles of sugar syrup everywhere!
Sunday, July 5: Lemonade comes out of all the faucets! Showers are sticky, coffee is suuuuuper gross.

texted3times

It's unseasonably warm this year, so the sex pollen has arrived just in time to wreck the week before Valentine's Day.

You're welcome.

It will begin on Monday and continue through the Valentine's Day weekend (Feb 10-Feb 16) but will not be followed up with AU kids (yet. We'll still have them, never fear!) this year because there's lots of sex without tiny human consequences, after all.

solarhippie

The latter half of our Halloween shenanigans are almost upon us, so here's a rundown of what's happening when:

Friday, October 25th: Hallomeoween! There are a lot of black cats around the island. They're regular cats, there's just a lot of them. And all of them are black. It's exactly what it says on the tin, guys.
Saturday, October 26th: Do you feel like you're being watched? Creepy old (think Victorian or earlier) portrait paintings appear on walls everywhere; the eyes seem to follow you wherever you go.
Sunday, October 27th: THE CUTEST EVER. All the porgs around the island are wearing tiny Halloween costumes.
Monday, October 28th: Darkness reigns! No lights on the island turn on, and even candles and other flames may unexpectedly flicker out with no warning. There's also troubling scuttling happening in the shadows, because of course there is.
Tuesday, October 29th: But first, let me take self-- OH NO. When you look into a mirror or take a picture of yourself, there's something spookily wrong about how you look. Maybe you have horns, maybe your eyes are pitch black, maybe you look deathly sick? Whatever it is, it's unsettling and it doesn't show up if anyone else takes a picture of you.
Wednesday, October 30th: INVASION DAY: The clowns are back, and they are no longer content just creepin' on you. Today, they're still there when you look straight at them - and they have knives and they are coming for you, and they're laughing all the way through trying to cut your hearts out. There aren't swarms of them, and they don't move very fast (because that would screw with being menacing), so running away from them is an option. But if you're more of a fighty type ~~like half the island~~, and manage to do damage to them, you'll find out that their blood is bright orange, and that dead ones vanish into thin air after a moment. The school grounds are a safe area, so no need to dodge evil clowns on your way to class!
Thursday, October 31st: This is Halloween, everybody make a scene! All Halloween decorations across the island come to life. Paper skeletons may be seen walking about and rubber bats take to the air, etc. Some talk, some don't, but they're all friendly and mostly just concerned with making sure the spooky atmosphere is just right because this is the best part of their year!

Questions, comments? Leave them below!

solarhippie

We're officially well into spooky season, and this year our fair Fandom island is joining in on the fun with a string of thirteen random event days finishing off on All Hallow's Eve.

The first batch is as follows:

Saturday, October 19th: Candy corn rain! Fandom is welcoming back its Galapagos-traveling denizens with light sprinklings (and the occasional torrent) of candy corn.
Sunday, October 20th: Jump scare day! Random loud noises (with or without a good explanation), people suddenly walking into rooms when you thought you were all alone in the house... Prepare to get startled, often.
Monday, October 21st: Fake blood café! As soon as it's brewed, all the coffee on the island turns into fake blood. It tastes mostly like corn syrup - unless there's pumpkin spice in it, in which case it tastes like corn syrup and regret.
Tuesday, October 22nd: Spooky nightmares! People's dreams are invaded by monsters, ghosts and ghouls of the player's choice, just make sure they're scary. This affects sleep during the night from Monday into Tuesday, as well as any naps taken on Tuesday during the day.
Wednesday, October 23rd: Brother, can you spare a small gourd? All the loose change in your pockets turns into teeny tiny pumpkins.
Thursday, October 24th: Creepy clowns! Out of the corners of their eyes, people keep seeing creepy clowns standing menacingly at the ends of alleys and hallways, outside windows etc, doing nothing but watching you. As soon as you look straight at them, they're gone. It is definitely not concerning at all, no.

The second batch of events leading up to Halloween proper will be announced next week! Questions, comments, links to your favorite spooky tunes?

firstofitskind

Soooooo, first off: For the most part, Fandom enjoys weather patterns that are more or less in line with what is happening in Baltimore back on the mainland. Every so often, though, the island likes to mix things up a bit and that's what'll be happening this Thursday, October 3rd when it will be raining Jello all day.

What kind of Jello, you ask? Any colour or flavour your heart desires, mod at will!

Why Jello, you ask? We don't know. Maybe the island misses

somethingwithturquoise.

What's that second announcement, you ask? Wellll...

Wake up, denizens of Fandom - it's that time again!

Ttime to maybe grab a look under the sheets before you spring nekkid out of that warm, comfy cocoon. (Also possibly time to have a talk with your roommate about appropriate sleepwear in a shared living space.)

That's right, it's the FH Sex-Swap Event! No, it doesn't involve tossing your car keys in a bowl, and yes, it used to be called Genderswap before Fezzik told us we keep using that word and he doesn't think it means what we think it means, because gender is one thing and bits are another.

Because Fandom hasn't done this in a while and really wants to mess with your heads, this isn't a Sex-Swap Day. It's not even a Sex-Swap Weekend. No, you lucky Fandomites -- any Fandomites: students, teachers, townies, and through the glittery magic of Fandom, off-island alumni/expats -- get to be the first victims of Sex-Swap WEEK.

( Here's how this one works: )

sith_happened

Mark your calendars, Fandom, we have a few events coming in March!

Thursday, March 14: To celebrate Pi Day, the pi-rats (rats dressed in pirate costumes, naturally) will be making their annual appearance.
Sunday, March 17: To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, you will be doused in Lucky Charms every time you open a closet door.
Wednesday, March 20: We are bringing back the Icon Roulette random event. Instead of choosing the icon most suitable in a conversation, you hit the "random icon" option and then let your conversation partner react as you become naked/an animal/a different gender/heavily armed/kiss them!
Saturday, March 30-Monday, April 1: And finally, to celebrate April Fool's Day, we're bringing back AU weekend. We'll put up sign-ups closer to the date, but we wanted to give you some time to start thinking up alternative universe counterparts for your characters!

heroic_jawline

In commemoration in one of the weirder events on the American calendar, on Saturday...

No, you don't repeat your day over and over again. That's silly.

No, you don't turn into a groundhog. That's even sillier.

All of the NPCs--squirrels, barista, the delivery guys, Tino, etc., etc., etc--they turn into groundhogs.

Mwahahaha. Have fun!

heroic_jawline

Well, the island does, at least. Rick Moranis isn't stopping by.

Here's how it'll work (and thanks so much to Shannon for reminding us of this great idea, and also for allowing us to steal her write-up):

Everyone on the island who chooses to participate will wake up but four inches tall (10.16 cm!)! Just people, of course. Pets and the island's wildlife would be unaffected by the madness, and this whole bit of weirdness would wear off in a couple of days, with people waking up their regular sizes again on the Monday morning.

Will their clothes shrink with them? ... Sure, if they're wearing 'em. Maybe if a character sleeps naked and they're lucky they'll have some Barbie clothes or won't mind cutting holes in a sock or just wandering the house nude that day. I'm not here to judge. How will they leave their homes or dorm rooms or whatever? Hey, if the squirrels and the gremlins can do it, so can Fandom's locals.

So there you go! Time to get weetiny, but in a literal sense this time!

rebelseekspizza

Yep, we still have a bunch of December left to go, so here's some advent for you all.

Saturday, December 15th features the return of daring chickens in capes, running about.
Sunday, December 16th: Any food you try to cook? Turns into food on a stick. And all meat products will turn into a half-meter of meat on a stick. Why? Because, that's why.
Monday, December 17th: All bodies of water that don't have living things in them will turn into hot chocolate. Water from the tap won't, until it sits still for thirty seconds. Then: hot chocolate.
Tuesday, December 18th: Gremlins go door to door, singing merry Fandom carols!

rebelseekspizza

Yesss, here's your next batch of advent events for the year!

Saturday, December 8th: Plates full of latkes for everyone! Everywhere. They just appear whenever you're hungry.
Sunday, December 9th: The only thing you can watch on anything with a screen are terrible holiday movies.
Monday, December 10th: You know those terrifying Christmas displays, often featuring animatronic Santas or other animatronic animals moving and/or singing? Yeah, they appear randomly across the island today, disappearing after half an hour or so.
Tuesday, December 11th: Snowflakes made of glitter fall from the sky, making anyone they hit feel like they're very special for a few minutes.
Wednesday, December 12th: Aggressive mistletoe hangs everywhere, stalking any pair of people in an attempt to get them to kiss.
Thursday, December 13th: The island gets visited by polar bears, handing out refreshing bottles of Coca Cola.
Friday, December 14th: Everyone's weapons turn into branches of a Christmas trees whenever anyone tries to strike with them. Yes, they will be covered in lights.

suitably_heroic

Yes, it is that time of the year again! Starting December 1st, leading up until Christmas, there'll be a random event a day as the island gets into the Christmas spirit. And here's your first batch!

Saturday, December 1st: Tinsel rains down from the sky, showering anyone who steps outside.
Sunday, December 2nd: Teal reindeer roam the island, their antlers covered in Christmas lights.
Monday, December 3rd: Egg nog instead of water flows from all the taps (non-alcoholic in the dorms and in homes with non-drinkers.)
Tuesday, December 4th: Every edged blade turns into a candy cane.
Wednesday, December 5th: Everyone wakes up with artfully applied black smudges of soot on their faces, and marzipan rains from the sky.
Thursday, December 6th: Outside, all the birds sing Carol of the Bells. Over. And over. Again.
Friday, December 7th: Living strings of Christmas lights crawl along the floors, stalking people.

revengenotebook

Because ~~you~~ I people, okay, PEOPLE might need a wee distraction on Tuesday for reasons, we are having a new random event as suggested by

onefootoutthedoor: Video Game Glitch Day!

On Tuesday your characters may experience/witness any or all of the following glitches:

characters randomly disappearing in middle of conversations, or only partially being there
NPCs randomly on top of buildings/in classes where they don't belong
characters walking through each other, Kitty Pryde-style
characters falling into small holes and inexplicably unable to get out of them
when a character tries to sit down, they find themselves standing on the chair/sofa/etc instead
livestock randomly manifests out of nowhere
animals randomly go invisible or turn into deformed stick figures for a few moments
people getting stuck in walls, debris, etc
objects, animals and people making the wrong noises (pigs singing like a bird, etc)
NPCs become fascinated by something on the other side of a wall, leading to a pile-up (Tino, Tiny and Fosse walking endlessly up against a Caritas wall, for instance)
people's heads becoming much bigger or much smaller than they should be
people will stop talking mid-sentence and then just stand there, staring at you for a while
conversations you cannot get out of until they have run their natural course, even though a gremlin and a squirrel just spawned behind you and started fighting and exploding things.
small animals will report you to the police.

Comments, questions, hilarious stories of these happening to you?

firstofitskind

Since there had been interest expressed in bringing back this particular event, we are pleased to announce that yet again Fandom will be turning our adult characters into teenagers for a short period of time, specifically Wednesday June 6th to Saturday June 9th. Yes, that means it'll be just in time for next week's summer camp shenanigans.

The rules are similar to Weetiny Weekend: participation is voluntary, but if your character wakes up as a teenager, they stay a teenager for the duration. Yes, that means some workshops may possibly now have teenage teachers where before they had Totally Mature And Responsible Adults. GOOD TIMES. Also the upper age limit for this event is 18 (or their species' equivalent thereof).

So go forth and find any necessary icons in preparation for upping the Teenage Drama quotient on-island by a significant degree!

sith_happened

So it has not escaped our notice that more than a few characters expressd IG desire to steal the ~~tacky-ass~~ ~~almost definitely possessed~~ EXTREMELY PRICELESS singing plastic fish yesterday and we are here to say:

YES. YES, STEAL THAT FISH. STEAL THAT FISH ALLLLL SUMMER LONG.

We have just a few guidelines for you to follow, then steal away!

1) You can steal it. Indeed, you are encouraged to steal it! Coordinate it with whoever currently has it and make your attempt as complicated or as easy as you'd like!
2) You may modify it. In fact, if it's not rainbow colored, rocket propelled and able to make toast and a perfect gin & tonic by the end of the summer, I'll be disappointed. You cannot, however, completely destroy it.
3) There is no three.

The only caveat is that it must be back (handwavily or not) in Anakin's possession each Wednesday so he can give it out to the new weekly winner, at which point you may continue with your felonious ways.

Questions, comments, and Oceans 11-type shenanigan planning can all go here!

rebelseekspizza

Look, at Fandom, the universe leans towards tomfoolery. On Wednesday, May 16th, right after the rowing competition starts, it will begin to rain.

Locally. At random. In tiny tiny clouds that can be person-sized or boat-sized, going by your preference (and inclination to get hit). The raindrops will be rainbow-colored, and it will dye anything in its path in the colors of the rainbow! Including your skin.

The effect will wear off come midnight and leave everything the color it used to be before the shower.

rebelseekspizza

Hey folks! Have you been enjoying your peaceful break?

Well, we're here to fix that.

This Wednesday, May 2nd, the phones are going back on the fritz - courtesy of a fight between a squirrel and an armadillo deep within Fandom's bowels - and your voicemails (and texts, we're not primitives here) will start winding up in the wrong inboxes.

Oops.

Phone pandemonium will start at 0:01 AM that morning and run through to midnight.

Enjoy!

reicicled

While the actual snowfall will have stopped and the power returned by Monday morning, don't forget that there's daily wintery-themed random events happening for the next week!

reicicled

... in the Northern Hemisphere, anyway, regardless of whether or not it actually feels like such wherever you may be, I bring to you news of Fandom's newest shenanigans, as suggested by the lovely

spin_kick_snap. Who I cribbed most of this infopost from:

So, March has a traditional saying "In like a lion, out like a lamb" which is at least moderately dumb, but hey, it's had some sticking power at least. But 2018's March has been pretty mild, which is both great if you hate the cold but also terrible if you acknowledge things like 'climate change.'

Also pretty terrible if you happen to be either that lion or that lamb. Neither of them really got to do their thing this year and clearly, That Cannot Stand. And thus, they've decided to focus all their power and do their thing in one place in particular: Fandom Island.

Soooo the last full weekend in March (24-25), the Snow Lion is gonna come roaring in with a giant storm. The kind that kills power for the weekend, dumps a ton of snow and ice everywhere, and drags the temperatures waaaaay down. By Monday, the power is back on, but there's a winter wonderland outside--about three months too late. It lasts a week, with people able to do winter activities--and then by Friday or Saturday, it melts, the temperature returns to whatever, and green grass and flowers take over the island. A happy little spring lamb bounds away and all is "normal" (at least, Fandom normal) again.

...The fact that the following weekend is Easter and there's the whole lamb symbolism thing is NOT lost on us.

Friday, March 23: The Lion comes roaring in, bringing a three day snowstorm.
Sat-Sun, March 24/25: No power due to THUNDERSNOW STORM BOMB CYCLONE! (Apparently this is a real thing that happens?)
Monday, March 26: Frost designs over all windows and mirrors that move and suggest fun winter activities
Tuesday, March 27: Hills pop up all through the Preserve and the park, just high enough to get some skiing in. Or some dynamite sledding. OR BOTH!
Wednesday, March 28: The streets ice over and everybody wakes up to find ice skates in their closet.
Thursday, March 29: GREMLINS SNOWBALL FIIIIGHT
Friday, March 30: The weetiny snow angels from winter advents past make a return! And Aurora Borealis is visible in the sky at night, but that's just pretty.
Saturday, March 31: Green grass, flowers everywhere, the lamb bounces away, spring returns.

Questions, comments, offerings of creamsicles?

revengenotebook

Hello everyone!

This is your reminder that if your student or teacher want to go to China, they need to sign up by tomorrow over yonder!

And once we return to lovely Fandom, we'll have a couple of random events! On Wednesday, March 14, we are having a Looney Tunes Physics Day! Everyone must abide by the laws of physics according to Looney Tunes: gravity has no meaning as long as you don't look down; you can stop a gun from firing if you stick a finger in the gun barrel; if you run away from someone and not look where you are going you leave a character shaped hole in the wall; you have an Amazing Disguise if you dress in drag in order to hide, and so on! The gremlins quckly learned to deal with the new reality and will be springing completely moddable ACME-brand schemes (so. many. anvils) to try to trap people and bite them throughout the day. Thanks to Shannon for the idea! You can have a really, hilariously big mallet in thanks.

And on St. Patrick's Day, Saturday, March 17, every door you open will launch an avalanche of Lucky Charms cereal onto your head, as well as gremlins dressed super-convincingly (not really) as leprachauns (and probably still bitter than the above ACME-brand schemes didn't work...).

rebelseekspizza

To celebrate the end of the BDE, we return to your previously scheduled advent: today, it will be snowing chocolate sprinkles, gremlins will be going door to door singing carols, and everyone finds one (1) complimentary Christmas drink of their preference sitting, improbably, right under their pillow this morning.

heroic_jawline

With a hat-tip to Shannon for the idea, and the language, which I am summarizing like a BOSS:

We all know and love the weekends were we wake up different--in a soap opera, as a small, hyperactive child--and go about the day like there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. Only next Tuesday, October 31, instead of waking up as a kid or an older version of themselves, you're waking up as your typical Halloween monster version of themselves. Vampires, werewolves, mummies, Frankenstein's monster... essentially, if you're likely to hear about them in the Monster Mash song or see them in movies like Halloweentown or Hotel Transylvania, they're fair game for people to wake up as.

Lives would be basically business as usual, but with an appropriate monstery twist for the day: eating bugs instead of breakfast cereal; having to get a good zap from a bolt of lightning in order to wake up with an 'IT'S ALIIIIVE;' turning into a bat to make one's way to their daily class; with the added bonus of it also happening to be the most important holiday of the monster year, and whatever excitement Halloween might bring to a town populated by monsters.

The island will behave itself accordingly as well, spending the entire day in darkness so that nobody would have to miss out on the Halloween fun for fear of being burned to a sizzle by the sun.

Questions, comments, Monster Mash flashdance requests?

sith_happened

~~Ripped from the headlines~~ Yoinked from my Facebook feed!

He went into an empty room and noticed a little box. On the box were two toggle switches, one labeled "ARM/DISARM," and the other (safely secured under a plastic switch guard) labeled "FIRE."

Being my friend, he flipped the first switch to ARM, popped back the switch guard, and flipped the FIRE switch. Which caused a loud BANG, at which point...

THE
ENTIRE
ROOM
FILLED
WITH
CONFETTI.

In honor of such amazingness, there will be little boxes nestled in room corners (dorms, classes, shops are all fair game) around Fandom on Friday that are very moddable in terms of what they will spray a room with: glitter, confetti, chocolate pudding, pumpkin spice, seltzer water, etc. Nothing truly explosive, please!

Questions, comments, directions to wherever the hell my friend went?

rebelseekspizza

Good morning, Fandom!

We've gone digging through ye olde brainstorm archives to bring you this gem we never managed to toss into the hat before: DRAMA LLAMAS.

On Thursday, June 22nd, these llamas will invade the island. They will trot about, simply minding their own business... except anyone they come near suddenly starts having a major, soap opera style drama.

So have fun getting that cup of coffee or going to feed those ducks, guys. I'm sure it'll go just fine.

rebelseekspizza

Hello, island!

This week, we've got a spate of smallish random events for you to celebrate our first full month on Dreamwidth!

Monday, June 5th, all table edges will mysteriously disappear. They'll still be there, just invisible. So... look forward to accidentally knocking things off or dropping them on thin air!
Tuesday, June 6th, no one will be able to properly enunciate or emphasize anything. It is as if - gasp - all the italics and bold tags in the world have gone missing!
Wednesday, June 7th - Reign of the Random Icon button! For every ping, should you choose to participate, you have to push it and respond to the conversation based on whatever emotion/gender/random animal the randomizing gods give you at that moment.
Thursday, June 8th - every wall will go a mysterious peach color. Areas will also seem more spacious than they previously did, with strange expanses of white flitting along the edge of your vision.
Friday, June 9th - A goat will stand in the center of the preserve all day, crying. Don't touch it. It'll bite. Also, the doors of any room in which hanky-panky takes place will be mysteriously marked 'Age 18+'.

momslilassassin

In honor of Fat Tuesday tomorrow, the island is getting into the proper spirit! There will be King cakes in all the common rooms, rain of bead necklaces outside...and no shirts to be found anywhere.

Laissez les bon temps roulez!

lockestheway

Hello, Fandom!

We're all preparing for the onslaught of parents right now, but right after, on Tuesday, October 4th Fandom's going to be dealing with a whole different kind of onslaught: angle frogs! These big-teethed frogs are anywhere between the size of a dog and the size of a horse, and they will be hiding in (and attacking from) an onset of mist that starts on Tuesday morning.

Angler frogs have anglers (duh) and they're mildly psychic: the glowing tips of their lures - portruding from their heads like that of an anglerfish - can turn into anything their victim might desire. Maybe you'll suddenly spot that book you've wanted for ages, glowing in the fog. Maybe you run into one right as you really crave a drink, and oh look, there's that Dr. Pepper you were thinking about. The bigger the frog, the bigger the item can be, and touching a lure will paralyze you for a second or so - which the frog will attempt to use to bodycheck you.

Or gnaw on your head.

The frogs will get chased off the island along with the fog when the sun goes down, and they can't access the usual safe spaces, such as the dorms. So have fun! Or stay indoors. That's also a good idea.

rebelseekspizza

Hello, Fandom Students!

Do your teachers piss you off? Do you think they couldn't possibly understand you? Do you have a hard time imagining them without grey hairs? Now is your chance!

Yep, from Friday Evening, September 9th through to Sunday Evening, September 11th, adults on the island will turn back into their teenage selves, with all the drama and/or crack that will flow from that. ENJOY.

Or fear. A lot.

rebelseekspizza

Hey folks!

We've left the Fandom student base in a false sense of napping security for TOO LONG! In the night of Friday-into-Saturday, the sirens across the dorms are gonna go off for a fire drill! A post will go up on Friday, set outside the dorms, for all your disgruntled student needs.

Also, it'll be raining grape jello. Why? Because.

rebelseekspizza

Hey-o, folks!

We've got two random events for the price of one for you next week!

On Monday, June 20th, we are going to have a spot of glitter coming down from the skies. Or a lot. A lot of glitter. Backing track of the Weather Girls songs optional.

Then on Friday, June 24th, you will all speak the truth, and nothing but the truth. Yep, it's the return of Truth Day, so keep your duct tape ready. Or just decide it's a really great day to go hermiting.

That'll be all. Go on. Be sparkly.

endsthegame

Hey-o, folks!

This Saturday and Sunday, May 14th-15th, all of the washing machines on Fandom will have had enough and go on strike. No washing. No drying. Nothing. The clothes of Fandom? Will be sympathetic to their plight.

Which means that as of Saturday morning, characters will start losing any clothes that they are not wearing at a fairly alarming rate. Don't lose sight of a single t-shirt, or it might just decide to crawl away from you...

On Sunday night, the demands of the washing machines will have been met. Though, while your clothes will return to you neatly folded on Sunday night, true to form, the actual washing machines still won't pick up working until Monday morning. Alas.

rebelseekspizza

We interrupt your regularly scheduled weekend with an announcement!

On Wednesday, April 13th, the island will be feeling m u s i c a l! And it's going to share the joy by providing people, interactions and situations with a soundtrack for the day. Unlike with Once More With Feeling, none of you will be singing; it's just the island picking out suitable backing tracks for the occasion.

That means your training threads might be scored to the weird, out-of-nowhere tones of 'Let's Get Physical', your moment of deep angst might be interrupted by an unseen radio playing Linkin Park gently in the background, or your romantic tryst will be ruined by an appropriate-but-neither-of-you-want-to-admit-it Madonna song.

Enjoy! Or invest in earmuffs.

nookiepowered

Since Thursday is Saint Patrick's Day, the March Winds of Fandom will be blowing lucky shamrocks through the streets of town (and the halls of your building if you happen to leave a window open)! Of course by "lucky" what we actually mean is "coated with adhesive on one side and big enough to grab and affix over various portions of your anatomy if those cheeky March Winds should happen to succeed in their primary objective: blowing your clothes away."

On Friday, it's time for April Showers! To be more precise, the Fandom skies will open up and alternately rain pure, clear water, then lovely, bubbly, April Fresh laundry detergent (with fabric softener, of course; what are we, animals?) Free cleaning, if you managed to hold onto your clothing yesterday! Just try not to get it in your eyes.

Since March Winds and April Showers bring forth May Flowers, on Saturday, the green, green grass of Fandom Island will be dotted everywhere with the beautiful bright colors of fresh... living turkeys. Wearing pilgrim hats. Happy National Poultry Day.

Fandom loves her holiday celebrations. That doesn't mean she'll ever entirely understand them.

rebelseekspizza

Hello, Fandom! It's almost Valentine's Day, and love is in the air!

... literally!

On Sunday, February 14th, a disgruntled floral worker will put a curse on all their remaining Valentine's stock, triggering the release of Sex Pollen (tm) once the flowers get to the island. Hormones will go up, as will the desire to get laid a lot. Unless, of course, you are somehow sex pollen-proof, ate yogurt with sex pollen-repressing properties, or any other opt-out reason you want to use.

The pollen will disperse on the morning of Sunday, February 21st.

suitably_heroic

Hey, folks!

This is a quick announcement to let you know that this Friday, January 29th the phones will be going haywire again! Thanks to something fritzing in the Fandom High communications network, voicemails and texts and the like will not make their way to the intended recipient, but to someone completely different ~~of your choosing~~. Any responses to erroneously received voicemails will, of course, not go back to the original sender, but to yet another completely random person, like so.

So get ready and gird your voicemail posts, everyone!

seeks_truth

Hello, Fandom!

To celebrate POPCORN DAY, tomorrow, popcorn will snow down from the heavens. Mmm. Festive.

endsthegame

While the island's decided it is (mostly) done with Christmas for the year because ugh, ghosts, ugh, it has still decided to conjure up snow all the way up to and including Christmas day!

Occasionally interspersed with powdered sugar instead of actual snow, because well, it's still Fandom.

rebelseekspizza

Indeed, December is upon us, and with it, the island's peculiar sense of holiday cheer! Here's the random events you can expect for the first week of December. Classics galore!

Tuesday, December 1st - Behind every door you open, you'll find a pile of cookies! Any flavor, any style.
Wednesday, December 2nd - Everyone will wake up with a Santa hat on. Taking off the Santa hat will just cause another to materialize.
Thursday, December 3rd - Friendly polar bears will roam the island, handing out free Coca Cola. Mmm, product placement.
Friday, December 4th - Every light on the island will turn into a string of colored Christmas lights.
Saturday, December 5th - Marzipan will rain from the sky, fashioned like vegetables, sausage and, occasionally, Angry Birds. (They're not alive, we promise.)
Sunday, December 6th - Tiny white horses will appear all over the island, about the size of a cat. They prefer walking on high places, especially rooftops, and they're friendly.
Monday, December 7th - TINSEL SHOWERS! Yep, tinsel will rain on the sky. Festive!

We'll be back next week with the next set of advent events!

suitably_heroic

Hey folks!

We've noticed a dip in posting classes on time recently. We understand that sometimes life gets in the way - it happens! If you find yourself incapable of posting a class before 12 PM PST on your designated day for whatever reason, please feel free to contact the admin team (fandomhighadmins@iambicnut.com) so we can cover for you. (You're also always welcome to ask another teacher, student or teaching assistant to do so.) If for whatever reason you're unable to continue posting classes at all, please also let us know!

With that bit of housekeeping over with: next Thursday, November 19th will feature the return of Emotional Baggage Day! Yep, residents of Fandom will once again be hounded by randomly appearing luggage with their emotional baggage emblazoned on it in text. Oops.

giveherahand

Get your candles and flashlights ready, folks! The island is going to suffer a thunderstorm on Friday afternoon that will knock out the power (and the internet! My God!) for Friday and all of Saturday, just in time to make your Halloween a bit spookier. What are those thunking noises: ghosts? Ghouls? Gremlins stuck in your closet?

Fireplaces will pop up in common rooms and apartments so it doesn't get too nippy, but the lights will be out in the streets, and Chilly Boulder will be having one heck of a sale before their stock melts. So prepare your food on a stick recipes and think of all of your best campfire stories about that guy with the hook for a hand who likes to kill teenagers making out in the woods...

suitably_heroic

Hello, folks! To keep the retro-fun going, tomorrow the island is going to say HI to all its returning ex-citizens with an INVASION! Of a kind, anyway.

A very rare form of the zombie plaaaaaaaaaaague will be spreading across the island's gremlins, courtesy of a bored Ingvar Islet playing with some of mommy's old spells. This plaaaaaaaaague is temporary, but it'll cause the gremlins to shamble around looking for people to bite. Anyone bitten by a zombie gremlin will be convinced they are a zombie until the venom wears off; however, outside of that delusion (which will cause them to want to moan and shamble and bite people) there won't be anything the matter with them and those affected will eventually go back to normal.

The zombie gremlins are susceptible to all the usual zombie-hunting techniques: shoot them in the head, set them on fire, cut their heads off or just kick them really really hard in the general brain area if you're one of those nicer hero types. Hurting them this way won't actually kill them; any 'killed' zombie gremlin will magically revert to being a normal gremlin, and be briefly invulnerable, just so nobody keeps going until the actual gremlin is dead. The spell will wear off by sundown and all the remaining zombie gremlins (and zombie people who haven't gotten the venom out of their system yet) will go back to normal.

Once all gremlins are back to normal, they're going to sheepishly throw the island a little bash of their own as an apology!

nookiepowered

Doppler radar for July 1st shows a 98% chance of maple syrup showers throughout the day, so remember to carry an umbrella.

Or a very large flapjack.

nookiepowered

We briefly interrupt your BDE shenanigans to give you a heads-up on some ( post-BDE shenanigans! )

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