❖ MOON CYCLE 134 ❂ 10/17 - 10/23

Phase: 3/4 Waxing

Weather: Cold, cold, cold, and look! More cold! And yes, that is more hail there on Tuesday.

WED	THURS	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TUES
17 57/49°F 14/9°C ☀	18 30/18°F -1/-8°C ☃	19 64/54°F 18/12°C ☁	20 80/67°F 27/20°C ☀	21 51/43°F 11/6°C ☂	22 75/68°F 24/20°C ≈	23 23/11°F -5/-12°C ❇

Legend:
☀ - Sunny/Clear | ☁☀ - Sunny but cloudy | ☁ - Overcast | ≈ - Windy | ☂ - Rainy | ☂☂ - Stormy | ☃ - Snowy | ❇ - Ice | + any other combination

Effects: No effect this week.

Notes:

• Stats. It's been a while since we've done this, so have some random game stat trivia!
  
  • Character Population: 282 characters. And on that note, check the Taken page to make sure all the information is correct. And for the record, we had 43 applications (all accepted!).
    
    
  • Player Population: 144(?) players. Why the question mark? If you weren't on the Player Contact list, then you weren't counted! We should have 161 players in all, so there are a lot of people who aren't on the page. Comment to it if you've yet to be added, and if for some reason you haven't been granted access to the mod journal yet, comment here and we'll give it to you posthaste. For the record, we had 23 new players enter into the game this round! Welcome all!
    
    
  • Residence. No stats here, but if you haven't put your character in a residence and would like to, check the spreadsheet and comment here to be added to it. Everything should be up to date as of this post, but if there are any mistakes, let us know!
  
  So many exclamations! Sorry about that. But there you have it. Kind of amazing to see how much Somarium's grown, huh?
  
  
• State of Somarium? Sort of. Dick and Ryan explained (sort of) what was happening. For those who missed it, the crazy weather was due to unstable leftover dream energy. It should clear up after this week, though, so Halloween won't be ruined! (We ruin Christmas, not other holidays.) But maybe there are a few who would like to hound on them for questions...not a bad opportunity to do it, anyway!
  
  
• Warmer clothing. Speaking of weather, it looks like the stores are stocked with warm weather clothing now. Where that supply came in from is anyone's guess. Maybe that was made from dream energy, too?
  
  
• Halloween Decorations. It looks like the Somarium natives are gearing up for Halloween. Decorations have begun going up in homes and various establishments.
  
  
• Halloween Costumes. Those are now on sale as well! Have you decided what you will be for Halloween? Or...maybe like in past years, the world will decide for you. Guess you'll have to wait until next week to see...bwahahahaha—
  
  
• Pumpkin Scarecrows. The scarecrows are also joining in on the Halloween fun. Many of their heads have been replaced by pumpkins. Whatever face is carved onto the pumpkin head is how the scarecrow will treat through who approach. Come near one with a smiley face? He'll treat you like an old friend. Go near another who looks grumpy and chances are you'll be pelted rocks or chased by it.
  
  
• Player Plots. Just a small compilation of ongoing plots.
  
  Somarium IC Guide. Kid is compiling a list to help create an IC guide of Somarium over here. The ooc post for this could be found here.

That should be it. Should you have any questions, feel free to ask them here.

Unfortunately, I have to let Toph and Minako go. This has been a long time coming, and it's not like I could easily choose who I wanted to send home. I'm sorry to my castmates.

The reason is simple: I'm overwhelmed. Life sucks pretty much, and a lot of my time is being sucked up by work at the moment. I would love to devote all of my time, but I just can't at the moment.

I love all of you guys, I do. I'm still here with Natasha, Zatanna, and Annabeth.