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Full Body: 20 Diamonds
Colored: 2 Diamonds
Shaded: 2 Diamonds
Drawn Background: 5 Diamonds
Story: 2 Diamonds every 200 words: 4 Diamonds
Total: 33 Diamonds
RANDOM EVENT
Nirch's head bobs and twitches as November flails his little legs around. The hawk makes a few peculiar whistling sounds, intrigued by the lumbering waltz, and suddenly it sounds something like a low, grumbled 'chk chk chk chk!' Whether November realizes it or not, the hawk is laughing at him! But Nirch does then extend the offer to Nova to escort him on his quest for a lady hawk, out of amusement, and although unsaid, probably because it would make Nirch's dance moves look much better by comparison. Without waiting for an answer, Nirch hops onto November's back, and tells his new noble steed to move onwards.
Hawk Companion gained!
Nova danced his little heart out, swaying to the music only he could hear. He never noticed when Nirch began chuckling softly to himself, the little pony was far too focused on doing the best dance he could. He really wanted the hawk to come with him! That would be the most best thing to ever happen since...well, since quite a while.
Finally, his dance done, Nova put his two front hooves back on the ground and turned to face the bird. He was breathing heavily from the exertion, and his short legs were aching from holding his body at such an awkward angle. But he had done it!
“Well?” He gasped, hope fluttering in his chest. “What did you think?!”
The hawk tilted his head to the side, looking up at the pony with one beady eye. All trace of the laughter was gone. “Nirch was very impressed! Pony dances very well – for a pony!”
Kicking his back legs out, Nova let loose a little cheer. As soon as all four hooves were back on the ground, he was surprised by the hawk flapping up to settle on his back. “Nirch has decided to let the pony help him find a lady hawk to love! Onward noble steed!”
He was fairly bursting with happiness as he turned to look at the hawk with one eye. “Oh, gee golly whiz!! This is so exciting! Wait until we see Oren’s FACE she’s not gonna believe – ”
It was then that Nova remembered that he had no idea how to get back to the others. The noble steed could not go onward if he didn’t have a destination to travel to! Blushing, he shuffled his hooves beneath him. “Um….you see, that’s the problem.”
Nirch’s face was difficult to read for the young stallion, so he wasn’t exactly sure what the hawk was thinking. But his new friend bobbed his feathered head, flapping his wings wide enough to buffet Nova on his noggin. “Nirch will lead the pony where he needs to go! Just tell Nirch where this Oren is, and Nirch will show her how impressive the pony is! Nirch will tell this Oren how magnificent the pony danced! Nirch will also help the pony find love!”
He opened his mouth to correct the hawk, to tell Nirch that no, Nova wasn’t trying to find love – at least not with Oren! – but decided against it. The important part right now was getting the others! Turning back the way he thought he was supposed to go, Nova took off at a trot, and eventually the two of them found the herd.
Though Nirch wasn’t really very good at giving directions while riding on a pony’s back.
WC: 453
Featuring: Divine Isles | November
Pose Reference: Fjord Stock 4 , Birb
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Comments: 76
MagpieOnMars In reply to ??? [2017-07-07 09:05:19 +0000 UTC]
Oh man :< it's sad to hear regardless! I imagine an experience like that must've been pretty upsetting and stressful! Man though, vacation times and all that, don't get me started ;-; I used to have a part time job on the checkouts while I was studying at college. About a month or two in advance, I asked to have some time off around my deadlines(and I had lots of unused holiday time, so it was well within reason!) and I got denied. I can't even remember why now, just knowing that I was expected to prioritise working on checkouts over studying was a kick in the teeth :/
That sounds like a good system! I'll see what the other admins feel about it
Aw man, I hate it when that happens I hope my muse is feeling energetic, because I have a lot of artwork to do for my portfolio! And if I don't do it I'll be stuck in customer service for the rest of my life ._.
That's good at least! I just wish people would be more enticed into doing danger scouting. Really it just means the odds have been tweaked so that there's no chance nothing will happen, and then out of the 3 rolls, it's a 50/50 whether it's good or bad. Maybe it's best left for herd members who have buffed up stats?
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brytewolf In reply to MagpieOnMars [2017-07-08 01:26:16 +0000 UTC]
It was indeed upsetting and stressful, and nothing that happened during that time period was helping make it any easier xD Life just really likes stacking it on whenever it can, dude. It's terrible.
WTH?!? "I know you need to study and all that, but I'm gonna have to revoke your holiday time" That is the biggest dick move. I had a coworker at the call center who requested time off several months in advance, but when it came time for the supervisor to write the schedule for that week HE FORGOT ABOUT HER REQUEST. And this was a vacation vacation - plane tickets, etc, had already been purchased. There was SO MUCH SCRAMBLING TO FIX omg
WHAT IS THIS WINNERS BEING ROLLED FOR SPARS THING?!? I realize you don't normally handle that area, but SkyOpium and my spar got accepted earlier today and that popped up for the first time. We were both very startled!!! That didn't happen last week when I submitted a collab spar XD And does it DOOOOO anything???
Danger scouting? Is that the wildlife/predators encounters? I don't think anyone knows those exist, TBH. I stumbled upon the thread by accident like a week ago. I don't even know if they're still active myself xD Either way, with 50/50 odds I would say it's best left for herd members with buffed up stats XD that way at least they have a chance of getting out of it alive lol
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MagpieOnMars In reply to brytewolf [2017-07-09 16:12:42 +0000 UTC]
It really does :<
Urgh, that's terrible! I hate it when managers fail at managing their staff. Not only because of the consequences, but because in my experience, they get paid more and sometimes don't do as much work.
I believe that was always a thing! Did that not get rolled for you in the past? o-o Basically whoever wins gets a bigger stat gain. That should be the case, but with new admins, there's a good chance the procedures of doing things could have been muddled a little!
Nono, that's when you send a herd member off for the 3rd or more time in one week. The wildlife encounters are something I should do, but I've been lacking time lately and I forgot how to do them! And the admins who did know have left, so now it's err... confusing. That area probably needs a revamp, honestly.
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brytewolf In reply to MagpieOnMars [2017-07-09 20:51:10 +0000 UTC]
They don't need to do more work!! They have more "responsibility" which makes their job that much more...ah...stressful. Yeah! That totally rationalizes the giant pay gap. For sure. Totally. <.<
It is not!!! You know how long I've been doing this stat training/sparring thing, and the participants have always gotten the same amount of stats! This changed last week, where one horse got more than the other, but it didn't actually say "winner" or "loser". It's just the one from this week that has that distinction. This is why we were both so confuzzled xD Muddling definitely makes sense though.
OH, yes, that type! IDK if anyone wants to risk that death or high reward part. I know I don't D8 I've had too much terrifying stuff happen to my poor children already LOL. I submitted for a wildlife encounter like a week ago, but no response. It kindof got buried there and nobody saw it existed, so if it did happen to get a revamp it could just be tossed off as a completely new feature, tbh xD
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MagpieOnMars In reply to brytewolf [2017-07-10 15:10:38 +0000 UTC]
Of course! ;-;
How strange! I'll double check with Lucid and other admins and see what everybody says about sparring. Could be another consequence of the shift in adminning
I've tried to tweak the odds/health hits so that death is not so likely--but it's probably best left to buffed up horses still! And indeed, admittedly I saw it while on the admin account. I keep meaning to double check how those are done. I might ask for the liberty to revamp those events myself honestly, because as is, they're basically random events that are specifically for encountering an animal :s Not entirely sure what new event element I could bring to it though! Maybe it could be a random event specifically for your companions to go on. I think it might be quite good if you could send them out looking for specific crafting supplies, and I reckon that way, people would be more interested in actual crafting!
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brytewolf In reply to MagpieOnMars [2017-07-10 23:49:27 +0000 UTC]
It seems like this is the way it's supposed to have been all along, and we've just slowly been getting to the right spot? I vaguely remember the old sparring journal mentioning there being a winner/loser, but it never being specified so I just sorta shrugged it off.
We don't really need double the random events xD I think it'd be fabulous to have random event/scouting for the companions!! Especially one that goes for crafting supplies. I've loved the chance to get more companions recently, but I think it's a little too frequent at this point - I'm getting overwhelmed with them xDDD They definitely seem to be popping up a lot more than crafting/etc stuff. It might need a bit more tweaking there :3
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MagpieOnMars In reply to brytewolf [2017-07-11 00:07:47 +0000 UTC]
When I was taught how to roll spars a month ago, I was taught to designate a winner and a loser, and I'd certainly seen/experienced the winner loser system previously! Maybe you just got unlucky with how yours were rolled or something? Idk D:
I think I'll suggest that idea to the other admins(I think I should have a new role of 'suggestioner' ) I think you've just been strangely lucky/unlucky with the companions, because it's meant to be quite a slim chance. I might tweak the odds so that they're even less likely--perhaps by implementing a system where each companion you have makes you 2% less likely to find one while scouting?
(Or the bear could always eat the excess ones 8D)
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brytewolf In reply to MagpieOnMars [2017-07-11 23:40:06 +0000 UTC]
All of them? xD Admittedly, most of the time I've been doing stat training and not sparring, but I still have spars going back as far as the end of May xD It is strange!!!
(You are TOTES now the suggestioner. HEHEHE) It does seem like I seem to have a streak of things as far as REs go - I got only attacks, and then only companions (or nearly). Maybe RNGesus is just trying to make up for beating up my poor nuggets so much xD Looking through everyone's roles it doesn't seem like it's unbalanced. I'd say no tweaking for now lol.
(bear might have too LOL. At least the non-pinchy ones)
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MagpieOnMars In reply to brytewolf [2017-07-13 06:54:35 +0000 UTC]
Ah, well stat training is different! In that both horses get stats. It could well be that the spars have been draws as well personally I'd like to see more incentive for spars, like some unique reward for winning one. Idk what that would be though! Maybe an accessory?
You'll be getting a butt ton of items next! RNG just seems to have its days though. Not sure I've rolled a full house of a companion, danger and item in one scouting trip though! Glad you think so though. I'll keep my eyes on the outcomes of things to determine whether its unbalanced, though.
Haha, indeed I'm not sure where the progress of the trading post is at. Fingers crossed you might be able to trade excess companions away, soon enough!
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brytewolf In reply to MagpieOnMars [2017-07-13 23:48:26 +0000 UTC]
Could have been. But it'd be, like, 3-4 draws. And an obvious difference in stats already owned by the pons xD *shrug* And no "this spar was a draw" or anything of that matter either. Just "earned this many diamonds. Both horses get +whatever stamina" I think an accessory is an over-reward personally? The extra stats incentive should be enough, though perhaps a bit more when you spar than when you stat train? Like, it's a bonus for working with another horse and learning from them. And having to think on your feet and all that.
NOW YOU HAVE xD Orengel brings home another buddy!! Not that I can complain about an otter. Otters are fab. I love otters. I got a little bit of everything today lol! <3
LOL. I can't wait for the trading post!! See what kinda shinies I can barter for xD
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MagpieOnMars In reply to brytewolf [2017-07-14 14:32:29 +0000 UTC]
I wouldn't have thought 3-4 draws was so bad I imagine it's a nice thing to have something you've earned for your character and that not everyone has. Maybe there could be some kind of championship, and the winners within each tier earn some kind of belt like in wrestling, haha
Idk, I could be wrong! I'm a big fan of character customization myself. I'll have a think about it, anywho!
Indeed I have! Otters are very endearing
Same here, even I'm not too sure what it will entail!
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brytewolf In reply to MagpieOnMars [2017-07-14 23:44:20 +0000 UTC]
If every spar is supposed to have a winner or loser? Or if one pon has literally 80 stat points and Nova only had the starter 10. xD
I think it's nice to have something that you've earned and not everyone has as well xD But everyone can do spars, and it's not like they hurt your pon or nothing so it's not like there's anything involved but a little extra effort? You don't even have to involve someone else's stallion, and can just grab a bachelor if you're shy. IDK, I just have a skewed opinion on it (as I readily admit) because I do them so often - Nova would have like 15 thingies already because I so frequently do spar/stat images xD OH maybe like a badge system? Do 5 spars get a reward! But that would just make more things for you guys to keep track of
OHHHHH I love the idea of someday having like a tournament on the Isles You can test your pon against the best in the kingdom!
Otters are freaking adorable and someday I will go to that aquarium in Japan where I can shake hands with one through the glass D8
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MagpieOnMars In reply to brytewolf [2017-08-01 07:17:42 +0000 UTC]
Unless perhaps we had a journal where a player could request their reward, with links to where they won the spars? Even so, what would the reward be moneys?
I'll keep that idea in mind!
Haha, you keep hold of that dream!
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brytewolf In reply to MagpieOnMars [2017-08-02 01:17:24 +0000 UTC]
Journal for request would work. Then you just have to verify, which would be a lil easier! More companions? *SHOT* Maybe have it be the only guaranteed way to get RQ, but put a limit as to how many turn-ins you can do per month or something so people don't just farm it like crazy?
I always think "poor short Nova" but since I've done all this training he's actually really buffed out now
I WILL. Japan is dream place, and SOMEDAY OTTER HAND-HOLDING WILL BE MINE. I also want to go to the annual Star Trek convention in Las Vegas xD
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MagpieOnMars In reply to brytewolf [2017-08-02 23:33:07 +0000 UTC]
Haha, there's already so many! That might be interesting. I'll talk about it with the other admins and see what they say, maybe do a poll on what rewards people would like.
I know! He's a little six pack machine.
Ooh, nice I wouldn't mind going to Deer Island or Rabbit Island in Japan. I'd really like to visit Venice though!
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brytewolf In reply to MagpieOnMars [2017-08-04 00:52:13 +0000 UTC]
SO MANY xD more input would probably be good!!
It's a good thing he's still totally a derp and would probably end up tripping over his own hooves before he got the chance to actually hurt anything.
FOX ISLAND YASSSSSSSSSSS
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MagpieOnMars In reply to brytewolf [2017-08-06 01:48:32 +0000 UTC]
That's true! He's like the brute that accompanies the villain in a story, only he's not smart enough to do things right
I would love to go to a penguin island somewhere :<
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brytewolf In reply to MagpieOnMars [2017-08-06 22:37:37 +0000 UTC]
Always dropping stuff and having to apologize
From what I understand, most tropical islands are penguin islands? They always seem to have a whole buttload a penguins on their beaches xD
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MagpieOnMars In reply to brytewolf [2017-08-09 21:08:06 +0000 UTC]
True, this thought eluded my mind!
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kuroya-ken In reply to ??? [2017-06-14 09:37:01 +0000 UTC]
Oh, so even after you've gotten the companion, it's not over? O.O
I'm so sorry if these are silly questions LOL I was of the opinion that after you get the reward/loot (or in this case, the companion), the quest ends x'D Off to new adventure it is!
Also I can sense how it will get even more awkward when in the future you decide to breed Oren and Nova LOL Nova's totally this
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brytewolf In reply to kuroya-ken [2017-06-15 01:08:10 +0000 UTC]
Ohhh, no, it's over!! It's just I'd wrapped it into the main story line for Nova at the beginning, and didn't want to just leave it hanging so I did an extra picture xD
BASICALLY. Oren is going to be so....just one big bag of sigh, that's what she's gonna be LOL. NOT TO MENTION the fact that she's a foot taller than him, so that'll add a whole new dimension to it
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kuroya-ken In reply to brytewolf [2017-06-15 12:31:33 +0000 UTC]
Ooooooh, and awwwwwwwww ;w; I love it when people do it for the 'lore' and not coz of quest. Hgngngnngng bby this is awesome<3<3 Stories!
.............
Omg I
I didn't think of it that way
I'm crying coz this
this is going to happen isnt' it
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brytewolf In reply to kuroya-ken [2017-06-16 00:38:08 +0000 UTC]
I might as well, I mean it's not as if I have any main story line to do right now xD And I still gotta WERK lol
AND STORIES <33333
OMG YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
THAT IS TOTALLY WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN POOR SWEET CHILD.
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kuroya-ken In reply to brytewolf [2017-06-16 09:55:23 +0000 UTC]
I WILL CRACK UP SO BADLY
POOR OREN
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brytewolf In reply to kuroya-ken [2017-06-17 19:22:22 +0000 UTC]
SHE IS A SAINT.
A SAINT I SAY.
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