Happy Holidays! Happy New year everyone! We hope everyone enjoyed their holidays with their friends and family and got to enjoy the snow or any weather that arose in their town (we hope it was snow but happy snow and not the kinda that locks you in for a week LOL)! The Winners for our Holiday Events are Brickosaur and Stinky! Congrats both of you!
a week ago by Administrator.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! Welcome to December! We'd like to give a warm welcome to all those who joined us recently as well as congratulating those who participated in our little mini thanksgiving event last month! We hope you enjoy your gifts! But wait we didn't stop there! We also have a month long event for December too! Check it out here CLICK ME!!.
Foraging
This character has an action sequence that requires them to forage daily for their source of food. Character has been known to raid food stores and or gardens when near human territory.
Blanket & Personal toy
This character has a medium sized worn down blanket that they use to sleep with or on and a animal toy that they picked up along the way that shows signs of aging and rough play.
Tato wagged his whole body when Mama Althea came home. She gave him pets, of course, but fewer than usual. Mama seemed distracted. Did it have anything to do with the colors and smells emerging from the sack she'd brought home?
Apparently! A few minutes later, she left the house again, carrying some of the items that had been in the bag. Sadly, she hadn't left any food out for Tato. But he was more interested in what she was doing.
Time to sneak out!
Mama didn't know about Tato's Sneaking Out Hole. Tato was verrryyy careful about ONLY using it when she was definitely for sure gone, which right now she was. Tato squeezed through the hole -- his fluff disguised how small of gaps he could actually fit inside -- and trotted out to the front path, where he picked up Mama's scent.
One short tracking later, and he was in the middle of the Busy Place. So many sounds and smells came from every side, but Tato was focused on just one. He saw Mama standing next to a big tree with colorful things all over it. There were other tall friends next to her, and Tato realized he'd seen something like this before. The last time it snowed.
It must be tree-decorating time EVERY time it snows! he realized, feeling very pleased with himself for figuring this out.
Well, the tall friends shouldn't have to be the only ones putting colorful things on trees. Tato wanted to help too! And he knew just what to do.
Tato ran home and grabbed items one at a time, depositing them in a secret place. Then he brought the items out to a place just past the stables, where several evergreens grew. He found one that should be easy to reach and nudged his items next to it. Satisfied, he sat back on his haunches, panting, and looked for another friend who could join him in decorating.
If Tato knew one thing, it was that Decorate-Tree-Time was a group activity!
((OOC: Among the items Mashed Potatoes has brought are toilet paper, colored class bottles, and 1 knitted hat. You can declare other items as well, as long as they could reasonably be carried by a dog!))
Five years. It had been five years since Erwin had participated in the festivities that his grandfather had made him adopt once moving here. Once grandpa Lachlan passed away, continuing on with the Christmas traditions just brought sorrow back to the surface. Like ripping a bandaid off every year from a wound that had never healed. That is why for five years, the Scotsman had taken a long fishing trip atop his trawler until the holidays were over. Made for good money. Why, then, did he find himself standing in front of the town's bare but large Christmas tree that was awaiting decorations?
Perhaps he was feeling sentimental, or perhaps it was guilt for having stayed away for so long? He took a deep inhale/exhale and ran his rough fisherman's hand through his red beard, looking around for the box that usually sat nearby. Purposefully, with long strides, Erwin made his way to the box - opening it once he was standing in front of it. Just like he thought, the rather sizeable box was filled to the brim with the decorations meant to adorn the tree. He looked around for signs of decorators and when he came to the conclusion that no one had been planning on garnishing the tree, his voice boomed over the babbling of the crowd, "Awright! ur we aff tae decorate this tree or whit?"
tag: person
translation: Hey! Are we going to decorate this tree or what?
A dozen feet from the post office, Althea shifted her bag of groceries onto one hip so she could free one hand to fish for her package. She felt the thing immediately, but it was stuck on one of the seams of her coat. "Aw, drat it," she muttered as she tried to work the damn thing free. So focused was Althea on her task, she paid no mind to who or what may be approaching.
Finally, after she gave her coat a hearty shake, the parcel popped free. She pulled it out and inspected its contents: several postcards from cities around Alaska, to be mailed to her daughter and grandson. Lots of them depicted various lodges and tourist cities, while her favorite depicted a scene of various native species living around a lake. Come see the Alaskan wildlife!" it proclaimed in playful lettering. There was some slight crumpling at the very corners of a few of the postcards, but otherwise they were in perfect shape.
Althea nodded in satisfaction and reached to hug her food with both arms. Then she straightened, intending to cross the rest of the distance to the post office and head inside.
Want something different in terms of threads? Come meet Mogli the friendly bear of the Local town of Iko!
Don't worry he wont hurt you unless you have a big old pot of honey or a basket of fish! Otherwise he is the sweetest teddy around.
Threads are open to anything as long as its not killing him ><; no killing just yet please!
Foraging
This character has an action sequence that requires them to forage daily for their source of food. Character has been known to raid food stores and or gardens when near human territory.
Blanket & Personal toy
This character has a medium sized worn down blanket that they use to sleep with or on and a animal toy that they picked up along the way that shows signs of aging and rough play.
Silver Collared: A pet
This character has obtained a silver collar, which signifies that he/she has obtained an owner either by coming in with one or being adopted/bought/bred on Iko Rush. Their owner is Althea Dimayuga.
Claimed Logs
W.I.Ps
+5 (Age perk for over a year old)
+7 (Collared perk for obtaining a preexisting owner)
Compass
Brass pocket compass, equipped with a lid with glass and viewfinder for checking the direction of where you are. Diameter 4.3 cm - 1.69 inches, thickness 2 cm - 0.78 inches.
Cutting knife
Fixed cutting knife designed with a handle that is made from Stag/Antler with a 5inch blade. This blade is commonly used for hunting, fur skinning and pelting. Entire length of the knife is 8 inches long.
Money pouch
Medium sized leather pouch with a draw string to protect your coins and money. This pouch can hold up to 2lbs worth of coins before the seams start to show signs of weakness.
Silver Collared Pet
This character has obtained a silver collar, which signifies they have a common animal pet that is not of special services such as sledding, tagging, mushing etc. Their common pet is a Canine.
Holiday time part 2, yay us! We have holding 2 wonderful ooc games for all members to participate in! Our first game is the 12 days of scavenger hunt and our second is 25 days of story telling! I bet you are wondering, well what is that? Well, please take this pamphlet and read below! Oh but thats not all, be on the look out for the Grinch! If you spot him you'll win a nifty grand prize!
12 days of Christmas hunt!
The 12 days of Christmas are the first 12 days in December where members search the website for hidden Christmas themed items. We won't tell you where they are, only that they are somewhere around the site! Rules are simple, don't tell other members where you found your hidden Christmas themed items, and those who find all items get 200 Silver dollars, a badge on their profiles and a nifty special one time award of their choice, Participating members get 50 Silver Dollars as well as a cute little badge to showcase on their profiles.
Themed Items to look for
Santa Claus, Santa's Bag, Red Ornament, Candy Cane, Christmas Lights, Holly branch, A Reindeer, Frosty the snowman, Christmas tree, Stuffed Christmas stocking, Snowflake, and a Gingerbread man!
Think you found all our Hidden Christmas Theme'd Items? Send a Direct Message to the admin account with the items and where you found them! Cut off is Dec 19th!
25 days of Story Telling
What is 25 days of story telling? It is when you and your amazingly beautiful and unique characters make threads with other members celebrating or preparing to celebrate the holidays. The threads must be at minimum 10 replies by EACH character and should end with a [exit] post. Bonus points if your characters put up decorations, buy a tree or host a small gathering with 3 other characters!
Each thread made can be posted in this News Article for upkeeping and on the 31st of December members with the most Holiday cheer (aka threads/replies) obtain 2 special gifts for your Perks and Collection logs, 250 Silver Dollars, and a badge sported on their profiles with spotlight feature on the front of our website!
Participants that enter get 150 Silver Dollars, a one time award of your choice and 1 special gift for your Perks and Collection Logs.