I don't know what I'm doing, send help

[pandoricas]

Giant turtle, wheeeee.

So uh, hello! I guess. Or something. The name's Knightblazer - or KB for short because who wants to say Knightblazer these days really - and some of you may know/recognize me here and there. I come to turtleland with one (1) Rory Willams from that one British TV show involving aliens and police boxes or something like that.

For those who don't know him he's basically a Very Nice Guy (TM) who is a nurse, married to what he thinks is the best woman in the world and is sort of the father in law of the Eleventh Doctor. No, don't ask why. It's a long story. Oh and he's died about nine times, is actually 2000 years old on the inside and has memories of two other alternate realities, one of which in where he becomes plastic. He's also the guy you wish could be your husband/boyfriend/significant other. For those in the know however, he hails from after The Angels Take Manhattan and will be arriving in this place with 1930s sleepwear because I am terrible.

What else... uh I live in futureland (GMT +8) to be precise and its 4.30AM now so intro things will be delayed and all that jazz until I get sleep. And things. Yes, so. I guess that should be about it? Nice to meet everyone, and I hope to get into some crazy fun things here!

The Trouble with Tribbles

[asouthron]

Well, good ol' Doctor McCoy has been on Tu Vishan for only a few days and has already started a ecological epidemic with the help of one fuzzball called a tribble. The fail can be read here (Potential spoilers. Comments will be marked accordingly).


What's a tribble, you ask?

Excellent question! It's a small furry creature that comes in a plethora of colors. It has no real face or limbs to speak of (think sea urchin), but it can emit a trilling sound that affects the nervous system and makes everyone go "KYAAA~! <3" Over it. True facts. (For more information on these buggers, click here)

Well, what's the problem then, right? It's cute, it's soft, and it makes a great pet! These fuzzbags are born pregnant and reproduce asexually like horny rabbits on speed.

Not good.

Starting July 16th tribbles will escape the confines of their icy prison (aka the Star Trek casts' refrigerators) and begin to spread out from the Fire Sector into the rest of the city. The playerbase will have until July 30th to figure out what should be done about this epidemic.


What does this mean for Tu Vishan and its residents?

A lot, unfortunately. Or fortunately? Perhaps... The most immediate effects will be an imbalance in Tu Vishan's natural ecosystem. Tribbles come from a climate that is excessively hostile, forcing a high population turnover in order to keep the species alive. Without extensive predators to cull them, they multiply at an obscene rate and can overtake an ecosystem in a few days. Basically, tribble EVERYWHERE. In every nook and cranny of Tu Vishan's shell.

These little buggers will further exhaust food supplies, as they will pop up in the damnedest places like grain silos! They love those and inhale everything and anything edible.


What can the citizens do about this?

It is up to the players what ultimately happens to this pesky menace. Will they be completely exterminated from the surface of Tu Vishan or will there be steps made to contain excessive breeding and allow them to remain in harmony with the current ecosystem?

They could certainly become a new source of food (Is that tribble stew I smell? How delightful!) or material (My, that's a lovely tribble scarf you've got there!) or ointment for the manpain in all of us (Trilling tribble ball is your friend. Tribble ball will never judge you. Tribble ball loves you! Give it a good hug!)


Organization

McCoy will be helping to contain, not erradicate, the tribbles. He will need help from his fellow bleeding hearts to help quarantine what they can and unfortunately cull what they can't until the species is under control.

There will be a PSA on the network at the beginning of the event to alert residents to the problem and its solutions. What your characters do (or don't do) with that information is up to you!

I will set up two basic threads in this post for those wanting to contain and those wanting to eradicate the tribbles. Keep in mind these aren't the only options! If you have alternative plans, ideas, suggestions, please post them as well!


Long-term Consequences

These are some likely outcomes with the conclusion of this event:

* More stringent regulations on exotic imports
* Laws restricting unlawful breeding of exotic animals
* New environmental and ecological protection regulations
* BASICALLY A LOT OF RED TAPE AND DEATH GLARES AT MCCOY

Therapy & Permissions

[bonvivant]

So as of today, Dr. Lecter is opening his suite doors to any character who wants therapy. Normally, this will work as follows:

-Any interested character can leave a message in his IC inbox for that particular month. For this month, they can leave a private message on this post. Questions and the like can be either private or public on that post. Feel free to backtag the post any time until the end of July if you want your character to have an appointment.

-A catch-all log will go up sometimes during the first week of the month where all of that month's appointments will be played out. This month, I'll be putting it up in a couple days so I can pay more attention to the network post. I'll tag the log as promptly as possible and don't mind backtagging into the next month if you need to, or handwaving a discussion and outcome if you want your character to get therapy from Hannibal but don't have time for a full log thread.

-Hannibal is serious about the whole confidentiality thing. It'd be rude to go around leaking people's secrets, after all. However, he might be just a little emotionally manipulative if the opportunity arises and may give bad advice masquerading as good advice.

-On that note, I've set up a general permissions post for Hannibal, feel free to use it.

Activity Check | June 1 - 30, 2013 | Final Results

[ironwood]

This post outlines the final results from Tu Shanshu's June 2013 Activity check, following the reclaim post that went up on July 10, 2013.

List of Swept Characters:
The following characters were identified as having not made AC, either from insufficient activity or from failing to have their AC reported on the post:

> Grantaire | cynisme
> Nico di Angelo | necromania

The above identified characters are therefore removed from the game.

A reminder that the next AC period is July 1-31, 2013! The activity check for it will go up on August 1, 2013.