➜ First of all, welcome to all the new players and characters in game! From all of us to you, we hope that you have a wonderful time here and that you stick around for the long haul!

➜ In case you hadn't noticed, the taken list now has a new format. It has yet to be updated after this influx of newbies, but for those of you that weren't accepted this round and are NOT on the list, please go fill out your comment.

➜ School is coming back in session for the children of Holly Heights this month! An announcement will be put up on Sunday that you need to get your butts in school starting Monday, August 13th! Make sure to pick up some school supplies.

➜ As there have been many questions related to a lot of appable characters and changes that want to be made, there will be a poll related to this sometime in the middle of the month. This includes application process questions, whether OCs can be appable, previous game memories, and the like. As of right now nothing is changing but depending on the majority rule, changes will be taken into consideration. Please remember though that AUs will never be acceptable unless they are canon based and have enough information to play off of.

➜ During October and November, Holly Heights will join the line of games that recently had a 4th wall event. Because this can influence in game things, you're all being told extra early to start plotting ASAP! Any and all accounts can be allowed, be they joke or serious, OC or AU. Take advantage of free reign as much as possible. More information about this will come up when the event gets closer.

➜ I felt that it would be important to touch on a concern people had regarding to some recent events that were brought to my attention, though vaguely to preserve anonymity. To simply put it, if you ever have a problem with a player, be they in game or coming into the game, do not hesitate to speak up about it. Numerous people have sent messages to the mod account, sent private plurks, aimed me, and so on regarding problems with players, situations, and the like and it has all been dealt with swiftly, discreetly, and the situations (as I've followed up on them) have turned out for the better. Please do not take situations like this into your own hands for the sake of everyone involved. A simple message could be all it takes for the situation to turn in your favor, though all situations are dealt with with justice and fairness in mind to both sides. Harassment is not tolerated here in any way, be it involving player to player or player to non-player (and vice versa) harassment. Please do your best to bring all problems, issues, and complaints to mod attention, especially before taking matters into your own hands.

➜ Instead of a player only event, this marks the first round of actual NPC involvement outside of central posts. The event is actually extremely simple and easy to participate in, all you have to do is make a post and tag it accordingly.

➜ To get a chance to interact with the landlord, simply post a log or post with the tag &housecall to signal it is okay for interaction. Depending on the type of post, it can be strictly action and oocly "set up" for him (unsuspecting family sitting around, surprise what's up it's your home boy lessie) or just a text post on the network, a video feed, any kind of post you can think of that he can interact on.

➜ If you would like to plan something oocly with other house guests, that's fine! It's not the only option you have. Also, icly, none of this has been discussed or hinted at, so if he shows up, then it's a big surprise. Also, you can try to kill, threaten, hurt him but it won't stick for long. Feel free to throw your worst at him! You can ask any and all questions, but don't be surprised if he doesn't brush you off.

➜ It's unnecessary to sign up or anything, just simply post! This event is meant to be lax and laid back and geared toward those who enjoy NPC involvement! It's possible to post between the 13th and the 23rd (CST). Any posts tagged appropriately between the two dates can be responded to by everyone's favourite, resident landlord. After these 10 days of interaction, he'll disappear until needed again.

➜ A notice will be given when the event starts and when the event ends, both on plurk and on the OOC community. See you in about 7 hours!