➜ In honour of Valentines Day, everyone's favourite property owner is giving you a gift. Well, a gift that you can give. Each person will be awarded a bouquet, though a small one. Those that don't sign up will get a bouquet of holly. Those that do sign up will receive a bouquet of four roses.

➜ Each rose bouquet can contain a large variety of rose colours. Well, as big a variety four roses can contain. Of course, though, there's always a catch. Tied to the roses via a string are two small scrolls of paper. One we'll get to later and will also be attached to the holly bouquets. The one specifically assigned to the roses contains a message from the Landlord himself:

My gift to you requires a little work. Re-gift all these roses and you'll receive a little something from me. A familiar something.
-Your Landlord

This meaning that in order to get you need to give. AKA regain event.

➜ The true catch though is that due to popular demand and requests for something like this is that this will be another forced-adjustment meme. This means that the roses each do something different. Here are the types of roses and their effects:

RED stands for Romantic Love. This is your typical fall in love with the giver rose.

PURPLE stands for Erotic Love. You can probably guess what this one means. You can take this to an extreme but the basic effect will be attraction.

PINK stands for Friendship Love. You'll now be clingy and jealous towards the giver of this rose. No one can take your friend from you!

YELLOW (though the roses will be more yellow than this) stands for Flirtatious Love. Basically the cheesy pick up line rose.

WHITE (grey so you can see the text, but roses will be white) stands for Familial Love. You're protective of the giver of this rose. You might even act childish or overly familiar with them

BLUE stands for Admirative Love. The senpai noticed me rose. Asking for praise and attention is basically what this rose does.

LAVENDER stands for Annoyance. This is one of the two negative effect roses. What is this freak giving you a rose for?! Everything the giver does irritates you.

ORANGE stands for Hatred. Easily explained as you hate the fucking cocksucker that gave you this god damn rose.

When a resident gives another resident a rose, the colour of the rose given gives them the corresponding effect. For example, character A gives character B a red rose. Character B receives that effect while Character A does not.

➜ One character can give more than one rose to another character. Character A gives Character B a red AND a black rose. This would result in various mood swings from one effect to the other. An effect overload can take an extreme toll on the recipients psyche, though this will be resolved when the event is over, just that the character will be left with a hideous headache from emotional overload.

➜ A character can receive flowers from more than one person. Character A gives character B a red rose but Character C gives them a yellow rose! These effects only work on the people that the rose is received from. So Character C will feel loving towards A and flirtatious towards B, but normal towards everyone else.

➜ To spice things up, when you sign up for the event, simply fill out the form in response to the sign up thread. When you do that, an assortment of four roses will be given to your character. This means that you can get any four random colours, or maybe even two of the same one! Who knows. The form does give you some semblance of choice so that you can say I don't want x rose but please keep it to a minimum.

➜ For this scavenger hunt you'll already know the items you'll be collecting: five glass jars containing a butterfly. The thing you'll have to figure out is where the jars are hidden. There will be at least one jar in each district.

➜ In order to make things a little easier and to stop you all from just wandering aimlessly, a list of five riddles will be afforded to everyone, describing a location in which the jars are hidden.

➜ In the middle of the town square in the housing district is a new feature: a dias about four feet tall with five pedestals on the top. These are for the jars that you'll be tasked to find. Upon putting a jar on the pedestal, it will be sucked back into the dias and a large compartment will open up revealing your prize for finding all five jars and thusly solving your five riddles.

➜ Now I know what you're thinking. I have a character who may not be able to figure out these riddles! That's why you can scavenge in teams! The biggest a team can be is four people. In the spirit of friendly cooperation, all teams will be randomized to four people with a team of leftovers. If one person is left after everyone is divided, there will be two teams of three.

➜ However many people are on your team, that's how many prizes will be in the compartment.

➜ Teams will be determined by sign up. This thread below will be team sign ups. Simply reply to the thread with your characters name in the subject. Teams will have names and teams that figure out all five riddles and retrieve the prize will be announced on the network.

➜ And what about those riddles? Those will be posted on a log. And how will you know if you're right? There will be a screened post stickied to the OOC community. When you and your teammates think you've discovered the answers to the riddles, comment with them there and you'll be told whether you're right or not. Don't worry, the riddles won't be too difficult.

➜ Now while I can't police and completely watch what goes on on Plurk, AIM, etc, I will request that you only share confirmed answers with your teammates. Giving hints yourself to other players is fine, but half the fun is trying to figure the riddles out on your own and amongst your team! ICly though, hints can be given to anyone at any time! And while no one can truly police IC answer sharing, there is a clause on the letter characters will receive in regards to this event saying that if you do, your prize will be negated. And possibly turned into a beehive.

➜ At the start of each riddle day, teams will be brought to a centralized location. They'll be given a slip with teammates and instructions. As a bonus incentive, hunters will be warned of a potential punishment if the jars are not found.

➜ Each jar will also have a rolled up scrap of paper. It's the players who decide whether or not they open the jar, release the butterfly and read what's inside. The note's message will be posted on each log top level.

➜ A log and plotting post will be posted for this event. When will this happen? ! It'll be on the 19th, as well as a list of the teams. You can continue signing up UNTIL THIS POST GOES UP. Riddles will be put up every other day afterwards.

➜ As always, questions can be put here!

➜ After you have given your Secret Santa recipient, please come here to go from naughty to nice. After you post here, you will be given your reward someday. Who knows what it will be! Fill out the form to qualify. You have until January 4th to turn in your Secret Santa proofs.

➜ Everyone has the ability to get their Christmas wishes granted early this year by receiving three free presents from the landlord. What do you lucky ladies and losers have up for grabs this year? Let's find out:

➜ Red ribbon gifts are mistletoe boxes. Gift recipients will have a floating sprig of mistletoe above their heads for the remainder of the event. All others will be compelled to smooch them, though the type is of course up to you. From chaste pecks to all out tongue assaults, it's time to pucker up.

➜ Blue ribbon gift recipients will receive an "I Came to Holly Heights And All I Got Was This Ugly Christmas Sweater" sweater. Comes in baby puke green, pepto bismal pink, and urine yellow.

➜ Yellow ribbon gift recipients will be getting a winter companion. This creature can be as cute and simple as a Christmas puppy or as devious and dastardly as a intestinal parasite. Canon-specific creatures are acceptable IF the creature if from that specific character's canon. Otherwise, creatures of myth and legend are also appropriate ie dragons, wyverns, etc. Just no one gets a Pokemon or something, okay?

➜ Green ribbon gift recipients will be getting a receipt for $5,000. Money is always the best Christmas present.

➜ Pink ribbon gift recipients will have the opportunity to be status affected. The catch is YOU get to pick what status effect they get. Is it blindness? The ability to see people as items of food? An eternal sickness? Feel free to get creative and we'll negotiate if you go too overboard.

➜ Purple ribbon gift recipients will receive a brand new Vespa. Hope you can drive!

➜ Special Blue box recipients are given a togetherness package. This can include food, items, and other accessories for a great date night, friend hangout, or other family event. Contains enough for 2 to 4 people. Your creativity dictates specific contents.

➜ Special Yellow box recipients are given a box of replenishing sweets that will last for three months.

➜ Special Pink box recipients are given an ability of their choice for two months. Again, we'll negotiate extremes.

➜Each resident of Holly Heights is eligible to receive three gifts that are randomized and sent to them. In order to receive your free gifts, all you have to do is comment to this post and you'll have yours! If your gift requires discussion (ie the status effect gifts) then you'll be prompted to talk about it in a response. You may opt out of receiving one (1) type of box; state which kind in your comment.

➜The way I'm going to set up randomization allows for both multiples of boxes to be given out AND only a few of the special boxes. If you get one of those, you're lucky!

➜Secret Santa information will be out tomorrow! As always, questions about the event go here.

➜This event starts on the 16th and ends after the 26th!

➜ On the 17th, all Holly Heights residents will receive a small vial in the mail. Attached to the vial is a handwritten note:

"The last few months I've been civil. I hope that you understand times are changing and your cooperation is necessary. I've shown my good faith and interest in keeping things clean. No tricks this time. If you want an advantage, you will drink me. It is for your own safety.

- The Landlord"

➜ Which seems shady but it's not a lie. The last few events haven't offered any tricks and more treats than anything. Indeed, the vial is filled with a coloured liquid. Should you drink it, your character will go through a little bit of a change. They might feel a little tingly, and that's concerning at first. But it's not a bad tingle: no one should rush for the toilet or anything. Instead it's just a warm hum inside of you. The label didn't lie: you've been given an advantage.

➜ OOCly you will decide just what your character gets to drink. The concoction they're ingesting will decide just what role they've been placed in, but no matter what: they're now a hero.

For those curious, here's the breakdown on what's available:

RED
- Red warriors are often associated with unbridled passion and unyielding energy. True warrior and leader types fit well in this group.
- The two class types associated with this class are sword fighters and battle mages.
- Sword fighters have one sword of any size that they use for a weapon. They have average skills in all areas, including defense and attack but can learn and improve quickly.
- Battle mages fight with spell books geared toward a certain element, filled with incantations of their own design and type. They too have average stats that can be honed.

YELLOW
- Yellow warriors are often associated with high stamina and reluctance to violence. Younger pacifists fit well in this group.
- The two class types associated with this class are staff healers and guardians.
- Staff healers know emotion-oriented healing spells that can be cast with a staff. No words are required, just strong feelings that can heal or do slight harm depending on the user's intentions.
- Guardians are a class of their own and have no weapons or items. Their simple wish can cast party buffs or monster damage, but their powers are very weak.

BLUE
- Blue warriors are often associated with fast-thinking guidance and swift movements. Intelligent strategists fit well in this group.
- The two class types associated with this class are tacticians and low level mages.
- Tacticians carry a weapon of choice (either one short sword, one staff, or one mace) and have the power to sense both enemy and warrior weaknesses.
- Low level mages have an array of elements at their disposal but can only use entry level spells via an incantation book.

GREEN
- Green warriors are often associated with masterful handiwork and friendliness. Creative types fit well in this group.
- The two class types associated with this class are staff fighters and armored assists.
- Staff fighters use a long staff made of a choice material as their weapon. They have relatively high defense and attack powers.
- Armored assists have large suits of thick armor and come equipped with throwable shields. Useful for charging at enemies and helping defend allies.

BLACK
- Black warriors are often associated with experience and keen battle intellect. Those who have fought before fit well in this group.
- The two class types associated with this class are gunslingers and dark mages.
- Gunslingers are given two guns of choice (either two pistols, two sawed offs, or two sniper rifles OR two mixed and matched of the choices). These offer unending ammunition.
- Dark mages only have magic that effects the enemy's status or health. Can cast poison, health drains, or other ailments the user wishes. No direct offensive magic involved.

PINK
- Pink warriors are often associated with youthful naivete and eternal optimism. Younger keen warriors fit well in this group.
- The two class types associated with this class are dual sword wielders and slingshot carriers.
- Dual sword wielders are given two swords of any desired length and start with average stats.
- Slingshot carriers fight using a slingshot of any material and have the ability to cast status spells on ammunition, affecting the enemy if hit.

WHITE
- White warriors are often associated with innocent thought and inexperience. Those who are unaffiliated or netural fit well in this group.
- The two class types associated with this class are guardian mages and healers.
- Guardian mages exist solely to protect their allies, self, and team using shielding spells and things of that variety.
- Healers are equipped with items and spells that are directly related to team health and first aid.

➜ You may choose one of the classes under the colour you want for your character. Also, these may seem a little vague. You are given a lot of wiggle room so you can be creative with powers, weapons, style, outfits, and etc. Be ridiculous or classic about your approach. Variation is key! Magic can be more Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings style, swords can be ornate, culturally linked, so forth.

➜ Powers from back home are nulled for event participants. If they have a prior knowledge of a certain class, however, this can be advantageous for them. For instance, a character who used magic previously can find it easier to get used to and advance their magic here.

➜ While players can go solo, teams can also be created. A team requires seven people, one from each colour grouping. Teams are NOT necessary to participate in this event BUT may be fun for personal and event shenanigans.

➜ For this event, characters are going to be put through several battle simulations, much like a crossover between the simulation and paintball/snowball/laser tag events. Using their newfound abilities, an arena will be set up where fights between teams will take place, as well as fights between classes pairings and etc. Don't worry: there will be some rewards and incentives put in place so you have a reason to get involved.

➜ Another part of the event involves a few more typical monsters roaming around the streets and you get to be involved in the mayhem. Accounts will be created for these monsters, and player volunteers can step forth to get in on the action. Three small monster battles will be fought throughout the event time span in addition to the player battles. All of these are voluntary.

➜ IF YOU WANT TO BE A MONSTER, YOU HAVE TO PROVE YOU ARE ACTIVE. This means you need to be someone who can tag every day, boomerang if possible, and create creative and interactive tags. Just reply to the sign up thread and S&K and I will decide who we think is a good fit. I'll be creating monster profiles and creating a claiming post for those who are approved. Here are the monster types I'm looking for.

- Gremlin/Goblins
- Dragons
- Giants

These may be subject to slight changes. Monster players will have their AC requirement waived.

➜ If you don't want to get involved with the event, there's always room for damsels in distress or helpful non-participating allies anyway!

➜ To sign up for this event, reply to the thread that corresponds with the colour you want to use for your character. Reply to the thread with the subject formatted like such: "CHARACTER NAME - CHOSEN CLASS".

➜ Team sign ups will go here. To sign up, only ONE person needs to reply with their team roster using the form provided.

➜ Monster volunteers should go here and simply state they want to volunteer, it's that easy peasy. Also the more people that sign up, the better, so feel free to have at it!

➜ And last, questions can be posed here! Since I'm stupid and always forget to mention something. Happy playing!

➜ On the 14th, a basket of unlimited baked goods will arrive on your doorstep. There will be a wide variety, while some residents will still get the same kind as another, and a note attached will read thusly.

"Ready for a break? Share the wealth and good things will happen. Remember: do unto others as they would to you."

➜ Your task this month is ridiculously simple: share your goods with as many people as possible. There are some stipulations to this rule however. 1) They cannot be mailed. You CANNOT do a mass mailing and be done. 2) The goods have to be given in person. No leaving them for people to find them. 3) There are probably other stipulations I could come up with but in general the only way any of this actually counts is if the goods are exchanged person to person, face to face.

➜ How do you sign up and see what goodies your characters get to share? Simply reply to the post with a blank comment and their name in the subject line.

➜ Okay, you still don't understand how or why this is so easy. There HAS to be a catch. Maybe there is and maybe there isn't. You don't know, your characters don't know. There's no harm in trying, right? At the end of the day this should just be a side small event that gives you something to do outside of random stuff happening or being blind or legless or whatever else you have going on in HH. Get out there, meet new people, eat a bunch of junk food.

➜ This month's event will involve two things which I hope will excite everyone: 1) a team event and 2) an event where a log isn't required. I know a lot of y'all aren't about the logging.

➜ On Monday, team members will receive a packet in the mail that details their involvement, team information, and rules for the event. Each Holly Heights resident, regardless of their consent, will receive this information as well as a coloured keychain with a simple design style (a small coloured disc without any other markings). This keychain can be displayed or kept hidden; it's simply up to the character's discretion.

➜ Teams are sorted by color: Red, Blue, Yellow, Orange, Green, Purple, Pink, and Black. Your team assignment is displayed on the taken list and should be obvious to you. If you would like your specific characters to be more diverse, reply to this thread so that they can be randomized elsewhere. However, when the event starts all team positions will be finalized. I ALSO HOPE THAT YOU DO NOT DO THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE EIGHT COMPLETELY EVEN TEAMS AND THAT IS SO CHOICE so I strongly suggest if you want to move, you find someone to swap with you so we keep things Even Steven.

Note: Just because your character has an assigned color doesn't mean they have to participate. How do you participate, though? Let's continue:

➜ The information packet will explain that this event will be based on task completion and reward. Poker chips will be given to players who complete certain tasks given daily. The standard values are 1, 5, 25, 100, and 500. If you were on the boat excursion, you received a 200 chip. This is an advantage for your team during the event.

➜ When a task is completed, the resident receives the corresponding chip in the mail. At the end of the event, a teams total amount of chips will be tallied and the team with the most chips wins. Other teams will then fall into second through eighth place. The first four places win awards that are in scale with their place. The four last place teams will receive punishments in accordance with their place.

➜ Here's an example of an event day:

Kotetsu receives his three tasks for the day. They are worth 5, 100, and 1 respectively. He completes the 1 and 5 tasks easily but has difficulty with the 100 task, leaving it incomplete for the day. The next day he receives three additional tasks to be completed for the day as well as his 5 and 1 chips for completing the tasks from the previous day.

➜ An added snafu will be present intermittently. Occasionally one days mail will ask residents to offer up a possible risk/reward or punishment type scenario. One day a letter may ask team members to pay 100 points to sabotage one person or a team in general. Other days a chip lottery may take place with teams winning based on their choices. On days like this, specific rules will go up to explain them more clearly. This will just let you know not everything is fun and games!

➜ During the second week of the event, a setting change will happen: Holly Heights will become an island for one week, meaning the setting will be more tropical and the entire area will be surrounded by a beach. More concrete setting specifics will be available on the first day of the setting change.

➜ This event does involve keeping trask of (gasp) numbers so be prepared for that. To save you time and to give me peace of mind when tallying all this crap up, there is a post for keeping track of your totals. Underneath your team's thread, post your comment and keep track of your daily earnings and either keep a total running throughout the event or add up your winnings at the end of the event. The winning teams and finally tally will be put up at the start of September.

➜ An event log for chocolate making as per the job survey post will go up sometime later in the month. Watch out for it!

➜ Tessa will be replying to the last job post and my apologies for being sparse with her the past week+. You may have seen my OOC post about current situations happening, and thank you to those who said something and/or are understanding!

➜ In a final piece of Tessa related news, she has an IC inbox now!

Sign ups for this event will involve either 1) placing yourself in a cabin via this post or 2) replying to this comment to be put into a random room. Just like any other event, if you don't want to be placed with a specific someone that you haven't voiced concerns about before, speak up so you aren't made uncomfy by random room placements! Rooms are co-ed and house four people.

On the morning of the 13th, characters will find themselves awake on the boat in the room with their other three companions for the journey. Their possessions aren't present sans anything they had on them before they fell asleep in whatever clothes they sleep in.

What else will happen on this boat journey? Will there be food? Will people have to kill each other in order to keep starvation at bay, left to decide whose leg gets to be eaten on what day? No, nothing like that, but that's all a mystery to you and your muses at the moment! While this event is a day-by-day reveal event, rest assured that it will be more fun, friendship, HH stuff and no murders, crabs, or icebergs will be present.

What about the people who don't go? Life will continue as normal with maybe a mini event thrown in. As far as they'll know for a few hours, HH will just have experienced a mass exodus. Why? While the boat crew will keep their phones and have access to the network, all posts are filtered to only other boat participants (think about this when posting and label posts appropriately). Texts and posts directly sent to non-boat residents will bounce back. This goes for those on land too: posts will be filtered and all outgoing direct messages will not be received.

However, this will only matter for a few hours. This is where the new Holly Heights job listing comes in.

Instead of the old format, the job posting will focus less on handing out assigned tasks and follow a style that's more like paid online survey taking. While the exact cash stipulations will be put in the post, your character will basically be paid to be active and interact with community members in a text based format (possibly video and voice if i can work that in there magically). Jobs will be assigned, but characters will be asked to answer questions and respond to others about these questions. This WON'T be filtered, so both island and land lovers will be able to interact and share information. Sadly, this post will only ICly be open for 24 hours, so no info sharing past that!

Also, for the first post, the answers of land participants will effect certain activities and aspects of boat life, such as picking certain scenarios and foods that boat participants will have to put up with.

This will be a log based event but posting to the network and etc is a-okay! Any questions about the event can be asked here!