In retrospect, it was a mistake to leave the campsite. Amaryllis had spent some fruitless time wandering the forest, following Lily’s vanishing footprints. When they disappeared all together she kept heading in the same direction. With every step she blew again on that last little ember of hope, kee...

((Teddie Boyd continued from Friar's Club )) Teddie dragged himself as far as his weak body would take him from the dining area. His heavy, plodding footsteps felt like he had bricks for shoes as he made the short trip up the stairs to the sleeping quarters. He pushed open the door and collapsed int...

Teddie took a deep breath and collected himself, used the techniques that Janet had taught him. Deep breaths. The color exercise. Calm down by choosing an unusual color and then noting everything in the room that had that color. Purple. Kathleen's scarf. He sighed and tucked the scissors back into h...

((K. Emerson continued from Don't Sing )) K. swallowed hard and was keenly aware of his heart thudding against his chest as he trudged through the slush. All he had was his mace and the bottle that Jessica had given him several days ago. After their meeting and greedily imbibing of her generous offe...

Quinn had a lot of time to think after Colm left. Time to really ponder the announcement, the way they’d framed it. They’d made it sound like Colm had deliberately murdered Angelo, completely stripping out the context. That thought made her queasy. Because how many of the other announcements were li...

Connie Toda's collar emitted a single shrill beep.

Attention, handlers: It is staff's pleasure to announce the addition of two new members to the staff team for the rest of V8 and onwards. We had a good pool of solid applicants, but in the end we narrowed our selection down to the following two individuals: Congratulations to Gundham and Kermit , wh...

Andrew Lapson is awarded to Dr. Adjective.

S016 - Andrew Lapson Check out the stickied topic then, if you are interested, enter bids. Be sure to catch up on Andrew's story so far , including Pregame. Please remember the priority for bids: handlers with no characters get first priority, with preference going to folks who've been around a whi...

S100 - Janice Cresner Check out the stickied topic then, if you are interested, enter bids. Be sure to catch up on Janice's story so far, including Pregame. Please remember the priority for bids: handlers with no characters get first priority, with preference going to folks who've been around a whi...

S072 - Przemyslaw Ziemiak Check out the stickied topic then, if you are interested, enter bids. Be sure to catch up on Przemyslaw's story so far , including Pregame. Please remember the priority for bids: handlers with no characters get first priority, with preference going to folks who've been aro...

S079 - Salem Fox Check out the stickied topic then, if you are interested, enter bids. Be sure to catch up on Salem's story so far, including Pregame. Please remember the priority for bids: handlers with no characters get first priority, with preference going to folks who've been around a while. Ha...

Attention handlers: After some discussion and community feedback, the staff have decided to adopt a blind bid process for further adoptions on the board. Bids on adoptions will not be visible until after the adoption timer runs out in order to encourage people to bid regardless of other bids on the ...

That's time!

Thank you all for your bids. Per the priority list, Betty is awarded to Sunnybunny.

S118 - Betty Quinn Check out the stickied topic then, if you are interested, enter bids. Be sure to catch up on Betty's story so far , including Pregame. Please remember the priority for bids: handlers with no characters get first priority, with preference going to folks who've been around a while....