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[seaboards]

WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS

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AHOY! HELP WANTED. THINK YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE THE FACE OF ESCORDVI’S VERY FIRST ADVENT CALENDAR? POST YOUR GLAMOROUS PICTURES TODAY. POST THEM NOW!

A group of collaborators is looking to put together Escordvi’s very first annual advent calendar. For its inaugural year, they want to compile a collection of pictures of beautiful riftfarers to represent each month. These pictures can range anywhere from beauty shots, to thirsty body shots, to tasteful fashion poses. Anything goes!

Have your character post their own (or their friends, enemies, boyfriends, girlfriends, dogs) photos to this network post. NPCS can also be used to post photos. Then feel free to comment around on the photos with which month or season you think would suit them best. Or just comment about how much you like the photos. Who’s hot? Who’s not? Or about how horrified you are that someone posted yours! Any and all feedback is needed so they can create the best calendar ever!

At the end of the month, an advent calendar for 2025 will be created! If there are enough submissions, there will be multiple calendars so don't be shy or think you'll be left out! For ease of use, the calendar has been broken down into the four seasons so that multiple themed shots can be posted. Get posting!

PLEASE USE THE FORMATTING CODE PROVIDED IN EACH TOPLEVEL! Putting the character's name in the subject line is optional but helpful for quick reference. Any who don't follow instructions will have their comment screened so it can be edited. This is mostly to ensure images are not too large and stretching pages. Please try to crop images to best fit the code, especially long ones. The code will automatically resize images to a max width of 300px, so an image with a 3:4 or 3:5 ratio would be ideal.

QUICK LINKS: SPRING 🌻 SUMMER ☀️ AUTUMN 🍂 WINTER ❄️

Comments

AUTUMN 🍂

[seaboards]

IMPORTANT: You MUST use the following form when commenting with images. We also STRONGLY ENCOURAGE that any very tall images be cropped so as not to stretch the page. Please only use one image.

USE THIS FORM:
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Joshua Rosfield; posted by an "anon friend"

[afflatusexarch]

Joshua Rosfield

[phoenixdominant]

[An anon friend, you say...]

I wasn't aware someone had such a flattering picture of me.

Was this perhaps right before I burned some jellyfish to a crisp...?

[empyrean_mirror]

Oh, how handsome!

An excellent choice for Summer, naturally.

[gruffier]

No choice better suited.

[ Is this a vote? CAN HE PUT IN HIS VOTE? ]

TEXT| UN: hammertime

[forgeabettertomorrow]

You know he totally fits that autumn vibe! Fall's when everyone has harvest festivals and he's always making people feel welcome!

[tilfrosset]

Truly no better choice in my eyes, but I may be a bit biased.

[sunsetking]

Not a bad picture.

[pinksidekicking]

A+ storyteller. Perfect for autumn when all you want to do is cozy up next to a fire with a hot cup of cocoa.

text; un: starshower

[starshower]

100% yes! Joshua's the best. One of the sweetest people I've been able to get to know here. ❤️

[THAT'S HER BESTIE!!!]

[ramuhs]

Calm with a cool yet warm nature just like the heat of summer when it dies down--a fitting match, I'd say.

Dojima

[fractales]

Ryotaro Dojima

Sidestep, Submitted by random NPC (no way would they do it)

[telepathicignorance]

CHRIS

(OOC: Would prefer their human name used for them, as Sidestep is not the name they use around Escordvi.)

They're so pretty! Look at that hair!

un; Enterprise

[lucky_e]

I would give them a vote, certainly.

Okay now it's actually Sidestep

[telepathicignorance]

Hey asshole! Not everyone wants to be a part of your stupid calendar!

(Somewhere, they're having a panic attack.)

TIFA LOCKHART

[activatingcombatmode]

TIFA LOCKHART

🍂 Look at this beauty!!
🍂 She can kick ass and take names
🍂 And cooks a MEAN meal as well
🍂 Beauty and brawn, what can go wrong?
🍂 This girl is on FIRE!

voice; un: makoglow

[makoglow]

She'd have my vote for sure.

text; un: catsgothistongue

[treebornekettlegirl]

[finally some chicks are being added to the sausage fest!!!]

She's got my vote. Haven't had a chance to spar with her yet, but I can back up the third one, she makes good food!!!

[Ranma's only met Tifa in person once, but hey, beauty and brawn can recognize beauty and brawns.]

Zelda: Submitted by DARIN ALTWAY

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Zelda

OKAY SO I HAVE A LOT OF PHOTOS HERE BUT THIS ONE IS MY FAVORITE AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY

So first off look at that smile. Imagine coming home from a long day at work. You're tired. Worn out. You don't even wanna make it to bed you just collapse on the floor. You're flopped in a stray sunbeam like a cat and all of a sudden you feel someone leaning over you. You roll over and BAM. The most beautiful face you've ever seen. See that smile? You thought you were tired but then WHOOSH that smile invigorates you! You're now ready to punch a hole in the ocean! 'How do you punch a hole in the ocean, Darin?' Shut up, that's how! Because that smile has given you the strength of twenty people and it's perfect for autumn because it's starting to get chilly and if that smile doesn't instantly crank the heat to 100 degrees in your heart you're blind or dead!

Anyway, that's my submission.

Gale Dekarios; posted by KARLACH

[headhunt]

GALE DEKARIOS

🐈🐈🐈

NAEVA DOS MARTOS, posted by an NPC

[desirestruth]

SPOOKY FOREST LADY

I saw this lady out in the woods on Eltrut!

I've been seeing her out there ever since the ghoul's moon.

is she some kind of lingering ghost???

Miriam, submitted by child NPC

[crystalrepose]

Miriam

What's she sitting on?? What's she sitting on she won't tell me!!

But she made me one too and it's not too tall to sit in.

ROXAS

[brokenlight]

Roxas

cyrus albright - npc submission

[lecturer]

Professor Cyrus Albright

The other day, I was upset with a friend of mine and trying to cry quietly in the cafe. I must not have been quiet enough, because Professor Albright saw me - but he sat with me, brought me tea and a handkerchief, listened to all of my woes, and comforted me so kindly... and then had flowers and a handwritten card sent to me the next day!

Being treated so well by such a handsome man... I wonder if he's single...

Heizoooou~

[spectacleofphantasmagoria]

Shikanoin Heizou, the Cyclone of Inazuma