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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

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Hey I don’t do anything by half measures! She totally deserves to be on the calendar!

[NOPE AND YOU CAN’T PROVE IT]

[tilfrosset]

[The proof is right there! She doesn't even need to reach for it!]

Well, I'm sure she'll appreciate your energy towards her smile. Perhaps for her altogether. It's truly rare to see someone hold so much for just a friend.

[Uh huh, a friend. Jill smells a rat and is going to tease it out.]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Oh trust me there’s so much more I could talk about than just her smile! I mean have you seen her eyes in that picture? Don’t those eyes just melt the weight of the world away?

Putting her on the calendar is a no-brainer! Hell if she makes it on I might just copy her photo and put it on every other day!

[tilfrosset]

She does have kind and gentle eyes. How long do you spend staring into them?

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Hours? I do it a lot. They’re my favorite thing about her.

[tilfrosset]

Only her eyes? Surely there has to be more to her than just her physical attributes.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Of course there’s more to her! Are you kidding me? She’s impossibly kind and caring. She’s like the most loving person I think I’ve ever met! But even more than that, she’s smart and curious! She’s always so interested in everything you have to say! She cares so much, Jill!

And you know what else? She’s got a will of steel. Seriously, she doesn’t back down from any problem! Even if I’m the problem! She’s the strongest person I’ve ever met!

[tilfrosset]

And you consider her a good friend?

[forgeabettertomorrow]

she’s my best friend

Why?

[tilfrosset]

Oh, nothing.

Except have you ever given any thought to being more than best friends?

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Well, we’re already partners in my forge. We’re pretty much together every day.

[It’s like you can hear the gears grinding.]

[tilfrosset]

What about even more than that? A little more involved than just working partners.

[Come on, Darin, oil up those gears. She knows you can get it sooner or later.]

[thearchangel]

That's not the only physical attribute - rumor has it he stands on tables and yells about more than just her eyes.

[This is revenge for making him say "putza".]

[tilfrosset]

Really now? Other than her eyes and smile, what else could he possibly yell about?

[Jill has a sneaking suspicion of what it is, but a lady never assumes!]

[thearchangel]

Things people definitely don't yell about while standing on a table... if they want to keep seeing the person they're seeing.

[He's not saying it outright because of Zelda - but Jill can probably put the pieces together.]

[tilfrosset]

Well, good to know he appreciates all of her. Though, I don't think he's at the stage of where he would consider them seeing each other or at least has given it any bit of thought.

[thearchangel]

Yeah there's... not a lot of this kind of thought in that head of his, to be frank.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

What rumors GARRUS

[thearchangel]

It was a full bar, Darin, people are talking.

Not to mention, you broke the table. Noise like that attracts attention.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

It was a full bar and a lot of people were drunk GARRUS

And I didnt break the table the table broke my fall it just didnt survive it

[thearchangel]

But not all. Just need a sober handful to spread the word.

... That's the same thing.

[multidisciplinary]

Really? I've not heard such a rumor.

[thearchangel]

[And this is where the jack assery bites him.]

He stood up on a table and had a lot of high praise for you. In all ways.

But since we give each other grief all the time, I had to embellish. Just a bit.

[HE CAN'T SAY "DARIN LIKES YOUR ASS" TO HER. IT'S LIKE SAYING IT TO LIARA. THAT'S WEIRD. Liara is a weird nerdy (scary) blue sister.]

[multidisciplinary]

[ She wants to know what compelled Darin to get on top of a table and shout Zelda's praises, but she's more curious about this other thing... ]

You "embellished?"

[thearchangel]

... the part about there actually being rumors.

There are no rumors that I've heard. But don't tell him I said that.