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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 ❄️

ramuhs: (⚡ 298)

[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-12-03 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh really?

[Very amused, he's curious to see what Reno can think of if he manages.]
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[personal profile] general_affairs 2024-12-04 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
Might be the waxing poetic, might be the chorus of good lucks. Might be the mysterious anon that gave me the sideye for calling you good lookin.
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-12-04 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
[He just laughs at that.]

Then your hunches would be quite correct. She is my one and only spring dove who has flown into my heart and nestled deep wi

[At this point the message may or may not have been cut off for some mysterious reason.]
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[personal profile] general_affairs 2024-12-04 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
lmao damn she got him rest in fucking pieces cid

[ Reno just out here snorting and laughing at his phone. ]
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-12-05 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
[WORRY NOT HE'S BACK AFTER LIKE a couple of minutes.]

Hah, it'll take more than that to tear me apart. She just knocked my phone away.
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[personal profile] general_affairs 2024-12-05 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Got it, so she totally didn't fall for the cheesy camp. It's only because you're a distinguished grizzled veteran.

Power couple only.
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-12-05 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[That and she already had her chance to say her piece and she did...and he still won in the end so her little acts of rebellion are just cute—]

A power couple, hm? Quite like the sound of that.
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[personal profile] general_affairs 2024-12-06 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ He barked with a laugh at how he could hear the quirk and tone of his voice when saying that, even after just one conversation with the guy prior. ]

😉

Oh yeah, gonna be swinging your way next time I stop by Nogard. I got pointed in your direction for those coffee machines, and I've been meaning to offer passable mechanic duties to the pool of talent you've wrangled some of my crew into.
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-12-07 09:11 am (UTC)(link)
Oh? You're more than welcome to stop by, but which crew are you part of?
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[personal profile] general_affairs 2024-12-07 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Noted.

Part of old Donny's Lost Arts crew.
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-12-07 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Ah. It takes him a moment to connect "Donny" to "Dongfang."]

I had wondered what would come of it. I hadn't heard of him in a while so I assume he's truly left.

So what will happen with the crew?
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[personal profile] general_affairs 2024-12-07 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, him and Orchid both.

Emet's running the overhead now as captain by popular vote, the rest of us are sticking around. Turo's taken to looking after all of Orchid's plants, but I'm already missing her baking skills.
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-12-09 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
It's a shame, but good to see the crew under capable hands.

And so you're offering your own services to assist mine.
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[personal profile] general_affairs 2024-12-09 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, good luck to them.

You got it. I'm not holding my breath to get back in the air again, but if you ever want consult from a mechanic, I can drop by. Engineering wasn't our specialty back home, but just show me what to do and I can get copies going.
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-12-09 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
I'll give it a consideration. I imagine you've had to adjust your knowledge from the vehicles of your world to the ships of this one.
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[personal profile] general_affairs 2024-12-15 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Going from pistons and air pressure to just magic and triggers is driving me nuts. At least the ones that use magnets are similar but it doesn't make me wanna throw them at a brick wall any less.

All that, and nothing here could hold a candle to what we've got back home.

I miss my baby, the good old B1-Alpha.



Not the girl that's just Shuriken. The helicopter.
Edited 2024-12-15 22:43 (UTC)
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[personal profile] general_affairs 2024-12-15 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't sweat it too much. I'm just a mechanic offering extra hands.

The design and engineering's best left to the masters.
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-12-16 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
You'll have to tell me more about this "helicopter."
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[personal profile] general_affairs 2024-12-16 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh boy.. ]

She's got the maneuverability in air of a dragonfly using those blades you see on the top and a tail rotor. Forwards, backwards, sideways, hovering, all pretty much on a dime. About 3.5 hour continuous fly-time in good hands on a single refuel. Fly upwards of 20k feet and still haul light cargo at 200mph.

We use combustion engines back home that burned processed mako, but our helicopters had shaft engines that used counter-spinning blades to stabilize in air. I can whip up a diagram for you no sweat when I drop by.

Nothing like the open skies. Usually it's routine flying, but every so often I got to stretch my legs and really push the limits.
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-12-17 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Describing it like a dragonfly certainly helps to better visualize this, otherwise he might have had some trouble since he had no real frame of reference.]

Astounding. It's unfortunate that the airships of my world were destroyed long before my time and likely won't be seen again until long after.

[Sooner, should anyone be able to find those plans Mid hid or had a lick of her talent to create it on their own.]

But I would not mind seeing those diagrams if you wish to share, especially as I had never heard of such a craft capable before.
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[personal profile] general_affairs 2024-12-22 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah it is. I dunno if we could get anything like that made here. We had machines back home that made a lot of the parts cause of the precision required.

But yeah, I'll get you those diagrams, but it's not gonna be perfect. But maybe you can put the concepts to better use than I can.
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2024-12-25 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
Never hurts to start somewhere, and even if not a machine for the sky like yours, perhaps something for a ship instead.

[Oh his brain is already working.]
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[personal profile] general_affairs 2024-12-26 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
Not gonna lie, I'd give up a kidney or two just to go faster than a snail's pace around here.

Yeah, I'll let you know when I'm headed your way and we'll put our heads together.
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[personal profile] ramuhs 2025-01-09 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
Then I look forward to meeting you.