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Happy New Year, everyone! 

As we announced three months ago, it's time for April's little coffee shop to close its yellow door. And while it would be easy to turn this into a sad day, we'd much rather focus on the positive and celebrate the last 29 months (that's two years and five months, guys!),  instead. 

We've been saying this over and over again from the day we opened this game, but it bears repeating: we couldn't have asked for better players and characters (over 200 of them throughout the course of the verse!), and you guys are the reason this little game has been chugging along for as long as it has. When we first started, we knew we were asking a lot from our players. We didn't give you a storyline or a running plot to follow along. We just gave you a setting and a handful of connections, and we asked that you bring your characters to life. And you absolutely did. 

And that's why this main will stop being updated from now on. The characters and their stories have outgrown this format, and though a part of us is sad to see this end, we honestly couldn't be prouder. We hope you'll continue enjoying this little universe you've helped create. We look forward to seeing your storylines turn into small closed groups, or 1x1s, or whatever your inspiration takes you. ACup and its stories belong to all of you, and we hope they'll keep thriving and growing as long as you want to keep them alive. 

We want to ask, again, that you let ACup as a "traditional" game end today. Please, don't make a new main to revive the group. And, though it goes without saying, please don't use its premise for a new game. ACup is our baby, and we want to be the ones to decide what happens to it.

One last time, we want to say thank you so very, very much for all your creativity, energy, and friendship. To those of us who've been here from the very beginning, and those who joined us along the way, we couldn't be more grateful to have had the opportunity to play with all of you. Being your admins has been an awesome experience, and we hope we'll meet again in the land of RP! 

All our love and best wishes for 2020 and beyond,

em & wen

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If you’d like to participate, simply reblog this post. And please remember to send asks and not just answer them! If, say, 10 people reblog it, each of them should have received at least 10 asks by the end of the week. It’s easy enough to open it on the main blog and just go through the reblog list!

Meme Monday: A Year In Review

Describe your year in one word.

Describe your year in one sentence.

What’s your best memory from 2019? And your worst?

If you could change one thing about the past year what would it be?

If you could relive one day from 2019, which day would you choose and why?

If you got the chance to relive this year would you do it?

Did any major life changes happen to you in the past year?

Any regrets concerning the past year?

What’s the greatest achievement you made this year?

What’s the best thing that was said to you this year? And the worst?

Did 2019 meet your expectations?

Would you say you’ve changed during this year?

What were the biggest events in your life in 2019?

Did this year teach you anything?

Best month for you this year?

Something that made you cry this year?

Something you want to do again next year?

What’s something you learned this year?

What’s something new about your place of residence (room, home, or general location) now vs the start of the year?

Favorite place you visited this year?

Did you keep any New Year’s Resolutions?

What did you do in 2019 that you’d never done before?

Did anyone close to you give birth this year?

Did anyone close to you die this year?

What was your biggest failure this year?

Did you suffer illness or injury this year?

What was the best thing you bought this year?

Where did most of your money go this year?

Compared to this time last year, are you happier/sadder, thinner/fatter, richer/poorer?

What do you wish you’d done more of this year? And less of?

Did you fall in love this year? Did you get a new crush or start a new relationship?

How many people did you have sex with this year?

What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2019.

What is the single best thing that happened in the past year? And the worst?

Did you travel to any interesting places in 2019?

Do you believe that 2019 had a theme for you? If so, which theme and why?

Did you make any new friends this year? Lose any friends?

Which ACup girl would you like to kiss at midnight?

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Because this is such a character-centric RP without any real overarching plot going on, we feel like making ‘weekly recap’ posts is pretty useful so everyone can stay up to date even if we don’t always have the time to read every single post on the dash. So here’s ACup’s 127th and FINAL week in review!

New Characters

None.

This brings us to twenty-three active main characters and one minor character!

Re-opened/Retired Characters

None!

Tasks/Events/Other

Double Secret Santa - Week 4 gifts and matches here!

Make-ups/Break-ups/Hook-ups

ACup’s Chart

Coming up

SUNDAY, December 29

April’s Showers - Indoor season starts in January

MONDAY, December 30

PL Practice - Cancelled

ACup Karaoke, 8PM

TUESDAY, December 31

New Year’s Eve!

Warblettes Practice - Cancelled

ACup Open Mic, 6PM

ACup NYE Party featuring DJ Sugarcube 10PM-2AM

WEDNESDAY, January 1

New Year’s Day!

April’s Showers Practice - Cancelled

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SECRET SANTA WEEK 4!

Thank you to everyone who signed up to participate for the final week!

Each character participating in this week’s Secret Santa has (at random) been given a holiday-inspired alias. Below the cut is an alphabetized list of aliases and their respective questionnaire answers.

In just a few moments you should receive via Discord a message letting you know which alias your character has been paired with to deliver a Secret Santa gift.

Remember that you have until 11:59PM EST on Friday to submit your gift to the Main or April for your assignee.

On Saturday morning all gifts and Secret Santa pairs will be revealed via April’s blog.

If there’s any confusion or you have questions, please let us know! Happy gifting!

CALLING BIRD

Eggnog or Hot cocoa? Hot cocoa! The best way to make it is to froth the milk.

Gingerbread or sugar cookie? I’m a sucker for a gingerbread house.

Peppermint candy canes or fruit flavored candy canes? Is it a bad time to say I’ve never had a fruit flavored candy cane?

Angel tree topper or Star tree topper? Definitely an angel, they look so beautiful!

White lights or colored lights? I think there’s something really classic about white lights.

COMET

Eggnog or Hot cocoa? Hot cocoa. I’ve never tried eggnog, and I’d like to keep it that way.

Gingerbread or sugar cookie? Sugar cookies.

Peppermint candy canes or fruit flavored candy canes? Peppermint. The others shouldn’t count as candy canes.

Angel tree topper or Star tree topper? Star.

White lights or colored lights? White. It looks cleaner.

CUPID

Eggnog or Hot cocoa? I think I’m a spiked hot chocolate kind of girl.

Gingerbread or sugar cookie? Sugar, no doubt.

Peppermint candy canes or fruit flavored candy canes? Peppermint candy canes are classic.

Angel tree topper or Star tree topper? I don’t really have a preference.

White lights or colored lights? Colored lights.

DANCER

Eggnog or Hot cocoa? Cocoa, please!

Gingerbread or sugar cookie? Gingerbread.

Peppermint candy canes or fruit flavored candy canes? Peppermint! The fruity kind are unsettling.

Angel tree topper or Star tree topper? Weeping angel!

White lights or colored lights? Colored.

DASHER

Eggnog or Hot cocoa? prob eggnog bc me and hot drinks don’t really vibe.

Gingerbread or sugar cookie? gingerbread all the way especially if you have a little house you can make and then demolish like a giant.

Peppermint candy canes or fruit flavored candy canes? cinnamon.

Angel tree topper or Star tree topper? i’m a big fan of a fun kinda star.

White lights or colored lights? i grew up with white lights on our fam tree but i sort of like colored ones myself. they’re more fun.

ELF ON THE SHELF

Eggnog or Hot cocoa? Neither.

Gingerbread or sugar cookie? Also neither.

Peppermint candy canes or fruit flavored candy canes? See above.

Angel tree topper or Star tree topper? Again, neither.

White lights or colored lights? Purple.

GARLAND

Eggnog or Hot cocoa? I’ve actually never had eggnog, so cocoa by default I suppose?

Gingerbread or sugar cookie? I can’t stand the taste of gingerbread, actually. Sugar cookies are too sweet for me. Honestly, I prefer chocolate chip.

Peppermint candy canes or fruit flavored candy canes? Peppermint!

Angel tree topper or Star tree topper? Angels look lovely atop the tree.

White lights or colored lights? White lights!

GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT

Eggnog or Hot cocoa? the day i willingly drink eggnog is the day i officially become my father. aka, not today

Gingerbread or sugar cookie? sugar cookies. gingerbread is an affront to god

Peppermint candy canes or fruit flavored candy canes? peppermint. if you want fruity, eat something else

Angel tree topper or Star tree topper? star

White lights or colored lights? white. nobody actually wants colored lights unless their offspring force them

GOLDEN RING

Eggnog or Hot cocoa? Eggnog with rum!

Gingerbread or sugar cookie? Uh snickerdoodles are obviously the superior holiday cookie.

Peppermint candy canes or fruit flavored candy canes? I like all candy canes.

Angel tree topper or Star tree topper? I don’t have a topper, but my mom always put up a star.

White lights or colored lights? Colored.

LAYING GEESE

Eggnog or Hot cocoa? Nothing like a hot cocoa to warm you up from the inside and keep your head clear.

Gingerbread or sugar cookie? Mhm…I do enjoy both, but I love gingerbread houses, my mother and I used to build them together when I was a little girl.

Peppermint candy canes or fruit flavored candy canes? Neither. It always takes ages to eat them and you get bored, but you feel obliged to finish them, because you paid money for them. They’re nice for decorations, but that’s about it.

Angel tree topper or Star tree topper? Stars. Golden Stars preferably. I’m not big on angels, or God. It’s always been a star for us, my Mom still keeps it and puts it on the tree every year.

White lights or colored lights? Depends, I don’t mind colored lights for the windows and all, I actually quite like them, but for the tree I usually go for white lights for the tree.

MISTLETOE

Eggnog or Hot cocoa? Hot cocoa, obviously

Gingerbread or sugar cookie? I’ve never had gingerbread so I’ll say sugar cookies by default

Peppermint candy canes or fruit flavored candy canes? Peppermint and chocolate candy canes

Angel tree topper or Star tree topper? Both are cool, but I have a top hat Christmas tree topper that beats both!

White lights or colored lights? Multi-colored

OLAF

Eggnog or Hot cocoa? Cocoa, eggnog is… not good.

Gingerbread or sugar cookie? Sugar, I guess. Eating gingerbread people as always struck me as a bit morbid.

Peppermint candy canes or fruit flavored candy canes? Peppermint.

Angel tree topper or Star tree topper? Star.

White lights or colored lights? I like colored around the house, but white on a tree looks best to me.

POINSETTIA

Eggnog or Hot cocoa? I am definitely an eggnog kind of girl. When I was little, my mom used to make it like a milkshake.

Gingerbread or sugar cookie? Sugar cookies with icing!

Peppermint candy canes or fruit flavored candy canes? Peppermint candy canes are a classic.

Angel tree topper or Star tree topper? Stars, I think the angels can look kind of creepy…

White lights or colored lights? Snowflake lights!

RUDOLPH

Eggnog or Hot cocoa? Hot cocoa. I never quite got a taste for eggnog

Gingerbread or sugar cookie? Both!

Peppermint candy canes or fruit flavored candy canes? Peppermint, but to be fair, I have a love for mint overall

Angel tree topper or Star tree topper? Angels

White lights or colored lights? White lights on houses, multi-colored on trees!

STAR

Eggnog or Hot cocoa? Hot cocoa! So many calories, but so delicious!

Gingerbread or sugar cookie? Gingerbread. I can build amazing gingerbread houses!

Peppermint candy canes or fruit flavored candy canes? Fruit flavored! There’s so many more options. You can get pretty much anything.

Angel tree topper or Star tree topper? An angel!

White lights or colored lights? Colored! The more bright and colorful, the better!

SWIMMING SWAN

Eggnog or Hot cocoa? COCOA

Gingerbread or sugar cookie? i’m not big on either, so snickerdoodles??

Peppermint candy canes or fruit flavored candy canes? the fruity ones!!! peppermint always tastes like toothpaste

Angel tree topper or Star tree topper? stars look pretty cool ig

White lights or colored lights? colorful AND white. you gotta share the wealth

TURTLE DOVE

Eggnog or Hot cocoa? EGGNOG WITH SPIKED STUFF

Gingerbread or sugar cookie? sugar cookies always tbh like put sprinkles on that shit always

Peppermint candy canes or fruit flavored candy canes? fruit flavored candy canes like we aren’t here to play

Angel tree topper or Star tree topper? nO TREE TOPPER!!!

White lights or colored lights? white lights imo

VIXEN

Eggnog or Hot cocoa? hot cocoa but also apple ciderr

Gingerbread or sugar cookie? short bread

Peppermint candy canes or fruit flavored candy canes? i don’t really do candy canes but i support and excuse to promote fresh breath on christmas so peppermint

Angel tree topper or Star tree topper? angel

White lights or colored lights? white

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TIS THE SEASON OF DOUBLE SECRET SANTA: REMIX!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the first three weeks and rounds of Double Secret Santa! We loved revealing the matches and everyone’s thoughtful gifts!

Need a reminder of how the event works? Check out the intro post here.  

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE FOR THE FINAL WEEK…

Please have your character answer the following questions and submit their responses to the Main no later than 11:59PM EST on Tuesday, December 24.

DOUBLE SECRET SANTA QUESTIONNAIRE - WEEK 4

Your character’s answers can be as broad or as specific as you’d like, but please take into account the overall secret-ness of this event.

Eggnog or Hot cocoa? 

Gingerbread or sugar cookie? 

Peppermint candy canes or fruit flavored candy canes? 

Angel tree topper or Star tree topper? 

White lights or colored lights?

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Because this is such a character-centric RP without any real overarching plot going on, we feel like making ‘weekly recap’ posts is pretty useful so everyone can stay up to date even if we don’t always have the time to read every single post on the dash. So here’s ACup’s 126th week in review!

New Characters

None.

This brings us to twenty-three active main characters and one minor character!

Re-opened/Retired Characters

None!

Tasks/Events/Other

Meme Monday - A-Z Edition here!

Double Secret Santa - Week 3 gifts and matches here!

Double Secret Santa - Week 4 sign up info here!

Make-ups/Break-ups/Hook-ups

ACup’s Chart

Coming up

SUNDAY, December 22

April’s Showers - Indoor season starts in January

MONDAY, December 23

PL Practice - Cancelled

ACup Karaoke, 8PM

TUESDAY, December 24

Christmas Eve!

Warblettes Practice - Cancelled

ACup Open Mic, 6PM

WEDNESDAY, December 25

Christmas Day!

April’s Showers Practice - Cancelled

THURSDAY, December 26

Boxing Day!

ACup Open Mic, 6PM

FRIDAY, December 20

ACup Karaoke, 8PM

SATURDAY, December 27

ACup Open Mic, 6PM

MISCELLANEOUS

List of holidays here.

List of observances for every day/week/month here.

List of events in NYC here.

List of weekly in-game scheduled events here.

Other Stuff

If there’s something we may have missed - a birthday, a hook-up or anything else - please message us and let us know! We keep up with the dash, but we obviously can’t know what you headcanon with other players, and we want to make sure everyone is up to date!

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SECRET SANTA WEEK 3!

Thank you to everyone who signed up to participate! And remember if you missed signing up for this week, you have the option to join in for the remaining week.

Each character participating in this week’s Secret Santa has (at random) been given a holiday-inspired alias. Below the cut is an alphabetized list of aliases and their respective questionnaire answers.

In just a few moments you should receive via Discord a message letting you know which alias your character has been paired with to deliver a Secret Santa gift.

Remember that you have until 8:00PM EST on Saturday to submit your gift to the Main or April for your assignee.

On Sunday morning all gifts and Secret Santa pairs will be revealed via April’s blog.

If there’s any confusion or you have questions, please let us know! Happy gifting!

BUDDY THE ELF

Puzzles or board games? monopoly

Book store or museums? both are for losers, but with book stores, at least you can walk out with something that didn’t cost you half your soul

Breakfast or dinner? 11 p.m. second dinner

Marvel or DC? they’re both venereal diseased imo

Stay in or go out? staying in so people don’t know who i am

CINDY LOU WHO

Puzzles or board games? Puzzles. You can do those alone.

Book store or museums? Museums. You don’t need a book store for e-books

Breakfast or dinner? Dinner. Or any meal served after 10 am.

Marvel or DC? I could not possibly care less.

Stay in or go out? Stay in.

DANCING LADY

Puzzles or board games? Puzzles.

Book store or museums? Bookstore.

Breakfast or dinner? Breakfast.

Marvel or DC? Marvel.

Stay in or go out? Depends on the activity, but both are good.

DRUMMING DRUMMER

Puzzles or board games? i don’t hate those people crosswords.

Book store or museums? i guess museums??

Breakfast or dinner? breakfast for dinner

Marvel or DC? neither

Stay in or go out? disney plus and thrust

ELSA

Puzzles or board games? Mmmm, puzzles. They say playing sudoku keeps you young.

Book store or museums? Museums.

Breakfast or dinner? Dinner.

Marvel or DC? Whatever’s popular.

Stay in or go out? Both, depends on my mood.

IVY

Puzzles or board games? i’m such a whiz kid @ connect four, is that a board game?

Book store or museums? museums are so cool

Breakfast or dinner? breakfast for dinner????

Marvel or DC? M A R V E L

Stay in or go out? depends on who i’m with tbh, like if you’ve got good pals with u they’re both great

JACK SKELLINGTON

Puzzles or board games? Jigsaw puzzles are my guilty pleasure

Book store or museums? Both are lovely, but I do love museums just a bit more

Breakfast or dinner? Breakfast!

Marvel or DC? I’m not well-versed enough in either to pick

Stay in or go out? Staying in, especially this time of year!

NOEL

Puzzles or board games? the only puzzles i really like are legos bc they come with directions, so board games for sure. settlers is awesome.

Book store or museums? museums all the way. 

Breakfast or dinner?  P A N C A K E S

Marvel or DC? dc. i pledge allegiance to ww.

Stay in or go out? i think i’m prob a homebody even tho going out sometimes is nice too.

PIPING PIPER

Puzzles or board games? I would have to make time for either, so I´m more likely to play board games with my friends while we hang out. Though after seeing Jumanji I am definitely being put off board games, too.

Book store or museums? Book stores. I love just browsing through the sections and not worrying about time and appointments.

Breakfast or dinner? I love both. I usually don´t plan too much time for myself at breakfast during the week though, so a nice breakfast on the weekends, or even a brunch, is much appreciated.

Marvel or DC? This is like, the feud of the century, hm? I think I have seen more Marvel movies.

Stay in or go out? Depends on the day. I love going out, but I also don´t mind a glass of wine and a good book in my bathtub or on my couch.

PRANCER

Puzzles or board games? Both, but board games in a pinch.

Book store or museums? Again, both and I can’t actually choose this time. They’ve both got great atmosphere.

Breakfast or dinner? Dinner.

Marvel or DC? BOTH! Captain Marvel and Wonder Woman would approve. Also Peggy Carter.

Stay in or go out? Stay in!

SILVER BELLS

Puzzles or board games? Board games! I love them. We should totally have regular board games nights!

Book store or museums? Comic book store. Is that cheating? I don’t think it’s cheating.

Breakfast or dinner? Breakfast! It’s the most important meal of the day

Marvel or DC? Marvel! I love them both, but Marvel will always be my number 1

Stay in or go out?  Either! You sort of need a good balance, you know? It’s way more fun that way.

SUGAR PLUM

Puzzles or board games? Puzzles, for sure

Book store or museums? Book stores that double as cafes that ALSO double as a music store

Breakfast or dinner? Brunch?

Marvel or DC? DC, but only because I’d die for Diana Prince

Stay in or go out? Staying in if I’m being lazy, going out if I feel like looking cute

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If you’d like to participate, simply reblog this post. And please remember to send asks and not just answer them! If, say, 10 people reblog it, each of them should have received at least 10 asks by the end of the week :)

Meme Monday Tuesday: ACup A-Z Edition!

Apple. Think of a kiss like an apple. So if one of those a day keeps the doctor away, which person from ACup do you think has the best remedy?

Breakfast Club. Which four fellow ACuppers would you get sent to detention with and why?

Crouton. Pick three ACup individuals and decide what type of salad topping they’d be and why.

D’oh! What’s a silly mistake you often make?

EXTERMINATE. If you had to travel all of time and space in a tiny blue box (it’s bigger on the inside) with only two companions, which ACup pals would you choose to tag along and why? (Alternatively, whom would you not choose and why?)

Fuck. What’s your favorite curse word?

Groupon. What’s your favorite type of shopping/retail deal to snag?

HGTV. Describe your dream house/location.

Ice Cream. What’s the best flavor? Where’s the best place in the city to get your fix? Are you a cone or a bowl type of person?

Jimjams. What do you wear to bed? Does it change depending on the time of year? If you have company?

Karate. Which ACup person(s) do you think could harness their inner black belt and chop a wooden board in half?

LOL. Which ACup individual do you think is funniest? Are they intentionally funny, or do they find other ways to amuse you?

Man’s Best Friend. What dog breed do you think best encapsulates _______ personality?

Nude. Which ACup individual has enough confidence to start their own nudist commune?

Ocean. What’s the best sea creature?

Porcupine. What’s a pet peeve that annoys you enough that you’d shoot quills?

Quagmire. Who’s the first person you’d call if you found yourself in a sticky situation?

Reruns. What cartoons/television show did you enjoy watching as a child, or that you still enjoy watching now?

Star light, star bright. What do you wish for?

Turntable. What music are you listening to right now?

Unicorn. What is a special and unique quality and characteristic of _______, _______, and _______.

Venom. What person will you always go out of your way to avoid?

Witch. If you could cast any spell, what would you choose and why?

Xerox. If you had an identical twin, would you be the good twin or the evil twin?

You Oughta Know. Whom/what could you write a whole break up album about?

Zoinks! Which ACuppers would you cast as the Mystery Inc. gang?

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TIS THE SEASON OF DOUBLE SECRET SANTA: REMIX!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the first two weeks and rounds of Double Secret Santa! We loved revealing the matches and everyone’s thoughtful gifts!

Need a reminder of how the event works? Check out the intro post here.  

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE FOR WEEK 3…

Please have your character answer the following questions and submit their responses to the Main no later than 8:00AM EST on Thursday, December 19.

DOUBLE SECRET SANTA QUESTIONNAIRE - WEEK 3

Your character’s answers can be as broad or as specific as you’d like, but please take into account the overall secret-ness of this event.

Puzzles or board games?

Book store or museums?

Breakfast or dinner?

Marvel or DC?

Stay in or go out?

[acuppellarp]

Because this is such a character-centric RP without any real overarching plot going on, we feel like making ‘weekly recap’ posts is pretty useful so everyone can stay up to date even if we don’t always have the time to read every single post on the dash. So here’s ACup’s 125th week in review!

New Characters

None.

This brings us to twenty-three active main characters and one minor character!

Re-opened/Retired Characters

None!

Tasks/Events/Other

Battle of the Bands - Warblettes win!

Double Secret Santa - Week 2 gifts and matches here!

Double Secret Santa - Week 3 sign up info here!

Make-ups/Break-ups/Hook-ups

ACup’s Chart

Coming up

SUNDAY, December 15

April’s Showers - Indoor season starts in January

MONDAY, December 16

PL Practice

ACup Karaoke, 8PM

TUESDAY, December 17

Warblettes Practice

ACup Open Mic, 6PM

WEDNESDAY, December 18

Rachel Berry’s birthday!

April’s Showers Practice

THURSDAY, December 19

ACup Open Mic, 6PM

FRIDAY, December 20

ACup Karaoke, 8PM

SATURDAY, December 21

ACup Open Mic, 6PM

MISCELLANEOUS

List of holidays here.

List of observances for every day/week/month here.

List of events in NYC here.

List of weekly in-game scheduled events here.

Other Stuff

If there’s something we may have missed - a birthday, a hook-up or anything else - please message us and let us know! We keep up with the dash, but we obviously can’t know what you headcanon with other players, and we want to make sure everyone is up to date!

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THE WARBLETTES!

Congrats to our Bird Nerds for setting a record five-peat and closing out the year in the strongest fashion!

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THE 2-ISH DAY BATTLE PERIOD FOR DEC 12 HAS BEGUN!

Battle theme: Holiday Hits!

PLEASE USE THE TAG ACUP: BOTB30 FOR ALL BOTB-RELATED POSTS. ANY POSTS TAGGED INCORRECTLY WILL NOT BE SEEN AND THUS NOT COUNTED.

Also remember to drop BOTB starters into the designated discord channel.

The battle ends at 12:00PM EST on Sunday, December 15.

Need a refresher on guidelines and point values? Find them here!

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SECRET SANTA WEEK 2!

Thank you to everyone who signed up to participate! And remember if you missed signing up for this week, you have the option to join in for the remaining weeks.

Each character participating in this week’s Secret Santa has (at random) been given a holiday-inspired alias. Below the cut is an alphabetized list of aliases and their respective questionnaire answers.

In just a few moments you should receive via Discord a message letting you know which alias your character has been paired with to deliver a Secret Santa gift.

Remember that you have until 2:00PM EST on Saturday to submit your gift to the Main or April for your assignee.

On Saturday evening all gifts and Secret Santa pairs will be revealed via April’s blog.

If there’s any confusion or you have questions, please let us know! Happy gifting!

BLIZZARD

Cookies or cake? COOKIES. i love a good crunch

Theatre or cinema? cinema because it’s an eXPERIENCE

Book or movie? movies unless it’s a super good book series

Flowers or Chocolate? flowers are dope but succulents are the best

Lions or tigers (or bears)? tigers!!!

CANDY CANE

Cookies or cake? If I had to pick a dessert it would probably be pie, but between the two I’d choose cookies.

Theatre or cinema? Cinema, and can I just say there are several brilliant films coming out this holiday season!

Book or movie? Both, but always read the book first!

Flowers or Chocolate? Flowers are nice, but chocolate is… chocolate.

Lions or tigers (or bears)? Lions.

CHESTNUT

Cookies or cake? Cake? Probably?

Theatre or cinema? Theatre

Book or movie? Books if I have time but movies if I want to vegetate and become one with the couch

Flowers or Chocolate? Chocolate, duh. Flowers just sit on your kitchen table and die

Lions or tigers (or bears)? I’m proposing cheetahs as a fourth option

DOMINICK THE DONKEY

Cookies or cake? donuts.

Theatre or cinema? theatre is not as lame as i once thought, but i still choose cinema – i mean where else is it acceptable to shove buttered popcorn and nachos with whatever they try to pass as cheese in your face at 10 am?

Book or movie? movie, why would i read a book when i could watch a movie in like half the time?

Flowers or Chocolate? chocolate, duh.

Lions or tigers (or bears)? Tigers.

DONNER 

Cookies or cake? Uh, that’s tough but I’m going with cookies!

Theatre or cinema? Cinema.

Book or movie?  Book.

Flowers or Chocolate? Flowers.

Lions or tigers (or bears)? Bears.

GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST

Cookies or cake? Cookies. I love taking them to the theatre with me to have some during intermission.

Theatre or cinema? Theatre always comes first with me. There’s nothing that beats a performance with a live audience and cast.

Book or movie? I love curling up in bed with a good book, or taking a relaxing bath while reading, but honestly: It depends on my mood. I love just watching a good movie to cheer me up, or whenever I don’t have the focus to read.

Flowers or Chocolate? Flowers, especially if you know my favorites.

Lions or tigers (or bears)? IT´S THE CIRCLE OF LIIIIIIIFEEE

THE GRINCH

Cookies or cake? I’ll never say no to something sweet!

Theatre or cinema? Theatre, even though I love writing for movies.

Book or movie? Both?

Flowers or Chocolate? Both!

Lions or tigers (or bears)? Oh my!

HOLLY

Cookies or cake? I prefer neither, honestly. My favorite desert is a dark chocolate tart.

Theatre or cinema? There’s something romantic about going to both.

Book or movie? Movies

Flowers or Chocolate? Both.

Lions or tigers (or bears)? Tiger

JACK FROST

Cookies or cake? COOKIE CAKE????

Theatre or cinema? idk either works

Book or movie? moooooovies

Flowers or Chocolate? choco locoooooo

Lions or tigers (or bears)? no bears plz

KRAMPUS

Cookies or cake? chocolate chip with dark chocolate chunks and just a sprinkle of salt and maybe some caramel or pretzel chunks too.

Theatre or cinema? if i cry at both does that count?

Book or movie? movies for sure. but maybe i just haven’t found the right book for me.

Flowers or Chocolate? wild flowers.

Lions or tigers (or bears)? cubs. all of them.

LEAPING LORD

Cookies or cake? Cupcakes, all the good bits about cake but in a smaller package.

Theatre or cinema? Theatre, but I do enjoy going to the cinema when I’ve got the chance.

Book or movie? Movie.

Flowers or Chocolate? Chocolates, please!

Lions or tigers (or bears)? Oh my! I like koala bears.

SANTA BABY

Cookies or cake? I don’t like sweets.

Theatre or cinema? Cinema.

Book or movie? Book.

Flowers or Chocolate? Flowers.

Lions or tigers (or bears)? Ocelots.

SCROOGE

Cookies or cake? I love both, but there’s nothing quite like the smell of fresh baked cookies.

Theatre or cinema? I feel as if it’s blasphemous to say around here, but I do prefer cinema…

Book or movie? Books, always books.

Flowers or Chocolate? I do like both, but if I had to pick, flowers.

Lions or tigers (or bears)? Lions.

TINSEL

Cookies or cake? cookies.

Theatre or cinema? theatre. less chance of some parent taking their screaming toddler who’ll end up puking on the ground before the previews

Book or movie? books are for nerds.

Flowers or Chocolate? diamonds. much more sustainable.

Lions or tigers (or bears)? tigers. bears are inadequate and i’d sooner eat my left foot than do anything to associate with gryffindors.

TWINKLE LIGHTS

Cookies or cake? I’m definitely more of a cake person.

Theatre or cinema? Theatre all the way.

Book or movie? Depends on the book or movie, but typically I prefer unwinding with an audiobook.

Flowers or Chocolate? Both. Chocolate flowers?

Lions or tigers (or bears)? Oh my.

WREATH

Cookies or cake? Cake mix cookies!

Theatre or cinema? Cinema, only because I haven’t had enough theatre excursions to say

Book or movie? I’m more likely to go with movies, since it’s easy to have them on as background noise while multi-tasking

Flowers or Chocolate? Chocolate, always!

Lions or tigers (or bears)? Lions, if I absolutely had to pick. But tigers would be close behind!

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TIS THE SEASON OF DOUBLE SECRET SANTA: REMIX!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the first week and round of Double Secret Santa! We loved revealing the matches and everyone’s thoughtful gifts!

Need a reminder of how the event works? Check out the intro post here.  

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE FOR WEEK 2…

Please have your character answer the following questions and submit their responses to the Main no later than 11:59PM EST on Wednesday, December 11.

DOUBLE SECRET SANTA QUESTIONNAIRE - WEEK 2

Your character’s answers can be as broad or as specific as you’d like, but please take into account the overall secret-ness of this event.

Cookies or cake?

Theatre or cinema?

Book or movie?

Flowers or Chocolate?

Lions or tigers (or bears)?

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Hannah Clarington [ personal reasons ]

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Because this is such a character-centric RP without any real overarching plot going on, we feel like making ‘weekly recap’ posts is pretty useful so everyone can stay up to date even if we don’t always have the time to read every single post on the dash. So here’s ACup’s 124th week in review!

New Characters

None.

This brings us to twenty-three active main characters and one minor character!

Re-opened/Retired Characters

Hannah Clarington - personal reasons 

Tasks/Events/Other

Double Secret Santa - Week 1 gifts and matches here!

Double Secret Santa - Week 2 sign up info here!

Make-ups/Break-ups/Hook-ups

ACup’s Chart

Coming up

SUNDAY, December 8

April’s Showers - Indoor season starts in January

MONDAY, December 9

PL Practice

ACup Karaoke, 8PM

TUESDAY, December 10

Warblettes Practice

ACup Open Mic, 6PM

WEDNESDAY, December 11

April’s Showers Practice

THURSDAY, December 12

Battle of the Bands, 8PM

Theme: Holiday Hits!

FRIDAY, December 13

ACup Karaoke, 8PM

SATURDAY, December 14

ACup Open Mic, 6PM

UPCOMING DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS

December 18 - Rachel Berry

MISCELLANEOUS

List of holidays here.

List of observances for every day/week/month here.

List of events in NYC here.

List of weekly in-game scheduled events here.

Other Stuff

If there’s something we may have missed - a birthday, a hook-up or anything else - please message us and let us know! We keep up with the dash, but we obviously can’t know what you headcanon with other players, and we want to make sure everyone is up to date!

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SECRET SANTA WEEK 1!

Thank you to everyone who signed up to participate! And remember if you missed signing up for this week, you have the option to join in for the remaining weeks.

Each character participating in this week’s Secret Santa has (at random) been given a holiday-inspired alias. Below the cut is an alphabetized list of aliases and their respective questionnaire answers.

In just a few moments you should receive via Discord a message letting you know which alias your character has been paired with to deliver a Secret Santa gift.

Remember that you have until 11:59PM EST on Friday to submit your gift to the Main or April for your assignee.

On Saturday all gifts and Secret Santa pairs will be revealed via April’s blog.

If there’s any confusion or you have questions, please let us know! Happy gifting!

ANNA

Hot or cold? Cold, duh. If you’re too cold, you can bundle up. If you’re too hot, you’ve just got to tear your whole skin off

Day or night? 11pm to 1am

Music or podcasts? #musicforlife

Dogs or cats? One time a cat scratched my face because I looked at him funny. We Stan dogs

Home-cooked or take out? With my schedule? Take outThank you again so much and I do apologize, I’ll send them individually for all upcoming weeks just to make sure it doesn’t happen again

BLITZEN

Hot or cold? Cold, probably.

Day or night? Night pls.

Music or podcasts? Music, podcasts are lame.

Dogs or cats? Cats.

Home-cooked or take out? Take out, always.

EGGNOG

Hot or cold? Very hot or very cold, never lukewarm. 

Day or night? Day, especially early morning. 

Music or podcasts? Music. Podcasts can never hold my attention so I end up frustrated. 

Dogs or cats? In theory, both. 

Home-cooked or take out? I'd love to say home cooked, but I'm an awful cook, so take out it is.

FRANKINCENSE

Hot or cold? Hot! I do love Christmas time, but I still have to say summer is the best

Day or night? Day time. There’s so much more to do!

Music or podcasts? Music! Podcasts totally need videos to go with them

Dogs or cats? Dogs for sure!

Home-cooked or take out? Home cooked! It tastes better when it’s made at home. I guess it’s the love?

FRENCH HEN

Hot or cold? Both, in the right mix! Nothing beats a hot fudge brownie topped with vanilla ice cream

Day or night? Early morning 

Music or podcasts? Podcasts, if I had to pick!

Dogs or cats? Both have their merits but cats have my heart

Home-cooked or take out? Home cooked so long as I’m not the one doing the cooking. I’m a mess at it though, so take out is a necessary evil

FROSTY

Hot or cold? Cold. 

Day or night? Night. 

 Music or podcasts? Music. 

Dogs or cats? Dogs. 

Home-cooked or take out? Take out.

FRUITCAKE

Hot or cold? Hot. I love the warm weather!

Day or night? Day, there’s always something wonderful about the sun.

Music or podcasts? Music.

Dogs or cats? Cats! Kittens, specifically.

Home-cooked or take out? Home cooked.

GINGERBREAD

Hot or cold? Cold drinks, hot food. 

Day or night? Night. Mornings are the worst. 

Music or podcasts? Music, but I don't hate podcasts or anything. 

Dogs or cats? Dogs, 100%. 

Home-cooked or take out? Both. I like food.

GHOST OF CHRISTMAS FUTURE

Hot or cold? Cold.

Day or night? Night.

Music or podcasts? Both annoy me.

Dogs or cats? Cats obviously.

Home-cooked or take out? Eh. Depends on my mood.

HOLY NIGHT

Hot or cold? if we’re talking drinks and stuff always cold. and i’d prob prefer to be cold over hot cause you can always pile on more layers.

Day or night? day all the way. i’m already over it being dark at like 4:30.

Music or podcasts? why not both taco girl.gif

Dogs or cats? woman’s best friend.

Home-cooked or take out? HOME. COOKED.

JINGLE BELLS

Hot or cold? Hot.

Day or night? Night owl, here.

Music or podcasts? Music, I can’t focus enough for podcasts.

Dogs or cats? Dogs.

Home-cooked or take out? Take out is my area of expertise.

JOY

Hot or cold? hot.

Day or night? night.

Music or podcasts? music. podcasts are for people who want to pretend they’re smart but know the truth deep down.

Dogs or cats? rabbits.

Home-cooked or take out? home-cooked as long as your my mom. 

KRISTOFF

Hot or cold? neither. give me a happy medium.

Day or night? night

Music or podcasts? either one and anything else that keeps me from having to talk to people

Dogs or cats? cats. they’re much less needy.

Home-cooked or take out? both of them brought right to me as soon as possible.

MILKING MAID

Hot or cold? Warm to hot. 

 Day or night? Dawn and dusk. 

Music or podcasts? Both, each has its use. 

Dogs or cats? I have a cat for time availability reasons, but I love the idea of dogs. 

Home-cooked or take out? Home cooked, always.

NAUGHTY LIST

Hot or cold? HOT HOT HOT BABY

Day or night? Daytime. The night is for bed, day is for getting that bread 

Music or podcasts? Music cause podcasts make me want to sleep 

Dogs or cats? Both are sO CUTE pls don’t make me pick

Home-cooked or take out? Who would pick takeout when you can make your own delicious food at home??? That’s dumb 

NUTCRACKER

Hot or cold? Cold

Day or night? Nights are cool, but I guess I’m more of a day person.

Music or podcasts? Music

Dogs or cats? Dogs, but I have a cat so…

Home-cooked or take out? Home cooked for sure!

PARTRIDGE

Hot or cold? Hot.

Day or night? Night.

Music or podcasts? Music I think.

Dogs or cats? I’m allergic to both.

Home-cooked or take out? Take out!

SLEIGHBELLS

Hot or cold? hot bc it’s what i am

Day or night? idk either?

Music or podcasts? podcasts tbh, especially comedy ones

Dogs or cats? BOTH?????

Home-cooked or take out? take out!!!!

SNOOPY

Hot or cold? Cold! You can make yourself warm, but you can’t cool yourself off.

Day or night? There’s something that draws me about the night.

Music or podcasts? Music, definitely.

Dogs or cats? Dogs, hands down.

Home-cooked or take out? Home cooked, definitely.

SNOWFLAKE

Hot or cold? Hot.

Day or night? Night.

Music or podcasts? Either or both, depends on my mood.

Dogs or cats? Puppies.

Home-cooked or take out? Take out. I’m a foodie brat.

ST. NICK

Hot or cold? Hot drinks, cool weather!

Day or night? Day

Music or podcasts? Podcasts

Dogs or cats? Both!

Home-cooked or take out? Home-cooked is the best!

TINY TIM

Hot or cold? Definitely hot, I mean have you met me? :P

Day or night? Night. I am very productive during the day, but the night is when I can really relax. Take a walk or just read a book, look up at the stars.

Music or podcasts? I couldn’t live without music, obviously, but there’s a lot of great podcasts out there that I listen to, especially when working out. I’ve actually just started listening to a podcast called “Crime Junky” which is two wonderful girls talking true crime!

Dogs or cats? Cats, obviously.

Home-cooked or take out? I’m more of a take out kind of girl, simply because of my busy schedule, but I wouldn’t say no to someone cooking me a meal.