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Cryptid of the Day: Asa Monster

Description: On February 6th, 1977 the Sunday Times published a story of a group of marines sighting a Bigfoot like creature called the Asa Monster. The sighting happened outside the Quantien Marine Base in Northern Virginia, at around 2:00am.

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My relationship with time is complicated. I either feel like four hours is two minutes or I feel like five minutes is twelve hours. Months don't make sense because some of them feel like they take four months and others don't feel like months at all. I could've sworn I was 16 eight years ago and I feel like I've been alive at least 74 years and this month doesn't feel like January because I'm still in the same mental state as I was in November.

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We’re searching for Ariadne’s thread, the one meant to guide us along the right path. A beacon in the darkness. We’d love to know our fate. Where we’re headed. But the truth is that there is but one path through all times. Predetermined by the beginning and by the end. Which is also the beginning.

D A R K   —   1.04   D o u b l e   L i v e s.

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“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another, unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations. We never discard our childhood. We never escape it completely. We relive fragments of it through others. We live buried layers through others. We live through others’ projections of the unlived selves.”

The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947

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Untitled (Hand and trees), Photo by Larry Towell, 1974

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🌙 Night time in RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 🌠

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Evening again, mourners!

We’re pleased to be sharing our [ MEMBER GROUPS ], which are based off of the five temperaments: Choleric, Sanguine, Phlegmatic, Melancholic, and Supine. Please note that we’ve created a secondary affiliation for your characters within the character’s profile, as one is unlikely to cleanly fit exclusively into any of the temperaments.

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We’re back ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ!

This time, we hope you’ll enjoy a preview of our official site [ SUBPLOTS ], which we teased last night!

As a reminder, we’re also constructing a [ BEGINNERS GUIDE ] that will break down our lore further, and provide “sparknotes” for all major plot and subplot points.

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DARK (2017-2020)

Most people are nothing but pawns on a chessboard led by an unknown hand.

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hi the discord link posted earlier seems to have expired :((( any chance you could send a new one please? <3

sorry about that! here is a link that should never expire: https://discord.gg/xtgdZdHdE6

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Greetings mourners! We’re finally ready to release...SKIN PREVIEWS.

Just a quick tease anyways! We’ll be releasing more skin previews tomorrow. And on that note, our local skin gods Anna and Dria have worked tirelessly on this skin and we’re quite proud of their work. Without further ado:

GRAPHICS DIMENSIONS:

Mini profile avatar Regular: 250 x 500 Retina: 500 x 1000 Main profile Regular: 500 x 400 Retina: 1000 x 800 Icon (to be inserted via the Avatar page of the UCP) Regular: 100 x 100 Retina: 300 x 300

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Greetings mourners! It’s time for site previews, beginning with APPLICATIONS. 

We have two styles of app— the colour block and the gradient! Each works in the same way: it's one big image with your character's name and three links. These links, when clicked, will scroll you down to their respective portions of the application. 

The info section is the same for everyone— age, occupation, birthday, etc. It's a quick overview of your character and their background.

The freestyle is your blank canvas! You can populate it however you’d like as long as you give a clear picture of who your character is and what they’re about. 2000 words is our soft limit (2500 words is our hard limit, anymore than that and you’ll be asked to cut it down) and 400 words is our minimum! The shipper is how others will plot with you and can be styled however you see fit.

 GUIDELINES: 

The image dimensions are 650px wide by 600px high. For those who like retina images, that's 1300px wide by 1200px high. This image should fit with the site aesthetic; black and white isn’t mandatory, but we do ask that it fit the monochromatic theme of the site. If you need help with graphics feel free to ask the staff team! We’re here to help. 

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for the dev contest, is it one entry into the raffle per person, regardless of how many things you post? or is it one entry per dev post?

hello anon! it’s one entry into the raffle per dev post, so the more you make the better your odds. we’re excited to see what you all come up with!!

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“When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.””

— Wendell Berry

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Back To The Future (1985) DARK (2017-2020)