You know, the snow is actually a bit of a welcome change.

[Private - Tim]
I have a bit of a holiday gift to give you when you come in to work. Meant to do so earlier but I got a bit distracted in the past couple of weeks.

[Private - Aisling]
Are the saplings all right in this weather? If you are not too busy tending to your forest, I have another new drink for you to try.

[Private - Jack]
I know I've said already... but thank you.

[Private - Gwen]
... All right?

Thank you everyone for your kind gifts. Only a truly lucky man would receive two meat logs for a holiday he doesn't celebrate.

In the interest of continuing to further my rehabilitation, and not at all because I'm being forced, I'll be restarting Progressing Post-Mortem for the new year. There have certainly been enough new arrivals to generate interest again. Look for a formal announcement in the next few weeks.

This island needs a spa.

Is it too late to register for classes next semester at the community college?

So.

New Year's Eve.

Congratulations, you're a "winner."

 Given the latest round of imaginative penalties inflicted on me for my lack of imagination and initiative, I've taken it upon myself to make the sign of the evil eye and attempt to avert future punishments by making up for my alleged deficiencies over the holiday season.

The largest booth at Karaoke-Doki has been reserved on the night of its upcoming grand opening.  While as Secretary I'm in no position to compel obedience myself, please rest assured that I'm confident in my expectation that, like the majority of club events, attendance will prove to be mandatory.

Please, for your own sakes: don't be late.

Heeelllo~ Did you see what The Doctor gave me? Because it's the greatest thing ever, okay? It's so big and warm and- [ he's waving an end of this thing at the camera with a stupidly happy grin on his face ]

...Wait, I had a purpose to this post. EHEM. Right! So. How was your Christmas? Was it amazing? Mine was amazing. The greatest I ever had, even! I hope all your hearts grew two sizes.

You know what you all need? To give yourself a wonderful post-Christmas gift, and to start the New Year off right: Big scarf things too! But not just any big scarf things. You need thneeds. What is a thneed? Well, dear New Moore, if you haven't already had the joy of finding out previously-- let me enlighten you!

Ta~da~da~daaaaa: [ what is he holding up now? it's that ridiculously fluffy pink thing he has that's design doesn't seem to make any sense at all. guys we're in seuss territory. buckle your seatbelts there's going to be a rhyming musical number while he twists and turns that thing into pink-fluffy versions of others things. you all saw this coming. ]

This thing is a thneed. A thneed's a fine-something-that-all-people-need!
It's a shirt. It's a sock. It's a glove, It's a hat.
But it has other uses. Oh yes, far beyond that!
There's about a million bajillion uses or so-
So listen carefully to some so you know!
It puts out campfires, it wards of vampires
But not Conrad.
It bends into shapes, makes fancy drapes!
For this season it can be a sweater!
Next season a shirt, skirt-- fits any weather.
Use it as a sled to slide down that hill
Eat it as a soup, make a giant windmill!
Big snowball shooter ~ Seat for your scooter!
Runny nose wiper or reusable diaper
It's reversible and versatile.
Washable and responsible!
Completely collapsible! WiFi Compatible!
Don't need a large, medium, or small.
It's uniquely designed for a true one-size-fits-all.
Also the smell is wonderfully sweet
And it comes in 84 colors- isn't that neat?
You might need one. Oh you definitely do.
Only 3.98, buy one-- Heck by two!

Ehem.. [ and then he lowers his voice and quickly states the following: ]
Thneeds are all natural, made of one-hundred-and-ten-percent truffula tuft and humanely collected from the trees using a giant comb with previous permission from not one but two forest guardians. All seeds that wind up in my hands in the process will be carefully kept for emergency situations unless requested. All fruit that winds up in my hands will be used to make delicious pancake breakfasts which can be purchased during the mornings at Piece-A Pizza for 7.37-- open 9am. Ask about the jumbo pizza while you're there. 10% of profit goes to charity. No animals were harmed in the making of this song.

[Creedy is sitting on a hospital bed. staring at the phone in his hands. Give him a few minutes. Tutorial aside it's been a long long time since he's seen one of these and even when he had seen them he never really had much use for them.]

It has been a long time since I saw one of these. Cell phones. How do you keep the towers from burning down? How is any of this still standing? 

Sorry. Questions. It's just this is not exactly what I was expecting the afterlife to look like. It sure isn't hell.  I've seen close to that. Wouldn' call it quite Heaven either.

Who would 'ave thought purgatory would 'ave beaches?

Still more believable than any thing else I've heard here. I'm holdin' judgement til I get alcohol. Do they have alcohol in the 'real' world? 

Look. I appreciate the lies, but the truth of the matter is I'm dead. I know I am. I can still-

[He stops and shakes his head before offering a smile to the camera.]

Who wants to show a ghost to a pub? You've got whole bloody buildings here. One of them has to 'ave alcohol in it.

Who: Minako and EVERYONE. Yes, everyone.
When: Today? Maybe a couple of days ago? Idk.
Where: Karaokedoki, the new karaoke place in town!
What: It's opening day! Come sing!


( You )

[ooc: it's the opening of the new Karaoke place! Feel free to start new threads or join others! Free for all!]

Ran Mao says it makes me look very dapper.

I need some advice on the Dark Hour.

[The camera comes on and at first there is nothing but blue sky and a rather nice areal shot of New Moore.

The camera shifts around to a rather disgruntled Carol Danvers in her Captain Marvel outfit.]

Seriously? Do you know how many alternate universes I have been to? Telling me I'm fictional in this one mean nothing.

I'm an Avenger, this is what we call Tuesday. If you could kindly send me home? A good friend of mine will be waking up from surgery soon and I promised she could punch me when she did.

Has anyone else had any luck with time travel with this place? Or tested any theories related to the space-time continuum?

Knowing if you've broken any ground would help a lot.

For now, the name's Nathaniel. Nate's good, too.

Heavily Encrypted to the Original Young Avengers (AKA not the New Moore ones)

I considered hiding the moment I got all that explained to me, especially when I saw you were here. It's a lot easier to hide when I have somewhere to go. Something to change. I've got my armor, but not much else in the way of helping with this situation here. I've tried a few tricks already, and I'm just getting massive blockage. I wanted to contact you with good news if I ever did. That was the idea, anyway. It doesn't look like that's going to happen anytime soon.

So, I'll start with what I need to start with. ... What I'm supposed to start with.

I'm sorry.

I don't know how long it's been for any of you, but that wasn't the way to go. That wasn't the way I was supposed to make that promise. It didn't sound like much of a promise, did it?

A promise. An apology. They aren't enough. It's the most I can do until I show that I won't be ... myself. At least it looks like I have some time off to think about it.