As you'll see in the Interactive Stories folder, I've begun preparations for the Rhy'din-wide event scheduled to come into existence on the first week of the upcoming month. I really, really hope that I've covered all the necessary information on this in the latest issue of Ubique's Weekly well enough. As a recap:

Keep an eye on October! Mutual Endeavors is scheduled to host its first annual New and Gently Used Character Party by the first of the month! The buzz on our forums about this idea is so very magically delicious. The idea sprang up in an earlier thread in which I asked people to tell me a little bit about themselves, their characters, and how they came across ME. Member Sevarenia moved the topic over to its very own thread and ideas came flying about left and right!

According to the newly installed calendar system, the dates for this week long event stretch from the 1st of October to the Sunday of the 7th, 2007, this year. There have been worries expressed as to how members are going to logically conclude that their characters get involved, but hopefully we've washed away all those concerns by volunteering to open up the doors to Limbo and have the party hosted by Rhy'Din's favorite friendly neighborhood psychopath Ehzoterik VonArcanum! The general idea of this event is as follows:

Many people may well know that Ehz is notorious for barging into local pubs and taverns by way of closet door. The secret is, supposedly, that broom closets act as doorways to another dimension. Not just broom closets, though! Pantries and bedroom closets. Any small storage room with a working door will do! The secret to getting to Limbo is in having the key, of which Ehzoterik VonArcanum is rumored to be the only individual in the known and unknown multiverse and out-laying dimensions who possesses one. This theory has yet to be perfectly tested.

For story-lining purposes, what you as players need to know for your characters is that at the stroke of a minute after midnight, in the wee hours of Monday morning, October 1, 2007, closet doors all over the realms will burst open gateways to Limbo. A flash of light and maybe even the doors swinging open themselves should guide the way. When stepped into, the back wall of all closets, pantries, and storage rooms throughout the multiverse will be drenched in light. Portals that lead to this most mysterious of otherworldly places known as Limbo.

A complete and detailed description of to where these portals will lead can be seen on our ME forums in the Limbo child board under Ubiquitous Realms: The House That Limbo Built. The place to play has been set up as an AOL and AIM friendly buddychat also linked to on our forums and titled Beyond the Closet Door. Of course, we've also provided you the link to this room here. ME member and fellow supporter Navarra further detailed that participants should "have your IM service running when you hit the link." Another way of handling this: "You can also cut and paste aim:gochat?roomname=BeyondtheClosetDoor&exchange=4 into an IM to yourself."

Anyone and everyone is welcome to attend this week-long event. Since it will be running for seven days straight, however, participants should be advised that it is not likely the room itself will be moderated. We can only hope that this party goes off without a hitch and that no party-pooping morons get it into their head to cause us trouble. Hope to see you there!

ps: Because I posted it in the Interactive Stories board ... Yes. That means that if you want you can write up character reactions. Have your characters grab one off a pole or something. Wonder about its Crayola-riffic meaning. Etcetera and so forth.

*MST3K reference in second post above.

For more information on this storyline and the conversations that lead up to it, check out the thread The New and Gently Used Character Party. As well as our events calendar that talks a little about it as well.

Feel free to join in on the storyline, or not as you see fit. There are many ways in which the shockwave can be blocked, such as magic wards that protect residences and things being in the way of the doors. Also: you may add to this and other potential future posts however you like. It's pretty much free reign and anything goes, but if you have AIM/AOL we are maintaining an open room to be played in as well. Any questions? PM me.