I don't know about the rest of you, but I've spent a lot of time, mental effort, and, honestly, money, to create my little text-based paper doll characters. We've been through it all together. Marriage, births of children, divorce, love, losses, hate, rain, shine, a global pandemic, wars, the death of Bin Laden, life, death, the end of their origin game, the creation and adaptation of a whole ass new game world, all of the thingssss. 

Through it all, my little people have been my escape from a world that we all know can be outright ugly. As such, I am sure you can imagine that I've put a lot of thought and time into their details as they've progressed and metamorphosed over the years into who they are now. 

 This new game world has so much potential to create, (or recreate, if you so choose) your characters into something new, to adapt to the world they live in. I struggled, at first, I will be the first to admit, but, I am SO glad that I've stuck it out. As such, my little D has become so much more than she ever could have been in ICo. A healer, gardener, nurturer, provider of handmade foods from scratch (literally, milk > cheese & grain > flour > doughs > pasta, breads, pastries, etc.) to the masses, willing and unwilling alike, huntress, Romani omnist, (Shh. We find that out IC through play), a friend to those who I wouldn't have thought, land owner, single parent who picked herself back up by her bootstraps and became all of these things because of it... Woo! She's a lot. Coming from a character that I never used to play, because she was inundated with clothing orders, and had little to no RP because of it, I am very glad that I've stuck it out in order for her to become who she is now. 

Anyhoo! I've rambled, and blabbed. The gist is, share your inspirational art shit!

Show us your pretties, and how the game has inspired you, or even your old versions of your chars that have been a part of AoE. Share your sceneries, your landscapes, your snapshot images of a day in the life here. Give us your brain-juice images!!! 

Here's D before I mess her up with watercolor <3 

For weeks now my internet loses signal during game play. I'm not logging off on purpose during game play. I have called my IP to fix the issue and they are going to send a tech out to my house to either fix or install new equipment. They are unsure if it is a router issue or a dish issue. Originally they told me it could be weeks before I would see a tech, but since I told them I'm doing school work on it (which isn't a lie, but I'm not in school again until next year) they will send someone out to my house on the 30th to see what the problem is. So hopefully, I will be able to RP without any interruptions soon.

Darlene's player

Thalia - ThA-lee-a

Emeraude ( I -know- this is wrong) Em-ee-rude

Landon - Lan-done

Margrat - Mar-great

Alonzo - Al-Lon-Zoe

Maena - Me-Na

Orla - Or-la (<.<)

Matteo - Ma-Tah-Oh

Kilana - Kill-Anna

Samir - Sah-Meer

Frederic - Jah-en

To commemorate this milestone, we will be giving away 20 storypoints to any account that logs in during the time frame of Monday September 21 (12am ET) through Sunday September 27 (11:59pm ET).

I have met so many wonderful people because of Skotos and I am so glad for all the cherished memories and opportunities. Thank you all so much for your continued support.

Feel free to use this thread to share your own stories of RP and happy memories if you feel compelled to do so :)

Roo