Roza didn't care what he mother said as they came home late from the party nearly freezing to death.  She ignored the offers of tea and warmth by the fire and instead kept Esper at her side as she entered her sleeping section.  The house wasn't big, and everyone shared rooms, but they were sectioned off with hanging blankets and wooden panels for some semblance of privacy.  Esper had her own space and they had often shared space as young girls, now it was different.  Her mother understood the relationship had changed.  Long before Esper and Roza had figured it out themselves.  

Roza kicked off her shoes but that was the extent of her disrobing for the moment, her teeth were chattering and she pulled Esper down into the large comforter that covered her small bed.  "It'll be warmer together."

Roza had every intention of talking to Esper but as they lay together huddled under the blankets she was safe and warm and drifted off to sleep.  And when the sun streamed through the open windows Roza smiled having Esper by her side.  She leaned over and kissed her friend softly to wake her.  "When you are ready we need to talk about last night, and the question you asked me."

For those of you who use the Account Switcher you will notice a new character in red at the bottom of your account.  This is a shared account that we all have access too.  The point of this account is to be able to post NPC/PPC without attaching it to your PCs account like we have been.  This eases the wiki thread calls and we won't need to exclude threads as much.

At the moment any registered user can use the Shared account.  If we see abuse by spam bots or others then we will need to lock down permissions to it but I can do that fairly easy by switching all of us into another group and that we have to either qualify for or be moved into.

Feel free to use or not use it.  

When posting with the account make sure to post the PPC image (or some sort of signature) to indicate which character it is. So we all know who's who.

The account is: Legione Sumus which is latin for we are legion.

I removed some features.

If you find something missing let me know.  And I'll try to enable them again.

I just managed to upgrade the forums to correctly use Account Switcher and a latest and a more secure php version.

If you notice any error messages please post the url of the page and the error message here so I can look into fixing it.

Dorian paced in the lobby of the club house at Pestovo Country Club. He was meeting Christian for the first time since the divorce without Ana.  Christian came to the Country Club only once before and it wasn't as a guest.  He wasn't married to Ana, but he was now known to be her lover.  And Dorian actually found Christian a friend, and he wanted to both remove the stimga people saw around Christian but also show them he, Dorian, had no issues with what had happened.  It was of his design after all.  And most people still didn't know his true reason for the divorce or his life choices.

Christian arrived. "Hey man. I wasn't sure you'd join me."

Christian chuckled. "I thought about standing you up.  Not that I don't wanna hang out."

"I get it."

"I don't think you do. You've always been a part of this world."

Dorian nodded. "It's always an uncomfortable place."  He nodded toward the golf courses.  "You play right?"

"Lore Dearborn is a self-made entrepreneur of considerable worth, who first featured on the Forbes Under 30 list in 2044. She grew up on the Ashurst Estate outside London, alongside controversial figure Damien Oakland, the current Patron of the newly established Dominance IX. Ms. Dearborn studied at Oxford before completing her education overseas, and made her first mark on the business world while interning for luxurious brand Stella Moreau in New York. Her business Second Chances sold to Anastasia Vega of Jivana Industries for an undisclosed amount. In recent months she has been seen in the company of Jessika Thrice, former governor of Texas anticipated to become the first Privilege of IX."

Risha was pissed off at her. Sterling had been ditching school more and more and Risha couldn't come -- she didn't want to lose her academic scholarships or something like that.  Sterling didn't care. She wanted to learn how to channel, and the only place she knew she could do that was at Kalisti.  So that's where she went.  But Nox had been an asshat.  He'd contacted her parents through actual mail, sent them a proposable about learning to channel, and keeping her grades up.  It was bullshit really.  

She could sneak off to the club and learn, but she had to maintain classes online and keep up her grades.  Turnes out that was the easy part.  Channeling wasn't.  It was hard.  And Juls didn't know much more than she did, but Sterling kept at it.  

While he was gone, she started looking out for the twins that Nox had brought to the club a couple of times.  They'd gotten her number from Nox's hacker friend and Sterling spent many days hanging out with them, doing school work.  They liked doing work.  I guess when you didn't go to school it might be.  Sterling hated it, but she helped them out.  

And they had so much freedom, Sterling enjoyed spending time with them at the church they currently called home. There were a bunch of people there. Sterling tried to ignore the smell.  It didn't bother the twins.

Today they were playing a rather rousing game of hide and seek in the Church.  Kenzie was it.  Morgan insisted she knew the best hiding places and dragged Sterling after her.  "Come on, she's gonna be done in a minute.  She always cheats." 

Sterling laughed.  "Says the girl who counts by twos."

Morgan blushed, but pulled Sterling down and into a hole which they both had to crawl through.  They still weren't hiding when Kenzie called out "Ready or not!  Here I come!

A devastating fire engulfed the opulent Blackthorn mansion in the prestigious Garden District, leaving the community in shock and mourning. The blaze, which consumed the entire estate, claimed the lives of many members of the esteemed Blackthorn family, including the patriarch Ambrose and his wife Eleanor, their sons Reginald and Octavius, as well as Cedric and Charlotte. Among the victims were also their children Percival, Ambrose, and Octavius, along with the former heir to the family fortune, Edmund.

Miraculously, most of the children survived the inferno. Victoria, the sole surviving daughter of Cedric and Charlotte Blackthorn, emerges as the new heir to the vast Blackthorn fortune. In addition to Victoria, the foster children of the Blackthorn family were mostly spared, except for young Ethan Williams. The three daughters of Maximilian – Arabella, Seraphina, and Genevieve – also survived the tragedy.

The fire not only ravaged the mansion but also caused the structure to sink into the ground, leaving nothing but ashes and rubble. Authorities suspect foul play in the incident, but the extent of the damage has left no evidence to examine. As the investigation continues, the community is left grappling with the loss and the mystery surrounding this devastating event.