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Posted in NPC "FIRST LOVE" VOTING! (Ends March 28th) Posted 5 years ago
I have the results and am updating now~ holy jeepers this is wild.
Posted in NPC "FIRST LOVE" VOTING! (Ends March 28th) Posted 5 years ago
The scores have been updated!

Vichard keeps the lead @756!!
Virgil is second with 72!
Valentina is third with 23~
Velvet is fourth with 1....
Violet despite having zero roses or lavender is not in last place.
Poor Vyctor is last with negative 577 Yikes!

Will update you again tomorrow night! <3
Posted in NPC "FIRST LOVE" VOTING! (Ends March 28th) Posted 5 years ago
Day 1 has been updated! Will update again tomorrow night.

Vyc vs Vic seems to be the start!
Posted in NPC "FIRST LOVE" VOTING! (Ends March 28th) Posted 5 years ago
Hmm...so far all the boys are getting a lot of attention. No one has rallied behind our strong females yet!
Posted in NPC "FIRST LOVE" VOTING! (Ends March 28th) Posted 5 years ago

Here are the Tallies!
Updated Daily! There is no limit to how many trades you send! Roses will increase their score. Lavender will decrease their score.

Vichard
Roses: 10753
Lavender: 20120
Total: negative 9367

Virgil
Roses:4627
Lavender:253
Total: +4374

Vyctor
Roses: 20708
Lavender: 10537
Total: 10,171

Valentina
Roses: 7043
Lavender: 7276
Total: negative 233

Velvet
Roses: 5609
Lavender: 2156
Total: 3453

Violet
Roses: 8994
Lavender:6480
Total: 2514

**Note: Totals include trades not yet complete. Users could change their trades or cancel at any time until the trade fully passes.**

SHOW YOUR TEAM SPIRIT






Vichard
[img]https://i.imgur.com/PIcuR3s.png[/img]


Virgil
[img]https://i.imgur.com/sjME9Lu.png[/img]


Vyctor
[img]https://i.imgur.com/1QewHRn.png[/img]


Valentina
[img]https://i.imgur.com/94ydgpi.png[/img]


Violet
[img]https://i.imgur.com/lffCy1J.png[/img]


Velvet
[img]https://i.imgur.com/s1xhfh5.png[/img]



Posted in NPC "FIRST LOVE" VOTING! (Ends March 28th) Posted 5 years ago
How this works:

You’ll be earning roses and lavender throughout this event. With the extras you accumulate, you'll vote, and will be competing to have the NPC of your choice tell their first love story in comic form.



Each rose donated via trade (TO the specific NPC) will count as a vote, but watch out! Anyone can change the game by donating a lavender, which
will subtract from the total score! That's right, this is an all-out flower war! We'll be updating this thread daily with the tallies!

You have until March 28th@10:00pm to send NPCs as many Roses and Lavender as you possibly can!

ENDS MARCH 28th @10:00pm Voltra Time. Any trades not finished at this time will NOT count to final scores.
Posted in NPC "FIRST LOVE" VOTING! (Ends March 28th) Posted 5 years ago
Good morning, good afternoon, and good day, Volties! The world’s a-spinning, the birds are singing, and love love LOVE is in the air! Viv here with one heck of a surprise for all of you~! We’ll be learning about the first love of one of our very special friends lined up below~



The winner will be getting their very own EXCLUSIVE COMIC! Say-wha? I'm sure I'm not the only one wondering who their first loves were! Who or what could it have been that caused it yet also ended it? You're curious too, right? But whose story will it be? That's where you come in! :vivihappy:

Posted in Vivi's Memories Posted 5 years ago
Prizes
Per colored page: 500 Volts
Completing all 3 pages: 2k Volts

Per short story: 500 Volts
Completing all 3 short stories: 2k Volts

(You may win a total of 4k volts if you color each page and submit each short story!)

Hall of Fame
The best short story, colored image and short story plus colored image will be voted on by staff and showcased.
The winners will each receive a February Crate!

To submit your entries ping @Vivienne: with your image (uploaded to a hosting site like imgur or postimg.cc)
If submitting short stories, make sure to include them in spoilers alongside the image.

Entries

“And the true killer… Was capitalism.”

There was a hushed silence in the circle, only the pop of the crackling fire filling the air. With a huff, Violet shoved her brother, laughing, “That story was terrible! How was that supposed to be scary?”

Virgil rolled his eyes as he glanced away, “You’d be scared if you paid attention to the government.”

There was an annoyed squeak, followed by a thoughtful hum as Vregory tapped his chin, “Eugene says ca….cap… caterpillarism isn’t so bad because it gives us lots of leftover goodies.”

“Exactly my point. The amount of waste produced under the machine of capitalism while workers are left starving is-"

With a faint laugh, Vivienne quickly cut into the angry rant, waving her hands towards the group sitting comfortably around the firepit, “I… I thought it was a very interesting story! But Violet, do you have one you think is scarier?” She smiled insistently.

Giving a mischievous smile, Violet slid a puffy marshmallow onto the end of a sharpened stick, holding it over the firepit between them all, “Oh absolutely, but are you sure you can handle this?” When the group nodded she sighed, and began to tell her tale.

“They say there is a foul creature that stalks these very woods… A large, unseemly beast who’s hunger can never be sated. Countless times, lone travellers looking for a hike enter the treeline and yet are never seen again. But no matter how many hapless wanderers it captures, it’s always stalking, looking for more. Hm…” She paused her story, eyebrows furrowing as if met with frustration as she shook her head, “Now… I’m struggling to remember what it looked like… Mnn…. What kind of monster was it…?”

“A… A werewolf?” Vivienne offered, earning a shake of Violet’s head, “A vampire? M-Maybe a bigfoot?”

“Ah!” Violet’s eyes lit up, holding up her finger with a huge grin, “Of course! This monster… was a goblin!” Waiting for the response, she was only met with three sets of eyes with varying degrees of confusion, laughing as he pressed her hands to her cheeks, “Get it? A gobblin’?”

Letting out a long sigh of annoyance Virgil rubbing the bridge of his nose, “You wasted our time. Why am I not surprised?” Pulling a gooey marshmallow off his stick, he turned to his friend, “Vreg, don’t let her go again. Tell one.”

After a long, thoughtful pause, the rat man tilted his head, “Scary story… Oh one time me and Eugene were walking through this woods and we ran into a bear that was pretty scary.”

“A bear? H-Here?!” Vivienne gulped audibly, looking around worriedly, “You don’t think there’s a bear out there right now d-do you?” She looked to her friends for comfort, earning a pat on her shoulder from Violet as she gave her a smile.

“That would be beary unfortunate, but don’t worry. I’m sure all our noise would scare away any animals out here.”

Vregory nodded, “Mhm when I saw him coming out here he didn’t seem interested in camping so we’re okay.”

The group went silent as all eyes landed on Vregory, who absentmindedly shared a marshmallow with his nearest rat companion. He seemed to miss the heavy atmosphere until Virgil let out an annoyed cough, “You mean this just happened?”

“Yeah was right before I found you guys, I know the city better than the woods so I got lost and-”

Vivienne hopped up onto her feet, laughing nervously, “O-Oh! Look at the time! I… I promised Vanora I’d help… Uh… H-Her wash Timberland! Yeah! Sorry!” She continued to laugh, eyes wide with fear as she hurriedly gathered her belongings.

Meanwhile, Virgil was moving to stand as well, helping his sister up into her chair, “You don’t been to make excuses. We’re all leaving. Screw this.”

“Aw…” Violet laughed as she held onto Virgil for support, turning to Vregory with a wink and a grin, “Congratulations on telling the scariest story of the night. You gave everyone paws for concern! Talk about a grizzly tale!”

Vregory nodded, not really sure why it was time to leave but scooping up the rats as he smiled, “Yeah... I think is a grizzly bear.”

Vivienne was already halfway across the woods, praying under her breath that she never had to find out.

Posted in Vivi's Memories Posted 5 years ago


Task
Your task is to help Vivi get her memories back by coloring in the images
below and/or writing stories to go along with them! Surely that will help jog her memories!

Pages
Coloring Page One
Coloring Page Two
Coloring Page Three

Guidelines
Start date: January 18
End date: February 10
* You are allowed to color the pages as many times as you like, but the volt prize will only be awarded once per page.
* As an alternative, you may write a short story to go along with a page (colored or not).
You must attach the short story to the coloring page that it goes with when submitting.
*You are allowed to submit both coloring pages and short stories.
Again, you can submit as many entries as you like, but volts will only be awarded once per coloring page.

*Note: Staff ARE allowed to participate but are not elligble to win the Hall of Fame prizes!
Posted in Vivi's Memories Posted 5 years ago

Vague, foggy memories drifted in and out of Vivienne's sleepy mind. Right when a memory was about to fully form, it would float away again. Eventually, they all blurred together so much that it startled her awake!

"Whoa... that was so strange! I've never experienced anything like that before..." Still a little woozy from her weird slumber, Vivi attempted to stand up but found it too difficult. "What on earth happened last night?" It suddenly hit her that she absolutely couldn't remember a single thing about last night. But why?

Looking around the room, trying to find a hint, a small clue about what had happened to her, she noticed her wine bottle was empty. It was also... glowing, somehow. Warily she crawled over to it and poked it with her finger, turning it over so that she could see a label. It read, "Special Fuel No. 14" and in itty bitty letters underneath "Do not ingest. May cause memory loss and other weird but definitely not lethal side effects."

"Oh no... Did I- did I DRINK this??" Vivi's eyes widened and she started freaking out a little. Thinking back to when she dropped something off at Val's, she remembered setting her bottle down for just a moment and picking it back up. "Oh gosh, what if I picked up the wrong one? Oh Vivi... you're such a complete ditz sometimes!"

After a few minutes of rocking back and forth and staring at the abomination lying on her living room floor, Vivienne took a deep breath and centered herself. "Alright, Viv. You just gotta buck up and figure this out! All I need is... Oh I know! All I need is some help from our friendly neighborhood Volties to get my memories back!"
Posted in Some advice? Posted 5 years ago

Hey Volties, how are you today?
If it's okay and you guys aren't busy and such, do you think we could discuss
proper pet care? I absolutely love Timberland, we are bonded and I wouldn't
trade her for the world! But, I confess I'm having some difficulty as a first time cat owner.

Any advice on how to identify meowing? She meows an awful lot and I'm never sure if she's
just being chatty or needs something. Her food obsession is kinda out of control too. It's cute
in some ways! But others it means me having to lock her into a separate room whenever Vanora and
I eat...I feel so guilty!!

Could you share your cat stories and pointers? It'd mean a whole lot, thanks.


Posted in Help me pick a name! Posted 5 years ago
You have until January first to submit names and photos. :)
Posted in Help me pick a name! Posted 5 years ago
After helping Vivienne and Vontell volunteer at Voltra's animal rescue league,
Volties helped Vivi pick which animal to bring home and adopt.
Your votes resulted in cat #1. The story continues~


This blue eyed, white cat with tan ears and legs that looks like she is wearing boots sneaks her way between Vivienne's legs and looks up at her longingly. Crouching down to pet the darling, she purrs delightfully and even stands upright on her hind legs to reach Vivienne's face and rub her own whiskers up against. Enamored with kitty, Vivienne looks in the portfolio the ID number and read her story.

Found outside on a cold winter day, a litter of kittens trying to feed from her but she was too malnourished to produce milk. Kind Samaritan brought she and her kittens in and the outcome looked bleak for the mama. However, time and patience she prevailed to make a full recovery. All of her kittens have been adopted and she finds herself longing for a family of her own. Pros: Nurturing like behavior would be good for both Vivienne and Vanora's anxiety, she’s very sweet. Cons: Seems her time being feral has left her food obsessed and struggles with boundaries when she senses you're eating a hot meal. Meows incessantly.




Alerted to the sound of footsteps coming up the stairs, Vivienne rushed the finishing touches of the gift she had just brought home. Looking down at the sweet looking blue eyed cat, Vivienne stroked her forehead once more and apologized as she closed the lid of the box. Naturally breathing holes were along the sides, but guilt still rang in her chest for keeping her new family member enclosed. ”I’m sorry, it won’t be much longer she’s coming up right now!” Quickly tucking the box under the tree, just as Vanora whipped the door open and gave a loud sigh of relief. She was covered in dirt and pine needles that tracked behind her as she walked towards the bathroom.
”Hey Viv….just a sec babe…I have to clean up.”

Concern hit Vivienne as Vanora seemed to be falling over and she lunged to catch her. “Vanora! Be careful! What is going on with you?!” Vanora gently grasps Vivienne’s hands that had been supporting her and brought them to her cheeks as an attempt to warm her face. The chill of Vanora’s skin made the hair on Vivienne’s arms stand up.

“I’m okay. Just burnt out from a long day of hanging ribbons and bells. Totally need a bath though.” Helping Vanora undo her various accessories while cleaning the dirtied floor with a rag under her foot, Vivienne felt another concern as the box she brought home was awfully quiet for something advertised as “Incessant meowing.”

“Are you going to be okay getting into the bath on your own, Van?” Concern trilling in Vivienne’s voice. Vanora turned to kiss Vivienne on the cheek, then another quick one off the lobe of her ear leaning in to whisper. “Oh, I don’t know babe. I might be a hazard to myself, maybe you should accompany me, hmm?” Vanora traced her fingers flirtatiously down Vivienne’s arm only to be disappointed by the minimalist giggle.

“As tempting as that is, I’m afraid a bath with you right now would also leave me smelling of dirt and pine. It would also prevent me from getting a hot meal ready for you when you are finished with the bath.” Vivienne gives a solid wink while sticking out her tongue. “Rain check though?” Sighing once again and falling back into her sluggish posture; Vanora nods in agreement and makes her way alone to the bathroom. Just as the door closed, Vivienne darted back to the tree to check on her cat.

As she opened the lid she felt relieved to see the beautiful girl sleeping peacefully and nuzzled up with a fish shaped toy.“Whew, thank goodness. Sorry for the delay but soon enough I promise!”
Slipping the lid back on-Vivienne went and changed into a cooking apron to began prepping a beautiful holiday meal. Lining a new and tantalizing appetizer up on the table every fifteen minutes or so as she sang out loud to the carols on the radio.
After about an hour of this repetition, a freshly bathed Vanora in silken pajama’s gasps. What the heck happened here?? Unsure of the reason for shock, Vivienne started to explain: Why, I was just making us a festive Solstice---!! WHAT! Dropping her spatula in surprise, the food on the table looks to have been nibbled on in varying ways and leaving a complete mess. Food also slowly spilling onto the floor.

”I wish you had mentioned Vreg would be joining us…I’m totally fine with it but the rats-” Vivi smacks her forehead annoyed at herself for not being more attentive, and she notes the box where her gift was sleeping- has the lid off. ”Vanora, I’m very sorry but I need you to help me find a white cat with blue eyes and tanned legs that look like boots.”

Confused Vanora raises her hands up and raises her tone flabbergasted. ”That’s AWFULLY specific!” They both begin checking every crevice of their home and under the tables and it took checking under the couch a few times before finally seeing the shimmery blue eyes.

”Found her! Help me lift the couch Vivi I think she might be stuck!” They both lifted the couch to tilt it back to the wall, struggling and begging the kitty to run and go- however, the young girl was more than content right in the spot she was in, and without a care in the world is gnawing down on a slice of cantaloupe. After louder begging from both Vivi and Vanora, the cat grabs what’s left of her slice and calmly walks out from under the couch and back into the open area of the living room. The girls carefully drop it back down so not to scare her. ”AWE, Vivi she is adorable! Let’s keep her!”
Eyes wincing at the irony, Vivi points at the gift box the cat was initially stored in.
”Yes that was the plan. Happy Solstice Van, I brought home a food obsessed cat.” Shoving her face into her hands in a grown, Vanora’s laughter and gentle voice as she engages with the cat, puts her at ease.

After cleaning up the mess, Vivienne and Vanora enjoy the rest of the delightful foods the best they can. Despite frequent interruptions from their new cat meowing in the back- and them impulsively getting up to check on her each time. Finally, the young girl comes back out from searching the home and makes her way to Vivienne's lap contently. They are filled with laughs as their cat meows in response to their own conversation. Van and Viv are looking forward to acclimating to life with their new family member. Discussing over dinner, what her name should be.

Please submit name suggestions in this thread.
(One name entry per user, don't need long copy pasted lists. These names should be thoughtful!)
Staff will pick their favorite name which will become an companion NPC to Vanora and Vivi
as well as purchasable in the shops. The winner can "adopt" this cat in the 5 colors of their choice.
Second best will receive 5k volts.


Also, post pictures of your own pets at home! We'll pick three photogenic creatures
to win their owner a common orb!


He does seem like a cute rascal @Saeyra: and Ah, I realize I might have been too hasty myself.
I will leave voting up into tomorrow afternoon for those who went to bed and might have some wisdom to share.
Wish I could spend the night here snuggling with them all.