phew, working on pets is tiring to me tbh! I have so many plans for my own and I haven't even gotten to actually starting haha, maybe we can motivate each other? i was just checking out your pets and i had to laugh, i used to have an oc called Artemis Spring! my baby at the moment is Warble but i have literally nothing done except an idea in my head D: man, your day sounds exhausting! what do you do? and taking buses that long always sucks. do you get the chance to read or listen to a podcast or sth on the way?

we'll make sure to keep the convo going with you so that you feel like you should stay ;P

aw man, advents calenders are the best though. but yeah, i wrote my first exam today so celebratory drinks for myself (just water though, need to study) but my next big exam is finance and i am an absolute shitshow for that D: are you any good at it perhaps?

Hiii Secret Santa I love your stories and your gifts very, very much! They really brighten up my day, especially on a day like today. c: The extra comments are da bomb. Thank you. <3 (P.S. Aaah the Upset Marshmallow is the cutest!!) (P.P.S. You made me eat lots of lollies until I genuinely felt sick, congrats. xD I'd probably have done it anyway though. I don't understand people who go to the gym and/or don't eat sweets.)

I'm so sorry I never responded to either of your messages I am a tired butt : P

I'm glad you liked my storm avatar. <3 Your current one is super duper cute! I love the blues you used. And your pretty wig. c: This laptop is kinda ridiculous because it's so smaaallll compared with my old one and it's so basic so it can't run any games Crai I'll survive though! C: I have a new one planned but probably won't get hold of it for a long while.

lol, i've got enough chocolate to go into january, but now i want an advent calendar XD ah, no. i'm not good at finance. it involves too many numbers, lol

So is this our current "chit chat" thread? Popping in to say hi to all you lovelies. <3 I hope everyone is having a marvelous lumi (and holiday season in general.).

Alright, finally getting around to replying to things! This week's been really busy so I've been on my phone mostly and it's difficult to do much in the way of replies on there. x3

Physics isn't required there? It's one of those things that's built into the curriculum here, like you're literally not allowed to graduate high school without taking at least one physics class. Aha, oh my gosh. cx Math teachers are rare birds indeed, but that sounds so funny. My calc teacher was honestly the most enthusiastic person about numbers ever, she'd go into multivariable stuff unintentionally sometimes and it was hard to get her to chill enough that we could figure out what she was talking about. cx Chemistry makes sense to me, I'm not real sure why! But I'm glad physics makes sense to you, because it's crazy important and I can't do it at all, aha. Three kids in two years? Whoa. o.o She needs to chill, aha. I've had a fair amount of awful teachers too, but luckily they were mostly in subjects that didn't matter a lot. Aha, most of the popular schools here are party schools too. x3 I'm hoping the one that I chose is calmer, it should be because it's a science based school!

I actually have a few pets that I could just zap, but I keep forgetting to because there's so much Lumi stuff in my inventory rn that I don't want to accidentally zap. x3 What else are you wanting to fill your pet slots with? n_n Candy shopping is so fun, oh my gosh. What's your favorite type of candy? (Also I did poke your person yesterday! If they don't respond by the time the new theme's up, I'll try and mess with the rotation a bit.)

Ahh, yeah, Morostide is always fun but sometimes I can't get myself to get involved in the stories and stick around either. x3 I left around Morostide a few years ago too. Is there anything really major that's changed since you've left? The second one is actually almost over, but there might be a place in the last round, depending upon if someone responds or not. If so, I'll send you a mail with your person's name! And if not, I'll find some cute stuff to send you too! n_n It's just one of those activities that requires a lot of people and is hard to mess with once it's started.

That sounds so cool! Cooking is really fun, and I wish I was better at it. cx What do you want to do with it, if not be a chef? o: I haven't really started yet! I graduated high school in June and am doing a gap year and working before school. I'm going to school to study geoscience next year though! That sounds really cute! Yeah, definitely let me know if you've got ideas for stuff! I'd also be up for figuring out stuff that both of us could run if you'd want to, I'd like to let some members run events as well but I don't know who'd be willing to and all that. Probably something I'll ping you guys for once Lumi's over, to figure out what we wanna do for Survival/Vesnali/etc!

You're totally good, don't worry!! ❤️ Obviously I'm not the most on top of my pings either right now. cx Thank you! c: It's one of my favorite color schemes, so I'm really happy to finally find a way to use it. Your avatars are always so interesting to look at, you have a really unique style! ❤️ Ahh, that's no fun. :c At least it can do some basic stuff though?

Yup, this is our everything-and-the-kitchen-sink thread right now! It's nice to see you around again. ❤️ How're your holidays going? n_n

We have to do general Science (Bio, Chem and Phys) until 16. 16 is sort of our 'graduation' age. You used to be able to quit school altogether at that point (until a few years ago). After that you just continue with about four subjects of your choosing (like I did Phys, Chem, Bio, Maths and Further Maths). When I say there is a lack of Physics teachers I mean for this next level after you've done the 'high school' exam. A bunch of schools/colleges will not offer Physics (and other subjects) so you have to choose a school/college accordingly. Or they will have Physics taught by a non Physics graduate. I have to do more Chemistry-ish Physics now for my Master's project and I think I'm going to end up in this area of Physics so I have to get over my repulsion haha. It's not really that bad I was just scarred by the education experience x_x Science-based sounds like a good sign. It's such a nightmare when your school fails to just give you a decent teacher. Haha I feel like I've told you way more than you ever needed to know about the British education system. Sorry!

omg you're heeeere <3 <3 Hope you're doing well! :)

Wow you are SO CHRISTMASSY right now, how do you even do that I'm going to attempt a more festive HA today. Wish me luck! xD Thank youuu, you're such a sweetie. <3 My style is so odd. It can run one browser at a time (sad because I like having FF open to do things while I play Subeta on Chrome, silly me). But it's okay and at least I can try to resave my bookmarks on here. c:

i know! i'm worried about items getting zapped or burned (for fireside). well, i'm hoping for a zentu, something kangaroo like, & something hobbit like, maybe a priggle. i had some tips for a kangaroo like pet, so i'm still mulling over my options.

chocolate candy ___ mostly snickers, but definetly anything chocolate, lol.

yay! :D thank you!

/shimmies in, throws holiday candy at everyone, and shimmies back out/

Hi all, it's been forever but i'm back from another long hiatus & hope to be more active this time around!

@ Tori is it too late to join in on Secret Santa? :)

Agh somehow I unsubscribed to this thread. D: Finally found it again. (:

Happy Lumi! -goes to raid WLs-

Oh! We can try to! I was actually about to start working on some of mine right now. I already have 3 more pets I want to make, but I'll wait two more months until I get the loyalty bx to make one of them. I already have too many pets (15? I think?) so working on them first is probably a better idea. Really? That's so cool! I love the name Artemisia - I actually used it as a user name on an MMO I use to play, and it just stuck with me. It's hard to come up with ideas for pets. ): I use to have a whole different set of pets and never thought of a story for any of them. This set is from a story I'm working on, that's on hiatus since I'm burnt out from it. I work as a Pharmacy Technician at a grocery store at the moment. I'm learning all the ropes of how their system works and such, as well as dealing with customers and organizing the pharmacy. I typically work 5 to 8 hour shifts, and my schedule is all over the place since I'm filling in for a tech that left, and they're training me. It should be more consistent next month. Hopefully. I usually read on my way to work. I've been picking up books from the local bookstore the past few weeks, and have about four books to read. Podcasts drain my phone's battery, sadly. ): I probably wouldn't mind if I didn't have to use my phone as my bus ticket.

Hmmm, nothing major has changed since I left. Least, from what I've noticed. I may dig around the site more to see if anything has changed. Oh, okay! I'll look forward to that mail if it does happen. And aw! You don't have to! I'll find some things in return if you do. (:

Before I forget (again), thank you for the birdie sticker! ❤️ Snooburbs are the best thing this site has ever come up with, aha. Ahh, okay, that makes sense! That actually sounds really cool, I'd love if I could just pick four subjects to continue with but college here is everything. To some degree, it's the same way here though - not every school offers every subject. If I was still going to major in music like I'd thought a few years ago, I definitely wouldn't be going to the same school - it doesn't have a music program at all! And I definitely wouldn't go the music school I'd wanted to for geoscience, either. cx Aha, aw. cx What's your project about? Nah, it's interesting! I like hearing about the way things are done in other countries. c: Bad teachers are a nightmare anywhere!

...Carefully. cx Actually, this was something I made for a Style File contest! This is the thread for it, and this one was my attempt at a Shengui Guo outfit. n_n Sure, but you use a lot of items that most people don't and I love seeing how they actually make awesome pieces! Ahh, that's annoying. :c But yay for bookmarks! They're so handy, I'm always losing/forgetting things. cx

Ooh, zentus are so pretty! I want one too, but I have no clue what to do with one. cx A priggle would be super cute for a hobbit! Aha, chocolate is always good! It's so versatile, you can cover it with stuff or cover other stuff with it and it's almost always pretty awesome. Definitely one of my favorite things too, aha.

Hey, nice to see you again! You're so glittery and ethereal, too o: The third theme'll be up tomorrow and it looks like we've got a couple other people who want to join in, so nope! I'll figure out the rotation in a bit and mail you your person's name. n_n

That's good! Certainly makes it easier to get used to it again, aha. One time, I left for like 2 months and came back totally lost because they'd converted the forums. x3 It looks like it will! It looks like a couple other people also want to join for the third theme. n_n Aw, don't worry about it! I like to gift things. I've found stuff for about half the people that are active in the cult right now and plan on finding things for the other half today!

i don't know what to do with a zentu either, but it's so gorgeous _____

nod yep! there isn't yet a chocolate that i have met that i don't like, lol.

@ Tori sounds great thank you! <3

does anyone know why they took the achievement counts off the forums? :c

They're so delicate and ethereal _ Which color is your favorite? Same, aha. Well, a chocolate chocolate. I'm convinced white chocolate isn't actually chocolate. cx

No problem! c: They removed the achievement and post count to make the forums load faster I think! It's still on the hovers though, so it's not too hard to find.

they are! i really like aqua, cream, dawn, & dusk. they just look amazing.

lol, me too. i did like hershey's cookies & cream with white chocolate, but other than that, not so much.

Haha no problem! I remember you mentioning you liked them so when I came across the sticker I knew you were its home. That's funny because I love your system! I think 16 is too soon to decide your life. I miss History and English and French and everything else. I'm looking at domain walls in ferroelectrics. So lots of crystal structures, phases, interatomic potentials... and all that. But that's the good bit of Chemistry to me anyway, since it's the Physics bit xD

[edit] I second you on white chocolate.

super quick question - do we have the same SS as last round? (just want to make sure before I start shooting presents their way.)