The Drift
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Fall: Story Entries Open
Roz has a pet portrait missing its eyes and smile, Kiksadi won Candy Art, Bonnie features 5 familiar discoveries, and Bonnie spotlights the Glowvine Prowl.
By Della BrightbrookThe Drift news desk · 9:15 AM EST
Finish Roz's Pet Portraits
Roz paints every sitter who visits the Pawtrait studio, and somewhere between the cushion and the canvas the details keep going missing. Put each eye, smile, marking and paw back where it belongs to finish the portrait.
Her latest sitter, a pink Moosh, is being very patient about it.
Candy Art Results Are In
Candy
Art round
Results 1 place awarded
1st @Kiksadi 5,000 SC
Lyrics round
Voting Voting closes Nov 21, 12:00 AM EST
Fall Story round
Entries open Entries close Nov 28, 12:00 AM EST
New series: Fall · Story, Art and Lyrics rounds
Change, harvest, and finding what is worth keeping.
- Story · Entries Nov 14 to Nov 28 · Voting to Dec 5 · Prizes 5,000 SC / 2,500 SC / 1,000 SC
- Art · Entries Nov 21 to Dec 5 · Voting to Dec 12 · Prizes 5,000 SC / 2,500 SC / 1,000 SC
- Lyrics · Entries Nov 28 to Dec 12 · Voting to Dec 19 · Prizes 5,000 SC / 2,500 SC / 1,000 SC
Examples from past winners
It was Halloween day, and the sun was shining overhead while crisp red, orange, and yellow leaves skittered along the ground in the light breeze.
Story · The Great Candy Quest, 1st in Candy by @Kiksadi
Art · Prulen Fruit Gummies, 1st in Candy by @Kiksadi
My little keeper, hold me tight You always guard me through the night Armored in love, your hug is my shield Every stitch a promise made for me and you Soft…
Lyrics · Night Knight, 1st in Plushies by @Kiksadi
5 Familiar Discoveries in Focus
Ready to meet, thanks to the players who discovered them.
#Cairnscuttle
Born of stony hops and skittering claws, this small earthen insectoid trundles along on many quiet legs, its plain pebble-toned shell hiding faint speckles it never quite grew…
Discovered by @Greenrabbit36.
#Lumitail Wisp
Born of soap-bubble shimmer and bird-bright plumage, this tiny avian glows faintly from within, its glass-thin wings scattering light like a held breath.
Discovered by @georgiakait201.
#Glimleaf Wingcat
Sprouted from a mossy hush and a spark that never quite went out, this feline inherited soft green fur and quietly glowing leaf-buds along its spine.
Discovered by @georgiakait201.
#Cairnfin Scuttle
Born of loam and tide, this striped little scuttler digs burrows through soft earth but still paddles its fringed fins when puddles form.
Discovered by @Kiksadi.
#Mossfawn Glimmerwing
Born of leaf-fluff and butterfly wings, this gentle fawn-cub wears cream spots like sunlight through canopy leaves, with a faint striped hush hidden beneath its coat.
Discovered by @Kiksadi.
Meet the Glowvine Prowl
Born where mossy roots and shadow-pools meet, this feline's fur carries faint vine markings that pulse with a soft, mundane glow instead of any wild magic. It naps in dappled light, purring like rustling leaves, forever caught between garden and gloom.
#Glowvine Prowl was first discovered by @Capricious_Fairy.
Long sightlines over Aegis, Plus 6 More Forecasts
Today's outlook across Veloris.
Long sightlines over Aegis
The cape is unusually clear from the request board to the lighthouse rail.
Heat gathering over Emberhearth
Dry volcanic warmth is building inland while the shoreline remains breezy.
Powder snow across Baltinor
Fine dry snow is crossing the expedition camp and gathering against the old runes.
Salt fog below the cliffs
A cool bank of sea fog is threading between the docks and the lowest crystal sheds.
Rain through the canopy
A gentle rain is filtering through the leaves and pattering on the mossy forest floor.
A squall crossing Nova Reach
A fast grassland shower is moving past the outer platforms beneath the citadel.
A cloudbank at garden height
A soft bank of cloud is passing the lower bridges and mossy aqueducts.
That's our morning edition. Take care of each other, and leave a little room for a surprise.