The Flame Chronicles
The Flame Chronicles
Demonstrations in Force Impress Locals
After several months of planning, scrimping, and saving, boundfate, desert_rose, and lacombe are finally able to renovate the chatter post. Their plans are to knock out one of the walls and add an additional 4,000 square feet, making room for the insurgency of new members and competitors emerging.
"The signups are over 100 now!" said an exuberant desert_rose. "That’s a higher number than we can even count to in Australia!" She then went on to ask what a television was and if they were edible.
"With an hour left in the October Main Contest Signups, who knows who could still join?" said a quixotic boundfate. "Even Lacombe is competing under an alias this month!"
Current counts, according to the AP, cite signups as reaching 107 as of 10am EST this morning.
Protests, Civil Unrest Surround Art Contest
Police and Homeland Security were called in to break up an unruly mob that was pelting musicrocks987 with debris and rotten fruit this Saturday as she posted an Art Contest Poll with absolutely no LJ Cut.
"JFC cut this!" shouted an incensed visual_syntax, throwing a rotten tomato. They were then restrained by several SWAT team members as they reached for a pumpkin.
Other more peaceful attempts to communicate the need for a cut have also been implemented. A petition was sent amongst the members to add a cut to this and future art posts, and it was enthusiastically endorsed. A second petition was attempted by mermaidbia to include mermaid artwork in all upcoming contests, but it was considered largely ineffective.
Despite the lack of a cut, the art contest has been considered extremely popular this month, with what is perhaps the best artwork so far in the community.
Firesign10 Ablaze in Monthly Finals
With less than an hour left in the final poll for the September Contest, firesign10 has begun premature celebration. Hung over from a wild party at her home on Sunday night, she is currently recovering at the Betty Ford Clinic in Hartford, CT.
"Mom just let the Flame Fame get to her head," said furuba9. "The possibility of winning two months in a row in the community has completely wasted her. We’re hoping she gets better soon, and that Betty Ford can help her Flame addiction."
None of the Moderators or Maintainers would return our phone calls, but community Mermechanic mermaidbia was available. "It’s a scam! A hoax!" she cried, thrashing her tail wildly. "It’s a simple case of bipedal favoritism! Us merfolk can’t even make it to the voting booths! How fair is that?"
Upset Gives Attentionhoard the "Boot"
Against tough odds and a prematurely closed poll, bootler came in one step ahead of attentionhoard to win the September Mini Contest.
Set up by a clearly disoriented and brain-damaged lacombe, more than fifteen contestants submitted their work to "jive the hive" and have their piece performed by the elusive and mysterious girlfriend of siriusaboutsev.
"It seemed in the bag!" a glum attentionhoard reported, putting down his pen and looking up from insolentscrawl’s entry. "I had my victory post all written and ready to post! Now with the mini contest over, firesign10 ahead of me in the main contest, and musicrocks987 copying my Goethe quote in the art contest, I’m taking it from all sides! desert_rose even traded with jamais_toujours to edit my entry! Oh, well. There's always the new prompt for October, Week 1."