April 30, 2011

L I G H T S H I F T

My Dear Beloved~

Sometimes its easier just to write out your feelings. And sometimes that's your only option. They managed such before, right? Before texting and cellphones, even before phones! Great romances were played out with pen and paper and even greater scandals. This week, set your character in their ( Read more... )

April 23, 2011

S H A D O W P L A Y :

Duel at Dawn

Night seems to stretch on longer than normally in The Gardens...

Which could be a blessing, for a the first light of daybreak things will be settled for good and done so with a duel. A duel by sword, pistol, magic or card games? The outcome might be predictable or it could be a mystery who ( Read more... )

April 16, 2011

S H A D O W P L A Y :

Briar RoseParts of The Gardens have fallen into darkness ( Read more... )

April 9, 2011

L I G H T S H I F T:

My Fair Lady

It's high time you were properly schooled, Romantics. And the Gardens of Eternia now serves as the backdrop to your lessons into becoming a proper lady (or gentleman) in our flowering society. So what is it that you're working on? Speech? Your academic studies? Dancing? Or maybe how to properly ( Read more... )

April 3, 2011

L I G H T S H I F T:

Stick With You!(...or just stuck with you)

There's always safety in numbers, right? Strange new place and you don't really want to be alone. Which is great because you can't. This week's Lightshift sets the terms that you cannot be alone in the gardens. You must be in the same room as someone or at least in ( Read more... )

March 19, 2011

S E T T I N G

Under the Big Top!

Come one! Come all! To the circus of your dreams!

Love can be like a three-ringed circus can't it? What if it's so literally? For who can resist the ultimate charm of the ringmaster, running the show in his fine top hat and tails. Or the beauty and poise of the tight-rope walker as she dances ( Read more... )

March 12, 2011

S E T T I N G

Downtown, USA

The Big City! Millions of people live here, packed into tall buildings, dense traffic, bright lights, and plenty of hustle. Every street is lined with shops, businesses, street carts, hucksters, magicians, musicians, spectators, criminals, ordinary folks and... somewhere out there... someone who might just be ( Read more... )

March 5, 2011

S E T T I N G

Amorous Corp.While you can't buy love, money certainly doesn't grow on trees. And it really helps to have a steady 9-5 to cover all those other necessities in life while you wonder if all that flirting over the water-cooler will ever bloom into something more. At least you've got your daydreams to keep you occupied ( Read more... )

February 26, 2011

S E T T I N G

The Lost City of Atlantis

Imagine a grand city set in the middle of the ocean. Such has been the obsession of scholars, adventures and the casual romantic for centuries. Atlantis, the seat of an utopian civilization now completely lost to us. Or is it? Will you set your character to delve into the depths of ( Read more... )

Much as she would have liked to be able to complain, the truth was that Kanan really... didn't have any right to do so. She'd agreed to this silly 'arrangement' business, thinking that it was like another of her mother's projects-- only to find that not only was her mother not joking, but she'd actually finish this particular undertaking (unlike ( Read more... )