[epimetheus]

droppin

[Nutheart]

I've made the sad decision to drop out. I don't think I can give this contest (or boy) the attention it (or he) deserves. I am, however, keeping my art because I spent a while drawing it ;o; I'll leave it up for your potential viewing pleasure.

[yeena]

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He laid back in the grass- shifting comfortably to adjust his needs against the rather cold, hard ground. Off in the distance there was a thin tree line that soon would extend out into a vast forest, the sun was disappearing behind those small trees. leaving a bright salmon pink sky, some blue patches here and yet large black ones spreading out by the second. It would be any second now.

Taking in a shaky breath he sat up from the ground, hyena ears perking up, and tail curling around himself, someone was coming.. he squinted, twisting and turning, looking around and trying to find out who was there.. who was possibly stalking him ? He gave a long shudder at the thought.. who would ?

" BOO ! "

He jumped a meter in the air- or would've if he hadn't been pinned down. Squeaking loudly he shook wildly before glaring up at chubby face. " Hello brother ! Did I scare you ? What are you doing ? Can I join ? " she said, wagging her tail on him and wrapping her arms around his neck, dragging him up and hugging him all-too-tightly. He could only scoff at his twin. " Hello there Mac, yes you scared me sadly, I am getting ready to look for constellations and if you can be quiet. " he replied, eyes narrowing and tail angrily starting to flick around on the grass, " And if you get off of me. " he added on, pushing both hands against her shoulders, lightly putting force behind it sending her back ever so slightly. " Okay ! " she replied, a huge smile on her face of which he could see clearly even though the night was settling upon them.

Laying back down with his sister beside him he squinted up, cracking a small smile when he could already start to see the north star. " Hey I can see the first star ! " his sister pointed out and no matter how hard he wanted to snap at her and tell her to be quiet he simply chuckled, " Thats the north star sis. " he replied and she just let out an 'oh' sound, him being able to see the confused look in her voice.

" Let me tell you about stars.. "

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His eyes scattered around at the vast, endless blue sky beneath him.. he would be flying in that sky. If it had not been one sky lower then the other. Correctly, it was the ocean. A lively hellish place to him that dared anyone to swim in its killer depths, swallowing those of the strongest bloods up whole if they did not tread lightly. Huffing against the cold air he curled his tail under his legs and leaned back farther on his hands, nails digging into the ground as a particularly cold autumn breeze swept his low hanging ponytail around against his black hood. Why did he hate such a beautiful sounding place ?


━when the days are cold and the cards all fold, and the saints we see are all made of gold..━





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One gloved hand came to run through his hair, nails lightly scraping his own scalp as he fell back into the welcoming yet dying grass and closed his eyes tightly, tongue coming to run over slightly chapped lips. So many people gave him disgusted looks at school when he would snap out that he hated the ocean with a burning passion. Nobody would get how you could drown in something so beautiful. Not even his twin could get that it seemed. Tail moving to curl up between his legs and spread paint around on the front of his black jeans he sighed, breath descending into the air as misty white frost before going away almost as soon as it appeared. It would be wondrous if his fear of the ocean was like the breath in cold air. Its there for a second yet gone the next. If only that it was such a true thing...


━when your dreams all fail, and the ones we hail are the worst of all, and the bloods run stale,━


Eyes widening he suddenly sat up, ears flat against his head and him panting, breath running freely around him now- almost as if the white was a ghost that was caging him in- sticking him to this one fear. He swore he could hear the ocean calling him. Wanting him to dip down into its dark depths and then shred him whole.. it wanted him to walk off and leave this life. He could hear its words on the wind. Should he..


━I want to hide the truth, I want to shelter you, but with the beast insides there's nowhere we can hide..━


He wasn't sure when he had gotten up, when he took off his gloves and threw them down to where he had previously been sitting, when he had started to walk towards the edge of the cliff, wings spread wide out and eyes half closed, teeth biting down on his tongue. Tensing his shoulders his brother's words echoed off the dark caverns of his mind- " We own the sky ! Thats the reason why we have wings. To best the other. The sky is like an ocean-" he hadn't really thought over his fears it had seemed- "-endless, dark, free.. " " and dangerous. " he breathed out, teeth gritting as he leaned forward slightly, tipping the scale of balance and falling off the cliff's edge.


━No matter what we breed, we still are made of greed━


The wind was uneasily rushing past him, angrily snagging its invisible claws at his wings and hair, ripping them up. Everything felt slower as he neared the bottom- the oceans waves hissing at him. Sighing he stayed tensed up, eyes closing and his body shaking uncomfortably in his fall downwards.


━This is my kingdom come,━


Sighing and letting his breath go by he opened his eyes, looking down at the ocean that was reaching for him.. and coming closer. Narrowing his eyes after a few seconds he started tensing up his loose wings, snarling loudly before pulling upwards, the feathered extras behind him suddenly catching the wind and slowing his fall right when he was four meters above the water. Like hell he would fall into that.


━This is my kingdom come.━


Nobody would understand his fear of this place.

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[looose.string]

OMGGGGGG RESERVE

[knifekind]

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ｎａｍｅ;❝ Mikey Iero Fozzy, but if you wanna live you'll call me Iero instead.
I can't stand the name Mikey, it sounds far too pretentious to me. ❞
ｎｉｃｋｎａｍｅｓ; ❝ Please, I'm begging you, don't call me Mikey. I'd much
rather you called me Iero - my middle name. I dunno, it just sounds cooler. ❞
ｇｅｎｄｅｒ; ❝ I'm a guy. Boy. Dude. Male. However you say it, man. ❞
ａｇｅ; ❝ I'm thirteen and I was born on Halloween on October 31st, 2001. ❞
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Iero is the epitome of "teenage rebellion".
Bad-mouthed and sarcastic, with a devil-may-care attitude and little to no
respect for adults, he's every parent's worst nightmare.
Well, on the surface, at least.
Despite how he'll act around his friends, Iero is actually
an incredibly sweet, caring, sensetive and kind.
He's also very intelligent - although never studies - and
often gets top marks. He has a strange infatuation with punk music,
like Blink-182, older Fall Out Boy, Green Day etc., as well
as fingerless gloves and anything black and leather - he
wears his gloves at all times, along with his fake lip piercing
and magnetic stretchers; more things his parents do not approve
of, much to his absolute displeasure.

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Iero has quite a close relationship to his family, despite what it might
seem, what with him in his "teenage rebellion" phase and all. He loves them all very
dearly, however, and cares for them alot.

ozzy - although ozzy disapproves of his son's "punk lifestyle", and the two often
get into squabbles and arguments over it, they both absolutely adore eachother,
and when not arguing the two get along quite brilliantly.

fae - like alot of children, iero gets along with his mom more than anyone
else. she just understands him, gets him, and actually cares about what
he has to say. they get along really well, and, despite how "grown up"
he pretends to be, he loves to spend some time with just his mom.

aconite - iero both loves and fears his older brother; they
get along reasonably well, when they're not fighting, that is. they often
can be found play-wrestling on the ground for fun, although acon sometimes
goes too far.

noelle - iero and noelle don't usually get along, mostly because it seems that
her favourite hobby is to wind him up and get him easily annoyed;
often making fun of him when he does.

ballari ballari and iero are quite close, and often hang out together, despite her
being a bit older than iero himself. they get along
really well, most of the time.

ishara - iero and ishara get along extremely well; their
personalities just seem to click perfectly, and they
get along amazingly well. almost as well as
they get along with their respective twins.. but not
quite.

mackennah - the two have always been incredibly close, and it's not just because of the
whole twin thing; the two bonded over rock music and are very close,
mostly because of this shared interest. but yeah, it's also
because of the twin thing, totally.

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Username // Snow!, at your service~. Feel free to call me whatever floats your boat. <3

Name // Mufon Roswell Valley. Of course, I'm sure you're thinking "what the helium is a name like Mufon?!". Trust me, there's a method behind my madness. MUFON stands for Mutual Unidentified Flying Object { UFO } Network. MUFON is a nonprofit organization that investigates alien sightings in the US. If you see a lil' alien spaceship fly by your house or you're quite curious, their website is here. cx As for his middle name, Roswell, is named after the town in New Mexico that was most known for the UFO crash in 1947. Here's some more info on that if you're unfamiliar with it. I'm sure you're sensing a slight theme here. |"D As for Valley, that is his last name that he takes on from his family. Mufon prefers to be called Mu -- which is a Greek letter, I may add.

Gender // Male. Mufon is cisgender and uses he/him pronouns.

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Personality // Mufon sometimes appears a bit shy and quiet when you first meet him, but when you get to know him much better and he gets comfortable around you, he's actually very kind and friendly! He is most comfortable around his family and friends, which is when he is very lively and exciting. Mu even has a very large imagination and tends to pursue it! A lot of things pique his curiosity, especially the unknown. Mufon tends to take an interest in Science and spooky space aliens... but they aren't real, right? Mu believes so! He has a strange passion for old sci-fi and horror movies from the late 1940's to even the 1980's { which is mostly towards the top end of things he's mainly interested in }. Mu actually really likes old and antique things, but it's not just movies and shows! He also enjoys old music and he tends to like classic rock and sometimes a bit of disco... oops... Mufon usually listens to music from the 1960's or from the 1970's. Oh! Did I mention he collects floppy disks? It's a bit of a long story and I will get into it further into my form, but Mufon has a strange obsession with floppy discs! You can't really do much with them now, but Mufon just thinks there so cool because who uses them nowadays? Not many people, lol. He is very passionate about what he's interested in and sometimes even gets a bit carried away...

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Family Relationships // Each picture will bring you to their full references. The owner of the RPW may use this if they'd like. uvu

Ozzy // Dad
Ozzy and Mu always have a good ol' time together. He doesn't really understand how some view him as being covert, since his dad is usually so fun around him! I mean like, who doesn't want to get candy after they do their chores? Mufon usually expresses his outgoing behavior with his dad and tends to act more childish around him -- not that he isn't a child, of course. Mufon uses his dad as a role model at times, since Ozzy usually enforces the rules in their home, but is also very caring and open towards his family.

Fae // Mom
Mufon loves his mom... who doesn't, though? He finds her very approachable and a lot like him. They're both very imaginative and kind. He adores the fact that he can be himself around her. Shh... don't tell Ozzy, but Mu tends to prefer his mom. He simply feels like he can connect with her more so than his dad. That's not to say he doesn't love them both, though. <3

Aconite // Oldest Brother
Sometimes, Mu doesn't know what to think of his brother. Aconite is very tough and... well... how does one put it? Hip? Yeah, perhaps that's the word. They're not as close as Mufon is with some of his other siblings, but they're still pretty friendly. Aconite is always so... cool and that sometimes intrigues Mu, but sometimes it makes him a bit cautious. Usually when they do hang out, Aconite is teaching his brother interesting fly tricks. It was him who really taught Mu how to fly and now it's been taken a step farther. Mufon likes to match these goals and try and make his brother proud of him. He sometimes just wants to be considered "cool", but we all know he's a big nerd at heart. x3

Noelle // Oldest Sister
Mu loves Noelle as much as he loves the rest of his family, but he isn't too sure why Noelle is very spirited for the holidays. That's not to say Christmas and what not isn't fun -- it is quite entertaining when it is the holiday season, though. Despite this, Mufon and Noelle may not talk or be that close, but he enjoys her company. She's very considerate to him and he is to her as well.

Ballari // Middle Sister
These two are pretty close knitted! Mufon loves his kind sister a lot. Ballari tends to do a lot for her siblings and Mu certainly isn't left out! Mu's big sister encourages him a lot and is his bolster when he needs it. Mufon tends to go to her when he needs help and Ballari is good at providing for him. Even if she is a bit skittish at times, this young RPW still loves and cares for his sister. When she needs, Mu will even try to get her mind off things as well. Like she often does for him.

Ishara // Second Youngest Sister
Mu finds it very... difficult to communicate with Ishara. She seems very distant from him and things tend to be awkward between the two. Nevertheless, Mufon tries to talk to her and joke around with her, but it's just... hard sometimes. He's been working to get closer to her and he'll keep trying. It's hard when your sister is a bit secretive, you know? Mu is young still and has plenty of years to work for a strong connection with her.

Mackennah // Twin Sister
Mufon has always thought he and his sister were pretty close, not including part that they're twins of course. x) Mackennah likes her space and Mu tolerates that, but he often goes to her. Mu likes when she'll sit back and listen to his crazy stories because not all of his siblings would enjoy doing so. His sister make him feel good, since she is generally abetting him and helping him out. They're both pretty protective of each other and Mu would make sure his twin sister would never get hurt. Plus, who else would he get to talk about music with? ;D

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Floppy Disk Collection // As you probably read earlier in my form, Mu has a very interesting collection. And yes, you did in fact read correctly then! He collects floppy disks, or diskettes! If you're unsure what this strange contraption is, floppy disks are basically like a USB drive or a CD ROM drive. Like a USB drive, you can download files and what not on the floppy to then use them on other computers. Now, I'm sure you're quite curious why this young RPW collects floppy disks. I mean like, not many people use them anymore... how many people do you know use floppy disks? Well, Mufon really likes the story each one tells. One might have been someone's old schoolwork or some other fun thing. They're a piece of our history, a rather recent history { c'mon, around 40 years isn't a lot! }. Surprisingly enough, you can still buy clean floppy disks today. But wait... how did Mu learn about these strange devices? Well, it's a story that goes like this...

On a bright spring day, two RPWs were shuffling through an attic. Dust particles floated around, visible in the sunlight pouring in from a small window The younger one, no more than 8 years old at the time, Mufon, coughed on dust and swatted cobwebs from the ceiling. "What are we look for anyways?," he asked with a smile.

"Oh! We're just doing some spring cleaning! Some unwanted stuff will just be saved until I have a yard sale! Just ask me if you about some stuff and I'll tell you if I need to sell 'em. I'm gonna go get some boxes of the Easter decorations to bring up, so I'll be right back!," the other said and proceeded down the stairs to get boxes to bring upstairs.

"Okay, Kimi!" Mu responded with a smile. He shuffled around the cramped attic, trying not to trip over the various objects. He glanced at few strange objects. There were some old, dusty lamps; a few assorted trunks; strange files; boxes of who knows what; a stack of some strange thing -- the thing that caught Mu's eye. He tilted his head, not sure what to make of the stack. Each one appeared to be some kind of square shape. There was a label on the one on top, that read "College Stuff". Curiously, Mufon picked it up from the pile. He had never encountered something like this.

"Hey, Kimi, what are these thingies?!" Mu called towards the female. Kimi was currently babysitting him while his parents were out. He lifted the one he was holding up so she could see.

"Uhhhh, I can't see 'em! Lemme put this down first," Kimi was struggling to hold a few boxes that were almost stacked up in her arms above her head. The joys of being short. Placing the boxes of decorations in a free corner in the attic, Kimi went over to Mu. She inspected what he was looking at and then quickly responded, "Oh! That's a floppy disk."

Mufon blinked a few times. A floppy disk? He had never heard of a floppy disk. "What's a floppy disk?" The kid asked. "It doesn't seem very floppy!" He added.

"They're in a case, silly! A floppy disk is basically what you could've used to store computer files n' stuff on. Most people don't use 'em that much anymore, though," Kimi glanced at the diskettes. "You can throw 'em way, though. I don't think I'll be needing them any time soon," she added.

"Why'd you want to throw away these? They're soooo cool!" Mu replied. They picked throw the stack a bit, curiously looking at them.

"You can have them, I guess," Kimi said, shrugging.

"Yay! Thank you!" The kid exclaimed, hugging her.

So, perhaps it's not a long story, or really even a suspenseful story, but don't worry... there's something like that to come... hmm...

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Story // This is in Mu's POV and he's around 12 human years old in this story. Also, this is in quad/feral form.

BANG! screeched the TV in front of me. I yelped quietly to myself, trying to surpress it, as a battle began to break out on the TV. I was watching the mini series V, which I had gotten as a birthday gift one year. I was on the edge of the couch the whole time.

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Stretching out my body, I switched the TV off. It was only around 6:30, but I had already taken a dinner break. I wasn't sure what to do. I mean like, I could just start watching the TV show they made of V before I go to bed. Or I could watch a quick show of Ancient Aliens on the History channel, or even li-

"Hey, Mu!" My brother, Aconite, said to me. "You wanna go practice some flying tricks? I got some new ones you might like!" He flashed a quick grin.

I gave a small smile. "Mmm, sure!" I responded. Aconite was always showing me interesting things to do with flying. I'll be honest, some are sometimes scary! Mehh, but he's cool. Almost too cool for a nerd like me. Whatever, it's chill though! He is my brother, anyways. Following him outside, I found myself in the wide, open yard. The sun was beginning to dip behind the horizon to bring it's sunlight elsewhere. Soon, the moon would be visible... and the stars and the planets. Mmm, yes, my favorite part! Well, that, and searching for comets and eclipses. Much fun!

"Okay, are you ready?" Aconite asked with a smirk on his face. He began to pump his wings up and down. Lifting off the ground, I assumed he was going to demonstrate first. "This one is a spiral plunge. Don't be upset if it takes a while! It is hard to perfect," my brother said, chuckling a bit to himself. Aconite flew up into the sky, higher and higher... Wow! Almost too high... I do hope there's oxygen up there. Suddenly, Aconite turned to face and ground and began to descend, spinning and spinning. He plunged towards the earth... crud. I began to lift off the ground and flapped towards him, becoming nervous. Was he okay? Crud, crud, crud. He still was spiraling towards the ground and he suddenly pulled up. Flapping his wings and facing me, he laughed. "Man, I got you scared there! Don't worry! You just gotta make sure pull up in time before you crash into the ground," Aconite said, still laughing a bit.

Hesitantly, I nodded. "Okay... sounds good," I said numbly. I didn't want to seem like a wimp, so I gave a reassuring smile at Aconite. I fluttered my wings, then took a deep breath. I began to ascend upward and I kept pumping my wings. I wasn't sure how high up I had to go, but I approximated with how far Aconite went. I went farther and farther up into the atmosphere, until I reach my destination. I hovered above ground. I grinned as I gazed up at the sky. The pinkish color soothed me. I could make out the moon. It was gonna be a waxing gibbous tonight alright. Below, I saw my brother watching me. I smiled a bit, feeling a bit reassured that if I ended up completely failing that someone could help me. I inhaled a deep breath of the summer air, then exhaled. It's time.

Abruptly, before I could plunge to my possible doom, a blinding light filled my eyes. It was an assortment of blue and white lights that twinkled right into my eye sockets. Curiously, I tilted my head. Was it a helicopter? The FBI? Police? CIA? What did Aconite do this time?

Oxygen magnesium! Gasping, I realized it was not any law enforcers. No... they didn't have anything like this.

My dreams and passions are real.

Either that, or the low concentration of oxygen is getting to me and I'm hallucinating.

Before me a large spacecraft hovered in the air. I know -- unbelievable! It didn't move anymore. I curiously stared back at it. What was it doing? Probing me? I've seen enough sci-fi movies to know what's going to go down. Yet... I want to actually see what they do. Hey, maybe they're not actually aliens! Maybe it's just some new government aircraft... yeah, that's probably it. They wouldn't let some spaceship come near civilians... right?

Unfortunately, the next events proved me wrong.

Another blinding light struck me this time. I felt a force draw me towards the ship. I began to panic and I try and try to fly away, but I can't. I quietly wonder if Aconite is seeing this or is wondering what is going on. Crud. What if this mysterious ship decides to hurt my family? Crud, crud, crud! No! The lights were getting brighter, brighter, brighter... the light was an eyesore to me. I clamped my eyes shut, but I could still feel the warmth and the beams of light shining down on my eyelids. I could hear metal doors clanging shut as I was pulled inside. Then, suddenly, the world began black.

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Groggily, I opened my eyes slightly. The rays of bright lights hit my eyes again and I began to squint to see where I was. Where was I? I began to recollect my memories of what had previously happened. Crud. I'm aboard this strange vessel. A wave of nausea ran throw me and then dissipated, like a riptide receding after a violent storm. There was this constant ringing in my ears, but I could make out voices in the distant. Someone was talking... but who? I squinted again as my vision became clearer. I glanced around. My whole body was strapped down onto some kind of a bed. I shifted a bit and I couldn't move. Well that's just great. Taking another look around, I saw foreign machinery. At the center of all of these devices, there was a white, pulsating crystal. Intrigued, I heave my body towards it... and this bed wasn't one of those roll-y ones. Great. That must be like... life support... or the main computer... or... or... who knows what!

I could still hear distant voices that were hard to discern. I tried to make out what they were saying... And I was surprised to hear it was English... not a foreign language. Okay, yeah, I'm still on the theory of that I'm on an alien ship.

"We have to give him back, sir!" A voice said.

"No! We need to do further research on this... species." Another said, who had a strange metal-like tone to their voice.

"They'll come looking for him, though! What if someone else sees us? It's bad enough this one saw us. We can't give up the whole mission because some earthling saw us!"

"That's why we'll use the Dream Enhancer, dummy!" The voice paused and scuffled around. "Oh crap. He's awake. Knock him out!"

Footsteps pounded against the steel floor. I could hear them coming... crud. What were they going to do to me? I felt a hot breath against me and someone whispered into my ear, "I'm sorry." I squinted, trying to get a good look at them when something punctured my skin. A needle. I felt myself getting woozy and before I dosed off, I felt someone grab something and push it into my paws.

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"IT'S MORE THAN A FEELING, WHEN I HEAR THAT OLD SONG THEY USED TO PLAY," sang my alarm clock. Morning. What joy. I opened my eyes slightly and saw that I was in my bed. Lazily, I rolled over towards my alarm clock and hit the snooze button. As much as I like Boston, I am not a morning person. I laid in bed, thinking -- like I always do before I get out of bed. I began to stretch the limits of my brain to think about what I did last night. And then it hit me. I was doing flying tricks with Aconite and then... the aliens came... or, so I think. Yet... it seems so vague, like a dream... like it's not real. Suddenly, I was aware that I was clutching something in my paw. I open my paw to find a small shard of a crystal. It began to pulse a soft, white light as I inspected it. Oxygen magnesium.

I dashed out of bed, quickly. I ran downstairs to find my family sitting in the living room, enjoying the morning. I saw Aconite. "Hey, bro! That was some cool stuff we did last night! You were almost as good as me! Almost," Aconite said with a snicker.

"Thanks..." I said. Wait... he didn't see the spaceship? And the tricks? I didn't actually "do" them. Yet, here in my paw, I hold a crystal that was in my so-called-dream. I'd like to say I've been watching too many sci-fi shows and that low oxygen got to me, but here I hold a crystal shard. I don't even know what it does or what it's purpose is. If it is all real... then why does nobody recall it? Why would someone give me a piece of their ship? I mean like, I saw this crystal in that spacecraft...

Maybe I'm apart of something bigger... bigger than this world. Maybe I'm not the ordinary RPW who is obsessed with old music and old sci-fi shows.

Yet, I still don't have answers. I mean like, I'm not going to tell anyone this! They'll be putting me in a padded room.

To this day, I don't know what purpose the crystal serves.

Or what purpose I serve.

I suppose only time will tell.

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Art // Please click on each image for the full size! More art is to come. eue

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Credits // My apologies if this counts an extra extra, but it seemed fair to give credit.
The quote in the heading, "Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a
broken-winged bird that cannot fly", was said by Langston Hughes, respectively.
All coding was done by myself, as well as the information written in this form.
The images of Mu's family are down by their respected artist and owned by
their respected owner, and the owner of that particular RPW may use it.

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[Zuppe]

I now have an end date for this, this comp will end 1 month from today, so this will end May 10th ; w ;


also if anyone was confused. art does not count towards the three extras. Its an optional fourth extra. also, about the art, x D all art is equal to one extra. so if you have 2 pieces or 10 pieces, they all just singularly count towards that one extra, so don't worry about using your three extras to make art or anything ; w ;

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marking to watch the contest qwq

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