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A late night addition, the Baroclinic Runner of my dreams, Tantalite!

After careful consideration of multiple poses...

...I concluded that the Pearlcatcher F that sparked it all would have to be the one. Specifically this one in particular, and it would have been soul-crushing if she had been gone the next day, so I did it and I got her and now she's all MINE!

Copper Glow / Blood Arowana / Clay Tentacles, Earth Goat

Alternatives:

Sable Arowana / Copper Silkspot / Umber Silkspot

Oilslick / Blood / Copper / Bronze / Spruce Tentacles

Eyes: Light Goat/Faceted, Lightning Rare

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Canopy Crepes!

Did I expect a new Fairgrounds game? No. No, not at all.

But let me tell you, I ADORE it! It probably won't replace G&G as my daily source of income (because G&G doesn't require as much attention), but I LOVE all the new characters, new CANON characters, they're wonderful, amazing, marvelous, and NEW ART! And what it shows of dragon society! And the background art is such a treat, too!

Furthermore... there's room for expansions. More characters. More. MOAR. HAR HAR HAR

Ahem.

New Items!

We're building a whole restaurant with these vistas!

This familiar is glorious, I love them. No notes, just marveling at the art and design. :}

Crepe Cap? Crepe Cap. Yeah, why not!

More aprons, in a variety of colors! These actually look best on dragons that turn to show their underbelly (and might be difficult to dress), like Nocturnes. And on Ridgebacks (because Ridgebacks). (No, seriously, the aprons fit them like a... glove? Eh. Speaking of! Oven mitts? Do dragons even need oven mitts? ...can we get some?)

And lastly:

"In Canopy Crepes you'll craft custom confections for a continuous cascade of colorful and occasionally cantankerous customers."

Kasia's outfit is finally done! It was a long and rocky road.

Kasia (ne/nir) is a personification (dragonification) of the desert flora, born from a dried-up oasis.

I feel like it's a mess? I don't know yet, it might be a good, visually intriguing mess, or, well, just a hot mess. But it's done!

If I hadn't used the accent, I would probably have opted for a more brownish vibe, although finding matching apparel would have been difficult because it's Hickory Flecks, not Copper/Bronze/etc.

(Also, uh, side note after having listed what I need: I'm pretty sure that when I checked the skin prices a while ago, this one wasn't listed for several thousand gems. ._. Hm... this is my plan now, though. This is it. I'm sticking with it.)

Latton's outfit is done!

Latton (they/she/he, no preference) is a stone-cold high-ranking Earth official responsible for guarding Dragonhome's ancient sites. As such, they have been tasked with keeping watch over and aiding groups* from the clan who are interested in conducting archaeological research. While an accomplished user of Earth magic, as is to be expected from a dragon of Latton's rank, he seems a little more comfortable with and excels at physical combat. Latton can boast the skills necessary to survive in Dragonhome's harshest conditions, making guidance like hers indispensable for anyone seeking to explore the region.

*Specifics pending. Some of the ways the city-states that make up the clan are active in Dragonhome:

an outpost on the Shattered Plain or near the Highland Sanctum, provided by Earth dragons who joined the clan

housing among the Colonnades of Antiquity

joint research efforts in Greatwyrm's Breach

...aaand that's all I can share without giving too much away. :| Latton's story is intertwined with Neoglyph's and Zola's.

New Layout

I was prepared for change. Returning to the site shortly after the launch was rough, but upon going online the next morning (for me), I can see that a lot has been fixed already!

I have a few minor, more or less aesthetic nitpicks, like:

the top right box not containing the numbers, links, and symbols; I had hoped they would get reinstated after the response to the previews;

alert numbers being missing (though they might come back?);

the Waystone being glued to an arbitrary point somewhere on the left sidebar;

grayed-out buttons being difficult to tell from functioning ones;

alerts as a whole: can't close the menu by clicking elsewhere, new alerts being indistinguishable from older ones, the types of notifications all looking the same on the alerts page;

spacing issues;

the mixture of soft lines, hard lines, and lines being missing;

the dark themes, in their current state; I'd need one, but those two don't help me at all, personally.

But above all, I get really, really bad eye strain and headaches? The adjustments made to the forums overnight helped a little bit, but any text on-site still hurts to read. I can't quite put my finger on it; everything I want to be looking at (text, dragons,...) feels way too small, while other elements feel disproportionately large; the font sizes are all over the place and the new fonts are much less legible to me; the background feels so much brighter (even though it isn't supposed to be). I'll have to see how I fare; it was really bad yesterday and put me in some genuine distress because I couldn't do anything, let alone read forum posts, without feeling my eyes go and a headache creeping in after two minutes.

With all of that being said, massive, massive, MASSIVE props to the team, though, they've been troubleshooting and making sure the launch goes smoothly all day long. After the release of the new UI, the Vigil breed release, bot waves, etc., I hope they can treat themselves to something nice, they deserve it! ❤︎

Regular broadcast:

I was messing around with Tarnish Flecks, but I'm obviously not done scrying yet, or else I would have posted them. :P

Also, sorry for the wall of text, I wasn't actually planning to go in-depth (and I didn't even, really)? Oh well.

Got the achievement for breeding dragons 400 times!

New addition to the clan & my plans!

Mithra received an outfit plan! (1! Just one! One singular (1) outfit!)

Mithra (he/she) is a Sun-Kissed Prophet, a Light subspecies (more information here). I had more Ideas™ when I bought him, but I haven't been able to develop them yet; the gist of it is that Mithra is lingering from times long gone. She's also genderfluid; fluid between which genders? ...I have yet to determine.

As for the outfit, I could be happier with it, but there just isn't any apparel that fixes the issues I have. Maybe one day, a suitable skin will come along, or I'll grow to like it more; I can never tell right after finishing an outfit.