#gdievent

It’s that time again! Glendale is holding up its third visit week starting from Friday, August 19th to Monday, August 22nd. For those who’re still new to the group, this is an event that occurs every few months and allows members to play as visitors ( family members, friends, old acquaintances, etc ) and interact with one another, as well as residents of Glendale, both patients and staff alike. In-character wise, the residents will be informed and helped to prepare for this, and the cafetaria will be mostly cleared and used as their meeting spot but they can roam elsewhere once they’ve been inspected carefully by the orderlies and guards. This hopefully will help you explore and develop your characters’ background even deeper.

Faceclaim reservations will be opened on Monday, August 8th and members may begin to reserve the faceclaims for their characters’ visitors, those who’ve been reserved will be unavailable to possible applicants until the event is over. The main will post the beginning of this event at 10 am EST on Friday, and can start posting and replying to threads. Previous visitor faceclaim list [ x ]

Here’s a few reminders we would also encourage you to read!

Visits begin at 10 AM to 5 PM each day, but ongoing threads may continue for as long as you’d like. 

First come first serve for faceclaim reservations, so we’d advise you start thinking on which faceclaims and what kind of visitors you’re going to use from now on. That said, it’s a three-day event but you don’t have to bring all of those characters you’ve planned. Sometimes life gets in the way and we can’t participate fully, and that’s okay.

Visitors can bring gifts but they’ll be inspected thoroughly by the orderlies and guards. No sharp objects, laces, drugs, cigarettes, or alcohol. 

The main meeting place is in the cafetaria, but they can explore later on.

Not all members have to play visitors, they can simply write their main characters observing the event if they don’t have any.

Be realistic, shouting and fighting will attract staff members.

You are allowed to have two starters a day. The starter rule still applies and you’ll need to reply to at least two starters before posting your own ( both event and non-event ) unless you’ve run out of starters to reply to.

Non-event threads may continue still, but you’re welcome to focus on event threads until the event is done.

Wait for the main’s post before starting the event. 

                             GLENDALE’S PRIDE EVENT ;

To celebrate the closure to relatively eventful month, the facility has decided to thrown in a last-minute pride garden party that’ll officially occur this weekend from Friday, June 23rd to Sunday, June 25th! Both patients and staff members alike are highly encouraged to join this event as a way to remind ourselves the importance of love and acceptance, particularly alongside and for those within the LGBTQ+ community, and they can still celebrate even when they’re not able to participate amongst those marching outside of the building. There’ll be decorations and special meals, a movie night, and a two-day garden party for all the residents to enjoy. During these events, displays of affection will be less supervised; patients can ask for permission to bring gifts for their friends (and beyond ) through willing staff members, they can ask and wear flag stickers to be put on their clothings, decorate the building with those stickers with fellow patients or even the staff and even book the stage for them to perform during the garden event. These decorations will remain until this month is officially over.

Starting from Thursday, June 22nd; residents can begin decorating the building as well asking staff members for a requested uniform for the garden event. Be mindful that, much like the Valentine’s event, you are still not allowed to wear anything with zippers, laces, or anything that could be deemed harmful. You can have your characters’ face painted, but it must be under high supervision of a staff member. Staff members will provide colorful tops, hair bands, wrist bands, stickless flags, and stickers that your character can choose to identify themself.

On Friday, June 23rd, the facility will hold a movie night. Patients who’ve chosen to participate will be encouraged to gather in the common room where plenty of movies will be played, and there’ll be food such as pizza, rainbow cupcakes, brownies, and other special treats awaiting to accompany them. The movie night will begin at six pm and ends when the night is wrapped up.

Moving on to Saturday, June 24th, the event will take place in the garden and it’ll mostly be a performing night. There’ll be a small stage near the centre of the garden with an acoustic guitar, a cajon, and a wireless mic provided for those who’re daring enough to take the stage. Of course, it’s not mandatory for anyone to perform; they can instead hang around to enjoy the food specifically made by the staff members. There’ll be music playing, and residents can stay outside to watch the stars and relax themselves. During this event, the curfew will be extended to 12 am.

Sunday, June 25th, will hold a soft dance event. Patients are allowed to dress up for this occasion as long as they follow the rules; the garden will be mostly cleared to give these people space to dance with their partners and music will once again be played throughout the night. You are allowed to bring dates.

Lastly, through June 26th to June 30th, although the special events are no longer happening, as stated above the decorations made by both patients and staff members will be put up still until the month is done.

We’ll be once again using different tags for each event; #gdievent:pdecorating for Thursday, #gdievent:pmovienight for Friday, #gdievent:pperforming for Saturday, #gdievent:pdance for Sunday, #gdievent:pafter for the rest of the month (optional; you may begin threading normally again by this point)

Please remember that these events are all compiled to celebrate PRIDE month and we all ask you to be respectful of it and its meaning should you decide to participate.

If you’re unsure of anything, please, please don’t be afraid to contact the main.

Here’s the list of faceclaims that will be used for our upcoming visiting week event. Note that they will be unavailable until Wednesday, but afterwards the list will be entirely removed again. The list will be constantly updated.

Ali Larter [ for @milcssullivan ]

Eva Green [ for @lostlife-lilith / twin *]

Lisa Marie [ for @lostlife-lilith ]

Kristen Wiig [ for @leeloo-the-raccoon ]

Leonardo DeCaprio [ for @roy-waters ] 

Jake T Austin [ for @foxx-s / @nurse-emifoxx ]

Julian McMahon [ for @vglycherries ] 

Adore Delano [ for @ali-party-stevens ]

Tom Cruise [ for @txonygdi ]

Jeffrey Dean Morgan [ for @ginacrw ]

Bob Odenkirk [ for @samalcott ] 

Lucky Blue Smith [ for @mattymaddox ]

Karlie Kloss [ for @pepper-chase ]

Michelle Pfeiffer [ for @zetareyes ]

Ben Affleck [ for @christian-h-lowe ]

Solange Knowles [ for @casey-callahan ]

Hanna Beth Merjos [ for @wecan-live-forever ] 

Lena Headey [ for @lostlife-lilith ]

Courtney Cox [ for @roy-waters ]

Karl Urban [ for @cjxmorettix ] 

Jordan Witzigreuter [ for @pepper-chase ]

Emma Dumont [ for @inaeriksen ]

Robert De Niro [ for @narcissistgwen ]

Colton Haynes [ for @foxx-s ]

Alyssa Milano [ for @cntrldawsyn ] 

Nick Blood [ for @casey-callahan & @vglycherries ]

Candice Accola [ for @narcissistgwen ]

Matt Bomer [ for @narcissistgwen ]

It’s time for Glendale’s 6th event! To welcome the amiable hot breeze of summer, the facility has decided to hold another visiting week for the patients ( as well as staff members ) as a way to make them feel a lot less isolated from the outside as well as their loved ones. Starting from Friday, 19th May to Monday 22nd May, families as well as friends, co-workers, or even mere acquaintances are allowed to visit and spend more time with the patients for a little bit longer than usual. Of course, to ensure security, the meeting will be supervised closely by both the guards and the orderlies, unless of course, they find a few certain sneaky paths to divert the attention away from them as the meeting occurs. Visitors are brought to the cafetaria, the common room, or the outside grounds–including the garden–to interact with the patients.

Hopefully this second visiting week will unlock even more of your characters’ backgrounds through their close ones’ perspectives by playing and interacting with them, spice up even more interesting interactions between one muse and another. Here are the crucial things that we’d like you to carefully read!

The rules are pretty similar to our first visiting week; there will be a temporary faceclaim list for your characters’ connections, please contact the main to reserve them: state the faceclaim, for which character, and what their role is going to be be. The list will look somewhat like this. The faceclaims on said list will then be non-applicable until the event is over. You may begin reserving faceclaims now.

Patients are allowed to have families, friends, even ex-lovers or enemies to visit them–but reminder that the facility will attempt their best to watch over them; be realistic and don’t just make them shout at each other or physically fight amidst the meeting. If that occurs, a guard will likely barge in to pull the visitor away.

Staff members are also permitted to participate in this event, they can have visitors coming as well.

Visitors will be thoroughly searched upon stepping in. Which means no sharp objects, no risky gifts, and food will also be inspected before they’re allowed to proceed any further.

Characters who don’t have anyone visiting can still interact normally with one another or the visitors.

Since this is a four-day event, you are allowed to bring up four visitors throughout event, however, only one visitor each day.

Visiting hours begin at 9 am, the main will announce the start, and then you may begin to post starters.

You are allowed to have two starters a day, one for your connection, one for your main muse.

The starter rule remains, make sure to reply to at least two starters before posting your own. Please only use exclusive starters if it’s truly necessary.

Non-event threads can still continue.

You’re allowed to make starters for the event until Tuesday arrives, you’re allowed to reply to event starters until Wednesday, on-going threads can continue for as long as you’d like.

The faceclaim list for the connections will then be scrapped off by Wednesday, they will become available to non-event applicants again, and from then, we’d like you to stop using gifs/icons for your connection characters to avoid confusion.

If you’re playing as a connection character, make sure to also tag your posts with #char: visitor’s name so we’ll know whom you’re playing as at that moment. Tag your starters with #gdievent006:visitingweek.

DAY I. THE BEGINNING. // FRIDAY APRIL 21ST

It starts out somewhat harmless – rain arrives in a drafty chortle of spring to nip down the warmth in the morning and jolting cold heaves out of Glendale residents’ lungs. The television crackles and warns them about an upcoming storm, but not a lot seem to pay much attention to it as they bustle about to wrap up their activities: sessions, eating, skipping, chattering up their companions or simply lounging around until the day is over. Later, when the clock hits six PM, those glacial whirls haven’t soothed away whatsoever, they only begin to get worse. It’s gradual, but soon enough, eyes begin to worry about the weather and more people choose to no longer mess around outside.

DAY II. THE STORM AND POWER OUTAGE // SATURDAY APRIL 22ND

Upon the next day, the sky turns entirely dark, coupled only with rainy gusts and thunder. Most meetings are postponed, and staff members are spread to make sure that no patients will wander outside during these dangerous hours. Much to everyone’s dismay, however, it doesn’t take long until the building suffers another cluster of damage from the brimming storm; starting with a couple of trees collapsing, the garden being wrecked about, vehicles receiving frigid blows, and eventually, a power outage occurs. This causes inevitable panic, and the security is immediately tightened. The building is without electricity and the storm is still raging. The doors are locked, patients are highly encouraged to stay in their rooms–except of course, with all the chaos going on, some will eventually manage to slip through and opt to hide somewhere else, perhaps even the basement.

DAY III. THE AFTERMATH. // SUNDAY APRIL 23RD

Fortunately, things begin to calm down the day after. The rain remains to fall, but it’s not as loud, and it’s not as dark nor windy.  Around the early afternoon, the power has started to work properly again–and soon enough, residents are allowed to roam outside again with less supervision ( and suggested rainwear. ) Obviously, it’s become kind of a mess out there and patients are allowed to aid the staff take care or patch up certain portions of the garden. Sessions will be relaxed this particular day, and patients can ask for permission to go out and help tend the damage instead. Everything will return to normal on Monday.

Welcome to Glendale 5th event! The result of the vote has been determined and we’ll be having a thunderstorm / power outage-based three-day event this weekend. We’re excited to see how this one is going to unfold, and how it’s going to affect the characters. Here are several things that we’d also like you to read:

Unlike the previous events with the exception of the beginning, there are no specific starting points. The beginning will start around 9 am EST, and it will be suggested that temperature has become cold and rain has begun to fall by then. You may start the second part of the event as soon as the main announces it the day after, the same goes for the third portion.

Incase there’s any confusion: the first part of the event is a build up to the upcoming storm, there will be rain, severe cold weather, wind, and patients are suggested to remain inside. The second part of the event is when the storm and power outage strikes, you may determine in your thread whether the power outage has happened or not yourself. The third part of the event is the aftermath, which means it’s a much more lighthearted portion, where people are recovering from the storm. Patients may go back to resume their normal tasks, or choose to help the staff members.

There will be consequences to this: vehicles are most likely to be damaged, people may end up getting ill, the garden will be a complete mess after the storm is over. If you’d like to pitch some other severe damages that may’ve occured, please contact the main.

For members with multiple characters, you are allowed to post one starter for two of your characters each day. Since this is a very affecting series of events, please keep exclusive starters to a minimum. You are allowed to make a starter with the same character(s) for the next two days, but as always, before you do any of these, make sure that you’ve at least replied to one or two open starters, unless you’ve run out of starters to reply to.

The basement is accessible for hiding, but please be realistic! if you make a starter that takes place in the basement, don’t just make your character freely walk into it.

Tag your starters accordingly: #gdievent005:beginning, #gdievent005:storm, #gdievent005:aftermath.

It’s that lovely time of the year! Some of the staff members of Glendale have decided to come around and hold up a mini-ball to celebrate the Valentine’s day along with the rest of the residents, its purpose is genuine, really, to possibly lift everyone’s mood and not make them feel too secluded from what’s happening outside the building. They have begun to secretly set this up since last week, and now they’re more than ready to announce the event!

Unlike previous parties, they’ve decided to put more thoughts into the preparation. The garden is once again cleared out – replacing it with a lot of decorations that could suit the atmosphere such as dimmed little lights, heart-shaped notes filled with words of love and encouragement scattered from the patient’s rooms down to where the ball takes place, a small stage near the entrance with one acoustic guitar, mic, and a stool for those who’d like to go up there and perform, tables filled with food and beverages ( choco-chip cookies, candy, chips, salad, and a bowl of fruit punch ), they’ll also be providing several dresses and suits for the patients and staff alike to pick out, HOWEVER, keep in mind that they’re mostly plain and buttonless/zipperless unless you’re a staff member and are bringing one from home.

The kitchen staff will also be taking request to help the patients (or fellow staff) come up with gifts, such as buying food from the outside and or making some, and then wrapping it for them or their loved ones. They can start taking requests from today, and the gifts will be delivered in the morning before the ball.

Later into the night, the ball will officially start; dance music, soft and upbeat, will be played and everyone is allowed to take their partner and have a little waltz together – whether it’s with someone whom they encounter during the celebration or a planned date.

For those who choose to opt out, there’ll be a movie marathon playing in the common room. the movie list includes Love Actually, Finding Dory, 500 Days of Summer, Toy Story 3, and Space Jam.

The event will begin on 5 PM EST and ends at 11 PM EST. It’s not a mandatory event, you may remain in the building and watch the movie or not participate at all  We hope everyone gets to have fun, though!

Welcome to Glendale’s 4th event! We’re excited to see what’s going to happen and, as per usual, here are some pointers that we’d like to encourage you to read if you plan on participating!

As mentioned above, the event starts at 5PM EST on Tuesday, the 14th, you may begin to post starters then and although the event ends after the night is over, you are allowed to continue the on-going threads for as long as you’d like. You can still reply to the event starters until Thursday, the 16th.

You are allowed to post a closed starter for your character and their planned date, but make sure to reply to at least one open event starter before you do so. Be inclusive still!

If you have more than one character, you are allowed to post a starter for three characters at maximum during this event, however the rule above still applies unless you’ve run out of starters to reply to. Let us know via tags.

The supervision for the dresses and suits is strict, the staff will make sure they’re without zippers and buttons, again, please keep this in mind.  

Staff members are of course, allowed to partake in the ball.

However, be aware that some will be watching your characters with extra caution, they wouldn’t want anyone to end up creating a chaos.

Booze can be found in the basement, be thoughtful of this, and make sure to keep things realistic. If a staff member sees your character carrying one, they’ll likely be reprimanded right away.

Make sure to let us know whether your character is attending the ball or if they choose to stick with the movie marathon in your starter.

Again, make sure to try your best to not leave anyone out.

Tag your starters with gdievent004, both open and closed.

The third and final part of our thunderstorm event has begun. After all the chaos that’s occured due to the enormous, unexpected storm, fragments of the facility’s building and garden have ended up in a complete wreck. The garden is but a mess at this point, with flowerpots and soils smeared on the ground to accompany several collapsed trees. The library also took a relatively huge damage, three of its many windows crashed, bookcases alongside their contents on the floor, leaving the place unavailable for at least a day. Down in the basement, flood had seeped in and now the room smells of sheer musty, sharp, unpleasant odor that’s enough to make a lot of the residents scatter away from their usual hiding place.

On the brighter side, the power has been revived. Rain has also slowed down and it doesn’t take long until the sun finds it way to the surface again. Just for today, sessions will be entirely relaxed–patients can go and begin their therapy again, or choose to go outside and help the staff members fix up some of the affected areas. However, they’d have to gain permission from them to be able to do so.

Same as before, you may begin interaction for the third part starting now but if you’d like to make starters or reply to ones from the previous parts, you’re still permitted to do so. Again, make sure to use a specific tag for each of them ( #gdievent005:beginning, gdievent005:storm, & #gdievent005:aftermath )

Please reply to at least two open starters (event or non-event doesn’t matter) before creating your own.

The places that are currently undergoing small reconstruction are: the library, the garden, the basement, several patient or staff rooms. If you’d like your character’s room to be affected by this, just specify that in your thread, but again please be mindful–window crashes don’t mean characters can just take advantage and use them as sharp objects, if you’d like to do that, make sure to contact the main first. Places mentioned above will be unavailable for patients until tomorrow, unless they are there to help the staff members.

Surely, not everyone is going to come out unscathed, some might suffer sickness from the severe weather.

Patients can spend some time in the common room together to recover from the events, the staff members will provide several movies to keep them entertained and calm.

Everything will likely go back to normal on Monday.

You are allowed to make starters for all three events until the end of Monday.

You are still allowed to reply to event starters until the end of Tuesday. But please remember that the threads will be dated before April 24th, in character-wise.

The official end of the event will be announced by the main.

The second part of the thunderstorm event has offically begun! This is where some of the most affecting circumstances will occur.  What began as blustery rain altered into a full-on storm, several trees have begun to hazardously sway and creak, small objects are flung about, event the ancient portions of the building have begun to peel off, there will be leaks, and little floods here and there. At this point, patients are no longer permitted to roam out of the building.

Later as the awfully chaotic time goes on, something even worse happens--a power outage strikes the area, causing most electricity to stop working altogether. Heaters become quite scarce and staff members are instantly spread out to tighten the security as much as they can and ensure that everyone is safe. Lightning roars outside, and the day turns frightening. How will your characters deal with this?

You may begin posting starters for the second part of the event now. You’re still allowed to make and reply to starters from the previous part, of course, however, please specify the timeline by using a specific tag for each part ( #gdievent005:beginning & #gdievent005:storm ) so there won’t be any confusion. 

Please reply to at least two open starters (event or non-event doesn’t matter) before creating your own.

As stated before, the basement is accesible for hiding. But please be realistic if you’d like your characters to hide there. Security is high, it won’t be easy to just roam down below. 

Here are the places that’ll likely be damaged by the storm: the garden, the library, the basement (little flood), most of the outside grounds, and even windows of several rooms. 

The power outage happens from 2 PM to 7 PM, in-character wise. But the storm begins to slow down from around 5 PM. Things will be a lot more peaceful after midnight. You don’t have to follow real-life time, feel free to do a time jump if you’d like.

You are allowed to post one starter for two characters, and you’re allowed to use characters that have been used in the previous part. 

If you have any questions, please contact the main.