Raffles & Giveaways

[url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/63968070][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/639681/63968070_350.png[/img][/url] Keferniath dragged hard and pulled out yet another dripping, half rotten boot. They weren't all that big, but there were [I]so many[/i], and when they were that waterlogged they were heavy! She felt like she'd really gotten a good workout hauling them from the pond all day. But, finally, that looked like the last of them! The water was already looking more hospitable to life. Just in time, too, she thought, as she introduced an assortment of fish to their new home. It had been quite some time she had eaten a full meal, and those wrasses were starting to look like dinner!

[center][b]Friday[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/49886956][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/498870/49886956_350.png[/img][/url][/center] Delta immediately perked up after hearing their task for today. Now this was right up her alley! She excitedly rushed to the pond and drew up her staff from its straps. She breathed deeply until she could feel the water pooling in her claws, churning as it longed to be set free. Delta opened her eyes. A stream of water swirled out of the tip of her staff and spiraled down into the pond. Wherever the pond water touched the magic, it swirled and spun along in the whirlpool, flushing the debris and algae up and out to the shore. After her patch of pond had been cleared, she gestured for her water magic to come up to the waste pile and collect into a hovering orb, taking the waste with it. She pointed with her staff to move the bubble and dropped it down on the pile of discarded items that was forming with the help of the other dragons. Delta put her staff back in its straps to pick up a couple of items that had fallen out of the sphere of water, then turned back to the pond to clear out another section.

[center]Back again! [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/66434997][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/664350/66434997.png[/img][/url][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/68295130][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/682952/68295130.png[/img][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/78273738][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/782738/78273738.png[/img][/url][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/78273738][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/782738/78273738.png[/img][/url][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/78273740][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/782738/78273740.png[/img][/url][/center] The triplets are back, and covered in mud and muck head to toe. "Look mama! More boots!" they squeal, and drag the remnants of an old wader onto shore, tipping it out to see what escapes with the mud and water. There must have been quite the colony of cobblers here at one time, or some very unfortunate fisherfolk. The pile of soggy dissolving boots their parents have amassed is truly impressive. They've also managed to rake out a large quantity of overgrown plant matter that was choking the shallows, and already the water is starting to settle and clear, running more freely. The kelp and weed is hauled off to be composted while the children fling gobbets of goop at one another. Finally they are chased into the newly deepened pond to be scrubbed and rinsed, and then sent to sit in a tree to dry, and hopefully take a nap.

[center][b]Thursday[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/74843465][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/748435/74843465_350.png[/img][/url][/center] Riegan's knee deep in the pond. He wouldn't have gone in it earlier, but since they've starting working on it and removing all the junk and unclogging all the yucky bits, it's getting a lot better. The pondwater is clear, seeing how nice it is makes him happy. He walks around, urging any new plant life to grow. Healthy plants to feed the fishes. He also picks up all sorts of items that had been stuck under the pond, difficult to fish out. He leaves the pond to put his recent haul away, when he has the oddest feeling on his right leg. He looks down and screams. "LEEECH!!"

[center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/885617184494202950/974208703387549727/NYDvmD5.png[/img][/center] [font=arial][color=#595f30][size=4]On Friday, the previously neat plaza is filled with stuff again! There are crates and boxes and chests standing around and some dragons curiously peeking around and inside - which you soon join. It really is [i]stuff[/i]. All sorts of stuff: planters, figurines, tiles, fabrics, flowers, dyes and even a crate with glitter-filled glasses - and more. Everything in pristine condition, so certainly it doesn’t hail from the ruins. As you push open the lid of another chest to examine its contents, another large crate is dropped beside you with a relieved ‘phew’ from its carrier and you look up instead. The Guardian is larger than the others were, but nonetheless she’s definitely exhausted. Did she carry all these here by herself? [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/46058890][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/460589/46058890.png[/img][/url][nextcol][indent] [font=arial][color=#931A6A][size=5]"That’s the last one! Name's Aronia. Drop the tools you in the back there, you’ve all done enough of the hard work. Come here. So, we’ve asked around a bit in nearby clans and gathered spare decor from our own hoards - we figured, the place looks pretty fine now, but, well, not very homely yet, so the only thing really missing is some [i]atmosphere[/i]. I’m not the craftiest dragon, but hey, the thought is what matters, right? So, aside from ordinary decorations, we’ve also brought some things to make our own. What could be more welcoming than some handcrafted trinkets after all, hm?"[/columns] [font=arial][color=#595f30][size=4]She grins heartily, then plops down with a thud that sends a rumble through some smaller crates next to her, before she starts unpacking some of the things so they can be distributed throughout the lairs. [center][item=Pohip Planter][item=Banded Olivine][item=Crushed Petals] [font=arial][color=#595f30][size=5]The ruins are not ruins anymore now - we’ve come a long way! Now what’s left to do is to give this place some color. So bring some eco-friendly materials to craft and decorate with & don’t forget to clean up behind yourselves! [item=Potted Peacevine][item=Pressed Flower][item=Beautiful Barrens Tile][/center] [center][font=arial][color=#931A6A][size=5][b]Today's Prizes [quote=Meta Decoration] [item=Vista: Greenskeeper Gathering] [/quote] [quote=A Classic] [item=Bouquet of Flowers] [/quote] [quote=Wandering Bouquet] [item=Lilium Floron][item=Petalmane Floron] [item=Orange Blotch Pansy][item=Creeping Tendril][item=Garden Watcher][item=Blue Vein Pansy] [/quote] [size=0]@Ajgreelyfan3 @Avmire @beBlueberry @CherryGlitter @daycat @Deladria @Deviousdeparture @jbapple @Kothra @Magmish @MeadowMatriarch @RaiStarDragon @Rosie1450 @SilentWanderer @Silexiunno @tigressRising @Ultrasuede

[center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/885617184494202950/974208702250901534/4YaZVun.png[/img] [quote=Building Ambition] [item=Scene: Gladekeeper's Domain] [s]won by @Magmish[/s] [/quote] [quote=Season's Blessings] [item=Green Olive Wreath][item=Spring's Breath] claimed by Magmish! [s]won by @SilentWanderer[/s] [/quote] [quote=Foliage Friends] [item=Cherry Blossom Caterpillar][item=Maple Caterpillar] won by @endvoic[/quote] ----- [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/885617184494202950/974208746035236874/Qaty5hh.png[/img] [quote=Sylvan Oasis] [item=Skin: Grotto] won by @SilentWanderer [/quote] [quote=Astounding Algae] [item=Shifting Kelpie Mane] won by @endvoic[/quote] [quote=Risky Pondmates] [item=Paddyfowl][item=Gladeveins Needletooth][item=Lilyfowl] won by @Luminox[/quote] [font=arial][color=#931A6A][size=5][b]Congratulations![/b] Prizes will be sent out shortly. If you prefer a lower tier prize than you have won, let me know in the CR! [sub][s]also damn, rng really took a liking to someone there...[/center]

[center][b]Friday[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/76477562][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/764776/76477562_350.png[/img][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/76463812][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/764639/76463812_350.png[/img][/url] [/center] Fasci did have a tendency to brag if she was proud of herself, and Aysha liked to gossip, so Dicentra's little mission to help clear the ruins was now common knowledge in the Meristema Clan. Dicentra didn't mind her family knowing, she had just appreciated not being constantly checked up on and to be given the space to make mistakes and learn from them. Thankfully, it was the end of the week and the family could see Dicentra had managed fine, she was trusted to continue her work and they kept away from the site. She told them she didn't want th to visit until it was all finished - she wanted to see their pride in her completed efforts. Dicentra had been a little irritable with Fasciatia but it didn't last long, they were too close for bickering and grudges. They'd hatched on the same day and been together ever since - Dicentra knew they couldn't keep a secret, but they weren't mean spirited either. Besides, today was the most fun - decorating! All the hard labour was done and now they just had to make sure everything looked its best. As Dicentra arranged pretty knick-knacks she had taken from the Meristema hoard, (with permission, of course), Fasciatia gathered pretty rocks and stones. "Hello Dicentra, I thought you might be able to use these." Dicentra turned quickly, slightly startled as she hadn't heard anyone approach. "Oh! Hello Musa." [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/75116446][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/751165/75116446_350.png[/img][/url][/center] Although Musa was a member of the Meristema Clan, Dicentra wouldn't say she [i]knew[/i] her, although she seemed like a nice dragon. They just hadn't spent much time together. Yet here she was, with baskets of flowers. "They're beautiful, thank you." "My grandmother is one of the gardeners, you know." "Of course I know!" Dicentra protested, even though she had forgotten Actia was Musa's grandmother. Actia was a serious yet patient and gentle dragon, and Musa's parents were quite the odd couple. Musa herself carried some of their eccentricities from the things they taught her but had her own peculiarities with her strange powers of sight. Musa stayed to help with the plants, which Dicentra could understand, but then she remained after that too. She always asked what Dicentra thought was best, what her opinion of an arrangement was. It was nice, but Dicentra couldn't understand it. After all this time, Musa had just appeared out of nowhere. And yet... it didn't feel awkward. It felt as if they [i]were[/i] friends. They could make each other laugh and Musa always seemed to know what to say. "Hey!" Fasci yelled, poking her head through the window. "Will you stop flirting and help me out here?" Dicentra squarked and stumbled over her protests, but Fasciatia had already gone back out of sight (after a quickfire wink). Musa giggled and nudged Dicentra playfully. "Come on then, let's see what your cousins are up to."

[center][b]Friday[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/49886956][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/498870/49886956_350.png[/img][/url][/center] Delta opened the lid of one of the crates and pulled out a Gladekeeper sackdoll. She smiled as it flopped in her hand and she trotted over to the ruins to place it happily on the corner of one of the newly-cleaned walls. She went back to another box, this one filled with materials and supplies rather than premade items. She pulled some pretty leaves, flowers, and sticks from the crate and plopped down in the grass to sit and weave a wreath. She started to lace the flowers around the sticks and took a deep breath of the fresh Viridian Labyrinth air. This was the best place for crafting!

[center]Setting up House [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/66434997][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/664350/66434997_350.png[/img][/url][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/68295130][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/682952/68295130_350.png[/img][/url][/center] Sweetbark and Honeyheart are back, and today they're making everyone uncomfortable as they go around slyly placing fertility statues in the corners of every newly restored home. Giggling and winking at each other, to the horror of onlookers this pair of childhood sweethearts knows no shame, and is determined to spread the love. They've also brought a crate of nicely sized hematite stones and set up a little carving station for the creation of less saucy figurines as well.