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Aymas - Day 12
It was really difficult having to choose a final five wishes from a good number of ones that were very important - some very expensive - and ultimately we decided to grant a couple more than the last five.
Wish 56
By Yuki (#172)
I wish that Kagemi (#160) would get some financial assistance to buy baby things. She and her husband just got the good news that she made it through her first trimester and so they are officially expecting their first baby. :3 As a moderator, she spends a lot of time and effort on the site, and I think it'd be nice if Aywas made her Christmas extra special!
Wish 57
By Teishuku (#32462)
My last wish is for there to be an Ovarian Cancer Awareness day sometime next year. I'm losing my younger cousin to a very rare form of it, and she has been a huge inspiration, not showing her fear of death, not showing her regret for leaving family behind. She has always been a huge supporter of cancer awareness, and it seems that Ovarian Cancer in particular is one of the forms that gets passed over or forgotten easily. Or even if a donation to my aunt/uncle/cousin could be made (they are trying to raise money for her funeral expenses... D: ) would be extremely amazing.
NOTE: I'd like it if you could contact me and we can pick a date and I'll start assigning workers to making this day memorable.
Wish 58
By Neos Rivetter (#20537)
I have a friend in the hospital that currently in terminal condition. She never made an account on this site, but one of the times she was nearby, she saw the Fire Unicorn Lunaris and said she wanted to make one as a plushie for herself. Unfortunately, neither one of us are skilled with a needle and haven't been able to get anyone else to make it. As much as I would love the resulting plush doll to be sent directly to her room in the hospital, but they don't take patient mail... There is also a chance that this plush, if it gets to her after she dies, will be buried with her so it can keep her company after death, in a sense.
Wish 59
By Retta & Imay (#63)
By Retta:
I have a real life wishy of puppy items, toys, etc for Imay (also here on 63). She recently got an adorable little Yellow Labrador puppy, and I'm sure she'd be absolutely tickled with puppy stuff spoilage~ :3 Anything would be awesome. Chew toys, treats, little bed. Doesn't have to be super spendy or a mass of items. I know she'd appreciate anything, even if it was just a ball or something~ ^^
By Imay:
I wish for Retta (#63) to get... a husky, puppy or adult dog (if good with cats). XD She's been wanting a puppy but huskies are extremely expensive (or the cheaper ones aren't good with cats) so... (But she got a husky, so instead she gets some supplies for her new dog!)
Isn't that cute, lair partners wishing the same for each other?
Wish 60
By Tala (#2113)
Cheshire (5252) Would REALLY love to be able to give her baby stuff. She is almost 8 months pregnant with her second try, her first was a still born and caused complications with this new pregnancy. She had internal bleeding and thought she was going to lose the baby. Its a little girl named Zoey who is due sometime in February. They JUST had to move homes (12/16/12/) and it will be very hard for them to get the things they need for their little one. Also just found out that Cheshire's arting laptop took a dump so there will be no more arting from her until they can afford a new one...:(
Wish 61
By Tibbs + Jo (#808)
Oookay. Ookay. This one's going to be a little weird, but I think there's a purpose to this xD
So my horse Griffin, I'm pretty sure everyone on aywas that ever was knows about him.
He's my best friend, and honestly he really just makes life worth living right now. And yet sometimes I feel sorry for him.
During the summer, he has super bad sweet itch - an allergy to insect bites that a horse can get. It makes everything super itchy, their coat, and especially mane and tail.
Last summer he was so allergic and itchy, he scratched it all off. About half of his tail, and his entire mane. He was bald up until about a month ago, and it was still itchy and covered in sores. I felt sorry for him, but there wasn't anything I could do at that time.
I wish that my best friend Griffin could have a bit of fly spray this year.
Wish 62
By ◄ocey► (#2172)
For Helmy (#1401)
If it's possible, could she perhaps have a giftcard IRL of some sort? It's for her and her son you see, I'm sure that she'd want to spoil him this holiday somehow and it'd be nice if she got a wish granted for them both :)
And last but not least...
Wish 63
By Jackins & Nox (#50)
Site wide: I've seen a number of posts from a few users throughout the year mentioning that they are struggling to make ends meet and having to cut out meals or having to skip them. If at all possible, some sort of donation drive that could be split up between a few users for food needs for the holiday would be my biggest wish. Nobody should have to go hungry over the holidays.
This wish will start something special for the start of 2013... you'll hear more about it later after I speak with the wisher!
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:01pm
Art Gallery & More!
Site Update
Our favorite shiny coins are ready to pack up and head into the vault, so this is your 24-hour warning to grab any last-minute PBCs or Platinum Talismans you might've forgotten to nab already!
The rest of the holiday items will be around until January 14th at 11:59 p.m.!
Story Game
Winner: ca6taloo(#7087)
Prize: Elaborate Stocking
Congratulations! :3
Art Gallery
The art gallery has been judged!
The theme was Christmas Morning and we received a ton of fun, spirited entries!
Here are our featured winners:
They won:
Congratulations!
The current theme is New Years Around the Aywas World!
Unsurprisingly, this theme coincides with the new year that is rapidly approaching.
While you can do any type of piece that incorporates the "new year" theme and is Aywas related, I would love to see some of your New Year's traditions in an Aywas context. From family to family and country to country, I know that there are a lot of different ways to commemorate this occasion, and I'd love for you to share those with us!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Sun Dec 30, 2012 6:23pm
Undead Wedding pt 2!
Items
All of the new books have been added - bring them to the Library to read them!
Do you have an Undead Statuette? You can now fetch the zombie dragon's PSD by clicking here.
Can't get enough wedding gifts? Hmm...how about solving these two riddles? When you have the answer to the riddle (one word answers for both), put the answer into this URL. It is not case sensitive:
https://www.aywas.com/ucp/prize_code/ANSWER/
You can win up to two additional wedding gifts by answering these two riddles:
I deliver everywhere on a clear road
taking away the unwanted,
and bringing 20% of the air.
I cling like gift wrapping
sometimes covered soft,
sometimes covered hard.
Do not post the answers anywhere public - not on the news post, not on the forums, nowhere. This will be considered cheating.
Please note that these codes will be disabled in one week.
Undead Statuettes can be gained by collecting the books. There are four museum collections, each with six books, that give away a Statuette. View the collections here. These collections will be retired in one week.
Note: Yes, one of the books is a duplicate, it will be replaced soon.
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Sat Dec 29, 2012 8:41pm
Holiday Item Exchange
Items
If you didn't see the hybrids Slash smuggled into this box, here are all the possibilities for the Holiday Aywa Gift 2012!
Aren't they just gorgeous?
The various stockings and the Pile of Gifts have been fixed to reflect this year's items!
If you used your item already, that's no problem. :3
You are not required to exchange your items since we cannot hunt all of these down, but if you would like to swap out your item, here are the details!
Exchanges:
Raw Blue Crystal can be exchanged for a Delicious Eggnog.
The Icecube Potion can be exchanged for either a Candy Cane Potion (Basic Stocking) or Snowflake Box (Pile of Gifts).
Holiday Forest Potion can be exchanged for the new Winter Wonderland Potion.
Holiday Aywa Gift can be swapped out for the current Holiday Aywa Gift 2012.
Please note that you are ONLY eligible for the exchange if you obtained these items from the stockings or Pile of Gifts this month.
Instructions:
If you have a Raw Blue Crystal or an Icecube Potion to exchange, send your item(s) to Sennara (#9711) along with a PM with Holiday Exchange in the subject. In the body of the PM, simply let her know what you've sent over. For the Icecube Potion, please include which item you used.
If you have a Holiday Forest Potion or Holiday Aywa Gift to exchange, send your item(s) to Graymare (#14978) along with a PM with Holiday Exchange in the subject. In the body of the PM, simply let her know what you've sent over.
Deadline: Have your request sent to the appropriate mod(s) by January 5th at 11:59 p.m. to have your item exchanged!
Thank you!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Sat Dec 29, 2012 12:15am
Undead Wedding
Site Update
The Undead Wedding
A Slashbot Event, brought to you by your neighborhood superheros, Flash (#1)
The Undead Wedding is an event where you can put on your finest zombie attire and eat lots and lots of creepy foods and read creepy books, because the theme of the wedding is literature.
Look at that, don't you just look... GHOULISH?
There are plenty of delicious finger foods (made of real fingers, maybe...) available for your consumption, as well as the famous blood cake!
The wedding, being literature-themed, features some of the finest works that our authors have to offer. After all, what's a creepy zombie literature-themed wedding without books?
Don't forget to pick up your Undead Wedding Gift (which you should have gotten automatically if you have logged in the last 24 hours). Inside, you'll find two Undead Wedding HA items, one Undead Wedding food item, and one Undead Wedding book.
(If you got a second one due to the server hating me while I sent 'em out, don't panic, just keep it. It's not worth trying to find all the extras!)
There is the possibility of the printing press popping out some more books before the day is up, so you can either decide to use your item now or wait and see if more books come fresh off the press.
For those of you who contributed books to the event and had their books selected (though not all have their covers done), you'll be finding a shiny little statuette appearing in your inventory as a thank you for your fabulous authoring, as well as some copies of your book as... well, author advance copies to share with your friends~
...which, of course, allows you to make one of those above nom nom zombie dragons!
There may be another way to get a nom nom zombie dragon later today... but you might have to collect some books to do that...
For those of you who would like to attend the actual e-wedding this is made in honor of, please contact Flash (#1) for information. The wedding is at 6:00 PM Aywas time.
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:02am
Weekly Updates!
Contests
This week's raffle winner is:
Helmy (#1401)
Who had (lucky) 13 crystals out of 17,365 total and won a Platinum Breeding Coin!
Congratulations! :3
And, as promised, here are the five lucky runner-ups that will each receive 1 Platinum Breeding Pebble!
1. Yukioma (#31550)
2. Icekitty (#14034)
3. Sauda & Vita (#10548)
4. Sorrel (#5665)
5. Isra (#39223)
Enjoy your goodies, and good luck!
Next week's raffle winner will receive a Miniature Phoenix Tree to start the New Year off right!
Trivia
The trivia has been updated!
Last week's questions and answers revealed!
How long are PBCs available in store?
Two weeks
What date did the 2012 Scavenger Hunt start?
July 13th
What was the original Lesser Breeding Pendant regeneration time?
60 days
How often is the Hybrid Breeding Coin Season?
Every three months
Which pet was designed by the July 2011 Scavenger Hunt winners?
Woolith
When was the Rock Quarry introduced?
May 2011
Which melo colouration was the December monthly in 2009?
Winter morning melo
The following HA items are all female-equipped only except...
Pink lily hair ornament
Which site pet is said to emerge at the beginning of April after hibernating all winter?
Blooming inari
In the 2011 Vampires vs Zombies game, who placed 2nd in the top three Zombie rankings?
Rain Bullet #409
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:09pm
Aymas Seasonal Shop!
Site Update
Now Dasher, now Dancer!
Now Prancer and Vixen!
On Comet, on Cupid!
On Donner and Blitzen!
With reindeer prancing around just outside and garland adorning the windows, a warm golden light spills onto the snow outside as the Seasonal Shop opens its doors!
Now accepting Candy Canes and Snowflakes from now until January 3rd at 11:59 P.M.!
The Holiday Lane will be open through December 31st at 11:59 P.M.
Grab a hot cup of cocoa, snuggle up with a warm blanket, and listen close, because I'm about to tell you tales of all the new wonders the Seasonal Shop holds this year!
Potions, Pet Boxes and Custom Makers
Still looking for a gift for that gambler or pet lover on your list? Take a look at the potions we have in unlimited stock for a limited time!
The Candy Cane Potion will turn your active pet into one of the eight great reindeer up there!
The Winter Wonderland Potion--with a miniature, snowy world inside its glass--will change your active pet into a random one from Holiday Lane 2012.
The Skating Potion will transform your active pet into one of the 18 pets in the Seasonal Shop.
You'll hear more about these pets later on in the post. :3
Inside the Snowflake Box are eight hybrids looking for a home! These hybrids are exclusive to the box. Here's a small preview of what's inside! Hint: If you're looking for all pets inside the box, sort the Aywapedia by newest and look for pets with a "season" of snow12.
And now onto what I teased you with!
The coveted Winter Wish Potion! This item will enable you to upload one of the 3 Holiday 2012 Shopkeepers with up to 30% edits.
Clothing & Wardrobes
Looking for something festive and fun to dress up your holiday and winter wear? Look no further!
We have four brand new wearable sets that are filled with joy!
The Reindeer Set includes a suit, tail, antlers (a headpiece with antlers and ears), hooves, and a harness. This is the only set sold individually.
The Toy Chest contains a 5-piece toy soldier uniform.
This set includes a hat, jacket, pants, boots, and the holdable rifle.
The Fairy Music Box contains a 5-piece winter fairy set.
The fairy outfit is comprised of a dress, gloves, slippers, wings, and a cloak.
Finally, we have the timeless Antique Santa Sack, which also contains a 5-piece ensemble of an old world Santa Claus figure. (Two previews so you can see the gown.)
This set includes the gown, robe, hat, beard, and staff!
If your HA loves winter and is dreading seeing the Holiday Lane melt away, then you might want to consider the Snowy Forest Wallpaper.
This is a wearable backdrop for your HA taken from the lovely winter theme we've been enjoying all month. :3
... which brings me to our next surprise!
Site Goodies
The Winter Weather Key is used to unlock the wintery Holiday Lane background as a permanent site theme!
These bright Decorative Lights will help you glow! Literally. Use this item from your inventory to unlock the forum title "Glowing" in a golden yellow font.
Weaponry
Because ice-loving warriors need some good equipment this time of year!
We have the Snow Fort, Icicle Dagger ornament, and lethal Ice Skates.
Snow Fort - 15% toughness bonus, 10% freeze resistance.
Icicle Dagger - 10% power bonus, 5% freeze resistance.
Ice Skates - 15% power bonus, 5% speed bonus, 10% freeze resistance.
Pet Treats
I hope your pets made it onto the nice list this year! If you haven't given them a little extra something special yet, take a look at these goodies!
The Holiday Carousel and Jingle Rock are adorable fauna that any pet would enjoy!
We also have this lovely spread of food that will keep you and your pet energized and full on those long winter night walks!
Gift Bags
Looking for something to spruce up what's under someone's tree? We might have just the gift bag you've been looking for!
The Holiday Gift Bag contains a Winter Wonderland Potion, Flaming Pudding, and Butter balls!
The Butter Balls are a regenerating energy item. Regen time: 1 day.
The Seasonal Gift Basket contains a Tiny Gift Box, a Candy Cane Potion, and a Fondue.
Fondue is a regenerating hunger item. Regen time: 1 day.
And now, onto the next section...
Pets!
The Seasonal Shop is currently housing 18 pets for you to take home! Here's a little sampling of what you'll find inside:
Remember, though you can buy these pets individually, you can also grab a Skating Potion if you want to try your luck at turning your active pet into one of these 18!
Please note that items/pets may take around 60 seconds to show up in your inventory/lair since you are "crafting" them with your Candy Canes and Snowflakes!
We will also be adding an option to trade snowflakes for 5 and 10 packs of candy canes, but that (and some other holiday announcements) will be posted after I get some rest. XD
Edit: So far, though, we do have the Snowflake 5 Pack.
This item will open into 5 individual snowflakes, and is basically a way for you to turn your Candy Canes into Snowflakes if you're in need of them!
Enjoy! And have a...
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Wed Dec 26, 2012 7:51pm
Seasonal Shop Reminder
Site Update
Please remember that while the shop is being stocked, prices, items and pets are subject to change.
DO NOT purchase anything until there is an official announcement.
If you do buy something, you will NOT be refunded.
Thanks for your cooperation with this!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Wed Dec 26, 2012 5:51pm
Shopkeeper Teaser!
Site Update
There is still much to come in this magical season!
The famous holiday edition of the Seasonal Shop is scheduled to open on the 26th if all goes according to plan, so make sure you're stocking up on those Snowflakes and Candy Canes!
As a little teaser, here are the 2012 Holiday Shopkeepers!
In shopkeeper tradition, you are free to upload one of these images if you don't want to alter the coloring, but you are also allowed to customize the design. These can have up to 30% lineart edits.
The item you will need to create one of these lovely pets is the Winter Wish Potion, which will be released in the Seasonal Shop. Lots of goodies to look forward to. :3
I hope everyone has had a happy and healthy holiday season thus far!
And to all a good night!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Tue Dec 25, 2012 11:18pm
Aymas is here!
Site Update
Our favorite Lunaris has a very special prize for you at the Advent Calendar today!
The Magic Gift contains the following items:
+ 5 Snowflakes!
The coal and glowstick are collectables, but the Jingle Bells are rather special. If you use them on your active pet, it will turn into a rather famous Lunaris!
Enjoy the goodies! The Advent Calendar will be giving out prizes every day through the rest of December, so keep checking back. :3
FYI, we will be adding something that will reveal your Secret Santa's identity if you didn't already find out.
If you were signed up for the event but did NOT receive a gift or didn't get paired up with someone for some reason, we'll be taking care of that for you, no worries! Details forthcoming!
Edit: Yasu is looking into the borked HTML.
Be sure to take a look at Slash's important post below!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Tue Dec 25, 2012 1:10am