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Lightning Moon Survivor of the Month

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Thanks for helping me keep on keeping on!
Thanks for helping me keep on keeping on!

Okay here goes, against my better judgement. Is there really a Survivor of the Month Curse? This is the moon to find out. Will the Survivor of the Month curse take another unlucky lucky survivor off the pages of Survival forever? Or will it have the desired effect of thanking and encouraging those who choose to share their supernatural survival  knowledge and experiences here on the pages of SOS?

The jury is out. The die is cast. The game is ventured and insert other idioms here. Read the clues. If it’s NOT you, well congratulations. You may survive to see another month. If it sounds like you, congratulations too, you will be receiving a small iTunes gift card in your email but well, good luck next month…

The Lightning Moon Survivor of the Month…

1. Is a supernaturally skilled ambulatologist. 

2. Is preternaturally sensitive to sugar.

3. Has a white wolf for a spirit guide. One time the White Wolf told her to follow to a cave and when she got there she saw something strange on the cave walls. It may or may not have been Ashpaw hereself. (Thanks to Ashpaw for getting that story out.)

4. For a long time she thought she was a werewolf from her dad’s side and then she discovered the truth – it could be her mom’s side. Although she continues to deny this, The Reaper thinks its likely.

5. Has a mysterious silver turtle necklace with a green gem inherited from her stepdad that can prevent full moon ww transformations. It also helps with the WW rage of inherited lycanthropy.

6. Has green glowing eyes.

7. Is a werepyre, mostly werewolf but part vampire. As a result she has not transformed into either one yet but experiences powers of both intermittently, especially on the full moon. Powers she temporarily lost when an A-51 got to her with The Beast’s cure but has since regained. She would secretly like to be a mermaid but doubts that it will work.

8. Unfortunately, these super powers sometimes interfered with her powers of navigation. She would sometimes run right past her school without even seeing it.

9. Is a big defender of dragons. Does this mean she may become a dragon wolf some day?

10. May have once been visited by a passing apocalyptic angel who very unhelpfully visited a plague of ants on her house.

If you haven’t guessed it already it’s Mary5544. Over the last several months we have come to know Mary as a dedicated survivor who is always quick with a question or just a hello. While her reports are few and short, she is somehow able to get other Survivors talking about their experiences and for that I am very grateful. Just let her know before you go on her turf because she patrols her territory very carefully!

Now let’s hope the SOTM curse doesn’t get her. Thanks to everyone who contributed to SOS this month. Please keep on keeping on there’s big-gish things just around the corner, including we hope, more Survivors of the Month and Hall of Famers.

This Week In Survival, August 10, 2013

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Another Supernatural Week Of Survival!
Another Supernatural Week Of Survival!

It never fails. When it’s been a quiet week on SOS you can guess that something big is brewing and this week is no exception. My apologies if your comments are in moderation, the site is in lockdown mode.

—>>Mostly because of this SENTINEL…

Sentinel
Sentinel

First he brings his 32 clues or warnings, most helpfully compiled here by MR. MUTT…

At first I thought it was a case of duelling demons. The Sentinel here to collect. Like maybe the Mutt ate one of those underworld pastries on his last trip and now he had to pay.

(Although shifty ARCHAEA says we should rule this one out, on the grounds of symbolic appropriation alone! Fair point. Very inconsiderate of those demons to steal a symbol like that. But that’s another story.)

And what do you know about Protocol XTXKW, the plan to eliminate the strongest beings on Earth? Click here to learn more. 

So How DO You Survive a Sentinel Cycle?

The first step I’d say is to help Mr. Mutt figure out what it is. Preferably before it’s too late. Maybe there’s something in the 4 missing clues.

If this cycle, invented by alien mages, really operates through the use of demons like the one that currently has Kzazrier, well then defeating a demon historically involves knowing the right angel – or sometimes the right other demon –  to call. If my research is correct, and we get the right angel – or fallen angel or even another demon – for the job, and call them correctly, we can have this Sentinel not only defeated, but bringing us fireworks and possibly even build an awesome tower for all eternity. (Seriously. If Solomon can get one to help build an entire temple I figure we can get at least that!) Whatever you do at this point, one thing is clear. Don’t yawn! At least until we get this figured out. Or if you must yawn, remember to snap your fingers really loud while you do so.

And what did the sentinel do with KZAZ anyway?

–>>what is Mutt’s plan with the salt  to restore Kzazrier?

–>> And is THE REAPER trying to take him down too? MARY thinks he have opened a portal under her house.

Meanwhile In Other SOS Reports…

–>>  BELLAWOLF has some big little issues here. What do you know about werewolf rituals? Why does she want to know? And is this what happens when you make a leprechaun trap? Er, does anyone know how to treat leprechaun bites?  Many thanks to CHAOS for helping out.

–>> FIREFANG thought it wass a classic A-51 abduction, now thinks it’s something much worse. Is this linked to The Cycle? Many thanks to VELANKO for his sound survival advice on this one.

Keep on keeping on,

Seth

House Haunted by Chopin?

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Rock legends swear it’s true but is this dilapidated house really haunted by the ghost of pianist Frédéric Chopin?

Does Chopin Haunt This House?

Or did Chopin’s ghost actually leave with the Grateful Dead in 1971, if he was ever there at all?

Named Chateau d’Hérouville, this French estate has hosted and inspired some old rock n’ roll’s greats from Elton John to Iggy Pop and David Bowie, who stayed there to record their music in the 1970s. So why did these artists all claim the house to be haunted by Frédéric Chopin?

Consider the arguments for and against:

FOR: Chopin died young in 1849 with a lot of unfinished business including a young bride he could never marry because of his illness and many unfinished opuses. Yet somehow he still found time to finish the Funeral March.

FOR: Chopin is said to have fought here with his famous ex GF, Amadine Dupin who went by the name “George Sand” in her writing. As we all know, haunting an ex is one of the biggest motivations for hanging around this celestial plane.

Who needs a death mask?

FOR:  While Chopin lay dying in Paris, a number of creepy death talismans were cast of his body, including a couple of death masks and an entire death arm complete with a death hand before having his heart sealed into an urn. Who makes a death mask and a death arm if he doesn’t intend to come back and use them?

<<—- Creepy Chopin death mask.

FOR: This mansion is said to have been painted by famed impressionist artist Vincent Van Gogh yet I think you will agree the paint job in this photo is well, bloody awful. Supernaturally awful. Clearly the work of a ghost or ghosts here.

FOR: Many musicians who chose to record their albums here went on to be supernaturally successful.

But finally probably the most compelling evidence:

FOR: David Bowie says it’s true and it’s a well-known fact that Bowie is a gnown friend of gnomes and genies, both beings believed to have special communication with ghosts.

But before you decide, consider the arguments against:

AGAINST: Chopin didn’t die in this house and George Sand didn’t live in this house so if Fred wanted to haunt his ex with an awesome death mask and killer hand, why would he do it here?

AGAINST: In 1971, the Grateful Dead band was invited to spread grateful deadness around in hopes that some of it would rub off on Chopin’s ghost. Many say that it worked and in fact that Fred Chopin now plays back up keyboards for the group.

AGAINST: Known almost as much for his love of illegal mind altering substances as for his music, can Iggy Pop really be deemed a reliable witness?

And finally the most convincing evidence against:

AGAINST: Would a prince of the classical piano really want to spend eternity in a mansion known as the “Honky House,” listening to 70s punk and rock?

What do you think? Haunted by Chopin or not? I hope you’ll look into it with me this week.

This Week In Survival Aug 03, 2013

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Another Supernatural Week Of Survival!
Another Supernatural Week Of Survival!

Thanks to everyone for keeping on this week, hope that you, unlike MR. MUTT have been staying clear of  were-royals and fairy traps full of angry fairies.

Catching up now on who’s surviving supernaturally and how and why so look for the coloured links coming below:

–> AREA 51 ALERT – FYI – an agent goes by AGENT Z has appeared on the site. We’re looking into it, but please stand by and review your emergency protocols. Keep all personal info secret and prepare for potential site lockdown.

–>And what does FIREFANG have to do with it? And what’s VELANKO’S plan?

–>Mysterious survivor  KZAZRIER VETENARI causing a supernatural soup this week with his search for a sword named Mira, call me 15 clue-less! What is a half-Contali or Condemni again? And what are the 15 clues? So far here’s all I know:

*So what’s a Contali you ask? You can read about it here but fair warning, you have to tell somebody immediately or it disappears immediately with some make-forget magic.  Graham and I had to tell each other twice. There’s a reason you can’t google this.
*He found a talking stone that says: ‘Beware, the Cycle might come to Earth,’ I don’t think you know about the Cycle… Let me say one thing, it’s dangerous… Only the weakest will survive…” Let’s put aside the history and significance of talking stones here, what does he mean? Does he mean a unicycle? Are we heading for a future full of clowns? What exactly does he mean?   Kzaz has hidden clues all over the site. Apparently if we can find them all and put them all together then Kzaz will tell us what is going on. So see if you can help assemble the clues. The survival of everyone may depend on your detective skills. He puts numbers beside them like the clues he left below:
Seth, remember this, I will give you number one…
Here it comes: It comes in the dark, (1)
Hm… I’ll also give you number two…
So, here it is: It comes in the light, (2)
–> New Wind Werewolf VOSUL claims to have the Contali’s sword Mira in a cave in Dublin. What does he plan to do with it –  start fires? And what will Kzazrier do to reclaim it? Is Kzaz behind the ghost jamming his signal? Or the vampire on his tail?
–> MARY is not so happy about being cured of her lycanthropy THE BEAST better watch out!. I remember when this happened to Alex, he was never the same again. (Thanks to ASHPAW for the moral support.)
–> Gotta hand it to THE BEAST though. First selling the cure to A-51, then what does he do?  THE BEAST now marketing his ANTI-CURE. Is he a mad entrepreneur or just mad?

 

–>So how will you recognize a reaper? THE REAPER sheds a little light on the subject and casts his vote for the supernatural identity of the new baby prince.