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V-Day Moon Brings New Survivor of the Month

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Well it’s official. Thanks to Velanko, who carried the Survivor of the Month curse without dropping it, in the tradition of survivors before including: the hardy  Hatter and the forthright Fenrir, and the rebellious Reaper, the Survivor of the Month prize-curse continues  –  for at least one more month.

Who will it be?
Who will it be?

I have to admit, I thought for sure the curse would fall this month and end the ritual once and for all. But the time travel always tells the truth. So a big thanks to you Velanko for surviving with SOS another month. Long may you keep on keeping on. Watch below for clues to the new SOTM:

Guess the V-Day Moon SOTM

(Survivor of the Month)

This Survivor of the Month…

1. Is complicated. Very very complicated. And intense. Definitely intense.

2. Even before arriving on the site, way back in March, sent a gift to another survivor. Lycan the Protector received an enchanted mirror one night after the hunt, signed by the SOTM.

3. Stirred up a lot of debate with this gift. Was the SOTM good? Or evil? One claimed the SOTM had been their mate. One claimed her friend. And this was all before the SOTM ever graced us with a single word.

4. Ended the debate when the SOTM finally did speak, offering to help defeat the Dark. In the SOTM’s own words, “my past is rife with blood and debauchery, but billions of years have given me time both to think and to love mankind.”

5. Favorite color is green.

6. Was instrumental helping Fenrir locate the Lord of the Hunt and I for one am very thankful.

7. Has been nursing a broken heart for a very long time. Like, years. Billions of them. That’s why I thought they were spending the V-Day Moon hunting cupids or something, because they weren’t technically around and so were not eligible. But then I could see they were actually here but not speaking.( And maybe hunting cupids too. Hard to say.)

8. However not everyone claims to be a huge fan. Ice followed her here just to challenge her to a death duel. And he hadn’t challenged anyone lately. Likewise The Reaper claims to be a non-fan. But you have to take that with a grain of salt, it’s all about the body count.

9. Does not like to be referred to as a demon or a daemon. OR the mother of all demons. Prefers the moniker, “Pre-Fall Human.”

10. Is involved in an effort to help conquer the world through music with anumber of other survivors on the site, including A.P. and The Reaper, to which effort she will lend her mathematically pure voice and a some glowsticks. Along with a round of Baconators for all. 

וּפָגְשׁוּ צִיִּים אֶת-אִיִּים, וְשָׂעִיר עַל-רֵעֵהוּ יִקְרָא; אַךְ-שָׁם הִרְגִּיעָה לִּילִית, וּמָצְאָה לָהּ מָנוֹ

As if you haven’t guessed already, the unlucky-lucky SOTM this month is in fact LILITH, whose awesome intensity and friendly-ish dark side helped many survivors, including me, over the darkest months of the year. Thanks to you Lilith. A small iTunes gift card has been sent to the email you use to log into the site. Watch for your profile under the Survivor of the Month banner below Velanko’s – hopefully I get it up there a lot sooner than I did his – and good luck with the curse.

Thanks to everyone who contributed this month and survived the V-Day Moon with me.

Please keep on with the keeping on keeping on!

Seth

On the V-Day Moon Will You Survive?

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With V-Day demons and angels working overtime tonight, Survivors everywhere are hiding out armed with bees and/or honey, if my email is any indication.

Mothra is almost like a bee..
Should you adopt a Kaiju moth to keep away Cupid?

That’s right, honey. One email from a survivor who is dangerously sweet on somebody has vowed to use my V-Day advice to trap a cupid at midnight. Of course I immediately wrote back advising them not to attempt this under any circumstances.

Will they survive? Will I? Will you? Will there be any Survivors on this deadly moon let alone a Survivor of the Month?

It’s too soon to tell. Me, I am hiding out uploading my latest Monstrometer Report, completely bee-less on account of the weather. Who knew that storms could be made to hold hands on V-Day? The work of a Cupid with a sick sense of humour?

Check back here where I’ll be answering these important questions and checking in with who’s surviving on the site over the next 48 hours.

This full moon report in progress. Thanks for keeping on keeping on with SOS…

Seth

Velanko Survivor of the Month January 2014

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SOS Survivor of the Month

Some Fast Facts About Velanko…

1. He describes himself mysteriously as, “An ordinary run of the mill mythic…with all the right gear.” Sound like Batman to you? Well he’s not. He’s even better. I mean Batman’s main superpower is mostly being superrich. (Little known fact: in the early days of Batman he literally fought with money: money guns, money shields, money bombs etc.) Valenko on the other hand, in his current condition, well you can read about him here.

2. He can fix your biomech. Something I’ve been meaning to ask him about ever since Robowolf ssent me that home exoskeleton kit. 

3. He once very nobly volunteered to be the Mayor of Mythics.  Also the Mythic Ambassador, which seemed like a lot of fun and ceremonial suppers. Hey anything for the sake of a plan right… 

Seriously. Valenko can usually be counted on to help out with your plan or his plan or her plan. It’s one of the qualities I admire most about Velanko here on the site.  Planning is hard. Coming up with one is hard and executing one with other supernatural beings  – even harder. Execute often being the operative word here… but hey! It’s better than the alternative. Hail to all who do it here at SOS, including Velanko.

4. Velanko really, really, really hates wraiths. Really? Really. Especially wraiths in suitcases. Something to be aware of at airports. Valenko, why do wraiths like suitcases anyway?

5. Enlisted the help of many on the site to help him turn his friend – a genetic werewolf – ie: trigger his first transformation to help in a full moon fight against a team of hunters brought on by the Sentinel Cycle. So did he use silver as Chaoswolf suggested? Or Mutt’s suggestion of a fear trap? I’m still searching the archives to find out. Oh there it is. Clearly it worked but unclear how.6.. Is a master of propaganda and the public-stunt-coverup plan but seems to have a problem with aliens. For some reason he thinks mentioning aliens in a plan strains credibility. Huh.

6. Has met a lot of inarticulate reapers whose total vocabularies consisted of two words: “Burn,” or “Die,” which explains why he made an fast ally frenemy? of The Reaper. (Note: don’t say they teamed up. The Reaper hates that.)

7. Don’t ask him to volunteer for Area 51 research in search of Rusty. Why? He might actually do it. Although he might also get bored, trash the lab and take all the funding to Vegas, which might not be so bad except he could end up captured by Cirque du Soleil, swinging on a trapeze. Actually he might like that too. Point is, he just likes it when a plan comes together.

8. Coached Knox the Hovering through a trust crisis when it seemed his pack was turning on him last summer. Okay yeah, maybe Knox did disappear never to be heard from again shortly thereafter but I for one found his words inspiring and appreciated his efforts on behalf of a fellow survivor.

9. Sometimes spends his holidays in the Crypts of Nocturne. Mainly after violating his mythic contract with a council of 14 apocalyptic deities, leaking confidential mythic files and being locked there against his will. Wonder what it’s like there? Let’s see if he reports about that…

10. Was a big protector of Mary on the site, for which I for one was very grateful. Although wait! What happened to Mary anyway? Aaargh. The curse!

Thanks to you Velanko. Long may you keep on keeping on.

Seth

 

Survivor of the Month Curse Continues 2014 First Survivor of the Month

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SOS Survivor of the Month

If you’re still keeping on with SOS after surviving the first full full moon of 2014 – first, congratulation, many thanks and second, the bad-good news continues, thanks to the Hatter, The Reaper and Fenrir a new carrier of the curse has been selected. Will they be strong enough to make it through another month? Or will it all collapse like a pile of zombies? We will see. Meanwhile if you don’t know what I’m talking about, read about the Survivor of the Month so you can avoid being one. Otherwise, let’s see if you can guess the clues….

Guess The Survivor of the Month

Who will it be?
Who will it be?

This Survivor:

1. Describes himself mysteriously as, “An ordinary run of the mill mythic…with all the right gear.” Sound like Batman to you? Well he’s not. He’s even better in most of the ways that count. He can fix your biomech. Something I’ve been meaning to ask him about ever since Robowolf ssent me that home exoskeleton kit…

2. In fact he once very nobly volunteered to be the Mayor of Mythics. Anything for the sake of a plan… 

3. Really, really, really hates wraiths. Really? Really.

4. Has a powerful Draconian brother goes by the name of Drakko.

5. Enlisted the help of many on the site to help him turn his friend – a genetic werewolf – ie: trigger his first transformation to help in a full moon fight against a team of hunters brought on by the Sentinel Cycle. So did he use silver as Chaoswolf suggested? Or Mutt’s suggestion of a fear trap? I’m still searching the archives to find out. Oh there it is. Clearly it worked but unclear how.6.. Is a master of propaganda and the public-stunt-coverup plan but seems to have a problem with aliens. For some reason he thinks mentioning aliens in a plan strains credibility. Huh.

6. Has met a lot of inarticulate reapers whose total vocabularies consisted of two words: “Burn,” or “Die,” which explains why he made an fast ally frenemy? of The Reaper. (Note: don’t say they teamed up. The Reaper hates that…)

7. Don’t ask him to volunteer for Area 51 research in search of Rusty. Why? He might actually do it. Although he might also get bored, trash the lab and take all the funding to Vegas, which might not be so bad except he could end up captured by Cirque du Soleil, swinging on a trapeze. Actually he might like that too. Point is, he just likes it when a plan comes together.

8. Coached Knox the Hovering through a trust crisis when it seemed his pack was turning on him last summer. Okay yeah, maybe Knox did disappear never to be heard from again shortly thereafter but I for one found his words inspiring and appreciated his efforts on behalf of a fellow survivor.

9. Sometimes spends his holidays in the Crypts of Nocturne. Mainly after violating his mythic contract with a council of 14 apocalyptic deities, leaking confidential mythic files and being locked there against his will. Wonder what it’s like there? Let’s see if he reports about that…

10. Was a big protector of Mary on the site, for which I for one was very grateful.

 These clues in progress. Think you already know who it is? Feel free to post your own clues below. Did you see the first Monstrometer Report yet? If not, please watch here…

In case you haven’t already guessed the Survivor of the Month is Velanko. Watch for his Survivor of the Month post tomorrow and in the meantime go watch this.

First Full Moon of 2014 Brings Survivor of the Month & First New Video “The Monstrometer Report”

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Full moon, full moons everywhere you look…

Annual Leprechaun looting on subways around the world this full moon.
Annual Leprechaun looting on subways around the world this full moon.

Did you get to school or work with your pants intact? If so, you did better than this guy in Munich, who didn’t even notice the annual pantsing in progress. It’s the fifth year in a row the little looters have claimed the first month of the year to give unsuspecting commuters the full moon treatment.

(I make no apologies to any leprechauns who may be offended by my characterization of them. Yes, I’m aware this annual event may in fact be the work of the so-called Leprechauns of the Dark Arts who are ostensibly materially different from the so-called Light Leprechauns but it all just sounds like one big lepre-con to me.)

In other news thanks to the hard work of the HATTER, the frosty focus of FENRIR and the repeat appearance of THE REAPER, SOS can announce another Survivor of the Month, a cursed prize intended to thank a survivor who has helped us all survive  for the long haul around here at SOS.

Who will be strong enough to carry the curse this month? We’ll see who makes it through another moon…

Check back as I go back through the month that was to see. I’ll make some links and clues while I upload my new video the first Monstrometer Report and we’ll see how the night goes. Will anyone survive? It’s anyone’s guess…

Woman manages to snag her pants back from a leprechaun just in time. Well almost just in time...
Full moons everywhere. Woman manages to snag her pants back from a leprechaun just in time. Well almost just in time…

Thanks to everyone who keeps on keeping on here at SOS. You are all supernatural survivalists to me, including in no particular order:

–>> NEWBLOUD on his Tajera Claws quest. Anyone know where to find these?

–>> WRAITH WATCH… HERE a WRAITH, there a WRAITH everywhere a WRAITH WRAITH… what is this wraith and what’s with that valise?

–>> RAINSTORM for stopping by to describe the haunted locker situation at her school. Does any of this sound familiar to you?  Did she find any clues in that locker?

–>> DARKONE – For helping his friend determine the difference between being a lycanthrope and a shifter. How did that turn out anyway? Also for sharing his research into the origins of Fenris. What does he have to prove to him anyway?

–>> LILITH – For  among other things, helping Fenrir  and Velanko defeat the Dark Year declaration and telling us about the portal at Stonehenge… not to mention her supernatural diplomacy with the Mediterranean witches and mer… Everyone knows it’s impossible to get witches and mer to work together!

–>> The number 9 for confusing me… can I crack the code before the moon sets and YouTube stops blocking my upload?

–>> Special Agent Backdraft — Did he win that bet?

–>> The HATTER for warning us all about the cannibal convention that could blow the lid on cannibal cloning farms when my investigation is complete.

–>> SCARLETT for having an idea… wait a minute. Maybe I should hear that idea before thanking her, this being Scarlett and all…

–>> WW? for reaching out before the full moon. Unfortunately, it was likely already too late for you. Hopefully you got to join a cool pack…

And more. This Full Moon Message still in progress…

Meet Hatter Survivor of the Month

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Thanks for helping me keep on keeping on!

Ten Fast Facts About The Hatter

1. The Hatter is a dimension hopping proud Guardian who is 1/5 angel or at least 1/5 or his DNA appears to have been contributed by an angel.

1.5. The Hatter served an unfortunate but formative period of time as a hat maker or in his own words….

As a result he may have handled a little too much mercury and well, you have to bear that in mind when one of his hats arrives at your door.

2. More about those hats. From what we can determine a) he has a number of them, b) they contain doors to other universes and if handled correctly, will open a portal to one of them and c) He has been known to give them away.

If you receive a Hatter hat though, before you try it, you would do well to read the find print because unlike my own work, it does not come with life-back guarantee. Nor an instructional video.

3. Claims to be a doctor of sorts, a therapist, in fact a Monster Therapist ™ who offers Supernatural Interventions and Rehabilitation services to high profile clients. On this high profile client list, he claims several very difficult and demanding gods and demigods from Horus to Hades. 

(But don’t try to convince the Scarlett Lupa of this. You’d be wasting your breath. More about her later.)

4. Readily admits to being afraid of at least one thing- Scarlett Lupa and her ability to send bad dreams. Not to mention sharp remarks. You can see what I mean in the comments below or read a prime example here.

5. Has been frenemies with Kzazrier for over 300 years now, or almost a third of his lifetime, sometimes bonding with him in their mutual quest to go back in time and prevent the dreaded Sentinel Cycle from culling the strongest survivors from the site.

6. May or may not still have a lost zombie named Anson who likely probably “belongs” to Rusty.  (Rusty came looking but appears to have left empty handed which is likely a good thing for everyone involved…)

7. When his mercury poisoning isn’t acting up, Hatter is normally quick with a good question or a piece of advice or just to say hi. One notable example for me was his advice for Mystery Girl, a ghost whisperer.  Much appreciated sir.

8. Is a treasured frenemy of the Reaper, whose activities he monitors very carefully around the globe and reports on regularly, despite the fact they don’t see eye to eye on most things. In part, this is just good surveillance but also it should be noted that Hatter claims to have done a stint as a Reaper himself so perhaps his interest is professional too.

9. Has a catchy tag line, “Normal is over rated.”

10.  Did I mention he makes hats? Get your now! Time limited offer. Get your order in before the end of 2013.*

**SOS may not be held liable for any damages that result from a Hatter hat up to and including unwanted time loops, dimensional shifts, unexplained clones or lost hair.

11. I know, I said ten fast facts but on a serious note, behind the scenes, Hatter is relentless in his own supernatural research and keeps me up to date on a regular basis which I appreciate immensely. He is normally quick to offer a helping hat or an engaging contribution to another survivor’s situation, which I appreciate even more.