I N V A S I O N

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INVASION

april 16 - may 6

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Intro

MAP

Grumoji

Prompts

Introduction

It’s been about three months now since the initial alien invasion, and Printy County has finally been able to resume normal business hours. With government sanctions out of the way, as per the Gru’s request, residents of Printy have been going back to school, work, and play, although with a significantly notable alien presence. The world is returning to a new kind of normal; a normal that the county will have to get used to.

Perhaps your character has had their doubts about the Gru, or perhaps they’ve welcomed them with opens arms. Either way, the integration of these new alien friends has spurred quite a few trending hashtags on social media. The entire nation is interested in your brand new neighbors, and you’ve got a chance to show off what life with the Gru is really like.

COLLECTION EVENT Go out and record the Gru of Printy County! Take pictures, write blog posts, chat with fellow residents about the effects that the alien presence is having on your lives. Each submission related to the event will earn you Grumoji Points--cash in these points for some excellent rewards, and continue to have a wonderful, alien-free life!

WeatherUpdate

With the strange permafrost finally dying down from it’s chilling hold on the city of Larkspur, all for a moment seemed it’d finally turn back to normal for the humble Printy County. Alas.. this is not to be, for PHLOX TOWN has now been suddenly covered by FIELDS AND FIELDS OF ROLLING WHEAT. The sky is blue, the clouds are white, but every stretch of land not covered with cement has grown thick crops practically overnight. While making for a rather lovely scenery when looking out from your back yard, residents mention that much of kid’s play areas have been rendered practically inaccessible due to this current supernatural event, and the lost pet count has been through the roof.

The town has put out a mass allergy crisis alert and advices all residents to wear pollen reducing face masks while city workers attempt to wrangle down the mass amount of wild wheat.

 

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M A P
multi animator project

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Enjoyed our trailer? Like animation, making dynamic stills, and/or video editing? Enjoy putting characters to music? Well, now you can contribute too, with AWAFL’s first MAP! A MAP, or a Multi Animator Project, is a single music video divided into separate parts, which are claimable by members; everyone makes the video piece for their own part of the MAP, and when added together, they make a completed video! It’s alright if you only want a small part or don’t feel too confident about trying this out--our focus is to have as many people participate as we can!

PARTS

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Intro - Pai
Part 1 - canndrew Part 2 - krispini Part 3 - amaicandy Part 4 - kyakins Part 5 -Septennial-Art	Part 6 - Cheri Part 7 - Hatta Part 8 - Mellowingout Part 9 - nieruu Part 10 - mazubutt	Part 11 - sacho Part 12 - Tinccho Part 13 - juhaihai Part 14 - cosmicguts Part 15 - redrobyns	Part 16 - Mari/Paps Part 17 - heavania Part 18 - hourglass34 Part 19 - bennabun Part 20 - bennabun

Guidelines

Make sure all art in the clip(s) is your own. The cutoff date for signups is April 25th. If you sign up, make sure you finish your part! We won’t be penalizing you if you sign up and don’t submit or drop out, but if you don't, Pai will be taking over your slot instead. She will also be taking any unclaimed parts. If you’re feeling ambitious, you are allowed to take more than one part; just make sure there’s enough for everyone! The visual theme for this MAP is CMYK, the same as for the event; that is, the main color in your palettes should be Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and/or Black (& greyscale)! They can be as colorful (or not) as you feel! As far as your conceptual themes go, we encourage you to get inspired by the lyrics of your part (if applicable)! Feel free to interpret them however you like. Parts do not have to be animated; while you’re totally welcome to it, still images composited with motion are great too, as are lyricstuck-esque pans. Your level of skill, ambition with, or familiarity in this kind of medium doesn’t matter, so don’t worry about your submission type if you want to participate but haven’t done something like this before! Just have fun with it. It’s okay if video editing isn’t your forte, either! You can submit just an image, and we (actually Hat, who is editing) will get it dynamically into the video. All submissions need to be at least 1080 pixels wide (we’re going for that sweet HD). Anyone's welcome to collab on MAP pieces, too! When finished, send your pieces to Hat!

 

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GRUMOJI POINTS
sweet fake currency

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Grumoji Points are an OOC currency that are only earnable for and redeemable in this event, that represent your character's participation! As you rack up Grumoji points, your character will unlock exclusive items they'll then have IC, which they can then use at any point going forward.

How to Earn

1 point -Sketch or headcanon log of 500+ words, related to the event 5 points - Finished artwork, rp log of 1000+ words, or completed solo writing related to the event 8 points - Finished Artwork along an art prompt, rp log of 1000+ words along prompt, or solo completed on prompt 2 point bonus awarded for art on theme, and for rps passing 2500 words Rp submissions earn the same amount of points for each person. Rp logs do not have to be completed within the duration of the event to earn points; once they pass the word count threshold, they are eligible for points. Art collabs earn 1.5x bonus points for each person.

How to Claim

• Reply to this thread with the following filled out:
  

  Link to submission: (if it’s art, a thumbnail is cool too; show it off!)
  Participants: (if more than you (ex, for an rp); use character names)
  Points earned: (if you need help calculating, just ask!)
  Point totals: (your total points earned thus far, now including the points earned from this claim; include the point totals of any other participants, too)

• You have claimed! Once your character’s point total passes the numbers of the point tiers, your character has officially unlocked that item.
• You can repeat this process at any time during the event, and post for as many submissions as you have.

PointTiers

1 point - Concert Ticket 3 Points - Power Token O 8 Points - Power Token M 15 Points - Floating Gadget 20 Points - Transmutation Tablet 28 Points - Strange Egg 35 Points - Commgrunicator 50 Points - A Waffle

REWARDS

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CONCERT TICKET It's written in a weird language. You have no idea what this is for, but should hang onto it. (Admits 1 to a concert?)	POWER TOKEN: OXIDATION It has what looks like a fire warning on it. Maybe use it responsibly. (Creates a small explosion several seconds after activation. Single-use)
POWER TOKEN: MAGNETISM Become more attractive instantaneously! (Makes the user magnetic for 120 seconds. Single-use)	FLOATING GADGET It has a little trigger, and you feel lighter when you pull it. Neat! (Levitates user slightly above the ground when used)
TRANSMUTATION TABLET It looks like the Gru used these to try and look more humanlike, but it didn’t work. (Transforms user into a being of their choice for 60 seconds. Single-use)	STRANGE EGG It’s a weird egg. It’ll probably hatch, eventually. (Egg)
COMMGRUNICATOR It has a really terrible name, but when you turn it on, you can kind of hear some garbled alien language. (Tunes into the Gru’s communication network, but doesn’t accommodate their Universal Translator)	A WAFFLE A waffle (It doesn't serve any purpose, except to serve you up breakfast)

* INVENTORY will be tracked by each individual member; you can keep a record of your inventory in your bio, an Extras thread, an offsite doc, in your head--whatever’s easiest for you. We will be trusting everyone to be able to keep track of their own items and to remove said item from their inventory when they are used. For convenience, each item is also an emote on the forum that can be added from the Smileys menu!

 

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PROMPTS
art - writing - rp

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RPPrompts

Team up to sabotage the Gru! Maybe to quietly dismantle their free sample booths in the grocery store while their backs are turned to hussle other customers, to vandalize their billboards advertising their glorious presence now found on the sides of county roads, or something similarly passively resistant. It’s still not the right time to engage them directly, but it is certainly a good one to make their lives a little harder. Help spread the word about the Gru! If you’re pro-Gru, perhaps setting up on a sidewalk to advertise the benefits of their influence, or passing out flyers at a school; show someone how positive you are about your new overlords! If you have a Cru, advertise it, or try to get someone to join! If you don’t, maybe team up with someone else to start one, or ponder on the idea.

WritingPrompts

• Write it down: Write a short from your character’s perspective, detailing on their feelings toward or their experience thus far with the Gru. This can be a blog post, a letter to a relative out of town, an email to a friend nearby--whatever they might write! Capture their thoughts as their lives are slowly turned upside down by this alien presence.

ArtPrompts

Take a selfie with the aliens! Spy on the aliens! And more!: Take it from the perspective of the camera lens, or from an outsider’s point of view as they watch your characters perfect the angle needed to capture all twenty-seven tentacles before they press the shutter. The Gru & You: How is your business affected? How about your school, or your home? What’s changed since the appearance of the Gru, and how is it affecting you? Gossiping with your fellow Printians: Illustrate characters interacting, dealing with the sudden alien invasion, consoling each other on their strange new powers.

ART THEME

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Looking to try something new or experimental? The theme for this event (entirely optional) is CMY; anything with palettes focused toward or Cyan, Magenta, and/or Yellow! Be it in flat palettes, lighting, however you might want to try it out.

 

[Teale]

Link to submission: sta.sh/0132ra6786la
Participants: Marcus Quin
Points earned: 2 (two sketches?)
Point totals: 2

[Teale]

Link to submission: Here
Participants: Marcus Quin
Points earned: 8
Point totals: 10

[Teale]

betcha thought you'd seen the last of me
Link to submission: sta.sh/02ag250h0v9m
Participants: Marcus Quin
Points earned: 10 (8 art, plus 2 for theme)
Point totals: 20

[cosmicguts]

Link to submission: here
Participants: Florence, Vivian, Amelia
Points earned: 15 (8 art, plus 2 for theme and x1.5 bonus)
Point totals: 15 (for each!)

tags krispini and daekfire so they're aware too wink )

[cosmicguts]

Link to submission: here
Participants: Florence, Vivian, Amelia
Points earned: 10 (8 art, plus 2 for theme)
Point totals: 25

[Jintii]

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Participants: Tenor Evans
Points earned: 8
Point totals: 8
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[mari]

Link to submission: sta.sh/026xc61xgjis
Participants: Ryan O'Connery
Points earned: 8(finished art) + 2(theme bonus) = 10 points
Point total: 10

[PapaPantaloons]

Link to submission: Stash
Participants: Papa
Points earned: 10
Point totals: 10

[Jintii]

[/b]click! • gdoc ver
Participants: Tenor Evans
Points earned: 39

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Point totals: 8 + 39 = 47pts 
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[cosmicguts]

Link to submission: Here!
Participants: Florence, Felix
Points earned: 15 (8 art, plus 2 for theme and x1.5 bonus) each!
Point totals: 40!

tags sachi in case~

[daekfire]

Link to submission: gingertattooing.tumblr.com/post/173363078232/and-another-thing
Participants: Amelia

Points earned: 8 points
Point totals: 23 points