Julius here,just wanting to comment on the global plot and or plotts revolving around. Mainly speaking, I think we should focus on the global story at hand and work from there. Casual RP is all well and good but too much of it can cause, as many of you know stagnation. So, lets get more ideas circulating and start adding on to the history of the rats and mice of NIMH.

Darting along the game trail, Zen slowed his pace as he sniffed about. Once off the trail, he waved a paw and shouted to the two following behind them. "Hey! Over here... Heheh, here's my burrow." With that, the mouse seemed to disappear, darting into the burrow with his tail quickly following behind. Echoing softly, Zen yet again shouted back. "And don't chew on the pillows!"

Kaelin cautiously bounds along the game trail behind Zen, flicking his tail as he watches Zen disappear inside the burrow ahead. He pokes his head into the burrow entrance shortly after the mouse, his black eyes adjusting to the darkness. "Smells funny in here. Hey, do you like nuts?" he chitters, then blinks a few times, "Uh.. whatsa pillow?" he asks, backing his head out of the narrow entrance with a grunt. "I'mma have to stay out here. Hole too small."

Belumine sprints so fast past the burrow that he must skid to a halt, toppling head-over-heels before gaining his bearing again. He shakes it off, following Kaelin. He nearly runs into the squirrel in his hurry to enter the burrow, having to once again adjust his bearings. "Hey hey, watcha where ya goin'! I gotta get in here!" he says quickly, darting into the burrow a moment later. "Ooo, nice and safe here! Hey, what's that?" he squeaks immediately, pointing at random objects around the room with obvious fascination. "You got some coooool stuffs in here!"

Timothy has been trying to keep himself awake; he doesn't think it'd be a good idea to fall asleep in a stranger's home, kind as he is... and he's a bit worried about the bump to his head he'd gotten earlier. Hearing a bit of commotion outside, his ears perk up; /finally/, he thinks. /Been running out of things to think about.../ Still, he's a bit worried; he doesn't recognize any of the voices.

There seems to be a lack of RP recently, no?

Planning is all good and well, but noone will know anything, or be able to chip in and help if there isn't better communication going on.
Meetings!! This isn't that hard of a concept. You can't expect the MUCK as a whole to be content with just a few blog postings every month or so. I don't mean council meetings either, this is purely OOC...

Zen darted back and forth, looking high and low as he made his way back from the rat colony. He was looking for a specific doctor, but couldn't find her! "Hello? Hey, Abat? Abat the squirrel? Are you here? HELLO!!!! ... Anyone?" Finding himself on his way home, empty handed, Zen felt a bit flustered! An injured mouse, in his burrow, and he can't get him help? Leaning against a tree, he stopped to think and fuss! "Stupid! People can't just stay away from the giant rats that will eat them... Nooo, they have to get hurt by them and... Wait, no, it's the stupid rat's fault! Stupid, stupid, stupid! Why can't rats just eat plants!?! Hello?!? Anyone?"

"Yeah, stupid rats, always tryin' to steal my nuts or eat me or -somethin'-!!" comes a chattering voice above. Kaelin the squirrel bounds head first down the tree Zen is leaning against, stopping just above the mouse's head. "Bad, BAD rats!"

Belumine yawns, throwing a pile of leaves off of himself as he sniffs eagerly at the air, looking for something to sooth his rumbling tummy. He spies a berry bush, sprinting forward to claim one of the delicious contents...before turning his head around to find out what made that shrieking noise! He tumbles headfirst into the bush, squeaking and flailing. "Hey! Wha's the big idea?! Whossa shoutin'?!" He yells, sprinting out of the bush as he puffs his fur. He runs towards both Squirrel and mouse, bouncing up and down. "Who's you? Whatcha doin' makin' me run inta things? Huh? HUH?!"

As every day of the mouse's life has been, Zen was out fending for himself and searching for precious, shiny blue objects! It was like a quest for him, every item he found being a marker of his progress. Sniffing and bounding around, Zen came to a stop. What was this? This certainly was no shiny object and defiantly wasn't food. Turning to face the direction of the running mouse, Zen blinked as he looked to see what the mouse was running from. Keeping low, he side-shuffled into a patch of grass as he looked to find the nearest tree for shelter. "Hey! Over here! Hurry up and get over here!"

Timothy skids, not quite stopping as he hears the slightly quiet voice over his loudly beating heart and panting breaths, altering his trajectory to head towards the voice. The possibility of it being a trap flits across his mind briefly, but he's running out of options, and nearly anything would be better than being eaten by the monster following. Speaking of... Nearly the same instant Timothy reaches the patch of grass, a large, hulking rat with blood on his claws and a crazed, hungry look in his eyes emerges into the clearing, slowing a bit to look around. He sniffs about, ears perking as he listens for the slightest sound.

With Samerson (Cadmus) Dain (Shane) Aryel The White Mouse (Tzolkin) Christopher (Timothy) Nicholas (Matthias) Moya (Cedric) Xavier, Blue (Mandy) and Harle (Zohar)

The huge but incomplete log of the Mouse Colony Exodus. I'm posting it here to give people some ideas of future plans, and it will hopefully be completed in the near future.

The remnants of the devastated Mouse Colony flee to Thorn Valley in a ragtag caravan.

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Hello there. I just joined and am having trouble getting to the actual Muck itself and for some reason my school blocks everything that shows me what to do. Please help!!! I love the Secret of NIMH and I want to Muck SOOOOOOO BAAAAAAAD!!-tear- -sniff-

Some years ago, young Jenevieve, her family life forever altered, found comfort from a relative...

Background: This happens shortly after the Move to Thorn Valley. In part due to Jenner's demise, Victoria, his wife, decided to hang around the Rosebush, leaving Jenevieve and Racso to fend for themselves in Thorn Valley. Luckily they had help.

With Cadmus (Cassius) and Isabella (Drasta)

Cassius and Drasta meet in the forest and discuss some of Cassius plans for the Valley..

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Well, for those of you curious, I ended up writing out a detailed 'short story' that isn't so short on Zen's past and where he came from... sooo... enjoy. Also, I recommend having a few tissues on paw... o.o

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