I really wouldn't want to do this, but right now my head needs time to think. So I'm leaving for a hiatus due to personal reasons, since right now I feel like I can't do much anything right now.

I'll still read friends page and I'll probably comment or even post at some point, but for now, consider me on hiatus until new years and most likely even after that. I'll keep you informed on how long I need it.

Affects: Shiraishi and Tomoka.

CHRISTMAS EVENTS:

1) A Christmas party log will be up tomorrow! It will be done like in Atobe's party, with OOC tags describing who your character talked to, and what he/she did. You can chat with other players and discuss what happened between characters. I'm choosing not to do this IC because so far, people don't seem to be very active when we even have IC logs (Taka-san's fishing trip, Halloween Party etc)

2) Lucky Draw
Please comment in this post with your characters' names if you wish for them to take part in the lucky draw. The lucky draw will be like this:
If you leave a comment stating the name of your character, I will include it in the draw, making him or he one of the possible 'givers'. Participants can then draw out a lot, which will be something like ____ gets a _____ from ______.

In the Christmas party log, I will post the results of the draw for each character.

PURGES:
These characters have been purged:
ohkenya 
four_lungs 
punny_joker 
sleepy_volleys 
not_hathair 
If you wish to resume playing them here, please apply again so that we can be sure you are really interested and will keep to the requirements of the community.

1) AU
This will end on the 30th of December. Sorry about the sudden notice - if you have more logs, please post them soon! We want to start the New Year in current-time.

2) EVENTS
Here are some events that we are considering holding. Please give us your feedback!
3) ROOMING ARRANGEMENTS
This will take place once the new year begins. We will give players a certain degree of influence on the results. You can't request for two people to be together because they're friends or lovers, but because the players want to plot with them. (eg Sana/Niou will never be together but Sanada and Atobe will be rooming together for the sake of crack and logs)

4) ...UNI?
By the normal educational system, they'll be graduating by the end of the year and Tenicamp will have ended! I have discussed this with a few players and proposed the idea of having University at Tenicamp too. Students who want to study overseas can leave the camp on month-long courses and specialise in various things. Do you mind if we warp normality a little and just go along with this for the sake of RP?

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Since I can't seem to keep up with Tenicamp at the moment, I'll be going on semi-hiatus until Christmas, or  maybe a couple days after. I should still occasionally log onto my various messenger services though, so feel free to poke me.

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okay i fail and am leaving completely after all /hides because shjdrh she spent so long on hiatus and aaa I DID INTEND TO COME BACK BUT POT. WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME SO?

so uh, yes. I'm sorry and mods take this as i have completely left the game and give characters to other people etc etc.

/runs many miles away ;;

i couldn't find a place where i should drop so this is all you get |D;

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HI. SO. Obviously I'm not totally gone anymore but right now school and work is eating me alive. :| So let's take that Zen-Hiatus to a Zen-Semi-Hiatus and please forgive my utter fail in the coming weeks.

Who: Tezuka Kuniko, Tezuka Kunimitsu plus Tezuka-Papa, -Mama, and -Grandpa.
What: Kuniko.
When: Summer before AU, perhaps.
Rating: G
Comments: Basically, backstory blurbs bore me and they needed to be done. I have three drabble-fic-whatevers lined up for the Tezuka plus Kuniko backstory (obviously, this is one), two for Miyuki, and one for Eiji and Hazue each instead of blurbs which bore me. :D
Things you should know: Tezuka ultimately does go pro, but only after dropping out of University near the end of his first year and a car accident that leaves his grandfather paralyzed from the waist down.
Things you should actually know: Kuniko is the biggest loser ever and Tezuka is planning his retirement as AU begins - a retirement that includes going back to school. :]

( She would like to be a Tezuka-buchou one day. Without the tennis. )

Who: (Atobe) Sherard-Kite Keigo, Kite Eishirou, (Kite Takehiko, Kite Umiko)
Where: Their home in England
When: A week before AU starts
What: A quiet conversation late at night turns into a fight when Atobe makes a suggestion.
Warning: PG
Comments: Have another strained relationship... though really, these two are still the Dream Couple compared with the chibis.

( I know they are a lot more work than older children, and I really must be insane for even saying this... but at some point, I do want a baby. )

Who: Dan Taichi; cameos from Echizen Ryoma
What: How things got as bad as they are... and why they still stick together.
Where: Mostly their house in America, various other places
When: Over the last two years before AU starts
Rating: PG-13+
Comments: Ten drabbles of exactly 100 words each. Angst warning.

( For all that he loved his boyfriend, some tears you just had to cry alone. )

Who: Dan Taichi and Echizen Ryoma
What: Ryoma is taking a break. However, not everyone approves of this.
Where: Their house in America
When: A few months prior to the AU
Rating: PG-13+
Comments: Aaaaaand we're off! To say that the Petite Pair's relationship is strained would be an understatement.

( Bitching. That's all you're ever good for these days, you know that? )