Friday, October 24th, 2003

22 logs and three pictures. Rock on.

First, the pictures! All three are by Vixen: Briska alone, Briska and Flame, and Peppy, proud of Flame's hunting skills! Yay! Remember, I always accept fan art, so if you're really bored... ... What? No, you don't get paid, or... huh? No, not even in free MUSH puppets, either. Let's m... no! Your only reward is my heartfelt thanks and getting your picture up here to see! Isn't that enough? ... Yeah, I know, it's not. Anyway, if you feel like making me happy, send fan art (Peppy, Melissa, Aurora, puppies, anybody at all!) to me at starpeppy@hotmail.com!

I lost a great Melissa log the other day, but I've still got two with her! Check out the new Valentino section of the Melissa part of the site, for logs featuring Val himself (duh!) and Wesley!

Peppy has 20 logs this update. It sounds like a lot, but when you consider that I haven't updated in four months, it's actually only five Peppy RPs a month, which isn't all that much... ;)

Peppy's newest section Soki is up, for easier organization of all the following logs so you don't have to fuddle your way through the next few paragraphs!

In this log, Aurora and Peppy take a little walk together, their first in months. A few days later, a fuzzy orange friend pops by for a visit, giving Peppy a heart attack in the process! This log and this log both feature wacky and zany antics between Briska, ever the rambunctious youth, and the more serious babysitter Soki. More antics featuring the puppies in all their hyperactive mischief can be seen in Hide-n-Go-Crash and Peace and Quiet, the latter of which features Aurora with a pounding headache trying to take a nap, but her "darling sons" won't let her off that easy...

Peppy and Aurora, thanks to Soki, can stand to get out of the barn for a few hours a week now, and they've had a few adventures of their own! In Lost, they find themselves in the middle of nowhere out in a fog. In this log, Aurora's occasionally klutzy nature shows through, and gets her in a spot of trouble! In Hunting with Briska, the two go out with their son to hone his hunting skills, but it ends in vain. Flame, however, has a much easier time of it.

In the first log with Boreas, Peppy and the flying feline don't exactly get off on the right paw. A few days later, a soaking wet Peppy comes home and gets Aurora wet, and she doesn't appreciate it. She doesn't appreciate it at all. Things settle down quickly enough, and a few days later, things are back to normal - and, of course, that includes the normal parental worries!

Peppy learns a lesson about Soki and about himself in Soki the Guardian. Sometimes, it doesn't take hunger or extreme cold or a Katerwaul to die; sometimes age does the work instead. Days later, Aurora, tired of always taking care of the kids alone while Peppy goes out hunting, proposes a switch of roles on occasion. Prepare for zany misadventures as a result of this, ohhh yeah.

In a very significant log, Anything at All, Peppy meets up with Streetwind, she who burned down the barn in a fit of pyromania, ready to forgive her for what she did... but she doesn't remember what she did, and poor Peppy can't take such blatant disregard for his feelings.

Months later, Peppy meets up with Streetwind and Navarone again, and the whiplash it gives him scares him to death. He talks it out with Aurora and feels comforted, but the thought still lingers in the back of his mind.

Finally, in Slipping Away, Peppy truly realizes for the first time just how hard it's going to be to let his loved ones go. Their hold slips even now, and it won't be long until they're off on their own.

Stay tuned for next update!

Monday, June 23rd, 2003

Wow. 25 logs and a picture. Where to begin.

Punch on the MUSH drew me this *oh so cute* picture of a puppy! Check him out!

Because my "Hyper" page has only one log, I'll put that one next. This very amusing log involves Felicity and a Krabby with a desire to pinch butts. Oh, boy!

Next up is Melissa. In this log, Melissa and Wesley meet each other for the first time this Spring! Too bad the windy weather gets in the way. They make an agreement to do gardening together, and a few days later, they start to tend to the garden in front of Melissa's house.

A couple weeks later, Wesley, now practicing for a battle with Brock asks Melissa for a little help. So she pulls out her Graveler from her computer, and voila! Check out A Battle of Titans! for an exciting battle!

Peppy's page has no less than 21 new logs. Some people go their entire MUSH life with less than 21 RPs. I had to create a new section (Dusk) just to fit 'em all! So here you go: the first real obstacles in Peppy and Aurora's lives as parents.

Peppy brings home sandwiches in a cute RP with Dakota and Aurora, and the whole family tries PB&J for the first time. Soon after, Flame catches Peppy slacking off on his babysitting duties and threatens to tell mom in this log.

Peppy ventures out of the barn a day or two later to meet up with Dakshi, the Pidgeotto hater, who you may remember from a certain Assisi Barn ONS.

Hunting isn't always fun and games, and in this log with Aurora and Scorch, a Rattata gets a few good hits in before Peppy can take it down, and Peppy goes home bruised and bleeding. (Hey, it was hard to see in the fog!) While daddy's all injured and too sore to move, Dusk takes this opportunity to try and see the world for herself. Ack!

On a hunting excursion, Peppy meets Valentino, pretty boy and Rocket extraordinaire. A few days later, he teaches Dusk a lesson about hunting in Responsibility. Later on in the week, while going outside with her siblings, Dusk gets a little sick, and Aurora and Peppy worry about her.

Nothing can keep a hyper puppy down, and Dusk is back on her feet soon enough. But now the poor parents have a new problem; Dusk is mad at Briska! And what's worse, Briska is scared of the outside! Ack!

Peppy still has to sneak outside against Briska's wishes to hunt now and then, of course, and on one trip he meets up with an old friend, Navarone. He's changed, however, and in Time Passing, Drifting Apart, his cold, hard demeanor catches Peppy off guard. Soki, however, is just as vibrant as every, and he and Peppy meet once again in this log.

Peppy and Navarone try to rekindle their friendship in this log, and Peppy finds out about Navarone's secret crush! Hee! He presses upon Navarone even further in this log to tell more about his attraction, but doesn't make too much progress.

The problem with Bright Hole is solved after one scene with Peppy and Briska, but things quickly go rotten. Peppy, on a practical joke, gets his son to pounce upon Navarone while the Vulpix is unaware, but he doesn't expect a counterattack. In A Prank Gone Awry, everything goes wrong.

So now poor Briska is injured. Peppy and Aurora are stressed over him, and Peppy doesn't see the Vulpix for a few days. They do eventually meet come cloudy afternoon, and in the log Forgiveness, the two both seem more inclined to blame themselves than anybody else. Their friendship remains broken.

Sophia has met Peppy before, and thankfully she recognizes him this time as well. She helps him with a potion for poor Briska, and after she gives it to him, Peppy scampers home to apply it to his son. It works wonders, but he's not fully healed before Soki returns from a voyage. What does he have to say about this?