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[futurologists]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Hello, everyone! Futurology has officially been in existence for a year as of today! Time flies when you’re having fun, doesn’t it? It’s almost hard to believe that the game has only seen three (and a quarter!) missions in that timespan, but regardless, we’d like to offer all of you a sincere thanks for your diligence, patience and kindness towards us and each other over the last twelve months. Your creativity and openness has helped make Futurology the game it is today, and we hope it continues to in the future! We still want to hear your feedback and ideas even though the game is no longer in its infancy. An especially big thank you to those who have been working with us to make Futurology the best it can be since the beginning. As mods, our job isn’t always easy, but having a playerbase as energizing as this one has certainly helped us get through! So, on Futurology’s first birthday, we’d like to offer you all our gratitude, and we hope that the game will continue strong for more to come. Of course, what’s a birthday without presents? Wherever they’re staying--be it a local’s house, a barn, or the cold hard desert ground--characters will wake to find a ring tucked beneath their pillow or right by their head. (If your character can’t or won’t wear rings, please substitute the appropriate jewelry of your choice!) The ring lacks any particular powers, but within its cabochon head is a kind of snowglobe-like representation of home. What that means for your character is up to you: where they live, where they work, their friends and family. Along with the ring is a little rolled-up note: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AUDENTES! We have a birthday request! If you'd like, please tell us below what your character's home-ring is! We'd like to coo over how cute they all are.

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[heelies]

Achilles' ring presents three different scenes, depending the angle at which one views it. One depicts his father's house upon the fertile plains of Phthia, a noble and magnificent house built from stone, and in front of it stands Peleus himself, appearing formidable still despite his age. The second depicts the lush wilds of Mount Pelion: here is the grove that ensconces Chiron's cave, at the mouth of which stands the centaur, and there is the stream that cuts past, beside which crouch Patroclus and himself both in youth. The third depicts the steep shore of Scyros, where stands his son Neoptolemus, who appears not as the young boy whom Achilles remembers, but as one on the cusp of manhood, the near reflection of his father.