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Its been a couple of weeks since that dead spot showed up on your world or wonder. It hasn’t changed much… everything is still dead, and nothing has sprung up in that spot. Though… does the spot look bigger to you? It’s kind of hard to tell.

Have you tried asking around about it? Maybe there are others who have seen this before, or might have some ideas what to do about it. Or maybe it’d be a good idea to bring someone along to see, get a second opinion. It might also be worth seeing what you can do about it; have you tried clearing the space? Planting something? If it’s a fungus or something, they make stuff to deal with that on Earth.

It might still be nothing to worry about, it hasn’t really been long enough for stuff to grow back, right? Maybe you haven’t even discovered the spot till now, it was so small and out of the way.

That movement you see in your periphery from time to time is just wind, surely.

Its been nearly two months since those dead spots started to appear. Many have been discovered, many have not, and there seems to have been a lot of going back and forth with visitors, inspecting these strange areas and brainstorming what to do about them, if anything.

Sadly, it doesn’t look like anything has worked. The plants have still not come back, and any bugs that enter the area seem to die inexplicably, like whatever was in that spot gave off some orderless, noxious fume that killed them and the plants. What’s worse, the spot is definitely getting bigger. Its not a major expansion, but its enough that you can tell, especially if you’ve been paying attention.

On top of that, as if that wasn’t enough, there is a weird feeling in the area around the dead spot. You may have seen flickers of movement you dismissed as shifting shadows, but it gives you an uneasy feeling, if you don’t still dismiss it out of hand. Its almost like there is something else on the planet or wonder besides you… though, if you’ve started seeing animals, perhaps its just some new species you haven’t discovered before. It might be worth investigating though. Maybe it would help settle that uneasiness...


Its quiet in Destiny City, a momentary lull in the traffic, noise and violence that the city is so used to. A moment of peace, however fleeting.

Spring was cool after a cold, long winter, and temps began to rise as the year passed into summer. The pale green and bright floral colors have brightened into the rich green of June, and everyone is thinking longingly of the cooler days gone by. Days like this, you’d expect growing things to be in full growth, filled out and nicely maturing after that first burst of new growth in spring.

Back yard and community gardens filled with growing plants, well on their way to that rich harvest in Fall…

But, oddly enough, that’s not the case everywhere. Some gardens didn’t seem to take this year. A news story claims a new tree disease seems to have hit Destiny City and officials are working hard to isolate the affected areas and keep it from spreading. Scattered trees in the parks have been cut down, the area around them blackened and ashy…

Some of you may recognize this, when you see it. A familiar dead zone, found on quite a few worlds by now. Seems like it wasn’t just confined to space… and now a whole new problem has appeared.

Its bad enough this… plague is harming your homeworlds, but now its threatening your home.



Those without homewards or wonders; Congratulations! It looks like this has now become your problem too. If you don’t have friends on Order side, this is probably your first time seeing it; large, dead areas of plants and insects, filled with things that turn to dust when you touch them. You have to wonder… has the News got it right, is this really just some new plant disease brought on by the summer heat?

Its probably time to start asking some questions, because all of these dead spots have a weird feeling to them, and whatever seems to be watching you when you’re around them is definitely not a youma or a mirror wraith.

With the Star Festival past, Destiny City seems quieter now, settling into the heat of summer. Perhaps some of you may have been distracted enough to forget, for a time, that there are still dead spots on your worlds and wonders, and even Earth itself. But they haven’t gone away. If anything, these areas have multiplied. Now, more than just one big spot, there are multiples of them. The number varies, but there are definitely more than just one now.

Visiting these areas has always given you an uneasy feeling, but its grown worse this last month. Those shifting things at the edges of your vision have gotten bolder, and if you weren’t sure there was something there before, you are now…

Something moved when you visited this time. Something… oozed out the darkened earth and ashes, flower together into a clump of something oily and slimy. Perhaps more than one something. And then they moved, surging upwards into vaguely humanoid shapes. And then those strange creatures attacked…

Beating off the monsters you’ve found is not terribly difficult. They seem to be ungainly and uncoordinated, using their rubbery, sticky limbs like clubs. When struck hard enough, or enough times, they collapse into piles of goo that quickly absorb back into the dead spots and disappear. Unfortunately, just defeating them once doesn’t seem to rid you of them. While they might not appear every time, if you get too close to these dead spots now, you’ll often see stirring, and if you’re not careful, they attack again, retreating again when beaten. They don’t seem to like you being nosy, and they’re not going to just go away.

In Destiny City, the activity of these creatures is more subtle. They seem to prefer lashing out at people who are alone, or in pairs, and at night. The news has put out a story that says a pack of stray dogs has been running rampant in the parks and animal control is struggling to catch them. Residents are warned away from these areas, especially at night, but there are more than a few who have been rushed to the emergency room with broken bones and a strange exhaustion…

There is a definite feel of chaos to these monsters, but its not a chaos that most have ever felt before. Some may recognize it though, and the creatures… creatures they may have fought before on a verdant asteroid with towering tree buildings.

Ida has called together the people she's met and talked with about the Blight and has spread the news about what it is. From here, the word is spreading through the ranks of Order and Chaos: The Blight has a source, and that source is very likely on Earth. If you can find it, there is a chance that destroying the Chaos Seed will destroy the monsters and stop the spread of the dead patches, allowing them to recover and regrow.

But where do you even start looking? How will you know what it looks like when you find it? And how are you going to remove it?

Everyone is encouraged to start searching for the source. The Blight spots have taken up whole swaths of the parks now, and their touch can be seen even in the more populated areas as plants begin to die in their pots and in areas of open ground. The monsters still confine themselves to the parks and outer worlds or wonders, only attacking people on Earth who are alone or in pairs. Either they don't have the strength to take on more, or they don't want to rouse the city to exterminate them... but how much longer will that last?

Worlds and Wonders are seeing possibly immense areas of damage, and the monsters there are far more aggressive than on Earth. Its getting dangerous to let your guard down in a place that's supposed to be your sanctuary.

The City has even gone as far as to cordon off parts of the city parks to keep people away from the dead spots, since they still haven't figure out how to stop the spread and they're worried people might contribute to the spread.

The Summer's End Battle has begun! Join In Here!

The source of the Blight has been found and fought in a closed subway station! Ida found it and sent out a distress signal, calling in others to help. Their presence brought in members of the Negaverse, Vanguard, and DMC. The battle was hard, and in a desperate reach for power, Sailor Ida was granted power and became a royal senshi! With the burst of energy that came with it, she helped the others destroy the last of the Blight. In an effort to prevent further fighting, Ida pulled all members of Order to her asteroid, leaving the members of Chaos to find their way home.

Across the galaxy, where Blight had taken hold, the death of the Source destroyed the Blight on other worlds as well. The spots of dead plants still remain, but the bad feelings around the areas are gone and there are no Blight to attack anyone. Over time, the dead spots will heal naturally, until there is no sign the Blight had been there.

Depending on their rank, Senshi and Knights can travel to their Homeworld or Wonder once every three weeks at first stage, once every two weeks at second stage, and once every week at third stage. If they have Transcended, their cooldown period is halved. Royals may travel at will. Cooldown begins on the date the character ICly left for their Homeworld or Wonder, not when they return from it; OOCly, cooldown dates begin when a roleplay or solo is started, not finished, and if you are backdating roleplays or doing multiple roleplays across an extended trip, please just indicate the IC date the roleplay or solo is associated with!