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Database maintenance

Good morning, afternoon, and evening!

We're doing some database and other light server maintenance this weekend (upgrading the version of MySQL we use in particular, but also probably doing some CDN work.)

I expect all of this to be pretty invisible except for some small "couple of minute" blips as we switch between machines, but there's a chance you will notice something untoward. I'll keep an eye on comments as per usual.

Ta for now!

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Warm Heart #13 [Tales From the Neighborhood]

Name: Shopping
Story: Tales From the Neighborhood
Plot Thread: Michael, Robert, and Stephen
Colors: Warm Heart #13: Shame
Styles and Supplies: Gesso, Silhouette, Vaudeville, Novelty Bead (carpe diem, given here)
Word Count: 1318
Rating: T
Warnings: Implied semi-public sexual stuff
Characters: Robert Bren, Victoria Ramirez, Bethany Ramirez, Gwen Arnold
Summary: Robert goes shopping for a new jacket.
Notes: And here is the origin story for Victoria's coat.

( Shopping )

( Gesso Notes )

( Sim Pictures and Notes )

AWS outage

DW is seeing some issues due to today's Amazon outage. For right now it looks like the site is loading, but it may be slow. Some of our processes like notifications and journal search don't appear to be running and can't be started due to rate limiting or capacity issues. DW could go down later if Amazon isn't able to improve things soon, but our services should return to normal when Amazon has cleared up the outage.

Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.

Edit 2: and at 18:20 CDT everything's been running normally for about the last hour.

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Light Black #16 [The Fulcrum]

Name: Quantification of Time Travel
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Light Black #16: Rush
Styles and Supplies: Brushes (October 18, 2025: Muse)
Word Count: 2898
Rating: T
Warnings: Fantasy Drug (Ab)use
Characters: Setsiana, Qhoroali, Sapfita, Peatäro
In-Universe Date: 1912.3.5.3
Summary: Qhoroali measures the speed of time travel; Sapfita gives Setsiana an idea.
Note: I just realized I had missed posting the in-universe date on a number of recent entries, whoops. They should all be there now.

( Quantification of Time Travel )

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Vert #27; Warm Heart#8 [Starfall]

Name: Harbour
Story: Starfall
Colors: Vert #27 (We must dream and remember; Warm Heart #8 (Courtesy)
Supplies and Styles: Silhouette + Portrait + Sculpture + Novelty Beads (from

shadowsong26 for December Gift Exchange 2020: Yes, it's true that we are all mortal. But some of us manage to form strong attachments nevertheless. --Miss Manners)
Word Count: 5079
Rating: Teen
Warnings: References to sex.
Notes: Portcallan, 1313. Viyony Eseray/Leion Valerno, Iyana Valerno, Tam Jadinor. Continues directly from Storms & the final section of this sequence, after which we will be back to pieces as normal, and into the final bit of this overall arc. \o/ The part with the cards was originally posted as House of Cards, making this a Sculpture. (I inserted it more or less complete here, give or take some further tweaks).
Summary: Leion takes Viyony home.

( Harbour )

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Vert#13 [Starfall]

Name: Storms
Story: Starfall
Colors: Vert #13 (Anchor)
Supplies and Styles: Portrait + Novelty Beads (Nightmare - from

bookblather, Birthday Prompts 2020 & Waters - April Food Challenge 2024)
Word Count: 5326
Rating: PG
Warnings: Threat of drowning, sea-sickness.
Notes: Calla Island, 1313. Viyony Eseray, Leion Valerno, Lynah Allin. Continues on directly from Assignations.
Summary: Viyony's determined to get Leion off the island.

( Storms )

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Realgar #15 [The Fulcrum]

Name: Transtimeline Whispers
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Realgar #15: Murmur
Styles and Supplies: Silhouette, Life Drawing, Tempera (this spread, interpreted as need / want)
Word Count: 1394
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Setsiana, Sapfita, Qhoroali
In-Universe Date: Night of 1912.3.4.6, 1912.3.5.1
Summary: Setsiana asks Sapfita about the strange dream.

( Transtimeline Whispers )