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Last week's round of What Am I has ended.

The item description was: A bite sized melon, so tasty!
The answer was: TeeniWeeni Melon.

19 out of 21 Ichuans answered correctly.

A new round of What Am I has started. Good luck!

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It's been a long span of time of collecting and decorating meecebait. You don't know what Jin's planning but it's certainly...something. Although he's already explained what he's doing, he never bothered explaining why he's doing it. Any questions about this topic are met with eccentric responses that frankly, don't make much sense. Nonetheless, he's gotten quite the number of helpers and it appears to all be coming together.

"Are you done with that one?"

You look up and it's Jin. They're looking at you ¢ specifically the meecebait you're holding ¢ over their spectacles, bushy tails twitching excitedly. It's basically done, so you hand it over to them. They accept it with a grateful nod before hurrying away, muttering under their breath. You watch as they go to their creation and carefully add your contribution to it.

Oh yea, so Jin's been taking everyone's art projects and decorating a giant altar with them. It's quite the grand sight, decorated with rocks, gems, light orbs, meecebait, and many many plants. You don't know where he got all the plants from but the altar is adorned with a wide variety, ranging from common grasses to exquisite flowers. They dominate most of the altar, but everyone's meecebait designs are nestled sporadically among the flora.

You wonder what it's all leading up to¢¦

"Oh, oh, it's starting!" Jin suddenly exclaims, bouncing up and down excitedly, "Everyone, look, look, LISTEN!"

Per his request, you perk up your ears and focus. You don't hear anything at first but then soft squeaking fills the air. It comes in waves, gradually increasing in volume. Curiously, it seems to be echoing all around you, so you swivel your head around to scan for the source. Your eyes immediately spy lots of movement among the tall grass. What are¢ meeces?!

Sure enough, meeces start popping out of the foliage everywhere, delighting some Lythians while startling others. One even pops up right next to you, glances up at you, before skittering away. The meecebait is definitely working, because all of them are running towards the altar, chittering away as they study the egg-shaped objects.

Well, the meeces are here...now what?

The return of meeces is certainly a sight to see; Jin had been going on about how it's been a long time since they'd made their appearance but never bothered to explain their importance. You appreciate the spectacle but something else has got to happen at some point, right?

Suddenly, you feel the hair on the back of your neck prickle and an energy rushes through you. It's a feeling that every Lythian knows, no matter how attuned or not attuned to it they are: magic. From the altar, where all the meece have now gathered, you see their beady red eyes glow white, as a surge of energy ripples through the air around you. The magic is warm, hopeful, and invigorating, so you easily categorize it as growth magic. And, as if on cue, all the grasses, flowers, greenery, all types of flora start growing, blooming, revitalizing¢¦

The feeling of Lyth in spring.

Jin's shouting brings you out of your remembrance and you turn your attention back on him. He's kneeling amidst all the flora he'd collected for the altar and something curious is happening. Cradled in his hands is a small, golden leaf, that's glowing with a bright aura. It floats up and away from his palm, suspended in the air, before exploding into rays of light. In the blink of an eye, the leaf is no longer floating; instead, it's resting atop a furry head, framed by two large, pointed ears.

It's another of Jin's species!

"Ostavera worked, it worked, it all worked!" Jin cries, as the vulpines embrace. You can hear the clear, unadulterated joy in his voice as he exclaims, "Welcome back, everyone!" As one by one, each piece of flora on the altar begins to burst into life, each Kikitsu awakening from their deep slumbers.

¢¦¢¦¢¦

Thanks to everyone's help with decorating meecebait, creating altars, and observing Ostavera, Jin was able to successfully revive the Kikitsu species! Because spring had been away for so long, many Kikitsu ran out of growth magic ¢ the source of their energy ¢ and fell into hibernation.

Jin was the last of his species for a long time ¢ but no longer.

Thank you again for partaking in our Ostavera event and contributing to this wonderful community!

Layout Updates

All versions of the layout have been updated! If you are experiencing any issues with viewing the updated site layout, please try using Ctrl+F5. If this does not fix it, please fill out a bug report, thank you!

Mysteriously, the ????? ????? layout has appeared for today only. Be sure to switch to it, if you would... like to... (Please note, the ????? ????? layout does not follow accessible web standards.)

Cash Shop Charity Items

Last year's Pride charity items have been moved to the on-site Cash Shop. This means that these items will be automatically delivered when purchased! The Lythbound Storenvy shop has been placed into maintenance mode and removed from the layout as items that were previously available there are now in the Cash Shop.
We will continue to donate the profits from items marked as [CHARITY] as we go forward into the future. Thank you for your support!

It's been a long span of time of collecting and decorating meecebait. You don't know what Jin's planning but it's certainly...something. Although he's already explained what he's doing, he never bothered explaining why he's doing it. Any questions about this topic are met with eccentric responses that frankly, don't make much sense. Nonetheless, he's gotten quite the number of helpers and it appears to all be coming together.

"Are you done with that one?"

You look up and it's Jin. They're looking at you ¢ specifically the meecebait you're holding ¢ over their spectacles, bushy tails twitching excitedly. It's basically done, so you hand it over to them. They accept it with a grateful nod before hurrying away, muttering under their breath. You watch as they go to their creation and carefully add your contribution to it.

Oh yea, so Jin's been taking everyone's art projects and decorating a giant altar with them. It's quite the grand sight, decorated with rocks, gems, light orbs, meecebait, and many many plants. You don't know where he got all the plants from but the altar is adorned with a wide variety, ranging from common grasses to exquisite flowers. They dominate most of the altar, but everyone's meecebait designs are nestled sporadically among the flora.

You wonder what it's all leading up to¢¦

"Oh, oh, it's starting!" Jin suddenly exclaims, bouncing up and down excitedly, "Everyone, look, look, LISTEN!"

Per his request, you perk up your ears and focus. You don't hear anything at first but then soft squeaking fills the air. It comes in waves, gradually increasing in volume. Curiously, it seems to be echoing all around you, so you swivel your head around to scan for the source. Your eyes immediately spy lots of movement among the tall grass. What are¢ meeces?!

Sure enough, meeces start popping out of the foliage everywhere, delighting some Lythians while startling others. One even pops up right next to you, glances up at you, before skittering away. The meecebait is definitely working, because all of them are running towards the altar, chittering away as they study the egg-shaped objects.

Well, the meeces are here...now what?

The return of meeces is certainly a sight to see; Jin had been going on about how it's been a long time since they'd made their appearance but never bothered to explain their importance. You appreciate the spectacle but something else has got to happen at some point, right?

Suddenly, you feel the hair on the back of your neck prickle and an energy rushes through you. It's a feeling that every Lythian knows, no matter how attuned or not attuned to it they are: magic. From the altar, where all the meece have now gathered, you see their beady red eyes glow white, as a surge of energy ripples through the air around you. The magic is warm, hopeful, and invigorating, so you easily categorize it as growth magic. And, as if on cue, all the grasses, flowers, greenery, all types of flora start growing, blooming, revitalizing¢¦

The feeling of Lyth in spring.

Jin's shouting brings you out of your remembrance and you turn your attention back on him. He's kneeling amidst all the flora he'd collected for the altar and something curious is happening. Cradled in his hands is a small, golden leaf, that's glowing with a bright aura. It floats up and away from his palm, suspended in the air, before exploding into rays of light. In the blink of an eye, the leaf is no longer floating; instead, it's resting atop a furry head, framed by two large, pointed ears.

It's another of Jin's species!

"Ostavera worked, it worked, it all worked!" Jin cries, as the vulpines embrace. You can hear the clear, unadulterated joy in his voice as he exclaims, "Welcome back, everyone!" As one by one, each piece of flora on the altar begins to burst into life, each Kikitsu awakening from their deep slumbers.

¢¦¢¦¢¦

Thanks to everyone's help with decorating meecebait, creating altars, and observing Ostavera, Jin was able to successfully revive the Kikitsu species! Because spring had been away for so long, many Kikitsu ran out of growth magic ¢ the source of their energy ¢ and fell into hibernation.

Jin was the last of his species for a long time ¢ but no longer.

Thank you again for partaking in our Ostavera event and contributing to this wonderful community!

Layout Updates

All versions of the layout have been updated! If you are experiencing any issues with viewing the updated site layout, please try using Ctrl+F5. If this does not fix it, please fill out a bug report, thank you!

Mysteriously, the ????? ????? layout has appeared for today only. Be sure to switch to it, if you would... like to... (Please note, the ????? ????? layout does not follow accessible web standards.)

Cash Shop Charity Items

Last year's Pride charity items have been moved to the on-site Cash Shop. This means that these items will be automatically delivered when purchased! The Lythbound Storenvy shop has been placed into maintenance mode and removed from the layout as items that were previously available there are now in the Cash Shop.
We will continue to donate the profits from items marked as [CHARITY] as we go forward into the future. Thank you for your support!

Start the summer off with some chilly new collectibles! The Dreamworld Ice Cube and Fire Ice Cube are now available at the Frozen Collectives Emporium. You can also get them as a reward from the Space Quest, and the Snowman Quest will be looking for them as well in one week.



Additionally, the Marching Mug, funded by @mochihugs, is now available at the Toy Trunk! If you always have your hands full, this mug is perfect for carrying your drinks on the go. It will be rewarded by the Plushie Quest and requested by the Space Quest starting next week!

Alexia and Alice have both summoned new forces to the Battlefield!




The Moon's Queen, Alice, has ordered her Binary Sorcerers to enter the fray of battle!





Alexia's new pet is also ready for battle! The Mutated Hex Larvas will test anybody on Alice's side!


These new forces have a rather special ability too. Each time you defeat one, the next you encounter will be stronger and stronger! How will anyone be capable of fighting them over and over again? Go, Ichuans, to the Palace of Alexia to fight!!!

It's Sweetfire's birthday once again! While she is on a partial staff hiatus at the moment, she is known as AlwaysMyFault. To celebrate her 19th birthday, we are giving out a Dutch Sweetfire Stuffy to everyone who wins a staff Dicey challenge today.

You can also head on over to the Bingo room and enjoy FREE BINGO CARDS!

Happy Birthday Sweetfire!

Every week, we will be selecting a random pet's blog from the Pet Zone. Only up-to-date blogs will apply for this.

This week, the award goes to Pogo, who got his name in an interesting way! -- (read the blog to find out more)

For having an up-to-date blog with cute pictures, they have earned their owner catavamp a free account upgrade! Congrats!

Make sure you don't forget to put your real life pet images in the Pet Zoneand ADD/keep UPDATED BLOGS to your pet images, so you have a chance to win!

Who knows, they might win the next weekly Pet Zone contest.

Flight Rising's eighth year in operation starts with blast¢or in this case, some blasting powder¢as the dragons of Sornieth flock to assist Velya and the Dragonhome Preservation Guild wind their way through ancient caverns just recently unearthed...

Eight Years? Eight Years?!

It's hard to believe another year has gone by, but our eighth anniversary celebration is upon us. Flight Rising is as strong as ever, with a whole ton more in store. We can't thank you enough for all the stories and laughter and artwork and creativity you've shared with us. Here's to a great eight!

Let's take a trip down memory lane and reflect back on some of the cool stuff that expanded Flight Rising last year:

• We launched the Silhouette Scroll, which applies a permanent toggle to a dragon that allows it to change its pose to the other artwork available for its breed.
• At long last, the Hoard and Vault were revamped, adding many new functions and increased usability.
• Our newest ancient breed, the tiny tricksters of Shadow, the Veilspun, came out of hiding.
• The World Map Revamp was launched, improving and expanding the world of Sornieth with rich, animated artwork and brand new locations to discover.
• The revamped Marketplace was deployed, bringing us ever closer towards our goal of refactoring the Flight Rising codebase and improving features in the process.
• After feedback from the Flight Rising community, we made adjustments to the Eye Type system, allowing natural eye types to be acquirable both randomly via breeding, and also as eye vials in the Marketplace.
• Boreal Wood turkeys changed their migration pattern and now appear year-round in the Coliseum.
• We had a great time with another Item Caption Contest.
• Multiple new feats were added to Fiona's Fantastic Familiars.
• Redrock Cove, Sandswept Delta, and Forgotten Cave saw revamps, adding more varied enemies and loot to their rosters.
• Pinkerton's Plundered Pile received a visual makeover.
• Several new familiars, scenes, apparel items, and vistas were released.
• We expanded the number of dragon slots in the Lair and Hibernal Den.

The following genes were launched:

• Mosaic
• Breakup
• Koi
• Braids (Gaoler)
• Stained (Gaoler, Banescale, Veilspun)
• Underbelly (Veilspun)
• Laced (Gaoler)
• Edged (Gaoler)
• Tapir (Banescale)
• Striation (Banescale)
• Clown (Banescale, Gaoler, Veilspun)
• Eye Spots (Banescale, Gaoler, Veilspun)
• Falcon (Banescale)
• Peregrine (Banescale)
• Ripple (Banescale, Gaoler)
• Current (Banescale, Gaoler)
• Giraffe (Banescale, Veilspun)
• Hex (Banescale, Veilspun)

A number of quality of life improvements were implemented, including:

• After exalting a dragon, players now have the option to return to the lair (the exact lair page the dragon was on) or view the exalted dragon.
• Dragon apparel selection has been updated. Category tabs have been scaled down to make room for more search results. To aid apparel browsing, without loading excessive items, each search page will now include up to 120 results - a 5x increase.
• You can now search for familiars by nickname in the Bestiary and Familiar Select pages. The Bestiary also displays nicknames.
• The Higher or Lower Fairgrounds game has been updated. In addition to many behind-the-scenes improvements, game button placement has been modified so that it's easier to progress through rounds.
• You can now choose whether attaching an item to a private message or Crossroads trade will automatically select a single item or a full stack. This option is listed as Item Select Quantity under account settings.

Sitewide Effort: Dustcarve Dig

As the main attraction for this year's festivities, we've kicked off a limited sitewide event called the Dustcarve Dig. This event is unlike any that we've run on Flight Rising before, so without ruining some of the surprises around the corner, we'll detail a bit about how it works.


Premise

Velya (first featured in our Ancient Fascinations lore story) and the Dragonhome Preservation Guild have had enough on their plates with the sudden influx of visitors and adventurers to the Colonnades of Antiquity, but now they're grappling with a seismic issue that may upend Sornieth life as we know it. In order to unearth the secrets surrounding this recent event, they've kicked off a massive collaborative project called the Dustcarve Dig, and are going to need the help of every flight to see it through.


How it Works

Working through a series of planned milestones (phases), Flight Rising players will be asked to find and contribute vital supplies to help Velya's dig team tunnel deep into the earth. These supplies will drop randomly any time players perform normal tasks on the site. Almost every feature has a chance to yield these important items, and the dig team will need vast amounts of them to make progress. Thankfully, there are a lot of you!

Here are the features that will yield event-related items:

• Starting a new nest by breeding two dragons.
• Hatching a fully-incubated nest.
• Performing any type of gathering skill.
• Collecting a transmuted slime/goo at Baldwin's Bubbling Brew.
• Exalting dragons.
• Performing swaps at Swipp's Swap Stand.
• Trading items for gold at Crim's Collection Cart.
• Answering trivia questions correctly at Tomo's Trivia Tablet.
• Bonding with familiars.
• Claiming an item from Pinkerton's Plundered Pile.
• Battling monsters in the Coliseum.

Once the requisite number of items have been turned in for the active milestone, it will be considered complete, and the dig team will take a much needed rest to prepare for the next phase. At that time, players who participated in the milestone will be able to collect rewards for helping.

(NOTE: You can identify when the event is accepting items by checking website's main page banner, which will indicate whether the dig is in an active state (green flag) or a rest state (orange flag with ZZZ).)


Participation & Rewards

It is purposely very easy to participate in the event, and the Dustcarve Dig will reward players in two ways:

• Per Milestone: If you turn in at least one (1) item during a milestone, you will receive a reward for participating in that milestone. There are five (5) milestones for this event, so if you turn in an item for each, you'll get five (5) milestone rewards in all.
• Event Conclusion: If you turn in at least one (1) item in at least one (1) milestone during the entire run of the event, you will receive a reward for participating in the event when it has fully concluded. We encourage all players to participate in at least one (1) milestone, because the event reward is very special!

Event Pacing

While the act of collecting and turning in items in a milestone will update dynamically, and milestones will conclude on their own, the act of kicking off new milestones is a manual process that the development team of Flight Rising will be controlling. This is primarily so that our team can be present for support, monitoring, and the fun of the event without necessitating any of our team members needing to stay up at odd-hours to watch milestones changeover or the event rapidly conclude. As we've said before, we don't exercise crunch at our company, and prefer our employees work fairly standard hours for their own well-being. This is part of that promise.

While we won't be able to give a definitive time that milestones will begin, you can expect that they'll likely be sometime early in the day when the majority of our team starts work and is present.



Anniversary Gift

As a way of saying thank you and celebrating Flight Rising's anniversary, Galore will be giving out the following scene to all players, which will be collectible until Monday, June 14 at 23:59 server time.

It will also be possible to brew extra copies of this scene at Baldwin's Bubbling Brew for the same duration.

The bait has been hooked, fishing line cast and we have caught ralmap for this weeks aquarium contest winner!

....Congrats!

¢¢Remember, make sure you feed and care for your fish/tank and collect your nessies bonus daily, if you want a chance to win next week!

It's time to head over to Miles Magic Box and see if you can figure out which item is depicted by the artistic rendering. If you do before next week, you'll win a cool prize!