{Patchwork} The Ghosts of Africa!

[Riverwind]

Where We Came From
By Rosedawn
There once lived a toy maker and his daughter, on the outskirts of a very small little town. The children loved visiting the toy maker because every toy that he made he made especially for that person. He always said that the most worthwhile thing to build was something that brought countless hours of joy. I remember my father telling me so when I was very small. I watched in awe of him as he stitched together this small little stuffed mouse, just for me, and placed it in my waiting arms. "And this one is special made for you, Little Mouse," he laughed, and the whole room rattled and laughed along with him, "And so long as you take good care of it, it will take good care of you."

But as time passed things changed. Instead of buying the special handmade pieces from the toymaker, children wanted the shiny new toys from the city. Everyone wanted to leave the small village behind, with its small old ways and go off on grand adventures far away. We left behind such things like stuffed animals and wooden swords and skipped towards the glow of the city like moths to a flame. Slowly but surely the little toy shop became little more than a memory, even to me. When I spoke with my father he would tell me how much he missed the laughter.

My father grew gravely ill shortly after that, and I rushed home to be by his side. He told me he had something very special waiting for me in the toy shop.

The place was covered in dust and grime from years of neglect. Buttons and ribbons and stuffing lay strewn on every table. I had no idea what he wanted me to find until I saw it, sitting on his favorite stool, my own little mouse. He'd patched the holes and cleaned the cloth from years and years of love and play, and even stitched up the place where one of my classmates had ripped it open, but he'd left the needle hanging. I picked up my old friend, feeling myself smile for the first time in days. Beneath was a little note, Take care of it, Little Mouse, and it will take care of you.

There was a single stitch left to tie off. Quickly I sewed up my old friend, tying the last knot and cutting it free. "Now you take care of the shop my little meece, while I go take care of Papa."

The next morning I returned to the shop, determined to clean it up to be sold in order to pay for my papa's medicine. When I entered the sounds of something scurrying caught my attention and I hurried to find the source. Following the sound to the work table, what I saw I could scarcely believe. My little meece (for how could I mistake it?) was actually MOVING. It was scurrying around, cleaning the shop!

When it saw me tiny squeaks and chittering erupted from inside. It rushed over, bouncing around until I picked it up. In its hands was a needle. It left that in my palm and hopped down to a pile of fabric and thread and buttons, cheeping all the while. "Do you want me to make you a friend?"

We have dozens now, and every time I tie that last knot they turn their heads and look at me with such love. A love I know I have to share. It's exactly what my father wanted.


Meece Front

Meece Side

Snoodle Left

Snoodle Right

Tuttle Sassy

Tuttle Thinker

Giraffle Laying

Giraffle Standing

Elephant Standing

Elephant Sitting


Owner's Folders
Examples

[Riverwind]

Okay so for rules...I kinda just copied and pasted form the last thread... O.o Sorry it took so long to post these, but I've had some RL issues going on. But, I think I have them at least a LITTLE figured out. Enough to make true on my promise to SPO anyway... ^.^ In any case, if I forgot anything or messed something up, please please please tell me! Thanks.

Rules
PLEASE NOTE THE RULE CHANGE REGARDING TRADING SEASON
- Patchwork can be traded at any time as long as permissions has been obtained in advance from SPO. SPO reserves the right to say no trading.
- Can be traded or sold for SG, other adoptables, or USD
- Be nice to each other
- Whining will not be tolerated

[Riverwind]

All events end at 20:00:00 on October 16th (two days from now).

Naming Contest
What will these cuties be named? The name I like the best will win this guy...


Entrants:
- Kah (Lelephants)
- Wild (Ellies)
- Country (Effinants)
- skys (Ollies)
- Saturn (Ollypants)

Trick-Or-Treat!
One of these doors has a premade hiding behind it. To claim a door, post [username] knocks on door [door #]! in bold. One door per person please!

Doors:
1. YLO
2. Country
3. Dawn
4. SweetCaroline
5. Kah
6. Rosewood
7. Wild
8. Saturn
9. SkySong
10. skys

Costume Party
This game is basically where you design a costume (or use an existing costume idea, i.e Spiderman) and "present" it in any way you want. (i.e a drawing, a picture on Google, a description, etc.). Whoever has the best costume idea will win this little guy.


Entrants:
- SkySong - http://images.wikia.com/villains/images/d/dd/Winged_Sephiroth.png
- Saturn - http://www.secundi.net/forum.php?topic=9424.msg181937#msg181937

Fright Night
This guy likes to hear scary stories! Tell him the best scary story you can think of and you just might be able to take him home!


Entrants:
- Saturn - http://www.secundi.net/forum.php?topic=9424.msg181937#msg181937

What's the Word?
This cute little elephant loves to play word games. So, he made a crossword just for you! Everyone who finds all 42 words within the time frame will be entered into random and whoever random chooses will get to take this guy home.
No more entries will be taken after 20:00:00 on October 16th (two days from now).
Click here for the word search


Entrants:
- Country
- SkySong
-

[Riverwind]

Fill out this form, if you are a winner.

Code Select Expand

[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]

Pick Ups

Naming Contest
Kah's Mistah Spookeh - M






Trick-Or-Treat!
SweetCaroline's Candice - F






Costume Party
SkySong's Fright - M






Fright Night
Saturn's Mischief Night - M






What's the Word?
Country's Ellie - F

[Riverwind]

You may now post

[Kahlira]

I think they should be called... Lelephants!

Kahlira knocks on door 5!

[Riverwind]

Updated with the end time for the rest of the events. I think that's the only thing I missed but if you catch anything else please let me know.

[Rosewood]

Trick or Treat
Rosewood knocks on door door #6

Will post for other events later.

[SkySong]

SkySong knocks on door #9! in bold.

Costume Party:
http://images.wikia.com/villains/images/d/dd/Winged_Sephiroth.png (Pic is a little big)
Buuuuuuut... I might be a little biased.

I will PM you the crossword answers, otherwise it seems a little pointless.

[Wildfilly94]

wildfilly94 knocks on door 7!

Ellies for the name of the new breed

[DawnStar7]

DawnStar7 knocks on door 3!

[Country]

Country knocks on door 2!

I think they should be called Effinants!

[Saturnalia]

Saturnalia knocks on door 8!

[YourLoveOnly]

YLO knocks on door #1!

[skysnolimit]

skysnolimit knocks on door 10!

[skysnolimit]

I would name them Ollies!

[skysnolimit]

Sorry, I'm surely missing something ^.^;; How do we prove that we've found the words in the wordsearch?

[SPO]

I assume you circle them somehow in paint, upload it somewhere, and PM it to River?

[Country]

Thats what I did Only I used photoshop lol

[Riverwind]

Yes, that's exactly what I had in mind, skys. Sorry, I guess I should have specified that...

Only one door left!

[SweetCaroline]

SweetCaroline knocks on door #4!

[Riverwind]

Lol okay I guess there's no doors left, now! XD

[Riverwind]

Time is almost up! I will not be giving extended time on any of these, so...any events that don't have any entrants when time runs out, will be discarded and SPO can use the elephant from that event for something else. Anyone else who wants to enter these events, the time is now.

[SPO]

Or I might keep the elephant >>

[Saturnalia]

Naming Contest
Ollypants

Costume Party
He's already got the right color... so how about a classic pumpkin? (Funny story, as a child, my mother made me be a pumpkin for years. I clearly remember fighting it the final year, yelling about how "I don't want to get into the pumpkin!!!")
Ahem. Anyway! He'd just need a little stem piece on his head, with some vines and leaves coming out and draping down his back, across his spines. To complete the pumpkin patch look, a bat or two could also be perched upon his spines

Fright Night
Hmm. I recently heard this one... I think there are a few variations.

A girl was babysitting for a well-to-do family. Before the parents left, they told her to help herself to any food that she wanted, and that she could watch tv after the kids went to bed. They suggested, though, that she watch it upstairs in their bedroom in case the kids woke up, so that she would hear them.

She tucked in the kids, and did just that. She noticed, in the corner, a clown statue. It was creepy, but she tried to ignore it as she watched tv. She kept imagining that it had moved, though, and it seemed to be staring right at her the entire time.

Finally, she went downstairs and called the parents. She asked if she might watch tv downstairs, instead, because the clown statue was creeping her out.

The phone went silent for a moment, and then the father said, "Get the kids and get out of the house. Now."

"Why?" she asked.

"We don't have a clown statue."

[SkySong]

That one seriously gave me the chills, Saturn.

I would try to tell one but I'm the worst at recounting scary stories.

[Riverwind]

Winners!

Naming Contest - Kah
Trick-Or-Treat! - SweetCaroline
Costume Party - SkySong
Fright Night - Saturn
What's the Word? - Country

There were 2 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

    Country
    SkySong

Timestamp: 2013-10-17 19:19:36 UTC

If you won a contest, please refer to the Pick-Ups post. Thank you for participating!

[SweetCaroline]

Oooh! I won?

Name: Candice
Gender: Female

[Saturnalia]

Hooray!

Name: Mischief Night
Gender: Male

[Country]

Yay! 
Name: Ellie
Gender: Female

[Kahlira]

Name: Mistah Spookeh
Gender: Male

And Yay! Now I think I've named two XD

[SkySong]

Name: Fright
Gender: Male

[Riverwind]

Here are the pick up links for anyone having trouble finding them in the owners folders.

Kah's Mistah Spookeh

SweetCaroline's Candice

SkySong's Fright

Saturn's Mischief Night

Country's Ellie