The TNP Wishing Well
Located at /~Abraccio



I host TNP's Wishing Well page, which is devoted to displaying and granting wishes for other TNP members. Members who have received wishes neomail me when they have done so, and I add to the granted wishes and wish granting tallies. I also make sure every TNP member who earns a WW badge has claimed it. Those members who would like to update/modify their current wishes also neomail me.

Theme Weeks
Located at /~Soeule



I am the host of TNP's monthly Theme Weeks. I decide on a theme every month where for one week, daily challenges are posted for members. Theme Week is important because it determines everyone's new guild rank for the month until the next theme week is presented. Challenges range from writing, to artwork, to customization to gaming. Everyone can participate, and there is nothing to lose!

Font and Avatar Bloc
Located at /~Forgoe



Recently I began hosting the Font and Avatar Bloc. As host, I create a monthly font activity/competition for members to try. I also update bloc points when notified that someone has completely a bloc activity. Because I love to create new fonts, I feel as though this is the perfect bloc for me to host. I am always trying new colors, symbols, and shapes, and I encourage others to do so as well!

The TNP Wishing Well
Located at /~Abraccio

Monthly: Begin planning a 1000 wishes granted celebration

June Week 1: Reset June Wish Granter counts
June Week 2: Consolidate Wishes Archive
June Week 3: Check member info for broken WLs or portfolio links
June Week 4: Archive June wishes

Theme Weeks
Located at /~Soeule

Monthly: Begin planning the July Theme Week

No Weekly Goals ):

Font and Avatar Bloc
Located at /~Forgoe

Monthly: Check and update member avatar counts and points

June Week 1: Start June's Font Competition
June Week 2: N/A
June Week 3: Start June's Font Competition voting
June Week 4: End Font Competition

Completed Goals

Archived Wishes up through May (WW)
Requested 1000 wished badge (WW)
Updated avatar counts (F&A)

Beauty Bloc
Hosted by Emmy



+ Enter a permanent pet into the BC [x]
+ Earn maryanne_ 5 total BC trophies [ ]
+ Provide feedback to members of the BC Bloc [x]
+ Place in top 5 overall in a BC contest [ ]
+ Earn 100 points (for bloc badge) [ ]

Customization Bloc
Hosted by Anna



+ Enter May Stylist Competition [x]
+ Enter May Closet Competition [x]
+ Create a NC Wishlist/Tradelist [x]
+ Successfully trade NC with a guild member [x]
+ Continue to update NC Lists and Closet to earn points [ ]

Graphics Bloc
Hosted by Anh and Luna



+ Create graphics portfolio [x]
+ Create a TNP banner [xx]
+ Make a graphic for guild or non-guidmate [ ]
+ Create a userlookup to support the guild [ ]
+ Enter April Button Collage [x]
+ Earn 100 points (for bloc badge) [ ]

Food Bloc
Hosted by Moose



+ Submit a recipe x 3 [ ]
+ Update your recipe [ ]
+ Eat healthier than usual today! [ ]
+ Own a permanent foodie pet [x]
+ Suggest an activity [ ]
+ Earn a food-related avatar [ ]
+ Set a Gourmet Eater goal for a pet [ ]

Font and Avatar Bloc
Hosted by Me!



+ Make a Font List [x]
+ Make at least 3 TNP fonts for guild use [ ]
+ Earn 100 points (for bloc badge) [x]

Adoption and Trades Bloc
Hosted by Kelly



+ Submit dream pets [x]
+ Submit UFT and UFA pets [x]
+ Trade grey_jubby [ ]
+ Trade Qlips [x]
+ Adopt out Fixu [ ]
+ Submit success story [x]
+ Earn 100 points (for bloc badge) [ ]

Pet Creation Challenge
Hosted by Kitty



May's Challenge - Pet Creation Vacation!

+ see my progress here!

Avatar Lending
Hosted by Mojo

Current Avatar Hunt:
Evil Coconut Avatar [x]

What I lend:
+ 8 orange items for Mad About Orange Avatar
+ 10 codestones for Codestone Avatar
+ maryanne_ for Mootix avatar

Fyotus Interview

Fyotus is young, very thoughtful (almost too much), a bit over emotional, and very caring. He is quiet and hasn't experienced much in life due to fear, but he is slowly becoming more comfortable with himself.

What is the first thing you do in the morning?
Oh me, well first off I look in the mirror and make sure my body is intact. Being a mallow I have this…erm…innate fear that I'll wake up with bite marks or a chunk missing! I know I'm a grundo, but I often get mistaken as a dessert treat and -shudders- I can't think about it too long or I'll start to cry and then my face gets all sticky. –Otus looks down at the ground for a moment, the looks back up- After that, I always check on Nutmeg, my petpet. He's a Jinjah, and so he's pretty edible too. Jinjah doesn't seem to be afraid like I am though, so I always check on him myself just to be sure he's okay.

What are your most treasured posessions?
There are three things:
Number one is Nutmeg. I don't know what I'd do without him. He's a bit crazy, always running around me looking happy, but he's such a good buddy and always takes my mind off things. Jinjah and I have been together since Maryann became my new owner and we're pretty much inseparable.

Number two is my wagon. You can't see it from my customization, but I have a red wagon to travel in. It's hard not having legs or even arms, so when I want to get around I sit in my wagon and one of my siblings (usually Blam) pulls me around. I wouldn't be able to get anywhere without it!

Number three is my gingerbread house. It's my own personal playhouse. When Maryann adopted me, I told her about my constant fear of…being nibbled on. So she got me my lifesize gingerbread house to play in. She said even edible things are real, and just because they can be eaten doesn't mean they should be. –sniffs- She's so understanding! I'm always playing in my gingerbread house. Nutmeg loves it too, because he's made of gingerbread, so he feels a special connection to it. All he does is yell happily and run in and out while I play house.

What is the saddest time you can remember?
Oh. I don't like to talk about this normally. Not even Maryann knows but…one time…with my last owner…-Otus gulps- I ate a marshmallow. –Otus gets teary eyed and you immediately hand him a tissue- Thank you, thank you. I just…my owner said if I got over my fear of other marshmallows I might feel better. It made sense at the time…so I ate a small one. It was very delicious –Otus sniffles- but hours later I fully contemplated what I had done. I couldn't get out of bed for days.

What is the happiest memory you have?
The happiest memory I have is when I met my siblings here with Maryann. They are all so wonderful! Especially Blam. We immediately became best friends. But everyone was great. Fancify said she always had leftover goodies for me to eat. Parola gave me a small wave, which according to Fancify is a big deal. Maryanne_ and Loveish said they'd make me my very own cupcake (marshmallow free!) and King Quinset even bowed to me! It was all very exciting, and I've never felt so welcomed or so at home.

What do you like to eat, if not marshmallows?
Oh, I love to eat! Don't get me wrong! I love tea a lot, though I have to be very careful because if I spill any on me, I'll dissolve. Yikes. I also really like spaghetti, and I'm fond of vegetarian sushi. I'm a vegetarian, because I can't bare to eat any creatures. –looks down as his tummy and shrugs- I also tend to stay away from sticky things like honey and peanut butter…I'm sticky enough as it is, being made of sugar.

What is your favorite holiday?
Christmas for sure! I love it mostly because I get to change to decorations on my gingerbread house. Maryann always helps me. We're already planning on what to do this year. I think it might be jellybean themed! I'm so excited! Also, at Christmas there's always SO much gingerbread, which Nutmeg loves. He gets even more excited than he already is. Blam also promised to go sledding with me. He said it will be fun and I don't even need arms or legs to do it! There are very few activities I can do, so I'm already giddy at the thought of experiencing this new winter sport.

What is your favorite song?
Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop by Landon Pigg. It's the song Fancify played for me to help me go to sleep the first night I was here. I panicked a bit the first night. I don't really do well in new places…but Fancify played me her sleep playlist and I fell in love with the song. It's very comforting to me. Just don't tell Blam, he thinks my favorite song is Lollipop by Mika.

What is your favorite outfit?
I can't really wear every day clothes, as my body is too sticky and I don't have arms for shirts. But I really do love scarves and hats. I don't have any yet, but Fancify and Loveish have been hinting that I may receive on in the future. I think Fancify knits. But I'm going to pretend to stay clueless because I really would like to be surprised!

What are your hobbies?
I really like to read and listen to music. Lately I've spent my time training at the Academy to get stronger and hopefully, erm, boost my confidence. I also really enjoy icing pastries, and I'm hoping Maryanne_ and Loveish will let me intern at their bakery soon. My dream job is to frost and decorate cakes for fancy occasions, like birthdays, graduations and those knot-tying events. Until I get a job at the bakery, I practice using on of the walls on my gingerbread house. Nutmeg helps me quite a bit by excitedly smearing icing everywhere. Blam helps too sometimes, when he's not off frolicking and pulling pranks on Facify and Quinset.

If you could go anywhere, where would it be?
I'd like to see Kreludor or Virtupets. I spend a lot of nights staring at the stars when I can't sleep, and those worlds would bring me even closer to them. I think I'd like to know that there's more out there. After all, I'm just a mallow. Kreludor would be so exciting. I think I'd be able to bounce around instead of being pulled on a wagon. And I hear Virtupets has many grundos. I'd like to meet more of my kind. Maryann says someday we might be able to take a family vacation to one of those places in the future. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. There's so much of this world to see!

maryanne_ Interview

Maryanne is a girly girl without admitting it. She loves her looks, her fashion, and her crazy style. She is quite loving to her siblings, though she has a seldom-seen temper.

What is the first thing you do in the morning?
Shower of course. My hair you know, it needs a lot of care, and very special shampoo. The shampoo is use is designed only for usukigirls and it needs to be used precisely every 24 hours, or my hair will start to dry out and deflate. I don't mind though, the shampoo smells amazing, and makes my hair sparkle. How awesome is that? Maryanne just bought me the latest shampoo from the usuki brand, and I'm convinced it brings out the purple in my hair! What do you think?

What is your favorite thing about your room?
There isn't just ONE thing, it's whole room itself! It's filled with pink and purple - the best usuki colors, and usuki dolls and posters…of usukis, a usuki outfits for me, and all of the necessary usuki grooming items like glitter and brushes and makeup and lotion, everything! My room is awesome because it's totally usuki and totally me! I mean, you can't walk into my room and not feel happy, you know? That's the best thing about my room – the feeling you have just being there.

What is your favorite thing about the bakery?
My favorite thing is that Loveish and I work SO WELL together! You know, I wasn't sure that I liked her when Maryann first introduced us, and we were almost hostile to each other. I mean, Loveish pulled my hair once. MY HAIR. Granted I tripped her accidentally-on-purpose but that's besides the point. I didn't like her AT ALL. But then one day we discovered we both liked baking, and BAM we were instant friends! Loveish and I have the most successful bakery ever. She's the brains and I'm the crazy, and together we bake the best cupcakes you could ever imagine. I like that Loveish gives me free reign on flavors and decorating. I can just be myself and make cupcakes with my sis, Love. What could be better? Oh, and maybe Otus too. I hear he likes decorating pastries so perhaps we'll have to give him something to do when we're super busy.

What is your favorite usuki doll?
OHHHHH you really know how to stump a girl! Hmm. I don't WANT to choose, but if I have to…the Collectors Edition Usuki Doll. She's just so pretty, and has the most magical magenta hair! I mean, I love my purple and green, but magenta looks so lovely! And I adore her dress! The green is just so earthy and wonderful. I model my makeup after her, you know. Oh my, yes, she must be my favorite, but ALL of the dolls are incredible! Even that nasty Vira Usuki Doll, ugh, what were they thinking?!

What are your strengths and weaknesses?
Strengths: I'm smart. I read ALL the time, and I'm a fast reader at that. I'm also good at finding things. Sure, my room is messy and I'm definitely the most pack-ratty of my siblings, but I swear I can find anything that is lost! Books, keys, homework, toys, I'm like a detective bloodhound, only way more beautiful. I would say I also have a good eye for colors. I mean, bright is the way to go, and pink and purple are totally complimentary, no matter what anyone says. I can make anything look happy and fun just by changing the color!

As for weaknesses, I'm a bit stubborn, and a bit proud. Love tells me that all the time, only she doesn't mind. I can be arrogant, but I never MEAN to be, it just comes out that way. It's true I like to have my own way, and I'm trying to be better about it…working with Love has helped a lot. I can also be quite loud. I tend to yell, even when I'm not mad. It's just who I am!

What television do you like to watch?
FOOD NETWORK is my main tv stopping point! Cupcake Wars, Cupcake Champions, Ace of Cakes, and those cake competitions…I just can't get enough! Sometimes I get Love to watch with me and we get inspiration for our bakery. I also like Project Runway, Americas Next Top Model, Top Chef, and Say Yes to the Dress. All those beautiful clothes and beautiful foods…-Maryanne stares wistfully into the distance-

Why the mustache?
Mustaches for the WIN! Oh gosh, I love my little Handheld Mustache. Definitely the best thing Maryann has ever gotten me. I think it makes me unique. My siblings laugh at me but they love it too. It's my playful side coming out. My outfit needs at least ONE crazy thing among the glitz and glam.

How does it feel having the same name as your owner?
It's AWESOME. I love Maryann so much! She's everything I am…only not an usul. She's just as crazy and fun as me, and I'm so happy to be with her and share the same name! I like that my name has an e at the end, though. Sometimes it's confusing when someone calls for Maryann and I think they're calling me, but it's not really a big deal. I'd like to think I'm Maryann's favorite pet ever. I mean, she DID hand paint me usuki.

Tell me about your petpet.
My petpet is a plushie shocket named Mr. Jet. I saw him and just had to have him. Maryann agreed. I love plushies, they are so soft and squishy. Mr. Jet's eyes were HUGE though, and I fell totally in love with him. He always sits with me when I watch TV, and he even comes with me to the bakery once in a while. Mr. Jet never shocks me, which is saying something because he loves to shock my siblings. –giggles-

Would you consider entering the Beauty Contest again?
Oh my, YES! That was the best experience EVER! I've never felt so beautiful! So many strangers complimented me and my hair, and I couldn't have been happier. And to take home a gold trophy was completely unexpected! I look at that trophy everyday. It was so fun, going around and introducing myself to everyone with Maryann. We spent so much time together that week, and I loved every minute. I will definitely enter again and hopefully take home another trophy! I just need to adjust my hair and outfit.

In Which Maryanne Learns a Lesson

And becomes closer with her sister, Loveish.

Why do you have to be such a nag? hissed Maryanne, angry, as Loveish turned and walked away.

Loveish, Maryanne's older sister was being bossy again, and she hated it. Take off your mustache, do your chores, stop putting stickers on everything, eat your vegetables. Loveish just never stopped telling Maryanne what to do. All Maryanne wanted to do was dream about cakes and pastries, decorate her room and try out new hairstyles. There was no harm in that. She wasn't hurting anyone. But Loveish always insisted everyone get together more often and act like a real family. And that meant being more responsible and less…frivolous.

Maryanne sighed and sat down at the kitchen table with her cupcake book, 109 Cupcake Recipes. To calm down she tried to memorize a recipe for Green Tea cupcakes she wanted to try later on. Baking was her passion and never failed to make her happy. It was times like these that Maryanne could really use a good cupcake.

She closed her book and wearily headed for bed, forgetting to bring the book with her. She walked in her room and shut her door a bit more loudly than normal, and curled up in bed for the night.

The next morning, Maryanne awoke a bit late. Great, she muttered. Loveish would probably be annoyed that she missed breakfast. Maryanne hated dealing with Loveish, especially in the morning. But she didn't have time to think about it now. She rolled out of bed, showered, spent ample time fixing her hair, and then walked out into the kitchen.

Maryanne expected to be immediately yelled at by her sister, but instead found her sitting quietly at the kitchen table, reading. 109 Cupcake Recipes. Furious that her sister would dare touch her favorite book, it was Maryanne's turn to yell.

What are you doing? Maryanne hollered. Loveish jumped and immediately looked up, slamming the book shut. That's MY book!

It was here on the table, Loveish said calmly, though she looked a bit tense. I was just looking up –

- I don't care what you were looking up! Maryanne stomped her foot. You know that's my book and I didn't tell you that you could read it! You're always preaching about respecting everyone else's things and asking for things politely, and here you are sneaking around touching my items! Maryanne was aware that she sounded immature, but she couldn't help it. I am so sick and tired of you being such a pushy, controlling hypocrite!

Are you done? Loveish said coolly. I am well aware that this is your book. But none of my own recipe books were being of any use today, and I thought your book could help me. I am deeply sorry for not asking you first - Maryanne glared. – But I didn't want to wake you up and I wanted to start baking right away. I was simply looking up whether or not melted butter would change the texture of a cake batter when it's cooked.

Maryanne blinked. She had expected her sister to be defensive and argue that she was older and blah blah blah. She didn't even know her sister liked to bake.

Oh, she said. Um, yeah it does make a difference. When you melt butter, you can't really cream butter with sugar anymore. The sugar won't be distributed with the fat evenly anymore so you can get a weird texture.

Loveish stared at her. Slowly, she smiled. I never knew that, she said, sounding a little surprised.

Maryanne nodded. I found out last year when I made Blam a small cake for his birthday. I don't think he noticed.

Loveish chuckled I suppose he wouldn't. She grinned at Maryanne. Would you, erm, like to help me bake today? I have to make over 100 cupcakes for a party and I could use another baker.

Maryanne couldn't believe her ears. Loveish wanted her help? Her older, smarter, independent sister? Maybe Maryanne had be wrong about her all along.

I'd be happy to help, she replied enthusiastically. And…sorry about yelling at you before.

Loveish shook her head. I had it coming to me. I've been nagging you all week, I know. She looked sheepish. But, I'd really like to spend more time with you. In the kitchen especially.

Maryanne smiled. Her sister wasn't so bad after all. Maybe together they could bake the best desserts in the neighborhood. I'd love to, she said.

Three Pieces of Art for Maryanne