I look over the many barebats flitting around the corral. One catches my eye and I wave to mangodile who is currently helping some of the others from our ragtag hunting party find their new companions. I think the barebat is a male, and the name Dengue comes to mind when I see him, so I suppose that will be his name. While I wait I also go to look at the different books the Great Tree is able to offer. There's one that glitters slightly in the corner of my eye, and when I pick it up and heft it in my hand, I decide that I will inquire about it as well.

I'll be going through and trying to reply to various interactions now. Because it has been a long time, the remaining participants who have NOT commented will now be sort of null and void. They are allowed to still claim one, but because others cannot wait forever, their abilities to 'pick first' have been set to the side. From now on, anyone can adopt BareBats that are remaining.

I am hoping to set loose another event soon that will summon some creatures, but I want to wait until the new area is discovered. Because of this, I might speed up the process for all of the visitors to migrate to another portal.

I may start a roleplay forum for you guys to just have random fun amongst yourselves, but I don't really have time to monitor it. SO...if anyone wants to start a roleplay forum based upon the events of The Vale, rmail to discuss it. It might be fun for those of you who want to role play with your creatures and the environment, and I may pop in from time to time with Mangodile and other characters that will be mine. Because my roleplaying can only go so far on this thread, and you guys seem to like to make posts that really won't affect anything regardless. This will give you all a chance to simply interact with each other without me worrying about it if will affect something within the actual story or within chances to make events and other things. If someone wants to start one though, I implore you to have a good team of people to monitor it, and try to stick to the actual environment of the CURRENT portal that everyone is in withing the original adoptables thread of The Vale.

I also must deeply apologize, but I don't think I will be shading the creatures anymore unless specifically requested. Shading just takes a little bit longer with me and with the way my schedule has been, you guys will get your creatures and events coming around faster if I just don't shade new creatures. Creatures already in existence will have shading, but new ones that are being made will no longer automatically come with shaded layers unless someone really badly wants that to happen. I simply don't have the time to worry about it with every single piece of art within this thread.

Doctor - You can interact with your book yes. Just remind me which book you were buying, ahaha. <_>;

KittyKat - Doctor got to that one first I believe. Unless I misread your comment. First one on row 2? Remember that the one with only 2 BareBats count as a row as well.