Happy Skirentines!

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During the cold months in the beginning of the year, shimmering, tiny hearts wash up on the shores of Meteor Lake.

It's said if one gives them as gifts they will bring good luck, happiness, and warmth to both parties.

These Sand hearts are similar in size and texture to an earth sand dollar, but they are not alive.

No one being is sure exactly where they come from, but it's rumored they are scales from a giant sea serpent from the deepest depths of the lake.

The sand hearts come in many pastel and bright shades of red, pink, gold, purple, and white, and glimmer with a mysterious opalescence.

Skirentines Heart Example Image Skirentines Gifting Example Art

Main Prompt

This prompt grants +1 entry for a chosen prize pool (Non-owners gain an extra +1 entry)

Draw or write your Skire Character sharing a Sand heart with someone to wish them happiness, warmth, and luck for the year! Sand Hearts can be given to anyone:

  • friends
  • family
  • romantic partners
  • total strangers
  • pets
  • those delicate flowers on your front porch

Consider:

  • Does your character gather lots of sand hearts or do they only find one or two?
  • Does your character choose to share the Sand Hearts or do they just collect them with other shells?
  • Does your character maybe not find any Sand Hearts? Does someone give them one instead?
  • Is it too cold to go to the beach? Does your character maybe stay home and eat some fancy comfort chocolates?
  • Mushy affection holidays not your character’s jam? Show what they’d rather be doing, bah humbug!
Art Requirements
  • The image should include your Skire character, an NPC, or other Skire character that you have permission to use for your focus character.
  • ¾ body showing of the primary character OR background characters at the least - but please make sure there is at least half-body of the primary character!
  • Fully colored. (Shading is not required, but can be added!)
  • Background required. (Can be slightly simplified, but needs to be detailed enough to be clearly legible.)
  • Art must be done by you. You may not commission others to make your entry for you, nor can you use bases or artwork done by others to create your entry. Collaboration pieces will not earn either person an entry but can still be done for fun.
  • Photography used as backgrounds will not be allowed for this event, even if it is your photo.
  • Photography is allowed if you are submitting a craft entry, such as sculpted or paper CCCats interacting with the world around them.
  • Entries can be digital or traditional!
  • NAUTIPODS have a separate art rule: If you are using the pod form, it MUST be drawn fullbody and shaded! It does not have to be painted, but it must have shaded tones. The full humanoid form follows the regular requirements!
  • Please make sure your submission is visible to mods when checking! Make sure that any entries posted privately are able to be viewed.

Writing Requirements
  • The writing media should include your Skire character, an NPC, or other Skire character that you have permission to use for your focus character.
  • Minimum of 800-1000 words per entry.
  • You must create the story/literature yourself. You may not commission someone else to write it for you. Plagiarism will be checked.
  • Please make sure your submission is visible to mods when checking! Make sure that any entries posted privately are able to be viewed.

RULES & STUFF

  • Your art or writing must be related to the theme of the prompt.
  • No X rated or sexual material.
  • Gore is allowed, but needs to follow platform guidelines, have a gore warning in the title, and have a Mature Rating tag.
  • You may only make one entry that can be entered into the raffle for the prize at the end of the prompt.
  • You may make as much art as you like but only one piece may count for an entry.
  • If you are drawing someone else’s character please make sure you have their permission to do so.
  • Prizes from this event are subject to normal CCCat/Crook/group rules.
  • Make sure you have a Skire.Club account, as one is needed if you end up winning a prize!
  • Do not guilt trip or harass members for entering or winning a prize. Doing so will ban you from entering future events.
  • Do not enter the event if you are blacklisted or greylisted. (We have informed you if you are.) Please respond to the Google Form in the submission section with your entry to be counted! If you do not your entry may be missed and not counted for the event!
  • Please respond to the Google Form in the submission section with your entry to be counted! If you do not, your entry may be missed and not counted for the event!

NPC'S & VOLUNTEERS

Sequin is available for this event as the main NPC!

Available Skire NPC's can be found HERE!

If you want to use someone else's Skire character for this event, please head over to #skire-share-room or #event-chatter in our Discord server to see or ask owners for consent to use their characters in this event!

When submitting a character as a volunteer, you're welcome to use this template:

  • Character(s): Include Masterlist Entry
  • About: A small section about your character(s)!
  • Okay for: Art/Writing/Both

Please head over to #skire-share-room in our Discord server to volunteer your Skire Characters!

Prizes

Premade Characters
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MYO Slots:

Enter for a MYO Skirean Slot with 1 Rare, and 3 Uncommon traits. [This can be redeemed for a CCCat, Crook, Nautipod, or Gravent.] There will be 2 separate pools - one for everyone (FFA), and one for Non-Owners (N/O) OR a chance to win one of the above premades!

  • Non-Owner (N/O) Pool - There will be 2 base MYO slots for this pool.
  • Free-For-All (FFA) Pool - There will be 3 base MYO slots for this pool.
  • If the Non-Owner Pool reaches 20 entries, we will increase the prizes to 3 N/O MYO slots.
  • If the Free-For-All Pool reaches 30 entries, we will increase the prizes to 4 FFA MYO slots.
  • Following the original pool goals, every additional 10 entries will add another MYO slot to its corresponding pool.
  • Trait Ticket Pool (FFA) - The Trait ticket prize pool will begin with 1 Myth, 1 Rare, and 1 Uncommon trait ticket. For each 10 entries, another 1 Rare ticket will be added to the pool.

Prizes for the event will start with 5 MYO slots and they will be raffled off to participants via RNG on our Discord Server!

If the event gets to 30 entries, we will increase the prizes to 6 MYO Slots and 1 additional MYO slot will be added for every 10 entries received for this event after!

Submission

To submit your entry for this event, you'll submit through the Google Form: SUBMIT HERE!

FAQ

Q: Can we ask for an extension on the prompt?
A: No, it is two months long and extending it could delay other prompts.

Q: If I win can I give my prize away?
A: For fairness, if you win the prize, you may not gift the prize away.

Q: Can I enter to try and help someone else win?
A: No, it is not fair for multiple people to enter on behalf of one person.

Q: When will the event end specifically?
A: This prompt will end 02/28/2023 at 11:59:59PM UTC. Please refer to the website's clock for this time!

Q: When will prizes be raffled off?
A: Anywhere from the next day to a few days after the event ends. Please give us time to make sure we have everything for the raffle. We would hate to rush and miss someone’s entry.

Q: My entry was denied because it didn’t meet the requirements. Can I fix it and resubmit to try and enter?
A: Yes, as long as this is done so before the event ends. We will not count anything submitted after the event has ended.

Q: Are admin allowed to enter the event and possibly win a prize?
A: Yes, admin are allowed to enter the event so they can enjoy the community just as everyone else does! However if an admin is rolled for winning a prize, they don’t occupy a member’s chance to win! Another roll will be done so that a member can still win a prize.