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Goodbye! waddles away
Fair well!
Glad you’re safe! The park was closed because the Rougaroo was loose!
Post self-deleted by Grizzled Old Fisherman.
Had to close the park for a time — 
Camp Host really should have tacked a memorandum to the notice board. We’ll make sure you get those waders and cornbread though!
Harummmph!
Graaaaaapphhhbrdddddd!
A 1973 faded orange VW Thing with numerous minor dents and scratches pulls next to the VW Bus. The driver gazes at the cool old bud over the tops of his aviator sunglasses and pulls out slowly….displaying a The Flying Fishes Bait Shop bumper sticker.
At the report of the colorful balloons over the park the Captain orders the legendary squadron of zeppelins to fly a tribute mission.
Sorry we missed you while we were deployed away from the park. We had to make the airships safe from the Rougaroo. Only the 
PURPLE BIGFOOT remained behind the defend the park beast vs beast!
Grrrrrrrrrrr Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!
After reading the reports of visiting aviation professionals the Captain orders a permanent clearance to land and dock in the park.
A young star trooper hustles out to the landing lot, vigorously shakes a spray can, and inks the name of 
Stone Circle Aviators onto a concrete curb.
A sleek aluminum airship emblazoned with the logo of the The Flying Fishes Bait Shop lifts off loaded with crates of waders and cornbread. The mission is to locate 
The Eternal Sightseer quickly where they are.
Trooper: This cornbread is perishable Captain!
Captain: 😬 I KNOW!
The host throws his hands up in frustration because he did in fact have frozen grapes in the bait shop’s icebox.
The Fired Up First Sergeant wanders through the park, taking stock of its condition after his recent return. He winces at the throngs of gulls feeding on left behind fish guts.
Hope they caught their limit, he muses.
Balderdash, thinks the old Ranger. That was a silly movie and he stills regrets his role in the film as a minor role extra before retiring to the park….which he also finds silly.
Humpf!
Gracias y adios
At the flurry of activity in the park the wrinkled old shaman emerges from the bog. As the only reliable magic user in the region he takes it on himself to acknowledge the visitors properly.
The shaman reaches into his tunic and extract in legendary Coral of Glory. He cups it on his hands and breathes warm air onto it. Instantly a towering flaming thunderbird erupts from his fists and takes to the skies. The flaming avian beast circles the sky and in brilliant orange flames scribes the message: THANKS FOR THE VISIT!
The Political Compass Polls in the Edmundian Empire is raging, and we need YOU to help us!
Everyone wants to know their ideology, everyone wants to know their beliefs. And how can they find it? Well, figuring it out for themselves, but you can also answer the political compass test to brag to everyone about which sector you landed on!
But how fun is it for one person to do a test that takes a few minutes for an image that no one cares about? How about an image that comes from weeks of polling to devise the ULTIMATE NATIONSTATES POLITICAL COMPASS SCORE! Every day a question from the political compass test will be uploaded, and votes will be tallied into an average. Once all questions are finalised, I will begin finalising the scores and come up with the average poll result!
Why should I join? Well, other than participating in true history, their are prizes to be won. Categories including 'most likely to fist-bump Stalin' and 'most likely to punch a priest' (names and categories subject to change) will be given to those who show certain - characteristics - during voting. More importantly, if you win a category you will be awarded 1000 Mass Telegrams. You can win more than one category and more telegrams but this will be unlikely.
Now, we are currently along the back end of the political compass test, question 49 today of a 62 question long poll. But fear not, I have made expert calculations to facilitate against these flaws. Firstly, the test is divided into categories naturally so that if you join in now you will start to get into the religious and sexual parts which will definitely be categories. Secondly I will prioritise later categories due to participation rates. Finally, when it comes to the more general questions, e.g. auth v lib, left v right, I intend to count people joining later differently in a way that benefits new comers by tripling their points (more on that later).
Now, obviously you got questions and I got some answers, but a QnA might help a bit.
Q: Why should I join?
A: Again, prizes, contributing to history, etc.Q: The political compass? You know that's a bunch of BS.
A: I mean, yeah. I don't think a political compass test is a good measure of your actual opinions and even if it were I don't think it particularly matters. And if you know anything about the test you already know which quadrant we will be heading towards. That being said, it's more about what people say for each question, the rewards, the trophies, the fun. Don't take it too seriously.Q: Where will I find the results of this?
A: After all the results come in I will work on writing a dispatch. Don't worry everyone involved even in one quiz will be noted in the dispatch to alert you to its presence. It will involve trophies, and results for each sector.Q: What if a result leads into a tie between two positions?
A: Glad I asked. If I average everything and it's split down the middle, there's an easy fix. I've been voting in each one, and if this does happen I'll just discredit my vote. Easy fix.Q: Hey idiot, what if I just vote the most left wing positions so I get a trophy?
A: You could try, and I'm not gonna discredit your votes, but keep in mind multiple things. First off, you're not the only person voting. Only one person can get a reward, and it's tabulated by other factors (below). Secondly, you don't know what categories I'm going to use so instead of gambling I'd suggest voting normally.Q: How do I get the mass telegrams?
A: I'll send you a telegram, you tell me which nation to gift it to and that'll be that.Q: How do votes get analysed for awards?
A: Well, it's simple. Say we are looking for most left wing. Let's give a position that's left wing. If you strongly agree, thats +2, and if you strongly disagree, that's -1. 0 is for strongly disagreeing and 1 and 0 for agreeing and disagreeing respectively. Inverse this if it's a right wing position. Whomever has the most points wins. Let me note that there are categories that will benefit not having a strongly, so don't think that spamming strongly agree or disagree will help your case. This is an example and it will be different but I think it helps in explaining the basic idea. There will no doubt be situations of similar voting patterns which will come down to how closely this reflects their nation, how long they have been voting and relevant dispatch info to suggest a real similarity.
I don't care if you only vote once or thrice, come down to the Edmundian Empire and check out our Political Compass Polls!
What ya’ doin’ here?
I just read your fabulous Bayou stories. Seems that today the sirens have fallen asleep in the deep waters of the lake, that the purple Bigfoot sleeps in its hut deep in the swamp, that pelicans have not been seen flying for a long time, that the park officials snore peacefully, that the alligator king flows happy days at the bottom of the lake, that the zeppelins are on the ground waiting for a destination and that the shaman can be seen in the surroundings with his firebird. Sleep, I will watch on the bayou that became silent.
Crawfish should be running soon.
Keep fishing and watch the bayou wake up from its long slumber.
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