[Dr. F appears onscreen, looking rather sunburnt. The camera is uncomfortably close in on his face.]

Dr. F: Hey there, cowpokes. Just got back from a business trip to Houston, and it is hot, hot, HOT there! This inspired me to put an above-ground pool down here in Deep 13, so that I can cool off when the Texas heat gets too much for my fragile pink skin!

[The camera zooms out to show that Forrester is currently chilling in a large, blue pool. He’s got little green hearts on his swim trunks.]

And to simulate the true southwestern above-ground pool experience, I’ve added some leaves from eucalyptus trees, some black dirt in one corner, a whole bunch of dead mosquitoes, and that vague hot dog-y smell from the next house over! Now I’m ready to enjoy an afternoon of screaming kids and Frank’s dog trying to drink the pool water!

Frank: [Comes running straight at the pool with a huge pair of sharp hedge clippers, pointed forward.] Hey Dr. F, lookit this thing I found! It’s my favorite oversized hedge clippers!

Dr. F.: Frank, NOOO!-- [The feed cuts out.]
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[OOC]

It’s geosynchrynous satellites of the oooold west! This week, the SOL takes on a definite rodeo theme...the recreation deck is set up like a rodeo, full of stands and hay bales; and bulls, calves and horses appear with great frequency on the nature deck. The theatrical deck also fills up with mostly cowboy and western costumes. If your characters decide to put on a rodeo competition themselves, they may get some extra morale points for their efforts!

It seems that Dr. F got in a bit of an extra obstacle to the experiment...only non-speaking characters will be riffing this week! Your experiment is chapter three of Modelland, and is now available in the mod email. The following characters have been assigned riff duty:

Amaterasu
Chibiterasu
Perry the Platypus

Current SOL morale is:

Fair