“Testing… testing… 1.. 2.. 3.. is this thing on?”

“Oh- okay, I think I made it through. Damn technology…”

“Anyways… Greetings, Mignyan populace. I come to you not only as a wakeup call, but as a guide to your future as well. Long now have we known about the second Mother and her mysteries, and even longer have we known about the second wave as a whole - I would like to think we have come to know and accept each other as two halves of one important whole, but I digress. I am no ambassador for unity, and I have no intention to be as such. Though despite this fundamental truth about my role in this universe, I do hope that my quest here can help bring upon this kind of unified understanding.”

“I understand if all of this sounds a little… odd, not knowing who I am. And I apologize that I cannot provide that information to you all yet - I am generally a rather private man, and would prefer to not expose my identity to the world at large until I know that we are moving in the right direction. I will say that I am a heavily studious cartographer and astronomer, with goals highly beyond my single scope of reach. But despite that ambition I am just a man, looking to learn, and nothing more.”

“And today, people of Mignyan, I bring to you my journey - I am looking to find the second Mother. Long have we sensed her signals in our weary brains, and long have we wondered where she might be - is she near the first, or somewhere completely different? Are they two halves of a whole, spread far across space? Or is the cosmos not the right tree to bark up? It’s been haunting me since we learned of her presence, and while I do not know if finding her will… do anything, really, I feel as if I absolutely must know.”

“But - and this is the caveat I have had to come to learn - I cannot do it alone. I am just one man, and while I believe myself to be capable, I am not capable enough. This is why I am here speaking to you all, and this is where you, the people, come in.”

“I can take care of the complicated calculations, but I cannot do those calculations without information. I’ll need all hands on deck to be on the lookout for signs of the Mother, and as such we will need to greatly boost our numbers. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to bolster your invasion efforts tenfold. Help the hostless into new brains, and inform them of my directive. The more Mignyans in capable hosts with knowledge of my plan, the more signs we can find, and we may just be able to work this little mystery out. We are a formidable species, and I believe we can do anything we set our stolen minds to.”

“Thank you for your attention, greater Mignyan populace. I will be checking in with you all shortly. Signing off.”

Well, that was weird. Who was that anyways? In any case, he seems to be pretty determined about this goal… if you want to help him out, here’s the lowdown on what’s going on:

• Each of you have been granted a chance to bring a new Mignyan into the world, no slot needed. Outside of the anniversary event, this functions as a normal Common turn-in and can be treated as such if you do not wish to participate in the bulk of the anniversary event.
• Each week, our mysterious Cartographer will deliver a new message, along with a new hint towards what trait upgrades are available to find in comments scattered around Mignyan related socials on both Deviantart and Toyhouse. You will essentially be scavenging for traits to add to your turnin!
  • Traits will only be available for the week they’ve been released. The date they become defunct will be listed on the comment containing the trait.
  • Rarity will increase over time, and as such they will be hidden in deeper locations.
  • These will mostly be specific trait upgrades, such as vestigials or wings, rather than overall upgrades. There may be overall upgrades hidden around, but you’ll have to search pretty hard to find them…
  • In order to claim an upgrade, reply to it! If found on Toyhouse, you will need to include your Deviantart username to claim properly. Toyhouse comments will contain a reminder of this
  • Each trait can be claimed indefinitely by as many people as possible before the defunct date listed on the coment
  • Once approved, event trait additions will not be marked as upgrades on the masterlist like typical upgrades do, and they will be able to be swapped out with redesigns as per usual traits.
  • You will be able to apply pre-existing trait upgrades to these designs. These will be treated as they normally are on trait lists.
• When turn-in time comes, you’ll have two options of “payment” for getting your Mignyan approved:
  • Typical $15 common slot price, will not raise with upgrades. All proceeds will be going to the Florida Access Network abortion fund as we want to use this as a chance to give back :] more details on this will be available once the turnin period starts!
  • Completion of all four art prompts given alongside each loredrop will grant a free turnin approval.
• Turnin period will be from October 29th-31st. Any MYOs not sent in during this time period will be treated as normal and will require a slot. Event trait upgrades will expire at the end of the event, and cannot be used on outside MYOs
• Note: PLEASE be sure to send in WIP checks during the designing period! Designs that need to be edited during the approval period will have to be finished before the end of the period, otherwise you will miss your chance to turn it in

Thank you for your efforts, crabfriends, and good luck!

This week, it seems like some pretty classic traits have spawned in some pretty nearby locations… nothing too exceptional, though!

WEEK 1 PROMPT

How exciting to see a strange new face! Er, hear a strange new voice? With the appearance of this mysterious man also comes the basis of our first week's anniversary prompt: what does your Mignyan think about these lofty goals? Is there any merit to a faceless newcomer's research? Will they respond to the call to aid wandering hostless crabs? ... Did they even pay attention? Whatever their reaction is to this development, we’d like to see it!

Please ensure you look over this month's submission rules carefully, as they've been reduced to reflect the short deadline :]

DRAWN REQUIREMENTS

• All pieces must be SFW
• Your piece must at least be flat color! No shading or backgrounds required :]
• Your piece must include at least 50% of one undisguised Mignyan in frame
• Pieces must reflect the prompt
• If you do not own a Mignyan, you can ask someone else if you can draw theirs OR use our mascots!
• Work may be submitted either to the DeviantART Prompt Art folder OR to the prompts channel in the Discord server. Uploading to Discord only requires you to tell us your DA username

WRITING REQUIREMENTS

• All work must be SFW - minor language is okay!
• Minimum of 300-350 words
• Work must reflect prompt
• Work must feature one Mignyan, though non-Mig background characters are allowed
• Same as above, the mascots and others Mignyans may be used with permission if you do not own any!
• Work may be submitted to DeviantART or Discord. If uploading to Discord, please do not paste your writing directly into the channel! Please upload somewhere else and link us to it.

Participants of this anniversary prompt will either receive one prompt point at the end of the month OR the ability to turn in a free turnin Mignyan at the end of the event, provided all other anniversary prompts are completed with it

This prompt ends 10/7/2022 (October 7th, 2022) at 11:59 PM EST

Note: If not treated as a free turnin entry or all four have not been completed by the end of the event, each prompt completion will be converted into one prompt point each towards your shop balance, with a maximum of 4 points towards your balance if all are completed!