My favorite moment from 2022 was finally joining Hoenn! I'd been eying it for years and had been seriously considering joining since mid-2021. It wasn't until this year that I decided to finally sign-up, and I'm so glad I did! Muse has been touch-and-go with me for a couple months, but everyone has been so generous and kind. I honestly couldn't ask for a better rp community!

I wanna give a hearty shoutout to...

• shiv for always being on top of everything! My dude, I've been both an admin and mod for sites before and that shit is EXHAUSTING! I have mad respect what you do around here. You are always so friendly and funny, and it's honestly mind-boggling to me that you don't experience crazy burnout!
• SPIRAL for helping make everything run so smoothly! I feel like we're two ships passing in the night. I don't think we've said more than a couple words to each other, but don't think I haven't recognized everything you do for Hoenn. Thank you for your dedication!
• jayden cross (aka, Milky) for being one of the first people to reach out to me after I joined! Being an anti-social lil' ball of anxiety can make roleplaying on active forums like this pretty tough. But you didn't hesitate to reach out in the boards, PMs, and Discord to make plots happen; and for that, I'm grateful!
• Martín del Mar (aka, Azul) for being so active in the Discord and helping answer my dumbass questions about the site! I legit thought you were a staff member when I first joined just because of how on top of everything you are. And THEN you just gift me a Gastly outta no where like that?! You are too pure for this world!
• Elisabeth Fiorelli (aka, Scarlet) for giving me a Tentacool for the holidays! It may have just been a throwaway gacha roll, but you opted to gift it to me — someone you've never really spoken to or roleplayed with — instead of giving it to someone else or selling it. I almost cried when I got the notification! Thank you so much!
• kepler brueshaber, angelo vestri, Killian Decker, and Thomas Benoit for being such creative and patient roleplay partners! Thank you for writing with me!
• Isaac Merlo (aka, Wanderer) for being such an amazing real life friend and a literary maestro. Not only do you help me on a personal level but you help inspire me to be a better writer. Words alone cannot express my appreciation for you. But on a less sappy note: I hope you and Isaac are ready for Fayne's arrival in Hoenn because she won't take his shit lying down!