Giveaway [CONTEST] Marina the Normal Octopus

[hiccup-]

Marina pinged me to leave on May 3rd in my cycle town! This is a chance for those who have her as a dreamie, but cannot afford her, to get her! As far as I can tell, SHE IS IN ORIGINAL CONDITION: shirt, catchphrase, and furniture.
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Cross posted this giveaway on reddit.
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RULES FOR ENTERING:

1. DO NOT sell Marina after you get her. I want her to go to a forever home!
If there is a TT accident, please GIVE HER AWAY FOR FREE. If I catch you auctioning/selling her, I will bar you from participating in my future giveaways.

2. Accounts must be made 14 days before this post and have at least 5 positive wifi ratings.
I use reddit more than I do TBT. If you question my activity, here is my RMM for credibility.

3. You must have dreamie proof. I prefer picture signatures, as those are not as easy to alter as text signatures are. However, I'll be checking every entrant's activity to confirm of Marina's dreamie status, as she is a TIER 1 villager.

4. You must have room by the time you win Marina.

5. To ensure you've read all the rules, include Marina's catchphrase (blurp) in your entry!
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HOW TO ENTER:

Write a letter to me, (or Marina), explaining why she should move into [insert town name here]!

Here are some extras you can include WITH YOUR LETTER:

• Draw a picture relating to Marina [you must have some proof that the artwork is yours, be it your TBT username or time stamp.]
• Make a some sort of craft relating to Marina
• Write a short story/poem/song relating to Marina.

Be creative with this, guys! Since I do not want to see her go to someone who will trade her, your creativity/effort and how elaborate you are in your response is a heavy factor.

[Idea taken from previous villager giveaways on reddit]
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I will choose a winner on MARCH 12TH, 9 PM EST.

Winner will have 30 minutes to claim until I move onto the next person.

Good luck, everyone!

 

[hiccup-]

bump. I may close this thread if there are no entries by 3PM EST tomorrow.

 

[analytic]

Dear Marina,

A little hiccup- er, bird- told me that you're moving from your home town. Although this is a very sad occasion, and I'm sure you're as upset as the residents of your town, I highly suggest you consider moving to Eva, run by the Mayor- which is me! Shocking, right?
In case you haven't yet realized, it's Kaworu- from way back when? The days you lived in the city? Yeah, that was me! We've both grown a lot since then, you having moved to Hiccup, and me becoming the mayor of a small town- which is a funny story, really, I'll have to tell it when you move in. It was a complete accident, but this cute puppy convinced me... I'll save the rest for later. You'll love it, I promise, and we can talk over cake and tea.
Remember when we lived back in the city, and we'd talk for HOURS with Tia and Merry? I wish we could have those kinds of days again. I've seen both Tia and Merry since I became the accidental mayor-- but, unfortunately, they decided it was time to leave as well, and I bid them a bittersweet farewell. Maybe you've seen them as well? I haven't gotten the chance to write them since they left, but my memories are more than enough to keep me going without them. Still miss them like crazy, though.
And I miss you, too! It's been far too long since we've talked, so you'll have to come over and tell me all the stories of your town. I've got a few crazy ones to share (like the aforementioned accidental mayor story, this one time I played hide and seek with Julian and Genji, going to the island and finding a crab only to get pinched on the-- hehe, you'll have to wait for that one!) and I'm sure you've got your own share of wacky extravaganzas. I simply cannot wait to hear them all, with each phrase signed with a "blurp"!
Like I said, I sincerely miss you, and I have a strong desire for you to move to Eva. You'd love it here- we've got all kinds of fruit, even a couple perfect fruits, a small town shop and- can you believe it? THE Gracie Grace opened up her shop here! I couldn't believe it when I saw her at the town plaza, requesting that she grade my fashion sense... It was stunning! Really fantastic, I'll have to share that story, too.
Tia and Merry would talk about you sometimes. We'd all laugh about old times, like when Merry blew a huge bubblegum bubble and it popped on Chief; that one was certainly a favorite to tell around the table, or when you got an icecream so big you couldn't eat it all but ate it anyways because you didn't want to throw it away and make the chef feel bad? Even Apollo laughed at that one-- in good fun though, we weren't meaning to poke at you.
I miss you a lot, Marina... I'm so sad I left my picture of you at home on accident before I moved to Eva... But I'm sure you can give me a new one once you move here, right? That'd be great.

Hugs and kisses,

Kaworu<3

- - - Post Merge - - -

I'll be drawing Marina, and I'll add it to my post later c:

 

[Mr.Fox]

Dear Marina,


A little hiccup- er, bird- told me that you're moving from your home town. Although this is a very sad occasion, and I'm sure you're as upset as the residents of your town, I highly suggest you consider moving to Eva, run by the Mayor- which is me! Shocking, right?
In case you haven't yet realized, it's Kaworu- from way back when? The days you lived in the city? Yeah, that was me! We've both grown a lot since then, you having moved to Hiccup, and me becoming the mayor of a small town- which is a funny story, really, I'll have to tell it when you move in. It was a complete accident, but this cute puppy convinced me... I'll save the rest for later. You'll love it, I promise, and we can talk over cake and tea.
Remember when we lived back in the city, and we'd talk for HOURS with Tia and Merry? I wish we could have those kinds of days again. I've seen both Tia and Merry since I became the accidental mayor-- but, unfortunately, they decided it was time to leave as well, and I bid them a bittersweet farewell. Maybe you've seen them as well? I haven't gotten the chance to write them since they left, but my memories are more than enough to keep me going without them. Still miss them like crazy, though.
And I miss you, too! It's been far too long since we've talked, so you'll have to come over and tell me all the stories of your town. I've got a few crazy ones to share (like the aforementioned accidental mayor story, this one time I played hide and seek with Julian and Genji, going to the island and finding a crab only to get pinched on the-- hehe, you'll have to wait for that one!) and I'm sure you've got your own share of wacky extravaganzas. I simply cannot wait to hear them all, with each phrase signed with a "blurp"!
Like I said, I sincerely miss you, and I have a strong desire for you to move to Eva. You'd love it here- we've got all kinds of fruit, even a couple perfect fruits, a small town shop and- can you believe it? THE Gracie Grace opened up her shop here! I couldn't believe it when I saw her at the town plaza, requesting that she grade my fashion sense... It was stunning! Really fantastic, I'll have to share that story, too.
Tia and Merry would talk about you sometimes. We'd all laugh about old times, like when Merry blew a huge bubblegum bubble and it popped on Chief; that one was certainly a favorite to tell around the table, or when you got an icecream so big you couldn't eat it all but ate it anyways because you didn't want to throw it away and make the chef feel bad? Even Apollo laughed at that one-- in good fun though, we weren't meaning to poke at you.
I miss you a lot, Marina... I'm so sad I left my picture of you at home on accident before I moved to Eva... But I'm sure you can give me a new one once you move here, right? That'd be great.

Hugs and kisses,

Kaworu<3

- - - Post Merge - - -

I'll be drawing Marina, and I'll add it to my post later c:

Uhhhh...just out of curiosity...how exactly would Marina be hanging out with Merry when you told me you 'accidentally' voided Merry when I traded you my Chief for her?

You're busted. People PMd me telling me you lied about voiding Merry when I gave you Chief, but I didn't believe them...until now of course.

 

[analytic]

Uhhhh...just out of curiosity...how exactly would Marina be hanging out with Merry when you told me you 'accidentally' voided Merry when I traded you my Chief for her?

You're busted. People PMd me telling me you lied about voiding Merry when I gave you Chief, but I didn't believe them...until now of course.

No, actually, I DID accidentally void merry. Merry was in previous games as well as Marina. I had merry in city folk as well as Marina. That's what I meant by them hanging out- in the previous games I had. Merry is gone from my town, you can even check. I have people who can vouch for me that merry hasn't been in my town since I mistakenly voided her.

 

[aimeekitty]

I've only been a member for 7 days, I spent a good while doing a drawing of Marina… would you still accept my entry? I'd really like her as a friend for my Octavian and she's a dreamie of mine. I have great ebay feedback and feedback on other sites to prove my trustworthiness. Please let me know.

 

[hiccup-]

I've only been a member for 7 days, I spent a good while doing a drawing of Marina… would you still accept my entry? I'd really like her as a friend for my Octavian and she's a dreamie of mine. I have great ebay feedback and feedback on other sites to prove my trustworthiness. Please let me know.

Hmm, seeing your activity, I'll allow your entry o: There's only about two hours left, though, so I do hope you make it in time.

 

[aimeekitty]

Dear Marina,

My town is full of cute pink things and you would love it so much! Please move to my town of Sakura and be friends with Octavian and drink bubble teas under the pink trees this spring.

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Thanks for accepting my entry!
I drew this by hand and then colored it in the computer. I love Octopi and pink!!
Dreamie proof is in my signature! Artwork includes my url and username. (blurp)

 

[analytic]

Uploading my art just in time! (Sorry it's a link, I tried uploading it to here but my tablet is being a butt ; v ; ) http://s65.photobucket.com/user/ana...a5cb401f68ac3_zpsf0ce99dc.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0

- - - Post Merge - - -

Best of luck to the others who entered!!

 

[ririsoup]

how many hours do i have left ? i want to enter

 

[hiccup-]

how many hours do i have left ? i want to enter

You have about an hour left to enter.

 

[Ebony]

Dear Marina,

How do you do?

I hope you still remember your old friend from Wild World. I moved to a town called Tarragon last summer and I became the mayor there (long story, I'll tell you the details next time). I've heard that you are moving out of your current town, I'd be very happy if you would consider coming and settling in Tarragon. I still have that portrait you gave me. It's right next to my desk!

Take care and hope to see you soon!

Ebony

(I do have a photo of Marina in my Mayor's house, hopefully this counts as dreamie proof. I only display pics of my current and former villages in New Leaf, but I made an exception for Marina since she is my all-time favorite villager and because I'm hoping to see her in New Leaf someday. Blurp!)

 

[Shyalexandra]

I would love to enter, if there is enough time.
I will edit and add the picture I am drawing for her.

 

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I would love to enter, if there is enough time.
I will edit and add the picture I am drawing for her.

So long as you get the submission in before 9 PM EST, which is in about 30 minutes.

 

[Shyalexandra]

Got it lol a min to spare... xD

 

[hiccup-]

Aaand it's 9 PM!

All entries after this post will not count.

 

[analytic]

Again, best of luck to all entrants!

 

[Ebony]

Good luck everyone!

 

[hiccup-]

A winner has been chosen on reddit! If they do not claim Marina in the next 30 minutes, I will choose another winner.

EDIT: Reddit winner has claimed Marina.

 

[Shyalexandra]

Congrats!