**From the Monthly PM**

Hello Members! We hope that you had a lovely Easter / Spring Equinox! Did everyone survive April Fool's Day unfooled? For the first time ever, I did! I hope you all had the same fortunate day that I did.

Now that April Fool's Day is done and over with, it's time for our monthly announcements! There are some big changes coming up, and we want all of you to be prepared.

• v5 Upgrade Incoming! - Sometime in the next month, if all goes well, TARP will be upgrading to ProBoards version 5. With this upgrade, several things will be changing with the way ProBoards works, and we plan to have a handy-dandy guide for everyone to help you get accustomed to the new system. Most of the changes are minor, but new things are understandably daunting and we want to make the transition as smooth as possible for everyone.

• Site Upgrades Incoming! - Tying in to the above, TARP will also be undergoing an update in terms of layout & content. The main page layout will be altered (though still in Newspaper-style, no worries!) in order to have a more readily-accessible and understandable layout for our members, new and old alike. We will also be undergoing some structural renovations in regards to the RP itself, which we will go into more detail about as the time approaches.

This includes an update to the site Rules & F.A.Q., so please be prepared! We are making an effort to remove any extraneous rules, clarify our site plot, and hopefully make everything easier to understand and more accessible to everyone.

• Expect some mess! - Because we want to avoid putting the site into maintenance mode during the conversion, there will be a period of some coding / layout untidiness! While we are working to make sure that is kept to a minimum, v5 is a new system for us too! We ask for everyone's patience during the incoming transition period.

There has been no news of Book Two: Spirits, other than it is currently in the colour-correction phase (according to Mike & Bryan's tumblr posts). The first episode air date is at this point unknown.

The Bending Removeal Plot is in full swing! Please wrap up any roleplays that take place prior to this event as soon as you and your partner(s) are able. We have all five volunteers, so it is especially important for those characters to be involved with present-time plots.

And lastly, the staff would like to encourage members to spread the word about us! We would love to see more playmates in our sandbox, and we hope you would too! Feel free to talk us up on your favourite social network(s), share our Facebook Page with your friends, and let people know that you enjoy playing here.

That's it for this month! Please keep an eye on the Announcements Board & the Announcement box at the top of the site for updates regarding our v5 transition.

Happy Posting!
-Kami