Roland wanted to throw a party with fireworks for July 4th, because you don't become President without being at least a little patriotic. While shopping around with fireworks companies, he found a company in Nova City that wanted to show off some fancy new fireworks they made, and were willing to sponsor the party in exchange for the free advertising that would result. Handing most of the control over the party to the company did make it a little bigger than he anticipated, though.

The rest I'll cover in Q and A form:

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I should have posted this up yesterday, so I apologize. That means some people have been granted a brief extension. HOWEVER!!!! If the following characters do not check in on this post within the next 24 hours they will be swept from the comm:

Albus Dumbledore | Harry Potter
Anne Forsythe | Original Character
Ash Ketchum | Pokemon
Asuka | Senran Kagura
Captain Jack Harkness | Doctor Who
Charlie McGee | Firestarter
Cheshire Cat | Alice in Wonderland
Chloe Decker | Lucifer
Davros | Doctor Who
Derek Hale | Teen Wolf
Demyx | Kingdom Hearts
Dr. Jezebel Disraeli | Godchild
Edna | Tales Of Series
Elden | Original Character
Erik Lehnsherr | X-men Movies
Evie Grimhilde | Descendents 2
Graverobber | Repo! The Genetic Opera
Hector Rivera | Coco
Ichiro Yamada | Hypnosis Mic
Izuku Midoriya | My Hero Academia
Jack Kelly | Newsies
Julie Grigio | Warm Bodies
Kalmia Vine | Original Character
Kirika Yuumura/Noir | Noir
Kyrie | Devil May Cry
Lady Arkham | Devil May Cry
Leanne | Fire Emblem
Leela | Doctor Who
Lotor | Voltron: Legendary Defender
Lucifer Morningstar | Lucifer
Maiya Hisau | Fate Series
Mirai | Senran Kagura
Mirajane Strauss | Fairy Tale
Neil Blair | Original Character
Peter Parker | Marvel Cinematic Universe
Prompto Argentum | Final Fantasy
Regan Abbott | A Quiet Place
Sarah Jane Smith | Doctor Who
Sean Diaz | Life is Strange
Sheryl Nome | Macross Frontier
The Doctor (6th) | Doctor Who
Thor Odinson | Marvel Cinematic Universe
Vegeta | Dragonball
Zaveid | Tales Of Series

Call out your friends if they're still in the comm but forgot to check in, and make sure you tag yourself in the posts you've responded to. Everyone got a pass this time, but next time we'll be checking each character's tag for activity. You guys are fantastic!

-Mags