Activity Check: August 2022

[dreamkeepers]

✵ ACTIVITY CHECK: AUGUST 2022 ✵

It's time for the monthly Activity Check!

Please refer to the Activity Check section in our Game Info page for complete details, but here is the quick list of what you need to know:

• Only threads dated from AUGUST 1st through AUGUST 31st will count. (Exception: certain backdated threads, TDM threads, read the sections for more details.)
  
  
• You must provide 2 threads of at least 5 comments each. The comment count is from your character. This means it must be some combination of 5+5. Not 6+4 or 2+8.
  
  
• Any thread counts, including those made within your own entries and subthreads within your own toplevels. Individual entry posts do not count.
  
  
• Continuation threads are considered as part of the previous thread so they count as one thread not two. Please link both separately so we don't get confused.
  
  
• Backdated threads can be counted so long as they 1) start in the previous month, 2) the majority of the comments are in the current AC month, and 3) was not used for the previous month.
  
  
• Test Drive threads will count, however we have a one TDM thread limit. Because our TDM is bimonthly, only the MONTH TDM will count for this AC. You cannot use the same thread from the previous AC.
  
  
• You are exempt from any checks for hiatuses that last for over 21 days. Anything less and you'll still need to submit your AC unless there are other circumstances.
  
  
• Because we are a capped game, there is no strike system. If you do not make the AC requirements, you will be cut.

There will be no warnings. All submissions are due WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31st 11:59PM US Central.

If you have any questions, ask them here.

✵ BONUS INQUIRIES ✵

This is not required and completely optional, but included in the AC submission form is a field to allow players to note any special incidents, encounters, or discoveries that occurred in their threads. So if a character found some creature or a location, you are welcome to include it so we can add it to the setting. You are also free to comment for other submissions on the World Directory.

You can also make quest requests to be included in the upcoming Dream Boards. If possible we'll add them immediately, otherwise we'll save them for the next Board. If you don't have one in mind, you can post it later to the upcoming Mod Announcement.

✵ THE FORM ✵

Fill out the following form and comment directly to this post. If you have multiple characters, please put them in one comment.

<b>Player:</b> Name <b>Character:</b> Character | journalname <b>Thread #1:</b> <a href="THREADURL">Date</a> <b>Thread #2:</b> <a href="THREADURL">Date</a> <b>Extra Note:</b> OPTIONAL can delete if not used. Any incidents, encounters, or discoveries made by the character can be included here. Blurbs are fine, links to threads optional but helpful for reference. <b>Quest Request:</b> OPTIONAL can delete if not used. If you have any quests for us to add to the Dream Board, be it generic or specific, dump it here! We'll try to add it to the upcoming one, if not we'll save it for the future.

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[recreator]

Player: Ellana
Character: Emet-Selch | recreator
Thread #1: 08/05
Thread #2: 08/01
Other Threads Available if Needed.

Extra Note: Possible Beastiary Entry(?) Otherwise I'm not sure where to make note of this, but belatedly a creature report: Shadowlings. (Links here and here.) These are small, nondescript shadow-like creatures which crawl and ooze along the ground. Entirely harmless, they seemingly formed from Emet-Selch's emotions (or so we were originally led to believe). They prefer to remain in quiet, dark places away from sunlight such as under furniture and shrubbery. Originally little more than "puppets", they seem to have taken on a life of their own, capable of simple vocalizations and understanding basic speech. At the time of this writing, there are only two existing specimens - dubbed "Gemini" and "Ophiuchus". However, following a certain incident, a well-meaning young man has perhaps sought to conjure more of the creatures as an apology for injuring one of the first. Although their domain is currently limited to the residence of the three Ancients, who knows how soon one of the creatures may escape into the wider dream world...

In other news, the Grand Theatre House will be holding the Reverein Talent Show on the evenings of September 5th and 6th. Flyers can be found scattered throughout the town, many likely blown hither and yon by the wind. Applications are still open(!) to both residents and dreamwalkers alike, and the theatre itself will be a flurry of activity and preparation leading up to the event. Walk-on performances are also welcome following the main event for those who'd like to perform on stage for their friends but who don't wish to enter the competition. Anyone seeking to join the event staff or judges panel is urged to seek out Emet-Selch for details.