Activity Check: January 2023

[dreamkeepers]

ACTIVITY CHECK: JANUARY 2023

It's time for the monthly Activity Check!

FOR THE BITE-SIZED STORIES LOG we'd request players who participated to include in the Extra Note section any prompts with the short stories they did. Completed threads are NOT required; feel free to note anything ongoing or even handwave. Reminder that the submitted threads will help affect how the Book will be designed.

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 January 1st through January 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) were 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 December 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.
  
  
• As a reminder to those who received a special free AC pass back in December 2022. If you plan to use it, unless there is an extreme personal emergency, we will not allow a hiatus exemption before or after the month of using the pass. This is so we don't get a weird case of { Hiatus > Free Pass } or { Free Pass > Hiatus } or { Hiatus > Free Pass > Hiatus } scenarios as that would effectively allow a player to skip two to three ACs in a row and we do not want that.
  
  
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• 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 Tuesday, January 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. Use this section to note any threads involving the short stories in the Bite-Sized Stories log. Completed threads not required and can handwave outcomes or activity. Linked threads optional but not required. <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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QUESTIONS/SUGGESTIONS/ETC

[dreamkeepers]

Have any questions or clarifications about the AC? Hit us up!

[roseofmay]

Player: London
Character: Beatrix | seditiousrose
Character: Nier | heseesonlyher

Hiatus noted here. Should be fine for February. Thank you.

[itstillhurt]

Player: Yon Fellow
Character: Azula | itstillhurt
Thread #1: January 22nd
Thread #2: January 26th

[flamekthunder]

Player: Laena
Character: Eustace | flamekthunder
Thread #1: 1/10
Thread #2: 1/20

Extra Note: Eustace made a post about seeking ways to find permanent residence in Song, and this is going to part of a long, very long extended plot/quest thing. OOC sign-ups will remain open for a while!

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Character: Rokurou Rangetsu | rokubro
Thread #1: 1/10
Thread #2: 1/26

I WAS ON HIATUS BUT I MADE AC ANYWAY...................................

[judicialassistant]

Player: Amm
Character: Susato Mikotoba | judicialassistant
Thread #1: 01/10
Thread #2: 01/20

Extra Note:
- Ryunosuke and Susato are working on repairing the Goldilocks story (ongoing).

[stillarhino]

Player: Mart
Character: Daisukenojo "Beat" Bito | stillarhino
Thread #1: 01/08
Thread #2: 01/26

Extra Note: Still ongoing but Beat and Lyria were unable to help out with Goldilocks and the Three Bears after they burned the pie and were chased out of the story.

Quest Request: I've mentioned this on plurk but what if there is a rise in violent monkeys come March because of the deforestation and monkey bombings. Beat and Link accidentally exploded one too in the hot springs in November but that one survived...

[nulland]

Player: Kaito
Character: Rob | nulland
Thread #1: 01/09
Thread #2: 01/16

[abyssbound]

Player: hsumi
Character: Asura | abyssbound
Thread #1: 1/12
Thread #2: 1/22

Extra Note: All of the crystal shards that had been recovered for the dream board quest have mysteriously gone missing as if they simply evaporated into thin air.

[azuresong]

Player: Kassie
Character: Lyria | azuresong
Thread #1: 1/16
Thread #2: 1/22

Extra Note: As noted by Mart, Lyria and Beat were unable to complete the Goldilocks quest due to the oven catching on fire... however this thread with Aether is showing a better outcome (still ongoing).

[melodiouspacifist]

Player: Nat
Character: Demyx | melodiouspacifist
Thread #1: 1/7
Thread #2: 1/7

Extra Note: Demyx and Roxas are in theory helping out with the little pigs. They're getting to it. (ongoing)

[herewardbound]

Player: Lox
Character: Goro Akechi | herewardbound
I took a hiatus this month. Unsure of the etiquette for ac with that regard, but I'm putting this here just in case?

[projections]

Player: Nami
Character: Shirou Emiya | projections
Thread #1: 1/06
Thread #2: 1/04
Character:  Chalcedony Akerman | virtues
Thread #1: 1/06
Thread #2: 1/04
Character:  Alphen | refire
Thread #1: 1/02
Thread #2: 1/01


Extra Note: Increased nightmare energies in Reverein due to Alphen's Noctaere influence.

[shithogs]

Player: Christine
Character: Kainé | shithogs
Thread #1: 1/10
Thread #2: 1/15

Character: Dohalim il Qaras | menancia
Thread #1: 1/03
Thread #2: 1/03

[introveert]

Player: Dante
Character: Penny | introveert
Thread #1: 12/25 TDM thread
Thread #2: 01/08

Extra Note: Penny did the Goldilocks quest. She and Anya are making a very rough form of ramen for the 3 bears (on-going).

[peacewithouttyranny]

Player: Byte
Character: Soundwave | peacewithouttyranny
Thread #1: 1/08
Thread #2: 1/12

[pactmarshal]

Player: unkie
Character: Trahearne | pactmarshal

Hiatus! Just checking in.

[ribbonbon]

Player: Mel
Character: Pauline Bonheur | ribbonbon
Thread #1: 01/12
Thread #2: 01/18

Extra Note: Pauline and Denji were able to clean up the Three Bears kitchen and make them a new meal!

[hairpinings]

Player: LA

Character: Mammon | stupidmammon
Thread #1: 01-01
Thread #2: 01-21

Character: Yasusada Yamatonokami | hairpinings
Thread #1: 01-08
Thread #2: 01-17

[redbeauty]

Player: Nivie
Character: Satan | angelbirth
Character: Kiyomitsu Kashuu | redbeauty

Checking in from hiatus land.

[grandduchess_anya]

Player: Mari
Character: Anastasia Romanova | grandduchess_anya
Thread #1: 1/06
Thread #2: 1/06

Character: Isabela Madrigal | senorita_perfecta
Thread #1: 1/04
Thread #2: 1/08

Extra Note:
Bite Sized Problems Logs (most of these are ongoing)

Anya helped out in cheering the bears up with Childe (puppet show), Sorey (cleaning, fixing and cooking with a side dash of tragic Anya past) and Penny (ramen cooking).

Anya joins Percy in building traps and reinforcements and defending the brick house fortress against ink wolves.

Isabela helps Leo in making omelettes while he fixes the bears’ furniture.

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Anya offers to help Leo and Percy in building a fire resistant/proof sail for their big ship project.

Isabela volunteers in cake tasting for Madhuri and G’Raha’s upcoming wedding.

[itsgunnabe_mei]

Player: Melissa
Character: Meilin Lee | itsgunnabe_mei
Thread #1: 1/10
Thread #2: 1/22

Extra Note: Did plenty in Bite sized stories - ate the Candy in the forest, raced others in the Snowflakes (Amy Rose beat her), and made porridge with a talking flower.

Character: Della Duck | sos_pilot
Thread #1: 1/10
Thread #2: 1/16

Extra Note: Repaired eggshell pieces with Riku, and tried to get Penny out of the candy forest.

[startraveler]

Player: Ashka
Character: Aether | startraveler
Thread #1: 01/07
Thread #2: 01/06

Extra Note:
- He's trying to help with the Goldilock story with Shirou, Toge, Kenny, Ken, Link, Bennett and Lyria.

[lestray]

Player: Gore
Character: Gina Lestrade | lestray
Thread #1: 1/11
Thread #2: 1/11

Character: Magilou Mayvin | perfalmost
Thread #1: 1/11
Thread #2: 1/11

Extra Note: Magilou helped Lyria to make chaotic extra-sweet cookies for the bear family!

[your_best_friend]

Player: Goldude
Character: Flowey | your_best_friend
Thread #1: 1/07
Thread #2: 1/14

[lonelysmiles]

Player: Cybra
Character: Alastor | lonelysmiles
Thread #1: 01/02 (5)
Thread #2: 01/03 (13)