Activity Check: May 2023

[dreamkeepers]

ACTIVITY CHECK: MAY 2023

It's time for the monthly Activity Check!

FOR THE BATTLE OF THE STORY EATER LOG we request players who participated to include in the Extra Note section any threads with the following:

• Fighting mobs/boss (list which one)
  
• Wisps: either healed/helped OR they remained corrupted
  
• Tapirs: either healed/helped OR they remained corrupted and disappeared
  
• Slenderman and/or Cupid: fight results
  
• If your character turned noctaere
  
• If your character died

Completed threads are NOT required; feel free to note anything ongoing or even handwave.

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 May 1st through May 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
  Click for list of free pass holders

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
• 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, May 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 of the requested threads listed at the beginning of the AC instructions. 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!

[itstillhurt]

Player: Yon Fellow
Character: Azula | itstillhurt
Thread #1: April 29th (11 out of 15 comments were in May)
Thread #2: May 24th

Extra Notes:

Boss: Azula and Link are fighting Calamity Ganon.
Boss: Ozai is going to be defeated in the thread with Zuko.
Mobs: Azula and Beat are fighting the Noise.

[sermom]

Player: Akai
Character: Kisara | sermom
Thread #1: 5/18
Thread #2: 5/2

Extra Note: Kisara helped Magilou fight Mayvin, and throughout the month fought some zeugles. Mostly she provided support to her allies.

[iracorn]

Player: Megan
Character: Ira | iracorn
Thread #1: 05/18
Thread #2: 05/05

Extra Note:
Ira fought Old Xehanort and Young Xehanort with help from Riku
Ira helped Toge fight some Cursed Spirits
Ira and Eustace helped a Tapir

[grandduchess_anya]

Player: Mari
Character: Anastasia Romanova | grandduchess_anya
Thread #1: 05/06
Thread #2: 05/16

Extra Note:

Anya fought off Grigori Rasputin with Yuri, Prompto, and Alastor (all ongoing but they will get to defeat him later on)

Wrangled plenty of tapirs with Eustace and dreamotion/light magic infused flax nets

Goes to help Prompto to fight Ardyn Izuna

Plows through tons of Zeugles, Shadows, Noise, and Redead

Character: Isabela Madrigal | senorita_perfecta
Thread #1: 05/10
Thread #2: 05/17

Extra Note:

Isabela goes to fight Zeugles with Alastor

She goes on to fight the History Retrograde Army with Norimune

Beating up Cupid with Nico and probably way too many cacti

Brings plenty of tapirs back to town for recovery

[najaran]

Player: Chicklet
Character: Najaran | Najaran
Character: Iroh | Uncle_Iroh


Extra Note: On health hiatus. Checking in. Hope it is okay to do it this way, and apologizing that whatever this is, I've been sick since I joined the game, it feels like. Hopefully the doctors will have answers soon.

[refire]

Player: Nami
Character: Alphen | refire
Thread #1: 5/2
Thread #2: 5/6
Notes: Alphen fought Vholran, transformed into a noctaere dragon and then has his nightmare energy sealed away by Zelda and Shionne. Kisara and Link helped with the battle. doot
Character: Chalcedony Akerman | virtues
Thread #1: 5/12
Thread #2: 5/04
Notes: Chalcedony engaged in battle with the Xeroms and assisted Kor Meteor on his tasks.

[ribbonbon]

Player: Mel
Character: Pauline Bonheur | ribbonbon
Going to have to use my free pass; it was an unexpectedly weird month.

[itsgunnabe_mei]

Player: Melissa
Character: Meilin Lee | itsgunnabe_mei
Thread #1: 5/6
Thread #2: 5/13

[10billionpercent]

Player: Nat

Character: Dr. Senku Ishigami | 10billionpercent
Thread #1: 5/8
Thread #2: 5/6

Extra Note: Senku participated in the fight by helping repair defenses, looking after the injured and tired.


Character: Demyx | melodiouspacifist
Thread #1: 5/7
Thread #2: 5/17

Extra Note: Demyx tangled with Xehanort and lost, becoming a bonus antagonist.
Demyx also stood up to Xemnas.

Character: Prompto Argentum | chocobosnap
Thread #1: 5/8
Thread #2: 5/8

Extra Note: Prompto fought Rasputin, for Anya's sake.
He also faced down his own demon, Ardyn Izunia..
He also dealt with many trash mobs. And of course, a dragon.

[kikuichi]

Player: Doji
Character: Ichimonji Norimune | kikuichi
Thread #1: May 7
Thread #2: May 10

Extra Note:
Fought the History Retrograde Army with some kind folks.
Help guide (more like carried/chased...) the tapirs back with Xiao

[your_best_friend]

Player: Goldude
Character: Flowey | your_best_friend
Thread #1: 5/7
Thread #2: 5/12

[fun_thementalist]

Player: the panther
Character: Gen Asagiri | fun_thementalist
Thread #1: 5/5
Thread #2: 5/15

Extra Note: Gen helped support multiple people during the fight, bringing food, water, medical supplies, and enduring people telling him "I'm fine" with a complete lack of self-awareness.

[lightresearch]

Player: the panther
Character: Ienzo | lightresearch
Thread #1: 5/5
Thread #2: 5/5

Extra Note: Ienzo supported Gokudera reinforcing the wall, provided backup support to others who were fighting trash mobs, and confronted 'young' Terra-Xehanort.

[pactmarshal]

Player: unkie
Character: Trahearne | pactmarshal
Thread #1: 5/20
Thread #2: 5/20

Extra Note:
Fought Zhaitan with Link and Beat.
Fought Mordremoth with Alastor and Phantom.
Fought Kralkatorrik with Prompto.
Fought Diaspora and Kralkatorrik AT THE SAME TIME with Eustace.
Fought Slenderman with Cloud.

All in progress...

[mortal_son]

Player: the panther
Character: Shinjiro Aragaki | mortal_son
Thread #1: 5/6
Thread #2: 5/16

Extra Note: Shinjiro faced a lot of trash mobs, including but not limited to Shadows. He faced down Takaya the smarmy mid-boss a couple of times, too. if I ever volunteer myself for this much combat again in the future someone slap me.

[whatsamada]

Player: Mio
Character: Ken Amada | whatsamada
Thread #1: 5/13
Thread #2: 5/17

Extra Note: Ken fought against Takaya with Shinjiro

[lonelysmiles]

Player: Cybra
Character: Alastor | lonelysmiles
Thread #1: 05/09 (9)
Thread #2: 05/08 (11)

Extra Note:
Alastor had a ball during Phase 2, being able to fight and kill things without repercussions. He got a bit overstimulated (had his first "proper" meal in two years thanks to nomming on Story Eater minions on top of freely doing carnage on Reverein's enemies), but he managed not to start snacking on friends. ^^ Final blow on the bosses always went to the original nemesis. It's rude to steal someone else's kill, after all!

Boss Fight: Paimon and Stella
Boss Fight: Valentino
Boss Fight: Calamity Ganon
Boss Fight: Rasputin
Mob: Zeugles
Boss Fight: Mordremoth
Assisting Namine (not quite a boss fight)

[book2thehead]

Player: Hika
Character: Shikanoin Heizou | book2thehead
Thread #1: 5/12
Thread #2: 5/4

[stillarhino]

Player: Mart
Character: Daisukenojo "Beat" Bito | stillarhino
Thread #1: 05/08
Thread #2: 05/08

Character: Cloud Strife | spikyheaded
Thread #1: 05/08
Thread #2: 05/08

Extra Note:

• Beat fought Noise (mob) with Phantom, Gokudera, Kratos, Leo, Azula
  
• Beat helped a wisp with Susato
  
• Beat fought Wakaba (boss) with Futaba
  
• Beat may fight Calamity Ganon with Link and a dragon with Trahearne (I've yet to start this)
  
  
• Cloud and Eustace fought Slenderman, they dealt with him (as to not screw up the things we have planned)
  
• Cloud also fought Slenderman with Trahearne, results pending
  
• Cloud fought Sephiroth (boss) with Zack, Sora, Martel, Jason

[multidisciplinary]

Player: Jen
Character: Zelda | hypothesise
Thread #1: 05.02
Thread #2: 05.03

Extra Note:
-Boss: Zelda is helping Link (BOTW) fight Calamity Ganon... in a thread I haven't started yet.
-Zelda also helped in the fight against dragon Alphen.
-Tapirs: Zelda is cleansing 3 tapirs in a dreamscape with Aera

[startraveler]

Player: Ashka
Character: Aether | startraveler
Thread #1: 5/01
Thread #2: 5/25

[monoceroscaeli]

Player: Bean
Character: Childe | monoceroscaeli

Sorry mods, May ended up being a bad, bad month for me so I'm going to have to use my free pass to cover AC for this one :(

[beshackled]

Player: Valour
Character: Erichthonios | beshackled
Thread #1: 5/18
Thread #2: 5/18

Extra Note: Assisted several characters in reinforcing the wall, served as back-up in the fight of the Percy Jackson cast and company versus Cupid, and shackled a lot of small trash mobs. As of current in the vs Cupid thread, he's offered to close off Cupid's escape and cast the internment spell to contain him, but will need assistance in pulling it off.

He also ended up in Aera's dream and accidentally transformed the dreamscape into the city of Amaurot due to his nostalgia. It's a stunningly beautiful place if you're a fan of Art Deco.

[songbird_slayer]

Player: Ami/Donut
Character: Madhuri | songbird-slayer
Thread #1: 5/21
Thread #2: 5/23

Character: Denji | mansbestend
Thread #1: 5/3
Thread #2: 5/3

Extra Note: Madhuri dealt with the Garlean hunters, and any other foes in her path. One can safely assume she's gone ham on a little bit of everything throughout the event with rests and safety check-ins. She healed 3 tapirs, and aided 2 wisps.

Denji dealt with any devil he'd encounter, but would help with other minor foes on hand. Makima was defeated by his found family... but Denji died trying to hold her off from reaching them in the first place.