Activity Check: March 2024

[dreamkeepers]

ACTIVITY CHECK: MARCH 2024

It's time for the monthly Activity Check!

IMPORTANT REMINDER: Activity for March will be half, meaning one thread with five comments. All other AC rules still apply.

In the Extra Notes section, please note if your character has done any of the following:

• Ventured mirrorside
  
• Dealt with the Unknown
  
• Experienced any interesting reflections of places

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 March 1st through March 31st will count. (Exception: certain backdated threads, TDM threads, read the sections for more details.)
  
  
• You must provide one thread 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 Sunday, March 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>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.

Comments

QUESTIONS/SUGGESTIONS/ETC

[dreamkeepers]

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

[ribbonbon]

Player: Mel
Character: Pauline Bonheur | ribbonbon
Thread #1: 03/19

[flamekthunder]

Player: Laena
Character: Eustace | flamekthunder
Thread #1: 3/15

Extra Note: Eustace was in the Mirrorside but mostly helping others.

i was on hiatus but i made it!!!

[book2thehead]

Player: Hika
Character: Shikanoin Heizou | book2thehead
Thread #1: 3/14
Thread #2: 3/14

[bloomingwisdom]

Player: sky
Character: Nahida | bloomingwisdom
Thread #1: 3/14

[grandduchess_anya]

Player: Mari
Character: Anastasia Romanova | grandduchess_anya
Thread #1: 3/14

Extra Note: Anya ventures into the mirror side and encounters Asriel as a fragment of Flowey and faced the Unknown with Hermes.

Character: Isabela Madrigal | senorita_perfecta
Thread #1: 3/15

Extra Note: Isabela released the first journal post of hers involving her plans of making a seasonal garden for the town.

[iracorn]

Player: Megan
Character: Ira| iracorn

Thread #1: Hiatus

Extra Note: Ira was caught up in Mirror World Shenanigans

[inheritedearth]

Player: Christine
Character: Aerith Gainsborough | inheritedearth
Thread #1: 3/08

Extra Note: Went mirrorside, primarily focused on helping others (Ferran, Sheik). She also experienced a reflection of her room in Hojo's lab (thread ongoing).

[noblegarnet]

Player: Ryoko
Character: Ferran Gallagher | noblegarnet
Thread #1: 3/17 (5+)

Character: Barok van Zieks | discourtesies
Thread #1: 3/20 (5+)

Extra Note: Ferran went to the Mirrorverse... and probably did some damage to his fragmented self before reuniting. It's fine.

[heartatsunder]

Player: Lil Cosgrove
Character: Helga Pataki | heartatsunder
Thread #1: 03/08 (ongoing, of course)

[intertwinedfates]

Player: Solerika
Character: Yato | intertwinedfates
Thread #1: 3-19

[lestray]

Player: Gore
Character: Gina Lestrade | lestray
Thread #1: 03/16

Extra Note: Gina ventured on the mirrorside!

[amnesiadragon]

Player: Matt

Character: Naoya | crouching_sin
Thread #1: 3/11

Extra Note: Naoya was taken mirrorside.

Character: Ryu | amnesiadragon
Thread #1: 3/15

Extra Note: Ryu was taken mirrorside.

Character: Tobias | notachickenhawk
Thread #1: 3/11

[empyreancatastrophe]

Player: Gen
Character: Joshua Rosfield | empyreancatastrophe
Thread #1: 3/16

[your_best_friend]

Player: Goldude
Character: Flowey | your_best_friend
Thread #1: 3/04

Character: Husk | grumpface
Thread #1: 3/04

Extra Note: Flowey entered the mirrorside. There, he had encountered a past version of himself when he was Asriel, a past version of Azula, and a past version of Alastor. (I just noticed all three names begin with an A.) In addition, a toplevel prompt was encountering an unknown abandoned metropolis filled with Noctaere that looked like it had gone through an apocalypse.

[cawpatrol]

Player: Melissa
Character: Black Raisin Cookie | cawpatrol
Thread #1: Date

[herlockian]

Player: Kaito
Character: Martel Yggdrasill | untwisted
Thread #1: 3/2

Extra Note: Martel was in the mirrorverse!

Character: Iris Wilson | herlockian
Thread #1: 3/16

[all_the_aangles]

Player: C
Character: Aang | all_the_aangles
Thread #1: 03-15 - ongoing

Extra Note: Ventured mirrorside

[reasonandrime]

Player: Jen
Character: Jill Warrick | reasonandrime
Thread #1: 03/18

[mwehehe]

Player: Raini
Character: Futaba Sakura | mwehehe
Thread #1: 3/19

[wwtd]

Player: MJ
Character: Hiyori Iki | wwtd
Thread #1: 3/4

[holdshisown]

Player: Leshy
Character: Maedhros | holdshisown
Thread #1: 03/05

[lonelysmiles]

Player: Cybra
Character: Alastor | lonelysmiles
Thread #1: 03/06 (18+)

Extra Note: Alastor was one of the ones trapped on the Mirror side who needed to be free. His little part was Hell around the time he fell (1933) which mirrored what was seen up on Earth at the time.

[sagesurvivor]

Player: Jamie
Character: Sheik | sagesurvivor
Thread #1: 3/16 (i swear the tiny child account is still me i will just never be broken of the habit of being precious about icon space)

Extra Note: Sheik nearly lost his mind chasing his child self across the mirror world! Jack Frost will definitely be getting a Frigidly Polite letter advising greater caution in his attempts to aid his girlfriend in the future. (ʘ‿ʘ✿)

[threebetrayals]

Player: Fae
Character: Wanderer | threebetrayals
Thread #1: March 14th

[twilightskey]

Player: CS
Character: Roxas | twilightskey
Thread #1: 03/21

Character: Zhongli | gentryofhermitage
Thread #1: 03/17

Extra Note: Roxas helped Ira realize he was trapped in the mirror world, and Zhongli and Trahearne both explored the mirrorverse for a while together.

[uncle_iroh]

Player: Chicklet
Character: Adrien Agreste | Bienjoe
Thread #1: 2/24

Extra Note: The interesting reflections were of home, not sure if that counts? Unknown inly is dealing with new ground in a version of his father that actually seems to *care* which is so weird to him these days. He keeps waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Character: Najaran | Najaran
Thread #1: 3/27

Extra Note: Just reflections of home, though for present day she did see her Master and Grubel using the Ba Ra Gin (A machine for seeing other worlds and other realities) before the connection cut. She was very shocked.

Character: Iroh | Uncle_Iroh
Thread #1: 3/27

Extra Note: Accidentally wandered into two different Dreamboard things without knowing about the Dreamboard. Helping Hermes with his raincloud, and in another thread he found the koi fish without knowing to look for them. Both threads ongoing. I am hoping someone will explain the Dreamboard in the Koi thread. Not sure if it counts for him to get the reward though.

For the unknown, long philosophical conversations about the right of things to exist, and what elements are, with both Hermes and Gabriel, but most of those are in backtagged logs from previous months. Not sure if that counts for what you need to know about the unknown for.

[stilljustyou]

Player: Jude
Character: Madoka Kaname | puellamagi
Thread #1: 3/17

Character: Frisk | stilljustyou
Thread #1: 3/17

[cheezburger]

Player: Daimon

Character: G'raha Tia | cheezburger
Thread #1: 3/16 (ongoing)

Extra Note: G'raha ventured into mirrorland and at least encountered a tiny princess (thread ongoing)

Character: Link | timesensitive
Thread #1: 3/13

[papillion_de_resistance]

Player: Tanks
Character: Gabriel Agreste | papillion_de_resistance
Thread #1: 3-26

Character: Hermes| not_42
Thread #1: 3-28

Extra Note: Hermes also encountered The Unknown though likely not much will come of it other than maybe him and Anya getting pelted with chocolate after being thoroughly creeped outby him.

[lethechained]

Player: Kitty
Character: Naminé | lethechained
Thread #1: 3/10

[belheir]

Player: Yak
Character: Kazuya Minegishi | belheir

Using my pass for this month, please and thank you!

[rediscovering]

Player: Ellie
Character: Zuko | rediscovering
Thread #1: 3/22

[retrieves]

Player: elise
Character: riku | retrieves
Thread #1: 3/4

Character: percy jackson | judoflipped
Thread #1: 3/7

[refantasma]

Player: Ty
Character: Nico di Angelo | refantasma
Thread #1: 3/10

Extra Note: Nico was taken Mirrorside

[lemoncandy]

Player: Lily
Character: Shealtiel | lemoncandy
Thread #1: 3/8

[itstillhurt]

Player: Yon Fellow
Character: Azula | itstillhurt
Thread #1: March 11th

Azula wound up in the mirror and having a perfectly awful time of it, thank you.

Character: Rachel Berenson | xenamorphs
Thread #1: March 11th

Rachel and Tobias attempted (?) to calm the giant koi, with terrible mixed results. (Ongoing)

[firebrandish]

Player: mochi
Character: Clive Rosfield | firebrandish
Thread #1: 3/21

[steadypulse]

Player: Leo
Character: Soldier: 76 | steadypulse
Thread #1: 3/4

Extra Note:
<a href="https://steadypulse.dreamwidth.org/4615.html ">The Wild Harvest</a> serves various western and eastern style earth-based street food dishes. A special menu is rotated every month. On the first day of the month, those who enter the Wild Harvest may notice a large banner hanging from the rafters; a few streamers attached to it along with sparkling bubbles to bring further attention to it(which Reaper obviously picked out himself). <center><img src="https://images-ext-1.discordapp.net/external/5JcxAS6T3ZOJ2IKvn6cBKk9KqP8iGjnMBEDZdy9px3E/https/i.etsystatic.com/8221505/r/il/67b98b/3099776699/il_794xN.3099776699_b7dy.jpg?format=webp&width=669&height=502" width=350> <i><b>Just Married! Congratulations to 76 and Reaper!</i></b></Center> Spring is in the air, and it is no different within the Wild Harvest itself; more blooms decorate the various vines wrapped around support beams and rafters, their colors vivid and showing just how much life the pub-style restaurant truly holds. The crescent berries hanging low from some of these vines glowing brighter and larger, looking plump with juice and ready to pick. Soft pink petals drift and scatter across floor and tables thanks to the various number of cherry blossom cats and kittens play about. Those who come up to the bar may find a curiously long red-furred and golden-eyed <a href="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oqsvtica2qve2rjfsmfqgkab/bafkreiel4zalcj23vyfzbhqwsmv7dt5ystzh2thalq62ygojymrcme2xku@jpeg">cat</a> perched near the register— fluffy and very friendly, smelling of sweet hibiscus. There is the new addition of a cherry blossom <a href="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oqsvtica2qve2rjfsmfqgkab/bafkreifqd76g7skbrnvdheukxvw2aa2fuj6yeumkmtfd2zl2nzpa4morem@jpeg">shiba inu</a> that greets some customers at the door, or can be found snoozing in the sun of the greenhouse garden. Venture out further into the garden where the lotus flower koi fish make a small waterfall fed pond their home and <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJiNUE1bIAAmDMI.jpg">two new and rather long finned koi</a> can now be found, causing cherry blossoms to float up to the pond's surface. Watch your step in the greenhouse garden, a <a href="https://64.media.tumblr.com/8e7ba90486c34d2d5e4fcbcd406b3b0a/1496a42368ed7a49-49/s2048x3072/3a622623898535b31285bb630cb6e8c64d9e2266.png">few smaller guests</a> can be found picnicking there as well. This month's <b>Specials</b> are: <a href="https://i0.wp.com/tokyotreatblog.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/tokyotreat_somen-thumbnail.jpg">Noodle Slide</a>- Bundles of chilled Nagashi Somen are provided to guests along with a sweet and savory soy sauce and dashi broth to dip them in. This broth can be added to with sesame, wasabi paste, shredded seaweed, chopped green onions, and grated ginger to taste. Comes with a side of freshly pickled vegetables. For those up for a little fun, there is an actual noodle slide set-up in the garden for guests to take their bundles of noodles and see how they fair at catching the flowing noodles. <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GIl0tohXgAAl3FT.jpg">Steak Quesadillas</a>- Marinated steak fire grilled and chopped up are what fills these cheesy quesadillas, along with some chopped up bell peppers that have been grill kissed for that extra bit of smoke-flavor and color. A white queso marries it all together, sealed up with a bit of time on the griddle on both sides of the tortilla bundle. Also comes in chicken or shrimp. <a href="https://www.cookingclassy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/carrot_cake_cupcakes2edit..jpg">Carrot Cake Cupcakes</a>- Frosted with a vanilla flavored cream cheese frosting, these cupcakes bring a warm and comforting flavor from the various notes of cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger that goes so very well together. Sweet and spicy, the cupcakes are dense and pleasantly moist with chopped and toasted pecans to add something a little extra to your bite. <a href="https://images.food52.com/W_hRt45uvt3kLdGimEV1z6s1XMc=/1200x1200/bf17cfe3-c4c5-4527-acbb-d0a78e969a98--2021-1203_marranitas-recipe_3x2_mj-kroeger.jpg">Marranitos</a>- With a flavor profile and feel of gingerbread, these cookies are wonderfully sweet and spicy with a little twist by adding cocoa in the mix. These cute pig shaped cookies a delight to look at and to eat, having a pleasant snap to them while otherwise soft enough to easily bite. Chocolate, dark brown sugar, some fresh grated ginger delight the taste buds- and a mug of milk can be ordered right alongside a plate. <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FiKaNC7aYAEIZ7V.jpg">Vanilla & Mint Cream Soda</a>- An in-house made mint cream soda that is refreshing on the tongue and pleasantly bubbly, then topped with a scoop of freshly house made vanilla ice cream that blends that creaminess in well for a sweet treat of a cooling drink. <a href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e1/59/28/e1592857a1aa0fc7a723f8ecacafcbf8.jpg">Purple Haze</a>- A vodka based cocktail, it brings a flavorful mix of blackberry and cranberries with a twist of raspberry that makes it deceitfully sweet and easy to drink. Chilled and garnished with a twist of lime to help balance out the sweetness with a touch of tart.</TEXTAREA</a>

[flamberge]

Player: olga
Character: kratos aurion | flamberge
Thread #1: 3/29

[locumstudentesquire]

Player: Possum
Character: Ryunosuke Naruhodo | locumstudentesquire
Thread #1: 3/21

(thank you so much for half AC, this month suuuuucked for me)

[sefirot]

Player: Nyan
Character: Sephiroth | sefirot

Using my free pass, thank you!

[burnttoashes]

Player: Luna
Character: General Nuadha | burnttoashes
Thread #1: 3/30

DW please stop 504-ing I beg you...