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ABRAXAS MODS ([personal profile] abraxasmods) wrote in [community profile] abraxasooc2022-11-23 10:01 am
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ACTIVITY CHECK: NOVEMBER 2022

Activity Check: November 2022
It's time for activity check! Activity requirements are outlined below. If you have any additional questions, you can reach out to us on the FAQ.

View Activity Requirements
  • Players will be required to link at minimum two threads with a brief summary of what each thread entails. Some months will have specific goals or events where linking extra threads related to those plots will result in extra rewards.

  • There is no minimum comment count for linked threads, but we do ask that the threads indicate some level of interactivity with another player. We understand that sometimes threads are started late in the month, or are slow for reasons of conflicting availability between individual players, and so on. If we notice a pattern of making threads to fulfill the AC requirements and ignoring responses, or dropping threads as soon as AC is approved, we will have an individual discussion with the player in question.

  • TDM threads, network threads, and inbox threads are acceptable as proofs for AC, but should not make up the total of both proofs (i.e. your two thread proofs submitted for AC cannot consist only of inbox threads). Further, at least one proof should be a log thread - both proofs cannot be network-style comment spam.

  • Backdated threads from the previous month are acceptable, so long as the comments linked take place during the current AC month and the thread has not been used for a previous AC or for AC rewards. Backdated threads that were started at the end of the previous month are especially fine. If we notice a consistent pattern of backdated threads started at the beginning of the previous month with very sparse comments or regularly dropped threads, then we may have an individual discussion with the player in question.

  • If you plan on using additional threads in a log post or top level to purchase bonus Activity Rewards, please link individual threads when filling out the main Activity Check rather than the entire top level or log, to help us keep track which thread has already been submitted where.

  • You may hiatus once every four months (so, once you use a hiatus, you must make activity for the next three months). If you have extenuating RL circumstances that would require you to hiatus more, please contact the mods. There are no strikes separate from hiatuses, but you are not required to hiatus in advance of AC so if you find yourself without the necessary activity you can use your hiatus pass.

  • Failing to post to AC before closure will count as idling out. If you think you'll be unable to post during this time period or extenuating RL circumstances prevented you from posting please contact the mods.

Please fill out the following form by November 30th at 11:59 PM ET to stay in the game! Failure to reply will count as idling out.



If you are passing with a hiatus or a strike, please use this form instead:



NOTE:
  1. If you participated in October's event, you can request a reward gain at any time before the next event in December. See Reward Gains for more information. Though not required, we encourage players to consider a gain that reflects their experiences during the event!

  2. Reminder that you can still sign up for interrogations as well as vote on whether Luna or Ikorr will open first. Votes for the latter will close by the end of this AC check.

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[personal profile] shadowthief 2022-11-23 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Hiatus: Link
Player Name: Kayla
Character Name: Inej Ghafa
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[personal profile] gynvael 2022-11-23 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Noa
Character Name: Geralt of Rivia
Thread 1 Link + Summary: one; exploring some goopy stuff and childhood issues with Steve (Harrington)
Thread 2 Link + Summary: two; hanging out with the devil in Nocwich, as you do. It's not like he was murdered or anything.
Notable actions: Possibly seen involved in a (maybe) altercation here with Steve (Rogers).
Edited 2022-11-23 22:14 (UTC)
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[personal profile] itookashot 2022-11-23 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Dee
Character Name: Istredd
Thread 1 Link + Summary:  Istredd and Lucifer bonding post-Heralds
Thread 2 Link + Summary:  Istredd finds out Ciri is here and it goes poorly
Power or physical gain: N/A!
Notable actions: Istredd has continued to offer training for younger mages and creating wards. 

Character Name: Jayce Talis
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Jayce reunites with Caitlyn 
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Jayce asks for help on the network.
Power or physical gain: N/A
Notable actions: Jayce organized help from the Summoned for Libertas' rebuilding, some manual labor, and he's been offering his own help with that efforts. He also has started creating objects made of braerium for sale and offering to add enchantments to his creations.

Character Name: Jesper Fahey
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Jesper dresses up for the Halloween party and Julie appreciates it
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Jesper and Sylvain talk about things post-heralds.
Power or physical gain: N/A
Notable actions: N/A
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[personal profile] catholica 2022-11-23 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: trace
Character Name: matt murdock
Thread 1 Link + Summary: here ; altaïr and matt fight the undead. matt gets a really bad vision of his death and then he and altaïr talk about duty and purpose.
Thread 2 Link + Summary: here ; steve and matt fight the undead and steve figures out that matt's the masked vigilante.
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[personal profile] stations 2022-11-23 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Em

Character Name: Dean Winchester
Thread 1 Link + Summary: one - Cas on the TDM
Thread 2 Link + Summary: two - Wing Aftercare with Jo
Notable actions: Has been a huge dick to everyone lately

Character Name: Jack Townsend
Thread 1 Link + Summary: one - Jerry on the TDM
Thread 2 Link + Summary: two - some backstory exposition with Kyle
Notable actions: Continuing on with his magic lessons
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[personal profile] nightwash 2022-11-23 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Hiatus
Player Name: Pana
Character Name: Ronan Lynch

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[personal profile] nightwash - 2022-11-24 01:19 (UTC) - Expand
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[personal profile] ushiri 2022-11-23 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Jay
Character Name: Kyle
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Network post discussing heralds and gods and symbols.
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Meeting up with Claude in Nocwich to catch up.
Notable actions: He's been continuing magic studies with Yennefer, specifically trying to learn protection spells. Courier work has continued throughout the castle and Nott, and a couple of Borrel trips.

During the October event he accidentally manifested his sister in his domain. She's persisting there, usually in dog form and sleeping since he doesn't actively NPC her full personality most of the time, but she has been known to wander into neighboring domains of Jack and Wanda to do dog-child things.
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[personal profile] thedevilwhorose 2022-11-23 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Heather
Character Name: Lucifer
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Healthy dose of brain breaking with Istredd.
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Meeting with Eddie in the Horizon.
Notable actions: Drawn away for Interrogations, for better or for worse. Thorne Grounded Lucifer.
Edited (it's important for the hilarity) 2022-11-30 02:28 (UTC)
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[personal profile] bealufull 2022-11-23 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Will
Character Name: Kaz Brekker
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Meeting another in Nocwich
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Being a dick to Jo
Power or physical gain: Horizon, since I suck and never put in for this. Vicious Mockery. Because what does Kaz Brekker need more than the ability to literally hurt people with words. It must be intentionally used, wanting to hurt another, and the target must be able to hear him but doesn't have to understand him. At its early stages it causes a general malaise including the possibility of headache, nausea, and dizziness that increases if he continues to use vicious mockery on them.
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[personal profile] satanicpanics 2022-11-23 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Hannah (2)
Character Name: Eddie Munson
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Just Eddie and the Devil, chillin in the Horizon.
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Eddie and Steve try to be normal after October's events.
Power or physical gain: Claiming the October gain this month! An aftermath of Adlewyrd’s influence and the whispers he’d been plague with throughout the month:
Message: You point your finger toward a creature within range and whisper a message. The target (and only the target) hears the message and can reply in a whisper that only you can hear. The link suggests a range of up to 120 feet, but feel free to put a shorter cap on this if you feel it necessary!
Edited 2022-11-23 22:57 (UTC)
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[personal profile] philancer 2022-11-24 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Rynn
Character Name: Sylvain Gautier
Thread 1 Link + Summary: one; Sylvain rescuing Caitlyn from overzealous merchants in the marketplace. (tdm thread)
Thread 2 Link + Summary: two; Himeka and Sylvain fight monsters in the Horizon.
Thread 3 Link + Summary: three; Sylvain finds Nadine trying to learn how to horse. (just in case i needed anything extra, since i spent a lot of time on the tdm this month oops)

Notable actions: Sylvain has been tossing himself into relief and rebuilding efforts in Libertas! Speaking to Jayce early in the month helped direct him to what areas might need the most assistance and he's been dedicating considerable time and effort at it ever since. He's been assisting with construction, running errands, helping prepare supplies and meals for the survivors, offering minor healing where he can, and basically lending a hand wherever anyone needs an extra one. He's been splitting most of his time between there and working at either the stables or inn back in Cadens, but he's definitely become a familiar face among the workers spending a lot of time in Libertas.

[personal profile] lackingtalent 2022-11-24 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Hiatus/Strike Hiatus
Player Name: Gen
Character Name: Hythlodaeus

cryptsleeper: <user name="malagraphic"> (Hotter and drunker mess)

[personal profile] cryptsleeper 2022-11-25 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Dia
Character Name: Alucard
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Alucard and Viktor engaged in some light smuggling of sap for Viktor's medical needs.
Thread 2 Link + Summary: And he spent some other time in Nocwich as well
Notable actions: Al worked on reburying the dead in Cadens after the gods fiasco.
monomachy: insomniatic @ dw (somethin' bad)

[personal profile] monomachy 2022-11-25 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
Player Name: iola
Character Name: Diana Prince
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Diana sparred a stranger on the TDM.
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Diana fought a minotaur in the Horizon with Ciri.
Notable actions: Diana has been spending a lot of time in Libertas helping with relief/rebuilding efforts, and also visited Nocwich on the first available weekend!
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[personal profile] godshattering 2022-11-25 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Arboria
Character Name: Claude von Riegan
Thread 1 Link + Summary: A little scarf shopping with Alucard.
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Stopped by for some workshop things with Viktor.

Power or physical gain: Delayed October event gain from Sannleikr: A modified version of Inversion. If someone attempts to use a power or ability on him to see whether he's telling the truth, what he's feeling, etc. (basically anything to see past whatever mask he's putting on) he'll have the ability to turn it around on the caster. Rather than them learning about him, he'll get a glimpse of whatever information about them it would provide using the same method they tried on him. It won't deflect physical or magical attacks and he'll still take damage from those. The effect will last for a minute at most and Claude has to be aware something's being used on him to be able to use his ability.

Until he has a lot more practice using it and/or it's leveled up later with other gains, I'll be rolling dice to determine whether it's successful and leaning towards it failing. I plan on asking for an opt-in and discussing with the other player before using it in any threads. I'm assuming this also will not work on any mod NPCs, and I'm good with any other adjustments needed too!
Notable actions: Near the end of November, Claude might've been seen being escorted by a couple guards off to Portam Hall. He hasn't said for what or why, though.
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[personal profile] princessvegas 2022-11-25 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Sarah
Character Name: Julie Lawry
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Halloween party threads, all of which were mostly written in November
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Catching up with Rhy
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[personal profile] doubledead 2022-11-26 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Wolfy
Character Name: Jack Skellington
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Carl meets "The Slenderman" and does a big yell.
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Jack tells the children about Sandy Claws.
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[personal profile] warfed 2022-11-26 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Hiatus
Player Name: Christine
Character Name: Petra Macneary
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[personal profile] carmesi 2022-11-26 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: kira
Character Name: wanda maximoff
Thread 1 Link + Summary: wanda bumps into a man with interesting thoughts on a moon god.
Thread 2 Link + Summary: jack helps her with children by telling them about his version of christmas.
Power or physical gain: this is a power gain from the october event! i would like to have a play on wanda's dreamwalking abilities from canon. it wouldn't be dreamwalking in abraxas, per se, but following a similar template of 'puppeteering' boosted by her strong telepathy. basically, she would connect with another person, regardless of where they are, and 'inhabit' them for a limited amount of time to see the world through them. a lot of caveats for this, of course.
who she can "possess": it would have to be someone she has a mental connection with, be it through a strong emotional bond, them being another telepath or strong magic user, or someone she's linked with through the horizon/network a lot.
time limit: she would only be able to uphold this spell for a very limited amount of time, with a maximum cap of 5 minutes. happy to lower it if deemed necessary.
limited influence: wanda would only be able to see and hear the world through the eyes and ears of the other person. her powers would not transfer, and in this fledgling tier (so to speak) she would not be able to control their actions, either. the other person would be fully in control, albeit somewhat aware that wanda is hitching a ride with them.
aftermath: after the spell, no matter how long she connects for, she will have a long-lasting migraine and feel drained. additionally, she won't be able to repeat the spell for at least two days.
player/character permission: i will be asking the player oocly if they'd be down before attempting this, and wanda would also have to let the character in question know that she is going to attempt this spell.

Notable actions: wanda would have done three things in solvunn this month worth noting. first, she spent time with the children for a bit and fixed their broken toys or made new ones for them; second, she went around giving magically-made produce to families in the settlement to try and even some of the losses on the crops that were affected by the omens; third, she went around the areas with copses of trees/the shrines and used her magic to nurture the soil and plant life there.
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[personal profile] actualwizard 2022-11-27 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
Hiatus
Player Name: Courtney
Character Name: Billy Kaplan
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[personal profile] cointosser 2022-11-27 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Hannah
Character Name: Jaskier
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Both Nadine and Jaskier get a little spicy, thanks to Adlewyrd. (Mild NSFW!)
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Geralt and Jaskier also get a little spicy in Nocwich. (Mild NSFW x 2. Sorry mods for Jaskier being the way that he is.)
Notable actions: Jaskier helped clean up the Cadens cemetery with Alucard (again). But this time, it's gonna be even nicer now his plant powers have grown!

Character Name: Nero
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Ciri calls Nero a dick after teleporting onto his van in the Horizon.
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Geralt asks Nero to be Steve's in person sparring buddy. Nero wants lunch as payment (he's a growing boy ok ok)
Edited 2022-11-30 18:45 (UTC)
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[personal profile] lightkeeping 2022-11-28 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Whit
Character Name: Aloy
Thread 1 Link + Summary: with Geralt; navigating
Thread 2 Link + Summary: with Sasarai; regarding an unexpected visitor conducting a survey with appropriate suspicion
Power or physical gain: From October event participation, Minor plant growth. Aloy can imbue damaged and withered plants with vitality and encourage the growth of seeds or young plants. She will not be able to regenerate plants beyond their normal size or productivity, and will only be able to do this on one plant at a time until she trains the ability.
Notable actions: N/A
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[personal profile] northerndragon 2022-11-29 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Elizabeth
Character Name: Jon Snow
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Jon meets a lady of Westeros and can't quite reconcile her with her reputation. Alicent Hightower, queen who famously caused a war... seems nice?
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Jon asked the network about duty and got many responses (including from his distant great-grandmother!), but the thread I'm submitting is the one where Eddie Munson goes for the obvious "doody" jokes, which sadly don't translate well to Jon. (Either hilarity ensues, or the mod processing this forgives us for both being, like, ten.)
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[personal profile] sorser 2022-11-29 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Jen

Character Name: Stephen Strange
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Discussing a future Singularity visit with Istredd.
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Meeting Natasha at the stables.
Power or physical gain: This is a power gain request from last month!

By whistling, Stephen can summon the jaws of a giant snake just beneath his feet, which will rise up and violently bite whatever is above it. It disappears immediately after, and cannot be summoned again for the length of the day. Invariably, this means that Stephen will have to consciously move out of the way in order to not get injured by his own summon; otherwise, this is basically a big AoE move that he can trap foes in if used cleverly.

While it would be neat to have an actual giant snake head appear, I am fine with it being a spectral serpent head if needed. For reference, this ability is yoinked straight from a Bloodborne item skill because I think it’s very neat.

Character Name: Sephiroth
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Watching Lei perform martial arts in Cadens. (TDM thread)
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Date night with Ciri.
Power or physical gain: A power gain from last month, too! Sephiroth can summon small bolts of electricity from his palm. They do not travel terribly far, but it is enough to give someone a shock if he grasps hold of them. (Basically this!)

Character Name: Henry Creel
Faction: Solvunn

(Wasn’t sure if it was needed, but just checking in for Henry, since he’s brand new.)
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[personal profile] aquaveiled 2022-11-29 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Freya

Character Name: Himeka Sui
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Discussing the gods and heralds with Kyle
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Delivering sap to Alucard and Viktor for their healing alchemy experiments and discussing the summoning rituals

Character Name: Dante
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Robot verification test wherein Tony Stark promises glowsticks.
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Dante open log where he tries to research the summoning well and his existence in Horizon is mundanely annoying.

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