ACTIVITY CHECK: APRIL 2024

[abraxasmods]

Activity Check: April 2024

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Submit by: April 30th at 11:59 PM ET.

◎ Overview

When submitting your Activity Check, please keep in mind the following:

◎ A minimum of two threads with a brief summary for each thread is required.

◎ While there's no minimum comment count, Abraxas is a plot-centered game that requires a degree of thread progression. We expect threads to contain reasonable interactivity with other players. We may request supplementary proofs if interactivity is insufficient. For example, one reply to each proof posted late in the month, or early in the month then dropped, would not be enough. Previous activity patterns will be taken into account, as well.

◎ Backdated threads (from the previous month only) are acceptable, but the comments linked as proofs must take place during the current month. Although both proofs can be backdated, you're encouraged to submit at least one thread started in the current month whenever possible.

◎ TDM threads, network threads, and inbox threads are acceptable, but must not make up the total of both proofs (i.e. both proofs can't consist of only TDM threads). Additionally, at least one proof should be a log thread. Both proofs cannot be network-style comment spam.

◎ All players are expected to reply, including if you've submitted a hiatus. If you have extenuating circumstances that prevent you from posting your AC, you may have another player comment with a proxy submission on your behalf.

To familiarize yourself with our full activity rules, be sure to review the Activity Requirements section on the FAQ. If you have extenuating circumstances that've limited your ability to thread, please contact us.

◎ Forms

Fill out the appropriate form by the deadline to stay in the game! Failure to reply will count as idling out.

Remember that you do not need to submit a formal hiatus to use your Hiatus Pass. You can submit the Hiatus Pass form directly on this month's post if needed.

Standard Form

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Thread 1 Link + Summary:</b> <b>Thread 2 Link + Summary:</b> <b>Power or physical gain:</b> <i>Horizon/Event</i> - (Only when applicable. Choose Horizon OR Event and delete the other. Please note you can only submit ONE gain request at a time, but the choice is yours as to which one you want to claim first.) <b>Notable actions:</b> (If applicable. Let us know of NPC threads and/or actions that may result in others around them noticing for the month. Include a brief description and a link if there is one.)

Hiatus Pass Form

<b>Hiatus Pass</b> <b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character(s) In-Game:</b> (List all characters you play) <b>Power or physical gain:</b> <i>Horizon/Event</i> - (Only when applicable. Choose Horizon OR Event and delete the other. Please note you can only submit ONE gain request at a time, but the choice is yours as to which one you want to claim first.)

◎ Notes

1. Please note the criteria when submitting event threads for Activity Check.
2. You can request an Event Gain for this event and will have to the end of June's Activity Check to do so. Event Gains will work slightly differently this time, so please review the information. Additionally, you must have at least one thread taking place in the 3-month timespan of the event to qualify.
3. Regarding the physical and power aspects of the Event Gain above, you may request both at the same time since they are packaged together as part of Event #18.
4. If your character is new, you may only request an Event Gain or a Horizon Gain per Activity Check round, but it's your choice which one you take first.

Comments

[thedreamer]

Player Name: Kris
Character Name:
Thread 1 Link + Summary: one | Conversations with Kyle near the Maw
Thread 2 Link + Summary: two | Not handling heart(s)break well with Julia
Power or physical gain: Event - Circling back to this next month!
Notable actions:
Pre-event: Worked with Jaskier to help get people sheltered during the storms in the Free Cities. Worked with Altaïr to track down a merchant caravan that got lost in the Badlands during the storms.

During event (if applicable): Chatter with one of the old gods.

Character Name: Merrin
Thread 1 Link + Summary: one | Answering an echo in the Witchwood with Sylvain
Thread 2 Link + Summary: two | Keeping an eye on a demigod with Istredd
Power or physical gain: Event - Circling back to this in June!

[abraxasmods]

⦁⦁⦁ ACCEPTED ⦁⦁⦁

[techmaturgy]

Player Name: Whit
Character Name: Viktor
Thread 1 Link + Summary: with Dan Heng; the search for hole guy
Thread 2 Link + Summary: with Kyle; I am burning down this forest with my laser beam please don't be a hater about it
Physical gain: Viktor's right arm is now permanently the living metal of his god form and mage armor event gain. If this needs to be a combo physical gain/power, no problem! If not I will come back to power next AC.
Notable actions: Pre-event, Viktor spent time securing Farhill mining camp and providing medical aid, and continued to help Alucard complete his bunker project.

[abraxasmods]

⦁⦁⦁ ACCEPTED ⦁⦁⦁

While this does need to be a power combo due to the metal granting a beneficial armor effect, because this event gives a somewhat boosted ability gain, you can resubmit the combination of the physical and ability gain with more specifics to the metal's effect if you want.

[techmaturgy]

Understood! Here you go, sorry for the delay:

Power and physical gain: Event - Viktor's right arm is now permanently the living metal of his god form. The limb is not stronger than his original arm, but more durable due to the nature of it, but can he only maintain this temporarily before a "cooldown" period. As an extension of his mage armor event gain, Viktor can continue to increase duration and coverage with practice.

[abraxasmods]

⦁⦁⦁ ACCEPTED ⦁⦁⦁

[aquaveiled]

Player Name: Freya
Character Name: Himeka Sui
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Joining forces with Cid and Thancred to hunt down the demigod she spawned. It's a nasty snail woman.
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Exploring the Isle of the Lost with Nebula and being cute af.

Power or physical gain:

Event: Power - I'd like for her to be able to transform into the little dragon she did during the event. (This is also the dragon form she's been using in the Horizon for years.) It's only about 2 feet long and can technically fly, but I'm happy to nerf that. The bubbles she blows will not be soup like they are in the event. (Unless...??)

I'd also stipulate that since she can already Become Tree, she can only do one or the other within a 24 hour period so she can't just shift back and forth between multiple forms.

Event: Physical - Her insanely long disney princess hair. We'll see if she ends up cutting it LOL. (I don't think it regrowing fast would fly since that would be a power, right?)

Notable actions: Pre-event, her affliction powers went haywire and she destroyed a village but was stopped by Alucard before it could get worse.

Himeka regularly feeds the Maw regular food (not people), seen with Cassian and Julie.

[abraxasmods]

⦁⦁⦁ ACCEPTED ⦁⦁⦁

Regrowing it would count as an ability gain, that's correct! However, Himeka can teach herself a hair growth spell if she likes.

[thearchangel]

Player Name: Red
Character Name: Garrus Vakarian
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Koby chat in Horizon
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Plotting with Shep

Power or physical gain: Event - If possible I’d like him to retain some of the exaggerated damage to his scarred side’s eye. It won’t be blind, but vision will be clouded in that eye to an extent he would need glasses on that side. It mimics the dual nature of his Blessing and Affliction and will hopefully force him to learn more magic

If that’s too vague or needs changing I’m happy to edit!

[abraxasmods]

⦁⦁⦁ ACCEPTED ⦁⦁⦁

[mathmetism]

Player Name: Jay
Character Name: Jerry Pascal
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Link; Jerry greets the people and has some questions about the Horizon
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Link; Travis shows up at the gas station in the Horizon and Jack is the only one confused
Power or physical gain: Horizon - Stone Shape, please! So that he can sneak into Kyle's closet undetected and claim it as his own. Also, for leaving questionable and too sexy sculptures about Thorne castle, signed Rob Boss

[abraxasmods]

⦁⦁⦁ ACCEPTED ⦁⦁⦁

[tobeclosetohim]

Player Name: Amanda

Character Name: Sabine
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Threadjaking in Jerry's Network
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Sabine/Kell
Power or physical gain: Event - Holding off on power + physical request to May.
Notable actions: Sabine was one of the 'people' who jumped at the first inkling of going to the Singularity because she desperately needed to know what was wrong with it and the world. Her time in God-Dream-Land didn't see her changing much from her everyday normal, just slipping contentedly into those around her being more like her. A being of dreams, memories, and more, Sabine saw the cracks in the world early and easily, waking completely to an understanding of what was happening & trying to help others.

Thread 1 Link + Summary: Geralt/Jo + Jo/Altair
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Jo, Cas, & Dean
Power or physical gain: Event - Holding off on power + physical request to May.
Notable actions: Jo, Cas, & Dean ended up fighting more broken-down robots in the desert sandstorms before the event started. Jo was not jazzed to be forced to go to the Singularity, but it was very hard for her to come back to reality at the end of being a God/Guardian because everything in her felt more balanced as a being able to fight & create sanctuaries both (no longer pulled by her past to only be allowed to pick one or the other).

[unwings]

Player Name: Jay
Character Name: Castiel
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Link; chatting with demigod children and comparing pantheons
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Link; Cas and Geralt are tired of the world, they will go be one with the forest
Power or physical gain: Event - Wings, please!! I'd like to have Castiel's wings restored to their original form and function, with all the original game restrictions for teleportation applying, of course. His singed feathers will grow back, but still be the same sort of only seen in silhouette kind of aesthetic.

[abraxasmods]

⦁⦁⦁ ACCEPTED ⦁⦁⦁

As a note, we're pre-approving his gain. However, characters who would like an event gain do technically need to participate in at least one thread taking place within the 3 month period, such as an awakening or catalyst thread. There's no need to formally submit it, but please try to have such a thread started by next AC period!

[unwings]

Oh that’s right, I forgot the pre-event time stuff doesn’t count, my bad! I’ll make sure I get one for the next ac

[smilefornow]

Player Name: Faye
Character Name: Arthur Hastings
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Arthur and Vecna kind of bonding.
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Arthur and Ed being weird gods together.


Character Name: Nadine Cross
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Nadine treats Geralt and gets some unsettling news
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Nadine in the early months of the event

Power: Event - For Nadine's power gain, I'd like her to retain an ability to rot organic material - both plant and animal. When touching something organic, she can induce a rapid state of rotting in the area she is physically touching. It stops within 30 seconds or when contact is cut, whichever happens first. Plant matter rots more rapidly than flesh. It's very tiring.


Character Name: Mat Cauthon
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Mat and Wilhelm chat music
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Mat being a slutty god with Jesper and Kaz

[abraxasmods]

⦁⦁⦁ ACCEPTED ⦁⦁⦁

[familysucks]

Player Name: Nri
Character Name: Michael
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Link - Meeting Zagreus, Travis, and Nebula at the Solvunn mingle/unplanned sleepover.
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Link - Discussing godhood and the situation in Solvunn with Julia.
Power or physical gain: Event - For his physical transformation, I'd like Michael to keep the bite scar he received from Nanaue. For his ability gain, I'll wait until next round.

[abraxasmods]

⦁⦁⦁ ACCEPTED ⦁⦁⦁

[outwear]

Player Name: Karen

Character Name: John Blake
Thread 1 Link + Summary: link - Crane visits Blake at the Lowlight Ball as an new(ish) friend.
Thread 2 Link + Summary: link - Reuniting with Geralt is always bittersweet. But mostly sweet.
Thread 3 Link + Summary: link - Demanding a small amount of excess spotlight while attending Ed and Hilda's play.

Will see about gains next month.

Character Name: Sam Winchester
Thread 1 Link + Summary: link - Sam discusses patrols with Wrench.
Thread 2 Link + Summary: link - Sam discusses check-in duty with Aloy.
Thread 3 Link + Summary: link - Talk of the Singularity with Julia.

Will see about gains next month.

Note to mods: I know these are a little thin and I am so sorry. I've included an additional link for each in the hopes of proving my interest in staying in good standing. I had a rough month with creativity and mental health and I am hoping not to have to hiatus retroactively. Please let me know if this isn't sufficient.

[abraxasmods]

Hello! We'd like to ask if you have a thread with Blake that incorporates more than one tag from your character. Remember that AC proofs do not need to be current threads! Backthreads from the previous month are acceptable.

For Sam, only one network thread can be used as proof. Please submit at least one log thread with the character.

If you do not have the sufficient proofs, you may use a Hiatus Pass for this month.

[oversight]

Hiatus Pass
Player Name: Karen
Character(s) In-Game: John Blake, Sam Winchester

[earthborn]

Player Name: Mica
Character Name: Commander Shepard
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Gift-giving on the Horizon with Istredd
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Event events with Koby

[abraxasmods]

⦁⦁⦁ ACCEPTED ⦁⦁⦁