AC FEB '18

[phantasmods]

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT'S ACTIVITY CHECK.

Points roundup for Feb 12-19;

• beguiledcard 26
• bulletnews 60
• byanyother_name 17
• dubiouslychthonic 49
• fantasykiller 18
• foolishjustice 118
• foundingerlight 113
• have_hat_will_travel 49
• lepape 3
• photoshooter 45
• power_of_dominance 4
• rhodedendronhoney 49
• riderofcharlemagne 100
• scarsolderthanyou 34
• springlocking 5
• stormkingofshepherds 28
• thekingssnake 14

Ready to get spending? The Points Usage page is here. You can check your point totals (by journal name) on the Taken sheet.

AC Warning;

Everyone's new! So there isn't one of these. In the future, characters who haven't met the five comment minimum for AC (and aren't on hiatus) will be listed here. They'll have until Dungeon Sign-ups (approximately two weeks) to get their acts together and either get activity or talk with a moderator about hiatusing. People on AC warning will be required to specifically submit activity to a comment header; the mods aren't going to go looking for you.

Characters who joined the game in the last app cycle are exempt from AC Warning.

Handaved CR;

You've only been here a week - hardly long enough to truly settle into a routine. Still, if there's a particular location your character can always be found out, an activity they're always doing, a terrifying kind of soda they're always drinking, feel free to use this post to hash that out and establish your routines!

A handy form;

<b>Character name + Journal</b>:<br /><b>Where do they hang?</b>:<br /><b>What are they doing?</b>:<br /><b>Anything else of note?</b>:

Game Updates

WEATHER: Based on player feedback, weather will become part of the regular update, with significant weather also on the calendar! (This is to keep the calendar from becoming clogged with an extra update on every single day, so that major/OOC events are still visible at a glance.)

The weather until the next game update (Dungeon Sign-Ups on Tuesday Feb 27) is as follows;

• 2/19-23; Overcast and cool; no precipitation; occasional sunbreaks, but none longer than an hour.
• 2/24-25; Rain, starting in the afternoon of the 24th and continuing until the evening of the 25th. Usually a faint, steady drizzle, with occasional spurts of 'run for cover' level heavy rain.
• 2/26-27; Sunny, with mist in the morning that clear off by midday. Still fairly cool, not quite cold enough to frost.

HOUSEKEEPING: Have you gotten your character a room on the housing page yet? If you have, please double-check and make sure that your room number is in the comment subject line for the ease of other players looking to see what rooms are taken!

PERMISSIONS POST ROUND-UP: The following players have opt-in/out permissions posts for players both new and old to respond to;

• beguiledcard
• byanyother_name
• fantasykiller
• foolishjustice
• have_hat_will_travel

IC INBOXES: Do you have an IC Inbox for the game on your journal yet? Unless your character hasn't grabbed a network device yet, you should probably get one! (And if they haven't, well, why not?) These can also be used for leaving each other gifts and the like. Have fun with it! And also tell your lovely mod where it's at so he can put it on the Taken spreadsheet.

AND ONE MORE THING...: Got your beach gear in order? Dungeon previews are coming next week, but you already know what's coming: Keystone Shore, the Fissure from the first Test Drive, is waiting!

As always, questions and feedback are welcomed below!

Comments

[founderinglight]

Character name + Journal: Izunia Lucis Caelum @ founderinglight
Where do they hang?: -> The kitchen and surrounding area nearest his room
-> The roofs
-> Central common room
-> Magic lab
What are they doing?: NAPPING. Seriously, you will find this man napping at all hours in any location that looks faintly comfortable, because having a physical form is tiring. :c On the other hand, guess who is frequently up in the middle of the night...

Outside of that, he can be caught tinkering in the kitchens or the magic lab frequently - in the latter in particular, he's messing around with a bunch of those water-element crystals from the test drive and occasionally splashing people. Also, talking with Charm, which I can't actually thread out because playercest, but basically he's a nerd and he does magic a lot.

Finally, any time he's awake at either sunset or sunrise, he's out on the roof to watch the sun. He also occasionally pops up at night to stargaze when it's clear, but not even the worst of the rain will entirely keep him inside at dawn and dusk. note to self point-buy an umbrella.
Anything else of note?: Have you yet been terrorized by your local weird spicy-food loving old man? Because oh my god guess who fell in love with Dr Jalapeno.

Also, anyone up for some sparring? C:

[riderofcharlemagne]

Astolfo would probably want to spar with Izunia on the regular, provided the height difference doesn't prove too much of a problem (like that'd stop him though)

[founderinglight]

LIKE THAT'D STOP EITHER OF THEM yeah gotta keep in shape for stabbing monsters, right?

Hope you don't mind sparring with Local Teleport Spammer

[riderofcharlemagne]

Well if anything's going to help him get better at fighting, it's gonna be trying to combat against teleport spamming.

(Also he may just be fond of the sword Izunia gave him and kind of doesn't want to give it up so he's just gonna...keep insisting on using it when they're sparring because then it's Kind Of Like he owns it)

[thekingssnake]

Character name + Journal: Ja'far | thekingssnake
Where do they hang?: Usually around his room in Apartment 15. But can occasionally be found near the kitchen and the farm chambers. Late evenings will find him on the roofs.
What are they doing?: Not much! Yet. He's still unsure how to take in the fact he's not home and disconnected from everything he knows. He might end up trying to find a safe place to train since without his home ability, he's back to using good old daggers again. On the other hand, he has a couple of things he's received from the test drive and might haul it to the kitchen for other people to use.
Anything else of note?:Not...much? He's actually a bit of a recluse and might be taking this trip as a vacation of sorts. On the other hand...he might try to learn some magic. He figures that'd become really handy soon.

[riderofcharlemagne]

Character name + Journal: Astolfo @ riderofcharlemagne
Where do they hang?: He could be found wandering around any parts of the station, but he's most likely to be found at:
- common area
- kitchen
- rooftops
What are they doing?: Checking out everything here, trying to sate his endless curiosity. He's rarely in his room because he's far too extroverted for that. He'll be looking for people to talk to, things to do- he'll aim to do most socializing in the common area.

In the kitchens he'll probably be trying out different foods; whilst snacking is unnecessary for him it sure is fun. He's also probably keeping a watchful eye out for anyone trying to cook (so he can sample it).

Astolfo doesn't bother with sleep, so he'll spend nights on the rooftops to look at the stars, preventing his lancing from getting rusty, and then wandering around the rest of the station once those two things have bored him.
Anything else of note?: Please stop making him watch people drink Dr. Jalapeno.

[foolishjustice]

He's probably noticed there are nights Goro is out and about...much later than he should be.

[riderofcharlemagne]

He's gonna carry you to bed, Young Man >:I

...


Except he won't because he loves company. He'll be a terrible enabler and drag him into late-night shenanigans instead

[foolishjustice]

And here he was worried he'd be bored all night, without his work or video games. It's no fun being the only one up.

[riderofcharlemagne]

Nothing more valuable than a friend who doesn't need sleep!

...though he is bound to ask what on earth Goro is doing up at this hour

[foolishjustice]

He's just...restless, that's all! Y-yeah, new place, so much to think about, it's hard to sleep! /Sips coffee.

[riderofcharlemagne]

Suuuuure it is...

(the worst part is he can make coffee out of thin air whenever he likes, so he can't do anything to stop him)

[foolishjustice]

Is this a face that would lie?

(Yeah, that really is the worst part of Goro having this power...there's nothing anyone can do to cut him off.)

[riderofcharlemagne]

Don't give him that face, he has a weakness for cute things...

[foolishjustice]

He will make cute faces all he wants! He's good at looking harmless and innocent.

[riderofcharlemagne]

It's too powerful!

[foolishjustice]

Mwahaha, his secret weapon is working!

[riderofcharlemagne]

Ah, curse Astolfo’s E-Rank cuteness defense...

[bulletnews]

Aya only sleeps sometimes, so I'm thinking they might have run into each other a couple times overnight.

[riderofcharlemagne]

Nighttime is just extra time to socialize!

[byanyother_name]

....Will he be asking for those samples or trying to swipe? Because trying to sneak food Kurama is cooking may not get him very far. XD

[riderofcharlemagne]

He would be asking.

Very persistently.

Basically begging

[byanyother_name]

Okay, that will get an amused sigh and Kurama taking pity on him.

Taste this and tell him if it needs more salt.

[scarsolderthanyou]

Character name + Journal: Stone of Indigo Cloud court @ scarsolderthanyou
Where do they hang?: The kitchens, the gardens, anywhere outside that it's deemed safe to be. His room is number 17.
What are they doing?: Eating, looking for food, missing someplace actually, you know, green and growing (hence spending time in the gardens). When he's allowed outside, he'll be sunbathing on days when there's actual sun (in his big winged dragon form), or swimming (again, in his big winged dragon form), or flying along the beach catching seagulls for snacks. I'm going to guess flying is out of the question since so little space is clean.
Anything else of note?: Stone has a tendency to sleep in weird places (the garden, the roof, against the stove in the kitchen, behind storage barrels in the tech lab, one of the unused conference rooms...), not always his apartment. Finding him in those places and waking him up can always be a thing.

[founderinglight]

... clearly we need to have grandpa team naps at some point

[scarsolderthanyou]

Beware if you powernap too close :| Stone's people tend to sleep in threes and fours. He might wind up getting hugged while he sleeps.

[founderinglight]

... acceptable TBH

grandpa pile

(straight up half the reason I immediately spent his points on a comfy folding chair was to nap in it)

[bulletnews]

Character name + Journal: Aya Shameimaru @ bulletnews
Where do they hang?: She spends a fair amount of time in her room (#10), but also the roof and the commons
What are they doing?: Trying to do a writeup of all this Fissure nonsense. Not a lot significant has happened that isn't totally obvious to everyone, but she's at least got a draft of what she's going to make of all this if she gets back to Gensokyo.
Anything else of note?: You know what else hasn't happened a lot just yet? Gossip and rumoring, which is something that Touhou tengu in general like to get in on. More on that later I guess.

[foolishjustice]

Character name + Journal: Goro Akechi foolishjustice
Where do they hang?: The commons, the roof, the magic and fissure labs...and just generally poking around and getting used to the layout of the place.
What are they doing?: Getting fresh air because he just spent a month indoors and is sick of it, messing around on his phone to pass the time, trying to learn Stuff about this world's magic and the Fissures in specific. He might have also been seen staring at the Stinkiest Cheese Ever during some of his many fridge raids.
Anything else of note?: Just about everyone has probably seen him conjure a cup of coffee out of thin air by now, he drinks way too much of the stuff. Possibly relatedly, there are days he can be seen up at all hours, even ones he really should be asleep during, given the time he woke up.

[bulletnews]

Coffee is nearly impossible to get with any regularity in Gensokyo so she's just amazed he can just magic some up pretty much any time.

[foolishjustice]

It's really good coffee, too. He's generally willing to share if you ask nicely. Though he might shake his head a bit if you ask for it with milk/cream.

[bulletnews]

Why would you ruin a luxury good like that, though?

[foolishjustice]

By giving it away? A mixture of wanting other people to know how amazing Leblanc coffee is and wanting to endear himself to people, honestly. He...actually runs a food blog back home.

Or if you mean by diluting it with dairy, he has no clue.

[bulletnews]

Ruining it with dairy, yes. No shame at all giving it out.

[foolishjustice]

He thinks people who drink coffee with dairy in it are just too used to low-quality, machine made coffee, which gets bitter. Good, pour over coffee just needs a little bit of sugar for a sweet touch to bring out the flavors dairy would dilute.

[dubiouslychthonic]

Character name + Journal: Sawbones Jetshard (dubiouslychthonic)
Where do they hang?: It's not out of the question to find Jetshard wandering/exploring the corridors in most public parts of the station, but if she's settled in anywhere it's probably:
- Her room, #1
- Either kitchen, but more often the one on the east hallway.
- The common room
- the med bay
What are they doing?: Mostly she's been studying - she's making her way through the human medical references that Strange provided at a pretty good clip, but it's still not exactly light reading and she wants to make sure she retains as much as possible.

If you want to catch her when she hasn't got her nose in a book, she does spend some time just hanging out, but when she's taking a meal break is probably the most reliable. She's mostly been sticking to things she recognizes as troll food, which tends to be protein-heavy and brightly colored and generally has bugs of some variety as a major ingredient.

Anything else of note?: Jetshard is nocturnal by default, and while she hasn't been sleeping well, she's trying to keep to a consistent schedule. It's very rare to see her up and around between about nine in the morning and six or seven in the evening.

[byanyother_name]

Character name + Journal: Kurama @ byanyother_name

Where do they hang?: The farm chambers/gardens #1 Place To Find
The kitchens
The roofs
Occasionally pokes in Magic or Fissures labs

What are they doing?: Kurama has taken over tending the plants downstairs and if he's in the kitchen he's likely to be cooking. He's also prone to just wandering around the station learning as much as he can. ...and on the nights Goro and Akira are sharing, Kurama is probably out and about at odd hours of the night.

Anything else of note?: Someone ask this boy to spar, please. He is unlikely to bring it up but he would enjoy the hell out of it.