All right, guys. I'm officially off hiatus, so if I owe you any tags that I seem to have missed please feel free to shove me in the right direction. Similarly, as always, if you'd rather just ... not, let me know so I don't bother you with tags.

This week coming up I do have to do inventory at one of my jobs, which means working from 10 pm EST until ... whenever we get done. The schedule says 6 am, but to be frank we don't finish by that time with four people on so I don't think it's possible with two people - and it is literally going to be just me and my boss doing it. Which means I do not know when I'll be sleeping, so juggling that with my other job - this week is going to be interesting as far as what time of day, and how often tags do get done. Particualrly, Wed - Saturday.

Considering this, I'm planning the Jennifer's house thread for the week of the 17th at which point if it can't be done ... I think Par and I agreed to just handwave that it happened at some point somewhere, and I'm sorry to everyone I basically bailed on by not getting that done. It has been a hectic last few months.

That all being said, I'm just going to shut up now, I will respond to what tags I do know I have tomorrow.

Okay! So because Pip's been wanting to do a canon-update and his work is going to get super busy in the next few weeks, we have mod approval to move forward with another Diva turns someone into a Chevalier (aka another vampire) plot.

Here are some of the basic details:

First weekend in February, Ashton will (hopefully) end up nearly dying and/or dead. Is there anyone out there with a fighting plot in the work or who would want on? Pip was hoping to throw Ashton into the middle of a fight as Ashton's character isn't one to usually pick a fight. So, if you're interested in setting up a plot or have one you've been wanting to do for a while, please speak up!

After Ashton's near death and/or death experience, two things should happen. Diva will realize something's happened because she's already fed on him twice (kind of), and she can monitor his life signs from anywhere in the dome which will prompt her to try and 'save' him because that's the nice thing to do.

The second thing is the DF will get an alert because of low life signs which means there's a good chance of catching Diva in the act. I was personally kind of hoping MOMO would be interested in being on patrol when that happens because MOMO was one of Diva's victims and could help put the pieces together, but we'll figure out who is available when February rolls around.

Also, Conrad will want to take Ashton after Diva turns him and keep him in their room or nearby for the duration of his sleep as Ashton goes through the change. Lena's willing to plot with the DF around the issue, but the muse is pretty insistent that there should be no hospital and that he can manage his new little brother better than any bots.

The ultimate end goal of this plot is to 1) help Pip get his canon update done, 2) let Pip put Ashton on hiatus for 4-6 weeks pending his work schedule and 3) help Saya, Diva's sister in Blood+ canon, become integrated with the Defense Force and help jump start her into actually dealing with her past.

So, what does this mean? Essentially, we have four weeks to get CR fleshed out with the current vampire hunters vs. Diva and Co. and anyone else who would like to get in on this. New players especially welcomed if you're looking for something fun and/or have ideas to help flesh out the plot.

December activity check is over! Please go back there and offer crit, praise, plotting and anything else you think players should get in on. Mod comments will go around shortly tomorrow.


Characters who were missed this time include:

Aqua (Kingdom Hearts)
Charles Chrishunds (Vassalord) - hiatus
Jun Takashi (MC) (Devil Survivor) - hiatus
Kamui Shirou (X)
Kaworu Nagisa (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

Char: Leopard, Maya, Milly, Pride, Winry - hiatus
Keriana: Cecile, Subaru - hiatus
Lena: Anew, Conrad, Cross, Lacus, Saya - hiatus


Don't forget about us! We miss you when you're not active, and being missed for two activity checks in a row is a presumed drop. Feel free to apologize/explain/etc in the comments here, and we'll strike you off the list.

We have also missed Waka (Okami), Haruhi (Ouran), Alois (Kuroshitsuji), and Hinako (Bitter Virgin) for the last time, and they will be dropped. Unfortunately, BB's characters Kaoru and Joshua, and Anju's characters Kaien and Ciel, have also missed two ACs in a row, and will also be dropped. We're very sorry, since both of them have been active players; but you can always reapp at the end of January!

After speaking to the mods, and with the understanding that they cannot miss any AC for the next several month unless they are on a hiatus, and two in a row, including next month, will be a drop, we will be reversing the drops on Anju and BB's characters due to their respective extenuating circumstances.