mod update 26

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mod update

MAY

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MOD CHANGES

Headmod apps have officially closed, and we're glad to announce that Jaina (current player of OU Nathan Drake) will be joining our mod team. Jaina will be taking over calendar duties and helping with apps, in addition to the more general plot- and game-running shared across the team. We hope you're as excited as we are about this!

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MOD APPS

...are, ironically, re-opening. This month, we're looking for list mod candidates, as one of our current list mods, Marie, is stepping down. We'd like to offer a huge thanks for all her work with the game, and encourage anyone interested to drop an application on the feedback page. The form can be found below:

<b>Player</b>: (Handle or name you go by) <b>Characters Played</b>: NAME <user name=NAME> <b>Experience</b>: What experience do you have with html? Any modding experience, or concerns to be aware of? <b>Speed</b>: We don't expect you to be available every hour of every day, but how often will you be present? How regularly will you be able to check pages? <b>Communication</b>: There will be an adjustment period as everyone learns to work together, but talking to each other is key. If you can't update your pages or do your mod work for any reason, we want to be able to help each other. Do you have any suggestions or thoughts on this? <b>Contact</b>: What is the best way to contact you?

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MAY PLOTTING

As last month's plot ran longer than usual, the main logpost for May will be going up slightly later than usual. Due to the mod team changes and getting Jaina up to speed, the calendar is not quite ready; you can expect it in the very near future, but we wanted to get this post up ASAP so players aren't out of the loop on behind the scenes activity. A CR meme will also go up with the log, so get ready! Additionally, while the main logpost is slightly delayed, that doesn't mean all game plot is on hold. An NPC post related to both the events of last month and of this one will also go up on the network shortly.

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APPLICATION SCHEDULE (PLEASE READ!)

As of this month, Thisavrou will be transitioning back to the original monthly application cycle. Applications will be open during the last week of every months, and reserves during the week prior. New characters will arrive at the beginning of each month. However, as we're aware this is a sudden change to spring on players, there will be a ten-day grace period before we switch over to the new/old system.

What this means? This months, apps will continue to be open until May 10. They will be closed on the 11th, and stay closed through the middle of the month, before re-opening May 25th. The 25th-31st will be our app period this month, with reserves re-opening one week before: the 18th-24th. For further confusion, check out the calendar, or drop a question below!

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ACTIVITY CHECK

...is now open! As a reminder, AC is open from the first to seventh of every month, but due to the delays on our end we will be extending AC by one day. All characters accepted prior to the end of the month (April, in this case) are required to check in. If you have any questions, or are having trouble making AC, feel free to contact the mods here or on the feedback post.

Comments

Option 1!

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At first, Nihlus' focus will prove difficult to direct. He's not expending his new power on a person, or even the shapeless mass he saw on the security feed. He's targeting a feeling, and more than that, his own. It's not until he pins down exactly what the emotion is that he'll find the trace he needs.

He misses it.

There is a biochemical shift. A change that makes no sense in his own thoughts, a passive, subtle connection feeding back to the creature. It's not active, not awake, but it is enough to follow. A storm of sensory data will greet his initial efforts: thousands (millions?) of pieces woven to an overwhelming whole. The power of the Key will protect Nihlus' sanity enough for his focus on investigation to pick out a few fragments. Liquid warmth, wriggling deeper on all sides, like fingers squishing through a warm, fine mud. The echo of steps through a corridor, interrupted by the default chime of someone's TAB. A view of a door sliding back to show a familiar room with unfamiliar beings.

For the most part, his attention will be entirely subsumed by something else. Someone else, massive and all-encompassing, a being far too large to hold one shape. This mind is a place of rage and satisfaction, the inferno of loathing from the dream brought to full, waking awareness. It's ancient. Calculating. Implacable and terrifying. The nexus of a thousand parts. It calls itself Mother. It wants revenge.

His intrusion is noticed immediately. As close as he's gotten, Nihlus will feel the blast of anger swamp his presence as it reaches out to draw him in. For a fraction of an instant, he can feel it. He's part of it. He needs to be; he missed it so, so much, and now--

Panic frees him. Shock and hatred lash out in return. As Nihlus retreats back to himself, the door will be slammed behind him, every fraction of the path he followed uprooted violently from his mind. The process will be brief, but absolutely agonizing. However, when he opens his eyes, no trace of Mother's influence will remain.