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saltburnmods) wrote2024-04-07 12:16 pm
saltburnmods) wrote2024-04-07 12:16 pm
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โฃ activity
ACTIVITY
Activity Checks run the last week of the month, and are a monthly check-in with an optional summary.
Upon being accepted into the game, please post a comment with your name in the header and a follow up comment beneath for each character in game, with their name in the header. Beneath that, a new comment should be made for every month in game, following the order of ยซ MONTH YEAR ยป. See the example below if confused!
EDIT 7/5: If players idle out of game (do not submit AC, do not submit a drop) three times, they will not be invited back.
Upon being accepted into the game, please post a comment with your name in the header and a follow up comment beneath for each character in game, with their name in the header. Beneath that, a new comment should be made for every month in game, following the order of ยซ MONTH YEAR ยป. See the example below if confused!
EDIT 7/5: If players idle out of game (do not submit AC, do not submit a drop) three times, they will not be invited back.
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astarion ancunรญn.
AUGUST 2024.
CHARACTER JOURNAL:
SUMMARY: though astarion isn't happy about having been kidnapped, he's been willing enough to take his time getting the lay of the land, in no small part because everyone except the balfours seems to be in exactly the same boat. he's made some tentative connections, and even managed to get a couple of people to agree to drawing his portrait. on the less positive side of things, he's a little unnerved by elodie given the fact that she knows a version of him and he has no memories of her (in fact, their stories differ significantly), as well as the presence of the other vampires.
SEPTEMBER 2024.
CHARACTER JOURNAL:
SUMMARY: astarion is, gods forbid, actually making friends, with a few relationships sped along thanks to 1) handfasting forcing him to be honest (though having more control over his social life has meant he hasn't really had to lie to anyone so much as just avoid giving away too much of his back story) and 2) the social lubricant called "having a pet." that said, the event left him a bit rattled, as well as more suspicious of their hosts.
OCTOBER 2024.
CHARACTER JOURNAL:
SUMMARY: the house's goings-on are a constant source of surprise (and sometimes pain) for astarion โ werewolf was a somewhat clarifying experience, ultimately strengthening the bonds he already has, but it's also left him with a few open wounds. twice now he's been forced to confess something he'd rather keep close to his chest (first to alicent last month, second to hawk during the game), though both interactions have led to surprising friendships. the game has also left him feeling weak, something he doesn't enjoy, as well as even more aware of the way the vampires, the rest of whom largely present a front of solidarity he doesn't know what to make of, are often being singled out.
NOVEMBER 2024.
CHARACTER JOURNAL:
SUMMARY: november was a month of ups and downs; astarion's gladness at gale's arrival has been balanced out by his displeasure over orin and tilanus' arrivals as well. he's been reminded of how precarious things are in the house, and forced to think over who he trusts and why. overall, he's taken an emotional step backward, but he took a step forward, too: he let somebody into his head willingly for the first time, asking koby to use his newly awakened haki to make sure the tadpole in his head is still behaving. luckily, it is. time to see what the end of the year has in store.
DECEMBER 2024.
CHARACTER JOURNAL:
SUMMARY: december has been a relatively quiet month, if also an emotionally rich one โ astarion mostly kept his head down with the exception of participating in christmas gift exchanges and, notably, kissing gale under the mistletoe (his first kiss since arriving). it's something of a turning point, building upon all the other little physical intimacies he's experienced โ with lauralae, with matt, with lestat โ as he figures out exactly what it is that he wants and how to both ask for it and accept it, as well as how to resist falling back into old patterns.
JANUARY 2025.
CHARACTER JOURNAL:
SUMMARY: tremendously bad month. despite kicking the new year off on a positive note โ kissing gale as the clock struck midnight, and a couple of times before that โ things quickly went south thanks to resculpt, which turned astarion into an ascended version of himself: stronger, prettier, andโ worse?
the radius of damage was luckily contained to matt (Weird Vibes on their weekly walk), armand (Weird Vibes and potentially a little sippy due to irrational jealousy), and gale (sorry for everything), but was still sufficient to send astarion into a spiral upon entering rehab. while sweating out the effects of the ointment, he bonded further with caroline and harry, as well as managing to set things right again with gale.
however, he's now uncertain as to exactly what he wants his future to hold, having experienced the thing he thought he wanted and finding it to be not quite what he'd hoped for.
FEBRUARY 2025.
CHARACTER JOURNAL:
SUMMARY: the sudden magic-blackout arguably cemented something that's been slowly shifting ever since astarion had a mindflayer tadpole planted in his brain, i.e. his slow rehabilitation when it comes to actually caring about other people and putting their needs before his. becoming human again ought to have thrown him for a loop, but he managed to keep it from rattling him too badly (or at least managed to suppress the feelings the change stirred up), instead keeping his shit together to care for, among others, gale, armand, and halsin as they coped with their respective changes and the chaos of the month.
on a more personal note, he and gale are officially sweethearts (!), and he's a little more comfortable with physical intimacy than he used to be.
MARCH 2025.
CHARACTER JOURNAL:
SUMMARY: the loss of matt hit astarion pretty hard, but also led, both directly and indirectly, to his further solidifying his other relationships, as he reaffirmed his bond with lauralae, and arranged a day of activities culminating in a confession of his love to gale (!!!). he also had to contend with both armand and spike getting their hooks in gale, but all in all, march was a-okay, with the plus-minus of having to share their suite with shadowheart (half-elf version) and the rare date night out thanks to the sol & scroll mingle. let nobody say he can't be fun and social.
APRIL 2025.
CHARACTER JOURNAL:
SUMMARY: the headline: bit gale. ๐ฅฐ yes, his blood tastes like someone scraped the coating off of a bag of sour skittles, but blood is blood, and more importantly, gale is gale. they also tried out a little student/teacher roleplay and, while it was fun, wasn't ultimately for them โ still, it's another step in the direction of "maybe next month they'll actually get a little frisky"!in other news, lauralae acquired a polaroid of him from the library, so he's in his feelings about that; armand extended an unsettling olive branch; and lestat finally clued him into a little of what's going on with the vamps from his neck of the woods.
MAY 2025.
CHARACTER JOURNAL:
SUMMARY: all in all: a pretty nice time. astarion elected to skip the spikelina wedding but fussed over gale in its aftermath, leading to a tender discussion about marriage โ something astarion had, consciously or subconsciously, not really let himself think about until this point.
he also took the initiative (ha) to restart the little movie club had and matt had begun, inviting a couple of new folks to join a viewing of when harry met sally. (five stars.)
๐ shadowhen cam: was disrespected on the network and subsequently defended by her two dads. received tributes from giles and roza.
JUNE 2025.
CHARACTER JOURNAL:
SUMMARY: ๐ฎ au month! saltburntstarion was a high-end escort, "gifted" to the balfours by one cazador szarr. he's ending the month having confessed his feelings to and resolved to leave with gale after a real up and down of crossed wires. his relationships with shadowheart and louis remain steady, while his rapport with armand is set to be a little more complicated in the wake of an intimate au history.
homelander.
AUGUST 2024.
CHARACTER JOURNAL:
SUMMARY: homelander has spent the time since his arrival in a bit of a funk โ things are too weird for him to fall into a full depression over being power nerfed, and then there's the matter of maintaining face in front of a bunch of strangers (well, really just maeve), but he's still perpetually on the verge of drastic action (more so than usual) which may or may not lead to some unfortunate violence in the near future. he's also already begun the process of latching onto alicent, though he has some conflicting feelings about it: despite being royalty, she's still just human, but at the same time, she humors him, which goes a long way toward securing his attention, if not entirely his loyalty or respect.
SEPTEMBER 2024.
CHARACTER JOURNAL:
SUMMARY: this month was a bit of an emotional rollercoaster for homelander: unfortunately aemond reminds him a lot of his son insomuch as he wishes his son was more into murder and more willing to embrace his powers. he also got handfasted to maeve, for whom he still has latent Weird Feelings, and is steadfastly avoiding having to confront the fact that his biological dad is here. he's made no real progress on the "getting out of here" front but is slowly figuring out who has powers and who doesn't.
OCTOBER 2024.
CHARACTER JOURNAL:
SUMMARY: werewolf positives: team green was, to put it mildly, incredibly chaotic throughout the month, with homelander (successfully!) pulling off a scheme to fake pierce's death and becoming closer to several of the people he strong-armed into helping in the process. he also spent most of the game working with maeve again, which was (for him) a pleasant reminder of the good ole days. (only semi-related to werewolf: since confessing his attraction to alicent last month, he's been attempting to be more responsible in looking after her and aemond, who've both made gestures of trust during the game.)
werewolf negatives: speaking of maeve, the fact that the game further nerfed homelander's capabilities has made his emotional self-regulation even more precarious, culminating in his death at maeve's hands. granted, this was an outcome he'd bargained for โ upon being given the role of cupid at the beginning of the game, he linked himself to maeve, reasoning that, should she try anything, she'd suffer the consequences, too. having been killed, however, has still been a giant blow to his ego as well as his understanding of his own status quo. combined with his increasingly vulnerable conversations with set, he's going into november in an extremely volatile state.
NOVEMBER 2024.
CHARACTER JOURNAL:
SUMMARY: shockingly, homelander has managed to maintain his place at the precipice of a mental breakdown rather than swan-diving off of it; this is mostly to do with the incredibly nice folks he has conveniently failed to mention his war crimes to. granted, this is only delaying the inevitable, as he suffered another emotional blow from maeve's departure. but he exchanged favors with alicent at the tourney, got son support from wally, pierce, and aemond (whose birthday it was!), and spoke with set about their kids, which has kept him emotionally stable ... for the moment ...
DECEMBER 2024.
CHARACTER JOURNAL:
SUMMARY: weird month! homelander's never really been a gift-giving kind of guy, but still did his best to go along with the holiday spirit (which was, for him, a gigantic effort โ look at all the gifts he gave!) despite the rather large emotional blow of alicent's death. on the bright side, his core cr has really solidified, and he's pretty ride or die for them โ and has no plans to die again anytime soon.
JANUARY 2025.
CHARACTER JOURNAL:
SUMMARY: ups: said the L word to alicent ("love," not "lesbians," despite [ gestures ]), had one teaching moment and one vulnerable moment with aemond, didn't explicitly say/hear "we're best friends" to/from set but the boys are in it to win it.
downs: took resculpt and was un-power-nerfed for five seconds. doesn't seem fair to him!
FEBRUARY 2025.
CHARACTER JOURNAL:
SUMMARY: the fact that the library started spitting out temp v was a bigger shock to homelander than the fact that his powers went away for a month, and led to him revealing the nature of his origin story to (in order of least to most detail) aemond, wally, and alicent. the post he and alicent made to the network re: temp v was a rare flexing of his leadership muscles (continued in the ensuing effort to make the library a home base and responsibly dole out temporary superpowers) but also led to enough responses he personally got a weird vibe from for him to prompt the "what are we" conversation (result: good!). as the cherry on top of the cake, his role in the organizational effort led to a few new friends, namely marazhai (cool, fun), shanks (weird, fine), and steve rogers ("less cool homelander" โ pierce).
in backdated news, he's also finally learned a little more about the beef between the greens and the blacks, which has only put him more firmly in the greens' court.
MARCH 2025.
CHARACTER JOURNAL:
SUMMARY: wholesome: in the continuing adventures of homelanders' home for wayward children and young adults, became interim coach for the yellowjackets. had a heart to heart with set about being fae-married to shanks and is having to "think" about "friendship."
not wholesome: had a(nother) weirdly charged encounter with alia in the lake, hunted mia in the woods in attempted payback.
secret third thing: learned more about eunhyuk after eunhyuk asked him to kill him. also started trying to wear things besides his uniform. only took seven months!
APRIL 2025.
CHARACTER JOURNAL:
SUMMARY: some ups and downs, but that's life (.mp3)! homie, like many others, got "volunteered" to work at the host club, leading to weird encounters with embry (results inconclusive, check back in later for an update as to what the hell their relationship is) and set (unfortunately very hot as a woman).
prom was somewhat less complicated โ he went with (and was asked by!) alicent, marking a first for both of them as well as a drink- (and want-) induced redo of their respective first times. he also danced with nat, allowing himself to be a little vulnerable with her, and gave a pep talk (his words, not mine) to travis. there's no crying at prom.
and, as the cherry on top of the cake, he did NOT crash out over the superlatives votes. please clap.
MAY 2025.
JUNE 2025.
emmrich volkarin.
NOVEMBER 2024.
DECEMBER 2024.
JANUARY 2025.
FEBRUARY 2025.
MARCH 2025.
APRIL 2025.
MAY 2025.
JUNE 2025.
silco.
MARCH 2025.
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MAY 2025.
JUNE 2025.