Absences & Scarcities

If you will be away from Ardent for an extended amount of time, or real life is just catching up and you'll be slower, please post here so that we have records of it, and other people may see what's going on. Fill out the form below and you're all set.

Having an absence notice here excuses you from having challenges made for your pack while you are gone (unless extenuating circumstances cause a consistent prolonging in your leave), and will also be excused from alpha activity checks for the week. However, this also means that if you are caught posting you will be removed from this list and expected to complete alpha activity checks as usual.

Having a scarcity notice up means that you are not excused from site activity checks, but must still meet alpha requirements as needed.

Make sure to edit your post here when you get back saying that the absence is no longer in effect or post in maintenance to have the post deleted.

To be clear. When on an absence, if you are caught posting from the start date of your absence or anywhere in between, until the end date of your absence, you will be removed from the absent list. Meaning, that if you are an Alpha, you will be expected to meet the Alpha requirements, and answer any challenges. Regular members will also be expected to answer any challenges made to them. Alphas may be excused from posting for 1 OOC week only and must have posted that absence by Wednesday on the week they want excused.

On a scarcity notice, Alphas are still required to meet the alpha requirements and answer any challenges. Regular members are also expected to answer any challenges.

Code:

<b>Type:</b> Absence or scarcity?
<b>Name:</b>
<b>Characters:</b>
<b>Date leaving:</b>
<b>Date returning:</b>
<b>Why?:</b>

Type: Scarcity
Name: Kristen
Characters: All
Date leaving: Today
Date returning: Mid October
Why?: Covering a maternity leave so it’s basically a full time teaching position until mid October! Posts will mainly be on weekends

Type: scarcity
Name: kara
Characters: all
Date leaving: now
Date returning: soon i hope
Why?: Just dealing with a lot of stress and can't bring myself to focus enough to write much. But, I am not going anywhere and will post when the motivation hits!

Type: Scarcity
Name: Resin
Characters: All
Date leaving: Today
Date returning: Not sure
Why?: New dog, job hunting, mentally burnt out.

-If there are things that you really want a reply to, just DM me and bug me. It's easier when specific things are right in my face rather than just picking and choosing. I won't be offended, promise. :b

Type: Absence
Name: kingpedle
Characters: all
Date leaving: 04/18/23
Date returning: unknown
Why?: personal mental health, i wont be online at all unless to try and sell commissions. Close friends will know whats going on.

Just realized my last scarcity notice was removed so reposting and requesting this one stay up until such time that I ask for it to be removed.

Type: Scarcity
Name: Lolaf
Characters: All
Date leaving: Months ago
Date returning: Unknown
Why?: As stated prior, I'm just dealing with a lot of compounding issues. I do now have a positive ADHD diagnosis but it's still largely running rampant as my current medication is either not strong enough or doesn't work for me and I have exactly 0 coping mechanisms due to late diagnosis which means I am extremely at the mercy of my executive dysfunction, things like task initiation in particular are very difficult for me, I can have all the motivation in the world to do something I enjoy and yet there will be something making it impossible to translate the desire to do the thing into the action of doing the thing, this is as you can imagine, incredibly distressing and often exhausting if I try to push through the block for long periods of time. I'm also finding that my brain fog has been stronger lately. This on top of a still unknown mobility issue that causes regular pain means I'm under a decent amount of stress and currently there is no known finish line, due to the pace of testing medication and my own GPs schedule I'm often looking at months between consultations to try and fine tune any amount of treatment. I am doing my best to seek other help, including seeking ADHD coaching to help fill some gaps but again the process is long, stressful and made longer by my own brain's physical makeup.

As such the best thing I can do for myself right now is to learn to stop trying to fight my brain, to just accept that right now if I can't force myself to do something then it's okay to stop trying, and to let myself just do whatever it will let me guilt free. This means I'm likely to disappear for a week or two, return to post a little bit before disappearing again. I will be largely only be focusing on posting what I'm not struggling to post, which may mean some characters or threads get more attention than others right now because it's the thing currently giving my brain dopamine, with the exception of anything mandatory which I will do my best to still meet. As such I am still asking that people do not contact me about threads that are waiting on me unless I ask for reminders, as it just adds more stress, I promise I am already very aware of what I owe/what is stagnating. If you are waiting on something from my characters to keep yours moving please reach out to me instead of just making assumptions about them, I am very much willing to work things out in that regard and am just asking people be patient and considerate of my circumstance. Regular tagging (replies or new threads) is totally fine and helps me to keep tabs on threads for when I have some extra dopamine. If you wish to reclaim any of my adopted characters due to my inconsistent activity please I just ask that I be given a heads up about it, but do not blame anyone for doing so.

Type: Scarcity
Name: Indie
Characters: Everyone -points at directory-
Date leaving: A couple weeks ago.
Date returning: Hopefully sooner, rather than later.
Why?: Entering a struggle state as far as mental health goes- or maybe just routine maintenance ... I don't know. Just wanted this to be here in case anyone was wondering. It's a common occurrence, every few months or so- don't worry. I'm going to continue to try and post, but ya'll know how that goes.
See you on the other side ;)

delete <3

Type: Large Scarcity
Name: Chrono
Characters: I usually write them all but I don’t feel like it xD
Date leaving: many eons ago
Date returning: x
Why?:

On top of the many things going on, my dad had a stroke and fell off a 7 foot drop onto concrete. He is not doing well and probably won’t make it. We should know within the next few days.

Update: my dad transferred to hospice and has now passed after 2 weeks. It’s been a whirlwind. I wouldn’t expect much until I’m settled into my new place.

As is my laundry list of apartment shopping, packing, moving, finding health insurance, being a mom and all that.

I try to prioritize characters I have adopted from others, and want to keep up with regular activity checks if I can. From my last post I will let you know if I can’t make the checks or so

Type: scarcity
Name: NachoMumma
Characters: all of em
Date leaving: 9th June
Date returning: end of the month
Why?: life man, work, sick kids, medical mystery husband, becoming a medical mystery myself. Can slide into my dms on discord for high priority threads and i’ll do what I can!

Type: Absence
Name: Talia
Characters: All
Date leaving: Many moons ago
Date returning: Hopefully mid-end of July should be more stable
Why?: Clinicals for my lab program, and the lectures for them demand a lot of time. I can’t post regularly atm. I’m very stressed and just trying to hold it together. High priority threads/threads that have stagnated, please DM me on discord abt and I promise to get to them asap.

Type: Scarcity into Absence
Name: Hermes
Characters: Andromeda, Athena, Caladia, Calico Jack, Enki, Eulogy, Fern, Haydée, Jericho, Keahi, Kore, Malico, Oscar, Ricin, Seere, Sorcerer, Strix, Terra, Tove, Unagi, Zenith
Date leaving: On hold will update
Date returning: On hold
Why?: On hold! Will update with new dates when I get them

Type: Absence
Name: Ali
Characters: All
Date leaving: 26th
Date returning: idk
Why?: Trapped nerve in my neck. Suffering and all that.

Type: Absence
Name: Lunarcat7
Characters: all of them
Date leaving: now, technically a few days ago.
Date returning: July 24th
Why?: Strange wounds on my leg that aren't healing. One developed a dark, almost black center.


UPDATE: It was a bacterial infection. Antibiotics are working though my legs still look like someone beat the shit out of me. My gut is not reacting well to the antibiotics, I have just not been feeling well and have had a number of migraines this week alone.

Let's say my characters are all sick with some random respiratory illness if you need an IC reason why they aren't in important threads.

Type: Absence with stipulations
Name: Res
Characters: All
Date leaving: 7/11
Date returning: 8/11
Why?: Posting feels more like work than my actual job. I don't want to hate writing but I'm pretty close to it. Right now, I'd rather do anything other than post.

That being said, I will return to post sparingly if there is a raid, a major event, or a time sensitive plot that I'm involved in.

Thanks for your understanding.

Type: Absence
Name: Briena
Characters: All, mainly Ardyn
Date leaving: 7-12-23
Date returning: next week
Why?: Fair week, so no extra energy, and I injured my ankle Going down the steps today, so more energy spent being ouchy and gimpy. We'll see if this absence lasts or I get my customary sudden boost after teh fair.

Type: Absence
Name: Indie
Characters: Eerybodie
Date leaving: A few weeks ago.
Date returning: Soon, I hope!
Why?: I’m alive! Just trying to figure things out. I have recently gotten my official diagnosis on the Autism spectrum, which has been an interesting turn of events. The validation is nice, and in hind sight it makes a lot of sense. Learning about lots of new terms and how they apply to my experience. For example, a large part of what I thought to be a struggle with depression instead stems from shutdowns and Autistic burnout. Now that it’s been correctly identified to me, hopefully I’ll have a better time managing it .... Anyways, bear with me as I figure things out!

Type: Absence
Name: KatG6
Characters: all
Date leaving:7/25
Date returning: 8/1
Why?: very busy week, don't want to have alpha posts on top of it all

Type: Absence
Name: Ali
Characters: All
Date leaving: 27th
Date returning: Next week probs
Why?: food poisoning, headache. feeling dookie

Type: Absence
Name: Lunarcat7
Characters: All
Date leaving: September 12
Date returning: September 20
Why?: Camping Trip! no cell service

*If my chars miss an important meeting or something consider them sick or busy. Tarnish can be real sick as a pup and recover when I get back!