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Make sure to edit your post here when you get back saying that the absence is no longer in effect or post in maintenance to have the post deleted.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

Edit 10/29

Type: Absence until mid-november probably, then scarcity until end of December/early January at the earliest
Name: skelle
Characters: all of them
Date leaving: 10/3
Date returning: possibly november whenever morte and phantasm are born, but I will likely remain scarce for a while.
Why?: I need a mental break from the chat and ardent as a whole. Unfortunately, I have found ardent to be quite stressful lately and I need time to step back and focus on other projects and hobbies. Once I do return, I will be scarce due to the holiday season picking up as November and December are exhausting months for groomers and my hands often don't function well, if at all really, after work during the holiday season.

I will only be handling event posts and widows birthing thread until then. If a mandatory pack thing happens between now and mid-november, please DM me and I will do my best but this is exactly the stress I'm trying to avoid right now. The event is enough stress as it is.

Type: Scarcity
Name: NachoMumma
Characters: All
Date leaving: 10/10
Date returning: Probably Christmas
Why?: Work/study load. I will post when i can (my Sunday/everyone else’s Saturday is probably best bet) lots of 6 day work weeks, 40 puppies to find carers for and 2 courses that finish in December. If I am needed, tag me or send me a DM on discord and i will prioritise. Will have a 5 day weekend early November, but then back to the grind.

Type: absence
Name: Bunni
Characters: Audra, Bramble, Celeste, Ghoul, Gilgamesh, Kuroo, Rheum, Scald, Tenshi
Date leaving: 11/28
Date returning: 1/16
Why?: I have finals this week (ending 12/2) that I need to study for, work is going to be slightly busy for the Christmas season, and my child is due sometime basically between next week and Christmas. So from feeling like shit and being busy, my posting will be scarce. I'll attempt to keep up on alpha posts, but once the child is here, I'll be changing to a full Absence until at least January.

Update: thought I could handle a scarcity until babe arrives, but my emotional tolerance for hormones or literally anything has hit an all time low. so after a weekend of literal nonstop crying and sciatic nerve pain keeping me in bed, I'll be on absence until at least the new year when I can function closer to a normal human being again. I hope to still participate in Ardmas though once it begins so I can try to slip in some phone posts as I enjoy the holidays with ya'll. <3

New Update: really struggling personally with the whole being a new mom thing so need some more time to myself. hope to be back soon.

Type: Scarcity
Name: Talia
Characters: All
Date leaving: Now
Date returning: Probs until January if I’m being realistic
Why?: Started new job, they really need me to work at least a few times a week and on some weekends and I am also still in my full-time grad program.

(Previous messages can be deleted I will update this one once I'm back)

Type: Absence
Name: Lolaf
Characters: Lots
Date leaving: 01/12/2023
Date returning: Tentatively 01/19/2023
Why?: Mostly posting this as an update to just say I'm taking a full absence for about a week, slight updates are that I've officially gotten an ADHD diagnosis as of literally yesterday, so now there's a bunch more stuff I gotta do to try and make sure I'm getting accommodations plus a few other related health things I need to deal with... Which kinda came at a bad time since I'm in the middle of planning stuff for my Birthday and figuring out scheduling with friends and family and I'm just very overwhelmed with all the things suddenly on my plate and I know I've not been around much already but I basically need to trick my brain into not thinking about Ardent for a week so I can stop considering it one of the things on my plate by making an official absence post.

Type: Scarcity / Extreme Scarcity
Name: Beau-tifullyWritten
Characters: Everyone except Bellamy, for the most part.
Date leaving: Some time ago.
Date returning: This... is a good question...
Why?:

Sooo as I'm sure most of you know by now I suffer from mental disorders, specifically Bipolar II and PTSD. The biggest hump for me, and always has been, is the depression that comes with Bipolar II. It can severely hit my motivation and ability to do anything. At best it causes me to be slow with creative things I enjoy and I can only do a little bit each day. At worst, where it is currently, I can go days without doing much of anything creatively, and struggle to get on my computer. I can also barely game, and generally not for long. Unfortunately, this means the medication we thought would work, as I was on it before, is not effective. I've had more days of sleeping and sleeping longer since I had the medication change. I have always had treatment-resistant conditions, particularly for depression, and I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel on what medications are left. To my knowledge, we have one newer medication to try but that... might be it. I've been on 20-30 different things easily since I was a teen and the periods I get like this is getting steadily worse. When I hit these bad lows it is nearly impossible to force anything, even things I like, so I ask that folks please bear with me. I don't like me being slow any more than you guys do.

That said, I will be prioritizing certain things. Bellamy's alpha posts will be first and foremost, followed by any pack meetings or mandatory training threads. From there, I will be prioritizing any seasonals I have started for Winter, as well as skill threads, and pack activity threads with non-skill-based interactions coming in last. I deeply apologize to anyone this affects. Please know I am trying.

Type: Scarcity into possible absence
Name: Hermes
Characters: Andromeda, Athena, Caladia, Calico Jack, Enki, Eulogy, Fern, Haydée, Keahi, Kore, Malico, Oscar, Ricin, Seere, Strix, Terra, Tove
Date leaving: 1/28
Date returning: Anywhere between tomorrow to 2 weeks (or more)
Why?: My mental health has been suffering and, last week, we learned that my family's senior cat, Natalie, was in renal failure. Yesterday, we helped her to transition to the rainbow bridge and now have to try and figure out life without her in it. She was with us for 16 years and it is hitting me really hard. I have ups and downs an, right now, have some days were I feel like writing and will do my best to keep up on posts. If anyone really wants/needs a reply to a thread please let me know.

Type: Absence
Name: Lunarcat7
Characters: -points to PD-
Date leaving: February 9th
Date returning: February 16th
Why?: Ski trip

Type: Scarcity
Name: Talia
Characters: All
Date leaving: 2/9
Date returning: Not sure
Why?: Basically working full-time rn but I start clinical rotations through the laboratory at the end of the month, which are 5 days a week. I am also a student in the med lab program and an expected to work on lectures in tandem with my rotations. Basically leaves precious little time to roleplay, much less the motivation to do so. I’ll do my best though.

(Please do not delete older scarcity notice as this is a temporary full absence)

Type: Absence
Name: Lolaf
Characters: Too many
Date leaving: 02/15/2023
Date returning: 02/28/2023
Why?: Going out of town for the weekend, we're leaving on Thursday and will likely be back on the Monday but saying Tuesday just in case.

Type: Absence
Name: Beau-tifullyWritten
Characters: All.
Date leaving: 2/22/2023
Date returning: 2/28/2023
Why?: Need to focus on a couple time sensitive commissions due by the end of the month. Six of them, actually. I also start my new job on Tuesday so I want to make sure I take care of those obligations before I go in. If there are any training threads / etc waiting on me I will hit those as soon as I return!

Type: Scarcity
Name: Indie
Characters: All
Date leaving: Honestly, like two weeks ago.
Date returning: As soon as I can.
Why?: Sorry to be vague. I've been struggling with mental health stuffs. I'm doing better, and am at the beginning of the uphill swing. I just wanted this to be here in case anyone was wondering what happened. I know it's late to post, but last week it was making me anxious to even think about coming back to say something- hiding from discord and all that. I know I've dropped the ball on some of the seasonals I'm a part of- they will be my priority today. But bear with me as I slowly pull things back together. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Type: Absence
Name: RelevantKoala
Characters: All
Date leaving: Mar 1st
Date returning: Mar 7th (for the purposes of alpha check)
Why?: Medication side effects are killing me

I will probably be scarce after march 7th as well until my body levels things out.

Type: Absence
Name: sea
Characters: all
Date leaving:today
Date returning: 9th maybe? I'll post another if later
Why?: bereavement leave

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