As stated in the Calendar, there's an event beginning tomorrow right now!

What is it, you ask?

Well, what kind of holiday would it be without...

MISTLETOE!

( Event details! )

Any questions, comments or concerns can go here!

~ Rivelata Mod-Elves

Massive powerouts all across the area and a resulting disabling of home internet more or less guarantee my absence until mid-next-week. My apologies to everyone, but particularly those with whom last month's plots are ongoing. ;o; This affects Robin, Roy, and Anthy.

Bell, Michael, Liz: please please don't wait up for Robin in the Sylar entrapment. Lord knows Wing's been in the clink long enough already. He's a busy bird, swooping around Split Lane and the slums these days.
Adri, Caitlin, Liz again: thanks for your ongoing patience with Roy's dithering. I think the bookstore is the only overdue plot point? Trying to catch up thar now. Is there anywhere else he needs to be?
Robin, Adri again: Anthy will play housewife while she resituates and figures her shit out. It's probably not healthy. She will quietly reject all gifts or lendings from Rangiku- but as a plot point that can wait, right.

Much love from nowhere land.

I return, Sort of.

My Dad attempted to fix my computer, but he and his nerdy friend got lazy[read: they couldn't fix the mess I'd caused and/or got sick of it] and decided to just REFORMAT THE WHOLE DAMN THING and stick windows back on it because it made their lives easier. So I've spent since then re downloading all my programs on to it.

Unfortunately, this month is also black-listed at work in regards to taking time off, and they are upping hours so that we are now open +3 more hours on average each day. THIS MEANS THAT... I will be around a lot, lot less. Until the end of this madness, I'll be laying low and my characters may not be around as much as they used to.

I've also dropped Maka Albarn[falce], to lighten my load and so I could concentrate on Characters I actually had the desire to continue playing. ;; She's disappeared. </3 I'm still all over the place today from working and tons of crap to do tonight, but I will try and have the HMD up in a few hours. ♥

Why hello, Rivelata (~._.)~

Adri here, with number six! Or, um, five. I'm going to be dropping Kaelis since I rather shamefully do nothing with her, although on the off-chance anyone wanted to do something with her before I do, feel free to let me know. Otherwise she'll be losing her journal sometime this week, maybe to make a return when I am better at developing my own characters XD

Anyway, THIS FABULOUS LADY is one Teresa of the Faint Smile, of Claymore, also known as A God Damn God Mode. If you would like to read her app, please proceed thus.

The other losers I play are a girl prone to melodrama, a misunderstood and adorable stalker, some knightly guy and an alcoholic death god.

Oh and she is taken post Bandit Culling, but pre-Priscillarama.

Okay, everyone. This is a little late, but I would appreciate it if everyone could tell me which memory/item/type of ornament they received from Hannike, as a point of reference for when she responds to them. ♥ I don't want to keep making vague responses to people, since she's a goddess and all, and would know.

Also, despite her trolling and politely asking people to introduce themselves, as a god she does know everyone's name/history/what have you, but if you're not cool with her knowing this, let me know! I don't plan on abusing the information at all, so don't worry about that. She is also in the habit of threadjacking, so if you don't want that, let me know that as well.

She'll be around this whole month and it would really up her opportunity to troll/love you and yours during the holiday if I had this information, so thanks in advance.

I know I've been failing recently and I guess this is an announcement for a sorta slow-atus.

Anyway, I know there's the whole Sylar fight and capture that is supposed to have happened a while ago and I am so sorry I've delayed it.

If one of you guys could set it up I'll try to respond as soon as I am able! I'm good with absolutely anything you guys come up with!

And if I owe tags anywhere then please respond here or send me a message at my aim quietknowitall. I should always be mobile so message me whenever and I'll respond as soon as I can.

Sorry again...

Eh, I'm sorry for disappearing completely, but life ambushed me and now I'm facing a move like.... tomorrow? >.> And so, I need to pack up stuff and still take care of busy job plus Christmas-y stuff. Which makes me really damn busy.

I'm going to hiatus now, and probably be at it until the end of this month. ;o; Unless some strange miracle comes to save my ass from some of this stuff.

--Piipa

I've been really slow lately and terrible with replies because of going back and forth between states, and now I've caught a cold and a ton of work is piling up. This isn't a hiatus, as I should be fine in a bit, just a notice sort of thing that I probably won't be very active for the next few days and SORRY! for the past inactive days as well. This will affect Dash [thedashing] (but not for long!).

Hurrah hurrah, Rivelata,

I just finished sending out the Secret Santa assignments, so hopefully you all got them! But if there is a problem somewhere, just message me on AIM at Dances to Metal or email me at royal.sugarcube@gmail.com. I'll do what I can to straighten out the kinks!

Also, if you're late to the party and wanna play around too, then don't fret just yet. :c ♥ If you haven't signed up already and want to participate, then just let me know. If there's a chance to assign you to someone else who wants to join in late too or something, I'll definitely try to fit you in! I can't promise anything, of course, but I just wanted to keep this option open for everyone. Since well, Christmas is all about fun and giving and all that, right?

But yeah, thank you all for participating, and sorry about the little delay!

Now. Get to it, everyone! ♥

ALSO, A QUICK NOTE: Maybe a little more personal than the Secret Santa fun, but, if you want a Christmas card from yours truly, then make your way to this post here! And if you wanna send me a card too, just poke me about it. c:

ACTIVITY CHECK TIME

It's time for Rivelata's monthly activity check.

- The check is open December 1st-8th.
- The two links posted for each character must be dated at least one week apart.
- If any given character fails to complete one half of the activity check by the end of the week, they will be marked as Inactive December 9th.
- If the Inactive character has already failed the previous activity check, or fails both halves they will be removed from the game on December 9th.
- If you were on hiatus for one of the two periods examined by the Activity Check, post a link to your Hiatus comment from the Hiatus/Drop page where you would normally link a character's activity.

In order for your activity to be considered valid for the check, you may use:

*** a journal entry in rivelata
*** a log entry in rivelatalogs
*** a comment to an entry in rivelatalogs (posted within the specific period's timeframe; the log that is being replied to can be older)
*** a quicklog entry in rivelatalogs OR a direct link to a comment thread in a quicklog entry involving your character, where your character has commented AT LEAST 5 times (all 5 comments must contain text). Only one quicklog per character is allowed to be used for activity checks.
*** a direct link to a comment thread or entry in rivelata involving your character where your character has commented AT LEAST 5 times (all 5 comments must contain text)

Please include all of your characters in one comment by copying & pasting the character section as many times as necessary. (See the example if there is any confusion.)

ACTIVITY CHECK FORM
<b>Player:</b> Name <b>Character:</b> Name <b>Character journal:</b> <lj user="default"> <b>Link to Activity for Period 1:</b> <a href="LINK">[activity type]</a> (Date of activity in MM/DD format) <b>Link to Activity for Period 2:</b> <a href="LINK">[activity type]</a> (Date of activity in MM/DD format) <b>Previous Maximum Character Slots:</b> <a href="LINK">[link]</a>

Note: if your character application was approved within 2 weeks from the end of the previous month (on November 14th or later) then they are exempt from requiring 'activity', but you should still respond here with a link to your character's application instead.

ACTIVITY CHECK FORM
<b>Player:</b> Name <b>Character:</b> Name <b>Character journal:</b> <lj user="default"> <b>Link to application:</b> <a href="LINK">Application Here</a> (Date of approval in MM/DD format)

PLEASE LEAVE A LINK TO THE COMPLETED ACTIVITY CHECK AT THE END OF YOUR APPLICATION IN THE "NOTES" SECTION WHEN APPLYING.

Any questions, comments or concerns about the Activity check can be directed to one of the moderators personally, or sent to the moderator email: rivelata[at]gmail[dot]com.

Hi everyone! I should have posted a little reminder for the Secret Santa earlier, but I got caught up in work so it completely slipped my mind. And since we only have ten people signed up so far, I'm gonna say that I'll hand out assignments tomorrow night (December 1st). It's totally completely optional, but it's a fun festive thing to do and it'd be wonderful to see you guys having fun and spreading Christmas joy if you're up to it. ♥

Secret Santa post is here!

Also; don't be afraid that you have to give your address or physically send someone something. As I said before, that part is completely optional! You could just give/receive things over the internet like stories, pictures, playlists, etc. Be creative! Just because they didn't cost anything doesn't mean they don't mean anything. And if you really honestly don't have the time or drive to participate, that's okay (and sorry if it looks like I'm being pushy at all ;o;), but I just think it'd be awesome if more people joined in!

And uh.

A la last year's reminder, Bonus Techno/Dance Christmas Song: Christmas Tree - Lady Gaga

Love you guys. ♥!

A surprise this week, guys! This marks December 1st's event. :3

( Weather! )

Any questions, comments or suggestions?

- Robyn and the Technimodlar Modcoats

First event of the season, gaiz! Apologies for the minor delay.

( Details! )

This event begins today and lasts until midnight, December 1st. Long enough for everyone to get one gift.

Hope everyone enjoys the first event of December! Remember to check the Calendar for more clues.

- Robyn, on behalf of the moderators

Oh hay kids, I been so out of it lately it took me all month to realize I never bothered 'splaining exactly what Kaylee's been up to during this icky hiatus thing. MUN FAIL orz

Just assume she's been laying low what with the business susplodings and the people-munchings. She'll be back within a day, hopefully.

Missed you, Rivelata ♥ (~ ; 3 ;)~

So, today is just clearly not my day, you see, because I woke up and while all seemed fine and dandy, my computer had other plans. It decided to get a virus, and it decided to completely fuck itself over six ways from Sunday. I don't know why, but my computer seems to really like doing this to itself. Even Safe Mode is screaming for mercy and refusing to let me touch it.

So, I'm calling a hiatus -- Just In Case. Because while I do have my netbook, using it becomes a pain in the ass really fast, and I don't enjoy using it for long periods of time. Chances are, I'll still be on AIM, just loathing this 4gig piece of crap and avoiding it until I have tags.

I'll probably remain active in remaining logs, just because I don't like leaving them hanging, but otherwise I will probably be very scarce until my dear Father decides to come home from the Sand Camp to fix my computer. ;;

( Who this effects... )

o/ Here's hoping this wont last long.

Hey kiddos!

I'm leaving for Japan along with missamerikka (Tieria, Rip Van Winkle & Peter Pan mun). So we won't be around but until December the 14th or so. I'll try and reply to any responses whenever I have a chance to go online- if not as soon as I come back.
Hope you guys had a happy Thanksgiving!

Ele

Hey everyone.

Ali here.

Most of you guys know that here in Americaland, today is our traditional day to give thanks for the things we're grateful for. Or, you know. Show gratitude for the things we're thankful for. This usually includes sitting around a table and stuffing our faces with huge amounts of food and turkey skin. I don't know how that shows thanks, but whatever.

ANYWAY, THE POINT OF THIS IS:

HAPPY THANKSGIVING. I'm thankful for each and every one of you, and I couldn't be happier and more grateful to have you all here. You all bring something special to Rivelata's table (except for the taters and waffles, because I bring the taters and waffles, so you all bring something else,) and it makes us a unique blend of SPECIAL AWESOME SNOWFLAKE.

YOOOOOOU LIGHT UP MY LIIIIFE BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAAAAH I DON'T KNOW THE REST OF THE LYRICS, but you get the point.

Thank you for making Rivelata the best RP I've ever been a part of and ever had the opportunity to mod. It wouldn't be as amazing as it is without you guys.

I love you GQMFERS. Never stop being awesome, or I'll have to cry.

Ali. ♥

p.s. I also bring the banana splits.

First, Happy Thanksgiving! Everyone enjoy the time with friends and family, and be gluttonous today!

Second (the actual reason I'm posting this), I'm home with my family for the next few days and the Internet is SUCK. Therefore, I'm stuck using my phone for more reliable Internet access (sad, isn't if?). That being said, I'll be super slow for the next few days. If there are logs that need my attention, it'll be a while before I can properly reply. Sorry in advance!

This affects Haruhi (reallyiamagirl) and Abel (fatherofmercy). If you need either of them (or me) for anything, you can contact me via AIM at StarDreamer2382.

On a side note: Mustang's body is at the morgue. Abel got him there... somehow... after his meeting with Rip. He's not posting anything about it because, circumstances being as they are with all the chaos, he doesn't want to ruffle any more feathers.