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Make sure to edit your post here when you get back saying that the absence is no longer in effect or post in maintenance to have the post deleted.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

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: 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: KatG6
Characters: everyone
Date leaving: pretty much since April
Date returning: hopefully here in a few months?
Why?: Kat is gonna have a baby! I'm about 7 months along now so we're getting very close to welcoming little baby boy <3 Very excited and nervous and so busy, I've never had so many appointments and meetings in my life, its really drained my desire to write. Hopefully that will all return not long after the baby arrives, but we shall see and I will keep everyone updated!

Type: uhhh scarcity? absence? both? not sure
Name: Jackal
Characters: all
Date leaving: 1/10
Date returning: eventually
Why?: Not really in a place to talk about it. All I'm going to disclose is that it's related to some serious trigger stuff.

UPDATED: 6/19

Type: Scarcity
Name: Bunni
Characters: All of them
Date leaving: 5/10
Date returning: Full return from Scarcity is around December
Why?:
I’m on a “permanent” scarcity because I need to focus on finishing up my last three classes so I can apply to graduate in September!
I am also pregnant, due at the of October, so my scarcity stretches until December during a rest & recuperate period. <3

Type: Scarcity
Name: Hermes
Characters: Andromeda, Athena, Calico Jack, Coho, Enki, Ezekiel, Fern, Gruesome, Haydée, Jericho, Kore, Malico, Merlin, Nolan, Oscar, Ricin, Seere, Sorcerer, Strix, Tove, Unagi, Wade, Zenith, Zion
Date leaving: Actually a couple weeks ago but just getting about to posting this
Date returning: Unknown
Why?: Have had a lot going on in my personal life. My father is in the hospital, fighting a life-threatening infection and my family has found ourselves without an income. My mother and I have been scrambling to make sure we have things covered and the stress has caused a stomach ulcer which makes it difficult to eat.

On top of all that, we found out today that we have 90 days to move out of the house we have been renting. So, the next 3 months will be hectic as we pack, try to find a place to live, and get everything wrapped up and done. I will still be around and Enki will be my main focus so that I can finish my alpha checks. I am very absent minded and encourage people to reach out and poke me if they need a reply quickly. I will do my best to get back to everyone in a timely manner! Please be patient with me as I try to navigate this rough patch in my life and please, reach out to me if you need anything. Thank you. <3

Type: Absence
Name: Iko
Characters: Toxicity, Sparrow
Date leaving: May 12
Date returning: June 10
Why?: Heading down to my hometown for a week then going to Japan for 3 weeks.

Type: Absence
Name: Beau-tifullyWritten
Characters: Gavoche II, Bellamy
Date leaving: 05/28/2024
Date returning: This weekend. The 1st or 2nd.
Why?: Stressed out. Health insurance is cutting me off because I make too much but I'm SMI (serious mental illness) so I'm just... very stressed out and going to be trying to make things work. Currently super overwhelmed and in panic mode.

Type: scarcity
Name: wicked
Characters: dismissive wanking gestures @ the database
Date leaving: 6/11
Date returning: 6/14
Why?: going to see a friend out of state

Type: Absence
Name: Tealah
Characters: All of them
Date leaving: Last week
Date returning: TBA
Why?: We aren't going to be able to get US phones until Friday at the earliest and our Starlink dish apparently got damaged in transit so I'll be back once all that is sorted.

Type: Absence
Name: Lunarcat7
Characters: -flails at DB-
Date leaving: June 25
Date returning: July 1
Why?: Camping Trip!

Type: Absence
Name: Dragon
Characters: All
Date leaving: 6/21
Date returning: 6/25
Why?: camping trip! Cell service is spotty at best at the lake so I won't be doing any posting

Type: Absence
Name: wicked
Characters: lmao
Date leaving: today
Date returning: idk
Why?: shit isn’t fun atm

Type: scarcity
Name: NachoMumma
Characters: all of them
Date leaving: like a month ago
Date returning: end of July
Why?: medical mystery stomach pain - booked for surgery towards the end of July, 40 puppies at work that need raisers and end of financial year shenanigans at work. Another projected 40 puppies expected August/September and heavy reliance on volunteers to raise them. Blood pressure has been all over the place since covid.

Mod and pups will be priority but please do slide into my DMs if something is owing for more than 2 weeks. I’m limited to posting on the weekends but the next couple are school holidays so I need to fit some time in with my kids too!

Type: Absence
Name: Virgil
Characters: All of them! (Aethon, Chuhai, Clover, Deion, Indica, Nao, Nimbus, Pontifex, Stratum, Valerian)
Date leaving: 5 July
Date returning: 9 July
Why?: Headed out of town, won't be bringing laptop and won't really have time to look at discord/ardent/etc. while I'm away!