activity check

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ACTIVITY CHECK

SUBMISSION INFO

Activity Check consists of 20 comments between 2-3 threads. Furthermore, we will be asking for social link submissions.

Social link submissions are essentially a short writeup; please choose, at minimum, 2 pieces of CR in which your character has experienced some sort of shift in. By "shift", we mean anything as small as "my character now likes hanging out with A" to something more dramatic like "my character trusts A with their life". Negative shifts are also welcome! Just as long as something in your chosen pieces of CR has changed.

For September:

• If you submit 2 social link write ups, you will receive a reward from our character regains pool.
  
• If you submit 3+ social link write ups, you will receive either a Magic Ointment (forms a barrier that reflects all magic spells once) or a Physical Ointment (forms a barrier that reflects all physical attacks once).

Keep writeups to no more than 4 sentences.

AC is due on the last day of each month. We will not be issuing official reminders, and those who fail to make AC will be swept.

Please follow the example in the comments on how to submit your activity!

<b>Character:</b> <b>Thread 1:</b> <a href="LINK">Thread</a> (# of comments) <b>Thread 2:</b> <a href="LINK">Thread</a> (# of comments) <b>Thread 3:</b> <a href="LINK">Thread</a> (# of comments) Delete if n/a <b>Social Link Section:</b> Please pick at minimum 2 pieces of CR, and include a writeup of no more than 4 sentences of how your CR with these characters has developed.

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[beautifulknight]

Argenti's Arc:

From afar exists a barren, cold ground;
Sighted closer are vermillion lights,
Roses blooming spectacularly in winter,
Defiant, bright, true, and anew.

Argenti started out in the game as someone who held firm to his beliefs in Idrila, as well as stringently yet ardently to his beliefs as a Knight of Beauty who walked his Path without ever dreaming of wavering. For him, he believed that this was the happiest he has ever been in his entire life compared to those days when he was aimless and lost when he had been so young. He continued in his usual manner, bubbly and friendly, immediately a number of fast friends upon his arrival, as well as generally anticipating that he would wind up exactly that. He began to even picture himself as someone that could essentially assist others in need, and quietly even began gaining intel on everyone's perspective towards the Goddess so that he could understood everyone's feelings better, as well as serve as another intermediary just to gain answers.

Though, these plans were essentially suddenly dashed in the wake of his murder wherein Ushirono Fuyu admitted to grisly crimes as well as other matters that made him realize he had to kill him in accordance to his duty as a Knight of Beauty. The man knew he had to own up to what he had done immediately, expecting answers of only two kinds:

Approval or disapproval. But, while he anticipated distrust, he did not understand the reason for being considered a potential threat or worse, and in the aftermath he considered that he was not one for working in groups, causing him to enter into a period of Self-Reflection. Yet, in the wake of all this, Palaces began to emerge, and a he suffered a great loss in the form of a friend in a way that gave him a heavy reminder that left him severely aggrieved, and feeling lost. Even before he was influenced, the doubt in himself was growing naturally, and he was feeling frustrated, yet helpless. Then he got a Palace of his own on top of this, which teared into him while he was emotionally fragile, leaving him a mess by the time people came to save him. Yet, in the wake of that, he realized that even knowing all that he is, and seeing the darkness in his heart, people still considered earnestly that he could still be beautiful. To care for him while knowing him. That the feeling that he would turn into a monster wasn't inevitable, that he had not been failing Idrila all along.

And slowly, his own perspective began to change. He still fervently believes in Idrila, but he feels that this Path he walks as a Knight of Beauty has altered, those thin shackles left behind - not in obvious ways, yet he will not do as he did before...

He would not die for Idrila. But he will show to this Aeon of Beauty, how his new outlook on the Path of Beauty looks in a world far away from his universe, as after all, he knows his life will be inexorably connected to the Aeon no matter where he is. Yet, now he knows he doesn't need to hide all the smaller, unrefined portions of himself; he knows he can enjoy himself, he can make mistakes like everyone else and not be damned for it, he can live freely and indulge like other people without facing judgment. He knows he need not live a solitary existence where hands can no longer reach him, and most important of all, he can choose love freely, and earnestly.

This is his new chapter, and though Argenti does not know its ending, as well as the fact that he feels he is still at times finding his footing, he already has witnessed its beginnings, feeling steadier than even before. Yes, like a rose in winter, he will rise!

[linkupmods]

Phoenix calls to you...

Argenti has been granted the following skill:

A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN OF BELOVED COMRADES: With a wave of his hand, Argenti can summon a garden that appears beneath his enemies on the battlefield. Psy-infused flowers bloom around them, one flower for every social link he has. The flowers will also be different colors, representing each of his comrades. They will poison enemies with psy damage, and Argenti can finish off this skill with a giant swipe of his spear, dealing severe multi-target psy damage all around. The flowers will break apart into petals that will swirl around Argenti for the rest of the turn. Aesthetic is important.

Additionally, you will receive an outfit upgrade upon summoning your Persona! The design is entirely up to you and is purely cosmetic.

This will come into play effective 10/26.