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REWARDS

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We have three tiers of rewards available, all of which have more information down below. Please fill out the appropriate forms (you may combine different tiers into one comment) and follow the formatting below.

TIER 1: COMMISSIONS

Completing commissions from the biweekly Job Boards count towards bonuses. All you need to do is have completed the commission, or have the thread be a total of 10 comments minimum (so at least 5 per character). In the case of the latter, it is okay if the commission is still in progress; as long as it's the focus of the thread and 10 comments in. You may give us multiple submissions for the same job, as long as they are with different characters.

Commissions are eligible for rewards up to 1 month after the commission was posted.

Rewards in this tier are generic items that come with effects upon usage/consumption, or generic items that feature your character in them in some capacity! Commission rewards may also occasionally include items that are specific or relevant to the commissions themselves. These commission-specific rewards will be given once per person, per commission, which means that you cannot earn the reward 3 times for submitting 3 threads involving the same commission.

Note: Your first commission turn-in for the month will net you some new abilities that you can play with! These would typically be given with AC, but redeeming commissions will enable you to play with these abilities a little earlier. This bonus will begin from the end of Week 2.

<b>COMMISSION SUBMISSION:</b> <a href=LINK>Commission Name</a>

TIER 2: PLAYER EVENTS/EXPLORATIONS

Player Events are defined as player-run events that are considered game-wide player plots. For example, a mingle, someone causing trouble for everyone in the dorms, breaking up a large fight -- anything big where the whole game can get involved. Smaller plots (i.e. ones that are for 3 people) do not count.

Explorations are defined as mod-run CYOAs (choose your own adventures) that may pop up throughout the course of the game.

Threads must be a minimum of 10 comments, one submission per event per player. For Player Events, event runners may submit their post/initial writeups for a reward in this tier.

Threads in this tier do not expire and will always be eligible for rewards.

Rewards in this tier are gacha items that were submitted to us through your applications.

<b>PLAYER EVENT/EXPLORATION SUBMISSION:</b> <a href=LINK>Here</a>

TIER 3: RANK 10 SOCIAL LINKS

This is meant to be a "late game" sort of reward tier (though these can be submitted at any time), in which both players must agree that their characters have "maxed out" their bonds. Maxing out doesn't necessarily need to be in a positive way; essentially, both parties must hit a point in their CR where they feel as though they have revealed as much about themselves to one another as they possibly could have, even if they both feel negatively about one another.

For positive CR, this may mean that characters trust one another completely; for negative CR, this may mean that a character understands how the other operates, but disagrees entirely with the other's ideology. We are pretty flexible on the reasoning behind achieving a Rank 10 Social Link, however, so don't worry too much about providing the "perfect reason". As long as both parties feel like they've established an extremely strong piece of CR, we'll likely count any reasoning towards the reward.

A reward for maxing out a social link is a custom ability that both parties will receive. There is no cap on submissions at this time, but both parties must be present in a battle to use the ability they have received.

Please follow the instructions in the form below when submitting for a Rank 10 reward.

<b>RANK 10 SUBMISSION:</b> Please give us, at minimum, 3 sentences on why your characters have reached Rank 10 in their social link. Please provide at least 1 thread for us to look at. There is no penalty for not writing more than 3 sentences. After the initial form submission, please ask the other half of your CR to reply to your comment with confirmation that you are both on the same page.

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ARGENTI & AARON

[beautifulknight]

RANK 10 SUBMISSION: Argenti's first meeting with Aaron was especially rocky - making for a difficult time when their initial talk was when Argenti announced he killed someone. Aaron was one of the few who had accused him that made him feel bad about some aspects he had handled, because he brought up very valid and fair points, even if he clearly disagreed with Aaron in the end to the point the interaction ended incredibly negatively. Next time he saw Aaron, he decided that despite the fact the man was not very happy to see him that he'd still treat him with respect - after all, he could tell that he was a good man at the very least. Even if things were still very tense, he learned Aaron could do teamwork decently, even with someone he disliked. Leading up to everything with Jordi where he actively kept a watch out for Aaron because he was starting to get himself targeted a lot - so incidentally a lot of his support actions went his way. And when Aaron asked him to hold a funeral for his dear friend Jordi, he accepted in a heartbeat (he was surprised he got asked though thought it was incidental) Next came everything with his Palace where...Aaron saw his worst, and he was generally confused as to why Aaron would bother. That remained until the end, though he started to see him as a good friend in his state of confusion. These feelings grew as they spent time in other Palaces or otherwise interacted in vague senses up - though the next biggest leap was when he witnessed Aaron in a great predicament wherein Argenti learned something exceptionally disturbing about him. Though despite that, he saw Aaron still as who he was - a dear friend who cared about others, and not what someone else tried to force him to be for their own designs. After the little chat, Argenti realized that he would also support Aaron deeply whenever he would need it, even if it meant going through the fiery pits of Gehenna (special mention goes to him finally making good on the ocarina challenge again Aaron)

Of course this is Argenti's side of things regarding how they managed to reach rank 10, but stay tuned for the rest!

THREAD: Row row a boat (dreamscape)

[imperiosity]

THIS ENDED UP SO LONG I'm sorry, but in summary:

Aaron's impression of Argenti was definitely in the pits after he confessed to Fuyu's murder, particularly since the forced honesty was a deliberate provocation by the God of Conflict, so he came out of that conversation feeling like the other man was short-sighted and reckless at best. Since it had also been their first time conversing, he was also reluctant to take Argenti's words and actions at face value, so he was inclined to keep a wary eye on him, largely because he didn't want a repeat incident occurring.

However, they ended up fighting together a couple times, mostly because of circumstance. The first was for a Nekyia commission and then there was what happened in Jordi's palace, and the latter is largely where he started reevaluating his opinion some. While he was still inclined to dislike the man, Aaron began to recognize that Argenti was a sincere person who cared for others, which was a large part of why he was the first option that came to mind for holding Jordi's funeral.

By the time Argenti went missing, Aaron had also been reassigned to room 301, so he noticed the absence right away. Although he still didn't really like Argenti, he wasn't inclined to leave it alone because of what happened with Jordi and Yoon. As such, his decision to get involved was due to wanting to screw over the God of Conflict more rather than anything else.

Then the actual palace happened!! He was initially inclined to treat it like business as usual, and while he did manage to see bits and pieces of Argenti's past, he still wasn't all that sympathetic... up until the final boss battle happened. In particular, the stage where Argenti's transformation resulted in him forgetting who he was reminded Aaron briefly of one of his own experiences, which motivated him to actually try and bring Argenti back to himself. The burn to his shitty ocarina playing ironically helped too, because it did stoke a feeling of friendly rivalry in him. Bonus points for also being where Fray/Argenti happened, so he could now tease them both about it!!!

Then what happened during memshare week was a big deal on Aaron's end, because Argenti got to see one of the lowest points in his life. A lot of what Argenti said paralleled a lot of what a close canonmate had told him, and this helped him break out of the memory and reaffirm his identity. And despite how Aaron tried to play it off, he was ultimately grateful that Argenti supported him and tried to remind him of who he was at every turn. I am also now proud to say he would now trust Argenti's discretion when it comes to murder targets, because sue him, he's biased!!

To cap it all off, they're coming full (or half, i guess) circle because the ocarina competition is Real and Aaron is going to do so good because I rolled a nat20. Like their CR, it's a wholeass turnaround from where they started!!!

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You feel as though your bond has become unbreakable...

Argenti and Aaron have learned the following skill:

MY HEART WILL GO ON Argenti can summon a unique pair of ocarinas Aaron and himself to play. They can play a duet in perfect harmony (yes, even Aaron sounds good here) and give themselves a defense buff, making it easier for them to tank hits. Both of their weapons also power up, and they can do a joint elemental, severe psy and wind attack on a single target. The attack can only be done once, but the defense buff will last for three turns before the ocarinas shatter.

OOCly, if Argenti and Aaron both choose to impale their enemy in the heart, roll with advantage and combine the highest numbers for your hit roll. 20 and above will be considered a crit. Anything under 20 (including anything 10 and lower) will be considered a regular hit.

This pair ability may be triggered by either party, and ended by either party. The ability takes effect the turn it is activated and cannot be used at the same time as any other Rank 10 pair ability involving Argenti or Aaron. It can only be used once per battle.