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Welcome to September!! It's still warm in the south but I've convinced myself it's officially fall. Hopefully the weather gets the message soon, but I'm glad pumpkin flavored everything is now available. 

This month brings our first official site age-up and activity check! For all characters accepted before 8/5, please update their ages by one moon. If you made a character and they were accepted after 8/5, it is up to you whether or not you age them up unless they are an adoptable tied to another previously accepted character! If you aren't sure if you need to update your character's age, just reach out to staff and we will help.

If you have ages listed in your wanted ads, make sure to update those too! Once you have everything updated, please respond to this thread. This will serve as our activity check. No post requirements this time, even for high ranks! Please respond by 9/12 so that we can update anything needed by October. Members with current aways are exempt from this check and staff will age their characters for them after the 12th. If you are unable to age your characters, please post an away or message staff privately about your absence!

Erose and I also want to see if there is any interest if we hosted group movie nights or game nights. If this is something that tickles your fancy, just let us know in your response!

Just a short update this round, but we are excited to see all the new characters and ideas you all are continuing to bring to Whitewater! Happy plotting!