MOD UPDATE
Hi everyone! Your friendly mods are here to tell you some things.

-We have changed the character limit to three. Before it was two caste characters + pet were allowed per person, but now three characters in all are allowed, which can be two caste characters and a pet, or three characters from the castes.

-Speaking of characters, we will be having an activity check on or shortly after July 31. Here's how this is going to work. Everyone needs to comment to this entry to tell me they're still here and have read this. If you have not commented to this by the 31st AND are marked inactive (that means no journal entry or log in the last two weeks) then you're automatically out. If you do comment here but are marked inactive, you'll be warned in the activity check and you have until August 7th to post up a log or journal entry for your character. If by August 7th you're still inactive, then you're out – EXCEPT if you contact a mod before or on the 7th and explain your situation. If you're in the middle of a log that's going slow and you don't know if it'll be done by the 7th, contact a mod. Going on hiatus is another option.

-You all are aware, but may have forgotten, that we have a permanent How's My Driving? post! It's located right HERE and there hasn't been much activity on it. How about some people going and leaving constructive comments and/or criticism? The mods have also made an entry for the_police there, so you can comment on or criticize the community, how it's run, the plot, and whatever! Just remember to keep it constructive.

-The main storyline is controlled by the mods, but private storylines are not just EXTREMELY encouraged, they are required. It states in the rules that this is a character-run community, so please don't wait around for mod-run events and do little else with your character. Sakura-mun made an open thread for third district characters to reply to (located HERE), and only one did. If you don't like that thread, please think up ways to start your own character-run threads or events (contact a mod before you post them). The event Ino-mun did with the matchmaking ad was a success – that is an example of a character-run event. The mods are more than willing to help you out, too.

-So let me draw your attention to this entry HERE. It's another way to contact the mods for any reason, including pitching event ideas, yay!

-There's also an entry that I think everyone's forgotten, and it's not mandatory to comment there, but just in case, HERE is a page where you can say what's up with your character so far plot-wise. Say what they've been up to, or what they think of other characters … basically anything.

And last but not least, just some updates about the IC climate of The City!

Since Naruto and Masenshi have given each other messages, a few things have happened:
-There are more guards by every entrance to the first district, and they are IDing EVERYONE. If anyone tries to get through without talking to the guards, they will be arrested, no matter who they are.

-Work and all other types of visas are going to be handed out on a much stricter basis. Work visas will be re-checked and some may be revoked if they look at all suspicious.

-Absolutely NO dirt-hairs are allowed in the first district except pets, all of whom will be given background checks. Making stray dirt-hairs from the third district pets is now illegal. All dirts arrested will be processed in the second district – AND executed there.

-More police in the second and third districts, doing raids and trying to find information on Masenshi. There will be no killings except in self-defense (and self-defense must be proven with evidence), as ordered from Naruto Namikaze, but injuring dirt-hairs is not against the rules. Police are told to keep their hands off of people who cooperate, however.

Questions/comments? And don't forget to check in to tell me you're around!