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 ==Audits==
-In the interest of lightening application processing strictness, MCM has updated its audit policy. Core to this policy should be the understanding that your approved content is not sacred, and once-approved doesn't mean always or interminably approved. Approved characters may be subject to audits for a variety of reasons, a non-comprehensive list of which can be found below.
+Approved characters may be subject to audits for a variety of reasons, a non-comprehensive list of which can be found below.
 # '''Honest Mistakes''': If you forget something in the application process, it's a pretty simple request to get it fixed in post-approval. This might be a forgotten advantage, missing background information, etc.

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 # '''Honest Mistakes''': If you forget something in the application process, it's a pretty simple request to get it fixed in post-approval. This might be a forgotten advantage, missing background information, etc.
 # '''Policy Adjustment''': A policy adjustment audit occurs when the MUSH's existing ruleset is changed or adjusted and characters fall out of compliance with those rules. All characters are expected to comply with all policies and nearly all rule changes that require player edits will come with a sunset period that policy audits should be filed.
-# '''Traps of Ignorance''': Because we allow a large amount of variety and extremely quick-and-dirty integration of new source materials, staff is frequently ignorant of content that is being applied for. Sometimes applicants are themselves ignorant of the same, and on rare occasion somebody has been deliberately deceitful. Staff reserves the right to adjust characters and themes that are approved from a position of ignorance, particularly if that ignorance lead to the character(s) or theme(s) being granted undue advantage or otherwise being abusive.
+# '''Traps of Ignorance''': Because we allow a large amount of variety and extremely quick-and-dirty integration of new source materials, staff is frequently ignorant of content that is being applied for. Staff reserves the right to adjust characters and themes that are approved from a position of ignorance, particularly if that ignorance lead to the character(s) or theme(s) being granted undue advantage or are otherwise being abusive.
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 # '''Honest Mistakes''': If you forget something in the application process, it's a pretty simple request to get it fixed in post-approval. This might be a forgotten advantage, missing background information, etc.
-# '''Policy Adjustment''': A policy adjustment audit occurs when the MUSH's existing rule set ceases to allow certain advantages, or changes the rules under which such advantages operate. All PCs who have such advantages are simply required to comply with current policy, which usually just involves adhering to the new rules regardless of what your current +adv say.
+# '''Policy Adjustment''': A policy adjustment audit occurs when the MUSH's existing ruleset is changed or adjusted and characters fall out of compliance with those rules. All characters are expected to comply with all policies and nearly all rule changes that require player edits will come with a sunset period that policy audits should be filed.
 # '''Traps of Ignorance''': Because we allow a large amount of variety and extremely quick-and-dirty integration of new source materials, staff is frequently ignorant of content that is being applied for. Sometimes applicants are themselves ignorant of the same, and on rare occasion somebody has been deliberately deceitful. Staff reserves the right to adjust characters and themes that are approved from a position of ignorance, particularly if that ignorance lead to the character(s) or theme(s) being granted undue advantage or otherwise being abusive.
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 # '''Honest Mistakes''': If you forget something in the application process, it's a pretty simple request to get it fixed in post-approval. This might be a forgotten advantage, missing background information, etc.
 # '''Policy Adjustment''': A policy adjustment audit occurs when the MUSH's existing rule set ceases to allow certain advantages, or changes the rules under which such advantages operate. All PCs who have such advantages are simply required to comply with current policy, which usually just involves adhering to the new rules regardless of what your current +adv say.
 # '''Traps of Ignorance''': Because we allow a large amount of variety and extremely quick-and-dirty integration of new source materials, staff is frequently ignorant of content that is being applied for. Sometimes applicants are themselves ignorant of the same, and on rare occasion somebody has been deliberately deceitful. Staff reserves the right to adjust characters and themes that are approved from a position of ignorance, particularly if that ignorance lead to the character(s) or theme(s) being granted undue advantage or otherwise being abusive.
 # '''Disciplinary''': A disciplinary audit occurs when someone is abusive with their character's approved advantages. Examples include using advantages that were explicitly denied in the upgrade process, and a very versatile character making a habit of flaunting their ability to have Everybody's Schtick at every opportunity.

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 In the interest of lightening application processing strictness, MCM has updated its audit policy. Core to this policy should be the understanding that your approved content is not sacred, and once-approved doesn't mean always or interminably approved. Approved characters may be subject to audits for a variety of reasons, a non-comprehensive list of which can be found below.
-'''Honest Mistakes''': If you forget something in the application process, it's a pretty simple request to get it fixed in post-approval. This might be a forgotten advantage, missing background information, etc.
+# '''Honest Mistakes''': If you forget something in the application process, it's a pretty simple request to get it fixed in post-approval. This might be a forgotten advantage, missing background information, etc.
-'''Policy Adjustment''': A policy adjustment audit occurs when the MUSH's existing rule set ceases to allow certain advantages, or changes the rules under which such advantages operate. All PCs who have such advantages are simply required to comply with current policy, which usually just involves adhering to the new rules regardless of what your current +adv say.
+# '''Policy Adjustment''': A policy adjustment audit occurs when the MUSH's existing rule set ceases to allow certain advantages, or changes the rules under which such advantages operate. All PCs who have such advantages are simply required to comply with current policy, which usually just involves adhering to the new rules regardless of what your current +adv say.
-'''Traps of Ignorance''': Because we allow a large amount of variety and extremely quick-and-dirty integration of new source materials, staff is frequently ignorant of content that is being applied for. Sometimes applicants are themselves ignorant of the same, and on rare occasion somebody has been deliberately deceitful. Staff reserves the right to adjust characters and themes that are approved from a position of ignorance, particularly if that ignorance lead to the character(s) or theme(s) being granted undue advantage or otherwise being abusive.
+# '''Traps of Ignorance''': Because we allow a large amount of variety and extremely quick-and-dirty integration of new source materials, staff is frequently ignorant of content that is being applied for. Sometimes applicants are themselves ignorant of the same, and on rare occasion somebody has been deliberately deceitful. Staff reserves the right to adjust characters and themes that are approved from a position of ignorance, particularly if that ignorance lead to the character(s) or theme(s) being granted undue advantage or otherwise being abusive.
-'''Disciplinary''': A disciplinary audit occurs when someone is abusive with their character's approved advantages. Examples include using advantages that were explicitly denied in the upgrade process, and a very versatile character making a habit of flaunting their ability to have Everybody's Schtick at every opportunity.
+# '''Disciplinary''': A disciplinary audit occurs when someone is abusive with their character's approved advantages. Examples include using advantages that were explicitly denied in the upgrade process, and a very versatile character making a habit of flaunting their ability to have Everybody's Schtick at every opportunity.
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 # '''Aging:''' In themelists where the age bracket of a cast is integral to its genre and sufficient aging of said cast would result in a major shift in tone, we typically permit players of those characters to fudge the relation between real time passed and their character's age and to generally mumble into the back of their hand when their exact age comes up, so that they are not beholden to a strict countdown of playability. It should be noted that this isn't some mechanic of the Multiverse, but a courtesy we extend on a case by case basis, and may be altered when a character has been played for a sufficiently lengthy period of time.
 # '''Running Gags''': Nobody wants to hear 'The Cake Is A Lie' for the entirety of their run playing GLaDOS. Go easy on running gags / memes associated with played characters.
 ==Character Consent==

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 # '''Disadvantage Consent''': Disadvantages are not an opt-in (or opt-out) situation for characters. They are an explicit consent given for the character to be interacted with in a certain way that is not advantageous for them.
 # '''Plot Consent''': Plots may require participants to waive their right to various levels of consent. Your right to a consensual death may not be waived in this way. Players must be made aware of the broad plot risks before they enter a plot or scene.
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 # '''Character Death:''' Permanent damage or death to a character is consent-based. Unless you do something outrageously stupid, your character won't die without your say-so. In the case of '''FCs''' and '''OFCs''' you will be expected to have discussed the matter with Staff and your cast mates in advance, and it may not always be acceptable for a character to be permanently removed from play in a given theme listing. Staff has discretion in revoking your right to consent.
-# '''The Tiger's Mouth''': If you put your personal state at issue (placing your head in a tiger's mouth), you are explicitly ceding some amount of consent. If you get into a fight, you're implicitly giving consent to get hurt and can't invoke consent to avoid losing.  Extreme actions can result in more extreme losses of consent.
+# '''The Tiger's Mouth''': If you put your character's state at issue (placing their head in a tiger's mouth), you are explicitly ceding some amount of consent. If your character gets into a fight, you're implicitly giving consent to get hurt and can't invoke consent to avoid losing.  Extreme actions can result in more extreme losses of consent.
 # '''Disadvantage Consent''': Disadvantages are not an opt-in (or opt-out) situation for characters. They are an explicit consent given for the character to be interacted with in a certain way that is not advantageous for them.
 # '''Plot Consent''': Plots may require participants to waive their right to various levels of consent. Your right to a consensual death may not be waived in this way. Players must be made aware of the broad plot risks before they enter a plot or scene.