Kassia Anthis/ Kai Hanno

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Name: Kassia Anthis

Nickname: Kai Hanno. When she was taken from Olympus, her guardians stopped over in Radiant Gardens to rest for the night when they ran into a young girl by the name of Kairi. They shortened the name and decided to use it as Kassia's alibi.

Age: 18 but is commonly mistaken for 19-20.

Gender: Female

Species: Nymph (Darkness)

Position: Lawful Good

Powers/Abilities/Techniques/Skills:

Kai has a dormant ability to control darkness, but she does not know about it. It usually activates in moments of mental weakness, particularly during extremely bad nightmares. If her abilities were to activate, she would have the abilities of a wielder of darkness: the ability to open portals, have a small control over heartless, use darkness based attacks, and teleport.

Limitations and Drawbacks

Kai currently cannot use her abilities because they have not surfaced yet. The use of these abilities would affect her as it affected the other nymph. Every time she would use her abilities, the darkness would ebb away at her light and slowly her mentality too.

Weapons/Items:

Currently she carries around a large thick stick she pulled off of one of the “glowy” trees in Traverse Town because she does not know how to use any other weapon currently. It really is no more special than any other stick a person would get off of any other tree. She uses the stick similarly to a spear as she sharpened one end of it. In combat she’ll kind of haphazardly stab heartless in a much unfocused style.

Appearance:

Kai stands 5'8" and 135 pounds with a slight athletic frame. She is lean but due to her constant lack of intense exercise she carries a little bit of fat in her thighs and stomach. Kai has dark tan skin with a slight olive tint. Her face is an oval shape with a slight roundness to it, modest cheekbones that are high enough to give her a cute youthful look when she smiles, and almond shaped brown eyes all framed by shoulder length curly dark brown hair that has a red tint when sunlight hits it.
She usually wears fashionable clothes that allow her to move in case of a heartless attack. One day Kai would wear blue pinstripe jeans, a thigh length white mesh tank top, a blue and white floral blazer, and white combat boots. Another day she would wear a rich orange button-up shirt with the sleeved rolled up and tucked into a high-waisted navy blue scalloped-edge shorts, and clear loafers. Sometimes she would throw on an artsy t-shirt and jeans. As most people she does have lazy days but she will rarely be seen in sweats by the public.


Personality:
Kai is one of those people who appear more complex than they really are. She constantly tries to hide her faults and saddening emotions to keep other people from trying to comfort her. She is more a watcher than a doer, preferring to observe and learn about other people than talk with them. She feels as if there is something different about her and therefore has a need to understand what exactly differentiates her from them. As a way to hide her faults and emotions, she forces herself to have social moment so that people don’t suspect too much of her. Along this same train of thought, she does what is needed to make sure others are happy and in the dark about her own demons. She feels as if another person knew about her convictions, that person would then be burdened by them. She holds on to expressive things such as the fine arts and fashion to be able to express herself without openly noting what goes on within her mind. She doesn’t like dangerous situations but has been in enough to understand how to manage her fear.

Original World: Olympus
Current World: Traverse Town

History:
In Olympus there are women that are keepers of the different elements of the world. These nymphs, as they are called, are sought out by many for their powers. In the beginning there were only nymphs for the elements of nature. When Xehanort's experiments caused the surge of darkness in the worlds, the Gods created a nymph of darkness in hopes to keep the growing darkness at bay. For this nymph to be able to do her job, the woman would have to be of a good nature with almost non-existent amounts of darkness within her heart. This way her light would always fight the darkness within, allowing the nymph to control the darkness for the benefit of the people.

Unfortunately, the first nymph was driven into madness and eventually nothingness due to the constant battle of light versus darkness within herself. One day she met a young woman who was crying heavily on the bank of a stream. The young woman lost her entire family because of the darkness consuming their hearts. The two made a deal, her first-born for the young woman's family. The young woman already had her first-born, Kassia, who was five at the time. The nymph consumed the darkness within the family’s hearts but the young woman snuck out her daughter with two guardians. The young woman thought she had outsmarted the nymph, but unknown to everyone but the Gods and the nymph, the nymph was able to pass on her responsibilities and powers to Kassia. The Gods had seen the transaction and the deception and felt as if it was only fair to a woman that had bared so much upon her shoulders to pass on the power onto someone else as punishment for horrible actions. The nymph died before Kassia and her guardians could completely leave the small town her family lived in and the powers of Darkness passed onto the five year old. In the wake of Kassia’s hysteria from being suddenly separated from her family, she accidentally temporarily activated her powers and opened a portal to another world. From then she and her guardians, Edic and Desige, have traveled by stowing away on gummi ships and random activations of Kassia’s powers while sleeping, constantly on the move in hopes to never come in contact with the nymph again (even though she has already passed).

The group settled in Traverse Town due to its constant influx of travelers and lost souls. Here she started to learn how defend herself from her guardians as they now found it necessary for Kassia, now named Kai Hanno (after the group’s brief meeting with Kairi in Radiant Gardens), to be able to fight the heartless that run around.

Role Playing Sample:

Kassia, no, Kai walked around the semi-busy streets of Traverse Town. The neon lights, odd people, and dreary sky were, as usual, very different from her past worlds. She felt odd in a new world, again, with her new name. Ka-i. It didn’t roll off the tongue like Kassia but she figured it would do. ‘It’s for your safety!’ was what Edic would scream at her every time she forgot the foreign name, but she honestly tried and he could never stay mad at her for that.

The yellow flash of a Moogle Shop sign reminded her that she was still in motion almost smashing in the trunk of a tree. Kai was finally in her favorite part of Traverse Town, the far edge of the First district. There was this one spot, a wall that stood next to the gate to some other district people rarely visited. It was the only spot that she felt like Kassia, not Kai, not some runaway, not some sad excuse for a daughter who could not muster enough strength to see her family…That one wall, which emitted icy waves of air had a slight film of frozen ice that seemed to fill something within her. She fiddled with her trusty stick, its smooth bark also chilled by the frosty air. Every twist of the wood pricked Kai’s hand more, making her extremely aware of her surroundings. Not one soul had passed her in the last half-hour. Yes, the Zero-District was hidden, foreboding, and out-of-the-way, but that didn’t mean it was littered with danger. In fact, it was these reasons Kai felt at home in the district. She was able to settle into the isolation and emptiness of the area. These, almost dark, qualities comforted her to an extent she didn’t understand.

In fact, Kai didn’t understand why so many feared the darker things in life. To her, they were simply “things in life”, nothing more, nothing less. The scuffling of something put her on high alert; her other favorite place, the second district, was notorious for its heartless and nobody infestation and she had gotten used to being aware although the beings of darkness did not bother her as much as other people. However, it was just a lone sheet of paper, rustling around in the street.

Thank you for taking the time to read about Kassia/Kai!

[Era]

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Hello:
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Hello and welcome to World Destiny! Thank you for your interest here. We're glad you stopped by!

First of all, I apologize that no one has checked your profile yet. We've had a few things change hands lately, and that's why I am here today. =] I will be reviewing your profile. Feel free to ask questions or make comments with any concerns you may have.

I need to request changes to this character before I can approve Kassia for use on World Destiny, and they are as follows:

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Race, Alignment and History:
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I'm a little curious on this one. The entire character seems to be somewhat of a contradiction to herself. And while I understand that that may be intentional, what I've been Googling on Greek Mythology regarding Dark Nymphs are that they are: mischievous and ill-minded, they wish to harm people and generally are just plain bad eggs. I'm pretty sure your character isn't a bad egg, even if there's Darkness somewhere within her.

As far as Darkness goes, everyone tends to battle the Darkness within themselves. That's a general theme in Kingdom Hearts, and particularly World Destiny. While it's a good thing to have, I think it's very good you have that dynamic in your character. However I would like to see some sort of added difference that sets her slightly apart from the norm in regard to the battle going on within herself.

What if for example, she were a Light Nymph or even a regular Light-savvy Greek Human that was infused with a Darkness Seed by the Dark Nymph? Maybe that seed slowly grows within her each time she has to use the Light within herself to protect others? She would still be battling Darkness, but in a different way, and one that might make her have to make some important decisions.

Perhaps each time the seed grows, it becomes harder for her to resist the Darkness within? Maybe she thinks that eventually this will lead to her falling into completely Darkness?

Race Creation:
I'm a little fuzzy on this one. It seems that she was first a normal human, then infused with the darkness from the Nymph? (This could still play into the Darkness Seed concept previously mentioned).

I would tend to shy away from adding the Dieties of Olympus having direct play in it. The Darkness Nymph is enough of a antagonist / history maker itself, and the story is easier to understand.

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Nickname:
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Here on World Destiny Canon interactions are generally handled one of two ways:
1: Most commonly they are reserved for Roleplay threads once a character is accepted.

2: More rarely, a character interaction my be approved by the RolePlayer in possession of the character being mentioned.

In accordance with that standing, I must ask you to PM Kairi's RPer (Ellie) and ask her to approve of the interaction that takes place to create Kassia's nickname.

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Abilities:
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I think it's great that you have the drawbacks you've given her, as Darkness usually takes a toll on the heart. A lot of people forget to add drawbacks to their character, but drawbacks are what make the story more fun.

However, a few things I need to make a comment with, in accordance with how the site is run:

Heartless Control:
On World Destiny, Heartless Control is generally only reserved for the seriously evil people. What does a good person want with controlling Heartless, anyway?

Dark Portals:
Dark Portals are limited to only a few characters. (Mainly the Dark Twelve and Organization Thirteen), along with very few exceptions. I cannot approve this character without the removal of the Dark Portal ability.

Serving the use of transportation, we do have a Mognet: basically a series of teleportation crystals our characters can use to get around.

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Weapon:
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I am curious about her weapon, as cool as it seems. I am not recalling any trees in Traverse Town… unless you're talking about a lamp post? Otherwise I'm not seeing where she's getting this weapon from?

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Appearance:
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I applaud you for giving her multiple clothing choices! Many characters are stuck with one outfit, maybe two. So good job thinking outside the box.

Stemming off the Greek Mythology of Nymphs: why isn't she dressed like a Greek? It's okay if she isn't, but if she isn't, being a Greek-born creature, explain why.

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RP sample:
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I like your RP sample. It seems to check out story-wise. The only thing that would improve it are occasional paragraph breaks. (Both story and History).

I know I am asking for major revisions, and I am giving you two weeks to edit this character. Please post below if you need more time / with your progress and I will make sure to work with you, just respond and let me know what you need.

I look forward to approving Kassia some time! (And by the way, nice name choice!)
-Era

[Deleted]

Ok! First things first!
Thank you for reading my OC's profile!
I went ahead and added the paragraph breaks, but I will need an extra week (give or take) because AP Exams are coming up and I really need to study >.>
I'll update if I have some free time, but I hope that is fine with you.
The feedback is great and easily fixable for me ^o^
I did have one question though,
I understand the policy about Cannon characters, but I meant to say that the group only passed by Kairi as her name was being called out,no actual character to character interaction. Would that check out?

[Era]

I wanted to send you a quick note and let you know that the time you need is perfectly fine!

Study for those AP exams, and when you have time, you have time. =] Just check in with me again down the road.

I'll give you a more full answer regarding the nickname note which you clarified above within the next few days.

Kind regards,
~Era

[Bluebird]

Hey Kassia!! How are those exams treating you? Your username got swept away in our Activity Check but don't worry about it. So long as you re-register your account with the same username your posts should reactivate, and then it's just a matter of restoring your post count through the administrative end.

Let us know if you're still interested!! If there's been no word by the 8th of May, I might have to move this to Rejected. Don't let that happen!! *frets*

[Deleted]

Okay, here is my new profile because I can't edit the other one...

Name: Kassia Anthis

Nickname: Kai Hanno. When she was taken from Olympus, her guardians stopped over in Radiant Gardens to rest for the night when they overheard the name Kairi. They shortened the name and decided to use it as Kassia's alibi.

Age: 18 but is commonly mistaken for 19-20.

Gender: Female

Species: Human

Position: Neutral

Powers/Abilities/Techniques/Skills:

Kai has a dormant ability to control darkness, but she does not know about it. It usually activates in moments of mental weakness, particularly during extremely bad nightmares. If her abilities were to activate, she would be able to use darkness based attacks.

Limitations and Drawbacks

Kai currently cannot use her abilities because they have not surfaced yet. The use of these abilities would affect her as it affected the other nymph. Every time she would use her abilities, the darkness would ebb away at her light. This problem becomes a greater issue in that her darkness powers are substantially stronger than her weapons and skill. In order to survive she must use her powers when they surface. Every time that she will choose to use her darkness powers, the darkness will start to ebb away at herself, slowly destroying her in the process

Weapons/Items:

Currently she carries around a large pole she pulled off of a broken lamp post in Traverse Town because she does not know how to use any other weapon currently. It really is no more special than a stick of metal. She uses it similarly to a spear as she sharpened one end of it. In combat she’ll kind of haphazardly stab heartless in a much unfocused style.

Appearance:

Kai stands 5'8" and 135 pounds with a slight athletic frame. She is lean but due to her constant lack of intense exercise she carries a little bit of fat in her thighs and stomach. Kai has dark tan skin with a slight olive tint. Her face is an oval shape with a slight roundness to it, modest cheekbones that are high enough to give her a cute youthful look when she smiles, and almond shaped brown eyes all framed by shoulder length curly dark brown hair that has a red tint when sunlight hits it.

After receiving odd looks to her greek style clothings, Kassia, at the urging of her guardians, changed her style to fit in.She usually wears fashionable clothes that allow her to move in case of a heartless attack. One day Kai would wear blue pinstripe jeans, a thigh length white mesh tank top, a blue and white floral blazer, and white combat boots. Another day she would wear a rich orange button-up shirt with the sleeves rolled up and tucked into a high-waisted navy blue scalloped-edge shorts, and clear loafers. Sometimes she would throw on an artsy t-shirt and jeans. As most people she does have lazy days but she will rarely be seen in sweats by the public.


Personality:
Kai is one of those people who appear more complex than they really are. She constantly tries to hide her faults and saddening emotions to keep other people from trying to comfort her. She is more a watcher than a doer, preferring to observe and learn about other people than talk with them. She feels as if there is something different about her and therefore has a need to understand what exactly differentiates her from them. As a way to hide her faults and emotions, she forces herself to have social moment so that people don’t suspect too much of her. Along this same train of thought, she does what is needed to make sure others are happy and in the dark about her own demons. She feels as if another person knew about her convictions, that person would then be burdened by them. She holds on to expressive things such as the fine arts and fashion to be able to express herself without openly noting what goes on within her mind. However, she She doesn’t like dangerous situations but has been in enough to understand how to manage her fear.

Original World: Olympus
Current World: Traverse Town

History:
In Olympus there are women that are keepers of the different elements of the world. These nymphs, as they are called, are sought out by many for their powers. In the beginning there were only nymphs for the elements of nature. When Xehanort's experiments caused the surge of darkness in the worlds, a nymph of darkness was also created.

Unfortunately, the first nymph was driven into madness and eventually nothingness due to the constant battle of light versus darkness within herself. One day she met a young woman who was crying heavily on the bank of a stream. The young woman lost her entire family because of the darkness consuming their hearts. The two made a deal, her first-born for the young woman's family. The young woman already had her first-born, Kassia, who was five at the time. The nymph consumed the darkness within the family’s hearts but the young woman snuck out her daughter with two guardians. The young woman thought she had outsmarted the nymph, but unknown to everyone but the Gods and the nymph, the nymph was able to pass on her responsibilities and powers to Kassia. The nymph died before Kassia and her guardians could completely leave the small town her family lived in and the powers of Darkness passed onto the five year old. From then she and her guardians, Edic and Desige, have traveled by stowing away on gummi ships and random activations of Kassia’s powers while sleeping, constantly on the move in hopes to never come in contact with the nymph again (even though she has already passed).

The group settled in Traverse Town due to its constant influx of travelers and lost souls. Here she started to learn how defend herself from her guardians as they now found it necessary for Kassia, now named Kai Hanno (after the guardians hearing a similar name in Radiant Gardens), to be able to fight the heartless that run around.

Role Playing Sample:

Kassia, no, Kai walked around the semi-busy streets of Traverse Town. The neon lights, odd people, and dreary sky were, as usual, very different from her past worlds. She felt odd in a new world, again, with her new name. Ka-i. It didn’t roll off the tongue like Kassia but she figured it would do. ‘It’s for your safety!’ was what Edic would scream at her every time she forgot the foreign name, but she honestly tried and he could never stay mad at her for that.

The yellow flash of a Moogle Shop sign reminded her that she was still in motion almost smashing in the trunk of a tree. Kai was finally in her favorite part of Traverse Town, the far edge of the First district. There was this one spot, a wall that stood next to the gate to some other district people rarely visited. It was the only spot that she felt like Kassia, not Kai, not some runaway, not some sad excuse for a daughter who could not muster enough strength to see her family…That one wall, which emitted icy waves of air had a slight film of frozen ice that seemed to fill something within her. She fiddled with her trusty stick, its smooth bark also chilled by the frosty air. Every twist of the wood pricked Kai’s hand more, making her extremely aware of her surroundings. Not one soul had passed her in the last half-hour. Yes, the Zero-District was hidden, foreboding, and out-of-the-way, but that didn’t mean it was littered with danger. In fact, it was these reasons Kai felt at home in the district. She was able to settle into the isolation and emptiness of the area. These, almost dark, qualities comforted her to an extent she didn’t understand.

In fact, Kai didn’t understand why so many feared the darker things in life. To her, they were simply “things in life”, nothing more, nothing less. The scuffling of something put her on high alert; her other favorite place, the second district, was notorious for its heartless and nobody infestation and she had gotten used to being aware although the beings of darkness did not bother her as much as other people. However, it was just a lone sheet of paper, rustling around in the street.

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Alright! So I got a chance to work on Kassia and it's a good thing I did! I nearly freaked out when I realized my profile had been wiped!

Anyways, here are the changes in the profile above:



Changes:

Species: Human
You pretty much got what I meant about the whole “light-savvy Greek Human” so I just changed the species to human to avoid anymore complications ^-^

Alignment: Neutral

I changed her alignment because after thinking about it, her actions and thoughts would be influenced by the darkness. So what is good and what is bad to her are all mixed up and so are her actions.


Appearance: “After receiving odd looks to her greek style clothings, Kassia, at the urging of her guardians, changed her style to fit in”



Weapons: Currently she carries around a large pole she pulled off of a broken lamp post in Traverse Town because she does not know how to use any other weapon currently. It really is no more special than a stick of metal. She uses it similarly to a spear as she sharpened one end of it. In combat she’ll kind of haphazardly stab heartless in a much unfocused style.

I got my worlds mixed up for a moment ^-^

Abilities: If her abilities were to activate, she would be able to use darkness based attacks.

I just cut out the portal and heartless control parts. It’s just easier

Nickname: Kai Hanno. When she was taken from Olympus, her guardians stopped over in Radiant Gardens to rest for the night when they overheard the name Kairi. They shortened the name and decided to use it as Kassia's alibi.

Is this okay? This is what I meant by them not having any direct contact

Her battle with darkness: “This problem becomes a greater issue in that her darkness powers are substantially stronger than her weapons and skill. In order to survive she must use her powers when they surface. “

So essentially she is forced to destroy herself in order to survive. Is this okay?

[Era]

Hello again! I apologize it's taken me a little to get back with you. I have been out of town for a week, and getting back I've been busy as well. But I've returned to review profiles, so let's keep rollin'! =]

I reviewed your newer Kassia profile, and I see that you addressed the points I had previously had questions about. Rock on!

My pointers for Round 2 are as follows:

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"So essentially she is forced to destroy herself in order to survive." -- I appreciated your cache-22 with using the Darkness when it surfaces inside of her. I would like to clearly see this point in the profile. I wasn't able to understand until you specified it in your comment.

I think initially that the idea of her having to make a choice regarding the Darkness powers works. (Though I would like to see something happen down the road in her story so she doesn't actually wind up destroying herself, but that can be worked out with time and planning with other RPers once you've been accepted.)

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-Based on how you explained her inheriting her nickname, I don't see that you would particularly need to contact Kairi's RPer before you get accepted. To be on the safe side, I would still contact Ellie just to let her know, if you haven't already done so. Just because it's simply good to know.

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After you address these things, I will get another pair of eyes to review this profile, and things for Kassia will be wrapped up quickly.

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know and I'll do my best to address them, as always.

Kind regards,
~Era

[Bluebird]

*bump*

Masterplan! It's been a while since this profile has been updated, nearly ten days. I'm going to impose a time limit of one week before it has to be Rejected. If it is, no worries! Just re-post the profile with Era's suggestions and you should be good to go!

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Why does it seem that when I don't check up on my profile something almost always happens? XD
Anyways, I messaged Kairi's rp'er and added this:
"Every time that she will choose to use her darkness powers, the darkness will start to ebb away at herself, slowly destroying her in the process"
Thanks!

[Era]

Hi Kassia! I just wanted to let you know I sent this for a secondary review. I will update you regarding what the secondary staff member would request in regard to this shortly. =3

Cheerio,
~Era

[Deleted]

OK! Sounds great!

[Era]

Hello again! I have gotten feedback from the other staff member. As I am new to the Profile Checking position, it appears there are a few things I overlooked. In a nutshell, here are the notes I was asked by the other Staff member to relay to you:

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1: ) When Xehanort began experimentation, the Heartless problem was generally contained within Radiant Garden, at least until a little later down the road. Could you bridge the gap and explain the purpose behind creating the Darkness Nymphs during his experimentation, as opposed to the Darkness Nymphs being created later?

Basically, the question as the History stands is this:

How did something happening worlds away cause the creation of the Dark Nymphs in Olympus?

Or were the Darkness Nymphs created after the Heartless became a problem in Olympus?

Either way, please specify it in Kassia's Profile.


2: ) As the timeline presently sits, it would have been before Gummi Ships were really widely distributed, and there would've probably been only a few known to exist at that time that Kassia's Mother was fleeing the Darkness Nymph. Hopping a Gummi Ship might not be plausible with the story line as the Kingdom Hearts Canon presently sits, however I'm sure there are a lot of other places on Olympus that Kassia's mother could've run away to, if you want to keep the time line as it presently stands.


3: ) Additionally, in communication with Kairi's RPer, it seems that the idea of having Kassia's nickname derive from Kairi's isn't flying very well. That doesn't mean you have to change the name of your character by any means, but Kai can still be the nickname that's used for Kassia without direct reference to Kairi, as seems to be preferable by the RPer.


4: ) Last point I've been asked to relay is that, according to the way the History presently lines up, with the descent of Radiant Garden happening when it does and how it lines up with Kassia's story, Kassia would be equivalent in age to Kairi, who is 16.

As always if you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to ask them either here or through PM. I look forward to responding as promptly as scheduling allows.

Kind regards,
~Era

[Ellie who has 0%]

It's the 12th, so it's been 10 days. Rejected for not editing timely. You can repost, but follow through with your review.