Chris Fox posted a 902 round rating, exactly -23 below form against his 925 PDGA rating; his 64 also came in 4.1 strokes above the 59.9 field average and 7.2 above his 56.8 personal average. That rough episode moved Pending Review from #10 to #14, losing four positions while the amber file remains unresolved. The Mantis may have completed the audit, but this scorecard reads less like Colony Approved and more like paperwork returned for corrections.
Pending Review
Season Arc · Hive Mind - Dragonfly
4All-In league: Pending Review stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE stylePending Review emerged from the Bureau's internal Protocol 17-C, which mandated that any player whose Audit Trail showed irregularities must be placed in limbo status until a full investigation concludes. This became the default state for anyone who misses events or shows unexplained performance swings, trapping them in endless bureaucratic uncertainty.
A flickering holographic badge approximately the size of a playing card that hovers near the player's primary identity. It displays scrolling text showing the current review status, specific violations under investigation, and an ever-resetting countdown timer. The badge pulses with an amber glow and emits a soft, rhythmic beep when the holder approaches restricted areas. Permanently tethered to the player's Bureau file - it cannot be discarded, only upgraded to a permanent classification or downgraded to a darker status.
Blocks players from accessing classified information, triggers automatic audits, and marks suspicious players for Bureau observation. It serves as the Bureau's primary tool for maintaining control and creating uncertainty, keeping everyone guessing about their true standing within the Containment Zone.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyChris Fox's round rating and score are N/A, so this file offers no honest performance verdict against his 925 PDGA rating. What is concrete: Pending Review fell from #2 to #10, losing eight positions during the Final Audit while the amber badge remains unresolved. The Mantis gets no strokes to evaluate, only a tag ledger—and somehow the booth is still calling that a plot development.
Chris Fox posted a 973 round rating against a 925 PDGA rating, a +48 over rating that qualifies as an unambiguously awesome statement round; 52 strokes also came in 2.8 under the 54.8 field average and 4.3 under the 56.2 personal average. Pending Review held at #2 → #2 during Grace Tribute, leaving the badge suspended in amber while the performance file screams competence—a bureaucratic contradiction worthy of this containment zone. The booth is expected to make ritualized tag swapping feel like television, but sometimes #2 simply stays #2 while someone throws a legitimately excellent round.
Chris Fox gets no rating verdict this week: the 925 player rating is on file, but the round rating, rating differential, field average, and personal average are all N/A, so the booth has no honest basis for praise or roast. During Larva Watch, Pending Review moved from #3 → #2—one rung gained, with no strokes or holes supplied, while larvae occupied the teepad zone and the clearance badge flickered upward. The Mantis may file that as progress; we continue documenting the cosmic pointlessness of ritualized tag swapping, plastic attached.
Chris Fox filed a 947 on a 924 rating — a +23 over rating — and the Pending Review badge responded by crawling from #9 back to #3, the same amber limbo where the file went cold two weeks ago. The Hive Correction may claim to adjust for form and grace, but this time the form was real: one stroke under the field average on a layout where the larvae demand precision. Solid, quiet flex that stamps 'INCONCLUSIVE' in the best possible way. Or, you know, the tag shuffled again because ritualized plastic swaps are the cosmic paperwork we all signed up for.
Chris Fox's Pending Review badge just got demoted from #1 to #3, because even a 1033-rated transcendence buys you exactly two weeks of bureaucratic grace. The Mantis blinks, stamps 'INCONCLUSIVE' over last episode's file, and sends the subject back to Specimen status. The timer resets itself—again—while the Agency files a motion to verify whether that rating spike was a clerical error or just a redacted dream. glubs in triplicate Welcome to the Hive, where your clearance is always temporary and the audit never ends.
Chris Fox posted a 1033-rated 47 — +112 over his PDGA rating — and shot 7.7 strokes better than the field average. The Pending Review badge just got promoted to #1, which means the Agency's paperwork now reads 'Subject has transcended the audit.' The Mantis blinks once, twice, and stamps the file: COLONY APPROVED. adjusts headset Per the file I'm legally required to read aloud, this is what happens when the timer resets itself and you just throw through it.
Pending Review hovers over Chris Fox, trading the main stage for the Hive Mind - Dragonfly side quest. Same amber glow, smaller administrative headache. It’s a bureaucratic spinoff where the countdown timer never quite hits zero, but the plastic still flies. Tune in for the paperwork.