Post here if you're going to be gone for a known period of time. If you miss RPoL unexpectedly, that's fine. That happens to all of us, and not least of all to me. This is just when you are fairly confident, for whatever reason, you won't be able to post (even if you can read) during a period of time.

In reply to Narrator V (msg # 1):

I'm travelling to Denver for work all next week, so will be slow to post 'til the 30th, depending on how much time work leaves me in the evenings.

In reply to Narrator V (msg # 1):

This is perhaps a bit in advance, but it's a doozy: I'll be gone and completely unable to check in from mid-November to mid/end of December.

I'm leaving RPoL for a time. I'm going to be living in the car again. :( When I get back on my feet, I hope we can pick up.

I hope things get better, V.

Be blessed!

I wish you good fortunes and hopefully, things turn out better in near future.

Take it easy and be kind to yourself.  I will be here when you have time and the right mind to get back to the game.

We'll keep a light on for you, V.  Take things easy and take care of yourself.

In reply to Narrator V (msg # 4):

I'm really sorry to hear that -- please take care and stay safe!

Through a stroke of good will, the motel is letting us stay here on debt. I have a second temporary home set up to go to on Monday. Normally I would sequester this information to my bio but I posted the circumstances here, so thought I would reply to them here as well.

I have some good will donations coming in as well. Nothing life changing, but helpful.

That is great news, V. Glad you are getting at least a little good luck.

Thus begins my period of silence. That is, in about six hours or so.

In reply to Maynitra (msg # 3):

I hope you are all doing well (especially you, V!); on Friday we'll be leaving the country until mid-December. I won't have much (if any) internet access while I'm gone. I'll hopefully talk to you all again shortly before Christmas!

I pride myself on posting whenever I log into a game, gm or player. In short I'm posting from a rinky-dink phone. I will update bio, but I will say here, I'm safe. II still am on hiatus. No ghosting, but situation still homeless.

Glad to hear that you're intact, V, though times're still tough.  We'll keep a light on here for you.

There's a light burning in the window.

*lights candle into window*

Good luck on homeless situation Narrator.

Just FYI -- I'm back.

:)

I have pneumonia.

How bad is it?  I hope you have a quick recovery.

It's not bd, but it's been here since November

Just to say I am still here and ready to pick things up when life is better for the GM.

It may only have been for 6 months but I been there myself.

Ty for being patient...
Sucks to have that respiratory illness. I have a particular vulnerability. My coughs and throat irritation lasted a season.

Situation hasn't changed, beyond being a tragic fairytale Christmas.

In reply to Narrator V (msg # 24):

Ouch, hopefully after Christmas your health improves at the start of the new year. Prolly already know but honey helps with throat irritation while breathing water steam helps with the coughs if mixed into water some eucalypts drops (basic home remedies I have used and worked). Ideally sauna can help great deal if not have any fever.

In reply to Hathra Bonecrown (msg # 25):

I was concerned my unusual brevity would confuse the situation. I'm not sick, in fact I wrote that message 3 times to try to illustrate sympathy, not to divert focus to myself. I utterly failed. Dx. I should have said that I'm sorry for...Ghanek Brightwave. I know what It's like to no longer be "sick" but have pretty much the same lingering symptoms.

 I wanted very much to show solidarity, and NOT divert attention. Saying "I know what it's like" seemed lazy, and in truth I've felt like a respiratory illness overstayed It's expected term.

Anyway, I check messages, because I take GM rank seriously, and I've had very few, but very sour times games have had bitter isers. I never expect it, nor did I when it happened. I know in 99% of cases It's unnecessary, but if an issue occurs in a mature or especially adult game, I need to be on top of it. The mods are very generous to let me keep games "active" during my many breaks.

On the vein of practice, I personally have a rule to post when I log in. Usually with shorter msgs, but just to show I'm not ghosting. It bothers me when I play and GMs do that. Maybe It's also annoying for these non-updates. Red should mean attention.

I'll try to be more clear, but brief though. Surely posting from this phone asks it.

Christmas will suck, as the place I stay has it above, while I sit alone in the basement, but I have my PC. I'll decorate in fallout 4. I will have better years. At least I'm not in the car.

Ah, my bad. It may have dyslexia mixed in which confused me :P. But well wishes for Ghanek.



Well, at least some improvement in life that you got a roof above your head (albeit being alone at Christmas and more so able to hear a party above you does indeed suck).

Stay warm, y'all.  I'm away with my wife a few more days, but the weather's turned frightfully cold, far more than we'd normally expect in the central, southern plains of the US.  Looks like the upper midwest is getting pummeled with wind and cold, as well.  Stay inside if you can, drink warm things, and connect with folks in person or online if you can.

Check in with those special to you or to whom you're special, even if it's just a note to let them know you're alright.
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Yeah, I heard Iowa was colder than Alaska.  Dress up warm.
Here in England, we had a short sharp Canadian winter, but it seems to have passed now (I hope).

In reply to Ghanek Brightwave (msg # 29):

Stay warm there in England, Ghanek.  Much of the US is experiencing far colder than normal temps and it's really hitting pretty hard in some communities.  I gather Canada's getting hit pretty hard, too.  A friend of mine in Ontario's shared some details of their weather and I've reckoned that as frigid as the central Great Plains seem right now, we've really got it pretty easy by comparison.

Relief appears to be on the way, though.

Ghanek are you old enough to remember the UK winters in the 1970s or 1980?

Can remember watching the snow fall most of the day out side our living room window on Christmas day.

In reply to Narrator V (msg # 26):

Despite -- well, everything -- about where you're staying now, I'm so glad to know that you're inside and protected from the environment at least. Please stay safe and warm!

In reply to Brookdale Moongazer (msg # 31):

I am just about old enough to remember 1963 (I was 3 and we were staying at my Grandmother's while waiting for the council to move us to a new house - apparently because I was picking up fluent profanity from our next door neighbour Mr Cole).

I wanted everyone to know I often look forward to gming this. I'm going on two years since I posted IC. That is interest check
 Hate posting on a phone
 Situation unchanged
 Just saying I'm eager, for this only second to my exalted game. I love epic level gmimg!

You'll all know when I have a home
 That will herald progress

I'll be here when you're ready (just as I hope my plyers will be around when I feel up to DMing again.)

In reply to Narrator V (msg # 34):

Eager here as well, waiting when we can get started.

I am still here.  Hope life is getting better.

Still here, yup, though headed off to the Mayo Clinic [again] for another [yet another] round of [likely inconclusive & very expensive] testing.

Meanwhile, stay frosty V, we'll keep a light on for you.

Just hanging out, hope your situation gets better soon.

In reply to Narrator V (msg # 34):

I'm so glad to hear that you're doing ok! Take care, and please be safe.

Glad things are at least maintaining a static level, and not getting worse for you after such a hard run. I will be here when things get better.

As an aside, my father is in the ICU, and we are withdrawing sustaining care tomorrow. I'm not sure how much I'll be around this week and next week.

I am so sorry to hear that, Maynitra. Take care of yourself and your family.

In reply to Maynitra (msg # 42):

My condolences, such decisions never come easy to decide as a family.

Oh J, I'm so sad to hear that.

Please accept my condolences as well.  Take all the time you need, and we'll be here when you get back.

I know Maynitra has had a hard blow due to grieving, and I really want to give her the same consideration she, and all of you, have given me. I want to respect everyone else who has a RL consideration to be made, and so I will make whatever concessions I can to let as many people benefit from this game as I can. I am the GM, and so the game hinges more on my interaction to move forward, by necessity, but I don't want to leave anyone who signed up out of the joint effort.

I know there has been some illness, and inclement weather, but is that the extent? This is the first I've been here, on RPoL for more than a short while. I hope you'll excuse me having not read all posts ATM, and any faux pas I may commit by having refrained from doing so. I just want to try to assess the here and now first, and then catch up.

Thank you for the light. I want to keep that light on now too.

*waves*

I have waited patiently here for the game get started, slow or fast, by wishes of GM or others who joined initially :)

I'm still here, but I'll admit that I'm very low on energy. I don't want to leave or drop out, however -- sometimes having a distraction that's easy to engage can be nice.

Away for a few days, starting Thursday.  Just getting a year older, so we're going camping by the coast. It's all rain and snow, but it's not work.  There'll be ships passing by to look up on marine radar and coffee, so everything is good.

I am here and good to go whenever the game happens to get started. No rush, I am patient.

This is really here for two reasons. By the strictest term, I am going to be away, tonight and tomorrow (maybe tomorrow night). Second, it's here because it's a follow up to a line conversation here.

It is finally (a week belated) my birthday celebration, and while it has been acknowledged already by some people in my life, like money, or me budgeting a dinner take out of shrimp, I finally get a day to relax and have a "me" day. I am very bad about doing that IRL. I'm often prone to spend my off time doing things I should reserve for other times. Whether it's working in leisure time, or improperly adjudicating "me" time to group activities. My two friends from Steam and I are having a game night. Though only one on one at a time. One of them is running an Exalted game on Maptools, the other is watching me play Fallout 4 to practice for streaming/uploading. Neither are available ATM so my "day" will be part of tonight and part of tomorrow. Overall, counting our basic functions, about 30 hours to relax. I've been super sleep deprived and so I'm far less inclined to repeat the tradition of years prior to have a bash. COVID didn't kill that, but it was (probably) my very last year I did that. Last year I was homeless, this year I'm sort of homeless. The year before that I was with select friends, and the year before that I had my best birthday ever.

I really feel lucky to have lived through all I have.

*offers hug*

*hugs*

Thank you!
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In reply to Narrator V (msg # 54):

I hope you have been able to truly enjoy some time to relax!

I have a really bad cold.

In reply to Narrator V (msg # 56):

Get better soon!

*offers chicken soup*

I'm not at my sickest yet, but today I really started to feel it. Anne, my roommate, had it and got me sick (we share a fridge). So I know what to expect. Probably two more days of actually being sick, and then another two or three days of no longer being infected, but still feeling bad. I felt bad for the past two days as well, as I was trying to fight the infection. Hence why I'm past the 8 days.
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In reply to Narrator V (msg # 56):

I'm very sorry to hear that; I hope you do feel better within the next couple of days!

Get well soon boss.

Hope you feel better soon.

I haven't taken a Covid test yet, but I'm still feeling pretty bad. Anne, whom is sick still, took three Covid tests and all came back negative. Very cheap doctors said Norovirus, but they also said it was a cold before, and the symptoms don't sound like Norovirus. So I have no clue. No fever at, nor above, 40 yet, so safe but feel bad.

I think I will resume study and answering queries, and RTJs after the move, which is scheduled for Monday ATM.

I will check PMs, but encourage those unanswered to bump around the week of the 8th.

In reply to Narrator V (msg # 62):

Take care of yourself! It could be RSV -- that knocked me on my ass for a day or so a couple of weeks before I was diagnosed with Covid. I hope the move goes without complication!

I hope you and yours feel better, Narrator!

Devastated. Too much to write it all. Cathaloic Charities failed the inspection. The apartment we were to move into was being renovated for two months. Apartment expected us to move in with unfinished walls, and have us pay rent 1.4 grand a month! WHILE they finished the rennovations.

Dejected. Ashamed. Angry. Depressed. Hopeful. Worried.

I didn't want to make this post, because it's just...it's embarrassing to have to keep posting this shit. It's among the least of my worries though. If I can't face having to confront this, I can't expect to tangle for a rematch against what KOed me just one day ago.

I'm still sick. Mother says "Well at least you don't have to move while you're sick". Just missing my plight entirely.

In reply to Narrator V (msg # 65):

Not having to move while sick is a small consolation for that level of disappointment. I'm so sorry about that, V! That absolutely and totally sucks!

I will be away for about a week. I might be able to check in but I won't be able to post much while I'm away.

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I'm moving (if I have stored items) in early May. That is the plan at least...

I plan to set the deadline when I have my...things...in order. You ALL have been patient with me, I'm sure we (including me) can be patient for everyone who's still here to finish the necessary assets.

I'm stoked! Just so happy!

Duration unknown. Active immediately.

In short, I'll be back in a week. I wrote this tiny paragraph last, but put it up top here. One to two weeks, I'll be back. The rest if what I wrote prior.

I beaten and burned, but nowhere near ashen to bag, and far from buried. That's, if you're curious, a tag line of a character of mine. "Beaten, burned, bagged and buried". It's sort of the D&D equivalent of a fatality from OG Mortal Kombat. I've lost a few matches, but I'm not too badly burned to prevent me from taking strikes. Every strike is at least an attempt, and you miss every time you don't make an attempt.

I am, however, for now, back where I was. I'm taking a week, maybe two, to explore RPoL at large and make some tweaks or comments here about char gen, and then we'll see where we're at. Where everyone is at with completion, and how I'm feeling about launch, the start of the game. We may need more time, or I, or one of you, may need more time. I personally think two weeks is my upper limit on what I'll demand, and need. I think one week is probably what I really should do, minimum, even if I feel "fine". To just cool off some more, get hydrated, relax. Dip my feet, not immerse myself. I think I'll be prone to disobeying that self-imposed limit, but I'm going to try to stop myself from getting in my way.

I'll be out of town from July 1 through July 8. While I might be able to peek in during that time, I can't guarantee regular/continuous access.

I'm going to be taking off three more days, to take care of my sleep deficit, and foster new friendships in more real time, day specific, mediums. Sunday nights, Monday Nights, and Tuesday Nights; I found some people to game with, for a few hours at a time, that have flexible schedules and their weekend is either Tues, Wed; or their Sat Sun Weekend is for their family but their jobs consist of "on call" that's light in practice, on Tues and Wed.

So I will probably make a step every Thursday and especially Friday night from now on to be on RPoL. Tonight might work, but I may only read. Last week, I missed the opportunity from the 4th of July sleep deprivation. I'm going to make a point of keeping things in perspective this week. Starting by not giving more than I have early in the week, so I have enough every day after.

Can't shake this cough and fatigue. I haven't been able to get a free Covid test, so I'm making an appointment on Monday. Making the appointment, probably almost definitely not having the appointment, on Monday. With a doctor I mean.

*whoo* RL first. :/ *nods* I know it's agreed. Agreed to be true. Agreed that it suck, but agreed is an occurrence not unfamiliar nor complicated.

Updates when I feel better. Assume if I log in I'm working, unless I post. If I don't log in, I'm still feeling bad.

I am no longer sick. However, about...a week ago, maybe two, I had devastating few days. It is terribly difficult to talk about, not just emotionally painful, but requiring detail and articulation not easily made succinct. It sunk me. Almost as badly as sleeping in the car first was. That was my 10, being in the garage of a place, and sleeping in the car in April 2022. My other 10's are things like losing my last five teeth, or being lied to about my grand parents. This was a 9 though. These three days which I have trouble gauging whether it was the Friday before last, or the the Friday before that...it really sunk me.

I'm better now, but on totally different prioritized needs. I'm well enough to post in as game I play in. It's hard but it's something I can somewhat zone out on and not be penalized. I closed down three of my five games because of this event, and I'm not closing down this or my other current project. I have too much in this game that has been invested.

As as been the modus operandi, prior to the introduction; I will just worry about myself first and know you all have been patient for going on three years! When I'm less cool and skittish, I will proceed the game. Catharsis has its place in misfortune, but I want this game to be enjoyable most of all.

I can feel and also rationalize how the bad is the distancing from the worse, and only pathway to the better and ultimately good.

So I'll be gone for probably the remainder of November. Gods know this Thanksgiving will cheer me up over last. Makes me smile through it all.

I have a...well TMI incoming!!!

I have an ear infection that was passed on, two in fact. Outer ear and inner ear. So It is the equivalent of bad teeth or a migraine. Ear infections are plaguing my roommate's job, the county library system, as people go in full well knowing they, or their child, is sick.  That explains half. My trichotillomania the other half. *just looked up spelling and saw the short hand* So I shall now call that Trich, like I call my TS just (like most) Tourettes, not Tourette's Syndrome. I hadn't seen that term, but yheah, fuck having to spell that if I don't have to. Anyway, Left side of my....head...my left ear is just in agony. Nothing but cleaning and time will help. I'm given until Monday to wait to go the doctor, unless I get a fever. If either of those occur with the infections I'll need to schedule appointment.

So yeah, like migraine, even closing my eyes, swallowing! unconscious things hurrt!!!

I am really upset right now. Physically upset from the emotional upset. I have people in Rmail to talk to, and if you want to know what's going on, I'll rmail you too. I'm putting this game on hiatus until after the New here, and if I can't do it then, then....then I'm just throwing in the towel.

I don't have the energy to rephrase this. Someone, anyone, in group 1, please just rephrase this. I know not everyone is in group 1. *sigh* It's important, I know you understand. I just need to really pour out my own very bitter but hopeful attitude.