Re: OOC thread #1
After giving it some thought and although it does pain me to say it, I think we should work toward giving some form of conclusion to Marik and Filimena story. I still do enjoy the game and most of all, I still enjoy the contact with you guys, but I do realize maintaining the game in an enjoyable form is getting harder on my side. Both my professional and personal life have gotten much busier since last year and it's getting hard to keep playing as I like to do, by stretching my roleplaying muscles with longer posts. Since it's getting harder to find the hours to craft an interesting post, it makes writing slower, and then the time between posts makes it harder for me to keep track of what's going on and getting into Marik's head, making it longer to write and yada yada. In short, I think I've gotten into a sort of writing death spiral and I don't think it would be fair to you guys for me to pretend everything is all good. So, in respect for your time (since I know you are both very busy as well) and out of respect for a tale five years in the making, I think we could aim to give a satisfying conclusion to Marik and Filimena story in the months following new year and then, if you'd like, pursue gaming together in another form (maybe an online boardgame party every now and then to drink craft beer and chat together? I'm open to all ideas, I just don't want to lose all contact with you guys if the game was to end). Anyway, tell me what you think.
As for the story, I think I would go for the Illithid, which seems to connect Jzadirune and Titan's gate events in my mind. I realize by now Marik completely overreacted over the very normal-looking magical storm (played too much Frostpunk at that time methink), but I do think there might be some links between the apparition of the portals, the hobgoblin raids from Jzadirune, the gangs in the sewers, the various artifacts found and the presence of the Illithid below the city. In my headcanon, I think it would be great for Marik and Filimena to take care of the Illithid case and then have them in epilogue take care of the tavern, realize they enjoy it and the community, and sunset them there to spend some month to years there before future adventures. Who knows however what's gonna happen :)
This message was last edited by the player at 14:57, Sun 04 Dec 2022.