You have all of my sympathy; I hope you can solve things for yourself soon!

25 total for that knowledge check... kind of makes sense considering Lilah and this bard were both in the traveling entertainer business...  :)

That makes sense, yes. :)

I'd really like for one out of Carmen, Carver and Nothing to answer to the main thread and keep it going - it's been two days now since that post was made. I feel like I'm having to prod people a lot lately... is this section really that boring? If so, you can tell me, and I'll push past it.

It's not that, i think. I feel these pauses are just more noticeable because half the party isn't present.

And before you start blaming yourself, we (as in, the PCs) all agreed that this was the course of action we were going to take, so it's on us, not on you ;)

It's not so much blaming anybody, really, I just genuinely get anxious that the game's gonna die if it stands still for more than two days. Like, I didn't pick the posting speed out of a hat - it's the amount of time I'm physically able to wait for an answer to be posted before I start to worry that the game might be about to die.

I'm able to wait if I have a good reason to tell myself "they'll be posting soon, don't be a bother", like Ashaia and Carmen are currently a bit tight for time so I understand why the two of them, in particular, would be less active right now, but when no activity happens at all, even if I know it's likely nothing, my brain reacts on its own.

So... I guess I apologize for being my usual nagging self? It's not really that I want to make anybody feel guilty or anything, I just can't stop myself. Weird as it is, this game is my main relaxation outlet, so when the outlet is closed because of lack of activity, I have trouble relaxing and get anxious instead. That's just how my brain works.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:24, Sun 27 June 2021.

For myself its literal 10 hour days and exhaustion, but honestly GM, out of this group:

Myself, Ashaia, and Adrika are the most common posters. Not to diss anyone, we're just chatty? And Ashaia and Adrika are hamstrung by not BEING there (which makes sense!) so its basically myself and two people who only talk when addressed (to be blunt), and Ive been quiet.

The game isnt going to die! We just have a group normally driven by a few folk and all are sorta out of commission for their own reasons.

Prodding is needed IMO (Im in a game where the GM refuses to and it moves once a month or two -.-), just dont feel bad about it and dont worry! A reminder to say 'hey, post something, even if its short' will move the plot and isnt too much to ask IMO!

Well, Nothing did make a suggestion or two as we arrived at the village but other than that they're just generally trying to avoid notice, so their behaviour has no reason to really change for the moment beyond "They stand there looking as though they're listening to the conversation" while we're standing right in front of a bunch of bad guys who really shouldn't be given any reasons to look at me more closely or otherwise pay me any attention at all, if possible.

In reply to Security Feature (msg # 929):

Yeah, don't worry about it.

I'm the same way, to be fair, which is why i'm in multiple games myself so there's something to react to even on slow days (while still remaining manageable if the pace picks up). It's a balance i've learned to manage.

Well now I just feel stupid, I was so sure when you talked about it earlier you said we were headed toward Westkirk as the final goal but my brain must've been off in space... This is why I don't usually play smart characters. :p

To be fair, Carver does have a legit IC reason for his brain to be all messed up right now, because, well, you know, his brain recently got all messed up :D. And Nothing is still coming to terms with the fact that so many things have names in the first place, so they're not likely to be too much help there. Fortunately all I have to do is just nod and smile whilst acting incredibly timid and shy and not keen on physical contact as everyone else does the talking around me. One day I'll probably be able to turn into a literal shadow and just skulk along wherever I please, but I think I have a few more levels before I can do stuff like that for any extended amount of time :D.

Hey its okay, I just noticed the error when Justin reacted and wanted to lie over it real fast before someone else noticed! I'm the 'party lead' here, thats kinda ma job :P

It's fine; I didn't expect you all to do everything perfectly. Of course, I'm still going to have the NPCs react appropriately to any screw up you do, so do it too much and you're likely going to be arrested or perhaps even executed, but a few tiny blunders will not harm your position too much... probably.

:)

just remember if you ever have a question, just send a link to Carmen and she can reply. She has a lot of knowledge to share :)

In reply to Carmen Gorgon (msg # 937):

That's true enough, although in the current location, Ashaia might have more specific information to provide, if anybody thought to ask her for it. :)

In reply to Security Feature (msg # 938):

Alright, apparently the required posting speed is too complicated for people to remember? That's not something I'm happy about, to be fully honest.

I'm going to give it until tomorrow at 09:00 (right now it's 17:00 here), then if there haven't been any posts in the main thread that are interacting with the events, I'll be pushing things forwards as if the characters remained silent for an uncomfortably long period of time in game. This will have appropriately negative IC consequences.

Furthermore, from now on I'll just be doing that (or something similarly penalizing but appropriate to the game situation) every time I find that forty-eight hours from the last post in the main thread have passed and nobody has posted anything in it. Maybe that will help people keep up the requisite posting speed.

I'd post but I don't have a lot to do right now, a previously mentioned - since my behaviour remains the smae for now in order to continue blending in, I'll post if something changes or Nothing wants to ask someone something, or whatever. Or if I notice/think of something that I think they would comment on/ask about.

I'm really suffering right now in the heatwave considering I essentially have an IRL CON of 9 so I might be out of commission a few days until it cools down a little. Just being awake takes up most of my energy at the moment, so just assume Carver's following along playing the dumb farmboy routine until I can actually do more than just melt into a puddle...

Urgh it's pretty warm here too (southeast England). They said earlier in the week that it was gonna get to like 27 degrees today :P. Well, at least I have no plans to go out.

The heat's a little bit more manageable today (Been like a solid 32 degrees in my room since saturday), so I'll try to get a post up later today. Current resting after getting my second vaccine shot this morning.

Perfectly understandable; here in Germany we have had a similar heat wave about a week ago, and it made even sleeping very difficult. And while I haven't taken my shot yet (I'll do it next week), I understand it's quite stressful, physically speaking. I hope you'll feel better soon! ^_^
This message was lightly edited by the GM at 17:41, Wed 21 July 2021.

In reply to Carver Merling (msg # 943):

Yeah, when I got my shots they gave me flu-like symptoms (Fatigue, Muscle Ache). Not fun at all, but I am glad that's over I got both of my shots.

Had an e-mail a day or two ago saying I could rebook my second appointment to an earlier date, so I'm now having my second jab on Monday morning instead of mid-August :).

sorry for not doing anything so far, last few days have been super hectic and stressful

In reply to Carmen Gorgon (msg # 947):

Don't worry, same here. Take care of yourself as a priority.