And, new thread open!

To get the conversation going, the last post in the old thread was about deciding who should go met the local wizard first. Adrika said that she was fine with letting Ashaia go first, since narrative wise she would have gotten there before Adrika could anyway; I pointed out that, if you all as a team would rather have Adrika take the risk rather than have Ashaia take it, you can vote for that and I can engineer things so it'd make sense in character.

So, I guess the question is who you all would feel safer with having this particular meeting, and taking the according risks. I'd like to have everybody else opinion - I'm not overly surprised that Adrika would rather not take the risk herself, after all, and I really feel like this needs to be a group decision, rather than the result of a single player taking charge, although if nobody answer within the usual timeframe, I will move forward assuming the silent majority agrees with Adrika.

Thus, as always, let me know what you think! ^_^

Honestly I think Carmen would be the best for the wizard just because I thhiinkk I have the most languages known? But in-character Carmen doesn't KNOW what the test is.

But hey, Im open to ideas on what our group should do!

To be fair, that's actually the reason Adrika wanted to have the interview. Scribing isn't her forte, but by going through the interview herself she can pass on the details to someone like Carmen so she can step in fully prepared.

If Carmen or Adrika wants to go first, that's fine by me.

Eh, it's fine. Like i said (and posted), i've still got the blacksmith to go to, so i'll just do that first.

Do we have to roll to decide who goes, lol?

Considering the current positions expressed by you three, who are half the team, I'm inclined to let Ashaia go meet the wizard first. I'll write the post up, but wait until tomorrow morning (that'd be... about eight-to-ten hours from now) before I make the post itself, in case any of the other three wants to disagree.

Oh, wonderful.  Twitch was hacked.  Changed my stuff and got verification set up, and not ten minutes later someone tries to get into my account.

Might want to do the same if you have one!

It feels like things have slowed down a bit lately, so I wanted to check how everybody is doing, and if everything is fine. I know that a few people have had health problems recently, which makes it perfectly ok to be unable to post; that's why I'm making this an open post instead of targeted PM, because I don't want anybody to feel singled out, and so that those who've already spoken me about their personal problem know I'm aware and am not trying to put pressure on them in particular.

I just want to make sure that everybody is still around and interested in playing - a one-line post or PM would help a lot in reassuring me nobody is considering dropping the game.

Let me know if any of you is having problems keeping up with the game, ok?

Nope! Just been a bit flummoxed on what to do exactly--info gathering is rather open-ended, a little too much so at times. Right now I just wanna make sure I don't dictate what Carver and Nothing are doing (as I bulldoze too often), but I have zero intentions of dropping the game.

Well, as for me, my Perception roll for the day's work is in, and i'm just waiting for my lunch break so i can have a chat with the wizard, but that's a couple of hours from now so that won't be until after Ashaia left again.

I guessed, but it's nice to have confirmation.

Carmen, on your note about waiting for the others, since it seems like we already have a plan of action for your trio right now, you can go ahead and make your rolls and a post with your IC approach to information gathering, since Carver and Nothing's actions won't be affecting your own in this particular instance.

I am not going to go too deep here into my health issues or other things in the public. I have expressed that I already am unhappy that a lot of the posts I give I feel are subpar and lately with a lot of them getting private messages questioning about the accuracy of things, actions and thoughts just make me feel every post I make on top of it is just going to be a mistake.

I wish I could somehow muster the same enthusiasm I had in the beginning, but sadly I can't seem to find it. I just feel timid and suffer from a lot of anxiety every time I try to post these past few weeks. This is not because of anyone's actions, just a combination of things on my side. I am throwing this into the open because I do not know how to fix this.

On the brighter note, my project work is done and I am on break from school till the end of this month so I can try to be more active.

As I said, I'm aware that some people have health concerns, and I didn't want to make anybody feel pressured. I won't say more on the matter, but you should know, Ashaia, that my sentiments haven't changed, and I keep wishing you the best with your situation.

I'm also not sure why you would think that any of your posts lately would have been subpar - I found they worked pretty well, and I send private line OC comments to everybody, as I'm sure Adrika and Carmen can confirm - that's just a result of my own compulsive need to be sure I'm not misinterpreting your intended actions, not a critique of any player's post or anything of the sort.

As for fixing a lack of enthusiasm... my default question would be to ask why you were enthusiastic at the beginning, and whether anything changed in the game since then in a way you found unpleasant; I hope I've always been upfront about being willing to correct course if people are unhappy with the way I'm running things, but I need people to let me know what needs correcting.

As far as I'm concerned, you're in the more active half of the group (I hope the three less active players won't resent the comment - I'm just stating facts that can be easily proven by the number of posts people have made, not making a value judgment on anybody), so the idea that you could be feeling timid hadn't even touched my mind. Anything you have problems with, I'm more than willing to discuss (in PM if you'd rather keep it private, here if you want a group discussion), I'm just surprised you of all people would say that you feel like you're feeling anxious, because I'd never have suspected it on my own. I believe your words, don't misunderstand, I'm just surprised by them, is all.

Additionally, speaking of being more free, the job I got for this summer will end this month, so until I manage to find something new (probably until spring), I too will have a lot more free time, meaning more time to be active here and thus handle any problem people might have or adapt to changed schedules, if necessary.

I'm aware I've been somewhat quiet lately - I'm sort of lacking in ideas right now. There are a lot of names and such being thrown about, of all the important people in this town/the fort and how they're all connected to each other and such. That kind of gameplay that gets into, like, factions and political connections and stuff has never really been my thing once you get past a couple of NPCs or so, plus Nothing is soemwhat lacking in a true understanding of how these weird mortals work as well as in any desire to associate too closely with them in case someone notices anything weird. This character is sort of better at sneaky-stealth than social stealth, so I'm sort of holding back until we get into the whole "creeping around in the dark and trying to distract/murder the guards" aspect of things, at which point it will become much more fun for me again >:).

In reply to Nothing (msg # 15):

I'm aware of your preferences, Nothing - that's why I have set up things for you so that you're currently alone and in the perfect position to do some spying on your own. As I said before to Ashaia, I try my best to keep the game interesting to everybody, as far as I'm able - and if anybody isn't having fun, telling me and explaining why will see me try to solve whatever the issue is.