In reply to The Whip Cracker (msg # 42):

Ah, well, any inquiries will have to go through Glynis, the publisher's secretary. She and I have a certain...hm...understanding. I can get her to cover for me. I think.

As soon as I wrote that post, I got an urge to eat some cream crackers.

I would imagine, that close to the supposed end of the Depression, there would be a lot of pawn shops in towns all over the country. There would be brass balls everywhere, whatever the weather...

I'm not sure when they fizzled out, but they're back now! :(

Second-hand shops have remained with us throughout, but the business of pawning and redeeming fell out of favour for a long while - possibly post-war, when we 'never had it so good'?

Going to wait a bit to see if anyone else want to post.

Im good at the moment. Don't feel I can add much yet until someone else posts. ;-)

Im a bit dissapointed that Charlotte disappeared after just a few posts though.

Well, at least I can write her out here if she's leaving at this point. I have mailed her player.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:15, Wed 17 Apr 2019.

Plan to resolve the combat here tomorrow.

I'll be out of town and mostly out of Internet access for the week, until Monday the 17th. Feel free to have Andrei look menacing as needed.

Thanks for letting me know.

Just checking to see who is still here.

Present.

Back, and mostly over the con crud.

Where's Jock's player?
This message was last edited by the player at 19:06, Sun 30 June 2019.

In reply to The Whip Cracker (msg # 55):

Since Jock hasn't checked in for 6 weeks, he may have left the game.

That puts us down to three players then... I'm starting to wonder if it might be best to call this a bust.

Hi folks, sorry for my prolonged absence. I haven’t died, but my computer did. Then the new computer wouldn’t run my old software, then I had to find something that would run, and how to run it. It’s been a nightmare.

<rant>
It seems that Micros***, in its wonderful and beneficent wisdom, has decided to replace BIOS - the basic system that all computers use to understand their surroundings - the drivers that tell the computer how to recognize drivers...

It looks like Billy Gates’s people have made the computer companies an offer they can’t refuse, and all new computers are now using Micros***'s UEFI instead of the independent BIOS. Which is supposed to be great for Windows users, but if, like me, you use Linux: tough luck! “We’re takin’ over this neck o’ the woods, an’ you ain’t welcome round here no more." The new computer couldn’t even see my old software, let alone load it.

Eventually, I found a version of Linux that would run on the new computer, and managed to get it all set up and working, but it’s taken weeks!
</rant>

I’ll come clean and say that this is not the only thing that’s kept me away from Rpol over the past few weeks, but it’s the biggest thing and it provides the best excuse, so I’m sticking to it. :)

Anyhow, if the game's still running, I'm here and willing to continue.

Welcome back! I'm definitely willing to continue if you are.

Shall we skip ahead a bit?

In reply to Georgia Taylor (msg # 59):

Yes, let's.

Suits me. We've lost Daniel's player, then? Pity.

Maybe it's not too late for further recruitment? Linguist, medic, etc? Worst case, if they drop out, we're back to NPCing those roles, but we may attract other long-term players with them.

Skipping ahead is fine with me.

Yes, that's a good idea. I'll post an advert. I've got an NPC linguist/medic lined up, but we might need two.

Hello, I've taken up Caroline Silk.

I'll be reading up to the present, and figuring out a good jumping-on point.

In reply to Caroline Silk (msg # 64):

Welcome, Caroline.

Welcome to the party. :)

I'm planning to have us all meet up in Georgia's office and discuss from there.