Revenge of the Fifth!

Revenge of the 5th! (wee bit belated since it's the 6th but I was occupied).

**pokes the game** Come on, you lot!

Hah! We should be alright.

Ding! 400!

Thought this game had died, to be honest...

But I'm not about to let a teammate go down swinging from terrible rolls alone! I will roll my OWN terrible rolls to help!

Sorry for being so silent. But RL has kept me busy and afraid it will for awhile. So GM I'm going to ask to be removed from the game. No sense of me slowing everything down.

Even when players leave or get busy or otherwise occupied, I keep the characters around for a few weeks just in case things change again.

Knowing you won't be able to post for awhile, though, I'll just post for you as an NPC.

So apparently it was my turn to get Covid, although a weaker strain. Culminated Monday night when I fell getting out of bed because I got dizzy and my legs were so weak they couldn't support me. After friends helped me get into a chair, called an ambulance to take me to the hospital for evaluation and testing. Everything else was clear but the test came back positive for Covid. Put some fluids in me, gave me a few prescriptions for me cough, and sent me home.

According to the doctor, I have had it for a few days, so Monday was the worst of it. Getting better, but I still feel like crap and a bit unsteady on my feet.

At least this explains why I've been feeling so crappy for awhile now.

Probably should apologize for not posting an update here, but brain's been too tired to even think of doing that.

Getting better. Just slow.

No reason to apologize. Your health is far more important.

Yeah, as always, RL comes first.

Glad you're getting better! Also glad you're not leaving this game to rot, I'll be around.

Yea! Power's back as of Friday afternoon. Internet came back late Friday night. We thought it'd take long because we're at the tail end of a line and the telephone pole and transformer at the other end of the block were both lying on the ground because the pole had snapped in half!

Spent yesterday cleaning up, picking up the pieces, putting things back in place, and making sure nothing got burnt out. We'd unplugged the TVs and shut off the AC at the circuit box, so we seem to be okay.

Our two house cats keep wanting to go out on the back porch like they used to, but it's half gone, so that's not going to be an option for awhile.

Anyway, expect to get caught up on my games today.

Welcome back, Boss!

Hi, Im new. Any of you want a four arked monk on your team?

Is that a cousin?!

Yup. We even share a family name!

Oh I can see shenanigans in the future...

Yup, especially since Zollu uses Bella for most off planet interactions. I bet they are actually cousins. Hmmm

As a Monk Zollu had to train somewhere. Perhaps they trained together? Or maybe at the same place but seperately?

Kossar was originally found by Sith. It went well with the whole toxic alpha ideal that wolves arguably live by... The issues came about a year later when that sith was curb stomped by a light side user.

With his alpha gone, Kossar took up under this new master immediately but the new master would only have him as long as he could keep up. A few years further on Koss simply lost sight of the Light side user but has been trying to develop a more true alpha mentality as opposed to what he was born to.

He now tries to strengthen and embolden while nurturing others. He's changed a lot but perhaps ultimately not too much.  I have no problems with us having trained together for a time maybe you were able to keep up with the light user longer or perhaps we lost contact at the Sith stage. I'm open to whatever.

As I probably mentioned, ever since I caught COVID back in October, I've felt like crap even after it went away. Supposedly, the aftermath leaves you tired for months. So I don't have enough energy to post very often most days, and when I do, I'm barely managing to do chores and run errands.

Last two weeks, I've been having minor chest pains on my right side (I'm not an alien--I only have one heart and it's on the left). While I thought it was just a muscle strain from lifting something, my previous heart problem and age had the VA nurse advise me to go to the ER.

So Thursday afternoon, that's what I did! After two days of poking and prodding and inspecting and injecting, they finally determined that I had absolutely no heart concerns. They sent me home Saturday morning with a $600 prescription! At least the first month is free, but unless the VA covers it, I won't be taking that next month.

And the stupid part is that I felt worse when I got discharged than I did when I went in!

Outside of the hospital, though, someone suggested my tiredness/lack of energy may be due to an iron deficiency, which might also account for my lack of appetite.

And then there's the insomnia... haven't slept in six days.

Bought an iron supplement and some Melatonin yesterday, so we'll see if that helps.


So, is anyone else still here?

Alive and kicking despite life doing everything it can to stop that.

Yes

Yep!