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Keiko's player has Brain Freeze and may or may not get the HWD portion of the brain thawed out today. Or tomorrow. As you said, I shall hope for the best.

also forgot to mention that the GM replied with a funny story about a dog since i shared that one of my woes last night was my old girl just having to explore in an area she need not be and getting tangled up in my tv/stereo wires and then fighting her way out. I watched helpless from a distance as it was too late when she decided to 'freak out' over her realization of sudden confinement and then watch as my directv receiver flipped up in the air and landed upside down on the hard floor. The receiver decided it wasn't going to work anymore in protest of the poor treatment it received. fun times. I will let the GM recount his story if he wishes, just thought it notable to mention.

I'd like to truly thank Art for his time and travel upon The Heartwood.

He and Kadri have participated in all of the World Changing events that have occurred ever since the opening in Cragside.

A Weasel got the higher ground.

hihi! I've responded to those I could this week and I suspect with the holidays here things will be slow.

I can certainly understand why Exeter/Pietro may be at a loss; and for that I do apologize. He's in an odd place with Lady Bekkah - who we need to hear from about her impending courtship. On one hand I can understand the warrior's frustration. On the other hand, between the two of them - both Bekkah and Pietro - they are succeeding very well in what they were supposed to do.

Tie up the Prince's force for as long as they can.

I also understand Kel's position and will respond when her bullet points become in-character actions.

Cesare has a very interesting question to answer ... but there's no rush a the moment.

The separate threads will be coming to a point where they will weave back together; how well that happens is up to you folks

You probably meant "...if her bullet points..." rather than "...when her bullet points..." Right? Just saying that you might have to go with the bullet points because trying to force creativity usually has unpleasant consequences. I should go make some fractal art.

Neither Pietro nor I feel very good about the situation or the way with which it has been dealt. I managed to back Pietro into a corner where he cannot fail but to see himself as a complete failure and a disgrace to his position as a Squire of Lord Rames.

Hi folks! I was thinking that it would be nice to hold for a bit, until Phoenix is feeling better

Sure!

With the GM's permission (and that of the other player in the thread) I have updated my most recent post.

Noted and read

folks ... there is a 70-30 chance I'll have to work this weekend, both Saturday and Sunday, and if that happens I apologize, but HWD and ARAOK may be delayed another week.

Hopefully it will only be Saturday.

56 hours and rising ...

And I'm away next week

and here i go ... off to work ...

Real work? On a sunday...

yup real work on a Sunday ... some folks need to learn simples things.

a) When you have to choose between deciding a paint color and making sure your project has doors and frames ... CHOOSE DOORS AND FRAMES

b) that you can't reference schedules or anything else that ISN'T IN THE SET.

(this goes right along with along with "Don't use abbreviations that aren't in the abbreviation list" and "don't use the same abbreviation for TWO DIFFERENT things").

c) when someone spends weeks documenting the office Millwork system, which in turn took years to develop and actually WORKS ... you USE it.

d) that there is something fundamentally wrong with your drawing set when 50% of a sheet is WHITE

e) Kelly says I need a copy editor? She would commit homicide after reading drawing notes. It would be justifiable.

f) You know those nifty things that close a door behind you. It's called a closer. They have so many options and flavors it's a whole bloody speciality to get right. So you can tell the Contractor they - since they are ordering it and installing it - are responsible for getting one that that works right OR you can spend an hour and give them your best guess at a catalog number. Fine. Who then gets blamed and pays for it when something goes wrong? Worried they will get it wrong? That's what shop drawings are for. Don't take responsibility for something the Contractor should be responsible for.

g) Saying "oh I was going to fix that in the addendum" translates to "I screwed up my deadline but I don't care."

h) Make sure your bloody arrowhead points to the right thing.

i) Don't dimension to something that has an indeterminate location.

j) Don't try and use drawing notes to replace specifications. Whatever you leave out for brevity and convenience you'll end up paying the contractor an extra for.

do I need to go on?

So yah I'm kinda frazzled at the moment ...

Awww... poor Wolfie

Exeter and Nivek- care to join us for some conversation? Maybe get some play in before the sunday post... who knows, maybe the GM has a small wednesday post for us... (hopeful)

...yet doubtful, given the work situation. Sometimes I wonder if he's the only person in the firm who knows how to do the architect thing. <smh> I'd say the same thing to him that I'm always saying to ividia (New job, blah blah blah) if I thought it would do any good. (It won't.)

Sigh.

A successful Quest! Yea! And once again you have shown how Player Actions can change the very face of the World. Once folks rest up at Home we will be continuing our explorations - I have heard of a desire for a trip up the Flowered Path, which would be of interest to all, including both Rhoni (for different reasons) and of course Minstrel and Healer.

Pietro, however, will be traveling on to Talesan's Village.

After long conversation we have come to the conclusion that, by its very nature the Heartwood and Pietro were not a good mix. It was a matter of conflicting play-styles and their consequences. Over the length and breath of the quest this created several recurring issues and associated misunderstandings.

I have always believed that differing manners of play are never necessarily a bad thing – and with complete sincerity I believe this is why there are many, many types of games out there and that there is no better or worse, just different.

Thus Pietro will be traveling to the Cathedral on his own and I wish Exeter best of luck with his play elsewhere.

Sorry to see you go Exeter. Good luck!

Thanks for playing- our opening scene was really fun and it was great play too. we didn't spend much time together after that... but Lyric meeting the Squire with the sinnomon bread and the horse who ate the apples still stands out as one of my favorite introductions yet.

HWD is written - I just have to proof it, but that's going to have to wait until after dinner with Mom, Brother and Niece.

*frowns* at a certain native character ...

that's the one problem with having native characters who are real people with minds and wants and dreams of their own ...

they have wants and dreams of their own that surprise the dickens out of their creator!

I read somewhere that wolf may be delayed by an rl auto intrusion.

Sorry to hear that. But it helps me. I am away from home and limited to my cell. I wont be able to post until sunday night.

yah. that was a surprise.

No one was hurt and the building was way tougher than the car. But not my idea of how to spend an afternoon.

And, happily, completely the driver's fault.