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Uluki will be expected to be there. Like you said - it wouldn't occur to him to keep her out of this.

He said private to spare Rollick having all the civilians present.

I hope I didn't take things too far in my post. I decided to risk that instead of risking leaving you with nothing to respond to.

If you want Karsimir to do more before we leave the refugees and it doesn't conflict with my post, feel free to go ahead and do it in your next post. If there's something that does conflict, let me know and I will edit. I wasn't trying to cut things off, just to prevent them from stalling.

I decided not to do what I intended with Vernon's reaction, that we discussed in chat, simply because I felt like it messed up the pace and was distracting for no real purpose. What happened in my post is the version I want to use, not what I mentioned in chat that I was planning.

Fred parting with his sword, now that surprised even me.

OOC I really am fine with handing over Brightbiter. Actually I like the idea because it seems like a fitting act of generosity, Brightbiter is/was a treasured weapon, being given for the right reasons.

I think he'll pick up a Gothic Mace or something similar to replace his sword for now.

OOC I really am fine with handing over Brightbiter. Actually I like the idea because it seems like a fitting act of generosity, Brightbiter is/was a treasured weapon, being given for the right reasons.

That was definitely suitably paladin-y. I was impressed.

Whether Fred takes Rollick up on his own offer is up to you, and neither I nor Rollick have strong feelings either way. It was just matter of practicality.

And my characters now have yet another source of Pain from the potential leaving, yay!

Speaking of the potential leaving...

Before the warriors leave for Shim, Uluki and Rollick will be telling the people they're particularly close to (Julen, Rosemary, Kaydee, Thetta, Jenny, Becky, probably the Lightswords who have been there from the beginning) that they're likely to be leaving after the return from Shim. The nomads will want to go as soon as possible when the warriors get back, and Uluki and Rollick don't want to spring an "OK, bye, quite likely forever" on someone who would actually care. They won't want their farewells to be unexpected and abrupt.

Kaydee will be offered the chance to go along, though she'll probably want to stay near Julen.

I'm not planning to do all of that on camera, simply because it would take a long time and delay things, and doesn't really advance the plot. You can assume those characters are told individually, and it is made clear to them the family isn't being kicked out, that it's an issue of safety with Marn.

Now, whether they're actually going to go, I'm not certain. Things that will happen during Shim (which obviously my characters don't know about yet) will make that at the very least more complicated, if not impossible. But since my characters think they're leaving and their writer isn't sure, they'll be preparing their friends to expect their departure. Probably offscreen, though, unless any of them really need to talk about it.

Presumably the conversation with Petra and the speech to the rest of the compound can happen off-camera so not to keep Julen on hold?

Also, that has been a really enjoyable scene.

Railtus Anstrun wrote:Presumably the conversation with Petra and the speech to the rest of the compound can happen off-camera so not to keep Julen on hold?

I'm fine either way. If you want to write out the speech and/or conversation with Petra, I don't mind waiting.

Presumably the conversation with Petra and the speech to the rest of the compound can happen off-camera so not to keep Julen on hold?

You might want to briefly summarize the basics of the speech in your next post just so those of us who play refugees know what was said (as I don't think Uluki and Rollick have anything to say that will prolong the conversation.) As I mentioned, Petra will have no problem with anything anyone said to Vernon. In fact, she'll be pleased someone besides her is trying to take him to task for what she sees as an ongoing issue. Feel free to mention or assume that in your post. But yeah, all that works best as off-camera stuff.

I've enjoyed the conversation too, thanks.

I'm fine either way. If you want to write out the speech and/or conversation with Petra, I don't mind waiting.

Petra doesn't have anything important to say. It's not really worth it on my end. Rail, thoughts?


EDITED: Because I noticed I made a stupid typo and was anal and had to correct it. I didn't change anything of actual substance.

Neither scene (Petra or speech) is important to me. So I say skip it.

Although do we need to discuss any ideas to avoid leaving Uluki in the lurch while we are off saving villagers?

By the way, anything people wish to acquire for their characters can have been gathered on Numidar's sweep of Snyde's remaining properties.

Although do we need to discuss any ideas to avoid leaving Uluki in the lurch while we are off saving villagers?

Actually, I think I'm good on what I'm doing. I have at least two things that will definitely happen, and another thing I'm holding in reserve if I run out of material.

1.) Hornwood's employees will set his plan in motion while the Lightswords are in Shim. Uluki and family will have to deal with the immediate situation, and the aftermath.

2.) We now have a fairly serious problem with Vernon, Mamie, and the anti-fairy crowd. Their redemption and ability to integrate into the compound is kind of put in jeopardy by the plan of Uluki's family leaving. What they have now learned is that if they want someone gone, all they have to do is threaten to report them, and the object of their dislike will have to leave the compound. Their next target is Callie, and they're going to attempt the same thing to get rid of her. Uluki and Rollick will definitely have to deal with that, or things will get ugly very quickly.

Jules had previously kindly offered to play some of her NPCs for me in dealing with the aftermath of the Hornwood situation. If that offer still stands and you aren't too busy, I would like to take you up on that.

If Shim takes long enough that I'm scraping the bottom of my barrel on those two situations and have to move on to Option Three, I may need to talk you, Rail, about playing a specific NPC for me. But I think it's unlikely that'll happen during Shim, so we don't need to deal with it now.

Lylessa Uluki wrote:Jules had previously kindly offered to play some of her NPCs for me in dealing with the aftermath of the Hornwood situation. If that offer still stands and you aren't too busy, I would like to take you up on that.

Oh yeah, totally. I'm looking forward to it.

Lylessa Uluki wrote:And... then, I'm not sure there'll be a lot more to do. I'm not trying to discourage you from joining the scene, I just don't anticipate it going on very long.

I'm probably just going to stick around until it's over, and then I can ascertain that no one got burned and move on.

Like I said, I have no desire to interefere with this plot; I just couldn't see Quinn running off when something like that was going on. Not in front of Aorle, anyway.

Speaking of which, does Kasimir replace Aorle, or is it his new real name and Aorle is still his title? I didn't quite get that.

Thowwy, Karsimir Von Greyssen IC from now on, Fred OOC.

EDIT: Do you have any plans with where you want the story to go? Or is Quinn going to go do her own thing? Any way we can help include you?

I'm probably just going to stick around until it's over...

It's... pretty over at this point. I'm sure the refugees could get Quinn up to speed if she asks around, though. No Rollicks will be burned. She also could have heard the speech Karsimir made to the refugees explaining the situation, and/or heard Vernon and the paladin's conversation. She should be able to get the scuttlebutt.

Speaking of which, does Kasimir replace Aorle, or is it his new real name and Aorle is still his title? I didn't quite get that.

Karsimir is Aorle's new name. No more Aorle.

So...I'm figuring Uluki will probably have something to say in reply to Kaydee, so I didn't have Kaydee go find Dash yet.

Also, if Rail wants to get started with preparations for Shim, I think we should start a new thread for that.