Masks Chit Chat.

[Mr. Handy]

That's okay. I've been busy myself lately and was away for the last couple of weeks. Things will be slow for me, as I have a lot of catching up to do and I'm moving in December, but I should be able to keep up. I will be away this weekend without Internet access, but I plan to get back Sunday night and can post then.

[Raiko]

Wow, welcome back Decrepit!

It's great to have you back.

I've been busier than expected at work, even with the big project finished (so many things to catch up on), but I'll try my utmost to reread recent posts this weekend and get things moving again.

I'll post something by Monday evening, even if it's just more excuses...

Hopefully we can get the game moving along again by the end of the holiday period (I'm in a much better position to make New Years resolutions this time).

[Decrepit]

Haha. Nice to be wanted somewhere. 2009 has been just that kind of year. But consider me tanned, rested, and ready to go. Between now and 2010, Caroline and Nethaniel will be "hanging out" at the spice shop. Turns out Caroline sort of likes danger, if you know what I mean. She surprises even me sometimes.

[DSIGFUSS]

Righty-O lad! Let's hop to it!

[Raiko]

Happy new year everyone - back at work tomorrow. Will try to kick off this game again.

Sorry the Christmas hols were too busy with the kids.

[trixie]

I hear ya! Get em all out of school and you actually expect to have down time?? Think again!

[DSIGFUSS]

Like you do anything at home when the kids are away Trixie!

Munch!!! Squish!! Click! Munch!! Crunch! Hrmmm! Click! Slurp! Munch! Click!

Oh what's that aweful sound?

That's just the sound of Trixie feverishly eating Bon Bons while she watches her "stories" on five different chananels. 6 If you count BBC. lol

[DSIGFUSS]

What is a bon bon anyways?

[trixie]

As if! You're the one with the obnoxious book on the cd player in your car.....omg.....complete with sound effects! hahahah!!!!

Bon bons are dam good just for the record.

[Raiko]

Sorry for the additional hold up, still figuring out how to get the show back on the road. :rolls:

It's tricky after such a long break. I think I'm about ready though. :S

@Mr Handy: I need to decide what to do about the "Scotand Yard" thread. Syrinx is dropping out to concentrate on his own games, and with the difficulties I've had running the game recently , I'm not so sure that I can handle an ambitious sub-game at the moment. Would you be happy to look after one of the existing characters for the moment? I'm pretty sure that we'll be a couple of players down, at least. And I could for a logical opportunity to introduce Jones as a player character at a later point (not too much later).

Bon bons are dam good just for the record.

Damn right they are!

[Mr. Handy]

I couldn't really do justice to the existing characters. I've read very little of Chapter 1, and what I did read I've forgotten (it was over three years ago). I still want to play Jones, and I'm willing to wait as long as you need. I've waited this long, after all. Maybe you can find someone else to play Barrington at a later point. too.

[Raiko]

Fair enough, I'll try to run the Scotland Yard thread if I can, to get you straight into the game. If I can't, then I'll bring in Jones ASAP.

I'm going to try posting in the IC threads tonight - even if it means not sleeping

I've scrapped the plan to immediately reunite everyone, as I was struggling to find time to write the long posts necessary!

Instead I'll kick off each IC thread again, see which PCs are active, and once some of the PC groups get back together, I'll quickly wrap up any remaining threads to get everyone surviving into the same place!

I think I just need to get into the habit of posting from home again, I can easily spare an hour or two a night if I just resist the XBOX!

That firewall at work is a real pain in ass though...

BTW: I emailed Imme today, but did it from work - forgetting that I'm not back there until Monday! Imme, if you're reading this please PM me, rather than replying to the email.

[Raiko]

Posted now!

Trixie & Laraqua: don't forget that the Rukov twins are active in a private thread: here

DSIG & Decrepit: Sorry I'm actually waiting on you two now in that thread - Nethaniel has to decide what to do with the paperweight.

[Raiko]

BTW: I watched the first two parts of 24 (Day 8) on Sunday (it runs a week behind the US over here), and Jack Bauer was staying at the Hotel Chelsea!

[Raiko]

BTW: I watched the first two parts of 24 (Day 8) on Sunday (it runs a week behind the US over here), and Jack Bauer was staying at the Hotel Chelsea!

I imagine his room is the very one where poor Jackson Elias was so brutally slain by the Cult of the Bloody Tongue!

[Mr. Handy]

Sounds good to me. I know how hard it is to post when you have very little time. It's difficult for me to keep my own games moving. I don't have to worry about the Xbox - just the PS3. I have just as much of a problem finding time to play that, however. I've got dozens of games I haven't even had time to start playing yet. Not to mention hundreds of PC games. And I can't post from work (it's technically possible, but not allowed).

Imme hasn't logged in since July, and she dropped off of Dark and Moody too. I hope she comes back. Now that Laraqua's returned, maybe she could also rejoin Ash. Several of our players haven't resumed posting again.

I've been watching 24 too. It's on Monday nights here, and I've seen the first five hours so far. I won't spoil it, but it just keeps getting better.

[Raiko]

I've had an email reply from Imme now, she'll be joining back in in a couple of weeks. That gives me time to resolve the situation that Johnny is in before needing any posts for Elizabeth. Grafster should be back within a day or two. I'll NPC Elizabeth & Andrei for now if necessary.

Laraqua & DSIGFUSS: I'll wait another day for Trixie to post (and in the hope that Decrepit returns), before posting in your threads - hopefully I'll have your split group back together within a few posts.

[Raiko]

@DSIGFUSS: Need a roll for Nethaniel (see the Spice Shop thread).

Once that's done, we shall continue.

[Raiko]

Sorry I wanted to post yesterday, but I was feeling a bit poorly.

Better again now, and I'll be able to post again tomorrow if anyone's waiting on me.

At the moment we have these players who've posted:

DSIGFUSS: Nethaniel
Laraqua: Maks
Grafster: Johnny

Trixie's been offline for a couple of weeks, but I'm assuming that she'll still be playing Timour when she's back.
Imme said she'd be back online in a couple of weeks.
Mr Handy is waiting patiently to join the game with DS Jones.

If no-one else returns we'll see how the game goes with six players.

[trixie]

I'm still here....but not checking regularly. Everything is moving so slowly at the moment that checking in daily seems pointless.