A good idea would be to read the plot summary Lennon wrote on the first page of the OOC. He writes in depth about the story leading up to Timber, so I'll overview that and go into more detail on recent events. 

So, the world is largely the same as FF8's with a few notable exceptions. The main characters of the game obviously don't exist, and this extends to some other side characters including Sorceresses and Headmaster Cid, where an OC substitutes their role instead. This helps to just make the experience a lot fresher. 

The RP starts in a very similar vein to FF8. Duncan (an instructor like Quistis) accompanies his class of students (including active members Xerox, Syrus and Eika) to their SeeD test in Dollet. Their objective differs from the main game, but ultimately, they encounter a Galbadian officer (Asa) and the radio they're trying to repair. A battle rages on the tower Asa has Duncan captive, and ultimately Asa chooses to retreat into a Galbadian Warship, which chases the SeeD members off. What changes here to the main game is that the radio tower is [i]destroyed[/i] and not functioning. 

SeeD manage to escape, but a call is made from Galbadian to raze Dollet the ground. So in this universe Dollet now no longer exists. Due to Galbadia's control over most of the world, expect propaganda about the whole thing. 

So the SeeD return to the Garden, both their duties fulfilled and yet resulting in an ultimate failure. Duncan loses his Instructor job and is given a new one where he has to lead future operations in Galbadia, and the next day they're given a mission to aid a rebel faction within the Galbadian army. They're sent to Timber where they meet a Faction Liason (Mei and her brother) and they are given a mission to kidnap a high ranking Major in the Galbadian Army. Cue the mission taking place at the Headquarters in Timber, a lot of bloodshed and a few injured SeeDs and a couple of dead ones. 

Ultimately they succeed and Wiggs is captured and interrogated for information. Duncan is informed of the next objective, which will take place in Deling City. So with the field team chosen, they embark on the train and head for the city, where they prepare for their next debriefing. 

So that's (roughly) the story so far. Lennon has already stated OOC that we're going to assassinate the President as the next objective, so the event is going to play out a bit like the Sorceress parade, but without the Sorceress. 

So yeah. Phew. Anyone still lost on any particular point, please let me know as I would like to see some posting before Lennon comes back. If you can't post soon give us a head's up here. If you don't...well...

Expect to be thrown into the Tomb of the Unknown King. Ohohoho.

Hmm...we have only just arrived in DC rivaan so the times of arrival don't really differ. She can easily have just completed a mission in DC and been told to stay undercover until Duncan and co arrive. We can organize some kind of rendezvous with your character somewhere in the city maybe?