[quote=The Nexerus]
So one post that encompasses two months, rather than four months?Travel times are confusing me to no end. Do we need to take into account whether or not we'd have received a message when it was sent based off of how far away it was sent from? Do, say, our family's nobles travelling take longer to travel than just a messenger?
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That is correct, yes.

Diplomacy is actually instantaneous, and can be handled ICly or via PMs. It would be a good idea for players to communicate with each other with both, to get all the deets ironed out without causing confuzzles. It's up to the two players to decide what happens when in these cases, subject to my approval if the actions need to be secret or extra-ordinary.

In your case, you could start your post having already received and responded to the message from Lady Dryden.

My apologies, by the way. I don't think I mentioned this in the rules.