The second and much larger half is due sometime later today so there will be plenty to chew on 8)

**Edit:** Fern did the honor of posting the first half and after I've hammered out the final segment, the second half will move our plot along, at which point; posting will resume!

Please excuse RoleplayerGuild's inadequate functions. Last I heard, Mahz was working on delivering more features and restoring BBCode to the lineup so we won't have these irritable features for long.