I know this sounds really stupid and may be counterproductive.. but could it be worth starting a new thread with the ones still in it and starting from the point of they are all meeting today to go steal - with those of us left we could pair up.. we could just jump straight into the raid and then have the characters can meet up to split the loot at the end? Then we can start moving on with the rp? We can leave a link here for the others to jump back in later if they want to but it might be a way to have a fresh start and get the ball rolling a bit?