Okay, there's two things I'd like to bring up here for discussion, one short-term and one long term: the current IC situation with Arcturus and the general state of the RP. For Arcturus, RPGuild reported that [@DrabberRogue] didn't even log in to the site in twelve days until a couple of days ago, at which point he did not contact me in any way regarding the RP, and he has not been on since. It hasn't been long enough that I'd presume that he's just gone (though it is long enough to make me worry), but Arcturus being "stuck" sort of makes progressing time consistently across all characters a bit awkward. In order to enable us to actually continue the RP with or without DrabberRogue and Arcturus, I propose one of three solutions: DrabberRogue conveniently shows up and posts. This would be preferable, but not something I can make happen and at this point not exactly something I would count on. I puppet Arcturus based on what I've seen him do until now, trying to keep specifics and inner workings vague or absent so that DrabberRogue can fill in to his preference when/if he returns. This will keep the scene moving about as it is now as much as possible. Or I engage a [I]deus ex machina[/I] and use my GM powers to interfere in the scene with an external actor, changing the circumstances so that DrabberRogue's posts aren't immediately needed for the story to progress. For the RP in general, I can't help but notice that we've, eh... had an unusually high rate of players quitting. Everyone stated their own reasons, of course (though I can't help but wonder if the RP/I somehow cause people to leave), but it does leave us with an unfortunate reality: the RP only has three players left, of which DrabberRogue's presence is currently somewhat nebulous. Despite how early in the RP we are, do you think it would do us any good to try a recruitment effort to get more players?