Sorry, peeps. I'm still in this game, but yeah, there wasn't much chance to get on. I can't apologize enough for how much I've added to the lag, but that's not going to undo the damage.
On the timeskip thing; if you think it'll help, I'm fine with it. I think the mission and setting we're on's really awesome and interesting; it wasn't killing muse. When I've tried to sit down and write something, I get stuck on the next step that keeps the momentum going (ironic..) or on characterization, but that's largely centered around the character and direct interaction.

I think the timeskip won't save us on its own. The main problem is the majority of us have been nonentities for the large part of the mission [i]or[/i] gone inactive since. We need to contact and gather people up and get them to do stuff. Entire teams haven't been in the mission since we got NewGuild, excepting Roland from the equation.

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And didn't Roland somehow become a, if not the, prize for that?
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He was going to be the bed-maid, nurse, whipping boy, something of that sort.

Or maybe it was that they were going to be an assistant to him if they lost. That sounds more right.
I unfortunately lost the posts I had saved on my doc's from the SB thread, and I didn't realize Google Cache doesn't stay, so I'm not sure if that's something you can check...