Got a post in finally! Thank goodness. Took longer than I had thought, but after this I might do a bit of a longer skip, or two smaller scenes from two more skips, to try to catch up to where everyone else is at somewhat. Will see how it goes! Certainly going to be busy these next two weekends as well. 

The hope I have is for Eliza to get ahold of iron, since it is more notable to this area of Japan from what I can look up, then finding copper and maybe only some minor surface tin eventually so bronze becomes a thing in a more organic manner. Then finding out the mountains nearby have iron sand, which will lead to her having to rediscover the type of process used by irl Japan to make steel from that. Etc. Nothing to be rushed, but more long term things to enjoy coming across and discovering alone or with others! 

Will take time for her to produce significant results, though, but that's part of the charm of this tougher starting location in my eyes! It all takes time. A lot of effort. Etc.

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And post. Love reading your stuff guys, and am eager to have the first time skip and have our characters meet and interact eventually!

[@Crusader Lord] Especially, love the details and character building.

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This has been a rather enjoyable thing so far, and I do enjoy reading what Astrid, William, and the others are up to as well! :O

Hopefully we all run into each other eventually as well. Could be when the world becomes more globalized naturally in due time, could be sooner depending on world travels or conquests our people might make along the way as our immortals realize they are (in the aging sense at least but not in the dying by violence sense) in fact ageless immortals now. Etc, etc! 

Ahem, but I am rambling a bit overall here. Apologies. ^^;