Same, work has been really busy these past couple weeks. :( I am here and down to continue, absolutely. I am going to have a post up tomorrow for sure and I shall endeavor to be more active.

@Matt - Alas, I wasn't aware the entirety of the forces of nature had combined against your ability to post. I hope they stop it soon and that you'll not have flood problems after the snow. Be well, I can surely wait.

@Hetty - encouraged to hear you're still about! Would a 1/week posting schedule be more realistic for what you can do at present, do you think? If so, I find that having a dedicated regular slot or "deadline" helps mark out a space for a creative endeavour that might otherwise get filled up with the general jumble of little things free time tends to get filled up with. Alternatively, would it help if posts were a bit shorter, taking up less time and attention relative to motion? I don't want participation to get to feel like a chore or generally not fun, that's not what games are for at all at all.

That might work best for me at this time, yes. I am hoping that things settle soon!

The former suggestion, or both?

If the former, how about Saturday for your posting day, would hat work?

...or that, even, though feel free to wear a hat whilst posting.

Just setting out a little lead for Hetty if desired/to show we're alive. Matt's player is definitely tied up for a while yet, as I'm pretty sure he's in Texas and I am very worried about all the hot climate people in Texas right now.

Hope Matt's player and their loved ones are staying safe and healthy and warm. :(

On a happier note, it's my mom's birthday weekend so I will try to post today but it may be tomorrow.

I don't think anyone's had consistent power down there for days, so hopefully not being here means that any power going is being used to heat things/cook warm food rather than play games on the internet. Fingers crossed.

May your mother have some pleasing food and weather for her natal day, and the trying/notice are both appreciated. [nod]

Thanks very much for the well wishes. I’m sincerely appreciative.

After several days without power and water, and being forced to flee first to a hotel, then to a relative’s home, things are slowly transitioning back to some semblance of normalcy. My power was restored yesterday afternoon and water service resumed this morning. We’re still under a boil water notice in my area, but I’ve got plenty of bottled water and sufficient kitchen equipment to boil any more that’s needed. I count myself blessed. There are still people in the city without electricity and running water.

All that to say, I’m going to do my best to catch up on games in the next day or so. Focusing on a few well told stories will honestly be therapeutic for me, I believe.

Thanks for saving me a chair at the table. :)

Ah! Matt! So good to hear from you! I am so very glad you are not frozen. Also that you'll be about a bit, but mostly that you are not an icicle. Huzzah!

You are very welcome. ^_^

Maybe we need to get a well-trained friend like this to help with Merigg's culinary issues: https://twitter.com/hottestsin.../1364675163078369282

I’m actually a little stunned that the egg turned out as well as it did, all things considered.

Sorry for the delay! Things totally got away from me between birthday time and work but I have posted. :)

Much appreciated! I'm giving you two a chance for your characters to talk/introduce themselves undistracted(/almost unchaperoned, gosh) a moment, though am willing to shift things along if you don't think they'll have anything to say.

and yes, Chef Friend is very dextrous and exceedingly well-trained, I kind of want one.

In reply to Matthew Hall (msg # 25):

https://www.tiktok.com/@_soggy...v2&is_copy_url=1 <- pancakes!!

I hope the things in view from the back door are reasonably obvious, but I'm creating this message to remind myself/have something to nudge when I make an actual map of the place. For the general architecture, picture something like Kirbuster Farm Museum's kitchen, only with the walls nicely plastered and whitewashed on the inside and an iron stove inset flush to the far left (south-ish) wall rather than a freestanding hearth. Also less light from above, since the roof space has been given over to the upstairs you'll see in a wee bit.

Incidentally, about how tall are our victims noble protagonists?


Oh, and I feel I should share this twitter account I found whilst wandering t'internet yesterday, I love how vaguely harassed but determined this guy sounds: https://twitter.com/mayorsilent?lang=en


edit: cottage map uploaded in the Group 1 slot. Huzzah!

much later edit, still on the theme of updated pictures: A reference for Pest's colouration, since I uploaded a more generic 'small seagull' picture to the gallery for maximum utility even when it does come through.
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Very cool!

And I am doing okay, got my first vaccine shot today!

That's great news! By complete co-incidence I get mine this afternoon; we can be immunity buddies.

Do you have an approximate idea of how tall Hetty is, by the way? Remembering that either/both of you can put visually noticeable things in your description slots if you like.

On the theme of describing, if I doodled some of the monsters likely to show up around here that're less spoiler-y and more just ambient idiots, would you two like to see or would that be a distraction/spoiler/mood-breaking the mystery? I mean, I have reduced a PC to hyperventilating on the ground with literal bedsheet ghosts and given a someone RL nightmares with a zombie chicken before, I'm pretty good at describing things in a spooky fashion, but once you show someone a picture that's what things look like, y'know?

I imagine her as petite. Also I should be able to have a post up tomorrow after work!

Ack, the day got away from me. But tomorrow is Saturday, yay, so I will definitely have a post. :)

All posts appreciated, truly. Meanwhile, I think this might be what happens when maritime cultists get hold of municipal funding, maybe.

Also, I got "Ancient Evil" on one of those personality quiz things currently popular in certain areas of the internet, and feel obscurely pleased. 's like stylistic consistency or something.

Ack so sorry for the delay! There has been a lot of transition at work and with Mother’s Day I just didn’t get the chance to post. I plan to post tomorrow and things are moving towards stability!

Huzzah for stability!

What on earth is American Mothers' Day doing this far from Easter, though? Were they trying to snub Catholics so hard they went with the unreformed Orthodox calendar or something?

I just live here, LOL.

A quick notice on delays, since I didn't bank on a detour into Cooking With Matthew & Pest (a YouTube series I would definitely tune into) and I've been trying to drastically rearrange my living space, my washing machine broke down, I've been setting up another game on here, and tomorrow evening will be descended upon by visiting aunts...that is to say, with great appreciation for your patience, it may take a bit for me to get a post together.

Working on it! The fact that Firefox's new update is hideous and requires hacking I've not been able to crack (yet) to make me not feel like burglars have plastered boyband posters over my stuff really doesn't help in any way. >_<


Please accept this Important Information About Seashells in apology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKrSTWn8LGY
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So sorry for my own delay! Been doing some househunting and such on top of work being busy!