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As I'm sure you've noticed, I'm not around a lot. This isn't because I lack the time, motivation or desire, but I'm having a little energy trouble these last few months. I'm doing an internship at an elementary school (I'm studying art therapy for the people who don't know this, and yes, I didn't get an internship abroad, long story *sniffle* ), and while I love working with the kids, it drains me so badly. I also kinda took on a larger load than I was supposed to, and thus am very behind on my own schoolwork (reports and such). So by the time I get home, I'm beat. I literally lay down on my bed, and stay there till dinnertime, then return to bed afterwards. Then sleep and repeat the whole thing the next day. Add to that the fact that it's an hour away from where I live so I have to get up really early to get there before the kids go to school, and yay, you get sleep deprivation as well) About the only thing I do for fun is play simple games on facebook, lol, and only because they require like 20 seconds of attention and that's it. (For the WoW players, I never made it to level 80, I had to cancel my account months ago because I had no time for it anymore *sad* )

So yes, this leaves UV in a very bad position, because obviously nothing happens when I'm not around. I don't have a solution for this, because this lifestyle won't change till the end of January. Now I could just say that everybody (myself included) will just have to wait it out till then, but that doesn't feel very satisfactory, does it? And yes, I do feel guilty for slowing this place down so much, but I just can't do anything about it without sacrificing something in my real life. If anyone has an idea on how to inspire people to pick up and have fun without me bossin' them around ( ^_~ ) then please share. Coming January (or the end of December depending on how it goes) I'll pick up the plot line again, but till then nothing new will happen ^_^ (Apologies to Windra about that :( )

Just wanted to keep you people up to date, i didn't abondon you or Uv ^_^ Now if you'll excuse me, I have another child coming up in 10 minutes and I have to be ready!
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Oh oh! Pick me! Pick me!

All right. So no official plot line 'till then. Don't worry about it, Al, we all still love yeah, and we understand (right? Probably, right. ;) ) Here's a solution I could suggest.

Why don't I do something mini-plotline related to my characters? I'm not the most active RPer when it comes to normal RP, but when there's something that "needs" to be posted, I'm pretty good at getting to it. Plus, for the next fourish months I've got a gov't job where I sit on my butt all day and play on the computer. It's pretty boring, and I've been looking for something to do. Well, why not post? But like I said, it's just that I need that extra push of having a "required" post.

So, not sure if I should continue this in a different forum, but what's the general concensus of UV? Would you guys perfer just "normal RP", or would you all like to participate in something not crazy epic with my characters, but just something to tide us along? Of course, I still need Miss Al's permission on this, as well as anything else she/mods may need.

Just a suggestion, wanting to help.
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Hang in there, Gaeva. Take care of those kids. :)
I've also been very busy lately, and it won't be any better anytime soon ... :-(

@Toadie: Mini-plots involving only your characters and any willing participants require no acceptance from Gaeva or staff to start. It's these days quite clearly defined in the rules. So unless you plan to blow up the forest, go for it! :)
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Gaeva Winged Unicorn wrote: I'll pick up the plot line again, but till then nothing new will happen ^_^ (Apologies to Windra about that :( )
Eh?
No worries, Gaeva. :P I've been around about as scarcely as you have.
Hmm ... ideas though? Something to keep this place thriving ... I'd suggest a mini-plot with a subordinate player (as opposed to a site admin or mod) running the show ... because there are a lot more 'regular/normal' posters here lately then those with some position of power.

Provide them with basic guidelines and let 'em roll. We could get some kind of adventure going?

Mayhaps think up something ... an outline for an idea, or a new place to discover, etc. ... and hand it off to a random member via PM so that they could get it started?
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Hmm, a combination of Toadie and Windra's suggestions doesn't sound bad actually. A simple character-related plot with still some connection to the "current" *cough cough* plot to keep things going. What do you think of this, Toadie? Would you be up for it? ^_^ If so we can see if anyone is interested in joining ^_^
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Of course! Sounds like fun to me. I would love to do something with the twins that develops Infer more into his 'evil' side, or even just works with his prophecy somehow, and it would be amazing if I could get something with Eternal leading an army (however small/meager) of some sort. Where shall I extend my ideas? Here/Meeting Circle/PMs?

Excited!

And yeah, I know Gritchy. I'm just one of those people that doesn't want to do absolutely anything wrong. :P And who knows, maybe I -do- planning on blowing up the forest, Blackback's shop included! Hehehehe.
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PeeEms would be good. And I think I can fullfill the army and prophecy bit for you. The prophecy bit anyway, I doubt we can muster the numbers for an army right now ^_^
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:P
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That's a good thing ^_^
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