That's exactly why I know it was before - he didn't even have his character in the game when you were talking with Pen. 1SAZ is Lumasan's friend and he had been talking to her about possibly joining Conjured Hearts. She told him which characters were still available and he chose the Empusa to make a partner to (as that is the "first come first serve" rule that most players here ignored or passed by when making their characters) because no one said they were interested in anyone.<br/><br/>Now, I don't know if you tried to partner with Pen because I was wondering if your character could do well with his, given the characters we already had. But I don't really give a care about who gets together, I just hope that people's intentions can be posted in the OOC from now on.<br/><br/>Did you take a look at the rules we posted a few pages back? Do you think they are good/bad? Anything you think should be changed?<br/><br/>By the way -<strong>everyone</strong>- I'll be AFK for the next hour or two. When I get back Master and I will be moving the game forward. If you have any concerns, please post them here. Likewise, please try to have both yourself and your partner post here if you've already for certain found the one you'll be playing against. I just need everything to be set in stone because Brendan will  probably be moving on to the 4th summon and then the Evil side storyline fairly quickly after Fiametta gets here. Thanks!