I lioke the billiard room too TS - and the entertainment room!<br/><br/><br/>OK – so TS has his bio up – and I have also added the NPC staff at the bottom of the bio's post – the final marker post now has the rules – so you have a few bits to read!<br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>Beginning the story</strong><br/><br/>The idea for the start of our story is for each participant to come to the castle one at a time (booked approximately one hour apart) the first arriving  afternoon.  They will be met by Miss Taylor, the psychologist who interviewed and counseled them before they came.<br/><br/>She will welcome them, and take  them on a quick tour of the downstairs reception rooms, and show them how to use the diary room.  Taking you to the kitchens she introduces you to the Housekeeper, Cathy, who she explains has organised their meal tonight, got the castle ready for  them all, and in the morning, after also doing breakfast for them all, before she leaves will show the women how everything works, where everything is and answer any questions they have about the running of the castle.<br/><br/>She also introduces Catriona and Mary who are also helping in the kitchen on the first day for the special meal explaining they will be coming over to the island about once a week to do the laundry and help with any of the larger cleaning jobs that they might need help with.<br/><br/>Taking them upstairs she shows you the sharing bedrooms and explains what they are for, and takes you out onto the battlements, reminding you of the rules as you go and explaining too that her number is by the phone in the diary room if you were ever in crisis and needed to talk to her.<br/><br/>She finishes up by taking you to your own room – pointing out your fellow subjects are also on the same landing.  She says that you need to go to the great hall for 8pm where everyone will meet for drinks before a special dinner is served in the dining room at 8.30pm.  She shakes your hand and wishes you luck, saying she thinks that you will all get on really well together and says goodbye.<br/><br/>So – if the first person arrives at 3pm, second at 4 – etc.  Your first post can be arriving and seeing the castle and going on the tour and unpacking etc – or you can just start in your room and thinking back over what has happened etc – entirely up to you.  Of course the first posters will have longer to wait and more time to fill - the last one, arriving at 7pm will only have a few minutes before needing to go downstairs!  Marcus' first post can start at any point in that day as he is already there – and he can watch them arrive from an upstairs window or be involved with last minute preparations if you so wish Mongoose!<br/><br/>When everyone had posted – we can all go to the main hall and play it from there!<br/><br/>So – any questions?<br/><br/>D D x x x