I think that having a communication issue between our characters creates a good element to work with in our roleplay. It will add some mild drama and interesting spots, at least. Because of this, I do not like the idea of Cleopatra picking up the entire English language by laying with someone or the idea of Cleopatra taking lessons to learn the language properly. I favor the suggestion of Cleopatra being able to pick up partial words of the English language by laying with someone, but yet still not enough so that she needs Michael's help translating. I also would like to see Cleopatra retain her Egyptian heritage, and not be transformed into a modern day Egyptian. When thinking about this group roleplay I always envisioned Cleopatra bringing Ancient Egypt into the present, and not visa versa where she is gradually transformed into a modern day person. I pictured Cleopatra wanting to take revenge and to re-establish her kingdom, so it is she who would be influecing our characters with her heritage and culture, not our characters transforming her into a modern-day speaking woman. If I read correctly, I think Josh is a character who has studied the Egyptian dialect too, so he should be able to help in translating along with Michael. Andrea may know some of the language too since Egyptology is her favorite archeaology subject, tho I may be wrong in that.