Thanks guys so much for all the replies - what a fab bunch you are.<br/><br/>Briefly, what me be brief?  - I know - very unlikely  ;D)<br/><br/>I want to say thank you to TS for trying to do IC what we had discussed OOC together  - and more than anything thanks to Mongoose - for showing me that I am more to blame for this than anyone.  I should have ended that discussion on the OOC, clearly stating how it was going to happen - or ask for someone to help it happen.  So sorry guys  - Mongoose is right I should be more proactive in communicating how scenes should be arrived at.<br/><br/>As you all know I am a beginner when it somes to RP let alone being a GM so all your help and advice is very much appreciated.  And you are all very welcome to kick my butt too!  (*kisses Tootsie cute derriere* as no kick is needed - thank you for your post hun)<br/><br/>As far as moving this scene - I am intending to get Nicci to tell everyone when she comes back that Cathy is serving tea and coffee in the lounge when they are ready.  She has already arranged for a pad and pen to be in there too - but she will not be instigating the questions idea as she feels she has done a crap job with her suggestions so far.  So I thought it would be nice if Mari carried the ball on that one - her background in a large family and understanding everyone well I thought might make her want to carry on with the idea?  If not Tootsie we'll put it up for suggestions<br/><br/>I think too it would be nice to aim for a real boys getting to know you session when they play billiards - where the aim is also to bridge any divide and any bad feelings left over from earlier - guys on their own can ask direct questions perhaps that they wouldn't be comfortable with in front of the girls.  I think too it would be a good way of drawing a line and moving on - I think we all know now where we are all at now  and can work together at what happens from here.  Finis.<br/><br/>So I think when it somes to moving the scene on after their time in the lounge - it seems in character for Mila to say she's tired and is off to bed etc?  And the other two girls to agree so they withdraw?  Perhaps Vince could suggest the billiards after they have gone?  Maybe along the ideas of his own experiences going down to the pub for a pint, a game and some good 'crack'  ?<br/><br/>To get the girls all together, I thought Nicci could go to their bedrooms about 30 mins later - and finding they are awake too tell them she is getting some hot chocolate and ask if they would like some - then Mari could perhaps invite them all to share it with her in her bedroom and have a girly chat?<br/><br/>I don't know if everyone has read HairyHeretic's GM thread one of the links had me in stictches   - a list of things Mr Welsh is not allowed to do - this one I though was rather apt:<br/><br/><strong>Railroading: </strong><br/>262. When the GM forces the plot, I cannot make choo-choo noises.<br/><br/><br/>;D<br/><br/><br/><br/>And just becasue I'm feelign silly - here's a taster of some more...........<br/><br/>•Aint No Rule: Mr. Welch loves to try this. The DMs, however, are rarely cooperative.<br/>24. Even if the rules allow it, I am not allowed to summon 50,000 Blue Whales.<br/>423. Even if the rules allow it, I cannot play a duck.<br/>623. Even if the rules allow it, I cannot play a Dire Gummi Bear.<br/>713. Even if the rules allow it, can't sink a battleship with a stapler.<br/>948. Even if the rules allow it, I can't catch dropped cannonballs with my teeth without drawbacks.<br/><br/><br/>•Dungeonmasters Girlfriend: Apparently the cause of strife more than once.<br/>421. I will not convince the GM's noob GF to play a psychotic combat monster.<br/>435. No bribing the DM's new GF with chocolate so he'll go easy on us.<br/>1347. Hooking up with the gamer chick the Storyteller was angling for gets me banned from the game.<br/><br/><br/>•His Dwarves Are Different. His Elves are too:<br/>126. Dwarves do not count as burrowing animals.<br/>188. I cannot play an elf with a Scottish accent, nor a Cajun dwarf.<br/>211. If at any point if my dwarf takes on the mannerisms of Macho Man Randy Savage, he dies.<br/>294. My dwarf is not claustrophobic, likewise, my elf is not agoraphobic.<br/><br/><br/>•Incredibly Lame Pun: Guilty so many times<br/>205. My 3rd ed. Red Wizard is not allowed to start a business named Thay Co.<br/>751. If the party has to pose as classical German composers, I will not declare "I'll be Bach".<br/>1458. The ability to mimic other people's luck powers does not make me a karma chameleon.<br/>1657. My halberdier is not guisarmed and dangerous.<br/>1660. Even if we just stole all their alkaline chemicals, that does not mean all their base belongs to us.<br/><br/><br/>;D