I have a feeling some people have cooled a bit (or are not on but once a week or so - and may be dragging down the pace of the story if they are a character that is in 'use' at the moment - and some disappeared altogether) as well but we still have a lot of people playing. I think part of the problem is 'mealtime' has somewhat stalled. No one seems to be attending other than Mr. Henshaw...Others are in their own little thread or have something going on leading up to dinner which started in a post 5 days ago. I know my character is essentially stuck until dinner is done - but only one guest is posting in the 'mealtime fun' thread...because everyone else is still doing something else (and unless you get to the dining room, there may not be anything left of the human platters after J.F. Henshaw is done playing with them). I think, unless we get people where they need to be, that the thread will continue to stall here.<br/><br/>Perhaps we should hear from each of the people still playing - have them recount where each of their characters is in their stories, and even so far as letting us know if they will be unavailable for play (gone a week or something, like some have mentioned OOC). You may find that there are fewer people here than we thought, or that a character is unsuited for a role that needs frequent postings.<br/><br/>Just a side note - we're up to 692 posts so far - a little more than 300 more posts needed for our own shiny new private board for the game, which will make playing easier! We did those original 300 posts in just a few days time...