Agreed.  I thought it was someone playing an NPC too.  Apologies if my post feels a bit rushed.  I just checked the time, and realized I was late to wake up the boyfriend.  He works nights, and I'm his alarm clock.  :)  Not being sure where we're all metting at IC, I didn't want to go into detail about armor and equipment if it wouldn't make sense for us to be wearing any, like if we were at the cliche tavern or something.