*slumps the fuck back in... again... embarrassed-like*<br/><br/>So, I hate to once again come on and have to be saying sorry and explaining myself. Things have been crazy for a while.  I'm going to explain a little more in a spoiler in case people don't want too much of a glimpse into my RL, but then I'll come back with the hopefully good stuff afterwards.  Know that I'm not at all trying to make excuses. I feel bad for my absence, but can't guarantee they won't happen again. I /WILL/ try to do better with not disappearing without a trace.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Reasons For My Absence</div><div class="spoiler_body">First thing I need to say is something I try not to bring up in online spaces because things like this are awkward.  I'm poor.  Not like 'goes to McDonalds for morning coffee' so much as 'brought her mom to a church for Thanksgiving dinner poor.'  I'm the daughter of immigrants and an only child who is currently paying the majority of expenses for my mother (who works a handful of hours as a maid a week, but is losing her ability to do that) and my father (who has some really big health issues that insurance manages only part of).  My parents live in another state that I don't have a teaching license in, so I can't live with them. I think I mentioned in the past that I'd been crashing on someone's couch for a while, but have now moved into a room in a friend's house.<br/><br/>I disappeared because the chunk of money insurance was covering dropped off and I took on a second job working minimum wage night shifts and have just not been able to get my creative mind going. I'm pretty new to teaching, so I don't have the lesson plans all worked out ahead of time and a lot of my work has been going to that.  I've recently been able to switch my second job to something more lucrative so I'm working fewer nights, but for a while there I was working Monday-Friday from morning until late and most weekends taking on at least another shift. It sucks, my brain is sore, my body is sore, and the idea of coming back and apologizing to you amazing, wonderful people has been SO depressing. Because you deserve a more consistent writing partner and I really want to give it, but I knew that even if I came back, I'd still have that schedule and I still would only be able to post like... once a week MAYBE.<br/><br/>But now I've got a better second job and I even managed to make a student loan payment this week! I doubt I'll be at my regular posting speed, but I feel energized and wanting to write again. I may not be able to do the 2-3 posts a day that I was managing when things were super quick, but every day/every-other-day is probably within my grasp!<br/><br/><br/>So that's my life currently. I'm happy to have all of the wonderful things I have, but hardships have really gotten in the way of late.  I'm not "done" nor am I out of the woods, my schedule is still breakneck and my bank account is still next to empty, but I'm able to take advantage of some free entertainment again.<br/></div></div><br/>So, this brings us to some questions.  The very first one is whether anybody is still here! I'd totally understand if you weren't or you didn't want to keep pursuing a game that has stopped several times.<br/><br/>Second, what do we do with the current game/characters?  I'm a big one for option-lists (part of why Dungeon World appeals to me maybe?) so let me list some...<br/><br/>1) Read up and finish this adventure, then move on to whatever the future holds!<br/>2) Write up a quick summation of the adventure, then move on!<br/>3) Just end it.<br/><br/>AND for the future...<br/><br/>A) Continue Delvers Company with a new adventure (probably recruiting another player or two)<br/>B) Create new characters and play a whole new Delvers Company adventure<br/>C) Play a new idea that's been bouncing around in Nastara's head. I've been playing with the thought of running a game that is part Dungeon World, part city management.  After a major world-shattering cataclysm, society is decimated and civilization is basically wrecked.  All that remain are monsters, newly enriched resources, and scattered refugee groups.  These refugees must band together, your characters would be adventurer-types who provide the safety, security, and resources for your little town. If they need to get wood to build buildings, maybe you need to go off into the forest and make them safe. Maybe you go on quests for artifacts or magical items, building ever upward. So it would still be adventurers, but they would be shorter adventures that bring you back quickly to the main town. And, of course, there's always threats to that.  This could be done with existing or new characters as well.<br/><br/>So, legit, no pressure towards anything. I'd love to play with you folks again AND I understand if you're done. So much love for all of you. Just let me know!