Well, the Everest side thread is up.  I figure we'll use it for anything happening on the Everest that might not simply be on the main thread.  As this particular bit of storyline doesn't involve anything more than PC's meeting each other for the first time, I expect that anything that happens in the Main thread can be considered to happen afterwords without us worrying that someone might have died... or been turned over to the cops in the meantime.  Unless for some reason Thraxius and Arhkah decide to have a duel during dinner or something.  You never know.  Our last formal dinner turned out pretty exciting.  Perhaps table flipping and blasters getting pulled will be a new tradition during all our formal dinners?