>But I will sadly admit, the interaction...was forced it seems on
>your part. In the 100 hours and solid praying, we interacted 4
>times maybe, each ending very soon (3 minutes once) with you
>saying how you had more to attend to or how we'd talk
>later...which never happened.

In my old age I have probably become kinder in how I deal with players, even players I don't get along with. That's a double-edged sword. Something about you rubs me the wrong way every time we interact and I don't know exactly what it is. If it felt forced, that's because it was. I didn't know that it was you, but I certainly suspected it after talking with you once or twice. In an effort to be fair I let you in but I was never comfortable with it. And the pattern of wanting to do everything at a super-accelerated pace just doesn't work in this environment. When I got the note asking if I was around I realized my suspicions were correct and I predicted that you'd crash and burn pretty quickly if there was no response (and that's not something I would EVER respond to IC anyway, so don't take that personally).

>Did you just disappear for two weeks, or was this bad timing? I'd
>really like some feedback on this and my character.

In retrospect, I wonder if that's what ends up bugging me about your characters. It's this constant expectation maybe, justified or not. I don't know. During the last two weeks, you're right, the timing was typically bad. And as of last week I've been hit with added out-of-game demands (a very big record label oppportunity has presented itself so I'm not getting very much sleep lately).

>Also, just for clarification, why'd you change the Ma'rin to
>not be in the Cabal? I couldn't talk to other Scarabs (when
>they existed), couldn't see people hitting the gargoyle, raid,
>or use the healer...you took the fun out of being in a Cabal,
>with removing raiding/defending.

Wait, do you think the Initiates of the Scarab are still in a cabal? The cabal is gone. IMO the game has too many cabals for the size of the player base, and having Scarab be one of them just didn't seem practical. I'd much rather see each of the game's religions have religion-specific supplications and, well, that's another discussion.