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well, Kitty and I were discording and were pretty sure we were being super obvious, lmao. But I was hopeful to drag it out, since you weren't jumping up and down about our clues and so maybe Thomas would feel insecure about sticking his neck out even if he thought he was sure the answer, But no. We couldn't decide whether to answer Thomas's question or be coy. Coy seemed better, since I planned a better reveal for the final battle here, but oh well, I liked Duke going all irrational and spilling the beans that Jacob had already cooked up.

I was, sad to say, not making the connection. Of course, I am still fighting with insomnia, so I'm a bit brain dead. If I had my wits about me, I would have quipped to Jacob that the person who left the footprints must have made the Leap of Faith before doing the sand thing.

Oh yes! I was waiting for someone to do that and break their knees on the steps.

I actually thought about doing that, but I was going to snatch Storm's, whatsitcalled, "Rod of Immoving" or something like that so I could without falling fully into the water lmao.

Seafox can't do that, she doesn't even know Storm has it. Unless she's been using that charm for more frivolous purposes than she admonished Storm for wishing to use it. ;)

Good thing I didn't, I hadn't realized that lmao!

I know you don't, I was just teasing Rod haha. No reason to feel stupid, he just talked it up as being Kit so well, it's not your fault. It took everything in me NOT to say it! hahaha

I'm just a little worried what the crazy knight will do now. Lord knows his brain does not engage when Kit is threatened. That's why I tried to head it off in dialog, even though it seems like we are ending for the night.

That makes two of us who are worried. Kit constantly reminds him to be safe, mostly for her own peace of mind though. I know, it's getting so good, it's almost like another cliffhanger!

NAZIFOX LADY!!! hahahahaha. alright, sorry. maybe that's not as funny as I thought. Maybe it's a little tasteless, but it wasn't intentional.

Hahahahaha! I don't mind it!

Outsiders opinion please, was what I said to Jacob too much? I was trying to be nice while also saying stfu. I get that it’s frustrating when your post gets missed, but it happens at times. I’d have been annoyed a little if no one had been bothered by Caine showing up instead of Kit, but I wouldn’t have been crying about it.

I feel a bit bad, we all have our things that trigger and upset and bother and hurt us... but at the same time, I feel like it was unnecessary too. I’m not wrong in that thought, am I?

I think you handled it well, and graciously. He seems rather... possessive of the narrative, and in particular his character's place in it. His action would have been beneficial, had not the stars aligned on Storm's one-hit kill of the spitting drow (still in a bit of a shock at that one myself).

I suppose his reaction to my spinning of my "left behind" narrative offended his view of the "honor" of his character, and that's why he got all stuck on his own interpretation of events, despite the fact that it would require the bag of jewels to have just magicked themselves out of my dream and into my pocket.

I thought his insistence upon writing out the supposed narrative as he saw it should have played out as being just a bit overbearing. Couched as a beautiful composition of prose, his snark is still dripping through. Granted, I get frustrated when my posts get overlooked, but I try not to be an ass about it. Hopefully I succeed, most of the time at least.

Which is why I enjoyed the fact that you decided to counterpoint his snark with your own narrative, both in (what I assume to be) an attempt to defuse the situation and a reminder that we each have our own hopes of how things would play out. And then he missed that completely, and decided that he would double-down with his whole "well, I'm the one who is going to tell this tale in song, so I get the last say on what the narrative will be in the end."

Ugh. Sorry, I'm starting into the complain about Jacob thing again. And also, sorry for if my brief period of "snarking right back at Jacob pretty heavily" the other day was uncomfortable for either of you. I tried to keep it above the belt, but kinda felt like he needed to be... reminded of what it's like to be on the receiving end of his BS.

Honestly, you're more than fine! I didn't appreciate his take on the situation either. Especially when I pointed out that Rod tends to miss things. He literally asked me today if he forgot to take Duke's turn in the battle at some point. It's easy as a player to get frustrated because we only have to keep up with ourselves and the story. Rod has to keep up with us, his NPCs, his bad guys, the story, how each part affects the story, let alone all of the math to do battles. And then he didn't apologize or anything for his annoyance or lack of consideration... he just wrote an alternative, which to me came off as him saying, "Well... I still don't agree with the way this all happened so let me SHOW you how it should've happened!"

I know it probably shouldn't have, but it royally pissed me off. I want all of us to enjoy the campaign so we can actually go through it from start to finish. I don't want anyone to get burnt out, especially Rod, and I actually said that to him last night or the night before. I don't know, I just feel that if he's been playing D&D for so long, then he should be way more considerate than he can be at times and at moments like that one, it takes a lot for me to say something without telling him the pure thoughts of my mind.

I'm sorry too, I didn't mean to start a "bash Jacob" moment, I really was looking for some form of making sure that I had actually done the above and not said something that I shouldn't have. And honestly, yes, I countered with my own narrative for exactly both of those reasons! I had my own view once he told me that they'd be finding Caine instead of Kit of how hilarious it would be for Duke to sweep Kit up in his arms all romantic as the sound of violins played a sweet, triumphant song as you'd expect at the end of a good love scene where two lovers are reunited... all for that to be ruined when Caine expressed that she'd liked to be put down. I had actually shared that view with Rod, a bit different than I'd presented when I typed it out, but I just found it a humorous situation altogether: the thought of lover reunited being ruined by embracing a complete stranger instead. A little humor has always been my go-to for situation diffusion.

I agree with that 100%. And don't worry, you weren't the one that started the bashing. I took it as you meant it. An honest request to check yourself. I was just a bit peeved at him myself for just bulldozing right through and once again trying to establish that he was the king of the narrative, and we just get in his way. So I was letting off some steam, as well as assuring you, or at least trying to, that you were not in the wrong to try to redirect him to a less self-centered view. And it either went right over his head, or he just doesn't care.

Kinda like when he decided to play incident and act like he had no idea why I would think he or Jacob didn't like me trying to think. Even though he seems to ignore anything that doesn't match his plan on how things will go, no matter if someone else has spent some time thinking things through. Urgh. I'm not having, just venting.

Anyways, love the way you've been playing Nazifox, kinda a fun character. Make sure she gets some good jabs of snark in at Jacob's expense! She's the perfect character to take him down a few notches. Hahaha.

Hahaha good point! And thank you! That character is honestly very caring internally, she just shows it in very little ways. Like in her actual campaign, she waited for the two who had fallen to catch up to the group and they were all being chased by a horde of spiders. She wanted to make sure they didn't get eaten... but she did it while she stood there arms crossed and with an annoyed look on her face! hahaha

She feels like a nice contrast to Kit honestly in terms of demeanor.

Well, I meant more as "she's an outsider" sorry of perspective. And she's got a wit, too.

I think we just got chastised for playing without Jacob last night. How dare we! Only he is allowed to play without others. (he can't control the narrative if he's not there, so that's not okay!)

Omg right?! If you got something to say, take the five minutes it takes to make a post before bed. I know that Rod usually wakes up in the middle of the night, and if he posts, there's no way I'm not posting too since I'll most likely be awake myself.

Although now I'm trying to remember what we did last night without him...