Journey to Lands Far Far Away (OOC)

I'm fine with going for this distribution if there are no complaints :)
Not sure if it would ever make a difference, but it could make things more interesting.

It sounds like we are accepting Lille into our party. [ref]

Do we want to do anything before we camp for the night? Else I will skip us forward. We can refer back to any conversations we had along the way, of course. We can do a 'montage roll' to see how well you eat before you sleep, then move on to the next thing (and blame karabooo).

I think Kara still wanted to have more conversation between Ezme and Lille. But we also want to get moving, so perhaps on the road would work for that. Just want to make sure we get time for some good character interaction :)

That's fine. We are not in a hurry.

On second thought... nah, let's not accept Lille. :P
Kidding of course :)

Albert has nothing extra to do atm, but if there is a conversation he will likely join in.

We can jump ahead if you like now, Vague.

Lille wouldn’t let a little thing like rejection stop her :P Even if everyone had rejected her, she would have kept following you. As it is, I’m also ready to jump ahead now.

Kara, I think the part that I put in bold are thoughts, right? You can put thoughts in italic. That's the go-to formatting on GP (as far as I know). :)

That is the go-to formatting, but don't rely on formatting, make it clear with the writing that it 'internal thoughts'. So:

So, she doesn't want money. She doesn't want to fight dark forces. All she wants is to "Learn About the World" by joining a semi-random group of individuals she hardly knows? Ezmaray thinks as her brow furrows suspiciously.

That's a minimal change and a bit clumsy grammar-wise, but adding the text in red makes it clear what is going on. Formatting should be an optional afterthought.

These are Ezme's impressions, but not her thoughts word-for-word. I generally prefer to avoid spelling out a character's thoughts and typing them out verbatim. I think this is because, much of the time, our thoughts are not spoken word-for-word in our heads. They are wordless flashes of realizations and observations. That is what I'm trying to capture with my writing.

Has my avoidance of using italicized expression of thoughts been confusing? If not, I'll likely stick with what feels right to me....

I didn't think so. I did not notice any confusion with that post and had to go back and look for it to see. I think it was pretty clear that this was what she was thinking, adding italics should be optional, and not a thing we rely on, but being somewhat consistent does help.

The fact that someone found it unclear enough to ask does suggest it could have benefited from a clause like 'Ezme thinks to herself'. That does not imply that it was word for word her 'thoughts'.

Being clear is more important than writing 'the best prose'. Especially if others might think they need to respond to something that sounds like spoken words but was internal monologue. I have seen many games where people completely skip the "quote marks" or any mention of the character speaking and rely on the boldness to show they are saying something. This has gotten confusing. Use proper grammar, is my rule [ref]. :)

Crap... Proper grammar. Does that mean I have to start using Google Translate again?
To clarify:
I'm usually writing on my phone, which makes looking up the correct spelling and/or grammar sometimes difficult/cumbersome (in the past I used to look up the word cumbersome to make sure it is used in the right way, I stopped doing that because it delayed my postings.)
Not being a native speaker I am aware I make mistakes but I quit looking up every word to make it more fun for me to play.
If this is bothering anybody, feel free to say so 👍

I also don't mind being corrected and educated 😉

Never been a problem.

You’re fine, Airshark! Had no clue you weren’t a native speaker! Is it invasive of me to ask what your native language is?

Tx!
Dutch (Flemish/Belgium)

Awesome! I’m just a dumb American who barely speaks a little Spanish in addition to English. You have my respects!

It wasn't confusing as to what the words were meant to say. But I had to read it 2 or 3 times wondering 'is this a thought or a narration?'. Because I was doubting if I read it correctly.
I see. So somewhere in between those 2 things? 🤔

My comment was merely a suggestion in case you didn't know. :)

I’m in the same boat(rarely literally) as Kara: American with only a little Spanish on top of my English. And also had no idea you were not a native speaker! I am equally impressed with your skills :)