I've been really busy with a new job, starting a new business, doing artwork for a children's book, and getting engaged thus preparing to get married...It doesn't look like I'll get the chance to post this weekend, but I'll try.

I deleted most of the post because according to Al's above in didn't happen and Winnie escapes.

I'll get something up tomorrow.

Al, any details on the second floor beside it having Lukes room? Can Ash hear Winnie as she moves on the second floor and can tell where she is and where she's going? Is there much blood on the stairs to let Ash know how badly wounded Winnie was?

I redid the end jail post. It is just before Wyatt's call I'll respond to that after Al let's me know what happens with Winnie.

..I have to say... Ash is quite the "Lady Killer" .. or tries to be .. He certainly has a way with the ladies... cant wait to see who wins this here tussle...

We have a busy weekend of socialization so I might not get to posting this weekend but I will set a goal of have all games done by Wed.

Did a little editing this morning on last night's post.

Cathy's Grandmother passed away on Thursday at the age of 93. We are spendin ga lot of time over the next few days with family and friends. Due to this I won't be posting to any of my games until the middle of next week.

Losing a family member is never an easy thing. My family's sympathy is with you all.

...to hear about that. Love and sympathies from ours to yours, my friends.

Take all the time you folks need.
Bless you and your family.

Back again. I will be posting soon to move things along. I want to give Vanadia a chance to post.

On Sam Dash: Robert and I have talked and he will not be returning to Sam Dash anytime soon. So I will ask Bromern to take over Sam for the length of this campaign and when it does end, Sam will leave the ship and disappear for while. YeOlde and I will "tweak" Andrew a bit and he will become the pilot for the crew.

I hate to lose you Robert. This was the only game where our characters got along.

May I ask why he is leaving?? Not to sound a little pissed but this is the only game I play that he is in thats not MIA, yet he can join a new one?? Nothing personal but I'm gonna miss RPing with him............

Not fair..............

If you have a question for Robert, may I suggest you direct it to Robert. It is not for me to discuss the reasons and motives of others.

It's not an easy thing to pin down, really, and I wrestled with the decision quite a bit, myself, before making it...

A good part of the reasoning behind my decision can be attributed to the fact that I've been far from "reliable" in my posting over the course of the past several months (starting even before work and other RL concerns swept me off into oblivion for a while) and that has made me feel horrible. Loving Rocinante the way I do - I can honestly say it's been one of the most enjoyable games I've ever been in - I can't let myself be responsible for dragging its progress down, any longer.

Another part of the puzzle is that I've rather "lost track" of Sam, I'm afraid... This last bout of RL wrestling kicked my creativity directly in the cajones and jostled quite a few of my characters out of my head (or me out of theirs, as the case may be) and, try as I might (and I have tried, I promise) I just can't seem to write for any of them to my satisfaction, recently... and if I'm not content with the posts I write, I can almost guarantee that no one else concerned would enjoy the reading of them much more.

I guess what it comes down to is that I need to defrag and reboot my brain, in a manner of speaking... Knock of the rust, brush off the dust, sort out the clutter, and put everything back in its place so that I can find it again... I've just recently started to have a little success with that, actually, but it's still sort of a slow, creeping process. Until I can be quicker about translating thought to paper/post, though, I'd prefer to just step back and let things flow without Roger (or any of the rest of you) having to wonder if/when I'm going to post.

I do apologize for stepping aside but I can't, in good conscience, keep hanging on only to drag things down for the rest of you.