[Mkguild] Regular visits to MK

[AmigaDragon]

While we readers and authors are talking about counters and timers
because we have a good idea (with variants) how the curse takes effect,
where would the characters themselves get such an idea of a quick
reset letting them return in safety?

Wednesday, September 9, 2015, 9:39:16 AM, Jack wrote:

JM> I've absolutely got to have a character now who comes to the valley, stays
JM> for 13 days and then leaves for half an hour thinking that'll "Reset the
JM> clock."  Oh God it would be fun to do a comedy story about something like
JM> that, or someone trying to use science to approach a curse that runs on
JM> Plot.

JM> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 4:53 PM, C. Matthias <jagille3 at vt.edu> wrote:

>> Keep in mind the travel times involved, and the amount of time and money
>> it took to mount a venture in the first place!  Further, some of these
>> merchants will be carrying goods from Metamor down to places a week or more
>> away from the Curse, Ellcaran, Kelewair, Elvquelin, even Marigund or
>> Salinon.  It's at LEAST two months by carriage to Marigund in good weather.
>>
>> May He bless you and keep you in His grace and love,
>>
>> Charles Matthias
>>
>> At 03:51 PM 9/8/2015, Ryx wrote:
>>
>> Stupid Yahoomail has the most inane editing interface in existence...
>>
>> Anyway, as to the argument about the time duration being too long:  That
>> is exactly how it is supposed to be and should be.  If people can just flit
>> in and out every day without any fear or risk of the curse it looses its
>> impact.
>> And an outside estimation of two days beyond the curse per day spent
>> within - with the current manifestation time of 14 days - is merely one
>> month.  That is not a great deal of time and certainly not onerous.
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, September 8, 2015 2:49 PM, Ryx <sundansyr at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, September 8, 2015 12:41 PM, christian okane <
>> chrisokane at optimum.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Didnt we have this argument a while back?  I'm not sure what to make of it
>> but waiting months between visits seems excessively long time.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>>
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