<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 13, 2016, at 5:43 AM, C. Matthias <<a href="mailto:jagille3@vt.edu" class="">jagille3@vt.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""> <div class=""> At 01:49 PM 8/12/2016, Bryce Glover wrote:<br class=""><br class=""> <blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite=""> <blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite="">On Aug 12, 2016, at 2:05 AM, <a href="mailto:cokane8116@aol.com" class="">cokane8116@aol.com</a> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""> <font face="arial" size="2" class=""> </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2" class="">I believe that Oren has permanently left MK. I don't know of any plans to finish his story arc.</font></blockquote><br class=""> Well, <i class="">that’s</i> a pity; I was looking forward to seeing more exploits from that luckless TGed Hippocci assassin of his, and, plus, wasn’t there a quest some of his characters were going to go on to Hippoc with MattRat’s in-‘verse avatar? <br class=""> </blockquote><br class=""> Oren left Metamor Keep over a decade ago. …</div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div> Like I said in my original e-mail, that much I gathered from earlier discussion. </div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="">…I confess I had never particularly cared for the idea of my character going on the trip to Hippoc…</div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div> Oh? Why was that, exactly, if you don’t mind my asking you? </div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="">…, but I tend to be very flexible when other folks want to use my characters and Oren was a friend so as long as he was going to bring me back in time for what I had in mind I was happy to let him have some fun. …</div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div> That was very gracious of you, though I suppose I might do something like it if I ever find myself in a similar situation. </div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="">…Once Oren left there was no reason to continue the story-line and a collective judgment was made to let it wither. …</div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div> Oh, OK. </div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="">…The same has happened with Raven’s story arc which was never finished before the main author left MK. …</div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div> Aw, I’m still in the middle of that one and really like it so far, too! Oh, well; …</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="">…In that case we tried to decide what to do and had a few possibilities (all suggested by the original author), but not enough of us really liked any of them so we sort of let the plot fade out and left things as they were.<br class=""></div></div></blockquote><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="">…</blockquote></div><div><br class=""></div><div>…perhaps we’ll figure out what exactly we should do with it eventually? </div><div><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class="">…</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""> This is one of the challenges of a shared setting. …</div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div> Right. …</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="">…We do try to cooperate with one another and I think in Metamor Keep we’ve done a fantastic job of that especially as we are all pursuing independent plot lines. …</div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>…It certainly looks that way from here. …</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="">…But when somebody decides that Metamor Keep no longer holds any interest for them, it is extremely difficult for the rest of us to pick up what they left behind. …</div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>…I can understand that, I suppose. It’s still kind of sad, though. …</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="">…I know that were I to leave there would be no more stories about the Rats and that’s just fine. I do not expect people to do my job for them (though from time to time I do ask for a little help when it involves their characters). <br class=""></div></div></blockquote><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite" class="">…</blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>…Of course. </div><div><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class="">…</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""> Okay, that went longer than I intended. I'm glad you have been enjoying Metamor Keep and want to see more of it. …</div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div> You’re welcome! </div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="">…I’m working on it here and there. :-)<br class=""></div></div></blockquote><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="">…</blockquote></div><div><br class=""></div><div> I’ll look forward to whatever else you come up with, then! </div><div><br class=""></div><div>— RandomDSdevel/WhenCatsFoxesandWolvesFly</div><div><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class="">…</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""> May He bless you and keep you in His grace and love,<br class=""><br class=""> Charles Matthias</div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>