State of play (x-posted (in parts) to pup journals)

Okay, as from Wednesday I will be computerless. I'm flying out to England for a week, and when I get back the computer will have been packed away and shipped. I've requested a hiatus for Hsu and Bilis from TM until the first of September, that's roughly when I hope to have some kind of regular internet again, but maybe not until mid-September time. To that end, Bilis is fairly quiet anyway, he's just been chatting away in a couple of meta threads plus one thread with Jon that's slow moving anyway. Hsu is going away, sailing onto the horizon in his luxury yacht for parts unknown. No one will be able to contact him except for a select few, and only in emergencies.

Now on the occasion that I do manage to get online at the library or Net cafe, he may hit some tags, but only those that are still ongoing now. Nothing new.

You've heard me say it, guys...nothing new!...Please help me stick to that! *lol*

The other pups are pretty much quiet, a thread here and there, but nothing too bad, and again that I will get to on an as can basis.

That said, there will be priorities. Which brings me to neidr_melltith.

I know most of you have probably guessed long ago...as well, it's been pretty obvious...that I'm the mun behind the curtain for Mark (although I know a couple of people who believed he was written by someone else). I just want to say, firstly, that I kept my identity quiet for several reasons, none of which has anything to do with who he's involved with and who he doesn't get involved with. I was writing him before he joined ROTM, and I took him there to be in a different environment than TM, and I wanted to be sure I could be comfortable with him and get some things worked out about his character before I made him public. That he formed a solid relationship with another pup came later, developed slowly and naturally and was not the deliberate intent of either player.

That said, if anyone has any questions or concerns, regarding Mark and his relationships, I ask you please not to address them to any other player except me. I'm sorry, but if someone has a problem with who I choose to write and who with, they need to take it up with me. And if anyone gets hassled by someone because of this, please let me know. I don't want to get wanky about this, and I am trying to head off any wank, but I've been around long enough to know how this kind of stuff can spiral.

With that out of the way, the upcoming adventure plot involving Mark will take priority over the other pups. This is mainly to do with the fact that Mark went away about a month ago, and it was hard to find a believable reason to have him go away again so soon with everything that's happened.

Thanks all for listening.