Man, now I really miss Zhavi.
I used to run into problems with unfinished RP all the time. I'd start a RP with someone and something would happen that would be character-impacting (say, a rival would capture C'kayah), and then it would take a while before we'd both be online again and able to finish the RP. In the mean time, I'd try to do something that took into account the RP as it had progressed. But that could be a drag. What if C'kayah had been captured? Should I simply not RP with anyone else until that's resolved? What about the timing? If it takes 4 weeks to do the whole RP, but it's supposed to take place over a day, when do you start referencing it in your other RP?
My own solution to that particular problem is to now say the RP event isn't "canon" to my character until it's over. It doesn't solve all the problems with timing, and it introduces other problems of sequencing, but it at least doesn't require anyone's character to be tied up while we wait for a chance to finish.
As for what you do about Zhavi's absence, RP-wise? Handwave something. The law got wise to her and she went into hiding, perhaps...
I used to run into problems with unfinished RP all the time. I'd start a RP with someone and something would happen that would be character-impacting (say, a rival would capture C'kayah), and then it would take a while before we'd both be online again and able to finish the RP. In the mean time, I'd try to do something that took into account the RP as it had progressed. But that could be a drag. What if C'kayah had been captured? Should I simply not RP with anyone else until that's resolved? What about the timing? If it takes 4 weeks to do the whole RP, but it's supposed to take place over a day, when do you start referencing it in your other RP?
My own solution to that particular problem is to now say the RP event isn't "canon" to my character until it's over. It doesn't solve all the problems with timing, and it introduces other problems of sequencing, but it at least doesn't require anyone's character to be tied up while we wait for a chance to finish.
As for what you do about Zhavi's absence, RP-wise? Handwave something. The law got wise to her and she went into hiding, perhaps...
