I think it would be great to continue the thread after the game comes back. There's a tendency in-game for some characters to get shown more attention and interest in others, in terms of asking them about their personality and backstory and so on. That can make people feel bad, and this thread gives them an opportunity to talk about their character without needing someone to specifically ask them.

But it definitely seems like it'd be a lot of work to keep running indefinitely, so why not turn it into a forum game? Something like the "grant the wish of the person above you" game, but instead you're answering a question posed by the last character who posted, and then ending your post with a question for the next character.

That's something I hadn't considered, and a good point. Maintaining the thread isn't too much effort so long as I prepare questions in advance. It would help with longevity still.

Only 152 hours until the game is back online. What has your character done during the hiatus? 

Keep in mind it has been years for them!

Cinna doesn't have any skills that were majorly overhauled, so Same Old Same Old doesn't make me have to suspend my disbelief. 

If her employer ever wanted her to come with her somewhere,nshe would, but otherwise she has no reason to deviate from her routine patrolling and guarding the burrow.

I don't picture anything too dramatic happening, but anyone would like to establish something, my DMs are open.

Miracle is also still loosely goosey. 

I feel like I've kind of implied the only reason she's even still here is because she's kind of Stuck here without any servants/guards to bring her back. But I also have a hard time imagining she wouldn't have made any improvements in Five whole years no matter how much she's been wallowing lol.

So I do think she may have returned to her court for a time; eventually one of her servants got that memo that's she's been gone for a weird amount of time without correspondence. 

And because I do want to keep playing her let's just say she had the hubris to come back for her seaside manor. :p

(Open to DMs to discuss other possibilities)

I realized I should probably post before the game is back up, since it's on a tuesday. 

Quarrel left shortly before the hiatus to figure things out. They realized they had been hollowed out even before the event, and throwing what remained of themself into obsessively guarding a literal border clearly wasn't good for them. I hadn't intended on them being gone quite this long, but I also don't like to assume things without verification from other players, so... they had a long odyssey of sorts, interspersed with short checkups on the temple. They did not return to the Old World at all, but they did go to at least one distant wayshrine for each of the pantheon. 

Additionally, they were able to learn different perspectives about the gods, and have a more balanced understanding overall. I wrote so much that'll likely never be used lol

Most of this is open, however, and if anyone wants to make plans for later or establish interactions that happened over hiatus feel free to send a private thread!

Rosaceae isn't built for travel, so she stayed home the whole time. I'm sure those closer to her can tell she's affected by the absence of her adoptive parent and other friends when they're away, but she always tried to put on a brave face. Occasionally she'd receive a letter from Quarrel and would spend days all excited about it, showing off what little trinkets they'd sent her. 

Over the years she'd practice her magic, and she's grown up a little at a time. She's always been there to welcome critters home from their travels with a big smile. 

I'm open to private threads if anyone wants to discuss timeskip stuff!

Harris joined before prebuilds during a skillbook drought so I did grab up a bunch of random novice skills I thought he might potentially be interested in.  I always had in mind that he'd probably be some kind of crafter, with some physical/combat that might help if he got into a sticky situation-  RP would sway him to focus in on one eventually.  (I'd also originally thought he'd invest more in scrounging but him being kind of not great at it became entertaining to me- in general I'm very happy that he has skills that he is Not good at but tries anyway so I think that was always bound to happen lol)

He never ended up with anyone just straight up offering to mentor/teach him without asking for it himself though.  But there were mysteriously appearing ovens, and he had highborn friends he was worried for so he pivoted towards cooking in hopes of combating the food shortage.  He could have just as easily been a forest crafter or stoneworker if it seemed like there was a dire need for it, or someone was like 'hey kid, check this out'.  The vibe was just kind of Harris would be The Most Recruitable Guy.   So when Song put out the idea of a post office he latched on to that 1000%.

I think the most interesting alternative path for me would have been if he'd become more invested in gardening/medicine. Early on I really thought he'd get into gardening.  Though the medicine part has to do with some backstory stuff I hadn't fleshed out yet.  I also think it'd be cute if he wanted to work at or set up a sort of daycare or orphanage, he is very sweet with kids if a bit of a pushover (not really a thing he could do with the minimum ages now).  And I am interested enough in Pantheon Lore that being a sort of bumbling acolyte or eventual shrine keeper would have been pretty entertaining too.