[quote=Thedreadpirate]
May have created an NPC......... please don't kill me, Inspiration stuck and I had to respond, otherwise she was going to strike me again.
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I like the idea. However, it appears you're still rather secluded. Perhaps if one of the other players, who is currently inactive, took control of the dear professor? Temporarily or permanently. It would at least give people something to do.