Sorry for the really half-hearted introduction. I'd started with something completely different from what I eventually went with, and it took me hours of writing and rewriting from different perspectives to realize it wouldn't work, and my frustration might show a bit.
By the way, why isn't the CS of Anlu (and myself, now that I think about it) on the OP of the character thread? I don't want to look through 78 pages to find Anlu's ekans character who I might be RPing with soon.
EDIT: oh, that's the number of posts. Not pages.
Alright, I think I can look for the CS.