[@Tuxedo Fox] We wouldn't be using mics or vid or anything. Just the IM feature on Skype--I know mic chat can make some people (including me haha) uncomfortable when they don't know everyone else, so don't worry. So I guess when the OOC gets going, I can make a Skype group for us. 

[quote] I was also gonna say-what about the idea of starting the rp right as the outbreaks happening? This would solve the problem you were talking about but likewise presents its own problems to solve. [/quote]

Definitely. Like it'd be slower to get into, I think. So I'm fine with anything and I think compensating for the whole "our characters are already supposed to know each other" is easy enough. Maybe if we bring it down from a year and make it a weekish?