You're more than welcome to have story beats along the way, as this roleplay is sort of a slow burn. It would've been easier if all the characters became acquainted with each other early on, but with the small group that we have I don't mind doing individual updates. I won't force interactions between player characters, so if it happens, it'll happen organically unless you want to discuss that with each other. Hell, I don't have dedicated GM characters unless you count Angelli or John, but they serve specific purposes in regards to pushing plot along and interactions—the story doesn't revolve around them. With our numbers being few, I as a GM can pay more attention to detail for each player character and provide for more character moments. Take the song I used for Cherry's first update post, for example. It comes from The Mars Volta album "Frances the Mute" where each song tells a part of a story of a protagonist who was abandoned by his birth parents and despite his efforts to live a normal life, he becomes overcome by anger in his journey to seek the truth.

I can say however, that each player character will likely meet the mayor herself before the story's end. In the meantime, even if your characters don't interact with each other, the decisions they make may indirectly still affect each other.

Sorry, I'm no longer interested in this. Much too slow for me. I'm dropping out.