(( Hi. Long-time Buzz lurker, first-time poster. This was originally supposed to be a short contribution to Meanwhile on Rubi-Ka, but... erm... it sorta ran away with itself and got a bit too long for that... :S So I dumped it here instead. I thought it would be a good way to knock out more than one bird with one stone; I'd originally planned on filling out a profile sheet for a new character I'd just started RPing on, but after discussing the idea with some other RPers I thought this might be a better way of letting you guys peek into some of the character's background instead. I had more fun writing it out this way too, anyway. It was also supposed to be something short to ease me back into creative writing after years of inactivity... but yeah, I wasn't expecting it to grow to the length it did. >< Oh well.
Special thanks to Bubbacrush and Nulion for beta-reading and allowing me to mention their characters, and to all the Rimorians at the Newland Table who managed to get my creativity functioning again after so long in just two nights of in-character interaction. I haven't written anything in about 3 or 4 years, thanks to college basically killing off my creativity. And even before, I don't recall ever rounding off or finishing separate pieces of prose like this that weren't imbedded in on-going story threads where the interaction was already happening (my previous experiences with roleplaying before AO were mostly forum-based). So credit to y'all for managing to give me enough inspiration with which to finally squeeze out my first piece of prose. Ever.
And yes, it grew so long I couldn't fit it all into one post, so the forum made me split it into three. But it *is* supposed to be read as all one continuous scene. Just for the record. Timeline-wise, it happens just after Kit's second evening at the Table. When she mentioned thinking she'd have to talk to a few people and make a few calls before turning in for the night, this is what she'd been referring to. The scene written below is what happens after she leaves the Table and heads elsewhere.
And now I'll stop rambling and let you read it. :P Peace. ))