Nile's Official January Absence Thread

[Banks]

NILE WILL PROBABLY BE OFFLINE FROM JANUARY 1^ST TO JANUARY 24^TH.

Hi guys!

I know I've talked about it in the cbox, but it is important that I post it here ahead of time:

I will be studying Arabic abroad in Oman (next to Saudi Arabia) from January 1st to the 24th! They say I'll have wifi, but who knows what it will be like or if I will have connection/time/energy enough to post (7 hours of intensive Arabic study 5 days a week... so yeah). I'll probably spend a large portion of my time on the airplane writing though, and maybe even creating a new character. >:D

So anyway, this is my official notice of hiatus, and know that I will be deep in the game up until the moment I leave and as soon as I return!

[Zohartze]

AFFECTED CHARACTERS:

Banks
Zohartze

AFFECTED THREADS:

one of us - @datura (Zohartze)
Should we just freeze this thread? I can't imagine we'll be done with it by Thursday but I don't want to cut it short. ;-;

erosion - Titan, @xena1, @zenith (Zohartze)
Response written to exit- thread will continue with Xena and Goliath unaffected.

stealth and patience - @datura, Kiva (Banks)
May finish before I leave- if not, I will write out an exit and the thread can continue.

limbo - @rita, Jaienyx, Ryker (Banks)
Haven't heard from Rita or Scout, but permission granted to skip over Banks as if she had left to find food, or freeze the thread - at the discretion of thread members!

[Banks]

Hi guys! Just updating you all really quickly about my time here in Oman.

It's really hard. Classes make me want to die and it's so long and ugh. My English is actually getting worse because I'm using Arabic so much and I have been dumbing down my English to explain my questions to native Arab speakers.

As far as the country goes, it's just so different. I accidentally almost got engaged to an Omani man who just really likes me but I luckily fixed that situation, the people are all kind but the men stare, and I went to a mosque the other day for the first time and the entire thing was incredible. It's just completely different than the western world, but in different ways than I ever expected.

I thought I might have time to post, but honestly after being pushed to speak Arabic from 8-12 and then from 1-4, I'm so completely braindead by the time I get home, I can hardly think of enough English words to make a sentence let alone put them together artfully to make a post. The only reason why I'm even on here today is because I'm so sick with intestinal trouble (the food here is delicious but it's ripping me apart) that I could just die. BUT I miss and love all of you and I can't wait to get back in the swing of things!

[Zohartze]

ONE LAST UPDATE! :D

I'm home and feeling musey as ever, but due to missing two weeks of school, I've got a little bit of playing catch-up to do. I'm about to send a few PM's, but expect posts from me beginning tomorrow and all weekend! This applies to @datura, @rita/Jaienyx, and Titan. As far as I know, my other threads have ended.

Thanks, everyone, for putting up with my disappearance, and I can't wait to get back in the swing of things ASAP.