My Dear Devil,
I never preach.
Friends do not recognize “Preachers,” so my being a “Preacher” is a logical impossibility.
I do lead, and occasionally “instrsuct,” but I never preach.
Your in Truth,
Mr. Collins
(who will hopefully never be heard from again – certainly not at Weatherby 
And now that it’s January 15th!
quietly kicks calendar under the table
That means it’s time to present the tabulated results of the Players’ Choice Awards!
Favorite Character Concept
Every game brings an array of character concepts as diverse and imaginative as the number of players who sign on to help tell the story. Many concepts were lauded and honorable mentions go to:
The Worker (@manwich)
Jane (@MalevolentPixy)
Mr. Collins (@David_Falkayn)
Ronald Belford “Bon” McEvoy (@Donald_Petersen)
The players’ choice for favorite character concept is awarded to:
@old! For the concept of Mom!
Best Character Development
Inside of every game, players have the opportunity to tell, embellish, and evolve a unique story. In this category we have a few consistently recognized characters. Honorable mentions go to:
Jane (@MalevolentPixy)
Zero Demos (@daneel)
And the players’ choice award for best character development is awarded to:
@teknocholer for the compelling and intertwined stories of Other Pendragon and Myfanwy!
Character You Were Saddest to See Defeated
Learning that a bracket structure is less than optimal for a PvP game meant losing a lot of fascinating character voices to the ruthless process of single elimination. Loss of a single player voice is always a cause for sadness and the honorable mention goes to:
Ennis (@gwwar)
While the players’ choice award goes to:
@Nightflyer for her excellent characterization of Evelyn Wolff!
I want to extend a sincere thanks to everyone that spent any number of hours crafting the stories of these characters that were birthed from the minds of the players behind them. I hope the process of exploring that story was satisfying in its own way, for storytelling is what bring us together both here in an offbeat forum game as well as in our own lives. Telling stories together makes us what we are, and for that I thank you for creating another one.
It was a close thing (in terms of the registration deadline), but I’m all in: Redoubtable Downtown Space Abbey - Call for Players
Thanks for the encouragement. I’ll gladly stand you a round should our paths cross at the Leviathan Club.
Wow! Thank you all… 
Honestly, I found myself making much of it up as I went along. But it was sure fun doing it.
Unfortunately, unless I come up with something in the next-- ~checks clock~ --twenty minutes or so, I’ll be sitting out the next game. I’d love to play, but I’ve got no ideas for a character in that 'verse… maybe next round.
Edit-- l might have something after all. Let’s see if I can type it up in time…
Feel free to take the time to write it up to your satisfaction - the door is technically open until game start tomorrow night - we’ve certainly had stragglers brought into the group after deadline before…