I'm going to be up all night doing this, aren't I?
We're adjusting to a few changes to the branch at the moment. Ruby is no longer manager - she's moving into the training department. However, instead of the guy we expected to come in to replace her, we're getting a different lady, which has all of us a little upset and off-balance. My understanding was that Carrie was supposed to take over the branch for Ruby when she left, but they made other arrangements so that this guy, who had been trained here originally, could come in. But then he got sent to a different branch, so I assumed that Carrie would get the manager position then. But no, it seems that she's been passed up in favor of this other lady. >.>
While all of that's been going on, I've been plotting like mad. Misty's been doubling as a sounding board for me at work, bless her heart, and it seems that Johnny's stepped in as a second beta, curse him. Because of his good-natured pestering the man has no concept of mercy I'm now mucking my way through a general timeline of events for this mess of a thing I call a story.Good God, this is going to take me forever...
In the process, I've discovered a number of things I need to work on, including but not limited to, blast it all:
-political agendas for Reiyshel'bahgehn, the Imperium, and the Amalgamate
-what was the Imperium kicking up a fuss about before it finally withdrew from Reiyshel'bahgeh?
-why did the Amalgamate want to withdraw (pre-Genocide)?
-general course of events for the war (and how they fit into the Terran timeline)
-major battles, setbacks, and advancements
-allies and traitors
-when and why?
-general attitudes toward war
-Reiyshel'bahgehn
-Imperium
-Amalgamate
-unaffiliated entities
-Orvaen history
-Stevan family tree/history
-Terran history
-why so long between first Mars mission and recontact?
-still Terra-forming?
-undercurrents/other reasons for First Intrasolar War
-history of Lynfressa family
-survived (as nobility) three nations
-Orvaen Islands (Sealadies)
-Orvana (heirs after Stevan family)
-New Orvana on Mars (Princes)
They aren't all questions, though - I have managed to find out quite a few things about various characters, including Corine's first-husband and king (names, anyone?), and Tazede Letsuic (Corine's meyl'toln, who doubled as her when she went off-planet). I discovered them at two different times, though, so now I have a problem with her family...I'll probably go with the second option, but stil...
Anyway. My head hurts.
-Orvana