"I've sent an invite for the AVIARY, good sir. Looking forward to seeing you there."

"Yes. Though I think some steampunk cosplay Looks nice, I'm all about bringing back the true inventor/innovator of the industrial revolution and making real products. Much like the SCA keeps these old arts alive by doing real crafts of the…"

"how about a shape-shifting ability. thats what i had in mind anyways."

"genetic experiment could have created one. hybrid hawk/ house cat. :D still, its a name with the context of a 'mythological bird' creature. "

"it totally is too... its part bird, part cat (a smaller part) and is primarily a flying creature who uses talons and beak and wings to do everything. the 'paws and tail' on back are just decorative. its so a valid bird. :)"

"sounds pretty cool. 'your books' meaning the ones you have, or the ones you wrote? forum is just like chat, only with really really long 'lag' time between responses. :) imma be a gryffon, thats my character, symbol, etc. lol"

"a multi-person gmail chat works fine too,  unless it is too hard to get people on at the same time, then a forum-style would probably work better, though much much slower."

"are we playing on here will? or gmail chat perhaps?"

"lol, love the 'profile information' section too. ;P"

"whoa..  O_O"

"anybody else wanna play something?"