Staff Q&As

A compilation of Q&A sessions held by the staff of Tattered Weave. These sessions contain hints at lore, future developments, and more.

## Q&A 10/3/16: Diana (and Club)

(Link to the forum thread)

**stopboorider**: what if Pile of Too Many Raisins??

**Diana**: I admit, I laughed. I'm secretly very tempted.

**Gwennafran**: This may have been answered before, but does Tattered Weave at some point plan to introduce private custom options?

As in: Kiths that has custom skins uploaded by users.

Or clothing, books and food custom-made and uploaded by users.

**Diana**: Yes to custom Kith stages! Eventually.

No plans yet about custom items.

**Arcane**: Woo! Custom kith stages sound awesome. Will there be a set of artists we need to get them from or can we ask anyone?

**Diana**: We're still working out the details. I'd like to have it be a submission process, so any artist of any skill level can create their own Premium Kith stage to show off!

**Arcane**: Sounds good Diana. But hopefully there will be places for those of us non-artists to get neat unique kith as well. :) Whether through buying from other users or some sort of site feature.

**Diana**: I just poked Myth to confirm - there will be! :)

**superbearwars**: Are there any plans to introduce a system (or systems) which uses Kith attributes besides staging up your Kith (like an explore or battle feature, to name some common pet site systems like that)? Since currently, the only purpose of attributes is changing your Kith's appearance.

Oh, another question: I might have missed an answer to this already, but is there any planned time window for Open Beta? Don't pressure yourselves to stamp a date on it if you're totally unsure, just asking because I'm sure lots of people outside Closed Beta would be itching to know if you did happen to have an answer!

**Diana**: Yes! MANY! :D I can't say much more yet.

And yes! We're announcing the official **Open Beta date tomorrow: 10/20!** Mark your calendars!

**stopboorider**: How do we accurately read the personality tests? Is the first one to 100 the one that your kith will hold at? It can't be the last one to 100 that'd be weird. Is it possible to max out one personality stat from items alone at this point? Like pick one out and if you know the items go right for it? It's killing me to know how this works. Is it something we just gotta figure out ourselves??

**Diana**: Yes, currently, the first Personality to 100 gets locked in, with the exception of Accomplished, since that requires all of them at 100. I don't believe you can max them out by items yet, but you will be able to within a year of Open Beta, judging by the list of updates we have planned.

**Club**: Adding to Boo's questions about item only Accomplished, we are actually very close to having that right now. My guess would be that we should have that by the turn of the year. *-pats stack of uploads-*

**stopboorider**: How many gems are premium kith stages going to be? Are they gonna be different costs for different tiers / rarity? More importantly. is there going to be a way to get those outside of gems, or are they going to be purely gem purchases.

**Diana**:Premium Kith stages will usually range from 1,000-2,000 Gems.
Eventually... yes... I'm.. I'm workin on it... it may take a while before we get there. XD Hopefully within the year.

**stopboorider**: We've already been hinted at some new NPC with prosthetic? Any more hints for filling out the rest of Hope?

**Diana**: Nope, though we have heard the requests for Piper & Lycus' mom and she might show up someday too.

**stopboorider**: We know there's gonna be story events where we can help move the story in different directions as a community, but is there going to be any other forms of interacting with the story? Is there going to be a comic or more videos? Is there going to ever be a way for us, as players, to somehow end up more integrated into the being-written-history of Hope?

**Diana**: YES! Sadly, this got bumped down below a lot of other features, but it was one of the inspiring ideas of the site! Tattered Weave is about CREATION, and we're going to make that a big deal! (\*coughs\* Hopefully sometime in 2017.)

**stopboorider**: Who drinks the carbonated milk. Someone has to. You can't just hunt weird things out like that without someone already being into it.

**Diana**: LOL. Kei, obviously! You can blame Club for that one. She created it.

**stopboorider**: Right now the community is rather tame and small, do you have plans for moderators for the forums and stuff once opening the site up?

**Diana**: Yes, we'll be opening mod applications later this month, before Open Beta!

**stopboorider**: Halloween costumes. Holiday costumes in general. Are we getting NPCs in cute costumes? I need.

**Diana**: IF I HAD THE TIME, MAN... Not this year, sadly.

**stopboorider**: So you might know I'm making this dumb dating sim for NPCs on TW. I'm still working on programming it, but once I go to writing it, who might I be able to bother to make sure I keep characters canon? Or would you rather I just use my own fan interpretations??

**Diana**: You're welcome to bother me about it, because I love seeing fan creations, but please use your own interpretations!! I encourage all headcanons to live long and prosper.

**stopboorider**: Annnd say I get some extra time later to lend a helping hand. Is there any way for volunteers to help out with the site, other than buying gems and pushing money through? I've absolutely fallen in love and would be ecstatic to help out, but I don't know if that's even possible, to volunteer my time.

**Diana** Being a moderator would be very helpful, if you're interested in that! As I said above, we'll be organizing that soon. Club will be in charge of the mods.

(questions from **ThisOneIsBlue**)

**Diana**:

I'm breaking this out of the quote so I can answer each one!

**How old are students?**

However old you are!

**What kind of classes are there?**

Hope University has a broad range of subjects, but because the population is so small, the core classes are standard subjects needed for the day-to-day living most graduates can expect. Students who wish to pursue more difficult subjects, like Lycus is currently doing, usually have to rely on self-study and individual one-on-one lessons with teachers.

**Who teaches them?**

Nic was a teacher before he became Headmaster; now he's usually too busy managing Hope to teach very much. He still dedicates time to talk to any students that seek him out, though. There are other teachers around, but we don't have any other Characters that are solely teachers.

**Is there a Kith class?**

Not yet, the Kith are new to the school as of this year! That's why Nic is encouraging all the students to learn about them on their own.

**Is school mandatory?**

Yes, until a student can pass a simple test that shows a basic understanding of all core subjects. They need to be able to spell, count, and think critically about what they do, especially in such a small community.

**Was there a school before this one, like a middle school?**

The University actually teaches all ages! Very young students often attend "class" that is more like daycare.

**What was the hero's name?**

It's been a thousand years, but the history books all say that Hope was named after her. So she must have been named Hope. Right?

**Did she have a family?**

**Is this Earth?**

**If not, where is it?**

**Can the world expand into the tatters?**

**Can the threads be re-woven?**

**What happens in the tatters?**

Spoilers!

**Veris**: I'm gunna ask this on behalf of Rockwood from another thread.
Who is 1 and 3?

**Diana**: GASP... Don't you know that you aren't supposed to mention secret numbers? It's bad luck! *They'll hear you...*

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**stopboorider**: Okay so. Lets pretend all the NPCs dressed up for Halloween this year. Just for my own amusement. Who is dressing up for what.

**Diana**: Oh boy. Let's see...

Piper: Seeba (while Seeba is dressed as Piper)

Lycus: "W-what? It's Halloween? O-oh, I forgot. Umm.. I'm... a mad scientist?"

Nic: Santa Claus (he has quite the sense of irony)

Iris: puts on a wig and Nic's jacket and pretends to be human

Robin: afros her hair and sticks enormous flowers in it to be a tree

Jay: Zombie (Jay likes the classics.)

Andre: a gorgeous hand-made Prince costume, but he gets so embarrassed that he doesn't actually leave the house.

Miranda: Ghost (She is wearing a sheet with holes on it. You'd think she was phoning it in, but she keeps giggling and making tiny "oooo~" noises.)

Kei: Nurse? 😏

**Club**: Piper: She's dress up in a Seeba outift and Seeba get a Piper outfit.

Kei: He's the only one ripped enough to a Frankenstein's monster. Kei also really enjoys showing off his arms.

Andre: Hm, I think he's do something cute like a patch work scarecrow. Maybe then he can finally shoo off troublesome kith.

Miranda: Lady Knight in full accurate platemail she's spent months getting put together.

Jay: She'd end up going a duo outfit with Lycus to force him out and about to party. She's be the front half of a horse.

Lycus: Horse butt. Probably with a pan image on the flank.

Nicholas: A gentle man adventurer that we would recognize from pulp fiction like Indian Jones.

Iris: A pumpkin as per the tradition of your first costume begin something simple but cute.

Robin: A evil river siren, a dangerous but lovely Lorelai.

**Arcane**: Diana, any updates on when premium kith stages are coming out? I know I keep asking but I like schedules.

**Diana**: Sorry for all the delays! It was actually ready today - I finished QA around lunchtime - but I had a problem deploying the code, so it's probably coming tomorrow. :)

**monsterthing**: 1. How big is Hope?

2. What's the population size?

3. This one goes into if the hero has any family, does she have any living descendants (and do they know they are from the "Hope" lineage)?

4. What is living like? (i.e all apartments/townhouses, more suburb like. this also kinda goes with how big hope is question)

**Diana**: 1 & 2. About the size of a small town? I'm afraid I'm the wrong person to answer this one, this is Myth's area of expertise. I think we estimated it to be about a town of 5,000? I could be completely wrong.

3. No, no one in Hope is related to her as far as the history books say.

4. Most families have a home that they pass down from one generation to the next. It's very rare that new homes get built. Homes always have a garden attached where families grow food to provide for themselves. Each family usually has about 2 kids - there was a population control law passed about a century after the Cataclysm, but it has since been discarded in favor of cultural tradition of having 1-3 kids. Most people see 3+ kids as too difficult to care for with their limited resources.

**ThisOneIsBlue**: There's a significant amount of modern things in Hope, but the world is mostly tatters. How did these things get created/where did materials come from?

**Diana**: Though most of the knowledge of the Golden Age was lost, some of the carefully-preserved knowledge (through centuries of very difficult survival after the Cataclysm) included small "mini factory"-like processes of automation. As an example, imagine how 3D printing will evolve 50 years from now as technology advances. The Golden Age was named because it was a height of advanced technology that made life, well, golden!

**Veris**: I have a slightly strange question, do Kith poop and if so is Hope getting pooper-scooper laws?

**stopboorider**: ~~You know all those ribbons...~~

**Diana**: **S T O P** OMG

**stopboorider**: //POINTS AT TWO ABOVE THINGS

THE USE OF FONT CHANGING IMPLIES THAT I COULD'VE GOTTEN IT RIGHT.

IT'S LIKE THE WHOLE CLUB SWEATING DEAL

GUYS NICS OFFICE IS COVERED IN KITH POOP

Though tbh, poop is only gross because it is waste. We all know that if poop was actually something nice we wouldn't be as EWWW as we are.

**Club**: Ok, I haven't laughed aloud like that in a long while. I adore the idea that Kith just shot gun confetti and streamers out of their butts. It make cleaning up after them a LOT easier. Even when they have upset tummies.

ALSO, excuse you, I happen to have a sweating disorder. That's all. Nothing suspicious about it at all. *-sweats-*

**Diana**: LMAO

**Arcane**: 1. Will we ever have a feature we get to design those family houses? Now I'm interested. I love old houses with a bit of history to them.

2. I know the students live in dorms. At what ages? I'm assuming not the young children. When they move out do they live with their parents for a while until they get married? Do multiple generations share a home?

3. And thanks Diana. Glad I'm not driving you all too crazy with the constant questions.

**Diana**: 1. Mmmmmaybe. We have about 1 year's worth of content vaguely planned out, and houses isn't included in that. But who knows what the future may hold! I admit I'm personally a sucker for house design.

2. Students can choose to move into their dorms as early as age 13. They are allowed to stay in the dorms until they choose to move out, which is generally encouraged after they finish their studies, or when they get married. Marriage in Hope is a bit culturally different from ours; getting married and moving into a home together with your spouse go hand in hand. There is no law restricting age limit on marriage, either, but the parents must consent to the marriage OR the Headmaster must approve the marriage in their stead. Typically married couples do move back into one of their family homes, whichever has the space available to do so. Sometimes a family with extra rooms will offer the space to newlyweds in need - often this leads to a sort of family-adoption where the couple is considered a part of their home's family unit as well.

3. This is the perfect place for questions, silly! :D And you're always welcome to ask, even if my answers aren't always as quick and straightforward as they are in this thread.

**Arcane**: Is consent for marriage needed even for adults? Or at 21 or so can you do more or less what you want? Makes sense it would be different though as I'm sure religion has changed a lot.

**Diana**: Still needed at any age, but the community is so small and close-knit that typically a healthy romance that lasts for a few years will earn everyone's approval. It's very rare that a Headmaster has to step in.

**stopboorider**: What if... Piper already has a kith, and nobody knows it yet....

I think about that one quite a lot...

**Diana**: ~~laughs~~

**Club**: Man, we got all these perfectly good NPC's who could be secretly hiding a kith in their attic and y'all always try and blame Piper for it. Her mum would NOT truck with a tiny destructive furball in the house. Two children are bad enough. Iris however is a wonderful house guest and welcome over for tea whenever she likes.

**stopboorider**: Okay, new question then. How does Seeba talk what is the story there.

**Diana**: WHEN DID SEEBA TALK

WHO LET PIPER LEARN VENTRILOQUISM

SOMEONE SEND HELP

**Piper [npc]**: Well he doesn't talk a *whole* lot, he's got a zipper for a mouth after all.

**stopboorider**: I thought... didn't he....

..... I have had a few weird dreams recently...

//crawls back into nest of art supplies

**Diana**: ~~I'm sorry to crush your dreams, Rider, but Piper is a creative gal who really likes to pull pranks on people~~

**stopboorider**: OOOOOOOOOORRRR Seeba is a kith that can manipulate dreams or visions....

and nobody is ever going to believe me......

**Club**: Boo, boo, boo. What if the Kith is *inside* Seeba. His mouth unzips right?

**Arcana**: 1. What type of kith is Iris anyway? Are there more like her or is she one of a kind?

2. Where was Hope pre-cataclysm? I would guess Northeastern US but it's a bit hard to tell.

3. Are all the earth animals still around or only the ones native to the area? If only the native ones, how does Piper have a zebra backpack?

4. How much does Hope remember of before the cataclysm? History, science, literature, languages...Do we even really speak English or is it a different language just written as English for convenience?

5. What is the climate like in Hope?

**Diana**: 1. Iris is one-of-a-kind!

2. None of the history books say.

3. Many animals were lost in the Cataclysm, since Hope didn't have a nearby zoo. Knowledge of such creates has become myth and fairy tale, entertaining children and fascinating scholars. True facts are left in books at the University, but a lot of entertainment and fiction is based on misinterpretations of animals. Like Seeba.

4. We speak English as convenience - after 1,000 years, the language would have likely changed quite drastically. That's not very fun to play, though! As for how much Hope remembers, it depends on who you ask and where you look. There are rare books at the University that cover some pre-Cataclysm knowledge, but those books are few.

5. Quite mild. They have all four seasons, but winter is rather short. Spring and summer include heavy rainfall. Scholars studying this are very curious as to how the Tatters allow weather patterns to continue existing.

**Arcane**: I have another one: Do kith reproduce or do they just pop magically into existence? Do they age? What is their lifespan?

**Diana**: Kith do not reproduce. Iris stays at the Tatters because new Kith keep emerging from the Tattered Weave.

They've only been around for a few short months, so it's hard to tell if they age. The fact that their growth is dependent upon what they do/learn seems to indicate they don't grow like humans do. Iris has expressed confusion at the concept of a lifespan.

**Arcane**: Thanks Diana! I appreciate all the info. Hope sounds like my kind of place, although I will miss my snowy winters and loads and loads of animals. I'm guessing Hope does not have a ski mountain or an aquarium either. LOL

What do they do with all the flipperfin anyway? Is there a big lake or are they stuck awkwardly flopping around on land? Poor Neptune. \*hugs\*

**Diana**: LOL, no, sadly, they do not.

The Flipperfin prefer hanging out in bathtubs, sinks, or the river, but they can hop around on land. Have you ever seen a seal hop on land? It is a sight to behold.

**Club**: It's not so bad for them, they got the river down by Andre's as well as the ponds that all the fish are raised in for eating. Though...they are less welcome at the hatcheries. ^^;

**Arcane**: Mysterious possibly immortal kith who pop magically into existence from the ruins of the tatters...Cool!

And glad to hear they have somewhere to go Club. Even if the noise from all those flipperfins drives Andre nuts!

And yes I have seen a seal hop around. It's very funny. I hope for flipperfins sake they move more like sea lions, who have a slightly easier time of it.

**Club**: I'm sure at least a *few* flipperfins have stole skateboards for traveling convenience.

**Winter**: I've skimmed everything super quickly to see if anyone asked this, do we know the NPC's ages?

Or if they vary depending on how old we are, do we know who is older & younger? And by how much?

**Diana**: I like leaving that mostly up to the users to decide, but Piper is the only kid out of the shopkeepers. Nic is the oldest by a significant amount. Everyone else is a young adult.

**Club**: I group them in relative age categories based on if they were school mates of not.

Robin and Kei are both graduates but around the same age t o me.

Jay, Andre, Miranda, and Andre are all contemporaries.

Nic is oldest, Piper is the youngest, Iris is...uh...complicated.

**stopboorider**: Lycus is ageless. He just doesn't move forwards in years until he gets sunlight, but since that never happens... science vampire.

**Diana**: LMAO

**Club**: Whoops and Andre got listed twice! Y'know I could retroactively go and fix that post but I'll take my lumps this time.

**stopboorider**: Okay, so we've seen frienship bracelets and I've expressed the idea of my own of coffee being the language of romance, but

Except for moving in with each other, what ARE the commonly used forms of relationship showing, for friends, mates, etc, in Hope now?

**Club**: I hear the gift of kitchen ware is really popular with the kids these days when it comes to courtship.

**Diana**: Lover's tokens are the most obvious sign of a relationship, but close friends often exchange tokens as well (see Andre and Miranda). Showing interest is often through crafts, be that a meal or handmade apparel. Going out to shop together is a great way to develop a relationship, be it platonic or romantic. Piper's Arcade is actually gaining a lot of attention because it's a new avenue for hanging out that people can bond over.

**Arcane**: If Robin's trying to get our help in going for Andre, something tells me she's going to be disappointed.

**Diana**: Robin's not very perceptive ~~despite what she believes~~, but she does realize that Andre is (a) not her type, and (b) she's not his.

**stopboorider**: Do Kith get mad at people when they call them Keith.

**Diana**: I mean doesn't everyone who isn't named Keith

**Arcane**: Sorry I have one more: Did Iris go through stages like our kith or did she just arrive as she is now? How long after Iris arrived did the other kith start coming through?

**Diana**: Clever questions! No, Iris has *not* gone through any stages of transformation. She arrived at the head of the first wave of Kith emerging all at once from the Tatters. There were about a hundred of them in that first wave.

**Club**: Poor Andre nearly died of a heart attack that day.

**Arcane**: Have the kith been coming in waves since then or have they sort just been stumbling in one by one?

**Diana:** Since that first wave, they seem to continuously appear in small numbers, so that there's always about a hundred playing around the Kith Nests.

**stopboorider**: Whispers.

I wanna know if there's something special about the necklace Leo wears, other than it looks really great.

**Diana**: ...did this autocorrect Kei on your phone? If so, nah, Kei is just a fashionable man.

~~which means it is completely open for fanfic if ya know what I mean~~

**Kellita**: I love that the necklaces Andre and Miranda wear are friendship necklaces! I've always wondered what they mean

**Diana**: That's something personal to them both! Maybe you'll find out through some Quests later. ;)

**ThisOneIsBlue**: It's really cool that the townspeople have relationships with each other. Are friendship bracelets a thing? Or just necklaces?

**Diana**: Tokens of friendship come in many forms! Fashion accessories are the most common, because it's a way of visibly expressing your bond with someone in the community.

**ThisOneIsBlue**: If Iris was never allied with a citizen of Hope, is this her first stage? Is she actually a Kith? (Is she somehow the hero of Hope?) Could Kith form alliances of a sort between themselves?

**Diana**: I mostly answered this question earlier. Iris has not had any other stages of transformation. She is indeed a Kith. She is indeed Iris, not a human lady with magic shield powers. Kith cannot form Alliances with other Kith, because they form Alliances to learn from non-Kith.

**Winter**: Will we see more one of a kind Kith like Iris in the future?

If she only has one stage, what about Kith with more than four stages?

**Diana**: Maybe? We don't *currently* know of any one-of-a-kind Kith besides Iris, or of any Kith with more than four stages. Though Kith can learn more than their four stages if they unlock a Premium stage.

**Veris**: HOLD IT! One-of-a-kind Kith?

You mean like this?!?!?! [1] [2]

**Diana**: YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME CRY. THAT WAS MY BELOVED KITH THAT EXISTED THROUGH ALL OF ALPHA. I MISS THEM.

Steph (rightfully) changed the art style and my dear froggie was not kept for beta.

**Club**: RIP Thornwing.

**Arcane**: Aw. I was hoping we were going to get kith like that. I actually liked that one...But the new kith are gorgeous too of course. Was that an early stage Blepper?

**Steph**: It was one of the first Kith we ever had drawn, and I loved it to little pieces. I still have all those old files. Unfortunately, the artist bailed on us with only 1 stage drawn, so even if I wanted to use it, it's unfinished. When I was moping about it, Steph suggested we create the Blepper - which I also adore.

**Hiyami**: Heh, does that mean Piper had a hand in all of the jewelry around? :P When do we get some? :D Is she going to team up with Andre to sell some?

**Diana**: Not ALL jewelry, but Piper certainly does love making jewelry out of odds and ends that Andre lets her keep. Her style is eccentric because she makes the most out of leftovers. When she was much younger, she briefly ran a jewelry business among other little kids, trading plastic beaded necklaces and paper hair clips for candy and lunch money.

**ThisOneIsBlue**: Are there many more established citizens than our beloved NPCs that exist canonically?

**Diana**: It depends what you mean - in canon, yes, lots! In terms of art development, no, we haven't yet had the resources to add more Characters. xD

**Arcane**: Where do our allied kith sleep? In nests in our rooms, in special kith beds, outside near the tatters?

**Diana**: As with pets IRL, that largely depends on the owner. I believe we do have a **Miniature Bed** that Kith can sleep on, but many Kith feel so attached to their Ally that they want to snuggle with them. A few Kith are too big or too uncomfortable and prefer sleeping outdoors. I bet Flipperfins love sleeping in the rain!

**Club**: Diamond is quite fond of sleeping on my face in an attempt to smother me.

**stopboorider**: How do we choose kith, or the kith chose us? Like how cats will become territorial when they find a human, do kith do the same?? Do you just kinda see it in their eyes like with dogs? Is there a ceremony?

**Diana**: Well, Rider, when a Kith and an Ally love each other very much... :P Just kidding. It's as simple as showing up and convincing Iris that you're ready to Ally with one! Premium Kith, of course, are a bit harder to **Charm**, but they can be bribed.

**Arcane**: Do people in Hope keep any other pets? I am now smiling at the idea of falling asleep drowning in kith. I would imagine they at least have cats and dogs for farming/herding reasons.

**Diana**: I remember being very hesitant to acknowledge this in canon, but Myth put his foot down on that one. Yes, there are pets like cats and dogs around. Mice are VERY frowned upon in Hope.

**Club**: Some people keep pet chickens as well, when the land was shielded it was sort of like a bubble around the area and local animals were spared as well. Those that were able to breed were able to carry on the species just like the humans did.

**Hiyami**: 1. I wanna know how Piper got into using the General Store space for her Arcade! Poor Jay'll never get any decent sleep, orz

2. EDIT: This isn't related to site lore, but... I know we passed $10k on the kickstarter, but we technically didn't do it by the close of the actual deadline. Do we get "You're My Hero" or has that opportunity long passed?

**Diana**: 1. Jay is friendly toward Nic, though they don't regularly hang out or anything. They have a lot of mutual respect for one another as excellent members of the community. Unlike her science-obsessed brother, Piper has always been a creative little businesswoman. Jay wanted to encourage her to expand her short-lived ideas into something that might last, and when Piper created a VIDEO GAME Jay was absolutely stunned. Jay believes in Piper and thinks she could make a big difference in Hope - but sometimes Jay forgets how young Piper is. So Jay gets frustrated with Piper's flippant attitude and lack of business acumen.

2. Yes, the Charismatic tier and up will receive the Heroic Medallion!

**Veris**: I don't know if you can tell us this yet, but we've seen lots of sneak peeks of the Kickstarter items and clothes. So then, what is up with the Kickstarter Kith?!

What is it?!

**Diana**: You'll have to wait and find out! Michelle is still working on the art!

**Arcane**: And on the topic of kickstarter prizes any timeline on those?

**Diana**: Steph would be a better person to answer this, sorry! I do know that we've very nearly finished everything but for the Kith designed by Michelle. If I had to guess, I'd say later this month? Don't hold me to it, though, that's not something I manage on our team.

**ThisOneIsBlue**: Have we met Piper's mom? Will she be introduced at some point?

**Diana**: No, and maybe! There's been so much interest that we may put resources toward creating her art, dialogue, quests, and shop. It won't be until 2017 at the earliest if we decide to do it, though!

**Club**: She's a really cool lady and I really want her to be around for you guys to meet.