FMLA and working late
Subject E-mail
Guys,
Please remove kjenning@visa.com from any game related mailing lists until further notice. I'm going to be out on FMLA and I don't want my work mailbox to flood.
I should still be able to access emails from home: Karljennings@usa.net, so I'll still be playing.
From: Porter
Subject FMLA
FLMA -- is that the training for work you were talking about earlier?
From: Karl
Subject FMLA
No, it's family emergency leave. (I don't know exactly what the acronym stands for). I'm going to be taking care of my mom for a few weeks after she has surgery.
From: Mark
Subject FMLA
It stands for the Family Medical Leave Act.
From: Karl
Subject FMLA
Yeah, it probably helps if I get the acronym right.
From: Mark
Subject Turn
I am planning on writing something up tonight, but I need to know what the party is wanting to do.
From: Mark
Subject Working late
I forgot to answer Derek's question.
It is a bit early to tell but from the conversations he heard none of the low level scribes work late. If you do bad work you are beaten and/or fired with the word put out not to hire you. Scribes have starved to death because of the black ball treatment.
From: Derek
Subject Working late
Allistair thinks for a moment. "I could probably leave for a few minutes for a break or meal, and during that time turn invisible and scout around a bit. But I don't think I could stay late for work or anything like that. If you are too slow or sloppy, they just fire you."
"If I had couple of minutes preparation without being seen, I could even cast Rope Trick, climb inside, and then pull up the rope and close the window. I could stay inside there and be invisible for several hours. I could use that as a method to 'sneak' into the house at night without ever leaving."
OOC: Does Allistair work in a room with several other scribes, or a room by himself? How often and for how long can he get up and leave for meals, breaks, getting documents, etc.?
Also, would Surin fit inside Allistair's bag of holding? If so, would he suffocate or something?
From: Kevin
Subject Working late
Derek, do you know the answer to Harp's question about your familiar's ability to slither in and look around in the basement?
From: Ashley
Subject Working late
The rule is ten minutes or so, isn't it?
From: Mark
Subject Working late
The offices are large open areas with many, many desks. Other than going to the bathroom, Ally has almost no time to himself. Surin might fit but he would be unable to breath.
From: Derek
Subject Working late
OOC: Sorry, I forgot about that question.
IC: "I think I could just have Sysyphys slither down my leg and into the grass while I'm walking around the the back entrance. He could almost certainly make his way unseen to the wall on the east wing and see if there is some crack or vent down to the basement that he could climb down. I would just have to make sure he could meet up with me after I am done with work."
OOC: Is suffocation really a problem in a bag of holding? It isn't like the the flap/drawstring on the opening is air-tight.
From: Mark
Subject Working late
Bags of holding are not really bags, they are containers for extra dimensional space. As such air does not really go in.
I will check the books but I am fairly sure that this is covered.
From: Josh
Subject Working late
Couldn't he run a tube from the outside of the bag to the inside and breathe through it?