Happy Life
Yeah, I probably cooped a bit back then, I was a good simpleton. Though your and Revan's chars really frayed my nerves with their caustic comments back then, heh.
Well, he didn't have any chars there besides the official one — he was GMing, nudging the gas pedal once or twice to move things along, but it turns out I was the only one doing railroading, though that was in-character. When I reread it, I realized that yes, there was railroading — conditionally once — but it was still a one-off — when we couldn't make a decision and get out of the first room with the torture exhibits, and it wasn't really constant, but a single final push — to make an action happen.
But it wasn't like there was any non-stop toxicity, that never happened at all; it's just that we spent a couple of real weeks in that room, I guess. Other than that, there were no problems. If you reread it, you'll understand.
In AA, I more than once fondly recalled Seliad and the other companions.
And even if I've forgotten something, that emotion — the one with which all of it was remembered — is what matters most. If anything, sorry about that.
Seliad stuck in my memory much deeper than some "placeholders," or even heartfelt, soulful images.