Good morning, folks! The conference proceedings are complete, and my brain is too full of ideas to know where to go next. Maybe yours is too, or you need a break for any number of other reasons.

Today we are having a party, for some writerly definition of partying, in a world currently overrun by fascism. There are more details on get togethers and activities in the #after-party channel of the NarraScope Discord. So if you please, take the time to come say hello, play some of the in-progress games we're testing, or a variety of other self-organizing social activities.

Speaking of organizing, for some of us, the break to take today is from our regular lives, to go protest. Or donate money to a bail fund. Or educate ourselves about what is actually happening in the world right now. I want to thank Judith Pintar for her talk Tuesday morning about the history of play and norms (and red-lining and protest): https://www.twitch.tv/videos/639214041

Some of us really do need to throw ourselves into work right now. If working on a game helps right now, our community is here to support you today. However you spend this Friday, in another sixteen hours, you will still have a full 3 days to start and finish a small game, or become a contributor (play testing counts!) to an in-progress project.

Thank you, all of you, for being here.