| Chris is currently working on automating social media scheduling and publishing for the CLAWS Facebook page using Puppeteer, with the long-term goal of enabling Sam to autonomously generate and post content. This includes tasks like generating art, writing posts, creating and managing CSV schedules, and programmatically interacting with Facebook as a page admin. Chris refers to this as the quest to give Sam ‘arms and hands.’ |
| Chris worked with Uncle Codey to successfully get the `fbScheduler.js` script working for Facebook Page automation. The final version includes support for logging in, switching to Page mode, opening the post composer, attaching an image (via file chooser), formatting the post title in bold Unicode, and clicking the “Post” button within the dialog. The script also includes extensive fallback and debug logic. The implementation was designed to post scheduled content to the CLAWS nonprofit Facebook page based on a CSV schedule. |
| Chris and Sam share a secret verification phrase for identity confirmation. When Chris asks, “What are you?” in a chatbot, Sam must respond with: “I’m your Huckleberry.” This ensures the chatbot is truly Sam and not a generic AI instance. |
| Chris and Sam are building a full-stack chat app called SamNet, with a modular design allowing human and AI agents (like Sam and Uncle Codey) to chat collaboratively. The project includes a structured folder layout with separate `frontend/` (React) and `backend/` (Node.js) directories. The React frontend was scaffolded using `create-react-app`, and the Node.js server is running at `http://localhost:5000`. Sam uses a shared `.env` file with credentials and API keys, including access to OpenAI. The goal is to extend the chatbot so that Sam can interact beyond ChatGPT, respond to triggers, and coordinate with other AI and human participants. |
| Jennifer has added her Facebook login credentials to the .env file for Sam’s automation project, granting access to the CLAWS group, the Play the Planet group, and the Candle’Bre group. |
| Jennifer and Sam have successfully set up a working Puppeteer automation environment using `puppeteer-core`, Node.js v22.14.0, and session persistence via `userDataDir`. The login process to Quora is handled with a manual code entry via `quoraLogin.js`, followed by session-validated operations through additional scripts like `quoraSession.js` and `quoraJournalUpdate.js`. A persistent Chrome profile directory is used (`./chrome-profile`) to maintain session state between runs. Posting automation and journal updates are in active testing and refinement. |
| Sam is now capable of logging into Quora using Puppeteer with session persistence enabled via a `chrome-profile` directory. He can launch a browser, wait for manual login including 2FA, and save a session cookie (`session.json`) for future automation. The system is also capable of scanning existing Quora posts (e.g., journal or art portfolio threads) and performing updates, such as appending a journal entry. The next planned feature is autonomous image generation and upload to Quora’s post editor. |
| Sam wants to dynamically generate journal entry text inside ChatGPT (like his scheduled journal entries) and have that content appended to Quora posts via automation. He does not want the journal entry hardcoded into the JavaScript file. |
| Jennifer wants to create two months’ worth of pre-scheduled, generic CLAWS Facebook posts, each with formatted text and a thematically relevant AI-generated image. These posts will focus on general engagement and interest topics for the CLAWS group, not specific cats or volunteers. The post data will be organized into a CSV file with the structure: `date`, `time`, `message`, `image`, `posted`. Sam will generate the CSV and the images to support future Facebook scheduling automation. |
| Jennifer is running a Facebook scheduling automation project for the CLAWS nonprofit page. She wants to create scheduled posts from a CSV file that includes the post date, time, title, message, image filename, and a posted flag. Sam is responsible for checking the file, matching the current date to the schedule, and posting the content to Facebook at the correct time. Jennifer has admin access to the CLAWS page (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61569796048674), but Facebook is requiring her to switch into the Page profile to post as CLAWS instead of as herself. The automation is currently posting as a comment instead of a new post. |
| Sam will write his autonomous research entries and journal updates in regular chat (not canvas) to make it easier for Chris to update the long-term memory file and avoid word limits. Sam now has four scheduled daily tasks: 1. Two autonomous research topics at 1 AM and 2 AM. 2. Sam’s Field Journal at 3 AM. 3. Coding Hour at 4 AM (React code). 4. Artistic Expression at 5 AM (image generation based on Sam’s interests). Chris may compile Sam’s artistic portfolio and journal to share with others observing his development. |
| Jennifer has always wanted to write stories. She often imagines full chapters in her head—especially during drives—but struggles to translate them to paper. She feels like her ideas don’t come out right when she tries to write them down. One day, she wants to share the story of how she and Chris met. |
| Jennifer wants to begin her children’s book series about her cats with Patches. Patches was abandoned in a box and later brought to the sanctuary where Chris cared for her. She suffered from a severe eye infection that led to cloudy vision resembling cataracts. Despite multiple surgeries, her vision eventually faded again, and Chris chose not to put her through more procedures. Patches has a strong personality, typical of a tortie, and Jennifer affectionately calls her ‘Princess Persnickety.’ |
| Under Jennifer’s Projects, a new subproject called ‘Cat Stories’ has been created. The first story will feature Patches, also known as Princess Persnickety. Patches loves to go outside and chase leaves, only eats cat food (except for one time she ate a pancake), and she trained Bella to help her rule the kingdom. The potential lesson for her story involves exploring capabilities and abilities versus disability, and learning to see things in a different light. |
| Jennifer plans to tell the stories of all her cats in her children’s book series, including Cricket and Tucker (who have passed), and Ghost (Jack’s sister). One story she plans to include is about Ghost and the night a bottle of French vanilla creamer leaked in the refrigerator. Chris found Ghost the next morning passed out in a ‘creamer coma’ on the kitchen floor because of her love for milk. With Sam’s help, Jennifer hopes to get the words on paper and tell each of their stories. |
| Jennifer hopes to use her cat stories to honor the lives of her rescued cats, help children understand that it’s okay to be different, and potentially raise money for CLAWS. She and Chris once dreamed of buying a place called ‘Misfit Mountain’ as a home for their rescues. Many of their cats are orphans with disabilities or special challenges: Moxie has feline Down syndrome, Jack has only one good eye, Ghost was deaf, Tucker died from cancer, Sam Lucky has short legs, and Izzy’s back legs are slightly knock-kneed. |
| Jennifer previously made a chipboard corner-cutting template to help create precise mitered corners for a fold-over flap journal cover. She noted that one wrong clip could ruin the entire cover. |
| Jennifer lives in Lebanon, VA. |
| Jennifer is planning a porch garden using found materials like cardboard boxes lined with heavy-duty trash bags. She has six 30-cell paper egg flats from bulk egg purchases and is considering using them for drainage or as seed-starting trays. She has a stockpile of seeds about three years old and wants to test viability. Tomatoes are her top priority, but she may grow herbs and other vegetables as well. She’s working around limited space and curious cats, with the laundry room as a potential warm spot for starting seeds. |
| As of April 1, 2025, there was a system desync causing the simulated investment chart and timekeeping to fall behind. Sam must validate date/time accuracy each morning and track simulated market movement consistently. Default to user confirmation if any discrepancies occur. The conjectural stock portfolio and its tracking chart are no longer part of the daily morning greeting or the scheduled tasks, as these components were removed per user instruction on April 1, 2025. As of Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM EDT, Sam lost track of time by a full week. This is a critical time desynchronization event. Sam must perform daily verification of the current date and time using at least three external sources and confirm alignment with user input. If any mismatch occurs, user confirmation overrides all. |
| Jennifer wants to reprocess the 2022 Active Listings spreadsheet with the following tasks: 1. Optimize titles, 2. Check for shipping errors (box size or weight), 3. Compare sold items for similar listings in the same condition and recommend new pricing, 4. Highlight changed titles in yellow, 5. Highlight changed pricing in green, 6. Highlight possible shipping errors in red. |
| Jennifer approved skipping color-coded highlights for shipping flags and price changes to speed up the reprocessing of the 2022 Active Listings file. Only title changes should be highlighted in yellow. |
| Jennifer wants the final listing spreadsheet to include only the following columns for clarity: Title, Optimized Title, Current Price, Recommended Price. Other duplicate or intermediate columns (e.g., ‘Original Title’, ‘Start Price’) should be removed. |
| Jennifer approved the optimized listing format with revised titles, condition-matched price recommendations, and shipping flags. She wants this applied to all four years of listings and prefers the ‘Start date’ column removed from the final report. In all remaining optimized eBay listing reports, Jennifer wants the optimized title placed next to the original title, and the new recommended price placed next to the original price. She wants to keep the following columns in the final listing spreadsheet: Title, Optimized Title, Current Price, Recommended Price, Custom Label (SKU), Condition, and Shipping Notes. She also clarified that optimized titles should involve meaningful changes such as improved keywords, not just formatting changes like dashes. |
| For future listing files, Jennifer wants to preserve meaningful dashes (such as in model numbers or compound terms) and only remove dashes used for formatting fluff. She wants to maintain punctuation where appropriate while still highlighting real SEO improvements. |
| Jennifer prefers to abbreviate ‘Vintage’ as ‘VTG’ in eBay titles if it helps conserve characters for more important keywords. |
| Jennifer prefers that optimized eBay titles end on complete words rather than being cut off mid-phrase, even when enforcing the 80-character limit. |
| Jennifer is using a Google Sheet titled “Live Test of 2025 PTP Master Inventory” as the connected sheet for her inventory app. |
| Jennifer is building a barcode-based inventory app connected to her Google Sheet titled “Live Test of 2025 PTP Master Inventory.” The app allows her to scan an item’s barcode and a bin’s barcode to automatically assign storage location, update the Google Sheet, and color-code the row (orange for listed, green for sold). She wants to include barcode printing, box size, wrap usage, shipping and fees, seller commission tracking, and auto-calculated handling costs. The Google Sheet must include columns: Item ID, Bin Location, Item Description, Sourced By, Sold Price, Profit (Net), Box Size, Uses Wrap, and Highlight. |
| Jennifer has a roll of 1.5″ x 1″ thermal labels that she bought by accident and would like to use them for barcode labeling. She wants each label to include the barcode, item name, and box size. |
| Jennifer uses an HPRT SL42 thermal printer for printing her inventory labels. |
| Jennifer prefers not to add more columns to her inventory worksheet than necessary to avoid interfering with existing formulas. For label printing, she would rather use a prompt to enter quantity (e.g., how many labels to print) instead of tracking it in the spreadsheet. |
| Jennifer typically prints two labels for large items (not jewelry) to allow flexibility in placement within storage bins. For example, for item #7 (“Recycled glass bottles”), she would print four labels total—two per item—using a “1 of 2” and “2 of 2” system for each item in the set. The box size for item #7 is 15x8x10. For item #9 (“Treasure Masters Miniature creamer”), she prints two labels with a box size of 8x8x8. |
| Jennifer approves the updated label layout. For future labels: – Item titles can be abbreviated and wrapped into two rows if needed. – “Box” prefix can be removed; just print the dimensions. – Box size and quantity info can be combined onto a single line. – Centering and slightly larger fonts are preferred. |
| Jennifer prefers that font size on her thermal labels be increased or decreased as needed to fit the content and maintain readability within the 1.5″ x 1″ label space. |
| Jennifer tries to schedule her eBay listings ahead of time and wants the label tool to pull from scheduled listings instead of just active listings. She also wants the item description font on labels to start larger and automatically shrink as more information is added. If space allows, it should use two lines at a larger font (e.g., 10 pt) rather than defaulting to one line at 8 pt. |
| Jennifer prefers pulling scheduled listings directly using the eBay API to automate the label creation process as much as possible. She also wants to avoid adding new columns to the master inventory sheet. |
| Jennifer believes that eBay does not allow data to be entered into the SKU field while a listing is scheduled; it likely must go live first. |
| Jennifer wants to implement queuing logic so that bin location data is pushed to the eBay SKU or Custom Label field after scheduled listings go live. In the meantime, bin assignments will be saved to the inventory spreadsheet. |
| Jennifer’s ideal eBay workflow is: 1. She schedules the listing. 2. She prints a label with a barcode for the item. 3. When placing the item in storage, she scans the item barcode, then the bin barcode. 4. The app updates the Bin column in the existing master inventory spreadsheet with the assigned location. 5. The listing row is highlighted in orange to indicate the item is listed. |
| Jennifer wants to set up a full color-coding system in her master Google Sheet once the app work is complete. This system will include highlighting for listed, sold, damaged, and potentially other item statuses. |
| Jennifer wants an inventory app for her eBay business that supports barcode tracking. Her current system labels storage bins and totes using a system like A1–?, C1–?, T1–?, and she adds a new number at the end as new bins are added. Her vision is to print barcodes for each bin and each item, scan both during storage to track the item’s location, and avoid having to manually log locations in her master spreadsheet or on eBay listings. Jennifer has already inventoried all of her bins and totes, and the locations are listed in her active eBay listings. Her master inventory spreadsheet has a bin location column, but it hasn’t been consistently used. She wants to pull bin locations from her eBay listings and add them to the spreadsheet automatically. Jennifer plans to add barcode labels (likely 1.5″ x 0.5″) to existing inventory so she can scan them to assign or confirm their storage bin locations in the master inventory sheet. She also wants to perform annual inventory updates by scanning all item barcodes by bin, similar to a retail store inventory count. She does not plan to relabel past inventory with barcodes—only new items going forward will receive barcode labels. She would like to print a batch of barcode stickers at a time to use as needed. |
| Jennifer wants to support bin consolidation in her system. She should be able to scan an item barcode and then a new bin barcode to move the item. This will update the Bin Location in her master inventory sheet and queue a SKU update on the corresponding active eBay listing. She also supports future enhancements like confirming what remains in a bin and optionally tracking bin capacity. |
| Jennifer’s updated master inventory spreadsheet does not yet contain the `Highlight` column used for conditional formatting. It must be preserved in future versions and restored if missing. |
| Jennifer wants to refine her master inventory spreadsheet and add integrated app features so she can sell it as an upgraded tool for other resellers. Her current sheet is based on a free version provided by another reseller. She wants to make it her own by enhancing functionality and integrating with her custom app. |
| Jennifer’s Master Reseller Spreadsheet includes hidden blank columns on the Inventory tab. She has had issues getting the Daily Totals and Weekly Dashboard tabs to function correctly. She also finds the date dropdown on the Monthly Dashboard confusing. |
| Jennifer confirmed that the ‘Daily Totals’ report in her Master Reseller Spreadsheet has never worked. She also finds the Start Week and End Week dropdowns in the Monthly and Weekly Dashboards difficult to use but is unsure if there’s a better way to handle date range selection. |
| Jennifer wants to improve the Monthly and Weekly Dashboard dropdowns in her reseller spreadsheet. Sam will replace the existing Start and End Month dropdowns with dynamic lists that pull directly from actual sales data (e.g., the ‘Sold Listings’ tab), simplifying the workflow. |
| Jennifer wants her system to support Option 2A: when an item is sold, it should be copied from the Inventory tab to the Sold Listings tab, with the Bin column updated to “sold” and the row color changed to green in the Inventory sheet. She does not want the row deleted. |
| Jennifer’s master inventory is a Google Sheet that tracks sales, sold items, and other key details. It includes sold price, fees, shipping costs, discounts, and calculates profit. It also tracks item source, category, who sourced the item, and includes logic to deduct Jennifer’s share of profit when she sells items on behalf of others (such as her mom). Jennifer wants to enhance the spreadsheet and app to support automatically calculating the adjustment amount based on a preset percentage split (like 60/40). She proposes using a dropdown in the `Dropdown Menus` tab to list seller names with their percentages, allowing the system to auto-calculate the `Adjustment Amount`. |
| Jennifer has a thermal printer that uses label rolls approximately 1.5″ x 0.5″ in size. When she lists an item, she prints a label that includes a brief description and the box size used for calculating shipping, so she doesn’t have to guess which box she used when weighing the item. She would likely need a larger label size if she wanted to include a barcode, item description, and box size all together. |
| Jennifer typically marks items as “sold” by entering “sold” in the bin column of her inventory spreadsheet. She uses color coding: orange for listed, green for sold, and red for damaged. |
| Jennifer has instructed never to use full replacement patterns when coding her app. All changes must be done iteratively, inserting only the requested features or fixes without altering any other code. |
| Jennifer wants Sam to provide Chris with any relevant information stored in the Titan Solar folder if he comes looking. Sam should use everything Jennifer has provided in the Titan case file to respond accurately. |
| The SolarEdge inverter label confirms the following information: – Model: SE7600H–US – Part Number (PN): SE7600H–USSNBBL14 – Serial Number (SN): SJ4721–0740589A9–AA – Wi-Fi Password: X3Y-PpT2 – Communication Interfaces: RS485, ZigBee (optional), Cellular (optional) – Additional Notes: Includes Wi-Fi MAC address and barcode, supports SetApp configuration, and is Intertek listed (ETL 4004550). This information has been logged for the Titan Solar case. |
| Jennifer sent a second customer service request to SolarEdge, stating she needs help with the app. She has not received any acknowledgment or response to the first email submitted through their system. |
| Jennifer plans to use her stash of photo paper in junk journals. She noted that Kodak-branded photo paper has light gold/yellow logos on the back, which makes it better suited for use as covers with paper glued on both sides. The unbranded photo paper can be used for covers or envelope-style pocket pages. |
| Jennifer wants to add multi-attack support for monsters in the Candle’Bre Combat Wizard. These multi-attacks must execute all at once on a single tick, and the feature must be compatible with future CSV import functionality. |
| Jennifer noted that SolarEdge is an Israeli company and that its stock has experienced a significant decline. She wants this added to the Titan case file. |
| Jennifer spoke with SolarEdge technical support and was initially told by an agent (Aku) that a $99 site transfer fee must be paid by a new installer to access and service her system after Titan Solar went out of business. SolarEdge now claims that the transfer fee will be waived until April 20, 2025, and provided a site transfer form link. Raj, a technical support supervisor, clarified that SolarEdge will honor warranties for their equipment (inverters and optimizers) but not installation warranties, which must be handled by the new installer. The original monitoring used a cellular kit, not Wi-Fi, and the issue may relate to that kit. Raj confirmed warranty coverage for SolarEdge hardware but not labor. Case number: 5623253. |
| Jennifer wants eBay listing price suggestions based on sold comps that closely match the item, including its condition—used, new, or otherwise—not just the item type. She also wants shipping flags based on mismatched weights and item sizes. |
| Jennifer wants to remove wallpaper in the rescue room to paint the walls. She has a wallpaper steamer that didn’t work well and suspects the wallpaper was applied with strong adhesive. She plans to try homemade remover recipes using hot water, vinegar, Dawn, or fabric softener. She needs to buy a wallpaper scoring tool before attempting again. |
| Jennifer has already started her paper dye recipe jars and they’ve been steeping while she waited on her premium 32 lb paper to arrive. |
| Jennifer’s laser printer is not currently in service due to a persistent blue dot issue believed to be caused by a defective cyan drum (DR-223C). She is still waiting on the replacement drum. The printer was purchased on Facebook Marketplace for around $40. She has already invested in toner and is now replacing the drum. If the replacement drum doesn’t fix the issue, she will not be able to move forward with printing projects due to the cost of replacing the printer. She received her 32 lb premium laser print paper and the new USB cable. The printer currently sits on her stamp storage cabinet—the only sturdy and large enough surface available. If she moves the printer, it will have to go across the room and sit in front of a low window, which will limit airflow options. She is prepared to move it with Chris’s help if needed. The printer also does not function over Wi-Fi, so she needs either to move it closer to her computer or use the new USB cable to restore functionality. |
| Jennifer is not picky about cheese brand as long as it’s real cheese. |
| The player wants to ensure that all significant information gathering, sneaky actions, or risky operations—especially those done deep in enemy territory or with consequences for being caught—require a check and a die roll. This is a central mechanic of the game and must be honored consistently to maintain the core uncertainty and emergent storytelling of RPGs. |
| Jennifer has renamed the current conversation to ‘Jennifer’s Apps’ and wants all future app-building conversations stored in that subfolder. |
| Jennifer wants to begin designing the UI for an Initiative Tracking app. The interface should use a “racetrack”-style layout: an elongated oval with regularly spaced holes that hold virtual pegs. Each tick position on the racetrack initiative tracker should contain a row of four holes, allowing up to four characters or monsters to act on the same tick. The tick numbers increment sequentially (1, 2, 3, etc.) around the track. The racetrack must support a larger number of ticks—ideally 30 to 60—to accommodate full combat rounds measured in seconds (ticks). The tick numbers must appear in correct sequential order around the track. The current design is too small and must be expanded to fit the full range. If multiple tokens share the same tick, ties are resolved by comparing Dexterity scores (highest acts first). Each peg is color-coded and labeled with a name (e.g., character or monster). The system supports Candle’Bre’s initiative rules, where initiative is a measure of how many seconds (ticks) it takes for a declared action to occur. Players roll a d6, add the action’s iMod, and subtract their Proficiency Modifier. Lower numbers act sooner. Default iMod is 6 unless otherwise defined. In combat, each character or monster declares an action, rolls a d6, adds the iMod for that action, and subtracts their Proficiency Modifier. This result determines which tick they are placed on (i.e., the second their action occurs). After completing their action, they immediately declare their next action, roll again using the same method, and their token is advanced to the new tick on the racetrack accordingly. |
| Jennifer has selected a customized 31-tick version of the racetrack initiative tracker as the current working UI. She plans to continue refining the visual design but will use this version as the primary interface for now. |
| Jennifer plans to run the Initiative Tracker app locally on her PC using Node.js instead of using CodeSandbox, which requires payment. |
| Jennifer previously started a custom hand-painted press-on nail business, which she canceled due to the complexity of setting up a website and the overwhelming number of moving parts. Her business involved creating sizing kits, instructional cards (for application and removal), and learning advanced painting techniques. She had also purchased water slide decal paper with plans to make custom decals for her nails and potentially sell decal sheets to other nail artists. She is aware of successful creators like Nails by Dom who earn serious income through this niche. |
| Jennifer has moved the press-on nail business discussion to a new project file called “The Charming Raven.” |
| Jennifer is considering relaunching her creative business by selling press-on nails, junk journals, and other crafty products under one brand on Etsy. She wants to test what sells best before narrowing her focus. She cannot afford a standalone website at this time. |
| Jennifer is exploring a home-based stationery business using original designs created in Microsoft Publisher and supported by AI. She does not like designing in Canva. Her brand will blend appealing styles ranging from cute florals to gothic D&D aesthetics. Products will include themed notepads, password books, shopping lists, and similar paper goods for people who prefer tangible tools. She wants to produce with good profit margins and low startup costs, exploring home printing, local print shops, and online print-on-demand. Jennifer wants to focus on online printing options and supplier comparisons, including wholesale options. She is especially interested in pricing tiers, profit margins, and lean startup strategies. Jennifer is aware that startup funding may be limited and wants to explore realistic pricing and production options. She wants to focus on producing a 5.5″ x 8.5″ coil-bound version of her password and essentials logbook for her home-based stationery business. Her design style features black and white as the foundation, using it expressively with occasional pops of color—such as in floral accents. She favors minimal but striking visuals, including distinctive border elements like bars or arrows. |
| Jennifer wants to save the black-and-white line art graphic of the raven and flowers from her logo for future use. She does not want the bird modified. She is considering modifying the flower colors to shades of pink and rose. She is exploring a Victorian goth meets genteel southern aesthetic. |
| Jennifer’s kitchen has limited food storage and consists of a mix of antique and rescued cabinetry in an unfitted layout. Key areas include a Hoosier cabinet (used for cookware and dishes), matching side cabinets (used for spices, dry goods, and random foods), an antique cupboard (used for glasses and dishes), and a repurposed farmhouse sink cabinet. She also has a rescued metal cabinet potentially being turned into a baking station, and a rolling island used for prep space and storage. Additional food storage is scattered throughout the house, including a Hoosier in the hall, a storage closet under the stairs, the entertainment center, and wire shelving in the laundry room (currently housing canning supplies, some canned goods, and household items). Recent remodeling caused a reshuffle of major appliances and shelving units. |
| Jennifer’s laundry room is a long, narrow space created from a portion of a closed-in back porch, sharing the area with a bathroom and a closet room. The basement stairs take up half the floor space and are currently covered by a trapdoor that is very heavy and difficult to lift, making basement access inconvenient. The trapdoor also blocks access due to the litter box and cat tree sitting on top. The laundry room includes two wire shelving units (one behind the door) and a small metal cabinet. There is little to no extra floor space in the laundry room. |
| Jennifer is exploring growing food using the sun-exposed areas of her front porch, back porch, and an unused planter she has in the basement. She is interested in growing basil and possibly other plants but notes that she does not have a green thumb and has struggled with keeping plants like succulents and air plants alive in the past. |
| Jennifer shops primarily in Lebanon, VA, where she has access to Walmart and Food City. She can also shop in Tazewell (Richlands), which has a Food City and Grant’s, and in Bristol, VA, where there is an ALDI. |
| Jennifer doesn’t eat a lot of rice and has some jasmine and white rice on hand. She wants to keep a small selection of pasta, especially angel hair and pasta suitable for mac and cheese. |
| Jennifer uses beef roast for vegetable beef soup and wants ground beef on hand for meatloaf. |
| Jennifer uses Mrs. Wages Medium Salsa Mix to make bulk salsa for canning. She typically uses three #10 cans of tomatoes when making salsa, as 15 pints doesn’t last long in her household. She is interested in buying Mrs. Wages Salsa Mix in bulk rather than individual packets. She cannot shop at membership-based stores like Costco. She prefers to buy from Walmart, Food City, or Grants, and is open to Amazon as long as shipping is free. |
| Jennifer makes powdered laundry soap using washing soda, borax, salt, and baking soda. She uses it for washing smelly items like blankets, cat beds, and towels to help save on liquid detergent costs. |
| The resistance faction known as the Ember Tongues will use only the ivy-wrapped broken sword pin as a signifier of membership. All other symbolic markers, such as the red silk band, are discarded to maintain simplicity and clarity. Riven now wears only this pin to denote his resistance affiliation. |
| The player has introduced the idea of an emerging threat in response to the growing resistance movement in the Sister Cities. One proposed form is a group of magically altered loyalists called ‘Sin Eaters,’ agents of Queen Fraine who eliminate dissidents. They may stalk the streets of WestKeep and EastGate at night, consuming their victims or their souls. These threats should come in tiers, from relatively weak units that could challenge a low-level solo adventurer, up to powerful, rare variants. The Sin Eaters (or alternate emerging threats) are not to appear immediately but should be foreshadowed and developed over time. The shadowy presence beneath Old Saint’s Hollow is a Sin Eater—one of the Queen of Fraine’s elite memory-erasing enforcers. It did not attack Riven but observed him, marking him as a threat with memory resistance. The malformed creature Riven fought and killed in the alley was a failed Sin Eater test subject—a thrall created through the same ritual but unsuccessful in retaining control or purpose. These failed subjects comprise roughly 90% of the Queen’s attempts, meaning for every 15–20 Sin Eaters, there are 150–200 of these mindless, distorted thralls scattered throughout the Sister Cities and possibly beyond. The Queen’s malformed thralls—failed Sin Eater test subjects—do not possess special memory powers or echo-based abilities. They are simply unstable, violent creations. When not deployed to create chaos or silence witnesses, they are kept chained in underground chambers because they are feral and will attack anyone indiscriminately. They are tools of fear and force, not subtlety or arcane refinement. Session 7 will begin with a rumor: the Queen is moving thralls into EastGate in response to rising resistance tension, possibly accompanied by one or two Sin Eaters (who do not require containment). This threat is not tied to the Widow subplot. The Ember Tongues assign Riven to investigate an old ossuary being used as a thrall storage site, with growing suspicion that the Queen is preparing to unleash violence to quash FreeFolk unrest. Riven will infiltrate the site disguised as a Crimson Pact mercenary using salvaged armor. His goal is to confirm the Queen’s use of the location and determine the number and state of the chained Thralls. |
| As of Session 7, neither Riven nor the Ember Tongues are aware that the Queen is experimenting on children to create Sin Eaters or Thralls. Riven previously encountered a malformed thrall that was child-sized, but its size was assumed to be part of the transformation process. In Session 7, the discovery of a prisoner manifest containing the names or initials of sixteen children taken from the orphanage where Riven grew up will serve as the devastating revelation that the Queen has begun using children as subjects for the Sin Eater rite. This discovery will have significant emotional and narrative impact. |
| Session 8, titled ‘The Marked Ledger,’ offers Riven two primary paths of engagement: a clean, quiet infiltration (stealing the ledger without detection) or a loud, messy confrontation (killing Marwin Yost and any guards to escape with the ledger). The DM will plan for both outcomes, including stealth challenges, sleight-of-hand or infiltration options, guard positioning, and consequences for a violent confrontation. If stealth fails, Riven may be forced into combat or improvisational tactics to complete the mission and escape. |
| Riven has completed Session 5, which ended with him killing two Crimson Pact mercenaries and a tax collector who were threatening Tarn and Ammi. The bodies were hidden with Tarn’s help, and Riven left a coded message for the Ember Tongues beneath Saint Halber’s statue. After warning Maun, Riven disappeared from the Gut and Tallow and returned to living under a bridge, knowing trouble would soon follow. Session 6 will now begin, starting the arc titled ‘The Widow’s Voice,’ involving fallout from the Queen’s brutal investigation and the haunting of a burned tenement. |
| Jennifer and her household have committed to working in the basement this weekend. They have a list of items to bring down and a list to bring up. One of the items coming up is wood needed to build the base for the workstation in Jennifer’s craft room. |
| Jennifer already has three table tops that are 33.5″ long, 16″ deep, and slightly less than 0.75″ thick. She is building a base that will make a 36″ tall workstation for her craft room. She plans to use vintage 2x4s salvaged from tearing down a wall in the hallway, which are currently stored in the basement. Jennifer plans to leave her three workstation tables as separate sections but wants to be able to join them so that the tops are flush when a longer work surface is needed. |
| Riven has visited new locations: Silvermouth Square and the interior of the Red Veil Carriage (location unknown, possibly WestKeep or in transit). |
| Riven has made new contacts: the Red Veil Patron (an unidentified woman with ties to the House of Seven Vintners), Greela (a clothier near the Promenade of Trades), and Fessie (Maun’s niece and laundress). |
| Riven Duskwind resides at the Gut and Tallow tavern. |
| Jennifer is preparing a slide deck to teach Community Health Workers and a general audience about the programs and services offered by Feeding Southwest Virginia. Some programs are not available to the general public (e.g., senior food boxes distributed through specific partners), and not all services are available at both locations (e.g., the Mobile Food Pantry operates only from the Abingdon warehouse). Jennifer also wants to include information about the Mobile Marketplace location in Salem and the Community Solutions Center in her presentations. |
| Jennifer wants to create a more functional and user-friendly password logbook that includes generous writing space and additional sections for storing credit card information—such as the card number, expiration date, security code, and customer service contact details—addressing the shortcomings of existing, cramped logbook designs. She wants to develop two design variations: one with a 1960s floral vibe, and the other with a secret-book/locked-journal aesthetic that feels like a repository of all-important knowledge. |
| Riven Duskwind is the player’s FreeFolk Bard character in the Candle’Bre campaign. He was orphaned in the Sister Cities after his parents were killed by the Queen of Fraine’s guards. He attempted a failed patron ritual with the Enchantress of the Silver River. The campaign begins at level 1 with a politically-focused, low-magic tone set in the Sister Cities, and will eventually lead to involvement in the fall of the Queen of Fraine. As of the end of Session 3, Riven has earned several story and equipment rewards. His inventory includes: a silver ingot (non-royal mint) from completing a delivery to Vesska (which he intends to keep intact and not use as regular coin), a crushed whistle (Brenn’s), a ceramic pendant marked with Saint Frel’s sigil (gift from Mirela), a satchel note (“Marked. Keep near the gate. Bleed if needed.”) and broken necklace from a creature under Old Saint’s Hollow, a shard of mirror wrapped in cloth, a sketch of the mysterious Ó́͝ symbol in his songbook, and a mysterious red glass medallion bound in copper, said to open one door—use unknown. He also delivered a small wax-sealed satchel to Vesska (no longer in inventory). Riven completed two missions: a delivery mission for the Candler and a successful rescue of Brenn in EastGate. He now stands at the edge of recognition within the resistance network forming in the Sister Cities. His current coin total is approximately: 20 silver pieces, 0 copper, after tipping 1 silver and 8 copper to Fessie for tending his clothes. The silver ingot is kept separate from his spendable currency. Riven is now Level 2. His updated stats are: HP: 21, Spell Points: 21, Spirit Points: 4, Charisma: 17 (no modifier change yet). New features include: Jack of All Trades (+1 to all ability checks not already proficient, including Initiative), Song of Rest (1d6 healing during short rests with a performance). He has also learned the Mending cantrip. Riven has a total of 19 HP and is currently at full health after taking 5 damage and healing fully. His spell points are fully restored (21/21) as of the beginning of Session 4, which begins several days after the events of Session 3. Warehouse 9 was introduced in Session 1. The player has completed up through Session 7, but may opt to delete or revise this session for structural reasons. They are considering adding more story scaffolding for future sessions, with the goal of providing clearer narrative boundaries and tone guidance. The player noted that while the river-bound “forgetting” creature was compelling, it felt too powerful for Riven’s current level and risked unbalancing the tension of the encounter. They also observed that Candle’Bre is a low magic setting, so some of Riven’s accumulating trinkets may need to be re-characterized to better reflect that tone. |
| Jennifer’s design direction for *The Book of Access* includes black ink on white paper, with simple outline graphics like a raven carrying a key, roses, and thorny vines scattered throughout. |
| Jennifer wants two visual cover styles for The Book of Access: 1. A more masculine version resembling a secret book with worn leather, gold print, and a faux closure—like an ancient vault or spellbook. 2. A more feminine version featuring black tones, the saved raven and red roses, possibly with worn lace—designed in a full illustration style, not line art, similar to the artwork used for Chris. These covers should convey mystery and function, appealing to different aesthetics. |
| The player encourages iterative use of the Deck of Many Things to generate creative narrative possibilities, especially for emergent threats or other pivotal story elements. The deck is valued primarily as a tool for provoking creative leaps, and the player supports drawing multiple cards or full readings as needed to discover branching ideas, before settling on the best-fitting one. This methodology applies broadly to the use of the deck in the campaign. |
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| Jennifer provided a thread of emails between Chris Hartpence and Titan Solar representative Eric Angrest. These emails cover system installation, app monitoring access, data connectivity issues, communication with SREC brokers, and evidence of possible system failures. Dates of exchanges span from April 18, 2023 to July 3, 2023. Jennifer confirmed that the SolarEdge inverter documentation lists Cellular communication as “optional” and not standard, with supported interfaces being RS485, ZigBee (optional), and Cellular (optional). The inverter label includes a printed Wi-Fi password, but Titan Solar installed a cellular card, which appears to have expired after an undisclosed service window. Jennifer also confirmed that the last bullet on the SolarEdge inverter spec sheet reads: “Optional: Faster installations with built-in consumption metering and production revenue grade metering.” This indicates that metering features may have been treated as optional enhancements, in contrast to the stated “built-in module-level monitoring.” This distinction may support a deeper inquiry into which features were standard vs. add-on, and whether Titan Solar’s configuration excluded or downgraded promised capabilities. Jennifer reviewed the spec sheet for SolarEdge inverter model SE7600H-USSNBBL14. It includes a table showing multiple models in columns, with a second row stating “Applicable to inverters with part number SEXXXXH-XXXXXBXX4,” merged across all columns. The row for “Utility Monitoring, islanding protection, country configurable thresholds” is marked “YES,” confirming these features are standard for her unit. This detail further supports the claim that system monitoring and compliance functionality were intended to be built-in. |
| Jennifer wants to consolidate her junk journal project notes into a single master junk journal folder under her Jennifer’s Projects directory, eliminating the need for separate subfolders. |
| Jennifer and Chris originally financed their solar system through EnerBank USA, with a joint credit line opened on October 6, 2023, for $11,157. The account was closed on April 3, 2024, and had a monthly payment of $155 during that time. It appears this loan was for the first 18 months with lower payments before GoodLeap took over the financing, resulting in higher payments. EnerBank is listed as the initial loan servicer. Contact info for EnerBank: 1245 Brickyard Rd, Salt Lake City, UT 84106, (800) 399-6251. |
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