How long are we going to wait for other posts? I feel like we should all just get on the plane in order to start the story rolling. Maybe we could just make a mention of "soon the other members of the group had joined"?
"The grasshopper!... Mind the grasshopper!... A grasshopper not only turns, it hops!... It hops!... And it hops jolly high!" ~Erik, The Phantom of the Opera
Remember: when people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong. — Neil Gaiman