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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kookalouris" data-source="post: 4249172" data-attributes="member: 23872">"The beginning of a beautiful friendship..."Now let me see what I can do about understanding Adam and Sam's relationship better...First off, so the game is not slowed down.  Whatever their relationship, Sam and Adam are good friends and won't hinder the group with any kind of spat.  I would assume their good friendship would actually speed the group's actions along.  In game terms, this subplot takes a distant back seat to the main game.OK, to work...I assume Sam was found by her powerful birth family very soon after the accident.  It is amazing how much power and command the Gilmans have over the seas, especially Bermuda.  It could be that the Gilmans had Sam all the way to Arkham before most of her American friends and family knew of it.  The US government might have been slow to release details of the incident to the media.In short, no matter how devoted Adam was to his friend (and I assume that they are devoted to each other, no matter how badly any romance turned out), Adam may simply not have known before it was too late.Don't forget, Sam volunteered to be sent to Arkham Asylum, believing herself to be delusional.  With Sam's outright consent, the committal process was probably sped up.  After leaving Arkham Asylum, Sam may have stayed in Arkham partly because of Adam, in addition to looking after the inn.As far as whether they knew each other or not before Bermuda, I must admit I went ahead and jumped the gun and assumed that they did.  Reunions are more charged than meetings for dramatics purposes (IMO).  Casablanca, another 1941 production, worked so much better for me because it was a reunion after trauma (don't forget the classic tear-soaked letter in the rain, gets me every time).I do like your suggestions on how the two might have gotten together and then broken up.  True to form, trying to ground Sam would only make her more determined (and again echoes her earlier relationship with her family).If Sam was Adam's 'first and last,' it could be that Adam was Sam's inamorata as well.  Her crew member romance may have been a subconscious defiant rebound (not that she wouldn't have felt just as guilty, if not worse.  Her misguided pique may have got the poor guy killed as he would have had no other real reason to be on the plane).It could also be that Adam's inventions kept the plane together longer than any other plane could have lasted.  Perhaps several other planes were simply destroyed (of course, this is up to David as he is the only one to know the real reason for the crash).  In which case, Sam would have to admit not only was Sam wrong about being utterly reckless but that Adam, via his inventions, saved her life.  If so, she would feel a terrible mix of guilt and gratitude regarding Adam.Now, if Adam and Sam had met each other after Bermuda, Sam would react to Adam as she would to her perceptions of his inventions (from unlikely disappointment to utter gratitude).  A slow romance could then have started.  It would have to be slow given Sam's shattered heart.Let me stop here and hear what you think, DL.  I've no problem RP-ing Adam and Sam's relationship (with David's permission and not to the detriment of the game).Looking forward to anyone's feedback...Gerry</blockquote>

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