As it turns out, they missed my comment in chat and accidentally kicked me while cleaning out all the people that had idled for more than a month. So once someone that can accept applications checks them, I'll be back in.
God, the things you lack outside a village. D:
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I was all "ooooh more pocketwatch repairs!" right up until I discovered that there's 3 more levels of repairs (Tarnished, Dinged, New), and so 9 different repairs to get there and they all need golden gearwheels. I'm gonna be farming cave missions a lot, I can tell.
But hey, once I run out of HQ content, I think I'll start looping him up. Probably to S44+ if I can manage.