Duchess, gladly! I hope to write with you in the future :)
Important Announcement: Firstly, I want to apologise for how fast we powered through that druskelle x soldier collab. It went from zero to a hundred in, like, 2 seconds. We'll be time skipping quite soon so try to wrap up whatever it is you need your characters to do - respond, speak up, shave, kick Fang in the nuts - by Monday, because Chapter 2 will begin shortly thereafter! The next section will begin aboard the Crimson Tide, where Fang will explain everything and your characters' roles in all of this will make a lot more sense.
I also want to say that whilst the storyline seems focused on a few characters right now, that this will change once we're out of Ravka and Fang has given the necessary explanations. Anyhow, feel free to reach out to us if you feel your character needs more to do. We'll also have some time on the ship when characters can split up and do their own thing with who they want. There's honestly no reason for us to have them clustered into one single event after this introductory chapter. And it's a good idea to take some time to develop relationships with other characters since many of them are strangers!