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Prison Negotiation CAN ONLY start 24h post capture. - Vanai - 08-05-2025 Hello dear community! I wish to start this post off by saying to those involved - I don't think anything was done out of malice or with intention to ruin things for anyone involved.  I am not angry at you. Just disappointed in the situation. I have talked to those involved too in PM's too. We are okay. In general, I just think it was just unfortunate... And I don't want this to happen again to others So: Context:  I captured a prisoner in the last war.  I was excited and eager to make the best out of the situation with my prisoner, and had RP planned. But due to time zones by the end of the war it was 4 am for me and I was unable to collar them. (Which I also ticketed about. Prison was OK.)  Another person collared them while I was asleep, and the next day (Monday, technically the same day for me since 4 am) I managed to only have one short scene with them due to time zones (3-4 posts). I couldn't meet with the person who had the collar. And within less than 24 hours from the capture- they had been negotiated for freedom and released.  OOCLY- this made me feel robbed of any chance to do proper prison RP with my first war captive ever. Due to time zones, I was unable to OOCLY or ICLY communicate with negotiators to protest it, ask for more time, or otherwise. I'm speaking emotionally but that kind of stinks. Also, I KNOW prison RP can suck if you're neglected. It's stressful. It can be boring and people can be ignored. That's why there's prison RP rules.. But when I really want to make it the best for both of us, and I'm robbed of the chance (again I don't think this was intentional at all, just rushed.) , that also sucks. SUGGESTION That said, I'm suggesting the following two things:  Prisoner negotiations CANNOT START until at least 24 hours have passed post war OR post capture (Unless negotiations happen ON the battlefield). That the Captor of the prisoner must have been contacted pre release ICLY or OOCLY at least once the negotiations have happened, before release. If they do not reply within 12 hours after that, then they can be released without the captors consent (if they have the remote etc) And PLEASE take into consideration people who have opposite time zones when doing this. (My 4am was their 7pm) Thanks for hearing me out.