Radem TimeDilationProposal

Preamble
As it stands, the current time dilation in Lismore stands at 6-to-1. One RL day passes, six days pass IC in Lismore for all the characters within.

Some have said that only applies to long-term events, others have said it applies to everything.

At this point, it's confusing, and in some cases dulls meaningful events in Lismore. For example, 28 hours after the death of a character, people must now refer to someone who's been in the ground for a week, and it seems a bit silly to still be as tearful as they might be the morning after.

Proposal
I propose that time dilation not apply to daily life at Lismore. However, I also propose that people be allowed to use "soap opera time" for events that either take too long to drag out fully, or would cripple their ability to RP for an extended period.

Examples of soap opera time: No one asks questions, and the audience doesn't either. That's just how it works, and in the end it provides a better product. For them, it's a television show; for us, it'd be easier tracking of time via the RP.
 * Pregnancies last a month or two rather than full term.
 * Children grow at fantastic rates. Infants quickly become cute little sprouts, and then rebellious teenagers, and make it through college a few months following.
 * Someone goes off to serve in the military for "a year" and is only gone a short while.
 * Someone goes to jail for a month, and they only miss a couple of episodes.

In most cases it would be the responsibility of the character electing to use time dilation to inform others that he'd done so. An appropriate action would be to put themselves OOC when returning from their absence, comment to people with whom he was about to enter RP so they weren't caught unaware, and then enter RP. They might also put something in their titler, such as "TD 9m/2w" to let people know that the last two weeks of RL time was nine months for them.

In some cases, authority figures or GMs would assign punishment (IC Consequences) times with time dilation in mind. They might say two months' imprisonment, and ask the character to remain in the cell area for three days of RL time, enough time to have an interrogation or two, or what have you. Of course, someone can volunteer to stay longer, say if they've got an alt they'd like to play, etc.

Also, major scenes may cause the whole RP area to advance in time. These advances should be advertised in Group Notices, and people should reflect the time passage in their RP.