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thursday or friday afternoon works fine. i will get back to you wednesday evening. are you fine playing thursday 18th or friday 19th at the times you proposed for those days?
oh i forgot to mention, but I should have quite some time on the weekends. I am not sure about my exact plan yet, so it should be more than enough time to get battles done