A hypothetical example: A spaceport cantina on Atzerri, 4 characters. A Jedi (character 1) is attempting to negotiate passage off Atzerri. Someone recognizes him/her and informs a duo of stormtroopers (characters 2 and 3), who must plan how to make the arrest. Meanwhile, a bounty hunter (character 4) has tracked the Jedi to Atzerri and must capture him/her before the stormtroopers do in order to collect on the bounty. Or perhaps the bounty hunter has an agenda all his/her own?

Lots of fun, not too many people, wouldn't last too long. And if one of the characters dies, it's no big deal; they're just short-term characters (and if they survive and go on to other threads? Hey, even better). Think of it sort of like RP from the MSN Chat days, except on a forum. What do you think, hypothetical, ideally real person who I hope is reading this?

Exactly. My personal preference would be for more short-term (I hesitate to use the term "throw-away," but let's say "dispensable") characters, because 1.) I'd be more willing to let those characters die, which is probably best for these short-duration RPs, and 2.) it would provide more new, fresh characters for myself and others to RP with, which feels important with so few of us. Sometimes it feels like everyone has their 2 or 3 characters that we're all playing musical chairs with, so that we're mostly seeing the same few characters all the time just in a different order. But yes, one could still use their regular characters in these "interludes," "mini-RPs," or whatever we call them.