I think you guys misunderstood my wording a bit.
Mainly, I meant that they most likely should have left ASAP. I think that's what made the RP fall flat. For RPs like this one, when the main characters stay in one place for too long, it can start to slow. I feel like our characters should have started moving earlier while having the same discussions. We could have done a time skip, we could have.... Okay. I'm just going to say I'm an idiot and move on. I worded the statement wrong, I'm sorry.