[Quiet Man Cometh]

Not sure what it is you're really getting at there Illusion. I'm not sure of the programming of the site or how an animation thing like you describe with the dust storms would work, or how feasible it would be so someting like that may best be left to a different thread, since it's not so much a part of the story as how we might showcase events in the future.

As for the story, things don't happen without characters acting. The world doesn't always act by itself. If we didn't describle the characters and what they do, there really wouldn't be much of a story. It sounds like what you are looking for are the bare bones of what is happening, more of a summary rather than a story at all.

What is it about the story that makes it come off as role play to you?

As for being dry, what would make it more interesting to you? This is a matter of personal taste of course, but opinions do get listened to.