What's with the 'flashback' scenes?

Scenes that take place 'a few days ago' or 'a while back' are flashbacks (and tagged 'flashback' accordingly). Anyone in game can write flashbacks. Not every character arrives new in town some characters start off in the game having been in Marquette for a substantial period of time and flashback scenes are helpful for people who have set up back story with characters, but they need to establish what happened at an important juncture in their lives/relationships/etc. Flashbacks located in game were specifically written for the game because they were important for backstory purposes for characters and players. We would encourage everyone if they need to understand how a past interaction went to write a flashback to establish it. Sometimes flashbacks are useful for the game as a whole, but often they are simply two players sorting out how something specific for their characters went, rather than trying to 'guess' and off-screening it.