Let Franz take over PCs when they are not present.

I really appreciate the asynchronous nature of F&F, but I just had a friend join my game briefly, remotely, then no longer be available. It ground the story to a halt, as he was now part of the party and Franz kept referring to my friend’s character asking him what he’d do or how he’d respond. I am guessing Franz has a strong instruction to not act for the PCs, which is great generally, but I think functionality to specifically instruct him to run a PC as an NPC would do a lot to help things moving. Maybe something as simple as a toggle on the character sheet of a PC, listing the controller as either the player, or be able to toggle it to Franz (and Franz recognizing this as an exception to his insruction to not control PCs, or rather just changing the character to an NPC), and that when the player then returns, it automatically toggles it back to the player.