December Festival

Getting Erdrick in the chest when he was North/South fighting and having him not expect it and dropping him. Highlight of the season.

It was a good shot but saying I didn't expect it would be incorrect, I simply missed the parry.

Wow.  I was not expecting to feel so mentally drained after this event to not be able to really wrap my head around things for two days afterward.  It was a great way to turn a relatively crummy week into a fabulous one.

First, some IC highlights.

A lot of my highlights this time were internal RP things, that likely no one really cares about, and can't really see, but I still feel them worthy of mentioning.

I think Kwildar's internal battle over a simple thing like writing a letter.  What does one say in such a thing?  How far does one reach? What is proper?  Just because he can, should he?  All questions Kwildar is really deeply searching and praying for answers for before January.

Kwildar's rage at seeing undead walk about that he knew that he couldn't help immediately upon their way, and the struggle to keep from at least trying when it would do no good.

Kwildar's continuing confusion over interacting with people, and awkward conversations.  He'll likely always feel a little like an outsider.  A little lonely for him perhaps, but a heckova lot of fun to roleplay.

An undercurrent of paranoia... Always been there, but stronger now.  Interesting to see some peoples' reactions to it.

Kwildar finally standing up and stepping down a path that Andorra had been urging him to for months, and the hugs and congratulations this brought him...  And at the same time, sadness at growing up, losing one thing he had hoped for, and until that hope fulfilled or lost, kept him from feeling worthy of that first step.

New townsmembers that randomly hugged Kwildar.  He's apparently a fan of the random hugs now.

Some non-Kwildar things...

Lizards and getting naughtily manhandled by a group looking for eggs.... And proctology exams, brought to you by Dissection.  The lizard's confusion when she awoke was an interesting RP moment.

Some OOC things.

Seeing everyone.  I needed your energy this weekend, just that wonderfully chaotic, exuberance that this group as a whole has.  You guys rock.

Stacey, and the aforementioned random hugs.  She revealed to me later that they were more OOC than IC, but Kwildar isn't complaining.

I watched my carefully planned end of year budget take a dive, but I'm hoping the results will be worth it!

Getting Erdrick in the chest when he was North/South fighting and having him not expect it and dropping him. Highlight of the season.

It was a good shot but saying I didn't expect it would be incorrect, I simply missed the parry.

From the surprising remark you made following the hit, it seemed that way. But still. As lame as it sounds to some, that right there is a highlight to my character.

Stacey, and the aforementioned random hugs.  She revealed to me later that they were more OOC than IC, but Kwildar isn't complaining

hehe sorry.  At least now you have a new friend. 

The reactions to Rayven when one of the goblins struck my IG nephew.  I've actually never seen so many people afraid of Rayven.

RP with Amara and Tobar

All of the dirty jokes tossed about and the following "Crap Tobar, I think you're rubbing off on me"

Asking Galen if he's seen my wife and the hilarity that ensued.

Blowing my Crusade and ALL of my tag skills within an hour of getting to the event.

Yurt fun.

Capture the flag.

RP with Erdrick teaching Armor Patch - Vine patches FTW

My new armor and sword of awesomeness

Joe B - "Hold! *pause*  We're going to call the auction now."
Mike S - "Oh! I thought we were all about to die!"

Suprising many in the one on one competition and actually making it to the final round.  The fight between me and Logan was pretty awesome.  Rematch anyone?

The two on two fight with me and jon against andy and matt was fantastic, esp the duel of me v. andy.  Big shields are awesome, but stamina wins out. 

The conflict that occurred down with the goblins/ogres and my PC being interfered with by a new towns member was definitely interesting.  I never did catch the guys real name and I don't think I could spell his character's name if I tried.  He played the new Khitan (I assume) wearing a blue shirt and did a remarkable job with it.  I only hope he has realized that shield bashing him, screaming at him/threatening him, and then saying he was going to be arrested, was all IG. 

Wally's mod with the runes and all was really cool too.