2012 Alt Event Highlights

Alright, I need to start this off by saying what I am positive everyone else is thinking...

OMG we got to pelt James C. Kimball with lettuce and tomatoes!!!

No seriously, this was hands down one of the BEST event I had ever attended. The atmosphere was incredible, the plot was fantastic, and the RP went above and beyond my expectations

Highlights:
-The weather playing to our atmosphere. General Thomas Alman (sp?) sent us on a mission and MASSIVE thunderclap. Perfect timing
-Shaylee and Frost's (Shannon) conversation about freedom...Shannon, RP with you has been epic this weekend
-I loved the reactions from people at the sight of my corrupted Sylph. Wouldn't YOU be after almost a decade of vampire blood?
-The Red Lady gathering up all female Thrall and bleeding us into a cup...then promptly smearing it on her face. Marybeth sometimes you creep the crap out of me. And I mean that in the BEST way
-Feeding said blood to Pesmerga "The Sylph's blood is the tastiest. I can Taste the magic." Just as creepy Judge, just as creepy
-I think every single Lord or Lady at one point came up to me and played with my ears... *shudders*
-Feast was incredible, Jeff you're a jerk but it worked
-Fantastic RP with Eridan Redcloak (Matt C)
As the General walks past
"Is it wrong that I want that man's head on a pikestaff?"
"Not at all! In fact the Light gods would approve!"
As Josh's undead walks past
"Is it wrong that I want his head on a pikestaff as well?"
"Even better!"
-Then after we freed the Von Ritter and he said we had a choice. Follow him to freedom or stay and fight.
"Eridan, we have a choice. Flee or head on a pikestaff."
"PIKESTAFF!" run after the Thrall who chose to fight
-The euphoric feeling when the Maldavians came to our aid just as we were getting our asses handed to us by the undead
-Shaylee meeting Kwildar. In maybe a 3 sentence conversation, I learned more about myself and the Fairy Queen
-NPCing a 10year old Wild Mage and getting "the talk" from Oren...Light!
-The precursor to Healer plot...can't wait!

Seriously, best event ever. I am so pleased. Sore...but pleased. Great job everyone!!!

Mother Marika wrote: -NPCing a 10year old Wild Mage and getting "the talk" from Oren...Light!

I hope you had a good time spending more time as that NPC than you thought you were going to. lol

So many explosions... entropy, headaches, demon lord, fire bomb

Also: Peppercorn whiskey, Toad Dagger, being a ranger's pet wolf, trolls...

I'm really glad that so many people had such a good time at the event... everyone worked really hard on their roleplay, and it paid off for most of us.

(I know this is unusually short, for me, but Ori tells the stories *way* better than I do. Ask him about Alok Malagan when he comes back!)

Mother Marika wrote: -Shaylee and Frost's (Shannon) conversation about freedom...Shannon, RP with you has been epic this weekend

That was the best scene ever talking about freedom. Also..the walking by the lake to find the peasants was also a very good scene. And seeing you hear about the other sylphs from Kwildar was amazing, I thought you were going to cry.

I'll leave you all with one highlight I had from this event, over so many others. Post Main Mod.... I don't think Kwildar's emotions have overwhelmed me to the point of physically crying for over an hour and a half in perhaps three years. There was just something truly magical about that scene for me....

From during main mod, coming upon a dying Drow thrall, and being the Andorran that Kwildar is (Looks at a paladin, "See to him!", while prepared to say, "I don't care if he's an evil drow or not. See to him. We'll sort it out later!" but not having to because his orders were followed immediately)

In the middle of the battle, Kwildar almost shouting his littany at the release of undead.

to the epic moment of getting to tell a Sylph, who shares a name with the Sylph queen about the new double-freedom she had, (And stopping her from slitting her own throat when she realized that coming through the focus was a way to rid herself of the vampiric taint)

to two of the best spirit ressurections Kwildar's ever done, (Him saying, "I *know* your pain!" never quite felt so... poignant before)

to crying as he walked the thralls away from the Fellows' camp, knowing that everything he has been working toward since coming to Travance, and thought he'd never get a chance to do actually had a chance at working.

Also, so many flashback moments, of Kwildar taking a new spin on previous conversations, from shouting at Pesmerga through the woods again, to telling newly freed slaves the same thing that Andorra told him.

Kwildar may or may not die at the end of all of this, but for him, Saturday night made taking the risk completely worth it. If he does die, he'll die knowing he succeeded in doing what he thought impossible.

-- Other highlights.
Getting to play a very sadistic slaver, and caning a slave who was wearing armor under his costume and just laughing my fool head off was wondrous. Thank you to everyone involved.

There was something morosely amusing about stuffing macaroni up James' nose while wearing as close an approximation to Kwildar's original costume as I could come up with (I meant to turn a few heads with that one, I'm glad to see it did. ... Best impromptu NPC role... ever.)
Also, tastiest Kwildar's Mam cookies ever.

Best event in a really long time.

Gene and Zach torture scenes were both awesome, you guys did such a good job.

Starting the game "Is this poisoned" and watching Elyse make people play it.

Mary Beth, Judge, Alisia, Jeff, Katie and James, you guys were amazing, thank you so much for entertaining us this weekend

Playing real life Hunger Games was so much fun!