April 2012 Highlights

First, thank you to everyone who helped me after I fell during cleanup. I'm feeling much better now.

Secondly, I'd like to thank Matt. This is the most fun NPC role I've had in a long while.

A few highlights from this event...

-I had the following exchange with 90% of the PCs I met as Terenius while in Tobar's body:
Townsmember: Hi, Tobar.
Me: I'm not Tobar.
Townsmember: Hi, not Tobar.

-I had a great time dropping little clues that I wasn't myself and seeing who picked up on them. The one that convinced everyone was when I declared my jingles to be "too noisy" and threw them away.

-I was looking forward to the ice drake hunt since Mike posted it on facebook, and I wasn't the least bit disappointed. Thank you, Mike, for a great mod, and thank you, Mal, for a great fight.

-RP with Cerra was awesome. Unfortunately, most of it was between Maxine and me with no witnesses.

-Seamus is a 15-year-old girl.

-Thank you, Goose. This feast was one of the best yet.

-The biggest highlights of the event for me were interacting with the people Tobar is closest to as Terenius. I honestly wasn't sure whether to expect threats, pleas, or fireballs from Carlotta, for instance.

-Marika sacrificing herself to save Tobar and restore Terenius to life is one of the noblest acts I have ever witnessed in Travance. Though she was rewarded for it, she had no idea that she would be, nor was she trying to prove herself. Also, her sacrifice helped the town in ways that no one realized. Making that kind of decision based on character and at the expense of one's character card is, in my opinion, the highest hallmark of roleplay.

-Epic Treble Clef sword.

This ^

-Post-battle talks with townsmembers, especially Caelvan, really made my night. Congratulations, Kaladonia, you have two brand new vassals!

-Back as Tobar, sitting in the Inn, Gideon walks up, drops to one knee, and proclaims, "Tobar, I need you... for a lyric of inspiration."

-Teaching Oren his second master warrior lesson. Before the lesson, I had to make sure everyone in sight knew that I was teaching a lesson and that there was no need to come running to Oren's aid.

This was an emotionally exhausting event that took Jack to places I'd never imagined he'd go.

Friday Night:
Scholar Mod was amazing fun.
Pseudo-politicking with Gideion
Talking with "new" Edwin.
Helping Andy and MM training with Emily.

Saturday:
Adventurer's Guild Meeting
Ostcliff Meeting and Training.
Amazing RP with Winks, I was choking up and almost at tears the whole time. Thanks Walter.
Having and not having a conversation with John.
Hunting the Ice Drake.
Feast was INCREDIBLE! Thanks Goose.
Warrior Monk Mod. Luis and Derrick Great Job! It was intense.
Scholar Mod Evil Book Burning Fallout. You do the right thing, and someone always views you as a bad guy.
Lore: Chaos Lessons, always a good time.
RP with Philidin.
Talking with Elawyn about his place in the world.
Jack Cypher fighting on main mod.

Sunday:
Talking with Wormwood. You are so creepy, we can't help but like to hate you.
Fighting Elder Ice Elementals
Acrobat lessons


A VERY Special Thank You: I left the best for last . On Saturday morning I had a conversation with Nigel Stormbringer a.k.a. Greg. This stuck with me all weekend and influenced everything I did and how I acted. It did not seem like much at first but it continued to grow exponentially, and I kept going back to it every few minutes. Thank you very much for this. I hope you come back soon so we can chat again! Also: Can you give me that Author's name and the book again, I didn't write it down. Thanks!

Fun times this event!

Billiam's heroic portrayal and everyone's general 'Yeah, that seems fair.' when the Zombie Mom and kids came out and Odo was clammering to beat on a young human for once and how good it felt from an OOC standard getting to whail on something human.

The scrambling and walking around of the camp site trying to get everyone together for the final chapter of the Chaos mod. Worth it!

Hitting Bolting with my Window Shield.

"You dented my hat."
"No. I dented your hat with reality!"
"..Fair Enough."

The mopeyness afterwards of Dorian leading up to Archcaster prep! So excited! Also, being the RM for some sorcery rituals. I love to do that and getting to interact and see good roleplayers acting out these big deals!

A fine event! Would slam my shield on Elias's head again!

I am so tired, I may edit this later~ Let's see..in no particular order.
**MY THIRD YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH KNIGHT REALMS THIS MONTH **

-Being covered in fake blood in my corset and scaring people
-Expert ID'ing Maelstrom with Lauren and Matt. Great great GREAT roleplay!
-Sword plot! So awesome. Brian Hahn can be a scary man when he wants to be
-Torturing Ilana to the wee hours of the morning as an Aguaran torturer. (I guess I did a good job? o.o )
-Khitan stuffs!!!! And of course, Quan Liu had to give Kamei the HARDEST question
-Getting to know more about Luminista, and how Maelstrom is affecting her.
-Learning more about Kamei even after three years of playing her and seeing how far she has come as a character.
-Teaching! and hookah! and great friends! And MORE hookah!
- Meeting the new PC's of the game!
-...Bacholorette party for Kamei? o_o; I guess?
-Maybe having Luminista's life in danger! YAY
-Getting compliments on my dress for Kamei ((Ordering another soon~ Can't wait))
-Super sour drink with Matt C! (and also getting to see him as a dwarf xD)
-Having Dustin back at game!! Now just to get Nin and Krista... >> << >>
-Getting to RP with Shane as Luminista! With their wedding next month!
-FALLOW MOD!!! First time EVER seeing Fallow, freakin' great and creepy. Great job Greg, I'm pretty sure you gave the PC's nightmares of you feeding your "daughter" to a vampire Hope to meet you one day as my PC.
-Seeing James as an undead servant-jester and Matt White also as a creepy undead servant. Great job to everyone on Fallow mod

Low Light: RAIN!!!!! >:[

((Will edit as time goes on)

Overall, just great role play..it was so nice to come back

So much great RP this event for Aemorniel.

~First and foremost--I'm a Loremaster now! weeeeeee! Hells to the yeah!
~Dr. Maxwell...since when does imbibing cocaine fix Lethargy? lol. You're gonna have to teach me that during my physician lessons.
~Doing NPC first shift was a lot of fun as Dan's Highland Witch. Though there was some confusion along the way for the PCs, I know overall they had a lot of fun. I know I did. Being on the brunt end of the Celt's wrath--actually kind of intimidating to be stared down by Shane as Seamus. Great RP sessions with "The Target" as well--great on you for being so calm with such a powerful witch holding you captive.
~First thing that happens when I walk into Travance as Aemorniel as I'm about to greet Master Shen--someone comes up to me and says "Oh! You're the girl from the wanted poster" and the first thought in my mind being: "Oh gods...not again..." and turning to Shen with a face that clearly said hopelessly: "I don't want to be arrested again." Being told it was written in Dark Elven was a bit of a surprise IG and OOG. Tracking down a poster, I read it and just felt all the rest and peace of mind Aemorniel's been feeling just completely dissipate. That poster was literally on her mind the entire event. She took it out and would just read it over to herself, pondering in thought about what it all meant.
~That poster came up many times. It showed me how quickly rumors spread and how small the population is that actually can read Dark Elven. To those I trusted, I would take out my copy of the poster and would read to them the terms of it. Thanks Illana for giving me my approximate value alive or dead--as morbid as it sounds. It really set the gears going in my head about what is it exactly is their motives for offering such a sum.
~Realizing that I'm friendly with 3 of the 4 dark elves that I know of in Travance. Drak'Nar--I think I need to track you down to complete my collection. lol. The fact I could discuss the wanted poster them and the terms of it, bullshitting ideas on why they think the posters are out and the awards were attached to both. The running theory that was told to me might just be right.
~Meeting Ridigan, being bodyguarded by him when Misaki was doing paperwork/possessed, teaching him scholar, RPing with him, and just in general finding a fast friend in the yellow dragoon. You picking me up and literally tossing me over your shoulder to get me out of danger had to be the funniest thing that happened all event to me. That and the Three Princesses being myself, Elawyn, and Remi. MY HERO! That and Icarus going uber protective during Main Mod to prevent the spirit from possessing you and focusing only on keeping me safe. If I didn't know better, I'd say you were a blue. Also--our long discussion about a certain subject was a great turning point for Aemorniel.
~Wonderful times with Paul/Amizar. You are just one big sweetheart and a delightful storyteller. I especially loved the three princesses card trick. Also--that Gaia's Embrace probably saved Misaki's life and for that Aemorniel is ever grateful.
~Lessons with Almat. That was actually kind of fun to be able to connect all my lessons so far in all the traditions together in an academic discussion. Also--explaining your Lore: Chaos lesson to me that you had and people thinking you were teaching it to me and saying "Don't you dare!" basically was kind of touching.
~Long discussion with Elawyn outside of your statehouse. You have no idea how much it means to Aemorniel to have someone she knows she can talk to when matters get rough. Sometimes it's nice to be able to have girl talks and get advice from a respected friend. Thanks for the Germinate lesson!
~Getting all my lessons done that I wanted, including picking up Physician and discussing it with Illana and Maxwell about what I would need to know. Belegchand's face when he asked what I needed to learn and telling him I already had taken all my lessons since he was difficult to find was so sad. The Tome of Education is there for a reason--if I don't see you for more than 3 minutes at any given time.
~Main Mod. Actually being useful in that I handed off scrolls that were able to help. Best part was when someone came up and said "Who gave the scholar a sword?!" with such horror. I can't remember my reply now but you tossing up your bow in the air and declaring "I'm done. I'm done!" was probably one of my favorite highlights of playing this character ever. Finding out Ridigan is the "littlest Andorran", referring to the fact he doesn't have most of the priestly abilities, and declaring with such dismay "I miss Kwildar!" was just great. Seeing Malcolm there as his other character as I said it made it even funnier to me.
~Dementia sessions with Sorel. Tell me how you're my daddy again...lol. Misaki's face when I teasingly called Sorel "Daddy" when he walked over was priceless.
~Getting dragged off to a white sorcery ritual of purification for Barak because magic said so...never been more confused in my life but probably the best thing to say to a Quinarian. "Magic wanted ME to be there!" lol. That was probably one of the most interesting mods I have ever been on. Judge--you make it very easy to fully engage in a given situation and use our imaginations to build the scenery. On another note...Where the fudgemonkeys are Sir Darkheart and Ethan now?! Best/worst cliffhanger moment ever!
~Research book finding goose chase. Enough said. My feet are still sore from all that but hopefully it will be sorted out. IG Aemorniel is devastated that she could not keep her word to do finish the research she swore to do. A Silverbow never breaks a promise! (at least not this one).
~Going on my first two mods with first Ridigan then with Misaki. Adventuring actually is kind of fun!
~RP with Misaki. The look of controlled shock as you received the pin from her brother again, watching you learn shield with the intentions of later on picking up a skill to better protect her, seeing how seriously you've taken your duties now, wolf's bane gift, etc. The long meditative walk we had discussing the wanted poster and what we should do about it was probably one of my favorite moments of the entire event. You have become a steady rock for Aemorniel, which became all the more apparent when you were snatched away by the spirit that possessed you and she felt lost and confused for the longest time. When you handed her your swords and told her to use the invokable abilities to protect herself rather than have them to protect yourself...yeah. That was pretty intense. She was fully prepared to, if she had to, use those skills against you before you did any harm if you turned on the town like she feared. When her Gaia's Embrace brought you back and back to normal...yeah. Those who witnessed that moment could tell you it was special.

-Twilight Star recovery. The inverted tower is always a unique place. Need to get back there sometime and kill the fallen angel though, just to cover bases.

-Keeping schizo Lucas busy by just keeping him sitting down the entire event. The scariest was wildmage Lucas.

-Getting hit with a spirit meld, thinking I had to take it, and getting stuck in a ritual of torment a couple of hours later as a result (Man, I almost went to bed on Friday too) More worried about people hearing the 'e' word.

-Altarus Deathbringer. When I had no eyes and heard him announce himself I was... concerned. Him and Druscilla(sp?) seemed very nice and Ilana will love to have story time in the future.

-Being asked for advice for/my thoughts on love throughout the weekend for some weird reason. She's still not very good at explaining emotion things, but people seemed to like the advice.

-Progressively figuring out Cerra's connection to things, meeting her family, and just trying to prepare everyone for the possible worse.

-Fighting a soul harvester without blinking an eye is about the stupidest thing Ilana's ever done. Also kind of the most fun.

-Saving Cerra during main mod. I've had that contact sleep poison forever... seemed like a good time to use it.

-Trying to find a demon, only to find a demon lord, dragoon plot, and problems in the future.

-Ritual of Purity session. Judge, can I just RP with you all the time? It's so much fun.

-Speculations of things to happen in May... can't wait.