January 2013 Highlights

Last minute highlights before I forget them!

Friday
-Rolling minor insanities at logistics!
-The meeting of the Unseelie Court. Loved the faeries. Especially Kelly as Hyporia: "Hmm. You look interesting. Have a seat."
-Teaching Skaroush Bear Strength.

Saturday (I don't remember what order these were in..)
-"Since you were raised by wolves, did you have to sniff Caelvan's butt when you first met him?" Thanks Billiam.
-Lessons with Hunter, including one I attempted to teach until I was so rudely waylay'd!
-Going to the Grove with Kliedin and Tris, relaxing among nature as Tris learned Commune with Nature.
-Leaving Keavy's name in the snow in a few spots, bringing up the question of whether she marks her territory or not.
-"Surprise!...?" New jokes with Bolton
-Hunting down the Mortalis.
-Feast with the scariest male faeire, the General. Just keep feeding him and giving him drink, Keavy, and he shouldn't hurt you. At least not now..

Main Mod
-Growling match with Dave's NPC wolf multiple times haha
-Being healed by Rowan in the bestest way
-Trying to help someone by taking them to Remy, not realizing that she was captured by a red cap. Trying to escape said red cap multiple times as he taunts me.
-Being able to join the fight against the demon, being there for the final blows as he falls from a shield bash.

Sad I didn't get to see Were-Sam though

Last minute Bottle mod that solidified Keavy's next profession. She wants to turn into a wolf again!

Sunday
-Skin walker mod. All the mauls!! x_x I don't think Keavy's ever had her arms and legs lobbed off so many times.
-Probably the biggest thing/moral dilemma to happen so far between Wormwood and Keavy. Very interesting conversation.

Keavy's got some thinking/'splainin' to do.

I don't quite understand why I have waited until now to post my highlights, but I'm doing them now before I forget. Sorry in advance if I happen to miss a really important event or something because it has been one week. Also, a big shout-out to Kristen for the event. I can't even begin to imagine the amount of thought, time, and effort put in that weekend. It was a really great and well thought-out event.

Friday
Admiring all of James' work on the bar. Kudos to you James and everyone that helped because I know there were a good amount of you.
Heading over to the Mages' Guild for a "special" meeting.
Finally the IG anouncement of the engagement between my brother and Mirwen. Also the food was good. Unfortunately, there was quite a bit of hostility around when you realize that there is Rowan (a hobbit for those of you who don't know) and Billiamm together in the same room. I had to play bodyguard for the duration of the meeting sort of keeping myself between the two. Also defending T'soli from a fear that was caused by an attempt to pacify Billiamm as a precautionary measure to prevent fighting between him and Rowan.
I don't remember much else of what happened except for the fact that I was really tired.

Saturday Morning-Feast
Finally, a Mages' Guild mod that involved some undead Vikings and their human descendants. Nothing important really, just some Necromancy :lol:
Eating a good amount of food felt nice.
Literally walking around for about 30-45 minutes with Sannyiah and Aquene and not having a single clue of what we were actually doing even though they knew, they just never fully explained why.
I literally forget what else I did before feast.
Feast was delicious and had a close encounter with Kelly as the Faerie Queen as she tried to Dominate me to give her some information while I completely forgot that I had a Willpower and used an Immaculate Defense instead. Hey, it still worked and I didn't need the Immaculate Defense later.

Main Mod NPC Shift
Being a Redcap is so fun. For most of the main fight, I was hanging around with the other Redcaps (Steve and Brian) and just mopping up some PCs. Also witnessing Keavy run straight in front of Steve as a result of a Windwalker. So Steve had both Remi and Keavy and yelling for their lives to the townsmembers to give Steve back his hat. Cy, that's my hat, bro. I was glad that I finally got to you and knocked you down before I was quickly killed. Having the ultimate showdown with Gene (Billliamm) while I was buffed up to hit for 30 Magic as a result of the Redcap special ability. It didn't prove useful because when Gene heard my damage, he unloaded a majority of his card in which all of the skills he used were Superior. I was pretty sure he called about 6 or 7 Superiors. I just stood there for a good 10 seconds to realize how many attacks I was hit by and just falling on the ground. Almost had a glory moment when I didn't have my Redcap with me. A Healer came up to my dying body and used First Aid Assess. I said "0 out of 500 Body" with the most hopeful face and trying not to smile too much. I was then the recipient of Heal All Wounds and got up and was ready to attack... until Brogan showed up and also used a buch of tag skills on me. So close...

Saturday Night
Hanging around in the inn for a little bit and then joining a group to fight the Sam-Wolf. There wasn't much I could do in the sense of melee as I already used some tag skills and just staying with him so he didn't get too far off. Also, being Sam Dio's and Matt M's personal healers as they were continuously knocked down. We finally got done chasing Sam and a lot of people were encased with ice, so I just went around to at least 7 people and dispelling it.
Finally, getting out of the cold and going to bed.

Sunday
I also don't remember much but I did remember being interested as Lathiel to hunt a bear, but being told that I was too high-level. I was happy that one of the PCs planned to summon a Nature's Herald so I accepted the offer. So I got in garb and headed over to... I had no idea where to go at first, and when I finally got there most of the mod was being wrapped up. I was sort of disappointed, but was still glad that I could help out some PCs at least a little bit.

Lowlights
It was so cold!! I can't even calculate how many hours of the game have been spent with having some sort of warmers on me.
No other lowlights, it was all good

I hope I see such a new player turn-up next event and hope to see you all at February!

I've been forgetting to post these the past few months. Better late than never, I suppose.
Despite the weather, this was a wonderful event put on by Kristen. Some nice progress for my PC, fun times all around. And it was great seeing everyone again after nearly 2 months!
I think this event was the closest to plot I've ever been. It was nice to understand most of the pieces.

#1 highlight would have to be not being cold all weekend, due to careful preparations.

Friday
Meeting the Laurent-Belmonts that evening and getting an understanding of events.
Totem pole hill mod, aka the first attempt at finding the thread. Meeting the faeries and finding the mortalus instead.
June saves the day! Portal compass for the win, after Edwin leaves half our party behind, including the elder Belmont...

Going to do paperwork, and apparently missing getting cursed by the faerie queen. Tee hee.

Saturday
Going faerie door hunting in the woods with Sindarion and Bolton. Camp Sac is as beautiful as I've ever seen it with the snow and sun shining through the woods.

Getting to sit down with a group that involved the Baroness to discuss lores and the faeries. Presenting our findings to the Baroness and following this group around for most of the day.

Winning the magic item at Market Faire. This never happens to me!

Tea at Market Faire.

During the meeting in the monastery, finally having a chance to talk with Magnus about the guard.

Sitting with the Queen of the Unseelie at feast. Oh boy. Entertaining and incredibly nerve-wracking. Kelly, A++ costume, roleplay, character...the whole nine yards.
Reporting on said Queen to the baroness immediately afterwards.

Baroness Hartwoode v Queen of the Unseelie. Both Karen and Annora were floored by the depth of the RP and the seriousness of the discussion and decisions that had to be made.

Annora's introduction to bottle mod. Courtesy of Chris Goley, hilarious shenanigans ensue. Strange, discomfiting, and utterly hilarious...all at the same time.

Getting my first-ever tarot reading, IG or OOG, from Carlos. I am still blown away by what the cards revealed. There's a lot to ponder there...

Sunday
Hopping to it when asked to get coffee for Kristen (you deserved it!). And finally, finally opening the druid list.
In the process learning that Aleister is now an insta-druid. Huh.
Enjoying a lazy and educational Sunday.

All in all, excellent event where my PC got to go places, and I am eagerly awaiting February!

GOOD LORD IT WAS COLD. And still fun to boot

Friday
-Tagging along for the first encounter of fairies even if I wasn't all that useful
-Being employed as a bounty hunter and failing miserably. Outsmarted by a cat. Orion got a kick right in his humble parts.
-Getting to be a pirate for NPC shift and missing a chance to use Lore: Sea in the process. Curses!

Saturday
-All the Saturday Low Level mods. Catching up to Viktor with Pursue after he stole the candle....and having no way to stop him. But now I have Quick Bind. All is well!
-Getting kidnapped, having both my arms lopped off, being shown my guts and coming out of it with inanities. Builds character. Literally.
-Getting my armor made. And I have to say, I LOVED watching the smiths roleplay. I feel horrible that I forget your names. But as a LARP newbie, thank you
-Main mod was a lot of fun. Even as such a low level. Always fun to wack some faeries.
-Sleep on the couch again and not dying/losing items. Hooray for the good people of Travance

Sunday
-My first ever lesson! (Thanks Dmitri)
-Loooots of lessons.
-Peeling oranges for Dissect and getting gold in the process.

Thanks for making my second event awesome. See you next week!

Alex wrote:
-The entire bar scene saturday, with special nods to Dave M, Raquel, Keith and Ryan. Shannon, I thought your heart was going to explode. fantastic!

Bar scene was more than A+