2013 Alt Event Highlights..

Don't think I didn't notice you stepping on my cloak the entire way out to main mod!!

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In no particular order:

-Safety Couch.

-Friday night toast to "new friends."

-Truly heinous shenanigans with Mark, Chuck, Dani, Conor, Christine, and Sean.

-Torturing Ralph just 'cause.

-Wally murderfaced me, then let me run and did it again.

-Being Chronicler's PR nightmare.

-Actually managing to kidnap people from main mod.

-Punishing Chuck for spilling the water.

-Dread Surgery and Bleed RP with Mary.

-Being one third of an "endless army of the undead"

-First arch-caster lesson with Barak

-Being molested by Malyc and needing a Valosian holy shower.

-And, of course, Dream Logic.

Alt portion:

-Tea so good I turned down chocolate cake.

-Being a loud, brash coasthavener was such a refreshing change from Carlotta. I loved getting to dare a group of goblins to take another step forward.

-Fishing expedition! Thank you Mike Smith for putting up with my shenanigans, and treating this like serious business. Everyone who came along for this did a great job.

-Late night shift Friday, messing with everyone as Alexander's undead.

-The noodle incident

-Kidnapped! Looks like I get to join the "that time I got tortured" club. Bleed rp that ensued was completely incredible.

-Wally rescuing me and then having me take a message to the Baron that I was terrified to deliver. Started crying while reciting it, but was too scared to mess it up.

Regular portion:

-waking up to the sound of Tobar being sick close by. Lovely...

-Fireside rp with Dmitri and Galen.

-Managing to not get myself killed after breaking the cardinal rule "Don't walk alone."

-Malyc kiss. What. The. Ef.

I was beyond impressed with the roleplay, investment, and effort I witnessed this past event. With a complicated premise and some wonky mechanics to balance, I won't lie and say I wasn't a little worried about how things would pan out. That being said, I was floored by each and every one of you. Thank you for what is most certainly among my top 5 events for roleplay and character development, up there for me with Jeremy's Future event from years ago.

A few highlights:

Having to ignore what was OOG so incredibly touching in order to continue as if nothing was going on as no less than three of my favorite young KR ladies (Christine, Danielle, and Jen F) used their precious Bleed skills as a response to young Elawyn singing at two different points in the weekend. I was hoping it would be noticed, I didn't expect the reaction I got. It was awesome, and thank you.

Having a surprise Ralph to act as a foil for "young Ellie" on Friday night, Sleafus being one of her childhood friends. His frustration at trying to protect someone so completely naive and uninterested in protection really set the stage for the rest of the weekend, and helped to ground my RP. I loved watching him RP an alternate version of that PC all event, it was spectacular.

Mike Smith as Jonathan Travance was complex, grounded, and utterly believable. Also now we know Mike can hold his own in a fight.

Several cascading "Bleeds" - being an ST, I tried to avoid directly interacting with any of the Meristics, despite how hard many of you tried to get Lady Elawyn involved (I physically scribed most of the props guys, c'mon!). I absolutely enjoyed instigating a few well-timed moments however, particularly the one in the Kaladonia Statehouse on Friday due to the proximity of so many vassal "passenger PCs" and one uncomfortably close Orias.

More than anything else, I was completely stunned by everyone's subtle and swift changes between characters when using the Bleed - it was always profound, and it was always well done, and really I can't praise you all enough. Some of my favorites were every time Theresa Bled into a food crazed hobbit; James Jones going all investigator with a subtle switch of accent and a handful of meristics; Aaron eating a whole chicken; Sam Dio and Danielle trying SO HARD to get Lady Elawyn's attention; Judge and Chris Kane reminiscing...I'm sure there are so many more.

All of my RP with Jen Fiore as her Dryad, and actually having stunning Drow ladies to admire just as El did 10 years ago.

Being on the opposite side of an argument on killing with a young Antrim.

Lore & Order: STU Marshal Poncho and Waterballoons. Especially when Jon purposely put himself in front of one.

And of course Alex, with whom I was able to have some of the most profound conversations and relevant, character changing roleplay as we pretended to be 16 again, and then again once back in the "real world". Tag Team Champions.

Thank you all again - you are the reason I look forward to each event.

Mirwen wrote: Kelly, John, and whoever else was in the group of Quinarians: the not-yet-Kaladonia stakeout was great. Absolutely fantastic. Guess we weren't going anywhere that night.

like kelly said, thx for bein such good sports about it

we were sort of hoping, for extra hilarity, a group of npcs would roll up and murder us right on your doorstep!! instead, we just got sassed by your roommates.