Week in the Life 2013 Highlights

So many amazing things for the week in the life and weekend.

It's always fun to come out and see my friends and screw around and just have a good time.

Some notable moments just because there is always too much to really remember.

Walking and discussing Moonpires with Lord Brightstar.

Dimitri, Oraphin, Tobar, Maxwell, Corvin, and Carlotta: You all know what you did. And I thank each and every one of you for your help and some great RP.

Breakfast with Liam + Rocky

Goggs and his box.

Terrible Grammar and Creepy Gifts.

Swimming!

Baptisms to Valos in the forest!

Week in the life recap

Weds:
Got settled in with my son and I. So many people asked for Caldor, it's nice to see how popular a Barbarian Druid is! BBQed and chilled with a few people. Was rather nice. Went to the Kaladonia BBQ! It was nice to see so many people show up. I didn't eat the food, partially because I had just eaten, but also because I know there were people there that needed it more. It all smelled delicious though! It was a nice first night get together and it allowed my son to relax and get acclimated to the environment and the players.

Thursday:
Passed out tons of cookies. Which was good because I was afraid I brought too many! Watched my son Rp with different people. Slyly tried to watch some of the Kaladonia games. I kept getting pulled away though. Cooked a turkey and had tons of great conversations in the kitchen. I think I am one of the few people in the universe that can sit next to an oven in oppressive heat and stay alive. Thanks to everyone who kept coming in to say hi and give me water. It was very appreciated. Went to the engagement feast where I got entertained by spectacularly drunk elves, dwarves and barbarians. It was very amusing. Caldor arrived to attend the party, so it was good timing.
Watched my son kick some booty in checkers. He JUST learned checkers that day. He plays a lot of chess though, so I think it was a step down for him challenge wise. Thanks to those who lost on purpose and to those who gave my son a slight opportunity to catch up only to get whooped by him. Went to the Bard circle for a little while. Wished I could have stayed. Enjoyed watching people sing.

Friday
Market. Caldor germinated a watermelon so we passed it around at market. It went very well and my son took all the money we made, since I don't actually take money and only deal in trade. I just realized I never got my iced tea and that makes me exceptionally sad, because his tea is always amazing. :oops: NPCed after Market. I got to be a wolf wearing fur in the heat at around High noon. (so damn hot) We then got to walk around as a tribe of goblins that lost their home and tried to vassal to Dragonmere. Our chief was determined by the fastest runner. Everyone who interacted with us had some fun and all our goblin buddies had fun too! We trekked down Alistair after an hour or so of walking in the heat. He refused to talk to us, which was very understandable in game, but a bit disappointing out of game. So much build up and the balloon pops! We still had a blast though. Friday Night NPC was what I liked to call Danger shift. We could barely see as we were out and we had so many injuries on shift. I almost got pushed into a fire and so much pain. I think I should wear some padding for that shift, a helmet, and invest in night vision goggles. But I made it out alive and unharmed which I wish I could say for everyone that was on that shift! My son said he had a blast NPCing and wished he could go out more.

Saturday
Attack of the Lizardkin. Had to run very fast as we got attacked from the monastery. Traded stories for pie. Went to an event where some crazy meanie was testing the luck of our group. One person did not get so lucky and was killed by the cards. I am asked to run for help and I come back to the players calmly playing cards. Aella chided Goggs rather harshly for not having enough common sense to stay away from an obviously Malevolent man. Who plays cards with someone after watching a friend get killed by him. Apparently we do? Non Barbarian humans make no sense.

Got a replacement to the inverted tower mod. Kudos to the guy who plays Billiam. He saw a lot of rather upset new players and put something together on the fly. It takes good Gming(Marshalling) to see upset players and do something about it. My thanks to you!

Dinner with Caldor and watching him give advice to newlyweds.

Who offers Ice cream in the vicinity of a 9 year old and then tells him "NO"? The people of Allesadria. Props to you for taking a page from the master class of Cartoon Villainy. It's good in game conflict and now Aella is definitely prejudiced against Allesandians. Remember folks Sharing is caring.

Hearing about the pinata fun. I stayed inside to clean. It was nice to hear that my son had so much fun. THANK YOU!

Main mod. If only I could see better! I am surprised I did not lose any arrows.
Also Thank you for making sure players remained hydrated. It was dangerously hot out and your efforts probably prevented tons of people from getting massively sick.

Sunday:
I left Saturday night. But I have one thing to say about Sunday. SO MANY BUG BITES!!!!


Thanks Guys. I hope to see you next event.

Treasure-hunting with lots of different people during WitL. It was so nice to have a chance to walk around in the sunshine and chat in-character without any looming threat of death to worry about. Oh, and all the booty we picked up was kind of great too!

A constant source of joy for me over the week was those moments when a townsperson would see fit to cast some sort of magical or religious buff on Goggs, then playing out the appropriate reaction for someone of his ilk. Normally along the lines of "WHAT THE HECK DID YOU JUST DO TO ME YOU BIG WEIRDO." And don't even get me started on healers. Let alone druidics.

Boating on the lake with Theresa and Renee. I can think of no better way to deal with the mid-day heat. Other than perhaps taking a dip.

The song circle on Thursday night! Wasn't it great? Some glorious ditties from our celtic gentlemen, and a very smart re-write of Voltaire's "USS Make Sh*t Up" from Gus. Had me chuckling for the rest of the week!

Eating a Smore for the first time. Thanks Nathaniel. YUM.

Meeting the Baroness for the first time in-character. Cory was a hair's breadth from corpsing, and I'm pretty sure Goggs was a hair's breadth from being turned into a corpse. Jen, you're ace - thanks for dishing out a liberal helping of hilarity!

Actually, interacting with all of the Sylvans this week was really a joy - yes, even Crestingstar

Messing about doing inventor stuff, making various bits and pieces, and working towards completing Cypher's machine. It's nice to see a number of projects coming together and approaching completion, and a first run of Goggs' "GoggStopper."

Oh, and that awkward moment when you accidentally drop half the inn. :dry: oops.

Maxine's Sylph, who I saw doing a number of weird and wonderful things over the course of the weekend. Looking forward to more of the same in the future!

A marvellous lowbie mod involving - of all things - the deck of many things. I may have lost what few IG possessions I have, but can think of no more enjoyable way to do so. As JD would say: thanks for playing!

Role-playing with "my" guests at Blacktree's Encampment. Such a fun little dynamic; not sure how this is going to pan out, but it's certainly fun right now.

Sneaking onto a mid-level mod, and being glad that I did. Zach, thanks for such an excellently marshalled mod, and a standing ovation to the NPCs involved in the same - they really went out of their way to make the encounter exciting and genuinely creepy. From jumping out of bushes and hiding behind fences, to posing like trees in the dark and then suddenly coming alive, I loved everything that you did. Curt, Nathaniel, Josh, Gina, Gio, and one lady whose name escapes me, well done and thankyou.

Looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible in June!

Oi... Highlights of this event? Hm... All of it, perhaps?! Now, as this was my first event, I can safely say that this was perfect for me, being able to see how the game works, and how the characters interact together. Personally, getting to know everyone OOG was wonderful, sharing stories and laughs. I hope that I may be able to return for the June event, and I hope that I may see most all of you again! Cheers!

-Chase Kosberg (shirtless NPC* guy)

*temporary status

ShirtlessNPCguy wrote: -Chase Kosberg (shirtless NPC* guy)

*temporary status

Nice meeting you in the kitchen too! SO is the Shirtless or the NPC part temporary?

I was not planning to go to this event, but to a situation concerning a... certain IG post, I had the chance to go. That being said, I am so glad that I did, because this event has been one of the best I have ever gone to. This one of the first events where I have seen with my own eyes that my PC is making an impact on this wonderful world and I could not be more pleased with that. A special thanks to Liam, Jen and Alice for throwing together a really awesome surprise for this event! You guys are awesome!

Friday:

-Coming in to the proper with a bandage over my eye was something of an idea I had just before the event. Glad people had the chance to see it before Angeliana healed it. “I dug it out with a spoon and sold it to get here. What’s wrong with that?”

-Meeting Kwildar for the first time and hearing about his backstory,while offering a few words of encouragement that released emotions Albert never experienced. Hearing others say “I love you" and "I care about you” to my PC was such a lovely moment.

-Having a rather intense talk with the Baroness... With Albert learning some things about himself, and me learning things about him. Had the chance to open up to her a bit of history, and explain to her thoughts about last feast and how he felt all of Winnie’s pain and suffering emphatically when the inn was attacked. A tearful Albert declared he never wants to see someone follow the same path that she did.

-Being escorted by the Guildmaster to the throne room, where the Baroness and Sir Sorel waited to give Albert his punishment for besmirching the nobles. What happened next was perhaps one of the most unexpected and shocking events in my PCs history. Albert was given the offer to either die for his crime, or ‘die’ and become reborn as the Page (later renamed Agitant) to Sir Sorel, a chance to redeem himself and become a worthy individual capable of preventing the tragedy that occurred last moon by inspiring others with words. Albert’s reaction of confusion was just so genuine, and the atmosphere of the room and music made it such an intense moment. I have no words to describe my excitement and shock. When I walked out of the room it was though I just walked out of the Focus! Seriously, thank you Liam and Jen for planning that awesome moment and making one of the highlights of my short LARP career!

-Being escorted around the proper by Sir Sorel and eventually sitting down with him, Kamei, Jade, and a few others while discussing some of the problems in Travance.

-Meeting Jun for the first time. I felt like that deserved its own highlight because…wow. Also learning the story of the Snow Queen…wow.

-The phantasms. Oh god THE PHANTASMS. Very amusing watching them run into PCs and start screaming and dancing.

-“He said WHAT to you!?” *Cue Hyena Laughter* Fun talks about with Alicia, Jericho, Sir Sorel, Arden and Dimetri.

Saturday:

-So Albert found a new game he will get the chance to play a lot! It’s called “Where is Sir Sorel?” The goal of the game is to find and stay by his side for more than 5 minutes.

-“I think you may have called me Hartwoode when you approached the group.”
“I DID WHAT!? OH GODS, I AM SO SORRY I DIDN’T MEAN TO!”

-Albert learning from Sir Sorel in an unorthodox way just how busy nobles are. He wasn't too thrilled with that lesson, haha!

-Relaxing at the lake with a few others, and having the chance to relax IG and OOG for the first time in a while. CUE WHIRLPOOL OPENING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE.

-Oh god, FEAST. Watching two Hobbits in an eating contest was just amazing. Being tease by everyone around the table was enjoyable as well. “What? I’m not smiling! Liars!”

-PINATAAA. More teasing by the dragoons as well. “I’M SERIOUS I"M NOT SMILING”

-Stealing all the candy that others forgot to pick up, and hoarding it all like a rabid squirrel. HE CAN QUIT ANYTIME YA KNOW GUYS!

-NPC Shift shenanigans! Going out as one of Ulzog's wolves was more fun than expected. Had fun chasing an Alisandrian up a tree and later chasing Swyft around the inn Benny Hill style until she attempted to hide in a barrel. The best part was that just as my wolf was killed, someone ran up to my killer and started attacking him, mistaking him for one of the enemies! That was such a brilliant moment!

-Stepping in on a reanimation RP for Alicia. Very intense and very creepy! Hope I did well, guys!

-Stupid o’ clock time! Featuring Albert finally realizing that having fun and laughing is not such a bad thing after all! And then Josh’s NPC showed us the ‘piñata’ he set up for us.

-This exchange before heading to bed:
“I always save those in need of help”
“How can you be so certain about that?
“Because I will never give up on them.”

Sunday:

-Sleeeep, glorious sleep!

Another great event as always, can't wait to see what is in store for June!