July 2013 Highlights!

So it's been a while since I've done highlights because these past few months have been a gigantic rollercoaster of amazing things happening that I couldn't have possibly put into words until they started to settle down. Now that they have, this is really gonna be part wholistic highlights and part highlights specific to this month

GENERAL:

Backstory plot. Thank you SO much to everybody who's been involved, especially Luis, Aaron, JJ, and Angel. The amount of personal conflict inside Misaki's head with his past coming back to haunt him and how they are strongly effecting him is astounding. Especially Luis, the way he does dynamic storytelling makes me wish I could do what he does. A++, would seek vengeance soon

Von Ritter plot. Again, thank you to James, Gene, Luis, all the "Saturday night special" girls (ESPECIALLY Jen FFFFFF *shudder*), and especially Vince and Matt for making one hell of a hunter out of Misaki. The mods were so well done, and so meticulously planned where they hit right to Misaki's core. When you start having OOG dreams and nightmares about mods, that's when you know people hit it right on the mark.

THIS EVENT

Earth Tribe Chieftan. Thank for letting me wail on you all again. I had as much fun from Friday night's rogue mod to Saturday night main mod (aka. "roll around with no legs near the end and still fight witch hunters" mod) playing that guy, and I hope you all had equal amounts of fun beating the stuffing out of me. Gene, thanks for letting me npc for you, and would do so again anytime

"Diablo: the mod" with Gus, Damian, Mark, and Mars. Because screw mummies. Glad we were right about our choice.

Morwenne's return. Although we didn't really get to interact a lot, it was still nice to see a positive influence from Misaki's past.

Aemorniel's return. I don't know what Misaki felt more of: surprise and sheer joy she managed to escape, or murderous anger at the people who cut her up. Angel, hope that I don't find that NPC

Pendarvin. You guys make me love being in a land more and more with each event I attend. I mean it. I look forward to getting to spend time with you guys and it's just plain awesome.

"EARTH!"
"FIRE!"
"WIND!"
"WATER!"
"murder."

Finishing Von Ritter training AND getting another Sith lesson back on track? Well, if you insist!

Augustus the ____________________.

ALL THE SUNDAY MORNING TEACHING (STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY!!!!!)

*Bran makes a scary face at operatic boy soprano npc who can only speak in singing*
NPC: *sung* OH. MY. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD! *runs while singing as Oren and I burst out laughing*



Probably won't be around for August, so I'll see you cats around in September!

In no particular order!

-lighting the lamps with Hunter and Viktor.
-Angel/Devil mod
-Pirates! Danielle, you were epic. Ending one of my favorite songs with "Captain, Lyric of Suggestion, you want to make a donation to the Church of Light." 32 gold later, Remi was extremely pleased with herself. Along that same vein:

Keillor: Remi, don't you think that was a little underhanded?
Remi: What?! They got it from looting and pillaging anyways!
Keillor: .... I have no response to that. Good job.

-Cookies (Thank you Jason + Marie!)
-The seedlings of forming the Entertainer's Guild with Rowan as its leader. A lot of thought and RP went into choosing our Fearless Leader so I can't wait to see the results!
-RP, in general, with Keillor, Seamus, Morwenne, Sane Seamus, Ekaterina, Cree, Angeliana, Viktor, Hunter, Oota, Ginginny, Marika, Guildmaster Silverbow, Tobar, Carlotta, and everyone else Remi encountered over the weekend!
-Coming to the conclusion that it's time for Remi to step up and take care of the responsibilities she's been handed. Because she has to, but also because she wants to.
-Healing Orias with Nocturne of Recovery and having him look at Remi and say "Huh. Good song."
-Telling the Garbage Patrol in no uncertain terms, "If you touch my bagel, I will end you."

All in all, final shoutouts to Gene for a great weekend, and Norm/Ben Theis for making me take care of myself when I get mega dehydrated and dizzy while NPCing on main mod. I'm always struck by how much of a family we are here at Knight Realms, and how much we watch out for each other, entertain each other, and give each other the escape from the Real World that we sometimes desperately need.
Thanks again to everyone for a wonderful time. Hugs and Love!
-Nadi Morsch

I loved this event. Thank you Gene for being so incredibly awesome, I am so happy to have you on board the ST team.

Highlights:

- First, all the in between stories with Augustus and Bat Cooper, two very different characters that provided much creative inspiration. I hope you both enjoyed your little vignettes as much as I enjoyed writing them. Ma'ree and "Slinky" are my favorite un-played non-player characters.

-Getting into Morganna makeup takes way too long, but I really hate taking it off because I love it so much. Had a lot of fun with all of you for what was supposed to be an hour mod turned into three times that. Oh well, it all works out. Thank you to JJ for marshalling the combat portion and managing the NPCs, and thank you NPCs for being such good sports hanging out in the woods. Trust me, I'd only ever let that happen in nice weather like we had.

-Being ambushed by a concerned Aliester, Angelica, and Arabeth just as I was putting on the final touches of my late night Elawyn costume, having decided not to go right to bed and let everyone deal with the tinges of teal and glitter still on my skin. El coming to the realization and acceptance that she only gets the nicest of the vile, creepy presents.

-Meeting up with Mix and not leaving her side for most of the weekend. All of the feels and rp. My best weekends are those spent at Jen W's side.

-Not a good event if El doesn't scare everyone with yelling at someone and then cry at some point. Both happened for different reasons right off the bat Friday...Didn't think it could go up from there (or is it down?). I love RPing with Jade/Angel, because OOG I know she gets it, and IG the characters are way too much alike in their stubbornness and tempers.

-Druid storytime.

-Super stressful main mod on Elawyn, as she darted between the groups trying to save all the people that walked too far away from others by the themselves and fell. Physically throwing myself into blows to do so because it was a faster and more efficient way to save lives, although incredibly bad on El's health. To the girl I yelled at on the field - I know I apologized IG already, but seriously, so sorry, I usually try to reserve El's rage for people that know me/her. Feel free to make El feel guilty for it next you see her.

-Post main mod talks about unique perspectives of certain individuals.

-Late night research and information exchange. I loved hanging out and RPing with all of you. Also, Cat-poi-er.

-Finally, this giant bruise Typhon gave me while I was teaching him fighting basics on Sunday morning, when he mistook form training for strength training. That's what I get for not blocking and trying to pay attention to the form of his swings instead.

Awesome event, thank you everyone for such a great time!

Ending one of my favorite songs with "Captain, Lyric of Suggestion, you want to make a donation to the Church of Light." 32 gold later, Remi was extremely pleased with herself. Along that same vein:

Granted not while the Captain, not only was your song amazing, but the lyric of suggestion was amazing. It was the only time I think I was actually excited about being cheated out of money

All in all good event, except for the 32 mosquito bites I am recovering from (I counted. About ten are on my knee). But let's remember the good things instead of the bad!

-Having an adventure in itself during NPC shift as the plot hooks. Seriously, we went around the whole camp with the spear. It was crazy, but looking back on it, it wasn't so bad.
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-Playing a Dark Druid and surprisingly, remembering some of the druid spells.

-Watching Angeliana suffer from personal plot and realizing she wasn't strong as Albert originally thought. Poor Albert just collapsed after stressing himself out and feeling weak. Cue instant pep talk from the Baroness and Wormwood.

-Heading to the inverted tower, killing a few undead with point and click healing, and also saving MANY PEOPLE. Protecting Shana (?), another of Croi's cousins alongside Lorelei and establishing an awesome trio team.

-OOG: You noticed I'm covered in zombie blood.
Sorel: "...I'm going to throw you in the lake."

-Sitting at Kaladonia table and realizing I'm sitting next to someone that probably wanted me dead at one point.

-"WELCOME TO TRAVANCE" -my favorite phrase EVER.

- Sorel: 'Hold on to this.
Me: "Oh, sure, I'll keep it safe- HOLD ON THIS IS A PHYLACTERY WHY AM I BEING TRUSTED WITH THIS."

-Main Mod craziness. Being useful is fun!

-Feeling useless once again while watching Bran trying to console Angeliana, which escalated into something far worse. Some intense, frightening, and hilarious roleplaying ensued.

-GETTING MY OWN PLOT!!!! Following a spirit around, only to later realize not only did my character recognize it, but it sought him out for assistance. Dragged Teach, Bran, 'Cicada', Orion, Tari and Doctor Maxwell on an adventure to put a spirit to rest and finish what he could not. For everyone involved, thank you so much. I don't know if it the mod was simply made more me, but regardless it was awesome. It made my entire event and cancelled out all of the negatives.

-And most importantly, MAKING NEW FRIENDS. It's a good thing when people start remembering your name instead of screaming "HEY YOU" or "HEALER GET OVER HERE" when there is trouble. But it's not like Albert likes you guys or anything! It's just that he tolerates your company... that's all!

Here's to next event and stuff!

I decided to post my OOG highlight apart from my others.
Chicken Salad a la MaryBeth. Each time I have it it is different (she follows my mother and grandmother's recipe concept of "A little of this and a little of that until it tastes right.") and every time it is good.