March 2014 (1214) Event Highlights!

Almost didn’t make the event due to medical concerns, very glad that I did. So much happened, great rp was had. Not to mention, I got to be a part of two people’s most special moment… Congratulations John and Leslie!

~ Busting out of prison to calm Grim down only to eventually be calmed down by him when Edwin and Angeliana exchanged some words.

~ Attempting to calm down and help Karkat , getting slain by him instead. Grim’s rage when he found out. Maybe soon he’ll understand why it’s a punishment to be her bodyguard.

~ Making it to Maralas’s mass! Was lovely, some very relevant and touching things said by Caldor and the Baroness got Angeliana emotional. The shenanigans during the benediction lesson afterwards, I hope I didn’t scare Oliver.

~ Seeing Sir Victor for the first time since the ball, Angeliana’s reaction when the response to “Who goes?” was “Admiral Sir Victor Sylus” if that road hadn’t been a solid sheet of ice… the fireplace, yeeees.

~ Finally getting some alone time with the Baroness, Angel showing someone she trusts just how broken she is now.

~ NPC duty. Thank you Gene for the RP role, I was worried for nothing, easily the most fun I’ve ever had as an NPC. All of the beard and gender conversations; including giving Jed and Jonas Kane advice. Also barbershops? Make it happen! Croi’s face when Julen offered her to touch her beard. Sidebeard! Getting scolded by Lord Azamar, all of the tension, the spar with Grimkjell spiced up by Karkat angering Julen.

~ Angeliana is once again learning from Master Galen!!! Best Teacher. Dat voice.

~ Jed showing Angeliana his affection, creepy. NOTHING compared to Terzi telling Angel she wants to drink her blood after Jed said Angel is tasty. Backing away straight to Galen and Oren begging for help.

~ Begging Lord Hellock for a chance to prevent the violence and resolve things peacefully for main mod. Getting permission, only to be limited to the door, and then limited by Karkat to 30 seconds. Steve, my heart was beating in my throat as you counted down in my ear. Losing my voice trying to parlay until superior death poison got me, luckily Caldor carried me to safety and had me healed.

~ Lord Hellock protecting Angeliana out on the battlefield. Witnessing her heal, calm and talk an NPC down from fighting. (NPC whoever you were, thank you for the awesome RP) Lord Hellock telling Angeliana afterwards that he now has hope he didn’t have ten minutes ago. Meant the world hearing that from a Lord.

~ Healing Hengis and calming him down after Jed did a number on him. Also Jed grabbing Angel to put Ruindol’s soul back into her body… “What happened?” “Nothing you can’t fix, show me where to take her body” … Souls talk in the spirit realm

~ Angeliana trying to drink her failure away and being extremely distraught after main mod. Gin Yuki, Dominic, Caldor and Aella consoling her; all private and real words exchanged, all great.

~ Kleiden taking care of Angel the entire time. Bringing her hot chocolate she could have after losing her voice, healing her when she was too shocked to do it herself, giving her a gem to use for refugees, buffing her with defenses. Thank you!

~ Dimetri approaching Angel: “Smile”, “not gonna happen right now, sorry”, he whips out and hands Angel a red rose… queue involuntary smile, followed by his victory smile as he walked away. Aced.

~ All of my students, all of the lessons, always a pleasure.

Was a great event, can’t wait until April. Take care KR family

Congrats to John and Leslie! I'm sad that I missed the actual proposal but still awesome news to hear!

And I'd like to thank all the NPCs and PCs who came out for the respective Heroic Mods. I hope you guys all had a blast!

My highlights were basically just running those and watching people have a ton of fun with Matt Calo playing both the Evil Ranger, and the Heroic Swash.

Right of the bat, Congrats to John and Leslie. In addition to being thrilled OOG, it helped Caldor be extra motivated for all the wedding planning he has to do IG.

This was a fantastic A++ event. I would definitely rank it as one of my favorites.

Friday:
Distributing Ree's deserts. She was worried they wouldn't go. When will she learn.
Watching Angel descend on Grim was great.
Dwarves attacking, and turning into demons. Caldor was extremely confused by all the dwarven politics, but tried to get along with everyone.
Was very worried I would have to pick between Gaian Mass and Camp Clove, but was very happy to make both. Friday night mass is so nice, as it starts things off in a great way. I love what Maralas is doing with it

Mad props to Mark for the Clove cookout. It really was a great setting, and some wonderful RP. One of my first "deep" RPs as Caldor was when clove invited us out to his hut my second event. Now a year later I was back, and having talks with him that were different based on how much I had learned and grown.

2 am cleanup in the kitchen from some sort of spill. Yuck, but fortunately I found it before the breakfast crew came in.

I thought I wouldn't like Primal Glyph. Dear gods I was wrong. Wonderful for guarding our cabin.


Saturday:
Headed out for early morning breakfast clean up, so I missed seeing Anhil use his special moon powers to get rid of enemies.
Rather a slow morning, but got some lessons and talking in. Decent RP.
Being attuned to the Grove was a moment of great pride for Caldor. Now if only Jason can start remembering how to get there.
Kaladonia land meeting was wonderful. Thanks to the Baroness for her frank and open interactions with us. Its good to know our concerns and desires are being heard.
I'm truly glad I joined Kaledonea, and I'm very happy with where the land appears to be going.

The appearance of an attacking nature's herald made Caldor sad. I miss my nature buddies.

Gwenned asked me to go find her cloak in the Monastery. It was barren and empty, and for the first time truly felt ... holy. Caldor had to pray, even though he was alone.

Our table for feast was great. The bulk of the Heargens (sorry Burk. Caldor turly felt like crud that you couldn't sit with us), as well as some good friends.
Prep for the invasion was fun. We went around setting up Alarms and scouting. I was happy to hear that the alarms did do some good, even if we didn't personally hear it.

As usual, I love seeing Angel stand up to the more violent people and try to resolve things through words first. Caldor was proud to stand by his Sister and try and protect her while she did so.
When the fighting did start, Caldor tried to keep it non violent, and was very proud when Ginyuki and I managed to get some to surrender.
Primal Glyph again much fun when people tried slipping in or out of windows.

I love the talk Wife had with Angel post mod. I wish I had heard the whole thing. I like how parts of her past and her story creep out slowly in these ways.


Sunday
Bringing Eric around to Kaledonea and talking with him about the druid's circle. Then... INSTINCT lessons for Eric and Triss. Sooo many arrrows.

Totem Form lesson was wonderful. I truly felt out classed by the amazing RP of Keavy, Typhon and Eric of their totems. Eric's tortoise was truly inspired. And with her furs, there was a moment where Keavey trully became a wolf visually.

Sunday afternoon was supposed to be a get ready to leave early, then all the NPCs I had been waiting for showed up.

Goose's Jaxuaran Druid was truly interesting, and has sparked some wonderful conversations and follow up about how we run our Grove.

Brother John continues to be one of my favorite NPCs. Caldor had to ask him to wait while he was talking to the Jaxuaran... and this resulted in his getting killed behind the in for his faith. Fortunately, he was able to bring his spirit through the Veils and he is back in our world. His depth of backstory and conviction for returning were stellar. Upon returning he opened great RP for both the information he gave to Caldor and in reporting and pursuing his attackers.

All in all this was a fantastic event. Hats off to all involved.

Ah, a much more fun event than the last. Now if only it weren't so wet due to the melting of the accursed snow ^-^

Before lay on:

Actually arriving too early works out for claiming a spot in the inn. Rooms were filled already and the attic filled few minuets after I claimed a spot.

I really should remember from now on to pack some food. It's really nice to eat in the in between time before lay on and after I'm all set up.

NPC Shift:

Drow was fun, especially since I got to act like a bossy bitch and rp in the role a bit ^-^

Losing my glasses was not fun.

Saturday:

Old fashioned larp snow ball fight was fun and kept me moving.

Whoo for gypsy plot, boo for having to not go with them due to freezing toes.

Bard's Song Circle was fun and a blast ^-^

Feast:

Twas happy I got to do character important song for feast. Tolbar's song was still funny the second time.

Main mod:

Ok, I know bored healers are the sign that things are going great, but we were VERY bored healers.

Post Mod:

Well, at least I got some use in the swarms coming in the inn.

Brain teaser!

Sunday:

Ok, here's the mod I was at: Oh s***! Encased in ice! Oh s***! Encased in ice! Oh s***! Encased in ice! I think we were like that for like an hour before we finally got out. Luckily all in one piece. (Seriously close to critical )

Hurray! My glasses were found!

Oh, I can't believe I forgot to mention the joy of being a bunny for an hour....
Hopping back to town to try and see Wife... and getting swarmed by Demons. The chase and eventual saving of the bunny was much fun.

So I went through and re-read not just mine, but everyone's Highlights here, and I noticed that I missed one thing.
And I feel rather bad for it.

So I'd like to make it up now by giving a huge congratulations to John and Leslie! I wish the both of you the greatest life together that you two can, and most certainly will make.

I would also like to thank you both for reminding me that if I feel that there's nobody left to turn to, I will ALWAYS have my family at KR.

Until next we meet,