Alt Event Highlights

I think I'm with the rest of the people in Vis-Exodus when I say that all of our characters bonded in some way or another. We really were, in the end, like a team that had been together for years like the lore had said.... I didn't even think I would have bonded really well with Nym as a character, but by the end I was totally her.

In no particular order

-NPC shift...in evernight, laughing OOG that Evernight was the first place Exodus went...but also kinda like "ohh crap" in my inner head cause Evernight = not good home.

- Adoptive Esper family....essentially story wise it was like this "Hi how are you?" "Psionic charm" "Oh you guys seem awesome let's be friends" and that is how a Lisindarian became friends with an Esper family.

- Nym learning about Evernight IG and giving the suggestion of trying to send UELROG to Evernight...having the idea actually considered for a few minutes was amusing

-CARRYING CAPPY'S DEAD LT. BODY AROUND AND FINDING OUT WE COULDN'T REVIVE HIM... then getting taunted by senator and Co as we carried his body back to the base....Oh, if it wouldn't had started war wayy too soon I'm pretty sure Nym would have just carried the body and die as she tried to assault them...

-ALL THE AWAY MISSIONS....All were extremely hard... Botched ritual floating armory was terrifying...especially after Algernop got eaten and Gisella broke down/went into shock, the mission became essentially run for your life....then the fighting that occurred afterwords as half of us went back to the base and the other half stayed in the passages hallway until the power started to run out as we tried to decide if we should try to get the remains of those who died to bring back...only to decide that it was essentially a death wish if we headed back in. Nym, felt like a failure of a warrior at that point and took a bit of anger out at Lenae...but then Ophelia went boom...which was new to Nym as she had never seen her do that and that certainly calmed EVERYTHING down...

-Being part of the "Quick Jump" team as things got dire before we were stormed....feeling as if hope was lost as the gate broke...and as the codes we dialed led to nowhere... being spit back out...the gate breaking AGAIN....keeping an eye out the windows and seeing random enemies walk by..feeling as if everything was closing in... and Nym deciding what she had to do.

-Originally planning on going through the gate...then deciding that her real purpose was to make sure that her Esper family friends, and the captain and other members were able to get through and that she kept everyone else away long enough so that the bomb could go off.....even though she didn't like magitech very much, using a piece she had obtained to let out a Battle Cry to those staying behind with her as the other members went through the portal...then being overrun with the enemies...was very intense.....

-To hear at the OOG ending that the building successfully collapsed but the Senator's Army still came and now controls the area...not knowing if the Everliving survived to bring the members of Exodus who stayed back....not knowing If Nym ever got to continue to try and return Vis back to normal...while also knowing OOG that the people she helped get through the portal died....is just a huge storm of feelings.... I just don't even know, I don't usually get this emotional as Ava, because of how she is, so this event was very emotionally draining!

-Trying to not let Nym bleed into Ava, so kudo's to Dani for enduring Ava's insensitive dying comments like every five minutes....I will have you know that Inner Nym was just like balling the entire time I saw any Vis-Exodus dying... I'm glad she doesn't know this happened because if she did and she DID come back to live either Via druidics, as Alzandra and her had quite a discussion right before the fight. AS she had stayed with Vis-Exodus the whole time and did not go with the Conservation Society, she did not have the chance to make her wishes of helping nature known...so I would like to think she managed to come back and is now a nature warrior rapscallion/renegade with her...

-Chilling with Merikh as Ava.... It was actually nice to be able to talk to him more, as Ava didn't really know how she felt about him at first and now she does, good stuff man.

All in all this event made me experience so many things I never get to as Ava and it was so wonderful...but also reminded me why Ava is how she is because I dont' know if I could always leave game THIS EMOTIONAL...

First, a humongous thank you to everyone involved with writing the event, preparing the camp and props, running it, and playing all the necessary roles. If I tried to name you all individually, I know I’d forget someone, and I don’t want to do that. So, thank you, all of you. Sincerely.

I’ve been having trouble finding the right words to begin recapping this event. Honestly, the bar has been raised so high, it’s going to be a long time before another plot rockets my socks off like this.

I loved the atmosphere. From the awesome posters, to the neat props, alternate Inn set up and the AMAZING Gate and interface, I was hooked pretty much instantly. Everyone’s costuming was spot on, and really solidified that this was in no way Travance. But really, it was everyone’s outstanding RP that made the most difference. Once we solidified as a group late Friday night, there was no stopping us.

Unfortunately, we didn’t have much cross Faction interaction, but that didn’t detract from the event at all. Probably because being a part of the Vis-Exodus team became so insular, and determined, and passionate about what we were doing, and each other, that it didn’t matter. By the time feast rolled around, it was absolutely Us versus Them and I loved it (Steve, you were a phenomenal bag of vinegar and water, but Gnomish Relocation FTW).

I really can’t stop marveling at how far above and beyond everyone went in their role play. We’re really not kidding when we say Samantha’s awesome poem made us cry. These one shot characters became so real, and so important, because each and every one of the Vis-Ex effortlessly pulled out all the stops; and it really felt like we had been working as a team for years. Seriously, we were nothing short of amazing together and we all know it. Which is why their tragic ends after managing to beat the odds is so devastating.

My own personal highlight is silly, but it’s absolutely the cherry on the top of an incredible weekend. For the first time, I not only got to see the Oubliette, but participated in a ridiculously fun mod in it! (James, don’t ever change, your Illithids seriously made the whole thing.) I could go on and on about how bowled over I still am, but I think you all get the point.

It was a great pleasure to play with you all again, and I’m really looking forward to April. See you crazy kids there!

tl;dr – 11/10 Stars, would die of radiation poisoning again.

I'm not entirely sure where to begin. This event was so amazing.

Well, I suppose I can start with I GOT TO BE A GNOME YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! It has long been one of my fondest desires to be a gnome. I may love gnomes more than Jack Cypher (yes, really) . So thank you, everyone, for allowing me to be a gnome for a few hours

My main goal with this character was to make some magitech explode. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. /fistbump Solitare

I am incredibly grateful to everyone in VIS-EXODUS and the Conservation Society who allowed an unaligned gnome into their midst and gave her tasks. It's much easier for me to really get into a game if someone gives my character a Thing To Do. I built a cage for nature! And the first time I walked into the VIS-EXODUS building, as they were carting out the body of Cappy's NPC, the Captain looked at Aggie and her spanner and said, "Good timing! We just had an opening for a new engineer."

"Activate the chevron-" *assembled people, in unison* "ESCHALON!"

I loved watching Steve as the senator, and how he slowly lost his grip on his facade of sanity as the day wore on.

The pictures of the Gateway from before the event didn't do it justice. In case anyone didn't get a chance to see it in person, it took up the entire back wall of the monastery, and had tubes and wires and all kinds of fun stuff coming out of it and reaching into other parts of the room. Major kudos to the prop team this event!

As we were rushing to accomplish everything post-feast, and UELROG & the Magitech Consortium were literally beating on the barrier, the iPod in the VIS-EXODUS building decided to shuffle to Sephiroth's theme. It was both hilarious and oddly appropriate.

Gisella walking back into the building with a super-intense look on her face and then saying, "We just had the most intense staring contest of our lives. With a squirrel."

I think everything else that was a highlight for me was already written by someone else.

I wish I could have gotten to the event sooner, and stayed later, instead of the "show up at nearly midnight Friday and crash, then wake up and play for 12 hours before going home" nonsense I had to do. There could never be enough time in the world to keep being Aggie Sprocketsong, with everyone who made the event so great, but I would treasure even a few more minutes. When Aggie was brought through the Sarcophagus, I could barely think of any way to answer the question of what she would come back for. She would now answer, without hesitation, "VIS-EXODUS."

So the main point of my character may or may not have been to play with a pole arm. That and I was amused by what I called the "united organization of yo screw those gnomes man".

Alasse's encounter with Josh's gnome friday night was definitely out there, but helped set a state of mind for the entire weekend. No better way to get into character than to get knocked out and have your pin pierced through your eye.
UERLOG was a villain group no doubt, but we came together so well, it really was a family of fanatics and murderers. We had bonding moments getting revenge on everyone in the party that sliced my eye, learning about the stuff that happened over in Evernight, and rolling Jen-gnome down a hill.
Our afternoon tea with cheese fondue was the best. Ever. Period. It even made the fact that we had to suck up our pride and make deals with the senator and mayor bearable.
Being a chaos warrior is fun, and Catatonic fits was a great insanity; something interesting to rp but still gave the ability to function in society.
Kefka-shit I mean Palazzo finally losing his marbles was fun to watch for me, and Alasse noped out of Kastor's orders because of it. That's a huge level of crazy.
The final battle was much shorter than expected. Much much shorter. But the ending was slightly unexpected, in a really awesome way.
Stargate Feelstrek...

I'd write more, but I need to get back to sewing and planning for various things. Great weekend, thanks to everyone for planning and playing and just generally being wonderful!

I realize I never do these, but I just felt the need to basically copy my Facebook status here and add a few things. Helping to run the VIS-EXODUS Team as Lieutenant Gigs was a great time, even after his death. The level of RP and investment into one shot characters was amazing. It's always nice to see people doing something different for an event, as well as getting to interact with players I normally don't interact with. It really is a shame that they succeeded only to die in the end, but I'm sure we'll be talking about them for years to come. Oh, and the red shirt was intentional I was supposed to die. At first I was a little unsure how I felt taking the role of someone who was made to die, not being sure what I would do after, but I found myself with plenty do, and still got to interact the team (even if it was largely to torment them with breaking the machine). Also I'm pretty sure James intentionally changed the music to Sephiroth's theme, I saw him at the iPod before it played. I told him it really should've been Kefka's theme.

Great event to be playing a psychotic necromancer especially so since people I killed were eager to get back up and start butchering their former allies thanks a lot to those that did really added some flavour.

E.U.L.E.R.O.G. had a lot of fun manufacturing "accidents" with you guys this weekend such as how all the non EULEROG members who participated in the expedition mysteriously "tripped" causing them to fall into lava or get caught under a landslide or froze up and ended up as elemental sacrifices with their corpses tossed into the rift.
My first of 2 favorite quotes occured immediately afterward before going back in game when we were told "you guys are so evil".
Following this strange series of accidents we were immediatly asked to find the sheriff a shame we couldnt get the chance to try and pass the guy who came along off as him (not too good with names) after killing him.

4am saterday morning:
Cant find a rules marshal to systematically kill everyone in the inn room by room and ressurect as undead so we loiter around looking for some one to kill and as we are preparing the ambush we hear
"there is nothing to worry about at this time at night we will be perfectly safe alone"
"I wouldnt be so sure"
And immediately after walking through the curtain we attack.

To bad my body wasnt questioned that night my motto for the weekend was "kill everyone, if they are not a gnome or gnome sympathizer, then they were collateral damage"