April 2014 (1214) Event Highlights!

-Returning to Travance after months, reuniting with people.

-Rats, diseases, rats, poisons, Inviolate Forms like candy. Missed the Illithid

-Bran's trial. Not having a panic attack. Not really yelling when Sylus poked my brain (Psions *cringe*)

-Damnit Steve and Tori, now I feel bad for Karkat, I hate you.

-Totally up for allowing a crazy worm thing into soul. Then simply asked not to by the one person she'd really listen to. But, they're not allowed to either.


-Happy St. Astrid's Day Kwildar!

-Jack and the plans Jack told Ilana. Hope it worked out!

-I won't lie, got confused during Main Mod. But, I did get to research a brood mother-thing and can study a head now.

-I wonder how many Wyrd stones I need to collect to get a special prize!

-Felt a bit bad about rejecting Dimms a reanimation, but that changed Saturday night saving Dominic from a Permanent Death. Ten minutes, sheesh.

-Caelvan the true warlock and the looks on people's faces when I dropped him suddenly.

-Accidentally meeting a new wild mage around 3-4 in the morning Sunday and chatting it up. He is so awesome, I hope we get to talk more.

-Physician lessons. "Ilana, sometimes when I hear you say something out of context, you're really creepy"

A few hours of Sylph!
-Getting stared at but not talked to so much to the point I thought I was doing something wrong . A few people politely informed me I just looked that alien IG and looked awesome OOG (Despite a slight make-up flaw that will be corrected next time) I guess that's a win?

-Sitting at the door on a stoll during feast just starting at everyone and not eating much "Why are you crowded like that" "So we can talk to each other" "....too much like the mess hall" "I guess it's like one" "You don't know what I mean"

-Interacting with Myris and others "You know how I'm different? I can use a fork" /points at Myris using fingers

-Making super happy noises seeing Nigel. Couldn't tackle him at such a short distance, but the immediate bonding was great. The best research assistant! "I either had to stay there forever or leave and I wouldn't leave you behind Nigel. I never forgot you." Let Science begin!

Ah, this event reminded Ava why she hated rats. The last time she saw any large amount of rats she was still new to Travance (and completely sane)

Highlights in no particular order

-Heroic Chaos Warrior mod. For a little bit there I was Oog afraid Ava was going to be the reason it turned into a combat mod but thankfully Billiam was there to teach Ava how to socialize. Also when she became sane I had no idea I was going to start crying but I guess that's what happens when nearly 3 years of emotions come back

-Coming back from the mod still reeling from emotions which were slowly going back into their chaos box and telling Keavy to recover her weapons if she ever died. (Danielle I SWEAR I HAD NO CLUE I WAS FORESHADOWING)

-being told OOG after MM that they could hear my Despair from the back of the group even though I was smack in the middle. I don't know if the rats were even affected by it but I do it for the fun of yelling terrifying things.

- Unfortunately left the maze before the mod went too far because the smoke was getting to me but I experienced a far more terrifying time by trying to defend the inn and monastary with like ten other people max.

-getting to the inn and seeing dying and dead pcs was insane. We wouldn't have been so screwed had any if us been able to see hidden rats lol

- going back to the inn after evacuating because we heard screams. almost dying but then going back after a retreat to try and recover Leandra and any others who didn't make it.

-knew it was a totally bad idea because I had no defenses. Ava essentially got swallowed up by Swarms of rats and then stabbed between the ribs by a rat man.

-Dying on the table in the inn. I feel bad that the person who managed to retrieve my dying body was literally just a few seconds late and suffered getting ambushed trying to get me back to the monastery

- I was excited to have died. it was Ava's first death and learning that she was sane in the spirit realm made for some really interesting RP. kudos to Malcolm for answering my abundance of questions only to have Ava be so conflicted to turn him down when he tried to bring her through the phocus. Interesting talk to the one who did bring me through. Ava needed to be reassured she was indeed not too dangerous to be alive.

- Awkward times with Morwenne

- Long awkward hug from Keavy when she first saw Ava after coming back. Ava thought Keavy wasn't okay and then wasn't sure how to handle the fact that she was glad Ava came back. I assure you death affected Ava more then she let on but she started to shove those feelings into her chaos box.

- teaching insult to Owen and She and teaching Rosta lore:chaos. people asking Ava to teach them stuff is always fun because i enjoy giving Ava's take on stuff. I am always flattered when someone considers learning stuff from me! (even if Ava gives you a hard time)

- "Shay doesn't talk much"

- Good conversations with Billiam about image. Trying to be "friendly" the rest of the event

-kudos to brother Aldric for suffering through the same conversation we have almost monthly.

- Jack Cypher is the best keeper ever! I would never eat at an event if it wasn't for him giving Ava scraps
of his meal and muffins for not going crazy.

-Ironically someone else said the town was training Ava like a dog. they were joking but I laughed a lot for reasons.

Friday:
-Quick stint as Larissa during the new player mod. I actually escaped with my life in exchange for the necklace on the bounty poster. Great going taking out a gang of murderers. The sheer level of apathy on the part of Travance was hilarious.
-A cute gesture of courtship, but a poorly veiled one. But hey, free tea!
-Drega'mod was wonderfully frustrating for Clytie, between being able to do absolutely nothing to stop the cultist's ritual and laughing as Sergei pulled out the most colorful insults that I've ever heard in or out of character.

Saturday:
-Introduced Goggins to MagiTech and got a free lunch out of it. Hell yeah.
-Gratuitous amounts of sweets and tea with Meander is a lovely way to spend an afternoon
-Really got to step up during the Chronicler mod, and Clytie's impulsiveness really got everything rolling to get that puzzle piece. But then, impulsiveness has a habit of doing that in Travance. My apologies for being a major cause of Faila's future heart attack.
-Fun RP conversations with Nalick followed by the wedding. It was all in all a good first step in defeating the fear of weddings that Aleister and Morwenne instilled in her.
-RP conversations with Jed about the hypocricies against them for various reasons, as well as Drega'plot talk. Sun and stars I love the way they interact, and they need to do a whole lot more of it and become really awesome friends
-Some quick egg hunting, followed by feast. To date, this one is among the best. Well done everyone!
-Clytie was thoroughly drunk by the end of feast and accidentally tagged along with Magnus, Jonas Kane, Grimm, and Jed. Then Magnus deputized a drunk Nyad. Only in Travance.
-Chatting with Aleister about Clytie's little stake in eating the worm thing led to the closest thing to interrogation since interrogation, but apparently she gave suitable answers. He asked her finally if she was ready to take part in it, and before she could even finish the word I, he told her that her answer was no, and that's exactly why he selected her to do it.
-Main mod would have been fun if not for the fact that I nearly fainted from smoke inhalation.

Sunday:
-The easiest NPC shift ever. I went out once as a lizardkin hoarding eggs. No one came for the longest time, so it was literally the only time I was sent out.

Friday: The Heargen Clan remembrance of Vignar was suitably awesome and immersive RP, though there were a brief funny moment where we almost ran into newbie mod NPCs until Jason quietly and subtly on role explained who they were and we moved along. I wouldn't want to gank new townsfolk's fun.
The entire sequence was wonderful, and mixed in with a bit of comedy as we had trouble lighting the paper boats on fire. (Which honestly is a very heargen problem to have.)

Afterwards it was mail delivery time and of course Angie has given grim the Slip again because Alice is a ninja that's why. Oh well, at least grim got to see cinder again, that's always a highlight.

Drega'mod was really neat, it was interesting to see Xashe -not- freeze grim but have him end up playing combat medic. Worried grim was interesting grim, and he was pulled in many directions at once. This will have IG follow-up.

intimidation lesson with Magnus was pretty great, as was finding out Grim was going to get promoted, and we had a nice run that ended with looking for Jack Dimms in the graveyard. It was a really interesting turn that the same character who was mercilessly mocked for one of his deaths gained massive respect for how he got killed this time. I have really enjoyed the shift in Jack.

Seeing Bran around even if only for a few moments was pleasant too.

Saturday:

An early morning talk with the new/old healer from Alisandria and Morwenne, who grim honestly finds very fascinating to talk to. Generally cool roleplay there.

Guard mod was awesome, Galen did a great job as Lt. Hannes and I really want him to be a recurring NPC. Getting in arguments with Ava was enjoyable, but generally Chaos Warrior mentality vs. Cavalier mentality are going to be pretty stern arguments. Other highlights include meeting Terezi instead of just glaring at her and actually talking, Billiam and his vuvuzela, Jed, and seeing Croi again.

And then I went in to go suit up to be the Big Bounty! Sergeant Three Fingers. We strolled around camp, interrupted a date, and mostly didn't see anyone until we jumped a dashing swordsman and Cinder! The fight itself was a bit brief and I wish I could have entertained everyone more, but sometimes fights aren't the important bit, as Ben and Brian both did a great job on the roleplay of their various characters treating a prisoner with a legitimate beef with Kormyre and Travance quite differently. Roleplaying out getting clobbered in the kidneys or smashed against the bar is always fun. I will miss the eye-wrenching colors of my chosen outfit for that NPC, as he was like old Tobar levels of fashion damage.

After that, I got changed in time to catch a Templar of valos strolling around town and Billiam attempting to arrest him, with help from Sir Cinder and Grim. It ended up being a long philosophical discussion of the nature of man's law vs. Valos' law and with two very different points of view. I'm a little sad we couldn't talk the Templar into going peacefully with us, but the only bounty collected that day was the ony on my NPC The heroic list reveal was really cool, and I am super glad grim got to be a part of it. Had some good RP with Cinder too, and got a bit more information about Cinder's dad and Balfurious out of it.

Feast was really great, particularly Annora's willpower lesson for caldor which allowed me to be exceptionally unmannerly in front of Brother and give him a hard time.

The walk of the badasses was pretty great, Grim, Magnus, Galen, and Jed going to talk to ANYONE is probably not good for someone. Deputizing Jonas Kane and Clytie was also hilarious.

Drega'mire business regarding the rot worm, also super cool, Grim was happy with the result though admittedly quite worried.

Having Pluvious tell grim how proud he was of him, and being asked to be the center of the shield wall for main mod was pretty great. For a brief period of time until the plan made that contact with the enemy, the whole of Travance was briefly marching to grim's called steps. IT was fun, and this was definitely a bounty hunter/cavalier month for grim, instead of a more berserker-heavy month.

After main mod grim had one of those moments where his own somewhat casualness about death (It being a northman thing) ran directly into the more conventional view, and he had a moment of awkward with the Baroness. on the plus side the cripple lesson from Oren was pretty cool.

The Wytchwood mod was very good for roleplay and one of those times where a failure in fact meant a lot more than a success. Also, I like hearing Geoff's stentorian voice yelling at people, even if he's yelling at -me-.

Sunday was pretty chill, I went out as the big bad lizardman and kept getting dropped by packeted attacks. At least I got to see Nigel and Cory's NPC run from me in a hilarious fashion, and got shot really impressively by Kleidin.

One of my odd event highlights is actually post-event. The drive down to Philly with Coryan allowed us to go in depth in our analysis of roleplay, acting, and the various other arts that all go into making knight realms such a fabulous thing for all of us.

I forgot an important thank you. Paul S. magically handing Xander and Maya buckyballs to play with at just the right time! It was a moment the kids really needed and enjoyed, and it gave me a moment to collect my thoughts before Inverted Tower after stalking my child for most of the event. Thank you.

Coming back and seeing so many old friends. Meeting some wonderful new people. There are just too many to name individually.

Genuinely surprising Mixolydia Friday night as she waked into the Inn by handing her a letter of introduction and watching her read it over about five times before looking up to confirm that it was really me.

Walking around the camp and seeing how it changed over the years. (Well done!)

Dealing with ratmen and the swarms as I wandered around the camp. Trying to kill a Rat Ogre on main mod. Helping to destroy a Divine/Dark Druid alter after main mod was great.

Teaching Legionnaire on Sunday.

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone in May.