Oct 2014 - highlights

First I loved the new format. First time I got to use my tag skills at a main mod.
The symbols were an interesting link.
So main became a highlight. I also noticed people once fine got to do more in character things rather than wait. It was also good that while they could not effect the fight they could effect us... It lead to seeking those you knew for certain skills like healing and protections so that pushed further RP.

Mel got to have an encounter on Sunday with the wolves in a pack. Hope you liked the muffins... They came up all menacingly. Mel goes people cool! Hey they walk funny. No matter she says hi hi hi!... She gets grumbled growled at and eyes him confused... Then friendly anyway. So I call out after getting my blade. Oh you poor things are you hungry?" Fed the wolves. When she decided to go off either them I called. "Melody you are not allowed to go pack with those wolves!"

Thank you for including her!

Amizar conversation.

Guarding assignments to my guys at feast while I make deals. Missed Ragnarock which was sad. Then taking my own station at the great council meeting.

Patrols! One fight after another as usual.

Guard meeting and helping a certain set that might need his eyes checked...

Separated from event highlights but a highlight none the less was birthday cake! With the BloodSpirts cross on the top! Thanks so much for all being there for it. It was delish event half frozen. Honestly I think I liked it better that way! I put my chocolate in the freezer all the time. Cookie Tree needs to be cake tree too! Oh and the symbol was grabbed and eaten at home. I love this game because if it's people!! And surprisingly enough I did not lose a life tag... On the birthday event.

Where to begin... Such an excellent weekend OOG, even if it was stressful IG.

- The Wedding of Gideon & Kleidin. I am sorry I could not just make it an open invite, but... that usually ends poorly in Travance. Many, MANY thanks to Kirsten for being accommodating with the plot schedule, and it actually worked out for the best, because the majority of Team Infinity was already in one place.

- Typhon being called to deal with dark druidics, when he was scheduled to perform the wedding. Gideon realized that the Heirophant was doing his job, as he should be, and was glad it all worked out for the best in the end.

- Caldor's quick thinking that saved the ceremony. Thank you, Jason!

- Demonic Orphanage Mod. Any moral qualms about dealing with the "teachers" faded when we learned that the orphans were not "accidental" orphans. Caldor's handling of the kids was spectacular, and Gin Ginny's timing was perfect.

- Teresa's last respawn as a teacher / cultist. Gideon: "That was the last one... she must have been a substitute teacher." Geoff turning and seeing Dave R. behind him, who is a substitute OOG. *facepalm*

- The Kaladonia / Team Infinity mod. It opened with multiple shots from Kleidin, Aella, and Anhil at the poor NPCs, and only got better from there.

- The Transfer / Knighting of Danny McKregar. Welcome home!

- All of the RP surrounding Bloodtide. Gideon is beginning to hate the thing more and more, and questioning the need to have it now that there are other options beginning to appear.

Looking forward to the Ball, and can't wait for November!

Highlights:

- Land based main mods: I think I really liked this way of doing things. It forces one to think outside the box (we didn't have a healer or a Psion and had to borrow healers, as they would not be engaging in combat, only healing us) and may allow some of the smaller characters to shine. I'm not big, I'm just half decently practiced and on a level of one to ten on the self criticism/doubt scale, I score Kai Allard-Liao. I would also like to see groupings more based on class or races as well in this same vein.

-I too, did not lose a life tag. I completely expected to.

-It was good to get out in the cold and do things. unfortunately, the cold also makes me sleepy. Sorry for nodding off at the Kaladonia fire. Need to find some way to warm my legs in the cold months- I'm not getting rid of the kilt.

-the pickpocket fail. She was a very good sport about it.

-All the new learning.

-Blood Spirits/guard shenanigans. Especially at feast.

-the corrupted treeman mod up at the caravans.

-to the goblin on sunday who turned after a small chase from Kaladonia to Ostcliff: way to make the Just Doesn't Look Right alarm go off. I thought you might have had a bushwhack in the works and had to be more cautious.

-Psycho wake up mod: "THE SNACK THAT SMILES BACK-CHILDREN!" Note to self: I need to grab some of the bigger cards, because it seems I always wind up going head to head against the big boys, and I go down hard without even seeming to scare them. Last game it was the incredible Mister Schaller. this game it was Sir Danny and Grim.

-the Merchant mod. you're a slick one, you are. On top of that, I got to stretch myself a bit. Win on both counts.

-chatting with Boryev about gypsies and their natures.

-civil service lesson from the exchequer.

that's all I got. Until next time: Wear your seatbelt, Don't run with scissors, and stretch in the morning.

I entitled my event as : Ava and Orophin Part 1: Littany of Doom Fixes Everything!

In no real particular order:

-Ava and Orophin learning what flirting was at the Heroic Brute Mod. Practicing their flirting for the rest of the event.

-Dying to Mirror Ava(Read Chris Zipeto) in the Inverted Tower. My card was empty of defenses by the time Mirror Ava came.....

- Watching talks with Merikh and Orophin in the stump. Orophin disagreeing with Ava on the basis of semantics. Ava being confused because she thought they were saying the exact same thing. Merikh saying they were saying the same thing but had different places they were coming from.

-Ava teaching Orophin various words over the weekend.

-Ava dealing with a brooding Orophin. Ava getting really...antsy and annoyed by said brooding. Then serious talks....What happens when one emotionally inept person tries to explain love to the other? Well it's like checking your symptoms for an illness to a list....

-Practicing emotions on Saturday Morning and this happens.
Ava: I am going to practice doing what people do when they like each other. -gets down on one knee- Orophin, Can I slit your throat- I mean, Will you marry me?
Orophin: Yes.
Ava: ....What? To which part?
Orophin: Yes.
Ava: ......
Orophin: .....

-Then deciding that they couldn't use the word marriage because it implies feeling love. So going my some weird combination of the words "bonded" "banded" and "Trial Companionship"

-Jed Shack Time. All that needs to be said.

- Talks with Brother Aldric and Sister Danae. The fact that both of you sat and listened to Ava go "I'm a lost cause give up" and then didn't just walk away was surprising. Even after Ava went all super brood and evil on you guys.

-Ava is convinced she should watch blood tide because according to what she knows, "It can't do anything to me that I don't already deal with."

-Saturday Night Lesson with Dr. Demontfort for fear....which accidentally led to Ava killing him. This exchange goes like this:

-He runs outside after succumbing to a fear-
Ava: Get back in here you pathetic excuse for a chaos warrior
-shuffling from outside stops and sudden shuffling happens and he comes in and starts attacking Ava-
Ava: Now now, if you're going to attack me be serious about it.
-He starts hitting a great deal harder. Ava chops him in half-
Vincent: You know he's the only one here who could fix what you did to him.
Ava:....
Vincent:.....
Ava:....
Ava: Jack can you come out here I made an oopsie.

-Orohpin for the rescue and Littany of Dooming him before he could die. All the shenanigans that came from that. Matt I am impressed by your singing and dancing skill.

-Sunday morning NPC shift. Candle stick Bandit....stealing the unicorn statue and selling it back to the town....

-Walks and Talks with some people. Coming back With Orophin as a skeleton after being Littanied. Being rezed right before lay off. A sudden Zelretch hug when he saw me emerge from the phocus.

This event was excellent! AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE BALL. THEN FOR THE EVENT AFTER! I hope everyone had an awesome time and I can't wait to continue!

Really Amazing Event.

Midnight mass was excellent. Thank you so much for everyone coming to this. Its such a warm and wonderful community. I'm really happy that so many clergy spoke as well. Special nod to Mother Ellie (sp?) for the Valosian Altar. It is so beautiful.

Inverted Tower delve. I always heard about how harsh the lower levels were, and nobody lied at all. Its twisted down there. I'm really happy that my buff based build worked out so well down there. Fighting a mirror of myself was kinda funny, as I have so very few offensive abilities.

Very little sleep before hooking the Abyssal Spear mod. Got to get in some REALLY good RP with Grim/Bill before the NPCs showed up. I'm always so glad he chose to come in as my brother, and this moment just really drove that home. The mod was super excellent as well. Zippeto wrote and ran something truly brilliant. All the NPCs, both teachers and children were great. Trying to defend the children and trying not to let them see the fight agains the adults was hard. Getting into a huge screaming match with Michaela about who was truly responsible for the children getting hurt was awesome. Also a special nod to truly crazy Jen F and to Sarah Brand for "Sir Lancelot Bearfurious".

Goose. Oh Goose. Thank you for giving me the most right out of a TV show/movie moment I've ever had. If anyone has ever though the whole "talking about someone while they are right behind you and you don't notice" thing was bs... it happens. Labelle startled me so badly it took me a second to get back into Caldor and not accidentally respond as Jason. Jason wanted to bluster and appologize, but Caldor... not so much. THis scene led to a wonderful conversation that may have actually changed Caldor's stance on something.

The Wedding. I was so sad that Typhon couldn't do the ceremony, and so nervous about taking his place. Having said that, I felt truly honored to be trusted with such an important job.

I adored the mini-main mods. I have great respect as a game runner for the ability to write so many individualized stories and mods. I hope things like that are done again.

Kaladonia's team is really good at working together. I'm so proud of everyone and was so happy to be working with them. I look forward to this becoming more and more effective and coheasive as a unit.

Sad I had to miss feast.

Extreme props to Steve and James for being able to pick up the pieces and run with a mod that suffered OOG logistical organization problems due to OOG player issues. Much respect to you for working with us.

Evening story time with Steve and James was amazing. I experienced not just one but two of the greatest visual imagries I've had described to me at KR during this mod. I also loved the group that went. It was a vital excursion, and all of Travance was represented in some way. All lands, the church, the mages guild, the rogues guild, and the druids grove were represented. I won't spoil what this mod was about, as people learning about it IG has been so much fun.

Larry - you are a brilliant man, and that little scene with you me and bill was great.

Typhon/Dave's Druid rituals are really cool and well thought out. It was a real pleasure to be a part of this one, and even more a pleasure to be able to assist with it.

AS always I adore giving and receiving lessons. Great lessons from Gilthu and Rudy, and had the joy of teaching Flora one of my favorite lessons.

Jason M - I'm so sorry if my RP caused you OOG stress. I hope it didn't, as you know Caldor has much respect for your character.

Great event. So very sad I can't make November. Look forward to seeing people at the ball.




Main mass was interesting.