January 2015 Event Highlights

It's been a while since I wrote out one of these!

I have to mention the scene in the Oubliette and thank everyone-Joe, Steve, Alice, Renee, Mars, John, and Sean-for making it so incredible. I never get the chance to RP with most of you and even if was as an NPC I'm really glad I got the opportunity. The intensity of that scene was ridiculous, beyond anything I've done before, and watching the way everyone reacted, especially to the way we were flipping roles and alignments on a dime, was superb. I can't believe it concluded the way it did. Thank you all for such an incredible, memorable, and draining scene.

One a similar token, thank you to everyone at Kaladonia mod! You made my time even just being a tree awesome. Watching the reactions and the conclusions and realizations was so much fun. Kayla and Zach wrote up an awesome experience and picked the perfect people to NPC everything. It was a great mod and a great way to open my weekend.

I spent a lot of my weekend NPCing. But I got a lot of compliments on my new wire ears, because I refused to wrestle with spirit gum over and over.

Other highlights:
Teaching my first arch caster lesson! Yay!
Learning Druid stuff! Caldor grabbing Mirwen's face and kissing her forehead when she asked if he would teach her.
New people to help in Pendarvin! Always good! I'm excited.
I spent a lot of time sleeping. Which I'm pretty okay with, considering I don't usually sleep and I was up till 3 or 4 both nights.

Looking forward to February! Hope everyone in NY/NJ survives the storm.

Kitchen! Kitchen! Washing! Work!
Splitting wood before game. Yep can still swing a maul and wedge. Ha

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Black Bird finally not on duty!

7 lawbreakers handed to the guard. Your welcome guys! Lol
Low and high light small council. One of the hardest tough love things Birgitta has ever had to do.

Discussion with my Fellow Blood Spirits on the treason notice.

Would you mind looking into this...and responses were awesome.

Warm fire good food.

Sir Caelvin

Not feeling like i had to go out in the snow for patrol escorts etc etc etc.


Jen F. Npc fight... Funtimes.

Oh man this event was pretty insane for me.

Friday night: -going on new player mod and getting absolutely mollywhomped while looking for that elk. Talking smack to the PC's was fun though
-Fredrick mod was as fun to NPC as always. So happy I get to be a part of that story.
Cooper: "Hide in Shadows!"
Vicky: "He's over there."
Cooper: "MOM!!!"

Saturday: -Just sitting at the inn and having Utgard and Jack walk up to me and hand me Hastengale. That was pretty awesome.
-Having talks with Bridget about sylphs and where she grew up. yay bonding!
-Going to tower and getting absolutely destroyed by Vaenir. Kudos to Alex and Aren who kept kncoking me down then healing me to mess with some more. Then baptizing me to Aguara, causing me to take 100 divine damage. ouch. Then finally when I thought I was gonna save the people getting tortured, Defranza decided it was time for me and him to engage in mortal combat. That was epic as hell and I almost had him! That final cripple did me in and I unfortunately died. Having Sarah Brand use Arkelian as a meat puppet was hilarious though.
-Getting crucified to a tree after having antlers implanted to my character's skull and getting an eagle drawn into his back. Arkelian gets into so much trouble. Morgan screaming for help probably is what saved me from taking a tag. Still had to be reanimated in the Monastery though. Arkelian is now a metalhead!
Lois Maxwell: "My word, he has a thicker skull than anyone else I've ever worked on!" Thanks Cassie
-Feast was delicious then the following battles were epic. Was hilarious to have an enslaved Vaenir cast Aguaran spells on me. Getting hit then telling them they take a 10 second stun after I defended caused a lot of confused looks. Then rushing someone and using Hastengale to throw them 150 into the air was awesome.

Sunday: Waking up to rat....things attacking the Kaladonia state house and having Utgard chase them out.
Utgard: MAJESTY! BEHOLD THE PAJAMAS OF ENAX AND DESPAIR!
-Hanging out at the inn then getting a lesson from Ayella for perfect focus. YOU ARE ALL SO MEAN TO ARKELIAN! Giving Bridget a look of betrayal when she stripped me too.
-Getting taught the movements in armor became a group of people just cackling and beating on Arkelian. I unfortunately hurt my shoulder and left leg in that mess.

All in all, a fun event and thanks to everyone for turning my crap week into a truly amazing weekend.

This event will forever stand out in my mind as the event where Thalia fell down. A lot. In her defense, she's from a kingdom under a mountain where they don't have to deal with things like snow. Or rain. Or weather in general really now that I'm thinking about it...

This was the first event where I really didn't do anything with the plot, I sort of derped around and did my own thing. But I saw a lot of it and I have to give major props to the NPCs, the Storytellers and the Marshals. This plot was amazing and having watched the rebirth of the elk as a Doe from the road next to the inn while white head-banned, I can tell you that will stay with me for quite some time.

Highlights:
-Standing in front of Frederick when he tried to call for Eric's body/soul, refusing to let him have it and being ordered to get the spirit off the battlefield to safety. Also the realization that EVERY TIME I'm heading to the focus I wind up running into Morgan and Greggory. Doesn't matter if I'm going there or coming through it.

-Warden meeting with the Count with Angeliana and Albert; filling Tori in on what happened later.

-The Saturday morning Empath Consultation with Anhil, Albert, Hazel and Gwynned.
-Anhil: *looking out the window* Is that the elk? ... is the elk flying?

-Chronicler Mass. Always a highlight of my game!

-Running into Illiryn post-Chronicler mod. Galen, the look in your face and the stunned/shocked/elated-ness you had? Just fantastic!

-Working with Talia at Treeage (triage by a tree. Okay yeah that one was bad.) It is always a pleasure to work with you!

-Seeing Matt Calo dressed up as the elk during his break and realizing that it was him.

-Getting some unexpected logistics marshal training!

Lowlight was hitting my head on the ice on Friday night during Frederick mod. Thankfully was not concussed. Forest, thanks for helping me get up and making sure I was okay before we kept going to try and grab the downed guy. And thank you to the safety marshals for making me sit down afterwards in the kitchen, I know I'm kind of stubborn when it comes to stuff like this. And I want to thank Geoff for helping with my near-meltdown just before main mod part 2 and helping to sort out the confusion that I had!

Gonna be away for next month, see everyone in March!

In no particular order:
Having a talk with Crystal's new Alt and not having a clue it was her. Great RP and make-up job.
<<Earnest talks between Gideon and Haroldson.>> Never quite know how these will turn out, but overall, I was pleased.

Josh L RPed his sub-boss on MM perfectly - as I have repeatedly said, it is always a pleasure.
Deep discourse with Billlium - the mutual respect is growing.

Long and sometimes voluble discussion with the Barbarians of Pendarvin about the best way for Haroldson to work with them concerning the totem elk. It was decided by them I could use magic anyway I saw fit and none would bitch. Sending Astrid (after she acquired the antler and hide of the sacrificed elk) to the Statehouse via an Adriana's Portal - no one bitched.

Having the Bank of Haroldson assume full operation, using its own minted gold to pay for someone's business.

OOG - conversation with Garrett
OOG - Sean going shopping Friday for Feast, - TY very much

Offering Mordra some of my Raspberry/blueberry crumb cake in Pendarvin. "Its scrumptious" she opined, "But needs further testing with tea." Let the contest continue.

Lydius and Tari in the Statehouse, while I delineate what my punishment for his learning Necromancy is.

Teaching Clytie her first Archcaster Lesson - more questions on this one - will get into technique when she comes back for more.

Highlights:
Making it to the rumors with my alt. Go, Primrose!

The barbarian plot was a real treat, despite not being a barbarian. It was easy to care about the Elk, the tribes, and other surrounding affairs, not to mention that I'm close to one Northman in particular. I was hooked on the plot.

Friday:
Kaladonia vision quest. I got together with my buddies, smoked some stuff, and saw THINGS. Played around with Greater Heal Life to help trees, and smiled when it works. Who says high (really, really high) elves can't do nature things too? Had a moment with the Monarch Humming-deer, and discovered Anhil's predicament. I feel your pain.

Major props to everyone involved, from STs to NPCs.

Saturday:
The trials were fun to participate in. Letting the bones fall where they may and getting snarky when the fight master
asked Utgard if he'd been trained by an elf (well I never!) were stand out moments.

NPC- Thanks, Ben, for letting my Aruarran priestess play a rather literal game of skin the cat with a captured Jaxuarian on Tower mod. To the player of that Jaxuarian, you are a trooper.

Feast- Being made squire to Lady Kleiden, Amalthea's long-time teacher, is an honor. Feast itself was delicious, and that was the cherry on the sundae.

After the battle of main mod, sitting and playing music with Rowan. Going back to Kaladonia and running into some kobolds, which turned into retribution and a little closure. Caelvan's reaction- "I've never seen Amalthea murder something so hard."

Sunday:
Utgard's majestic pajamas, righting rats with Swyft, and the totem meditation with Keavy. It was well worth the wait.

And of course, after the game, Elk Burgers. (nomnomnomnom)

Can't wait for next month!