July 2015 Event Highlights!

Annora wrote: -baby bird

If you're referring to what I think you're referring to, then I forgot one:

Trying to convince "Sassy" the Sea Hag to "baby bird" me after eating what we needed. The look on everyone's face around the room was priceless.

It was good to play Bran again after a long break from playing the crazed highlander. Nice to see I haven't lost my touch when it comes to Bran's signature style of death metal combat brutality.

I'd also like to thank everyone who went out of their way to help Renee feel comfortable and broke character to show real concern while brain things were happening. Things like that are where this community shows its heart and why it is a community I keep coming back to. Thank you everybody.

Friday:

Nigel time! Finally creating a finished prototype of the Promo that is the culmination of everything I have worked towards since the character's inception 3 years ago. Is Magnus' writ for me legal and legit? We'll find out soon enough! Tobias and Nigel still need to have a loooooong sitdown and talk. It'll be at least 3 teapots in length.

Nigel/Keola time! Nigel, you silly, silly little derp. You really don't know how to people do you?

Nigel expert advice time! Apparently he's the go-to person for all kinds of weird things now. Because blood. Delicious, delicious blood.

Nigel education time! Sitting down to talk alchemy with a new student becomes teaching two lessons at once. Two very, VERY different styles of lessons. A science-driven Londwyn teaches the smug Coast Havener and the Barbarian medicine man about alchemy and it's various styles. In true rambling academic fashion.

Saturday:

Bran's first encounter with plot. MacInnes Battle Line and the wee'est babby mod boss. Lookit his wee little cheeks. Being Blighted temporarily, thus beginning the hateboner that has yet to subside.

Moar Willard!

Londwyns have the best unorthodox battleplans.

Clergy thingses. Try not to fall asleep during the meeting, Bran, try not to fall aslee-wait, what? Templar lessons? Bran in charge of things? BRAN IN CHARGE OF THINGS?! Because that's not at all a terrifying thought.

Never had felafel before. Is noms. Listening to Renee sing at feast and being so damn happy when the entire building went quiet during the song. The things that resulted from said song. GURL, YASSS.

Hookah times with Maeve, Raxas, Lutheran, and Jacob. NSFW, would hookah again.

Clergy murdersquad becoming Celt murdersquad becoming clergy murdersquad on main mod. There is something very scary about a small group of fighters that works well together and coordinates to utterly decimate enemies. It's pretty much great.

Glowing foreheads in the dark...

Walks and talks and ghosts with Amalthea and Tsoli

6am plans are the best plans.

Sunday:

Bran comes up with the best, most viable stupid plans.

Hooooooboyyyyyyyy the fight between Bran and Angel.

Said fight being interrupted by main mod part 2: son of main mod: the revengencing. Stalking in and unloading my entire card on the boss in 3 seconds. Sorry, not sorry, Bill. Getting my second shot at the title fighting Bill and Alex and all the Berserking. Fianna boss kill count up to 8.


See you guys next month for more crazy shenanigans and potential smashybits!

Playing a new PC is always interesting especially when you get in the middle of things while trying to relax in a new place. Staying at Ostcliff was something new for both PCs. But fetting picked up by the main baddies as a level newbie is priceless.

Never mind getting bitten twice by a werewolf and getting healed of the disease by an Elven Lady of Kormyer.

Saturday Birgitta vones in getting various updates. A run of avoidance through the forest. Some people found out how she always got people home safe without battling the bad guys... When she was a guard. Months ago...

Main mod make up fir many and Doom Bec drumming. Mood music anyone with a Death whistle accompaniment.

Awake as Birgitta in the dark of the night and chatting in the Stump.

Morning awake as Birgitta then off as Cally again.

Some amazing times!

Storytellers have a nerve-wracking job. While I've never been one, I can understand having so much riding on your creativity. That said, congrats, John.

My events always seem to start with a silly opening scene. Friday night began with a discussion on handshakes and how it's almost always a surprise whether they're going for your hand or your forearm.

Surprising Jen F. with a cup of mint tea before lay-on because I heard her coughing a bunch.

Chatting with Squire James outside of the Barracks and making absolutely terrible jokes back and forth. Peaches, I'm so sorry! xD

My first event as High Priest of Andorra and being asked for love advice by a handful of people. Look, I'm not a relationship expert in or out of game, but I did my best.

Finding out Gamblor was baptised as an Andorran and having an 'interesting' discussion on the tenets as well as a brief foray into Gaelic culture.

On a related note, Saturday night there was an Andorran priestess who came into the Inn sobbing uncontrollably, who wanted to see me at the same time I was making an, ahem, "quick check around town." Apparently she was a wild mage and when she couldn't find me, did the thing. When I got back to the main room, no fewer than five people were like, "Nalick, NALICK! You need to talk to her!" We walked over to the church annex to have our conversation and because her head hurt, she laid down on the pillows. Not wanting it to be like a visit to a psychiatrist, I laid down on another set of pillows. After talking with her and making her laugh a few times, she seemed much calmer than before. Since I needed to get back to the Inn, I suggested walking her back to Ilana, but not before giving her a new holy symbol that Trisana had given me earlier in the day. Haze, I really enjoyed that scene. Thank you.

Which reminds me, Saturday night I was wearing a green headband for the first time because I got thumped in the head during main mod. I didn't feel it at the time, but when Warlord Tellinghast ordered everyone back to the Inn, I started feeling lightheaded. Thank you again to Stacey for checking me out in Logistics and checking back in later on.

Bill F., hopefully we'll work together in the future. Those rings and the box looked really cool. 'Props' to you. xD

Matt Magnus involving me in his delightfully Andorran plan. It was a lot of fun, especially getting to chat with Annora, which I never get to do. Any time you need my help, let me know, bud, but the next time you cook something, I wanna eat it!

Saturday afternoon, I got to be an NPC that joined up with the Adventurer's Guild. There were a few people who asked me if I was playing my PC, but after that was sorted out, I got to enjoy the mod and all the interactions. The best times are when people forget you're an NPC, because you seem so much like a real character. The ultimatum scene at the end was great.

I spent a fair deal of time looking for Lois and bumped into her at the best possible time, when she was discussing "Plan D" out on the deck of the Inn's side room with Dr. Tobias and company. All of the jokes and shenanigans.

Running into Lois again at 4:00 a.m. Her surprise that I was still awake. Having deep, enlightening conversations while at the same time getting increasingly sleepy. Offering to walk her to Pendarvin but compromising and stopping at the edge of the woods instead and waiting for the lack of a scream.

Feeling about ready for bed myself, I headed back to the Monastery. Magnus, Tork, Bran, Oren, and Dominic are outside cracking jokes and making plans. Needless to say, I got to bed a little later than I wanted to, but regret none of it.

The next day, Drew was surprised that I'd been sleeping in the Monastery and when asked where I was sleeping, I said "On the top shelf, like a good bottle of whiskey." I managed to walk away unscathed.

Clergy meeting with the Cardinal and Brogan at the church annex. The Cardinal mentions "orgy pillows" and Brother Aldric starts staring at me. "What are you looking at me like that for!?"

Clytie coincidence! We both needed to get down to the lake on Friday night. Red headband-ing down and sneaking through the woods. Getting there a little bit early, sitting at the top of the hill with Clytie and being silly.

The meeting happening, explaining to the mermaid what an Inn was and a bed. Standing at the shoreline with Clytie and Cecilia and being able to hear Jed shouting at someone all the way from his shack. Damn, Judge.

More mermaids on Saturday afternoon. Getting to see Rowan sing--I loved the energy--and getting an encore at Feast.

Brendan, I enjoyed the chicken. As far as I can recall, it was the first time the food had a kick to it. [Stuff] happens, bro.

Renee G., I forget your character's name, but you sang really well!

Sunday afternoon, finding out that some people aren't fond of sylphs. Gulp.

Silliness with the Guildmistress.

Croi and Gamblor singing what I think was one of the 15 special songs and when they finished, a big flurry of leaves blew off of the roof. It was a cool effect and I'm not sure whether to credit nature or John Higgins.

See you guys in 18 days.

John Higgins. You are probably a superhero. You worked really hard to create a fun story for everyone to interact with and executed it while not in any small amount of pain. Hope you continue to heal quickly.

So I had twice as many anxiety attacks as the last time I was at KR, but I probably had about three times the previous amount of fun. Many giant thank yous to everyone who went out of their way to make sure my brains were going to be OK either in or out of character. You are all the reason I will keep coming back until I have enough positive experiences of my own to keep me doing so.

My highlights:

Explaining to a concerned Nigel that he can ramble all he wants about his alchemical discoveries because Maeve appreciates passionate people who pursue their own happiness.

Meeting Keola. Being silently sized up and deemed safe by Keola. Staying out of the details of whatever personal interaction had occurred between herself and Nigel, but convincing a flustered Nigel that even though he has difficultly understanding emotional and social nuance, there is absolutely nothing wrong with him. He is his own wonderful person and he should feel free to ask as many questions as he needs to in order to reach an appropriate level of communicative success with another person. Just because other people can know things without having to ask does not make them any better or worse. The people who know him will understand his strengths and limitations and meet him halfway. Keola: Satyrs are pretty smart. You should trust this one.

Bard lessons with Trent and Rowan. Somehow we are so awesome we got The Weave, philosophical discussions on personal morality vs a moral dichotomy, the magic of food and the powerful effects of music all into two lessons. Man, we are productive.

Bardic Hive Mind with Rowan. It has begun.

Singing at feast was both terrifying and excellent. I got extra nervous when everyone went quiet, but I DID THE THING. Yassssssss. Next time hopefully I will start on the right key, my voice will not crack and I can stop shaking in less time afterwards. I'm so pleased that many of you were touched by my song. I look forward to sharing my work with you again soon.

After feast... suddenly bard things. Maeve has been thrown into the middle of some things. There are strange happenings afoot and no one knows what is going on.

Hookah with Bran, Raxas, Lutheran, and Jacob. Now we all know what happens to Jacob when we put Satyr's Wine in the hookah... hilarity. Hilarity happens.

Coming out of the darkness to congratulate the Fianna immediately after the main mod fight and getting massive hugs from Bjorn, Seamus and Bran.

Stealing hugs from Alice when she was either on her way out from or back to Logistics. You were the prettiest lizard I have ever seen.

Being a scared little wild mage and being basically temporarily adopted by Illana. Loved how all four of our NPC group ironed out different experiences before going out so we had a deeper story to share during the mod. It really added a lot of flavor to the story we told. You were all great! ALSO OMG MARCELLA, THAT TEA THOUGH. SO GOOD.

See you all again soon!

(OOG Renée Ballard)

The weekend was well run, probably due to its being well planned. The mix of NPCs chosen worked well. An indicator as to how involved people were is that I did not speak with Aleister until Sunday morning, and did not even see Angelica until that time.

Conducted so much business - One does not need to be underhanded or have the list to be a "racketeer."

Learning lores from Na'ar and Gideon. It was my first real lesson from the former, and it is always a pleasure to get them from Geoff, which occurs all to infrequently. For what could be said in a minute per the rules, took well over a half hour in each case. That is how it should be.

Oh Bank of Travance - why do you insult me when I literally had the solution to your problem in my hands? I believe a similar situation existed between the House of Rothchild and The Bank of England in the early 19th century.

Long talk with Swyft and Trent.

Night time discussion with Cally. Leslie and I do not interact as Edwin and Birgitta, so it was fun. I had her laughing, which s tough to get her to do IC. Our talk was interrupted by an Elder Lycanthrope, werewolf variety. It was not an easy fight, but its attack strengths played directly to my defenses.

Snacking at Pendarvin - we snack well.

Watching the Adventurer's Guild prep for an encounter, as they met at Pendarvin. The box containing the treasure was stolen before they left. That is one ballsy rogue.

MM - seeing a bunch of people engaging Justis from the front, I got behind and unloaded a line of crits and stunning blows. He had to use good defenses against the SBs, and a couple of hundred damage is something. Prudently, I Windwalkered as soon as my attack was delivered.

For what it is worth, we fed 50 people breakfast on both Saturday and Sunday. Logistics got 12 or so each day. We also fed 24 people lunch, including free cantaloupe. I want to mention that we almost always have food, even for those who cannot get their sorry bodies out of bed and into the bar to order by 10 AM

Meeting Marie, who worked tiredlessly in the kitchen. She is also an accomplished cookie tease.

A civil conversation with Burkhart on the use of force in combat and the limitations leadership in combat places on one's own combat.

Taught lessons from three lists, and one master list. Explained to one budding fire mage that anyone can incinerate someone, but it takes real skill to perform the equivilant of striking a match in her brain. When asked if I could do that, I smiled.

More, but I had a long Monday