July 2015 Event Highlights!

Dear Travance,

Sorry/not sorry for inventing chemical warfare.

Love,
Lois

While I'm still recovering from the heat and all the walking, I can write some of these out.
John, you are both completely insane and a trooper. Way to run your first event with a shot wrist.

-plushie cupcakes MADE OF LIES AND EVIL AND DISAPPOINTMENT
Magnus eating one of the said cupcakes, and then picking fuzz out of his teeth for the next 10 minutes.

-Croi's strength lesson. Piggyback rides!
Pick things up, put them down.

-The dinner date, and all the plotting and planning that went into it.
Magnus: "Annora, would you be up for being one of the bodyguards?"
Annora: "Sure! I might end up making sarcastic comments though"
Magnus: "You make one comment and I'm not teaching you any lessons tomorrow!"
Annora: ….. *bites tongue*

-dark salami

-baby bird

-A cool lesson from Magnus. I loved that RP and the visuals you described, Matt.

-Fighting in the jail Friday night, and accidentally burning it down. (Good job George)
Why do things always end up on fire when I go on mods in the barn...

-Maelstrom mod. Dani, your makeup/costuming was awesome! Looking forward to seeing that NPC again!
And kudos to the smart people for actually solving the puzzle

-playing Ravani, getting lessons from Amalthea and Elric, and finally vassaling to Kaladonia.
…we shall never again speak of the satyr licking incident.
Amalthea is best Quinarian healer buddy.

-John's Sunday mod, Hurgar attempting to question how Annora doesn't know wall of thorns. I keep forgetting ok?!

-Drega'plot and the interactions with the Sassy Sea Witch. Holy crap Gamblor way to win. Without using any second chances.

-Pre main mod Drega'mire hanging out. Sitting, snarking, and waiting while others ran around like headless chickens.

-Aleister's tacky new necklace. He may be the Lizard King, but I'm still the Drake Queen.

Swyft wrote: Anorra interrupting Swyft's sword lesson with Evrat. You little devil!

hee hee hee. I was bored, and you had your back turned.

-Getting to read some of the songs, and finally understanding a bit more about what they meant. Sitting and talking with Magnus/Gamblor/Croi/Maeve. That's as close as Annora will actually get to bardics

I know there's more that I'm forgetting, but I'll try to remember when I'm no longer feeling like I got run over by a truck.

Annora wrote: …we shall never again speak of the satyr licking incident.

It's not just a satyr licking incident anymore. Kleiden got added to that running joke later on that night. LOL!

Also:
*Lois yells "WHERE IS BELEGCHAND" because scholar things*
Tris comes over with a notepad and says, "I'm writing down all the things people are yelling at Belegchand about for him to read later. What were you yelling at him about?"

I enjoyed terrorizing you all. I can't wait to be back as Grim instead of a brutal killmonster though.

I would like to say thank you to John for running an awesome event. I know that I had a great time and I am guessing that many others did as well. I felt like things went really smoothly. Thanks also to all of the Marshals, Story tellers, and people working behind the scenes. All of the work you do and support you give is what makes this a great game. Thanks also to James. Thank you to all the people who worked in the kitchen. I know some things went wrong; but I also know that you all worked very hard to make a great dinner.

Ok, on to the rest of the stuff:
Wow, this was a crazy and cool event for me. The first time being a big Mod boss! I was nervous about it because my PC doesn’t fight at all and I didn’t know what to call for defenses and such. With some studying and encouragement and planning from friends, it all seemed to work out fine.
Being green with a big witchy nose was crazy fun, too!!!

Friday night: Setting up the ritual and drumming and shaking the rattle were so much fun. We found a nice rhythm and counter rhythm and it was really musical. . . until the fighting began, then it was completely crazy.

Saturday: Morning Mass as Maralas was nice, if a little quiet. We had some interesting conversations and later I had a moment to actually craft a few potions. I had some good RP with Gunnar and realized how differently his people see things than mine. It was very interesting.

Then I was off to be green again. I really loved my nose, BTW. I think it worked out pretty well. Fighting by the Drow caves was just insane and HOT. Bran and Shamus were awesome with their insults: “Look at the wee babby!” I almost laughed. Well done, guys!
The fight at the focus was crazy too. I was trying to figure out who were the tough opponents. I picked Gideon and attacked him (big mistake!). He defended and then went back to fighting. I attacked again and he shouts, “Kill the drummer!!!!” Big OH SHIT moment for me. When the heroes heard him, they started moving in for me and I called Eye of the Storm. Then I was surrounded, insulted to no effect and watched. “Look, her arm is shaking; she’s going to drop it soon.” In my head: I WILL NOT DROP IT! I DON’T CARE IF MY ARM BREAKS! “Goblins, to me!!!” Very intense! Dr. Darkwood and tempests was just so cool and amazing. Finally Gar got me out of there. Whew. <Town walks over to orcs and lizardkin, “here, you dropped this” hands us our ass> It was terrifying and great all at the same time. So much love for all the role-play and combat!

Then I got to be Maralas again. 5 pm Mass did not happen. Not sure what was going on; but people were super busy (thanks, Mr. Higgins!). So, I went to the inn and hung out some. The Clergy had a meeting not long after that and we discussed a lot of things. We got some questions answered and we still have more to work on; but this was a good start. Thank you, Brogan, for organizing and getting us all together.

A favorite moment, Tobias approached me as we finished the clergy meeting to ask a question. We were looking at the crowd gathered before the Inn and, in a manner that cut through the crowd; Lord Victor Sylus comes walking toward us looking determined. Tobias, “He is coming toward us with determination, um; it’s time for me to leave.” Maralas, “Relax; he’s coming to talk to me.” So much good RP with Lord Victor.

Benediction at Feast: Praise be to the Light . . . . (I SAID) Praise be to the Light! (lol)

Post feast chatting with random people and intentional people! Thalia, as always, it was a pleasure to chat with you and catch up. Many hugs!

Sunday morning: Alchemy! Some quiet lessons with Gunnar, a quick identify compound lessons and then some shop talk with Arza. It was a good morning and over too quickly.

I am sure I have forgotten some things; but I remember that I had a lot of fun. I can't wait to see you all again. Thanks for an awesome weekend!