Arrrrrrgust 2016 Highlights

Nalick wrote: Merideth's bride-to-be NPC. Wow. I thought it might go beyond verbal sparring, but when Chet saw how she treated Midori, there was no backing down.

Bwaha I'm just glad both of you know me better than that OOG lol

Valanye wrote: WOOO! What a weekend!


When the angry driad appeared sunday morning demanding answers about her slain friend, Valanye remembered why she stopped joining in on these excursions. And that being responsible for the mistakes of others is anything but fun. But she also has endless patience for those of nature and was equally upset about this senseless death so she refused to leave when her help was needed.

Fun fact: You were the ONLY reason that Dryad didn't start throwing buckets of dmg all over the place. Valanye and Valanye alone was the only thing keeping the Dryad from letting loose her fury and commanding her rather large, rather powerful "plant friends" upon those Travancians present. I was actually suppose to go fight all the faces, and expected it to happen, especially with what the Dryad perceived as disrespect in her already emotional and distraught state, but dat RP.

Good. Freaking. Job. Guurrrllll. ♥

Air conditioning and three cold showers helped a bit.

Foiling the wraith led undead with our newly installed Sanctuary.

Laying the foundation for some future endeavors.

Just because one does not have the list does not mean one cannot walk the walk.

Dimetri "Edwin, tell your farmer that he picked his watermelon too early."
Me "But it does have two virtues, it is cold and wet."

Minting silver bars worth 200 silver. Yes, I literally make money :cool:

Watching young Tanwyn dance at his trial and skating away.

Frank discussion with the Baron concerning Rule versus Governance, with emphasis on Law and Justice. Eagerly await the follow up in light of the actions of some.

Demonstrating to a sorcerer exactly what elemental mastery is

Realizing the "crit fifty" is often heard as "crit fifteen."

When the Bank of Travance is short of coin, the Exchequer knows that the Bank of Haroldson can and will provide specie.

People with who I conducted business on a handshake basis continue to hold up their end without any need for me to remind them. An IG thanks to Faila and Utgar.

Teaching, of all things, Alchemy. Being a scholar rocks. Having a wide selection of codices rocks almost as much.

Willing to deliberately not move out of the path of water balloons in order to cool down.

I will put this out there - Luis was hot and miserable cooking feast. Rook slaved over a hot grill making bacon and pancakes, dressed in garb. Everyone who showed up got fed.

Feeding people cool fruit and cakes.
Other things will perk through the layers of my brain later.

Blargh.
All the heat. All the humidity… and the very welcome rain late Saturday. Almost the best part of event… almost. *grin*

Now that I’ve recovered (and on the back end of an unforeseen 24 hour shift (yay call-offs?)) I can type out something.

Going into this event was much scrambling for area to camp due to expected winds with the storms, ensuring space was available for all Spirits and making sure I did not forget the AED from work for the weekend.

Set Up went quick on the alt site for us and then it was get ready for lay-on. I honestly did not expect to give the safety brief as I expected Norm or Padma this time. When the Director pulls you aside to speak on specific details, the hint is kind given. *grin*

I am ever so glad you guys looked out for each other and made sure your fellow players drank/ate- Especially a certain new Squire of Drega-Mire.

Admittedly, I was not involved in much this month- I dislike Pirates and Pirate Plot… so was simply available for general RP and perhaps the occasional fight.

Highlights in no order:
-Experiencing a SANE Jun for a change and our little scouting mission together. Total accident but was fun.
-Speaking on Brazen to about a half a dozen folks who were NOT at the impromptu mass Saturday.
-Attempting to hold a 10 am mass… only getting one person initially who wasn’t even a Brazenite. Having a lengthy discussion on Brazen get joined by about nine others who were late…
Then five minutes into the actual mass, get interrupted by a goblin attack. Needless to say, them goblins found out why Brazen is also a God of War

-Teaching a new to Travance Merc about the difference between a sellsword, a Soldier of fortune and a Mercenary... and that not all pay is done in coin and that should be acceptable to the smart Merc. I then promptly helped him find a job where this is the case. :cool:
-Showing around a New Blood Spirit and helping him get involved in some stuff. Discovering a side job of his can help with ingame coin… Priceless.
-The question of the legality of a Will with the Magistrate and the discussion that followed…
-Talking Templar with Brogan….
-First Smites thrown this month (aka: “ I do how much damage now with this?”)
-Main Mod work with Tsoli and two available Spirits. We moved across the planks like bosses and created breathing room for others to swarm the other ship.

Also…. “Almighty Brazen Hear My Prayer, (invocation words) Change Composition… Glass.”

-Informing the Baron of a thing and his response…
-The Rain…. And actually getting some food cooked before it.
-Sunday Morning discussions, horse-trading with Winged Victory and the introduction to Combat Stave work given to Starling. The lesson was incredibly enjoyable from my end too and I am very happy it went well.
-The other lesson on Sunday; teaching Unarmed Combat to Kanas…


There is a few other things I know I am missing and well, can’t remember them all at once.

Family Event in Two Weeks!! (A Wardog will be there!)
Potluck Picnic/Fighter Practice in Three Weeks (yo, its an open invite- read the thread!)
September Event in Four Weeks!!
Jeez, what a busy time…. See y’all soon!

I'm still in the process of recovering from the weekend, but I needed to take some time to get these up!

Highlights in no particular order:

Thalia and Eli's OOG 5am recon trip to Walmart for fans for the bar room, only to find that it was closed until 7am. The followup trip to Home Depot for fans!

Discussions with Coran, Tobias, Leona.

Sword discussions with Fenri.

Gunnar and Thalia's checkup. AKA "...did the barbarian and the dwarf just vanish?" The first time in years that Thalia hasn't felt everything coming off the town. The distance was exactly what she needed. In that moment there was literally just her and Gunnar and it gave her some time to reflect. Getting her empathy better refined is going to take some time, but the process is completely worth it. Joe made me cry! Love roleplaying with you man!

The trial and Calvin Tanwyn's doubletalk! That was amazing! Kardin's perfectly timed interruption.

Willingly being put under a blood hex. It was a very educational experience.

Getting into the lake for the first time in THREE YEARS of going to this game. OMG it was fantastic! It was precisely what I needed post-feast service! Aaron thank you for dragging me down to the lake!

Main Mod in the Inn and discussions of whether or not the bards repeating songs with shorter frequency than normal were a cry for help. Or whether they were poltergists which meant we needed to burn down the inn to get rid of them. Playing cards with a deck of cards with 45 cards and 2 kings of diamonds...

DIRECOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thalia: Travance is like a small family.
Midori: A big family
Valinye: A big family that sometimes robs you in the woods.

Scout's scullery maid npc:
Borev: Thalia, you can read, just ignore the last word of title of the book.
Thalia: *reads book title, looks at Borev, looks back at book* Okay.

Discussions with Tsoli. Discussions with Nalick which were too quick because I needed to get to the inn (SORRY!). FINALLY talking with Therion!

I know that I'm forgetting stuff but I will add more when I remember more.

Thalia will be out of the proper for the next three Feasts, coming back in December. Hope all of you enjoy getting to know my Alt for the next 2 months!

See you in September with a differently costumed person!

I haven't done one of these in a while. Let's go

Friday Night -
*"Who's tired of saving the world?" It was good to know not just players are getting tired of this. I love events events but it get exhausting when the stakes are as high as possible every month.

*"Bob? Bob, de intern?" And the interaction that proceeded was perhaps more proof than Mami Mae wanted that Stonefall wasn't just going to leave her with a limp.

*Mami Mae's first reaction to being told 'You're not getting a poison writ any time soon' being to go make food. Cheesy bread and chocolate chip cookies!

*Making friends with the quiet satyr in the kitchen. I love cooking in character! It adds to it I think!

*Meeting Papa Kifu (I never did get to give you that beef patty!)

*Taking cookies to the wedding. Poor Owen.

*"With all due respect, which one of allyah is Lord Alister?"
"That would be me."
"Captain Fross is ah Lich"
"What?"
"That is what the Miss Lady on de ship did tell meh. Good bye sir."

*Refusing to sell the cookies once they got cold cause that would be disrespectful so giving them out instead.

*Sitting on the porch and shooting any undead that got close enough in proper 'Get off my lawn' fashion.

*Bob startling Mami Mae awake. I swear my heart was in my throat, boy.

Saturday -
*Getting up and feeding a few people smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese as Thalia questioned me about Coast Haven things. So much fun

*Sending Valnyae off with a sandwich for Bob cause "Ah know dat boy won't eat in de morning if de food ain't in front he face." Then being quiet and reflective because she only learnt that during her last week in Stonefall as opposed to the 15 years she spent there.

*Getting bored at some point and making cucumber sandwiches and having one ordered by the baron

*Hobbling over to the science tent to give them more sandwiches and refusing to run out the way of the incoming undead because "Ah wish dey would knock dis plate out my hand."

*Mami Mae and Valenye snickering and gossiping at the trials.

*Lois further proving to Mami Mae Stonefall is going to follow her for a while.

*Not going on Main Mod because "I'm too old." But sending all the healing salves I had on me. It was that moment I fully realized that having a character that didn't really do combat could still be fun and helpful.

*Making post main mod Mac and Cheese. Y'all was hungry. Mami Mae will remember this.

Sunday Morning -

*Homemade Marmalade was a hit!

*Shooting more undead from the porch because running isn't happening and why not? I got caps.

Great event! So much fun! Mami Mae will be back at a later date to feed you all more.