June Event Highlights

had a fun event. for what I can remember. it's always too hard to remember everything anymore. X3

Friday:
- sneaking around the woods, evesdropping the people in pendarvin. I'm getting good at it.
- Going to edwins mass. unfortunate I didn't get to listen to the whole thing but my character saw the whole scene as interesting, not to mention that right after the excommuniconis show up to not only lisrten to his mass, but damn near invite him to run their communion.
- should of taken my own advice not to jump into strange green portals to god knows where, but curiosity has a way with my character and I.
- where the portal tooks us. well done with the set and the rp. It really did feel like I was somewhere else, and I was playing this character with a strong sense of curiosity. I wish I didn't pass out in the middle of it. I guess my character really felt safe there.
- the portal took us to pretty close to the grove. we were ambushed by dark lorestri and undead. I died up there, character didn't even realize she was dead.
- getting my dead body passed around for the next half hour. then finally getting passed to Dr. Maxwell, who then reanimated me during his lunch break. with goblins blowing up at the inn. I thought the whole ordeal was hilarious.
- Immediately after I came back, the rp with nicole as her dark elf. It was awesome and I loved it. too bad it didn't go as planned. still, had fun.

Saturday:
- having people ask me if I was alright. with the reanimteing and the dark elf. and the role play that would come right after it.
- meeting the other rayne in town. I had a feeling it was going to happen eventually.
- fire! I'm glad everybody got out alright, and that it was taken care of so quickly.
- rp at lao kun's (I think that was the character's name) table. I do owe you for the hospitality at some point...
- watching people attack the ice cream truck. I think someone wanted to give him a roleplaying point.
- Helping with feast! I love cooking and I'm so happy that it all got done when it did! thank you so much for the people who kept their composure making it and the people that cipped in and helped out. you all get a gold star sticker.
- Immediately running to npc shift right after. thank you for being so lenient.
- Playing tag with other npcs while playing the hurry up and wait game.
- running through the woods in the twilight with only fireflies lighting your way, off in the distence you hear the main mod music. it was my own little highlight.
- main mod was cool, except when people don't watch their swings or you fall and land on a sharp rock with your back.... yay....
- looking into the white tent. there was a sword and a shield. I would of taken it to see what would happen, but kanas was there and I think I had enough curiosity induced pain for one event.
- chilling with kaladonia. always have a good time there. thanks for the hot dog guys! X3
- I hope no one found the skunk in ostcliff.

Sunday:
- ewww tent is so hot.... on the upside, we weren't attacked. real rangers peek through the holes in their tent to keep watch of monsters.
- taking down the white tent, then a bit of rp with amaziar.
- helping out with a lesson. it seems like people like enough to let me help with lessons.
- picking up civil service after being informed that I may need to track the corpse trees in the wildlands. This has peeked Rane's intrest...
- helping out in the kitchen! I didn't even mind doing the inventtory. I quick note to everyone. Please stop bringing in ground cinnamon. they have waaaayyyyyy too much.

I had so much fun this event. I almost thought just not coming back to game for awhile, but I think I'm going to keep coming to discover just what Rane is capable of doing and how she feels about certian situations. I did figure out a lot about her over the past 2 events, just based on her interactions with people and her experiences ig and oog.

can't wait for next event.....

In no particular order:

1) Paul as his NPC Saturday, along with our other cursed NPC friend whose real name escapes me at this point(sorry!). These 2 guys were running around with the hexed gypsy treasure box, and at one point we were being led down to the lake to look for more gypsies, and Paul just blurts out, "It's a well known fact that gypsies love water." Headband or not, I couldn't stop myself from cracking up for a good few minutes.

2) Molten hot monastery lava at 1:30 Sunday morning, always a good decision.

3) Cheese and crackers, I really need to do the prep work for this ahead of time, but I'm glad it's always well-received.

4) Watching people messing with Ib on the porch of the monastery after molten lava consumption as he's falling in and out of food coma.

5) Getting surprised by a friend of mine that I didn't expect to show up at their first event but did. He picked a hell of a weekend to be a full-time NPC and a first time player.

6) Agreeing with Thalia to guard the focus, and remembering the barrier just in case things got a little too out of control. Thankfully, we didn't have to resort to that and I was able to join in to help protect everyone else during the main mod fiasco parts 1 & 2.

7) "Shady" Acres Retreat meeting, and actually getting to attend the earlier one.

Teaching lessons, getting approached about discreet teaching, and just role-playing the ideas behind instruction in general. You don't actually miss it until you come back from a game that didn't require teaching of skills by other players.

9) The -loooooongest- Marshal shift ever. We were in that building for ages, and all of my encounters seemingly went out and got destroyed or solved too quickly. I list this as a highlight and not a lowlight because it forced me to think on my feet to get more encounters out for my first shift back in a few years, on top of what plot was running.

10) Getting sassed by the dark elf as she was running around, and giving her just as much attitude back. I was really hoping that she would meet a grisly fate, but if she did I never caught wind of it.

11) The very resolute honking of the conch.

That's all I can remember for now, I'll add/edit more as I think of them.

This event was awesome! From the scary villain (played by the awesome Romeo), to the intricate and confusing plot, to the npcs who did a great job being our baddies/friends/source of moral questioning and confusion, and to the feast which was amazing despite the fire that happened. 11/10 would larp again.

I would like to thank everyone for being very welcoming to my friend who I brought larping for the first time. You all were very friendly and warm, and I have a feeling he will be going to more events in the near future. So thank you all. You all are great!

So here are my highlights:

1. The sole survivor of Jade'Arith showing up to make me almost go full rage. Thank you Nicole for playing a character I can truly get pissed off at. You were awesome and I want to see you again.
2. Getting to see my friends again, both ig and oog. Especially ig. It's good to have people I can always talk too that trust me no matter what happens.
3. NPCing Tower mod. I really wanted to see what it was like to fight the new players as an NPC, and to see the fledgling Travancians. They did great, but I might have to start telling them to put people to protect the healers and archers. It's not good when your enemy can get to the back and start nomming on the healers.
4. The Order of the Cheese Grater and the Church of the Hat on the center of the table in the center of the inn. Both groups I joined, both groups that are going to make Travance a brighter and even more humorous place.
5. The reaction people have when I was carrying around a polearm.
6. The reaction people have when they found out I was a berserker.
7. Teaching Bear Strength. Never gets old to yell at my students about how weak they are compared to Arawyn.
8. All the birthdays I was at. I think the only ones who broke the curse were Brunner and Imrahil.

That's about all I can remember. But such an awesome event!

Such an amazing event for many different reasons. But I have two primary highlights that are thanks to three specific people: Goose, Jenn W, and Zach.

Unexpected Feels: For the last couple years, Winks has been working on an ongoing project, and in May was finally at the point where he needed to talk to the Baroness. I expected it to take a couple months, as she's always so busy with ALL OF THE THINGS. So color me surprised when she walked right up to me Saturday morning and insisted on having that chat. Jenn, that had to be one of the most meaningful discussions I've had throughout the entirety of Winks' project. You gave Winks so much to think about it, and I'll most likely remember it for years to come. And then Feast happened...your song was wonderful, and when you disappeared I found myself just as emotional as people who've had the pleasure of interacting with you much longer than I have. As for Goose, well, when Maja started singing one of my favorite songs in the world ever (and one of the few guaranteed to get me crying), I was done. Goose, I know I already told you a couple times, but your rendition of that song was incredible, and thank you so much.

The Bromance Lives On: Winks and Tobar, a friendship for the ages. When Tobar and Ruindol were getting married back in May, Winks took it upon himself to be Tobar's best man when he saw that even though Ruindol had Morwenne, Tobar didn't have anyone. Fast forward to the plan for them to get married again in front of Cymoril, and Tobar says to Winks "how about we make it official this time...Winks, will you be my best man?" Zach, I continue to thoroughly enjoy our roleplay and look forward to seeing everything that happens in the future.

A couple other random awesome things:
-Stuff and things with certain people...yeah...
-Getting a couple more runes for Winks.
-Playing the goblin slap-drum with the bards at feast.
-Getting a white dragon spirit on loan for main mod...what a rush! Also the RP afterwards with Danny, Philadin, and Takouri was pretty great.
-Chats with Dr. Maxwell.
-As William, hearing that my cousin has arrived in Travance, yet completely missing her.
-Also as William, a very surprising discussion with the Seneschal.

See everyone at Dexcon, and if not, then at the July event!

Was great returning to Travance and seeing so many familiar faces and quite a few new ones. Didn't get to participate in as much due to health issues but still had a fantastic time observing, helping where I could, and interacting with players. Couple thank yous:

- thanks to Kaledonia for hosting two dwarves and two younglings in their lands
- thanks to Norm and the Safety team for their efforts and potential assistance should I have needed it (luckily didn't)

Other highlights:
- interesting mass in Pendarvin on Friday night.
- watching the determined efforts to get feast done in a reasonable time and getting to help wherever I could
- short discussion with the Baroness Saturday afternoon
- the Baroness' solo followed by her disappearance
- fantastic discussions with Thalia and Birgitta while guarding the Phocus
- record number of entrants in our drawing

Truly was great to make the trip to KR and so enjoyed the time there. You are all fantastic people and together, as a community, make your story live and breathe. Truly amazing!!!

Brendan Barrett wrote: Realizing I hadn't used a single periodic through the day.

Dude, you walked up to a slaver I NPC's and did this awesome spin thingie and called Trip! Nice combat role-play!