May 2016 Highlights !!!

This event had a lot of ups and downs for me but I'm happy that in the end the good outweighed the bad.

-Got into a battle of wills with Chet the Londwyn about how the Baronial Unicorn is a real living animal. (Jeff, when you just starting calling me Mr. Unicorn I nearly lost it )

-Kardin finally got to know Sebastian the Onyx Guard and swapped a story or two.

-The walk with Arradir and Maer to inform Willi of horrible events was tough and great RP. Fighting for justice is one thing, but a Guard's job is to aid the citizens of Travance, especially a good friend. And that sometimes means words to remind them of happiness, not just swinging a sword around. (Joey and Matt you guys were rock solid)

-Being present for the Tanwyn invention of the sex-swing and its implications.

-Getting back into a revitalized Druid's Grove. Those badges were so cool! Also getting to see good friends rise to positions that I know they are the best for. Nesterin's gonna decay the shit out of those sickly sweet plants.

-Getting to know the Alisandrians better and speaking to Ib and Cyndra about the balance of good and evil in Travance.

-Everything that was 'Indiana Armister and the Anchor of the First Age'

-All of the Pendarvin shenanigans especially the dueling. It was great fun and much cabbage was thrown for the spirit of jolly good fighting.

-Meeting a literal example of Kardin's former religion, a Kami named Miyori. And getting practice in helping people with tying laces for corsets, belts, amd stuff.

-Interacting with Jed for the very first time and doing it in the dead of night. (Some of the voice trembling wasn't forces that place os legitimately scary at night).

-Helping with the Northman ritual and accidentally courting an Aguarran High Priestess of the Veneir. Kardin had some time with Willi and Sebastian to think on the ties that bind people together but he's so not prepared at all.

-Meeting such dignified people in Ostiff and learning about manners with Izzy of Londwyn.

-Speaking with Argyle about his duel and why we choose our actions. This will stick with both Kardin and Ben for a long time.

-Getting baptized to Gaia with the North's resident Moral Compass, Caldor, and havin Kardin iron-convictions recognized.

-The final Master Warrior lessons with Jack Thorn, Duncan, Rook (standing in for Brigitta, thank god), Rudy Stonebar, Arradir, Snow, and Doorwick. This was insane and wonderful and thank you all for taking part.

-Being hired to perform at Marcus's next anniversary and the naming of his second born son, Shaft Assblaster. Mazel Tov.

-Winning the Best RP Award by hearing demon fighting twice, missing both times, camping out downstairs for the next eventual demon attack and falling asleep IRL on the bar in my shirt and boxers holding my weapons.

-Kardin playing piano

-Vampirate Crab People

-And everyone who took the time to speak to me and help me get through the weekend should know that you are all wonderful people who should know how much you did to help. So thank you from the bottom of my heart.

I may take a break from KR for a while. I'm not sure when I'll be coming back but know that it'll be because of all the wonderful people I'm graced to call friend.

Friday:
So many customers at the Blackbird! Granted, everyone had to be there for wine tasting, but it still made me warm and fuzzy inside to see all my hard work making the BB better pay off BLACK BIRD IS OPEN ON SATURDAY, TOO, YOU KNOW!

Miss D, while you are ridiculous and will probably be murdered by Jade sometime in the near future, you make me giggle.

Come to find out husband is under arrest, but still walking around as a free man, and therefore making jokes about how the guard is terrible at their jobs.

I was super duper tired from the week leading up to KR, so I went to sleep. I get woken up by Calven saying husband is dead. I crawl out of bed, still dazed from sleepiness, and see his dead body outside of the Baron's manor. All I have to say is that y'all mofos are so lucky I was a zombie OOG because Wili would have lost her shiz and stabbed all of you. Thanks for doing the right thing, Tanwyns, because I'm sure I never would have gotten a courtesy call that husband was executed without you. Anyway, he comes back through the focus, and I get to go back to sleep.

Wili holds grudges. She holds them hard. Just throwing that out there.

Saturday:
Operation: Save a kidnapped Tanwyn, part 2. I have now assisted in the rescuing of 2/5 brothers. Dissect is also my favorite skill, and I'm super happy I have lots of buddies that also like chopping things up and trading with me. I have quite the heart collection.

Main mod hydration specialist! DEAR GERMAPHOBES- IF I SPECIFICALLY SCRUB A BOTTLE FOR YOU AND ENSURE IT REMAINS UNTOUCHED JUST FOR YOU AND YOU STILL REFUSE TO HYDRATE, I WILL SICK A SAFETY MARSHALL ON YOU NEXT TIME. Seriously. We don't need people passing out from dehydration. Meanwhile, shouting at my little vampire babies to leave no Travancian alive was super fun. Also counting how many times Mahoney ran past one of the gate pieces was very amusing. You got to 8 times, and one piece was actually stepped on at least four times.

Get changed back into Wili clothes, making my way up to the BB and get kidnapped. AGAIN. At least it was a different character this time, but still. Lots of waiting in logistics for the mod to actually go off. I really need to sign up for a Ben shift one of these days, because you send out the silliest things, sir. Lots of shenanigans and words happened, then Dimitri got poisoned, and I saved him!!!! I was actually useful!!! I was so proud of myself, but then Alyce tried to take credit and was promptly shut down by Rook. Thanks for having my back, boo. Also thanks for rescuing me, everybody!

SO WOW THIS EVENT

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best event i've had in a while!!!!! (not that past one's were bad. this just blew me out of the water)

Quanarian mod was great, had a blast at the Venier/Agguaran ritual. Val was surprised at how thrilling it was, and was honored to be called brave, (shout out to blockus for that great 2 second interaction haha)

bob explaining what makes it a ritual was pretty funny :lol: wish i could quote that directly !

the londwynian court fiasco was fantastic and thoroughly confused valanye, who now thinks that's how diplomacy works.

really liked the concept of the community roleplay point, had a lot of fun deliberating who i wanted to pass it off to, and finally deciding after wormwood shouted TERRORIZE at the young guardsman trying to pour "victory cabbage" over his head after winning a sword fighting competition

"so, what did keavy say about me?" "UHH . INTERESTING THINGS. BYE." *180's out the door*

holy hell being the dark dwarf ambassador was a ridiculous amount of fun. Really great interactions, really immersive roleplay, 10/10 brazen mass, would brazen again. i mean hey duncan, ya really convinced them! also also thalia was so ready for this. kudos!


but by far the best part of my weekend was the conclusion to the plague drinker saga and getting to wield that crazy bane decay sword.
"i need a young druid/ranger to take this sword..." *everyone in the area quickly turns to look at valanye, someone shoves her a bit forward* "um. Hi. guess thats me hehe" (thanks mat calo! way to make this noobie feel useful!) special shout out to will hannings, who as the plague drinker, stayed true to form by shouting "YOU!" at regular intervals and beating me down relentlessly as predicted by kormac. haha, you deserve all the applause after that fight

I don't think valanye had ever felt so supported as when no one else in that fight would let her stay down for more than two seconds. when anyone could have picked up the sword and kept going, you picked her up and told her to keep going. you are all fantastic players and that was such a great moment. unbelievable sense of unity, much love for all y'all!

I'm getting to the point in my larp career where taking chances and going on mods that could be really crazy, or diving deep into roleplaying isn't intimidating anymore and that is SUCH a good feeling. really feel like i'm getting a good handle on Valanye as a character and i'm super excited for her future in travance :blush: and it's all thanks to the players at this game, big thanks to all

I wanna thank Goose for being Goose. Hearing him and seeing him interact with people is just always fun. Also I call my cheat days "Goose days"... for reasons.

I wanna thank Chris Mack for all the Ludwig-ness. Just so much fun.

Joe & MB... all your hard work is always appreciated.

Chris Lotano/Edmund... you gave me a goal, now it's up to me to earn it.

Craig A... seeing how you jump from profession to profession... it's amusing until I see how you play it. Then I realize there's a deeper level to it and i never made the connection why you did it until now... Wow.

Rachel... you always give me the warmest greetings, and it makes me so happy to be on the receiving end of those hugs.

Alice... your evolution into who you are now was great to see, and showing off that you're not someone to F with was great.

To the new elf ranger I met who was with Nysterin (sorry, totally blanked on your name), it was a great talk. You reminded me of what it was to be new and how overwhelming things can be, but at the same time... you can't let it intimidate you from jumping in. I needed that. Thanks.

If I'm leaving anyone out, it's cause it's been a long day and my trip home from event was very long.

First, I have to tell Matt M. - this is the first time since year 1 of KR that I have passed out cold after getting home from game. I was asleep by 9.45 and slept till my alarm at 8. So thank you for that.

I have to shout-out to several people that I don't normally interact with much - Godric, for obvious reasons, and for the chats on Sunday. Silas/Sylus Crone (not sure what spelling he uses) for levitating my dying self to safety several times. Dr. Walker for our awesome team-up and ass-kicking. Snow for an interesting walk and talk ending with finding a Gnome instead of a vampire. Jackdaw for not being scared off by Lorelai's cryptic way of getting info. Max for the Pendarvin 'assassin' game, and our team-up. Zelretch, for helping Oren beat me up on Sunday after I was already pulp from Saturday night. Will Bartlett for being the Vampire I needed (though not the one I wanted). Brik Brockles for being the best Goblin. Evrat for making Lorelai think - a lot. Angeliana for the same. Chuck and various pre-main mod undead for respawning on the path to give me something fun to do - I hope you all know I was fighting you with my sword in one hand and mug of tea in the other.

Last shout-out goes to my vampire NPC buddies. I wasn't expecting to be -your- Main Mod Boss, but I hope it was fun. Ow. And thank you to Stacy, Matt, Geoff, and anyone else that became a blur to help me on Saturday night after the fight.

I still cannot believe that fight. I thought I'd fought hard at game before...and I'm sure I have, but damn, do I feel it. I spent my card, all defenses and bonuses and buffs, all items, all scrolls (except one! I didn't need Truth Ear on the battlefield...weird.) and literally had to spend the night telling Travance they could handle the undead for the evening, as I did my job, and if they wanted me to fight, they could kill me first. (I also was told by Stacy that if she saw me up and about she'd box my ears... )

Seriously. Thank you for all the support and compliments. I really felt stunned.

I also LOVED interacting with the folks from VIS again, and going into the Rift was fun (except when my all-new sword broke and I had to leave the mod to get another).

All the jokes about the Chronicle's front page (thanks, Devin) and the random people reporting shit to me at various times was pretty great. I'm glad you guys liked it this month. Get pumped for some major stuff at WITL!

Cassie, talking with Lois always makes my day. Lorelai considers her a touchstone and a source of stability.

Maer walking in on the "You'd all make terrible Witch Hunters" talk on the road. His reaction of "No, you're right".

Ok that's all I recall right now. Will edit later when I inevitably remember more.

What an interesting event.

Friday night opened up with a crazy-crowded Blackbird. Great money, interesting conversations; had a lot of fun annoying Cade by giving unsatisfactory but true answers for what Maer does for a living.

I met the count for the first time... in the form of him executing my boss and throwing an emerald at me. Still sort of processing that.
This was immediately followed by collecting Wili and getting Sebastien brought back. I was a little too stressed about the whole ordeal to be inside while the revival process was happening, but I listened from outside.

Saturday was... a bit of a blur. 'Assisted' with meeting the New Gaaldron, and by that I mean... was a physical presense because they didn't want to talk to a title-less anyone.
Attended the Pendarvin party, was coerced into the dueling tournament because Arradir needed a seed partner to get into the preliminaries... and I somehow made it into the finals. Guess some people know that I can sort of fight now. May have to be more careful.

Had a pleasant conversation with Cyndra and a few other Alissandrians about morality and balance. I hope I have the opportunity to speak to her again.

Had a very dangerous conversation with Allyce, then Wili, then finally Sebastien concerning Maer's... precarious position, that took a massive weight off my shoulders.

Got off NPC shift and out of the Adventurer's Guild in time to see Nesterin evading capture. Quick altercation later I get told Wili got kidnapped. Determined to finally be of use to my friends, I... promptly get told that I should just wait in the Blackbird until the whole ordeal boils over. So I do that for two hours. HEY GUYS THE BLACKBIRD IS OPEN ON SATURDAYS!
Exhausted, worried for my friends, and more than a little useless, I sulk over to the bar where I discover that I have a kicked-puppy face strong enough to kill a man.
Afterward had some interesting interaction with Allyce and Oren, making an effort to lift each other's spirits (and free mine, thanks to yet another possession. Lots of people picking Maer's brain, it seems.)

Sunday was much lighter-hearted and was highlighted by aiding Arradir in his first Master Warrior lesson, in the form of pretending to be a damsel in distress he had to protect from three attackers. I thoroughly enjoy helping people with lessons, gotta pick up Teach next event.

All in all the weekend was... interesting. On the one hand, I went through most of it feeling largely useless and powerless to the chaos around me. On the other hand, I now know for certain who my allies and friends are, and I think I finally have a direction to move in.