On the way down from Syracuse, my crew and I were trying to find some decent tunes on northern pennsylvanian radio. After sifting through ten channels of religious whatnot we finally stumbled on a severe patch of forboding irony so strong that if I could see the future it would have killed me dead. It was Van Halen's "Why Can't This Be Love?" Truer words have never before been expressed through 80s rock.
Anyway onto favorites, but first, witty rebuttal:
Ren Suzume said:
Ren did not "lose it," Amelia lost it. Amelia is boring and imperfect. In my defense, Tab, Will and Spider eye (whose oog name escapes me) at stupid o'clock. I bow to comedic skill greater than my self-control.
Come on now, even when trying to act boring I couldn't help but sit in rapt attention. No one who can stand up to that friday night onslaught and be 90 percent unruffled can possibly be considered boring or imperfect. If I were a stone elf in that situation I would have laughed myself into a race change.
Rebuttal complete. Funny rating: Not that funny, try harder next time. Bummer.
Moving on.
My one true favorite moment of the weekend was that same friday night barrage of roleplay that can be defined in game terms as Love Potion Number Nine + Intoxicate = It's not easy being green.
Ren mentions blood in some fashion: "I love it when you say blood like that."
High Orc confessions: "I got some I want to say to you. I ... like you. I
like like you. No, five times that, with no commas or spaces. Likelikelikelikelike."
Stone Elf defense: "Fine. I'll be boring then. We start with: Logic.
blah blah blah blah blah"
High Ogre observation : "He has no idea what she am saying, but he love the way she say it."
High Orc flexes his brain muscles: "I be smart too. ::Teaches a lesson on sword parts and types.:: Knives are single bladed, asymmetrical..."
Tusked surprise: "What the crap just fell out of his mouth!?"
Greenskin goodnight: "I wuuuuuv youuuuuu!"
Ursul speaks: "You am pansy."
That is the abridged version, the real was louder and full of more instances of weird than I thought possible.
Stuff You May Or May Not Have Seen Unless You Were Ren, Because Then You Had To.
Orc Gifts: Handful of Weedflowers, still dripping dirt. Purify potion. Kobold finger with a ring on it, wrapped in black satin, which attached Haiku. Thanks to Alymere for the dictation.
Orc Attentions: Chalkdust rubbed on cheks to look more Stone Elfy. Gypsy Cursed to speak with the diction of a Stone Elf to impress her.
Yeah, I'm corny. Also, awesome.
Orcs in Love
Oogra locks eyes with Spidereye for just a little too long on the battlefield, Spidereye takes three steps towards a kobold then IT dawns on him...Aw crap, her too.
Honor Duel...twice.
Charged and emotional shouting session. Phart tries to help, but Oogra wont listen.
Ursul speaks: "You am pansy."
Some Miscellaneous: The kobold that rang a bell three feet from my head while sleeping. Joke's on you, I never even knew you were there. Also, Alymere killed you, nyah.
Thanks again to staff, NPCs and everyone who played this weekend. I can't wait for October.
Collin / Spidereye