*Thanks everyone for playing along with Sally Voorhees, murderer of Darkened Townies. Special shout out to Levi, Hana, Adam Goddamn Campbell, V. and Billy for really going along with it. I have no idea where this dreadful train is going.
*Booker. Jesus Christ, Poncho Vampire, you are hilarious in so many terrible ways.
*Watching Eden drop a Super Thek with a stun to Finish the Mod. Watching Madrigus book-club Fomorri to death.
*Watching Adam Morsi make a beeline for Blightmaw, Dragon of the Dusk Court. What is it with you Crocodilia and the fey Dragons?
*The Entirety of the Ed & Quay's victory of the Dusk Court challenge. As a dude already part of the Dusk Court as an underling, seeing you sneaky fucks Sneakily Fuck was great. Special Shout out to Liberty Blue for going all Bilbo Baggins in there. Extra special shout out to Ed and Quay for owning the fuck of that "We were following the rules" follow up. The phrase "LIKE A BOSS" is pretty applicable there.
*Leslie's fucking DANCE PUPPET, DANCE! during the Cave
*Ezekial Parsons facing off with Eden, Gondorf, Billy, and Lou in a Talk-Off. Me and Vacily standing there, trying to be cordial to one another but both ready to just let loose. Lou, you bold, brash, beautiful motherfucker you.
*Victor handling the Dusk Court Dragon- as a Lady of the Court, that is her station, of course.
*Watching Malcolm Hunt go to fucking town when the Art Collector's vamper (::coughDraculacough::) goons showed up. Adam is an artist.
*Mr. Henry's "Come At Me, Cuz" with the Malakim. If you ever find yourself at the start of an encounter where somebody's swinging their dick, just step back and watch how Mr. Henry handles those situations.
*Leo. Poor, sobbing, Leo.
*Watching Agent Bernardo adjust to Whisper Hill and handle things like a pro
*Team Typewriter.
*Herne taking no shit and Lightsaber Dragoning our defense of the cave
*Alice and Chloe having NONE OF THIS SHIT with Ezekial and Adam. Adam fucking Campbell. If you have not talked to Ezekial Parsons, do give a try. After about 2 minutes you'll have converted to the Dark Side without even realizing.
*At least 5 times this weekend, things would start to Get Bad and we would be in need of artillery support... and then there was Ariel. "One Damage by Acid!" in quick successions were a godsend... er... uh, hellsend.
*Poor, poor Quay's reaction to the "Triangle Speech." I think I gave the Triangle Speech a dozen times this weekend.
*BRETT GETTING PHOTOS OF THE DUSK KING. Photos I'm sure will be printed and tacked to the walls of #3 Main St, thanks to Victor Jones.
*Always Vigilant, Always Faithful, Soldier.
*The tension with V. leading up to the Showdown.
*Jake goddamn Mandell in a bathrobe, Gryffindor scarf, and wielding a tree branch.
*"Short Root by Fun Fact!"
*Having pleasant and practical conversations with Amarok.
*The HEARTBREAKING RP of the AA meeting. Red, Chloe, Liberty, Ness, Jaime Kennigan, Harold (?) the Townie, JD, Dr. Kennigan (fucking BOOKER and V).
* "If you get a gift of clothing from Sally Lautner, it's not really broken in until it is stained in blood." True that.
*Levi and Leo dancing around the Reaper.
*Awkward Conversations with Hana Sova and Kelsey Graham. <3
*Watching Billy St. Francis be Billy St. Francis.
*Trying to keep my accent straight with Gary Morok/Madrigus around. I'm sorry for any residents of the Twilight Vale that had to deal with a Mask-Wearing, British-Speaking Sally-Shaped dude a couple times. (ROOKS, ROOKS, BLOODY BLOODY ROOKS).
*Lou 'pulling people over the ramp railing' with Blue Collar Strength.
*Dr. Kennigan. Now. Forever. Always.
*The absolute HORROR on Alice's face in regard to the Portal Mod.
*Just the general discussion of how we're getting rid of a body now a days. We really are a pack of monsters.
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Sneaking away to scout the next cabin and realizing I was trapped (out of support from Liberty and the rest). Knocking the guy on his ass and outrunning him, then quipping "The bad guys really need to do more cardio!"
The Spectrum mod. Go team ruthless! Also, you storytellers are evil geniuses for the things you do to us.
Getting to finally stun someone! Couldn't have happened to a nicer person. Also interrogating that evil bastard beforehand, then realizing that while Nick is just fine with words, he can't pragmatic away the horror when he sees it happen right in front of him.
The expression on Brett's face when super-happy-research-funtimes were revealed to him.
That moment when the checklist was completed.
Black suit? Check.
Sunglasses? Check.
Tower flashlight with a red light that can blink on and off? Check.
The Noisy Cricket? Check.
.......
Transformation complete: I AM THE MIB!!!!!
The noisy cricket in general was so much fun; in particular shooting it and then holding it up in the air as you lie on your ass for someone else to take it was highly amusing.
Senor: your suit is to die for.
Psychological counseling with Liberty
The light going on about the casefiles; sometimes a Scythe is not JUST a scythe...
And of course, realizing that I now need to investigate more elements of my past because they JUST KEEP COMING BACK to bite me.
Fantastic LARP, will plot and scheme again.
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As always, it's the interactions I get to have with my fellow PCs and the NPCs that really do make these events for me. Billy very rarely gets to be a badass, so really it's the interactions that make my event. So, without further ado...
Thank you to Elizabeth Heath as Autumn, letting me do some reading in Aquinaki (actually Abenaki in real life). It has been a long time since I have read aloud in that language, and it felt good to get comfortable with it as I went.
Thank you to the players of Leslie, Jacob, Ness, Victor, and Hannah for all the interactions, information, and genuine emotion these conversations lead to. Each of you respond so very differently to Billy, and it is always enjoyable to see just how these differences work out.
Thank you to the players of Eden Jones, Nick Sleet, Henry Gondorf, Michael Strife, Ed (no last name needed, he is the once and future Ed), and all the rest of Team Good Guy for fighting the good fight in the quiet of the night. Getting the job done behind the scenes is the hardest of them all.
Thank you to the Book Club of Bad Decisions for using my hammer to break the Well of Bones. That is so totally getting turned into a fetish weapon now.
Thank you to Alice, Harry, and the others who came with me to the Tribal Council meeting, and thank you to the NPCs at that meeting. Showing the tribe in a political way is a direction few games go, and I am always impressed by this game's choice to show it as such.
Thank you to Levi, Malcolm, Lou, and the NPC staff in the Cave of Whispers for those tense moments of cold and danger. It was seriously FREEZING in that cave, and coupled with the image of the gate and the sussurant creepy music? And the sounds of combat outside? Honestly, stepping outside made the fear that we were going to be overwhelmed LESS, oddly enough.
I still haven't seen the Gate itself, and I am okay with this.
And finally, thank you to Vasili, Ezekiel Parsons, and Adam Campbell for some great conversations with the Darkened. The first step to fighting your enemy is understanding them, after all. And now, Billy understands them better.
So, for personal favorite moments...
"You heard the Lady, cousin."
"Can I have the box?" *LASER BEAM*
"Hi, I'm Billy St. Francis, and this is Jackass!" *SLAM BY ELDRITCH*
"I swear to God, if one more person says 'Welcome to Whisper Hill', I am going to burn something down!"
"Dance, puppet, dance!" *Pause* "Oh, wait. Sorry, Billy." #notreallysorry #Leslieisneversorry
When the lights went off in the Triple A Diner... and those of us who stayed behind to keep the fires burning...
Being the main investigator when looking for Tabitha after the power came back on. Scooby Doo chases should always end with an innocent victim getting stabbed in back by a high school history teacher armed with a needle full of medical grade sedative! Oh, wait...
Apparently, bows also like Billy.
John Henry, the dubstep remix.
Getting my sanity blasted away AGAIN by Gog and Magog, only to have them follow me around while Billy brokenly attempted to balance only even numbers of leaves in his hand, repeating his own insane ramblings back to him in ways of further showing just how broken of a toy he is ("Broken boy." "Broken toy who thinks he's a boy.").
The late late show, with two shaman, one spirit, and a bunch of sleeping people. And not being able to sleep myself because I know Amarok is within arms reach of me and I'm just not taking that risk.
There are more moments, but they are beginning to get a little blurry. All in all, I had a blast. Occam's Razor remains the best LARP I have ever played, with the best staff and the best player base I have had the privilege of interacting with. You guys rock my tiny, self-centered world.
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Wish I knew you better V. But it was wonderful seeing all the feels everyone had for you.
Finding myself surrounded by darkened and having Adam Campbell creep up behind me and shout "Boo! You better flee little girl" You're a better person than Hana Kelsey. I left Gondorf to his fate.
Hiding Sally's mask under Rams Bottom cabin. Then leaving it for him on his door step the next morning OOC.
Getting to know Mr. Henry.
Fetch kitties. Fetch Puppies! MAGIC ROBOTS!
Levi. It is a delight playing with you man. To go from a handshake promising to never let you don your armour first things game on to a hand shake promising to let you don your armour and stand by you against the armies of heaven just before game off. Full circle.
Standing in the murder cabin with Dalas as she hold up the creepy sign "Guys it doesn't say happy birthday. It says happy annaversary." Those moment you wish you had more than two shots in your gun.
The White Lady "You must REALLY hate the fae"
"Whisper Mart! Buy under the sign of the i. Cause the i's in the center... on the pyamid."
Asking Sally and JD if anyone has given Victor "The talk" Thank you Scott and Eric for the saturday night awkward. I knew I could count on you.
All the repressed anger being justified and fueled by revelations.
Tying the shoe of a crying rat man while consoling him and telling other people to lay off "he's only like 2"
Getting to see Gog and Mgog. Gog or Mgog standing in the window of the AAA and tracking me as I walked by. (CREEPIEST THING ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH!)
Taunting Leslie high school style in front of the dawn king. "You got a cruuuush!"
Shouting for muscle to fill a gap in the line and having Andre waddle over with his suit and quaint slavic manner pulling out the Cricket and throwing a 15 dam for an instant kill at the fomorian in question. "Vill dat do?" "Yeah that'll do Andre."
Billy standing on the line and six shots either jamming in barrel or falling feet short of him one after another. I have seen it with my own eyes now.
Absolute best moment. Life imitating art. "You can't get out"
Oh yeah.
"PST... Cassie... Welcome to Whisper Hill."
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Getting back to Whisper Hill!
Achievement Unlocked!: Playing With Portals
Achievement Unlocked!: The Cake is a Lie
The conversation with Cyrus D.
Larissa's back!
My First Cabin Raid. Everyone was trying so hard to not laugh.
Saturday
Booker, and Booker's out-of-game face that he made when trying to figure out a way to mispronounce something.
New people!
Defending the diner in the dark. So cool!
ALEX. HERNE. THE DRAGON. LITERALLY.
I give no fucks that he can't see. He wins because he looks fucking terrifying.
V: Deathstrike one! Deathstrike two!
Me: HEAL TWO TO SELF! [whap, rollrollroll]
V: Wily bastard.
All the time spent with Ariel. It's good to have someone in town to talk about all of the not-nice things I think.
Kelsey suggesting Ariel and I open a restaurant called 'Hell's Kitchen.' The two of us really wanna make that happen now. How much is property in Whisper Hill?
Another conversation with Michael Strife about his ominous signs pointing to turning into a werewolf. Thankfully Brett was there for it and we had some good laughs. "Huh, I'd like to meet his tailor."
Rituals with Petrie at the Well of Souls. So sad the rest of Book Club missed the magicks, but it really brought me back to the first time I met Petrie. The ritual we did was really fun and the repetitions actually made it feel more realistic. Getting 'the nod' from Stormcrow was pretty cool too.
My First Typewriter Mod. Oh man did I get myself into something awesome.
Sunday
The entire Canada mod. Especially Lou and Capt Science wrestling about hockey as a distraction. Also sneaking up on the Canadiens... Quebeccians... Idk, I was too bemused the whole time.
I KILLED 3 FORMORI ON MY OWN. WITH THE BOOK.
Lou: DID THAT BOOK JUST EAT SOMEONE?!
Launching a barrage of magic into Balor.
THE END. WAT. WAAAAAT. NO.
Overall
It's nice to see all the complaints about the lack of loot have finally paid off. Literally.
EVERYONE! NPC's, staff, and players alike made this and every event amazing. Even if I didn't list you above, please know that Whisper Hill and my LARP experience as a whole would not be the same without you guys. Love you all.
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Starting Friday Night off with a bang; nothing says "ride the razor's edge" like being nearly voted off this plane of existence. I remember thinking, "Welp, I'm here with two demons. Goodbye cruel world," and then being pleasantly surprised. And then terrified. And then pleasantly surprised. And then terrified again. Two resets later, I'm laying in bed staring at the ceiling with this expression:
Leo - You're on Leslie's shit list. Don - god damn do you make things interesting. Keep it up!
Getting simultaneously chided by all three parties of Spirit World Royalty, and surviving! Captain Science, I am so sorry you got the backlash for that.
Broing it up across the afterlife with Madrigary.
Bug Professor: 'Nuff said. If only Leslie were as interested in all things arthropodean as I am in real life. Seriously, we should compare notes someday although I'm sure you have me beat.
Amelia, as always.
The AA meeting was awkward, then profound, then intense, then comforting.
Getting teased by Hana and Leo right in front of King Arawn as he looks on with stern, kingly disapproval.
THEK HIVE. THEK. HIVE.
Meeting up with Aaschakari (seriously we need someone to teach us to spell that), and having her ask me a very, very ominous question. At that point Leslie realized the truth; there are no surprises. He is living the truman show, except most of the audience apparently wants to use him to as a tool kill the rest of the audience. This whole thing has me wondering: who the hell is Leslie that so many beings of insane power and/or authority are willing to put up with this level of incessant trickster wild card bullshit? How the hell is this guy worth the risk?
Finally, getting to utilize a small arsenal of my new craftable trinkets. Especially those moments in the darkness fight where I hit Ezra with that one thing, and Bartlett with a couple of those other things; each scenario ended with the same reaction. "Aaaaah? [Pause in confusion...] Oh.
... BLEARGH!" This weekend was huge; apologies to anyone I missed. More to come later maybe if I feel like it.
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