Favorite Moments, October 2014

[Nixon]

The first card that Madrigus pulled.
The last card that Blind Molly pulled.
Meeting a 13yo, and not caring... cause Demon.
Calling a dragon "Princess"... and paying the price.
Blessing and cursing the book club.
Wow, Ed. wow.
The meeting of the Bound... and the uninvited member shows up. (Awkward!)
All the warnings... and all the consoling voices.
Leo's kind words, then he dies.
Mason's words. Good, bad, and ugly.
JD's words.
Gabriel's.
And...
"Well, I'm not gonna let you drink alone".
"So I'm thinking that you may not want people to find out about this, right?"
Blocking a Master-Ninja swing and hearing the call "DEATH". (Visualize almost being hit by a bus... Vrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooooooooom!!!)
Being a complete ice-cold Pro on Saturday night... and crying on the battlefield on Sunday.
Being healed by a friend, no matter what side she's on.

Introducing Lady Dragon to Nile.

Nile. Ten times Nile.

And finally... "ROBOTS!"

Thank you, everyone.

[Aaron]

Oh, I forgot to add, repairing armor for all of those people with really big armor. It's a good feeling knowing I just got a tank back out onto the field.

[Madrigus]

Just remembered a late-night conversation between a certain bearded NPC, myself, and Ryan about vegan vampires. We had decided that they sucked the cellulose from plants, then we had Brett settle the discussion:
"Oh, no, they still eat people. They just go for the vegetables." Walks away.

"Can you hold this for me for a sec?" Holds out Boffernomicon to random person walking in the same direction as me. "I need to fix my bag."
"Uh, yeah, I guess." Takes it.
"Clarification, it feels warm and has a pulse."
Response is a look of horror, shock, and fear. WONDERFUL! I think Kelsey had the best reaction in attempting to figure out if it was alive or not.

Mason's growing Thousand Yard Stare as I told his fortune. Being able to shake a player with accurate predictions has to be the best OOG skill to use IG.

Sally's motivational games while doing the walk back from the Game of Seasons' Throne mod.

One of my very favorite has to be: Saturday evening I saw Hartigan steal the last porch chair. Jealous I laid down in the grass for a sunlight nap, only to be joined by Leslie, Maxwell, and two others. Sitting there, shooting the breeze, relaxing while waiting for impending doom to become inevitable reality, was amazing. Also playing catch with Ryan and one of the other hobos was a little less awesome, but still really brought in a feeling of being in Whisper Hill. It's the mundane things that really break that fourth wall. Thank you to all those involved, may we have many more sunlight hillside chitchats.

[Shar]

[Amelia Casselman]

[Nixon]

[Artemis]

[redraverfae]

[vVv]

i've been putting off doing this because i couldn't possibly catch it all at once..

*a tarot reading from madrigus first thing on arriving, which was so hilariously accurate i had trouble keeping up the facade of confusion.. basically like: YOU'RE A CHANGELING, KID. BETTER FIGURE THINGS OUT FAST.

*victor's slow realization, through numerous conversations, that demons exist and HOLY CRAP I ALREADY MADE FRIENDS WITH TWO!! subsequently lurking 'round, attempting to find the others so that i could befriend them, too, cuz they know how to have fun! winning alanna's friendship, and empathizing about the similarity between demon summoning and the foster care system.

*nile &hartighan's piece by piece revelation of their observations about victor's nature, culminating in their decision to just come out and tell me, since everyone else kept skirtin' around it - then, just as the words were about to be said, them being pulled away for a mod.. awkwardly approaching them in the diner afterward, "soooo.. how'd it go.. and umm.. so what were you gonna say before?" and, of course, Super Spy Business Job wow cool!!

*madrigus's sharing of hilarious inside jokes about his past on the back porch, and of course that beer someone who is obviously not madrigus snuck into the rave for me. why would a demon aid a thirteen year old in her relentless pursuit of reckless mischief?

*as if victor's own trickery, invasion of personal space, harassment, and constant belittling of sally weren't enough, the poor man also gets held responsible for my actions. whenever someone tried to warn me that he might not be a great role model, "ohhh he's super dumb, i know! but he's fun to play tricks on and mess with."

*that conversation with the dusk fey scout in the diner, right before the king was about to arrive. "last time i came here looking for fun.."

*during the dusk vs dawn battle, while having a maimed leg tended, the dusk king just comes over, scoops us both up at once, and puts us down a few feet back without interrupting the treatment. victor develops instant crush on dusk king: "wowwww, that was, like, dreamy!"

*getting to know pandora, and her super awesome origin story.

*maxwell's robot dance.

*JD's narration of the squatch tour. flawless. also, sally's hilarious sasquatch-frozen-in-time-while-eating pose.

*asleep in the cabin after the battle saturday night: door opens, shadow appears in doorway. "clarification - get in a comfortable position.. by my voice, paralyze by dread!" victor realizes nothing's happening to her specifically, therefore does not care, returns quickly to sleep. learning the story in the morning and having the humor of that experience enhanced even further.

*dying during the battle sunday morning, and screaming for help for 30 seconds while people carried me to the back of the line and dumped me there, repeatedly saying "i think she just went insane". when someone does finally think to check, it is about 4 seconds after i bled out. hearing people repeatedly check thereafter, and the guilty reactions when i pronounce "dead". coming back from the trip to the hospital after being dragged back to life by some strange voice, reeeeally bitter &cynical, and laughing maniacally when people ask how i'm doing, but still also kinda excited: "i think i died! i never died before!" nile:"kid, you broke rule #1.. *hug*"

*in general, roleplaying the transformations victor went through over the course of the weekend, and her wide eyed excitement over all the "fun" things that were happening.. "my first time EVER killing anything! cooool!" "my first time getting shot, wow!" "i'm sooooo drunk!" 13-yr-old-girl plus fey equals reeeeeally screwed up definitions of a good time

[Sally]