Hashonen August 1-3

As mentioned in my previous post, There was a bit of trouble with the event. Sadly it was changed into an adventureday and some roleplay nights because the site lost the reservation. The Bad. We didn't find this out until our caravan was within an hour of site. The dissapointment eminating from the us all was almost palpable. For some of us the trip was only 15 hours, for others it was more like 27. So it's understandable that people would be highly dissapointed with the loss of a game they had already put so much effort into going to. The Good. The staff rallied to pull something together out of the mess and made something awesome. We got a "Tavern night" Friday night and an Adventure Day and some more Tavern Night on Saturday. It was informative, hillarious and worth the trip. I used my real life skills of wit to make people laugh, I intrenched myself in the local plot so I would feel connected to the game and got involved in the story. So Win there for Staff and for me. :) The Nitty Gritty: Friday: We arrived at our generous hosts home as the game staff was in a scramble and panic. I can't even begin to explain how hard that was for them. I can imagine the stress and fear and I don't relish the thought of being in their place. I had baked cookies for them anyway and took that opportunity to dole out hugs and support where I could. The Larp chapter I was helping out at went into Hiatus because of stress and lack of support, so I wanted to be there to help them out as much as I could. A plan was formed, Tavern night, Adventure day, Tavern night. So from there we went out to dinner and then came back to costume up for the Role Play! I am an RP (role-play) junkie for those of you that don't know. I am happy to have a game where there is no combat and we have to solve our problems some other way. I am also happy to fight the whole event and be exahusted when I go home. My game does not ride on me comming out on top, if I can express a wide range of emotions then I am happy. Tavern Night Friday Oh I could tell the stories I heard or the things I said but I will just leave you with my favorite quotes. Just in case there are some Heroic Players reading this. "Oh, do you want a Hug?" (me) "No" (MC) "Damn, that ususally solve half of all my problems..." (me) "What solves the other half?" (MC) "A Knife." (Me) "I like her." (MHL) "Terpreter!!! Terpreter!!" (RP) Saturday: Saturday was turned into an Adventure day where we went to a public park and ran around playing a modified game of capture the flag. 3 Teams, One Powerhouse team, One average team, and one with no magic and all the low levels. The objective was to collect 3 flags hidden around the area, each team wanted all 3 flags.There were mosters roaming the area so you had to watch out for not just the other teams, who through plot effects would look like mosters, but also the roaming enemies. This meant that there was a fair share of PvP (player verses player) with some PvE (player verses enemie). I do not like PvP in LARPs. I think it forsters a toxic atmosphere in the players. Not my cup of tea... There was a way in game to change the PvP aspect to a co-operative game but it hinged on you bumping into one specific PC. That didn't happen because I rped my character the way she would react to waking up in a dream surrounded by no one she knew or trusted. Ditch the people she didn't know and look for someone she knows. I eventually found him (MC), but it was an NPC, which means he wasn't REALY on my side. I then used my other OOG skill ISIP (Intrench Self In Plot) and opened a rabid bag of weasels and inserted my hand into it. He activated my transform and my character became her Transformed self, or as termed by MC and a good friend of mine JK "The Bitch." I am a glorified PNPC when that happens,I have speciffic instructions on how to interact with people and it often causes problems for me later on when I am out of that transform and am back to normal PC status. I was then on my own team and made that whole PVP thing more like PNPCvALL Y'ALL. I can't say I hated it because it solved my fighting people I can see are not having fun, got alot of and I learned a lot about the story. Favorite moments/Quotes "Awe, you killed my Snake!" (me on NPC disitegrating JSK) "Sorry... You turned you back to me and I just couldn't help it.." (Me) "..You aren't alright are you" (JH) "Astute you are..." (me) Satruday Night: Second evening of RPs. Part of my reasons for going to Hashonen was to repair some magic items I have on my character. For IG reasons if they weren't fixed I was going to turn my character over to plot at the next game, so I had high motivations to get that fixed. This was my first attempt at High Magic alone so understandably I went overboard as to not flop. However I did however open said rabid bag of weasels and inster other hand. Then there was alot of crazy whojo with madness that I avoided because of character history. Favortie Quotes "I can make those shoot out lightning" (Player I don't know his initials of) "Who says they can't already?" (me) "What?!? All I said was science..." (same unknown player above) "Nope, NO, Uh-uh! I have been insane before, I do not need assistance remembering..." (me) Over All: One of my favorite weekends. My only regret is not being able to attend their game this weekend... :( I am so excited for their game in October.

Failure on reply, Success on costuming.

So I said that I would post up some pictures of the overdress. As you can guess from the title, that isn't happening. Through several shenanigans the game was cancled, or turned into a couple rp nights and an adventure day. The dress worked out, but I don't have any images on how the the stitching held up. Forgive my tardy, lazy and incomplete follow up. I am not going to lie and say I am ashamed as I had way to much fun at Hashonnen.