November 2023 - Month of the Possum

[Sage (Cast)]

Wow, what a season-ender!! Post your memories here!

[Pavel Vesely]

Was only present for the latter half of Saturday, but here's what I've got:

•Air Spins + Steel Vambrace = Merry-go-slap. Can I just lay here a few minutes? The room's spinning, my stomach's spinning. Everything that shouldn't is spinning
· Ryn and Globetrot take Luis to the fingernail factory. Gritting his teeth, he remarks that it's high time something put a (Glasgow) smile on his face for once.
•Turns out shit's more FUBAR than previously noticed. Ryn starts pummeling Luis. After a few moments of calmly speaking to her, Luis gives up the ghost. Ryn tries to push it back into him to little effect.
•Lexicus: "You are a coward and a weasel". Luis: "Yesiree. Now, gimme five minutes to think."
•Wake up in Dog's arms. Tag to Pav via KO and stash.
•Can't jam. Mood feels off. Halfling senses tingling, must poke nose into matter.
•Madame Trix's Circus was a sham? I'm hurt... There has to be some reason...
•Candlewick reads the noticeboard for Pav. Money... Spiders... AAAAAAAAA! Hurriedly fumble through my bag before spiking two rocks into a corner.
•Tag back in prep for the ritual. Morrigan draws on Luis' face while he's out, cleans it up in a change of heart. Her son still loots my silver, couple others swipe my cash.
•Have a brief chat with Zilyana, assuring cooperation for the ritual.
•Z. Spoke. To me. Directly. Third person assured that Luis is through with running. Things came full circle, being the original sacrifice volunteer.
•Zilyana collects me. We continue our conversation en route to the ritual site.
•Eviscerated. Entered. Helping hold my own guts open. Val playing my intercostal nerves like a fiddle. Metal ritual was metal. Fully expected to perish, yet they still dragged me back. Still bandaged me up, despite the request to be left behind that they might save themselves.
•Re-enter Pav.
•Air feels different. Finding a groove again. Pav is nightblind. No shooty for him this time, only harp... Harp... [Harp envy intensifies.]
•Mini spiders. Dodge one. Notice. Bail out a sealed window. Ow. Egads. Lyre still in there. Nanti bona. Help?
•Dollface? Ooh. What's that. Pav is hungry, and only spook info can scratch the itch.
•Pull a vision to try and get an inkling as to why the town would lie about a circus. Get just enough for a cryptic parting statement. Thanks, God.

[Malva]

Getting diagnosed with adhd by a buffy the vampire slayer tarot card deck

[Quill]

Fri
- Mummy & nightmares show up!!
- Finally met Marwhel because Quill’s attempting to get on her good side (This will not work.)
- Amber convinces Quill fauns shed their skin once a month
- “The world MAY be a boiled egg.” - Kondor
Sat
- Ohhhh there are so many monkeys in my circus and I am not a very good circus owner!
- Parrot spider tries to lure us away???? Very neat!!!
- Kondor disappears, Franklin says it’s fine and not to worry abt it so I guess he’s fine
- Oopsie he actually got his legs snapped and teleported to the boneyard
- Evil magic bird appears. Brummbar plays the angry birds theme on the kazoo to appease him, immediately gets a void kills to the fucking head
- Psychic ritual was very cool! Weirdly fun to be highly paranoid in the dead of night waving a stick into the darkness while listening to Luis scream and Z shouting at an orb
- Get back to the field only to immediately get entranced by flowers
- Get back to the inn only to immediately get beat up by Bumble
- Get back to the inn x2 (immediately after jumping out the window after Z) and finally find my way to the bunkrooms
- Casually leave the bunkrooms, turn to see a fuckton of spiders, immediately return to the bunkrooms
- Get cocooned in the doorway and honestly enjoy the opportunity to sit down for a moment
- Oh nevermind now I’m also getting eaten by spiders and nobody can reach me because of webs, immediately come to terms with Quill’s oncoming death until I get saved by Callum (v fun tho thank u cast lol)
- Old man Ambrose just leans over and takes a gentle bite out of the apple Rincewind is holding. I desperately want him to meet Marwhel.
- Fight skeletons for a while and then one takes my polearm ok im going on strike let me rest please
- Rincewind goes away, I am healed but don’t bother to get off the floor so a nice game of floor gang cards with Amber, Kondor, and Callum
Sun
- Enchanted salesmen (accidentally?) scam Brummbar
- I’m sleepy so nothing productive was done

[Z]

Good last game of the season everyone!

Friday
- Peter is around! And wants to help out best he can
- Meet some of the newer folks around, I'm a little worried about this older fellow Ambrose, Holdfast attracts all sorts of people
- Help the best I can with Miss Benjamin's Nightmares, mostly by taking injured people inside
- Talk with Eliza Benjamin a bit, I'm a little flustered from everything going on and am not the best composed but we have an interesting conversation regardless
- Find out a town member has been murdered and nothing has been done about it, and that there are also no actual laws here??? What???
- Do my best to write up some quick ones and throw them up on the notice board, it isn't much, and there isn't anything I can do to enforce them, but I have to try regardless
- It's getting late, do some more collection work before going to bed and thank everyone for their donations, it's for a good cause

Saturday
- Z comes in from the woods, get my morning breakfast, everything seems pretty good
- Kez double checks that I'm good to help with his ritual later on, yep!
- Head out gathering with some newer folks in town, Theo seems to be sick so I must do my best in his stead as the Woods Apprentice
- The woods are somewhat sparse... It feels like someone has been out before us, breaking the mostly non-existant union but still
- Help protect everyone from a spider, a springbear, and another spider, guide us down to the boneyard and back, it's a beautiful morning
- Return back to the inn, gather a few of the ritualists for later and start with some meditation, we have a good deal to do to be ready for tonight
- Get pulled aside by Val for a moment, she informs me it is Faerie's Will that Luis be more or less sacrificed to the Psychic Circle to atone for his desecration of the Faerie Circle, and that I will have her support and that of the Fae
- Holy Fuck I was not expecting that, that is the absolute best news I could receive, that means my chances of success just went waaaaaaay up
- Give Sebastian the MW Silver and ask that he and Lillium take care of making the Astral Dagger, they set off for that, I work on finding a new Ritualist to replace Zero as she is absent
- Get some more meditating in, realize town is rallying around the ritual for the Faerie Circle more or less, this is amazing, Val works on getting me some more Malice to make things easier, Lily helps with a large batch too
- Burning the psychic candle an awful lot, it's needed, group meditation is very nice
- Almost done all the preparations by dinner, talk with Val, Pierre, Ceridwynn, and Everett outside
- Talking is... different, but essential, I will be talking during the ritual and everything, and talking to these folks beforehand means we can coordinate better
- Supper feels tense, everyone is being the most prepared they can, the pasta is a good last meal if the worst comes to pass

The Ritual
- All the Guards gather outside to discuss teams and important rules to follow, me and the ritualists do our first dry run inside the inn, where it is well lit, and there are no obstructions
- We are ready. Walking down to the ritual site in the dark, escorted by everyone, carrying light potions and lanterns to line the green corridor and the ritual site
- Alright, I have a quick word with the leaders of the main Defense Teams, Dog, Merric, Kez, I trust you guys, thank you for helping. Lexicus, thank you for helping, I know you don't like it. Faerie's Will be done.
- We do a final dry run at the ritual site, time for the real deal
- We begin. The psychic energies are cooperative and begin to flow, everything is going according to plan
- Purple light begins to emanate from the ritual and the energies we are channelling, it makes such an interesting atmosphere in the dark of night
- It is time for the catalyst, placed within Luis' disembowelled core is the box, I open it and the orb begins to draw in all surrounding psychic energy
- "May NOS grant me power to do what is right in this world." I tear the necklace off and it catches my ponytail and my hair falls down, I look wild and powerful
- I restore any drained energy to the ritual from my now limitless reserves of power, and begin feeding more into the orb, the orb is hungry, hungrier than I anticipated, and it is a depthless cavern
- I am a man possessed, a fiery preacher, one who will not be denied, with the chanting and the lights and the power I refuse to be denied.
- I will bend you to my will, I will force these energies I channel to fill you, I have the will of a god at my back and I will not be denied, as once the oceans lay barren and empty they were filled, I command it. I will it. You are nothing but an instrument to be used and broken. It will be done. I demand it. Faerie demands it. I am unceasing. I am uncaring. I will not stop until it is done.
- I almost don't know what I'm saying I am so fervent and in the moment. I leave no room for negotiation, I am not asking I am demanding, and yet the orb hungers. It is deeper than any ocean, darker than any cavern. This is not the plan.
- Valyria hands me a void mana blessed by Faerie, I bless my awareness and my medical skill, I feel Faeries hands guiding mine within Luis, who has been screaming in pain, I force the void mana the psychic orb together next to his heart, I begin to focus power. This is not how the plan calls for things to be done. The plan demands the orb be filled and overflowing. The orb refuses.
- I hear Teek, just before I am to shatter the orb, she sounds hurt, scared. I cannot stop, I almost don't listen to her, I don't know if I have time, I give her a single moment.
- She tells me to do it, whimpering and in pain. It must be done now, we are too far along.
- I finish my 100 counts of focus power, "Psychic Strike, 2600 bypass."
- The orb withstands, I feel Faerie's presence, I draw the Astral Forged Masterwork Silver Dagger, never before having tasted blood, forged in one plane, used on another, to enter a third.
- "Luis Jose Nevaro de la Vega, I offer you to the Psychic Circle and to Faerie, may she find your end fitting."
- I pierce him, his heart, the orb, and the mana with the dagger, the orb begins to crack. I pull the dagger back out, and stab in again, it cracks some more. I feel Faerie's hands guiding mine once again, and stab once more as the orb shatters.
- Fragments, Shards of the orb float and lay around the area, providing glimpses into the Psychic Plane, Valyria holds Luis. I provide the ritualists with some final top ups before moving to enter a shard. This is the truly unprecedented part. The ritualists know to give me no more than 40 minutes at the absolute most, I hope that is enough for me to return.
- I leave the material, and enter within. There is light and dark, up and down, it is tumultuous, chaos, and confusion. I am powerful. I do my best to remain composed, it is not long before I find it, or maybe it finds me.
- It is a formless, nameless, shapeless thing here. It hungers, it wants more. We talk, I'm glad it can speak at least and is open to reason. It asks what I have to offer it, and I ask it the same thing.
- It drains me, I attempt to recuperate, to block pain, it does not work. I feel as though I am dying, yet I am not, at least not yet. We reach some sort of agreement. 1 year, then it wants more. Wants her.
- I leave the Psychic Plane, of my own power or by it forcing me out I can't recall, the sanctums for the ritual shatter, the ritualists are unfazed, they continue their chanting and conducting of the psychic current. I am proud of them, I picked well.
- I tell them to cease, perhaps a bit suddenly, not quite how I had planned, but the energies dissipate, I am completely drained, at least the ritualists are good.
- The circle seems like it is beginning to stabilize. I've done it. A success.
- There are calls of a queen spider, of flowers spewing alchemical effects, getting out of the woods will be a challenge.

The Rest of the Night
- I get amnesia from a flower, almost gack Teek because I'm not sure what's going on but she fixes me, all of the things in the night seem to be psychic manifestations.
- There is a queen spider, flowers from the Mire, a Dollface, a Werewolf, hellions, something called Bumble that was like a Hellion or a Yeti, it was a rough night
- And after all of that, Rincewind
- I talk to him for a bit, after the ritual I've been talking, it's like a dam has broke, dunno how long that'll last but it is nice in a way
- Town has been weakened after all the prior fighting, Rincewind could have killed us, we negotiate for him to leave.
- I talk with Teek, I talk with Zelda, I talk with a good chunk of town, and end the night with modern art.

Sunday
- Sunday morning is calm, peaceful even
- Some merchants come into town selling various magical items, including some "Miracle Spice" I am not falling for that again, but Merric kind of takes me outside anyway

Great game everyone, I look forward to next season!

[Sage (Cast)]

Friday night I start with a safety walk with some… Peculiar new players. Before long I dip out to play the Benjamin’s other wolf spider. I creep around in the woods a little bit, do some howling at the not-so-full moon. Eventually I notice people making rounds behind the citadel to check for bodies, so I spin a web there. Soon after Peter walks directly into it, completely alone?? ohgodamigoingtokillpeter Eventually help arrives and I move on from harassing Peter to harassing Drixar and Pierre >: ) With some hard work they take me down and bring me back to Eliza, who tells me to scuttle off home.
After which I come back in as Francis and strike up a fun conversation with Quill and a new friend, Patty, about the efficacy of mana and carrots.

Saturday morning we start with a phase spider in the inn! I scurry into the kitchen and immediately web the doors and bar window. Phase spiders are such bullies. Which is what makes them so fun to play, of course >: ) After that, hmm… How about another phase spider! We've had one, yes. But what about second phase spider? This time I find a cozy spot in the woods and web everything. Players couldn’t take two steps without walking into a web >: )

After that, it's Mcfeely time! I have a package to deliver, but more importantly, paperwork!!! I’ve been real excited to make Rook fill out a missing mail report form, complete with his, mine, and a witness’ signature. In duplicate, of course. I catch him at a… bad time, but hey, maybe signing some obtuse bureaucratic paperwork will cheer him up! (It did not)

Necklace time! That stupid necklace is quickly becoming a favourite recurring mod of mine. This time it came flying in on a (very confused) hive falcon. I gathered a bunch of temp-cast to help me out with this mod because last time there was so much running around I could barely breathe long enough to cast spells. Eventually the necklace was torn off the bird and found its home in the hands of some players. At one point Kondor had it and went absolutely bananas at everyone else. Some pretty impressive roleplay at work! It wasn’t long until Ivy grabbed it and sent it into the woods where it will remain forever. Definitely. Probably.

I pal around as Francis for a little while after that to eat and sing, but before long I get called back to cast cabin. Permacast duty is never done (￣^￣ )ゞ Nightmare’s start manifesting in town as the psychic ritual gets rolling. I play a short-lived werewolf, and then, in an act of infinite hubris, I convince myself that I can play just one dollface without bruising my armpits. (I was wrong)
Of course after all that it's time for some Rincewind skellies! We knew going in that the town was on its back foot, but I was not expecting a TPK. Rough. Oh well!! You guys bounced back, and before long Franklin’s skeleton came around and brightened the mood for the rest of the night.
Finally; rest. The cast team is never exactly brimming with energy at the end of a saturday, but this one in particular was rough on us. Except for Theo, of course, whose newfound taste for blood granted him enough energy to single handedly take down the whole town if we let him. Which we didn’t of course. So, you know. You’re welcome.

[Gull]

Friday night:
-Gull's voice and powers are at last restored!!! I make the most of it with some old faves and a couple new tunes.
-Grand chats with Rosco and Peter about Z (ironically).
-Rosco still doesn't remember me so I say I'm an old friend of Peter's. Dog helpfully chimes in with, "And that's actually true!" Bro.
-Shadow shows me a vision of a dollface. A whole little group of us end up in a tizzy until it becomes clear it was a hallucination.

Saturday:
-Phase spiders. Gull ain't pleased.
-Brief confrontation with Z. He's gotten out of hand.
-Music lessons! I teach Drix, Emelia, and Rudi a thing or two. Also show Garrett some jigging steps.
-Weirdly prophetic sing-along.
-Between Z and his accomplices, the conflict with Luis, Ryn's foray into torture, and god knows what else, the vibe in Holdfast is Bad. I talk to Francis about it. I also sing him his newly composed song.
-Regarding Francis wanting to get to know Rook better:
Gull: "Rook's good people. He really is."
Francis: "Of course. To go through all that, for someone he'd never even met?"
Gull: "Mhm. If I'm truly honest, I wouldn't have gone if I hadn't already known you."
Francis: "No I know "
-Kez is back, with new legs. Don't even know where to start with that so I basically don't.
-Manage to get the necklace off the hawk after getting beat up by it multiple times. Felt good about that one.
-On standby for damage control at the ritual. It's... weirdly horny.
-Oh look, our worst fears. Rook reminds me of mine. Shit.
-Excellent fight with a dollface. Got to use my strong will to dramatic effect.
-Went to bed early because I was super sick.

Sunday:
-Oops, still sick. Pretty much napped on the floor until game call.

[Marr]

Friday Night Cast
Alright where to start.
*Right I was lurking in the shadows again.
*Some people caught on and pierre almost tracked him down being able to see him in shadow plane due to magic but he got away.
*I hope the 4 people this time enjoyed their fears xD
*circled to the forest to see if people were dumb enough to go by themselves seen a group of 4-5 heading on the way out hid in the bushes in the attempt to ambush the last person leaving as they were passing by me not noticing. shit they have a lantern maybe next time. wish I was more combat focused.

Swapped out to Philip
*Come in to see how people are doing boy that kez group is really chatting Taka and Ryn were apart of that group, not wanting to interrupt them find others willing to go while he waited.
*got some Ryn Blood it's much better then last time Philip is content
*Philip was seriously thinking he would have to clean room after townfolks was done talking to Marwel anyways they are crossed off the list now.
*Some people did well? no idea what stars mean find out in the new year
*leaving the first group to go find Taka catch the PC OoG after finishing for the night and showered they had such a grin on their face I almost threw mana packet at them.
*Kez and Drix went but Drix didn't have their branding from last time o_O; welp Philip night expected to get busier he was worried. things worked out this time... good for him.
*Marwel and Philip talked, good news for him, Heads back out looking for Taka, Sam/Shade/Siren, Or now Ryn. Ryn was the only one available they talked some big things happen hope Ryn enjoys the mess

Swapped out to Marr
*came in had a few chats with people, cracked out a early wine bottle he was planning with Yanna, Yanna shared with the Faun Tiny... Eh too tired to kick up much of a fuss they seem like they would be a buyer finished things up and went to bed.

Saturday Morning
*I went out casting puppets I had some good interactions with people eventually switched off to bear that ripped off Paddy's leg and in a 1 minute I say it took them a solid 40 seconds to fix that mess.
*Bugged more people with puppets and then went to see what other plot people are dealing with
*Pulled out the White Hellions did some traveling with my co hellion [Theo] finally people noticed come to engaged and they tried to do the normal hellion strat of don't move they can't see you BUT they got WRECKED because these guys can see them because of GOGGLES for some reason. having a granted time slapping people around and throwing them they were a disaster and going strong and was expecting to kill a few people got hit with *********** started my timer and went into a frenzy hitting as much as I could eventually chased someone into the field and timer went off and I collapse into it. the person who did that was really happy

Back to relaxing until next thing
I for some reason I went out to watch the bird chaos passed right out on the bench against the wall I got woken up surrounded people sorry for the concern I was "good"
still messed up I rested as best I could missing a few mods I had to do

Swapped off to Marr
*Got accused of killing Rook again??? WTF took some compel truths to try and sort that out nothing really seem to get better I guess the Marr Reputation still bad welp he not really sure what to do. Explained the mess he's in but Turned and left not sure if he will be back.....

Back to Resting
*another pass out nap outside got woken up WIRED from ringing bells long story but I'm still "good" anyways that carried over to

SATURDAY NIGHT
*Had to wait for things to kick but when they did we brought out some old favorites and nightmares people disliked
*Got the turtle out and wander over to Air circle had a nice drink and started to float but despite seeing grandfather turtle no one really engaged at air circle enter the field more but very few actually fought so I took the grandfather down to earth circle had another drink during my trip back I heard everyone rallying towards fire circle turtle wander in now spitting air and earth spells at people but was getting quite hurt, he drank a little of fire circle as he got wailed on and thrown off he whistled like a kettle and everyone got blinded as the turtle slowly broke out and went to the field to make his way to water rig mostly falling off
*Franklin had a moment once it was sorted I couldn't go down to the water circle anymore so went back towards the air circle
*took off the Rigg completely before reaching it
*slowed people and start eating their mana good times but without the rig hard to reach people with the puppet
*LIGHT BLUB moment "SUNDER 1, SUNDER 2, SUNDER 3 Before Yeeting the puppet through the air at people
*knocked off Ceri horns OoG doing this
*finally got taken down after 1 last sunder throw.

*See the dollface out good times glad to see it

*wander back into cast cabin spider nest time set it down end of the hall by the bunks and slowly crept the mass ahead waiting for someone to notice. there was nothing for a good portion until we made it around the corner into the hall leading into the Inn then the "Oh No s" xD
*tossed so many spider balls at people good times I'm glad I came up with that idea
*pierre joined in the fight from the Inn asked OoG what he sees get back the reply "If you see the white fabric on the ground that's the start of the nest" Pierre "wait what" clicking of gears turning he runs to see the edge of the webs more or less by cast cabin door.
*Pierre went ham on that got my fighting spirit for how much effort he put in, Merric as support. But yeah fire spells from Kez also put a solid dent

Skele time
*the basic guys didn't do much but there were some nice fights with people
*but with support from a captain and town missing some fighters pushed into the Inn and things slowly worked into towns favor but with Infinite skele lives town starts losing
*RYN FINALLY STARTS CRUSHING SKULLS and the wave finally ends because they don't respawn.

*waves adjust more normal skeles Town was more on top of this one but ever time we pushed them from the field to the Inn town almost instantly start losing compared to the field battles because they can't skirmish in the building
*eventually with Ryn on top of skull crushing this time the wave ends quicker then one the before it

*Skele Mage time. Um Oops Held back on spells until needed to support or deal with fire guards or that 1 time he Void kills someone 3 times in the back but the town got wiped. there was a retreat and then town told rincewind to leave so they did

*franklin Skele came out and it was a laugh

*Brain was off again relaxing was going to cast again but was told not to and rest and you know what fair enough and just chilled until tiredness kicked in

SUNDAY
*OoG things happen that required a early rise out of me after that was sorted went back to bed because was not doing well in the sleep department
*got up in time to play RICK KARNS rep from Binford Enchanting Company
*presented some gold tier items in a infomercial form got many bites. Feel free to send in mail.

[Ivy]

I'm gonna kill that fucking necklace istg

[Ambrose]

Friday Night
- I wake up to a fellow named Garret Godsbrand helping me off the ground.
- He tells me he is also heading to Holdfast and that I may join him on the road (which is strange because he does not look old enough to retire).
- I arrive in Holdfast for the first time and people begin to greet me. Everybody is so kind but they speak too quietly for my feeble ears!
- I get shown around the town of Holdfast and after learning about the Air Circle, I am eager to discover the Earth Circle.
- People do not help me accomplish this task at this hour. I eat grass; not out of protest, but for comfort. It does not taste like the grass back home.
- I attempt a couple more times to sneak off to the Earth Circle. Garret threatens me with Magics... Ha... I comply.
- My memory fails me as I cannot remember which of these two happened first:
  - Attack on Holdfast: I get the moss knocked out of me a lot, and I learn what this town puts up with regularly. This is not the retirement home I'd dreamed of, but it's the one I'm sticking with.
  - I convince a small group of locals to escort me to the Earth Circle late at night. I get scared and turn back. Did we hear something in the woods..?
- The rest of the night is hazy and my memories of this time are choppy and few.
- Bed!

Saturday
- Wake up and nourish.
- I head into the sticks with Garret to search for herbs. While out and about, we visit the rest of the circles, starting with the Earth Circle. My father is not there but we meet up with a couple other locals! (I couldn't totally put names to faces by this point so there are gaps in my memory; I believe Quill and someone else)
- We head to the rest of the Circles together, picking up more locals along the way (one of which is Globetrot, there was someone else dissecting the monsters we killed as well)
- I find a Sword of Damocles... After spending some time with it while updating my Herbalism Contents, I feel more sprightly; my vision improves, my hearing improves, my joints ache less, and by the Gods I can swing my sword. I also...thirst for blood...
- After lunch, we gather up a group of adventurers and pay a visit to the Water Circle. There's blood in the water and I super want to drink it. Every time I try I get grappled by I think Quill.
- I wonder if people wonder why I don't need my cane anymore.
- I attempt brewing my first potion after Silas and Drixar kindly shared recipes with me! It was a Light Potion, it was successful, and it was immediately sold to Z for coffee-and-cookies money.
- Who is this Luis fellow and what did he do to deserve-- As I'm listening to Val speak, my questions are answered. They speak very commandingly and definitely exudes powerful leader energy.
- I shake Krampus's hand and feel drunk.
- I shake Krampus's hand again and go mad. I do snow angels in the grass, eat some grass, and jump around and make noises. Honestly I think I drew my sword on Krampus.
- Luis gets accidentally killed in the field and I can't help but notice he has blood on his face. I taste some. Doesn't taste like the grass back home.
- Val speaks again over Luis's dead body and I get goosebumps again. People attempt to resurrect and I think it failed at first but eventually succeeded.
- There's a ritual happening tonight in the woods involving this man. I don't have a whole lot of context but I put some pieces together and I think elves specifically are pissed off with him.
- Some minor events happen; I try fighting a falcon (See also: half the town tries fighting a falcon) that has a necklace that casts spells. My fellow senior dwarf man friend (Brummbar?) is a legend on the kazoo and marches toward the falcon triumphantly looking for a kill. The tables did, in fact, turn. I definitely fell in battle to this falcon as well, as did many others.
- The Medic Corps are so awesome and helpful and kind and I love all of them and they do God's work here in Holdfast. I gave Yanna my friendship sign and I think she thought she wasn't supposed to keep it, or pass it along to other friends and keep passing it around.
- We prepare for the ritual; we gather in the field and are assigned squads and we strategize. OoG, I'm nerding out, this is the coolest thing ever and I'm so happy to be there and be part of it all. IG, I am collected and focused.
- I am in Squad 1 with Corkin, Dog, Epale, Eor (? Weird-POV talking guy ), and Candlewick. We are the first line of defense. The ritual is well underway before Amber and Emilia (I think, correct me if I'm wrong) warn us of threats emerging from the darkness. Queen spider(s) show up and take our light, leaving us totally in the dark... They keep approaching, we try attacking and pushing back but some of us get cocooned and poisoned. I believe Ceridwyn (and mayeb Yanna and/or Emilia) come up and cure us, but Ceridwyn gets dragged off and cocooned and we have to make a group decision to not go after them in the interest of the ritual, and this takes an emotional toll on Ambrose.
- We get backup as the spiders re-emerge and we eventually defeat them and they turn into a puff of psychic smoke. The ritual is not long over after this and the rest of the squads are pushing up behind us and we are forced into the unknown threats of the dark woods. It is not easy getting out, as hallucinogenic spore plants pop off and make everyone lose their moss.
- We eventually get out onto the field and it's more spore plants popping off, I think I heard mention of similar goings-on in the inn as well. A werewolf pops out and we make quick work. I IG pass out from being overwhelmed and wake up in my bunk.
- Rincewind is certainly an individual I am quite fascinated with and for a moment I really wanted to join his cause. I think I made a mistake by biting the apple out of his hand but I also feel like I earned his respect.
- After learning a little bit more about Rincewind I can't decide if I still want him to be my father or not. Maybe I just want Lord Earth to be my father instead.
- The skeleton army is so cool but so exhausting. Once again, the Medic Corps displays marvelous skill and technique. At this point, I owe so many people my life and I would die to save the people of this retirement home.
- Once it's all said and done, I go to bed and I am not long falling asleep.

Sunday
- Wake up and nourish.
- Pretty chill morning, I drink some coffee and listen to discussions about information gleaned from Rincewind.
- I venture off into the woods and meet up with more adventurers close to the Fire Circle.
- Upon return, there are merchants in the inn! I try taking a pair of glasses/goggles on the table but they stop me. If this retirement home wants laws to stop being broken, they should have less laws that are able to be broken.
- I ask Z for help stealing from the merchants. He gives me a dagger. I feel bad about this idea now.
- A little bit more time passes and game is called.

Close
Absolutely bonkers. I definitely missed some names and core memories, but perhaps as more gets posted I'll remember more Good game everybody, thank you for being such a warm, welcoming community in- and out-of-game! Can't wait for next season <3

[Candlewick]

Friday
-Show up early and chitchat, meet new faces.
-During log I double out
-I enter town and meet Franklin, Quill, Rook, and Globetrot on the way in. Franklin seemed a little pissy about having been murdered last month (who wouldn't be?)
-I get to the inn and setup my alchemy kit, although I am not confident I will get to any brewing this weekend
-Corin left a note asking for materials to make a weapon stockpile for town.
-I see that Quill has her own kit as well. We discuss alchemy for a bit and I promise to give her some recipes later (theyre not much good to me anyways, Im up to my beak in Wintermint and Gentleflower)
-Meet up with Epale and """gently""" remind him he owes me a Rock for the Instill I did last month (he didnt actually have to owe me anything )
-Catch up with Yanna. She was sorely missed last month. She was working away in less than ideal conditions.
-There's warnings of honeys bats. Nasty buggers that dig into your skin. Joyful.
-I meet Kez and discuss his upcoming ritual to plumb the depths of the hypothetical Alchemical Plane. I also express interest in more training to increase my fire potency, however something tells me we won't be getting to it this month (sad candle)
-one of the newcomers is an earth mage named Ambrose Mossflower. He walks around with a limp (relatable) and has a massive "cane". I suspect some deception there. He's quite old but interested in alchemy. You live and you learn I guess.
-He says he wants to go to the Earth Circle to see his dad(?). Sure thing old man, although it is late. We round up some people and start heading down. We heard a crack, thought 'hellion' and just scurried back to the inn.
-No Callum? The young man is apparently going to show his face tomorrow. I always enjoy his youthful cockiness.
-The...radiant Eliza Benjamin makes her appearance known. She was quite disapppointed in our performance last month. Curiosity had gotten the better of some of us as we had dissected some her sons 'pets'.
-She's sending some over again, this time on the condition that we leave them mostly intact.
-I stupidly ask her what Pubic was going to do with his life, not realizing that a stillborn baby who's been undead for 20 years is still, technically, a baby. Oddly, he can still be taught to say the f-word.
-Finally the mummy shows up alongside the nightmares. I like fighting the mummy, very much like a Dark Souls boss. Just don't get greedy and you'll be fine. Ivy's sword training came in handy. New guy gets Ian right where the sun don't shine. Poor Ian. Wicked aim though.
-The Giant hands that pull you into walls can jump off a cliff, however. Shout outs to either Dog or Merric (it was dark) for saving me.
-The spookily dookilies are dealt with and I stay up way too late.
-Finally get my interview with the vampire (Marwhel). I have so many questions!
-I had too many questions...
-Kez and Drix are summoned to meet with her. They return branded. Oh well, not my problem (it is very much my problem).

Saturday
-I get up later than I wanted, knowing most of the good mods will be taken.
-Go out with Quill, Silas, Globetrot, a newcomer with a carrot obssesion named Paddy (the guy that nutshot the mummy), and Amber for gather. Z joins us shortly. I get stuck in a spider's web. I got armour I'll be fine, right? No, bypass damage. Luckily Silas manages to save me (sadly no sticker). I find a gentleflower and some raw silver. We also encounter a spring bear and the new guy gets his leg eaten. Globetrot and I carry him out of the woods.
-We meet Krampus the christmas demon (?). He's looking for bright coloured bottles and developing a 'no-freeze ice cream' (milk????).
-Callum shows up!
-I give Quill and Ambrose some alchemy recipes. Ambrose successfully brews a light potion. I still have yet to brew a single one :/.
-I volunteer my body for medical science and get bled nearly to death so Silas can give Cassia some medic training. We get interrupted three times by money turning into spiders as I lie unconscious on the edge of death. They manage to get two practice runs in from the field to the inn before they decide it's a little too sketchy to continue. I get some of my blood in exchange.
-Cassia is a very talented painter, btw.
-During the medical lesson, Kez was conducting an experiment to see if he could observe the alchemical dimension. He had been getting his eye cut out when I blacked out. When I came to, he was gone. Others told me he had been kidnapped by a skeleton (buhbye training...).
-A falcon gets ahold of a magical necklace and starts destroying us. There's like four cast members controlling it and they're shotgunning mana. Not all of it bad either, some of it is heals, some of it is free essence.
-I think I saw Ian bait Callum with a heal followed by a Void Kills.
-I try to bait it out of the woods so Garret can petrify but Captain Falcon doesn't bite.
-Condor somehow gets the necklace. Ivy sorts it out.
-Kez returns after six hours with no pants and nice legs. He seems really off though...
-In the hall I meet Pav, who is unfortunately illiterate. As I read him the warning about the money turning into spiders he takes his currency and throws it on the ground. Thanks for funding my exceptional sword, Pav!
-We start prepping for the psychic ritual. They're going to sacrifice Luis to create a psychic circle. Also he somehow cut the fae off from their god. Val calls it justice. I call it vengeance.
-We take like an hour to get organized. I swear our biggest enemy is punctuality. We divide ourselves into two groups to cover either end of the green corridor. I'm assigned to Group 1 nearby the Earth Circle with Dog, Ambrose, Epale, Eo and Corkin. Half of us are newbies. I sure hope cast doesn't throw anything too dangerous at us. While we're waiting in the woods, Eo and I play a quick round of riddles.
-So we fought a queen spider. It wasn't a real one but could still body us. We managed to not break formation. Ambrose got fast poisoned but luckily Rosco was on hand. The spider kidnapped Ceri but we holdfast (haha!).
-Also there is a lot of screaming behind us.
-At one point we call out for reinforcements but nobody showed up :/.
-On the way back flowers start driving us mad.
-A "dollface" shows up and we spend the next 40 minutes testing our reflexes.
Kez gets some bad vibes from the fire circle and we go there and find a mana turtle. Its hardcore and we have to flip it over to deal damage.
-It blinds us. Cal and I decide to go back to back and swing wildly at the air.
-Rincewind x Ambrose Horseplay
-The Bone crew show up and rock our socks off. At one point I'm one of the last people still alive and the smiths look at me and ask "how are you still up?". "Not for long." I reply before getting stabbed.
-Merric manages to convince Rincewind to f off for the night. Things got really dangerous when the boney boys started calling for bypass. Not to mention the wizard.
-It's been a hell of a night. I decide to turn in.

Sunday
-I help serve breakfast. It's raining outside so I doubt anyone was at gather. It was nice to get the chance to RP with everyone!
-I bother Kezz for training again but there's just not enough hours in the day. No worries IG and OOG.
-I ask around about people's winter plans. Ari offers to take me on a trip. I might take her up on the offer.
-Rook created a sculpture out of chairs, weapons and other bits. I dub it "chairfast" and spend a solid 10 minutes analyzing it.
-Amber wants a favour. She wants to sketch me. She is holding an Earth Mana. I chance that the pyramid is on and take her up on the offer. After she casts petrify she is gently reminded that the pyramid is on. Better luck next time Amber. As a good sport I stay in a pose for 10 minutes and let others decorate me like a Christmas tree.
-Game is called and I immediatly start stabbing people for Acne damage.
-At the Stone Jug I find out that I royally screwed up with Marwhel. I feel there is going to be hell to pay come April.
-Game was the best yet so far. It's wild so much happened over a few short days.

[Pádraigín (Páidí) O'Hart]

AAAAA new friends! New site! New character! Gosh it's good to be back. Absolutely fawning over the new site.

Friday:
• Come in to the sound of screaming. Mummy abound!
• So nervous about hurting someone with the bow that I undershoot aaand... right between the legs.
• Well, that's dealt with. Go inside and chat it up with some people.
• A surprising number of people can understand the accent!
• Hear about Marwhel the totally-not-vampire. Halfling curiosity takes over, must meet Marwhel.
• Talk to Philip about it, bully Philip about it.
• Spider shows up, get conflicting ideas. ??? Spider takes a nibble out of me.
• Get patched up, and talk about the wonderous world of Pocket Carrots.
• Meet a bunch of new faces. It's hard trying to play a happy-go-lucky chatty character IG with my OoG Social Anxiety.
• Some people can't understand the accent, antics abound.

Saturday:
• Wake up, go with people into the woods.
• Throw Pocket Carrots at spiders, no effect.
• Fight off a couple spiders as I get shown the woods.
• Find out just how ROUGH the new gather system is. I might actually need to get glasses for game now.
• Get all the way to the bone zone, and go to turn around.
• Spring bear time, time to throw more Pocket Carrots to no effect.
• Spring Bear decided my leg was tastier. Rude.
• Wake up in pain, eat some Pocket Carrots, get put out again.
• Wake up with my leg regrown. The Pocket Carrots worked!
• Talk about money spiders.
• Fight a money spider.
• Necklace Falcon! What a throwback.
• Arching arrows into the woods is definitely a good idea with my substandard eyesight. No way I can lose those arrows, right?
• Expertly dodge an Essence Heals. Oh yeah!
• "With fire I burn your bow!" Well darn.
• Make a new bow. "With fire I burn your bow!" ...
• Decide someone else can remake the bow this time.
• Watch people go crazy over the necklace. I've learned my lesson, food time now.
• More woods shenanigans. Many stories were had over the thrown Pocket Carrot, someone even ate it! That's dedication.
• If they were willing to eat a ground Pocket Carrot, they must really love them.
• Continue giving Pocket Carrots out until people regret asking about them.
• Play a ditty about a jig for Krampus, get the magical slap of life.
• White Hellions! More woods arrows, oh joy.
• Nice learning moment with Ceridwynn.
• Wind down for the night, Rook comes asking for my help.
• Get paid to defend town? I did that for free last night, so sure!
• Have a wonderful night chatting and joking around while the ritualists do... ritually things.
• None of that wibbly wobbly magicy stuff for 'ol Páidí O'Hart.
• Talk strategy with Rook et al.
• Have the night go surprisingly quiet before the ritual is done.
• Through sheer halfling luck, avoid all the negatives of the Mire Flowers and all hallucinations despite being town guard.
• Dollface! First one I've ever fought to a conclusion.
• Gull's down, and Dollface is guarding him.
• Krampus is the best!
• Heal Gull, die, Praise Krampus, heal self. One last use, gotta play dead to make it out alive.
• Dollface is too smart for that. Thankfully a rescue squad arrived.
• Grandfather turtle flying away! Rook, Franklin, and I chase after it.
• Franklin's on the ground, Rook's in front of him. See Rook starting to back up.
• Look over, about to warn Rook about Franklin, when I see it. Too late, critical hit.
• Wind down for the night, have a wonderful heart to heart with Rook.
• He's coming around to the ways of the Pocket Carrot. An entire success!
• Nothing else seems to be coming, so decide to head to bed.
• Sleep through the screams of the damned being ripped apart by skeletons. Quite unusual for me to sleep through anything, so that's a win!

Sunday:
• Wake up to go look for my stuff.
• Arrows are back in the inn. Seriously can't thank everyone enough for the arrow help throughout game.
• Enjoy a good breakfast. Meal plan was awesome, I haven't eaten this much food off it before.
• Magic item vendors come in with very intriguing items.
• Get paid very generously by Rook, the money lasts all of 5 seconds.
• Rest by the Faerie ring, don't hear game call. Thankfully the cleanup crew got me.

Post Game:
• Talking to peeps down at the Stone Jug was wonderful, can't wait for next season!
• Over 100 Pocket Carrots were consumed during the weekend, very happy with how they went over.

[Corin]

Friday
- rudi is back from Ner Batin at last! many hugs are shared c:
- some very good rp with amber! lots of backstory stuff! more empire people are now on my throw hands on sight list
- the return of Smithing Time with Corin!!! (also the benjamin's pets are here again with a mummy, i think? stuff was happening Over There but my corner was warm and safe so idk)
- marwel is back. someone said some stuff to her? drixar and kez go and come back branded again. i would commit several crimes to see marwel's head removed from her body so she never touches my son again (i find out late in the weekend that candlewick is at fault for making her mad. we need to talk soon, buddy)

Saturday
- it is morning! rejoice for it is Smithing Time for Corin once again! i post a notice asking for donations of materials to begin a town-wide weapon stockpile. over the course of the weekend i receive one (1) silver from merric, a wooden sword, and a wooden staff. well done for now and do consider me in the future if you find yourself with spare materials on hand
- i also make a full set of spare windows for the inn to go with the spare doors i made between games and a couple wood panels to patch rat holes. by the end of game one of the doors and two of the windows have been used. time well spent
- drix is brewing things. a white hellion is outside? you want to abandon your work and attack it without even gearing up? "grapple 3: sit down and finish your brew" several times takes care of this potential danger. good work team (we have delightful angst about this later. 11/10 would do again)
- lunch!! sandwiche!! this is my first time on meal plan and im enjoying myself so far. pasta later was fantastic as well
- armor training w Tall Armor Lady who i have learned is named cassia! a grand time is had. also i get to participate in javelin target practice (i am the target) (i take a javelin to the crotch) (that was not the target)
- drix is doing more alchemy to try to make quilt oil for kez! he needs a father's tears, my time has come to prove myself. oof ouch my hand, amber has shoved it into the coals to make me cry (oh? rudi is holding my hand to fix it? )
- to my great dismay, there is a Biological Father available to shed some tears and so we do not get to find out if the Alchemy Gods understand that the blood of the covenant is indeed stronger than the water of the womb. if we find out someday that they do not agree i will be writing a strongly worded letter.
- also the psychic circle is happening tonight. i am both IG and OOG terrified of how badly this could go. i spend most of the event petrified that my children and i could be permanently sucked into the psychic anus of the universe and i would at least like to be with them when the time comes
- speaking very sternly to Z gets them out of the circle ritual itself and siren is safe with me in the inn, but in the end drixar ends up on a guard team basically within arm's reach of the ritual. very emotional talk with ceridwynn ensues, i have no more sway here so i have to choose to trust ceri, lexicus and drix himself with drix's safety.
- i talk to drix again, secretly worried that i'm being too overprotective. phoenix is oog psychic and assures me that i'm worrying exactly the right amount. my heart is full and warm
- we have just a skeleton crew in the inn to hold down the fort during the ritual and then lose more to the forest when amber comes running for help (including siren, so the heart palpitations are even worse now)
- rook has a vision of the mire. he and i are the only ones present in the inn who were there this spring. we make panicked faces about it until a mire flower appears behind him and hits him with madness
- we fight psychic flower manifestations until people start running back out of the woods, talking about other scary things appearing, probably echoing our worst fears. gull mentions to me that his worst fear would be the reappearance of the Queen Dollface. the possibility of his fear coming true rapidly becomes my own worst fear
- somewhere in this confusion i realize that drix was one of the people who ran safely past me into the inn. rejoice! he is safe! siren comes out of the woods not long after that and my true worst fears are put to rest now that i know both of my children remain safely in this dimension
- we fight a (regular, thank god) dollface, bumble, and some other fucked up stuff, hear a werewolf in the woods that has me shaking in my boots, i do a singalong with drix to try to stop catastrophizing and it maybe sort of works?
- at some point Smithing Time with Corin resumes and things are briefly normal again. oh. hey there rincewind
- we get skellied. a lot. i get to help take one out by hugging it with too much wear armor for it to hit through while other people kill it. eventually we get wiped multiple times when the waves get too strong to beat quickly and too frequent for armor repair to finish. then merric asks rincewind to very kindly please take a hike and i gear down for the night, finally. wow
- late night conversations about Kez's Weird Legs and other things! i start falling asleep on my chair and am sent to bed. no murders this time at least c:

Sunday
- wouldn't you know it, it's Smithing Time with Corin!
- some salespeople are here with some cool home improvement items! Dog, bless his soul, splits the cost of Smithing for Dummies with me, which will speed things up considerably for a while. Sebastian is an absolute angel and furnished me with the Hammers of Repair so that i might get things fixed in a jiffy when crunch time occurs again.
- i then find out they're selling MW metal and blow some savings on that because Boy Howdy do i ever want to upgrade to a MW smithy
- i talk to Rook about an exciting project only to find he's leaving on a perilous journey soon. come back safely please
- game is called! stone jug after game was lovely, wonderful to hang out with people OOG and i hope to see you all at Yule ^-^

[Dimitri]

• Mummy Time, Mummy time. Go around as the Mummy, Kez and Meric bully me a bit, but I get kez in the end. Enjoy having all 4 of your limbs infected with Mummy Rot
• Playing the bird, getting lots of mana snipes in. favorite were getting Brumbar in the head with a void kills after he Kazoo’d at us and Getting Condor with a water alters memory.
• Toss raw essence mana into the air, repeat, repeat. Someone goes to catch some. I immediately whip an essence mana at the player “essence takes you to X” lol
• Grabbed Kez just as his ritual completes.
• Got to play a Nightmare queen spider, had a lot of fun.
• Got to cause some havoc with mire flowers
• Be skeleton. Fight town. Getting ready to bring my guy in, time to body some…. Town asks us to leave. :’(

[Drixar]

Finally I post, let’s see

Friday
- start game, sis reading journal, uhh dw about it shade
- Started Kez chat bout nero
- Benjamin’s retry, DO NOT DESECRATE
- Met two new guys, they seem pretty- holy fuck Garret this one is 85?! Why did you bring him here he’ll die from a heart attack in like an hour!
- Big hand pulling me through walls, not fun
- Mummy, also not fun, almost got my neck snapped
- Peter gets thrown unconscious out of the watch tower, ur my buddy now pal let’s do body rounds
- Got got by a wolf spider, ouchie
- Ambrose the ancient man is trying too go to the earth circle, its 11pm, me and garret make him wait till morning
- Phillip getting marwel visitors
- Finally get to finish nero talk while taka hides under a table so Phillip doesn’t find her
- New guy says smth insulting TO HER FACE. Time to put out fires (ty for being brave candlewick glad I know where u stand)
- Trip to see marwel, am now kez’s responsibility
- Memory blanks, getting ready to head to bed when marr shows up
- Drix had no poker face, Corin is now very sus about the “Cobalt Wine”
- I’m so eepy sleepy It bedtime

Saturday
- Wake up early enough to gather technically, but I’m too eepy and down a monster at my kit instead
- Eventually join merric as he goes to pray to the circles, we start at earth
- Smells like a bit after 9, time for me to head back so I can brew
- Quilt oil gets two tries before IG Drix gets frustrated and gives up for a bit (OoG cuz nix wanted to make mana before Sharon had to do other cast things)
- Kez does his ritual without my oil contribution, I feel guilty but get reassured its okay
- Brewing mana when a hellion shows up… WELp time to abandon this brew
- “Grapple 2” “grapple 1” “sit and finish your brew”, well never mind then
- IG Drix vvvvvvv angy he cant go fight the hellion, OOG phoenix is very happy he doesn’t have to waste ingredients
- Brew finishes, I shove the mana into my bag and storm out like an angsty teen, planning to head to the faerie ring
- Lexicus calls out to me as I’m storming to the woods, im very short and aggressive so ofc I get followed
- Have a really nice chat with him about how Drix was feeling, eventually was joined by dog and SSS, I think all of us left prayers to faerie before going to get lunch
- Corin walked in while I was finishing up at the lunch line, we had a little chat
- “You aren’t overprotective, you’re the right amount of protective” HAHA GOT YA BITCH FEEL LOVED
- Val approaches me whilst I make a new brew, she informs me Luis is to be sacrificed in the name of the psychic circle. Jesus fuck alright
- Luis is getting reprimanded in the middle of the inn, I bring Amber outside to fill her in only to be greeted by a mad garret talking about crabs and smelling like sunshine.. He gets untainted pretty quick after that
- Time skip to The Ritual. Im placed with Lexicus, he wants me to prove myself, I stand confidently while I mentally scream inside about this ritual happening
- So much parent son time, yes corin ill be safe, yes corin ill come back to you, yes corin lexicus knows you’ll stab him if I don’t come back
- The ritual. I’m so sorry but I have never heard ANYTHING more horny than this ritual.
- The screams and overall noise almost made me OoG bolt but we used IG reasonings for me to stay (I was okay after!)
- Eventually we hear calls of a Queen spider, we call Pierre out from his post and discuss what to do
- Lexicus heads back to grab group merric (I forgot their number), not long after he left the ritual finished. Go time
- Psychic hallucinations out of the fuckin woodwork, spent some time consoling a panicked Gull because they’re manifesting our worst fears, his being dollfaces
- Fought some “hellions”, “how much do you wanna bet corin will come running when they find out I fought hellions” -5 minutes later- clang clang clang clang-
- Sat outside with dog, rosco, Rudi and a few other at the air circle for a bit to make sure another creature didn’t come to try to finish eating it
- Eventually made our way inside cuz we were COLD
- Not long after, rincewind shows up. Fuck.
- Fighting our little hearts out, we get wiped a few times. Everyone is low on resources, energy and fucks to give /lh
- The town polls and we decide to send rincewind away, just for tonight. I join Merric and Z to do this, half as a witness of the vote, half as support for Merric
- The night ends with sending corin to bed so they don’t fall asleep in their chair, talking about ways to help Kez and of course, some modern art. Phew

Sunday
- woke up and was asked to join Kez, Z, and candlewick(?) at the fire circle, fuck it I’ll take a morning walk
- some merchants showed up to sell some stuff, it all looks hella cool but I have 0 money
- Have a chat with rosco about the malice I… def don’t have after getting chased by Triple S and eating shit on the rain slick ramp
- Don’t remember anything else, then game call and stone jug!! What a game <3

Officially, my first season comes to a close, now I cry in the off season and wait for April /lh

[Kez Shiras]

saturday
- wow fucking rip that cool rock, and also rip me?
- i sure did see a representation of the universe as a crazy tree
- mr toads wild ride.png
- oh fuck i have satyr legs now and i'm all huffy and angry and naked or something

- the horniest ritual i have ever seen

jokes aside this was a fucking insane game, and I loved every second of it, i used so much fire mana, and really felt like a champion.

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