Man, I'm so tired.
I was severely tempted to sleep in on Sunday morning, following a frustratingly poor night's sleep. I kept waking up too hot, too hyped on adrenaline and with a lingering crush on Sky Captain.
Three things stopped me sleeping in: One, I had to collect Steve from the railway station. Two, I was in Nick's Samurai game first round. Three, I had to be there before first round to advertise my P&P game which was in the following round.
I was a little late collecting Steve, but we had a rave in the car about the coolness of the LARP so it was ok.
Session one was Nick's Super Samurai Stir-Fry game, wherein I played Jin from Samurai Champloo. James P was Mugen my offsider and we had a lot of fun together. There was also much hilarity over the differing animation styles between us, Rurouni Kenshin and Samurai Jack. Heh.
Nick, as an NPC: You speak in the third person? Don't you think that's a little strange?
Cat as Kenshin: This one doesn't think so.
Mugen: He called us fools. I have to kill him now.
Mugen: Jin got a job.
Nick as Fuu: Well, at least we'll be able to afford food.
Jenni: Jin will be able to afford food for Jin.
Nick, as distraught NPC: Oh, it's horrible! These girls get taken and it's horrible! It's just so horrible!
Mugen: That's horrible.
Cat, in the middle of a bar brawl: What happened to those other guys?
Nick: They went out the back window with a wok attack.
James, having defeated a mob of loin-cloth wearing baddies: I rob everyone.
Kieran as Samurai Jack, who has a G rated series: I've killed everyone right?
Jenni: in a strangely bloodless battle.
Nick: You kill them in a strangely Jedi lightsabre way.
Jenni and James P: Ohno! The villain is the Famous Pickler! The pickler of Japan Town!
The next session was my Matchmaking and Machinations revival, which was apparently very popular. *glow* I had a dream team of Svend, Daniel S, Nick P, Erik, Cat and Kieran (were you guys stalking me?)
It was a strangely marriage-less game, but not that strange since everyone was just having so much fun having extended conversations and being rude to each other that we only got through two days in gametime. Great fun.
Erik as Elsbeth: What is going on in here?
Dan S as Patience: Lily is once again being insufferable.
Svend as Lily: Patience is once again being unfashionable!
Nick as Alice: I did not think you enjoyed the country?
Kieran as Elliot: No, but I enjoy the country women.
Alice: This is Mr McKinley.
Elliot, (loudly): My father is a Lord!
Lily: are you the eldest son?
Elliot: No, I am the youngest.
Patience: Oh so it's the church for you then.
Cat, Mr Darcy Knight, and a slip of the tongue: I visibly roll my eyebrows.
Elliot to the girls: Oh, you're NOT all going home are you? At least a couple of you could stay the night?
Alice: Now Lily, we must not be associating with Mr McKinley.
Alice: I say Patience, couldn't you play something a bit more upbeat?
Lily: Oh Lord no! Patience is very boring!
Lily to Patience: I do have some men's cards...some of them were very shortsighted, they might be interested in you?
Elsbeth: What a fine horse you have, and how it improves your stature!
Lily about Patience: She smells like Mrs Harridan's carriage.
Elsbeth: What were you doing by the waterside?
Patience: Probably looking for some frogs to kiss.
Lily: Unlikes some, I have better prospects than that.
Patience: It's a wonder that you kept your shoes dry.
Lily: it is, isn't it?
wheee. After that breathtaking laugh fest, Mr Knight and Elsbeth began a courtship and Lily was probably locked up in the attic for good.
The prizegiving was exciting as I had completely not expected to win anything this year, but did anyway. Turns out everyone had nominated me for the underhanded tactics in I Know, Right? and I won most nominations for a player in a single session. I got a Darth Vader lolly jar with dice in it. Glee!
Hix won for his portrayal of Elliot Ness in the larp, Fraser won for being Ultraman and many other cool people got prizes too. Picture of the winners here.
For the final round I had begged Sam to run her Faery Tale game, so she did and it was awesome fun. Me, Giffy, Svend and C were childlike faeries, and despite nearly falling asleep we had some grand adventures.
I played Willow, a super magical pixie. Svend played a shapeshifting pooka, C was a household Brownie and Giffy a sprite.
Giffy: Where are you going to get wolf milk?
Svend: From a cow?
Svend: Katria! Flynn keeps poking me in the arm!
Giffy/Flynn: stop having arms then!
Svend at one point, broke us all by turning into a custard pudding with arms and legs and then singing..."When I was just a custard pudding, I asked my mother "what the Hell?"
Sam, on the frog jumping race: "It was basically a race between you two and everyone else was left in your.....slime.
After that I picked up my Lee and we made a brief appearance at Sass's birthday where I couldn't stop myself talking about roleplaying with Nick, Svend and C and had to prop myself against the wall to not fall down.
I didn't get to sleep in today either.
PoF: duvet
CO: Kapcon is fun!