So, the new university year begins.
Sunday the 8th was great. Headed onto campus with various people and said hello to some friendly (and some not so friendly) freshers. We seemed to be successful, I think that the Loz/Gemma/Paul/Theresa surgical strike team seemed to do well at not being intimidating or scary (an impressive feat, I think).
So, with this superb start, we decided to do absolutely nothing for the rest of the week. Ah well.
Shadovald on Wednesday. Made a banner listing our 'lost and damned' comrades. Then realised I knew about three of them IC! A weird start, didn't really find myself engaging all that much (I think it was just me sugar crashing though). General predictions for the term bode well - we've got a nice mix of characters, even if they seem to be getting on a *little* too well (or at least if they aren't, they're being apathetic about disagreeing.) I think this will work in the favour of new characters, who probably don't want to get caught up in the middle of some obscure political cold war - they want to go out there and be heroes, damnit!
The social was great. Glad I went. We had the usual crowd, and everyone thankfully was talking at a slightly more sensible volume than normal, meaning that conversations were possible. Which is always a good thing! Looking forward to next week's one.
Fresher's fayre - yay! That was soo much fun. Very optimistic on the membership front - lots of enthusiastic people, as opposed to just 'oh, ok, I'll sign up' people. I think the weapons-practice-in-kit thing was a really, really good idea. The number of amused bystanders who came along asking to have a go, or asking who we were, or where they can sign up - it was a very positive experience. I've identified three types of people:
1. Don't make eye contact. Just keep walking. They can't hurt/embarrass you if you don't acknowledge their existence.
LIKELIHOOD OF MEMBERSHIP: 5%
2. Hmm. What's this? That's horrendously nerdy. But looks kinda fun. People actually *do* that? I'm intrigued.
LIKELIHOOD OF MEMBERSHIP: 40%
3. SWORDS! FIGHTING! Where do I sign up?
LIKELIHOOD OF MEMBERSHIP: 95%
It's very nice to see those of the female persuasion taking an interest as well. This looks set to be a good year for SF&F.
Sunday was Shadovald. Joy! Oh, so much fun. A great start to the year - an adventure that was perfectly set up for maximum 'argh, ghouls!' factor. I already fully realised how much fun combat drugs can be for larp characters, but I didn't ever expect *Verity* to share in the joy. Damn those red potions all looking the same! Got to play rough and tumble with Katje (a rather one-sided fight, that! Don't try to punch out a beastkin...), do the 'aaaaaaaargh, Quinn, HELP MEEEEEE' scream (oh god, oh god, slay living, the horror!!!), beat up poor innocent priestesses (stop whining you pathetic little imbecile! No, I do not want a hug. *smack* Get away from me!), only actually 'drop' into death-count twice (and one of those was during the combat-drug rampage. Yes, it must be some kind of record. I like armour and hits. And resists. And healing potions!), and generally be as abrasive as possible to my friends. Woo. I shall be having not-so-quiet words with Klaus re: colour coding potion bottles, methinks!
Oh, to have kit (and HAIR!!!) like this...
