Dusk

So, it finally happened. The larp I've been waiting for for the last half of a year.
And it was good.


I'm very looking forward to seeing the photos from the game, but I know that due to some circumstainces the online publishing of the photos may be delayed. So I'll just wait.

In my childhood my main reading were fairy tales. Now it's fantasy, and sometimes - science fiction. Not far from fairy tales, I guess;-)))
So, in one Georgian fairy tale there was a character with a very special ability... Well, actually, it's not only this one, that ability appears in fairy tales of that region sometimes, but this one was just one of those I really liked so I remember it quite well. Not even so much the plot as the ability.
Now, reading the Hub Club RP thread on Diatribe I suddenly came up with the idea - what if I join and play as Anomaly that has this ability? The thing is, it's a very weird one, and will make no benefit in battle or other conflicts. Still, will definitely make benefit in other ways, but not so much for the one who has it as for those who are around.

I have a developped idea for 2014 character which I'm going play in larp, but dunno if I should join as that one online, or better try this new one... I'm kinda tempted, also, I only came up with idea about an hour ago, and my lunch happened in that time, so I had my head free from work thoughts to think of something else. So now I have a ready character with a weird ability, but I'm too shy to start playing. I'll read the thread till the end (I'm somewhere in the middle now), and if feel less shy I'll probably join. This character wouldn't be anything about using her power for her own benefit, so it would all be about roleplaying the actual attitude and the "human-->anomaly" change situation, as she's just recently discovered that power.

The more funny thing is that if I decided to play it live, the power is actually very physreppable...

*gone reading Hub Club thread*

P.S. Of all games I've only been to one, the last planned one was cancelled, and the next one I'll miss as well. But eventually I'll be there, I keep faith *sigh*

2014 is closer than you think! My manager has just made a joke about prognosing something for 2014 year, and it took me a long time to divide OOC context and the game context;-)))
Which reminds me I need to make  a character sheet for 2014.
Ah, and for Ravenholme too... Totally not into it, I mean - to making the sheet. I think I'll better go and write another fiction about my larp character. Let's see how much I can write today on my Capulet...

Friday night I crawled home so very happy it's weekend at last (and now it's over, *sob*!), and I got kinda sleep.

On Saturday the photosession with adamww didn't happen as burningsol couldn't come, so we postponed it. At 1.45 I left home to go see starfirenz, and the bloody bus was 15 minutes late, and then I got so very lost very close to her place because I forgot I have to make one more turn and was walking around the wrong street, and couldn't even text starfirenz because I have no credit left on my mobile. Eventually I got there, and we went for a nice walk to the One Tree Hill domain, where we saw lots of sheep and very cute and bouncy little lambs *squee*, they were jumping all around *squee*, and they were so very funny! *squee-squee-squee*
I watched "Angel", and I think I really like Angelus. He's so bloody sexy.
I also read a bit of "Petshop of Horrors" manga, and I think I really like Count D. He's so bloody cute.
Did some sewing. After long planning and thinking I have at last understood how to make those 17th century beautiful sleeves. I have 3.5 sleeves left to make, and 2 of them are not for me, so I'm gonna be very-very nervous about the right length. But I like sewing, it's one of those things where I just enjoy the process.

The other enjoyable process is eating chocolate. I've allowed myself to spend several dollars again for my favourite Hazelnut Whittakers. I just love it so much;-)

Been to S&S today, though I didn't train much this time, but nevertheless it was a good one. I saw a white lily and some other cute flowers. Had a nice talk to a friend, and that has at least partly decreased some of my worries. At least the thing that was bothering me for almost a year doesn't look that terrible now. Troubles are sometimes not that scary as they look like, I do know it, I just sometimes need to be reminded. Same about people.

And now I'm gonna do some more sewing, eat my chocolate, watch more "Angel", and try to go to bed early - something I almost never succeed in, but keep trying. Is there any way at all to make yourself to go to bed at, like, 10pm, or at least 11?

*fluffy hugs*

P.S. NZLARPS AGM tomorrow... They said you can ask the GMs questions, and I remember I have some question to ask, but I can't remember exactly what it is I'm going to ask...

None of the secret NPCs turned up so the game had to be scrapped, much to everyone's annoyance

This is a quote from allova whose LJ I'm now reading to get the idea of Nightmare Circle. Geek, I could be at that game as a secret NPC (already arranged it), but I had troubles contacting the GM right before the game for details (because GMs are busy before the game, and it's normal), and being a very shy person I hesitated to go and so didn't go. Grr. Vak.

I think I need to be more active in my communications...

Made poll on Diatribe and found everybody apart from me are using daggers in larps. Amazing. I want that too.

I've ordered two from Mordavia_creator, he's made a big weapon order in the beginning of winter, so soon the stuff should arrive, I think.

I like daggers. They are nice, very nice. And easy to carry too... Which reminds me that on Sunday I'm gonna discuss with Trainer_guy the thing with which I'll be able to carry sword on my back. Otherwise it does take too much space around me.

I've also been thinking of getting a pair of steel daggers. I am highly unlikely to make them myself, not only because I'm lazy, don't have tools, blah-blah, but also because I want them to be pretty. Meow. I talked to one guy who said he can do it some time ago, but we didn't discuss details such as price, maybe I need to ask him at last and decide how I can save money for the thing I want so much.

I really do like the case dagger fighting. It just feels so right. Do you have this special feeling with something that this is the exactly correct thing for you, the "natural" feeling? Holding a dagger in each hand feels so very natural to me, and it was like that from the very first second. I think I'm even improving my technique;-)))

Another natural thing for me is bellydance. My heart cries thinking that I had to miss it this week. I think next time my arm will still be hurting but much less, so I'll do it. Oh dear.

Ok, life seems to be quite nice.

Lunch is coming soon, I have pork and rice, and chocolate sandwiches. Weather is nice. Today is Wednesday - not yet Friday but not Monday already, so rather good. A friend of mine found wonderful job, and another friend decided to quit smoking. I'm making my character sheet for Ravenholme, and thinking of character for St Wolfgang. Oh, beautiful dresses! Puffy-puffy!

On the bad side, my arm hurts like hell today, dunno why. I think it might feel different in different days, but I see it gets better. Just very slooooooowly. Still, pain is suddenly stronger, and I have to be careful at work not to let anyone notice me twitching or shivering. It doesn't happen that often to think of going to see the doctor, it's just this whole injury thing. Bugger.

The Evil Twins ^TM (cat_i_th_adage and stephanie_pegg) are tempting me to post the picture of the wound here, and I'll probably do it tonight (oh dear, and I was going to seduce them to the Dark Side! I think they have been there long before me...). I took this picture yesterday, looked at it and cried. I didn't realize it looks so terrible. It's no more than skin damage, but just the look of it... Then there was "pain time" - applying the healing cream and quickly lying down on the bed before it starts acting. After several unpleasant minutes applied the bandage. I think the area of the damage gets smaller as the little scratches are already partially healed, but the main part is still bad... I also feel cold, maybe because of this condition too, but firstly because I can't put much clothes on, can hardly get the arm through one sleeve.

I'm hungry. Hopefully will feel better after getting food.

 Edit: feeling much better indeed. Yay food!

I suddenly felt a wish to check the old Mordavia forum where I first time roleplayed online. That was quite funny, to see beginning of my roleplaying;-)))
adamww asked me if I wanna play online a bit as it was some time before my first larp, and starfirenz came to his inn as a spice merchant, so he thought it would be logical for an alchemist to talk to her. Naive young me thought it'll be just a nice conversation of two nice ladies.

Mua-ha-ha.

Well, the starfirenz part was nice indeed, and me was nice back. But I surprisingly found there was some action going on around too...
adamww himself was there as Boris, the human who hated elves, and he was staring at us making us nervous. Then kiwifruitbat came in as a completely drunk fairy Die Fledermaus, a very shocking character for a person like me;-))) He came up to Myri (starfirenz's character) and me and said "So... either o' you two hu'ans been wit a war hero?" I didn't understand a single word in this phrase and PMed to starfirenz "What did he say?" She explained;-))) I tried to play a cold angry elf, Die Fledermaus kept being naughty, I suggested he goes find a barrel of a cold water and ducks his head into it. He took it as a challenge and suggested we meet two months later after full moon for an insult competition. I suggested he doesn't walk around in full moon as he can be eaten by a werewolf, and then we'll have to deal with a drunk werewolf which would be very upsetting.

Then Megilindir (adamww's character and my character's lord) came in. It was kinda strange to read how I talked to him, when he asked if I'd seen his sword, and I gave it to him (kept it next to me all the time). In reality, I wouldn't let my lord to walk around without me, and if I knew he's walking around with no me and no sword I would have already been shaking up the city looking for him;-))) And then my phrase "a slight anxiety reflects on her face, but then she obviously decides that her main object is to obey her lord's wishes" when I watch my lord leaving the inn sounds just weird. Well, the "You will NOT go there!" thing when pulling him back away from the zombies happened much later, as well as him escaping from inn and me following him being not seen. His expression when he at last noticed me was priceless.

In her pm starfirenz also told me that Trainer_guy's character, Carlyn, the captain of the guard, was couple of tables away so he could do something interesting if Die Fledermaus does something we don't like. Well, Die Fledermaus quickly escaped when Megilindir appeared, "running away, bumping into everything on his way", and the next thing he did was bumping into Carlyn's table and knocking his hot coffee over him. And that was not the only thing he did;-) What he got for it was "two hours in the stocks... and make sure there is a big bucket of rotten fruit next to him". Since Die Fledermaus kept being naughty  "the sound of rotten fruit thrown grows more frequent".

That was fun. I hope I'll happen to do more online roleplaying, right now there is some going on 2014 forum, but I just can't find what I would wanna play there... I hope we'll get to do it in St Wolfgang maybe, after the first game, when it all settles a bit.

Oh dear, the game starts tomorrow! Aaaahhh!

I never thought it's so difficult - to make a nun wimple. Trying to understand how to better make it so that it's easy to put on, but it will not fall off, and it will be comfortable to run around in for the whole weekend... Oh dear.

Well, I actually have a very clear idea of what I want, and I have all the materials, I just need to start making it at last. The black robe and the white cape are already finished, and I also spent two hours working with two pieces of leather I got from Geoffs Emporium for 1 dollar - I made a belt bag. It's cute and comfortable, I'm gonna use it with nun costume, I think.

And now I'll go and finish writing my character sheet to send it to allova.

Looking at Diatribe, there is a whole bunch of larps going on now;-)) Nice-nice;-)))
No Man's Land is something I didn't really understand what it's all about. And I don't think it's currently being played...
Stargate is fun, but I don't play it - I crew. And it was the first larp in which I crewed. It's nice to make troubles for others.
Nibelungen is another thing I didn't understand about what, but people say it's nice.
Nightmare Circle is the one I strongly intend to play one day, or maybe crew... But with speed of my intention it'll finish before I get there;-(
Skirmish is something I was thinking of, but probably not any more...
Quest Waikato - I'll be there! Eventually... One day... Yeah...
Pirates - yo-ho, I'm all there, and intend to not miss any games. I like it very much, and even though I've missed the first game, I got strongly involved starting from the second one.
Og - people say it's fun, but I'm not into the idea so far. Which doesn't mean I would not change my mind later.
Ravenholme - it's the only larp to which I got involved basically from the first moment I saw a mention of it (because it's such a cool name;-)), and the only larp in which I attended all the games that happened so far. Need I say more?;-)
Multiverse - I think it's another cool-looking thingy that is not yet played, but I was a bit interested when started reading about it...
St. Wolfgang's Vampire Hunters - in this case I was interested not from the first moment, but probably from the second, as at first mentioning there was no info given, just a note "watch this space". The first game is yet to be, and I'll be there. I think I'll enjoy it, does look like my kind of thing.
2014 - another cool-looking thingy that I didn't really understand what it's all about...
There is also One World By Night, which I played once only, and would be willing to play more if I knew I have a ride back home. Because my only experience with this game was "cool game, ok, now I know how to get there, but on the way back I hoped someone would give me a ride, but all the cars were full, and I waited 40 minutes for the bus and got frozen very much, especially in the lower back area which is quite upsetting, next time I'll be more smart and find a ride before coming to the game".
Requiem - I'll be there, yup, I will. In August.
And occasional larps are nice too, I played the Disaster game on America Cup weekend, and that was very nice (bottles! test-tubes! gloves! medical tools!).

Summarizing this, I can probably say: I'm a larper.

*surprised hugs*

My Master has recently posted a llama link, so I decided I can post a llama link here too, just because it's funny.
There is a discussion on Diatribe now, and on this page they describe a Mordavia case. Some of you don't need to read it as you guys actually posted there, but others may want to get some giggle too. On top there is stuff about costume, but when you scroll a bit down - that's it.

Goodness knows what those memes are, I probably need to make a separate post asking questions about LJ etiquette which I'm so completely unfamiliar with.

I saw this thingy in starfirenz' LJ and liked it, so I grabbed it. Hopefully by doing that I didn't break anu rules;-(

LJ Titling Meme

1. My username is _____ because ____.
2. My journal is titled ____ because ____.
3. My subtitle is ____ because ____.
4. My friends page is called ____ because ____.
5. My default userpic is ____ because ____.


Hmm...

My username is "elven_alchemist" because my first larp character was an Elf and an Alchemist, and I'm generally very fond of Elves and larps;-)

My journal is titled "Duskbird" because this is how dariyan said she sees me, and I liked that;-)

My subtitle is "I live in Darkness" because this is how I currently feel.

My friend page is called "Dark Side around" because I'm a Sith Apprentice in training, so I'm learning to see the Dark Side everywhere.
(Note: Dark Side is not necessarily something bad, and to see it is not bad at all anyway, so don't think I'm weird to my friends;-)))))

My default userpic is Agatsuma Soubi from "Loveless" anime, because he's cute;-))) I think it might represent the moment when he says "I'm not a pervert". Maybe I should add this phrase to the pic?
All my current userpics are from anime because I am a big anime fan. "Loveless" is one of the cutests;-))

In fact, all those things are soon to be changed apart from the username. I change them from time to time, as well as LJ layout, all depending on how I currently feel.

P.S. Oh well, and now after filling this the wish to change suddenly increased...

Every time I go to Diatribe and look who else is present on forum now, I feel like they are physically present there. I mean - as if I meet them physically. Kinda weird... Or does anyone else feels that way?

I know often people go somewhere without prior organizing a lift for themselves from there.
I never do it, I always organize everything very much beforehand.
Today first time I didn't. First experience was... bad.
Waiting for the bus for 40 minutes (it was very late), freezing my... hm, lower back completely, and in general getting to know a bit more about Auckland's night life than I probably would want to... Not an experience I wanna repeat every month.
So next time I have to organize a lift very much beforehand.
Or just not go.
Maybe it's fate. Maybe it's not for meant me.
But I so much like vampires.
Ah well, my hopes are with Tigger now, he's organizing a vampire game.
And minding what kind of humour Tigger has - that game would probably be very evil.
Which is always good for larp, yup;-)))
So I'll be looking forward to it.

I know I already asked some of you, but I want to know what the others can say too. So probably it's a good way to ask here.
Those who already replied to me are welcome to reply here again;-)))

I wonder if I get to OWBN this time.
I even have a character.