Subject: You can't leave town?
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Posted on: 2015-06-24 20:09:00 UTC
Do... are there barricades or something? Because you've got both Canterbury and Dover down there that would be brilliant for Gatherings (actually I'm not positive about Dover, but doesn't it have a castle? Castles are good). Heck, for my part I'd be happy to go completely unorthodox and have a fossil-hunting Gathering somewhere like Folkstone, but I might be outnumbered on that one. ;)
hS
Sorry about the super belated welcome back. I have been very busy replacing my roof.
Anyway, what have I been up to? Not much really. Not sure if you have seen it, but if the January date is correct I am going to guess not. Me and Iximaz finished our crossover mission! After, like, a year. I'm currently on mobile, so I can't link, but I'm sure you can look it up yourself.
Anyway, how have things been for you? Well, I hope.
No, I haven't read your mission yet, but I am starting to work my way through all the stuff I've missed, so I'm sure I'll get to it soon.
Yeah, things have been pretty good for me. A little dull maybe, but I'm out of my slump now.
You don't know who I am, because apparently I got here, when you had already disappeared (That means around January).
So anyway, welcome back, and have this replica of The One Ring, that does nothing, except when you put it in boiling water. Then it makes peach-flavored tea.
Nice to meet you. Allow me to offer you an even more belated welcome to the Board.
Hmm, I still have some of these Karaoke Knights around - if you've always wanted a small toy knight that can only sing off key versions of popular songs, then this will be the perfect gift for you!
That was the sound of pretty much everything you just said going right over my head. I recognised the word 'Pokémon', at least.
Still, thank you for the gifts. Now I'm going to go and poke them with a stick until I find out what they do. Don't worry, I'll be very scientific about it - I'll take notes and everything.
Risk of Rain is a 2D shooty-platformy thing that has, along with Darkest Dungeon, The Binding of Isaac, Ascendant, Runers, and various others of the burgeoning "roguelite" genre, been taking over my life and making me its bitch like a big burly leather daddy no I'm not fantasising you can't prove it. Roguelites tend to have a lot of interesting items in them, and RoR is no exception. =]
In RoR, Brilliant Behemoth is a Tier 3 "rare" item that makes your hits explode, dealing additional splash damage. In Pokémon doubles matches, moves that hit multiple opponents do less damage. It seemed natural to make it boost the power of multi-target moves... though probably not with Tyranitar, since that means giving up on using Mega Tyranitar and no, God no, why would you even do that. =]
Have one of my own shed feathers and a complimentary kit of Spikes!
I'm sure I'll be able to find a use for those Spikes.
Your gift did conjure up a rather odd mental image - I read the first part as 'shed feathers', as in, the feathers from a garden shed. I picture this creature as a sort of cousin to the Dread Gazebo. It must have been quite a battle to get them :)
Have an animate origami frog.
What a curious little animal. I wonder if it eats bookworms?
You don't know me; I joined a month or two ago, but it's cool to see a returnbie! Welcome back!
In that case, allow me to offer you an extremely belated welcome to the Board.
*hunts for a gift*
Here, take this Karaoke Knight. This 1 ft high figurine of a medieval knight in armour is capable of singing (badly) any song you care to name.
Well, I'll be! Welcome back to the Board! Glad to see you're making a comeback.
I don't think we ever finished our little project together, right? I think it's about time we fixed that...
Yeah, I think our co-write might be the project that I've been neglecting for the longest - a somewhat dubious honour.
I agree, we should definitely get that finished.
I'm doing great; just finished my screenwriting class last week, and since we're not meeting during finals week, I have a chance to write/relax before my second summer class starts.
PPC-wise, I'm starting to wrap up my second mission and write my third. Both should be interesting.
Cool. I'm slightly jealous of anyone that sounds like they have lots of free time.
I really should finish my second mission. I think it got it to about 90% done, and then just never got around to giving it that final 10%. Out of interest, what continua are your missions in?
They're standard(ish) Suefics. My second mission covers a fic where the protag couldn't pick one supernatural heritage and so chose three of them. (Not kidding.)
You'll be in for a treat once my third mission comes out; the target for that one has FUBAR English, a breathtakingly stupid Sue (as they usually are), and one of the most jarring format shifts I've ever seen. And just to rub salt in the wound, it takes place in Chris' home region, Johto.
Here, have this stuffed Leprechaun... He may or may not spill out Lucky Charms if you slice him open.
Okay, enough with the stereotypes :D... for now.
But seriously, though, welcome! Now I have someone to Beta my Irish agent :D
I don't think we've met before, have we? I don't recognise your name. Apologies if that's just my poor memory.
Thanks for your gift.
I should warn you, there has been some doubt about my exact level of Irishness before, much as there has been doubt about my exact level of Samuraishness (which is totally a real word, even if the spellchecker doesn't recognise it). Still, I'm normally up for betaing stuff.
Here, have this cup of confused Lapsang Souchong tea as a welcome-back gift — it's not quite sure whether it smells like a campfire or not, so treat it gently, aright?
Ooh, thank you. Hmmm, from here it smells like a campfire... but if I go over here it doesn't. Dunno if that knowledge is useful to you or not, but thank you for the gift. Tea is always good.
Congrats on getting your Permission Giver hat.
Apparently I know a thing or two.
*Adjusts straw Hat*
What have you been up to lately?
*throws cakefetti*
Haven't seen you on in forever! Take this fresh plate of welcome-back SPaGhetti!
How's life been treating you?
And wow, I can't imagine leaving this place for any length of time; I love it here! *pulls everyone in for a group hug* :D
And oh, man, I know what you mean. Writing is love, writing is life! ...or something like that? Oh, yes, "Being sick of writing is like being sick of breathing!" You can probably tell I have no life outside of writing missions. ^^;
And thank you! *shoves her Firefly hat over her ears* I was pretty surprised to get it!
My name is JacksepticyeI remember you! You wrote the mission that introduced mini-Moggets to the world! YAY KITTIES
You're still running their adoption center, right?
Unfortunately I have no idea who/what Jacksepticye is, but thank you for the welcome back anyway.
Yup, that was me. I plan on writing some more interludes for the adoption agency, because kitties are awesome.
TAKE THIS COOKIES! TAKE THIS CAKE! AND REMEMBER - NOTHING STOPS... THE SQUATCH!!!
Sorry, JackSepticEye can only by quoted in caps.
So I might make the next Gathering!
Dare I ask why?
hS
Transfer at work - London is (more of less) the head office, so a chance to go learn from some guru type people. Having work pay for an international move is also a good thing.
No date for the move yet, but Jan/Feb next year is most likely.
I would certainly be up for a Gathering.
Didn't we cancel the 2014 one for the same reason...?
hS
However, unless you were lying to us with this post (and I've a fairly compelling reason to believe that you weren't) then there actually was a UK Gathering in 2014.
You're thinking of 2013 - apparently odd numbered years are no good for gatherings.
I'm able to get just about anywhere, but even speculative Gatherings are pointless if no-one else can get to them.
hS
I should be able to get there fairly easily. I'd be up for that.
The weekends in July are filling up rapidly for me, but I currently have nothing booked for August.
Either July or August is fine, but I'd have to clear time off work first by talking to my manager. Which is fairly easy, as that's, er... me. =]
*does some mental math* Oh, good, I'll be able to make it to the 2018 one as long as it's held in the early half of the year. :D
... when there's people to throw them at. ^_~ I tend to default to summer, because in my head I'm still at school. That isn't really necessary (though a winter Gathering might be a bit on the, well, chilly+short side!).
hS
But couldn't, for whatever reason. I mean, by way of an example, it'd be difficult for me to haul my broke carcass out of my tiny decaying seaside town whose only monetary income is derived from the patronage and patronisation of beardy DFL hipsters, and we have nothing to offer except a pleasure park that does not, in fact, have anything pleasurable in it. And I work there. I doubt I'm the only one in that kind of situation, which is a pity, because I'd really like to meet up with y'all one of these days. =]
Do... are there barricades or something? Because you've got both Canterbury and Dover down there that would be brilliant for Gatherings (actually I'm not positive about Dover, but doesn't it have a castle? Castles are good). Heck, for my part I'd be happy to go completely unorthodox and have a fossil-hunting Gathering somewhere like Folkstone, but I might be outnumbered on that one. ;)
hS
Because I was and remain broke af. =]
Canterbury'd be my pick, because there are interesting things and I know all the really good pubs, but I'm not going to drag everyone down to my neck of the woods because it's difficult (and kind of expensive) to get to. Also, if you're coming by train, you'd have to use SouthEastern, and life really is too short. =]
Oxford, London, Bath, York, Leeds - we've moved around quite a bit. (Though I will point out that to my knowledge, only two of those have ended up in pubs...)
It occurs to me that my list of Interesting Cantwareburhian Things runs 'cathedral, fudge shop twenty years ago', so... what else is there?
hS
Not to mention still dependent on their parents.
One of these days, I swear!
I heavily suggest keeping your schedule open for Summer 2016. I'm hoping to make a trip to the Isles sometime then.
August 2016 will be Phobos' and my fifth anniversary, and we've said before that we hope to go back to England for it. Mark your calendars, people. {= )
~Neshomeh
We'll have three batches of foreigners arriving at three different times.
Not that this will stop me from throwing three separate Gatherings, but it might wear out some of our potential attendees. ^_~
hS
I don't technically have plans. What I do have is kids, and default-childcare-parents who go on holiday for the first half of August. So while we can probably do that weekend - we'll have to bring a 6-year-old and a 3-year-old along with us.
hS
Did hS make a spelling mistake?
The forecast for tomorrow is rains of blood, with a chance of impending armageddon.
As things are shaping up, I might/might not be able to travel in summer 2016; I assume it depends on how well my studies go and what sort of job I'll get.
Man the barricades! Prepare the cauldrons of hot tea! Draw your swordcanes and don your armor-plated bowler hats!
(The armor-plated bowler hat is the height of British military technology, almost as much so as the exquisitely-understated Lovely Weather We're Having Cannon.)
hS might be silly
Ahem:
Oh, darn.
It appears that Gougle Chroume is out to get me.
hS
Gah, in two years, just you wait.
*wanders off, grumbling to herself*
And I've just noticed that it was hS who used the phrase 'dropped the ball', while you used 'fell through the cracks', thus making my previous response slightly less coherent than I'd intended.
I know I've been gone a while, but it honestly never occurred to be that I could get out of practice at reading a comment and then replying to it.
Still, it's good to be back :)
