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Can you tell I haven't taken a Spanish class in a while?

But yeah, Midwestern US Gathering when? :)

That's what I get for posting while sleepy.

"Or Melody, if you want a more conventional name."

The Musician smiled once more, sipping at her drink.

"I don't believe my identity has been discovered yet," she said. "But that's the fun of it all, isn't it? What good is a secret if you don't risk it on occasion? Although I must admit, I do not have a guess as to your identity."

"I may or may not have spent an embarrassing amount of time in Google Images," she said, glaring at her pear cider as if it had slighted her. "But thank you, er... What should I call you? I'm the Crimson Woman, though I think several people have already figured out who I actually am." She tugged at her gloves, wondering if it was okay to admit that at a masquerade ball.

"Your dress is equally incredible," the Musician said. "I spent some time trying to come up with a similar design before giving up and opting for this instead."

If you're reading Bram's account of herself on her user page, do be aware that that is the story from the perspective of someone with an undiagnosed mental illness whose take on reality is often rather different from everyone else's. Everyone's entitled to their opinions, but that doesn't make them the whole truth. If you want to know what really happened, I suggest that you look back at the archives and see what everyone actually said at the time, in context.

As for the whole Hitler thing... have you tried not hanging out in places obsessed with Hitler? And, if you must, how about not spreading that "weird and/or messed-up" stuff to us? Just because it exists elsewhere doesn't mean we want it here.

I would also suggest you take a look at other Plort backstories to see how they've shaped Weab thusfar, and compare them to how you're going about it. IIRC, at least in the beginning, it was all incidental: nobody went out of their way to build up a specific fandom or Internet thing beyond how it related to their journey to the PPC—because Plort is about the PPC. Weab may be a representation of the Internet, but it's our representation of the Internet, through a very specific lens, and I keep thinking of a quote from LotR: "There is in [Lothlórien] no evil, unless a man brings it hither himself."

So... don't. {= )

It's actually pretty difficult to get yourself banned around here. We're a tolerant lot, and generally like to believe that people can learn from their mistakes and grow out of bad habits, given the opportunity. A little situational awareness will go a long way.

~Neshomeh

That ice fox is adorable. Absolutely adorable.

Also Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is out, and I like it! Very cute.

*waves from the car on the way to Cardiff, where she is piggybacking on her mom's hotspot*

Good news, now that I have a soft place to sit down and unwind, my back is doing loads better now. I wouldn't trade it for the world, though—I had a blast getting to meet everyone and we'll have to do it again sometime.

Also, hS! I have mucho picturas! Shall I email them to you, or what?

(Link)

Clockwise from top left, we are: CodeCom, Kaitlyn, Novastorme, Huinesoron, Irish Samurai, and FooFoo. And that's... half of the people present! Even if you discount Iximaz's parents (because who counts grown-ups in a Gathering.... ahem!), there were still 10 of us, which is as far as I know the largest PPC Gathering in history.

It was heaps of fun, I have heaps of photos, and there will be a report... hopefully in less than a year!

hS

"Duuuuude, your hair is awesome!" she exclaimed, accepting the glass of cider. Then, realizing that this wasn't quite the level of decorum expected at such an event, she coughed and said in a more even tone, "I meant to say, yes, it is quite the event. Your hair looks beautiful." By reflex, she sipped from her glass and, having forgotten it was alcohol, proceeded to cough violently.

Yeah, I'll need to fix thatwhen I make a proper post. Thanks!

—doctorlit, not reading for details, apparently

I speak for the Commonwalth of Wechi (supposing that Baroom, the Book Repairman, Dame Eatpraylove, Baron Neshomeh and Thunder won’t object to this).

We trust our baron, and since there is precedent for one-of-us speaking for the Commonwealth when Baron Neshomeh kept silent, we could always be sure that Wechi’s voice would be heard. Nevertheless, Baron Huinesoron is right – if Barony Neshomeh is extended beyond Wechi, a conflict of interests may arise.

But we object to the implication that "the archivists" are our civil government. We ask the Baronial Council to exempt us from the task of defining who exactly should be considered an "Archivist of Wechi" and let the majority of all denizens of Wechi who bother to have an opinion decide on the Commonwealth’s vote.

Although we don’t want to appear rebellious, we wonder how Baron Neshomeh can claim to speak for the Beytahs of the Riding when she clearly resides in Wechi. The Council may want to decree what is required to be a Beytah of Sittorese and whether barons are allowed to be involved in the representation of nations that is, as can be seen with Ozerbord and the Diskord, meant to be independent of barons holding territories in said nations.

Also, we feel that giving as many votes as there are Morrds to the Confederation of Diskord, while the Refuge of Ozerbord, the Riding of Sittorese and the Commonwealth of Wechi only get one vote each, and the Protectorate of Borrd gets zero votes, may appear unjust.

Hieronymus the hermit, part-time knight of Wechi, archivist’s apprentice, keeper of the records and (hopefully) by common non-objection current speaker for the Commonwealth of Wechi

((There. Even more reason to get involved. If you took residence in Wechi, you don’t need to be an acknowledged archivist to be polled on Wechi’s vote. Also, some complicated politicks: Since Neshomeh obviously is a denizen of Wechi and implicitly objects to any Commonwealth vote that contradicts her baronial vote, at least two Wechians who aren’t Neshomeh are needed to make the Commonwealth countervote its baron.

Sir Ekyl of Godreve and Sir Matthias Snow of Tumblar are currently the only non-barons who obviously reside in the Riding of Sittorese. Some persons of currently unknown residence (An'onere Morysse, Johan the Orange and Twyla Witherspoon) may, by claiming to be Beytahs of the Riding, reveal that they actually live in the Riding of Sittorese (but they either haven’t be seen in a long time or are not known to actually have beta-read anything).

For maximal involvement, the Council may want to decree that wanderers (currently Aila vyn Sini, Cipher and Sir Hardric) may be Beytahs of Sittorese, based on occasionally visiting the Riding (but Ayla hasn’t be seen for a long time).

The Barons won’t like it, but if this is a motivational thing, then the few Beytahs of the Riding who aren’t barons anyway should not be discouraged by the expectation that the barons who hold lands in the Riding and also are Beytahs will outvote them anyway. (This expectation may be counteracted by expanding the number of potential Beytahs of Sittorese to everybody who can present evidence that they practiced the art of beytah, regardless of where they live. I’m not sure whether this would be more or less ridiculous than the barons voluntarily limiting their power.) Thus, the barons should be excluded from representing nations and only represent themselves. This would also explain why the Council of Borrd cannot cast votes in the name of the Protectorate of Borrd and this nation has zero votes unless the Borrders rebel against being governed by a council of barons. Of course, it would also exclude Baron Neshomeh from being polled about the Commonwealth’s vote and thus would allow me to singlehandedly make the Commonwealth countervote its baron, but that’s beside the point.

I don’t know who and how many the Morrds of Diskord are (apparently Ye Scape-Grace is one of them?). On a meta level, I understand why we need the Morrds, but in-universe, if it is true that Wechi and the Riding (and Borrd) don’t need representation as nations because they are represented by the barons who hold land there, this should be true for the Diskord too, and only Protector Thomash should be invited to represent a baronless region – which could have been accomplished without talking about the representation of nations. But since the cat is on the roof now, giving at-least-but-only-one vote to most nations may be a politickal compromise that can’t be reasonably explained, and the complaint about it being unjust may be ignored.

HG))

The Raven sighed longingly, acutely aware of the time of the night and the time of her breakfast that morning. "I haven't eaten since this morning. Gosh, you're making me hungry, now." She looked over towards the food again. "Cake sounds great, but my eyesight isn't the best. I can't see any at the moment."

Team hS and Team Ix are present by the petrified tree in front of the NHM.

hS

Isn’t Charlotte the agent who is afraid of spiders? She nearly broke a desk and may have shrieked at Fortesque. But she is not scarred; that would be Ix.

(Besides that, I liked it a lot.)

HG, Uncanonical Department of Inaccuracies

Everyone, please be aware that the Circle line is closed through South Kensington, and the District line too from South Ken to points west. You can still reach the station on the Piccadilly line, and I assume the District from the east? Not positive there.

One hour to go!

hS

I'm still yawning, but I was so excited I couldn't get back to sleep.

My family is very excited and we'll be heading out early today, too—hopefully, my back won't gove me too much trouble. :)

The First Photo has been taken, the children have been dropped off, and we're off to the 2017 London Gathering!

hS & Kaitlyn

"Yeah, that sounds bad. I'll go with, but recruiting someone else might be a good idea." He glanced around the room. "Maybe we could find someone, but this could be fun either way. Death could be unpleasant, but it depends if it sticks."

"There's also outright terror, agony, and potentially repeated lethal injuries. But if it seems like you're irrelevant so far, then I think it means she's just winding it into another one of her plots. Speaking of which..." They sighed and stopped walking, giving the room a last look and shaking their head disappointedly. "I don't think my mission is in this room, and please forgive me for this, but I'm honestly afraid to walk out of here with anything less than an army. Since I don't think we can find one, well... Would you rather see what we can find ourselves, or should we get a little help first?"

He shrugged. "My role seems to be irrelevant so far. I am more worried than interested about what may occur, knowing our Hostess. It'll be fun either way, but I'm just wondering how much panic I'll be in before it's over."

"People seem to be enjoying themselves, and I've barely brought anything out! I look forward to seeing people's reactions to the proper challenges."

Knowing Cal, 'the proper challenges' will be deadly. Heck, the so-called 'easy mode' codes took over an hour to solve in some cases. You really wouldn't put it past her in any fashion.

"Or The Cryptographer, if you're feeling formal.", he said, leaning into the hug.

He then took the paper and slipped it into his pocket surreptitiously.

"And how are you this evening?"