Thoughts on Madrigal
What a strange event. I guess some of it had to do with being tired going in and it being a really low energy event. I actually napped three times over the course of the event.
I spent a huge amount of time trying to read this enormous text prop that based on early assumptions (you know what happens when you assume) that I'd need to know it all quickly. It was very cool and fun reading. It tied into plot work that I've been on for a couple of events. It just consumed my time because I couldn't get enough time to read. People kept interrupting and asking questions and it's really hard to get into something like that in that kind of environment. In addition, Friday night I kept finding myself rereading sections because I was so tired. I actually skipped important plot things a couple of times to keep working on this over the weekend.
Then there was a huge chunk of time that I spent listening to the story of one of the characters from that text prop telling the story from another perspective and filling in huge amounts of information. That was awesome. Again, I wasn't really doing anything but information gathering. This is not a bad thing, just added to the strange event for me.
There was a lot of time interacting with other PCs over this whole thing. Some of the more fun moments were spent in discussions about this plot. Still, it felt like the majority of my weekend was ino gathering and distribution about one plot and that's just totally abnormal for me. I even turned down invitations to go on mods over it because it felt like at least one person should have all the information start to finish and even dedicating myself to it I'm pretty sure I missed some.
Then there was the awful tension and angst that primarily came from Chance's choice and the associated fallout. That went all the way from Saturday night through the end of the event. Everyone around me was so negative and I just couldn't pull other peopes' spirits back up. What's really weird is that I've always felt close to Chance but somehow just couldn't get worked up over it myself. The thing that was the catalyst for all the drama didn't even evoke an emotional response from me. I don't know. Madrigal has certainly done a number on Zephyr's head lately. Maybe he's all cried out for a while.
No, that's not true. I pulled off tears twice, once after seeing otherworld Ezrem and Tashka and once while reading the journal and finding Zephyr sympathizing with the arrogant jerk who wrote it because of his lost love.
But, all that said, there was some amazing coolness:
- Zephyr and Ezrem's trial and all the associated RP
- Chat with Elder in which I found out all sorts of stuff no one else has even bothered to ask her
- Kerris :-)
- Fun banter with Camilla Naporea
- Fabulous discussion with Patriarch Wylde and Sam over Sam's bid for high priest
- Final Alkeric mod - The music in there was awesome. I loved it all, but especially enjoyed the group round, The Ash Grove which broke into spontaneous four part harmony, the lively piece performed by Terra and Halia and the voice/recorder piece I did with Tashka. Especially fun was noting while performing with Tashka a piece about women fighters that Danielle was fighting. Great timing. :-)
- Multiple attempt conversation with Halia, finally getting through it. A large family can be a curse.
- Going over to Dark Madrigal and helping get a power source for the Mistress of Vampires - Ezrem and Tashka both so creepy. I'm a little used to slightly creepy Ezrem, but dark Tashka? *shudder* And I totally loved the RP with dark Ezrem over a candle.
That's just the short list. I've got to get to work, but I wanted to put those thoughts down while they were fresh in my mind. Good work PC, NPCs and staff alike
Happy Monday everyone!
I spent a huge amount of time trying to read this enormous text prop that based on early assumptions (you know what happens when you assume) that I'd need to know it all quickly. It was very cool and fun reading. It tied into plot work that I've been on for a couple of events. It just consumed my time because I couldn't get enough time to read. People kept interrupting and asking questions and it's really hard to get into something like that in that kind of environment. In addition, Friday night I kept finding myself rereading sections because I was so tired. I actually skipped important plot things a couple of times to keep working on this over the weekend.
Then there was a huge chunk of time that I spent listening to the story of one of the characters from that text prop telling the story from another perspective and filling in huge amounts of information. That was awesome. Again, I wasn't really doing anything but information gathering. This is not a bad thing, just added to the strange event for me.
There was a lot of time interacting with other PCs over this whole thing. Some of the more fun moments were spent in discussions about this plot. Still, it felt like the majority of my weekend was ino gathering and distribution about one plot and that's just totally abnormal for me. I even turned down invitations to go on mods over it because it felt like at least one person should have all the information start to finish and even dedicating myself to it I'm pretty sure I missed some.
Then there was the awful tension and angst that primarily came from Chance's choice and the associated fallout. That went all the way from Saturday night through the end of the event. Everyone around me was so negative and I just couldn't pull other peopes' spirits back up. What's really weird is that I've always felt close to Chance but somehow just couldn't get worked up over it myself. The thing that was the catalyst for all the drama didn't even evoke an emotional response from me. I don't know. Madrigal has certainly done a number on Zephyr's head lately. Maybe he's all cried out for a while.
No, that's not true. I pulled off tears twice, once after seeing otherworld Ezrem and Tashka and once while reading the journal and finding Zephyr sympathizing with the arrogant jerk who wrote it because of his lost love.
But, all that said, there was some amazing coolness:
- Zephyr and Ezrem's trial and all the associated RP
- Chat with Elder in which I found out all sorts of stuff no one else has even bothered to ask her
- Kerris :-)
- Fun banter with Camilla Naporea
- Fabulous discussion with Patriarch Wylde and Sam over Sam's bid for high priest
- Final Alkeric mod - The music in there was awesome. I loved it all, but especially enjoyed the group round, The Ash Grove which broke into spontaneous four part harmony, the lively piece performed by Terra and Halia and the voice/recorder piece I did with Tashka. Especially fun was noting while performing with Tashka a piece about women fighters that Danielle was fighting. Great timing. :-)
- Multiple attempt conversation with Halia, finally getting through it. A large family can be a curse.
- Going over to Dark Madrigal and helping get a power source for the Mistress of Vampires - Ezrem and Tashka both so creepy. I'm a little used to slightly creepy Ezrem, but dark Tashka? *shudder* And I totally loved the RP with dark Ezrem over a candle.
That's just the short list. I've got to get to work, but I wanted to put those thoughts down while they were fresh in my mind. Good work PC, NPCs and staff alike
Happy Monday everyone!