I live! And some such.
Some people might know that I've moved out of California. And some of you might just now be finding out, but I'm in Illinois right now, living with two friends.
It's cold here. And grey. Although, just today we got blue sky for the first time in a week. Which is good, because I was starting to forget what a horizon was.
In other news I had 2.5 dreams last night, but I can only remember the first one and a half. The second dream was annoying, but now I can't remember why.
So, I'm part of Heroes of Rokugan A living campaign type thing. My char's name is Hida Yushiro, and he's big and heavy and made of wood. Well, not that last one but he's a bit thick in the head. Mostly because nobody ever taught him to think and he's never had any practice at it. He's a blast to play since, unlike 90% of characters he doesn't actually care all that much about Bushido, he just lives it, and gets into conflicts he doesn't know how to solve when his version and the one that everybody else tries to operate under clash. Somehow he keeps coming up on top, but I don't expect it to last forever.
Also, this being a living game, there are occasionally conventions for it where STUFF(tm) happens. There's one this weekend and part of the dream was set at one far in the future, or at least far enough for Yushiro to become somebody of some importance, instead of that crazy Crab that demanded a Matsu bride, and once charged back into a burning building to drag more people out.
Anyway, on to the dream, which mostly took place in an imperial courtyard that was at the same time the ballroom of a convention center. One one side was the Lion Clan and its allies, and on the other was the Unicorn and its. High ranking samurai on both sides were making impassioned speeches about why they should be charged with keeping the peace/allowed to fight other clans. Eventually I/Yushiro got sick up it and stepped up out of turn, and being a Crab I'd brought weapons, a katana and a tetsubo(big heavy club with spikes). I raised the sheathed sword and bellowed: "This is bloody claw of the Lion. This is the golden horn of the Unicorn. This is heart of the clans and the Empire. It was made for one reason: to cut. To cut death from life, dishonor from honor. It kills men." Then I set it down on the ground in front of me and hefted the tetsubo. "This is my heart, and the heart of the Crab. It is not elegant or beautiful, it is not clean, but I would have no other weapon between me and the shadowlands. There lies the enemy I will fight and no other." Then the perspective changed and Yushiro brought down his tetsubo onto the katana and shattered both it and the floor beneath it. And stormed out while everybody else was still too stunned to stop him. Once outside the room it was back to the me in the hotel version and a GM asked me to make a series of rolls to help determine how that outburst would be taken Getting a 73 on a 3k3 roll... probably won't happen outside of my dreams, but hey.
After that I wandered off to find ninjadebugger to get his help on my next char as I figured Yushi'd either get killed to protect the Crab honor or turned into an NPC. Don't ask me why he wasn't in the room when this was happening, it's a dream. Along the way I somehow stumbled into the .5 dream which was me talking to the replacement char. A Tsuruchi Archer. (Waits for ND to kill him three times.)
Notable exchanges from that conversation include:
RDM: Wait, you're just Keika with eyes, no angsty back-story, normal hair and a tea fetish!
Yumi: I'll have you know that I can achieve gratification without tea, although a nice cup afterwards...
RDM: Okay, I need to separate you from her, and I've got way too many bi-female characters as is, so pick one: guys or girls.
Yumi: Girls.
RDM: You exist to make my life difficult don't you?
Yumi: Think about it, I can share with Tsukino, we both go after all the Crane and the ones that turn out to be men she can keep and I'll take the ones that turn out to be women. It's perfect.
RDM: Can't go wrong etc etc.
Yumi: ... I'll put her in a box, and then put that in a bigger box, and mail it to myself, and when it arrives!! Nookie!
RDM: Right we're toning that down.
Yumi: You take all the fun out of being me.
RDM: Go drink your tea.
Yumi: Mhm, tea.
It's cold here. And grey. Although, just today we got blue sky for the first time in a week. Which is good, because I was starting to forget what a horizon was.
In other news I had 2.5 dreams last night, but I can only remember the first one and a half. The second dream was annoying, but now I can't remember why.
So, I'm part of Heroes of Rokugan A living campaign type thing. My char's name is Hida Yushiro, and he's big and heavy and made of wood. Well, not that last one but he's a bit thick in the head. Mostly because nobody ever taught him to think and he's never had any practice at it. He's a blast to play since, unlike 90% of characters he doesn't actually care all that much about Bushido, he just lives it, and gets into conflicts he doesn't know how to solve when his version and the one that everybody else tries to operate under clash. Somehow he keeps coming up on top, but I don't expect it to last forever.
Also, this being a living game, there are occasionally conventions for it where STUFF(tm) happens. There's one this weekend and part of the dream was set at one far in the future, or at least far enough for Yushiro to become somebody of some importance, instead of that crazy Crab that demanded a Matsu bride, and once charged back into a burning building to drag more people out.
Anyway, on to the dream, which mostly took place in an imperial courtyard that was at the same time the ballroom of a convention center. One one side was the Lion Clan and its allies, and on the other was the Unicorn and its. High ranking samurai on both sides were making impassioned speeches about why they should be charged with keeping the peace/allowed to fight other clans. Eventually I/Yushiro got sick up it and stepped up out of turn, and being a Crab I'd brought weapons, a katana and a tetsubo(big heavy club with spikes). I raised the sheathed sword and bellowed: "This is bloody claw of the Lion. This is the golden horn of the Unicorn. This is heart of the clans and the Empire. It was made for one reason: to cut. To cut death from life, dishonor from honor. It kills men." Then I set it down on the ground in front of me and hefted the tetsubo. "This is my heart, and the heart of the Crab. It is not elegant or beautiful, it is not clean, but I would have no other weapon between me and the shadowlands. There lies the enemy I will fight and no other." Then the perspective changed and Yushiro brought down his tetsubo onto the katana and shattered both it and the floor beneath it. And stormed out while everybody else was still too stunned to stop him. Once outside the room it was back to the me in the hotel version and a GM asked me to make a series of rolls to help determine how that outburst would be taken Getting a 73 on a 3k3 roll... probably won't happen outside of my dreams, but hey.
After that I wandered off to find ninjadebugger to get his help on my next char as I figured Yushi'd either get killed to protect the Crab honor or turned into an NPC. Don't ask me why he wasn't in the room when this was happening, it's a dream. Along the way I somehow stumbled into the .5 dream which was me talking to the replacement char. A Tsuruchi Archer. (Waits for ND to kill him three times.)
Notable exchanges from that conversation include:
RDM: Wait, you're just Keika with eyes, no angsty back-story, normal hair and a tea fetish!
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Yumi: I'll have you know that I can achieve gratification without tea, although a nice cup afterwards...
RDM: Okay, I need to separate you from her, and I've got way too many bi-female characters as is, so pick one: guys or girls.
Yumi: Girls.
RDM: You exist to make my life difficult don't you?
Yumi: Think about it, I can share with Tsukino, we both go after all the Crane and the ones that turn out to be men she can keep and I'll take the ones that turn out to be women. It's perfect.
RDM: Can't go wrong etc etc.
Yumi: ... I'll put her in a box, and then put that in a bigger box, and mail it to myself, and when it arrives!! Nookie!
RDM: Right we're toning that down.
Yumi: You take all the fun out of being me.
RDM: Go drink your tea.
Yumi: Mhm, tea.