it seems that some time has passed. in that time some stuff happened
more recently though, i went to raiding in the frosty north with some of the local fighters. i went up early and stayed with a friend, who is also an ex of the ninja. apparently she thought this was weird. the thursday afternoon was spent designing knot work for the scroll that announced our intent to raid. that night we went for sushi with a hot blonde, unfortunately traumtanzer was not able to join us. the sushi was good, i had salmon battleships
friday was spent actually drawing the knot work on the scroll. the power went out, but that didn’t make much difference to my day. except for making it difficult to make tea. the scroll turned out quite nicely, but i didn’t manage to get a picture. i will try to find something and post it when i do. that night we got pizza at primi and tried to organise to do something exciting, but no one could think of anything. we did come across a book sale, where we found a few good books. then there was the dvd sale, where we found the die hard anthology. this made for an awesome evening and a not so early evening for the fighting the next day
this is where i am, once again, reminded that leaving things to the last minute doesn’t really work. i planned to hire a car to drive to the raid, but i could only get them to deliver it at 14:00. which was a little late for the 13:00 starting time. i managed to get a lift from the other raiders, who had got a car the previous day, and then got the car delivered to the raid venue. on the way, we picked up mekhetling and got some booze. all through this, we only got lost once and arrived an hour late. this wasn’t so bad, as the local fighters took forever to get armoured up. this was well worth the wait. fighting new people is quite challenging, but many fun. as it turns out, they have their own mad scot. needless to say, we got on very well. unfortunately he suffered an armour malfunction while we were fighting, but we will meet again
there were three new fighters there, who all showed good potential. the more experienced fighters were all out of practice, but still made a good showing. i would call it a very successful raid. even though there was no cattle theft. afterwards there was much food and merriment, as well as an impromptu court convened by sir ulf. all the fighters were given a trinket to thank them for their participation. lord caerthgyn, the resident mad scot, gave me his with the admonition that i return it to him in september when they have their next major event. so i will be there, if i have to make earth and sun
at about 20:00, i left to meet up with traumtanzer. on the way i stopped to drop my armour off, get some warmer clothes and drop off mekhetling. this meant i got to the club at 23:00, but that’s the frosty north for you. i then proceeded to have an awesome time and met some really cool people. the place was like decodance, but with a gothier atmosphere. the only part of the evening that didn’t work, was when i tried to get a round of cannonballs. they didn’t have banana liqueur or captain morgan. i will have to find a way to introduce these people to its awesome
sunday was for icon. made vague plans to get there at 11:00 and was quite proud of myself for getting there at 12:00. traumtanzer only made it there later, but it’s a coastal thing. i spent the day wondering around talking to assorted strange people and slept in my car for a bit. the prize giving was an exercise in restraint. it might have been rude to drown out the organisers with our laughter. all that needs to be said is ‘woof’ and ‘that’s what she said’. the comedian was brilliant, as always. i don’t really remember the rest, i was a little distracted. the after party was a very relaxed affair, but was spent in the company of good people
trying to get my hire period for my car cost me my cellphone, but i eventually managed to sort everything out. i got to the airport on time and managed to borrow a random stranger’s phone to organise a lift home. the airline was bordering on pissing me off, like the car hire, but they decided to allow me my excess baggage instead of making me grumpy. i will recommend them now, rather than warning people off them as i was close to doing
the rest of the week happened. if i feel there is anything worth posting, i will add it to the weekend post which will come later
