Fall 1 quotes and favorite moments

At dinner,
Kael: "Why don’t you go talk to Roderago? He actually likes you "
Praxithea: “Kael, I’m shocked! You don’t like me!?”
Kael: “Oh no, I like you. You’re like another version of me, but insane.”


Morpho and Evelyn immediately bonding as butterfly/moth lyra herbalists was a delight.


The discussion about how Tobias should develop a reputation for being tasteful.


Actually from discord DMs before game: “Hexes are clearly umbral and just like curses, except they satisfy Kir’s love of hexagons.”

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“It’s Velikah’s salamander meat grinder!”

“Vel, snack over here!”

Context: MW has a thing similar to fang druid where you can refresh spirit darts if you death strike. Those poor salamanders got so eaten so many times.

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Charles’ fae: “Why are we going [to the casino]?”

Steal: “You’re a special guest!”

Charles: “I’m special!”

Thank you Charles, I don’t think any Players heard our interaction, but it made me smile


Having Dolan explain what a casino is to Steal, in a way Steal could understand was also excellent


Going out as Aldus to collect a draft of a monster compendium, and ending up in a conversation with Roderago over dinner was great! I was so sad I had to run

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Thanks everyone for playing pretend in the woods with Kellis.

The visit to Ionian’s exhibit was a blast and right after sitting on a pile of furs reserved for the Best Dad, it got even better as Faelan bargained to keep Kellis from becoming an exhibit!

The Guardian mod turned Velikah’s Salamander Grinder was awesome because we got to nerd out over Elam and use the stones to fire up a freaking stargate.

One highlight- the golem fight Mar, Maevis and myself just took off behind the spider bathrooms and booked it into the mod building while the fight was out front. Sign said max 8 and three of us ran in. Maevis had a tiny dagger, crossbow, and 1 Vit. We got the stuff though!

Library conversation about starsinging with Lesovic and the chat with Strigford were really awesome. Lots of really good lore.

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  1. Endlessly impressed by staff and the crunchies! Y’all are working your butts off and it is impressive and so appreciated!
  2. Vandriel’s peaceful presence, always a delight to spend time talking with!
  3. Vennick encouraging me to join the militia though I am a squishy fledgling – meant so much to me.
  4. Nice walk in the woods with Drinn and Cillian, super fun to talk backstories and characters’ future paths
  5. Meeting with Conchordia and Amos’s lovely song. #hexed4life
  6. Sneaking/running for our lives into the building at the Golem fight. Shoutout to Wilbur for taking one for the team. Kellis and Mar, it was an honor to be alongside you with naught but my tiny dagger and a dream!
  7. Tobias having us sing with him at the Casino! So great, wrote down some of the songs from the book to learn for next time!
  8. The entire Orfeo and the M’Cord Affair team – amazing work and SO excited for Fall 2!
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vel: *comes back with skull face and purple shadow. meab: ..you know what i’m gonna say to you, right?” (insert seal stare of horror)

a Vi shaped Cat Bayun chasing Chambrin and Meab through the woods, seeing chambrin run off to PS5, and having my ultimate white girl in a horror movie moment of the locked door refusing to open, in the dark, in the woods, alone. scared the shit out of me, no notes, 10/10. after all, Vi is for Void.

Vel giving Dolan and I our button bracelets after the casino.

performing (and spending more time with) Tobias Fairweather himself

Drinn giving Meab the first Velliar coffee when I had a migraine. She won’t forget that sweet gesture!!

Play practice!! COME SEE IT :ogre:

dancing with the magical fish in the tavern!!! that was amazing and i will be bringing the extra tattoos back for F2. i love me some fish npc.

and i spent more time with Enki and Vandriel!! so glad meab got to know them more.

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OH and everything about Vicky as Sweeney dragging me away to void for being too nice, and needing to cast “SWIM AWAY, F THIS” and abandon ship, literally. And Vicky again as my theatric bestie and role model Gouache who got to watch me “feesh” Cillian and Maevis.

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I saw the slay by bow hit a golem dead in the chest. You and Mar were beasts in there, all I could do was hold some golems off but it was slays and fireball city on the other side.

We saw an opportunity, took it, and came out alive. Didn’t even wait for permission. Maevis has more courage than just about anyone in Oak Harbor because it was absolutely mad to run in there with a blade the size of a butter knife and one Vit.

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I was expecting an assassin may come out late Saturday night. As the casino was quieting down, Vee enters dressed all in black, with a black half cloak covering their torso so I couldn’t see their hands. Starts acting in a way I find suspicious…

Anyway, I subdue them and search them out of caution.

Vee: “You find 10 Leaf.”

Velikah: “…what are you doing to Lulu?

Me: “Who’s Lulu?”

Vel: “That’s Lulu! They’re an Umbral being. Full name…” [I forget what it was because my mind started thinking, “Hmm, I suppose an Umbral being could be an assassin.”]

Me: “Dolan, help search?”

Dolan: “Reveal.”

Lulu: “You find nothing.”

Me: “Huh. …In that case, here are your 10 Leaf back, sorry for the misunderstanding.” I slide the coin back into their pocket.

(1 minute passes, Lulu still lying there.)

Me: “No, you know what, I don’t believe you. I search you.”

Lulu: “You find 10 Leaf.”

Me: “I SEARCH YOU AGAIN!!”

Lulu: “You find noth— oh, actually, wait a minute.” Lulu puts a hand in a hidden sheaf somewhere by their armpit and extracts a tiny blade. Far too small for any self-defense, but the perfect size to jab into someone’s kidney.

Me: “YES! THANK YOU! It’s not paranoia if they actually HAVE the thing!”

I felt so vindicated. (This was also 100% just Vee forgetting that searches found weapons, but it made the whole scene so funny.)

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Very tired all game, but also needed to be Shackled to other people for a long time at game lead to some fantastic moments.

Like when Strigford wanted to have a private conversation with Kellis, and I was like “How private?” Because believe it or not, Shackled. Keeps happening to Spencers.

Or when I passed out in the back of the Shop and Kael was like “Lesovik, you awake back there? ::no answer:: Right, BMV Kael I Curse Your Spirit, Sleep.”

And then when it was said that the Spellsinger-Eater was immune to things you repeatedly use so I started to cycle through everything I could throw like Unroot, Healing, Mend Limb…

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Lots of comedy moments in the final fight.

As a Golem facing down Asger on the front lines, barely getting chip damage past the shield here and there.
“Wow, you guys have almost broken through my oakskin!”
Newly filled with determination, catch him in the leg.
“That broke it!” -slaps chest- “Oakskin! :)”
-Petulant Golem Foot Stomp-

Then as a Golem facing down Kael
“Oh hey, this Golem is cherry flavored!”
(I forgot to wipe off my Lyra marks after the Felgiester rescue mod lmao)

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I imagined that golem as a kind of Gusher with a gooey and delicious core.

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  • “Speed jerking in the hot hallway” broke me Friday night. I said it, realized what I said, and couldn’t breathe for trying to hold in my laughter.
  • Getting to do fun gory SXF was SO fun, and I got to do it twice! Huzzah!
  • I love Rachel Hour, and I love that players seem to love Rachel Hour. Please keep eating snacks and relaxing with me!
  • Leaf Dab kept the capricorn so calm while it was being disentangled from the popping wire :sob: :pink_heart: (which I did not realize how explosive the popping traps were, and when I let one off to test it and warn players they were going to experience danger, I genuinely spooked myself lmao). It was so nice to have a quiet walk over to the beach and chill afterwards.
  • Great Possum Spirit time is always good. I love it when players make bad decisions.
  • Getting to go out as the Strongman again was so nice! The players hyping him up to set boundaries was adorable. TY George for letting me wrestle you out of the tavern after your NPC was rude.
  • During a serious mod I was in the graveyard for, I was awakened and I took a big breath and looked up and saw a MASSIVE shooting star. It was SO cool and atmospheric.
  • The Rat King and his Ratinue was one of my favourite parts of the entire event, but ESPECIALLY the fact that the entire tavern applauded when we walked in.
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  • Gheist being a great champion and acting as my body double! I do have some notes, but not gonna lie, that hat looked good on ya
  • Finding out the University pays by the page. . .
  • Poor Poor Isobel. . ..
  • Casino music time was such a delight!
  • Being approached by the Special Guest Fae to try to have me be their spellsinger.
  • Spellsinging talk with Vennick and Cillian
  • Play rehearsal went so well! You guys are doing so great, I cant wait for us to show it to the rest of Oak Harbor!
  • Deciding this is the weekend of Tobias subdue whimsy (sorry Boris)
  • Introducing myself with “I’m Tobias B. Fairweather, I’m sure you’ve heard of me” only to have one of the new players actually go “Oh yes! I have heard of you!”
  • The Rat King. Four Stars A+, no notes.
  • Chilling at the fire circle.
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My GPS taking me to the House That Is Not Camp Middlesex somewhere in massachusetts

Staff: “Hey, do you have any of those extra swords you usually have”
Me: “No, they didn’t pass inspection last time… why do you ask?”
Staff: “Welllll…”

Insane kismet on friday night with Zelai. We found a mouse, three minutes later we found a cat. We realized we should put on spell shields, three minutes later a cat tries to put us to sleep. It asks us for a story instead, I give it a silly end to its own story, Zelai gives it a historical tale of umbra. Cat Bayun is like “Nah yall are chill” and that was that. The weird lucky coincidences continued all weekend.

Paul waking me up at 2 in the morning to tell me he just made it to site, only to unpack, leave a few weapons in case staff needed them, take a nap, and go home again to make sure the dog gets out.

Concordia somehow singing in unison was super unsettling, but Concordia was a lot of fun to meet. #newshroomwhodis

Me, Wilbur and Dolan trying to sneak past the circled up Feldgeists.
Amos: “OK, They can see us so we all go on three. ONE!”
Everyone immediately runs for it on one

Rescuing another baby from the Feldgeists and watching Jenna make the hilarious choice to make that a me problem, and also telling me to put the rest of the babies back. In general dodging Feldgeist packets was hilarious.

There were a lot of other good moments but I’m still brain dead I’m sure it’ll all come together and I’ll update if I can remember.

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The age of the midlife crisis is over, long live the identity crisis:

  • Got to bring out the emotion tags I had been planning since before winter feast. Everyone’s reactions to them were perfect. I did enjoy confusing a handful of mystics with them. (Also I did not realize there were a handful of mystics to confuse with them)
  • Having to awkwardly look away when Flint said that Louise had used Blaze to cut their “heart” in two
  • Yorick doing his first ever component walk with Spira and finding the phoenix egg
  • Taking a nap at Rachel hour and waking up to Mogudad going “wait are Yorick and Rachel a thing”
  • Having a gate closed on me while George tried to stop me from escaping using my new skill Home is Where the Heart(h) Is.
  • Fighting the Rivet Vultures, I had MacDuff in hand. During this fight I tripped backward over a rock and rolled back to my feet. The whole time I was able to keep MacDuff facing the Rivet Vultures as he wants to throw down with anyone that attacks the Prickle.
  • Sending different parts of the prickle off on their own adventures and getting them back. Though true to his name Oberon has developed a stripping problem
  • A repeated mention of the Ship of Thesus in my letters, from George, and the story of the Crafter was a very fun way to spend the intro to the Yorick Identity Crisis Arc
  • Telling Staff I’d like to have a bit of an identity crisis, and getting the chance to sell my name for a year and a day, with staff accepting me also selling my ability to call the Heart of Fire by name was perfect
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You played an integral part of that last battle! Depth of skill pools doesn’t matter as much as determination to make a difference. :slight_smile:

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Sooo many good moments this game, let’s see how many I can remember.

Finding out the consequences of 18 wilderness tracking. 10/10, would overkill WT again :rofl:

Mysterious Trader being concerned that people wanted to buy curses over their wares :joy: “The curses are the bad part?! Why do you guys want the curses without the goods?!”

“Speed jerking in the hot hallway.” was an immediate favorite. 11/10. I felt bad we started that mod at 2am, but it was So good. It also allowed me to add another photo to the collection of “Fáelán tries more unliked foods in the Arts & Dance Mod Hall” (see pic in discord). The Old Men Of The Sea arranged like Salami were Peak. I also loved the slow settling realization of what that mod was about, and how long it took for it to dawn on both me and Fáelán that this whole setup was to keep Kellis trapped in their collection. Bless you Kellis for being a better negotiator than I, or you would not have made it out of there :sweat_smile:

Late night chat with Kellis, Ravenna, and Ralkurian, talking about lyra cabals, and Ralkurian saying “I’m in more than one cabal. Polycabalic.” (and Kellis had a banger followup but I cannot for the life of me remember what it was, Help!)

DINO MOD!!! Having to leash up Annihilator to walk around town was so funny to me. I loved parading the dinos around, and the amazing gifts they gave us were so well made!!! Can’t wait to unleash our Dino Training Abilities on town enemies :t_rex: :flexed_biceps: :smiling_face_with_horns:

Absolutely loved the Capricorn mod! And the goatee-sporting npc who managed to sell beard oil during it??? Wack and Silly. I also got ENORMOUS joy in having the rivet vultures descend towards us, and me wielding the exploding rope the Capricorn was tangled in at them and going “If you come closer, I’ll explode this rope at you!!” They stepped closer, I pulled one of the poppers and the bang startled them all enough that they stopped in their tracks and looked at me with seeming alarm, before the Owen shaped vulture just goes “Clarify, was that a fireball?” and I had to admit that No, it was just intimidation. But it was successful intimidation!

Getting 3/4 potatoed in the tavern saving Tobias’s hedgehog band was very fun too.

I finally made it to Possum Hour! I think I may have initially started the GPS with how enthusiastic I was to harvest dino egg caviar :slight_smile: Zevvi getting caught stealing an unopened egg led to us each being told we could keep one (1) egg, but the best part was after the GPS left, Zevvi going “Oh, I have 3. I have 2 in my boots and they only caught me stealing the 3rd one.”

VIGOR SHEEP MOD!! There was so much to this mod, from the weird looks people gave when trying to convince them to go by enthusiastically saying “Wanna milk some Vigor sheep with us?” to the actual cringe inducing phrases in the mod being uttered when begging the sheep to let us milk them. The gravity mechanics were SO COOL AND FUN!!! Is it odd that my highlight was grabbing an assassinated Tobias body, hanging on for dear life over a mineshaft I hadn’t realized was there, and then hearing Connor go “ambient: Fáelán, maim all limbs” and falling down the mineshaft only to be impaled on the spike wall at the bottom and then nearly killed by the monsters inside? Bless the Quartermaster for using your foot to knock away the 3rd death strike or I would have been following Tobias out :sweat_smile:

Conundrum’s fighting pit. I speedran getting steamrolled by a Grindleking in 7 seconds :smiling_face_with_sunglasses: But our 3v2 Yorick/Ghiest/Fáelán vs Grindleking and Earth Drake fight was awesome and I love that we managed to win :flexed_biceps:

My Awaken lesson in the University. Loudly announcing I was going to remove my helmet so that I could be subdued, and saying that anyone could subdue me at any time. Vandriel points out that it might not be much of a surprise since I’m now expecting to get subdued. But Right as I get up from the floor to sit in the chair across from Roderago, Kellis subdues me with such speed and grace that everyone else was also surprised. It was golden. And right after I was awoken he subdued me again :laughing: Perhaps my favorite lesson.

Being a crunchy during the golem fight! Had a lot of fun going after my assigned targets and being immune to all the taunts assorted players were hurling at me. Sneaking up on Maevis in the factory was soooo satisfactory, but dang Mar for taking me out before I could execute my kill protocol :laughing:

Silly moment during cleanup when I walked into kitchen and Shambrin and Vai were wandering around with the celery root from my Friday 2am mod and going “Whose is this??? Who just has a Celeriac in a bowl?? Where did it come from???” and speedily announcing "Oh, me! that’s mine!"and everyone in the kitchen looking at me with confusion.

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I got to see the look of pure shock on your face when he did that. It was glorious.

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