As I haven't posted in a while, I've realised now that although not much is happening at the moment, small, interesting things have been happening:
Things have been manic. Absolutely insane lately.
At work I've been innundated with duties, priorities over taking other priorities.
At the monthly meeting, when it was my turn to speak up, my boss mentioned she'd noticed me skipping around the office, doing this and that and taking about 5 seconds to sit down to get a breath before continuing...which was nice because it's good to know people have noticed that you're breaking your back for them
Yesterday I had my Line Manager (or the person who sits closest to me at the office, who I speak to the most) approached me and ask me if I was ok with the little jobs I had around the office. She then said, if I had too much on and I was struggling, they'd look into getting a freelancer in, someone who could help me out.
I was extremely tempted, but for the mean time I think I should be fine.
Played Sadira for the first time at the Winter Feast. Felt extremely bizarre and for a few moments I was uncomfortable not being able to approach the GTC (our unit) directly as we weren't meant to know them).
Finally found a loophole when Ju (playing Kate, Sadira's mum) said she had to give a bottle of water to one of the members who's a sea elf. We approached the table and I was struck by inspiration to flirt with members of the unit until I found a weak point and try and weasel my way on board a ship. There I found Sebastion (Andi) so sat my 17 year old character on his knee, introduced myself and after a fairly cheeky discussion (mainly from him) got myself a job on board his boat ('I've been on my mother's ship for a while now and I'm looking to spread my wings and gain my independance'...kind of thing).
I'm not entirely sure what I do on his ship, but we're in the group now.
Everyone was great, really helping Sadira and Kate into the group rather than making us work for it. Merrick the sea-elf (Dave) seemed to develop the wrong idea about Sadira calling her 'that kind of woman' to which I swiftly put him right saying 'my interests on Sebastion's ship are purely business. If he wishes to see things in a different light, he's more than welcome to, but my intentions are solely skill and experience based.'
Not sure how the rest of the conversation continued, but it ended with Merrick (and indeed myself) realising that Sadira is a lot more cunning and logical than first realised.
I came to see that Sadira knows what she wants. She knows how to get it and she knows how to go about avoiding negative reputation.
Not too bad...though I'm going to have to work on her a bit. It seems she likes to get away from me if I'm not paying attention. Sadira is a toddler which I have to keep a tight leash on...it's bizarre.
Tom and I seemed to avoid each other on purpose at this event. At one point, I found myself wondering over to him at the bar. Kate, a priestess and Sadira, strong magical skills, seemed to come across as two characters who analyse those around them. Fair enough, we're just entering a new faction we know nothing about...we wanted to make sure we made the right choice.
Sadira chose to use this skill on the one person in the unit she hadn't spoken to yet.
I went up to Othem and mentioned the fact that he seemed to have an aura of sadness around him. I offered my help, all the time fighting back the urge to cry, but on gentle refusal, I lent up to him and whispered 'she'll always be with you' then scappered before I burst into tears (the reason being he looked so depressed when he looked at me)
What really set me off was when Maverick (the Navy Admiral - Tony) started singing. He introduced the song by saying ' this is to remember those who left us: Maclan (the God King who'd done his time on earth and was returning to the Ancestors - all those completely clueless say 'huh?!?) and Narween.
Him saying my name next to the highest ranking person in the Dragons whilst in a room filled with both Dragons and other factions broke me completely.
I spent the rest of the song sitting with my head hidden in Kate's lap sobbing as she stood behind me, hiding me from the room.
After the song ended and I ran to the bathroom to pull myself together, Tony came up to me Out of Character (OC) and hugged me saying he hadn't realised I was there until he started and by then it was too late.
By the end of the night, I was a wreck, crying everytime I thought of Narween and how much I missed her, the fact that she'd blossomed so well and was struck down at the peak of her existance, when her name was known and she'd gained such confidence in herself.
What was lovely however was to learn how many people wanted to re-introduce themselves to Sadira. I had a variety of people either come up to me, or turn around when I was talking with someone else and say 'I don't believe we've met' or 'who the hell are you now?' (spot the navy/dwarves greeting)
However, I'm now looking forward to each event massively. I've got a great pair of trousers designed for LARP which were nice and cheap, I've got the layers I can wear without looking stupid, my new larp belt and a new system for keeping my hair out of my face (score!)
We're also taking a new group of people from Purple Theatre to Monster for the first event of the year which I'm looking forward to massively.
On another topic (mum look away as this'll make you ick), the...scapel I've been using for a year in this office finally got me. Before the panic over rides, I'm FINE :)
I was cutting a box which has been doing my head in for over 3 months, I had angled my arm so I knew where the thing would cut, but I looked up at the wrong moment and the scalpel slid completely another direction (something I wasn't prepared for as most boxes I've cut have been extremely sturdy so they keep the blade in one direction.)
I can already hear mum wincing, so I'll say quickly, it was nothing major. I cut the tip of my finger and was forced to go to a colleague for help (I couldn't apply the wrap to my own finger). Admittedly I did feel a little faint as I ran it under a tap and she prepared the things (this also made us realise how crap the first aid kit is), but that's only because my body was reacting with 'Oh GOD what've you done!' My Line Manager then brought common sense slamming back by saying 'You're not going to die from a small cut so don't worry'.
My fingers now a bit tender of course, but it's healing up nicely. Though I can tell you it brought my back down to earth with a bump. My head had been spinning from the duties I had to perform around the office, job after job hitting me over the head, so the accident brought me back with a jolt. Though my level of awareness whilst using the scalpel (which was already up to 100%) is now being pushed up another 20%. It hurt...I've no intention of it happening again.
Anyway, best be signing off now as it's nearing the end of my lunch break.
One final thing however, for those of you who want to see me act a bloke in a play within a play, and Tom's creation as Assistant Director come to life, then visit:
http://www.purpletheatre.org.uk/for ticket information. The more people the merrier. Bring yourselves, bring friends, bring relatives, bring the neighbour and his dog...(equivalent to everything and the kitchen sink)
It's going to be a great laugh as all performers are enjoying themselves massively and a performance enjoyed by the cast is a performance enjoyed by the audience...
Go...NOW!
