You know you play too much Achaea when ...

Amanu

Star tarots. Muhaha

Melodie

Berenene said:

Melodie said:

While in the middle of getting students to line up to change to their next class, you see two students putting away books. You inform them it's not necessary, that the next class will be using them, and they turn to you in delight to say, "I know, we're just making them suffer. SUFFERING!" before returning to what they were doing. And you just can't help but think... what wonderful little Mhaldorians they would probably make.

You gave them gold stars for that didn't you?

Assuredly.

Next day with another group of kids, I had a kid who randomly decided to hug a fake tree-plant thing in the room after he showed me something. I fully intend to inform my Suffering children of my real-life Eleusian child so that they make him Suffer as soon as possible. Probably with giggling and asking if he likes cuddling plants.

...I may have a problem. 

Berenene

Melodie said:

Berenene said:

Melodie said:

While in the middle of getting students to line up to change to their next class, you see two students putting away books. You inform them it's not necessary, that the next class will be using them, and they turn to you in delight to say, "I know, we're just making them suffer. SUFFERING!" before returning to what they were doing. And you just can't help but think... what wonderful little Mhaldorians they would probably make.

You gave them gold stars for that didn't you?

Assuredly.

Next day with another group of kids, I had a kid who randomly decided to hug a fake tree-plant thing in the room after he showed me something. I fully intend to inform my Suffering children of my real-life Eleusian child so that they make him Suffer as soon as possible. Probably with giggling and asking if he likes cuddling plants.

...I may have a problem. 

No, you're fine.

Hexan

When you have a dream that you're in achaea - and you're playing the real world on a laptop made of a mirror, gemstones on a pressed tablet for a keyboard, vines coming out of the back of the mirror leading over to some wooden contraption that a humgii is peddling to power. x.x

Orzaansyn

When you dream you are visiting an achaean friend who conveniently lives 20min away of your home, when she actually lives on another continent.

Gibbi

So I had this really awesome dream that I was roleplaying with @aurora. But it was like... larping, with special effects. ...that took place in the loading dock/store room of my real life job. I say "roleplaying" because it wasn't just a straight up dream with fantastical elements. There were points for one reason or another where we'd break character for one reason or another ("you sat on my hand" "I am legit afraid right now. I am 6'3 300 pound man and this game is scaring me. Okay, back to character" ect.)

So the dream was I, as Gibbi, had met with, and ended up working for the devil in a situation similar to that one show I can't remember the name of where the guy tracks souls for Satan and has a best friend named Sock. Kevin smith directed the pilot. Anyways...

As I was being granted these powers, and tested on them, I would feel more and more uncomfortable and guilty, cause despite my rationalization that they'd help me serve good, I was totally betraying Aurora and serving this being who kept saying he was beyond the gods.

So I went to talk to someone (can't recall who they were supposed to be) and for some reason we sat next to eachother and were texting? Then @Aurora appeared, and was cheerily asking what I was talking about. In shame and embarrassment, I refused to show her, and she respected that privacy enough so to even ask the other party to cover their phone so she didn't accidentally see my replies.

That person had to go, so it was just me and Aurora. I hesitantly brought up the devil to her. Then this recurring theme started. I asked about the devil and did not get a clear answer. It was more a somewhat ragey "Lying, cheating, corrupting monster!" and she being a goddess, pieced together the situation and instead of getting upset at me, she said something along the lines of "Lets go find that monster and get his hooks out of you." She then spoke to a character who wasn't even around before but dream-logic lorestuff said he'd always been there and I totally knew. Something like "we have to stop the devil" This character's only visible contribution was to nod, then immediately go back to work stocking shelves.

It was around this time that one of those ooc breaks happened, and I remember that afterwards I had to actively get back into character- fearful shakes and worry. Typical Gibbi stuff.

The theme of "what is the devil" and "he says he's greater than the gods" kept getting brushed off or outright ignored. and OOCly, I felt kinda bad because I had made a sort of commitment to this other admin/divineish figure, and immediately went to hide behind Aurora's skirts to get out of the rammifications. But either way, Aurora tasked me with finding the devil (she didn't go anywhere, just watched me climb over a bunch of boxes) and I found the item to summon him, but he appeared before I could touch it regardless (it was a plastic yugioh millennium puzzle knockoff)

I remember the two of them having a conversation that made me fear for Aurora's life. Like, he said stuff that'd have gotten someone subjectable to god-powers zapped or worse. But all Aurora did was verbally spar him, but in a totally "mama bear" protective sort of manner.

Then he agreed to let Gibbi's soul go, snarked at me for the "lovely hour of service" and seemed to vanish. I turned to smile at aurora, but the devil reappeared, and I saw this red fiery flash. I knew that meant I was supposed to die, and he said something like "too bad I've already won" before vanishing again. Given that this roleplay wasn't mechanical or text bound, I conciously decided to ham it up, despite the fact that the rp was STILL supposed to achaean, so I'd come back anyways. So I stumbled forward, grabbed her hand, looked her in the eyes, gasped once and toppled over onto yet another box.

Then I got up and went down the hall towards the deli, and proceeded to work with a group of rude and incompetent new hires until I woke up irl and started writing this.

Tl;Dr: had a dream where I larped with Aurora, and she went all momma bear on the judeo-christian devil for my soul.

Aurora

I don't even know what just happened, @gibbi.

Anedhel

That's a true blue Aarashi, right there.

Gibbi

> @Aurora said:
> I don't even know what just happened, gibbi.

I don't either! :)

Taraza

You go to the Renaissance festival where they have these necklaces setup over different runes and try to point out that "Eithwaz" "Laguz" "Inguz" have completely different meanings then what is written on the paper and to tell them to use AB RUNELORE <skill>..

I did end up getting a lovely necklace over the Runic Pentacle  ...And a cutlass..and beltloop..and a Japanese ceremonial fan

Araeus

When you drive somewhere you've never been before and you wonder how many explorer points you'll get for this.

Nellaundra

@Taraza The Georgia Ren faire? Cause I saw the runelore stuff too!

Cyla

Getting threatened by @Daslin that he'd come and sink me while on the city ship, going "lol w/e" then having a stress dream that I was kicked out of Ashtan for being sunk by Daslin on the city ship.

Ruth

Don't worry, I will sink him for you for fun if he does and then chase you as well!

Cyla

Ruth said:

Don't worry, I will sink him for you for fun if he does and then chase you as well!

Yeah yeah, I know I up and ran the other night. I'm not going to lose my perms to this ship over something I could've avoided >.>

Hexan

When you dream of singing "Colours of the Wind" to a Knight of Mhaldor. Who applauds with a smile... and beheads you afterwards.

Which is what I get for reading about city skirmishers while Disney played in the background; before passing out.

But, I hit every damn note of that song in my dream. Worth it. Completely worth it. :D

Achimrst

Hexan said:

When you dream of singing "Colours of the Wind" to a Knight of Mhaldor. Who applauds with a smile... and beheads you afterwards.

Which is what I get for reading about city skirmishers while Disney played in the background; before passing out.

But, I hit every damn note of that song in my dream. Worth it. Completely worth it.

Get Swiftcurse and then hunt as a Shaman, you can play something more fast paced while you kill.

Caoimhaen

When you are talking to someone and you catch yourself before you say last month. Lol. Nooo! Getting achaean time and real time confused...bleh.

Hanley

When you tell someone on Skype that their screen name looks like Epidermal to  you.

Jhaeli

When you find ways to accommodate your daughter's desire to sit in your lap and breastfeed... and yet, continue to hunt on Achaea around her. 

(Yeah, even I find this one almost as sad as it is funny.)

Trilliana

I did that with both kids. The struggle was real

Caoimhaen

When I dream about making my character's big decision over and over like a night mare. Lol. It just keeps replaying. Whyyyy. Lol

Taraza

@Nellaundra Nah this was the TN ren fest. Some bloke built a castle ages ago and lives in it. So every year there's a festival. 

Hexan

So, I was clearing the junk mail out of my inbox and skimmed over a message called 'Canabis Therapy' - Only I read it as 'Cannibal Therapy.' I immediately thought of group therapy with Infernals and Apostates. Mead and doughnuts on a corner table of the church. Sobriety tokens/coins for not taking or consuming hearts. XD

Amanu

Or maybe it's therapy via cannibalism? No pain, no gain!

Torinn

Necro.  But.. today I found myself writing "ALTAR TABLE" for queries instead of "ALTER TABLE".  

Xias

I have been catching myself typing words in work emails with an extra U such as colours, honours, etc. 

IT STICKS SO HARD

Berenene

Xias said:

I have been catching myself typing words in work emails with an extra U such as colours, honours, etc. 

IT STICKS SO HARD

Well, that is the correct way to spell them after all, you should leave it in there.

For me, the worst is I have a user who has a first name Hasan.  Everytime I write out his name, like in the preceding sentence, I ALWAYS, without fail, type Hashan and have to retype it.  Luckily, I have managed to catch it before sending it to the user.

Aralaya

Having a conversation.
Person: "Hey what do you want to eat?"
Me: "Say I dunno, I'm good with whatever."
Person: "Why did you just say say?
Me: "Don't worry about it!"

Face


Palm

Asmodron

While at my desk job, reading patient names off a form to enter into the system...I sometimes find myself writing in achaean names because they are so similar....

So far i've got Sartan..Balmet...Aurora...Khalas....and some friends >>