maundy
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maundy
Word chosen: maundy
Definition: the ceremony of washing the feet of the poor, esp. commemorating Jesus’ washing of His disciples’ feet on Maundy Thursday.
Free association word list:
Jesus
savior
Heaven
conversion
Heather
Katie
Mrs. Setzer
The Dark Side of the Moon
Space Shuttle
Space Station
solar power
repairs
good job!
space role-playing
Alternity
current Saturday night game
crazy
bat-shit crazy
Phil the Robot
escape from the Inhibitors
…for now….
FTL travel
Word chosen: current Saturday night game
Writing:
I could write for hours on this topic, but our current Saturday night game that Kolvedic is running is a hoot! We’ve been playing it for several months. I could try to summarize everything that we’ve been doing, but I think I’ll just describe (from my point of view) the characters (and one NPC) that are on our ship, “Smooth Operator.”
Spice is playing a homicidal mercenary named Greer. She’s all in favor of killing the easy targets, and really hates getting into tight spots. However, she’s always there when we need her, and has pulled us from the fire a few times.
Jhianna is playing Lephanie. Lephanie is an archaeologist that specializes in Forerunner technology, civilization, language, culture, etc. She’s also an open book. She will blather the honest truth to anyone that is asking her questions. She, like all of us, has some Conjoiner technology in her body and head. This means that we can talk to each other over a wireless network. It also means that other Conjoiners can do the same with us. More advanced Conjoiners can probe into our minds and get us to ask questions. Some of us can resist… Lephanie doesn’t have a chance!
Eric is playing Michael, who is a psion that seems to always have trouble follow him (which is not a unique trait in this group.) He always somehow manages to get loose from the trouble, but not without a little death following him. Michael is very proficient at causing physical harm to people, and I think he enjoys it a little.
I’m playing Marcus, who is a former hero of the Empire, and, through some twists, decided to join the rebels. Well, he still wishes harm to the Empire, but not her people. Things have come up that have caused him to maybe switch back to the Empire’s side. He’s really not sure right now. Marcus is a leaf on the wind, and we’re in the middle of a hurricane. He’s just trying to keep himself pointed in the direction of the moment, and is trying not to get anyone on his ship killed. He’s the captain of the ship, and he feels responsible for everyone on board. He had hoped to have retired from the military to smuggle goods to the rebels as a merchant. That pretty much didn’t happen. Now, he’s just struggling to keep his head above water, and try not to let anyone around him drown.
We had two NPCs on board, but one got fed to the Green Flies as part of a (we think) necessary step to stop the Inhibitors. The other was a psion from Earth that can through some strange technology see the future in bits and pieces. We had the leave him behind on the capital ship, Tellus, so he could guide them through building a faster drive system to get them unstranded from the middle of dead space, and on their way to the nearest star system with their hull full of refugees.
Now, we only have one NPC. It’s Phil. How to explain Phil? We first met Phil, and he called himself “The Sentinel.” He had been alone in a Forerunner complex for over 20,000 years, and had pretty much gone bat-shit crazy from loneliness. How did he survive so long? Well, he’s a robot packed full of Forerunner technology… mostly weapons. Ouch. Somehow a few of our people decided to snag Phil (the name Eric gave him) and leave with him when we released the Green Flies to fight off the Inhibitors in the Tilo star system.
I could go on and on trying to make things about this game more clear, but it’s such a mess right now, that I’m not sure any level of explanation will make it clear. Don’t get me wrong. I’m having a blast on Saturday nights. It’s a great time, and I can’t wait to find out what happens next because, with Kolvedic running the game, it’s damn hard to predict. That’s part of the fun.
Good times, man… good times….
