Nerves-Induced Checklist

[thessalian]

Tattered-look lacy skirt in shades of brown? Check.
Blouse? I have nothing suitable. I am wearing my battered purple jumper and will pick something up on the way - if I go via Finchley Central, I pass an Oxfam shop.
Oversized stompy boots? Check.
Assorted small useful items for trade (in this case, stuff I got from Christmas crackers, a couple of tea light candles and some d6s)? Check.
Printout of character sheet and important rules to know (combat, healing, herbalism)? Check.
Spare T-shirt, change of underwear, hairbrush, toothbrush? Check, check, check and check.
Lab coat? Picking up when I get there.
Gladstone bag equivalent? Maybe (if Daz didn't bring it, I can just empty out my handbag and use that - it's a big battered old thing and will do).
Camera? Check.
Hip flask? Check.
Nerves? Oh hell yes.

I've never LARPed before. This is intimidating. It's going to be fun, and yay for seeing people I know (at least I'll recognise Daz and yshala on sight this time, promise, though they might not recognise me since the haircut), but ... augh newbie!

...I am a ridiculous creature. I am the sort of person who throws confetti at her fiance on Tottenham Court Road and sings "The Gap! The Gap! The Gap is on fire! We don't need no water, let the motherfucker burn! Burn, motherfucker, burn!" outside the Gap outlet on the corner of Haight and Ashbury. I sing Tom Lehrer in the queue for the London Dungeon and Monty Python songs on the Tube. I cannot get nervous about 'getting into character', in the Pulp Fiction parlance, in a room full of people, some of whom I know, who are doing the exact same thing.

*mental smack upside the head; voom*

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Have a great time! You'll be fine ;)

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

(Crap, sorry, that was me; LJ had logged me out)

[the-blonde-one.livejournal.com]

You are a purveyor of DOOOOOOooooooOOOoooM.

Know thine own. Remember that your character is what ppl will think of
when they think of you (except for yshala and Daz) so make it as real for them as you do for the Changeling players. This is for YOU to have fun and they are there for the same. You will have ppl there to ask questions when needed (ask immediately what a visible physical motion or movement is for OOC so that you can get clarifications if necessary). Keep your cheat sheet at the ready.

And depending on the type of game this is, either scare them senseless or knock'em dead. But no matter what, have a good time or I'll shake my finger at you knowingly. :) *HUGS*

[the-blonde-one.livejournal.com]

...and what is voom? Very Out of Mana?

[nightskywarlock.livejournal.com]

voom is... voom.

as, "if i 'adn't nailed 'im to the perch, he'd 'ave muscled up to them bars, bent them apart with his little pecker and voom!"