Return-Path: alix@iastate.edu Received: from bashful.u.washington.edu by hardy.u.washington.edu (5.65/UW-NDC Revision: 2.22 ) id AA24080; Sat, 10 Apr 93 19:47:48 -0700 Received: from pv6641.vincent.iastate.edu by bashful.u.washington.edu (5.65/UW-NDC Revision: 2.28 ) id AA24269; Sat, 10 Apr 93 19:47:45 -0700 Received: by iastate.edu with sendmail-5.57/4.7 id ; Sat, 10 Apr 93 21:46:42 -0500 Date: Sat, 10 Apr 93 21:46:42 -0500 From: alix@iastate.edu Message-Id: <9304110246.AA29234@iastate.edu> To: alix@iastate.edu, bs821@cleveland.umd.edu, frost@netcom.com, gibbs@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu, jhp5s@faraday.clas.virginia.edu, julius@sandman.cco.caltech.edu, kruegek@u.washington.edu, kruger@hardy.math.okstate.edu, phillips@syrinx.umd.edu, reneem@netcom.com, renehill@acsu.buffalo.edu, seh9407@tamuts.tamu.edu, sqh7516@tamuts.tamu.edu, st203374@brownvm.brown.edu, twilkinson@mta.ca, warlock@fantasy.gatech.edu ***** This is a log of a mostly OOC discussion that began in Fort Weyr's Living Caverns the night of Friday, April 9th around 11 EDT. It began with most of us being bored, and I think the character Bedan's ignorance of recent Fort Weyr history. Deirdre, who just happened to be there at the time, was rather talkative, so she volunteered to tell us the history of what she knew about PernMUSH since she started in August 1991. Over the course of the five hours, many people came in and out. Editor's Note: * has arrived and * has left's have been editted out. Also, FL arrivals and departures are edited down to one line. And further editor's notes will be set off with the ***** as above. Hope you enjoy. =============================================================================== On the perch, Marin's human is a history buff, what can she say. ***** Marin looks to Miritha Bedan grins at Marin. "Me too." Tariana nods. "Go ahead. I had to run a relogin." :) Deirdre says "This might come out really badly. It's been a long time. There are whole huge sections I'm forgetting. People will probably correct me." Tariana chuckles. "It's okay. It's better than our nothing, Deirdre." She pours klah for those who want it, and pours Deirdre a glass of Southern Rose Wine to drink. Bedan snags a glass of wiine for himself. Cerys takes a cup of klah for himself. "Thank you Tariana." Renee leans over to Bedan, "Is there desert, tonight?" Bedan settles in, and smiles. "Okay, Deirdre... spill it." :) Bedan smiles at Renee, and whispers, "Sure is... over on the table, a few bubbly pies are left." Renee smiles at Bedan and gets up to get a piece of pie. She selects one of the largest pieces and brings it back to her chair. Her first bite leaves a dab of fruit filling in the corner of her mouth. Deirdre says "Ok. I first logged into Pern in about mid-August of 1991." Deirdre says "We were running at leland.stanford.edu 4201. Wizards were Amberyl, Tabbifli, Moonchilde as God....." Deirdre thinks. Some more. Leona still, maybe. Jax? Deirdre says "Sh'dow was Ista Weyrleader, T'gerey was Benden, D'nal, I think, was Fort Weyrleader. I was your average clueless newbie. The first people I met were Gareth, Malachite, Catra, Argen, and Amberyl. :)" Deirdre ums. "Let me see. I decided to try to become a Harper. Tabbifli was MasterHarper, and Brennin was CS. I mailed Tabbifli for ages. At this point in time we were using F'jon's mail pouches, which broke .all the time., and Thread was coming 'any day now'. Bedan ohs, as this appears to be entirely an OOC story. Tariana chuckles at that... Renee giggles. Deirdre nods. Can't tell it IC, sorry. :) Deirdre says "F'jon and Sh'dow were wizards, I recall." Beran emerges out of the tunnel entrance to the Weyr. Deirdre says "The first big IC event i remember is the Ista Hatching. It was Aurith's first. There were only 6 eggs--which was .really. weird at this time, because the first 5 Hatchings, with the exception of Arlianth's, were huge. Like 15-20 eggs. Ista had 6, with one bronze-- which went to J'shua." On the perch, Marin tries to remember the Ruathan Holder's name. Wasn't Jax, but was a J, definitely. Bedan waves at Beran, smiling. Deirdre says "It was very amusing. Aurith wouldn't let the girls near to the eggs--and there were only 3, Ambar, Aara, and Arana --and Thenomain ended up standing up and screaming at her. 'You big lizard, get away from the gold egg!'" Beran waves to everyone, and quietly takes a seat next to Tariana. Bedan laughs! Deirdre says "That was where Kale & I first really met, mostly due to OOC talking. IC we hit it off immediately, decided we'd grown up together. 10 days later we were engaged." Tariana laughs! Tariana nods to Beran, before turning her attention back to Deirdre with interest. Bedan whistles. "6 eggs, one of which was bronze, and one of which was gold? Wow.... Tht's a bit odd..." Bedan oos. "Foreshadowing!" ;-) Deirdre says "Amberyl was doing Benden a .lot. different than we do things now. She had a list of questions in the mailroom. You went in there, signed up, and emailed her an interview. I had lots of personal angst about whether-or-not-to-stand." Deirdre says "The MUSH was running under 1.14, I believe. The big Conversion To 2.0 was coming up, and was a big source of alarm for everyone." Bedan says "You mean, 1.50? Or did you skip tat entirely?" Bedan is a 2.0 convert, sad to say. :) Deirdre is throwing out random bits of trivia. My mind isn't ordered enough to do this the way Amby does. "When you logged on first you didn't end up in teh Birthplace. This was, of course, the OLD db, so you ended up in #677, Fort Hold guest dorms. EVERYONE hung out in #0, which was the Fort Hold ramp. We stood on a slant. Miritha notes, "1.50 didn't exist." ***** She wasn't really in the room. I think she @emit/room-ed through Marin. Bedan laughs. Deirdre thinks it was 1.14. I'm not up on code, though. Penn does indeed bear resemblance to 1.14 Pern. Um...the big new thing about 1.14 that I remember was the excitement of page-pose and whisper-pose. On the perch, Roo lets out a cheer for the fort hold ramp... Bedan whoas, and mutters about stone ages... Deirdre says "Penn didn't exist at that point. Amby's only pet project was surviving Benden. T'gerey was the other wizard I couldn't think of. He was never on, either." Tariana chuckles, only having known /this/ version, and was on the old sight before this one all of like a half an hour. :) Cerys suddenly notices that the sun's gone down. "Shards. I need to go." Deirdre still does stupid Old DB tricks. Like, um, @tel #531. @tel #84. And so forth. Deirdre says "I started my songbook then. It was fun." Deirdre says "We were raising money for a new hard drive for Pern, I believe. Send your $$ to Sh'dow. We were searching for a new site, and ended up on milo.mit.edu." Cerys goes into the tunnel leading out of the Weyr. On the perch, Roo grumps at all the nostalgia... Deirdre says "Ok. We've gotten through August and Septembre 1991. Octobre: Citrel logged on, got his newbie orientation from yours truly, and ended up a SmithCraft Apprentice. Alaric sent out his 'Who's Who.' Darion wa Tillek lord." On the perch, Marin does, too. Stupid Old DB tricks, that is. Like, oh, @tel #3000 for Ista Beach. Deirdre says "Malachite was still Masterminer." Deirdre nods. Right-o, Marin. Deirdre says "It was in Septembre that Perpetua--who was just a Journeyman, maybe even stil lan Apprentice--and Alaric got married. And Danielle & Malachite wed around the same time." Tariana grins. She /likes/ this nostalgia thing! Deirdre tries to fast-forward things, since most people who're listening have no clue who I'm talking about. Bedan just asked someone that wquestion. "Who're they? :) No mater, go ahead." You say "Citrel=C'trel. Malachite is Lord Holder at Brum. I've heard of Sh'dow. Go on. :)" Deirdre says "Novembre came. Benden Hatching. Gwyneth & me & Annalyn & Kylana & Tarrah & Garavon & Devin and Caloren stood, among many many others. Annalyn got the queen, Iriniath. D'vin and C'loren and G'ravon all Impressed. I didn't, neither did Gwyn. For about a week I had no clue what to do with myself." Bedan does too, Tariana. :) On the perch, Roo looks down on the floor for Encil's pet the ubiquitous Neco. Tariana chuckles. "Enter Encil, Roo?" Deirdre says "I didn't want to marry Kale, because I wanted to stand again. There was always the option of a secondary to stand, but darnit, I wanted Deirdre to Impress. I talked to Chareth, and finally made up my mind, and broke it off with Kale. Citrel hung around a lot, flirting with Liana, my sister. Resav became Master Sea Crafter, and I became Headwoman. Lammpoy was still around. So was Joanna. And Cow. And R'shard was, i think." Miritha says, "Oh no, Mal and Dani didn't get married till like March or Feb or so." ***** She still wasn't here yet. Deirdre says "We had Turnover Gather Novembre 23. It was a happy thing. Somewhere in here we go to 2.0, T'gerey is de-wizzed, and Ambar gets his bit." You say "Liana is your sister?" Deirdre says "Decembre: I Impress Kolith here at Fort. C'trel and I become an item." Deirdre blinks. You're right, Miri. I get there wedding confused with Per & Alaric's. Sorry. Deirdre nods. Liana is my sister. Mandew, Drix, and JUlian are my brothers. On the perch, Roo groans, "that's about where I lost access.." On the perch, Roo projects even Deirdre says "Citrel liked Liana who liked Resav who liked Marra." Deirdre says "In like Octobre." Deirdre says "And S'rtan and I write the D'vin song. :)" Deirdre says "Which Per helps with, later." Deirdre damns. I gotta go. RL is killing me. I'll be back tomorrow night, and will gladly Nostalge you guys until you turn blue in the face. I'll even attempt to write up a sensible time-line tonight so you guys can get things in the right order. You say "Per=Perpetua?" ***** I turned the log off, 'cause I thought it was done. Little did I know, Miritha came in, and started right up again. Thankfully. Amd, in answer to my question. Yes, Per=Perpetua. And, C'lyn walked in at about this time. Bedan hrms. "Where's Deirdre?" Beran grins. "She turned into Miritha while you were disconnected." Miritha sits down and picks up some klah. "Let's see. Ambar got her wizbit in October or so, actually. D'vin and Ambar became an item in November, though Ambar was also an item with at least Theno..." Tariana smiles at C'lyn, then looks at Miritha, and says to Bedan. "She had to go..." On the perch, Roo almost falls into one of those holes, but manages to stay upright Bedan frowns. "Ambar was Senior Queen of Fort before Shallana, right?" Beran nods. Miritha thinks. "Dei and Citrel were an item for as long as I remember, ie right when they Impressed - I logged on two days before their Hatching. Yes, that's right, Bedan." Miritha thinks. "Anlin's Chaluth was flown by I'anth's Cyinth for Dei and] Citrel's group. 5 eggs, no queen. That in itself was unusual, as I think almost every Hatching before had a queen. In fact, I'm sure of it..." Bedan frowns as the clutches get smaller 'n smaller. Miritha says "Two days after C'trel and Deirdre Impressed, Ambar's Kyriath rose. The Benden weyrlings were _just_ out of weyrlingness. D'vin and G'ravon both had their bronzes rising. D'vin won...G'ravon also transferred in, as his weyrmate Chareth was here." Bedan raises an eyebrow. Miritha drifts off. "Let's see. Encil had appeared just two days before I did; we Impressed our first blues that week, he the day after Kyriath rose, me the Friday after. Ah, and that day was the first day I remember the onslaught of...the Nothing. This was, you remember, just after the upgrade to 2.0. There was..something that ate attributes. Including descs, code, and even names. Even whole objects." Bedan chuckles at The Nothing. "Like the Neverending Story." On the perch, Roo lizard screams... <> Miritha's lips curve in amusement. "It was hellish. I never got hit, but a lot of people did. Encil might've. Oh, this was when BirthPlace was nearing completion; I helped desc a few of the exits. Tabbifli was the one in charge. Hmmm... There was a party that Friday night, at Fort Hold - which had moved to the Courtyard from the Ramp a while back. I only remember that Perpetua came in, flighty as a child...it was a shocker. That night, by the way, was when I first met Ambar; she taught me coding in two hours, at least enough to understand how my new firelizard worked." Twilight has arrived. (firelizard) Bedan wonders how long ago this was, RL? "Sorry if you sai and I missed it." Miritha hmmms. "Christmas break happened then, and most of the MUSH disappeared. During this time, D'vin worked on the Nothing, and _finally_, in January sometime, he cracked it - I think he had help from Ambar, but I don't remember..." Miritha says "That was two weeks before Chrismas, 1991." Bedan nods. "Thanks.' Miritha says "Kyriath clutched on the 10th of December...I was Searched, by G'ravon's Tevrath and Chareth's Bayanth, the night before, the first of my group's candidates. Hrm hrm hrm. Search went on...this was in the era when Candidates had to do projects before they could Impress." On the perch, Dev thinks that era was not that long ago.. :) ***** Dev looks to Ceres Bedan hrms in surprise. "You were Searched by -two- dragons? Wow... Smart dragons. :) Tariana nods to Dev, since this is OOC anyway. "Yep. Fort's last had to do Candidate projects." Bedan says "Projects like what?" On the perch, Roo murmers, <> Tariana grins. "Like the cave network under Fort, for one." :) Bedan oes. "Well, that sounds like a good idea, ta me." Tariana raises an eyebrow at Roo. "Huh?" ***** I got my question answered through pages...which I'm not repeating. Miritha says "Coding or building or desc'ing. The sky and terrain was, um, there were several hundred rooms for each. We had several desc'ing about 10 rooms each. I built the Ice Lake and coded it up, set it up for between, etc." Miritha says "Stuff like that." Bedan nods. "Cool. Why'd you stop that? No more stuff to build?" Miritha says "January 26th or 25th, the Sunday of last year before the end of the month, we had Turnover - Turnover for PernMUSH, it was a whole RL year old. Perpetua sang..." Miritha says "Db bloat." Bedan ahs. On the perch, Roo wonders if Tariana got that page Twilight flits up to the perch. Miritha says "Perpetua sang a song called 'Real Life'. Gods, if you get a chance to listen to Per-songs, DO. Perpetua's player is incredibly gifted." ***** The song, "Real Life" appears later in this log. Beran says "Is that the song that Ambar has a quote from in her .sig?" You say "I have part of that song, from Amberyl's Usenet Sig. I'd /love/ to have a copy of the whole thing!" Beran nods. "Yeah, that's it! What I've heard of it is great!" Miritha nods, Amby did. Bedan would too! :) Miritha looks around for a harper. Miritha tables quoting Perpetua's performance of that until she talks to Sarina or Caoil or Mykal. Tariana nods. "Go on. This is fascinating." Bedan nods eagerly. Miritha says "Hmmm, hmmm. Oh, sometime in January, D'vin got his wizbit, and Jyrax (HE was the Lord of Ruatha that Dei and I couldn't remember) retired as wiz." On the perch, Roo waits to hear the name of his player's rider..then again... probably not.. Bedan is taken aback. "D'vin was a Wiz? I take it he quit. Anyway, go on. :) Miritha laughs. Miritha says "D'vin was one of our two best wizards, IMO, at the time anyway. He was wizzed for his work defeating the Nothing." Tariana chuckles. "A valiant reason, it sounds like." :) Bryan has arrived. Bedan thinks that was prolly well deserved, then. :) Bedan smiles at Bryan. Miritha goes on, slowly, eyes a little dreamier. "Kyriath's and Kedranth's first Clutch Hatched the 31st of January, at 10:00pm EST. I Impressed, of course, as 7 others - there were 7 eggs, and a gold, as well. It is from this that the infamous 'Farlioth-Mirth' scene came from... Renee is politely lost on half of this, and just smiles and nods. Bedan grins, and raises an eyebrow. Renee says "What was that?" Tariana chuckles. "Oh?" Kalisti has arrived. Bedan smiles at kalisti. Bryan smiles lopsidedly at anyone who should acknowledge his presence. Cobalt appears out of between with a rush of cold air. Miritha giggles softly. "Farlioth Hatched first, the 'Impish Brown Dragonet'. He bounced around for a while, getting sand EVERYwhere...and Mirth Hatched. Mirth came looking at me and Gwyneth eventually, and Farlioth bounced up to her. She said: Gold Dragonet snorts at the brown. << Get busy! >> He said: Impish Brown Dragonet bounces. << I want to see what YOU do! >> Kalisti settles in deciding that face to face is better then FL relay Miritha says "She chose Gwyneth. Two seconds later, he chose me." Bedan grins at that memory. "Where's Mirth now?" You say "Ista Weyr, right?" Miritha grins out at the Bowl. "Those were the days... Oh, Mirth's senior at Ista, but let me do this chronologically or we'll all get lost. :-) I've already skipped something else..." C'lyn smiles. "Yes, Ista Weyr. She is the headwoman there." Tariana is going to have to do a /lot/ of editting... :) C'lyn says "Weyrwoman, I mean." Bedan wondered anbout that, C'lyn. Miritha says "Between Turnover and the Hatching, Iriniath rose, at Benden. F'jon had built Igen finally, and this was the opening flight. F'jon's Pyreth won, and the two moved to Igen as senior pair." Miritha rubs her ring. "Ah, and I almost forgot. At that Hatching was started the tradition of Impression gifts: MasterMiner Malachite gave them to the new Impressees. Well, D'vin did, but Malachite gave them to D'vin for us." Renee says "What are the gifts?" Cobalt flits up to the perch. Miritha says "Most are rings, like mine; some are belt buckles, I don't know the others..." Bedan smiles. "Gifts? What sort of gifts?" Bedan oes. Miritha says "The gifts are fashioned to be at least the color of the egg, as closely as may be, that the dragon Hatched from." Miritha thinks. "I was a full rider bare days before Iriniath's clutch Hatched; Gwyneth made full rider that night, after the Hatching. (Faranth help the two of us. I didn't have many between visualizations, but it was well known that Gwyneth was transferring to Ista since Fort had gotten Kyriath from Ista. So D'vin wanted Gwyneth *very* well-trained with between dests...I went with them to get more. He took us to 26 in one night.)" Bedan smiles. "Good idea." Tariana looks at Miritha almost in shock. "26?" Miritha nods. 26. Bedan oes in surprise and admiraion. "Twenty-six? In one night? Wow...." C'lyn blinks. "Goodness, Miritha. That must have been exhausting." Miritha says "Chareth had, of course, taught Farlioth all the good beaches; he was already showing propensities for drowning me..er, for loving swimming. Chareth was our Weyrlingmaster, mind." F'gron has connected. ***** About right in here, we had a flurry of new arrivals. I decided /not/ to edit it all out, since a 'new noun was coined', as F'gron said. Finn has arrived. Renee giggles at that comment. Miritha smiles slightly. "Actually, I learned the first visualizations from Ambar, but anyway. Yes, it was exhausting, C'lyn. I sorta collapsed afterwards..." Tariana waves. "And enter...F'gron, just in time to here the stories." :) Finn waves. F'gron says "Stories?" C'lyn sees F'gron. "Funny I coulda sworn I just saw you disconnect." F'gron wipes some grey ick off his arm. T'rac enters from the Bowl outside. Bedan grins at F'gron. "Yeah, Miritha is telling us all sorts of stories. Shh...." C'lyn chuckles at F'gron and tosses him a towel, also previously used for grey smutz wiping off. Tariana waves to Finn, and shushes. "Stories. Deirdre, and now Miritha are sharing stories of the MUSH." :) Beran waves to F'gron. "Evening." F'gron says "Ah, thank you, C'lyn..." F'gron wipes of grey smutz, as suddenly a new noun is coined. Tariana phews. "And firestone smell, right?" Finn has left. Shallana has arrived. F'gron sniffs at the air. "Well, yes." Shallana says "Hello, folks." Bedan smiles at Shallana. Renee smile to the newest arrivals, then looks back at Miritha for more of the stories. Allyssa enters from the Bowl outside. Tariana groans. "Got take a bath, then." C'lyn smiles at Tariana. "Does it bother you? I can move away." F'gron says "Hi, Shallana, Allyssa." You say "Not you, him." F'gron hey, a bath... Allyssa drags herself in, more slowly than usual, and makes for a wineskin instead of her usual klah mug. Bedan waves. "Whoa, major crowd. Please, keep going, Miritha. :) :) Miritha hrms thoughtfully. "Gwyneth's Mirth rose at Ista, and rather soon after Sheanna's Aurith rose, too. Mirth was flown by R'kon's brown Nalith, Auurith (still senior) by Sh'dow's Kereneth..." Kalisti smiles, "join us... these stories bring back lots' up good memories.." Tariana nods respectfully. "Hello, Weyrwoman, Allyssa. Please, yes, Miritha." Bedan says "Where was Aurith then?" Miritha waves at Allyssa, who lived through all this history too. C'lyn speaks out, "Ista, Bedan." F'gron lived through it. Rilly. Allyssa pours herself a glass of a good drinkable red. Miritha repeats, Ista. Bedan ahs. "Thanks. Trying to keep these names all straight." Allyssa glances up. "Anyone else?" Tariana waves her hand, chuckling. "Okay, okay. We get the picture." :) :) :) Bedan is getting spammed by all these new dragonnames and riders. :) "But it's great." Allyssa settles down at the end, next to F'gron. Miritha says "L'sar and I were both wingseconds by this time, I think, but I don't remember any more. (He made wingsecond before me, so there.)" Clyntahn has arrived. Clyntahn chitters. Clyntahn flits up to the perch. T'rac hrms...this was definitely before he came north. *listen attentively* ;-) F'gron grins at Allyssa, noting idly that while he lived through all this his memories are still a little... funny... from his between accident. Yeah. Kalisti lived through parts of this too, although as a different character... *wink*, but I appreciate hearing the parts I missed or never comprehended.. Miritha thinks. "Somewhere in there, we stole Ku..er, got Kurion posted to us, and Ambar got pregnant. She gave birth to little Devar, oh, I don't remember when. For a while, that was the most momentous event here... F'jon kept working on coding Thread while his weyrlings grew up - he'd originally said they'd be fighting Thread by the time they grew up. J'shua, and later Annalyn, coded a Thread trainer.... complicated, and the first truly serious attempt at making mass-availability Thread trainer..." F'gron coughs. "Complicated? It seized up the MUSH for ten minutes. Bedan thinks. "Is Devar that little 6 Turn old that occasionally runs around here? The one that liked to tickle you, Miritha?" C'lyn chuckles. "And from whence also was introduced the serious lag monster." Shallana nods, that's Devar. Tariana laughs. "Is that where it was spawned?" Kalisti remembers lag from before that C;lyn Bedan grins. "Cute little guy." F'gron laughs. "Yes, the thread trainers were The First Ever Lag. Not." Miritha grins. "Devar is that little imp, yes. And I knew he would be... I think I told them so. Ah well, he's safely destro...er, safely at Benden now." T'rac's player hrms...This was on gram, no? F'gron ye GADS I remember when we were on gram. Kalisti remembers plenty of nights spent on SC avoiding terminal lag Shallana says "Yes, it was about the time I was a newbie, about a RL year ago." Miritha hrms, oh yes, we were on gram by then. Oh, the Counting Weyrleader Story, should I tell that one? Bedan grins. C'lyn grins at F'gron and Kalisiti. "I'm corrected. It's when I first remember it being real bad and had sufficient 'clue' to blame it on something convenient." Miritha says "We moved off of milo in, uh, February I think. Yes, had to be Feb." F'gron remembers milo too, wow. Bedan smiles. "Yes, tell all the stories. This is great!" :) Renee nods to Miritha, "What is the counting Weyrleader story?"T'rac thinks he heard this one second or third hand. ;-) Kalisti woke up one morning and Pern wasn't there... had to go to SC to find out... Bedan laughs at Kalisti. F'gron did much the opposite pretty regularly. Bedan says "What are milo and gram?" ***** Oh, cause naot everyone may know, milo, gram, penn, etc are all old sites PernMUSH was on before it was at pern.pc.cs.cmu Miritha says "We moved onto sonata.purdue.edu, or something like that. That was one of the machines J'lan, Sh'dow's brother (IC) used, and we didn't have permission to be on there. We were on it for, I think, three weeks...and then came the first serious run-in that I remember with Losing Our Backups. J'lan's sysadmin found out, and we lost all three copies of our db." Shallana says "Old sites." ***** Well, Shallana answered the question. I'll keep it in anyway. :) Bedan nods. Allyssa says "milo.mit.edu, gram.dell.com" F'gron wow, the good old days. (: Bedan smiles thaks. Miritha says "We had to find a new site, and fast, and we had to move the db there - we had a database from a week previous to that." Kalisti gets wet with nostalgia... "quick drudge.. some wine :-)" Kalisti wishes Lecil were here to hear that Miritha says "Jellan volunteered his machine, gram, and spent an entire Friday working on getting it up and stable for us. We were all on SC, where I didn't have Miritha at the time, so wasn't in my weyrling mode..." You say "Is it common to go db hopping as frequently as it sounds?" Bedan says "IS that why we dump here once an hour or so?" Miritha says "No, that's something different, Bedan." Bedan oes. "Hrm." F'gron says "Not really, Tariana, but Pern was one of the bigger games around even then, and nobody wanted us. (:" You say "What is the dump, whil I'm at it." T'rac says "Oh, no. That's a much later 'convenience'." Kalisti wipes a tear from her eye Miritha says "I mean, we lost what was produced by those dumps; lost all the work we'de done for a full week." Bedan thought it was @dump. Shallana says "We've been on 3 machines while I've been here, not counting temporary ones, like chronos.clock.org, etc. Er, make that four." Tariana nods to F'gron. Allyssa chuckles faintly. "Either a game's site is very VERY stable, or they're db-hopping constantly." Bedan says "Chronos.clock.org turned into DFMUSE, right?" F'gron prefers option A. T'rac's player started on milo. Allyssa says "we were never on chronos." Miritha says "The 'dump' writes out everything so all the work done since the previous one is saved to disk. Now, to continue..." Allyssa says "We couldn't FIT." Kalisti agrees with F'gron... and is RL trying to arrange for building a site from scratch..... Tariana nods. F'gron's started on milo too, T'rac. Allyssa says "chronos has hosted Amber, which moved, and Dragonsfire and TinyKrynn, which have not yet moved." Tariana nods again, paying attention to Miritha. Miritha continues. "So, Jellan brought us up, we all logged on, and then came my secondd-ever panic as a weyrling. We were at this FL hatching during the time the last database was from, and I woke up _surrounded_ by riders. And weyrlings have to salute, you know, and I wasn't in weyrling mode...and D'vin was there, and he WAS in Weyrleader mode. F'gron sips his wine, too. He considers getting a bath. Allyssa groans, remembering that hatching. Bedan smiles. T'rac snickers. Yep. He's heard this one. ;-) Miritha says "He peered at me, and started counting. Slowly, even. He got up to 15 before I got any clue, and for days I was on eggshells. :-)" Allyssa says "We *kept* waking up there." Miritha peers at Allyssa. "Did we? Oh, god, we did, I think. That was one of Tavella's, wasn't it?" Allyssa says "No, it wasn't Tavella, it was T'lean." Miritha says "Oh! Well, no wonder I forgot. :-)" Tariana chuckles. "hard to imagine you on eggshells, Miritha..." She smiles. Bedan chuckles at that scenario. Miritha says "Tavella and T'lean were one of the bigger items of the MUSH, weyrmates at Benden..Tav is Talea's mother, T'lean her father. Hmmm..." Miritha was. She was very prompt with her saluting after tht. Kalisti thinks that it shows ;-) Bedan smiles broadly. Allyssa never did like saluting. :-) Ambar never did like people saluting her, either. :-) T'rac uh-oh's. Drawback of WLM...gotta deal with salutes...hrm... Tariana chuckles at the spoof. Bedan raises an eyebrow, and gins. Ambar never ever messed with her weyrleader. :-) Kalisti grins, "a ghost... look" Miritha remembers doing multiple 'look's on the room, too, because she was one of the weyrlings who saluted _every_ rider by name, rather than just 'Miritha salutes the riders.' Gah. On the perch, Clyntahn's rider coded a command to auto-salute people by name. :) ***** Clyntahn looks to T'la On the perch, Clyntahn's sillyriderhuman that is. Bedan chuckles at Clyntahn's rider. "Good idea." Bryan smiles oocily as he contemplates the coding to do that and finds it. T'rac says "*Bad* idea. I seem to recall people testing for autosaluters. ;-)" F'gron doesn't *mind* getting saluted... Allyssa whispers to F'gron. "....drag Miritha...." On the perch, Clyntahn's sillyhuman encountered people who didn't want to be saluted, so she coded a list of 'dosalute' and 'dontsalute'. Alaeyn emerges out of the tunnel entrance to the Weyr. F'gron chuckles quietly, shaking his head with a smile. Allyssa sips more wine and grins up at F'gron. Miritha says "Let's see...T'gerey was highly inactive by then, and so T'lean was acting as Weyrleader...at Benden, mind. Ambeyrl's Jeniath rose in, er, April or so... Ugh, another one of Those Times. That time, Jeniath came to Fort Hold Courtyard and was proddy. Right next to Kedranth and Farlioth and Tevrath. Tev and Kedranth took off without their riders, which brought me to Benden too..only time I had to transfer another rider that I remember..." Bedan oes at T'rac, with wide eyes. Bedan laughs!! Kirra has arrived. Miritha says "Duzorth (T'lean's bronze) won that one, and a month or two later he had to go idle, leaving C'loren as acting Weyrleader, and I think Amberyl had resigned as Benden senior by then, too..." Renee smiles. Miritha says "And Kyriath rose again. Kedranth won again. Someone was dumb eno..er, someone had the brilliant idea of accepting my application as Weyrlingmaster..." Shallana says "Now comes the part I know well." F'gron chuckles. Tariana grins. "Your turn, Shallana?" :) T'rac heh's. "Sometime prior to that, Miritha conspired with Masterharper Perpetua to kidnap my uncle and stick a master's knot on him...or so he insists. ;-)" Miritha giggles. Bedan chuckles. Tariana grins. "Kurion just likes to complain." :) Kalisti laughs, "how kewl...! Miritha says "I remember that! I did NOT conspire! Perpetua politely requested transportation from the Weyr for you as she needed to see you. _I_ didn't know what she wanted!" Shallana says "Ah yes, this was back when I was a mere apprentice Harper." Miritha says "Oh yeah, Tabbifli retired as MasterHarper and went to Ista as Weyrharper, leaving Perpetua as (the highly-deserving and very competent) MasterHarper. Ahem. Anyway." Tariana grins at Shallana. "Are all riders ex-harpers, or is it just me?" :) Miritha sips from her wine, talking on and on and on. Allyssa was never a harper. C'lyn grins at Tariana, "Ex-stonecrafter." T'rac was never a harper either. ;-) Allyssa was never a crafter. Kirra gets paid not to sing. :) T'rac dittos Allyssa again. Hrm...;-) F'gron wasn't never nothin' but a weyr brat, nope. Tariana murmurs "And still is..." Beran grins. Allyssa was a hold-brat, underfoot at High Reaches Hold, until she was Searched. Miritha says "Hrm...Ista held the first widely-attended Gather that I remember. At which my dear soon-to-be-Assistant Weyrlingmaster Deirdre got into a fight with a certain Istan greenrider..." Miritha whistles innocently. Miritha was a holder child, too, yup. Shallana says "Ah yes, the famed Ista Gather, the day before the hatching." C'lyn coughs politely and looks away...innocently of course. F'gron hmph. Tariana chuckles at Miritha. "You? Nooooo. ;) I was too, I just don't show it well." :) C'lyn says "It was a good fight though." Tariana whistles innocently now. What was that tune you were whistling, Miritha? :) You say "Oh, come on. Do tell. What was the fight about, and was it with /you/, C'lyn?" F'gron coughs. C'lyn chuckles ruefully, "Aye, it was me." Miritha adds, "Calith and Kolith were +both+ proddy. Boy, did I have to lecture Dei for that one. I was terrified D'vin and Ambar would find out and be so mad at her they'd take away her AWLM-ship. She and Annilith (blue Hinseth's rider) were my assistants, and I didn't want to lose either, having picked them out myself. Well, D'vin (and Ambar?) picked them, but they're who _I_ would've picked, so." Shallana says "C'lyn was Deirdre's preferred sparring partner for a while there." Allyssa murmurs about finding Deirdre's picture in the Records next to 'denial'. Tariana laughs. Bedan hrms? Miritha sips at her wine. "The next day, I was utterly terrified of the upcoming Hatching. Deirdre and I were pacing all day, we drove our dragons (and probably half the Weyr) crazy." T'rac seems to recall working very hard to relax. ;-) Miritha says "What, denialist, WLM, fighter, what?" Shallana says "I was a bit nervous that day myself." F'gron drains his wineglass and stands slowly, turning to face Allyssa, a question on his face. Miritha says "Well, they Hatched, Astarith and Hamath and Beltanth and some five others." F'gron goes to get rid of this firestone stench. Bedan oos. "Hey, good, up to eight." Allyssa follows with a grin. Shallana says "Astarith, Hamath, Beltanth, Judeth, Nahath, Moth, Torth, and Marth." Miritha says "And Kolith rose, and Farlioth flew her, and then Lemarath rose and Farlioth was dumb enough to try to fly her, and, well. *shrug* Then, my player was more or less forced to leave the MUSH, so I don't remember any more. :-)" F'gron heads north, towards the lower caverns. Allyssa heads west, into the Bowl. Bedan smiles. Miritha says "I only trained 'em, I don't remember them. :-)" Allyssa enters from the Bowl outside. Allyssa heads west, into the Bowl. Kalisti says "stranger things have happened Miritha.." Renee looks at Shallana, and asks politely, "Weyrwoman, maybe you could pick up the story from there?" Tariana chuckles at Miritha. "And so began Deirdre's reign of AWLM/WLM cycle, right?" Miritha drains her wine. "Nope. Last day was July 30-31.." Bedan frowns. "Just what is a DTU, anyway?" Miritha nods at Tariana. Miritha says "Dragon Talk Unit" Bedan oes. "Thanks." You say "What about it, Shallana?" Miritha says "The devices we use for communicating etc." T'rac says "A nasty bit of psychocode which allows dragons to talk to one another and go between...amont other things..." Bedan says "What was that Filter episode? :)" Shallana says "Well, F'jon got the idea from someone to code in a filter for taking out swear words over the DTU. Needless to say, this idea was not well recieved. And it didn't check for small variations of words. I remember, in the midst of a massive flamewar between Ambar, D'vin, and F'jon, S'rtan kept projecting things like << fuuuuuuuuuuck >>, and the like. An interesting evening." Bedan Laughs. Kalisti is ROTFL On the perch, Clyntahn hee hees @ the memory. There's a log of it somewhere. Tariana chuckles. Kalisti says "I missed that.. damn!" Shallana would like to see that log again. ;-) Miritha laughs! Bedan would definitely like to see it period. :) On the perch, Clyntahn remembers that episode. It was after a long ToD game with, yes, the Fort WLs in it. :) Bedan gapes. "Really? Whoa..." Shallana says "Yes, the last ToD game I think I've been in. ;-)" Miritha hides from that ToD game, oh yes. Miritha has heard a summary of, well, one question&one answer. Shallana says "T'rod's, no doubt." Bedan says "Truth or Dare." On the perch, Clyntahn nodsnods. A lot of people remember that particular game. Beran goes into the tunnel leading out of the Weyr. Bedan is burning with curiosity, but keeps his mouth shut. Kirra sighs a bit wistfully at thing's she's missed. Shallana says "Let's see, the next big pernwide event was Igen's hatching, in which we had Thenomain impress. Now, Theno was historically not what one would call a dragon lover. He agreed to stand, because he though he could make a fortune on betting against himself. And he would've, too, if he'd have not impressed." Miritha nods at Shallana. T'rod's. Tariana prods. "Okay, spill it for us youngin's. :)" Miritha knows nothing else of that game but that question/answer of D'vin's to T'rod. Tariana snaps. "Wait. I've heard this one. Something about T'rod wanting D'vin's Weyr and his woman, right?" Shallana says "That's pretty much it, yes." C'lyn chuckles. "Oh, do tell." Bedan whoas. Miritha nods at Tariana. "D'vin asked T'rod, 'What is it you want most?' or somesuch. T'rod answered, 'Your Weyr and your Weyrwoman, D'vin.'" On the perch, Ardinay remembers that! ***** Ardinay looks to F'gron Bedan bursts out laughing. Kirra laughs. Kalisti oh nos, "wars have started from less, I'm sure.." Renee giggles. Tariana nods. "I had just been made headwoman here, and just had met T'rod when I heard that story. Jays. Must've been my first month VR..." Shallana says "This was early August, that it happened." Miritha wishes to RosaLil SHE remembered that. Bedan says "So was D'vin here still, or at benden?" Tariana laughs at Miritha's choice of words! :) Shallana says "He was here until January." Bedan does too! Bedan nods. You say "Finally. Getting close to when I started. Only...4 months to go. :)" You say "So then what happened?" Renee says "Was that before T'rod impressed?" Bedan smiles at Tariana, and nodnods. Shallana says "But we'll get to that. Let's see, also about this time, High reaches was given out. About a week after getting assigned it, Chana had it completely built." Miritha's eyes darken at the mention of when, well, D'vin went to Benden. Shallana says "No, that was shortly after impression." Tariana whoas. Miritha says "T'rod Impressed in the last two weeks of July." Shallana says "July 19th." Miritha says "Chana's player had no job at the time, so she had TIME to be on enough to build like that. :-)" Bedan wonders if Telgar will ever be built? T'rac says "Hold? Eventually. Weyr? I wouldn't hold my breath." C'lyn doesn't think so Bedan. Shallana says "Someday, probably. Soon, probably not." Bedan ddn't either, but thought he'd ask. :) Kalisti thinks we might get it with a larger harddrive and a dedicated server... so essentially fat chance.. Miritha says "No, Kalisti" Bedan grins at T'rac. Kalisti looks suprised Miritha says "The problem is NOT size, for Tellgar Weyr.. The problem essentially is population." Shallana says "Oh, and then soon after this, our machine, wiretap.spies.com, installed a news feed. Which meant for us, extreme lag. So, PernMUSH slogged along, a lot worse than it's been lately, until we bounced onto Freya. The DB had gotten up to 50000 by this time. (It was under 40000 when I started in April.)" Bedan says "You're not worried about db glut with telgar?" On the perch, Ardinay mentions quotas to Bedan. TW would Not Be A Problem. Kalisti agrees with Miritha...that too Miritha says "That was after we got off of gram, which had recently died a horrible flaming death, coincident with Jellan losing his job but not related." On the perch, Clyntahn checks stats. 25,000 objects. @whee. Bedan ahs. "But all of those room, and the skie... ah, well. I trust you. :) :) T'rac says "If it's *used*, then it's worthwhile." Kirra peers out and up. Skies. Shallana says "Adding the weyr will add 300-500 objects. Out of 25000, that's small." Miritha says "I'm not worried about db bloat, no, because until rider population goes up sufficiently, TW hasn't got a Thread's chance in between of being created." Bedan nods. "Okay. Good point." On the perch, Clyntahn notes a weyr's quota is 800. Um, 500 objects is 2 percent. On the perch, Clyntahn thinks there's even thought about reducing the # of weyrs. Miritha says "Compared to the firelizards, Clyntahn, it'll hardly be a problem. :-)" On the perch, Clyntahn is 1/25000 part of the db. :) Renee says "How would they do that?" Shallana says "Anyway, High reaches had their first hatching, after Zienth flew Melirth. This was the one that M'gan and Darci impressed in." Kalisti wonders about a growing mud pop as the internet grows in numbers Bedan seems to have opened a can of worms. "Are firelizarda huge prob? I was on DragonsFireMUSE last night, and they couldn't b believe how many FL's most ppl had here." Shallana hasn't heard about reducing the number of weyrs, so it isn't a very official proposal yet. Miritha says "We grow and we shrink as old players burn out, Kalisti." On the perch, Ardinay thinks PernMUSH is getting near critical mass. :/ Miritha GAH let her tell the story, can we save the code goo for some other time? Kalisti isn't that concerned about it and shut's up T'rac hrms...1600 player objects...up from the move... F'zik enters from the Bowl outside. Bedan says "How long ago was that hatching, Shallana?" F'zik brushes flakes of snow off of his jacket. T'rac considers sending a FL to rouse his uncle so he can complain about the harpercraft...nah. Shallana says "DB Bloat becomes more relevant later anyhow. So, let's see, Ista then had a clutch, we're into October now. I don't remember a lot of interesting details from this time period. That was the one with Janelle and Shadrina impressing." Shallana says "HR hatching was the 28th of September, I believe." Brielle enters from the Bowl outside. Bedan nods. "Thanks." Shallana says "Oh yes, there was a Harper meeting around then when everybody yelled at everybody about everything. I think that was a little later." F'zik ohs. _Recent old stories_. :) Brielle blinks. "Oh really?" You say "It wasn't about two hours ago, F'zik. :)" Miritha says "We got up through the older ones, F'zik, already. :-) We're giving the newbies a little of our old culture." T'rac says "August/September, If memory serves..." Shallana says "Thinking back, the number of plots seemed to reduce as summer ended signifigantly." F'zik says "Shoot, here I am, a historian, and I'm missing valuable info." Brielle looks at Shallana. "want to tel me about it? Bedan grins at F'zik. F'zik grumbles about poor timing Brielle says "I find Harpers yelling very interesting..." Renee asks of F'zik, "Would you have more stories of your own to add?" F'zik says "Me? Naw, I lived a boring life." F'zik says "Errr, am living." Kirra chuckles at F'zik. Bedan waits patiently for the story. Shallana says "The next thing I remember clearly was Fort's next hatching, A Cinnebar production, in which Talor and Prethen impressed. And right about then, the decision to restart the DB." On the perch, Clyntahn doesn't believe the bendenbrownsillyrider. :) Brielle blinks and looks at her and smiles. "i thought so...you're too solid T'lor enters from the Bowl outside. T'rac's player recalls that mostly as a haze of mini flamewars...oh, right. a.f.p was dealing with PHIL at the time. ;-) On the perch, Ardinay notes that her rider helped run Cinnebar's last and it was fun! On the perch, Twilight goes home. Shallana says "Ah yes, PHIL. Maybe we don't want to save everything for posterity." Tariana grins. "Speak of the devil..." Bedan hrms? "PHIL?" T'lor glances back out at the bowl. "Where?" Kirra's player signed on just about when Encil did. However new that is is relative to the rest of the crowd. Brielle rubs her fingers and frowns. "I don't think they willever be the same." Shallana says "Basically, to me, things went real slow from September-December." Bedan says "Wait... what's PHIL?" Tariana grins. "I joined in December, Shallana. That's why." :) Bedan erks. "Forget that..." Shallana says "PHIL was involved in a large (like, 30 post/day) flamewar on alt.fan.pern, regarding green mating flights, and if the riders of the winning dragons had sex 100% of the time." Tariana is being arrognat. Yep. :) Miritha says "You and I weren't new at all, then, Kirra. :-) We've been here longer than half the MUSH's time-in-existence." ***** Edited out T'rac blowing his cover :) Kirra pales. "Its been that long?" Bedan peers to see -where- T'lor sits. :) Kiri has arrived. F'zik says "Now that I think about it, I can only recall my hatching. I must be going senile." On the perch, Clyntahn remembers the green flights right after that flamewar. :) Bedan says "So what did y'all decide re: Green flights?" On the perch, Clyntahn remembers that only male riders showed up for greens with male riders's flight, right after that flamewar. :) T'lor, not being particularly IC just now, nonetheless does honor to his name by choosing an out of the way seat. Bedan grins happily at T;'lor. Shallana says "Finally, a letter from Anne stopped the whole thing. She said something silly about substitutes, which is incidentally totally inconsistant with why F'nor wanted Canth to fly Wirenth, but oh well." T'rac says "We got the answer from Anne. Riders do the big nasty. They may, however, choose to be with surrogates at the time." F'zik says "Cop. Out." T'rac @set me=robot Kirra peers at Shallana. "Annes not famed for her consistency." Brielle smiles at everyone and waves. "bye. I think my break is over now..." Miritha nods. Cop out. Bedan grins at T'rac's choice of words. Kirra smiles at Brielle. "Bye." Bedan trues at Kirra. "Notice T'ton=T'ron. Feh." Tariana eeps. Sacrilege! :) Kalisti grins at Kirra, "nope... of course somepeople would call that sacrilege Tariana snorts. "One among many, Bedan." Brielle waves and leaves Bedan shrugs. "Pretty glaring to me." Kirra lifts her hands up to protest innocence. "Hey. I only said her consistency isnt her most shining trait." Miritha nods agreement with Kirra. Brielle goes into the tunnel leading out of the Weyr. F'zik demands that you get back to history. :) Shallana says "So, anyway, we spent most of December moving to the new DB, and roleplaying took a nosedive. Until January, the birth of a new Era of PernMUSHhistory. The angsting period." Kalisti starts to mention a certain J person.. but decides not to.. Bedan ahems. "Anyway... Shallana, you menioned it was a blur until December. Then what?" Miritha AIE January Bedan oes. F'zik says "Angst existed long before this year, though. Just remember this." T'rac eep!s. ;-) Miritha hides from January! Kirra's player spent January elsewhere :) Tariana grins. "I joined right at the transition. Dec 24, 1992. Yeah, I'm here!" :) Bedan says "Angt, err, Angst? Whaddya mean?" On the perch, Ardinay hides from January too. Miritha says "I came back regularly, oh, hm. The 7th or so of January." Bedan wonders when the heck tariana joined PernMUSH? Shallana says "This was all spurred by Ambar's death, due to faulty between. In which I was promptly made senior queen at Fort, D'vin moved to Benden, and Miritha became acting Weyrleader." Bedan smirks. Miritha says "I was Acting Weyrleader of Fort by the end of the 10th." Tariana considers naming her next FL January. :) F'zik says "Nothing like a promotion after vacation." Shallana was oh so glad Miri returned. All my competent leaders otherwise were still weyrlings. Bedan says "What was te OOC reason for Ambar's death, if she's still around? (Her player, that is)" Miritha grins at Shal. On the perch, Ardinay notes that her person, along with most of Fort, went into Huge, Flaming Balls Of Angst. Kirra's player reminds Miritha that she was the first person she ever asked for help. T'vor was the second person i met, and Theno the third. T'rac hey!s at Shallana. ;-) Kirra does feel old. *shiver* Kiri flits up to the perch. T'lor chuckles. "Such as who?" Isabeau flits up to the perch. On the perch, Ardinay tells Bedan--she just got tired of it, basically, from what she said. F'zik says "Y'all are young'uns." Bedan nods. "Good reason." T'rac says "Of course, I'm just a lazy bluerider. ;-)" C'lyn says "You're just ancient, F'zik." Miritha says "She was retiring from being a wiz, and felt she had to kill off the character too. *shrug* From what her player's said since, she is VERY glad she's not in charge of anything." Kirra grins. F'zik creaks. Shallana says "And yes, pretty much all of Fort was distraught. Then things quickly got worse..." Miritha peers at Kirra confusedly. Kirra hands F'zik his cane. Kirra smiles dimplishly at Miritha. Miritha says "Gods. Fort was in hell. Fort WAS hell." On the perch, Ardinay they did, Shallana? Bedan says "That's when I joined, and stepped on -many- toes. :-P" Miritha shakes Kirra. You. Who ARE you? T'lor leans back, listening. Tariana wonders that too, Ardinay. "I think wwe pulled out of it pretty well." C'lyn does the same, Miritha. "Damned teenager is futzing with my brain." Miritha realizes that all of January is a big blur to her. Kalisti blinks remembering that somebody already left T'rac says "It was also at this time that I started taking serious interest in thread. We had something resembling an outline in December, but because of the move, nobody was doing much work on it." Shallana says "Shortly thereafter, Moonchild resigned. Rosalil took over. Many arguments. Many disagreements and hurt feelings. People didn't react well to changes in policy, and the new leadership made a few mistakes too." Miritha says "I only remember angst, and trying to gain the confidence of the weyrlings while not trusting myself..." Shallana says "Oh, right, about November, we decided to dump the thread-trainers, and just roleplay it." Miritha says "OH GOD I REMEMBER NOW" T'lor carefully avoids comment. :) Bedan stifles a laugh. Miritha managed, obviously, to block the Staff-vs-RosaLil war from her mind successfully. T'rac says "...until now, Miritha. ;-)" Kalisti blinks, "Facist actions on pern? never! nope ... couldn't happen You say "Stuff we mostly missed." Kirra hops up and down, grinning. F'zik likes being blind to the behind-the-curtains action. Ignorance is... Bedan says "Kirra, who were you before?" On the perch, Ardinay spent most of January trying to expand the realm of Who F'gron Had Slept With. Kirra still is, Bedan. And you dont know her anyway. Shallana says "Well, it wasn't all that pleasant. Most of pern was dissatisfied for some reason or another about this point. Then, in February, we had about 8 dragons go between within 3 weeks, or so." Bedan shrugs. "Just curious. Jays." F'zik says "Eight?" Y'rra has arrived. On the perch, Ardinay which is why we had the CFAAFP Bedan says "Eight? How did I miss that?" C'lyn waves to Y'rra! Renee says "8, all at the same time?" Miritha says "Well, not 8, but, hrm, like, 4 on NC that I remember, and 2 on SC." On the perch, Ardinay coughs. 1 on SC, thankyew. Shallana says "Notice that, of the Weyrleaders at the end of the year, only Gwyneth, Chana, and A'lon are unchanged, and D'vin is at a different weyr." Shallana says "So, we went through a leadership overhaul as well." On the perch, Clyntahn warbles about that one on SC having been during a very public flight. :/ F'zik says "Fortunately totalitarianism is a constant." Miritha says "Soth Pomanth AIE I can't remember Arianna's dragon's name, and Sheanna's Aurith." On the perch, Ardinay grins at Clyntahn, we did it on purpose. On the perch, Ardinay thought G'ravon's dragon died around then too? Shallana says "Let's see, D'mar, A'lea, Sheanna, Arianna, Ambar, The two SC ones, that's all I remember." Miritha says "Well, Ardinay, one was only two days after Kyriath died, or the day before she did, or something." Miritha says "oh god, Tevrath." On the perch, Ardinay OH. C'lyn sighs again. "Do you really have to discuss Tevrath?" Kirra says "There were two, Ardinay." Shallana says "Ah yes, G'ravon's. And Encil's fiancee died, and C'lyn's dragon got ill..." On the perch, Ardinay notes that Kiandra's Arcoth (of SC) didn't die, just went missing as her player went to China. Y'rra says "2. A green and a gold." Kirra says "Kassara" Y'rra says "(at SC" F'zik says brightly, "I turned 33." Miritha says "Not Kiandra, Kassara." Kalisti grins soaking up a bit of history her player missed C'lyn heads west, into the Bowl. Bedan eews. "33?" On the perch, Ardinay oh hell that's right Y'rra says "How about Tevrath?" C'lyn enters from the Bowl outside. C'lyn grrs. Tariana remembers now. "/That/ time." Kirra patscritches Ardinay. Miritha thinks. "Let's see. There was all the Inter-Weyr angst between Fortians and Benden with Fortians feeling like D'vin had abandoned us. Faranth, I'm glad we got over THAT one." Shallana says "It was transition. That's about all you can say. And then, we all kind of got over it." Renee looks exhausted from trying to follow it all, and slumps deeper onto the chair. Miritha @robot me=shallana F'zik looks startled. "Interweyr angst? Did I miss something?" On the perch, Ardinay yeah, F'zik, as usual. Kirra's brow furrows as she attempts to absorb and follow this all. Miritha says "Well, not interweyr angst, but angst between Fortians and D'vin." Kirra thought we were on an anti-angst campaign this time around. Shallana says "Lately, threadfall practice has turned serious, there seems to be a rebirth of non-angstful roleplaying... we're on an upswing." F'zik says "InterD'vin Angst." Tariana grins. Par for course, Miritha. :) Kirra says "Maybe a few jelly beans." On the perch, Ardinay The Evolution Of Angst -- A Study in Roleplay. Bedan chuckles. Shallana has come to the conclusion that PernMUSH's mood is related to the general global weather patterns of the northern hemisphere. In the Summer, while I've been here, it's been great. The winter was awful. Of course, it's only one year, but hey, it's working so far. Miritha says "We were. Committee For An Angst-Free Pern was formed after a few of those dragons died, and (thanks to an idea proposed by T'rac) managed to get March sorta declared angst-free month. It mostly worked...there were problems, but we DID significantly reduce the angst level of the MUSH." T'lor can't recall that he's got anything but latent angst in his life just now. :) Y'rra says "unless the wiz want a dragon gone, it does not seem to get erased from the DTUs" On the perch, Ardinay notes that's because if NC's are anything like SC's DTU's, it's a real bitch to clear them. Kirra ah's clued-in-edly. Renee smiles at Shallana, "Maybe with all those changes, things are settling down again, for a while." Miritha says "It is, Ardinay, and I've not fixed up a command to do it for me." Kalisti returned in the middle of CFAAFP month, but recalled the atmosphere perfectly from the nothing angst. Shallana says "Well, I think Fort's come out better for it. We're a much more close-knit and active group than before." On the perch, Ardinay is working on one as well, Miritha. Miritha is more burned out, but hey. Miritha :-) Bedan smiles. "Well, these hatchings at benden, and soon at Fort, will prolly help that agngst-freeness quite a bit, too. On the perch, Ardinay nodnods at Shallana. Very Agreed. F'zik says "Unless, of course, a weyrling does something silly." Shallana is recovering still from January, yes. Shards, practically all of staff was ready to give it up at that point. Miritha says "Actually, I liked being Weyrleader, a lot; I'm just utterly tired of it. :-)" Tariana chuckles at Shallana. "I'm going to very arrogantly point out we have one of the more active weyrs on the MUSH." Kalisti says "Weyrling.. do something silly?... never... nope... never..." Miritha nods. A large portion of staff nearly resigned, from staff and from MUSH. Y'rra smiles. "hatching s are always going on, Bedan. Whether it lends to angst-freeness or not can be debated Miritha this MUSH anyway Kirra grimaces at the thought of being weyrleader. "My sympathies, Miritha." Bedan shrugs at Y'rra. "Well, it's a bit happier than dragons dying. :) Y'rra pokes Tariana. "You try going through a period when you lose 6 dragons/2 RL weeks, and look at how the Weyr turns out Bedan smiles at tariana. "It's my cooking." ;-) Kirra .. Lets have the ENTIRE clutch impress in the stands after killing all of the Searched Candidates! Hell, lets have the next gold walk all the way to Ista Island to impress! Tariana nods. "Igen? We lost our Weyrleaders, and came out like this in less than a VR Turn." Shallana says "Igen also had Weyrleader problems. As in, S'rtan and Annalyn developed a despising of one another. Which hurts." Y'rra is, btw, here OOC since she can't go *between* right now. Kalisti blinks at Kirra Miritha nods at Shallana. Y'rra says "we lost a WL, the first two from the original clutch, A'lea, B'ron, and T'rin." Miritha says "S'rtan resigned, causing a brief flurry of, er, uh, problems." Kirra apologizes. Bad late night sarcasm. Shallana had both of them tell me what an idiot the other was, out of the blue. I must look sympathetic. Y'rra says "First dragon to die from our original clutch to die was Soth." Tariana grins at Y'rra. "We haven't been IC since this started three hours ago. Don't worry about it, Y'rra." :) F'zik says "Three hours?!" F'zik groans. Y'rra giggles at Shallana. "It wasn't pleasant to live in either... and I don't think things have really got back to normal yet. On the perch, Clyntahn's sillyhuman mainly recalls, from January, the Fizzieepisode, which is a lesson on not riding with broken straps. Bedan doesn't think it's been -that- long.... Miritha says "Pomanth was _prolly_ the first from mine, Y'rra...but I'm not sure. I don't know if Hallanath and Jinteth are considered dead." T'lor leans back in his seat, idly testing functions of various sorts. Alaeyn comes into the living caverns from the alcove containing the gaming area. Tariana nods. "You, F'zik?? /I'm/ going to have to edit all this log!" :) Y'rra says "didn't one girl from your clutch quit, and they 'said' she went *between*?" F'zik says "Oh, you're loggin!" Bedan says "Fizzieepiscode? Whassat?" Alaeyn wanders back from the gaming area, glass in hand. Shallana says "I think Jinteth is in our pool of NPC dragons now. She was given out for search last time around." Y'rra says "Also, she wasn't an active, vibrant member of Fort Weyr.. except maybe right at first. It really hurt Igen to lose D'mar :{ We lost J'ycen to inactivity, but he never went *between* and it was right afterwards. He was never really active." Shallana says "Oh, did you tell them about Amberyl's gerbils?" Bedan opens his eyes wide. "Gerbils?" Miritha says "Not between, Y'rra..." Miritha says "I didn't, no." Miritha directs the 'didn't' to Shal. Kalisti doesn't know if she wants to hear that Shallana Miritha says "Tyra and Arionth were traded to the then-non-existent HRW for Allyssa and Lolth." Shallana says "No, this is good. Let me quote: (Spam warning)" D'vin says "So he coded a little trap for her (they were both wizards at this time ... I was still fairly new, to give you an idea of date). Next time she logged on, we saw this: Krystlin snickers.. She doesn't think D'vin has any stories 'bout her. Thryla has that one, printed out. :) Amberyl shouts "Guys, I'm looking for a few things I haven't had since the mating flight... Has anyone seen that Gerbil we were using... He was all greased up and ready to go. Come to think of it, where did the nipple clips and rubber bands go? Or the blindfold?!" Amberyl shouts "Oh, there they are, next to the handcuffs, whip cream, feathers, and full body wherhide suit. And look, there's the wire and the battery Leona made me! Now if we can just get the Wherry out of here since he wasn't big enough..." Amberyl shouts "No Jeniath, come back here, I'm not finished with your tail... Since T'gerey's not here, you're the next best thing. The only thing I'm wondering is if I can keep this tatoo from him any longer, the one that says 'Herdbeasts are moooooore fun.'" Amberyl shouts "SH'DOW, YOU'RE GOING TO DIE." Sh'dow shouts "Heya dear... We're even now." Thryla yeps. THat was the first log she printed out. C'lyn ROTFL!!! Kirra dies. F'zik says "OH." Tariana does too! Bedan ROTFL!! Kalisti can't believe that... ;-) Virtuoso has arrived. Miritha laughs and laughs and laughs despite having read it before. Shallana says "That one might be my favorite bit of PernHistory." F'zik says "Well, edit those out, and gimme. :)" Tariana has captured the whole thing on log, too. ) T'rac believes it. ;-) Virtuoso has left. On the perch, Virtuoso glides in and lands, warbling a small tune in greeting. Bedan wipes tears from his eyes. Shallana says "That is an object lesson in why not to cause a wizard to want to get even with you." Bedan yeahs at Tariana's log! Miritha nods. :-) Kalisti thinks Tari's log should be posted to AFP C'lyn laughs and laughs and laughs so very hard. T'rac thinks that said log will cause a minor uproar...IMO Kirra oh my yes. *hee* Miritha says "MC banned wizrevenge after that though. :-)" Tariana laughs at Kalisti. "Oh, shards. That would be BANDWIDTH!" Miritha says "God no, Kalisti, ugh, no" On the perch, Cobalt croons sweetly to his forgetful pet who forget to se him puppet. Shallana says "That definitely wins hands down for the best 1-page or less log I've seen." Miritha stamps hard on the idea of posting three-four hours to afp. God, don't beat up on the disks of ALL the machines that carry it. Tariana notes that right now, the log is at least 80 K... :) ***** Shards! It was twice as long by the end of the night... Bedan has to go, and will wait eagerl for the log. :) :) Shallana says "You could post a pointer in afp, saying mail for copies, though." Kirra met T'gerey once. Really, really, really swank guy. Y'rra blinks. "Tyra?" Bedan says "I'm sure Amberyl will like this log on afp. :)" C'lyn grins at Kirra. "Swank?" Tariana nods. "Good idea, Shallana." Kalisti says "well if you edit it and take out all the enter and exits.. it should be fine.. or use the gerbil part as an advert for the rest... ;-) (add as many smileys as you please here)" Kirra says "Swank. Even though he had a little hip pouch, swank :)" Bedan waves goodnight, and hugs Taria for taking this log. :) :) Miritha hasta go to bed now. T'rac snickers. Great. Then we get lots of newbies looking for TS all over the place. :-P Shallana mail-havens here. You say "Tari/AN/a, Bedan." Kirra yah yahs at Miritha. Ditto. T'rac <--- Don't mind this grumpy young bluerider. ;-) F'zik considers the name T'pek'tarianalinia Shallana says "I'm hoping that the summer will be really good, like last year." Miritha tries to remember anything recent that ought to be brought up. "Well, there's Astarith's flight, wherein Farlioth and I caused Major Controversy, but we all know about that, so. :-)" Shallana isn't just saying that because she impressed a gold, either. Y'rra Awws at Shallana. "though, Igen LC, and Council Room hae been havened for quite a while Shallana says "I remember Yarra used to spend a great deal of time at Fort, before their August hatching. Of course, there were 3 active dragons at Igen at the time." C'lyn waves and yawns. "Night all." F'zik says "Say, whatever happened in, um, Ista? Attackers? Murders? Eh?" Y'rra nods. "A lt of time here, and at Ista. Kirra says "Night, C'lyn." C'lyn crawls up to Tariana's room? *hopeful look* On the perch, Ardinay thinks the ocean rose and wiped the island from the map. Y'rra shrugs. Hard to be around a Weyr with noothers around. Shallana says "Politics. Ista was the most active weyr at one point." Miritha crawls up to her own room. :-) Y'rra nods. "It seems to go in cycles. Kirra follows the crowd. *yawn* On the perch, Ardinay cheeps goodnight to Miritha. T'rac says "'nite, Miritha." Tariana grins. "Twice north, C'lyn. I'm not leaving." :) Miritha says "Good old Ista! Ist'a leadership is fairly unstable, so... Anyway, g'night,r eally." Miritha heads west, into the Bowl. C'lyn grins and goes. :) Kirra wanders out to catch her ride home. On the perch, Clyntahn thinks that Benden's sometimes active, sometimes quiet. Kirra heads west, into the Bowl. C'lyn heads north, towards the lower caverns. Nescor has arrived. Y'rra remembers a time when Igen was, literally, the night Weyr. "First clutch, ANnalyn could only be around at night.. so of course everyone impressed were night people. Shallana says "Benden was doing very well under Elisa/C'loren. I think they've slipped a bit, but..." Kalisti says "Nescor, your pet missed all the nostalgia..." T'lor stands up and heads out himself, yawning. T'lor heads west, into the Bowl. Y'rra says "well, at least night people. I turned out to be a day person also... Nescor, your pet remember standing in #0 late one night and choosing Jidranth's name?" F'zik says "Well, doing well under Elisa. C'loren didn't sign on much." Encil has arrived. On the perch, Marin heehee, his human can do the 'Real Life' song now if you like? Encil picks up Nescor and puts him on his shoulder. Tariana grins. "Hello, Mastersmith." :) Encil remembers, yeah. :-) F'zik says "The Real Life song?" Miritha has arrived. Kalisti waves to Encil through the sands of time You say "YES! Log it! Log it! :)" Miritha gets permission to /quote it from a harper, and does so if asked. Foam, foam, slaver, drool. Encil is typing in the dark, folks, so be nice if he messes up. T'rac hrms...this is novel. SongSpam from a non-harper. ;-) Y'rra grions. "Uncle EnciL! Y'rra says "L0ong time no see." F'zik says "You idiot, you misspelled 'typing'. :)" Encil says "Oh, you people are gonna _sing_?" F'gron has arrived. Y'rra says "BTW, anyone seen this month's Starlog?" Tariana grins. "no, we're logging /history/ Master Encil." :) Miritha isn't. Perpetua is. Y'rra says "It has a 6-page article/interview with Anne McCaffrey" F'gron Is Not Here. I just need an FL-less log of this song Encil ews, harpers, forget it. Encil has left. Encil says "Well, OK, for Perpetua. Warn me when you start?" Miritha ahems, and tries this /quote thing. F'zik says "Gotta learn the nifty UNIX 'cut' command. :)" On the perch, Clyntahn warbles about spoofs not working. :) ***** "Real Life" by Masterharper Perpetua Perpetua breathes properly, and sings softly, yet clearly... I bought a ticket for my heart, ANd put it on a plane so high above this real life... And it landed on on the threshold of a world I'd only wished for, Through the eyes of a wounded child. Perpetua sings clearly, "My heart put my best foot forward," And plunged into a sea of welcome faces... And it tugged upon my sleeve, And told me that it needed to rest here for a while... Perpetua sings, "And now I don't know what my heart became." Perpetua sings, "Tell me, does this feeling have a name...?" I've found a place... I've found a time... I've found a home with a name that isn't even mine. ANd maybe this is fantasy, and maybe I am dreaming, But maybe this is real life after all. My heart described myself in glowing words, Wrapped around a role so pure and free... For I am what I say, and what you do is who you are. And the words are all we cling to in the end... Perpetua sings softly, "For I don't have to see you to touch your heart," And I don't have to touch you to know how you really feel... And I don't have to feel you near me, To throw my arms around you, And comfort you, my friend. Perpetua sings softly, "I've found a place, I've found a time..." I've found friendship with a name that isn't even mine. And maybe this is fantasy, and maybe I am dreaming... But maybe this is real life after all... Perpetua strums the bridge of the song, singing... But when our masks slide down you see, Beyond our anonymity, ANd some will laugh and some will cry, Transfigured, as our lives scroll by. And there's my heart out on my sleeve, For all to see and all to read, And some have dealt it bleeding blows, While others knelt to staunch its flow. Perpetua sings, "And there are those who scorn me, while others catch my fall..." It sounds a lot like real life after all... Perpetua strums strong chords, for the final verse... Perpetua sings, "I'll buy a ticket for your heart..." And put you on a plane that's part of our real life, And when you land upon my threshold I will throw my arms around you, ANd laugh or cry, if you need... For I don't need to see you to love you... And youdon't need to see me to know who I really am, But there I times I want to hold you, And allow this golden silence To speak the words for me... Perpetua sings softly, "Now I know just what my heart became..." Now I know this feeling has a name... Perpetua sings, finally, "I've found a place..." I've found a time. I've found a love with a name, that isn't even mine. And maybe this is fantasy, And maybe I am dreaming... Perpetua sings, "But maybe this is real life after all, my friends..." I guess this could be real life after all. Perpetua closes her eyes, strumming the final chords. Miritha finishes. F'gron says "Thanks." Tariana wows. F'gron says "Oh, foo. I have to do this the hard way." Kalisti claps to Perpetua in abstentia Shallana says "That was good. No wonder people liked Perpetua." Miritha forgot that the nice indentation wouldn't be there, indent all the non-'Perpetua *' lines a bit to set them off. ***** Did it without even remembering she asked me to. :) F'zik says "Liked?" Tariana nods. "No wonder...what ever happened to her?" Shallana apprenticed under her, right before she left, so never got to know her much. T'rac says "Her player fell victim to RL." F'zik says "Sheesh." Shallana says "Ironic, isn't it?" Kalisti ughs, RL... ironic On the perch, Delir notes that Perpetua is a psych grad student studying VR. Had to quit mudding. Must be objective for one's research topic, doncha know. ***** Delir looks to Allyssa Tariana grins wryly. "Yeah, it is." She wows again. Kalisti =Shalrobot Miritha says "Liked. Loved. Perpetua was...very gifted. Is very gifted." Miritha says "Adored, even." F'zik says "Babelicious." Tariana nods soberly. "I haven't heard anything like that since I've been here." F'zik says "Oops, sorry, that slipped out." Tariana inserts a skillet into F'zik to keep things from slipping out. :) F'zik woo woo Tariana chuckles. Miritha says "You've missed out, missing out on her songs. I've still got a copy of her wedding song for Kale and Lyrin, but it's buried in the log of their wedding. I haven't edited it yet." Tariana baps F'zik. T'rac snickers at F'zik. "Before you all get mushy about her, keep in mind that she also liked Kurion's 'compositions'. ;-)" F'zik says "Well, I liked Threadfall Wizard. C'mon, it was about me, you can admit it." Shallana says "Are you sure that should be plural? ;-)" Encil knew her mostly through Sarina, himself... Tariana mock glares at T'rac, before saying..."It was the first time I'd heard any Harper songs. Give me a break." :) F'zik says "Don't forget Perp's wedding." T'rac knows of two works his dear uncle has performed in public. Two counts for plural. ;-) Encil says "What other nostalgia have I missed tonight?" Miritha loves Per's player to pieces, she's wonderful. Miritha anyway, off to bed Miritha has left. F'zik says "Nose-talgia?" Shallana waves to Miri. Kalisti says "over three hours of waxing nostalgic Encil" Tariana grins. "Numerous DB changes, but mostly Weyr stuff. Can you fill us in on holdss and/or halls?" Tariana baps F'zik again. T'rac says "Well, there was a certain apprentice smith who spent his early life fighting with looms. ;-)" Y'rra eeps. "DB changes?" Shallana says "Holds... been inactive mostly since I started. No appreciable change. No happenings of interest. ;-)" Y'rra peers at Tariana F'zik warns Tariana that that is a dangerous habit. Encil was watching Evita. Again. "Let's see, hall/hold nostalgia?" Renee says "Deirdre started talking starting from when she first started playing, then Miritha and Shallana brought us up to the present." On the perch, Marin could do holds and/or halls a little, there was some funstuff in some places, but not until Sunday. :-) You say "We started August 1991." Shallana says "It's all downhill since Lord Groos quit. ;-)" ***** Never /did/ find out this joke.... :) Encil says "Lord Whoos?" Y'rra says "Lord Groos?" Tariana nods. "Yes. All. four, five six of them? And we get another one soon, right, Encil?" On the perch, Clyntahn warbles! Lord Groos! F'zik says "When did Deirdre start?" You say "August 1991." T'rac's player recalls that. ;-) On the perch, Clyntahn spins around the perch! Now that was a lord! F'zik says "Aha. Me == Late May 91. :)" On the perch, Virtuoso's player knows Dei, RL! Shallana wouldn't remember Groos if I didn't know the player RL. F'zik says "But, of course, I don't remember anything. I did log Aurith's hatching, though." Y'rra started in November 91. Not sure what month. "though I date myself from Jan 1992, since Elizyl is/was mostly clueless. Y'rra means what day Tariana raises an eyebrow. "I'd like to hear about Groos, but...would really like to hear about Encil's formative years..." :) Kalisti says "Encil, when did you start.." Encil says "Hah. I was formed under Thenomain. You don't wanna hear it. ;-)" On the perch, Ardinay ew Shallana says "Oh, get a hold of the log from Kyriath's first hatching. There's some of Encil's early bits in it. ;-)" Tariana laughs. "Yes, I do. Come on...I heard you were a twink at one time." :) T'rac's player recalls a certain rivalry that formed between the loomsmith and a particular archivist. ;-) Renee grins, "Sure we do, we want to hear all the stories." Kalisti can vouch for that Tariana Y'rra harumphs. "He wasn't ever! F'zik says "And, of course, Malachite yelling at Encil's early bits." Encil clears his throat pointedly. "Um, well, Shallana, there's no need to bring that up." Tariana chuckles. "Come on...I want to hear it!" :) Y'rra protects her Adopted Uncle... "Anyone know that Miritha is my 'dopted sister? Shallana says "It's in a propogated log, Encil. It'll never die." Kalisti grins, "He was a twink with a cute cat and a nack for coding though... helped me tremendously" Y'rra had a period where she adopted half the MUSH ;) T'rac smirks at Y'rra. Rather confusing that, given that Miritha's half-brother was your adopted daddy. ;-) Encil leans back on his bench. "Well now, let's see...this was right after a Goldfire hatching, which ad been particularly draining on me, if I recall..." Y'rra says "to get back at my foster mother and a bad home situation" Y'rra nods at T'rac. "Ayup. That's the joy of adopted families though Y'rra Sighs. J'sh is no longer around Shallana says "All I really know about it is S'rtan pronouncing at the hatching that Encil can just die, if he can't schedule his tinyplots better." Encil says "I needed a healer. Badly. So badly that I decided it was more important than whatever else was going on at the time--which was, incidentally, Ambar-D'vin's first Fort hatching." Encil says "Yeah, I sent Nescor, and Malachite said 'Well, let him die, then'." Tariana tries to stifle a giggle unsuccessfully. T'rac ah-yes as his player's memory is jogged. ;-) Kalisti stifles a remembering laugh Encil says "I did, for the record, later apologize to him for what I paged..." Kalisti says "Mal could be coarse couldn't he" Shallana says "Which is also in the log. Lucky you." Encil says "Ah, yes, I think he was nice enough to relay those three memorable words to the audience." Y'rra grins. "Amber and D'vin must have been MAD Encil keeps trying to remember if he apologized to Ambar. Ambar, if you're out ther elistening somewhere, I'm sorry. :-) Shallana says "Ambar and D'vin couldn't hear the stands, fortunately." On the perch, Delir thinks Ambar and D'vin didn't notice. They were busy. On F'zik, Zot grabs sky and winks out. Encil also remembers being challenged to a duel by some apprentice harper who was in love with his sister. Oddly enough, it took another harper-diplomat to get that guy to calm down. "T'rac, do you remember Duave?" T'rac doesn't. Musta been pretty bad. ;-) Shallana says "Oh, we have to have something about Jax somewhere in the log. You dino's remember him?" Encil says "Ask Sarina. :-)" F'zik has left. Encil says "Remember him? I ran a hall with him on another MUSH. Nice guy." Kalisti vaguely does..."he sort of mixes in with other's like him over the years.." T'rac snickers. Ah yes, Jax... Encil says "Well, his player was, anyhow. :-)" Y'rra remembers JAx! On the perch, Cobalt has a couple stories. ***** Cobalt looks to Shadrina Dejah Thoris has arrived. (firelizard) Shallana figured T'rac would. I remember him and Mathex nearly getting into a duel once. Y'rra says "I found his tent in the Igen desert!" Tariana pumps everyone for info... :) Y'rra says "back when we were allowed terrain :9" Kalisti does remember Mathex... what happened to him! Shallana says "Jax was our token anti-dragon advocate." Encil says "Jax was this renegade who left songscrolls (poorly coded, if I recall) sitting in weyr bowls and the like." T'rac says "Dear old Jax...I'm kinda sorry he wasn't around longer. ;-)" Kalisti says "and Mathex's lighthouse!" Encil says "He hated the harpers, too, Shallana." Shallana says "Mathex got fed up with the way the Harpers were run, and left." Y'rra says "But good songs." You say "Oh, I remember hearing about him." On the perch, Delir finds the log of Kyriath's first hatching, and finds Kurion *gasp* performing in public!! ***** Hey! I just noticed this! Can I have a log? :) Encil says "That's Mandew, Kalisti. :-)" T'rac says "Um...Mandew. Not Mathex." Kalisti damn. On the perch, Clyntahn found Jax's tent in the north colds near Benden. :) Y'rra wishes Jax would come back, ya Kalisti says "I was close" T'rac says "Unrobot me, willya Encil?" Kalisti says "Mandew then..." Encil says "No. :-)" On the perch, Clyntahn's player had a char helping Jax plot against Lord Fasse. :) Renee says "What did Jax do?" Encil says "I still see his player's alt.char around--he could be convinced. :-)" Y'rra says "He was totally anti-dragonriders." T'rac says "Deposited poorly coded anti-Weyr and anti-Harper songscrolls across the planet..." Encil says "Basically, Renee, he just left songs around calling the weyrs leeches and the harpers, um...what was it?" Shallana says "Oh, Jax was great. He'd go around and insult riders and the harper hall, and stir up trouble. All in an IC fasion." Tariana humphs. "We got our own renegades now." :) Y'rra says "ANd managed to single-handedly, almost, get the entire MUSH just about (anyone active) knowing about him." On the perch, Cobalt notes his player has a renegade character who wrote a Thread is fallacy song Kalisti says "except me apparently" F'zik has arrived. Y'rra doesn't remember seeing you around abck then. Banzai has arrived. (firelizard) On the perch, Clyntahn's player loved sneaking around trying to help Jax plant scrolls. :) ***** Kalisti's alt characters deleted for her own protection, or, if you weren't there, you don't get to find out. Shallana says "I remember him from about May last year?" Dejah Thoris has left. F'zik gathers up Deety gently in his arms. T'rac notes that Kurion still has a song in reserve for Jax's return. ;-) Y'rra says "(This was also back when I could pretty well tell who were regularly on, by remembering... Gotten too big since)" On the perch, Ardent goes home. ***** Ardent looks to Darci, I think. Shallana says "Yes, when I started, an average night was 20-30 at peak." F'zik waves. F'zik has disconnected. T'rac nods. "Evenings at 40, tapering off to about 12 in the wee hours." Kalisti remembers wondering if the game would max out at 50 players Banzai takes off from its perch and flies off. Banzai has left. On the perch, Ardinay remembers being apalled at seeing 58 on for Kyriath's second hatching. Y'rra says "When I impressed, it would sometimes get down to I was the only one. (not regularly... but I remember loggin on a few Sundays to an -empty- MUSH" On the perch, Clyntahn remembers when the Mush was nearly empty at 6 am. :) Now it's never empty. Encil was here, Clinton. :-) Y'rra says "DF is having that problem now, Ardinay" Kalisti remembers that yoo Y'rra.. never again I guess Y'rra grins at Encil. "You and sometimes me. Algyron has arrived. Kalisti says "er too Y'rra" Y'rra says "And a few others occasionally." Tariana grins. "I was the only one on once over last Christmas break. Well, me and one other person." T'rac considers discontinuing the 'What is PernMUSH' posts on a.f.p to reduce influx? ;-) Kalisti says "Quelle injustice T'rac... mais non!" Y'rra grins. "I need to get youa What is DragonsFire MOO to give us an influx to replace it :) On the perch, Cobalt wonders if anyone wants to hear an anti-rider song :^) Shallana says "Well, it's easily twice as big as a year ago this time." Encil hmmms. Probably no one else remembers the Smithhall Ghost... Y'rra says "More than twice as big." Y'rra says "I remember!" Shallana says "I remember that story, Encil." Encil says "Ah, yeah, you would, Yarra. ;-)" You say "I don't. What is it? :)" T'rac says "Entschuldigung, KalistI?" Y'rra says "It didn't affect me, but a few people kept telling me it happened and ya'll were trying to figure out how... Who eventually caught him? I used to know" Encil thinks. It haunted Theno and myself, and Briana, and Talek, and Jalnar-- apprentice Jalnar, for thos e who can remember so far back...;-) Kalisti tosses T'rac a golden apple Encil looks a little uncomfortable at that question. Shallana says "I think I was there in an alternate character when Encil told it. I remember that now quite clearly." Y'rra says "Jalnar is still around, just LOTS more busy RL" Y'rra talked to a friend of his recently Tariana grins. "I understood Kalisti...what the heck did you say, though, T'rac?" Encil says "Jalnar's a grad student now, yeah." T'rac says "'Excuse me?' ;-)" Tariana nods. "I've seen Jalnar on." Encil says "Hm, T'rac?" Tariana grins. "Do you want to translate, or should I, Kalisti?" Tarianawants to know about the ghost, Encil. *prod prod prod* C'trel has arrived. Renee says "From your collective memories, what were the best and worst plots ever?" C'trel wanders by. Kalisti speaking of ghosts T'rac provides tranlation from the German, Encil. Never you mind. ;-) Encil will sned you a log, Tariana, it's probably easier. ;-) C'trel says "The pernsemidinos are coming out of the woodwork. Aie." On the perch, Ardinay where? Tariana grins. "Well, you know where to send it." :) C'trel high5z T'rac idly. T'rac isn't a dino! He's a neanderthal! ;-) Shallana grins, yup, that's us. Encil says "Hello, Algyron. I'm afraid you caught us all as we're sitting around being out of character and discussing the olden days..." C'trel says "You remember Iriniath's hatching, T'rac? :)" Algyron smiles. On the perch, Delir remarks 85 users at Kyriath's first hatching. Probably peaked at over 100. Tariana grins. "Entering our almost fourth hour of nostalgia...do you have anything you'd like to say to the folks, C'trel. You got brought up way /way/ WAY back in hour one." T'rac says "Nope. My player is about as old as the 'Nothing bug'. ;-)" Encil remembers Iriniath's hatching. The one where Jidranth chased Theno? C'trel sheesh. C'trel says "Kids these days." Encil ohs, wait, you mean the one _where_ she hatched? On the perch, Ardinay THE NOTHING BUG C'trel says "No, the one *Iriniath* hatched at." Encil nevermind. :-) C'trel wows. Renee says "What happened at that hatching?" Algyron bows and excuses himself. Encil was eaten by the nothing bug, himself, yes--he started not long after/before Kurion. T'rac says "Like I said, C'trel. I'm a neanderthal. Old as 2.0. ;-)" C'trel peers at the perch. Anyone there? Or am I the oldest around? :) Algyron has left. Kalisti arghs, "it's the nothing bug.... quick run away to SC" C'trel says "Nothing, it's just sort of the dividing line between semidinos and neanderthals." Y'rra grins at T'rac. "You and I came on at the same time. I just moved to SC right away, and it took until SC went down for me to come back (though I vaguely remember the *nothing* bug... It made all you nasty NCers invade my SC :) OR that is how I used to think. On the perch, Ardinay may have been MUSHing longer than C'trel, but not as this char. Shadrina smiles and waves hello. Shadrina has arrived. On the perch, Clyntahn entered people eaten by the nothing bug the first & second time she logged on. Y'rra ppths C'trel. "Perhaps at once time. I don't think so anymore. C'trel fergets, I'm not sure, Ardinary. Quite possible. Kalisti was one of those who was never touched by the nothing ... I let Encil have all my problems On the perch, Delir claims his typist as the oldest one present. C'trel laughs! T'rac spent quite some time on SC while 2.0 was weaned. ;-) C'trel says "Delir is, yep. :)" On the perch, Ardinay remembers, oh cripes, running at lest two patchlevels before the changeover. Shadrina says "That's like in _The Never Ending Story_ which this is" On the perch, Ardinay oh yes. Shallana has been on Tinymuds for over 2 years, but only 1 on Pern. C'trel thinks Delir's typist is still in the semidino rather than utter dino category, but still older than mine. :) Kalisti nods, "forever inbetween passes" Tariana looks around, and realizes she and Renee are the only ones less than a year. She scoots over to her... C'trel remembers when F'jon used to swear up and down that we'd have Threadfall 'in a month'. Shadrina says "I'm less than a year" Kalisti says "Encil, are you a neanderthal or a Dino?" C'trel says "This was a year and a half ago, of course. :)" Tariana nods. "Yep, heard that." :) T'rac recalls one such claim, C'trel. ;-) Encil started the day after Mathex made Journeyman Harper and was posted to Fort Weyr, so if anyone really wants an exact date, look it up in the harper records. :-) Y'rra says "First cause of *nothing*< NC spent lots of time on SC. Y'rra was created as a puppet that Christmas (Yarra that is) and then SC went down and we spent time on NC and Yarra moved here." On the perch, Clyntahn remembers someone claimed that Thread could be coded in 3 days. T'rac says "*What* Harper records, Encil? ;-)" Renee grins at Tariana. Y'rra says "F'jon had RL interfere. and had LOTS of other code to do." C'trel remembers when F'jon was still a Benden rider, albeit some of you probably still do, also. Encil says "Well, whose fault is that, archivist? ;-)" Y'rra says "Sh'down, Clyntahn" On the perch, Clyntahn remembers Mathex as an Apprentice, hah. On the perch, Delir quotes | On the sands, Magreta says "I'm here, I'm here, I'm here!!!!" T'rac remembers Iriniath's mating flight, yes. ;-) Shadrina laughs. Encil peers. On teh sands, Magreta? Where is that? On the perch, Ardinay remembers *that* one easy. C'trel says "Thread probably *could* be coded in three days, by someone sufficiently talented and sufficiently lacking in the need for sleep. :)" Kalisti F'jon's for old times sake.. Y'rra says "I think I came on right after that. I remember the clutching though" Y'rra says "Magreta was a candidate when Jidranth hatched" T'rac says "Certainly not *this* character's. ;-)" Kalisti says "or supplied with Jolt cola, C'trel" Encil says "Hey, wait. Weren't Magreta and Abakin standing together, or something?" On the perch, Delir remarks that Magreta was a candidate when Farlioth hatched. Y'rra isn't sure if she stood though C'trel remembers before Ambar *wasn't* Fort Weyrwoman. :) C'trel er wait On the perch, Ardinay | Figron steps forward nervously. "I am here." On the perch, Ardinay beat that. (: C'trel corrects his grammar. "Before she became FW." Annalyn enters from the Bowl outside. T'rac says "You were a stands impression, Y'rra. Remember?" Shallana says "Who was Fort's before Ambar?" On the perch, Delir projects <> Annalyn waves. C'trel fails to beat that, Ard. :) Tariana grins. "So did Deirdre. Heard that." :) Encil says "Annalyn!" Shallana says "Hi, Annalyn." Encil points. She was the second person I met on this MUSH. Kalisti grins at ANnalyn, my first contact with STAFF: page for help C'trel remembers Deirdre's Impression, along with probably several others here. Kalisti grins at Encil <- the first person I met on this MUSH Shallana says "The first person I met was Ivo." Tariana grins. "Hello, Annalyn." Encil was her first staff...fourth or fifth person. She tackle hugs him, just because it's OOC and she can. :) ***** So, I was tired. Sue me. :) Shadrina says "the first Hatching I saw (and was in) was Fort's where Astarith was hatched. I feel so young. :^)" C'trel forgets if he predates Annalyn or vice versa. It was close, either way. Annalyn says "The first ones I met were Kale and Dalen." Encil glerp. T'rac's was, methinks, Tabbi. ;-) C'trel owie Encil says "Oh, you poor man, T'rac..." Annalyn says "You predated me by a week or two, I think." C'trel says "Who here remembers rque?" Kalisti notes, Encil had just finished Neco... when I logged on.. or something like that Annalyn does! T'rac says "It was for my application interview at the Hall, Encil. ;-)" Shadrina says "the first person I met was Dantassii" Shallana says "The first hatching I saw was the Benden one of June last year, with the wherryburger brown hatchling." C'trel grins. On the perch, Ardinay who? C'trel says "rque." Encil met Mathex, and then Annalyn, and then Ranma. "Yeah, sounds right, Kalisti. Where's that cat now, anyway?" C'trel says "Remember the Pack of Drudges All Wearing Black?" T'rac recalls the drudges! ;-) On the perch, Ardinay nods, I remember the pack. Annalyn grins. Yep. C'trel yeah. :) Kalisti says "10000" Tariana laughs at Shadrina. "Wherry burger?" Encil says "Vaguely." Annalyn says "Then the drudges widows, then their children..." Y'rra says "I know I was. I was OOC taking careful notes of the hatching. I had given up on stands impression. Too many candidnates/ too many good. So I was planning on hanging around Igen, bothering the candidates, maybe giving them helpful info like the exact -time- that their dragons hatched at... I still have the notebook, with lists of canddiates in the margins (incl. Alisanda as a candidate *giggle*)" Kalisti says "the fort courtyard if I recall, Encil" C'trel hmmms. Y'rra says "I remember that pack!" Y'rra says "Elizyl was up here once late at night." On the perch, Clyntahn's sillyhuman impressed at that 'wherryburger brown and pickle green' hatching. :) Encil just sort of forgets Neco these days. She migth not have been here, but, well, I was going to be killed by my journeyman if I didn't bring her... Shadrina says "i read a log of that, because I wanted to see what a typical Hatching was like.q ahem" C'trel impressed...uh. T'rac says "McAmberyl's!!! ;-)" C'trel says "I LIKED Neco." Tariana laughs! T'la has arrived. C'trel says "Neco was Rilly Quul. (tm)." C'trel says "T'la!" C'trel wowee. Shallana says "Thank Faranth, that wasn't a typical hatching." C'trel smirks. T'la can't resist. We talking about that wherryburger hatching? :) Encil says "Yeah, but come _on_. She liked _S'rtan_. :-)" Y'rra didn't get to go that one. "I read the log between classes kast summer term, and I can still see the wastebasket I threw it in, in... I don't know the word. Kalisti laughs at Encil..."we'll ALyn is dead... so King can't bother Neco anymore Shadrina snugs T'la. C'trel laughs! T'rac snickers. Annalyn says "Neco has more character then half the humans on this MUSH." C'trel says "So? So what's yer point? :)" Tariana grins, and could make the very youngin' remark that Benden's last was the first one she attended. :) C'trel ooofs. Kalisti notes the truth in that Annalyn Encil rather recalls explaining at length to one of Malachite's characters on another MUSH that he must be Malachite, since he obviously wasn't a smith like Onyx or a rider like S'rtan or something. C'trel has a character. Sorta. On the perch, Delir projects <> T'rac vaguely recalls Bashful's interactions with that cat. Pitty you got Nero, Encil. ;-) C'trel giggles! Annalyn ROTFL, remembering that conversation! C'trel says "I wish I still had the logs of the first benden hatching." C'trel says "And of the First PernMUSH hatching...that was a scream." Kalisti notes "Tariana has four hours of logged nostalgia Annalyn..." >From around Encil's feet, Nero chirrups <> C'trel says "Marcia sitting in the stands looking stern and disapproving. hee." T'la hehs. "I've got the logs of my hatching and of that first hatching printed out. It's a scream." On the perch, Ardinay has that log, C'trel... It's So Terrible. Tariana nods. "Keep it coming, just make it coherent. I don't understand any of this." Y'rra bleaghs. "Onyx got me to do something very twinkish and ... bad when I was a weyrling :( T'la snugs Shadrina & C'trel, she's OOC here, what the hey. :) C'trel says "Wow. Amazing as it is, most people on this MUSH probably don't even *remember* who Marcia is or why it's important to know. Which it isn't, anymore." C'trel snugs T'la! On the perch, Ardinay's person impressed there after all. Tangled in Tariana's hair, Tsar tells Nero to pipe down. Encil says "Weyrwoman of Telgar." Y'rra says "she used to be god, right?" On the perch, Ardinay ew Marcia. Renee grins at Tariana, "I thought it was just me who is lost." C'trel says "Marcia? heck no." Shallana has heard of Marcia. Y'rra ahs. "tinyTIM then. C'trel says "Marcia, Weyrwoman of Telgar@TinyTIM." Encil says "She used to be god? Eep." C'trel says "It was she who MC made the agreement with about NC not building Telgar." Kalisti rememebers being told, "don't forget who Marcia is.. but I never found out" Y'rra says "TinyTIM... has lost popularity Happens when you are down for a long time" Shadrina sniffs "it's OOC to snug me?" Annalyn says "What did Onyx do, Y'rra?" C'trel says "Way back when MC was still god. :)" Tariana grins at Renee. "They've entered the 'Remember that...' that serves as a mnemonic aid to them, but doesn't help us at /all/!" ***** Well, this is true. There /are/ some funny quotes later though. On the perch, Ardinay snorts. Way back. T'rac says "'Way back'?, C'trel? ;-)" C'trel says "Remember Tabbifli throwing people out the window of her office? :)" Encil remembers the wizlist when he logged in--MC, Tabbifli, F'jon, Sh'dow, Jyrax, Ambar, and Amberyl. You young'uns may not know all these names... You say "I rememeber MC as god." Y'rra says "She convinced me to put a puppet set puppet in her inventory while she was set @listen=* when she went to See D'mar... Remember Amberyl's woobers, and how upset I got that night?" T'la is here OOC, is really back @ Benden watching that the weyrlings behave, Shadrina. :) Kalisti chuckles at Tariana and Renee Y'rra doesn't remember Jyrax On the perch, Delir projects <> You say "I recognize all of them but Jyrax, Encil. :PPPPPPP" C'trel LAUGHS! C'trel says "That was HILARIOUS." Renee says "I heard all those name tonight, but they are just names." Shadrina is here OOC too. never let it said I neglect my weyrlings. C'trel says "The origin of the gerbil joke." Encil says "You can't possibly remember Sh'dow, Tariana...?" Shallana says "Yes, we've done the gerbil already." Kalisti notes, "we had the Gerbil incident eralier C'trel says "Pity. :)" Kalisti is still shalbot C'trel says "Annalyn, you still have the bullwhip?" Y'rra says "BTW, Annalyn, that is why I was so upset/D'mar was so upset that night. I do believe it was Midori." Shallana remembers Jyrax vaugely. Ruatha, right? You say "I can't remember him, no, but I've /heard/ of him. Just like F'jon, and Tabbifli, for that matter." C'trel says "And for that matter, whatever happened to the Club of the Screaming Weyrwomen? :)" Renee says "Still, what was the best plot ever run here?" Y'rra grins. "tabbi is still around. Encil says "Right. He quit a little after I joined, really, but--Kalisti, do you remember a wedding in December '91?" Y'rra says "She cheered me up, matter of fact" Annalyn says "I didn't bring it across." C'trel awwws. On the perch, Delir bugles. << The Club of the Screaming Weyrwoman still exists. >> T'rac snickers yet again. There was a time when there was allegedly an affair going on between Kurion and Tabbi. ;-) C'trel says "Does it?" Kalisti says "the one that took place at Fort's gather grounds?" Tariana grins. "So does the Screaming Headwomen." :) C'trel says "I guess, yeah, 'cuz Amby's still around." On the perch, Ardinay oh yes. Encil thinks so. Whose was it? Y'rra bleaghs. that Club was always a sticking point for me. For some reason I didn't ever like it (still don't) On the perch, Ardinay and Marlena, in fact. Shallana remembers the first time she connected to PernMUSH, in July 91. Didn't stick that time, but I remember being clueless and trying to find Jyrax so I could live at Ruatha. Never did. C'trel says "I'm only counting NC. :)" T'la says "Remember Tabbi's speech at the lakeshore, Shadrina? Hee hee." On the perch, Ardinay :P she impressed at Ista, pal. (: Kalisti Thinks, "it was being discussed earlier.. but I can't remmeber.. C'trel says "Yes, but? She ain't here no mo'. :)" Shadrina laughs! Encil thinks it was Jyrax and Katarina. Maybe. Hm. Tariana baps all of you. "Hey, can you keep the rest of us in here too? Like, Renee and I?" C'trel remembers when Tabbi had by far the most firelizards on Pern. What, ten? Kalisti nods, "that sounds right Encil Tariana misses Deirdre and Miritha, all of a sudden. C'trel misses Deirdre all the time. T'rac snorts at C'trel. T'la says "Isn't ten, like, the minimum # to have these days?" C'trel glows anyway, though. :) Y'rra says "No." C'trel grins at T'la. "Yeah, just about. :)" T'la thought so, C'trel. :) Shadrina grins at T'la. T'rac has 3. Needta talk to Miritha about an egg. ;-) On the perch, Ardinay thinks it's too late, Tariana, they're gone. Y'rra says "I only have 8, and would have 7 if I hadn't been at the Benden Winterfest and in their hunt thing" You say "C'trel, tell me about that first hatching here." C'trel can set you up, T'rac. Kalisti remembers other weddings though... Annalyn has 5 and that's enough. Encil tries to think of something else to reminisce about. "I could recount the glory days of the Harper Hall under Mathex..." T'la has 4 and is sticking @ it. :) C'trel has 27, and it's STILL NOT ENOUGH. On the perch, Ardinay Oh Tariana it was Awful. Encil thinks that sums it up, no? Shallana has 0 and that's too many. ;-) Tariana chuckles at Ardinay. "I think so." C'trel says "Yeah. The first hatching was just a mess." On the perch, Delir recalls the first Fiere firelizard hatching? Right after Miranda's gold's FL hatching? Y'rra grins at T'rac. "I think you have one of one of my green's eggs... Tariana grins. "Tell it anyway." :) T'rac would rather not recall that, Encil...:-P T'la hms, do I start Tenzil young as a collector of FLs? Renee says "Why was it awful?" Kalisti says "shiris has 24 I believe" C'trel says "Because *everything* got messed up." C'trel says "Shiris has 28." Encil says "Hey, T'la, I need to meet Tenzil at some point. I never see you on, though." On the perch, Ardinay It's such an evil long story. Annalyn says "I think my Unique was from that hatching, Delir." Kalisti rights at C'trel You say "So? Tell it! :)" On the perch, Ardinay would be up all night telling it. C'trel says "The impression controllers spewed dbrefs instead of names. Dragons impressed to the wrong people. Nobody had *any* clue, because there were six people running it, or near enough." Shadrina says "I got Gloria from a Shiris Hatching" Annalyn says "I remember that one." T'la has a log of that hatching, yup, *everything* got confused. After the hatching, people didn't remember who impressed what to whom. C'trel snickers at Delir. Remember where Thalia came from? Tariana chuckles. "And there's more?" Y'rra nods. "I remember Gloria impressing Encil says "Oh, yeah. It was supposed to be Lord Shadow and bronzerider N'tol, no?" Y'rra almost threw a fit RL that day. C'trel says "Some of the wizwalls are HILARIOUS." C'trel says "Yep, Encil." On the perch, Delir does, C'trel! C'trel grins. Shadrina says "why Y'rra?" T'rac chuckles. C'trel says "I WISH I'd logged that." On the perch, Ardinay also notes that it happened on Daylight Savings Day so half the people were an hour late, so they had to delay it an hour. So Kailyn gave birth. C'trel says "Right. The original Hatching Tinyplot. :)" You say "Huh?" T'la says "In the stands!" C'trel says "Yeah. :)" Tariana groans. "Oh, that. Shards." On the perch, Delir projects <> Encil says "And you people criticized _me_? ;-)" T'la says "Better than the 'Benden Baby Boy Boom'. :)" Renee giggles, "With everyone watching?" Kalisti chuckles, "but did she contact the healers in advance ;-) Shadrina says "oh, boy!" On the perch, Delir projects <> ***** And this is the only one I didn't get. Huh? C'trel only has a couple of amusing quotes. Most of which are half quote, half innuendo. C'trel LAUGHS! On the perch, Ardinay AIEEEEE Encil is lost at that one. T'la says "We use a lot of paint at Benden. A gold dragon tried to paint herself green. :)" T'rac smirks @ C'trel's quote file. Encil says "Y'all are getting before my time, here." C'trel | Shallana wants to ride Ambar! Shallana remembers that. Shadrina says "she hasn't been out and about in a while" T'la remembers that, Shallana. Heh. C'trel | L'thar nods, "I'll get her into bed. No worry about that." Shallana says "Hey, C'trel, I know you weren't there for that. That wasn't even PernMUSH." Tariana grins. "Y'all lost me long time ago." Y'rra says "Tiamanth, I think, T'la." T'la says "That's in Ambar's .plan." C'trel says "Got it from Miritha. :)" T'la says "I know, Y'rra." Shallana says "Thryla and I and Ambar were on FortWeyrMUSH for that one." T'la says "FortweyrMush!" C'trel says "in a similar vein:" C'trel | Elisa thinks being ridden can be fun! Tariana grins. "We got our own MUSH?" :) T'la laughs! Kalisti's sides hurt from laughing Renee says "There is a MUSH of just Fort Weyr?" Encil says "Had, Tariana. It must have lasted at least a few hours." Shallana says "We used it to duck lag. It's got the original Fort Weyr building backed up there." Y'rra says "AMbar puts it up sometimes" On the perch, Ardinay nods, a temp one, only up on occasion. Shallana says "It was up earlier today, Encil, for a thread practice." Tariana shakes her head. "Actually, it was up tonight, wasn't it?" Y'rra says "Its for exscaping lag for meetings and flights" Kalisti saw it earlier today Encil says "Oh, right, we held a weyr meeting there once." C'trel | Encil goes back to his smiths. Have we taught you code yet? @open, @enter... Kalisti blinks... and wonders why she is receiving shallana's thoughts Tariana is beginning to wonder how much of this she should keep in the log, and how much to remove." :) Encil looks at C'trel. I said that? T'rac says "It's the oldPern Fort Weyr too. 27 glorious rooms of sky. ;-)" Tariana chuckles. C'trel says "Yes you did!" Y'rra grins at T'rac Encil ohs, wait, that must have been that night on SC. Ohyeah. C'trel has witnesses. Shallana says "They have to go somewhere, Kalisti." C'trel grins. Yeah. That. :) Tariana is gonna have to remember that one. She'll flag it in the file. :) Y'rra says "Igen could probably do that... Almost needed to cause of used up sky rooms" C'trel still wonders if someone, somewhere, has a file full of all the embarassing things he's said. :) ***** This sounds like a call, if I ever heard one. Any takers? Kalisti thinks we need a MAV filter... Encil only has so much room on his disk, C'trel. Encil sorry. :-) Tariana chuckles. C'trel waves 40 meg of free space at Encil. T'la | Anastasia says "Why is M'gan dripping, and has he always had this problem? :)" C'trel LAUGHS. Shallana has a log of the night when S'rtan got drunk at Benden and ran around naked, while Elisa wrote Bondage slogans on C'trel's jacket. T'rac chuckles. Encil may not want to know. Tariana ROTFL. T'la starts collecting quotes. :) C'trel | Krystlin blinks at something. "Hard???? It's not hard!" C'trel | Ambar says "Fuck me crosswise with a curare-tipped band saw." Tariana laughs. Shallana grins. Encil says "She's so eloquent, though. :-)" C'trel | Krystlin says "Oh ick. Now I'm all sticky." T'la | Perpetua says "I don't have an @wait on my orgasms, thank you very much." Kalisti can't believe C'trel's list o'quotes... all logged for AFP Y'rra has logs of both the second and third Igen hatchings and clutchings. Plus an Off-line log of the first hatching C'trel says "You got that from me, T'la, didn't you? :)" T'rac has heard most of these... C'trel says "T'lyn's followup is just as priceless." T'la says "And T'lyn followed that up with 'Yes, but do you maintain a queue?'" On the perch, Delir projects << On the ledges, Chana says "How would you shorten MY name? :)" On the ledges, Amberyl says "C'a. :)">> T'la yups, C'trel. C'trel grins. Tariana chuckles. "Sounds like T'lyn." :) Shallana says "So, after S'rtan just stripped his clothes off after getting drunk: D'vin looks in his cup, looks at Shallana, and then looks at S'rtan. "I want some of what he's drinking. For her, mind you."" C'trel LAUGHS. T'rac chortles. C'trel howls. That's a *good* one. Tariana can only pose laughing so many times before it gets repetitive.. suffice it to say, she is. :) Shallana says "Classic D'vin, before he grumped up." T'la hasn't heard that one. Heh. C'trel says "Before he grumped up?" C'trel snorts. :) Y'rra says "He was ever not grumpy?" Kalisti notes, "there is a huge percentage of the currently weyrling crop that could fit right in with C'trel's quotes... This should be a great summer Shallana says "He was considerably less grumpy, to me anyway." C'trel says "Hell, I remember D'vin back when he was Devin, and he was STILL grumpy." On the perch, Ardinay drifts off to sleep. Encil should have you people talk to the apprentice he has who went to college with the Smiths. He's always been grumpy. :-) C'trel says "Remember the T'lean and Tavella kiss-macro?" Shallana ahs, missed that. It's late. ***** I edited a /huge/ amount of wasted bandwidth here, including what brought up this discussion. Something about the Secrets of PernMUSH: who are the master harpers sleeping with.... On the perch, Delir spells it out slowly for the sillysmith. Ambar and Theno were an item shortly after Theno and (Aurith's rider) were an item. And well before Per&Theno. Y'rra blinks. "theno nad Sheanna??? Whee. On the perch, Delir notes that Theno's player seems to have a knack for falling for people who are about to become gold riders. :-) Encil wonders what the other secrets of pernMUSH are, if everyone knows who the master harpers were sleeping with. :-) T'la says "Yeah, I know, Delir. I got the backblast of it on SC when that happened. :P" On the perch, Delir projects <> On the perch, Virtuoso's pet isn't telling, even if he knew. :) T'la says "He still got upset. It was messy." On the perch, Delir offers that the other secret of PernMUSH is that Encil CAN be seduced. T'rac chuckles. Encil says "Hey! I cannot! Just ask, um..." He looks around the room. "Never mind." Y'rra ohs, and peers at Encil, then decides it wouldn't be right He IS still her uncle after all. On the perch, Delir warbles innocently. Encil says "Boots?" T'la snickers. How true. Tariana has heard about an OOC seduction down at SC, or at least an attempt. "By Carmella, wasn't it?" :) Shadrina chuckles. T'rac figgers there'd be a major uproar of uncle Kurion ever got laid. ;-) Annalyn says "I STILL want to hear the boots story!" T'la mentions the name of a place: "High Reaches Weyr's guest weyr." ;) Virida launches herself off the perch. Virida has arrived. Encil thinks we were all just being odd that night on SC, Tariana. The truth is--urgh! Shallana says "And it's public knowledge anytime I have sex. They even put it in the motd days in advance." Annalyn LOL at Shallana. Encil urgh!s at T'la. "Yes, well, ok, I can be seduced. Boots or no boots." T'rac pitties his uncle. Really he does. All 8 of those male FLs and greens going up every other day. ;-) You say "Boots! That's right! Dima and boots! What's the story? :)" Encil can tell the boots story if anyone's really that interested...not that it's such a great story, really. Tariana laughs at Shallana! :) Y'rra says "I'm interested!" Y'rra bounces, looking up hopefully. Renee waves, "Goodnight. Thanks for all the history!" Encil says "Happened the day after, um, well, you don't need to know what it happened after. Something OOC in this living cavern." Renee heads north, towards the lower caverns. You say "No, tell /all/ Encil. :)" On the perch, Delir helps Encil out by mentioning Bondage 101. Telear has arrived. Encil says "Something OOC," he repeats firmly. "So I woke up here, and Ambar and Dima--yes, thank you, Delir, and so much for the youngsters present--decided that I must have fallen ill, if I couldn't remember the night before." Y'rra ohs.. "After Bondage 101? I remember that night... Tariana grins. "And?" Jazmyn enters from the Bowl outside. Virida flits up to the perch. Telear has left. Encil waves to Telear in the midst of his history lesson. "And, in spite of my protests that I was fine and, really, they needn't show so much concern, quite that close to me, they took me into the infirmary and sat me onto a bed." Y'rra says "No you didn't. Come on, Encil." Tariana grins. "And?" On the perch, Delir projects <> Encil says "I fought rather valiantly to escpe the evil clutches of...well, OK, I tried to tell them to stop. But I couldn't go anywhere once they removed my boots, rather forcibly, and--firelizards?" Addison has arrived. (firelizard) On the perch, Delir warbles emphatically. << Helpful firelizards! >> You say "Why couldn't you go anywhere once they removed your boots? And what do FLs have to do with it?" Encil was barefoot, of course, so he couldn't go anywhere. Especially not between. Firelizards...firelizards....hm. T'la says "Try running around barefoot on stone." T'la says "When you're used to boots." Jazmyn grins, remembering the time Selene and she tied T'lyn up and...Ummm... nevermind..;) Tariana shrugs. Her player used to do it all the time. :) You say "And? :)" Encil assumes the firelizards were doing what they always do, namely, announcing to the world at large exactly how their human was reacting. Probably Nescor, if I know him at all. T'la says "Jaz, ask Theno about lace and leather sometime. ;^)" C'trel remembers being tied up in the Fort Hold courtyard by Ambar and Perpetua. :) On the perch, Delir remembers highly helpful firelizard friends. Jazmyn giggles at T'la. On the perch, Delir projects an image of his typist remembering that too. Encil says "And nothing, really, since nothing at all happened, but I refused to wear boots for a while after that, until Ambar suggested sweetly that I start wearing them lest she tell everyone why I wasn't..." T'rac seems to recall something of that nature, C'trel. Either saw it or heard about it... T'la says "Funny, because I make lace and leather RL. :)" C'trel had a log, T'rac. Until my disk died. Addison thought herdbeasts made leather. Encil has a dull sex life. Errr, had. T'la recalls having to make you wear boots for between, Encil. Annalyn says "Anyone remember that time Sh'dow fell asleep in the courtyard -- or was it the ramp? -- and people were posing rearranging his face?" Encil ers, glance, that is. C'trel LAUGHS! C'trel oh yes Y'rra hmms, at Encil, and will have to think of a way to get his boots off then. T'la laughs @ Annalyn! T'la got Encil's boots off, Y'rra. :^) Annalyn still giggles at the memory of the eyelash that crawled away... Jazmyn was the one that was rearranging Sh'dow's face..Sheanna was giggling helplessly and watching..:) T'rac's player does seem to have a knack for missing much 'good stuff', tho. :-P Addison flits up to the perch. Jazmyn says "It was at Fort Hold." Jazmyn says "The watchwher licked Sh'dow's face off and Sheanna and I were putting it back..:)" T'la laughs. I remember the watchwher licking someone's face off, not whose. Y'rra says "was it T'lyn that was 'recostumed' in SC when the machine was down once?" Shallana says "I remember playing around with impressing wher's on the test-database for NewPern. Did Jazmyn have a gold?" Annalyn says "That's right, THAT's how it started! Thanks T'la!" T'la says "No, thank Jaz, Annalyn." C'trel says "Remember the costume party?" Jazmyn has a brown watchwher. Y'rra used to catch a lot more of the events than she sees now. Shallana says "That's right. That was... interesting." T'la says "I was Thrylath at that costume party, and impressed P'wher." C'trel says "Not THAT one, I don't think." Shallana thinks there used to be more interesting events. C'trel says "Last year's? The one where Josh came as T'rminator?" T'la says "Well, the one I spoke of was good too." Encil says "Before me time again, I think...?" T'la says "The P'wher incident was last Halloween. Not that long ago." T'la says "J'shua was there too, I recall." Jazmyn thinks apathy or too many rules sorta got in the way of the fun...We need more gathers or parties or something.. T'rac would be apathetic if he could be bothered. ;-) C'trel says "Is it ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care. :)" Tariana grins. " Shadrina pokes C'trel in the ribs. C'trel ow Tariana wonders where the next Gather is, besides Ruatha? Encil says "S. Boll, on the...19th?" ***** We got into a discussion about the old hangouts (I deleted most of it except.... T'la hangs out w/ the weyrlings at Benden, instead of going to parties. Got duties, annoying Fizzie. ***** That's for F'zik. :) Moving on...this gets a little choppy, since it's 4 a.m. EDT. Most of these are extracted anecdotes. Encil has to do one anyway, C'trel, to do db-idle cleanup. Don't bother. :-) T'rac notes that Encil now had Ambar's old job. Encil becomes more tempermental? ;-) Tariana groans, and hopes not, T'rac. Encil says "Shut up, T'rac." Encil now goes back to add smilies. ;-) ***** Funny names (and actual ones, too!) Encil reads off names at random from this list. Binky. Anne!. fax. Boffo. You really want all these names, Yarra? Shallana remembers 'softscrub' and 'godzilla' both appearing within five minutes of one another once. =============================================================================== As you can tell, things degenerated rapidly after a while. And now, after... oh...5 hours of editing, I think this is done. The 160+ K file is now.... oh, only 115. Hope you like it. :) Tariana @ PernMUSH