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I begin to fear that identifying minerals in thin section is not going to be my strong point :) -
[Lifeblood] I will grant that we weren't expecting the first session to be quiet...
...but it was still significantly more full of excitement than we had thought.
( Talisee's entry for the 'most things not mentioned to a parent because they might worry' prize ) -
In other and more awesome news
My parents are sending me the money to pick up one of those old petrological microscopes that the OU is still selling off.
Of course, I still have to buy my own thin sections :)
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[OU] Well that was bloody.
...so the S282 Astronomy exam is essentially a massive memory test. The aim is to find out whether you have memorised every single word of both textbooks.
Srsly. I wouldn't actually be all that surprised to see a question asking for the third entry under B in the index.
Needless to say, I had not. As such, I think the multiple choice went OK, but ( Read more... ) -
[RP] Supplementary fic
(Well, it was going to be either fic or exam stress, and I figured fic was probably mildly more entertaining)
On arriving back at the Collegium late the next morning, Talisee was met by a pair of Unicorns, mind healers of the Arcanum.
They looked very concerned and ask Talisee to accompany them to their office for a little talk.
( One day later... ) -
[RP] For those who have heard me muttering about the pure Class A traum...
...I have attempted to put together a series of snippets that convey something of the addictive angst hit provided by the scene in question ( Read more... ) -
[RP: Lifeblood] Pushing the boundaries of optimism
(I don't think it's too much of a spoiler to the other players to share one of the less traumatic parts of Talisee's prelude here)
After a slightly complex chain of events led to her being kidnapped, my fourteen-year-old character Tally was dictated a ransom demand by her kidnappers.
Having established that they couldn't read, this is what she ( Read more... ) -
[RP] I'm not sure what happened there...
I'm sure I went in with some stuff planned to get the PCs off Ariel tout de suite and off to one of the places where they could pick up actual plot.
So why, two hours in, was I running a scene in which the Ariel coastguard picked the All That Glitters's pilot up off her brand new and somewhat sinking fishing boat?
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[RP]Because what I needed in my life was more commitments...
Last night I nipped into London to be preluded for hearthfire's game. By the way, did you know parts of the M4 are closed at night? I didn't really need more than 2.5 hours' sleep anyway...
There have been times when I have been so deeply in character that I have cried with my character. This has not normally been within an hour of starting the prelude. ( Read more... )