Celebration of The Spinner (Post Notes)

[Jancis]

[align=center]In Celebration of the Spinner

 

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[align=center]One and all is invited to come give thanks and hear inspirational words in regards to Nymeia.

 

Nymeia, the watcher of celestial bodies and goddess of fate, commands the element of water and is associated with the Second Umbral Moon (fourth month). She is depicted as a weaver donning a white, silken veil. Her symbol is the spinning wheel. Elder sister of Althyk, and master of Rhalgr. [/align]

 

[align=center]Event starts in Lower La Noscea at Moraby Bay (X:24 Y:34) on Sunday April 19th at 8:00PM Eastern EDT (Midnight UTC).

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Guards will be available to help all pilgrims to the event safely.

 

For Pilgrims:

• During the performance, pilgrims are asked to be silent in the public channels. Emotes with /em, /say, and /yell are asked to be held off until the main performance is over.
  
• Animation and sound emotes are welcomed! Please just turn the text off on them during the performance.
  
• In lieu of reacting in /em and /say, pilgrims are encouraged to form parties with their friends and groups to react to each other in /p - that should help with the text bloat and keep the reactions more personal and immersed with the main people pilgrims want to interact with.
  
• Anyone willing to host a "during performance" party for those who come on their own please contact me so I can find you at the event start and get people together to interact and meet. If a group of friends has room in their party and wouldn't mind hosting a new addition, that would be wonderful too. We'll sort it out at the start of the event.
  
• After the performance, everyone is welcome to use /em and /say and can change parties as wanted.
  

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Music and stories from some special guest speakers and bards will highlight the evening. After the presentation, everyone is encouraged to mingle, give prayers and thoughts, or partake in the smaller congregations.

 

Blessings and wisdom will be given to those who wish in attendance.

 

Entire main event is planned to last a hour with hosts staying around afterwards for free-form role play.[/align]

 

[align=center]~While this is a pilgrimage in celebration of one of the Twelve, really would like to express the theme and environment of this event is to come together and have an inspiration evening for each other and on reflection. This night will not have strong overtones of worship and ceremony.~[/align]

 

 

[align=center]Performing Guests:[/align]

[align=center]Edda Eglantine

Ciel Sauveterre

Iskierka Stormspeaker

Xenedra

Eva

 

Blessers/Sages:

Jancis

Iskierka

Eva

Cliodhna (Assisting)

 

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[align=center]Guards:

Harbingers of Dawn

Coatleque

 

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[Cliodhna Eoghan]

w-warm weather???? the last one was warmer but still....this is in limsa!!

 

as the previous times; i'll be there and let me know if you need help with anything :3

[Jancis]

Aww!

 

Yes it is!

 

It is one of the more scenic spots that I think everyone will enjoy. I've RP'ed here quite a few times.

 

 

 

And will do! I'm still sorting out who can help at the end (sadly both volunteers Sunday didn't work out for them >_< Le Weep) and I also have to coordinate with guards with a new idea. Just took me forever to try on clothes and think up something suitable!

[Ilwe'ran]

*wiggles*

 

I can craft some hat to protect people from the sun !

[Warren Castille]

If you need more speakers, I know a guy.

[Jancis]

That guy is going to be whispering sweet rambling nothings in his fiance's ear. :lol:

 

Hats sound wonderful! I might also need some help with making some armor pieces. Still figuring that out!

 

Also looking for people who'd like to assist at the end either approaching people or being approached with little gifts. Sadly the two people who offered cannot make it for the time window.

[Star Lin]

Ah, would love to attend this, either with John or Kestlona, probably with John since he wasn't feeling that great during the Scholar event.  I would put in the time to be off from work but I already did a lot of 'need to be off by such and such time'.  I don't want to push it too much in case they decide that 'oh, well, looks like she can only do part time now'.  The computer that sets up the scheduling is now putting me in 10 hours closing shifts (this sunday is 12:30 pm to 10 pm).  If I get luck next sunday, he might be a little late for the event.

[Jancis]

Ah, would love to attend this, either with John or Kestlona, probably with John since he wasn't feeling that great during the Scholar event.  I would put in the time to be off from work but I already did a lot of 'need to be off by such and such time'.  I don't want to push it too much in case they decide that 'oh, well, looks like she can only do part time now'.  The computer that sets up the scheduling is now putting me in 10 hours closing shifts (this sunday is 12:30 pm to 10 pm).  If I get luck next sunday, he might be a little late for the event.

 

I worked retail many a year and closed many a Sunday; I understand!

 

Working with Arrelaine to get back to some of that Nald'thal feel so that should be some nice ambiance and we also have another story teller in the works!

 

It still should all be about a hour of stories so there will be plenty of free form time afterwards.

 

Jancis will be sending out lilies to all her friends and acquaintances tonight.

 

The area is very lowbie friendly this month, but if anyone needs help reaching Moraby please let us know or if you need an IC excuse post here we have the rest of the week to work something out and make it happen!

[CrimsonMars]

Since Chiyo is studying monkihood and Rhalgar has something to do with her, I'll see if she can attend.

[SM Nick]

Hopefully I can actually make it this time. I wish I could bring all 6 of my characters here lol.

[Star Lin]

Yep, just as I thought.  The computer put me in the closing shift again as a 10 hour shift.  So I will not be able to attend this event.  Have fun everyone and hopefully I'll get lucky (not holding my breath on that) and make it to the next one.

[Jancis]

Since Chiyo is studying monkihood and Rhalgar has something to do with her, I'll see if she can attend.

 

Wonderful! Be great to see the fiery Seeker along!

 

Hopefully I can actually make it this time. I wish I could bring all 6 of my characters here lol.

 

Pick whichever one will enjoy and have the best experience for you; a little depth goes a long way.

 

Yep, just as I thought.  The computer put me in the closing shift again as a 10 hour shift.  So I will not be able to attend this event.  Have fun everyone and hopefully I'll get lucky (not holding my breath on that) and make it to the next one.

 

Curse you computer.

 

 

We still have five more of these to do and it will mix up times so surely another will work out.

 

Still going to bug friends about helping out with after celebration freeform RP. I'll be touching base with last minute details tonight and get everything set for Sunday! *rakes small rocks into the ocean*

[Cliodhna Eoghan]

That guy is going to be whispering sweet rambling nothings in his fiance's ear. :lol:

 

Hats sound wonderful! I might also need some help with making some armor pieces. Still figuring that out!

 

Also looking for people who'd like to assist at the end either approaching people or being approached with little gifts. Sadly the two people who offered cannot make it for the time window.

 

i can help pass out stuff if you like o3o

[Jancis]

 

 

i can help pass out stuff if you like o3o

 I'll send you the notes for it and we can touch base sometime this week!

 

People involved (and maybe involved) have my event notes coming to them via PM and I'll be online all this week to answer questions and get together for supplies and other needs!

 

So excited! Only half a week away!

[Jancis]

Updated the roster and highlighted the time.

 

Very excited to manage to have Nymeia's own priestess Eva Zelorius join the pilgrimage!

 

She will be there giving blessings and sharing one of her parables. :lol:

 

Again do not hesitate to PM me or reply here if you want your character to get a reason to go.

[Jancis]

It came up in PMs a bit about the Freeform RP after the celebration (which just means everyone there gets to talk and participate and socialize).

 

Was the leaving notes for Menphina thing a good idea to bring back for this particular event? I was thinking of something like a message of good fortune or a wish of destiny/fate that pilgrims could share again either openly or quietly.

[Gegenji]

Was the leaving notes for Menphina thing a good idea to bring back for this particular event? I was thinking of something like a message of good fortune or a wish of destiny/fate that pilgrims could share again either openly or quietly.

 

Oddly enough, I would think the Fortune-Telling from Althyk's pilgrimage would be good here. We are talking about the Goddess of Fate, after all. Maybe not have a big ol' event in the pilgrimage itself for it, but I could totally see a handful of fortunetellers being around for the post-pilgrimage to divine people's futures.

[Jancis]

 

 

 

Oddly enough, I would think the Fortune-Telling from Althyk's pilgrimage would be good here. We are talking about the Goddess of Fate, after all. Maybe not have a big ol' event in the pilgrimage itself for it, but I could totally see a handful of fortunetellers being around for the post-pilgrimage to divine people's futures.

 

It would have but it fell through. My fault :cry:

 

Sadly the timing I was forced to fit for this one eliminated that possibility as two can't make it. And this is later on a day that is followed by a weekday it's not feasible for the time slot to have people waiting around. The fortune-telling takes more work, even as one card, and I can't thank Iskiberry enough for doing that solo before. But it was a lot of work when the other cancelled on short notice.

 

Unless I can get three plus, fortune telling is better off as its own event.

 

But there are other plans and will still be fortunes! Just a different spin on them. It's the bartering I was really curious about.

[Jancis]

Just a different spin on them.

 

That wasn't a pun on purpose.

 

Event is tomorrow at 8PM Eastern.

 

Anyone who needs an outfit for the event we have straw hats and robes and appropriate Nymeia colors.

 

I'm so nervous, but excited! :lol:

[Iex]

And now the joys of figuring out a 'hook' for Lynx to be there.

 

Then I realize wait... will I be on? Maybe not, hopefully I will be able to be online and attend.

[Jancis]

Wonderful turn out I was floored as within a matter of minutes over a dozen people appeared. Thank you so much for those who could attend, very sweet to people who wished it well that couldn't make it, and the RP after the celebration and talking was so nice.

 

I have a few screenshots edited (four uploaded - I'm at work lalalala) and over two thousand lines of log to sort and tidy up.

 

Big thank you to all the performers telling stories and singing songs. They were inspiring and the timing was so nice on them. There was music included. And yes it rained, then stopped raining on Eva .

Ciel

Eva

Edda

Xenedra

Iskierka

 

Another thank you to all those who offered to help out and were willing to jump in if everything fell apart. Keeping it a bit shorter worked out well and the nice part is we get to feature different people on different months and these creative people can participate and relax instead of prepping and performing: Nathan, Oscare, Tausenadel, Leanne

 

Thank you to the guards! They were ceremonial this time around (no huge frogs, all passive creatures on our two minute walk) I got so many whispers about people noticing them in their tabards and up on the hillside being very stoic and ceremonial.

Arrelaine Fashonti

Aelius Corinthius

Faolan Donne

Gwannes Oskwell

O'jirho Tia

 

 

Thank you to Cliodhna and Iskierka for passing out fortune cookies. Thank you to Anzu for creating the fortunes to pass out. Sadly the time didn't work out to be there in person, but if anyone enjoyed knowing true love was going to appear, happiness is next to you, or help I'm being kept prisoner in a cookie factory, they're all but a few of the scores of fortunes that were made for the cookies. Iskierka also threw in some of her own special messages, no one is quite sure how they got there.

 

 

Thank you to Ilwe'ran for helping provide hats and clothing; it wasn't Europe-friendly this time around and staying up late to be available for it was very selfless.

 

 

And Eva was available for talking and giving blessings! People were all around her by Nymeia's stone and I even saw someone 'trying' to sneak in line to see her. So nice of her to devote so much time to the crowd of people and speak to so many. 

 

 

I'll work on finishing up the screenshots (I'd love to see any that people got) and start posting the log for everyone.

 

Same ones on the screenshot thread: