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Hotel liaison here again:
People have asked about smoking rooms and about rooms w/ 2 beds. Lately they've been rebuffed by the reservations people. Yes, I am the hotel liaison and thus the right person to ask these question of as it frees our GMs to do GM stuff.
I cannot change your reservation. You must do it. (Trust me you dont want me to be able to do this. This is a privacy and credit card security issue.)

Here's how to get the room you want: Now that you've got your hotel reservation (from tollfree #: 888.627.8405) find your confirmation number. Now call the Westin Santa Clara main #408.986.0700; ask for reservations desk. Give 'em your confirm #. Grovel to them as you would to any All Powerful and Nameless Being. Ask them to change your room reservation. It should not cost you extra. Room price s/b the same as previous stated rate (unless you asked for a suite, then you're outta my hands).

FYI : The 11th floor is a designated smoking floor. You can even smoke in the hall on the 11th floor. Elsewhere, Santa Clara county law applies. You may NOT smoke in any indoor public areas.
--cin, Hotel Liaison, Farina Oatmilvna Vietchechs, formerly known as The Sorceress in Green, Epsilon-Eriadne Whimsey-Vert XIV, et aliae.
cin <Cynthia_barnes@phoenix.com>
- Wednesday, August 02, 2000 at 17:01:41 (PDT)

Greeting once again. I am just placing the following ad:
Single White male seeking floor space, or possibly bed space for our weekend of adventure,mystery,murder,sacrifice,mayhem......well you get the idea. I am really just loking for a place to crash ever so briefly as we all know that there will not be too mush sleeping :-) Thank you. Michael Smiley aka.Admiral Togeta Whywythit...eye of Maxwell.
Michael Smiley <msmileyslonet.org>
- Wednesday, August 02, 2000 at 16:07:36 (PDT)

Looking forward to saying unspeakable words in a bad Russian accent!
Hotel news:
* Hope you've all reserved your rooms at the hotel by now. I understand some people were having trouble reserving rooms w/ 2 beds. Just ask for whatever type room you really want at check-in. It's a fairly quiet weekend. Hardly any other groups in the bldg.
* Food: because it's quiet, the hotel will not have the quick food concession up (i.e. cokes & hotdogs) like they did last year. Hotel restaurant & coffee/sandwich are open 6A til 10P. Nearby stuff is open 24 hours, 1/2 mile down the road. An alternative plan is in the works for Sun lunch.
* The pool and hottub are open and available for us to use. Unspeakable horrors and other pool users should bring a swimsuit.
* Checkout on Sun is 11A. You have options. Here's some. 1. Ask for late checkout (i.e. 3P) when you arrive. 2. Check out at normal time & ask the concierge to put your gear in the concierge's closet. 3. Use the quick checkout method. (Ask about it at hotel reg.)
* Open areas in the hotel are available for our use. 2nd floor mezzanine has lots of comfy chairs, sofas.

Any major hotel troubles? Email me.

--cin, Hotel Liaison, Farina Oatmilvna Vietchechs, formerly known as The Sorceress in Green, Epsilon-Eriadne Whimsey-Vert XIV, et aliae.
Cynthia Barnes <cynthia_barnes@phoenix.com>
- Wednesday, August 02, 2000 at 15:59:39 (PDT)

Yes, a world of creativity, adventure, sacrifices, slaughter, dark rituals, unspeakable horrors (which will be spoken anyway), and general mayhem. Wouldn't be a game without mayhem.
Jonathan Reaves <Luthr47@aol.com>
- Tuesday, August 01, 2000 at 22:10:59 (PDT)

Wow am I the first message? I am lookign forward to seeing you all at secrets. I relish the chance to once again join you all in a world or creativity and adventure. Take care my friends and I will see you there!
Michael Smiley <msmiley@slonet.org>
- Tuesday, August 01, 2000 at 21:39:03 (PDT)

I had a dream last night. In it, a mysterious and malefic group asked "Are we blood, guests, or children?". I awoke
before I could answer, shuddering with dread.

Jacob Butcher <none@nowhen.com>
- Tuesday, August 08, 2000 at 10:14:27 (PDT)

Hi,

I have an offer to extend to all of the players who are a part of the Sleep & Dream Institute. I've created a logo & business card for my character (a research assistant at the institute) and if any of the other S & D I people would like business cards as well, I'd be happy to create some for you. Please email me at: liggy_baby@hotmail.com if you would like businness cards for your character. Thanks!
Brandi Anderson (Ligeia) <liggy_baby@hotmail.com>
- Wednesday, August 09, 2000 at 09:42:32 (PDT)

re: "Are we blood, guests, or children?"
Jacob, when dining with Tigers(*), it is moot whether one is guest or entree.

(*) and unspeakable horrors
cin <Cynthia_barnes@phoenix.com>
- Wednesday, August 09, 2000 at 14:46:36 (PDT)

Just got home from the game, and just wanted to pop in a post to say what an amazingly fabulous time I had! It was just awsome. Mad props to the GM's, players, game moms and other various assistants. I had a blast and can hardly wait for the next game!

*~*
Ligeia, aka Diana "Daddy, I'm old enough to decide whether or not to be a human sacrifice on my own" Knight
Ligeia <liggy_baby@hotmail.com>
- Sunday, August 13, 2000 at 19:43:11 (PDT)

Here's what I should have said during the unmasking:

Hi I'm Ellington P. Barrows. I was retired from the FBI,
but, as an alumnus of MU, I'd been activated to go undercover during Alumni weekend to investigate drug rings
and cult activities.

I started the game not believing in magic. Emile Corde, along with the ghost of Professor Fields, changed my mind
at about 5pm Saturday.

My mission leader asked me to run for President as a way of
figuring out what the board of Trustees was up to. As it
turns out, I'm informed that had we all been around on Monday, Mr. Corde would have resigned and the board would
have named me President.

My best moment in the game came when Wendy (playing Claudia
Ester, aka Flaxen Hemp, who was supposedly unconcious at
the time) said to me, "I thought you were a doddering old fool!"

Although I was old, I had kept in shape (I figured the character practiced Tai Chi or something).
With my sword cane (an in-game item which I had
a card for) my MA and MD were both 21, which was good enough
to keep me from getting shot at least once.

I had a bit of a postgame letdown, but got a really nice
pick-me-up at the dinner afterward from several of you.
Thanks a lot! It was really fun!
Jay Gischer <gischer@bayarea.net>
- Monday, August 14, 2000 at 12:20:04 (PDT)

Well, that was interesting: my first experiance with a totally, unrepentantly evil character. Of course, it was also the first time I totally lost . . . but still, it was fun.

My high points of the game: serving as a translator for just about everyone on Saturday night--it's amazing what you can find out when people need you. Beating the crap out of Professor Coombes in wolf form to make sure she stayed unconcious (and then being charged with cruelty to animals--thanks, Areiel!). Being shoved out a window by Burton Ward Westmorely after just being told by a GM that I couldn't jump out myself (I knew that my sorcerous vitality ability would keep me alive, and that almost no one else would even think I could survive such a thing). Oh, and improvising the archeological presentation with my fellow professors, even though our bluesheets, and apparently character sheets, said just about nothing about the expedition--and improvising with Graves to try to force Coombes to return the Necromonicon was a blast, even if it did fail.

Regardless, this was probably my favorite game since Atlantis, and certainly my most insane.

Hope to see you all next year,

Professor Sebastian Tombs, absent-minded professor, aka
William Clector! Wizard extraordinare!

PS No hard feelings, Dana?
Jonathan Reaves <Luthr47@aol.com>
- Monday, August 14, 2000 at 14:26:07 (PDT)

It's not every weekend that I meddle with cosmic forces, hang out with secret agents and and supernatural beings, and witness the twilight of humanity. Quite an experience! Thanks to everyone involved for their creativity, hard work, patience, and fair play, but thanks in particular to Tom the GM (and forgive me for forgetting your last name), Gamesmother David Coronado, and players James Holloway, Richard Pocklington, and Richard Wilcox, with whom I had especially good interactions. And Nyarlathotep, it was nothing personal.
--Chris Willrich/Arthur Charles Prince
Chris Willrich <ccw@rahul.net>
- Monday, August 14, 2000 at 15:29:20 (PDT)

Hey all,

I must say that I had one of the best times of my life this past weekend and I wanted to thank all responsible (or guilty) parties. I am certainly looking forward to the next game, and as my son should be old enough to go to Grandma's for a weekend, my wife will also be there.

While there were many high points to the weekend, probably the best was getting the entire "Sunrise Club" sprung from prison was the best. All it took was to convince a certain FBI agent that black magic existed (Paralysis for 10 minutes - blew my protective spell on that one) and that we were the "good guys" (even with all of the bodies - both found and still rotting in the stairwells). Too bad it was too little too late! Better luck next time.

I look forward to seeing you all again in the next one!

La ilaha illa Allah! Mohommaden rasulu Allah!

Kevin "The Krazi Imam" Webster
Kevin "The Krazi Imam" Webster <kevin_webster@providian.com>
- Tuesday, August 15, 2000 at 12:10:59 (PDT)

I was wondering what the status is on pictures? Will there be any posted on this website? I was also wondering if any plans are in the works for a post game party, if there isn't I'd be happy to plan one, but because of my hectic life, it couldn't be until late September or sometime in October. Any interest here?
Ligeia <liggy_baby@hotmail.com>
- Tuesday, August 15, 2000 at 14:28:28 (PDT)

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Wendy
- Tuesday, August 15, 2000 at 22:18:55 (PDT)

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for making my first LARP so entertaining! I wasn't 100% sure it was something I would do again before I got there, but I ended up having a blast. I'm still having flashbacks - and I think I'll still feel the urge to run away every time I see a rabbi for a while. :)

Let me be the first to nag: when's the next game? :)

Ian Bell/Professor Appleton Thayer, new addict
Ian Bell <ibell@echelon.com>
- Wednesday, August 16, 2000 at 08:56:52 (PDT)

So many evil deities to summon... so little time!
I'd really like to congratulate all the firsttime players that I met (Logan & Holland Tunnel, ) and worked with (or against) over the weekend. To Mr. Harkness, Ms. Times, Mr. Graves, Mr. Westmorly, Jr. and Mr. Prince: I'm so glad you let us twist your arm.

Particular kudos to my teammates and fellow followers of the Great Azathoth: Appleton Thayer, Graf Wells, August Personage. To all the men I seduced or caused to Worship me: I'm sorry, and I *will* try to behave with more decorum in the future.
To Lorelei, Ron, Bob, & Steve and rest of Cthuthlu cult: fabulous job, y'all. I just loved going down in flames. The whole game was a great adventure.... like always.

PS. Expect a postgame invitation, probably for 26 or 27 Aug. We've just moved and need to do some really basic things (like draw a map to our new house).
--cin
Cynthia_Barnes@phoenix.com aka F. Oatmilovna Vietchechs, Executive (not Exec Secretary) of Russian Electromechanical Devices, Inc.
Cin (Ms. Vietchechs) <cynthia_barnes@phoenix.com>
- Wednesday, August 16, 2000 at 12:24:21 (PDT)

Most memorable moments for my character:

- Being approached by Holland Tunnel with the KGB identification password - the problem being that I (Yith) could not remember why Eleazor (my host) was hired by the KGB, and had to kind of wing it. Mr. Knight also asked for a 'report' on his daughter, which I partially made up...

- Being seduced by a human - Victor State was quite charming, but obviously didn't know what he was getting into :)

- Getting tricked by Walter St. Journaux into walking into a Silver Circle ritual, just when they were looking for sacrifices, and I was outnumbered about 10 to 1 (dumb dumb dumb!). I suspected Journaux was up to no good but I was desperate to complete an astral portal to attach to my temporal conduit, and he claimed to have some parts. I found out he was more than meets the eye when I tried to flee the room and had a little tussle with him! I was tied and stuffed under the bed. Luckily, a certain werewolf who suspected Journaux had shadowed the 2 of us, and later returned with friends to precipitate the following memorable event:

- Dramatic raiding of Silver Circle ritual by assorted beings, including 2 werewolves, one panther thing, Count Dracula, some fuzz, a journalist, and an archeology professor. From within the room, we head a resounding crash as the door was flattened by a 7 foot wolf, who charged straight for the chanting wizard. After Ripping Prof. Toombes' throat out and throwing him through the window, the werewolf turned on his friends under the effects of a spell that Toombes triggered before his gory death. The resulting chaos was difficult to follow but in the end, nearly everyone was unconscious or dead, and I was released by the fuzz.

- Being shot by George Sandman minutes before the completion of the fusion reactor, as I was attempting to hinder its construction. I did the "body hop" and he found himself as the ghost of Eleazor! The look on George' face when he realized he had, in effect, just shot himself was priceless! However he did delay me long enough that the reactor was assembled.

- Trying to word my answers so that the 'good guys' would know I was on their side, but not because I cared about humans!

- Horrible misfiring of my temporal conduit when I hooked it up to the gate/rift opened by the Cthulu Cult and the KGB in a last ditch effort to get back to my own time and warn other members of the Great Race of Yith, so they could prevent the events of the weekend. For those of you who didn't know, I was intending to switch back with my host, whose mind was residing in my cone shaped body "back home" - not bring my own body to the present!

A selection of Kodak moments from
Tina Noyes, who played "Eleazor Reagan".

***
For anyone who missed the wrap-up and is curious about my character (and further confused by the above descriptions:

Eleazor Reagan was indeed a regular physics student (well OK she was very good at spying and was hired by the KGB). However on Wednesday night, *I* traveled forward in time from a long long time ago, and traded bodies with her for a while. Her mind was waiting back in my time, in my own body. So that may explain to some of you why I didn't know what you were talking about when you referred to past events like: "Hey didn't we get _so_ wasted on Wednesday?" - Uh, yeah... great party!

I was chosen by my fellow Yith for this assignment, as we knew that something BAD would happen that weekend. It was imperative that we save the Earth, for the Great Race will someday (or would have?) come to occupy the Earth long after Man's time has passed. However, something went wrong during my transfer, and I was weakened greatly, lost many of my hosts' memories, and most importantly, lost the Key I required to return through the portal! So my quest was to assemble a temporal conduit and return in that way, so we could save the Earth before all this ever happened. Ah, time paradoxes - you've gotta love them!

Tina <tnoyes@sequence.stanford.edu>
- Wednesday, August 16, 2000 at 17:57:55 (PDT)

Not to sound rude, but will there be pictures this year? I'm looking for one of my head before the miracles of rogaine (or sorcerous vitality, take your pick).
Jonathan Reaves <Luthr47@aol.com>
- Thursday, August 24, 2000 at 14:12:07 (PDT)

I trade as the "Baldy Barber" would you have any ideas regarding a businness card.
Reagards.
Mick.
Mick Moriarty <baldy barber@eircom .com>
- Sunday, April 08, 2001 at 10:47:03 (PDT)

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