With Friends Like These - Masquerade Event Review

[Dr. Moran]

Pros:

• The look on Emilio's face when I immediately removed the mask I had gotten enchanted. Being able to take off the mask when it got too hot inside made it worth the curse.
  
• Blank is a gem. Leo is a gem. Kyle and Hollander's elves are gems. Lupa is a gem. Lark is a little shit but now I can sort of dance so I guess she's alright too.
  
• Mother/Anna/Sarah was great. I accidentally asked all the right questions and then proceeded to be an ass to her for the rest of the night. 10/10 would lick and then nearly get arrested for assault again.
  
• Food was lovely, thanks everybody who contributed.
  
• I know NPCs were short handed but all the ones I talked to were a lot of fun and I loved interacting with them all.
  
• Music was nice, there was actually a bit of dancing and it felt atmospheric. 
  

Neutral:

• I wanted one of those masks, but not like this. Never like this.
  
• There seemed to be a lot of confusion about effects. Like I didn't know that apparently you couldn't cast offensive magic in the tavern until after event.
  
• Fighting a death knight halfway to the disc golf course in the pitch dark is not something I would recommend doing in a dress.
  

Cons:

• I was one of the ones who didn't know that there was stuff happening in the cabins, I went by them a few times and it must have been before they had set up so I missed out on all that.
  
• This event was advertised as minimal combat and just a night to be fancy so I'm frustrated that in the end if we wanted to stop Mother we would have to go out into the pouring rain against very strong undead that 80% of town can't fight even if they DID have their weapons. I was defending myself with a silver butter knife for most the night. God bless Artemis for lending me his sword.
  

Overall I had a lot of fun, thanks to everybody who had a part in it, especially Dan and Ivanna for pulling it off despite the chaos of the night before.