Benie's Games Blog

Since the 22nd, I have time and time again made a complete and utter fool of myself, not only to you guys, but to the entire Wurm Online community… and not cared what others thought of me. I felt they were “heartless” to not care for this dragon like I do.
But now I realize, I have to stop this. Since yesterday’s conversation in kchat, it woke me up. I stopped feeling sorrow for her and started feeling nauseated over my own actions. ENOUGH..is ENOUGH!!!

And that’s a good thing. It means I’m not too far gone from having to see a fucking insane asylum, over a stupid animal. It is not that big of a deal. So, no more of this “feel sorry for me” shit. The dragon dies tomorrow, and I’ll do my best to at least get her body. Garit promises me that he’ll make me a gravestone for her, that will have her name on it. However, this will be a semi-private funeral for her (with myself, Tulsi, and B2(remotely) there).
I plan to bury her, not where I found her, but near my guard tower. That way no one will have to place a new deed (and then forget they’ll leave mine in the process if they do).

And…as for my “reputation”, I’m going to earn it back the hard way, with hard work. I am going to -try- to grit my teeth, STOP bitching about Wurm Logic, and grind up required skills for next year’s Impalong. And maybe then, I can contribute instead of be another spectator. I’ll be one of them– someone you can count on to make you something. Be it a sword, a bow, a shovel. Whatever.
THAT…and ONLY that, is how I will win my respect back (after this mess that I caused). Not to mention I’ll finally be a contributing member to the Wurm community (instead of a burden).

Today has not been a fun day. Today has been like a car with ‘DRAMA’ written on the side, with the acceleration pedal stuck. And that car ran into my reputation. Fuck does it hurt. Honestly, though..I never had a reputation to begin with. But I do now, and it’s one I don’t wish to have (but I’m stuck with it).
The day started with logging in, and wondering why I’m even doing so. Cybaru’s alt was semi-active, attempting to enchant my mailbox. I went over to where she was, and stared at the dirt of where the entrance is. All I could feel was devastation over what is going to happen this Friday, to something I love. A something with beautiful green eyes and that “Hi, I’m gonna #REKT you now” smile… that I will soon never see again. :'(
Hasn’t 2016 claimed enough lives?!.. I guess not.

But..I did my best to try to keep my mind off of her by getting to work on imping the things I said I would, starting with B2’s boat. Yet while I was imping it, I kept thinking about this utter bullshit Jax said to me (that the dragon couldn’t be contained). If she couldn’t, then why are people trying to pen her?!?! And holy fuck, this ‘Whykillme’ guy was SO FUCKING CLOSE to finding her (not believing my attempt of throwing him off the trail). Thing is, when I was over there of where I found the dragon, I was checking the fence gates…and saw his name being the owner. That means Irondragon wasn’t the previous owner before I came back to Wurm..it was ‘Whykillme’, the one that also wanted to pen her and keep her as a pet. For the longest time, I thought he was one of the hunters.
Back to imping B2’s boat, I saw Garit on once, and told him what happened (and how Cybaru couldn’t help because of this love spell requiring a artifact). He’s all “uhh..what? No it doesn’t. I used it for some trolls and they turned friendly”. Yet he also didn’t want to chew her out over it (saying to “let her” believe). WHAT. THE. FUCK?! WE COULD HAD FUCKING SAVED HER LIFE WITH THAT SPELL!!!
So it seems Cybaru was playing as a double-agent with the hunters, telling me it wouldn’t work. I wanted so badly for Garit to tell her off, but he refused!
So now EVERYONE wants her dead?! Even people I thought I could trust. They backstabbed me. I fell for it.

Why..is the world so cruel, when you can’t even trust your allies? Yet the more I think about it……., maybe Cybaru was right. Garit may’ve used it on trolls…but there was no word if it would’ve worked on uniques. Plus, Garit tells me this ‘artifact’ can only be found on Chaos, and can’t be transferred back over to the Freedom Isles.
As I said before, and I’ll say it again..I don’t know what to believe in anymore. And yes, I will admit it, I am making way…WAY too much of a big deal over this. But I can’t help it. It’s not “just a game” to me. It’s morals. And all I’m doing is making a total fool of myself and looking like I should go see those nice men in their white coats. 😛
It is, a problem. Yes. It’s ridiculous, even to me. I’m ashamed of myself for how far I’ve taken this. I’m breaking friendships (with blame and distrust), over a bunch of stupid code that takes the form of a dragon! And leaving Wurm is not going to help. ..Only killing her, will. It will end this madness (that I alone caused for myself), and then I can finally go back to my normal Wurm life (being anti-social and anti-constructive, bitching about Wurm Logic and having to cook).

Moving back to imping B2’s boat, I got it to at least 35QL. And then I had a non dragon-related idea:.. “why don’t I just get B2 up to the Impalong and let them do this? Plus, he can take my un-imped lamps up there and properly put them in (one at a time)?”
And that’s what I did. Now that B2 has a boat, he can get himself up to the Impalong without me and do it. Might as well take advantage of the fact they’re extending it through New Years Day. I can’t go for him, because of the influx of people that would show up to the area (and I gotta be here to make sure nothing on and around my deed gets taken, just incase).
Already I had a person show up and log off somewhere while I was offline: name of “Trevortheholy”, driving a Rowboat of all things, parked next to Cybaru’s sailboat. Going to assume more boats are going to be showing up in and around my boat dock sometime tomorrow. It’ll be like a mini-Impalong, right here at Oceanside Retreat. Except..it won’t.

So I got B2 on, instructed him on what to do (and told him to stay there until either everything’s done or the Impalong ends), and he left with no problem. Meanwhile, I went to imp the guard tower. I managed to get that up to 40QL. One time I thought I actually got it to Rare status for “You suddenly have a moment of inspiration…” triggering. However, it felt like I did, because not only did I get my second guard back..I got a 3rd one! Hot damn! 😀
When I spun towards my deed, I saw a hellhound prancing around on the grass. Time to try out the guards! Though the hellhound died, it required two ‘help’ commands to get the 3rd guard to assist. Not liking that lag.

Back up in my house, I then started working on 6 armchairs for the table outside. After many fails (and making more planks/shafts than I needed), I got them done. I also used all the square cloth in my BSB that I got last year, for this very thing. Couldn’t find them at FM, so I had to make them. One time I asked B2 if they could ask the helpers at the Impalong to please make them for me. Thankfully I didn’t have to bother them, which is always a good thing.
B2 then arrived at the Impalong. I forgot to give him my pickaxe to try once again of getting CoC on it, so I had him fine the mailbox and gave him it through that. And that’s pretty much it with him. It was his own little adventure through Indy. Also, he can now cross-server back to me (remotely turned ownership of the boat over to him).

I’m sitting in one of the chairs I made, overlooking the NW island and just waiting for the time I would normally log out and start making something like this. Checked kchat, since there was no more fear of anyone finding her. And…it seems certain people have not forgotten my fuckup statement of the day I first found her. The question from Mr “Champagnedragon” was asking me “what happened to teh dragon that was after you?”
Since this is supposed to be a Private group, I tried to lie myself out of this mess by saying “No idea”, followed by “It ran off somewhere, never seen it since.” Then someone named “Nirav” joins the conversation, yelling “there’s a dragon?!” Again, I tried to lie myself out of this, hoping that all of this would just be swept under the rug. For the most part, it worked perfectly. I felt I was finally in the clear.
I told Tulsi about it in Skype, saying these guys were “wannabe dragon hunters”. I had no idea, that this would be a HUMONGOUS mistake. No, Tulsi wasn’t included in the hunting party. But I felt he would listen and not tell anyone about this. I felt confident. …. I now regret that feeling.
He comes on without warning, and starts to make a fool of himself in kchat of trying to get Nirav to respond to him. But this wasn’t the worst thing. Ohhhh no. He..tells them what I said about them being wannabe dragon hunters! Oh my..GOD! TULSI!! NO!! FUCK!! And also, remember that lie I had them set on? He tells them that I have her penned! Yep, just kill me now and get it over with. NOW they’re going to come and kill her!! YOU…IDIOT!!!
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Yet, he’s also not an idiot. I’m the idiot, because I was so pissed off over the fact she killed me and wouldn’t allow me to get my stuff back. And after she was pinned, I stupidly told them where she was, and how I would arrange a hunting party after the Impalong. None of the alliance members know of this stupid thing I did.. except for Cybaru (I assume, because her alt logged out without saying a word). And looking back at the chat, I just see more and more, how far I’ve taken this. I’m no longer saddened over this dragon’s eventual death, I’m more ashamed at myself and feel like smacking myself with a plank just enough to wake me up to reality, that this IS just a fucking game!! WHY do I do these embarrassing and down right humiliating things to myself?! Once again, I refuse to think before I react until later on…, when it’s too late.
No wonder I have no friends. No wonder why I live alone in this deed.

Where to start with this one? What is this, the 5th or so post about this dragon that blessed me with such distress and misery?
Well, this is another one. But it won’t be the final one. For that one, comes this Friday.
So this day started with seeing Cybaru’s alt still up in that mine that we were planning to pen the dragon in.. and then I fucked up and all.
I walked over to where the dragon escaped. Noticed the deed B2 had is now gone. I stared at where she made her escape, and kept hoping that she would come back and be all “I’m sorry! I’ll be good! Please let me be your pet! I don’t want to be killed!” But..since NPCs can’t talk (unless scripted), that can never fucking happen. Walked around the walls I had just placed the day before. All I could feel was anger, and sadness at the same time.
Then I got myself trapped in the area, because B2 locked the gate. Was getting ready to get him on when Cybaru herself popped up in Alliance chat. I knew I had to tell her the bad news, so I did. …But instead of being greatly annoyed that she wasted her time coming all of this way, she’s all “you got to find her before the others do”.
So, she assisted in helping to look for her, by using a ‘Reveal Creatures’ spell. And she found her up in the hills. Apparently one can get up there. I still feel like there’s no point, but she convinced me that we have to trap her again. And we tried, and tried and tried. But we could never get her back into that mine through the door. Tulsi also helped, but even he couldn’t get her to go.

I had B2 stand there ready to seal her back in, but it seemed the mine door didn’t function like it did yesterday. I even had the permissions correctly set (that “Everyone” can enter it).
So I thought “let’s just get her into my mine for the time being. I don’t need the resources right now”.
Cyberu came up with a followup idea, of securing her deep in my mine by using Stonewall to seal her in. Thing is, one of us would have to be running around like a chicken with its head cut off, for three minutes, waiting for the cast to complete. Not to mention, they would also be sealed in with the dragon. Tulsi volunteered, as he had nothing to loose.
We tried for a good half an hour, continiously trying to kite the dragon away from the abandoned deed. One time I felt that maybe she didn’t want to go in because I was mounted, so I ran into my deed, took all of my armor off (and everything else), got off my horse, and said “ok, girl.. no more games. You’re going to be pinned!”..annnd it didn’t happen. Everytime one of us got her all the way to where my mine was and then went into the mine to lure her in, she lowers her body (as if she’s saying “you are NOT trapping me again!!”) and then runs back into the hills towards the abandoned deed.
While this was going on, I had B2 still back at the mine door. A bear showed up and mauled him to death. With no deed, he was forced to respawn in FM. Ran over and saw the bear eating B2’s corpse. Tried to lure it out, but the gate stopped it. That… that’s just another fucking slap in my face, isn’t it? The whole reason I thought the dragon would get through the gate yesterday, is I remember before I had locks on my deed gates, a troll showed up and actually went through my gate, and in my house to get me. So…I assumed the dragon would do the same thing. The gate was unlocked, yet the bear wouldn’t walk through..JUST like that damn dragon.

Fed up, I say “let’s just get her BACK into the same mine I found her!” Though I’ve never actually been in that mine and had no idea what was in there. So we all ran in. I realized I forgot my lantern (as it was in the box of stuff I dropped back in my deed). So I go get it, hop back on my horse and run back with it. I see Tulsi there, with a familiar helmet on his head. He stole it from one of my corpses. Wow. Told him to give it back and he did without question. Running over to the mine on horseback, look behind me and YEP.. she’s following me again! Tulsi is all “DUDE BEHIND YOU!!!”, but I already knew I had a fire-breathing scaly beast chasing me.
Started running around the abandoned deed, her in hot pursuit. We went around the deed in circles. Was pretty hilarious. Feels like one of those Benny Hill moments. Though I was also hoping she would run out of stamina and tire herself (then we could just shove her body into the mine), but that never happened sadly.
Finally Cybaru said the mine would be good for her, and tried to do the same plan with my mine (that failed). This one, was the same thing. Again, she lowers her body and then runs back.

Tulsi is feeling frustrated and about ready to give up, but I tell him “if we don’t capture her, they will”. But eventually I too get frustrated and yell “RUN IN, DAMN YOU!!” The stupid bitch doesn’t realize I’m trying to fucking save her life!
Then Cybaru gets another idea to get someone named ‘Jax’ (part of our alliance, and I remember seeing him at the Impalong) to help us…but in return, she says “but he will want to kill her”.
Refusing to accept this being an option, I try to tell Cybaru to just Stonewall the final wall in the area we’re preparing to get the dragon in, thinking “maybe she’s just getting bugged out and we need to try to stick her in that mine”. She starts debating Renny’s logic, saying a mine door won’t stop her from bashing it (according to Jax). Yet..it’s worked since the 21st. Why wouldn’t it work now?!
And then, going by Jax..the reinforced room that Renny found, wouldn’t had even worked! Something about the dragon “will run havoc” in the mine and even destroy Reinforced walls.
This means.. I didn’t fuck up. Even if I had waited and done nothing (and she never escaped), it would had never worked out. She would had escaped anyway!!
So now I don’t feel like a pile of shit anymore. That’s good. And even the original plan of slapping a deed in the mine, would not had worked since Cybaru can’t cast the love spell on the dragon (without this artifact)!

Then she asks me a moral question: “so still want to keep her alive?” After everything I had done to protect that dragon from the hunters (and keep her fed)…she would have none of it, due to her coding. She would rather break my fucking heart than be my pet.
Realizing there’s no other option, and with a heavy heart, I tell Cybaru..to do it. Get Jax over here, and…get it done. Kill her. :'(
But she says the killing won’t be done ’till the weekend. We still have to trap her. Then she tells me to go back to my deed, and she will try to lure it herself. So I run back, leaving Tulsi there. He continues to try to lead her into the mine, but still can’t get it done.

Sitting in my deed, while still on my horse, I then have a thought of what both Garit and Renny told me that a Priest can cast a “love spell” to calm her down. I ask her, and she says that they now need an artifact to do it. I then ask her about this ‘path of love’ thing(that Garit mentioned), and she says it won’t work on dragons.
I wonder if this month will go down as the month of misinformation, because this is FUCKING RIDICULOUS!! EVERYTHING I was told to keep her as a pet, was WRONG!! .. Well, Garit did say that he thinks the path of love thing might work on dragons. Looks like it won’t (not without this artifact).
I should had JUST arranged that hunting party and told them to join when I got back from the Impalong after Christmas. This would had solved SO many problems! The hunters would be OFF my fucking back, and I wouldn’t have to worry about her!
But no.. I had to be obsessed with all things dragon! This is more than “just code”.. this was a moral thing. I couldn’t let a fellow dragon die. This felt like, she was given to me by God to take care of. And now I’m forced to give this gift to the bastards that see her nothing more than a cash cow.

But, it’s not all bad. What will happen, is we would arrange a Private hunting party. Since I found her, I would get first dibs on drops when she dies. That means if she drops a tome, I would get it! And instead of being no better than these unique-hunting parties, I’m not selling it for RL cash. I would keep it, as a memorial to her.
So Jax created a quick n00b alt, and Cybaru told me to add him to my deed which I promptly did. He ran up the path to the abandoned deed. Meanwhile, I kept trying to bring B2 from FM, but I kept getting this “Beanietwo may not change village until X hours and X minutes has elapsed.” message. I asked Cybaru, and she said it’s because the non-perm deed thing causes a 24 hour counter from the time the deed is created (which was around 7:43pm for me).

Time passed, and I had to go eat. When I came back, they were still trying to lure her into the mine. Eventually I got bored and started running back to the abandoned deed. Cybaru starts yelling there’s a troll attacking her while casing Strongwall, so I help my luring the mobs away from her. I also notice the dragon wasn’t running around the place anymore.
Then she said the mine was closed. I asked was the dragon sealed in, and she says “y”. So it took Jax’s alt to do what we failed to do for a good hour. Though it comes with experience I assume (with Tulsi and myself having none).
With the dragon now sealed BACK in the same mine she came out of, that I found her on the 21st, we started to arrange the hunting party (more like they did and I just said “Ok” to).

The rules for loot, are myself and then Cybaru will get first dibs (she has to, as she’s helping me to arrange this, along with Jax). If only one tome drops, I get it and she gets the rest. But if the tome doesn’t drop, then we call dibs on the dragon’s bones and skull. I hope to at least have her skull if no tomes drop. So after we get our loot, the rest will be randomized to the other fighters.
As for the time and the date, December 30th(this Friday) @ 4:00pm EST was chosen (which works for me). We are also to meet up 15 minutes prior to the deadline, which will be interesting to everyone else who doesn’t live around here (aka the wind.. or they could come by horse).
I’m listed as one of the fighters in a PM Jax sent to many of his friends (and alliance members). And as painful as this feels, I feel it’s my responsibility as a dragon warrior (walking in the metallic claws of MD) to assist in ending her life. If I can’t take care of her and she won’t just be my pet(in order to protect her), then she must die..for her own good. It’s the only way to get the hunters off my back, and finally end this, once and for all.

But since I cannot protect her, I can at least do my best to make sure she’s remembered in her afterlife (until she respawns somewhere else, and becomes some else’s headache). So in a few days after we get this gruesome deed done (like New Year’s Day) I’ll set up some kind of memorial for her. Have like some kind of plaque, with flowers around it, of the day I found her and the day she died (aka a gravestone).
“In loving memory of ‘Emeriss the Ferocious’: She was always a true bitch” So, congrats in advance, 2016. You will soon claim another that was well remembered.
I thought of getting one of those HOTA Dragon Statues to serve as her grave, but.. yeah. 50s, and again, I’m NOT selling the tome if I get one. Just..no. I can’t do that to her. It would tarnish her memory, and everything I tried to do to protect her.
The only time I might have to, if the damn thing starts decaying from no use. But since it’s such a rare item, I don’t think it will.

It is with sad news, that I announce… the dragon escaped the cave. And, it’s my fault. I had just finished the walls, and the gate. Everything was ready.
Got B2 on. Had to have him place a new lock I made on the iron fence gate I added. I thought, as soon as I get the old lock removed, she was going to come running out as pissed off as can be.
Yet it’s a good thing I made a second lock, as I couldn’t remove the old one. Asked in CA CHAT, and one says “you can only replace or unlock the gate, but you cannot remove the lock”. Said that I was told that I can, yet I never got an answer. So I guess either I was lied to, or the more obvious reason being that I was simply misinformed.

Back to the plan. B2 was to run in, and get the dragon out. Simple as that. Yet, it was nothing like it’s ever planned. Found a way to open the mine door for her. He tried, and the gate was in the way. Saw her sitting ontop the mine door trying to get at B2. I had to run back over while he ran back in, and secured her, trapping her in once again.
We should had just given up right then and there, and waited ’till tomorrow. But I…wasn’t about to just give up. So I got on one of my horses, and stood near the gate. I though with it opened, she would had to come running out and then we would have her. That was my theory anyway.
She…did more than that. Not only did she bash the gate down, but the wall next to her, which………. allowed her to escape.
And then, about 30 seconds later, she runs back in to go after B2. And instead of thinking of using him to run back into the mine door and allow her to follow (and myself blocking her access to re-capture her), he joined me behind the gate, and the dragon ran off, never to be seen again (by us anyway).
I blame my impatience. I told Renny, and he said how he told me I needed Cybaru’s alt to make this work– something about sealing the entrance or something like that. I don’t know, nor care anymore, what the FUCK happens to that dragon now.
She wanted out, badly. She was NOT about to be caged like a bird again. She proved that by destroying two 70+QL walls. Though the way they disappeared, I almost swear it was done by a GM watching us. And if it was, I want their head ON A PLATE!!!
But I’m going to force myself to assume it was done by her, because GMs would not be deliberate dicks to players (well, except Enki, but yeah).

If only I had listened to Renny, who told me that I couldn’t really do anything ’till tomorrow. Yet, there was also the risk of once again Cybaru couldn’t help me. And it was just stressing me out MORE and MORE of reading about these people hunting for her. I felt powerless. All of these people looking for her, and I could do NOTHING but risk the chance they would find her, and I absolutely hate that feeling. This is why I did what I did. I felt I had to do SOMETHING. And all it did, was this. If I..KNEW..this would happen, I would had never tried. But again, as I just said, I had to do something. I couldn’t just sit on my hands and risk them finding her.
Anyway, she’s free now. I’ve done all I could to “protect” her, and this is the way she wants to repay me? Fine. If she wants to die by the unique hunting groups, then be my guest. And if I see another unique like that, they’ll die too. I’m done. No more of this. It was very..very stressful on my part trying to keep her scaly behind from being seen by the masses. It turned my life around. And clearly I’m not cut out to be one of those people who can horde a unique from their entire server.
And now with her gone, I feel…I feel like I can’t live in Oceanside Retreat anymore. I feel like I MUST .. move to another server. And the reason is not just the shame I feel, but also the memories of all of that “this is what will happen after we catch her” planning..which now has to be thrown in the trash. Which server and where, would factor in on when I do my Freedom Isles server trip sometime next year.

B2 also reminded me of that Indy server romp on horseback I wanted to re-try (since I got that updated road map). Since it’s Spring again in Wurm, I feel it’s best to go and do that tomorrow. I need to clear my head. I don’t know where I’ll go. Guess I’ll go to FM and eat at the buffet before it ends on New Years Eve. Might even stop by William’s place and have a nice chat about this year’s Impalong (if he’s on). And from there…who knows. I just..want to get away from my deed, for as long as I can (long enough to see “The aged red dragon hatchling has been slain!” in the Event log). I may not even come back, because everytime I look at that deed anymore, I just want to break down and cry over the second biggest fuckup I’ve ever made in Wurm (since I played with angry).

I also had B2 disbandon his deed, since…we don’t need it anymore. With that done (and a day passes due to some kind of timer) I’ll reinvite B2 back into my deed. But I’ll probably do it remotely.
I also hope Tulsi doesn’t still want me to build him that rowboat anytime soon. I’m…not in the mood for that. Maybe next year.

Yet the more I think about it, I feel my idea would had never worked. She..busted right through walls that Garit imped (70+QL). So there was absolutely NO fucking way my idea would had worked in the first place (as the walls I had built were only 39QL).
Yet I still feel like a piece of worthless shit. But… I dunno. I just..tried..to save her. Renny refused to help. He didn’t fucking care what happened to her.
If only I had a much bigger village than I currently did, and told everyone to not tell the outside world of the dragon, I would not fucking NEED the alliance’s help. My villagers would assist. We would had probably caged her properly a LONG time ago, and that would had solved the problem.

But no. I felt I was all alone, with something that everyone wanted to either kill or capture for their own personal game. Well, they can have her. I…don’t care anymore.

So, this was going to be the day when we finally secure the dragon, and I won’t have to worry about her anymore. But like all perfect plans, there’s usually a wrench that gets thrown in it and fucks everything up.
And this was no exception. Garit never showed up, and Cybaru had to go. Renny was the only one of the three key people I needed on (four if you count my alt, but I can get him on at anytime).
I did convince Cybaru to bring her alt over, saying “if we don’t do it today, we might lose our chance”. While waiting for her arrival, Tulsi got on and hung around the deed. He also got in the way as I’m talking to Renny and trying to get to work on a iron gate.
One time I realized I needed more iron, but decided “Tulsi, if you want to spar so bad, then bring it on. Let’s go!” Kicked his armorless ass easily. Then he wanted to duel with me and then played a dangerous version of Hide and Go Seek. I made it easier by using one of my horses. Eventually found him in the mine. Got him to Bleeding. He started running away, yelling in Alliance chat before I slaughtered him. That was fun. Maybe that’ll teach him not to duel me anymore. 😛

Then Tulsi found B2’s now finished sailboat (the final peg was a bitch by the way) and just started pushing it into the ocean. Of course I didn’t like this and told him to stop, and he kept ignoring my repeated commands. This got pretty messy, to the part I had to literally evict him from my deed to make him stop. Could had handled that better by setting permissions, and disabling his option to push/pull. But he greatly annoyed me and refused to listen, even demanding I build him a rowboat.
The only thing (well, things) that made me bring him back, was his promise to push the boat back where I had it. That.. and him saying “what if I tell everyone about the dragon?” I wanted to call his bluff, but I also didn’t want to risk it….
I was forced to invite him back in. Great blackmail there, Tulsi. :/
(Might kick him out after we properly secure her, then he’ll have no leg to stand on.. 😛 )
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We did talk it over in Skype, and I told him I would make a rowboat for him.. but ONLY if he promised he would use it. He HAD a perfectly good rowboat that was given to me, when we were still living up at Sandy Beach with Ivan. And he never used it. So WHY in the fuck should I make him one, when he won’t appreciate it?!
But he gave me a promise that I can evict him permanently from the deed if he refuses to use it. And that’s fine. I hope that doesn’t come to that, and maybe he’ll actually appreciate the journey instead of the destination. Who knows.

A bit later, a random person (named ‘Zpen’) popped up on Local, driving a rare Knarr.
After a short conversation, he said he’s looking for a lost alliance member. Instead of being kind and asking him the name of said alliance member, I said “Well good luck”. Being on edge, I got to make sure no one gets close enough to inform their unique-hunting buddies “IT’S HERE!!!”
To make sure he wasn’t saying that to distract me away from the dragon, I told Tulsi to run over and make sure he isn’t saying in his Local. But the guy kept going. That’s good, because I noticed the dragon was trying to literally fly out of the side mine door. An OSHI– moment, as she nearly revealed herself. But I got her away from that door.
As I was coming back, someone else entered my Local. Thankfully this was Cybaru’s alt, ‘Mijuku’. Added her to a team and lead her to where the dragon would be kept, and showed her what areas needed to be Stonewalled. She started using Stonewall on one of the walls, and got it sealed up. Then told me she was going to leave her alt in the mine to recover its Favor, and then she goes to bed.

Later on, kchat comes alive…. and it’s scaring me half to death;
[16:47:03] [Whykillme] Anyone seent he red drake hatchling?
[16:47:10] [Pingpong] top secret
[16:47:29] [Aristia] apparently plingplong level secrecy
[16:47:31] [Boobaby] Nope
[16:47:48] [Guzten] Nope, I’ve been looking in the NW, sofar I’ve only found the usual (trolls, hell hounds etc)
[16:48:13] [Boobaby] I don’t have the time to go looking for uniques
“Looking IN THE NW?!?!” I LIVE IN THE NW!!!
My mind is all “fuck Fuck FUCK!! WE HAVE TO SECURE HER NOW!!! I’M RUNNING OUT OF TIME!!”
Told Renny, who seemed like he didn’t really care what happened to the dragon. But, he actually calmed me down to a point to before I first encounted the dragon. He convinced me, that yes.. this is just a game. All that dragon is, is a bunch of code. And I’ve been losing sleep, over code? Who’s really the sad one? I think I am.
I feel ashamed getting so worked up over this. If we secure the dragon or not, it’s not the end of the world if the others find her before then. Maybe I might even be able to reach a deal to just be able to see her, if the worst came to worst. And I felt, better.
I really did overreact, all of this time..when there was nothing to overreact to. There are so many worse things IRL than worrying over a chunk of code in a video game.
Also, I think this could be the last time Renny helps me with this.

But in that conversation, I got another idea. It was of B2 to use the stake Tulsi gave me, to found a deed in the area infront of the mine. So we went on with the plan. Tulsi wanted to see it happen, yet kept going the wrong way and getting lost. But finally he made his own way to the area, and the deed was slapped down.
Though it’s not over yet. Phase 2 of this plan is to wall the area up using the existing wall-like shrubs as a guide, and then place a gate down. I can salvage the lock off of the existing gate.
With that done, I would imp the walls (and the gate) as high as I can go (which will probably be 30’ish). Yes I know I need at least 70+QL to hold a unique captive, but I don’t have the skills to go that high.
The reason I’m going with this plan, is it came from what Renny said. Yet I also doubt his words. First he said only a few champ mobs can bash walls, then he says dragons can bash walls.
But if I do nothing, these unique hunters -might- eventually get wise and mine around the deed, and pull her out. This is why I must get her out of the mine to lessen that risk. Hence why I must imp those walls.

Then all I can do is pray she doesn’t break herself out. If she does, then… well;
A: We’ll have a hatchling on the loose, and B: If the hunters capture her, then so be it.
Then again, her coding might choose to not bash the fences that hard, allowing me to repair them before they fall. So whatever happens, I know I did my best. It’s really up to the dragon’s coding, if she wants to stay caged in there or get captured by the hunters of when they eventually find her, then .. there’s nothing I can do. Renny is right.
Now, I need to get to work on said walls. I don’t know how long it’ll be until people get the idea of getting her out behind the deed (or if they ever will). But they’re actively looking on my side of the server for her, growing more desperate.

The day (yesterday) started with myself logging onto the MRT Server to open up any gifts I got from the other members. Got three gifts this year; not bad. Got a gift from suppoe, Narnia, and a Retired Staff present (a cane, how cute. Love it! 🙂 ). Surprised I got any. Tulsi… well, let’s say he nearly got warned, twice, by Frumple (who was also looking for his gifts). I think I’ll let you guys figure out the reason.
Think I almost lost it when someone said how Tulsi is known by the members. Yeah, but this isn’t the way he -should- be known. I personally feel as long as you get one gift, you should be happy.
There was one member who didn’t get any, and.. well, they didn’t do what Tulsi did. And I was hunting for any more presents for me, I busted out laughing (IRL) over a “From Tulsi To Tulsi” present. He literally gave himself a present. That’s…sad. And I think he knew it, as the books were full of cusswords.
Also, Tulsi added a new word to his language; “dafaq”. Don’t really like him saying it, though I shouldn’t be surprised with today’s kids. Then again I tend to use “fuck” quite a lot when making these blog posts. But I’m an adult. 😛
(I do apologize to any kids and their parents actually reading this)

With that done, it was time to return to Wurm and the Impalong. And despite what happened, Tulsi is still checking up on the dragon. When I logged in and looked for my stuff, no one was talking. All I heard was the sound of mallets, hammers and chisels (still do).
I asked for what felt like almost 10 minutes, waiting for ANYONE to get some items out. Though, this lack of people is definitely explainable.. it is Christmas, afterall. For them to spend time with their friends and family is indeed more important than to play Wurm. I respect that.. but I’m also not a patient guy. 😛
I feel like, still, I wish I had the skills to imp these myself and never have to attend the Impalong again (for this reason of pure laziness). I have the time to grind, I just don’t have the patience to stand infront of a forge for hours on end, watching as finally getting an item to over 50QL, keeps “You damage a (item) a little” and LOSING all of that fucking work getting it that high!! 😛

So the rest of the day, was quite boring. There wasn’t even any games planned by Shrimpiie, which is of course very disappointing. All the more reason to leave, it seems. :/
Enki also didn’t do his Enki things (spawning a bunch of heavy-hitting custom-named mobs and watching the body bags of players pile up), which was kind of disappointing. I like that kind of chaos at these Impalongs. Though he did post a statement in the Event log; “Merry Christmas! I hope you like the gifts I have been laying in wait for you for Chriftmas. Tomorrow I will begin the extended version of the 365 days of Chriftmas!”
“Extended version”? “Chriftmas”? What are you on about, Enki? Though I’m never going to find out, as protecting my dragon is MUCH more important. Though there was this one time when the Combat log started flashing with a few people attacking an “Aged Oinky”. I found one of them, which was just a pig. I #REKT it with no damage to me, though I guess to debunk the age-old thing of pigs can hit pretty hard (as MD’s avatar on the forum showed).

So as I waited for my remaining items to get imped, I saw Renny on and asked him if he’s checked the area I wanted him to. He hadn’t yet, but later on he started sailing. It was then that I remembered he should bring a shovel, so he could dig away at the dirt I placed over the rock… *facepalm*
Anyway, he made it to my deed. I remotely directed him up the side ramp, but he went too far up. Got him back and he got to work. Then he told me something.. disturbing. The rock, was already opened. I had to assume it was possibly the former owners of my deed. Then he told me that there’s a large room surrounded with reinforced walls, but had four routes going down. He suggested I get these filled up (and Reinforced), and that should prevent people from being able to mine in and get to her.
So either I buy some shaker orbs, or find a priest that can ‘Stonewall’ them (then Reinforce them myself with my non-Priesty Carpenter skills). Thankfully I have the much cheaper option (for being in an Alliance).

He then suggested as he sailed back, to move the deed borders over the mine entrance (which I plan to do anyway). He also put on a 30QL mine door, and told me to bash it when I get home (and then make my own to replace it).
And the time to get home was fast approaching. I finally reached that “I’m going home” feeling, feeling very disappointed over the lack of activities at this year’s Impalong.
Overall, this Impalong felt like a greatly watered-down version of last year’s Impalong. There was no real community feeling. It felt.. cold, and unfriendly. It makes me feel this might be the last Impalong I attend. But, we’ll see what happens next year. But if it’s this place again, then.. fuck it. I rather grind my Blacksmithing up than deal with this laggy shithole again.
Grabbed everything I could. Even that was hard, as there was hardly any helpers that could extract items from the Overflow coffin chests (as I stated earlier). But I got everything I could remember, got B2 on and we sailed away. I also said my goodbyes, saying “it’s been fun”(lie).
The wind was again being a total douche to me, by not existing. But I sailed to Deliverance (one of the smaller servers). After getting my bearings (and also having to wait a minute for the server to catch up to us), we made it back to the Northwest side of Indy in notime flat. Love using a small server as a dimensional slingshot.

Slowly made our way back home. Told B2 I was going to drop him off near the dragon, and for him to make sure she wasn’t deeded. The drop off was successful, and again there’s still no deed. So as long as no one fucks me over in the next 24 hours, I feel this plan will work.
However, this plan nearly feel to pieces with B2 saying… she was GONE. I’m all “WHAT?! HOW CAN SHE BE GONE?!?!” B2 ran in there to see if she would attack him, but he never saw her. What did was a venerable cave bug.
Quickly ran to my deed, got one of my horses and ran back to the mine while riding it. Ran into the mine. Saw her flapping her wings, “happy” to see me. Barely managed to turn my horse around in time to get the fuck out of there before she could attack. Thank goodness she’s still there! 😀
B2 also checked on the walls, and there’s been some decay. Either it’s decay, or her trying to bash herself out of the mine. All but the top wall, I believe is decay (0.12/0.13), but the top wall is 0.26, which could be her bashing it while trying to get to us.
B2 also had a pretty bad wound I had to attend to. Got that done, with one of the two healing covers I “borrowed” from the Impalong when no one was looking. 😉 Heheheh..

With B2 fully healed, and all of my crap unloaded from the boat, he logged out and I went to check on this mine that Renny found. It was where I told him the Rock was, that stopped me from extending the path further. I was able to slip into the mine door and saw the interior. Very nice. I also saw the room he said, and yes, it would be PERFECT to secure her! All we need to do is some prep work before releasing the beast, and having B2 lure her in (and sacrifice himself just long enough for me to slap the gate on).
First off, I got to make things. Two more iron gates, and lots of low stone walls. Though I can’t make anything when posting this. I will get right on it as soon as I have my breakfast. I’m also hoping I can salvage the old gate lock before I’m forced to bash it down in order to get her out of the old mine. If I can’t, it’s not the end of the world. I’ll just have to throw the key in the ocean, and make two new locks.

Though I think I fucked up by bashing the mine door too early. How are we going to get her in, with my mine door in the way? Nice way to shoot yourself in the foot, yes? 😛
Oh well. I got some stone cutting skill out of it, which is always good. So it didn’t go to waste at least. And rock shards is a virtually infinite source of resources. Plus I have a stockpile of them in crates (in my Cart Storage), thanks to Renny being a true tunnel rat.

What I would -really- love to do, instead of keeping her in a mine, to keep her in my animal pen. Just imp those walls like crazy. Watching her run around up there, would be so awesome. It would feel like a mini Erik the Red. I bet it’s something Angry might love to see if he was still playing.
I still remember him going up to see Erik using an alt (while I’m at home), it was Christmastime, and I’m playing a “joke’s on you, I like this piece of charcoal!” thing and make a snowman with it. He starts yelling in PMs that he died by falling off of a cliff. I think he even ran into mobs and was yelling about that, and I had the nerve to say “looks like Rolf put you on his shitlist”.
Good times, good times. Yet the more I think about it, I more I think that’s a really bad idea (as she could be shot by arrows). So maybe sticking her in a mine is the better idea. It’s more secure. Only I, B2, and a trusted few would have access. Might also give access to Tulsi.
He actually wants to see her. So sure, you can even hug her before she rips your throat out and breaks your spine like a twig!

Another day, another Impalong. Jotting down my ridiculously-long post from yesterday’s post, I missed another Enki attack. Was a bunch of anacondas named “asp”. Was this a reference to Elite: Dangerous? Dunno. Wasn’t there when it happened. 🙁
A few of my items have been completed. Got my large maul back. It looks good. Also, I won’t need to use it to bash tree stumps anymore. I was told that I can use a shovel to dig/drop, or pack to get rid of a stump. That’s awesome! Good to know for future projects at least (and I have a few ideas that don’t involve the dragon).

I did my plan of giving B2 my armor and weapons. Enki never attacked, and I had an annoying North gale in my face. This game hates me. But I made it to FM. I bought 8 horse shoes (all 70QL, as that’s what I saw Renny using for his horses), a file and a dredge(incase I needed a replacement), and I believe that’s about it.
Meanwhile, back at the Impalong, the arena was active again. From what I can make out, apparently someone dared Enki that they can take on a plethora of Champ mobs… BIG mistake, whoever you are! 🙂 For he didn’t disappoint.

Came back to the Impalong. B2 gave me my gear back no problem and then he logged out. I then went to the arena. While nearly dying due to the mobs (and fearing death like always.. especially when I never thought of bringing the tent that Ghost gave to me last year, as a spawn point), I eventually backed off the fight. Never got any Fight Skill, but I did get some much-needed First Aid skill.
I did, however, get some pretty epic pics of Enki flying behind me as the white dragon (elusive no longer). He was also a blue dragon, and transformed into other things like Fo (one of the gods of Wurm), a rowboat, and finally a Caravel. Pretty hilarious.

The arena ‘event’ lasted for most of the day and through the late evening, with some of the people getting tired of having their asses kicked by them. Because…WOW, they hit fucking HARD!! Even people in a full set of black dragon hide, couldn’t do it. So I doubt even the almighty Metaldragon(MD) could do it (wherever he’s lurking. Probably in Chaos somewhere).
When they pleaded for Enki that enough’s enough, he’s all “admit you were defeated by the arena, and it’ll be closed!” I said “I admitted it hours ago”. PvE was never my strong suit (in Wurm). So after we all admitted it, he gave a hearty laugh and told everyone to leave the arena “if you value your lives”. I got the fuck out of there as quick as my legs could go.
A good five minutes passed until it was ‘safe’ to enter the arena. Safe indeed, due to my (forced due to the Impalong) low graphics settings… I didn’t realize I was standing in lava until I saw I was taking a lot of damage! Managed to get out of there with 72% health left. Patched myself up of the conveniently-placed crate full of cotton.

The other events that happened, I learned I didn’t need to get the triangular sail imped to make the rig (as the small mast determines the success chance). Yet I still threw in the two small tackle Renny made for me. I feel like -everything- needs to be high QL (even though I was just told it wasn’t needed).
But fuck it. They appreciate the skillgains at least.
Speaking of imping, I’m getting my boat imped as well as I speak. Someone offered to imp people’s boats, and I was the only one that spoke up. And it looks like (hopefully) he’ll imp it even higher than that Corbita-loving bitch that I bought the boat from (in Xanadu). 🙂

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Anyway, back to a discussion about the dragon. Thinking what Garit told me, and seriously wondering if B2 should just.. kill himself and go check up on her. I feared everytime I saw a new deed pop up, which one was just placed to fuck me over. I feel like I’m losing sleep over this, which is never good.
Then I got an idea. Garit even said that “maybe you’ll think of your own ideas” and now I have one. And it’s a good one. It’s actually a branch of a thing I thought of once. In the back of my mind, I still remember in the early days of building up my deed, of extending the side ramp further up the hill, and then I hit Rock. Back then, there was no such thing as surface mining.
But that rock, holds a key to solving this issue. Unearth it, then have Renny check to see if there’s a vein behind the wall. If there’s not.. then I’m going to use B2 to lure her into this new mine, and then move my deed’s border into it, properly securing her into Oceanside Retreat’s deed borders AND solving the need to box her in!
But if it does (and it’s a full vein), then we’ll proceed as planned before and try to box her in.

Tulsi also has a role to play in this. Yes, the one I said didn’t care about Wurm? ..I made him care, filling him with my anguish over the thought of losing her. And now he’s on my side. But before he could help me, I had to get away from the Impalong, which wasn’t easy with absolutely NO wind.
Once clear, I told him he could log in. He then /suicide’d and made it to my deed. So now I won’t have to worry about him being a risk of fucking up the cross-server transfers I’ll have to do. And with my directions, he made it to where she’s being kept. I let out possibly the biggest sigh of relief I’ve made in a long time after he showed me his Event tab… NO DEED!! 😀
I then asked him if anyone else was showing up in his Local, and he said he’s the only one showing up.
So he’s going to watch the area with B2 and I still at the Impalong. This is perfect. I also told him if he sees anyone snooping around the area (and in looking for her), to try to get them to look somewhere else (or just play dumb).
This… is all I can do for now. Maybe I’m just overreacting like normal. But I’m going by what Garit told me. He seems to know what he’s talking about, and it’s best to trust him.

So that’s about it for yesterday. Well, except throwing most of my armor up at the Priest level. They’re enchanting up there, so I thought of why not get some AoSP on them? I also threw my pickaxe into the CoC coffin.
Oh yeah. Two other things. I always have something to say, don’t I?
1. One of the helpers actually got one of my lamps, to rare! My first rare item(that wasn’t a part to build something)!! 😀
2. I got Tulsi’s deed stake, so now I don’t have to make one (if my revised plan doesn’t work).
Finally, depending on what happens with the Impalong today, determines if I get bored enough to tell B2 “let’s go home” and grab everything.

First off, I just want to wish each and everyone of you a very Merry Christmas from Benies-Blogs.com! Though I fear I’m going to have a bit of a Blue Christmas in Wurm if the dragon is deeded before I can get back home.

But I have a plan. Worked it over with Garit, Renny, and Cyberu while I was at the Impalong. At that plan is.. well.. to deed her up ASAP. Garit has informed me, the other two uniques have been found…and now they’re looking for her. The entire. fucking. SERVER is looking for her! He says it’s “only a matter of time”, and “you have a week, maybe two”.
So when I get home, I’m going to make a deed stake and then give it to B2 who would slap it… in the mine with her. But this is where Cyberu comes in. Hopefully he can charm her or something to allow B2 to do it, and then Cyberu will cast Stonewall on tiles around the dragon to properly secure her.
Now what Renny will do for me, is split the deed cost between myself and him, and in return, split the profits 50/50 of any eggs she lays (if she lays them). That seems fair to me. It keeps her alive. It keeps her secured.

All that’s left…is me getting home with B2 to do it. And I have a personal plan for that as well (which will quickly get me back). First off, today, I’m going to give him my gear and then go to FM and get a few remaining odds and ends. B2 can assist if Enki attacks again, plus he desperately needs the FS. I think I’m getting tired of him shadowing me, and the time has come for him to stop ‘being my squire’ (aka only be known to cook Stew for me) and actually be someone I can fully depend on.
Anyway, the 26th, imped or not, I’m getting my stuff and then we’re cross-server traveling back (using one of the smaller servers as a dimensional slingshot).
I also gotta make sure I’m not being followed. Yes, I feel it’s getting this desperate for them to find her.

As for Tulsi still logged off in my boat, as I said… he doesn’t care about this game. If he really cared, he would had helped take care of my dragon (or something). The reason why I say this is about two days ago (before the dragon found me), someone asked in CA HELP if all parties have to be on in a boat when cross-server traveling, and they said Yes.
So, what will likely happen to him. Either he’ll appear in the boat with us when back home, or he’ll be in the ocean somewhere. If he’s in the ocean, he could just kill himself and teleport back to my deed.
I don’t feel like dragging Mr Impatient through Deliverance(or whatever server I pick), just to get back home. *sigh* But it’s also Christmas, and you should be kind to your fellow man.
But…it won’t be Christmas anymore when we leave! 😀

(I kid. I don’t hate Tulsi. He’s a good guy. Just a bit… loopy?)

If you can’t tell by the title, I’m getting very bored sitting at the Impalong and doing absolutely nothing while trying to not say “Will someone PLEASE focus on imping my lamps?” Not one of them has come close to even getting to 50QL yet. And it’s damn frustrating. It makes me wish I just did the grinding (got BS up) and imped the fucking things myself. Then I would never have to go to another Impalong (just for this purpose).
Also, I apologize for this ridiculously long (yet detailed) post, and hope you all read it all. Be happy that I’m at least posting regularly again. Yes, it’s not about WoW, but.. meh.

But I’m getting way too ahead of myself. There’s a lot.. well, maybe there wasn’t before that. But anyway, I left a day earlier (the 22nd) as.. well, I wanted to leave the deed to go buy a deed for Emeriss to keep her safe. But even that feels.. draining.
Before we left, there were a few wolves and bears roaming around. I and my guards slaughtered them. I then butchered their corpses and told B2 to go feed her with the meat I got. He wasn’t too happy with getting his throat ripped out that afternoon, but finally he went on with it. After giving him access to the gate, he ran in, dropped the meat, and then ran out without her even scratching him. I’m freaking out, thinking any second she was going to try to get out of the pen and come running after my alt. But we just stood there for the longest time, waiting….and waiting, holding our breath…. and I never saw her head pop out of the mine door. Thank goodness!
Had B2 watch the door as I got my Knarr over. Did so. Still didn’t see her. So hopefully she appreciates the snack I gave her (as it’s the only food I’ll be able to give until after we get back). We left, and I prayed no one would find where she is. She’s like a “fugitive of the law”, and her ‘punishment’ is death. Only I and B2 (and my closest friends) know of her location, but I’m the one responsible for her well-being.
I honestly never expected to capture, nor care for a unique (especially one of my favorite color and my favorite mythical creature). I thought I could just arrange a hunting party right then and there and kill her. Yet, this is OK.. I think.

With this now out of my mind (yet also forgetting something else) we started heading for FM to go eat at the buffet. But as soon as I turned south through the Northern Passage (with a painful Southeast gale headwind), we noticed something…missing — the Santa smoke wasn’t around Dragon Fang Mountain.
I asked, almost certain it was this early last year. Local kchat acted like they had no idea what I was talking about, yet global kchat told me that “Santa isn’t here yet”. One of the other reasons I left earlier than I said, was my fat layers were low. And instead of getting B2 to have to cook for us, I assumed I would be eating at the buffet to take care of that for awhile. I knew I only had one option, which was to ask the Impalong….for food. How embarrassing. But desperate times call for desperate measures.

There was another thing on my plate; Tulsi. I told him about the dragon though Skype, yet all he was interested in, was “can I play with you?” He has absolutely no interest in the game. He won’t even give it a chance (yet still wants to play because I am). Plus, this was his 3rd time of creating an account(due to never buying prem or being logged in long enough). So I had to go pick him up in FM. And that’s when it hit me– I forgot to grab my horses and cart!! But B2 convinced me I wouldn’t need them.
I also nearly forgot I needed more Tar, but I found the tar island and got all that I needed and then continued onto FM.
The rest of the trip was thankfully uneventful. Went through the Darkenstone Canal, and all the others, and then passed the FM Cave Canal. Instead of stopping at my usual spot, I went to the FM Harbor(or ‘Harbour’ as it’s actually called) as we were going East towards a new canal I’ve never went through. Finding how in the fuck you go up the ramp to FM was tricky, but I found it. Had B2 stay in the boat while I went shopping.

First thing I did was look for another deed thing. But it’s 10s, and I only have 11s in my bank. So remember that thing I said about her being ‘draining’ on me? Well, as a true woman.. yeah. Heh. B2 and I debated on what we should do. Wanted to go as far as waste another nearly $20 on getting 10s, just to get the deed. On top of it, B2 would have to own the deed.
But we came to the conclusion, that the Impalong was more important than going back home and making sure no one can get to her with a deed. The thing is, a deed would also attract attention to the dragon. Now I get why people who have a unique, lock their doors and windows to keep others from getting to it. Aka, like the ‘elusive’ white dragon.
The hammer comes down on me. Do I do the same thing others before me, have (to protect their uniques), or just “open the flood gates” and allow them to slay her? It’s not just draining, but it’s “Unsure Feeling kicks Morals deadly hard in the head and damage it.”
Now you see what I mean. I want to protect her — I really do. But I fear throwing a deed down won’t just be damaging to my wallet, but to her safety. I have to do MORE, to ensure she’s safe and well fed. But…is it really WORTH it?? This is a question that only I can answer.
And I think I know the answer. Garit told me that their might be a way to calm her through meditation and ‘The Path of Love’. Angry followed this path when he still played. If I can use this path and find a way to properly box her in, in the mine, I’ll feel SO much better. It would take a lot of work, though. But if I really want to protect her, I -have- to do it. Whatever it takes.

With this out of the way, I turned my attention back to buying the parts I needed for the Triangular Rig for B2’s replacement sailboat. I found everything but the two small tackle. I also found out, I won’t lose the rig if I fail to attach it!! THANK GOD that’s no longer a thing!! 😀 It was removed back in 2012 apparently.
I also bought several odds and ends, including a better longsword (that’s enchanted), a breastplate (that’s also enchanted), a JK Banner (because dragons, and as a memorial to surviving through the old Home server in 2009 and years past), and I also bought replacement Imping tools (a whetstone, pelts, and stuff) that either I lost or they decayed.
With that all done, I headed back to my boat. Had B2 help me through this by hauling heavy items (aka why I needed the horses/cart) to the boat. Even found some much-needed Peat. Only got 5 loads full, due to each of them being 20 weight each. B2 reminded me of ‘Irondragon’, the former owner (or one of them) of the deed to the Southeast of me who showed me Peat near his deed and how I would have access. If the Peat is still there, I don’t know. But I plan to find out. Though I wish there was also Tar there, and I think I even told him this.

Back in my boat, we set sail. Then B2 informed me that I forgot Mr “I hate long boat rides”. I’m all “..FUCK!!” and turn back around. Getting Tulsi to the boat was as fun as a virus on your computer that you can’t get rid of. B2 lead him down (even though I told him to use the signs to FM Harbour).
The other fun part, which feels like a pound of egg all over my face, was trying to get him to board the boat as a passenger. I tried every perm setting available (even went as far as jumping out of the boat to get him to join the deed), but he claimed there was no option to ‘Embark as Passenger’…and then he disappeared. He told me he teleported to my deed (aka, he killed himself). *facepalm.jpg*
So I told him “whatever, you happy now? You wanted to go back to my deed.”, then reminded him B2 and I were heading to the Impalong. Suddenly he wants to go, yet his client didn’t and kept crashing on him. Within nearly an hour later, he made it back…and AGAIN he couldn’t get ‘Embark as Passenger’. And as I’m at my whits end… he hops in. It turns out he wasn’t FUCKING CLOSE ENOUGH!!!! >:( ALL of that.. I’m so fucking confused as this isn’t making ANY sense!
Oy. On top of it, he had to go to sleep. So he logged out in my boat. At least that was the only good part.

Went to the new canal. WOW it’s long! And only made longer with a nice unfriendly East gale in my face.
But emerging, and then swinging South, it suddenly felt like a huge burden was lifted from me. I felt, as long as no one knows where Emeriss is, she’ll be safe no matter what I do. And that..felt good. I knew then, I could focus my attention on the Impalong and not have to worry about her.

At the Impalong, and my computer suddenly hated my guts. I could barely turn my boat. It was jerking so..so much. I was forced to moor it aways from the other boats and told B2 to go get the lamps while I got my tools.
We found the entrance of the Impalong. There’s three floors, instead of a round square like last year. Didn’t see Williamweird there, unfortunately. Maybe I will tomorrow or Christmas Day.
We scouted around to figure out where to put what, and started placing. Due to how full the forges are, B2 ended up putting up all 10 of my lamps in Blacksmithing 3, 4, 5, and 6. I got done putting half in 6, and half in 3 (to not make it confusing for them).
I couldn’t get my carving knife imped, because it’s a starter tool (DERP). Going to have to buy one at FM on the way back home, then. I also tried to throw in the JK banner in one of the Leatherworking coffins, but I kept getting “will not fit”. Looks like I’m going to be forced to imp it myself.. with no skill in cloth tailoring. Lovely. I also tried to shove the ‘small’ mast into the Carpentry coffins, but again.. “will not fit”.

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The next day came. NOW Santa shows up!… wow. Though I wonder the reason why he didn’t come earlier, is they had to make him work with the new Cooking update (yeah, I didn’t explain that). Here’s a brief summary: we have recipes now. They also made Stew require a veggie (for Fish stew). So it’s pretty similar to creating a Casserole. There’s also a new ‘CCFP’ (Calories/Carbs/Fats/Protein) bar, between the player’s Water/Food bar and the Sleep Bonus bar. From what I’ve seen, it doesn’t really -do- anything to help the player (and there’s no penalty with having 0 in all four). It thankfully can be toggled by using /toggleccfp.
I assumed that this was some kind of grading system on the quality of what food you cook, which would be pretty cool for B2. But it’s not. I dunno what it is, so it’s best just not to fuck with it ’till it actually does something.
So anyway, the food from the Impalong is fantastic. With the new Cooking update, if it’s really good, it has a chance of creating a random ‘affinity’ on the player that lasts for something like a few minutes. This thing gives a 10% chance on the thing. So it could be a 10% higher chance on hitting with a sword. A 10% chance on mining faster. Anything. That’s pretty cool, and it really gives me a purpose to get B2’s cooking skill up.
Because if it’s high enough, we’ll never need to head to FM just to get to the buffet! 😀 There’s also a new container called a ‘Larder’. Aka, it’s a wooden fridge, but requires snowballs (can only be used when it’s Winter obviously). This will actually slow the decay of meat and meals. And, the best thing of all.. I can make it! 😀 I think, anyway. Due to how new it is, it doesn’t specify the level of Fine Carpentry required to make it. Oh yeah, one last thing. Food can now be wrapped to slow decay. That’s awesome.

Wow. That was a much longer summary than I thought. Back to what’s going on. And what was going on, is my concern for Emeriss’ safety is growing. As I was heading to Renny’s place (near the Impalong), I glance at the local kchat and people are ‘looking for the red drake’. Of course, they could be looking for the red dragon and not my red dragon hatchling. But, it also makes me wonder.. could the red dragon ALSO be in that mine? Yet that seems unlikely, as Andderson did a search. At least, I -think-.
Whatever. I don’t need two dragons to care for! One is… well, bad enough.
So at Renny’s place, I saw his mine. And holy fuck, it’s mind-blowing. I thought it was going to be a huge cavern. Instead, it’s a series of interconnected tunnels that go on for miles. He even told me not to get lost. And damn, I could easily see why. It’s like a fucking maze in there!
I also noticed he reinforced the floor. Asked him why, and he said in his own way: “looks bette and u walk faster”. Found a patch of normal Cave floor and Reinforced and walked between the two, monitoring my speed. I was hoping he was right, but I saw no change.
After that, he showed me two abandoned mines a bit of a distance away from his deed. Asked him if these can be accessible without having to go through his deed, and he said no. The first one had a lot of mobs, proving just how abandoned it was. Though it was still mostly intact. The second was one collapsed mine tile after another. He told me this mine possibly lasted since Samling was a thing. Wow.
The excavating of this mine took a pretty long time. So meanwhile, on B2’s side…he was watching several named mobs at the Impalong in the ‘Blackmoor Arena’. They were named after the lyrics, and the names of the ‘Christmas Don’t Be Late’ song. Quite funny. Especially seeing a crocodile named “Aged champion Me, I want a hula hoop”. Also, Enki was transformed as a white dragon hatchling, flying around the arena. So cool.
There were also zombies. Not as many as Wurmxmas 2010, but still cool.
Back to me, finally we left and I’m heading back to my boat. I thank him for showing me around, then request one little thing… to make the two small tackle I need for the rig. And he does it. Yay! Now I have everything to make the Triangular Rig! 😀
Left his place and headed back to the Impalong. As I’m leaving, he PMs me and says if I need Marble, to give him a ring. And the rest is.. well, the present. Typing this blog post for the last hour, and still waiting ‘patiently’ for my stuff to be imped.

I’ve been wondering of just returning home with B2, finishing his boat and then taking care of my pet dragon. Going to hold up on the deed for as long as I can until I can secure her in the mine (by using The Path of Love through meditation). And then before the Impalong’s over, head back and pick up the items.
Yet, I would miss the fun (as I’m doing right now by typing all of this). Plus, there is a lot of critical things I need to grab if we do (that are still un-imped…).
In the words of Charlie Brown.. “RATS!!!”

I post this from Blackmoor; the location of the Impalong this year. As I speak, my stuff is very slowly being imped. I’m also having to run some graphics settings on Low in order to have a stable framerate. Yeah.. the new RAM isn’t helping, which proves “more RAM doesn’t help Java”.
Today has been quite the crazy day back in and around my deed, and I feel it’s only going to get more hetric.
I got Garit to come. He also, with a stroke of luck, had Marble at his deed and allowed me to complete the boat dock before I left for the Impalong! We then started working on a fence around the main cave door that the dragon’s in.

Speaking of the dragon, it’s a female. B2, my alt, discovered this (before having his throat ripped out by it). This is both good and bad (in more ways than one, but..). This means she’ll have a chance to lay eggs(once she turns into a full-grown dragon), and I can sell these for a HUGE profit. Yet this will also alert pretty much everyone that I have a dragon, and try to take it from me. Which is why I MUST deed the area before that happens. And B2 will have to be the one that owns the deed.
Yet, I wish she showed up a long time ago to give me time to deal with this.
I also decided to name it “Emeriss the Ferocious” (as it is my dragon). I feel the name sticks. I also have to feed it meat from butchered mobs I (or my guards) kill. An ironic thing is dragons will also eat fish, which is probably a parody from How to Train your Dragon.

Anyway, Garit is mining rock shards in my mine (as it’s the only safe mine around here that I know of). To cage a dragon, you need very high QL walls (80+). As he’s prospecting, I mention how I wanted to hire a Prospector to find Iron for me. He tried with his own skill, and manages to find an ‘Acceptable’ quality one (31QL being the max, which is UNacceptable).
Then we head north to where the dragon’s being kept, and he starts building walls around the opening. Upon first glance in the mine, I don’t see it and get worried. So I send in B2. The moment he gets in the mine, the dragon comes running right up to his face. .. Again, I freak out and log him out, hoping to save his life. It..didn’t. She killed him in two hits.
Honestly, I was expecting a K.O. with one hit. Garit got worried the dragon might try to escape for being close to the mine door. Resurrected B2 and sent him back in to lure her away from the mine door. It was once again met with a swift..agonizing painful death.

But with the dragon now away from the mine door, Garit installed the gate. At this time, someone else appeared in Local. The name was ‘Renny’ (one of my Alliance members (or “Dragon Friend” as I call them of my deed)). When I first saw the name, all I could think of was that rat from Ratatouille (who’s named Renny).
But this guy who speaks broken English (yet somehow I can understand it), he’s cool. Yet when he first arrived — and assumed the mine we were at — was where I wanted prospecting, Garit’s all “NO!! NOT this one!!” I went on with the gag and said “unless you want your butt on fire, I’d advise not to go in there”.

So Renny helped me out greatly.. like holy hell, he found TWO Iron veins of ‘Good’ quality(one with 50+ QL), and even a Silver vein! He even gave me a secret, that just by mining normally (and having 90 on both Pickaxe and Mining skills), you won’t ever have the need to WoA on a pickaxe. He even invited me to see his mine (near-ish to the Impalong site).
He also told me where I can find Marble. He said it’s more plentiful to the Southeast of the server (and will even show me where I can get some in an abandoned mine). All I have to do is go there, which I plan to tomorrow. I’ll just leave B2 at the Impalong and have him watch the Overflow coffins for our stuff. Though I don’t know if they’ll allow him to take anything that was imped fully and thrown in those things (even if he says “Dragonhead is my main”).
In any case, they’ll be there waiting for me to pickup.

And that’s about what happened. Lots of death (mainly of my alt).