Good Thursday, Survivors!
This post comes to you in two parts. We’re going to get the unfun stuff out of the way first - so stay tuned for PLOT. We are staying up to date on information with Covid-19. We are still holding our March event and we do not have plans to suspend or cancel future events yet.
Large events do represent an increased risk for community spread. We are all watching events, schools, and conferences canceled which host many thousands of people. While we might be large for a larp, we are still quite small in the scheme of event-planning. In some respects we are closer to a small conference or symposium in terms of population, duration, and human contact. We are looking at those rather than comparing ourselves to SXSW for instance. If social distancing measures increase then we will seriously consider altering or canceling events. We are not there yet. If the situation warrants, then we will go there.
All that being said, there are things we can all do to mitigate the risk of infection. If you are sick, please stay home. You have heard a hundred reminders to wash your hands. Please wash your hands. Additionally…
1. If you see that a bathroom has run out of paper towels or soap please tell us so we can get more.
2. Please use make-up wedges/applicators ONCE if dipping in a communal container. That means coat the wedge, put it on your face, then throw it away. Don’t double dip. We will also have a number of tiny paper cups you can use to put a reasonable amount of makeup in to apply to your own face.
3. Please help us to keep high contact surfaces clean. Kitchen counters, work stations, etc. If you can't find a cleaner and think a surface needs cleaning, ask staff or a guide to help you find some.
4. If you need a break from shambles, please please please help us clean. Clean make-up, wiping down surfaces, wiping down brawler handles, and doing laundry will help keep everyone healthy.
5. Get enough sleep! Lack of sleep will tank your immune system. Take a nap if you need one, go to bed when you’re tired, sleep in if your body needs it.
6. Do not skip meals! And please consider eating healthy meals instead of surviving on pocket cheese and cupcakes.
Okay! That’s the stuff we MUST say to feel good about having done our due-diligence to keep our pals healthy. You’re grownups, all of you. So let’s make grownup calls about our health. Secondly! Game is tomorrow - Hell yeah!
To that end here’s some juicy new lore it’d be good to know for the weekend upcoming. This month the Tribes Disparate will be coming together for their yearly summit - hosted by the RRC itself. Thirteen tribes coming from across the wastes to discuss and plan and...who knows what else. “But!” You might exclaim, “Shan! We haven’t been TOLD what the thirteen tribes are. We only know NINE of them!”
To which I reply “Until now, bucky-fuckos.” Check out this link to the Tribes Disparate page and take a peek at the newly revealed players in this month’s plot. You’ll have lots of mobility to address their standing inside the Tribes Disparate, their relationship with the Township Bravado and what our intertwining story looks like going forward. So study up, kids. Spring is upon us, time of growth and change. Let’s tell a cool story about it.
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She is our Holy Mother Queen,
Bearer of the Antler’d Crown.
Who warred for peace and always sought,
The chance to put her scepter down.
The Cervaxi held her up on high,
While the Torchlight shone from down Below,
The Longberths bore her on their boats,
Mighty row by mighty row.
The Rabbits begged for peace and trade,
And so Ox Killers did make it so,
While the Sweetwaters turned that great big Wheel,
All the way to Cali*Co.
The Ja Cintos ranged and found ripe land,
That Scadians thought good as their own,
Which The Local 727,
Did render a new and lasting home.
The Cloudskippers took the Queen above,
To the skies above her brow,
So that the Curators could record wisely,
That none before and none do now,
Rival Jasper in her rule,
In her merit, measure or might,
May she live forever always,
Holy Mother dressed in White.