History of the YMCA
Founded sometime in 1999, the YMCA was a Seer blessed tower in Felucca right across from the Yew Grave yard. One of the Key people that had for years helped with maintaining the Peace in the YMCA was Dor. Many a Friday evening people from all over would attend Tall Tales night or as it was called Story Night. Sonoma Shard reporters that were just getting started were often sent there for their very first assignment.
Here a short version of one such night from the old history files of one such reporter;
Kimi Mori: quack
Gypsy Queen: Quack!
Kimi Mori: *smiles*
Gypsy Queen: What's shakin', elf lady?
Kimi Mori: oh not much,
Kimi Mori: what your easter plans?
Gypsy Queen: Driving all day to get back to school...
Gypsy Queen: How about you?
Dor: Greetings!
Gypsy Queen: Quack!
Kimi Mori: school! me? quite dinner with the family
Kimi Mori: hail Dor
Gypsy Queen: Nice shiny hat!
Dor: This old thing?
Dor: (literally)
Gypsy Queen: *nods*
Dor: hehe
Kimi Mori: a true rare as it says sewn
Dor: *nods*
Dor: I made it the night I grand mastered Tailoring here
Dor: in this tavern
Kimi Mori: *nods*
Dor: from rare black cloth
Dor: Same with the sash
Kimi Mori: it is a shame they change it with tailors to say craft today
Kimi Mori: I can remember on LS traveling to Felucca to buy bolts of black cloth from a vendor in the
Dor: heh
Dor: Not on vendors when I used it
Kimi Mori: Brit guard zone, near the wheat fields
Dor: It was contraband
Kimi Mori: *waves*
Yule B Sori: Evening
Gypsy Queen: Its a thief!
Yule B Sori: Kimi...
Dor: *hugs*
Yule B Sori: has the smuggler in Yew been there long?
Kimi Mori: *nods*
Yule B Sori: lol.. figures
Kimi Mori: aye he has
Yule B Sori: was gonna dress up like the duck
Kimi Mori: you speak of the one hiding in the Yew cave there near court of truth
Yule B Sori: but decided against it
Gypsy Queen: Good idea
Dor: *grins*
Yule B Sori: Yeah up on the coast
Kimi Mori: *nods*
Kimi Mori: he has been there
Kimi Mori: since last yr
Yule B Sori: and what purpose does he serve?
Dor: Pointman
Yule B Sori: nothing in the containers there
Kimi Mori: he was involved in two events that happen
Dor: lookout
Yule B Sori: least they could do is make it spanning chests for the lock pickers
Kimi Mori: both led to the return of the white hart and white rabbits
Yule B Sori: spawning
Kimi Mori: to the zoo, which are missing again
Sadly today the YMCA doors on Sonoma are closed, (The tower is still open to the public) There are no more stories told there, all the old players are long gone from this world, but we hope to see more returning come Spring!
Are there any
Love Birds
out there
This adventure starts on Formosa, a land far from most deep in the mysteries of the lands. One lone man, a blacksmith in Britain needed help for his annual quest.
?????: I have a story to share. This story takes us back to a long long time ago after the Chinese Odyssey love story. Wu Kong San use to be a hardworking smith in the land of Britain. Working day and night at the West bank north smith shop. He often goes to the Tavern after a hard day work. A young new lady working in the Tavern. That was her first day at work as a waitress.
Tionne: *wonders if it was
at first sight*
?????: Often as we know the Tavern is also full of adventurers, people from all work of life. The young waitress name was known as Zixia. Wu Kong since that day onward would often go the Tavern. After a while, they start chatting and love beginning. Life in Britain was always hard for a Blacksmith. Business was not good for a Blacksmith who would not go out to dig rare material. Rare material to craft better armor and weapon. Wu Kong know to give Zixia a better life, he would need to travel to Minoc to do some hard mining. So one day Wu Kong left a note to a fellow Blacksmith mate to pass to Zixia that he would travel to Minoc for a few week to do some mining and will return. Not knowing this Blacksmith mate who always admired Wu Kong hardworking style would lie and not give Zixia the note. He decided to tell Zixia that Wu Kong has gone to Trinsic to do his mining. He also says Trinsic often have wild boar or Mongbat that would eat a human. Zixia knowing Wu Kong was doing this so they can lead a better life. Decided to travel to Trinsic to give Wu Kong some morale support. She prepares some of Wu Kong favorite food so that when they meet. She would make an awesome meal for Wu Kong.
On the journey there Zixia asked a swordsman warrior and fencer warrior to go with her. On the way, they were attacked by a bunch of daemons. Zixia and the fencer both got killed. The swordsman manages to escape and look for Wu Kong in Trinsic. They reported the news in the bulletin board at the inn. Wu Kong knew about it and was deeply sad. So every year a week before the valentine day. Wu Kong would make a point to travel to Tokuna to pick Zixia favorite flower. Then he would make the way back and visit the grave of Zixia and this is my story I am Wu Kong.
Tionne: *wipe a tear*
Wu Kong: I need your help the path to Tokuna has been blocked by monster since the volcano erupted will you help me?
(Of course who could say no after hearing this tale of a lost love)
It was a long and hard battle inside that volcano but in the end, Wu Kong was able to retrieve that flower.
The Year is 2005, for over two weeks the People of Sonoma had gather building supplies for its NEW Tower of Sorcery on Moonglow Island. There was once such a tower on the Felucca side, (same location) but it had been destroyed years ago. 10/21/05 the ribbon was cut.
The Sorcery Tower (Mage Tower) had everything a small city would have. Bank. Inn, Magery Shop, docks, stable master and a doorman, err Monster. You see most of the residents were not Human/Elves/Gargoyles. Nope, they were monsters.
Recently the Stablemaster had gone AWOL and a very special guest had to get his replacement, the grand Lady Mesanna herself came and found our replacement, so once more the Mage tower had its stable master.
So if you are using the teleport for the lost lands you can always stop in at the Mage Tower to check that bank.
Interview with the Cheerleader for Siege Perilous
1. When did you realize that you needed to be the Cheerleader for Siege Perilous?
To tell the truth, it wasn't all that long ago. I was wandering the roads of Siege, doing all sorts of tough, manly things, like throwing vorpal bunnies at people, and spawning neon pink ogres when fishermen least expected them. I mean, after all - nobody expects the neon pink ogre, do they?
Then, I heard that some friends of ours from across the void had gone and outdone themselves again. And they'd outdone us. They'd beaten Siege Perilous’ Void Pool record!
I was mad. I was madder than a box full of mad pixies. And let me tell you, if you put those little blighters in a box, and shake it all day, they get really mad. When they regain consciousness, anyway. And I do like to shake it all day.
So, I said to myself, "self, what can you do about this?" So, I spent an hour down in the Void Pool, speeded up the spawner with my godly powers, got to wave 50,000, and was starting to wonder if there was more to life than this.
Then I heard from the other EM, who was hanging around in HIS Void Pool, thinking about things. He'd also got to wave 50,000. We soon - well, ok, three weeks later - realized that no matter what we did, it would be a tie.
So, we decided never to speak of our personal contest again and wondered what the players thought about this contest. That was illuminating.
Turns out that the players of Siege had no need whatsoever for my godly powers. Wow. That was a kick in the pom-poms, I can tell you. I could do amazing things. I could make the spawner only spawn rabbits. I could put it up in the air, so all the spawn just FELL to their deaths. I could put a portal right in front of the spawner so that the monsters found themselves pouring into a guard zone and getting whacked the instant they appeared. But no. Siege's players didn't need ANY of that. I was gobsmacked.
But I felt this swelling in my chest. My doctor confirmed that it wasn't a heart condition or some strange curse put on me by that other EM. What a relief! What I was feeling was PRIDE! I was so proud of Siege's players, I could burst!
Thankfully, the doctor had given me some pills for that, so I didn't.
So, I watched them through my super-duper EM spy scope. You really should close your curtains when you're writing these articles, you know. And stop doing that THING with your pen! Anyway, I watched them planning, and training, and doing push-ups, and making their dragons jog round Castle British while carrying heavy boulders. They were committed. They were dedicated. They were SIEGE!
And so, I wondered and wondered how I could help them, without taking away anything from their efforts - and soon, I believed - their victory. Eventually, it struck me - I could encourage them when they grew tired. I could cheer them on when they started to see double. I could clear their minds when all they could see before them were troupes of tap-dancing war alligators! I would become....
their cheerleader! THE Cheerleader! I would be magnificent! I would lift their tired spirits up from the depths, and make their hearts sing!
So, I prayed to the Great Lady Mesanna and asked what a well-dressed cheerleader was wearing nowadays.
She laughed and killed me on the spot.
Two hours later, after I'd retrieved my last toe from the bottom of the Abyss and glued it back on, I sat down with needle and thread, and, still seeing spots and whirling colors, I began to work...
2. Did you make the costume yourself?
Well, no. I tried to, but I kept jabbing my finger with the needle. And do you know how hard it is to thread those things?!?
What lunatic ever designed a needle? They're mad! Completely insane! i should know - when Mesanna zapped me, my brain flew out my ear. I think I found the right one - it's hard to identify a brain when you haven't got one.
So, I grabbed a bunch of clothes that Bennu had left behind, threw them into a mystical EM dye tub, and stirred.
And, looking at my watch, I realized that the attempt on the Void Pool was already underway, so I pulled the clothes on, dripping with dye, and legged it to Covetous!
I got there just in time, too. I'm glad it all turned out the way it did!
3. How long have you had ????
Oh. That. I thought we weren't going to talk about that?
Very well. That happened when I was learning how to be the best EM I possibly could.
I put a test event together, to show what I could do.
You'd have thought someone would have told the trainee NOT to go into certain areas - like the master shard control room!!!
There was an explosion. A big one. Don't worry - only Atlantic was affected, and they don't have many players. Two or three, I think. But the explosion left me with a mortal fear of three-headed puppies. I just can't face them anymore. I used to love them and scratch them behind the ears, ears, ears, ears, ears, ears. Now - I just can't face their cute little triple faces. So now you know my sordid secret. I'm so ashamed.
So, that's the sad, sordid tale of Siege's Cheerleader.
I put aside my dignity, and pulled on the brightest of clothes, I danced for my people, entertained them I hope, and lifted their spirits.
I did all this for one simple reason - and I want to shout this from the rooftops: SIEGE, I LOVE YOU!!!
Happy Valentine's!
EM Kincaid
I wanted to put them all together like they should have been, Congrats to everyone!