Current mood:	hopeful
Entry tags:	sca

Good SCA
Politics aside, the SCA is still about having fun with your friends. Chaos Caravan had and aztec theme this year and so I went. I arrived to find the drawing of me done by draconisregena plastered all over wanted style posters. This was going to be fun. Soon I was in armor and all the other fighters divided into teams. I was a free agent with gold to take from me by single combat. There was also gold to be moved from one end of the woods to the other. A great time in the woods ensued. I was not on, but I was having fun. I decided that I would fight wounds retained. This gave an opportunity for a newer fighter to drop me with a very nice thrust to a very tender region. I can not come up with her name right now, but she was thrilled to have the ability to kill me. I had great fights with Mike Ivy and Almaric. The woods were really to big for the 25 fighters we had in them, but it was great still.

Then we did some traditional war practice. I took a nasty fall over a dead fighter in the field practice. I landed on my right arm and the impact went into the shoulder. It made me sit out the next one and I mostly fought spear after that. But I did get my pole back out for the unblets training session as I needed to give them a challenge. Hah. I was not exactly swinging it. I did pick up my two swords for youth rattan fighter who really wanted to fight me. That was fine as I just used it as a threat and that worked great for his training. Then I fought with the two boffer fighters and they loved it. My right shoulder is still very sore, but I do not think it is anything long term.

Feast was a well researched Aztec style. Sean and I were seated at head table. The chocolate drinks and turkey tortillas were done perfectly. They served the chicken shaped like igaunas. druminmychest came to head table seeking an explaination on how to eat the corn on the cob. That was too funny. mistressarafina kept coming up to head table and telling the group of us how she was so below us. The shire of Grey Hope treated me like royalty all day. We did not stay late as rain was moving in. But this was just the day I need considering what else happened in the Midrealm. These are the reasons for being in the SCA. Fighting and friends with fun. Other things are part of the game, but these are the reasons to play.