What
a weekend I had! Since it was a change of “normal” pace from deeding away, it
didn’t feel like I was as eventful, but looking back at all that happened I had
so much fun! The festivals have been rolling in and next up is Fall festival starting now,
so exciting!
Today,
I will talk about the excitement of the treasure Hunt, Frodo and Bilbo’s
Birthday, and visiting the CSTM Live Event.
Treasure Hunt:
Let’s
start with the Treasure Hunt. I had written a different post about steeds which
I will delay until next weekish. In that post, I mentioned my disillusionment
about “random” drop steeds, preferring that they be bartered, even if the cost is outrageous. Then, Treasure Hunt is released, and yay, a bartered
goat! Sure, it cost 1000 tokens, but if you really wanted it, the 1000 token
mark was very achievable.
The lildanas
and I went nuts at the previous treasure hunt in February, 2012. I think it
only lasted a day, but we made the most of it. We had gotten
everything there was to get, except all the steeds. True, we did take 8 home. I
only got one though, the Treasure Laden Goat so I am in it to win it this time. Delion
was still silently bragging about having won all three steeds during that February
event (Less-math-more-ponies).
Dig,
dig, dig. Just keep digging, just keep digging… la la la la la la la la….
Yay
for Huge caches! I think we won a steed about 1 out of less than 10 huge caches. I do
like that the event restarts almost immediately after the previous one ends. It
really keeps things moving!
Wins!
Of course, all the steeds show up here on danania.net on the page All the Steeds.
Cave claw masked horse for
the win!
Time
to take him out flying.
Treasure Laden horse…
win! (I still don’t like random winning. However, like most of the “random”
wins for me, so much of it is about persistence. You do not even want to know
how many hours I treasure hunted between last event and this event. OMG. Thankfully, I really really enjoy the Treasure Hunt.)
Treasure Laden goat!
Ok, I had the goat last time, but he was feeling left out of the show. Hey, I think
someone is following us… Aegthil is that you?? They’re always after me lucky
charms…
The
goat is a bit wide for me, so I threaded my leg through the saddle edge. Some
might see this as a design flaw, but I am sure that is the way it is intended.
Threanody
reports for duty to take over digging. Good luck hobbit! (I ride the Dunedain War-horse in this shot.)
Nimitar doesn’t
miss a beat or a festival. If it is there to do, he will be there. He and Danaish
wait patiently to be granted more picks to try their luck. (Nimitar rides the Nimble Black Goat).
So
many people showed up at the Treasure Hunt! With the lack of things actually
going wrong (see Farmer’s Faire and Summer dwarf races), I think this is a
success!
Ytanya is excited about her
“prospects”. Surely, there is a steed token in there for her?
Danaszar
meets a Domesticated Green-back
Cave-claw. It is so cute you could just /hug it. If you hug them all, you get a lovely title and complete the deed. Yay deeds!
Of course, the lildanas have their own pet cave-claw at the Angels house. (draigoch-statue-lil-danas-moving-day)
We opted not to get another one right now just in case they might fight and
leave the yard a mess. Turns out, the neighbors wouldn’t mind so much. We took
a walk around and discovered that 76% of our neighbors were deadbeats that were
locked out of their own homes, including all of the other kinhouses (one of
which has gone into foreclosure and is up for sale). Go on, roam the neighborhood Trained cave-claw!
Finally,
the star of the show has arrived. Here is the Harvest Brew Goat, the barter goat of the Treasure Hunt. Ok, this
goat only has +62% speed, but it just might be the cutest goat I own (don’t
tell the other goats). He is in the top ten goats for sure. Lol! I love the theme, and the stine on a stick out in front of it is a neat touch.
Emotes!
The
Treasure Hunt emotes are some of my favorite! There are 6 available during the
event, and thankfully they are at least Bound to Account. It would have been
great had the Steeds also been Bound to Account, but they are in fact, Bound on
Acquire. The 6 are: rich, counterfeit,
inspectgem, pan, dowse, coinflip. Thankfully, I got them last time, so I
had less things to think about while hunting for my steeds.
I am
/rich! No doubt about that. Rich in
friends. A sappier Supergirl would say these gold coins are just representation
of blessings falling on me. (Aim your /heave over there…)
I
check to make sure that the coins in my steed's pack are not /counterfeit (lilhobbits, don't put things in your mouth without washing them, that is a good way to get germy... that, and visiting the Foundation of Stone, very germy place.. Bring sanitizer).
You
are getting sleepy… /dowse. You are now under my control…
Oh
Arkandon, don’t you know that these jedi mind tricks don’t work on Supergirl? I
am not the droid you are looking for.
Yes,
yes… I spy a diamond in the rough. Let me /inspectgem
that for you.
Frodo and Bilbo’s Birthday
After
Goldenstar, Frodo and Bilbo are two of the most famous hobbits in Middle Earth.
If Frodo ran a site like CSTM (http://cstm.mymiddleearth.com/), he would be better known, but I digress.
Since
it was Frodo and Bilbo’s birthday, I flew out to Rivendell to wish them well.
Frodo snookered me into assisting him deliver a present to Bilbo, who was only like
100 meters away in Elrond’s house. For fun, I will lay out how the conversation
went.
Meltera
met me there so that we could celebrate birthdays together. Mebbe the Bagginses
will have cake. Or pie. I like pie. And chocolate. Dark chocolate. Fudgey dark chocolate. with pie. Mmm... Where were we? Oh, yes.. let's go wish happy birthdays.
Hello
Frodo! Happy Birthday! I would have come yesterday, but I had to dig up
Treasure Laden steeds; you know how it is.
Frodo
replies with asking me to visit Bilbo.
Mae
Govannen, and Happy Birthday to you, Bilbo. Here is a present from Frodo.
Bilbo
replies by asking me to deliver a present to Frodo. You know, he is standing in
the next room? Oh fine, I will deliver it.
Hello again Frodo. Here is a present from Bilbo.
You
want me to go tell him thank you… for you? You know, he is just across the
hall? Le sigh…
Hiya
Bilbo. Frodo says thanks. You are welcome. You have a present for me on your birthday? Hobbits
are interestingly odd people. J You should walk across the hall and see Frodo some time. He has a
neat ring that he wears on a chain around his neck.
Bilbo
gave me the choice of receiving a toy flute or a toy dulcimer. They play a tune that
lasts a couple of seconds and… that is it. It has a 30 minute CD. It is the thought that counts,
right? J
CSTM Live Event
I
got to enjoy the CSTM Live Event on Saturday! It turns out that CSTM
was recording their weekly show but added on a streaming video while they were
doing it. I usually fly across the spatial abyss into Landroval once a week or
so to check fan mail and visit whoever happens to be around (thank you so much to all you who leave messages there J) and found my friends Tomrica and Goldenstar both in Bywater. It was great timing since CSTM was in
the middle of their show.
As I headed to Bywater, there was quite a crowd and I found Tomrica waiting for me at the back. The poor thing
won’t be able to see with all these trees standing in the way. I got a
chuckle out of just how many hobbits there are around here. Yeah… I don’t make
it to the Shire enough. Hobbits, hobbits everywhere.
It was
a great gathering. It seems that if you get enough of the Lonely Mountain Band
together, it is like a bring-your-own-party. I got to meet several lovely
hobbits, including the hobbit-gnome Anthemisi
and her dancing friend Carica.
Tomrica
and Goldenstar pose for photos and autographs at the Green Dragon. These last
two shots were taken by Tomrica, who is a most excellent photographer.
The Lonely
Mountain Band hobbits ride a team of goats collected from the Treasure Hunt. Tomrica
is out front, followed by (L-R) Galspi, Elyita,
Carica, & Anthemisi.
How
can you not smile seeing a line of hobbits riding goats?? That is so cute. Lol!
