I never thought I would hear myself say that I would highly consider going back to Daisho. This year was EXCEPTIONALLY better than my first time there.
After a day at work that Thursday, Meika came in during the early evening. We went to my town's annual Christmas Tree Lighting, bought things for the hotel room and had dinner. While going through some of my things to be packed, she went and complied a list of my music to have on CDs for the drive to and from (6 total). After a while I gave up on packing and sat with her while going between watching her fiddle around on my computer and making a vodka infusion. We finally crashed around 1am. We woke up much earlier than anticipated and took our sweet time getting ready. We got on the road around 8am and, with some pit stops hither and yon, got to the hotel around 1pm. We got some video blogging in and the CDs that were made were an epic failure. We got into the last bits and pieces of our cosplays in the van, then went inside to get our badges. Ran into a couple peeps and got my first autograph of the weekend from Brichibi. I also saw people early on that I knew I needed/wanted to avoid. Shortly thereafter we went to the Meet & Greet I had planned because so many people said they wanted to hang out/meet me/say hi. I have learned I will always be let down when I plan things like this (I will never do another one again). Meika and I got there at just before 2pm and I informed her it was lasting until 4. No one showed up until 20 minutes before we planned on leaving. It was Commander and Elf and, since our hotel room owners hadn't checked in yet, we decided to stay longer and chat with them. Just after 5, Raine and Kya got there and checked into the hotel. We got our things in, relaxed for a bit and exchanged greetings. I then made my way down to the Ashly Burch signing, where I met some fun people and got to catch up with old friends. Ashly was ECSTATIC that I was cosplaying from Harvest Moon, to the point of shaking the table and squeaking when I informed her of Raine cosplaying with me later. Then I went straight from her signing to Chris Sabat's, where I waited for about an hour to finally get into the room. I melted into a puddle of goo and had all kinds of nostalgia feels upon meeting and hearing him. I met up with Raine and Meika in the DR and sold my soul for a $35 Kotetsu figurine. Made some other purchases and made our way through the AA, where I stood and chatted with Apeliotus and his tablemates, before heading to the lobby for some photoshoots. Then we went back to the room, where Erin and Solus were waiting for Fae to finish putting on her cosplay. Then I slowly changed into my PJs and drank some of my infusion, which knocked me on my ass, while helping Meika with her cosplay. During my down time, Fae had come back to the room and we chatted for a bit, her not realizing who I was until I made mention of something that I can't remember off the top of my head. I hit the bed so hard I don't even remember falling asleep, but I know it was around midnight. I woke up to the alarm I set for Fae and had hoped to go back to sleep. But since Kya was awake, I ended up chatting with her for a while and just stayed up. As I started making my way into Namine, I got a text from Velocity saying she was almost to the hotel. About a half hour later, she and her sister, Yoru, came up, quickly dropped off their things and went to the con floor to get badges and line up for autographs. In between finishing getting into my cosplay and helping Fae while she ironed hers, I made my way to one of Ashly Burch's panels. With nothing going on for a while after, I chatted with Batou for a bit and hung out with Velocity and Yoru, deciding to skip the other panels I was interested in, as I had no dire need to go to them. So we walked around for a bit, then went to get food, where Meika met up with us in her Olette cosplay. After eating, we got photoshoots of each other and headed back to the room. Velocity and Yoru left shortly after, I started getting ready for when I'd have dinner with their family. I was done by the time they came back and all five of us went out to some diner that had taxidermy all over the place (gross) and served food and drinks on a toy train. This would be when the booze hounding started XP After getting taken back to the hotel, Velocity and I changed into our teaser cosplays, which we got some 'blooper' shots (not to the extent and hilarity we were hoping for though). Some people recognized what we were doing, which was pretty cool. We did a little bar hopping and did a smidge of obnoxious singing at the last stop, where she purchased a $25 drink that she couldn't finish (I did so happily back in the room). Giggling, snuggling and stumbling all over the bar and the con space, we finally made it back to the room around midnight after bumping into Raine and Kya. Velocity began shutting down out of tiredness, so we crashed before Meika and Fae even made it back to the room from photoshoots. I got up to pee around 7am and, upon seeing Velocity was awake for the day, stayed up. So that we wouldn't wake up everyone, we went out for coffee in our teaser cosplays, more people recognizing the characters, while meandering the con floor. Took some pics together while we woke up more and unwound. We went back to the room around 9 and started to get into Wataru and Kazuki. All the while, everyone in the room chatted and laughed with each other. Some of us parted ways for the weekend, some for just a bit, while the two of us and Meika went to load our crap into the van. Velocity and I went to get some of her things signed, but the line was terribly long, so she gave up. We went to get photoshoots with Raine and Meika, then wandered the AA for a bit. We noticed the line had gone down drastically, so we quick got in line and got stuff signed by Josh Grelle, Ashley Burch and Monica Rial. Then we said our goodbyes to Raine and went out for lunch at Culver's, which didn't account to much since Velocity's family had arrived to get her before she could get her food. After hugs and goodbyes, Meika and I hit the road, after getting gas, around 2pm. We made con songs out of Christmas tunes and shared a bit about ourselves. I got home at nearly 7pm, after having to take a really out of the way detour for some kind of issue that involved cones, flares and police. We got my things into the house, I tried a shot of the booze she'd brought with her and she offered to fix a botched cosplay commission and took it with her.
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I haven't been to a first year con since Detour, when I first started attending cons. It was so nostalgic and refreshing for me, I wish I could do it all over again! I nearly ended up not attending due to major panic attacks about being able to afford it. But I knew I needed to go and I'm glad I stuck with it.
My trip starting on Friday, I showered, ate yummies, packed and got into my Wistful Wolf character. I managed to get all my clothes and such into a regular duffel bag, since nothing I was going to be wearing was super layered, complicated or bulky. Not that it was easier to carry, but it took up less space in the car and the hotel. Mouse drove me to the hotel, all the while asking me questions about the con because she's never heard/seen stuff like this before. She had the pleasure of seeing a couple suits right outside the hotel as she was dropping me off. Dragging everything by myself to the room, which was on the whole OTHER side of the hotel, I was greeted by Vix, who ran into me in the hallway. While I settled into the room, I met Folf and Okami, with Red coming in a bit later. I was happy to have everyone pay their share in a timely manner so I was relieved that I didn't have to hound anyone. Sike came in shortly after and we went to peace tie my weapon and get a room issue taken care of at the front desk. From there, Vix and I went to MoA, since she hadn't been there in over a decade and I had errands to run there anyway. We dicked around for a while, went to the face painting booth (I got an orca on my hand because Makoto), did some shopping and ate before trying to find our way back. During the mall time, the belt holding my tail in place broke and I was NOT happy. We finished a bit of food in the room before Vix thought it would be fun to paint my face. We went around the con to get a better layout of the place and hung out by the bonfire for some fresh air. We came back to the room, washed up, had a shot of pie, then went to bed. I barely got any sleep, as the bed felt a bit cramped and the mattress was very uncomfortable. Right before 8am, someone in the next room was pounding. They had been doing this the day prior, as well as well after midnight that night. The running joke was that they couldn't last long in bed, due to the pounding happening two or three times, then stopping for a long period of time before starting again. Red finally got pissed and went to tell them off. Turns out the person didn't finish his costume in time and was making armor in his room. We never heard a peep the rest of the weekend. I started slowly motivating into Ashira and made my way to the Warriors panel. Was late, but stuck it through to the end and loved it. Chatted with some of the people in the audience before heading back to my room and stripping out of some of my clothes just to take a breather. Dicked around online, ate a little food, then got back into my cosplay and headed down with Vix and Folf to watch the parade. We then went around the DR for a bit and there I found Mr. Mohr and got a special video of him for my girlfriend. I looked around for a bit and bought a small con button for my bag. Upon mentioning to Vix that I was hungry, a cute cat girl told us the consuite had hot dogs and nachos, so she lead us to the food and we sat and chatted with Red and Folf while we ate. After some time, Vix and I went back to the mall to do some things we didn't/couldn't do the day before. I started getting a bit bitchy due to various reasons, so we went back to the con and hit the pool. After trying to plan with Okami how to do the rest of the night, we went to the hot tub, went back to the room, ordered pizza and started playing Cards Against Humanity. After some time, a couple of us headed down to the Howl, I walked back with Sike to do a couple things and then came back to the room. Started to drink with some of them while we played and ate. Right around one of the roommates starting to suffer from con drama was when the game winded down and we quit early. I packed a couple of my bags and attempted sleep. Sleep was the same as the night before: non-existent. But I just rolled with it. Helped Sike, Folf and Okami get things into their car and Red had packed up and left by the time I came back. I just relaxed for a bit while I waited for Vix to fully wake up. Then I went between getting into my Casual Cat character and packing the rest of my things, all while checking over the room to make sure everything was in place and nothing was left behind that didn't need to be. We hit the DR again after I checked us out and I started spending my money willy nilly now that I knew I could afford it. Shortly thereafter, we left the con with Keero and another fur, Vix brought me home and I passed out without unpacking. All in all, it was a fantastic con for me. As per usual, a con is not without its drama, but this was, by far, LOADS better than Kitsune Kon. It seemed to be a lot better dealt with.
The day was chock full of miscommunication. My boss didn't understand that I was leaving early, so I almost didn't get out of work on time, then times got screwy with my ride. Got to the hotel around 5:30pm, then met up with half of my hotel group. Changed into something cutesty to go with my teaser cosplay. Walked around for a bit and ran into Asuma. Upon telling me Velocity was busy, I decided to meet up with Rin and Batou to just chill. After about an hour, I finally met up with Velocity, who I ended up going on a date with at Friday's before my annual group dinner. During the date, I noticed a piece of my teaser cosplay was ruined by the weather. To top it all off, I managed to break my ring that is half of a set with her, because I'm special like that XP About 2 hours later, people for the dinner started to come in, but both of us were pretty toasted by that time, so there's a chance things got awkward and I don't recall some of it. We finally left around midnight, got killed by the weather and hung out in Nexus's room. Found random friends to chat with, then hauled my ass to my room around 2am. After unpacking and getting in my PJs, I chatted with Jess for a bit before going to bed at 3:30am. Waking up around 7:30am, I started to motivate myself into Kevin while helping Lux with her cosplay. I left the room to wait for Velocity, hanging with Snow, Chibi and Tori during that time. Velocity and I went to go get our badges, but my badge was misspelled and I tried to see if something could be done about it. While Velocity and Nexus did some cosplay workshop, Sylus and I decided to walk around con together and catch up. After just under an hour of doing that, I grabbed Velocity so we could head back to my room (I had to get some things) before going to Chess. The pre panel having JUST started, we thought we'd be fine. Not even 5 minutes after it started, Velocity was texted by someone to say the person running the game was pissed that we weren't there yet. Needless to say, I was in a BAD mood before the game even started. After getting acquainted with the other pieces and getting set up, things got better once the game was underway. The game was to be scripted this year, but things didn't pan out correctly and they ended up throwing out the script. I enjoyed doing something different this year. After the game, I got some pics of the Tiger & Bunny photoshoot, then went to lunch with Kanda and Allen to celebrate their engagement. Headed back to my room and began to change into Ash. Got distracted by TV, but still managed to make it to the Young Justice panel on time with Velocity. After that we headed down to Artist Alley, where my cosplay was recognized by a young girl, so we could say hi to Snow and Chibi. Then we went to watch the Probending Tournament. After another hour or so, Velocity was exhausted (she'd been feeling ill since that afternoon) so we decided to change and chill in her room until she wanted to go to bed. After that, I found various friends and strangers to chat with, then weaved my way into a party room. Drank my ASS off there and stayed until the room closed. After that, I went to consuite to hang with local/grad friends, until I ended up spilling soy sauce on my dress. Booked it to my room to change, Sike helped me rinse the stains out and hang it up to dry. Went back downstairs to continue hanging out and eating. After being left alone around 3am, I thought it would be a good idea to go to bed. Nope, KB had to be a drunken silly goose and find Marth badging consuite, so I sat with him for a while. I don't see him often and we really don't talk when we do, so it was kinda nice to catch up with him for as long as I did. It was about 5:30 by the time I went back to my room, but no one was answering when I would knock, so I was there for about a half hour before I was let in. Pretty sure I didn't even get into my PJs, I was so tired. Woke up at various intervals due to how frigid it was in my room. Shaking like I was having a seizure kind of cold. I even just about puked in the shower. Thankfully Sike turned the heat on while I was washing up, so I didn't feel so terrible once I got out of the bathroom. Took my sweet time getting into Namine, walked for a bit with Sylus, then met up with Velocity around noon. We went into the Artist Alley and actually looked around for a bit, then hit the Dealer's Room and went batshit insane over all the Tiger & Bunny merch there was, particularly the keychains and doujins. After a while, Velocity wanted some time to relax, so we curled up in her room and ate while she showed me DRAMAtical Murder on her laptop and trying to make Serra feel better. Then we went out into the crowds again and completed our rounds in the Dealer's Room. Right around this time, my coworker Lady Majora wanted to meet up and my con kids, Luxy and Pixie, texted me to let me know they had arrived. We met them in the lobby and I got to see my con granddaughter, Merida, for the first time (cutie patootie~). After showing Pixie around for a bit and a bit of drama there, Velocity was starting to overheat, so we parted ways while the rest of us headed up to my room to drink and watch the Competition. While this happened, I slowly made my way into my Wataru cosplay. After the Competition ended, I finished getting dressed and made my way to Velocity's room, where I waited for her to finish getting dressed. We then made our rounds around the con, but her health was steadily decreasing as the night went on, so we weren't in them long and didn't get many pics. She went back to her room while I had another night of drinking, this time finding Brite and Furer to hang out with and bumping into someone I had been hoping to avoid. After getting a bit of food in me and chatting with other friends, I headed back up to my room around 3am, packed up a lot of my things and went to bed. Woke up around 9am, finished packing the things I didn't need and tried to find all the pieces for the outfit I would be using for Raimei. There was all kinds of last minute running around. I had to get Sike's and my luggage out to his car by myself, then I had to get back up to my room to finish changing. This meant I couldn't take too long to try to find my missing Raimei socks (never did find them or my black Kevin shirt) and I couldn't put on makeup (which made a little piece of me die on the inside). But some lovely girls in front of me to get on the elevators made me a part of their group so I could get on (they cut off just before me), since I'd asked them the time and explained my panel time to them. After changing and hauling all my bags on my shoulders, I ran down 18 flights of stairs because it was faster. Made it to my panel with only a minute to spare. The panel was Cosplay Is For Every Body and it was so successful that I want to do it again next year, maybe even for other cons too! I ran it with several close friends of various sizes and backgrounds, it was such an interesting panel with some of the things that were talked about. Definitely things to pull up as topics next year. I already have an idea of who to have for panelists next year, if the people I ask agree to it. Lots of us were approached after the panel too, I think we really made a difference for a lot of people. We even ran about 15 minutes over just to try to accommodate the audience. After the panel, I had to book it over to the lobby to meet up with my Nabari no Ou group. Save for one person, we had everyone from the original group, plus a new face for a character we'd been missing for ages. The original group hasn't cosplayed together since Nabari and that was 3 or 4 years ago. It was a reunion of sorts, one that had to be cut short since I had to leave early. I hope we can do this again sometime in the near future and actually make a full day of it. After the shoot finished, I met up with someone to get some items she was giving me, then Sike and I left to go home. We summarized our weekend with the good and bad points, stopped for gas, then got me home around 3pm. I helped out in the garage for a bit, then passed out for several hours. I've always enjoyed this con. We didn't seem to do very much, especially since some things fell through. But we made it work. It was a great way to spend quality time with my girlfriend and just kick back, unlike my other cons. As much as I enjoy my friends and fans, it's nice to escape from the celebrity status for a change, not that I can ever get away from it completely.
My trip wasn't supposed to start as early as Wednesday. I'd been trying to get a hold of Sadame for a little over a week and wasn't really hearing back. I began to have a panic attack in the middle of the library after work. While freaking out, I caved and messaged Snow and Chibi, asking if I could ride with them to the con the next morning. After working out luggage, they agreed, but wanted to pick me up that night to avoid morning rush hour. I power walked home, packed as fast as I could, changed into my PJs to lighten my load and left with them. After getting a tour of their home and geeking over all the stuff they had, they introduced me to Madoka and Attack On Titan. After that, I showered and we did another hour or so of silly Youtube videos and eating pizza. They went to bed while I stayed up to poke the internet. I went to bed around 2am. My morning started at 8am with being scared shitless by their cat. I changed quickly and rearranged my luggage. After we all cleaned ourselves up, loaded the car and made a few pit stops, we were on the road by 11am. We made it to the hotel by just before 4pm. Velocity was running late and Chibi and Snow had to rendezvous with a friend, so I was stuck in the lobby by myself for about two hours, which I spent starting a new game of Star Ocean on my PSP. Velocity and her mom checked in and we went up to our room. After dicking around, settling in and getting our badges, we took a walk to get to the know area (we've never gone past MCD's prior to this). We found a Michael's, which was the main intent for the walk, and found a World Market. I had never been in one and Velocity didn't know anything about the store. So we picked up our cosplay materials and headed over. We were merely looking around but found some things we wanted to try. We went back to the hotel and dropped off our things. We both freshened up a little and went right back out to go barhopping. It was more like a bar jump, since the third bar closed early (they all did apparently). We hit the Irish pub first and had a blast, even if we were the only ones there for a while. Had two drinks each, then stumbled our way to Friday's, where we each had only one drink. Then we went back to the room and drank our own stuff while formulating our weekend, watching stuff on Velocity's laptop and talking together about relationship stuff. I think we finally went to bed around 4am and had an alarm set for noon. We're so good at beating our alarms, Velocity woke up at about 10am. I apparently almost fell out of bed, I woke up shortly after I rolled over and was safe from danger. I was still a little fuzzy from the drinking, so I took my sweet time waking up. While I showered, Velocity attached the ahoge to my wig for Austria. My outfit was being difficult due to my being plus sized. After rigging my outfit so my tummy wouldn't poke out, we spent a long time in the bathroom trying to style my wig. Once we finished, we wandered the AA and DR for a bit. I was going batshit insane over the Tiger & Bunny swag. I missed my chance to get a picture of a lovely Kotetsu cosplayer running one of the booths. I was a naughty girl and bought a wall scroll, thus starting the beginnings of my Tiger & Bunny empire. Met up with Sadame and confirmed a ride home with her in exchange for volunteering at the booth after con. After forcing ourselves to stop shopping, we went out for ice cream. But after only a few bites in, the humidity mixed with the texture of the food wasn't going over very well. We took it back to our room and talked over plans for the night. We then went to Chris Patton's 18+ panel at 9pm. I'm pretty sure I turned a lovely shade of red out of embarrassment and laughter. After it was over, we went on our annual double date with Chibi and Snow. We ate at Cheeseburger In Paradise. The food was delicious, the interior design was pretty and the service was friendly. We always seem to enjoy ourselves with those two and it's nice, in my opinion, to have another couple that we both get along with so well and do things with. We went back to the hotel and holed ourselves in our room for the rest of the night. We drank in a constant stream, watched some anime and some comedians, talked about each other and cosplay and acted like a couple of idiots. We were totally exhausted, but not tired. That tired feeling finally hit us like a ton of bricks around 8am (the curtains were closed, so we didn't know the sun had come up) and set an alarm for 1pm. I woke up because I heard Velocity moving about the room at least two hours before our alarm. I woke up with my very first hangover, she had gut rot. So we both took care of each other for those first few hours. Once we at least felt like we weren't going to die, we turned on the TV. I took a pill for my headache and took a shower. The hot water made me feel loads better, but zapped my energy, so I relaxed in bed until we were well enough to get dressed. After shifting some plans around, we made the decision to do only Ben 10. We didn't get out of the room until 4:30pm. After we made our runs around town and paying Daysting a visit, we missed shopping in AA and DR, which we were really sad about not being able to do, if only because we missed saying hi to our friends. We dropped off stuff in our room, had some issues with our glow sticks and went down to the video game room. We played one round of Mario Kart, watched Batou play Just Dance and left, since the DDR machine was totally booked. We nosed into the rave for the very first time. I caught video of someone swinging poi and even managed to get Velocity to dance a little. We left, removed the rave gear and went to Friday's for a low key dinner date. We played it smart this time and only drank water with our meal. We took some pictures by the fountain, then stopped at MCD's for smoothies so we could mix some of our alcohol in them. We went back to our room, packed some of our things and I watched the two newest episodes of Free while Velocity took a shower. I ended up crashing without realizing it, since I was apparently sleeping when she got out. We drank very little that night while we watched more stuff on her laptop. We forced ourselves in bed at 4am and set an alarm for 8:30am. Guess who didn't wake up on time? I vaguely heard an alarm go off, but I wasn't awake enough to get up. I got up around 10am and woke Velocity. Realizing we still had time, we went down to get some autographs in our jammies. We tried so hard to get ready and out of the room on time. But Velocity wasn't feeling well again, so changing into cosplay took longer than normal. Once fully packed and in Nabari cosplay, we got out of the room about 40 minutes late and I lost my room key between the room and the lobby. Velocity contacted her mom so she could go home a bit earlier than planned, so we just chilled with our luggage in the lobby for a bit. After a long time of not getting a response, we finally got up and stored our things with Chibi and Snow. Every table that had Tiger & Bunny merch ended up with us geeking out for no less than five minutes with either the person running the table or another customer. We bought ourselves PDA bracelets because we're nerds and I got myself a Kotetsu plushie. I helped Velocity get her things to the car once her mom got there. On my way back, I saw Vix and talked to her for about ten minutes about my weekend. Then it was time to help Sadame take down her booth, which she'd already done a good job of demolishing by herself. We were out of there in an hour. I slept for two hours on the ride home and woke up just in time for a food run. After a little planning, we found a good place to pass me off to Luxy. Once he finished work, we made a stop at his house for directions and to grab his fiancé, Pixie. Talked about the weekend and got to know my new con daughter a little better. Got home and got stuck in the arm with one of my buttons (bad enough to leave some bruising). Unpacked my things, poked the computer and went to bed. My day finished at 3am. This year was AMAZING for me! For many years prior, Detour was only fun because of my friends. This year it was fun because of the strangers I ran into, the events I participated in and just an all over good time.
Starting my trip on Thursday, I rolled out of bed around noon and spent over an hour cleaning my room, then I got dressed and made food. Since my ride was late due to the horrid weather, I relaxed with a little Harvest Moon. When Nexus finally did make it, they got stuck in my driveway, so we dug the car out. After loading up the car, Nexus and I made our way to the hotel, which was about triple the normal travel time. We made it around a quarter to 6, where we parked and I talked to Asuma while Nexus checked us in. Then we moved our things to our room, settled in a bit, then moved the car. Talked to several friends, then I made my way back to my room, where Sylus had begun to make camp. After we semi-demolished the room, we went down to the hot tub to relax, spending my time with Sereno, Kitty and Sasu after my roommates left. Went back to my room around 9, showered and did a little cosplay work during a minor panic attack. Made my way over to my annual dinner, where Aizen and Kitty were waiting for me. We slowly gained more people as time went on over the course of an hour. I found my way out sometime between midnight and 1am, heading up to Velocity's room for some down time. She wasn't feeling well, so we settled for just watching Ben 10 on her laptop. Once it got to be around 2/3 in the morning and Serra and Asuma needed sleep, Velocty and I walked down to the lobby with the intention of bringing me to my room. Prismatic was sitting in the lobby, so I decided to sit and chat with her, seeing Velocity back to her tower while we cleared the air about things that happened that night. I lost track of time talking to Prismatic, finally making my way to bed around 5am. Hit the snooze button a couple times before finally getting out of bed around 9:30, mostly being roused by a text from Velocity. Once getting our badges, with a quick hello each to Sike, we raided the nearby gas station for breakfast and headed back to my room with our spoils. There was a LOT of traffic in my room, especially with people trying to help Frayu into their cosplay. While finishing up my prop, I started to get into Leon. Everyone left to their own devices, leaving me and Fish alone to continue getting dressed. After some issues with my contacts, I was finally able to make my way down to chess to get assigned my post. Right before the game started, I saw Commander and Elf in the crowd, asking them to record the game with my camera. I lasted the whole game and got to kill someone, so I'm thankful for that. After the game, I headed out to the Dealer's Room with Velocity, but all the bodies was getting to be a bit much, so we cooled off in her room, doing some panel prep, before I had to run down to the Don't Be a Jerk panel I was co-hosting. The panel went well, even if the crowd was small. I met Velocity outside the Swap Meet and, after an excursion outside, got some items from Commander and Elf. Without much else going on after that, we went to my room to grab my things for our late night panel and I changed into Kurama in Velocity's room, then meandered, running into Manders at some point. I had been meaning to poke the furry room parties, so went into the MNFurs room, where Van was working at the time, so I got the chance to catch up with him. When we left, there seemed to be a LOT more bodies, so Velocity initiated our long running "buddy system" (single file, hands linked) so we didn't get separated. After a bit of cooling off to settle my nerves, we made it down to the room where our Bun In the Oven panel would be. Smaller room and less people than the last time we did it, but still went well. We had some minor issues, but we managed to keep nearly everyone that came in from the start. We went over by about 20 minutes this year, but only because we did the games last and it took longer than necessary. After that, those left from the panel headed down to the first floor area for a quick and hilarious photoshoot. I collected my things from Velocity's room and she saw me to bed around 3am. Woke up in a bad mood around 9 and showered. Since I didn't receive my Austria cosplay from Ammy, I cosplayed Canada instead. I stuffed one of Sylus' yummy bagels in my face and made my way to Velocity's room, where I finished getting in cosplay. Sadly, it was a slow day for both of us and by the time we were ready to go, the Hetalia shoot was half over. We made the decision to skip the shoot and go straight to Clarine Harp's autograph session. After that, we poked into the AA and bought some things, but all the bodies made it so I overheated, so we left before we could look at everything. Went to check out the UtaPri panel, became uninterested in less than 5 minutes, then left for the DR. We made purchases, then decided to get lunch from DQ and take it back to Velocity's room. We undressed, took some time to just enjoy being out of cosplay, then began to eat our food while watching stand up comedy on her laptop. By the time we finished, it was time for the competition to start, so we curled up on her bed and watched it, missing large chunks of it because the cameras were on the fritz. From there some things happened that, not only prevented her from finishing the last piece to our Ring Finger cosplays, but shafting us in being able to watch the ProBending Tournament. After getting into Ben and Kevin, we walked around for a bit and ended up hanging out with Rin for about 15 minutes. After deciding I wasn't in the mood to sing karaoke, we headed out for a date at Friday's, mostly talking, drinking and laughing. After we ate, we hit outside for a bit, then went back in for the bar and each had another drink. We were supposed to meet up with Duly, Prismatic and Siberia, but it ended up not working out for various reasons. Velocity and I left Friday's a little fuzzy and belting out Imagine Dragons in the parking lot. We met up with Prismatic and Siberia after and walked around, trying to find a room party that was still open and served booze. By the time we found one, the two of them had to go, leaving Velocity and I to our own devices. The room we found was The Wrecking Room and we each had two drinks that the super nice guy cosplaying Ralph was serving. Their Felix directed us to the games out on the balcony, where we ended up playing Marvel Vs. Capcom, since neither of us had played. I kicked her ass 4 of the 6 rounds we played. We left to take a breather outside and, while there, she was offered a drink by someone and we had a lovely display of drunkenness by a girl that came out right after us (I had to help Velocity out of the snow because she was laughing so hard). The rest of the night was spent cuddling and wandering around in a wobbly manner. Around 4am, Serra found us and helped me get her back to the room, wound down for and hour, then Velocity walked me back to my room and I went to bed right away. I woke up at 8:30 and was apparently so quiet that no one but Kajara knew I came back. I gathered up my luggage and was lucky enough to have Phantom help me get it all to Velocity's room. While there, since we couldn't debut our Ring Finger cosplays, I changed into Kevin while she got into Ben. And it was the best decision we've made, because we got a LOT of love for it, even more than we did at Kitsune. She wasn't feeling too good, so we decided to take things easy that day. As such, we ended up missing the cut off for J. Michael Tatum's autograph session. Pretty much all we did was walk around, posed for pics and kept each other warm when we went outside. While waiting for Sereno, we managed to catch the Ouran panel letting out, which she was a part of, and I got pics of the photoshoot. After that, we went up to registration to pre-reg for next year. After bouts of thinking Velocity was going to fall asleep and fall from a chair, we camped out on the floor so she could lay down in my lap. From there we waited for Rin so we could go to lunch at DQ, inviting Phantom since she was hungry and she also invited her friend Menne. It was super busy that day, so it took us a while to find a place to sit and that ended with us crammed in a corner. While trying to keep my eye on Velocity because I was worried, we all kept mindless chatter with each other before having to leave. Velocity and I returned to her room, got my things and loaded them into Nexus's car. We said goodbye and I went home, getting back around 5-ish. |
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