It was my first year of being allowed to take the first day of con off so I could go all weekend! I went over to a friend's house, got into InuYasha with some help and we (with her boyfriend at the time) went to the con hotel. Upon arriving, we witnessed what looked like a protest or riot on the grounds of the building. A bunch of cosplayers were on the 'front lawn', shouting at the hotel. Apparently, they were ALL people that were turned away at the door, con staff telling them all the badges were sold out and that they had a cap of 3k that had already been met.
After getting info, as well as hearing a rumor about unclaimed badges being given away the next morning, we just milled around the crowd, talking to random people. A young girl and her friends talked to us for a while before we all decided to go to the Mall of America right across the street. We stayed there for a few hours, buying some things here and there, before we decided to leave and head back to Chaska. Ate dinner and called it a night. I was most certainly not functioning properly when I was woken up at 7 that next morning. Sleepily got into Kaoru and got some pictures in the backyard before leaving. Our group decided to leave early due to the rumors we heard. We thought if we left sooner, rather than later, we'd have a better chance of getting a badge. The weather wasn't very helpful either, as it was dense fog that made driving difficult. We get there to find out, of course, that the rumors were untrue. so we made a field day of MoA again, buying a lot more since we had no reason to preserve our money at this point. I was a very happy lady with the loot I bought <3 The following day was a 'sit on your ass and watch anime all day' kind of Sunday, before I had to be taken home.
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