March 14th 2012
Low Ride-R
The dew was just drying on the leaves when it was time to muster at the tip of the sliver of land we call home for this week. The warriors from Shadewes Company were armed and ready for battle and as they marched from one end of our land to the tip to meet up with the rest of our army you could hear the song Low Rider as they passed. Each camp’s response was different, some responded with giggles, others with huge smiles while some seemed confused and still a bit sleepy. But this crew knew they just saw them rollin’ and they Hate’n.
Where there is Bacon there is a way
After evening court Tomas and myself were heading to the mess hall for dinner but before we roamed very far we paused shortly to speak with a friend from another kingdom. “Tomas!” Our King’s voice said from a distance, but Tomas did not hear him. “Tomas!” Our King shouted out again as they grew nearer to where we had stopped. I tugged upon his shirt and said to him ”Your King is calling out to you”.
Our King then called out to him, “I am currently unattended and there is bacon at the end!” We quickly joined Their Majesty’s entourage. We walked to the Calontir Party with them to find….. Bacon at the end...who knew? After a few pieces we were asked to head to Royal camp to retrieve one pound of bacon they had as a gift for this kingdom. Quickly we dashed off to their camp to get these great items.
Once at the Royal camp we had to convince the royal guards of our intentions and need for the bacon that was in the cooler. Soon after we found ourselves handing the bacon over to our King to give to the other kingdom for peace was made that night… over bacon.
Follow the Irishman
The sun had set and the majestic moon had appeared. On our way back to camp we were approached by a Gypsy and an Irishman. “Follow us,” they said and as if we had been bewitched by the moon, we did so without giving it any thought. “To Cam’s!” the gypsy exclaimed. So down the long road ahead of us we went farther down to the Green Dragon, then on even further ahead we followed the Irishman and the Gypsy.
We wandered into many camps, trying to find a glimpse of something familiar from the year past. After several attempts we finally came across an encampment that we thought looked right. We approached a few folks and they confirmed we had indeed found “Cam’s” with the help of the Gypsy’s keen sense of direction.
Sadly neither he, nor anyone was still in the camp except a few folks still preparing to head out for the night. “To the Super Hero Party!” it was announced. The Irishman said there was a short cut, that there was a back road that would lead us right to it. The four of us set out into the dimly lit roads in search for Cam. Twisting and turning the road took us until we found ourselves down a dark unlit road as to this we asked, do we take this road? “Eh, why not?” the Gypsy said. So again we followed the Irishman and a few steps down we collectively said “NOPE!” and retraced our steps back through the winding roads and back to the Green Dragon where we continued on our journey to find Cam.
Token From the Queen
On our travels to a party down the way we passed Royal encampment, where we found our King at a table playing 
We approached our Queen to say hello and to see how her night was going. After some story sharing and lots of laughter she pulled me to her side and pulled out an item that resembled a book. She held it in her hands as she told me that it was a bodice book. “You put it here on your belt,” she said as she hooked it under and around my belt and let it hang down toward the ground. “It is for you to write down your ideas and inspirations and stories in,” she said.
The Queen then explained that only a few of these bodice books were made each one had different pictures on the front. The one given to me was the one that held her mark, it was a peapod. She explained that because her name is such a mouthful people just call her P, so she uses a peapod to represent herself.
Very honored at such a great token I kept an eye on it the rest of the week, making sure it was always at my side.
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