Yal was astounded to realise that Jana was actually leading the party and knew where she was going. Hee hee, leading the way but not looking where she was going!

Once home the group met up with another guildie: Madix with his Summon Lager ability and poker chips (more of that later) arrived, quickly followed by Eggy who was keen to show the doctors in the party his scar (don't worry, no pics)! The group decided that while they awaited the delivery of food, they would relax and begin to wonder about the whereabouts of the last of the group. As time wore on, Havak began to scout around for the missing travellers. After a HELP call Hav began tracking the group and guided them to the rendezvous. The weary steed (car, but get with the program now) pulled up outside the house and the last of the group descended. Plomien (Matt), Darkalbel (Gaz) and Graal (Jamie) had arrived.

With them they brought lost quest items (the Belt of Tightness and the Shoe of Pain) although there was some dispute as to whether these lost quest items had been returned... if they had been able to bring both. After much (30 mins) Mental Damage Over Time to Jana, the Shoe of Pain was returned to its rightful place. Now the group was 11. Jana again began with the provisioning, getting the group food and drinks. For a little while Jana tried to be the hostess with the mostest, but you know these things don't last. The group became scared by her bottle collecting methods. "DRINK" was the taunt if you needed a magically refilled bottle (not for long, too many bottles to carry... "GET YOUR OWN" became the cry).

Once all of the party were settled the alcohol tolerance pings began in Ernest (who is Ernest you say - will tell you later). The group began to relax. Quest review: party now at eleven... food and drink a plenty.... pc's on and ready to go... and then... someone loads a lesser known game on (of which I will not mention here again). So moving swiftly on when the group retired it was past dawn... ok, it was after 6 am. But true to his word, Eggy brought around the level 3 mob he imparted a kidney to (Tom) to wake us all. Armed with a bell, dunno where he got that. He proceeded to wake all the revellers in the house. Eggy made Tom taunt the often seen sleeping Graal until he pretended to be awake.

At this point it was realised the summon lager ability had stopped and so two of the barbarians (Dark and Jana) ventured out to the merchants to get more. The group spent the day relaxing (recovering) and playing EQ2 when with the arrival of Eggy and Lisa, Havak began the male provisioning called the BBQ: a strange smokey ritual. After he had fed the group, there came a strange aroma: agghhhhh extra burgers Graal had requested! So the charcoal disks once known as burgers now sat on the table: lvl 529 poison. Meant nothing to Eggy and he took a bite. After much reassurance from the healer in the group he was able to survive the experience (thank goodness there was a doctor in the house). Quest Ding! The group was now ready for the bigger task of going to the local, also known as The Pub, where people's alcohol tolerance was put to the test.

The Summon Lager spell was well used! Although Lisa needed more than lager to copy with Eggy.

The High Elves in the group (Yal & Ulrike) then began to teach some of the more refined German words they knew to the rest of the party (or so they said). Dark learned the art of Gnomish Babble from Havak, or were they just drunk!

However as some lacked the wisdom and skills to learn this new language, the group soon gave up. Around the time the landlord was tired of us, we left and swiftly headed back to camp. The group decided to continue with the punishment of the liver. Once the group had eaten, they drank and played till the early hours. After much trying Graal gave up on converting Jana to the evil game that was being played. Around this time (8 in the morning) it was time to bid farewell to the first of our party. And again the Eggy one came to the house (without lvl 3 mob) to escort the travellers to the griff station. Quest Ding! Much later in the day when we had all woken, the group decided that they would attempt the arena of the Bowling Alley that evening and set off. To warm up the competitive spirit, Dark, Madix, Graal and Havak decided that they should be first to gain entry into the bowling alley. Which they did. Some would say that they won, others would say IT WAS NOT A RACE.

It all gets too tense for Jo.

However once inside the Bowling Alley the competition began in Ernest. The group was split into two. After a close and running battle filled with stumbling blocks and trouble (playing the last game with your other hand), the victory was won by the more skilled and talented side: a dual wielding Berserker Dark (not that I am biased in any way hehe - just cos he was on my team).

Eggy began a call of Qeynos when he realized he was on a losing team.

So our intrepid group went home again for more food and drink. We arrived home around 11.30, and it was decided that we would attempt to learn a new ability: POKER! Some of the group had early dings in this area, however we had a master in our midst.

Dark, Jana, Madix, Havak, Krusha and Graal examine chips and gain knowledge about POKER!

Madix reached a new patience ding of 150 whilst teaching the group the skill of POKER!

The group began the long task of drinking 100 bottles of local ale. My, these quests are repetitive. Didn't we just do this?

The group began to dual wield bottles to reach the amount needed for the quest. Good job they were green.

The mental torture began to take its toll on the battle-weary Dark. Although he was pleased with his takings for the evening.

Dark could not deal with the mental torture delivered via Jo and Jana (what was that incessant tune again) in our evil attempt to get our hands on his chips. Bah! He fooled us and threw in his hand to his mate and we didn't see any chips. By now (6ish again) Madix had had enough of being Mr. Nice Guy and decided to take out the last of the group and end the game. Yay, bed time. The next day was a time of reflection. Just how many empty bottles could the garage hold! Would the neighbours ever speak to Havak and Jana again? Did it really take Yal 13 hours to get home? And could the Welsh lot top his time? Ahh, but the story doesn't end there. After a day of rest and recuperation the group realised that they had slain no dragon and fought no mobs. But there was still time.

As they began to leave, Dark and Graal decided to attack the remaining group with water as they obviously were thirsty (not). However, Havak used human shields. He then went to the mender and came back well-armed with a super soaker to make the aggro mobs run away. In a vain attempt to make off with the loot, Dark and Graal decided that they would indeed steal the Shoe of Pain AGAIN! Yet they couldn't resist a final taunt as they began to leave. Instead they managed to pull aggro from a high level mob who quickly was able to return the shoe to its place, after swiftly thrashing the instigator of the theft with said shoe (well it got its name from somewhere). Resulting in them having to go to the mender, or at least complaining for weeks after.

The travellers left at staggered intervals so as not to arouse suspicion and to let Krusha sober up! The next to leave was Madix who only had a short distance to travel. With him he took the Treasured Item: the Poker Set. Now the group was quickly disbanding, and once Krusha could hold the steering wheel he and Jo left too, although he left us his Fabled Boots of Odour and The Leads of Vision. The weekend had been a blast. Fun was had by all. No castles or dragons, but a lot of friendship and fun had been had. Quest Ding! FM Con done. House trashed. Liver beaten. Vision definitely blurred. Thanx all.

Jana

Ok, can you say that again Yal?