June Coronet 2010

June Coronet was a lot of fun. It was the first camping event of the season and there was a lot going on. I was involved, I was occupied and there was just enough downtime to allow me to catnap. All-in-all it would have been a decent event.

But it wasn't a decent event - it was damn near epic. First, I was HL Arwyn's inspiration, so there was a chance that I could have become the Prince-consort of Avacal. This didn't happen because Arwyn didn't win the tournament, but it did allow me to come to terms with the chance that she would. I had to move from the mindset of not a chance to there is a chance, and what will you do if it happens. I figure the best thing I could do for Avacal if I were Prince-consort would be to go through Principality Law, pick the single dumbest thing in it and try to get rid of it. I might not succeed at this (there's a lot of inertia in the system), but it would at least give me a goal for the reign.

Alas, it was not to be (this time). Arwyn lost her first fight to Kirk and Kirk ended up winning the tournament. We all knew it (Kirk winning a Coronet tournament) was going to happen sooner or later. When Arwyn was later knocked out of the tournament, I started cheering for Kirk.

This was the cleanest tournament I've ever seen. Also the one I was the most emotionally involved in. Not just because of the presence of Arwyn and Kirk, but because I can recognize a majority of the fighters now.

So Kirk won the tournament, which means that he and mommaquilter are the Tanist and Tanista (heirs to the Prince and Princess) of Avacal. At Quad War they get to be Prince and Princess. This will be a boatload of stress for both of them, so give them a hand whenever possible. Don't wait for them to ask either since both of them are the soldier on in silence type.

Later that night came the drinking. We even got garething to drink, which is quite the achievement. It really snuck up on me because I didn't feel that drunk. However, my ability to walk straight was severely impaired so clearly I was loaded. I'm not feeling too depressed now so I don't feel I overdid it. However, I'm not going to drink that much again until Quad War or othelianna has a cocktail party - whichever comes first.

Speaking or Rosie, we made cookies and hard cider and donated them to the Principality travel auction. I think we averaged about $10 per item so that was $60 to the coffers. Not bad since we had a lot of stuff left over for "personal use" and we probably only spent about $60 on the supplies.

I ignored missymorgan1's advice for not getting a hangover and sure enough I had a hangover Sunday morning. That and curia (The quarterly Principality business meeting) put a negative spin on the end of the event. However, I choose not to dwell on that. The event was a blast and I had a lot of fun.

In other news, my new tent worked great and generated a lot of queries. There were two other Soulpads on site and I suspect we're going to be seeing more of them in the future. I might sell this one next year and get the next size up. It depends on how irritated I get by having to hunch over to get in and out.