last night

[casualbird]

last night was really fantastic--i had so much fun!

i went to my last session of my d&d campaign, and i was really excited to see what would happen. and i wasn't disappointed at all (because my dm is wonderful and has never once let me down)! we took down the big boss by working collaboratively to toss him into a magical trash can made of swords. i'm particularly proud of myself and my boy cyril, as he's the one who cast the trash can (blade barrier).

we all did epilogues afterward. cyril caught the first ship to his home city and, with the help of most of his friends (the one of them got pressed into service for a demon after making a bad bargain) dug up his dead husband and resurrected him, which had been the goal all along. and then we spent a million years talking about their found family--how they have dinner parties all the time, and how cyril and his husband adopted some children, and their shenanigans with all of their Weird Aunts And Uncles. including the one who serves the demon now--he pops in from a few planes over to attend christmases and birthdays.

and then people started going to bed, but my dm, my boyfriend, and i stayed up late laughing uncontrollably about the stupidest things. and it was nice.

and i suppose it's a little sappy but all of this means a lot to me. i didn't really have any friends my first couple years of college--not anybody i really, honestly liked, or if i did, i didn't get to hang out with them on a regular basis. but now i have a nice group of buds that i can play games with, or just enjoy talking to.

and that's great.

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[obstinatecondolement]

That sounds lovely! I've always wanted to get into D&D, but none of my friends knows how to play either and I feel like at least the DM should know what they're doing, lol.

[casualbird]

yeah, there's a bit of a learning curve at the start. but all the information you need is free online! and my dm always says something that feels... comforting and useful-- 'if the dm messes up a call, it's a home-brew rule.'

[obstinatecondolement]

My little brother has been wanting to run a family game for ages, so I imagine I'll get my feet wet eventually doing that.

[casualbird]

oh, that'll be nice! it's not really that hard to pick up, it's just a lot of information to front load.

[obstinatecondolement]

Maybe I'll ask him if he wants to start up over the winter break :)

[casualbird]

sounds good! i hope you're able to get going soon!

[ex_killdoll814]

ohhhh, i'm so happy to read this!! i actually just got back from a d&d session with my friends too, funnily enough!! cyril sounds awesome, and i'm so glad you've made a good bunch of friends who you genuinely like. that's really important to have, especially at school, so this makes me happy for you.

[casualbird]

thanks so much! you're sweet!!

i hope you had fun at your session! you should talk abt your campaign sometime!

[mothras]

aw that's so nice!! cyril sounds like a really cool character, i'd love to hear more about him. i recently got my boyfriend's sister and her husband into d&d, since we usually have game night on the weekends, and both of them are from a creative writing background so they've been having tons of fun with it. bf's sister plays a character who is literally just a medieval fantasy version of alton brown lmao

[casualbird]

cyril's my goodest d&d boy (nearly wrote 'gooiest,' but with the amount of time we spent in sewers in this campaign, it isn't entirely inaccurate) and i've written more about him here.

that sounds like so much fun! it's always fun to get people who are good writers in on the action! also fantasy alton brown sounds fantastic, that's such a great character concept.

[mothras]

oh.....cyril is a precious boy. he's been through so much and i'm so glad he got to find his husband again :')

[casualbird]

thank you kindly!