Topic: I've Got the T-shirt: This Week in Review!

Darien Fenner

Date: 2013-08-22 02:16 EST
http://i738.photobucket.com/albums/xx21/dfenner_photo/521311356_3ef416f175-1.jpg Gossip Columnist: Emmet "The It Man" Bane

I've Got the T-shirt: This Week in Review! August 22, 2013

Hellooooo, RhyDin my lovelies.

Have you heard about the Masquerade ball coming up" No' You should make a point to be at the Masquerade. We're not exactly sure how you've not heard of it by now, but in case you haven't, it has the makings of being a FANTASTIC evening full of masks and drama. Plus it benefits the Scatach rebuild, so it's an all-around win for everybody! BE THERE!

I know you have all been waiting with bated breath since last week, so let me let you down gently. No, I did not catch love of my life Gigi Granger when she made her rare OHMYGOD appearance in the Red Dragon Inn. As we understand it, she only stuck around long enough to chat up Olivia (who we've heard been referred to by several nicknames. We'll pick our own one out soon enough) and snarl deliciously at some strange dude with a death wish. While I've never seen love of my life Gigi Granger in action, I have no doubt she knows her way around a knife. If she were in any kind of fouler mood (SHOCKER, I know) that night, we have no doubt things could have gone south very, very quickly, and that rambling bloke would have wandered home with a switchblade sticking out of his kidney. Welcome to RhyDin! We have t-shirts.

Colt Daniels of the clan Daniels (it sounds better when Christopher Lambert says it) and his crew were also spotted that night, and while my sources were half asleep when they were jotting down their notes, we do believe we heard talk of kids floating around for half a second. Out of respect for said Daniels doll, we'll keep our mouths shut as to whom said as much, but let's just say there were some curious comments involved that the other Daniels folks shrugged off. Are we the only ones who recognize the partial truths in humor" Yeeeeah, good luck trying to shake us off now. That's the way the rumor mill works around here. One flippant comment will follow you around forever. Speaking of? how many people has Vex eaten lately"

Leroy is an exceptionally chill person, we've noticed. He seems to be friends with everyone and is a generally constant presence at the Inn these days. For this reason he's earned a mention here. However, it is for also this reason that we must issue the following statement: Do something hilarious, fascinating, insane, or terrifying, or risk becoming boring to us. Nothing against you. We are just self-obsessed narcissists with nothing else to placate us but the energy of others' misery and misfortune. You understand. Also, you have been warned.

Bingo aside, Tass and Oh-Dot-Helston were also in the Inn that night describing what quite possibly could be the BEST NIGHT IN THE INN EVER. Let's just say nakedness, fire, misplaced brooding, and Tara are involved. Isn't that basically every night with Tara" What happened to Tara" Tara should come around more. It's not a Wednesday night unless somebody dies or is psychologically scarred for life.

We've got that on a t-shirt, too.

Speaking of clan people, all appears not well on the Granger front! Though we didn't hear what the conversation was about, Correy looked like he was chewing out some chick recently (and not in the good way). We doubt that guy's the type with entitlement issues, so whatever it was, it either struck a nerve or was semi-important. I am honestly disappointed we couldn't get much more information than that. Either my interns have been slacking or Caroline Granger finally found the bug we planted in her house. EVERYTHING I DO I DO OUT OF LOVE, CAROLINE.

Don't get us wrong. We like Dill. He is only slightly unhinged and we have watched and written about him obsessively in the past. But his latest spell with Candy pretty much makes us want to bang our skulls against a brick wall (which we won't, much as Candy would like us to). In the past, we've always counted on Dill and Candy, respectively, to bring us entertainment. But the last couple of times we've seen them together, they've just been so' vanilla. Candy and Dill aren't vanilla people. They are Tabasco-flavored people. With pepper and gunfire and blood, all of which combine to make an explosive concoction of chaos. THIS IS WHY WE LIKE THEM. Is that what RhyDin does" When storms collide, they cancel each other out' BORING. I'll be more than happy the day I'm proven wrong, but until then I am sad to say I am MOVING ON.

NEW PEOPLE WATCH! And by new people, we mean new person. This chick Noira seems fairly interesting, in that she is capable of having humane conversations that don't end in something violent or perverted (give her time). Yes, yes, she has been overheard making random threats about hexing people with fire or boils or whatever it is mages do, but as far as magic users go she seems pretty tame. Our eye will stay on her for a little bit because we're just waiting for the crazy to set in and consume her (or chase her down and tackle her" such is the way of things in RhyDin). At the very least, her presence in RhyDin is enough to banish that semi-innocent demeanor from her like Reap from God's doorstep. It's OK, though. We give out consolation prizes to whoever maintains their sanity the longest. She may stand a fighting chance as Ed Batten was the company pool favorite, but seeing as we haven't seen him around at all lately we're 99% certain he's become all creepy reclusive, grown a scraggly beard, and bought himself a bunch of ferrets. Gotta do what you gotta do, right"

BREAKING NEWS! However close Teagan and Kalamere used to be, there was NONE of that when they were spotted in the Annex together recently. The two hardly batted an eyelash at the other, let alone chatted as amicably as they used to. What vicious, violent, nuclear fallout was sustained to enact such scandal" And more importantly, why haven't we heard about it' BODY LANGUAGE IS EVERYTHING, FOLKS.

PEOPLE WATCH! " Because they're not new. Don't judge " we've only just come back and I still have the Masquerade on the mind. Have I mentioned the Masquerade yet' Well MASQUERADE! Get a mask, and" er" raid! But yes, our people watch has most assuredly brought us back to Cris, who has mystery wrapped around him like one of Jake Duncan's lassoes. We still haven't the slightest clue to his backstory, but things are slowly but surely beginning to flesh out. Just the other day he was spotted in the Inn with a pretty, young-looking thing with whom he was either related or flirting shamelessly. It's a gray area in RhyDin. What did I say' Don't judge. The banter waxed and then waned into something a little more private, which begs the question: Just what is his story' That's another one of our pools floating around the office. If interested, it's a ten-credit buy-in. Currently, lost his last love to a tragic window-washing accident is at #3.

SERENDIPITY! Is that the right use of the word" We had Jake's lassoes on our mind for a reason, and that reason is that he was flapping his married maw thereabouts on Sunday. Apparently he and Mira are doing well (which' whatever, not like we're in candy withdrawal or anything), but the dude was rather familiar with Shy. Or more accurately, Shy was rather familiar with him. Could things with Victor not be going as well as anticipated" She's bound to have an affair or two in her. She is a SAILOR. She craves adventure. Any nonsense she mutters about wanting a normal life is just her lying through her teeth. Take it from me. I know women.

It brings us amused, albeit tentative relief to know that Mesteno hasn't changed. The man rolled into the Inn Wednesday night looking like he'd been fighting or making out or both " just another day in Mesteno land. His main conversation companion for the night seemed to be a stunningly gorgeous woman by the name of Reva. She has the look of a million bucks, which generally begs the question of just what she is doing in a tavern like the RDI" but then again, it is often populated with princesses and cyborgs, so who am I to say' Moreover, who am I to complain" If anything, she gives us menfolk something nice to look at. Regardless, we're pleased as punch to see them about, as we sense one or both will inevitably give us something interesting to talk about by the end of the week. Fingers crossed!

That's all for now, RhyDin! You stay sassy!