{"id":2985,"date":"2013-04-19T23:03:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T22:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=2985"},"modified":"2013-04-19T23:05:28","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T22:05:28","slug":"sneaking-into-fantasy-faire-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=2985","title":{"rendered":"Sneaking Into Fantasy Faire 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I managed to sneak into a cave and find the secret entrance that took me to the entrance to Fantasy Faire 2013, but in my path I saw two Giants guarding the way, I tried to hide but they saw me and crossed their arms, frowining at me. Then one of them roared:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Fee-fi-fo-fum,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I smell the blood of an Englishman,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Be he live, or be he dead<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I&#8217;ll grind his bones to make my bread.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I stood there, frozen, too afraid to move when one of the giants started laughing &#8220;<em>I&#8217;ve always wanted to say that!<\/em>&#8221; he roared.<\/p>\n<p>The other giant replied &#8220;<em>I&#8217;m waiting for the chance to say &#8216;Unleash The Kraken&#8217;<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Ooh that&#8217;s a good one!<\/em>&#8221; said the first Giant &#8220;<em>Ok in you go, Sonya Marmurek said you&#8217;d be coming, come on move along quickly&#8230;. and remember, no SLURL&#8217;s allowed in previews.<\/em>&#8221; I hurriedly moved through the entrance but couldn&#8217;t help overhear their conversation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Do you think it will rain?<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>No idea, I hope not, I want to hang my washing out.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Washing, blah, that means ironing.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Oh I hate ironing, but it has to be done, I&#8217;ve got some new fabric conditioner.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Oh really, which brand?<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully I was now out of range to hear the rest of the conversation, but I wasn&#8217;t quite there yet, barring my path was a witch, pointing her finger at me, &#8220;<em>You!<\/em>&#8221; she exclaimed &#8220;<em>It was foretold in the prophecies that you would arrive!<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I looked behind me to see if anyone else was there, then looked questioningly at the witch &#8220;<em>Did Sonya Marmurek mention my name?<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Ah, you know the prophecies too!<\/em>&#8221; exclaimed the witch.<\/p>\n<p>I groaned and moved on and finally, I found myself at sneak peek Fantasy Faire 2013. I had to choose a portal:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Portals by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/8663227343\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Portals\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8262\/8663227343_e364ed73d9.jpg?resize=500%2C206\" width=\"500\" height=\"206\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Now here you have a choice to pickup a free low lag avatar and my advice is to consider picking one up. Anyone who has been in Second Life for a while knows that these sort of events can get busy and busy can sometimes mean you get stuck in the mud.<\/p>\n<p>Having chosen my portal, I glanced to the sky and saw a boat, being held up by what appeared to be a dragon:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Flying Boat by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/8663227431\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Flying Boat\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8258\/8663227431_5b22717060.jpg?resize=500%2C461\" width=\"500\" height=\"461\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However I wasn&#8217;t heading up there and so instead I turned, and saw them, they may look innocent, but trust me, you need to tread very carefully around these guys:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Dwarfins by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/8664326396\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dwarfins\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8240\/8664326396_c5c49f34ce.jpg?resize=500%2C298\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Dwarfins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dwarfins.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dwarfins!<\/a> Lots of them, all in one place. Now being as I&#8217;m a fearless hero who has so far negotiated giants and a witch, a few Dwarfins might not seem too bad. However I know from previous experience what these guys can be like, and sure enough, a cursory glance around the door revealed wild shenanigans!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Dwarfins Bar by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/8663227543\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dwarfins Bar\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8256\/8663227543_e56c6a74a3.jpg?resize=500%2C298\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beer, bawdinwess, weapons, my trusted chief Elf nowhere in sight, it was time to run for my life and look for somewhere safer to sneak peak at Fantasy Faire 2013!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=2985\" data-via=\"Ciaran_Laval\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I managed to sneak into a cave and find the secret entrance that took me to the entrance to Fantasy Faire 2013, but in my path I saw two Giants guarding the way, I tried to hide but they saw me and crossed their arms, frowining at me. 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