It's been a very long, hectic week. I'm getting exceedingly eager for the prospect of my temporary job at my local closing Joann store to end, which is a very bittersweet sentence.
But the thing I'm most excited for in the coming days is the Tennessee Renaissance Festival, which I've been attending yearly since 1999 (with 2020 and 2021 being missed due to Covid). Needless to say, it's a highlight of my year and has become a very big part of my life.
This year is going to be very different. A dream is coming true.
I'll be WORKING THERE.
I wish I could say it was because The Chain Nerd was going to have a booth, but we're nowhere near ready for that. However, I'm not going to be official Festival staff, though I did plan to attend auditions.
Until I got in touch with a vendor who was looking for help. Last year, a small new company called Roll Your Destiny set up a booth. They boasted an interactive quest for a modest fee, one with full lore, puzzles, and a reward at the end.
My best friend and I jumped at the opportunity, enjoyed the HELL out of ourselves, and originally thought that was it.
But it was the owner of RYD who was looking for help. I swear, it was like a puzzle just falling into place, totally solved. We were exactly what RYD needed: actors, writers, total gamer nerds, and ones who had very strong knowledge of this particular festival AND had our own garb. We wanted an in into Festival setup and behind-the-scenes, money (I mean seriously) and a chance to really help a small business we believe in. This year, we get to MAKE the magic for others. We're the quest givers, the loremasters, and the ones maintaining the fantasy.
I could not be more excited.
It's not like some high-production value acting. No, this is a side story to the festival itself. The quests (we'll have a main quest and a separate side quest to offer) take you all over the grounds, to people you might not have normally interacted with. It will make you the hero of your own story, the puzzle-solver, the savior of... well... you'll have to come to the festival and undertake the quest yourself to find out.
RYD was so much fun, and somehow, I've managed to get on the other side of the curtain. Let me be your quest giver and bring you into a story you get to live!
See you in May! Hopefully.
But the thing I'm most excited for in the coming days is the Tennessee Renaissance Festival, which I've been attending yearly since 1999 (with 2020 and 2021 being missed due to Covid). Needless to say, it's a highlight of my year and has become a very big part of my life.
This year is going to be very different. A dream is coming true.
I'll be WORKING THERE.
I wish I could say it was because The Chain Nerd was going to have a booth, but we're nowhere near ready for that. However, I'm not going to be official Festival staff, though I did plan to attend auditions.
Until I got in touch with a vendor who was looking for help. Last year, a small new company called Roll Your Destiny set up a booth. They boasted an interactive quest for a modest fee, one with full lore, puzzles, and a reward at the end.
My best friend and I jumped at the opportunity, enjoyed the HELL out of ourselves, and originally thought that was it.
But it was the owner of RYD who was looking for help. I swear, it was like a puzzle just falling into place, totally solved. We were exactly what RYD needed: actors, writers, total gamer nerds, and ones who had very strong knowledge of this particular festival AND had our own garb. We wanted an in into Festival setup and behind-the-scenes, money (I mean seriously) and a chance to really help a small business we believe in. This year, we get to MAKE the magic for others. We're the quest givers, the loremasters, and the ones maintaining the fantasy.
I could not be more excited.
It's not like some high-production value acting. No, this is a side story to the festival itself. The quests (we'll have a main quest and a separate side quest to offer) take you all over the grounds, to people you might not have normally interacted with. It will make you the hero of your own story, the puzzle-solver, the savior of... well... you'll have to come to the festival and undertake the quest yourself to find out.
RYD was so much fun, and somehow, I've managed to get on the other side of the curtain. Let me be your quest giver and bring you into a story you get to live!
See you in May! Hopefully.
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