SO by popufur demand (or maybe I'm trying to stay entertained on the way to work) I have a quick writeup about DCcon numero two - I don't have as much time to dedicate to these things anymore, but here goes!

PARTICIPANTS THIS ROUND were yours truly the ott, Airy the spottycat, SAINT LOTH (steven) the sloth, Yue (Cynthia) the ocelot, Vismis the polarbear, Liz the critter, Jason the fox, Sasha the woldeer, Flyssa the bun, Simmo the wallaby, Swift the fox/bird, Michal the fog, Tarukai the marten, Mynx the fox, and Bandit the miniature poodle (an actual dog, not a f u r r y)

It was a dark and stormy night, complete with a tornado (warning) and flood (warning) near the cabin.

Good thing we weren't around then!

Two days later, Vismis came on the wheels of one grumpy bus driver. I was LATE and ran to meet him and dragged him to the humble abode I share with Airyu, SAINT LOTH (steven), and Yue (cynthia) - the latter two being more or less uninitiated to DC antics (save a few hours worth a few months prior).

We talk, we eat, we sleep, and we riiiide the 7 hours down to the cabin. Vis doodles in the car and I attempt to field a few last-minute calls and texts given sporadic signal and the extremely uncomfortable middle-seat (think neck and back pain for a few days after).

and then we ARRIVE!

and then we have to leave, get out of the car, and have SAINT LOTH gun the car up the gravelly path to the cabin after getting stuck the first time.

Once parked, a round of greetings and hugs go around. Everyone's there except Michal and Swift - which confused me because about an hour earlier they were about a mile away. We claim our rooms and get to cards against hugemanatees, where people stain couches with vajayjays, M16 Lady Gaga, and tempt grandma with gay aliens. Once-frozen soosh goes around for snacky-snacks, and despite the highly reduced quality (or maybe because everyone was hungry) all of it is snapped up (or maybe someone took a tray :| ) I break out my butterfly bottleopener flashily to the chagrin of my neighbors (sorry!) and Tarukai shows off his (better) skills. Mynx sort of fondles it, or something. And Vis spills a drink.

Michal mentions something about finding caves to explore and a wire noose out somewhere. Sasha and Flyssa christen Yue's ten-pound-dog Bandit the butch champ.

At this point Airy asks me to come with her and help inflate airbeds outside. We go out and dwaddle about, especially as Michal forgets to seal the quick-exhaust port. Agni eventually comes and insists we come inside...

so that Agni could propose to me with a wonderful display of hand-crafted roses involving everyone there :3 I could write something here, but it's preserved better in video format - PM if you don't know where to find it. In any case, this was something I've been waiting for for awhile while spending time with my kitty princess :33

I wanted to say something to everyone there, then - but I guess here'll have to do. I'm proud to be part of DC - y'all are a great group of people and I'm just floored that you guys not only allow me to hang around you but are willing to help Airy propose to me. And everyone, even those who couldn't attend for whatever reason, even those who have no idea what DC is, was incredibly supportive. I couldn't ask for better friends. Thank you all so much <3

And to Airyu - you've heard what I've had to say and know how I feel otherwise you wouldn't have sealed your fate that weekend :| But to make it clear to everyone reading: Airyu, before we knew each other I tamped down my crushes because I didn't think anyone could love quiet, weird, furry little me. But you're not just someone who cares about me - you're someone who's GOOD for me, and shares so many of my interests it's almost scary. I love you, my princess.

OK OK IM DONE WITH THE MUSHY STUFF. Eventually the host breaks - a group goes to hot-tub, others go play Geoguessr, and still others card against humanity. I joined the hot-tub contingency of Airy/Simmo/Sasha/Liz/Jason in a bicycle built for four - the hot tub couldn't handle that volume of furries, causing the water to spill over. Oh how we talked and talked (except I wasn't talking) about things like relative chestfur amounts (Sasha is a BEAST and i'm just a babby and Simon is...just right) and the origin of DC and how Simmo's basically done everything. Mynx comes to orbit the hot tub and LASERS us - Liz apparently has an affinity for lasers, asking Mynx to waggle the laser beam mid-air to make trails in the steamy bath. Liz's also the only one who could feel (twice even) the laser's warm burny touch (I failed miserably :B) I accidentally reach for Jason's crotch, someone says something about our seed mingling in the waters, and we make the obligatory comment about the Long Hair of Jason/Tai.

Eventually I have ENOUGH and go inside with Squasha and Mynx and maybe someone else? I forget what happens here, but it involves Sasha putting a cup high up so I can't reach and telling me NO ;_; I try to take a shower and fail, so I go back to the hot tub and find Airy carrying Liz around in the water. Eventually we try to turn off the hot tub and fail miserably after pushing all the buttons.

Agni and I go upstairs and we try to take a shower again to no avail, even after disassembling the spigot assembly. We head to bed and find Mynx cocooned up in a sleeping bag atop the bed Airy and I've claimed, already asleep. Everyone goes on their ~devices~; I go on IRC for a bit and discover Mynx is not only awake but conspiring with Procy over the internets to make my phone vibrate constantly :| Airyu decides to plank on Mynx, but the bed would have none of that, rolling away causing Mynx to have a great fall. After hitting the ground, Mynx was greeted by a falling Airy to the FACE (or some body part, they disappeared out of sight into t h e c r e v i c e). Oh Mynx-kun. Eventually everyone gets better and we all internet for awhile before going to bed.

s l e e p

I wake up eventually to a sleeping DCcabin. I'd learn later Vis is a shower whisperer and managed to get the upstairs shower working before retreating back down. HOWEVER after IRCing a little and calculating how much money to collect from everyone i got restless and wandered out, risking life and limb to the Ohio shadowmonsters that could've stolen my ass to Mars without anyone knowing. Went for a walk around the cabin a few times, then came back in and waited for people to stir.

People start waking up slowly - Sasha and Michal and partake in my nast nuts (some honey bbq things), everyone eats Mynx's offering of cashoos, and allegedly there was a discussion about whether to throw away my slightly spoiled carrots (sorry to whoever ate them ;_;)

Mynx and I fiddle with my computer and the TV to get games working. Mynx installs a virus and like a million toolbars on my computer as well as Jamestown - the top-down shooter that becomes the official sport of DC Cabincon (c) (r) (tm). A merry band of four cycling DCers bravely takes on the Spanish/Martian forces. We arrive relatively painlessly at the last level where statues blargh death-dots at us and the terrain itself squishes us (sometimes instantly after respawning) repeatedly. After many a close call and many cheers and screams, we arrive and destroy the final boss...only to have him transform into mega-conquistador and own us.

Michal and Swift fry up a batch of potatobaconeggs which are quickly devoured, requiring a second batch to sate the hungy furries. our Merry Band of Heroes takes on the final level of Jamestown a few more times - and eventually are VICTORIOUS in conquistadoring the conquistador >:3

Sometime around here Mynx and Sasha are swinging on the porch swing. I attempt to sneak behind them and HOLD the swing still at the height of the swing but my noodly arms weren't strong enough, and I wasn't sneaky enough. Poop.

Swift breaks out Things and people invent things like permanent industrial viruses, roboduckies, and some other stuff while the computer nerds peck at a few more games. At some point we break out my copy of Pandemic (thanks Astro >:3) and Mynx/Jason/Taru/I utterly waste the worldwide plague. We start a new game, but Jason and I realize it is late o'clock and start cooking. Telepictionary happens here but my people needed me (to feed them). Most of my time's spent trying to find everything and replanning my meal since the ~tools~ i needed weren't available. Liz and I get in a scuffle: I agree not to contaminate her ugly soup, she agrees not to contaminate my chicken. Jason reveals the reason his hot sauce is called #3 sauce (or maybe #2 sauce?) is because a restaurant ordered their hot sauces from least hot to hottest. And Jason reveals how proud he is of how ugly his ugly soup is.

I suggest we all watch a mooovie while we eat - and put on Secret of Kells. After a few hiccups, the movie switched to the director's cut and would've been ruined had it not been for (sasha's?) Netflix account and Tarukai's tethering magic. The camp favorite turns out to be the cat Pangerban (lot of furries, all of you), but at least one person believes that Pangerban was a viking spy.

we then fire up a couple more rounds of TELEPICTIONARY and a great time is had by all, even by Sasha who livetweets the game and mixing every alcohol ever (and some concentrated pretty neon green energy drank). Also his car apparently is into vore. This takes forever in its own right because basically everyone is playing. Tarukai breaks out his ocarina and passes it around.

The host once again splits - some people go downstairs and chill and/or play Geoguessr, some (me mynx st.Loth Yue Taru Liz Jason and Sasha) go on to play WEREWOLF.

Much comedy was had in the early rounds - the most experienced werewuffers botched the werehamster rule (werewolfs can't eat werehamsters). St. Loth took over with his drunken storytelling skills - but unfurtunately breaks the same rule. Fourth time's the charm, right? Maybe the game just needed an otter's DM touch and things ended without me screwing up. Though a gay baby wolfdeer revealed his card and forced a redeal but say la vee. Some other highlights include Jason and Sasha getting into a land dispute and quarrelling over a dildo before becoming bestest of buttbuddies throughout all the games, Jason trying to wander onto the patio and possibly over the rail (and being ordered back by Liz), and St. Loth's brilliant trial defense "I'm...not a werewolf.". There was much banging of the table as if we were Phoenix Wright discovering the werewolf. Also about half the male DCers took off their shirts halfway through.

Anyway, after werewolf I wander up and find Michal trying to fix the shower with his bag o tools and a can of trusty CLP. Turns out the threads on an internal part were stripped and thus we were powerless to fix it. He puts it back together. Some people go to hottub, some people cleaned up.

i s l e p t

SO i wake up again and forget what happened. Something about packing, cleaning, throwing everything by the laundry room. I discover a group of people hanging out in the bathroom and don't ask questions. I take this time to set up my telepictionary documentation station and archive things for future generations. We discuss and decide on PICNICKING because Bandit is a gay baby and therefore not allowed in restaurants. Before we head out, Taru takes a few awesome group pictures (Mynx wants credit for suggesting the alternating-stepping stone idea) and we discuss the use of a lonely purple rope tied to the top of our cabin. I make everyone wait forever as I do a once-over and try to check out three different ways - oh the pains of being an event coordinator heavy sigh (it actually wasn't that bad).

SO Taru followed Yue, Yue followed Liz, and and Liz followed Swift the wrong way to Walmart to gather supplies, then do the same thing en route to the picnic site (with some driving maneuvers of semi-questionable safety. We lay out our spread: Enough Arby's for everyone, cookies 'n' cream whipped dessert thing, fried chicken, baked chicken, lots of fruit and veggie nibblers, mac and cheese, roll-your-own sandwiches, fancy meats and cheeses (sliced by Michal's Big Knife), potato wedges...a veritable feast. We gorge like furries that have had three meals in two days. Airy comments on how squishy Mynx's butt looks, and invites me to...empirically research the muscle tone of Mynx's bottom (we totally grab his ass). Oh Mynx-kun...senpai's noticed you ;3c

Interestingly, no one really was using the blankets except for Yue (And mynx but he’s a butt), enjoying a warm spot as cats are wont to do. So obviously this was an invitation for me to roll her up in the blanket and, with the help of Michal, carry her off to Neverland. Or just a few steps down because my noodly otterarms didn't have a good grip.

Eventually we had to say goodbye ;; Sasha, Lyssa, and Simmo were the first to go, and there was much whooping and honking and maybe an otterhowl to salute the midnight howl we never got to share ;____;

The remaining crew goes on a short walk around a trail. I suit up with my bag and water and we set off. Michal disappears for a bit and comes back with some pretty little flowers :3 We find a little waterfall, some old house in the trees, and what looks like a tree infested with something making spikes grow out of it's skin (Mynx reports that Soosha knows it’s a normal Honey Locust tree). We get a little misdirected, but Swift puts us back on track...which unfortunately is super muddy. As we decided what to do, Liz decides not to heed Swift's warning and to attempt jumping the puddle - leading to a critter earning a muddybutt. The rest of us tread a little more carefully to various degrees of success (My sneakers sunk up to the laces in muddy water ;__; serves me right for wearing absorbent shoes with all my gear). The mud gets everywhere and I use up all my paper towel stash helping various people de-mud (and Jason doesn't close my back pocket after getting out my paper towels :@)

Back at the picnic site, we're saved from a muddy ride home by Tarukai's extra water. We talk, we say goodbye a dozen or so times, and then we actually head out.

And thus ended DCcabin for me. Except for the next 6 hours in the middle seat again ;____;

HOWEVER - it was all worth it. So many awesome people, and my only regret is I couldn't spend more time with everyone! SAFE TRAVELS FLYSSIMMO AND CONGRATS LIZJASON AND THANKS EVERYONE FOR PLAYING >:3

credit to airy for reviewing the furst draft of my writing (and for proposing~) and mynx for lots of supplemental help