2007 Gatherings (first draft!)

February
    Sat 3 - Midwinter Feast

April
    Sun 22 - Earth Day

May
    Saturday 26 - Musical Day Cookout

August
    Sat 4 - Musikfest/Run-What-You-Brung Cookout

September
    Mon 3 - Labor Day Cookout
    Sun 23 - First Day of Autumn/Hawkwatch

October
    Sun 13 - Hawkwatch
    Sat 27 -(slightly past) Full Moon Costume Party

November
    Sat 17 - Hawkwatch
    Sat 24 - Thanksgiving (not a turkey day substitute! =)

December
    Sat 15 - Hawkwatch
    Saturday 22 - First Day of Winter

* The April and December gatherings are still up in the air, thus more subject to change than all the rest combined, which are entirely subject to change. More details on each as the time approaches. The hawkwatches are just that - dinner is not planned, although further arrangements (shared order of pizza, invading local restaurants, someone else offering to cater the event, and so forth) may be made closer to the time or even while on site. *

MacBathory Act One Scene Six

"Ahoy, l'Abattoir ! Captain Isaiah Pelham, late of the Bloodhawk, and officers, requesting permission to come aboard!" called out Seth Morse, who had been named first mate for their venture.

Worsley leaned over the rail, looking down at the two boats approaching. He dropped a knotted rope. "J-j-just the Captain, p-p-please." He smiled, feeling a bit more comfortable at the unease of the sailors, and at their readiness for trouble, clearly wary of whatever unknown threat was aboard.

Pelham swung over the rail onto the deck, finding it furnished in the same manner as the rest of the ship: clad with somewhat ill-fitting planking, loose underfoot. No other crew was visible in the lamp light, and nothing that could seemingly do any harm. Perhaps the rumours were overstated - but some vague menace still clung to l'Abattoir despite her ragged appearance.

"C-c-c-captain. Welcome to l'Abattoir. I am to understand you are here to sail with us, and not against us?"

Pelham read Worsley as shrewd and intelligent - yet seemingly unarmed. Confidant, despite his nervous mannerisms, despite being dwarfed by the captain's presence.

Worsley smiled at the assessment, ignoring Pelham's hand upon his sword. "In my absence, l'Abattoir will destroy you, as it did the bold men you sent. You will not be her master, but if you stay your hand, you may benefit from her destructive capabilities. I would not ask you to sail to the ends of the earth without an understanding of what she is about."

"Captain!" called the men in the jolly boats - and Pelham turned to see lights flashing further out in the harbour.

( The navy holds little love for the Bloodhawk - that looks to be Alahandra, and if you do not act fast, she will destroy the 'hawk and your men )

Brandonisms

"Oh, dere Oi momma is!" --> "Oh, that's where my mom is!"

"One! Two! Aiiiiii!" --> "One! Two! Threeee!"

"Yeah, Oi will!" (Justin hears this one as: "Yeah real!") --> "Yes"

"Where eyeball? Eyeball roll away!" --> Halloween decor (eyeball superball) rolled away; lately this is followed with "Oh dear!" with the Home Alone face clasp.

"That ill!" (accompanied by a hand slapped to the forehead) --> "That's silly!"

"I don't know either!" when asked where he's hiding.

"Woah! Diz!" after spinning in circles.

"Goo goo, moi moi moi!" --> "Milk/juice/other drink, more more more!"

"Yech! No like ahh joo any moah!" before drinking his apple juice anyway.

"... roight deah." describing where things are.

"Yay yay" --> "Rayruhl" --> big sister!

"Thank much, bubba!" when his brother helps him out.

"Peyboy" --> pegboard toy

"Pretty lie..." --> christmas tree, decorations

"Where Luna moon go?" when looking for a certain object in the night sky, on clear nights this is followed with: "Oh, there Oi Luna is!"