Dionysus Is My Home-Boy

There is something intrinsically wrong, it has been stated, with me talking like I did in the title of this post. I am frequently told by Spud, amongst others, that I am never to speak like that again. This doesn't stop me, of course, however it's usually just to cause them some particular ire, most often for no other reason than it gives me the jollies.

Note I said "most often".

A friend of mine (and I should also acknowledge, Spud's, because he knew him first) by the name of Squiggles is moving to Bathurst shortly with his girlfriend Emma. I can sum up my feelings about this scenario in one word. But really, that wouldn't make for much of a blog post, now, would it?

There are many reasons why it's very very exciting to have Squiggles and Emma in Bathurst for reals and for keeps. Mostly it's because I consider them close friends, and it's always nice to have close friends around me (especially when Andy is moving back to Sydney, like, today...) - it means that we get to do super-chocolatey-fudge-coated-awesome things together more often.

The secondary reason which has me super hyped right now, however, is that Squiggles plans on running a Scion game when he moves here. Scion, for those who don't know, if like D&D (kind of) except that it's set in the modern day, and you're the son/daughter of a god/goddess. Yes, you read that correctly. Of course, you don't have the ability to warp reality, or anything so over-powered that it would break the game - at least, not to start with - instead you start off as what I'd call a super-human. You may, for instance, be able to run faster than seems possible, or you might have the ability to control animals.

For Squiggles' game, we get to pick from the Dodekatheon - a group of 12 Greek gods and goddesses including, but not limited to Ares, Hades, Zeus, Hera, Athena, and Poseidon. I have selected, as my "divine parent", Dionysus - God of (amongst other things) partying the hell down. My basic character concept is for a guy named Daeon, who is a student at some college or another (to get his mother off his back), but who also runs a rather successful party-planning and DJ business on the side. He may seem like Van Wilder in concept, but my guy is genuinely likable, and not a complete and total tossing tool.

I'm quite excited to see how this game pans out, especially as Lydia is playing a scion of Ares, and Spud is playing a scion of Hephaestus. But there's still, like, a month to go - which is totally pants. Assuming that I don't explode in the interim, I'll update you on what it's like to play Scion when we've started.

The moral of this story is that in-proximity-friends seem to be like the heads of a hydra. Andy is leaving Bathurst, which (as the panda should have indicated) makes me quite sad, but then Squiggles and Emma are moving to Bathurst following that. I'm also aware that it's not the last time ever that I'll see Andy, because he's just moving to Sydney, and I'll be visiting there fairly often, I hope - and when I do visit Sydney, I'll get to see him, along with Roo, Shibby, Marija, and maybe a swathe of other people (hopefully unexpectedly, I do so love that!)