IK Racing - TEST RUN

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Best Costume

Poll ended at Sat Oct 31, 2020 4:32 am

Coney McGregor as a ghost
2
33%
Coney General Woundwort as Bunnicula
1
17%
Coney Hopalong as the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
0
No votes
Raccoon Rocky as Steampunk Ariel
0
No votes
Badger Dragon as a Pink Ballerina
3
50%
Coney Connie as a Flower Girl
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 6

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Dwim Took with Coney McGregor

Despite all the distractions, Coney McGregor was keeping his head and was still in second place. Connie was so close ahead of him and Dwim was rather excited that his coney might be able to pull off a last minute dash for the lead. But they were running out of time.

"Come on, Coney McGregor!" Dwim yelled out to his racer. "You can get her! Do you know anymore short cuts?"

He then turned to Eamila. "This is close," he said with a grin. He'd hope for a good, competitive race, and they were getting one.

D20 roll please.

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Eamila Bolger with Connie the Coney

'Very close indeed!', Eamila said tot Dwim. 'Those shortcuts are amazing, aren't they? Things are looking good for a Shire win, whether it's my Connie or your McGregor. But there's more behind us that might make a big jump like we did...'
Both Connie and McGregor hopped on merrily. Connie seemed to see something interesting in a bush though. Was it another short cut, or would it be better to ask her to keep her attention on the race? Ea was still pondering about what to do when Connie disappeared in the bush.

A sudden cry filled the air. 'What on Arda??' Eamila was shocked. Connie jumped out of the bush again, with a look of terror in her eyes and followed by something flying. Two angry sparrows were fluttering through the air, wildly picking poor Connie with their beaks.
'Nooo, poor thing, come quickly!', Ea cried. 'Hush, hush you birds, Connie wasn't going to hurt your little ones?!'
Finally the birds went back to their nest and Ea picked Connie up to see if she didn't have bad wounds. Fortunately, it seemed like the small coney was only missing a bit of hair here and there, her fur didn't look as neatly brushed anymore as it had done and the flower crown on her head was broken.
'Go on you little one, you will be fine. McGregor is getting closer... see if you can stay ahead of him! It might come down to the final part of the race between you and him!'

D20 please
Please state the nature of the medical emergency!

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Well the race is now two thirds of the way complete hopefully we will see more racers finishing soon!

@Menolly with coney Hopalong (D20: 15, D6: 3) +1, +3 (10/15) Your racer hears faint singing, and runs into a group of elves who give very very confusing advice about racing how do they make sense of it?

@Dwimmerlaik with coney McGregor (D20:9) +3 (14/15) Your racer has attempted to strap one of Gandalfs rockets to her back to get a speed boost. Describe how they luck out with it working.

@Eamila Bolger with coney Connie (D20: 14) +3 (14/15) Your racer has smelled the finish line feast what is making him run faster so he can hopefully get more?


Standings:
Eamila
and Coney Connie +37 (14/15)
Dwimmerlaik and Coney McGregor +35 (14/15)

Tyrion Lannister with Dragon +22 (FINISHED)
Sil and General Woundwort +12 (7/15)
Pearl with Jorgy as himself +12 (10/15)

Androthelm and S.Jon +11 (3/15)
Gwai with Rocky +7 (4/15)
Menolly with Hopalong +7 (10/15)
SkekSil and Buffo -2 (1/15)


Costume Contest Participants
Coney McGregor as a ghost
Coney General Wound Wort as Bunnicula
Coney Hopalong as the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
Raccoon Rocky as Steampunk Ariel
Badger Dragon as a Pink Ballerina
Coney Connie as a Flower Girl

Quick poke to @Androthelm and @FROM HERE TO THERE and @Gwai-Gon Jinn for their turns.

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And before one could say grubs and slugs, the dwarf and the badger, had stepped over the finish line. It may have been the violin music or, the long-legged cabaret performers that sang and danced in Tyrion's wild imagination; whichever, it had worked, and it seemed like a mere shortcut to the finish.
The two competitors sat on the sidelines waiting for the racers to come in. Who would win? One thing for sure, the crusty dwarf had found a friend in his racer, Dragon. Something good comes out of an event that was initially perceived as a bad event. Tyrion would have to thank his sister, Cersei, for coercing him into joining the race, although, there had been hardly enough wine.


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Dwim Took with Coney McGregor

Dwim agreed with Ea's sentiment. He too would be happy if either one of their conies won the race. They were both right there, little ghost and flower girl, charging towards the finish line. Though Connie was a little bit in front.

In the brief amount of time that Dwim had taken his eye off the race, Coney McGregor had somehow acquired some fireworks, a big stick of which was now strapped to his back, beginning to spark as it had already been lit. Obviously there was someone else who had an interest in McGregor winning this race. He could have never guessed that it was the wizard Gandalf himself. All of a sudden the firework went off, and the little ghost bunny suddenly became a flying ghost bunny.

"Whoah!!" yelled Dwim in surprise, hardly believing his eyes. "Make sure you get a good landing!" A good landing would be the only way McGregor could win this race ahead of Connie.

One last D6 roll please.

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Eamila Bolger with Connie the Coney

'May the best Hobbit win!', Ea shouted to Dwim, while trying to be heard during the fire works. Connie stood still in awe, but not for too long. She put her tiny nose in the air and started running faster and faster. Eamila grinned. She had already seen before the race started that Farmer Maggot's wife had made her world famous carrot cake. There were extra pieces, for all the coneys in the race.
'Keep a piece for me as well, Connie!', Ea shouted. 'Hurray, keep it going!!!'
She followed her coney towards the finish line, where she saw Tyrion who was seated with his badger Dragon.
'That wine looks good', she said. 'I think I might join you and watch the other contestants pass the finish line.'

One last D20 please.
Please state the nature of the medical emergency!

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And we have a few more racers coming to the end of their races! Hopefully everyone gets a nice piece of Mrs Maggots Carrot cake!

@Dwimmerlaik with coney McGregor (D6: 1) +1 (FINISHED)

@Eamila Bolger with coney Connie (D20: 18) -2 (FINISHED) Your racer in their haste missed a very large hole and goes for a tumble what do they find at the bottom of the hole?


Standings:
Dwimmerlaik
and Coney McGregor +36 (FINISHED)
Eamila and Coney Connie +35 (FINISHED)

Tyrion Lannister with Dragon +22 (FINISHED)
Sil and General Woundwort +12 (7/15)
Pearl with Jorgy as himself +12 (10/15)

Androthelm and S.Jon +11 (3/15)
Gwai with Rocky +7 (4/15)
Menolly with Hopalong +7 (10/15)
SkekSil and Buffo -2 (1/15)


Costume Contest Participants
Coney McGregor as a ghost
Coney General Wound Wort as Bunnicula
Coney Hopalong as the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
Raccoon Rocky as Steampunk Ariel
Badger Dragon as a Pink Ballerina
Coney Connie as a Flower Girl

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Dwim gasped as Coney McGregor charged towards the finish line, then gasped even more audibly when Connie tumbled into a hole. "Oh no!" he exclaimed, turning to Ea with his eyes wide. "I hope she's okay!" And just at that moment, McGregor overtook her coney and crossed the finish line. The scent of Mrs Maggot's carrot cake was very enticing, but he did not go to get some. He was concerned about his rival and wondered if she was trapped in the hole. He hopped back onto the track, then sniffed around the hole trying to see if Connie was okay.

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Eamila Bolger and Connie the Coney

'Go Connie! Go McGregor! Go Connn..... noooo!'
Eamila gasped as Connie all of a sudden disappeared. What had happened? Forgotten was the drive to win. 'Connie, where are you?'
She ran to the place where she had last seen her dear brave coney. There it was, down something that looked like... a rabbit hole?
'Connie, are you alright?'
It looked like her little racer was doing fine. But instead of climbing out the hole, she was digging for something. What was she looking for?
To Ea's surprise Connie suddenly jumped up, with something in her mouth. Was that... it couldn't be! But it looked like... Ea couldn't believe it. A year ago her brother Milo had sneaked out of their parents house with her fathers best vest on, the one with the golden buttons. He had a crush on this lovely Hobbit girl and wanted to make a good impression on the lady. After a great night together, he had brought her home and decided to have two more pint in the Green Dragon with his mates, to celebrate the good ending of his first date. And that last pint might have been one too many, for on the road back he had bumped into a tree. When he woke up the next morning, their dad had been looking at him quite angrily, as he was laying there with the vest still on, but without one of the golden buttons on it.
Ea bended over and helped Connie out of the hole. 'You found dad's golden button! He'll be very grateful for that, Connie! But are you alright? No pain anywhere?'
She looked at the finish line. They were so close, but McGregor had just passed the line. Oh well, it didn't mind. It had been a great race and they had great fun. Together they walked to the finish and Ea gave Dwim and Tyrion a high five. 'We made it! Time for a drink and a bite to eat!'
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Silas and General Woundwort

“Halfway there!” Silas chirped in a tone meant to be both hopeful and encouraging. Unfortunately due to the dry air and Silas not having had a snack or drink in approximately fifteen minutes it sounded more like a strangled croak. Woundwort turned his head and fixed his demonic glare on Silas, who gulped and began searching in his waistcoat ever more fervently for some sustenance.

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Looks like we have a few more coneys finished please feel free to put in your vote for best costume

@HONEY IN HER HAIR Silas with 'coney' General Woundwort (D6: 5) +5

Standings:
Dwimmerlaik
and Coney McGregor +36 (FINISHED)
Eamila and Coney Connie +35 (FINISHED)

Tyrion Lannister with Dragon +22 (FINISHED)
Sil and General Woundwort +17 (8/15)
Pearl with Jorgy as himself +12 (10/15)

Androthelm and S.Jon +11 (3/15)
Gwai with Rocky +7 (4/15)
Menolly with Hopalong +7 (10/15)
SkekSil and Buffo -2 (1/15)


Costume Contest Participants
Coney McGregor as a ghost
Coney General Wound Wort as Bunnicula
Coney Hopalong as the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
Raccoon Rocky as Steampunk Ariel
Badger Dragon as a Pink Ballerina
Coney Connie as a Flower Girl

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Aigronding Mordagnir tried coaxing Elugorn, his pale-blue Bruinen hedgehog, out of his crate in the small wooden stal. The spiny cute animal refused to emerge though. At first he protested with a series of unhappy squeaks. Elugorn hadn't made a sound in several minutes though. Aigronding assumed he was either sleeping or pretending to be.

"Does the High Captain of the Imladris Guards accept defeat so readily?" drawled Aewrusca Mordagnir, her mellifluous voice dripping with sarcasm. Aigronding's young red-haired daughter had barged into the stable with a broad grin of excitement. She wore a hedgehog costume of ridiculously vibrant blue faux fur. Its ginormous hat brilliantly sparkled of blue sequins and was opened at front, permitting only her fair Elfin face and vivid blue eyes to be revealed. She clutched a glittering blue pom pom in one blue velvet glove and held a steaming tankard of warm pumpkin juice in her other.
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"Please tell me Fuin saw you in that furry outfit before we left Imladris," said her chuckling father.

"She loved it!" Aewrusca, giggling, exclaimed.


"Naturally." Aigronding folded his strong arms and sharply raised an eyebrow. "Wears my pumpkin juice." Their mutual Hobbit friend's concoction was made of apple cider, peach nectar, brown sugar, cinnamon, and pumpkin spice.


"I'll get yours from Matt when you get the animal out of its cage," whipsmart Aewrusca replied in a tone of firm resolve. She pecked her father's cheek with a quick kiss. "You may need to resort from bribery, Ada..."

"He probably knows there's all kinds of predators here like the snacks and raccoons." Aigronding removed the decorative top, depicting the river valley of Imladris, from a small burr-birch bowl from Elugorn's feeding pack. The hedgehog grunted in anticipation. Aigronding smirked, hearing the little bugger frantically moving in his blue-painted crate. He lifted the latch. The startlingly quick animal bolted out, hurrying his fleet chubby self to the container of raspberries the Mordagnirs filled from their Linyamaril orchard. Minutes later Aigronding implored the rushing fellow off. He cheered the energetic hedgehog, pumping his fist into the crisp autumn air.
Aewrusca cried Eglerio! and shook her pom pom in ecstatic jubilation.
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12 D6s and 1 D20, please, @Fuin Elda :winkkiss: !
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We have a late entrant to the race! Lets see how well their.... Blue hedgehog - what a strange creature- fairs

@Tharmáras with hedgehog Elugorn (12 D6 5,3,5,4,6,5,2,1,1,6,1,1 D20: 11) +5,+3,+5,-2, -3, +5, -1, +1, +1, -3, +1, +1, 0 Your racer thinks he sees the shadow of a wraith, and hides, how do you convince him that it is not a wraith?


Standings:
Dwimmerlaik
and Coney McGregor +36 (FINISHED)
Eamila and Coney Connie +35 (FINISHED)

Tyrion Lannister with Dragon +22 (FINISHED)
Sil and General Woundwort +17 (8/15)
Tharamas with Elugorn +13 (13/15)
Pearl with Jorgy as himself +12 (10/15)
Androthelm and S.Jon +11 (3/15)
Gwai with Rocky +7 (4/15)
Menolly with Hopalong +7 (10/15)
SkekSil and Buffo -2 (1/15)


Costume Contest Participants
Coney McGregor as a ghost
Coney General Wound Wort as Bunnicula
Coney Hopalong as the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
Raccoon Rocky as Steampunk Ariel
Badger Dragon as a Pink Ballerina
Coney Connie as a Flower Girl

There are 2 possible days left to get your rolls in @HONEY IN HER HAIR , @A BEAR A BEAR, @Androthelm, @Gwai-Gon Jinn , @Menolly and @FROM HERE TO THERE

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Menolly with coney Hopalong, lost and confused

Faint singing floated along the breeze to Hopalong's overlarge ears (seriously, for a tiny coney, she had the most enormous ears, belonging to a coney at least twice her size). She was already invested in coming as close to last as possible, so she hopped along to investigate this new adventure and came upon a warren of elves. How delightful! Their singing died away and one of them spoke.

"Go forward," the elf said.

Another elf shook her head, her long graceful fall of hair swinging back and forth. "Go back," she insisted.

Yet a third elf frowned and insisted, "Go your own way."

Hopalong stared blankly as the last of the four elves said, "go any way you please, but look within."

This was too much for a tiny coney. Hopalong spun in a circle, trying to listen to all their sage advice at once. Finally, she leapt straight up, her strong legs propelling her well above the grass. The elves' eyes widened, and they were gone as swiftly as they had appeared. Hopalong scowled, trying to remember which way was the way back to the track. Elves, indeed.

4 D6 and 1 D20 please!

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Silas and General Woundwort

Only crumbs in the waistcoat.

“Go on,” croaked Silas. But Woundwort’s attention had been caught by a peculiarly hued hedgehog. His fur bristled and a high, thin whine came from his throat.

“No!” Silas shouted desperately. “It’s probably diseased - look at the colour of it! And hedgehogs are full of fleas. Leave it be! It will die alone without any help from you.”

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Well the blue hedgehog has managed to get a fair ways. And we have two more racers charging for the finish line it seems - We've gotten half of the racers across the finish line the rest are looking like they've stopped to smell the flower!

@Menolly with coney Hopalong (4d6: 4,3,1,2 1d20:10) -2,+3, +1, -1, +1 (FINISHED) Your racer has caught wind of something foul smelling, what is it that they felt the need to run along as swiftly as they could to get away from the smell?

@HONEY IN HER HAIR with 'coney' General Woundwort (7D6) 1,1,3,1,5,1,1) +1,+1,+3,+1,+5, +1,+1 (FINISHED)

Standings:
Dwimmerlaik
and Coney McGregor +36 (FINISHED)
Eamila and Coney Connie +35 (FINISHED)
Sil and General Woundwort +30 (FINISHED)

Tyrion Lannister with Dragon +22 (FINISHED)
Tharamas with Elugorn +13 (13/15)
Pearl with Jorgy as himself +12 (10/15)
Androthelm and S.Jon +11 (3/15)
Menolly with Hopalong +9 (FINISHED)
Gwai with Rocky +7 (4/15)
SkekSil and Buffo -2 (1/15)

Costume Contest Participants
Coney McGregor as a ghost
Coney General Wound Wort as Bunnicula
Coney Hopalong as the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
Raccoon Rocky as Steampunk Ariel
Badger Dragon as a Pink Ballerina
Coney Connie as a Flower Girl

Today is the last day to get your rolls in @THE MAIDEN FAIR @A BEAR A BEAR, @Tharmáras, @Androthelm ,@Gwai-Gon Jinn , and @FROM HERE TO THERE

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Elugorn got off to a flying start as they say in the Shire but hearing Silas speaking to General Woundwort, the little hedgehog lost heart. He squeaked in despair and slowed a little to devour an earthworm in his utter dejection. He was cheered by Aewrusca's joyous shaking of her glittering pom poms and got underway again. In mid-stride, Elugorn was daunted by the looming shadow of a wraith.

Paralyzed by a growing dread of the menacing phantasm, the snuffling hedgehog retreated beneath a red chokeberry bush. He munched voraciously on the glossy scarlet fruit from the lowest stems to comfort himself. He refused to come out until Aigronding showed him that the wraith (whom he dragged over by the arm) was his daughter's lover, Lhaindir, who decided to wear a Nazgul costume. Relieved, the easily frightened hedgehog speedily continued his race with refreshed confidence and impressive swiftness.


All D6s, please!
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And the race is coming to an end officially! We'd like to thank all of our racers and our spectators for joining us!

@Tharmáras with hedgehog Elugorn (2D6: 4,6) -2,-3 (FINISHED)



We would also like to take this time to congratulate the winners of the costume contest who have earned some extra distance thanks to their hard work running in costumes we had a lot of great costumes come through and it was a lot of fun seeing how your racers handled those costumes on the track!

In 3rd place the ever terrifying Bunnicula as worn by General Woundwort brought to us by the fantastic @HONEY IN HER HAIR (+1)

In 2nd place the spook-tacular ghost McGregor brought to us thanks to @Dwimmerlaik (+3)

In 1st @Tyrion Lannister's Pink Ballerina - DRAGON! (+5)


FINAL STANDINGS:
Dwimmerlaik and Coney McGregor +41 (FINISHED)
Eamila and Coney Connie +35 (FINISHED)
Sil and General Woundwort +31 (FINISHED)

Tyrion Lannister with Dragon +27 (FINISHED)
Pearl with Jorgy as himself +12 (10/15)
Androthelm and S.Jon +11 (3/15)
Menolly with Hopalong +9 (FINISHED)
Gwai with Rocky +7 (4/15)
Tharamas with Elugorn +8 (FINISHED)
SkekSil and Buffo -2 (1/15)

Congratulations @Dwimmerlaik for winning our IK racing test run!
@Eamila Bolger and @HONEY IN HER HAIR get honorable mentions in second and third place respectively!

Now that we've actually run a test I do hope that you will give me some feed back as to what you liked and didn't in the IK planning thread so that we can tweak it for the real deal. I have my questions up comments on your own thoughts and things you've spotted over the last month are completely welcome as well!

https://lotrfanaticsplaza.com/forum/vie ... 260#p36260

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Congrats Dwim! You and Coney McGregor left us in the dust! Thank god I had my wine skin! :tongue:

Well done Emaila and Honey!

Thanks for the costume votes! :smooch:

Thanks Fuin! I had a great time!
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Congrats to @Tyrion Lannister and Dragon for winning the costume contest. And congrats to all the other racers who survived the race. :grin:

Coney McGregor and I are thrilled to take the honours for the test race. Thanks for a really fun race, @Fuin Elda!

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Well done @Dwimmerlaik and @Drifa! I am delighted to be in third place on all counts :lol: Thanks for doing this trial Fun run @Fuin Elda!
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ahh, tremendous apologies for missing this @Fuin Elda. Maybe next time :wink:
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@Androthelm The next race is going to be January! And it will be the real deal I know you didn't get to participate much but you (and everyone else) even if they didn't race) are welcome to poke me with ideas and with questions for future B rolls (We are officially making that switch to A/B rolls) for various kingdoms.

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