[Alvin Twinklestink]

Alvin Twinklestink Reports that on:

Jan. 1, 2008 1700 CST
8/8 Danced for Barnacle Bessie

+*Alvin Twinklestink 112 HW12
+Queen Biscuit 113 HW12
*Skinny Wildchomp 109 TF9
+*Super Flapjack Peppernugget 107 GH7
Rosie Hulahopper 111 HW17
+Princess Nutmeg McQuack 114 HW26
Bam Boo Cat 103 TF7
*Trixie Sparkletwist 114 HW15

+ Together in Cog Round
* Together in Skele Round

While I was doing my one and only Marathon CFO run of the day, I got a TF chat message from Queen Biscuit about the upcoming VP run..which I knew nothing about of course, not having looked at the schedule that early in the day. She implied I needed to hurry. Like I had anything to do with the eventual CFO win and could hurry!! But, we finished the CFO in plenty of time and I stopped into the Brrrggghhh for a quick gag-up and diaper change and at the bar for a fresh Scotch on the rocks. And then I teleported into the wonderful pandemonium of the coalpit before a CCG run. The same pandemonium drives Queen Biscuit to hide just inside the iron doors in the silence and dignity of that magnificient VP edifice. So anyway Alvin does his usual rooting around for names we recognize, saying hi, and the other stuff that Queen Biscuit calls flirting. She and I have known each other for a very long time but somehow had never made a VP run together because of bad luck and differing philosophies on how quick to board the elevator. So today we sort of agreed to take the third elevator, and she ran for the sanctuary. Alvin continued to flirt of course. Then the time came and Queen let me know when the first elevator was loading...and when it left. So Alvin and I made a dash for the iron doors and blundered right into a cog. Blast! I hate it when that happens. I had no time to run and get back, and was unsure of being able to teleport to anyone. Queen was calling out the second elevator loading. My biggest fear was that someone would try to help and it would quickly turn into a cog cluster fight. But I was lucky, one good pie hit and a quick dance and I was inside. Queen was waiting and we strode majestically down the stairs and across the lobby. Boy I love being an HW! She and I happen to be the same exact suit level and it was easy to stay together. We strode up the stairs and placed ourselves in position to take the next elevator. No problem, we were finally together for a run. Now having to count ourselves as big suits, we made up five of eight of the spots and I recognized a familiar face I knew to be a real asset in Bam Boo Cat. Man you just gotta love the CCG! Near as I can tell, everyone on our load was a real asset. The cog round went as well as can be expected with the normal hits and misses and an opportunity or two to sneak in a stinky gag. The skelecog round got a bit more tacky with some odd misses that had Super Flapjack down to 71, Skinny down to 55, Alvin down to 58 but Trixie undamaged! I will blame it all on the cogs being real cranky on the first day of the new year. But, things still went ok and our side finished only slightly behind the other side. And of course we all ended up fully healthy. Alvin is always the last to get his pies, I guess because pigs can't jump very well, especially short pigs, and by the time we got in position to do anything the bag of bolts had already been stunned. Things seemed to be going ok and fairly normally. We tried everything we had been 'taught' and got nowhere near a hole shot. Finally, I ran Alvin around back to see if we could get anywhere there and it seemed that with a bit more practice we could be of help in rear stunning. But it was obvious we really weren't needed back there and I know you can never have enough pies in the air when the rust bucket is stunned so we ran back to the front and did what Alvin does best. Fill the sky with pies! In short order we had the hulk over the edge. The entire battle lasted only 21 minutes, with the cog round, the skelecog round, and the pie fest each being 5 minutes long. And they all lived happily everafter.