Forks! with the Aether Salon Staff (Unedited)

Viv Trafalgar: Apparently, Ordinal’s posting something about Salon on her blog sooner or later
Viv Trafalgar: though she regrets she can’t be here.
Bookworm Hienrichs: Pity.
Viv Trafalgar: Yes. Personal obligation. Something about the bee gun falling into the wrong hands.
Bookworm Hienrichs: Huh. Coulda sworn I got a Salon sash, but I can’t find it in my inventory.
Bookworm Hienrichs: Oh, dear–that’s not good!
Viv Trafalgar: She said she’d try to stop by once the complaints from the UN had ceased
Jasper Kiergarten: for speaking, Book?
Bookworm Hienrichs nods.
Jasper Kiergarten: search for Sash (Female)
Bookworm Hienrichs: I looked for Sash, but the only two showing up are in outfits.
Jasper Kiergarten: hmm
Jasper Kiergarten: did you speak in 09 ot 10, Book?
Bookworm Hienrichs: 2010 and 2011, actually.
Jasper Kiergarten: ah ok
Viv Trafalgar: hmph
Viv Trafalgar: you should have at least 1
Bookworm Hienrichs: I know I had one. I did wear it once.
Bookworm Hienrichs: Either I accidently deleted it, or SL did it for me.
Bookworm Hienrichs smiles wryly.
Viv Trafalgar: Hee. This is the first time I’ve ever been sitting on stage.
Bookworm Hienrichs gets a picture of that for posterity.
Viv Trafalgar: You’re taking photos of my posterior?
Vic Mornington: hmmmmm brb somethins up with the dang dance machine
Bookworm Hienrichs laughs.
Bookworm Hienrichs: And thank you, Mr. Kiergarten.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: viv has got back
Bookworm Hienrichs smiles.
Sera: You want to sit up here, Viv? I can move
Viv Trafalgar: nah. i’m good here
Viv Trafalgar: you should sit here too
Sera: k
Viv Trafalgar: I’ll tell you when you need to get up
Bookworm Hienrichs thinks all 4 of you should sit there.
Viv Trafalgar: I completely agree
Sera: yep. Good idea
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Peg!
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Woot!
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Young Blood!
Jedburgh30 Dagger: sorry, I love this song
Sera: I am so tempted to say something maudlin
Sera: Maybe I should go for immature
Jedburgh30 Dagger: I got ya covered
Jedburgh30 Dagger: I’m maudlin for the lot of us
Bookworm Hienrichs is giggling like mad at the Jimmy Stewart drunk scene in ‘The Philadelphia Story.’
Jedburgh30 Dagger: and not Bill Jasper
Jedburgh30 Dagger: I lost count. Which number is this?
Jedburgh30 Dagger: 26?
Bookworm Hienrichs: Twenty…seven?
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Merde.
Jasper Kiergarten: 8
Jedburgh30 Dagger: yay!
Viv Trafalgar: 28
Viv Trafalgar: wow
Viv Trafalgar: that’s a whole lot
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Google translator can say shit
Bookworm Hienrichs: That is a lot.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: It’s a lot lot
Bookworm Hienrichs smiles.
Jasper Kiergarten: what am I missing here?
Jedburgh30 Dagger: no wonder I had so many word docs called Salon Intro
Bookworm Hienrichs laughs.
Viv Trafalgar: Hah
Bookworm Hienrichs: Hello, Mr. Lacombe!
Viv Trafalgar: Hello Linus!
Vic Mornington: ok dance machine in each side, the couples pose balls wont cross the sim border….rofl
Sera: Welcome Linus!
Linus Lacombe: Good afternoon, everyone
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Linus!
Jedburgh30 Dagger: hey
Linus Lacombe: Jed! How are you?
Sera: Hello Ms Fairlady!
Jasper Kiergarten: greetings
Jedburgh30 Dagger: I just realized
Bookworm Hienrichs waves to Ms. Fairlady.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Jasper spoke
Jedburgh30 Dagger: I spoke
Sera: gasp
Viv Trafalgar: hmm?
Jedburgh30 Dagger: and Sera didn’t
Solace Fairlady: hello Miss Puchkina, Miss hienrichs, m Mornington, M Kiergarten, Mis jed, mr Lius, Miss trafaklgar!
Solace Fairlady: *Linus
Viv Trafalgar: Hello Miss Fairlady
Jasper Kiergarten: greetings
Linus Lacombe: Hello Ms Solace
Sera: ppppppppppppfffffffffffftttttt to Jed
Bookworm Hienrichs: Good afternoon, Ms. Ember.
Vic Mornington: rofl
Darlingmonster Ember: hullo all
Jedburgh30 Dagger: but she’s done all of the transcripts
Sera: Hello Miz Ember
Viv Trafalgar: Hello Miss Ember
Darlingmonster Ember: rez rez rez
Darlingmonster Ember: rez rez rez
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Heya Dimmie!
Darlingmonster Ember: grins
Darlingmonster Ember: waves to Miss Jed
Linus Lacombe: Hello ms DME
Darlingmonster Ember: greetings M Lacombe, nice to see you here
Darlingmonster Ember: on this sad occasion
Bookworm Hienrichs: Bittersweet, at least.
Vic Mornington: brb im gonna get a cuppa and some cake….
Darlingmonster Ember: I’m sitting up front where the urchins can hit me from behind with spitballs
Sera: *chuckles*
Jedburgh30 Dagger: hey wait, does that mean I can shoot back now?
Viv Trafalgar: hah
Viv Trafalgar: NO SHOOTING
Sera: can someone post the slurl in steampunk chat?
Viv Trafalgar: Unless it’s warranted
Linus Lacombe: I shall miss these great salons, and I am honored to have had the chance to present one.
Sera: please?
Jedburgh30 Dagger: heh
Jimmy Branagh: Hoy all!
Linus Lacombe: Hello Master Jimmy
Bookworm Hienrichs moves out of the landing area.
Viv Trafalgar: Hello Jimmy!
Bookworm Hienrichs: Hoy, Jimmy.
Solace Fairlady: Hello Master Jimmy, Dr Watson
Jedburgh30 Dagger: JIMMEH!
Viv Trafalgar: Did someone post it?
Darlingmonster Ember: hullo M Branagh
Bookworm Hienrichs: I did.
Darlingmonster Ember: waves
Viv Trafalgar: Hello Watson!
Darlingmonster Ember: yes Book just posted
Viv Trafalgar: Thanks Book
Linus Lacombe: Hello Mr Holmes, Mr Watson
Jimmy Branagh: LL ate me Salon chair. Are there any spares aroun’?
Viv Trafalgar: Hello Holmes
Sera: Welcome Mr. Holmes and Mr. Watson. Hello Jimmy!
Viv Trafalgar: oh sure. Hey Jasper, can you get Mr. Jimmy a chair?
Elina Koskinen: Hello everyone.
Bookworm Hienrichs waves to Dr. Watson and Mr. Holmes.
Jasper Kiergarten: sure
Jimmy Branagh waves to everyone coming in
Solace Fairlady: hello M Holmes
Elilka Sieyes: Good evening – I’ve missed far too many of these, I’m afraid.
Elilka Sieyes nips to get a coffee
Vic Mornington: COFFEEEEEEEEEEEE
Jimmy Branagh: Thenks Mr. Jasper!
Jedburgh30 Dagger: I’m hoping that this one ends up being worth the effort
Darlingmonster Ember: waves to M Ying
Bookworm Hienrichs: Hello, Ms. Ying!
Jasper Kiergarten: you’re welcome lad
Kimika Ying: waves back, Hello!
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Heya hon
Dymphne Dinzel: Good day everyone
Dymphne Dinzel smiles…
Kimika Ying: hi dear 🙂
Jimmy Branagh: Hallo Herr Baron!
Viv Trafalgar: Hello Baron!
Jimmy Branagh: G’dye Miss!
Sera: Welcome Miz Kimika, Baron
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Guten Abend, everyone.
Vic Mornington waves
Solace Fairlady: hello Miss Dinzel, herr Baron
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Fraulein Trafalgar, we need to talk about arrangements when convenient for you.
Sera: Welcome Miz Dinzel
Sera: I love Victor’s tag
Vic Mornington: ohhhhhhh your back Mr Holmes?
Vic Mornington: XD
Elina Koskinen: Yes, still here 😀
Dymphne Dinzel smiles…
Dymphne Dinzel: Thank you!
Elilka Sieyes: He is all in one piece, thanks to young Nat and Gadget.
Vic Mornington: ahhhhhhhh 🙂
Elina Koskinen: And Watson too
Jasper Kiergarten: if anyone needs a chair, ping me
Elilka Sieyes: My role was limited to holding a revolver.
Sera: Hello Miz Jameson
Rhianon Jameson: Hello, Salonistas.
Vic Mornington chuckles
Jimmy Branagh: Yay found me sash!
Sera: Chairs are free and you wear them
Vic Mornington: better you holding it than young nat, ive seen him with a firearm, its not a pretty sight
Solace Fairlady: hello Miss jameson, Clockwinder
Sera: Welcome Mr. Tenk
Viv Trafalgar: Hello everyone!
Viv Trafalgar: Welcome Clockwinder!
Mosseveno Tenk waves
Rhianon Jameson: Greetings, Miss Fairlady!
Vic Mornington: ello Mr Tenk
Jimmy Branagh: Hoy Miss Viv!
Bookworm Hienrichs: Hello, Miss Jameson.
Rhianon Jameson: Hello, Miss Hienrichs!
Jimmy Branagh: Hoy Mr. Clockwinder
Elilka Sieyes: Good evening Definitely Not Mister Tenk.
Bookworm Hienrichs grins.
Viv Trafalgar: Thanks so much for the notice Book
Viv Trafalgar: Jed, Sera, y’all are crazy.
Sera: Welcome everyone! I do not want to leave anyone unwelcomed, ungreeted. Unwashed? Humm have to think on that one
Bookworm Hienrichs chuckles.
Viv Trafalgar: Welcome Breezy!
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Quite an entrance.
Sera: Hello Breezy!
Jimmy Branagh: Hoy ta anyone Oy missed too!
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach smiles
Bookworm Hienrichs waves to Breezy.
Jimmy Branagh: Hoy Miss Breezy!
Breezy Carver Fabre smiles hello .. wavess back 🙂
Vic Mornington: ellooooo Breezy
Solace Fairlady: hello Lady Breezy!
Darlingmonster Ember: woot, waves to Miss Breezy
Jimmy Branagh: brb
Breezy Carver Fabre: grins waves to Victor sends carrots to thumper ah smiles and waves to the darlings heheheh whispers congrats On team Spirit !!!
Bookworm Hienrichs: Hello, Miss Gabi!
Vic Mornington: elloooooo Gabrielle
Solace Fairlady: Hooo Miz Gabi!
Vic Mornington: XD
Sera: Hello Miz Gabi!
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Miz Gabi, how goes the flash flood?
Elilka Sieyes: Flash flood?!
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Hurricane season
Gabrielle Riel is terrified to move
Bookworm Hienrichs chuckles.
Breezy Carver Fabre: sends ..dry waves to Miss Gabi .. with a brave smile 🙂
Linus Lacombe: Ceejay! Hello
Jimmy Branagh: Hoy Miss Ceejay!
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: It was up to my neck. I had to change before coming here.
Bookworm Hienrichs waves to Ceejay.
Charon Heliosense slips in the door, hearing people’s chatter buzzing out into the street
Bookworm Hienrichs: Goodness!
Ceejay Writer: Hello Everyone!
Jimmy Branagh: ((brb))
Bookworm Hienrichs: Greetings, Mr. Beresford.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: My marines had a time of it
Breezy Carver Fabre: waves to Ceejay .. Looks franticly for sash .
Solace Fairlady: Hello Miss Ceejay!
Sera: Howdy Miss Ceejay
Ceejay Writer: Sash! gives Breezy big eyes
Sera: Howdy Mr. Beresford
Linus Lacombe wonders what the sashes are for.
Breezy Carver Fabre: in tiny not the size of a sim inventory smiles at Vic 🙂
Simeon Beresford: Good evening Ladies, Gentlemen
Bookworm Hienrichs: Welcome, M. Heliosense.
Breezy Carver Fabre: grins at Ceejay 🙂
Viv Trafalgar: Hello Simeon!
Viv Trafalgar: Hi Ceejay!
Gabrielle Riel apologizes if she is running anyone over or sitting on anyone
Viv Trafalgar: Oh I love seeing everyone wearing sashes. Awesome
Jasper Kiergarten: as usual, if anyone needs a chair, ping me
Simeon Beresford: Hello Viv
Vic Mornington: ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeejay 🙂
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Ah, sashes? Good idea.
Charon Heliosense bows to his greeter “Hello ! I hope I do not intrude”
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Fraulein Sinclair.
Viv Trafalgar: We’re about to begin, if you can take your seats
Ceejay Writer: Gabi, me too. The grey is slowly becoming salon folk.
Bookworm Hienrichs: Not at all, Mr. Heliosense. This is a public event, and all are welcome.
Bookworm Hienrichs smiles.
Blackberry Harvey: Hello Miss Ceejay
Charon Heliosense smiles back and bows once more in thanks.
Aisling Sinclair smiles… hello, everyone
Ceejay Writer: Hi Blackberry!
Simeon Beresford: half my world seems to have disapeared
Bookworm Hienrichs: Do move forward a little, Mr. Heliosense, onto the pattern, to be sure you hear everything.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Can everyone hear me?
Bookworm Hienrichs smiles.
Elilka Sieyes nods to Miss Jed
Darlingmonster Ember: nods
Ceejay Writer tugs at sash, grumbling that it has ‘shrunk’ in two years.
Charon Heliosense does as bid and moves closer to the kind lady in his favorite color.
Jedburgh30 Dagger shouts: Step onto the maze to ensure hearing the speaker
Rhianon Jameson: They tend to do that, I’m told, Miss Ceejay.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: clears throat
Ceejay Writer smies at Miss Jameson and nods.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Hello everyone! Ladies and Gentlemen, Viv, Serafina, Jasper and I are pleased to welcome you to the August edition of the Aether Salon – Forks!. I would like to thank each and every one of you for joining us today.
Vic Mornington cheers
Blackberry Harvey applauds
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach applauds
Ceejay Writer claps heartily.
Darlingmonster Ember applauds
Sera applauds
Jedburgh30 Dagger: As many of you know, the Aether Salon met to discuss steam and Victorian topics on the third Sunday of each month, in Palisades and Academy, New Babbage. This is the 28th and final salon under the direction of the founding staff. While I hope you are all excited to be here, I know that I stand before you with mixed emotions.
Solace Fairlady cheers
Elilka Sieyes claps.
Charon Heliosense looks on with interest
Gabrielle Riel smiles
Breezy Carver Fabre: whew i found it just in time .. beams quietly 🙂
Bookworm Hienrichs sniffs and applauds.
Darlingmonster Ember applauds
Ceejay Writer grins at Breezy.
Breezy Carver Fabre (breezy.carver) big smile
Viv Trafalgar grins and nods approvingly
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Just a few matters of housekeeping before we get started. If you are standing in the back, please move forward onto the maze so that you can be assured of hearing the speaker. Please hold your questions until the end, and as a courtesy to all, please turn off everything that feeds the lag: all HUDs, scripts, AOs and so on. Please no rags, bones, bottles, rhythm, music, or unauthorized versions of ‘Porgy and Bess’. Since this is my last introduction, I will take the time to say that this was my bit to make something close to a relevant wisecrack, typically taken from the week’s events in the Steamlands, or ‘real life’. Yes, I picked the non-Euclydian geometry and several of the other ‘things’ here…so…Your cooperation is appreciated.
Breezy Carver Fabre stands straight
Bookworm Hienrichs grins.
Sera golf claps
Darlingmonster Ember smiles
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Edited and unedited transcripts will be posted this week on aethersalon.blogspot.com so you can revisit today’s merriment, read transcripts of past salons, and for a laugh, peruse “overheard at the salon.” Please join the Aether Salon group and receive notifications of future salon events, click the lower right hand corner of the large brown sign by the entrance. We sincerely appreciate the support we receive from everyone in the community and we humbly thank you all.
Ceejay Writer: Always loved the warnings.
Jimmy Branagh: ((kback))
Jedburgh30 Dagger: The thank you section will be covered during my talk, so I will be skipping that bit for the moment.
Rhianon Jameson whispers, “You missed all the good stuff, Jimmy.”
Viv Trafalgar: hee
Jimmy Branagh: Awwww darn it …
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Yes, several of you will either be embarrassed or not speaking to me afterwards
Vic Mornington😮
Bookworm Hienrichs laughs.
Gabrielle Riel takes out her notepad
Ceejay Writer: YAY!
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach chuckles
Viv Trafalgar raises eyebrows
Sera eyerolls
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Now I will turn the stage over to Miss Viv for my introduction. Since she said I couldn’t do it myself, or risk sounding like Charlie Sheen…
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Viv?
Elilka Sieyes: Win 😉
Vic Mornington bursts out laughing
Bookworm Hienrichs coughs back a laugh.
Viv Trafalgar: Who doesn’t love Charlie Sheen?
Viv Trafalgar: Thank you all for coming today!
Ceejay Writer stifles…. such a look.
Viv Trafalgar: Before I introduce our speaker, I want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart.
Viv Trafalgar: You’ve been an amazing part of Salon and we couldn’t have done it without you,
Viv Trafalgar: our witty audience
Viv Trafalgar: our fabulous fashionistas
Ceejay Writer smiles at Saffia.
Breezy Carver Fabre: whispers hello Saffia
Jimmy Branagh waves to Miss Saffia
Viv Trafalgar: our bright and shining speakers – all of you filled with so much wisdom and knowledge
Viv Trafalgar: You are brilliant, each and every one of you.
Bookworm Hienrichs applauds the past speakers.
Elilka Sieyes applauds the lot of ’em.
Darlingmonster Ember applauds
Vic Mornington cheers
Saffia Widdershins applauds
Sera applauds loudly
Jimmy Branagh applauds
Solace Fairlady: me Huzzahs!
Ceejay Writer whistles
Viv Trafalgar: I especially want to thank Tenk and Shaunathan, for New Babbage – which is a very special place;
Magdalena Kamenev whistles inappropriately.
Saffia Widdershins waves discreetly to people
Viv Trafalgar: and Canolli Capalini for being an incredibly special and generous sponsor of the Salon.
Darlingmonster Ember: nods
Darlingmonster Ember applauds
Solace Fairlady finger waggles at Miss Saffia
Jimmy Branagh claps
Viv Trafalgar: Thanks to Beq and Doc O for keeping us rolling.
Bookworm Hienrichs applauds the absent Ms. Capalini.
Viv Trafalgar: And to Bookworm and PJ for making sure we always look very pretty.
Solace Fairlady cheers loudly
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Woo!
Ceejay Writer claps loudly for her absent friend.
Elilka Sieyes applauds
Charon Heliosense claps softly
Rhianon Jameson smiles and applauds
Viv Trafalgar: Lastly, for Sera, Jed, Jasper, and our Salon Cat, Storm,
Kimika Ying: applauds
Viv Trafalgar: you all are amazing people, and we’ve been a fantastic team.
Sera applauds
Bookworm Hienrichs: YAY!
Darlingmonster Ember: yes indeed
Ceejay Writer: YAY!
Darlingmonster Ember applauds
Viv Trafalgar: Congratulations on all the successes, and here’s to more great things in the future.
Solace Fairlady applauds vigorously
Solace Fairlady: YAY!
Saffia Widdershins applauds
Viv Trafalgar: Love you guys.
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach smiles
Ceejay Writer: (okay I will turn off that lagmonster now)
Linus Lacombe thinks the Steamlands without the Salon will be lik tea without crumpets. But thank you all for so many great memories!
Viv Trafalgar: hahah.
Viv Trafalgar: Oh, and Wait until you see what Jasper’s done for a craft.
Sera: It is impressive!
Viv Trafalgar: Now, To our Speaker:
Blackberry Harvey‘s ears perk as he hears someone think of crumpets
Viv Trafalgar cracks her knuckles
Jedburgh30 Dagger cringes
Viv Trafalgar: It is my great pleasure to introduce the intrepid ironclad captain,
Viv Trafalgar: as well as best friend a salonista could have,
Viv Trafalgar: and generally the only person ever allowed to bear arms at Salon,
Viv Trafalgar: Miss Jedburgh Dagger.
Darlingmonster Ember: yay
Kimika Ying: Hooray!
Darlingmonster Ember applauds
Viv Trafalgar: Many of you have served with her in various forms of NB’s navy and militia.
Ceejay Writer: Woo hoo!
Rhianon Jameson claps
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach applauds
Jimmy Branagh applauds loudly
Solace Fairlady: Hooo
Viv Trafalgar: Others know her as a builder and developer.
Bookworm Hienrichs applauds.
Elilka Sieyes: Hurrah!
Viv Trafalgar: She’s also a sworn enemy of the short-lived concept called the Salon Auction,
Jimmy Branagh: Yay Miss Jed!
Aisling Sinclair claps and smiles
Magdalena Kamenev claps!
Viv Trafalgar: and, most importantly someone who always has my back.
Bookworm Hienrichs chuckles.
Viv Trafalgar: Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome Miss Dagger.
Ceejay Writer chuckles and makes tsk tsk noises.
Vic Mornington cheers
Rhianon Jameson applauds
Sera applauds wildly, almost falling off her perch
Solace Fairlady cheers
Kimika Ying: cheers and applauds
Blackberry Harvey: Hurrah!
Jimmy Branagh claps and roars
Saffia Widdershins applauds
Jedburgh30 Dagger: It is a far different thing to be back up here as a speaker
Jedburgh30 Dagger: I know many of you who are our long time Salonistas are used to me being the stern sister or the smart aleck intro chick…
Simeon Beresford: Courage!
Jedburgh30 Dagger: I would like to take you back to a time when all of this was just a dream.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: (and no, not the time my sinus medicine kicked in…)
Ceejay Writer makes the wiggly fingered backflash signal.
Viv Trafalgar makes the bill & ted noise
Vic Mornington chuckles
Viv Trafalgar: and the waynes’ world noise too (which is what I meant to do)
Rhianon Jameson giggles
Darlingmonster Ember: grins
Simeon Beresford: hmms doctor who theme
Jedburgh30 Dagger: During the 18th century, the place to discuss politics, or science, or art, was at the local coffee house
Vic Mornington: COFFEE!
Ceejay Writer: COFFEE HOUSES WOOO!
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Heh.
Ceejay Writer: Oh, sorry.
Sera: chuckles
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Time lords don’t exist Simeon
Darlingmonster Ember: mmmmm caffe
Vic Mornington chuckles
Jedburgh30 Dagger: The coffee houses of London were full of humor and spirited discussion
Jedburgh30 Dagger: For those of you into the Georgian era, get a copy of Boswell’s London Diary.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Anyways, as time went by, artists and intellectuals would gather to discuss art and ideas…
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Thus was born the concept of the salon in the Victorian era.
Ceejay Writer nods, smiling a lot.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: So…segway to a smoky digital city, in 2008
Blackberry Harvey: Coffee truly is the source of everything.
Gabrielle Riel: 2008….so long ago…
Vic Mornington nods
Elilka Sieyes: Time flies! 0.o
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Someone had an idea, that Second Life could be about more than just poseballs and bling
Ceejay Writer: Quite the shocking notion at the time.
Skye McLeod (skye.fairywren): smiles
Darlingmonster Ember: ideas will be the death of us
Darlingmonster Ember nods sagely
Magdalena Kamenev whispers, “We’re doomed … DOOMED!”
Jedburgh30 Dagger: That it could be possible to discuss real topics of import and historical things relevant to the steampunk era we found ourselves in
Jedburgh30 Dagger: The story of the Aether Salon has been the idea of one, embraced by others and carried forward by the community.
Bookworm Hienrichs nods.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: While Viv would be quick to point out that the crew she brought together carried the Salon to where it is now, it was her idea that made all of this happen.
Viv Trafalgar points that out quickly, about the carrying
Rhianon Jameson laughs
Bookworm Hienrichs laughs.
Vic Mornington chuckles
Darlingmonster Ember smiles
Jedburgh30 Dagger: So the first Salon was in October, and was topically about Curses in New Babbage…
Vic Mornington😮
Ceejay Writer: I remember that one.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: I was asked to speak, as I had been involved in a roleplay scenario that ‘grew legs and ran’, much as Mr Undertone’s fish story did later.
Bookworm Hienrichs chuckles.
Ceejay Writer wonders when wiggyfish grew legs and ran.
Vic Mornington would be worried if wiggyfish grew legs and ran…
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Sidebar-yes the wiggyfish all of you now know as a Babbage staple was just a one off idea that became much larger than anyone expected.
Ceejay Writer: the best ideas are of that sort of start.
Ceejay Writer lowers gaze at Saffia and thinks of the Quest.
Saffia Widdershins grins
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Anyway, so we had out first Salon, I spoke a bit with Beq about our quest to recover the Necklace of Harmonia.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: It grew from there, and became a much larger and well thought out affair, with slide shows, and props…
Rhianon Jameson: Props. Indeed.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Many of you learned about submarines, and underwear, and music, and science…
Ceejay Writer: undercrackers.
Vic Mornington: O.O
Skye McLeod : eeps
Viv Trafalgar: (thinks Miss Jed just wanted to mention submersibles and undercrackers in the same sentence)
Jedburgh30 Dagger: I know many of theattendees have been speakers
Charon Heliosense murmurs “I must have issed the underwear salaon… maybe one of you could demonstrate later….”
Jasper Kiergarten: (thinks Viv is right)
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Great. Now I have submarines in underwear stuck in my head…
Jedburgh30 Dagger: coughs
Viv Trafalgar: (ooops)
Vic Mornington: XD
Bookworm Hienrichs laughs.
Darlingmonster Ember: is better than the…nevermind
Rhianon Jameson: Imagine the audience clothed, then. It might help.
Skye McLeod : heh heh
Ceejay Writer: Scandal.
Kimika Ying whispers: *sings quietly to herself, “…these are a few of my favorite things..”
Solace Fairlady: is that a submarine in your underwear….
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Whay I hope is that all of you saw the seamless, informative, well presented things we hoped you would all see.
Tubby looks around
Tubby: ooh, no food…
Tubby runs
Bookworm Hienrichs nods.
Jimmy Branagh wonders why anyone would put a submarine in their underwear.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Ironically, the bit you just heard is what normally goes on in the staff chat
Viv Trafalgar: ::quietly nudges the salon back to focus on the speaker::
Vic Mornington chuckles
Viv Trafalgar: IT does NOT
Viv Trafalgar: mcuh
Viv Trafalgar: much
Rhianon Jameson: The secret is out!
Ceejay Writer blinks and gazes upon Jed.
Bookworm Hienrichs snickers.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: often
Darlingmonster Ember: snerks
Viv Trafalgar: ::quietly nudges the salon to focus on the far wall, away from the speaker::
Jedburgh30 Dagger: We have a good time doing this. In spite of some of the things we’ve had happen
Magdalena Kamenev: In spite?
Jedburgh30 Dagger: I want to thank our EMs
Jedburgh30 Dagger: I do know we had restarts on the sim in this location before we started on some occasions, because of the “where did the Academy go” incident
Elilka Sieyes: 🙂
Jedburgh30 Dagger: I think we came close to crashing the sim when we were just in Palisades
Ceejay Writer thinks that was a bit fun.
Vic Mornington: wasnt my fault!
Simeon Beresford: looks innocent
Jasper Kiergarten: some griefers too
Rhianon Jameson fails to look innocent, even though she *is* innocent.
Ceejay Writer: Two words. Bob and Bombs.
Magdalena Kamenev: Bah! Target practice! Extemporaneous target practice.
Viv Trafalgar laughs and laughs and cries and cries
Jedburgh30 Dagger: One thing I’d like to say is thank Sera for all the work she did in preparing the transcripts
Darlingmonster Ember: nods
Ceejay Writer: WILD APPLAUSE
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach applauds
Vic Mornington cheers
Jimmy Branagh applauds
Sky Melnik nods and claps for Sera
Ceejay Writer: It is REALLY hard work! Really!
Darlingmonster Ember applauds
Blackberry Harvey: Woo!
Solace Fairlady huzzahs!
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: That is ponderous work.
Bookworm Hienrichs applauds Sera enthusiastically.
Violet MacMoragh cheers
Magdalena Kamenev claps!
Jedburgh30 Dagger: She has to deal with all the AO chatter, and fruity comments, and god knows what all else
Saffia Widdershins applauds
Kimika Ying: applause!
Serra Anansi: Applause Applause!!!
Blackberry Harvey: Fruity comments? I resemble that
Rhianon Jameson: “Fruity comments”? Sounds like sour grapes.
Ceejay Writer really likes peaches.
Viv Trafalgar applauds Sera madly
Simeon Beresford: so much work!
Magdalena Kamenev looks for bad apples in the room.
Sera: What? looks up from her paper
Simeon Beresford: goes bananas
Jedburgh30 Dagger: So staff-wise, Jasper and I were here all along, doing stuff behind the scenes…and I know that they have been a lot of fun to work with
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Again, there are so many things we have to do to pull this off and make it look smooth and professional. I hope we succeeded, most of the time 🙂
Sky Melnik grins
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach applauds
Darlingmonster Ember: oh yes
Darlingmonster Ember: quite
Darlingmonster Ember applauds
Ceejay Writer: A success EVERY time, yes.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: We have had a good time, even if it is a lot of stress and work on the hundreds of things that you folks never saw
Jimmy Branagh applauds
Solace Fairlady nods enthusiastically
Solace Fairlady applauds
Gabrielle Riel: The unsung heroic moments 🙂
Saffia Widdershins applauds
Bookworm Hienrichs nods.
Viv Trafalgar: Oh someone was usually singing in the background…
Gabrielle Riel grins
Jedburgh30 Dagger: We have dealt with church musicals, stormy weather, vacation, wifi outages, last minute cancellations…
Jedburgh30 Dagger: and the occasional “I was doing what this time?”
Viv Trafalgar: Giant Frogs!
Ceejay Writer: And bob.
Viv Trafalgar: And Bob
Jimmy Branagh chuckles
Jedburgh30 Dagger: …and Bob
Vic Mornington: bob chuckles
Sera laughs
Violet MacMoragh snickers
Bookworm Hienrichs: One doesn’t need to say more than his name, does one?
Bookworm Hienrichs grins.
Ceejay Writer: Nope!
Viv Trafalgar hopes the Salon doesn’t catch fire just because we’ve invoked him.
Bookworm Hienrichs laughs.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: I miss the little guy. For those of you who didn’t know, he was a big supporter of salon back-channel, and was…Bob in character
Viv Trafalgar: Agreed
Ceejay Writer: smiles and nods and quietly misses her stinky friend
Jedburgh30 Dagger: He is the reason there is a strict no weapon policy now.
Bookworm Hienrichs chuckles.
Sky Melnik looks down at her belt and tries to hide her decorative weaponry
Heim Ormenthal hides his swords by sitting on them
Simeon Beresford: an acheivement to be proud of
Solace Fairlady drapes her gown over her daggers
Viv Trafalgar: Better than Falling on them Mr. Ormenthal
Rhianon Jameson fails again to look innocent
Jedburgh30 Dagger: So as time went on, we got better at what we did, and developed the now-familiar format that you now “enjoy”
Jimmy Branagh watches his thumbs twiddle
Simeon Beresford: Practice Rhianon m’dear
Rhianon Jameson grins
Blackberry Harvey “applauds”
Vic Mornington cheers
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach applauds
Solace Fairlady cheers loudly
Saffia Widdershins applauds
Jedburgh30 Dagger: For those of you that didn’t know, I rented the loft here…
Magdalena Kamenev whistles.
Sky Melnik applauds
Sky Melnik: And had an office!
Jedburgh30 Dagger: for a long time actually
Ceejay Writer: Ah, those simpler days.
Vic Mornington nods
Skye McLeod sighs
Jedburgh30 Dagger: So one thing I had to do was pack up on Salon days, so we’d have prims for the snack trays and such
Vic Mornington: always seen jed pop onto the radar when i was loafing around in the hotel up the road
Ceejay Writer: She kept me company as I puttered in MY loft in Her Dark Materials.
Heim Ormenthal aspires to lofts rather than lofty spires
Jedburgh30 Dagger: So Sera would IM me and ask if I was picked up…
Ceejay Writer: I didn’t realize you had to pack up for Salon.
Gabrielle Riel: Prims, prims, prims!
Jedburgh30 Dagger: …and there was the time I showed up for salon in the maid uniform…
Heim Ormenthal applauds
Jedburgh30 Dagger: eventually Viv started talking to me again.
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach chuckles
Bookworm Hienrichs laughs.
Viv Trafalgar: hahaha
Gabrielle Riel‘s eyes grow very round
Rhianon Jameson laughs
Sky Melnik laughs!
Jimmy Branagh: Did anyone get pics?
Vic Mornington: O.O
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Of course, we don’t talk about the Humvee incident anymore…
Ceejay Writer clears throat.
Simeon Beresford: dash it I missed that
Jedburgh30 Dagger: or the airplane Writer.
Jedburgh30 Dagger scowls
Darlingmonster Ember: grins
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach nods at the Sultana
Magdalena Kamenev sighs and wonders if there’s an Archive of such happenings.
Bianca Namori: waves and plops to the floor.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: If you can’t kill your besties in vehicles, what fun is there to be had?
Viv Trafalgar: hey!
Bookworm Hienrichs laughs.
Violet MacMoragh chuckles
Ceejay Writer: So true Jed.
Viv Trafalgar: (Thinks Jed is planning on writing a seekrit Tell-All about the salon)
Vic Mornington chuckles
Heim Ormenthal shifts uneasily in his chair; it might be the swords but he can’t be sure.
Darlingmonster Ember: ((think she just did))
Rhianon Jameson places a pre-order
Bianca Namori: ((agrees))
Ceejay Writer: (thinks we need a Memory Page, all can submit memories to)
Bianca Namori: ((agrees again))
Viv Trafalgar: oh good idea Ceejay!
Jedburgh30 Dagger: I want to toss a few more thank yous
Viv Trafalgar: we can open up a page on the blog if you want
Ceejay Writer: 🙂
Ceejay Writer: Please do! I have a memory to share.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Cannolli, for one
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach applauds
Vic Mornington claps
Ceejay Writer: CANOLLI! *applauds till her sash falls down one arm.
Darlingmonster Ember applauds
Jedburgh30 Dagger: She made those chairs all of you enjoy, so we could keep the prim count down and have a stylish place to sit
Sky Melnik claps
Magdalena Kamenev applauds!
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Brilliant work.
Solace Fairlady applauds and applauds
Saffia Widdershins applauds
Dymphne Dinzel applauds!
Heim Ormenthal shouts “Bravo!”
Blackberry Harvey: Hurrah for effective furniture!
Jedburgh30 Dagger: and yes, we had a salon chair dash, and yes it was hysterical to see
Bookworm Hienrichs grins.
Elilka Sieyes: XD
Aisling Sinclair: so sorry I missed that
Jedburgh30 Dagger: Viv thanked the Mayors of New Babbage, and rightly so
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach wonders how he missed that.
Ceejay Writer: chairsa on bums are ALWAYS good for a grin.
Bianca Namori: chuckles. and applauds.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: I do know that Mr Tenk and the EMs did a lot for us, and I know we had to play with the avatar count in Palisades once
Ceejay Writer: (I recall playing with that count and sweating bullets, thinking I would break all of SL)
Viv Trafalgar: Yes, Ceejay was the EM for that one – awesome too
Ceejay Writer shudders at the memory.
Magdalena Kamenev: One day you will, Miss Ceejay. One day.
Jedburgh30 Dagger: I want to thank Jasper, for his work on so many of the crafts you guys enjoyed over the last three years.
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach applauds
Sera applauds
Vic Mornington claps
Bookworm Hienrichs enthusiastically applauds Mr. Kiergarten.
Jimmy Branagh applauds
Sky Melnik applauds
Viv Trafalgar: (one of which is on the stairs here)
Solace Fairlady applauds
Ceejay Writer: Jasper is the BEST! *claps*
Darlingmonster Ember: yesss
Darlingmonster Ember applauds
Dymphne Dinzel applauds!
Jimmy Branagh: It wos good stuff too!
Sera: Jasper does brilliant work!
Violet MacMoragh whistles
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: I have often wondered how he kept up.
Kimika Ying: applauds!
Jasper Kiergarten: bows
Jedburgh30 Dagger: While he wasn’t the only one who did, I know he did a lot of work just because he’s a swell guy
Linus Lacombe: The crafts are always nice
Rhianon Jameson nods
Viv Trafalgar: man, the build-your-own toolbelt
Ceejay Writer: He’s also a very talented builder.
Viv Trafalgar: a lot of us had a part in that one –
Ceejay Writer missed the toolbelt, alas!
Jedburgh30 Dagger: ..and providing the solid manly anchor to our staff 😛
Bookworm Hienrichs chuckles.
Sera cheers
Jasper Kiergarten: 🙂
Ceejay Writer: My boat needs an anchor……..
Jedburgh30 Dagger: So now that I have talked for my allotted time, does anyone have any questions?
Ceejay Writer: Can we all take souviner bricks from the building tonight?
Rhianon Jameson laughs
Vic Mornington facepalms
Bookworm Hienrichs chuckles.
Elilka Sieyes: How does one determine the gender of an anchor?
Dymphne Dinzel smiles
Blackberry Harvey: Two prongs or three
Rhianon Jameson: It involves submarines and undercrackers.
Elilka Sieyes: Ahhh.
Viv Trafalgar: Well, usually, they’re underwater, and attached to a boat, so…
Ceejay Writer: (If they drag the bottom, male. If they hold the ship safely, female)
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach chuckles
Viv Trafalgar: HAH
Blackberry Harvey: Ouch!
Viv Trafalgar: Ceejay ftw
Jedburgh30 Dagger: You want me to say ‘balls’, right?
Dymphne Dinzel laughs
Ceejay Writer: laughs
Vic Mornington chokes on his coffee and bursts out laughing
Jedburgh30 Dagger: SCORE!
Sky Melnik applauds to Jed, Sera, Viv, Jasper and all of the other Salon folks as she’s pullsed away.
Viv Trafalgar: We hope after the grilling/questioning, you’ll stick around – we have a very special guest today
Sky Melnik: *pulled
Ceejay Writer waves to Sky!
Sky Melnik waves to all and poofs
Darlingmonster Ember: ?a guest?
Viv Trafalgar: But first, I want to say thank you to the Baron, who has begun plans for keeping the idea of Salon alive.
Viv Trafalgar: You’ll be hearing more about that soon.
Thermite Ultima blinked repeatedly at the amount of people in the establishment. “Goodness, what is going on here?”
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: My honour, Fraulein.
Rhianon Jameson applauds the Baron
Bookworm Hienrichs applauds the Baron.
Darlingmonster Ember: ah, thank you Herr Baron
Darlingmonster Ember applauds
Blackberry Harvey: Welcome, Mr. Ultima
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach bows from his chair
Sera applauds
Ceejay Writer whistles for the Baron!
Solace Fairlady applauds slowly
Riven Homewood: Applauds The Baron
Vic Mornington cheers
Jimmy Branagh applauds
Aisling Sinclair: wonderful to hear!
Saffia Widdershins applauds vigorously
Viv Trafalgar: Now, we are going to break slightly from salon tradition
Viv Trafalgar: and invite you all to dance us out – We’ve asked Victor to DJ a little
Darlingmonster Ember notices the vibratory applauding is shifting the sim out of true
Vic Mornington: XD
Viv Trafalgar: maybe Bob will show up if there’s dancing
Ceejay Writer: I’d love a dance with Bob.
Ceejay Writer: Just to watch his terror.
Elilka Sieyes grins.
Violet MacMoragh giggles
Viv Trafalgar: Victor, the salon is yours, temporarily
Vic Mornington: Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! 😀 :p 😀 :p 😀
Darlingmonster Ember: thank you Miss Jed
Darlingmonster Ember applauds
Sera: Thank you Jed
Solace Fairlady: Thank you indeed Miss jed!
Rhianon Jameson: I have to leave, but I thank you all for the years of wonderful Salons
Solace Fairlady Hooooooooos!!!
Viv Trafalgar: Thank you so much Jed!
Solace Fairlady Hooooooooos!!!
Solace Fairlady Hooooooooos!!!
Ceejay Writer: What fun! Dancing at salon! Hasn’t happened since…. Burlesque!
Rhianon Jameson applauds loudly
Magdalena Kamenev laughs.
Breezy Carver Fabre claps
Linus Lacombe: Aww, I’d love to stay and dance, but RL calls. Three cheers for the Salon staff! HUZZAH HUZZAH HUZZAH!!
Bookworm Hienrichs: Thank you, thank you, thank you, Salonistas!
Baron Klaus Wulfenbach applauds
Jimmy Branagh: Yay!
Darlingmonster Ember: Huzzah!
Gabrielle Riel smiles
Riven Homewood: Huzzah!
Viv Trafalgar: Please don’t forget to pick up your craft!
Jasper Kiergarten: did everyone get the craft?
Aisling Sinclair: Bravi tutti!!
Viv Trafalgar: It’s a Salon Teapot
Rhianon Jameson: Huzzah!
Kghia Gherardi applauds the organizers, hosts and the guests who imparted such excellent … information
Elilka Sieyes applauds the whole salon team, and those brave souls taking over too.
Solace Fairlady cheers and claps wiildly
Thermite Ultima: I didn’t get one.
Gabrielle Riel: Hello Vic!
Skye McLeod I did not either
Jasper Kiergarten: the box on the stage contains the craft
Jasper Kiergarten: its free
Skye McLeod Lovely! Thank you!
Bookworm Hienrichs starts the dancing, just because.
Ceejay Writer: THANK YOU SALONISTAS BOTH STAFF AND AUDIENCE FOR MANY YEARS OF GOOD MEMORIES!
Vic Mornington: dance ball thingys are at either side of the building folks! 🙂 they double up as couples dance balls as well
Magdalena Kamenev: Mambo No. ?
Viv Trafalgar grins at Ceejay
Darlingmonster Ember: my thanks to all
Magdalena Kamenev: Oh, 8.
Solace Fairlady: Thank you Mr jasper, your crafts are always so good and pertinent to the topic
Vic Mornington: Mambo No.8
Saffia Widdershins: Thank you so much for all you’ve done!!!!
Linus Lacombe: Enjoy the dancing everyone
Jimmy Branagh: Thenks all Salonists!