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Aha! I've been waiting patiently for you to return. So, about that letter from the previous king, allocating Tax funds to my community project? I trust you've had enough time to complete the paperwork by now? I showed you the letter with Dagashi and Lord British's signatures on them - you'd think a king could afford ink that didn't smudge so much.

The funds can be transferred to the KSS bank account whenever you're ready.

Oh, and welcome back!


[Out of context history lesson:  When I was an initiate with KSS, I was assigned to get some money from [TAX] by any means possible. Being a crafter, and a blind one at that, my options were limited. I hit on the idea of forging a letter from the king, ordering the Tax collectors to allocate money to a new braille wing of the Britain library. I eventually got 35gp from Dagashi, mostly because he was becoming so irritated by my refusal to give up and go away - despite several hundred death robes - that he gave in and paid. Good times!]

I am so sad to read this. She was a wonderful person. I know I haven't been around much - but I really wish I'd had a chance to say goodbye. To her friends and family, you're in my thoughts.

Things are slowly improving. I might actually get 5 minutes to play sometime in February!
I also had the pleasure of a visit from El of LA a couple of weeks ago - always good to meet UO folks in RL!
Thanks everyone for your good thoughts and well wishes!

Hello friends, and Merry Christmas to you.
I'm sorry that I haven't been around at all for the last couple of months. I really miss it.
You see, I'm currently without a full-time supply of bulk orders in real life, and I'm having to take odd jobs wherever I can.
All being well, I should have something permanent by the end of January, but until then, every spare moment is going on putting food on the table.
I hope you all have a very happy time during this festive season, and I'll drop in if I can!

-Blind Otto

Hail and well met!

We met up last night. Life's been...interesting lately. As in, PTerry's "Interesting Times" interesting.
I'll be around when I can, but for the next month at least, that's going to be hit and miss.

I freely admit that I am incapable of killing the Bo, even when the Bo is in a trance.
Not because I'm incompetent in a fight, you realise - the fact of the matter is that I've never been able to find the Bo. Tis rather hard, when blind. Perhaps if he took after his distant relative, Mr Jangles, twould be easier.

*seeks Bo here, seeks Bo there*

Hail, friends!

On Wednesday, at 3 pm EST / 8 pm GMT, you are invited to come along to the new NEW (but not the newest NEW) guild hall, and celebrate the renewal of NEW!
Yes, there might be fights. Yes, there will be cake and drinks! Yes, you should come in your most basic, "I don't care if I lose it" suit.
But if you can, come! It's much more fun than that thing that some of you celebrate EVERY year! Surely that one's grown old by now?

If not, have fun anyway!

*hangs onto right mouse button for dear life*

When I checked the Meer dungeon that the EM created recently (moongate outside the EM Hall), the place was crawling with crimson dragons disguised as orcs. I know that's not the highest level of loot, but I've had a few decent legendary artifacts off them, and the occasional crimmy. Hunting CDs might help, if you can get a good team together. My cu can take one down in about 10 minutes solo, and I'm probably the worst example of PvM you could wish for.

Tis Bo! Huzzah! Let the wine flow, and someone get that pig on a spit!
*hears footsteps rapidly taking the wine and pig indoors*

*thinks*

*Hopes Bo doesn't think that he was referring to the Bo when he said "that pig"*

*amazingly, finds he can see again, but everything is monochrome*

Those were gold coins? That explains all the bruising! I thought they were bath salts.
I'll be back as governor eventually...probably... maybe...  but right now, there is far too much going on in my life for me to do a decent job.
I suspect our patriotic friend really just wanted a title, but let's see what she achieves.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success, and to bringing the community together.
To those whose stupidity ruined it for the whole shard, may your eventual fates be slow and painful, and your lives forgettable and meaningless.

[NEW] holds a special place in many of our hearts, as does Shalimar.
I have good news and bad news.

The bad news is, it seems Shalimar has left the [NEW] guild. This has caused a shift in leadership to a recently returned trainee called Magical.
Therein ends the bad news.

The good news:
I have pulled my old co-leader account out of mothballs. Magical has made him an emissary.
So, NEW can live again, theoretically.

As you know, I do not have a ton of time on my hand, and I am not saying that I am running NEW. I will leave it to Magical to decide what she wants to do with it.
BUT, there is hope. This is day one. And NEW still lives, even if it is on life support.