Megaplex was so fun this year. I was excited long before because of the anticipation of meeting more Little Tales friends and I must say the the convention met and exceeded my expectations :) Not going to go into too much detail, just the basics of the weekend that was :)


Thursday (7/25) - The first day was so fun :) After arriving at the hotel, I met a familiar green hyena.. the wonderful  HollieHyena Around the same time I met the queen of shinies herself  Kittybird and her hubby along with FermentedSkunk and JadedFox and Jaezel (didn't recognize him with pants..hehe). While waiting for our other roommate, we went out to dinner at Sonny's where a great, hilarious time was had by all. Back at the hotel, I met my second roommate for that night  arisuvixen :) Soon it was registration time and while waiting in line, we met the overlord herself  Foxenawolf . Before getting my badge and my con goodies, I got a hug from the wonderful  Genesisw

After some downtime, I went with Hollie, Arisu, Fermented and Jaezel to bowling where we had a wonderful time! (I even bowled a strike in one frame)


Friday (7/26) - The next morning, there was a knock on the door of the hotel room.. it was none other than the wonderful  Beaglederp who I would be rooming with for the rest of the con. After a great breakfast at Denny's, Beagle got checked in and I moved my bags to his hotel room (right next to Hollie's) then went to a very brief Opening Ceremonies before bounding off to the Dealer's Den. I saw, Gen, Fox and Uriel and met CoyoteCanuck along with Merrihop who is an absoulte delight! :) The rest of the day flew by..I mostly hung out by Gen's table (where I got my wonderful Marina Badge, my amazing Jonas badge and year 5 of Little Tales), taking time out to go to Rhubarb's concert. After a bit of downtime, I hung out with several of the Little Tales crew in the lobby (Including Wolfteller, Uriel and Merri :)) The night ended with some Karaoke.. I sang two songs "Everybody's Talking" and "Overkill" and watched some fun performances before going back up to the hotel room to see my roommates (Beagle,  starallon and  sk-1 )


Saturday (7/27) After waking up and having some nummy breakfast, I went down to the Dealer's Den and hung out mostly by Gen's table. That day I met another member of the Little Tales family, the lovely  RosemaryTeatree :) Later on, I commissioned Foxena for a pic of my otter girl Marina then later in the day, I commissioned Gen to draw a postcard of Marina and picked up my commission from Fox :) After a bit of downtime later on, I hung out in the gaming room with Arisu, playing a round of Bubble Bobble on the NES. I went to the Fox Amore concert on Gen's recommendation and I'm glad I did..it was amazing! I was on my feet the whole time and even dance a bit towards the end. After that it was bedtime


Sunday (7/28) On Sunday I woke up with what seemed at the time to be a harmless toothache. Took a couple pills in the morning with breakfast then went down to head towards the Dealer's Den. I got to see Gen create my postcard that I had commissioned the night before! :) I was so pleased with the results..probably the cutest pic of my otter girl so far! :) As the afternoon went on tho, the pain in my jaw near my tooth got progressively worse. Before long I had to excuse myself and find a place to sit. The pain got so bad, I was in tears. I took some more pills later on and that seemed to make the problem better for a time. Beagle, along with Hollie, picked up some Anbesol while they were out in case the pain came back. Once the Dealer's den closed, I went back up to the hotel room to rest before the party. It was then that the pain flared up again. Blackwell suggested a remedy and Beagle asked if I needed anything and to call him if the pain got worse. Before they left for the party, Beagle gave me the gift that  Koichi18 had made for me. :) I put some of the anbesol on the affected area and tried Blackwell's remedy. After almost 2 hours of pain and more crying, the pain had subsided enough for me to go to the party :)

~The Party~ - I showed up late to the party and the pizza was already gone :( but there was still delicious treats and homemade soda. I finally got to meet the Rancourts (Dusty and Katya) and I must say they are even more awesome in person! :) Dusty's sodas were delicious (especially the root beer..will have to get that recipe!). The biggest treat at the party was when Gen offered to sit next to me for a little bit :) The party was so awesome and my only regret is that I wasn't there for the whole thing (darn tooth). Towards the end, I got a bottle of the delicious root beer. At the end, I got hugs from everyone before saying goodbye. Just like the streams, I was one of the last to leave the party..hehe.


Monday (7/29) Alas, all good things must end eventually. That morning I said goodbye to Blackwell before he left and packed up my bags. Luckily the pain from the previous day had lessened considerably. After leaving the room with Beagle, I sat back down in the lobby to hang out before catching my flight later on that day. I gave Beagle a big hug and I thought that was the last I would see of my friends at the hotel...but it wasn't. I found out from Beagle that Kittybird, Darggy, Wolfteller and Fermented were hanging out on the second floor so I decided to join them. Once up there, Beagle gave me a present.. two 45 Singles from the 80's! ('Twilight Zone' from Golden Earring and one my favorite 80's songs.. 'Pressure' by Billy Joel). After another hug, I said goodbye to Beagle before he left the hotel. After leaving my bags in Kittybird's hotel room, I joined her along with Draggy, Wolfteller and Fermented for a delicious and filling lunch at Chili's. Back at the hotel, I joined them back in their hotel room for a showing of 'The Hobbit'. Not too long later, I waved goodbye and hugged Teller before he left the hotel then watching the rest of the movie. When the movie was over, it was almost 5 and I had to go. I said goodbye to Kittybird, Fermented and Draggy before heading down to catch the 5pm shuttle to the airport. On the way out, I waved goodbye to the hotel and was on my way to catch my flight back to Boston.


It was sad to have to go, but I will always have very fond memories of my very first Megaplex :) A special thanks to Hollie for allowing me to room with her the first night and just being all around wonderful! :) A special thanks to Beaglederp for being so wonderful and for helping me out when I wasn't at my best on Sunday. I will never forget that! :) Special thanks to my other roommates Allon and Blackwell :) A special thanks to Arisu for gaming with me on Saturday. A special thanks to the always entertaining Foxenawolf..it was great to finally meet you :) A special thanks to Kittybird and Draggy for making my Monday great :) A special thanks to Merrihop was a delight to talk to throughout. A special thanks to the Rancourts for the soda and for just being awesome! A special thanks to Wolfteller who was wonderful as always :) A very special thanks to everyone in the Little Tales community who made it this year! :) And a special thanks to Koichi for the wonderful art gifts he gave in his absence

The biggest thanks of all has to go to Gen for getting us all together and making this such a wonderful convention and for being so awesome all weekend! :) Will definitely make plans to come again next year! :)

*Hugs*

~Shane~