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Megaplex 2017
8 years ago
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I am Ayn BlackFox: Storyteller
Megaplex: That’s What Friend Are For
The Storyteller Chronicle
This story starts just a few days before the trip to the con. As an operator of a large commercial truck, I’m subject to the Hours of Service rules and the extension of those when it comes to recap time. You might want to look this up if you want more information about since it would be a pain to explain here. Anyway, because of those rules and what my recap time looked like coming into days leading into the con, I ended up having to stop short and drop a day to wait for my recap time to give me more time to work with. Essentially I was a day behind schedule for when I wanted to arrive home and get prepared for the con. This included having to turn my truck in since I was taking more than six days off and some other company stuff that I don’t want to get into. Eventually I did get home and I did get packed (which was mainly getting my fursuits and getting a small bag of clothes and toiletries.
Now after dropping off the rental car my employer graciously got for me to get him but not to the con, it turns out that my debit card was TURNED OFF and after fighting with the bank for two hours, I was told that it was on and ready to use. Now after all this, it was too late to get a rental and my friend/roommate/dance partner had to tell our friend “Marcus” That we could not accommodate him for the ride to con because of the limited room we had in the car available to us. Thanks to this, we ended up with the even brighter idea of renting a car from where he lived and STILL go to the con! Thank fully this idea worked and with the blessing we got from that… we pow-wowed in the mini-van and slingshot our way to Orlando for what was Megaplex. Unlike the FWA story, I’m going keep this one short as there is something else I need to explain later.
The New Guy/New Con Name
After getting settled into the con hotel and getting
neos8 into his hotel. Me and 
furry_mike went across town to pick up a first time con-goer 
tobyg It was his first time going to a furcon and in a way you can small the butterflies in his stomach. The drive to his company’s terminal local in Orlando was fun as I got into a street race in a mini-van with a Prius and Avenger and for the most part… I WON! HA! Take that! Anywho, the trip back to the hotel was uneventful but here is where the con takes a turn for what I now call: PARKING-CON.
Parking Con is exactly what it sounds like. You’d spend just as much time trying to find a parking space at the main hotel as you would walking around the con and going to events. I hated having to drive away from the hotel to do anything as parking-con was in full swing. What I was trying to figure out is HOW IN THE HELL did some furry get a FULL SIZE SCHOOL BUS in the hotel lot! I mean seriously a BUS but yet Toby could not get a commercial truck ½ the size into the lot? WOW! Anywho, with the some parts of the hotel under construction I could understand why there was little parking but yet the overall experience was not bad. I’ve parked a truck and trailer in tighter spots.
The Con Itself/Weekend/NEW CHARACTER REVEAL!
Friday morning after me and Furry Mike’s registration was complete, I decided to suit up and walk with Toby down to registration. This is the only time I made a mistake during suiting as I had a harness on just for the laughs but in turn… not so laughable. Anywho after getting my kicks out of suiting which even then was a chore because of the triple digit heat index. I milled around the dealers den for a bit and picked up a few supplies and got right back in suit as Lilah with just a collar and metal tag with her name on it since her badge and another was not completed in time. This blew over better as a few liked Lilah and even a few picks came out of the deal in the process. But like most of the others, the extreme heat index flushed people into the headless longue to cool off as much as possible. I met up with a few friends during the Friday night hours and we talked for a while before parting ways and going to find dinner without having to drive. This was also the time I hooked up to be a caribou by the thoughtful and loving Wezen which… was different.
Honestly, wearing a suit or how I should say becoming a character that is already established was very inspiring. There was times to where I was lost in my own thoughts formulating a character of my own to fit was I had become even if was just for a con. I’m not sure what it was but something told me to do it and eventually I would but more or less even just being in partial, I wanted more, I wanted to push the boundaries of what I could and would do without stepping on any feet in the process and by word, I did. I had something to work with.
Saturday was a bit more intriguing as I wanted to explore a bit more out of suit before getting back into to suit again. This included suit inspections and even just getting art and such again. Furry Mike went out to take pictures and get prepped for the dance competition without me since the suit and music I picked were not ready in time for the con. (Such much negative things leading into the con BUT they all got washed out by more positive!) After having my fill of out suit fun it was time to get back in suit and have more fun. Saturday was the day I was going a reveal a suit that I’ve kept secret for so long. Barely anyone knew this suit was coming and even then I was a bit nervous about the whole thing since I was not sure how this character was going to be received with one character already bombing and the sister suit to the newest one just squeaking in…The newest suit was going to be more of a challenge than the other two. On top of that, there were rumors flying around that “Telephone” was at the con and this only intensified the feelings about this reveal but staying confident, I suit up and with Toby G as my handler, we set out into the con space.
Even being completely in character mode, I could make out what was going on. This new character…Savoy, Big sister to Lilah, was attracting attention more so that Lilah and the other character combined. This was…different, something I was not used to since Lilah went to Nerd-a-con back home. I will get more on this later. Saturday was amazing and dinner turned into a rather fast pizza order and wow… just wow.
Sunday was mostly out of suit business and more so, getting things I could NOT get into suit so yea it was something to behold! OF course I didn’t hold back on wanting to get back into Savoy and with a new sense of YES! Me and Furry Mike made our way do to the fursuit photo in the main events room where yes you can guess it… Telephone was there with her entourage. Now I am a new character Savoy and mostly being quiet unless a howl or awoo started and then I made protest Sugar Glider noises outside of the 80s dance party from the residual music. After the photo was done, me and my handler moved over to a quiet corner to relax and what do you know…Here comes the angel dragon that EVERYONE LOVES! After a wave and a little side stepping, I moved out of the way to let people take their pics while I just watched and in a way cooled off. After a few pics where taken… my handler wanted to get a pic of Savoy and Telephone and well.. yea.. it happened but more than just happened. Ever seen a brightly colored glider and angel dragon have a 10 second conversation? Well it happened. Once the next swarm of people flooded over to take a pic of Telephone, Savoy, Toby and eventually Tiger, slipped out the main events to the open area where…the inflatables took over and yes… Savoy being the silly glider that she is…well…. had some fun.
The rest of Sunday was good and fursuit parade came where I found out something that started to bother me but more on that later. However, during the parade this one suit kept running into the back of me and even damaged one of Savoy’s large ears. However that was fixed with a little Loctite and good as new. After it was all said and done, the night fell quiet as the con was over and three overheated furs slumbered in the room. My mind started to race.
After thoughts:
Megaplex was a great experience and something I’d love do again. I got hang out and meet new people and I’d do again in a heartbeat. I’m not going to let one argument that happened ruined the time I had there but more importantly was events that happened while I was Savoy. After the group fursuit picture and the picture with Telephone and some playing around on inflatables, it was brought to my attention that a certain person really liked Savoy. On top of that, it was always told to me that few people specifically wanted to get some pictures of Savoy just before the parade started. Now this where things took a turn to where once I was out of character and settled, I was told of other people who really liked the brightly colored glider. It seems as if just one con catapulted a new character into a new of popularity I’ve not seen since I was home with Lilah.
Because of that…my mind started to wander, a lot. Honestly, I was not sure about this new found fame and it scared me just as much. I kept asking myself, is this really the path I’m going down like a runaway train? Is there an emergency brake? What should I do? How do I manage it? It took even me getting back to work to realize that I’ve set out on a path and I still have control of the train. I didn’t need to apply the brakes as I was still slow moving and only just gaining speed. With a new sense of confidence, I finally got a chance to write this break down of my Megaplex experience and more where I’m going from there. More so I remember a song from a while back that gave me even more inspiration to keep doing what I do so with that, The Storyteller signs off from this con experience and hopes to be able to meet up and have fun with everyone at the next scheduled event: Midwest Fur Fest!
The Storyteller Chronicle
This story starts just a few days before the trip to the con. As an operator of a large commercial truck, I’m subject to the Hours of Service rules and the extension of those when it comes to recap time. You might want to look this up if you want more information about since it would be a pain to explain here. Anyway, because of those rules and what my recap time looked like coming into days leading into the con, I ended up having to stop short and drop a day to wait for my recap time to give me more time to work with. Essentially I was a day behind schedule for when I wanted to arrive home and get prepared for the con. This included having to turn my truck in since I was taking more than six days off and some other company stuff that I don’t want to get into. Eventually I did get home and I did get packed (which was mainly getting my fursuits and getting a small bag of clothes and toiletries.
Now after dropping off the rental car my employer graciously got for me to get him but not to the con, it turns out that my debit card was TURNED OFF and after fighting with the bank for two hours, I was told that it was on and ready to use. Now after all this, it was too late to get a rental and my friend/roommate/dance partner had to tell our friend “Marcus” That we could not accommodate him for the ride to con because of the limited room we had in the car available to us. Thanks to this, we ended up with the even brighter idea of renting a car from where he lived and STILL go to the con! Thank fully this idea worked and with the blessing we got from that… we pow-wowed in the mini-van and slingshot our way to Orlando for what was Megaplex. Unlike the FWA story, I’m going keep this one short as there is something else I need to explain later.
The New Guy/New Con Name
After getting settled into the con hotel and getting
neos8 into his hotel. Me and 
furry_mike went across town to pick up a first time con-goer 
tobyg It was his first time going to a furcon and in a way you can small the butterflies in his stomach. The drive to his company’s terminal local in Orlando was fun as I got into a street race in a mini-van with a Prius and Avenger and for the most part… I WON! HA! Take that! Anywho, the trip back to the hotel was uneventful but here is where the con takes a turn for what I now call: PARKING-CON. Parking Con is exactly what it sounds like. You’d spend just as much time trying to find a parking space at the main hotel as you would walking around the con and going to events. I hated having to drive away from the hotel to do anything as parking-con was in full swing. What I was trying to figure out is HOW IN THE HELL did some furry get a FULL SIZE SCHOOL BUS in the hotel lot! I mean seriously a BUS but yet Toby could not get a commercial truck ½ the size into the lot? WOW! Anywho, with the some parts of the hotel under construction I could understand why there was little parking but yet the overall experience was not bad. I’ve parked a truck and trailer in tighter spots.
The Con Itself/Weekend/NEW CHARACTER REVEAL!
Friday morning after me and Furry Mike’s registration was complete, I decided to suit up and walk with Toby down to registration. This is the only time I made a mistake during suiting as I had a harness on just for the laughs but in turn… not so laughable. Anywho after getting my kicks out of suiting which even then was a chore because of the triple digit heat index. I milled around the dealers den for a bit and picked up a few supplies and got right back in suit as Lilah with just a collar and metal tag with her name on it since her badge and another was not completed in time. This blew over better as a few liked Lilah and even a few picks came out of the deal in the process. But like most of the others, the extreme heat index flushed people into the headless longue to cool off as much as possible. I met up with a few friends during the Friday night hours and we talked for a while before parting ways and going to find dinner without having to drive. This was also the time I hooked up to be a caribou by the thoughtful and loving Wezen which… was different.
Honestly, wearing a suit or how I should say becoming a character that is already established was very inspiring. There was times to where I was lost in my own thoughts formulating a character of my own to fit was I had become even if was just for a con. I’m not sure what it was but something told me to do it and eventually I would but more or less even just being in partial, I wanted more, I wanted to push the boundaries of what I could and would do without stepping on any feet in the process and by word, I did. I had something to work with.
Saturday was a bit more intriguing as I wanted to explore a bit more out of suit before getting back into to suit again. This included suit inspections and even just getting art and such again. Furry Mike went out to take pictures and get prepped for the dance competition without me since the suit and music I picked were not ready in time for the con. (Such much negative things leading into the con BUT they all got washed out by more positive!) After having my fill of out suit fun it was time to get back in suit and have more fun. Saturday was the day I was going a reveal a suit that I’ve kept secret for so long. Barely anyone knew this suit was coming and even then I was a bit nervous about the whole thing since I was not sure how this character was going to be received with one character already bombing and the sister suit to the newest one just squeaking in…The newest suit was going to be more of a challenge than the other two. On top of that, there were rumors flying around that “Telephone” was at the con and this only intensified the feelings about this reveal but staying confident, I suit up and with Toby G as my handler, we set out into the con space.
Even being completely in character mode, I could make out what was going on. This new character…Savoy, Big sister to Lilah, was attracting attention more so that Lilah and the other character combined. This was…different, something I was not used to since Lilah went to Nerd-a-con back home. I will get more on this later. Saturday was amazing and dinner turned into a rather fast pizza order and wow… just wow.
Sunday was mostly out of suit business and more so, getting things I could NOT get into suit so yea it was something to behold! OF course I didn’t hold back on wanting to get back into Savoy and with a new sense of YES! Me and Furry Mike made our way do to the fursuit photo in the main events room where yes you can guess it… Telephone was there with her entourage. Now I am a new character Savoy and mostly being quiet unless a howl or awoo started and then I made protest Sugar Glider noises outside of the 80s dance party from the residual music. After the photo was done, me and my handler moved over to a quiet corner to relax and what do you know…Here comes the angel dragon that EVERYONE LOVES! After a wave and a little side stepping, I moved out of the way to let people take their pics while I just watched and in a way cooled off. After a few pics where taken… my handler wanted to get a pic of Savoy and Telephone and well.. yea.. it happened but more than just happened. Ever seen a brightly colored glider and angel dragon have a 10 second conversation? Well it happened. Once the next swarm of people flooded over to take a pic of Telephone, Savoy, Toby and eventually Tiger, slipped out the main events to the open area where…the inflatables took over and yes… Savoy being the silly glider that she is…well…. had some fun.
The rest of Sunday was good and fursuit parade came where I found out something that started to bother me but more on that later. However, during the parade this one suit kept running into the back of me and even damaged one of Savoy’s large ears. However that was fixed with a little Loctite and good as new. After it was all said and done, the night fell quiet as the con was over and three overheated furs slumbered in the room. My mind started to race.
After thoughts:
Megaplex was a great experience and something I’d love do again. I got hang out and meet new people and I’d do again in a heartbeat. I’m not going to let one argument that happened ruined the time I had there but more importantly was events that happened while I was Savoy. After the group fursuit picture and the picture with Telephone and some playing around on inflatables, it was brought to my attention that a certain person really liked Savoy. On top of that, it was always told to me that few people specifically wanted to get some pictures of Savoy just before the parade started. Now this where things took a turn to where once I was out of character and settled, I was told of other people who really liked the brightly colored glider. It seems as if just one con catapulted a new character into a new of popularity I’ve not seen since I was home with Lilah.
Because of that…my mind started to wander, a lot. Honestly, I was not sure about this new found fame and it scared me just as much. I kept asking myself, is this really the path I’m going down like a runaway train? Is there an emergency brake? What should I do? How do I manage it? It took even me getting back to work to realize that I’ve set out on a path and I still have control of the train. I didn’t need to apply the brakes as I was still slow moving and only just gaining speed. With a new sense of confidence, I finally got a chance to write this break down of my Megaplex experience and more where I’m going from there. More so I remember a song from a while back that gave me even more inspiration to keep doing what I do so with that, The Storyteller signs off from this con experience and hopes to be able to meet up and have fun with everyone at the next scheduled event: Midwest Fur Fest!
Let's do it again at the next con!