So this time we left on Wed 23rd, and yes I do mean we.  rimme was with me and we were both headed to  vrraven's house. And when we arrived we were both beat. Rimme from having driven, me from this being my first day back after being sick with a bad virus. Yes I got over a virus the day before leaving for Fur the More, some people have all the luck. Anyway I was glad to see Noir and the eternally vigilante BarkBark there to greet us.

Noir's house was awesome as usual but damn did I have trouble getting to sleep. I must have spun a circle on that bed. I have no idea why I couldn't sleep, it's not like this was my first Fur the More. Whatever. Anyway the next day we all got up early, packed the fursuits and we were off to Fur the More. The theme this year was 007: Furry Never Dies. Crappy movie but a good theme for a James Bond fan like myself.

The theme also gave me an idea for a story that I managed to get published in the conbook. Yay me.

We arrived early at the hotel for the first time...ever, though we did first stop off for lunch at this bakery Noir and I discovered in 2017. This place is called the Classic Bakery, and oh my God their food is so good. Next year  furthemore is moving to a new hotel and a new city. I have no doubt Noir and I will make a special trip for this place.

Anyway since we were early for once it made sense the hotel didn't have our room ready. Noir, Rimme and I played Bloodborne for a while (the board game) and were up in our room for once on time. We even were able to get a fridge without too much trouble. It took four years but the Tyson's Corner Sheraton was finally a well oiled machine. And naturally this is the last year FtM is with them. Because of course it is.

After getting into the room nobody wanted to suit, so Rimme and I taught Noir how to play Feast for Odin. A great board game and if you get the chance do try it. And we also spoke to several people, including the attendee guest of honor Leon James Wülfe. I do know that I could not remember any of the names of anyone I spoke to. That becomes a running problem throughout the week.

Anyway, after dinner everyone was more or less beat, so it was off to the room to collapse in several heaps. The next day though things would be different. After a slow start I won't get into it was time for Noir and Rimme to suit. Noir had recently acquired a suit of leather armor. Though I have several pictures of it I have not posted any since I feel Noir should be the first one to post a picture of him in it at FtM.

Rimme and Noir suited for a while in the dealers den. Rimme got to hug  hindpaws who made his suit and Noir got to show off his armor to Heimdall, so that was awesome. They had a lot of fun and I had a lot of fun following them. I also managed to commission a badge from  jenkiwi who ended up making a very good frilled lizard.

My only issue was I had no idea what kind of art to get at this con. I've done frilled lizards in just about every serious pose you can think of, in fact a lot of the art I've gotten has never been posted. I wanted to do something different. As I passed by a table being run by  glowsheep and I saw some amazing seals, I was struck by inspiration. I wanted to get artwork of the other two animals I was considering for my fursona. I commissioned him for a seal and Studio Bliz for a rat.

After that Rimme, Noir and I went to the game room, which I am proud to report was still cold enough to chill mercury. We managed to play two games of Bloodborne with four people who'd not played before but a few of whom had played the video game. Guys if you read this please let me know so I can tag you, it was awesome to play with you all. Also they agreed with me, the Orphan of Kos was bullshit. I won the first game and lost miserably on the next one. Rimme was on team evil the second time, IE he rolled the dice of death.

That night Noir ran his fursuit maintenance panel while I sat in the front checking the time. He always makes having a suit seem simultaneously like the most work and the most fun you could possibly have. Maybe in the future, but not yet. I hope everyone who attended got a lot out of it. I also hope Noir does it again next year, I think this panel is very helpful to people.

After that came a quick dinner followed by a Mustelids Panel that Rimme wanted to attend. This panel had issues, it was too quiet and too disorganized. I loved the guy running it and I loved that their were a variety of slinky things, but they needed something else. I dunno what, maybe more engagement between the fuzzbutts. Either way I was glad Rimme got to hang out with other creatures that go "dook".

In keeping with the spy theme Fur the More had an escape room. We got to participate in it along with three other people, one of whom had already completed it. This event was one of my proudest moments because the final puzzle in the room was an analytic reasoning puzzle. This is something I'm fantastic in. If I'd have had confidence in my answer we could have finished the entire room in 35 minutes. As it stands we finished in 45 but still, much faster than most other people.

After that it was back to bed. You can tell it's a good con when you're dragging yourself back to the room. Before bed I watched a video that always put my mind at ease. I needed that ease too, tomorrow was my panel.

I have no idea why running a panel (which i've now done four times) puts me on edge but for some reason it does. Another year, another All Things Great and Scaled. But this year with a twist! It was held one hour before people had to line up for the Fursuit pictures and parade. Can you see the issue? Yeah my panel with a few exceptions ( comus showed up for it) was a ghost town. I had to let it out ten minutes early so suiters could get to the zoo to line up.

Note to self, next year request it be on Friday or early Sunday.

I video recorded the whole parade, making sure to get every fursuiter who marched in it. By the time I was done my arm was numb and I was ready to fall over. But I could tell and had had a lot of fun. After it ended the two of them goofed off with other suiters for a while and I took pictures, most of which are now in my gallery. If you see yourself please tell me. Rimme already helped me identify  skyf0x, I have no doubt we can find everyone else.

That evening brought another game of Bloodborne (lost miserably) and the chance for me to introduce Noir to Sentinels of the Multiverse. One of the other attendees had brought his copy. We played against Iron Legacy, and anyone who owns Sentinels knows this was a death sentence. I thought so too. Until we won. It was a hard fought battle (I played as Captain Cosmic, rarely a good choice) but we won.

After that it was off to werewolves. The first game was run by  fatalglory128 and was pretty small. I was stuck as not only a werewolf but one of the lovers. So I did the only thing I could do, lied to everyone about being the seer until I had enough people dead to be declared the winner. We then played another game run by the guy who usually does it, this one much larger.

Amazingly I didn't die in this one. The werewolves had apparently been huffing paint because the seer identified himself after one turn and still wasn't killed. They said later they had wanted to do something unexpected. Well they succeeded I can say that. Even though I won this game too I still find werewolves to just be dull. I don't know what it is that bugs me.

Sunday again I couldn't sleep, so I spent the final day of the con in a haze. I picked up my rat picture and my badge, Rimme got his fursuit badge, and we mostly just killed time until the inevitable. I found out that the theme for next year is Space, so I've got a whole year to figure out an original story in space. The drive home was sad and for me rather depressing. But it had to happen.

Another Fur the More, possibly the best one I've been too. And after it all was said and done I found out that Alt-Right Furs are trying to shut down FtM because they were offended by the pronoun ribbons that were being handed out. Jesus Christ in Heaven...

I'll be writing about dealing with Nazi Furs very soon. For now I just want to wish everyone who was at Fur the More thanks for being there, hope to see you next year.