Medryn
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From your less than happy Prince - 2008/07/21 20:00
Greetings.
I'm a bit cranky this morning. It could be because I woke up on the wrong side of bed, but I think it has more to do with being tired, sore, and a bit battered from moving the castle yesterday. And probably even more to do with the fact that in addition to myself we only had 5 other people. Thank you Moss, Kota, Cullum, River, Kord and Casca.
The rest of you, I know, had various reasons that you couldn't be there. I'm not sure I really care what they are, but I do need you to all know the stark reality of the situation.
If the Empire continues to not care what happens to the castle, we aren't going to have one any more. The reasons for this are many but the simplest is that if the castle isn't important enough for us to maintain then it obviously isn't important enough for us to have to fight on. That's perfectly acceptable to me. If we don't want it, great, there is no reason to keep it, and certainly no reason for 6 people to haul that two ton monstrosity around the Metro area.
The simple truth is that the castle is falling apart and as of right now we lack both the funds and the enthusiasm to repair, or rebuild it. It costs us almost a thousand dollars a year just to store the damn thing. Above and beyond that if we want it to be usable we need to restore it to working order. At this point, in it's current incarnation, we will be lucky to get one more year out of it. Then I'm likely going to hand Z a can of gasoline, a bic lighter and possibly a blow torch and let him take any post Rakis frustrations out on it.
SO the question that we need to answer as a group is whether we want to have a castle to play on. Truth be told it is one of the biggest draws at Rakis each year, but it also adds to our event fees. It costs us about 2 grand a year to store and transport it back and forth just to Rakis. That's 100 gate fees. Or about a third of our Rakis income. But another way that is almost twice the amount we spend on feasts each Rakis, or enough to pay for all of the feasts at Rakis and the other three Imperial events a year.
Rakis certianly won't be the same without a castle, but I won't miss taking it down and putting it away, nor do I imagine will the same 10 people who have been doing it for the past 8 years.
Do you want a castle at Rakis? If so let me know. I am happy to organize fundraisers and the rebuild (I think I just threw myself under the bus), but I WILL NOT do it by myself. Nor will I do it if there are only a handlful of folks willing to donate time and/or money to the cause.
So if you want the Empire to have a castle you need to get off your asses and let me know about it. Fundraising ideas and assistance will be more than welcome.
Let me know. Otherwise I'll be shopping for Z's blow torch.
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