Opening Ceremonies - signal boost

[msmemory_archive]

Their Royal Majesties King Andreas and Queen Gabriella would ask all ^royal^
Peers of the East to accompany them in their procession/march to
opening ceremonies.

We are asking that all of the Viscounts, Counts, Earls, Dukes; armed,
not in armor, with one standard bearer optional, be present if
possible.

The Duchesses, Countesses and Viscountesses can also be in the parade
if they so wish but this is a military parade and will be formed as
such.

Thank you in advance.

(EDIT: Clarified by mrgrumpybear - this is royal peers, not ALL peers.)

(Perhaps this is my payback for skipping reading the East list for a while. I missed this whole scheme, until it was pointed out to me this morning, though I hear it was announced on the East list. I do not know yet whether it is Their intention to arrange all the peers and royal peers in any order, such as by precedence - I'll find out when I get on site.)

Comments

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

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To add to that initial gut, I have been keeping an eye on the EK list, and did not see anything about this at all.

[dervishspin.livejournal.com]

Uh.
Why does this make me uneasy?

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

Same reason it makes me uneasy, I suspect.

[gyzki.livejournal.com]

Mixed messages there, Your Majesty. 65% chance of misunderstandings, followed by hurt feelings.

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

To be fair, my posting is a concatenation of two others, one inviting "all peers" and the other inviting the royal peers.

[nazrynn.livejournal.com]

???

Now I'm confused.

First the announcement was "Peers".
Then it was "Royal Peers"
Has it now gone to "Peers And Royal Peers?"

His Majesty already knows I'll be unable attend, along with anyone working or competing at the Archery Championship War Point (Peers, Non Peers, Royal Peers).

[handymonkey]

@Kayleigh - Archery champions has moved to 1pm, so you should be OK.

@Caitlin - I've double-checked the original. It was *NOT* sent to the EK list, but was sent to the other lists I gave you.

@Everybody else - The original note from D. Sabastian called all peers. This was later updated to be only Eastern Royal Peers, armed, not armoured. I'm sure we'll get it all sorted. :-\

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Oh, I figured the second note was to *expand* the list to be sure to include the Royal Peers, not to constrict it to *only* Royals. I was confooozed.

[nazrynn.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Ro. :) I feel much better now.

And... Yay for Opening Ceremonies. I can only hope that the rest of Pennsic goes off without any further schedule hiccups....

[dervishspin.livejournal.com]

Yes... there is that element to it.
Among others.
Armed but unarmored is also kind of... tweaking me.

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Bring your (metal) sword, don't bother suiting up.

[dervishspin.livejournal.com]

I know exactly what he means by that.

War creates tension in people. Even fake war. Even friendly war.
Asking people to arm.... this is not a feeling that he is doing something wrong in the society. I would not presume.

It's more of a... sociological concern?
I dunno.
I am going to shut up now.

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

We can take the sociological/socio-political part of this offline, over one of John's excellent drinks, later.

[dervishspin.livejournal.com]

Yay Rhubarb Mojitos!

[handymonkey]

Wow, can I get in on the drinks? I may need to start again.

[dervishspin.livejournal.com]

My friend, I would be more than willing to send mojitos down to Pennsic for you.
It does sound like you might need them.

~Meggie.

[mikekn]

I do recall seeing this, though I can't remember where. I'm teaching a class at that time so I'll be missing it again.

[katnboots.livejournal.com]

Hey, I know you. :-) Friended --Simona/Simone/Kat