Poddington-on-Slossip:
Logs
From time to time, we coax our players to share their roleplaying
logs with us and a few other (million) people.
Girl
Talk
Wherein Sophie Bray, Isabel Allen and Emilia Penrose reminisce
about men, geography and revolutions under the watchful eye of
Widow Combe.
Ducks
Wherein Emilia Penrose and Isabel Allen adopt a pair of ducks,
much to the ignorance of their landlady, Mrs Twitterton.
The Boxing
Match
Wherein Vicar Warrenton and Robert Treagle engage in a boxing
match for love, honour, and the Children's Charity Fund.
A Pointed
Conversation
Wherein Sophie Bray and Bunny Blenkinsop become vewy vewy good
friends after an encounter in the college.
The
Cherry Sisters
Wherein the Magnusson Players perform Anton Chekov's timeless
classic on pathos, passion, and death by cough syrup.
The Vicar,s
First Kiss
Wherein Vicar Warrenton kisses his true love, Prudence Buttock;
and the consequences that follow.
Sex, Sex,
Sex!
Wherein Murgatroyd Pip and Philippa Opie discuss Modernism, Nudism,
and Great Hair.
The Facts
of Life
Wherein the town's midwife tries explaining the facts of life
to the butcher's wife.
A Bit
of Paperwork
Wherein Vicar Warrenton discovers the miracles of alphabetical
filing, much to the relief of Robert Treagle.
Grave Voices
Wherein Emma Smallwood and Diva Stedman use a planchette to summon
the spirit of Emma's dead husband.
Jazz Baby
Wherein Vicar Warrenton's fears of Prudence Buttock becoming
a jazz baby are laid to rest by Henry Litefoot.
A Secret
Engagement
Wherein Diva Stedman becomes engaged to Henry Litefoot.
The Fire
Wherein Aurelia Braythwayt-Branscombe becomes trapped by the
forest fire and is rescued by her guardian, Baron Malacourt.
More than
Toffee
Wherein Prudence Buttock accepts Vicar Warrenton's marriage proposal;
and the couple breaks the news to Prudence's sister, Honoria
Buttock.
The Seance
Wherein a strange spirit disrupts Mlle Gravelle's seance and
there foretells a dire fate for the village.
By
Lovers Tree
Wherein Gars Northey and Marguerite Dewinter see something in
the forest on All Hallow's Eve.
Two Widows
Wherein Dame Gregory and Emma Smallwood lay to rest their ghosts.
Down with
the Poor!
Wherein a bearded chap speaks against scratchy undergarments,
women, and the poor; and a farmer declares his intention to run
for mayor.
Tennis
Match
Wherein Isabel Allen has a few words with Myrra Birch.
Vows in Wine
Wherein Kit Godolphin and Isabel Allen meet in the village pub,
and what transpires.
Look in
Thy Heart, and Write
Wherein Vicar Warrenton turns to drink and despair, until Mariana
Tibbles helps him write a letter to Prudence Buttock.
The Wedding
Wherein the postmistress becomes a baroness and a murderer confesses
all.
Meet the
Press
Wherein Rupert Vestige interviews Constable Jack Tremayne for
the 'London Squawk'.
A Bit of
Competition
Wherein Oswald Beauregard Bone and Roddy Rodda square off in
the lending library.
Unwanted
Kisses
Wherein Prudence Buttock's honour is sullied by the kisses of
Agony Pascoe, plum farmer.
Havoc
and Hussies
Wherein Oswald Beauregard Bone learns about concubines and Duncan
Calius earns the displeasure of Joanna Twist.
The Misadventures
of Belial
Wherein Vicar Warrenton and Trask Spinks swither around the Seventh
Commandment.
Green
Biscuits
Wherein Baroness Malacourt-Tibbles gives a package of green biscuits
to little Jackie.
False Annymus
Wherein Old Molly throws an annymus into the Slossip, in contradiction
of the ancient ritual, and the consequences that befall the village
thereafter.
When
the Director's Away
Wherein Robert Treagle and Isabel Allen audition for the Magnusson
Players' production of 'Ralph & Julia', under the auspices
of Directoral Assistant Murgatroyd Pip; and wherein Treagle possibly
sacrifices his chances for theatrical stardom in order to save
Miss Allen from the lecherous wiles of Pip.
A Bit
of Crumpet
Wherein Diva Stedman offers Thomas Attwater a bit of crumpet.
The Male
of the Species
Wherein Oswald Beauregard Bone and Thomas
Attwater discuss bigamy, genetic destiny and the lower social
classes.
The Pastry
Competition
Wherein Alfred Monteth, George Banbury and Sandy Gotobed judge
a row of tarts.
More logs are available at the Fall 1999 Contest
page.
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