Zen Gardens Hanami

We hearing a lot about the party to celebrate cherry blossoms and the opening of the Zen Gardens building that went down Sunday night. Evidently there were three tables full of food and the roof gardens were absolutely gorgeous and completely decked out for the event. Paper lanterns were strung between trees setting quite the romantic mood and a DJ spun records late into the night. A lot of fun was had by all!

Bee and Allan seem to be getting along swimmingly! And that girl looks pretty hot when she’s all dressed up! Niiiice score, Allan! Our sources tell us that it was DEFINITELY a date. They were seen entering together and he didn’t seem to be very willing to let go of her hand. They were seen chatting with Mack and Danny who have also seem to have hit couple status. For some reason, they’re not NEARLY as cute as Bee and Allan. Perhaps that’s because Mack cheated on her man to get with Danny. That’s just never a good way to start a relationship.

Darcy was there in a skimpy dress, of course, because what is a high profile party in RhyDin without a barely clad jello girl. They make my head hurt. Our sources evidently lost count as to the number of shots she did. Ugh. Anyway, we hear that she was chatting with a young woman named Mataya who lives in the building. Very pretty woman. And probably a little too classy to have anything in common with Darcy. From what our sources overheard, she was an actress in her home world and now runs a yoga studio in the Zen Gardens building. We’re definitely going to keep our eye out for that one!

Riley was there, of course, hosting the party. We hear that she did quite a decent job of making sure that her guests were comfortable. We’re actually a little surprised that she had it in her. She seems a bit… or more than a bit flaky to us! Daniel seemed awfully proud of her. Our sources say that he was overheard saying that he couldn’t have anything but a fantastic time with the gorgeous date that he had. How adorable is that!

As usual, Eva looked understated but gorgeous in a simple silver dress. And she had her best accessory with her — Mason. It’s too bad he’s not mute. He’s so pretty and then he always has to ruin it by going and opening his mouth. Anyway, he seemed to be on his best behavior Sunday night. The pair drank sake and munched on the excellent food. They definitely seemed to be having a quiet and intimate date night.

Collie was there for a while on her own sampling the food and enjoying the music before Darien showed up. Really, we’re not all that surprised. Doesn’t Darien strike you as the type that would show up an hour late to a date??? Actually, what’s more surprising is that he showed up at all. We have a feeling that he’s left more than one woman waiting in his lifetime while he went out with a hotter one or had drinks with the boys. We hear that they twirled about the dance floor for a bit before leaving together.

Edited: April 12th, 2010

Parry to Your Man Friday!

So we’re back from vacation in time to catch the start of the Madness Tournament and perhaps it was due to the Madness Tournament that the Red Dragon Inn was awfully quiet. Juliane and Chief Mischief Maker Eless were tending bar and chatting with Lil’ Bit Lirssa about what a fine boyfriend Mason is. Evidently Manly Mason has ordered Doc Eva some of her favorite perfume from C.M.M. Eless as a gift. Gag us. We’re not buying this whole line about Manly Mason being such a great boyfriend anymore. He’s got a NASTY temper and he STILL hasn’t taken the next step in this relationship. Doc Eva’s the cow and she’s just giving her product away for free! This is what happens, ladies. Take it as a case study in how not to get a man to marry you.

Mason and Doc Eva were seen later in the evening. It seems that they were coming straight from the ballet. With all the Madness madness, we’d nearly forgotten that the ballet opened last night! We cannot wait to get tickets and check it out! We hear that Ballerina Katarina is, of course, Carmen! The opening night show was completely sold out. No big surprise there! We are always pleasantly surprised that despite this city’s sometimes barbaric reputation, there is a real love for the arts and they certainly seem to thrive. Again, though, we’re not buying that Manly Mason is some cultured nice guy just because he takes his girlfriend to the ballet! He’s still LIVING IN SIN!!!!

There was evidently a child sized Taneth in the Inn last night. We don’t even know what to say anymore. This stuff with Our Darling Taneth gets worse and worse with every passing day. We really shouldn’t be surprised anymore. Evidently poor Lucky Lawyer Lucien was seen escorting her to the bathroom at one point. That’s just great. You know, L.L. Lucien, if you keep rescuing damsels in distress and surrounding yourself with the same sort of women, your life will never change. You really just bring this on yourself. At some point we’re going to stop feeling sorry for you.

The Arena was pretty hopping Friday night as people gathered to watch some madness go down! John was there with Harper’s dogs for some reason. And, let us tell you, Harper clearly has a soft spot for ugly because one of those dogs is damn near the ugliest thing our sources claim to have ever seen. We hear that Cutie Carley actually mistook it for a gremlin. Ha! Harper seemed to take offense to the remark and was quick to jump to the dog’s defense. But, really, that dog has no defense. It’s just butt ugly!

The trio was distracted from the ugly dog by the fact that Cutie Carley’s loud-mouthed boyfriend, Cy, beat the Old Temple Squire, Kalinda! No lie! We won’t get into it too much or we’ll totally ruin our Madness Updates for the Dueling Zone publication but needless to say quite a few people were more than a little shocked! We hear that Cy had quite the grin on his face when he left the ring… and he should! We HEART an underdog victory… even if it is a slight underdog victory! Poor Cutie Carley didn’t do as well against Thorne! He moved onto the next round and it seems she’ll be cheering Cy on from the sidelines.

This Kattria chick seems to be spending an awful lot of time hanging out with Kalamere. We think that setting your heart on Kal is a very dangerous proposition. He’s certainly hot and extremely talented but his interest in women is pretty…. well, let’s just say varied! He’s been seen spending quite a bit of time coming dangerously close to flirting with the set of baronesses and Lil’ Black Book Jaycy in particular. Since the baronesses are NOTHING alike, some of the interns think that a woman holding a title must turn him on. So, Kattria, if you want to capture Kalamere’s attention you better get to work on your parries!

Scotty and Harold’s wedding was scheduled to have taken place this past Tuesday with a party to celebrate on Thursday. All must have gone well because Scotty was seen in the Arena Saturday night catching up with some elf named Shadow (who’s evidently a returning Warlord). Harold was later seen giving his new hubby some encouraging words before sending Scotty off to duel. We really want to get behind this relationship and say that they’re too cute not to make it… but we don’t want to be disappointed! We sure hope that they don’t burn out, though. They’re one CUTE couple!

Edited: March 14th, 2010

Chainsaw Saturday!

The Red Dragon Inn was pretty quiet Saturday night. However, we do hear that Doc Eva was seen in a very intense sort of conversation with Nigel. Oh, don’t fret! We don’t think Doc Eva is planning on giving up Manly Mason (since he was in the room at the time chatting with Mac) and Nigel seems pretty smitten with Charna. We hear that Charna has been ill recently so we have to wonder if Nigel was questioning her in a professional capacity. The pair were definitely trying to keep from being overheard. You know the quickest way to get the Gossip GangSTAR staff curious is to whisper something we can’t hear!

Crazy Train Tara had her chainsaw out again for one reason or another. Our sources wisely keep their distance from C.T. Tara when she has her chainsaw or flamethrower out. It did lead to Mad Cow Kazzy telling a story to Doc Eva and Manly Mason that confirmed that she and Grumbling Grem are still a couple. Evidently he recently got stuck in cement (no idea why) and M.C. Kazzy had to use a chainsaw to cut him out. So Grumbling Grem and M.C. Kazzy ARE still together…. or at least that’s what half of us here in the Den of Gossip believe! Some still hold out that M.C. Kazzy is just crazy enough to have killed him and stuffed him in her closet and that’s why he hasn’t been seen out in the usual haunts lately. They don’t think this story is believable because there’s no way Grumbling Grem is crazy enough to entrust M.C. Kazzy with using a chainsaw so close to his body. What do YOU think?

Well, well, well. Mini-Frank Cor has been keeping a pretty low profile recently but our sources spotted him Saturday night in the Arena throwing down. We hear it has been two years since he was in a ring but he did pretty well. Potter Piper certainly seemed pretty impressed. We were surprised to hear that she was hanging out in the Arena as she’s been pretty anti-dueling and has often been overheard trying to convince her good friend Rena to spend less time there. She and M-F Cor chatted for several minutes. He is single now! We wonder if Potter Piper is going to make her move! They would actually make a pretty cute couple. The only problem is that M-F Cor doesn’t have much of an attention span for girlfriends. They come and go awfully quickly around him!

Edited: February 13th, 2010

Strange Thursday!

Thursday was a strange night in the Red Dragon Inn! The World’s Hottest Tender Tucker and Serena were behind the bar as they usually are and T.W.H.T. Tucker was acting just as outrageous and unlike himself as he has been in recent weeks. He began exchanging some pretty heated words with Doc Eva when it appears he was darted by a tranquilizer according to our sources. Doc Eva, Professor Jolyon, Manly Mason, and Serena carried Tucker into the kitchen and left Juliane out to watch the bar and make sure nobody entered the kitchen. Insane! At one point we hear that Doc Eva came out for a med kit but other than a lot of commotion we have no idea what happened in that kitchen! Several hours later Tucker did emerge conscious and silently left the Inn with Serena. Doc Eva, Manly Mason, and Prof. Jolyon said not a word as they all left the Inn as well. Really, really odd. We do hope that whatever happened it restores Tucker to his old self.

It got even stranger from there. Crazy Train Tara was sitting in the middle of the Inn alone muttering to herself when all of a sudden she stabbed herself in the stomach with a dagger. Lucky Lawyer Lucien who had entered just as she plunged a knife into her belly immediately rushed to her to try to talk some sense into her. Unfortunately, she was too busy punching herself in the face, asking Brale Brother Reap for a hatchet, and running into walls to listen to sense. From what we can gather she was trying to purge herself from… well, unclean thoughts of her “LovePuppet”…. who we believe to be L.L. Lucien. Are we the only ones that find it odd that only a couple days earlier she was trying to kill L.L. Lucien out of love for Anubis and now she’s ready to kill herself out of love for L.L. Lucien??? The wonders of C.T. Tara! We just really have to wonder what god L.L. Lucien pissed off to deserve the women that he currently has in his life!

The Arena was heavy with dueling Thursday night but not a lot of gossip. Our sources did spot the legendary duelist Kalamere having a conversation with Lil’ Black Book Jaycy. L.B.B. Jaycy was overheard saying that she won’t retire while Anubis is still dueling because she feels she must counteract him and stand in his way of getting titles. We also hear that she told Kalamere that her newest boy toy Pslyder was attacked the week prior! Wow! According to L.B.B. Jaycy they had no idea who the attacker was but you know it must be somebody serious in order to take down an experienced duelist like Pslyder. As much as his relationship with L.B.B. Jaycy annoys us, we do hope that he recovers quickly and fully!

Edited: February 11th, 2010

Real Human Emotion Monday!

It was a quiet night in the Red Dragon Inn Monday night but we do hear that Chief Mischief Maker Eless was spotted spending some time with her friends. One encounter, however, proved not so friendly. One of the Taneths had some pretty threatening remarks to make towards the patrons gathered, including C.M.M. Eless. This is really starting to get frightening. And Tormay’s off challenging the Overlord! We thought he was off trying to find a solution to the Taneth problem! We think he should spend a little more time concentrating on his wife! Things are clearly getting worse!

Evidently Anubis survived the Melee in the Inn because he was seen alive and well Monday night in the Outback. We hear that he was overheard pushing Kheldar to duel him in the Tour so that would certainly suggest that he wasn’t suffering any long term problems from the brawl. It seems that through all of it Brale Brother Reap was the one who was the worst off having gotten shot in the leg. Poor B.B. Reap! He didn’t even start the thing! He was just jumping in on the back end!

The Taneths were also seen in the Outback causing problems. The Many Faces of Fio intervened and grabbed one of the Taneths by the hair for threatening Rowdy Rekah and Lil’ Bit Lirssa. We hear that she wasn’t just threatening them but threatening them with DEATH! T.M.F.O. Fio was NOT pleased and was looking quite ill. Once Manly Mason and Doc Eva jumped into the fray, the Taneths disappeared and T.M.F.O. Fio left Lil’ Bit Lirssa in their care to head home. We sure hope she’s okay because she looked pretty sickly Monday night!

Crazy Train Tara got into it laaaate Monday night with Joey and Darcy over…. what else? Anubis. Joey was trying to tell C.T. Tara the tale of Anubis attacking her but C.T. Tara insisted that Joey must have done something to provoke Anubis. Joey was evidently high at the time of the attack so her poor retelling of the story certainly didn’t help matters. The whole thing makes Slutty Pirate Girl Teagan so angry that she refused to even discuss the matter with C.T. Tara! Maybe S.P.G. Teagan really DOES have feelings! She certainly seems to care for Joey. Darcy told Joey not to bother since C.T. Tara is love sick over the slaver. No, Darcy. C.T. Tara is just plain sick. Sick in the head. Her love for Anubis is just another sign of it.

Edited: February 9th, 2010