Welcome, Semilucid!

[F Horn of Valere]

Let me be the first to officially welcome you to the Band of the Red Hand! I am Lord Horn, one of the Banner Captains of the Cavalry. Corki, our Marshal-General (org leader) will be along soon I'm sure to tell you some important info and give you the link to our offsite boards, and other Regiments less prestigious than the Cavalry will try to convince you that they are as good as the awesome Cavalry!

 

*slides Semilucid a Bandy, the official Cavalry drink*

 

Welcome to the Band!

[semilucid]

Thank you Lord Horn.

 

What a fantastic drink. Bandy you call it? Hmm, I think I could develop a taste for this.

[Blade]

yeah...in the same way the main character of princess bride developed a 'taste' for iocane powder. I swear, we need a new nurse cause there ought to be a nurse's general warning on any bottle of bandy handed to people, especially new recruits.\

 

Anyhow, I'm Blade, token male archer and Banner-Captain of the archers, and apparently your savior. Good thing you didn't actually drink any of that stuff else you'd have to go get your stomach pumped. I suggest when wandering around the band you be a little more selective with which drinks you choose to accept. Honestly, the archers' drinks are the only sanitary ones. Like I said, Bandy's likely to poison you, and the infants err...infantry either distill their drink from or in their latrines, so I wouldn't go risking that. But this one's safe *slides semilucid a flaming shot* that's the archers' signature drink. Of course, there's a summertime version of it called the frozen shot so feel free to exchange it for a drink of equal or greater value :lol:

[F Horn of Valere]

:P @ Blade

 

he already likes this magnificant drink. :) Though if you ever want variety, the Cavalry's old official drink, Retro Cavalry Brew, is in stock in the Cavalry's War Horse Bar and Grill in our offsite boards!

[Blade]

that's because he hasn't actually tasted the drink yet. He's under some grand delusion that the drink actually tastes good and won't do anything to them...and I wonder why that is? :roll:

[Guest Cadsuane]

Yes Horn, stop using Compulsion on the new recruits...

 

 

Welcome to the Band! We are the most fun org on DM! We drink, we brawl, we listen to music, and generally have a good time. We even have our own group, the Band of the Band! Make yourself at home, and feel free to hop into any conversation and start posting!

 

*slides Semilucid a flaming shot and a frozen shot*

 

Tai'shar Archers! :D

[Apollo277]

Welcome! I'm Apollo, Lieutenant-Captain of the Infantry. I'm in charge of all things rock 'n roll, blues, jazz, and occasionally Celtic in the Band. I also keep the Band's supply of Irish Brew, aka Guinness.

 

*Slides Semilucid an Irish Brew*

 

Oh, another thing. Archers = Communists. It's true. The Cavalry is slightly better than them. But just slightly.

[MsDanya]

*pokes Apollo* now you are jsut being silly

 

hi there Semilucid! welcome to the Band! i'm sure you'll have lots of fun here with us (us=Archers)

[F Horn of Valere]

Archers are evil! When the Cav and Inf agree on something, you KNOW it is true!

 

*poors frozen shot down caddy's shirt*

 

hehe and Redarms before you jump to conclutions, as per rule 5.1, Frozen Shots are NOT considered Brew, therefore making that legal! :D

[Guest Cadsuane]

Eeep! :shock:

 

*jumps around shaking the brewy slush out of her shirt*

 

Hornie! Bad Hornie!! :evil:

 

 

*smothers Horn in tapioca pudding*

 

Hah, it's PUDDING!! And it's not even GOOD pudding!! :twisted:

[F Horn of Valere]

*summons the great and holy PIE to smother the unholy pudding in all its holy PIEness*

[dragonlover]

welcome to the band Semilucid!! have a flaming shot on me

[Odette]

Yay more new people!.

 

Welcome to the band!

Here, have another flaming shot!.

You can never have too many. *nods*

[Corki]

Well, I would have posted the official spiel earlier, but I have been playing cricket all afternoon, and then had after game drinks!

 

What you are witnessing is the "friendly" inter-regimental banter that we have within the Band. Each Bander is very loyal to their Regiment, but they are always ready to stand shoulder to shoulder (*starts humming one of the Irish anthems*...sorry guys, couldn't help, but the Irish in me was too overpowering!) in the battle line!

 

*official spiel*

 

Welcome Semilucid! An email explaining important information about the Band is currently sitting in your inbox! Take a read!

 

Basically, the Band of the Red Hand is the Travel and Music ORG at DM! By signing up for the Band, you have joined the successful Raw Recruit Scheme. By signing up for the off board site, you will be able to experience the whole process to the maximum! The new about to be announced Executive Officer, or I, will assign you to one of the three Regiments (Archers, Cavalry, Infantry) for a week, where you will be given various tasks to perform, hoping that you will get a picture of what time in each Regiment is like. After a week with each Regiment, you will be asked to pick your final choice of a Regiment.

 

While being a Raw Recruit, there is nothing stopping you from earning points like any other Band member. Points lead to promotion within the Band. Below is a list of possible ways to earn points:

 

- writing reviews on places to visit/holidays you have been on

- writing reviews on music albums and gigs

- replying to other people's reviews and asking questions

- composing Jak O' the Shadow verses

- getting articles published in our monthly newsletter, The Hornsounder

- monthly roll call in the Band's private boards at DM

- any DM project we may have (currently a Battle Project, so speak to Horn if interested)

- and much much more I cannot think of right now!

 

While being a Raw Recruit, you get 4 free strikes. This enables you to break Band Law 4 times without being punished my the Redarms, the Band's own police force. If they see any Law breaking, they will either drag you up for a trial or give you a fun spot fine to do (usually 100 lines of something witty). Channeling is a major no-no in the Band. As is spilling Battle Brew, our beloved drink! Once you have used up your 4 strikes, or join the Band's ranks officially, you will face the full force of Band law like any other Bander does!

 

Of course, we are not all about working 24/7, as we do let our hair down now and then! We are famous for our bar brawls, which happen frequently! Expect one soon! We also like jokes, tales, funny pictures - things that will make us laugh!

 

We also have many games - at DM, which can be found in the stickies, and on the off board site as well! Also, take the lessons to learn our ORG Game, based on the luck of dice! You get the selected weapons of your division, and can fight anyone in the Band! It is currently being revised, but the ideas will all be the same!

 

If I have left anything out (which I expect I have!), do not hesitate to ask questions! Someone will be able to answer them for you!

 

One last thing...

 

*hands Semilucid a Marshal-General's Special Battle Brew*

 

CARAI AN SHEN AN CALHAR!!!!!

 

*/official spiel*

[semilucid]

Whoa.. When you guy throw out the welcome wagon you really let it roll on red carpets.

 

Thanks for welcome everyone!.

 

*drinks the various drinks he's been given*

 

I think I'll refrain from commenting on the quality of these fine drinks until I'm no longer the newest member. :)