Patch Linden's Jail and Bail

 

 By Bixyl Shuftan

 

A lot happened this weekend at the Fantasy Faire. While a number of Jail and Bail events take place at the Faire, they started out with the biggest. On Friday April 21 at 1PM SL time came "The Jailing of Patch Linden."

We’re always on edge when their prey is one of the Grid Guardians, the Speakers of the Verba Caeruleum, the few, the proud, the bold, the…..Lindens!

Fortunately for us, the Constables know a good sport when they see one, and that’s why one of their favorite targets is none other than Patch Linden. And, fortunately for you, Patch knows just the kind of goodies to bring along to buy his way out of the dog house (nope) madhouse (nope) puppy pen (yup).

This is a Faire event that has to be seen to be believed!

Our tiny informants report that Patch has prepared for his bail with plenty of offerings to inspire the goodwill of Fairelanders, including but not limited to, your very own event exclusive Patch cutout to take home and cherish forever, and a completely new Patch Linden Faire Event Bear!

The event was quickly packed. Even showing up early, the sim was full and I couldn't get in. While a few avatars rezzed, most remained shapes for a while. Patch Linden himself didn't even show up as a nametag until well after I was there for a half hour, and then appeared fully in just a few minutes. Various types of avatars would appear around him. For once, normal humans were the minority, with multitudes of elves, fairies, gryphons, tinies (notably the Pawlice) and dragons, some flapping nearby the balloon gondola Patch was in, the airbag looking like the double-F Faire logo. 

 

People could just donate into the kiosk near Patch, but various items were also put up for bid in informal auctions. Patch Linden would offer, "Who wants to spend an hour with me, to go on a secret behind the scenes tour to see some things the team is working on, and you can bring 1 friend!    You never know what you might see!" "An hour with Patch with a Fantasy Faire Photo Op! what do you say folks, who wants to bid on this?? ... We got a 15K bid folks!! Do I hear 16K?!! 20K!!" The top bid for that would be 30,000 Linden dollars. Then came the opportunity to name a region. That went for 20,000 Linden dollars. Then came the chance to rename one's account. That went for 67,000 Lindens. 

Then came "Auctioning off a slice of Ancient Mole to build.... yes...  THE WOOTBERRY FOUNTAIN for all to enjoy and get!" It ended up sold at 26,000L "for tha pawlice to be drunk off wootberry juice for the entire faire."Then came "An hour with Patch to go on a secret behind the scenes tour to see some things the team is working on, and you can bring 1 friend!" Wildstar Beaumont got it for 65,000 Lindens "YAY!! WILDSTAR!!!!" Someone else also paid 100,000 Lindens for a "house," possibly a Linden Home.

There was some funnery,  Patch Linden at one point shouting, "I declare, Waffle are hereby banned forevermore!" That brought quite a reaction, "Blasphemy! HERESY!" When getting to name a region was up for auction, there were jokes about naming one "Soggy Waffle," or "Regiony McRegionface."

Around 3:20 PM, it was announced, "OMG we just blew 3 MILLION LINDENS out of the water!!! WTG Patch! WTG Warwick! WTG FAIRELANDERS!! And THAT is how we launch opening weekend!" Someone near me went, "That's some crazy numbers!" "Pretty sure it's a safe bet we'll beat last year's numbers." FantasyFaire Resident would shout, "Thank you Patch! Thank you Fairelanders! What an amazing time we just had!! And this is only day 2! (big grin) ... Thank you Patch! Thank you for coming and being with us all! We <3 you at the Faire!"

It was quite an event at the Fantasy Faire, with many days to come.

Bixyl Shuftan