Anime North 2006!!!

[Velata]

... May I...?

Great pictures, and great stories!

I'll endeavour to come up with my own photos as quickly as I can... I promise all of you.

In the mean time, I think it's OK to share a few other AN stories...

Old Vel is not a "touchy-feely" type of person But on Friday night, an Aerith came up to me... with one of the broadest smiles (or was that a grin?) I've ever seen:
"Rufus! Can I take a picture of you?" she asked.
"... Yes, yes of course..." I replied. "Just let me put my sheet over my head."
... After the photo...
"Rufus! Can I hug you?" she asked again.
"... Ah... well... Yes...I think..." I replied.
... After she released me from a hug...
"Rufus! Can I give you a kiss?"
"... ... ..."
...OK... I did let her kiss me... It seemed wrong to refuse her. But it was weird. I was kissed by a fangirl...

I think I presently hold the highest counts of "glomps/hugs/kisses" in this group (surpassing Pocket!? How did that happen...) I think the only reason why I wasn't "glomped" outright was that I was a really convincing invalid. No one dares to glomp a "real" invalid.

This brings me to the next part. Throughout the whole weekend, I must have had more than half a dozen people who asked if I was a real invalid. One guy who had a table at the Artists' Alley asked, with a puppet of a green dragon in his hand: "I had to ask... was it a truck or a bus?"
I replied: "No, sir. It was a motorcycle. They have a tendency to run people over..."

And if you've watched Advent Children, motorcycles seemed to be the answer to transportation in the future... Definately something to look forward to... ~grin

[Albio]

yay 70mb of photos.
dmcigamers.com/albert/an2006/an2006-burt-large.zip

smaller resized ones (800x600)... 6mb
dmcigamers.com/albert/an2006/an2006-burt-small.zip

hughes and gto, great cosplay? or GREATEST COSPLAY?

[lpanda]

hehe ! i was a tifa and some old man offered me pocky to take a picture with him (scary old man *chills*) anyways it was lots of fun -btw- if anyone say me i was running around the con with a riku and a sora .
also Velata were you the one with the St. Margreats hospital wheelchair??

[Velata]

... May I...?

To Panda: Yes. That's me. The one with the Princess Margaret Hospital wheelchair.

If you'd seen me... you really should have came up to me and introduce yourself. I've met so many Tifas over the weekend to know which one is you!

[lpanda]

i was abouting to ask (really im sorry ) i wasn't really sure ...sorry T_T i will find a picture later

[Velata]

... May I...?

Ladies and gentlemen, we have been strangely fortunate in our proceedings, and we were able to get a large batch of our photos before our previously mentioned schedule.

Therefore, I am proud to present our collection of photos from Saturday and Sunday. You can access them at:
s48.photobucket.com/albums/f246/Velata/Anime%20North%202006%20Saturday%20and%20Sunday/

Enjoy!
... And we will work on the Friday photos...

[Seph]

*Laughs at the comments* I can't believe you commented them all... 230 of them? OI!

And hey, you cheated. You didn't take some of those pics.... I think?

[Pocket]

Thread on 4chan looking for GTO cosplayers.
orz.4chan.org/cgl/res/34475.html

Shen needs to post his pictures.

[Velata]

... May I...?

To Seph: Velata and team are responsible for over 97% of all of the 230 photos. I have a few that have been supplied to me, however.

The one where Rufus and Scarlet sat in a compromising situation is definately supplied to me, as well as Cloud's Fenrir bike. There are a few others, interspersed, which we are not responsible for. However, they are placed in this collection to showcase the cosplay talent we have in Anime North this year.

... on a side note, some other photos that we are responsible for will not to be showcased here... for personal resons, of course. We ask for your understanding on this matter....

Thank you for your reply, and we are glad to hear that you enjoyed the comments.

[Seph]

*Wonders if a certain pic that was discussed would be one of those 'personal reasons and shall not be showcased' pictures*

I shall await eagerly for your Friday ones.

[Advent Childhe]

Greetings:

I will be responsible for the lateness of the friday ones I am sure (grin).

Anime North was a fun experience. I hada good time setting up mock fights to take pictures of. I remeber doing that last year, but this year it became quite popular with many other convention goers as well. still remeber that fight between the Turks and Kadaj. So many people took that shot. I wonder why aren't they up on the internet?

In anycase... it was fun.

No one hugged me though... I needed to be bald I think.

For the Riptide Project,
Advent Childhe,

[Velata]

... May I...?

I apologise profusely for the late reply, but we finally have it!

Here it is, the Friday photo collection from Old Vel and the gang.
s48.photobucket.com/albums/f246/Velata/Anime%20North%202006%20Friday/?

Enjoy!

P.S.: Remember the Aerith who kissed me? She's in this collection!
P.P.S.: As I've previously mentioned, some of the photos that we are responsible for was not show-cased in this collection for personal reasons. I ask for your understanding in this matter.

[edit] We've re-commented on these photos! Hopefully, they will be better and funnier this time around. Enjoy!

[lpanda]

ahahaha....D: oh my im not exacally photogenic am i?
About the lunch bag (comment) i DID have a supply of food for 7 people that night in my bag .Wow you have phycic powers XD

[Velata]

... May I..?

To Panda: We have met after all!
I'm glad to have snapped the photo with you. You really should have introduced yourself.

I'm also glad that you liked the lunch comment... Tifa has always been a family-oriented mother figure. A little strained imagination would have led to the same result.

... i.e. Velata is not psychic, or "phycic", as you say...