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ASSIGNMENT FOR TD1043 -- GET TO STEPPIN' Our first obstacle consisted of fellow Sith Lord SL585, the good man who would be our Lord Vader, had locked his keys inside of what appeared to be an impenetrable Hyundai! What were we to do without our Dark Lord to lead us through the streets? Trent was working diligently to free his armor from the backseat of his mid-sized sedan, and like a call from the great Emperor himself TK895 (Michael Washko) pulled up in the alley and immediately assured us all “I can get it!” After what seemed like hours to us, he was able to spring open one of the rear doors with the assistance of a coat hanger. Right about this time I looked at dustrho in his first mission and stated, “It’s time to get ready!”
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We
settled our armor tubs into a somewhat cramped quarters in the back
of Serendipity Gifts to get ready to march. The pain in the rear
about being a Sandtrooper is you can’t totally get ready all alone,
after a little help from fellow members TK7306 was once again ready
to roll but this wasn’t my first trip. As I turned around I was
proud to see dustrho near suited up solo and ready to go! He and
fellow operative Dr. Chaos did a wonderful job of assembling his
kit, and while not as dirty, looked pretty amazing. We were in a
holding pattern in the back alley for roughly a half hour, which was
pretty good so we could meet some of the Garrison and Rebel Legion
members that had made the trip. I still can’t get over seeing people
in armor, without helmets smoking cigarettes! I don’t know, it just
looks humorous for some reason. As last requests for the restroom
and glasses of wine were filled by our host, we made was down the
alley to head for the parade commencement area, a holding pen if you
will.
It
was good to see we had such a great turnout. We were near twenty
strong walking down that alley, and we also had a huge Ford
Excursion custom painted in Stormtrooper. With much regret our
photos of this magnificent craft didn’t turn out well, I’m still
waiting for a reply from the other members to see if I can get a
better visual. It had gotten very cold, and the rain had subsided
but there was a hint of a drizzle here and there. I had realized my
first mistake of not wearing anything under my dive suit, and truth
be told I was a tad uncomfortable. When I looked at the rest of the
group, posing for photos, scaring off the girl scouts who were
staged near us, there was no way I was going to let something as
trivial as the cold stop me from completing my mission, this is what
Troopers are: tough. This is what we do: Win.