The GenCon Announcement that Never Was
🕑 Added 2023-07-28 20:41:04 +0000 UTCI had initially scripted a cute and funny skit to announce my GenCon schedule, but unfortunately I couldn't make the time to execute it, so I did the easy thing instead.
Here's a behind-the-scenes peek at the announcement that never was!
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GINNY is standing over a suitcase resting on her bed. She zips it with finality and dusts off her hands.
GINNY
Great! All ready for GenCon.
There is a magical twinkling sound and a puff of magical energy as MAY BELL appears on the dresser.
MAY BELL
I heard you were going to GemCon? I love gems! Can I come along and look at the gems? Not steal them! Just… look at them.
GINNY
It’s a tabletop gaming convention, and I’ll be way too busy to bust a pixie out of jail. I’m doing two panels, both on Saturday — one with some other tabletop musicians, and one Q&A with fellow YouTubers.
MAY BELL
(pouts) No fun!
The door opens and CLOVER enters holding a SUITCASE.
CLOVER
Au contraire, my winged friend! It sounds like fun, I think!
I’m all packed for GinCon — it’s my favorite thing to drink.
GINNY
No, Clover, it’s not a convention for gin… although I might be ready for a drink after the GenCon Epic, on Friday. It’s a multi-table D&D adventure, and it’s sold out, so I’m sure it’ll be intense!
There’s a flushing sound as MORELIA exits the bathroom.
MORELIA
I agree, JamCon will certainly be intense. I’m looking forward to selling my new Mimic Marmalade at my booth!
GINNY
You don’t have a booth, I do! It’s booth 2635, and I’ll have merch for sale. Plus, I’ll be doing signings there on Thursday and Sunday at 1, and Saturday at 4.
She turns back to her suitcase and startles to see NYMWEN behind the bed with a satchel, traveling cloak on.
NYMWEN
I’m ready.
GINNY
Let me guess… you thought it was “GrimCon” or something and you want to come learn about new tombstone technology?
NYMWEN (deadpan)
Of course not. I love tabletop games. They bring me so much joy. Do you think they’ll let me take this arm through airport security? (holds up skeleton arm)
Comments
Caleb Floyd
This skit is adorable
A Randolph
I am really sad this isn't going to be a thing. Also, I cannot think of a warlock you have this would work for but what if instead of GinCon, it was DjinnCon...
Giulio Alberto Caselli
Such a pity that you didn't manage to shoot this! It would have been phenomenally fun :D
Jonathan Alvear
Hope you have fun!!
Ginny Di
I just use Google Drive! I used to use a little script writing plugin which unfortunately is no longer functional, but I'm almost never doing anything complicated enough to need much special formatting.
Luka Murphy
Also: (There’s a flushing sound as MORELIA exits the bathroom. MORELIA I agree, JamCon will certainly be intense. I’m looking forward to selling my new Mimic Marmalade at my booth! GINNY I DIDN'T SEE YOU WASH YOUR HANDS)
David Greenlaw
This is BRILLIANT! But oh yeah, it would be a SERIOUS pain to set up and film.
Cassie Banks
That was really cute! Thanks for sharing it with us. =)
Dusty
Even just reading this brought me so much serotonin. Many thanks for the GCU sneak peak.
Charles Kersey
Safe journey and have fun!!!
Luka Murphy
Ah you did end up assembling a hurricane of GenCon puns! So proud. Exceptionally cute, but I can see how featuring this many different characters would take an unfeasible amount of time and energy to organise.
Stephanie Guebert
🤣 That is so awesome!! I imagined the whole thing and it was great lol Well done on the script, very entertaining
Jolabreeze
I always like a good script. I remember stumbling on the "Life Of Brian" screenplay at my middle school library and it felt like a hidden (and slightly forbidden) treasure. Writing nerd question, which you may have already responded to someplace else, do you use script writing software or just a standard word processing app of personal preference?
ChemGeek - Tim
Have fun at GenCon!
Tinman Ofoz
You could always make it for next year?!
Kalcheus
Make that for next year! I'll forget about it by then so it'll seem new to me
BlueSaysHello
May Bell could be distracted by the shiny dice (depending on who is selling, there may be some gemstone based dice) and of course Gencon has a large number of adults, so Gin-con could be a new part of the convention (although when Ginny is there, Gencon is actually GinnyCon)