Unlike last year's con, we actually didn't wait till the last three days to do EVERYthing. Because of that and shady memories, days may have gotten mixed up, but it's not like you'll know the difference. So let our story unfold~!

Months before Otakon, AA had wanted to do a Gundam Wing Cosplay. I was planning a Wufei(which later got changed to a Clown Trowa), Tenken would have been Duo and Yuriko would have been Zechs. We made BIG BIG plans, wings, scythes, fitted masks, ruffles and other cool accessories. However, due to lack of funds(this WAS after AX2K y'know) and complexity, it just wasn't gonna happen this year. And I really REALLY wanted to be a clown :( Aw well, makes for bigger and better things for next year's Otakon~! Our friends Zack and Chris were also comin on our little adventure. Zack went as Cho and Chris went as Aoshi from Kenshin. Chris upgraded his Aoshi from AX2K by adding a shiny purple suit. SHiIiNy ~*~sparkle~*~ O_O Oo Oo oO Oo Anyway, I believe it was Tenken's idea to go as WeiB because she already had some of Omi's many layers and I already had an assortment of long black coats that I could possibly use for Aya. Yuriko decided to do Ken and so began our search for all the perfect little parts...

Tenken and Yuriko had already been running around Manhattan in search for WeiB gear. So by the time I managed to get a day off from work they just pointed me towards stores and thingies. Namely the Aya boots. ^_^ Such kickass Butt stomping boots. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough money for them that day. Boooooo. We were also in search of red converse for Tenken. You would think that they're not that hard to find considering they're so simple~! Every store was either out or didn't have her size X_x So our next stop was a Joyce Leslie where we found some simple plain old white hoody shirts for Tenken. We went in and out of a bunch of places when outta no where, Tenken goes "I want to get a haircut, would one of u like to get one with me?" ::shrug:: I had been meaning to get my hair cut anyway ^_^ Talk about spontaneity. We were suppose to go to Chris'(a temporary honorary AA member) house, but we called and said we were um.......tied...up. So we found the nearest and cheapest place to get our haircuts. It turned out to be a Supercuts. >_< doh! aw well, since we were on limited funds, it'd have to suffice. We each cut of massive amounts off hair X_x I miss it so. After our haircuts we shifted in and out of a few more stores and found the perfect goggles for Omi at this little street vendor guy and Ken's goggles in this other random store. We finally found the red converse at another little random store. yeah~! ^_^ Then we finally made our way to Chris'house. Enough time to play a few games of Dance Dance Revolution before Chris had to go to dinner. When we left his house we stopped by a little fabric store and rummaged through all the litte trinkets. I picked up buckles and fabric for my Aya jacket and a long gold metal.........piece...::shrug:: that I used for Aya's earring. We went in a few more stores but by then we were pretty pooped, so we just made our way home.

The next day off I had we made plans to have a semi-dress rehearsal at Tenken's aunt Yani's house. So the night before I did a quick and shady job of sewing on the buckles to my Aya coat. I also noticed that one of the buckles didn't match the others. How awful >_< So anyway, we went to Yani's apartment and chilled out for a bit. Yuriko and I watched some WeiB Kreuz tapes again while Tenken was online. Then we eventually headed out to get my Aya boots. ^_^ oh how I love them so. I also picked up a sleeveless black turtleneck and then we went to a few wig stores and finally found a reasonable Aya wig. We also picked up Tenken's Omi shorts at a skater store. After wondering for quite a bit we found our way back to Yani's place and Yuriko and Tenken got crackin on the Aya wig. They did a wonderful job considering they had to work with such a bulbous piece X_x BULBOUS!!! Then we decked ourselves out in our gear. Yuriko picked up some sculpting files from a hardware store that made such lovely claws, and Tenken had cute little nail files to act as dart dagger throwy things....::shrug:.....whatever, anyway, not too bad for our first dress rehearsal. I decided to switch from my 3/4 black coat to the full length deal. It just seemed more Aya-like.

Before we knew it Otakon was just around the corner ready to headbutt us. We all slept over Yani's house since it would be easier to get to the train station that way. I had to work, so they were nice enuff to pick me up ^_^ And after we thought we checked for everything, we had to turn back for the WeiB Kreuz CD. Can't leave home without it~! mostly cuz Tenken had hopes of doing karaoke this year. Oye! O_o On our way there we were discussing this odd little game consisting of ~bong~bong~ hammers and a bowl that we saw the WeiB Kreuz seiyuu were playing. Basically a slightly violent twist of rock, paper, scissors. So ME, being the GENIUS I am, said "They only put out 2, 5 or none fingers!" and Tenken goes, "It was rock paper scissors" so I said, "No~it was 2, 5 or NONE~!" after making many motions with my hand, I felt retard waves going into me. And if u don't get it, welcome to my world O_o I had brought my Dance Dance Revolution(DDR) along. We played for most of the night. Yuriko and I were determined to stay up all night, and succeeded. Tenken had school the next day, HAHAHAHA! We even tried to keep our temporary honorary AA member Chris up on the phone. Unfortuanely Space Madness hit us sooner than we thought~ OH NO! \O_O/ Poor little chris didn't even know it when it hit him. Sayin silly things about Tacos and licking other people who will remain nameless ::cough:Zack::cough::And that's what happens when you leave AA together in a little room with a headless hercules and butterflies all over the walls with nothing but Pepsi one (ONE CALORIE BABY!) to quench our thirst.

Needless to say, sleep was not something we had, so we were up early and made breakfast! Ok, not really, Tenken's familia did, but the idea of breakfast was initiated by us. :) FoOOoOoOOod ::drool:: Then Yuriko and I walked Tenekn to the subway and on our way back we bought lucky charms for our trip. BLAH BLAH BLAH time passed by with DDR. We called Chris and Zack to make sure they were ready and Tenken eventually came home in one piece. We had a small snacky poo and then off the Penn Station!

We met the guys there, boarded the train, after a coupla stops we finally all regrouped nicely and eventually got to Baltimore~! WhEeEeEeEeeeee ^_^ Our hotel was nice, we stayed at the Renaissance ^_^ The dudes were in a separate room across the way, but we could see them from our window~ We chickies had to switch rooms cuz the evil trolls were stealing water from our first room. We settled in and decided to find the convention center. We also had plans to meet the CosplayML at the Days Inn for din din. I don't know WhO was leading our little troupe, but we were walking many many unnecessary blocks. But we eventually DID get there. Nice people ^_^ Then we walked a many other blocks to get to the sushi place for yummy time. When we got back to the hotel we finished off Cho's back so his swords would hold up properly without hurting any bystanders. Then us chickies headed back to our room and awaited the coming day ^_^