Meghan’s Space
So what’s up all to all the wonderful readers out there?! Are you ready for some hockey? I certainly hope so because I know for a fact that all of us are eager to prove that we can get back on top of the hockey world. We had our first team gathering after we all arrived here in Plutoni from our various origin points over the last few days. It was pretty fun to see everyone again, and know that once again you have the opportunity to play alongside the very people you play against over the course of the grueling season at home. Plutoni is certainly a place that will take some getting used too, but as long as these robots don’t make us play with a glowing puck, I think we’ll be alright.
One of the first orders of business at our team meeting yesterday was to name our captain and alternates, and it comes as no surprise that we are making no changes to who wears those coveted letters over their hearts. For me, the “C” is stitched to my jersey for the second time, and it is an honor. I take a lot of pride in this, and I like to think it is given to me for more then my ability to score goals. I try, very hard, to be a leader, even though there have been things written about me that I can be too distracted by the social scene. I’ve done the fashion runway walks in Quintessence of Dust, which was a thrill, but I don’t think I am going to be asked to do any modeling in Plutoni unless they really think the latest computer chip technology needs a Cassadagan spokesperson. In which case, I would be willing to do that as long as the proper data is processed into my bank account. The biggest announcement that surprised some is that Stacie Dupree will start in goal over Christina Randolph. Isn’t that only natural in hockey though? When a coach a switches a forward or a defensemen around in a line shuffle, it might be briefly talked about in the media and in the locker room but in the end it is only a very minor story. But not the goalie. You change the goalie and its, “OMG HOW COULD YOU CHANGE THE GOALIE!!????!!” (usually with an expletive included before the word goalie) That gets the pundits something to talk about, and it’s supposed to create some kind of controversy and it can tear apart the very fabric of the team at its seams. So when that announcement was made, it caused a whole lot of fighting, quarreling, and now there are two distinct sides in the locker room, one pro-Dupree and one pro-Randoph and now we won’t even sit at the same table in the hotel during continental breakfast!?! Or, maybe not. Actually, we applauded for Stacie. We have seen her play at home and now she’s been unstoppable for the last two years. Sure, Christina would like to play but she is aware that it is in the best interest of the team.
Ok, so I guess that makes us all one big happy hockey family. Someone light the campfire, though I’m not gonna be the one singing. Our schedule is short, no double round robins this time around, just six games in the land of the machine. There are seven matchdays, and we each have six games, so there is a bye day. As is international law, when there are bye days in a tournamenet in which Cassadaigua is participating, Cassadaigua has its bye day in matchday one.... or do we?! They forgot that law in Plutoni! I guess these hosts really are different! We get started right away against Tonarius.
Don’t ask me, I don’t know where it is, either.
