The Oroborus - April Vacation 2016 Recap

Merneith the Time Raveler had a toolbox full of odd items

A small but brave group of Detectives took on the mystery of "The Oroborus" this past week at the Landing YMCA in Brunswick. Rifts opening in the Serpent Roads of the Oroborus were threatening the known world, so the Detectives set off for the Egyptian Duat to find out who was causing the problem.

Fortunately, they had some help--an ancient Dragonmage known as Djedi, who once served the Pharaoh Khufu CA 2500 BCE, plus a Time Raveler known as Merneith. It was a week of serpents, some good, some bad and some very, very bad. One highlight of the week was the group's use of the Moon Rabbit as bait for the Serpents trying to capture them. The youngest Chef showed off his culinary skills, sending the hungry Serpent for some wild Sage, while he and the Rabbit escaped to safety.

Our new location at the YMCA provided some unexpected additions to our games. The exercise balls in the Aerobics Room quickly found popular uses as shields, water globules and comfortable seating. The Meditation Room proved to be the perfect place for the Circle of Stillness the Detectives created to calm the darting silver fish that represented their Ren or Names. The group soon found out how difficult it is to remain still when a Water Snake is rattling off nonsense rhymes and talking about itching noses.

The Big Bad (who shall go nameless for future adventures) found the Detectives to be a formidable group who just would not give up the chase! They had the audacity to petition help from Egyptian gods and goddesses, such as Au Set (goddess of magic), Anubis (god of the underworld and embalming, who brought an army of jackals), Serket (formidable scorpion goddess), Pesht (ancient cat goddess of the wild, wild variety) and others.

With the Detective's brand new Time Serpent Traps and the Time Stopper Amulets in play, the Detectives and the assembly of immortals saved the world from a watery chaos. The Oroborus was restored and a handful of Detectives now know the secrets of the Mystery of Mehen. We celebrated with a toy theater presentation for family and friends.

Thanks to the Detectives for a delightful week of fun, laughter and creativity! And thanks to the staff at the Landing YMCA for a warm welcome to the Y!

The Dragon's Eye Adventures Facebook pages has a few illustrations from the week.

April Vacation 2016

The Ororborus
Micron Pen & Pencil
R L McNulty 2016

Dragon's Eye Adventures is offering a special 4-day mystery during April Vacation. The mystery is for ages 9 to 14. It will run from Tuesday, April 19 through Friday, April 22, at the Landing YMCA in Brunswick. The hours are from 9 AM to 4:30 PM, with After Hours provided until 5:30. The fee is $200 for the 4-day mystery.

The mystery is "The Oroborus." The serpent eating its tail (Ororborus) is a familiar character in the Dragon's Eye world, but do the Detectives really know much about this serpent that transports them through time and space? This mystery will reveal secrets only the time and space raveler* knows, drawn from Egyptian, Indian and West African myths as old as the trees.

Our projects this week will include Dragonmage Cards and Orobori. Our team will also encounter the very first Time Jewel the Detectives have ever seen.

*This is not a typo -- a raveler is one who ravels or unravels threads (or mysteries).

Dragon Sighting at the Landing Y

Dragons have been spotted circling the Landing YMCA at the old base in Brunswick. Naturally, I had to investigate. I visited the Y and talked with the great folks there, and sure enough, there's a room full of dragonmages there!

Or at least, there will be!

Dragon's Eye is moving to the Landing Y in Brunswick this summer.

The Y is the new branch of the Bath YMCA. It's located at 24 Venture Ave. on the old navy base, right next to Brunswick Recreation Department.

We'll have a wonderful room large enough for sneaking games, art activities and a briefing zone. Parking is plentiful and the building is wheelchair accessible. The room's size will allow for fifteen detectives -- which means a second teacher will be joining me full time.

We'll have access to the gym on occasion, and quiet spaces to sneak. There are plenty of trails and opens spaces to find this summer. I'm hoping that we will be able to have the sprinklers going on hot days, too -- so plenty of reasons to celebrate the move!