Making the trip to my second Chicago 43T meetup was much more relaxed than it had been to make the trip to my first one. This is most likely because I relied on public transportation. I was looking forward to seeing RuthG’s domicile, and it turned out to be just as tasteful and charming as I had thought it would be. When I walked into the dining room where everyone was gaming, I didn’t see wembleyheads at first, because she was closest to me on my left side and my eyes went straight ahead, instead of around the circle. But when she said “hi”, I recognized her voice from our phone conversations.

wembleyheads is of average height on the short side. She is quite slim and (at least in the wintertime,) pale. She was wearing a bright magenta-pink sleeved shirt with a v neckline, which I later found out she loves, and a necklace of oval copper-colored stones, which I later found out she is ambivalent about but wore in an attempt to look “more girly” (she plans on shaving her head soon and is worried about looking too boyish).

Of all the people I met at this meetup, wembleyheads holds a special place in my heart because she decided to host me overnight and even go with me to my Quaker meeting in the morning (she probably won’t go again, it’s a little too unstructured for her, but I really appreciated the gesture), so we got a chance to really talk in depth. We discovered some important stuff that we have in common, and discussed formative life experiences. You know those meaty conversations that go on and on? Yeah, it was great.

It’s my understanding that a second gaming meetup is going to happen again before too long. I definitely hope wembleyheads will be a part of it, but even more importantly, I hope to see her again before then. She is simply irresistible and too much fun to wait months to see!