The Guardian for this meeting was Sylectra Darwin. The comments are by Sylectra Darwin.

I arrived at the pavilion to find a bunch of balloons marking the beginning of the celebrations for the third anniversary of the Play as Being group. Archmage Atlantis joined me almost immediately.  The session would run a more serious tone most of the time as we had just witnessed some of the damage caused by the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

Sylectra Darwin: Hi!
Sylectra Darwin: How are you?
Archmage Atlantis: Looks like I missed a birthday celebration........and hi
Sylectra Darwin: Awww, the balloons read "2008 - Play as Being - 2011"

Lucinda Lavender joined us.

Archmage Atlantis: Lucinda
Archmage Atlantis: just in time
Lucinda Lavender: Arch, Sylectra
Lucinda Lavender: for?
Sylectra Darwin: Howdy Lucinda
Archmage Atlantis: Play, and Being
Sylectra Darwin: Sounds great to me!
Archmage Atlantis: RL cat is making it difficult to type
Archmage Atlantis: one moment
Sylectra Darwin: Let RL cat type for you, sometimes.
Lucinda Lavender: Quite the day we have had...
Lucinda Lavender: my cat Sylvie is known to walk on any keys she can find...
Sylectra Darwin: Yes, you mean the tsunami? Terrible.
Lucinda Lavender: yes
Archmage Atlantis: At 20 yo, I am glad he even makes the effort
Lucinda Lavender: really amazing video...
Archmage Atlantis: Life is not video.... real people were in that wave
Lucinda Lavender: My cats are a year old...pretty new to me and they have very different personalities tho they are sisters
Sylectra Darwin: I watched it after work today, and it brought tears to my eyes. It is hard to grasp the enormity of the damage done and lives destroyed.
Lucinda Lavender: i know...i do not underestimate the experience...
Lucinda Lavender: everything can happen so fast
Archmage Atlantis: That is why we who survive record it
Sylectra Darwin: And it sure did
Archmage Atlantis: In cave paintings, in song, in our companions
Lucinda Lavender: hmmm
Lucinda Lavender: cave paintings ?
Lucinda Lavender: interesting...
Sylectra Darwin: Luc, may I ask how you got a balloon? Is there a "balloon giver" around here?
Lucinda Lavender: Bleu gave this toi me:)
Lucinda Lavender: to me
Lucinda Lavender: I will share with you if you like:)
Lucinda Lavender: well it looks like I cannot...sorry

--BELL--

Sylectra Darwin: No problem, it's quite alright.
Archmage Atlantis: Take one step closer, solving the riddle
Archmage Atlantis: It echos
Lucinda Lavender: it did work!
Sylectra Darwin: Cool, thanks!
Lucinda Lavender: still learning how these things work:)
Archmage Atlantis: Learning is a state of being.....Being is a place of having learned
Sylectra Darwin: Hana Furlough said she might be contributing some poetry on Friday night sessions, along with Cal.
Sylectra Darwin: I would welcome that :)
Lucinda Lavender: that would be nice:)...I must go it seems...
Lucinda Lavender: sorry to leave so soon. We have a plan and it involves music and driving to the music. could be fun at a place called the Couth Buzzard in Seattle:)
Sylectra Darwin: oh no, short visit from Lucinda
Sylectra Darwin: That sounds really fun, I hope you have a good time.
Lucinda Lavender: thanks you...we celebrate this time because our daughter got her internship:) at the MEt!
Sylectra Darwin: Fantastic! Congrats to her!
Lucinda Lavender: thanks you:) we are so happy:)
Lucinda Lavender: say hi to Paradise for me:)
Sylectra Darwin: okies :)
Archmage Atlantis: Blessings sister Lucinda
Lucinda Lavender: if she appears:)
Sylectra Darwin: She is here
Lucinda Lavender: blessings:) to you as well.

Almost as if summoned, Paradise appears in time to greet Lucinda.

Sylectra Darwin: Hi Paradise!
Lucinda Lavender: Para..sorry to leave as you appear:) talk to you soon tho:)
Paradise Tennant: okies have a good nite
Paradise Tennant: hiya sylectra .. arch
Archmage Atlantis: Para, nods to the presence
Sylectra Darwin: g'night Lucinda..have fun
Sylectra Darwin: How are you Paradise?
Lucinda Lavender: thanks you :)

Archmage had some weighty thoughts on the mind.

Paradise Tennant: how are you two tonight :))
Archmage Atlantis: Meditative for me
Archmage Atlantis: It has been a challenging couple of weeks
Sylectra Darwin: I guess you could say I am meditative too, only maybe catatonic would be a better word :)
Sylectra Darwin: Arch, how so?
Paradise Tennant: smiles and listens
Archmage Atlantis: I have to decide if I am able to answer that, Sylectra
Archmage Atlantis: Well, I will attempt it
Sylectra Darwin: s'okay if you can't or don't want to.
Archmage Atlantis: Please ask you do not wish to continue
Paradise Tennant: listening :)
Archmage Atlantis: I have been angry
Archmage Atlantis: It has come through in my interactions with others

--BELL--

Archmage Atlantis: I did not live the life of calm I had learned to seek

Rhiannon joined us just then and the conversation continued.

Rhiannon Dragoone: hi Paradise, Arch, Sylectra
Paradise Tennant: hiya rhi nice to see you :)
Paradise Tennant: what is troubling you arch :)
Sylectra Darwin listens
Archmage Atlantis: The usual, injustice, intolerance, failure to understand we have a higher purpose than Xbox
Sylectra Darwin nods
Sylectra Darwin: It's easy to get angry over stuff like that.
Paradise Tennant: often find .. thinking how temporary everything is including .. intolerance .. bias.. injustice .. believe eventually we will all just grow out of it :)) maybe many lifetimes of effort but will happen
Sylectra Darwin: A hopeful vision, Paradise.
Archmage Atlantis: Most psychics (not rationale, so not vetted) tell me I am very old
Rhiannon Dragoone: Paradise, this too will pass?
Paradise Tennant: smiles .. :))
Archmage Atlantis: Many lifetimes
Paradise Tennant: everything passes
Rhiannon Dragoone: Arch, just die your hair, then They won't say that.
Paradise Tennant: smiles the good .. the bad .. bliss ... misery ..
Paradise Tennant: also helps with how you look at someone . knowing they will change they are not fixed in any one way :)
Archmage Atlantis: Die it what color, Para?..... the red fire it is?.....the blue sea that gives life?......the muddy granite that endures?
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Paradise Tennant: smiles at rhi for guidance on that one :) what do you think :)
Paradise Tennant: I would go with blue personally :)
Sylectra Darwin: the green of lush nature : )
Archmage Atlantis: Aqua is my color
Paradise Tennant: though red heads are really handsome :) they shine :)
Paradise Tennant: smiles at arch's fiery locks :)
Archmage Atlantis: red is my nature
Archmage Atlantis: muddy is my soul
Paradise Tennant: well hmm no .. also believe we are each perfection that is just obscured bit but because it is perfection underneath can never really be anything less :)
Sylectra Darwin: muddy's not so bad...it's got the richness of nature and the solidity of stone in it.
Archmage Atlantis: Rhi, you are a deep friend of mine
Paradise Tennant: kind of a facial mask :)
Archmage Atlantis: I am glad you were comfortable to come here
Sylectra Darwin: Paradise, haha! Yes.
Rhiannon Dragoone: Blue is perfect, Paradise.

--BELL--

Archmage Atlantis: It has been a long day
Archmage Atlantis: I may need to dance to allow my rl body to experience
Archmage Atlantis: Blessings and Namaste
Rhiannon Dragoone: So what was the snapshot for. Sylectra/
Sylectra Darwin: Arch have a good night
Rhiannon Dragoone: Bye Arch.
Paradise Tennant: good nite arch
Sylectra Darwin: you had asked me how you were standing :)
Paradise Tennant: I am going to scoot too .. dog is whining by the door .. think this may be an emergency :))) namaste my friends :)
Rhiannon Dragoone: Well, I can't see.
Sylectra Darwin: Take care Paradise
Paradise Tennant: he had two hot dogs !
Sylectra Darwin: Nice to see you!
Sylectra Darwin: Wow, she gave her dog 2 hot dogs. Lucky dog.
Sylectra Darwin: My dog got broccoli and a carrot for her snack because we're out of biscuits.
Rhiannon Dragoone: OK, I'm out of hear too, then. My friends are gone andI don't need ant hassles.
Sylectra Darwin: Have a good night, Rhiannon!