@$$hole!: Ren Faire 2011 (part 5)

Alright, picture this:

It’s 100 degrees outside, with 90% humidity. You’re so hot and sweaty you don’t even know you’re hot and sweaty anymore. You’re clothes are sticking to your skin. There’s no breeze or feeling of coolness what-so-ever. What do you do?

If you said, “Get into 30+ pounds of armor and sword fight with your friends,” you’re right! And that’s exactly what we did. A three-way battle between gladiators, best out of 5 wins.

Of course, between three guys who all like to win – and who all have some sword fighting experience – this means the fight’s going to last a while. And remember: it’s still hot out. In fact, they had to keep watering our helmets so they didn’t burn us under them. They also had to ice our necks after each round to keep us from passing out.

For the first several rounds, I was doing fine. Then suddenly and without warning my eyes started to sting. I thought it was allergies acting up, but I eventually became aware of another fact – it was sweat getting in my eyes. Not a little sweat. A LOT of sweat. So much that it stings and burns and hurts like hell and you just want to take off the helmet and breath…but you can’t, because your buddy is coming after you with his rapier and he’s trying to take your head off.

And this is fun. No, seriously. Most fun I had all day.

The following few pages will be chronicling this fight between us – albeit in a fictional manner a bit. Want to know who wins? Keep checking out the comic when it updates Wednesdays and Fridays.

Cheers, guys!