End of an Era and the Beginning of a New One

So last night was pretty much my last night playing a player character in Waterloo by Night.
It feels a little surreal to be done as a player.
In February I will be one of the Story Tellers for the game.
Last night was also a couple of firsts for me.

First time doing Character Creation for 4 brand new players on my own for a good portion of the time.  I was very thankful for the help over the course of the evening from the current team and my co ST.

I also narrated a simple combat during the course of game, because the 3 current STs were all busy and I wasn't doing anything of major import in character so I just walked over and did it.
Now that may not seem much to some of you, but I have little experience with running combat in the World of Darkness setting or even being apart of combat. I have never played a combat oriented character in WBN and rarely engage in combat.  The table top games I have been apart of are not helpful because I generally played the healer, or the system is too different to use for comparison.
So for me, this was an achievement and it also let me know that my head won't explode when I have to narrate combat.  :)
I will probably carry the books around for reference for the first because I recognize this is a weakness of mine and it will take some time to memorize the information required.

It was also amusing and a bit unexpected to see the twists and turns players caused to plot and the direction it was headed last night.  Some of our plans for transitioning certain things has literally been thrown out the window.  But hey it was some awesome role playing that brought about those changes and I look forward to coming up with new contingency plans.  Just reinforced the advice the current team has been telling us about expect the unexpected and be flexible.  Players will always do something you don't expect them to do.

:)  I have to say earlier in the fall I was a little skeptical about my decision to take on the challenge of Story telling a larp.
Now I can say I am excited and look forward to this challenge.  I look forward to learning new skills and utilizing the skills I already have (and in some cases didn't realize I had).
Oh I expect we will make mistakes big and small.  None of us on the new team have run a larp,  But everyone has to start at the beginning and how else do we learn?