There and Back again – A novel by Me.

I knew it would be stressfull, those last days before the concert. I didn’t, however, know that I’d feel as nervous as I did. Cosplay looks easy peasy to onlookers I bet. But dear gawd are you nervous those last minutes before you put on your costume, wig and accessories. “Will it tear?” What if it looks weird?” “What if I can’t fix my hair correctly under my wig?” I went thru hell during this phase, something I know I am not alone on doing. I found myself shaking as I and Pauliina went to shop some stuff to cool down before the concert… But then as 3pm came closer and it was time to headback to ‘home’ and get propely changed… I fret.
Ofcourse, knowing all I would do was to sit down at a concert instead of walking around for hours and hours at some convention didn’t help at all. After all I also knew I’d get to meet mr Uematsu himself and as a cosplayer I feel it’s my duty to do the best I can. 

After meeting up with Henrik, having the Dinner from Hell, we finally managed to get ourselves to the Concert House at Hötorget in Stockholm. Dare is say we were there 8pm and the concert actually was supposed to start 8pm? Dare I mention the word STRESS upon hearing the 3 signals that state that the concert is about to start as we tried to get somewhere in the ‘tourgoods’ que? We made haste. And I thought that was the last I’d see of the CD and Tshirt.   

After a bit of confusion we managed to get ourselves into our row at the parket. I was really glad when I noticed it was such a neat place to sit. I also heard some people go; “Oooh, look it’s a white mage!” As a cosplayer there’s nothing as great as knowing that others like what your doing and appriciate you… and hearing how neat you look.

Anyhow, it was about to begin…

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