YES! That’s pretty much how I imagine it. Badges, hall, and awkward standing around at first. :P I’ll be at the sign-in table giving hugs. You cant’ miss me!

Yours captures the atmosphere much better than mine, I think, but from a personal perspective, so I guess that changes it a bit.

Is that comment about flying truth or fiction?

Truth. I am a terrible traveler. I get motion sick at a drop of the hat.

Magnificent.

Very nice job of weaving large scale ideas and personal perspective… And I like the convention name. XP

My two favorite lines:
“…everyone had a story worth telling.”
“He’d made a lot of friends on Ficly, now it was time to meet them.”

The sad thing is I probably won’t be able to attend something like this, stuck in the UK as I am.
I love the description of you, our masked protagonist.
I’d love to make this a series, it could lead somewhere interesting if there were a few dressed up so. I would just hope that it wouldn’t end.