Written By Mirari
Jan. 10, 2020, 6:25 a.m.(7/14/1012 AR)
I ask you, dear scholars and readers of the whites, what is love? Define it for me.
Written By Mirari
Jan. 6, 2020, 3:43 a.m.(7/6/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Ari
Lets walk into the future together, father, building something that we can leave to the next generation of Corsetina. True and strong familial bonds that no one can tear down.
Written By Mirari
Jan. 6, 2020, 3:42 a.m.(7/6/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Mailys
Truly the best partner in "crime" I have ever had. I cannot express, adequately, her brilliance and dedication. Together we will truly do something amazing and ... good. How strange.
Written By Mirari
Dec. 8, 2019, 7:39 p.m.(5/5/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Mailys
My cousin and I have been working quite hard for sometime now. At first we had no purpose more than to obtain more. Now, however, we have a goal in mind for the rewards of our labor. In the coming months, and years for this will no doubt take time, shall be exciting and lifechanging... I think.
Written By Mirari
Dec. 5, 2019, 12:41 p.m.(4/26/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Sabella
"People like to be asked."
I once served a noble house directly. I loved the Lady of the house with a ferocity. I gave her my absolute loyalty. I would have killed for her. I would have died for her. I would have done all manner of things for her; great or ill.
I was used to her affection. Her consideration. Her confidence and her protection.
And then one day to Arx came a member of her house whom I had only a passing acquaintance. And then an order, impersonally delivered via paper, "You will treat them as me. You will hide nothing from them."
All secrets I had shared with my Lady were to be shared with this new person. Someone I barely knew. And in that moment I felt betrayed, I felt as if I were a tool, not a person worthy of my Lady's love and protection.
And resentment grew in my chest.
Perhaps, had she spoken with me in person. Perhaps, had she asked me to do this as a favor... Perhaps I would still be working for her.
People like to be asked.
I once served a noble house directly. I loved the Lady of the house with a ferocity. I gave her my absolute loyalty. I would have killed for her. I would have died for her. I would have done all manner of things for her; great or ill.
I was used to her affection. Her consideration. Her confidence and her protection.
And then one day to Arx came a member of her house whom I had only a passing acquaintance. And then an order, impersonally delivered via paper, "You will treat them as me. You will hide nothing from them."
All secrets I had shared with my Lady were to be shared with this new person. Someone I barely knew. And in that moment I felt betrayed, I felt as if I were a tool, not a person worthy of my Lady's love and protection.
And resentment grew in my chest.
Perhaps, had she spoken with me in person. Perhaps, had she asked me to do this as a favor... Perhaps I would still be working for her.
People like to be asked.
Written By Mirari
Nov. 17, 2019, 11:47 a.m.(3/18/1012 AR)
Is it gallows humor to joke about the various ways in which you may have died in the past?
Written By Mirari
Nov. 15, 2019, 12:11 a.m.(3/13/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Tatienne
Do us all a favor and go ask the scholars what happened in the wake of Marquis Ford Kennex declaring that Thralldom was done and gone, with no plan for how to end it. Ask them what happened to hundreds-- or was it thousands --of thralls who were suddenly freed with their lord giving no care as to what might happen? I agree with you that Thralldom is just a more socially acceptable form of slavery that the majority of our society refuses to acknowledge as such. But it is foolish and insulting to attack the High Lord who has finally had not only the courage, but the wisdom to form a plan, to end thralldom.
Go look up Donrai Thrax if you want to learn about a true Prince of Slavery.
You're common so you're allowed to have whatever opinions you want, but I am also common and therefore get to have what ever opinions I want.
And my opinion is that you're an idiot.
Go look up Donrai Thrax if you want to learn about a true Prince of Slavery.
You're common so you're allowed to have whatever opinions you want, but I am also common and therefore get to have what ever opinions I want.
And my opinion is that you're an idiot.
Written By Mirari
Nov. 15, 2019, 12:06 a.m.(3/13/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Ingrid
What a shameful way for nobility to act. Challenging the common folk to a duel. You do your house a disserve in acting like such a bully. Are you going to go steal apples from small orphans in the lowers next?
Written By Mirari
Oct. 7, 2019, 10:38 p.m.(12/21/1011 AR)
It has been so long since I have designed anything for myself; perfumes, jewelry, clothing, daggers... I find myself staring at a blank page and wondering... Who am I? What could I adorn myself with to reflect who I am to other people. Who is Mirari Corsetina? What has she given to this world? What is her essence? What do I etch into mirror-silver to tell the world who I am. When I look into my heart there is a deep, empty well where love used to live. It lives there no more.
I set my sight upon my ledgers and they bring me no joy. I have no desire to clothe myself in silver.
For all my silks, for all my wealth...
I no longer have a sense of self.
I guess, instead, I shall turn to commissions for exclusive perfumes.
I set my sight upon my ledgers and they bring me no joy. I have no desire to clothe myself in silver.
For all my silks, for all my wealth...
I no longer have a sense of self.
I guess, instead, I shall turn to commissions for exclusive perfumes.
Written By Mirari
Oct. 2, 2019, 9:44 p.m.(12/11/1011 AR)
To say I am disappointed in House Whisper would be putting it mildly. I am affirmed that my choice to step away from a courtier life with House Whisper and focus upon my patronage with Baroness Kima, and then my eventual Merchantile endeavors was the right choice.
These "date" auctions are tawdry and gross. I am surprised that a former thrall would happily engage in a mockery of selling humans upon an auction block to "buy thrall debt".
That would be like hiring a known assassin to bring a war criminal to justice.
You may be doing something good, but your methods in doing so make a mockery of the suffering of others.
These "date" auctions are tawdry and gross. I am surprised that a former thrall would happily engage in a mockery of selling humans upon an auction block to "buy thrall debt".
That would be like hiring a known assassin to bring a war criminal to justice.
You may be doing something good, but your methods in doing so make a mockery of the suffering of others.
Written By Mirari
Sept. 30, 2019, 3:41 a.m.(12/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Joscelin
Tonight I stood in my workshop covered in grime; sweat, soot, and metal shavings coating my skin. I stood before a sand mould, packed tightly and sandwiched between two pieces of steel. I watched as within that mould slowly, oh so slowly, cooling was a new alloy. My third batch made. Oh my friend, what wonders could you have worked with this? Resting safely in my workshop I have some already finished, and as I looked upon it I cannot help but think of you. I wish you could have joined us on this project. My dearest cousin Mailys, sweet Hana, Ladies Lianne and Carissa and I made this together. You would be so proud of us.
This metal is so pure, so clear it shines like a mirror.
I write now, the technique use to create this alloy in the hopes that wherever you are now, this knowledge will reach you:
To create the alloy coming to be known as "mirror-silver" one must take equal parts Stygian and Iridiscite. (Note: I have as of yet been successful in creating a stable alloy that uses unequal parts of the two metals, if someone manages to do so I would greatly love to have this knowledge. But so far nothing has panned out.)
Take equal parts Stygian and Iridiscite. First heat the Stygian to its melting point, until it becomes molten-- but becareful not to bring it to its boiling point. You do not want the Stygian to boil away. Add then the Iridescite to the molten Stygian, and mix until the two metals are fully incorporated. Pour into a metal or sand mould and allow to cool. (I have found that mirror-silver takes longer to harden fully than it's parent metals, so do not despair if it takes longer than expected.)
Once fully hardened one should have an alloy of such pure silver clarity that it is as reflective as a mirror.
((OOC: I have taken some OOC liberties on describing the process above, so please note that there may be other IC ways to create it. I used http://www.uefap.com/reading/exercise/ess3/alex2.htm as a reference on how to mix metals to create alloys and what some of the quirks of doing so might be. ))
This metal is so pure, so clear it shines like a mirror.
I write now, the technique use to create this alloy in the hopes that wherever you are now, this knowledge will reach you:
To create the alloy coming to be known as "mirror-silver" one must take equal parts Stygian and Iridiscite. (Note: I have as of yet been successful in creating a stable alloy that uses unequal parts of the two metals, if someone manages to do so I would greatly love to have this knowledge. But so far nothing has panned out.)
Take equal parts Stygian and Iridiscite. First heat the Stygian to its melting point, until it becomes molten-- but becareful not to bring it to its boiling point. You do not want the Stygian to boil away. Add then the Iridescite to the molten Stygian, and mix until the two metals are fully incorporated. Pour into a metal or sand mould and allow to cool. (I have found that mirror-silver takes longer to harden fully than it's parent metals, so do not despair if it takes longer than expected.)
Once fully hardened one should have an alloy of such pure silver clarity that it is as reflective as a mirror.
((OOC: I have taken some OOC liberties on describing the process above, so please note that there may be other IC ways to create it. I used http://www.uefap.com/reading/exercise/ess3/alex2.htm as a reference on how to mix metals to create alloys and what some of the quirks of doing so might be. ))
Written By Mirari
July 2, 2019, 11:42 p.m.(5/22/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Delilah
My cat eats bugs. Is this knowledge that fills you with burning questions? I promise you that knowledge will not "die" even if it doesn't.
Written By Mirari
June 30, 2019, 5:12 p.m.(5/18/1011 AR)
[Done in uneven, shaky penmenship.]
Death by a shattered heart.
Best to cut it out, get rid of it from the start.
Death by a shattered heart.
Best to cut it out, get rid of it from the start.
Written By Mirari
June 24, 2019, 9:13 p.m.(5/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Mirella
No access to books? Were you living on some far flung island where the Scholar's had no outpost set up?
Written By Mirari
June 5, 2019, 1:47 a.m.(3/23/1011 AR)
Today I make a decision:
Love is for other people. I need it not.
Love is for other people. I need it not.
Written By Mirari
June 1, 2019, 3:16 a.m.(3/15/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Mailys
My dearest cousin is definitely the best sister you could have. Always there to support me in my endeavors and my experiments. Even when I can tell she thinks my experiments are dumb.
Written By Mirari
May 24, 2019, 12:59 a.m.(2/27/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Sparte
**Below is a hand-made copy of a missive sent out by one Mirari Corsetina.**
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Dear Wilhem,
Please try harder to stop Sparte Greyfallow from populating the Whites with terrible puns. I happened upon his last one by accident and felt as if I had been brained with a cooking pot. I have enclosed some incentive for you to try harder.
Yours,
Mirari Corsetina
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Dear Wilhem,
Please try harder to stop Sparte Greyfallow from populating the Whites with terrible puns. I happened upon his last one by accident and felt as if I had been brained with a cooking pot. I have enclosed some incentive for you to try harder.
Yours,
Mirari Corsetina
Written By Mirari
May 24, 2019, 12:50 a.m.(2/27/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Alaric
Our King is a man with a strong stomach. What a legendary composure he has, indeed.
Written By Mirari
April 23, 2019, 3:23 p.m.(12/22/1010 AR)
In a few days I sail for Setarco, to see if I can buy some seasion fruits in person from the vendors... and I'll be honest, this is just an excuse to walk the beaches of my own and find some comfort on the shores that I grew up on.
Written By Mirari
April 23, 2019, 3:21 p.m.(12/22/1010 AR)
To Scholar Grimkin:
Get better soon!
Get better soon!
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