Written By Miella
Jan. 28, 2022, 11:59 a.m.(1/6/1017 AR)
Relationship Note on Maylis
Vile Sausage. Sometimes, where her head goes is terrifying.
I suppose that's why she's so terribly brilliant.
I suppose that's why she's so terribly brilliant.
Written By Miella
Jan. 28, 2022, 11:50 a.m.(1/6/1017 AR)
Watching others spar is not as thrilling as others have made it out to be. It's like a sport. Like fishing, only worse. You go down to the training center and then you wait. And when the fight happens it's never for any good reason. Because it's just soldiers wanting to see whose blade is longer if you know what I mean.
Compensation is a hell of a thing.
I think I prefer bare knuckles in the Lowers. On the docks, in the arena or the Murder where you can win a few silver if you're willing to bleed for it.
Compensation is a hell of a thing.
I think I prefer bare knuckles in the Lowers. On the docks, in the arena or the Murder where you can win a few silver if you're willing to bleed for it.
Written By Macario
Jan. 28, 2022, 8:16 a.m.(1/6/1017 AR)
Legal Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. Should you wish to wreak havoc, please consult a qualified lawyer.
I had a case this week that settled around chaos and unpredictability and the minutia that separates these two from a legal perspective. The client had wreaked chaos but prevented unpredictable results, thus limiting their potential punitive damages (in this case, execution). Still, that mitigation was possibly only because both parties decided that the moment of chaos should have a predictable outcome. That was most favourable.
For example, an aggressor might choose chaos as a form of problem resolution. That often means kicking off a set of events that are entirely unpredictable to the party being offended. However, the one that causes the chaos should have (from a liability perspective) an understanding of the types of results expected from said "chaos wreaking". Predictability, on the aggressors side, is key.
A way to mitigate negative results is to keep the chaos focused on one or a few parties, or one or a few organizations. This is as true in war as it is in personal relationships; one wants to avoid fighting wars on multiple fronts. The consequences of the chaos must be severe enough that the receiver(s) won't want to involve other parties, without making it so light that the receiver can fling the matter away in another direction. Chaos that is safe, isn't chaos, it's just poor execution.
Both parties (whether people or organizations) must have agency in this chaos. This requires trust. Not personal trust, no, but trust in the predictability of behaviour. Still, the receiver of said chaotic events can continue to turn the chaos by being unpredictable themselves. This is the likely outcome, in a "game of chicken" until one or both parties back down. The retaliation to the chaos brings agency into the circumstances, an important part of the transaction.
Trust between enemies is key. In this instance, it's not about the trust that both parties will do the "right" thing, but rather the predictable thing.
I had a case this week that settled around chaos and unpredictability and the minutia that separates these two from a legal perspective. The client had wreaked chaos but prevented unpredictable results, thus limiting their potential punitive damages (in this case, execution). Still, that mitigation was possibly only because both parties decided that the moment of chaos should have a predictable outcome. That was most favourable.
For example, an aggressor might choose chaos as a form of problem resolution. That often means kicking off a set of events that are entirely unpredictable to the party being offended. However, the one that causes the chaos should have (from a liability perspective) an understanding of the types of results expected from said "chaos wreaking". Predictability, on the aggressors side, is key.
A way to mitigate negative results is to keep the chaos focused on one or a few parties, or one or a few organizations. This is as true in war as it is in personal relationships; one wants to avoid fighting wars on multiple fronts. The consequences of the chaos must be severe enough that the receiver(s) won't want to involve other parties, without making it so light that the receiver can fling the matter away in another direction. Chaos that is safe, isn't chaos, it's just poor execution.
Both parties (whether people or organizations) must have agency in this chaos. This requires trust. Not personal trust, no, but trust in the predictability of behaviour. Still, the receiver of said chaotic events can continue to turn the chaos by being unpredictable themselves. This is the likely outcome, in a "game of chicken" until one or both parties back down. The retaliation to the chaos brings agency into the circumstances, an important part of the transaction.
Trust between enemies is key. In this instance, it's not about the trust that both parties will do the "right" thing, but rather the predictable thing.
Written By Brady
Jan. 28, 2022, 7:18 a.m.(1/6/1017 AR)
Relationship Note on Mortimer
Old man, did I mention you're really f'n old? Anyway. Old man, you find the best things. None of that silky noble high-end exclusive stuff. Naw, you find the things people with little taste throw-out. Perfect, thanks!
Written By Brady
Jan. 28, 2022, 6:57 a.m.(1/6/1017 AR)
Relationship Note on Cufre
I didn't think I needed a Culler jeweller, but here we are. You took a project I vaguely imagined and turned it into something. Thanks for that! I know, I know, you're not one of those fancy jewellers like from the center of town but hey, you're fancy in my books!
Written By Brady
Jan. 28, 2022, 6:55 a.m.(1/6/1017 AR)
Relationship Note on Yvette
Had drinks with you the other-day. First time I gave someone advice on how to not do something, but maybe it'll be helpful. Maybe not. I worry the transition from hunting forest creatures to the bustle of Arx will be a difficult one. But you'll do great. And if you don't, well let me tell you, I have the perfect product to sell you to make those bumps easier.
Written By Macario
Jan. 28, 2022, 6:32 a.m.(1/6/1017 AR)
Relationship Note on Noah
The Archduke Consort offered me some advice, none of it is particularly repeatable. However, one shouldn't avoid going to him for relationship advice if one has the time. Sure, he's busy be married to our Archduchess and his many hobbies but let it not be said that he won't take the time to talk to you at a bar. About very personal things. In great detail. Legal disclaimer: Your results my a vary. This is not legal advice. Prince Noah may respond differently.
Written By Macario
Jan. 28, 2022, 5:56 a.m.(1/6/1017 AR)
Relationship Note on Calista
How long as it been now? I've lost track of the months, but not the seasons. From summer, to autumn, and now winter. From sunshine and dips in hidden-away pools to autumn walks, to now wintery stays by the fireplace. Our past is linked with bloodshed on opposing sides of the same war, a fascinating twist we learned early on, and now we laugh at those demons that sometimes still call for us in the night. How fitting.
Written By Mabelle
Jan. 28, 2022, 2:42 a.m.(1/5/1017 AR)
It seems as if the city this week insisted on bringing upon me a range of emotion. The primary is loss.
Loss of leaders, loss of friends, loss of talent. If you stop to think about it, there is also loss of direction, loss of sense of self.
Maybe its not a range of emotions. Maybe its just loss.
Loss of leaders, loss of friends, loss of talent. If you stop to think about it, there is also loss of direction, loss of sense of self.
Maybe its not a range of emotions. Maybe its just loss.
Written By Viviana
Jan. 27, 2022, 10:46 p.m.(1/5/1017 AR)
Ever read -- oh, you know, something -- and secretly hope they're referring to you? No? Well, why not?!
Written By Mattheu
Jan. 27, 2022, 2:55 p.m.(1/4/1017 AR)
Scholar.
Have you ever found yourself looking to the sky and smiling to such an extent that the falling bits of cold simply melt as they touch the warmth from your face? No amount of cold could possibly find a way to cut through the warmth you feel?
Have you ever found yourself looking to the sky and smiling to such an extent that the falling bits of cold simply melt as they touch the warmth from your face? No amount of cold could possibly find a way to cut through the warmth you feel?
Written By Savio
Jan. 27, 2022, 1:10 p.m.(1/4/1017 AR)
Good Advice, a Story for Children
I might be a field-mouse, and you might be a frog
But I am here to tell you exactly how to do your job
I know the things that frogs should do, I've seen it all before
Although I had to squint a bit, being distant on the shore
Sure you live in water, and I like a dry and hollow log
But I know what I'm talking about, my best friends are frogs
You need to hop and plop just so, and make a certain splash
No, I can't demonstrate, why would you even ask?
I know how all frogs should be, and some are true disasters
I can't swim at all it's true, but I don't see how that matters
So if you want to be a good frog of upstanding froggy house
Take a hint and consult me; you've got to ask a mouse.
I might be a field-mouse, and you might be a frog
But I am here to tell you exactly how to do your job
I know the things that frogs should do, I've seen it all before
Although I had to squint a bit, being distant on the shore
Sure you live in water, and I like a dry and hollow log
But I know what I'm talking about, my best friends are frogs
You need to hop and plop just so, and make a certain splash
No, I can't demonstrate, why would you even ask?
I know how all frogs should be, and some are true disasters
I can't swim at all it's true, but I don't see how that matters
So if you want to be a good frog of upstanding froggy house
Take a hint and consult me; you've got to ask a mouse.
Written By Fidel
Jan. 27, 2022, 12:48 p.m.(1/4/1017 AR)
Relationship Note on Icelyn
I'm so pleased to have our cousin back in Arx. And just in time to go on an adventure!
Written By Mailys
Jan. 27, 2022, 12:28 p.m.(1/4/1017 AR)
Relationship Note on Mirari
The Dockyard serves Vile Sausage
Too early, too late.
Too eager, too bored.
Entrails on a plate.
Double for his lord.
Too early, too late.
Too eager, too bored.
Entrails on a plate.
Double for his lord.
Written By Mirari
Jan. 27, 2022, 5:29 a.m.(1/4/1017 AR)
I found the perfect partner.
At first I was not sure of what I was looking for, or even looking at. At times I doubted myself and prayed for clarity regardless of cost. When pushed past the brink I met those new thresholds with sacrifice and single-minded determination. From the corpse of challenges conquered I produced, or found, this fascinating and unexpected treasure and it is now mine.
Mine to call my own.
Mine to admire and tend to.
Mine to shape into something beautiful.
At first I was not sure of what I was looking for, or even looking at. At times I doubted myself and prayed for clarity regardless of cost. When pushed past the brink I met those new thresholds with sacrifice and single-minded determination. From the corpse of challenges conquered I produced, or found, this fascinating and unexpected treasure and it is now mine.
Mine to call my own.
Mine to admire and tend to.
Mine to shape into something beautiful.
Written By Mirari
Jan. 27, 2022, 5:14 a.m.(1/4/1017 AR)
The crimson-drenched seas of Setarco remind us that all happiness is fleeting and that only beauty is eternal.
Written By Mirari
Jan. 27, 2022, 5:05 a.m.(1/4/1017 AR)
When a noble is born they are blessed with the privilege of duty, a life-long commitment to serving their people. They must toil endlessly to build upon what countless generations before left behind, a life of eternal competition with legends of the past to who they are ceaselessly compared.
This begins the day they are born and lasts until the day they perish.
Succeed in giving their all for their name and people and they are allowed to join those same looming, larger than life generations in the annals of history as a noble who did their duty. Good job, and nothing more.
Failure means the soiling of hundreds of years of diligent work and the destruction of dozens of legacies built by their betters. It means to be remembered forever not for their qualities but as a cautionary tale.
The demanding life of a noble is not something I wish upon any commoner but like many before me I find myself unable to respect those who do not measure to the standard set by their predecessors.
It is betrayal of the most vile kind, to not live up to the demands of one's own name, that much is clear even to a commoner like me, but thankfully history is unforgiving.
This begins the day they are born and lasts until the day they perish.
Succeed in giving their all for their name and people and they are allowed to join those same looming, larger than life generations in the annals of history as a noble who did their duty. Good job, and nothing more.
Failure means the soiling of hundreds of years of diligent work and the destruction of dozens of legacies built by their betters. It means to be remembered forever not for their qualities but as a cautionary tale.
The demanding life of a noble is not something I wish upon any commoner but like many before me I find myself unable to respect those who do not measure to the standard set by their predecessors.
It is betrayal of the most vile kind, to not live up to the demands of one's own name, that much is clear even to a commoner like me, but thankfully history is unforgiving.
Written By Viviana
Jan. 27, 2022, 4:15 a.m.(1/3/1017 AR)
When the time arrives to meet that most gracious Queen in death, and it's my time to return to the Wheel --
Reference those memories with honesty. Not sentiment.
Reference those memories with honesty. Not sentiment.
Written By Viviana
Jan. 27, 2022, 12:55 a.m.(1/3/1017 AR)
The hangover's the worst.
Written By Victus
Jan. 27, 2022, 12:34 a.m.(1/3/1017 AR)
I feel as though saying I don't like spiders is some controversial stance to take. I'm not sure when we decided that hairy, eight legged, dozen eyed, fangs and venom bugs were 'neat' -- but I'm not about that.
Don't like spiders. This is me, scars and all.
Don't like spiders. This is me, scars and all.
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