Written By Vitalis
Oct. 11, 2020, 10:04 p.m.(3/8/1014 AR)
The reception was a stunning affair, ably orchestrated by Nina Autumndale, and one to remember.
I pray for Limerance's blessings on Valardin and Pravus for a fruitful and mutually beneficial alliance.
Written By Vitalis
Sept. 16, 2020, 3:08 a.m.(1/13/1014 AR)
Relationship Note on Piccola
Written By Vitalis
Aug. 24, 2020, 1:34 p.m.(11/24/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Ras
Though I never wished for it, I had long expected Messere Ras to bleed his last in a gutter, having at last transgressed upon someone with less to lose or no grace in them at all.
I have thought the trust placed in him time and again unwise when he proved willing to embrace violence and easy to bait into hostilities.
It takes little courage to swear a vow that resonates with every part of you. It takes immense courage to swear one you have violated at nearly every turn. Honor to Gloria, Messere Ras.
Woe betide any who see these vows and hope to make sport of testing the strength of his conviction, tempting him beyond the strictures he has sworn, safe in the knowledge that if they manage it, his honor and his life are forfeit. May we be good custodians of this act of faith.
Written By Vitalis
July 16, 2020, 3:36 a.m.(9/1/1013 AR)
Written By Vitalis
March 28, 2020, 2:59 a.m.(1/5/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Revell
Resonance. Sacrifice.
Written By Vitalis
Jan. 11, 2020, 9:19 a.m.(7/16/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Mirari
Written By Vitalis
Jan. 7, 2020, 11:08 a.m.(7/9/1012 AR)
Written By Vitalis
Jan. 7, 2020, 10:40 a.m.(7/9/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Mabelle
Enough dichotomies, however, and you have painter’s palette.
We get closer.
On that palette colors, with contrast there is clarity, purity, but that purity is as insufficient to describe reality as any of its lone compatriots, and still muddy at the heart where all things mix, which feels true but is likewise indistinct and insufficient.
I will not make foray into the act of Will in how an Artist chooses a color or colors, suffice to say to say that they do and very, very close to a painting, the whole of the world is yellow or orange or blue. Further away that mote is a single flower in a meadow or the glint of sun on the water.
To me the notion isn’t ‘is it this color or that color or some mix of the two,’ so much as: how close am I to what I’m observing?
I’ve been to the Painted Muse quite a bit recently. Recommended.
Written By Vitalis
Oct. 14, 2019, 5:54 p.m.(1/7/1012 AR)
If you wish to wish to wear something nearly as good as Cardian snakeskin for a fraction of the cost in silver and an immeasurable saving in misery, please contact me. Or better, my protege, the inestimable Apollo Oakwood.
That something exists is not a reason for its continued existence, particularly if it is a tangible manifestation of misery.
The solution to having something better is making something better.
Written By Vitalis
Sept. 19, 2019, 2:14 a.m.(11/11/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Miranda
Written By Vitalis
Sept. 16, 2019, 4:25 p.m.(11/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Miranda
Written By Vitalis
Aug. 12, 2019, 1:47 p.m.(8/20/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Elloise
Did anyone else notice Prima Shard saying ‘our’ instead of ‘your’ when speaking of the Compact?
Written By Vitalis
June 14, 2019, 7:13 p.m.(4/14/1011 AR)
While at the Hall, First Captain Corban, her Highness Princess Lark, and I saw a nest with three speckled bright blue eggs in it tucked right in between Copper's feet. We didn't know what sort of bird they were. If you see them hatch, or the parents hovering, let me know. I'm curious.
Written By Vitalis
April 12, 2019, 9:26 a.m.(11/27/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Apollo
Go. Get something. You will not walk away disappointed. Unless you go tomorrow, because there won’t be anything to see.
Written By Vitalis
March 9, 2019, 11:24 p.m.(9/17/1010 AR)
It was not so clear once there.
I wondered, as many do, what might have driven these people to set aside their oaths, well-knowing the consequences. Greed. Spite. Honor. Pride. Love. Understandable things. Relatable things. My curiosity all too quickly became empathy. We all have our failings, right? These people broke oaths, but they are still people. Like me, right? Too much so, though not how my dear departed mother and valiant father might have hoped.
I wanted to know more. I observed one pair closely, friends they seemed, hoping to gain some insight. It is astonishing what can be communicated in pantomime and one-handed gesture. The two I observed have developed a kind of structure to the signals and gestures, and it allows them to communicate silently across distances, or even while eating in the brief breaks on long shifts. I think one even told a joke. The other laughed. It follows, doesn't it?
[SCRIBE'S NOTE: He demonstrates. I did not find it amusing. I think I would have benefited from being present at the time of the 'telling.']
I also think I wasn't supposed to notice this subtler communication, they were cagey when I reflected a gesture, a simple query, back at them. They affected not to understand. I didn't press. I felt like an intruder into their world. A dilettante. It seems preposterous that others haven't adopted similar methods to make themselves and their thoughts understood. The drive to connect and express is powerful.
I did not come away with compassion. I came away with a profound and wary regard for the cleverness and drive of mortals. I saw a number of Silent Reflections who were what you expect: somber, repentant. I saw others who were not so meek who may have even counted the sacrifice of their voices and hands as bargains well-struck. They did not seem punished, only leashed.
Written By Vitalis
Feb. 24, 2019, 11:51 p.m.(8/19/1010 AR)
Written By Vitalis
Jan. 15, 2019, 8:37 p.m.(5/14/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Monique
Written By Vitalis
Jan. 15, 2019, 4:05 p.m.(5/14/1010 AR)
My hat is off to Princess Berenice Velenosa and Messere Venturo Thayne for a well-struck course and fine event. To all the sponsors, particularly Velenosa, for the prizes and anticipation in the lead up to the event. To the riders and their mounts. To the promoters who talked the riders up, including one Juniper Whisper, who undertook to talk up the talents and skill of the race's victor, none other than the Lady Fianna Crovane and her splendid Phantom. Though of a performance like theirs, little more can be said than... wow.
My hat is, quite literally, off. Does anyone know where I might find some fine bronze-colored leather?
Written By Vitalis
Oct. 4, 2018, 8:07 p.m.(9/20/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Bianca
Written By Vitalis
Oct. 4, 2018, 8:06 p.m.(9/20/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Roran
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