Written By Anabelle
Feb. 19, 2017, 9:36 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
A very interesting conversation today with an Inquisitor in the Cathedral. Wouldn't it be funny if the mural was to scale? Not scale in relation to the world it depicts, but in relation to the world? Oh no! The 1-foot tall houses are burning, the 2-foot fall figures are at the door step. Oh Gods noooooo! The reckoning! It's a whole 2 feet tall! Watch your ankles and shins!
Written By Acacia
Feb. 19, 2017, 9:34 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
When rare opportunities arise, one would be amiss not to take them. It's very easy to get caught up in the concepts of pride and wariness and instead miss what might lay before you instead.
The future oft seems darker, bloodier, and more unknown as the days continue. But there's still a light there that becomes all the more noticeable in contrast.
In other news:
Ice cream is delicious.
Sauces are perhaps underrated.
And should I ever own more than two spoons, I might consider getting them weighted for throwing.
The future oft seems darker, bloodier, and more unknown as the days continue. But there's still a light there that becomes all the more noticeable in contrast.
In other news:
Ice cream is delicious.
Sauces are perhaps underrated.
And should I ever own more than two spoons, I might consider getting them weighted for throwing.
Written By Acacia
Feb. 19, 2017, 9:31 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Talen
There's certain things I might've missed about Talen. Certain things I didn't.
But throughout the time I've known him, I've never once thought that he wasn't good at that which he does.
Like it or not, I've learned a lot from him over the year. Not necessarily things I'll copy, but certain things of note that would make me poorer off should I ever forget them.
Those fucking gauntlets, though.
But throughout the time I've known him, I've never once thought that he wasn't good at that which he does.
Like it or not, I've learned a lot from him over the year. Not necessarily things I'll copy, but certain things of note that would make me poorer off should I ever forget them.
Those fucking gauntlets, though.
Written By Anze
Feb. 19, 2017, 9:28 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
Can you believe it? A whole damn reindeer in Arx? Spirits I didn't think I could be so lucky, that's a rare thing to get so far south and a whole one at that? Carried the whole thing back to the Malvici estates by myself. Reminded me of that time I brought Calypso that buck in fact. What better way to win over your future house than with a gift of a northern delicacy I figured? Brought it to the kitchen myself in fact, dropped it right on the table and started gutting it right then and there, I was just so damn excited.
Of course, the servants were much less excited. I don't see what the big deal is, its just some blood and guts. So what that they normally do this outside? How was I supposed to know. I don't own the place, I just moved in for spirits sake. Then the screaming and the yelling and I swear someone threw a pan at me. I guess I should plan my presents more carefully.
Really wish I would have had a shirt on though. Apparently bloody forearms are offputting to people.
Of course, the servants were much less excited. I don't see what the big deal is, its just some blood and guts. So what that they normally do this outside? How was I supposed to know. I don't own the place, I just moved in for spirits sake. Then the screaming and the yelling and I swear someone threw a pan at me. I guess I should plan my presents more carefully.
Really wish I would have had a shirt on though. Apparently bloody forearms are offputting to people.
Written By Isolde
Feb. 19, 2017, 9:21 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Caelis
Lady Caelis Malvici, fine woman, fine sailor, fine conversationalist. I dare say I shall keep her for my very own. Perhaps I should have left that in the Black. Oops.
Written By Victus
Feb. 19, 2017, 9:11 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Donella
Donella is competent, smart, witty and capable of facing her fears with stoic determination. Courage, priest, is not the absence of fear. Only fools never fear and never doubt. Courage is moving forward even when your blood is turning to ice and your stomach is a stone, and every instinct screams at you that you should run away and cower, that you should give up. It is too dangerous! It is too difficult!
Bah.
Where was I? Ah. Donella. I admire my kinswoman. I respect her. And I made her a promise, once, one I plan to keep.
Bah.
Where was I? Ah. Donella. I admire my kinswoman. I respect her. And I made her a promise, once, one I plan to keep.
Written By Mae
Feb. 19, 2017, 9:09 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
The worst kind of games are the ones where no one explains the rules, and then when you ask if you're winning, they all snicker. Still, I am confident that I was winning, and will continue to win!
Written By Fortunato
Feb. 19, 2017, 8:47 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Vincere
A brief portrait in frustrated lines. Vincere is seated, his eyes bright and incisive, his smile all cool curiosity. There is a book in his lap, open. The pages have gone dark.
Written By Iona
Feb. 19, 2017, 8:43 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Mailys
Let's get the obvious thing out of the way: I'm not one who quickly reaches out to a Whisper. What they can do, I can do if I put the time in. But then you slowly gain a year and then another, and eventually the wrinkles start to catch up with you, and you realize that some things are just not as much of a given as they used to be.
Combined with the fact that Gabriel has once more taken the Regency upon his manly shoulders, this means that there is too much to do and just too little time to do it right. And when I grumbled about this, someone said the obvious I hadn't even thought of...
Who better to rely on to grease the wheels of life than a Whisper?
So I stepped into the Whisper House the other day and had a quite pleasant conversation. Truly, I can't say I am too much at ease there; the place feels a bit too.. forced, for a lack of better words coming to mind right now. But that might just be my awkwardness talking.
Miss Mailys Whisper was quite kind in receiving me, and was very helpful. In the past few days, she's shown me some of her capacity in crafting wood, which made me happy I took the plunge and relied on her to make a small gift. Besides that, she has drawn up a number of suggestions for an event that is in the works, and those too are looking wonderful.
I may just come to rely on Whispers if they are all as capable as this one...
Combined with the fact that Gabriel has once more taken the Regency upon his manly shoulders, this means that there is too much to do and just too little time to do it right. And when I grumbled about this, someone said the obvious I hadn't even thought of...
Who better to rely on to grease the wheels of life than a Whisper?
So I stepped into the Whisper House the other day and had a quite pleasant conversation. Truly, I can't say I am too much at ease there; the place feels a bit too.. forced, for a lack of better words coming to mind right now. But that might just be my awkwardness talking.
Miss Mailys Whisper was quite kind in receiving me, and was very helpful. In the past few days, she's shown me some of her capacity in crafting wood, which made me happy I took the plunge and relied on her to make a small gift. Besides that, she has drawn up a number of suggestions for an event that is in the works, and those too are looking wonderful.
I may just come to rely on Whispers if they are all as capable as this one...
Written By Simone
Feb. 19, 2017, 8:40 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
To the gentle reader,
Most of us can remember a time when a stressful situation was made better simply by talking about it.
Now, if you reflect on that time, you may find it was not the talking, but how the other person listened that made the difference. Listening is a powerful tool and is the instrument that allows us to create connections, allows healing to take place. It's a wonderful gift to have someone who really hears what you say, and who does this without interruption, advice or any form of judgment.
So, if someone starts to open up or if they are clearly distressed - close the door to safe guard their privacy and to ensure they will not be interrupted. Listening requires undivided attention. Be prepared to listen. Be present. Treat them kindly.
You - if you are reading this - you are the greatest gift to someone else.
M. Simone Greenmarch
12/14/1005 AR.
Most of us can remember a time when a stressful situation was made better simply by talking about it.
Now, if you reflect on that time, you may find it was not the talking, but how the other person listened that made the difference. Listening is a powerful tool and is the instrument that allows us to create connections, allows healing to take place. It's a wonderful gift to have someone who really hears what you say, and who does this without interruption, advice or any form of judgment.
So, if someone starts to open up or if they are clearly distressed - close the door to safe guard their privacy and to ensure they will not be interrupted. Listening requires undivided attention. Be prepared to listen. Be present. Treat them kindly.
You - if you are reading this - you are the greatest gift to someone else.
M. Simone Greenmarch
12/14/1005 AR.
Written By Dafne
Feb. 19, 2017, 8:40 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
I often write and think about death. The poetry of it, the mystery of it, the tragedy of it--but not tragedy in the real human way. Tragedy in a grand sad beautiful way, the sort of tragedy that makes you tear up at the sorrow of it all--but not the messy sprawling real way.
Because--it's mostly been at a remove from me, hasn't it? My mother died when I was born, but that's distant and far-off, like a song. I never knew Zaccheri all that well, even when he married Sylvie, because he was a lot older. It was something I could treat like a story.
And now it's here and real and I don't know what to do. Vincere, who sent me concerned messages when I hurt myself with experiments, and Pietro who sent me messages and hugged me and danced with me at my first ball when I was too shy to talk to anyone. And here I am, sitting very quietly at the Assembly and staring at walls, because last time I was at an Assembly and boiling over with anger, Pie was there to rant with me and joke with me and make me feel heard.
And I--I
I just can't.
I never wanted to believe in ghosts more.
Because--it's mostly been at a remove from me, hasn't it? My mother died when I was born, but that's distant and far-off, like a song. I never knew Zaccheri all that well, even when he married Sylvie, because he was a lot older. It was something I could treat like a story.
And now it's here and real and I don't know what to do. Vincere, who sent me concerned messages when I hurt myself with experiments, and Pietro who sent me messages and hugged me and danced with me at my first ball when I was too shy to talk to anyone. And here I am, sitting very quietly at the Assembly and staring at walls, because last time I was at an Assembly and boiling over with anger, Pie was there to rant with me and joke with me and make me feel heard.
And I--I
I just can't.
I never wanted to believe in ghosts more.
Written By Ywaine
Feb. 19, 2017, 8:37 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Iona
Met with the Duchess Iona this week. Picked her brain about diplomacy with regards to working the streets. She had some good tips - bar brawls to defuse and whatnot. I like that idea, a lot, and I think we're going to fold it in.
Written By Ywaine
Feb. 19, 2017, 8:36 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Mathias
New recruit at the company. Solid young man, carries a honkin' huge sword and knows how to whip it around. More import, boys got no amount of quit in him, which is what we need right now.
Written By Luna
Feb. 19, 2017, 8:33 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
I entertained for the masses. It was good to be back into normalcy. Rein seem to enjoy it too. If I can only gain support to have his proper papers in the city. He is such a good boy. I should be setting up camp within the Deepwood Estate soon. I an bring my traveling wagon in. Rein can get more rest within the coming winter months.
Written By Sudara
Feb. 19, 2017, 8:27 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
Where and how has the time flown since my last entry? Fever-dreams have a great deal to do with it. I had no notion of the passage of many of the days that have whipped by in recent weeks, and now find myself adrift in a startlingly (and frighteningly) unfamiliar world. Today, I gave orders for my fleet to assist that of my House, and must now scramble to find out how we have come to this pass. I hope that it shall not take me as many weeks again to do so.
Written By Barric
Feb. 19, 2017, 8:12 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
I missed the Battle of Pridehall. I was out scouting ranging through the forest. We came upon an Abandoned tribe. Its former chieftain had been turned by the Bringers of Silence and was coming to recruit his former people into the army set against us. We were severely outnumbered but due to some blessing from the gods or stroke of luck, the Bringer decided that the matter should be settled by single combat. So I drew Elvesbane and the fight commenced. It was short and brutal. I maintained a defensive stance to get a feel for the Bringer. It knocked over a tree and at that point I realized I needed to end this fight quickly before I made a misstep and was annihilated by the beast. The opening came quickly - it fought relying on its newfound strength rather than its skill of a previous life - and I took advantage. I but Elvesbane through the thing's skull and it dissolved. Hadn't seen that before. The Abandoned decided to sit the fight out and also fled the Gray Forest. So, a meaningful victory on the periphery. Next time, I should like to be in the thick of it.
Written By Eirlys
Feb. 19, 2017, 8:07 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Neve
My cousin, the heart and soul that is the Greenwood. I was grateful to see your face when I got back. I see that your fighting skills have improved and you are learning to use the bow. I am so proud of you. Selfishly I don't want you to go into battle. You have a purpose that is different than my own but so incredibly important.
Written By Talen
Feb. 19, 2017, 8:05 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Luca
I'm not sure that's how you water plants you know, Luca. If they die, the house gardener will have your head.
Written By Aurora
Feb. 19, 2017, 8:04 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
It has been a difficult task to replace Duchess Nadia as my patron. Granted, there have been very few who responded to my need for one. Though, I suppose it is about the quality of those who offered and not the quantity of how many did. Maybe there are not many who were as brave as Nadia was to take me on, and I should be grateful that she did and to those that wish to.
Written By Talen
Feb. 19, 2017, 8:04 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Acacia
I'm not even going to lie, that was an impressive win of the 5,000 silver. Also, making Luca puke is worth about 100,000 silver.
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