Written By Clarisse
April 9, 2021, 8:09 a.m.(4/6/1015 AR)
This city is far different from the countryside I grew up in, it is quickly becoming Home, in a way I didn't expect. I am making new friends, finding new interests, and coming to trust those around me more. I am so afraid anymore with so many friends around. I am discovering more about myself I didn't know. While the nightmares still linger, my mind is now preoccupied by the needs of my new home. I find a new love of books that are inspiring thoughts to build a new Library, there can never be enough havens for precious tomes. So let us see, I can see the need for new school, a new hospital for our house and her people, and a library, among many things I am sure I have just not discovered yet, but one thing at a time.
Written By Medeia
April 9, 2021, 1:49 a.m.(4/6/1015 AR)
Scholar, I've decided that if I am to have a doll of you made, I should know your name. And isn't it strange that I haven't known it all this time? I've always believed that knowing, and using, someone's name is important. Clive? Clive. That's a nice name. I'm sorry I didn't ask you months ago.
What have I been doing? Well, I had another meeting about the midwife training center earlier. It's satisfying to know that project is nearly complete! The amount of silver that has gone into this is boggling, honestly, and the project itself has grown in exciting ways I didn't envision when I conceived of it. Yes, pun intended. I was a Harlequin, Scholar Clive. There is a good chance that all the construction and furnishing will be done within the next month! Spring being here has allowed for some things to move ahead quickly, now. I'm looking forward to the unveiling so I can publicly acknowledge all the effort of the people who have been helping make this happen.
Otherwise? Things have been a little quieter the past several days, though there is much ahead. My patron, Lady Thea, is marrying Lord Drake soon. I am thrilled for the both of them! They work well together, truly, it's a strong match. Wyvernheart is gaining a great boon in having her join their house; she's got the kind of energy, skills, and determination that will serve well in a holding that is still being properly reclaimed and explored. I've been lucky to see the strengthening of their bond, their commitment to having a union that benefits both their houses. However, I will almost certainly cry at the celebration. Why? People cry at weddings. Oh, Scholar Clive, I need to see other Scholars! But you're right. I am sad. After, she will no longer be my patron. A bittersweet moment, to be sure. We were friends long before we were patron and protege, so I expect there will be little change.
I've become curious about how other people have chosen the names of their children. And Best Liars or Salt Parents. These decisions seem like they would be life altering for a child. Strangely, I couldn't say who my Best Liar is. Was? No matter. There are so many decisions to be made, and soon, that it's overwhelming. Oh? I suppose it is interesting that I've been a midwife for so long and have a lack of insight into these particular matters. Did you know that I'm a Salt Parent? I am! To three children, actually. And no, I still can't say I know how that decision is made. Perhaps some curious reader of the whites will see this and send anecdotes or guidance.
What have I been doing? Well, I had another meeting about the midwife training center earlier. It's satisfying to know that project is nearly complete! The amount of silver that has gone into this is boggling, honestly, and the project itself has grown in exciting ways I didn't envision when I conceived of it. Yes, pun intended. I was a Harlequin, Scholar Clive. There is a good chance that all the construction and furnishing will be done within the next month! Spring being here has allowed for some things to move ahead quickly, now. I'm looking forward to the unveiling so I can publicly acknowledge all the effort of the people who have been helping make this happen.
Otherwise? Things have been a little quieter the past several days, though there is much ahead. My patron, Lady Thea, is marrying Lord Drake soon. I am thrilled for the both of them! They work well together, truly, it's a strong match. Wyvernheart is gaining a great boon in having her join their house; she's got the kind of energy, skills, and determination that will serve well in a holding that is still being properly reclaimed and explored. I've been lucky to see the strengthening of their bond, their commitment to having a union that benefits both their houses. However, I will almost certainly cry at the celebration. Why? People cry at weddings. Oh, Scholar Clive, I need to see other Scholars! But you're right. I am sad. After, she will no longer be my patron. A bittersweet moment, to be sure. We were friends long before we were patron and protege, so I expect there will be little change.
I've become curious about how other people have chosen the names of their children. And Best Liars or Salt Parents. These decisions seem like they would be life altering for a child. Strangely, I couldn't say who my Best Liar is. Was? No matter. There are so many decisions to be made, and soon, that it's overwhelming. Oh? I suppose it is interesting that I've been a midwife for so long and have a lack of insight into these particular matters. Did you know that I'm a Salt Parent? I am! To three children, actually. And no, I still can't say I know how that decision is made. Perhaps some curious reader of the whites will see this and send anecdotes or guidance.
Written By Zakhar
April 8, 2021, 11:33 p.m.(4/6/1015 AR)
Relationship Note on Clarisse
It's amusing the things we find when we're not directly looking for them. Thankfully catching up with a friend send them looking a wildly different direction. I believe that I've got a handle on what needs to be set, where holes should be and how to control it.
Yes. I had my cane! There's witnesses even!
The cats were smiling to the madness and that Lady with the other one, they seemed a little off didn't they? Or was I completely distracted?
Scholar! Hello. Were did ya come from?
Reports. Sorry for waking the lowers, though happy to report it was found the beaches under the bridge. Pain to get to, was still in one piece. Which means we're getting better with the metals. Going to look at some jewelry, some of those metals take a hammering good. Might be what's needed.
Yes. I had my cane! There's witnesses even!
The cats were smiling to the madness and that Lady with the other one, they seemed a little off didn't they? Or was I completely distracted?
Scholar! Hello. Were did ya come from?
Reports. Sorry for waking the lowers, though happy to report it was found the beaches under the bridge. Pain to get to, was still in one piece. Which means we're getting better with the metals. Going to look at some jewelry, some of those metals take a hammering good. Might be what's needed.
Written By Bahiya
April 8, 2021, 7:35 p.m.(4/5/1015 AR)
Coming to Arx brought many things.
Freedom, of course, but also time, space for growth and peace and purpose.
My heart is full. I am at peace and content in a way I have never been. What a blessing, this journey.
Freedom, of course, but also time, space for growth and peace and purpose.
My heart is full. I am at peace and content in a way I have never been. What a blessing, this journey.
Written By Cambria
April 8, 2021, 5:16 p.m.(4/5/1015 AR)
Politics is about compromise. The opposing sides find some middle ground that they can accept or some combination of their proposals that prevent either side from feeling cheated by the other. Importantly, however, compromise should only be had when it is understood that both sides want what is best.
Of course, what is best and for whom is an entirely different matter.
Of course, what is best and for whom is an entirely different matter.
Written By Amari
April 8, 2021, 11:56 a.m.(4/5/1015 AR)
I've sat down to write on three separate occasions and it wasn't ink that dripped from my quill, but great quantities of salt and venom. I need to be away from Arx again for a time to lessen my frustration and impatience. A jaunt out into the wilds might be just the thing. I can be as "pessimistic" as I care to be there. When returned to my proper element, I'll care not at all for the doings of the Compact and put firmly out of mind, all of my recent disappointments.
Such concerns fade quite naturally to nothing the deeper one goes into the wood. Do the ancient trees care for the hurt feelings of a lady passing beneath their boughs? The chipmunk for laws they've broken or the songbird for the latest fashions? Do the deer conspire among themselves in hushed tones, trading secrets they deny their lessers? Do the speckled trout in the stream plot dark machinations? Of course not. That's only for human minds to twist themselves into tight knots over.
I feel the time has arrived to shed the ill fitting skin that was necessary these last few years, but is no longer. I was never an obedient hound of perfect pedigree, but a stray who wandered in from the cold and forgot herself for a while, curled up by the warm hearth. If I snarl and bark when I shouldn't, it's only because I've finally woke from my long slumber and am remembering what I was, and was meant to be, and just how hungry I am.
Such concerns fade quite naturally to nothing the deeper one goes into the wood. Do the ancient trees care for the hurt feelings of a lady passing beneath their boughs? The chipmunk for laws they've broken or the songbird for the latest fashions? Do the deer conspire among themselves in hushed tones, trading secrets they deny their lessers? Do the speckled trout in the stream plot dark machinations? Of course not. That's only for human minds to twist themselves into tight knots over.
I feel the time has arrived to shed the ill fitting skin that was necessary these last few years, but is no longer. I was never an obedient hound of perfect pedigree, but a stray who wandered in from the cold and forgot herself for a while, curled up by the warm hearth. If I snarl and bark when I shouldn't, it's only because I've finally woke from my long slumber and am remembering what I was, and was meant to be, and just how hungry I am.
Written By Katarina
April 8, 2021, 7:25 a.m.(4/4/1015 AR)
Spring has returned, and with it, the chest full of gowns that make my sister grit her teeth. She hides it well, but not from eyes that know her as family knows one another.
There is much to be done, and I am glad to return to work without risk of being lost in snowdrifts twice my height.
There is much to be done, and I am glad to return to work without risk of being lost in snowdrifts twice my height.
Written By Lyra
April 8, 2021, 4:56 a.m.(4/4/1015 AR)
I have been converted to the delight of hammocks. Perhaps it was the spring sunshine that dappled through the trees where we lay in it that so seduced me, or perhaps it was merely the slow creak of the trees as it lulled us to sonambulance. I shall have to look into getting a similar one slung between the elms in the gardens of Byrne Manor, though I'm not entirely certain it'll be as conducive to dealing with the paperwork of Cedar Vale as sitting at my desk would be.
Written By Denica
April 8, 2021, 2:09 a.m.(4/4/1015 AR)
I can still feel the sea,
underneath my feet.
It throws me.
The howling doesn't stop.
I howl back at it.
The city welcomes me.
I remember you,
it says.
Those roots run through,
all your spaces.
Water doesn't stop,
it only diverts.
Here I am. Next Chapter.
underneath my feet.
It throws me.
The howling doesn't stop.
I howl back at it.
The city welcomes me.
I remember you,
it says.
Those roots run through,
all your spaces.
Water doesn't stop,
it only diverts.
Here I am. Next Chapter.
Written By Piccola
April 7, 2021, 8:24 p.m.(4/3/1015 AR)
To hate injustice and stand on righteousness is a difficult thing; to think that being righteous is the best one can do will bring many mistakes.
Honor is in a higher place than righteousness. This is very difficult to discover, but it is the highest wisdom. When seen from this standpoint, things like righteousness are rather shallow. If one does not understand this on their own, it cannot be known.
There is a method of finding honor, however, even if one cannot discover it by himself. This is found in consultation with others. Even a person who has not attained honor sees others from the side. Thought by thought we see our own mistakes.
Thus one can only be honorable in the shadow of others.
Honor is in a higher place than righteousness. This is very difficult to discover, but it is the highest wisdom. When seen from this standpoint, things like righteousness are rather shallow. If one does not understand this on their own, it cannot be known.
There is a method of finding honor, however, even if one cannot discover it by himself. This is found in consultation with others. Even a person who has not attained honor sees others from the side. Thought by thought we see our own mistakes.
Thus one can only be honorable in the shadow of others.
Written By Zakhar
April 7, 2021, 5 p.m.(4/3/1015 AR)
Scholar. Guards. Compact Wards.
Whoopsie.
In my interest to see what would happen I tried to tie three of the pots together. It was the most beautiful thing, up until I lost sight of them. From the sound that they make coming back down I can figure that at least one if not two came down somewhere near the Thrax and Valardin wards. It was not my intention to put a hole in someone's roof, and will be by shortly to look for them. I don't know where the third one landed.
If you spot a funny looking black pot that is still hissing please let me know.
Whoopsie.
In my interest to see what would happen I tried to tie three of the pots together. It was the most beautiful thing, up until I lost sight of them. From the sound that they make coming back down I can figure that at least one if not two came down somewhere near the Thrax and Valardin wards. It was not my intention to put a hole in someone's roof, and will be by shortly to look for them. I don't know where the third one landed.
If you spot a funny looking black pot that is still hissing please let me know.
Written By Santi
April 7, 2021, 11:26 a.m.(4/3/1015 AR)
Alright scholar.. what in the mother of fuck gives!?
The last few days people keep smiling at me and waving.
At first I thought maybe it was to someone behind me..
But even when alone it's happening.. What the hell happened
when out scouting bars for Thea's crawl today? Did I save someone!?
Did I tell someone to get fucked others wouldn't?
Why..the waves and smiles.. There must be something to it..
Or they are all plotting my murder and don't want me to catch on.
The last few days people keep smiling at me and waving.
At first I thought maybe it was to someone behind me..
But even when alone it's happening.. What the hell happened
when out scouting bars for Thea's crawl today? Did I save someone!?
Did I tell someone to get fucked others wouldn't?
Why..the waves and smiles.. There must be something to it..
Or they are all plotting my murder and don't want me to catch on.
Written By Piccola
April 6, 2021, 5:34 p.m.(4/1/1015 AR)
The winter will soon lift and remove its indiscriminate judgment on the living.
The lively and libidinous spring beckons to bring opportunity to the cunning.
I survive and persist.
The lively and libidinous spring beckons to bring opportunity to the cunning.
I survive and persist.
Written By Razija
April 6, 2021, 2:38 p.m.(4/1/1015 AR)
Relationship Note on Zakhar
It's time to start getting back into shape and chasing after some of the Blades.
Actually I expect Zakhar to be able to run me into the ground rather than lag behind. He's old, not dead.
Actually I expect Zakhar to be able to run me into the ground rather than lag behind. He's old, not dead.
Written By Azova
April 6, 2021, 12:19 p.m.(4/1/1015 AR)
There are so many thank yous that I owe, but nobody wishes to peruse lists of names. So, I will just say that I am very grateful to my own family for welcoming Lord Reve into our ranks with warmth and respect. And, to his family for their gracious and warm welcoming of me even though we have stolen him away to be a part of House Darkwater. Dame Bree and Sir Porter presided over a lovely, devout ceremony.
For all of the well wishes, and congratulations - they are very appreciated. Each alliance strengthens the ties of the Compact and builds fortune for their respective Houses.
PLUS, there is still free cherry liquor and perfumes available if anyone feels like they were missing out on that opportunity. Fair Warning though, the liquor is addictive and barely tastes of alcohol. It is nothing but trouble! (And was definitely Reve's doing)
For all of the well wishes, and congratulations - they are very appreciated. Each alliance strengthens the ties of the Compact and builds fortune for their respective Houses.
PLUS, there is still free cherry liquor and perfumes available if anyone feels like they were missing out on that opportunity. Fair Warning though, the liquor is addictive and barely tastes of alcohol. It is nothing but trouble! (And was definitely Reve's doing)
Written By Giada
April 6, 2021, 10:18 a.m.(3/28/1015 AR)
A note to all: Never call anyone out on anything.
Written By Santi
April 6, 2021, 9:21 a.m.(3/28/1015 AR)
Relationship Note on Calypso
If any ever doubts we are related they only need spend a few minutes in our company together.
Written By Giada
April 6, 2021, 9:18 a.m.(3/28/1015 AR)
Spring is just around the corner. It is time to bust out those sheer silks, O Compact!
Written By Mabelle
April 6, 2021, 6:29 a.m.(3/28/1015 AR)
What a crazy week, scholar.
First I was able to educate myself properly on something that has evaded me for years! I managed to find some progress on a research I have been conducting for months! Then I was rushed in the middle of the night to deliver a baby!
So much happened this week! What do you mean its only Tuesday?
First I was able to educate myself properly on something that has evaded me for years! I managed to find some progress on a research I have been conducting for months! Then I was rushed in the middle of the night to deliver a baby!
So much happened this week! What do you mean its only Tuesday?
Written By Cirroch
April 6, 2021, 3:06 a.m.(3/28/1015 AR)
Relationship Note on Sapphira
For the record. My hand is only slightly sore. I'll be able to pick the axe or a drink within a short amount of time. Though right now, welcome to your little monkey, and I'm going to drain the whiskey stores.
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