Written By Lisebet
March 10, 2019, 10:16 a.m.(9/17/1010 AR)
I made a brief appearance at Lord Maru's birthday, and brought Lady Olivia back home to rest. Which she needed, poor dear. I hope her day of social activity did not wear her out too much. This was also a fun social event, and I got to meet some new and interesting people, including Lady Ilmia Leary. I do hope I get to spend more time with friends, new and old.
Oh. And I should mention I climbed a tree. Only one, and I needed some help to get up to the tree house, when I inadvertently looked down. For a few moments, I was somewhat frightened that I would fall. But I didn't, and spent some time in the tree house chatting with Lady Olivia before we engaged some of the servants to bring a ladder.
Written By Bliss
March 10, 2019, 9:41 a.m.(9/17/1010 AR)
An enlightening time, and a chance to stretch my legs that was desperately needed. And now, back to work.
I didn't miss anything, did I?
Written By Archeron
March 10, 2019, 9:01 a.m.(9/17/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Olivia
Written By Ida
March 10, 2019, 8:35 a.m.(9/17/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
Written By Preston
March 10, 2019, 7:21 a.m.(9/17/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Vitalis
The punishment is severe, but it is as it must be when one breaks such sacred oaths. Even if you have good reason, that can never justify means. Both must be judged. And punishment given as required.
Written By Radhilde
March 10, 2019, 6:16 a.m.(9/17/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Jaenelle
How does on giggle on paper... Alas.. I don't know but I am giggling at the thought! You are the best!
Written By Radhilde
March 10, 2019, 6:13 a.m.(9/17/1010 AR)
Not bad at all and I got to meet new faces and I know many don't know of me, maybe just my sister Umbroise and the more prominent of my House, so it's been good to be seen and shake bit of anxiety off.
Written By Martino
March 10, 2019, 4:36 a.m.(9/17/1010 AR)
That is the sign of an excellent party, yes? Little wine left when you already bought over and above what you did expect.
Written By Vercyn
March 10, 2019, 3:53 a.m.(9/17/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Elsa
Written By Sparte
March 10, 2019, 12:59 a.m.(9/17/1010 AR)
Just as we can give our trust, others can give their trust to us in turn. That brings with it an implicit request to keep that trust, and to keep it well.
Unfortunately, that can put us in difficult situations. Ones where we have to choose. Not every trust we're given is compatible with every other.
All of that is before we consider our duties. Our obligations. Our honor.
I sit with these thoughts after having had time to reflect upon my own choices, and the trusts I chose to keep and why. I know there are some who would focus on whether the choice made was right or wrong, but when we are in a place that will harm someone no matter what we do there is no such clarity. Just as the choice to accept the trust of others was neither right or wrong.
Lifetimes have been lost trying to see ways to avoid those failures. Spent in hindsight, looking backwards without remembering to look forward once again. Some in judgment of themselves, some in judgment of others. I ask myself what I have learned that will change my choices tomorrow. Tomorrow I will have my answer, but not before.
Written By Cambria
March 10, 2019, 12:50 a.m.(9/17/1010 AR)
Written By Orathy
March 10, 2019, 12:34 a.m.(9/17/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Tessa
Today, I be going by the shop of Dame Ida, after hearin she be havin a sword up fer sale called 'Wrath' ... It were what ya called me, only fittin that I be havin a sword to match. It even be in Oathland style. I ain't knowin what it means that it be crafted so soon 'n be so... perfect in recallin you. Reckon maybe I can be fightin fer somethin better than myself, eh? I ain't know what that be, but I be feelin like yer there 'n it be stupid 'n all to think it...
Shit... I be ramblin now.
I ain't carin for much 'n not many, aye... not until I be meetin youse, Lady Moore.
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 Domonico
March 9, 2019, 11:07 p.m.(9/17/1010 AR)
Written By Ilmia
March 9, 2019, 9:47 p.m.(9/16/1010 AR)
Written By Cambria
March 9, 2019, 7:52 p.m.(9/16/1010 AR)
Written By Ysbail
March 9, 2019, 5:05 p.m.(9/16/1010 AR)
It drives one to all kinds of strange actions, some seek solace in the arms of a lover, an assertion of life in the face of grim reality. Others will plunge themselves into their work or a cause, something that can detract from the regrets and woes. Still, others seek revenge, to mete out punishment on those they feel did them the wrong.
It can make one stupid. Ready to accept whatever easy answers we are given. Or else it can drive one to seek out truths that simply do not exist.
In regard to the Moore family - and the unfortunate call of bounties on the Crown's Lands...
One has to wonder why the lady was picnicking outside the safety of the city walls, to begin with, or for that matter why she did not take a sufficient guard to ensure her safety. More curious still, Prima Shard's finding of the body. Especially since the Prima's own Capitan also died a rather bloody death recently. Ill luck indeed.
But I imagine for most what matters, in the end, is the blame. And it's easiest to lay blame on the wolves I suppose.
But who knows. I certainly don't.
Written By Willow
March 9, 2019, 4:12 p.m.(9/16/1010 AR)
Written By Willow
March 9, 2019, 4:06 p.m.(9/16/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Arcadia
Written By Willow
March 9, 2019, 4:01 p.m.(9/16/1010 AR)
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