Written By Mirella
July 23, 2019, 1:53 p.m.(7/8/1011 AR)
Apparently I have too much time on my hands if this is all I have to think about. How self-indulgent.
Written By Wren
July 23, 2019, 11:30 a.m.(7/8/1011 AR)
And of course, there is Morton Waldo as well. Both of these men have vanished, but one has left behind strange dust and the other their home ablaze. There must be a connection there, but I don't know what it could be.
The question that remains now is, am I nosy enough to look into it? Or I suppose even further: do I have the time?
Written By Calista
July 23, 2019, 11:23 a.m.(7/8/1011 AR)
So many wondering if I will be representing Tor as -the- Rose, but what fun would that be to go as something so expected?
Instead, I've sent word to my gardeners in Tor to send a shipment of our renown roses to Archduchess Regent Jaenelle Velenosa as a gift for the decor of her splendid event. If I cannot represent Fidante in person, it is the least I can do.
Written By Viviana
July 23, 2019, 9:11 a.m.(7/8/1011 AR)
Written By Amund
July 23, 2019, 8:35 a.m.(7/8/1011 AR)
Written By Martino
July 23, 2019, 7:55 a.m.(7/7/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Yvon
Can't say I would want to again either.
The deaths of people due to being unable to put food upon the table, no matter what the cause, is not a position that someone can hold in truth. While spewing controversial views may feel vogue, it is not.
Written By Athaur
July 23, 2019, 6:33 a.m.(7/7/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Rinel
But it is somewhat disappointing to hear the words of supposed learned individuals say that the only way to deal with a people and culture different from their own is enslavement, conquest, or bloodshed
Written By Arcadia
July 23, 2019, 5:41 a.m.(7/7/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Rysen
Keep up the compliments and I may blubber on your shoulder again.
Written By Flavien
July 23, 2019, 1 a.m.(7/7/1011 AR)
Written By Dustin
July 22, 2019, 11:52 p.m.(7/7/1011 AR)
Written By Raja
July 22, 2019, 11:42 p.m.(7/7/1011 AR)
Written By Dustin
July 22, 2019, 11:37 p.m.(7/7/1011 AR)
Written By Victus
July 22, 2019, 11:11 p.m.(7/7/1011 AR)
Written By Rysen
July 22, 2019, 9:13 p.m.(7/7/1011 AR)
My sincere thanks to Lady Eshra and to all the Rivenshari for an unforgettable evening filled with the beautiful music of bells. My only regret is that I happened to be standing too near Countess Arcadia, who, it turns out, is the greediest cookie eater known to mortal kind.
Written By Brianna
July 22, 2019, 5:17 p.m.(7/6/1011 AR)
Written By Wren
July 22, 2019, 5 p.m.(7/6/1011 AR)
Thankfully the list that brings me the most considerable displeasure is smaller. I've been re-taught a valuable lesson, and this time, I shall not make that mistake again.
Written By Aureth
July 22, 2019, 2:50 p.m.(7/6/1011 AR)
Written By Roxana
July 22, 2019, 1:59 p.m.(7/6/1011 AR)
Should I be a nettle then?
Or a rose without a thorn plucked from a rosebush beneath which a poisonous spider or snake makes its home?
Or a buttercup?
Written By Vanora
July 22, 2019, 1:52 p.m.(7/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Celeste
Mirrormasks, when fully trained, are taught to question, even if what they question is an established norm, even if the nature of their questions leads others to anger or frustration.
Before we are taught to question though, we are taught to listen. If our questions serve no other purpose than to antagonize, if we do not seek answers from them from which we might learn, then they are pure contrarianism. That too has a place in Mirrormask teachings, but it is a different one, and best practiced by those with experience and the social savvy to know when they push another towards learning, and when they simply push.
We listen to better understand the world around us, the people around us, and ourselves.
The idea that striving to know ourselves better and thus become better is one of Tehom's teachings that benefit all, not only his Disciples. Self-reflection is not soft, it is not 'bright', it is not easy or comfortable. An honest accounting of our flaws is always a painful thing to reckon with, which is why it is so easy to slip into denial of them and complacency. It is a far, far easier thing to turn focus outward onto others, to consider /their/ flaws, and the righteous feeling that we bask in when we see a flaw in another that we do not believe we have ourselves is delicious. Delicious and as addictive as Dust.
Written By Victus
July 22, 2019, 1:35 p.m.(7/6/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Sabine
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