Written By Jennyva
March 30, 2019, 3:51 a.m.(11/1/1010 AR)
Is it possible to love a cup of coffee so much that you want to marry it?
Because I think I hear wedding bells.
Because I think I hear wedding bells.
Written By Domonico
March 30, 2019, 2:26 a.m.(11/1/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Danae
So Danae Russo has now joined the Malvici House Guard all the way from Southport. I feel a little sorry for any of them who makes a mistake in the coming weeks.
Written By Michael
March 30, 2019, 2:18 a.m.(11/1/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Jeffeth
A man being touted as generous is unlikely to quibble over twenty thousand silver while negotiating for what is supposed to be his second or third piece of the metal. This is troubling news.
Written By Elgana
March 30, 2019, 2:09 a.m.(11/1/1010 AR)
I got to spend some time in Keaton Hall with my wonderful and truly amazing protege, Reigna, today. It was a wonderful time spent in conversation over that spicy Mercier tea blend she introduced me to and cookies. I also got to meet Apollo who apparently is a very skilled artisan when it comes to leather and fur goods. I look forward to seeing the beautiful things I am certain he no doubt makes. Winter will be here before I know it and I could use new furs in my wardrobe.
But back to those cookies - Gods and spirits I had heard the rumors about Marie and long have I wondered how true they were. And they are so true! That woman is Jayus blessed with her talents in the kitchen and the fact I got to take back home to the Villa an entire basket - a basket! - of her cookies? I'm speechless at the generosity.
And I am going to enjoy every single one of these cookies.
But back to those cookies - Gods and spirits I had heard the rumors about Marie and long have I wondered how true they were. And they are so true! That woman is Jayus blessed with her talents in the kitchen and the fact I got to take back home to the Villa an entire basket - a basket! - of her cookies? I'm speechless at the generosity.
And I am going to enjoy every single one of these cookies.
Written By Silas
March 30, 2019, 12:52 a.m.(11/1/1010 AR)
I have been brushing up on my riding for the joust. I'm a knight, but I don't do it often, and haven't been on a horse since returning from the Lodge.
I... will need some luck, I think.
I... will need some luck, I think.
Written By Magpie
March 30, 2019, 12:15 a.m.(11/1/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Aureth
A open letter to Aureth,
My cousin, that I love.
I was laying around thinking to myself about the sky and the stars and the moon and the clouds and all that. I really got to thinking, and then I felt my head sort of peel apart into two halves in a peaceful but possibly adversarial sort of separation. One mind was still thinking about the clouds and the blue sky and where the clouds come from. I mean, really. What is a cloud? -- I'm digressing. The other mind is the 'here and now' mind. It's saying, 'hey, stop floating in the clouds and focus on what you're doing.'
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I think you know the state of mind I'm in right now. Continuing, I got to thinking about the two halves of my brain. The mirrors. How we have ourselves and then that mirror self. The goooood self and the daaaark reflection that always seems to be the evil half of the story. What if the person on this side of the mirror is the fucked up weirdo and the one behind the mirror is the good one?
What if?... What if I stood in front of a mirror? What would it shine back at me? Someone that's a better person than me? The reverse of my dark aspects and the unpleasant bits of myself. The bits that insult customers and kick nobility out of the tavern. The bits that hate and scorn and resent and despise --- you get where I'm going with this. So would Mirror Magpie be someone that upholds the law and stops smugglers? Would that version of me be the sort to donate money? The kind to always sit back politely and never run his mouth? Would he be pious?
It's a weird thought and does anyone really ever step back and think about all those little pieces that came together to make them who they are? Really step back from yourself and study each piece. The piece that loves. The bit that torments. The chip that fears. So many little parts that make a person. Then you realize that Death ! -- maybe when she makes a new soul she's having a bad day and spits a little bit of rage into that soul, and hundred other droplets. We're all meant to be a hodgepodge of good and bad, light and dark. You can't see your reflection if you're blinded.
Wow... Where was I going with this? See, this is the logical, focused, here and now part of me taking over. It really is like your mind splitting into pieces. But, I thought to myself 'I will write you a letter cousin', because it has been far too long and that Grayhope still loves you and holds you close.
I think letter is at a good ending point, and will serve as an example to all. The strength of family and the individual tapestry of each person within. Each patch perhaps taken from a piece shared with another. The connections you have to everyone around you. I've seen it. I've seen how we're all made of hundreds and hundreds of threads silvery and blinding. Everything interconnected. Everything truly alive and not the dismal gray of the world we normally see. Others who have seen it know what I'm talking about.
Love ya, Aureth (And Binky!)
Magpie
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I should really read back above to make sure there's nothing that should be scribbled out, but I'm not going to because what fun would THAT be tomorrow? I'm sure I had a really solid plan for making this a journal submission back when I started it all.
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My cousin, that I love.
I was laying around thinking to myself about the sky and the stars and the moon and the clouds and all that. I really got to thinking, and then I felt my head sort of peel apart into two halves in a peaceful but possibly adversarial sort of separation. One mind was still thinking about the clouds and the blue sky and where the clouds come from. I mean, really. What is a cloud? -- I'm digressing. The other mind is the 'here and now' mind. It's saying, 'hey, stop floating in the clouds and focus on what you're doing.'
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I think you know the state of mind I'm in right now. Continuing, I got to thinking about the two halves of my brain. The mirrors. How we have ourselves and then that mirror self. The goooood self and the daaaark reflection that always seems to be the evil half of the story. What if the person on this side of the mirror is the fucked up weirdo and the one behind the mirror is the good one?
What if?... What if I stood in front of a mirror? What would it shine back at me? Someone that's a better person than me? The reverse of my dark aspects and the unpleasant bits of myself. The bits that insult customers and kick nobility out of the tavern. The bits that hate and scorn and resent and despise --- you get where I'm going with this. So would Mirror Magpie be someone that upholds the law and stops smugglers? Would that version of me be the sort to donate money? The kind to always sit back politely and never run his mouth? Would he be pious?
It's a weird thought and does anyone really ever step back and think about all those little pieces that came together to make them who they are? Really step back from yourself and study each piece. The piece that loves. The bit that torments. The chip that fears. So many little parts that make a person. Then you realize that Death ! -- maybe when she makes a new soul she's having a bad day and spits a little bit of rage into that soul, and hundred other droplets. We're all meant to be a hodgepodge of good and bad, light and dark. You can't see your reflection if you're blinded.
Wow... Where was I going with this? See, this is the logical, focused, here and now part of me taking over. It really is like your mind splitting into pieces. But, I thought to myself 'I will write you a letter cousin', because it has been far too long and that Grayhope still loves you and holds you close.
I think letter is at a good ending point, and will serve as an example to all. The strength of family and the individual tapestry of each person within. Each patch perhaps taken from a piece shared with another. The connections you have to everyone around you. I've seen it. I've seen how we're all made of hundreds and hundreds of threads silvery and blinding. Everything interconnected. Everything truly alive and not the dismal gray of the world we normally see. Others who have seen it know what I'm talking about.
Love ya, Aureth (And Binky!)
Magpie
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I should really read back above to make sure there's nothing that should be scribbled out, but I'm not going to because what fun would THAT be tomorrow? I'm sure I had a really solid plan for making this a journal submission back when I started it all.
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Written By Vanora
March 29, 2019, 11:23 p.m.(11/1/1010 AR)
My two dearest friends in all the world both married commoners.
Scandalous I know, but that is how things are done in the Lyceum. Scandalously.
It turns out they both have wonderful husbands who are a boon to their noble house. Who wear the title 'Prince' to perfection.
Perhaps lightning merely struck twice.
And hit House Velenosa both times.
Fancy that.
Scandalous I know, but that is how things are done in the Lyceum. Scandalously.
It turns out they both have wonderful husbands who are a boon to their noble house. Who wear the title 'Prince' to perfection.
Perhaps lightning merely struck twice.
And hit House Velenosa both times.
Fancy that.
Written By Armani
March 29, 2019, 11:21 p.m.(11/1/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Ian
Got to see Lord Ian in a sparring match today. The man fights like a sawbones: No cut that doesn't need to be there.
(That is, if you have a good sawbones.)
(That is, if you have a good sawbones.)
Written By Vanora
March 29, 2019, 11:17 p.m.(11/1/1010 AR)
I expect that if each of the fealties united into the Compact did a better job, or even put forth a better effort, at understanding the values and the culture of the other parts of the Compact, talk of unity would have a chance at amounting to more than just talk.
It's possible I should have considered more than merely potential brides and grooms as the audience for this latest book. Perhaps further volumes can make a case for education and empathy in other situations it is warranted.
It's possible I should have considered more than merely potential brides and grooms as the audience for this latest book. Perhaps further volumes can make a case for education and empathy in other situations it is warranted.
Written By Aerwyna
March 29, 2019, 11:16 p.m.(11/1/1010 AR)
This was very informative! I am definitely seeing things in a different light. Thank you, Princess.
Written By Cambria
March 29, 2019, 9:40 p.m.(10/28/1010 AR)
I find it curious that the enormous volume of highly artistic works - from theatre to literature, poetry to music - are invariably bleak but manage to give us immense joy. One wonders if we are better off living in a fallen world after all, as a perfect one without strife would lack in artistic excellence.
Written By Joscelin
March 29, 2019, 7:40 p.m.(10/28/1010 AR)
Carmen has been taking the little boy to train. Today he told me how he got to drink 'ale'*, eat 'vittles'**, and tried to fight a lizard that was dead set on murdering Kraken-Snail.
Maybe I should send him to the Whispers, too, but I don't know if I need to. He can already talk circles around anyone taller than him.
*I've been promised this is actually cider.
** Chicken fried in little chunks. Sounds gross but he likes it.
Maybe I should send him to the Whispers, too, but I don't know if I need to. He can already talk circles around anyone taller than him.
*I've been promised this is actually cider.
** Chicken fried in little chunks. Sounds gross but he likes it.
Written By Vanora
March 29, 2019, 7:29 p.m.(10/28/1010 AR)
Every bit of information is useful, if as nothing else than to provide a picture of what society is like at a given time. This too, is sacred to Vellichor.
...is what I say to myself on the occasions I glance through white journals.
...is what I say to myself on the occasions I glance through white journals.
Written By Torian
March 29, 2019, 6:39 p.m.(10/28/1010 AR)
Say what you want about people sharing all their business with the world. As a man working on growing his skills and client base as a merchantman and trader of goods, I do appreciate it when others spell out the goods, prices, and customers for deals they've turned down so that I can profit in their place. So thank you very much for the pile of money.
If you too would like to complain about your customers, their needs, and your rates, may you also consider writing me directly to save yourself the trip to the archives.
If you too would like to complain about your customers, their needs, and your rates, may you also consider writing me directly to save yourself the trip to the archives.
Written By Stygia
March 29, 2019, 6:30 p.m.(10/28/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Dion
Good taste in pants.
Written By Peri
March 29, 2019, 6:08 p.m.(10/28/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Venturo
Let it be known that the rumors of his story telling abilities and his prowess with brewing are all true. This man served samples of his most fine ciders accompanied by a harrowing tale that gave one the same pin pricks as did the heat of the spice built from up after many sips. I was called away after only sampling two vintages. I hope to return to sample more.
I recommend buying cider from this brewery. For, as my family says, there is joy in cider.
I recommend buying cider from this brewery. For, as my family says, there is joy in cider.
Written By Riagnon
March 29, 2019, 6:02 p.m.(10/28/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Kenna
I'm grateful to Rhea for having chosen someone generous enough to indulge our beliefs, even if they differ from their own. Though secondary to the ceremony of the Faith held some months ago as befits our station, Lady Kenna and I attended to the Stone Grove to pay homage to the Spirits so that they might look kindly upon us - more kindly than attempted unions past. That they did with rains from above, greenery from all around, and winds to touch our cheeks bodes well for the many hundreds of offspring we are now guaranteed to produce.
Watching the slender blade I've carried since my days as Riagnon Nightgold, page boy and later squire, go up in the shaman's flames was-- painful, but a necessary sacrifice for moving forward.
Watching the slender blade I've carried since my days as Riagnon Nightgold, page boy and later squire, go up in the shaman's flames was-- painful, but a necessary sacrifice for moving forward.
Written By Willow
March 29, 2019, 5:28 p.m.(10/28/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Tescelina
Lady Wyrmguard, your charts are immaculate. may I have your permission to make a copy of them to take home for study? I can see the exhaustive detail that has gone into them, and as an artist, from one artist to another, the finished product is nothing less than a masterpiece.
Written By Morrighan
March 29, 2019, 5 p.m.(10/28/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Joscelin
Stamped his foot did he? I'm cackling.
CACKLING.
CACKLING.
Written By Aiden
March 29, 2019, 4:55 p.m.(10/28/1010 AR)
As Officiator of the Menagerie and the Sanctuary, I am opening a position to hire as Junior Officiator. This position will directly report to the Officiator and be responsible for learning the duties required of Officiator. These duties include the upkeep of the Menagerie, assisting in coordinating community driven events that require the use of the area, maintaining and expanding present animal compounds, overseeing staff, ensuring the overall care and treatment of animals is kept to a high degree of excellence, ensuring the on-site shops are productive and stocked, and assisting with any needs that are brought to the attention of the office.
Qualifications include being literate and diplomatic, having experience with animals, knowledge in economics or upkeep, and having social merits which benefits communication with various organizations and committees. Interest in this role will secure an stipend. Applicants should be willing to foresee a future dedicated to the Menagerie and the Crown.
Expressions of interest may be forwarded to my office.
Signed,
Aiden Rubino
Duke of Gemecitta
Officiator of the Menagerie
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I penned this with a quietness in my heart. It was my first project in the city that I could be proud of, though I do find myself with less and less time to focus my attention upon the Menagerie as it deserves. I am proud of what I accomplished with the Menagerie, however, it may be time to consider someone with more time than I, can better see to it's future. I hope to find a successor for the Menagerie, in the months to come.
Qualifications include being literate and diplomatic, having experience with animals, knowledge in economics or upkeep, and having social merits which benefits communication with various organizations and committees. Interest in this role will secure an stipend. Applicants should be willing to foresee a future dedicated to the Menagerie and the Crown.
Expressions of interest may be forwarded to my office.
Signed,
Aiden Rubino
Duke of Gemecitta
Officiator of the Menagerie
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I penned this with a quietness in my heart. It was my first project in the city that I could be proud of, though I do find myself with less and less time to focus my attention upon the Menagerie as it deserves. I am proud of what I accomplished with the Menagerie, however, it may be time to consider someone with more time than I, can better see to it's future. I hope to find a successor for the Menagerie, in the months to come.
Please note that the scholars may take some time preparing your journal for others to read.