Written By Lys
May 9, 2018, 8:11 p.m.(9/17/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Thena
What about severed heads?
Written By Talen
May 9, 2018, 7:59 p.m.(9/17/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Cambria
No, Marquessa Mazetti. I like all the books, equally. I'm just not allowed them, it seems. I cannot lie.
Written By Thena
May 9, 2018, 7:55 p.m.(9/17/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Lys
For what it’s worth, I would consider having to live in a creepy mansion a solid selling point.
Written By Cambria
May 9, 2018, 7:30 p.m.(9/17/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Talen
Do you like big books?
Written By Talen
May 9, 2018, 7:24 p.m.(9/17/1008 AR)
I just really like books, okay?
Written By Ida
May 9, 2018, 7:22 p.m.(9/17/1008 AR)
I am a rather chatty sort as of late. Or writey sort, if you please. A few things that need remark so I might look back and appreciate this wordy time I'm having.
Joscelin - you are already pretty much my platonic wife. I've no plans to ever marry again for real, with a band on my finger and having to share my big comfy bed for more than a night, but truly. I would do terrible damage to anyone who might hurt you.
Said pretty much platonic wife and my brother, Austen, have met. I smile just imaging how this might have went. Chuckle, even. Two people I could not love more and yet so different.
Lessons. I don't give them often, to be honest. Unless, I suppose, one counts apprentices and really? Such teaching is paid back to me in spades by passing on methods and seeing them grow to be smiths in their own right. That is more precious than any silver, gold, or platinum dukes. The few lessons I do give, I don't charge for because I am no legend. I have not leveled a wall with my fists, nor can I forge alaricite. Perhaps well-knownish in the city of Arx now, but no legend like those who have been briefly mentioned. Also a commoner, which might negate all debate anyhow.
I don't really have an opinion, I suppose. If you give zero effs what people think? Have at it, I say.
Joscelin - you are already pretty much my platonic wife. I've no plans to ever marry again for real, with a band on my finger and having to share my big comfy bed for more than a night, but truly. I would do terrible damage to anyone who might hurt you.
Said pretty much platonic wife and my brother, Austen, have met. I smile just imaging how this might have went. Chuckle, even. Two people I could not love more and yet so different.
Lessons. I don't give them often, to be honest. Unless, I suppose, one counts apprentices and really? Such teaching is paid back to me in spades by passing on methods and seeing them grow to be smiths in their own right. That is more precious than any silver, gold, or platinum dukes. The few lessons I do give, I don't charge for because I am no legend. I have not leveled a wall with my fists, nor can I forge alaricite. Perhaps well-knownish in the city of Arx now, but no legend like those who have been briefly mentioned. Also a commoner, which might negate all debate anyhow.
I don't really have an opinion, I suppose. If you give zero effs what people think? Have at it, I say.
Written By Lys
May 9, 2018, 6:40 p.m.(9/17/1008 AR)
I have been spending time enjoying the companionship of someone lately. Something they said, however, struck me as very odd. They asked me my intentions and explained that they wanted to know because any potential marriage would require me leaving de Lire (this will never happen, ever). It gave me a pause because they had said people had turned them away because of this. Are there nobles who truly turning away companionship? When I chose to step into my place in Audric's new house I gave up the commoner's freedom of marriage.
When I marry, it will be someone Audric approved. It will be someone who is willing to join us and live in a creepy mansion. As such it will likely be someone from another barony, or a commoner of enough esteem it won't cause too much of a stir that they are elevated to peerage. When I marry it will be about what will bring something to our house, not about who I care for and whose companionship I enjoy.
Love and marriage are two different beasts, and I shall keep my thoughts on the former to myself.
When I marry, it will be someone Audric approved. It will be someone who is willing to join us and live in a creepy mansion. As such it will likely be someone from another barony, or a commoner of enough esteem it won't cause too much of a stir that they are elevated to peerage. When I marry it will be about what will bring something to our house, not about who I care for and whose companionship I enjoy.
Love and marriage are two different beasts, and I shall keep my thoughts on the former to myself.
Written By Aric
May 9, 2018, 5:17 p.m.(9/17/1008 AR)
I can't imagine this Salon getting any actual support when we can all see the real arguing and debating happens right here in the Archives on a daily basis! Please, gentlemen and ladies, continue! There will never be a day when Aric Keaton stops a man or woman from showing his or her ass, literally or figuratively.
Written By Samantha
May 9, 2018, 4:10 p.m.(9/17/1008 AR)
Some weeks ago, I did put forth that I was available for diplomacy tutoring, and mentioned that payment could be determined. I was under the mistaken belief that others might value what they pay for more than what they are given, but the flaw in that logic is profound, and I regret taking that approach.
The book I wrote remains free to anyone who desires a copy, and tutoring will not require payment. However, if those I teach feel that what I've offered merits recompense, I would have them donate to the Faith instead.
The book I wrote remains free to anyone who desires a copy, and tutoring will not require payment. However, if those I teach feel that what I've offered merits recompense, I would have them donate to the Faith instead.
Written By Lumen
May 9, 2018, 3:53 p.m.(9/17/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Arik
How true. Now, now. If only somebody were offering lessons in it.
Written By Arik
May 9, 2018, 3:42 p.m.(9/17/1008 AR)
The answer to many of these debates, I believe, is discretion.
That which is not widely known cannot be widely judged.
As long as it is not inherently wrong.
That which is not widely known cannot be widely judged.
As long as it is not inherently wrong.
Written By Joscelin
May 9, 2018, 3:28 p.m.(9/17/1008 AR)
I daresay there are many very, very capable Crafters in this city that would charge 50,000 silver, or more! and I would support that decision. I would expect that, if it were a noble that was the Crafter, that they donate their funding to -charity- after said lesson, as would be prudent, but teaching a skill that you've spent your life tempering and perfecting is an honor both for the teacher and the student. Sometimes, the only way to appreciate that honor is to put a price tag on it.
The more I think about it, the more complicated it can be. Such as apprentices. We take on apprentices, children, who learn our trade and perfect it to their own drive and inspiration. They become journeymen, and then Masters in their own right. During that time, they've 'paid' for our guidance with labor and respect, years spent working in our shops for the honor of learning from us. I remember feeling -insanely- humbled that Master Wolbrand kept me on. He didn't have to teach me anything, he could have spent his focus on someone else, or foisted me off on a lesser jeweler, but for whatever reason he kept me. As an adult and a masterclass jeweler, I understand that the knowledge he gave me was literally priceless. There's no way I could have repaid him, ever, for the time and attention and the guidance he gave me.
Eh, I'm rambling at this point. Perhaps I've lost the thread. Just ... thoughts to put down. Perhaps I'll review them later. Either way-
The more I think about it, the more complicated it can be. Such as apprentices. We take on apprentices, children, who learn our trade and perfect it to their own drive and inspiration. They become journeymen, and then Masters in their own right. During that time, they've 'paid' for our guidance with labor and respect, years spent working in our shops for the honor of learning from us. I remember feeling -insanely- humbled that Master Wolbrand kept me on. He didn't have to teach me anything, he could have spent his focus on someone else, or foisted me off on a lesser jeweler, but for whatever reason he kept me. As an adult and a masterclass jeweler, I understand that the knowledge he gave me was literally priceless. There's no way I could have repaid him, ever, for the time and attention and the guidance he gave me.
Eh, I'm rambling at this point. Perhaps I've lost the thread. Just ... thoughts to put down. Perhaps I'll review them later. Either way-
Written By Cassius
May 9, 2018, 3:08 p.m.(9/17/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Austen
too late for all of us who have been here and seen a bit of the reality of this city, I think!
I checked.
I checked.
Written By Austen
May 9, 2018, 2:37 p.m.(9/17/1008 AR)
I have just met Guildmaster Joscelin Arterius - who is one of the kindest people I have met since coming to Arx. I -may- have had a slight misunderstanding. Ida will never let me live this down, and I know she is going to hear about it. Damnit.
Is it too late to return to the Oathlands and become a farmer?
Is it too late to return to the Oathlands and become a farmer?
Written By Saoirse
May 9, 2018, 2:35 p.m.(9/17/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eirene
Uh.
“I hereby issue challenge to Princess Saorise Velenosa for hosting an impromptu salon in a quiet bar where people are just trying to enjoy the damn atmosphere and not listen to a lot of yapping.”
Perhaps the meaning is in code? If so, maybe share the right cypher.
“I hereby issue challenge to Princess Saorise Velenosa for hosting an impromptu salon in a quiet bar where people are just trying to enjoy the damn atmosphere and not listen to a lot of yapping.”
Perhaps the meaning is in code? If so, maybe share the right cypher.
Written By Joscelin
May 9, 2018, 2:32 p.m.(9/17/1008 AR)
I met Sir Austen Ferron officially today. Manly, stalwart, respectful, completely composed. Good taste in jewelry. As stiff as old bark but not as brittle. Not at all flustered and completely adaptable to changing situations. Also, very funny.
Written By Tikva
May 9, 2018, 2:18 p.m.(9/17/1008 AR)
Considering that Lady Eirene has spent _literal_ years shitting on other people's duels as much as possible, in every possible venue where the discussion might come up, the Salon must really be congratulated at being so masterfully obnoxious.
Truly, I doff my cap.
Truly, I doff my cap.
Written By Eirene
May 9, 2018, 1:59 p.m.(9/17/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Saoirse
I don't stoop to petty squabbling in my white journals. If you missed the actual point behind the challenge I'll explain it to you at the duel itself.
Written By Shard
May 9, 2018, 1:58 p.m.(9/17/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Jordan
You can't. It's possible no one can.
If that bothers you, consider this; every man, woman, and child in that village, every life, has no legal worth to begin with. Technically they're all trespassing on the king's land, so if they all die it just makes room for Compact citizens to move into their homes and take over their fields and sleep in their beds when the danger has passed. Compact children can even play with their abandoned toys.
I think I'm doing this right?
If that bothers you, consider this; every man, woman, and child in that village, every life, has no legal worth to begin with. Technically they're all trespassing on the king's land, so if they all die it just makes room for Compact citizens to move into their homes and take over their fields and sleep in their beds when the danger has passed. Compact children can even play with their abandoned toys.
I think I'm doing this right?
Written By Cassius
May 9, 2018, 1:56 p.m.(9/17/1008 AR)
As I read the journals, I am assured, once again, that the world of Arx is just as fussy and full of itself as always. I could offer a five-page essay on why so much of what is said is just complicating pretty simple issues, but it would just get lost in the sea of prissy and self-important babble. Suffice to say, you all need to find hobbies. Well, not all. Some are pretty amusing.
Please note that the scholars may take some time preparing your journal for others to read.