Written By Sabella
April 14, 2018, 11:25 a.m.(7/19/1008 AR)
I have returned to Arx, although I am still quite busy catching up on my correspondence so it will likely be a few more days until I am back to my usual rounds. I started reading the whites, but it seems like the most interesting thing that happened was a cat became an adventurer, Master Bastien was knighted and Princess Caith loves medicine!
Or something like that. All the interesting things happen when I am away.
Or something like that. All the interesting things happen when I am away.
Written By Briar
April 14, 2018, 10:52 a.m.(7/19/1008 AR)
Rules...
Rules are a funny thing, when you consider them. Whatever the reason is, whoever the issuer is, they are only as good as the loyalty or respect one has for the rule-giver. If someone issues me a rule, and they have nothing that I want or have earned themselves no loyalty to endear me to their cause... well then, I can tell them what their rules are worth.
Still, though. If there is suitable reason to wish to follow a set of rules, I suppose that is a different matter all together. Different faith systems, different honor systems that one pledges themselves to, all of these things things with all of their rules seem only as good as the /desire/ to continue following them.
If my passions and desires dictate which rules I value enough to follow, then reason stands that /I/ make my own rules.
Maybe I've found a few worth following. For a time...
Rules are a funny thing, when you consider them. Whatever the reason is, whoever the issuer is, they are only as good as the loyalty or respect one has for the rule-giver. If someone issues me a rule, and they have nothing that I want or have earned themselves no loyalty to endear me to their cause... well then, I can tell them what their rules are worth.
Still, though. If there is suitable reason to wish to follow a set of rules, I suppose that is a different matter all together. Different faith systems, different honor systems that one pledges themselves to, all of these things things with all of their rules seem only as good as the /desire/ to continue following them.
If my passions and desires dictate which rules I value enough to follow, then reason stands that /I/ make my own rules.
Maybe I've found a few worth following. For a time...
Written By Briar
April 14, 2018, 10:34 a.m.(7/19/1008 AR)
I've been considering lately the merits and shortcomings of opening a leatherworking shop. On one hand, there is the hope that it would be a solid source of income, and I certainly need to find one of those. On the other hand, I worry that owning a shop might tie me down and restrict me from doing the other things that I wish to do.
In any sense, I have been given the name of the Lady that runs the Crafters Guild here in Arx. Perhaps I will speak with her and see what it is that she recommends.
In any sense, I have been given the name of the Lady that runs the Crafters Guild here in Arx. Perhaps I will speak with her and see what it is that she recommends.
Written By Reigna
April 14, 2018, 10:09 a.m.(7/19/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Shard
I always find you to be insightful and I appreciate the fact that you often share your perspective. Intellectually I believe I understand what you are saying. It still makes me sad. But that is my emotion and no one else is responsible for that.
The reason I reached out to goodman Bastien was not to try to gain in popularity. I simply sought advice on ways to ensure that the clinic was a place folk would feel safe and comfortable going to. So that my ignorance did not negatively impact those that need the help.
What I have learned from this is there is nothing I can do in the face of those who will hate or be angry but endure it and serve them with the same grace and care we would anyone else. Because when it comes to medicine, everyone IS the same. Whether commoner or king, we all bleed red, we all get sick.
The reason I reached out to goodman Bastien was not to try to gain in popularity. I simply sought advice on ways to ensure that the clinic was a place folk would feel safe and comfortable going to. So that my ignorance did not negatively impact those that need the help.
What I have learned from this is there is nothing I can do in the face of those who will hate or be angry but endure it and serve them with the same grace and care we would anyone else. Because when it comes to medicine, everyone IS the same. Whether commoner or king, we all bleed red, we all get sick.
Written By Fortunato
April 14, 2018, 9:34 a.m.(7/19/1008 AR)
Most folk don't care who treats their wounds or malaise as long as the physician is competent.
But there are always going to be a handful of folk who are bothered by the capacity of nobles to wield coin and authority in what they see as their neighborhood. At its core, it's not personal. It's a reflection on the autonomy and power commoners would like to have, to control their own institutions in the Lower Boroughs.
So it's possible we'll see rival clinics to this popular project. I think that would be the most interesting form of 'protest', after all. Competition.
But there are always going to be a handful of folk who are bothered by the capacity of nobles to wield coin and authority in what they see as their neighborhood. At its core, it's not personal. It's a reflection on the autonomy and power commoners would like to have, to control their own institutions in the Lower Boroughs.
So it's possible we'll see rival clinics to this popular project. I think that would be the most interesting form of 'protest', after all. Competition.
Written By Sidney
April 14, 2018, 5:42 a.m.(7/19/1008 AR)
...I've decided to sit a while longer at my table before having this reshelved, as there is some sort of commotion on the other side of the Archive and the scholars look more than busy passing journals back and forth to be read and traded and hastily scribbled into and passed back around.
Either something very exciting is being planned, or a number of people are arguing by what I think must be the least efficient means possible.
[Here follows a bit of idle calligraphy practice in a highly skilled hand]
Either something very exciting is being planned, or a number of people are arguing by what I think must be the least efficient means possible.
[Here follows a bit of idle calligraphy practice in a highly skilled hand]
Written By Sidney
April 14, 2018, 5:34 a.m.(7/19/1008 AR)
Oh, Vellichor forgive me, I've been keeping all my days inside my head.
I've moved my things back out of the suite. How does anyone sleep with that much silence? Who needs that much space to think? Besides, it was gently pointed out to me that I haven't used the rooms for entertaining. (I never did purchase that tea set.)
Let it be ever remembered in the histories of this world that two men owe me drinks and I intend to collect.
I've moved my things back out of the suite. How does anyone sleep with that much silence? Who needs that much space to think? Besides, it was gently pointed out to me that I haven't used the rooms for entertaining. (I never did purchase that tea set.)
Let it be ever remembered in the histories of this world that two men owe me drinks and I intend to collect.
Written By Malesh
April 14, 2018, 4:19 a.m.(7/18/1008 AR)
Let it be written here, if not elsewhere, that I sought to add a little entertainment to the second annual compact crew race by dressing as a Grayson born man of the Isles, Lord Washburn Kennex. After the Grayson victory, thanks to the strong backs of our returning team, one of my wife's hounds revealed what many had suspected, that I have in fact lost some of my sight at the battle of Stormwall.
Ariel has been every encouraging, and while I am no longer hiding this disfigurement, I believe for politeness sake I should consider covering it. Where does one go when they are in need of a fashionable eye patch? Do you get one and wear it always, or should I have several so that they might match the occasion? There's research to be done now.
Ariel has been every encouraging, and while I am no longer hiding this disfigurement, I believe for politeness sake I should consider covering it. Where does one go when they are in need of a fashionable eye patch? Do you get one and wear it always, or should I have several so that they might match the occasion? There's research to be done now.
Written By Shard
April 14, 2018, 4:09 a.m.(7/18/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Reigna
Hating people you don't know is easy. It's the easiest thing in the world. It's a cherished pastime, probably in every society, but certainly this one. Certainly the one I came from. You don't need any particular reasons for it either, but it really, really helps if the people you don't know are also responsible, or you think they're responsible, in some way or another, for something ugly you do happen to know very well. Fear, hunger, cold, death, pain...pick one, or several, or choose something similar. And, while this won't be as easy to relate to, if they're not responsible, it can be enough if they just have something you desperately need instead. It doesn't matter if they'd give it to you. Hate doesn't have to be reasonable.
I grew up hating all kinds of people I didn't know. I didn't give a shit whether they were noble or commoner; what difference did that make to me? And Arvani have a word specifically for this purpose, it's 'shav'.
Of course, when you /do/ get to know someone you hated, things either get more complex or you just end up hating them in entirely new ways.
I grew up hating all kinds of people I didn't know. I didn't give a shit whether they were noble or commoner; what difference did that make to me? And Arvani have a word specifically for this purpose, it's 'shav'.
Of course, when you /do/ get to know someone you hated, things either get more complex or you just end up hating them in entirely new ways.
Written By Saoirse
April 14, 2018, 2:54 a.m.(7/18/1008 AR)
Throw out your roses, Arx, olives are the way to the hearts of men and women alike.
Spread the word: olives. Romance.
Spread the word: olives. Romance.
Written By Saoirse
April 14, 2018, 1:27 a.m.(7/18/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Orathy
Never in my life have I encountered so very many nobles caring so very much for not just their own fealty's common folk, but also for the rest of them.
A mandated respect is due not just those nobles and royals, but all nobles and royals who keep cities safe.
Mind your manners.
A mandated respect is due not just those nobles and royals, but all nobles and royals who keep cities safe.
Mind your manners.
Written By Thena
April 14, 2018, 12:37 a.m.(7/18/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Itzal
[Scholar’s Note: Dame Thena saluted the page and walked out. Yes, she did tell me to record it.]
Written By Jonathan
April 14, 2018, 12:37 a.m.(7/18/1008 AR)
As I read these journals, I am both bewildered and mystified by the things people here quibble over. Is there truly so little actual work to do? I am only looking these over because my lords told me I should. What? Yes, put that in, it's what I really think, you all are a bunch of crazies, I swear.
Written By Jev
April 14, 2018, 12:33 a.m.(7/18/1008 AR)
Yeah! Us commoners don't need clinics! What's the big idea? Snarl snarl.
Written By Lumen
April 14, 2018, 12:29 a.m.(7/18/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Bastien
SUCH a redeeming talent, though.
Written By Margret
April 14, 2018, 12:28 a.m.(7/18/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Itzal
Absolutely. Who doesn't need soothing music?
Written By Reigna
April 14, 2018, 12:21 a.m.(7/18/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Margret
Thank you Margret. Your words were perfect. And with that, I clearly need someone to take my quill away.
Written By Itzal
April 14, 2018, 12:20 a.m.(7/18/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Margret
Does the Clinic ever find itself in need of soothing music for the patients?
Written By Itzal
April 14, 2018, 12:18 a.m.(7/18/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Bastien
I am glad for the confirmation that I am not, in fact, a ghost none might see or hear. You are, Bastien, ever a pillar upon which one can rely, without whom we would all descend into a madness worse than death. Indeed, should I one day gain a royal boon, know that I would ask for your ascension to knighthood at once.
No, no, no need to thank me.
No, no, no need to thank me.
Written By Bastien
April 14, 2018, 12:15 a.m.(7/18/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Itzal
I see you.
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