Written By Saoirse
March 25, 2018, 9:48 p.m.(6/6/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Duarte
(We should probably also congratulate Alistair)
Well done, Alistair!
(there.)
Well done, Alistair!
(there.)
Written By Duarte
March 25, 2018, 9:44 p.m.(6/6/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Saoirse
You are too kind, Princess.
I well believe it was the softer arts and intellect that you brought which protected the people of the city from those clandestine agents.
Well done. My heroine!
I well believe it was the softer arts and intellect that you brought which protected the people of the city from those clandestine agents.
Well done. My heroine!
Written By Gaston
March 25, 2018, 9:43 p.m.(6/6/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Amarantha
Mirrors are few and far between in the Oathlands, Lady Sanna. You're welcome to come and groom me yourself since you seem to be the one fixated on me, following me around.
Written By Saoirse
March 25, 2018, 9:41 p.m.(6/6/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Duarte
Well done, Count Duarte, your tactics - though I chose a few different ways to achieve similar goals - seemed to have worked. Setarco was untouched by the Gyre's agents.
Written By Belladonna
March 25, 2018, 9:39 p.m.(6/6/1008 AR)
Mmhm. I'll just let the irony of that statement stand.
Written By Amarantha
March 25, 2018, 9:38 p.m.(6/6/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Gaston
Have you never looked in a mirror before, my lord? ...Though that would explain why you always look so disheveled.
Written By Gaston
March 25, 2018, 9:27 p.m.(6/6/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Amarantha
I keep running into Lady Amarantha. She fought in Setarco, too. We had the opportunity to talk about that in between the insults flying back and forth. Never have I met someone so infuriating nor fascinating.
Written By Norwood
March 25, 2018, 9:17 p.m.(6/6/1008 AR)
I am humbled by the praise heaped upon my head by those who were with the Setarco forces.
All of us who stood before the gates as the Abyss crept upon us stood with honor and valor. Not a one of us could have prevailed without the others.
All of us who stood before the gates as the Abyss crept upon us stood with honor and valor. Not a one of us could have prevailed without the others.
Written By Cassima
March 25, 2018, 9:16 p.m.(6/6/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Belladonna
Duchess,
I do hope I have misread your latest entry, and that you are not taking advantage of anyone's grief to be a bitch. That, my dear, would be the very definition of gauche.
I do hope I have misread your latest entry, and that you are not taking advantage of anyone's grief to be a bitch. That, my dear, would be the very definition of gauche.
Written By Leta
March 25, 2018, 9:04 p.m.(6/6/1008 AR)
I am sorry for every time she embarrassed me, every time I asked her not to kiss me and every time I was mad at her for grabbing my ass because there were folk watching. I miss every kiss she didn't get to give me. I just thought we'd have time to make up for it. I was an idiot. She was always smarter than me, too.
Written By Orazio
March 25, 2018, 9:02 p.m.(6/6/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Laric
This is a note mostly for the benefit of those who might seek to follow the illustrious Master of Questions advice as given recently in his journal:
Delegation? Yes. Excellent advice.
However, do not remove sleep from your regular routine, or even carve out 'two or three hours' from it on a regular basis. Your people deserve your best decision making skills, not you when you're so exhausted the words start to blur and 'Chaaaaaaarge' sounds like the best battle plan.
Sleep. Eat. Make regular attempts at enjoyment.
Delegation? Yes. Excellent advice.
However, do not remove sleep from your regular routine, or even carve out 'two or three hours' from it on a regular basis. Your people deserve your best decision making skills, not you when you're so exhausted the words start to blur and 'Chaaaaaaarge' sounds like the best battle plan.
Sleep. Eat. Make regular attempts at enjoyment.
Written By Belladonna
March 25, 2018, 8:53 p.m.(6/6/1008 AR)
Hm. Claiming sole ownership of open grief over one's passing... days after that selfsame deceased's sister openly declared grief for his passing. How gauche.
Written By Alarissa
March 25, 2018, 8:52 p.m.(6/6/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Samael
I second Prince Laric. Delegation, and foist things off onto servants or assistants when you can. Carve out the time. Ten minutes here, a half hour there. And if you cannot have quantity, then ensure that you have quality. Astrid finds her way to sleep in my arms almost every evening and I would not trade that for the world.
Written By Aureth
March 25, 2018, 8:49 p.m.(6/6/1008 AR)
In this time of loss, it is easy to blame ourselves for living; it is easy to recriminate. It is easy to feel one's pain more or less valid than another's. It is easy to resent someone else who has it easier than you; it is easy to be angry with others because of what you have lost.
If you have a choice between being kind, or not, choose kindness. It won't hurt you, and it may make things easier on someone else. And you, yourself, should be on your list of people to be kind to. Your loved one is gone now, gone to the arms of the Queen, but they would not wish you to bury yourself in guilt.
Mourning is always for what the living have lost, not for the dead. Bereavement is the time between being the person you were when the person you love is alive, and becoming, with the grace of Lagoma, the person you will be without them.
Be kind to yourself. Be kind to others. And remember:
All things must end so that they may begin anew.
If you have a choice between being kind, or not, choose kindness. It won't hurt you, and it may make things easier on someone else. And you, yourself, should be on your list of people to be kind to. Your loved one is gone now, gone to the arms of the Queen, but they would not wish you to bury yourself in guilt.
Mourning is always for what the living have lost, not for the dead. Bereavement is the time between being the person you were when the person you love is alive, and becoming, with the grace of Lagoma, the person you will be without them.
Be kind to yourself. Be kind to others. And remember:
All things must end so that they may begin anew.
Written By Laric
March 25, 2018, 8:43 p.m.(6/6/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Samael
Time is a finite resource. Do less, delegate more. 'Sleep' tends to be a natural dead area where one can easily redistribute two or three hours to more pressing matters than one's personal rest and well-being.
Written By Margerie
March 25, 2018, 8:42 p.m.(6/6/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Luis
My lord,
Thank you for sharing your account of that moment. I had heard tell of someone riding in after the Duke and had a good guess as to which member of the forces would risk themselves so entirely to protect the Duke. Your tale confirms my guess. The Sword of Artshall would be hard pressed to commit such memories to the public eye, but they are most worthy of being preserved.
Thank you for sharing your account of that moment. I had heard tell of someone riding in after the Duke and had a good guess as to which member of the forces would risk themselves so entirely to protect the Duke. Your tale confirms my guess. The Sword of Artshall would be hard pressed to commit such memories to the public eye, but they are most worthy of being preserved.
Written By Alarissa
March 25, 2018, 8:35 p.m.(6/6/1008 AR)
I miss it, oddly. I'm used to the cat always there, following him, sitting on the bed like she owns it. Glaring at me, reaching out to swipe at me. He hurts from his shoulder and the burn and from the loss of her. Maybe she was a good cat, I don't know. I do know I'll have to have a portrait done of us soon and make sure that she is in it.
Written By Donaldo
March 25, 2018, 8:08 p.m.(6/5/1008 AR)
I have the luxury of living a live that is not mired in responsibilities and schedules.
I travel and I see such marvelous things and I am thankful.
I have seen terrible things now as well, and it makes me wonder...
Maybe I do not need to travel so much anymore?
I travel and I see such marvelous things and I am thankful.
I have seen terrible things now as well, and it makes me wonder...
Maybe I do not need to travel so much anymore?
Written By Brogan
March 25, 2018, 7:44 p.m.(6/5/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Valencia
I’ve written more than normal since returning from Stormwall. Seems that war can even bring out the philosopher in a drunken brawler these days. Lots of thoughts on living and no regrets. Well, seems I should follow my own advice.
All my life I’ve been searching for a home. All my life, I’ve been wanting more than that which was readily offered to me, more than parties, more than so-called friends who stood beside me out of personal gain. I always thought home would be a place, and indeed it is, but not in any physical sense.
It is a place in your heart and soul, and the heart and soul of a rare few. It is a feeling given by true friends.
I know this, my Princess, when I look at you I am home.
All my life I’ve been searching for a home. All my life, I’ve been wanting more than that which was readily offered to me, more than parties, more than so-called friends who stood beside me out of personal gain. I always thought home would be a place, and indeed it is, but not in any physical sense.
It is a place in your heart and soul, and the heart and soul of a rare few. It is a feeling given by true friends.
I know this, my Princess, when I look at you I am home.
Written By Samael
March 25, 2018, 7:38 p.m.(6/5/1008 AR)
I wonder how my father did it. Duke Uriel, if you were here today I'd ask you. I'd ask you how you managed to do all that you did and to support our mother and be there for your children when they needed you. How did you manage your time? I need parenting advice, dad. Please.
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